Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 374: Conferring Official Titles
"May God bless all people, and may all people bless our Great Chu - the Chu State is established!"
Bai Tu directly takes "all the people" as his wish, which corresponds to the first article "the benevolent love others". As long as God protects all the people, the Chu State does not rely on God, but on the protection of all the people...
"Take Jinling Ji as the Ji of Chu, and may the Great Chu remain unchanged forever!" Along with Bai Tu's words, majestic luck was integrated into Jinling Ji's mansion.
Then, Jinling Ji's figure appeared above Chengji Mansion, and gradually left Chengji Mansion and floated to the high platform where Bai Tu was. Her clothes also became more gorgeous and her demeanor became more majestic.
"I am the King of Chu, and I am appointed by the people. May you live long and prosper!"
As soon as Bai Tu finished speaking, the official seal and military token on his waist simultaneously emitted a golden purple glow. Faintly, one could see that Bai Tu's military token had also instantly transformed into gold and jade.
But in just a moment, the two floated in front of Bai Tu and began to merge into the seal that had been forged in front of him - yes, it was "forged".
This seal of the Chu State is grayish white in color. It does not look gorgeous at all, and is even too... simple?
But it is only the color that is simple, while the shape is very complicated. The four sides of the square seal base are respectively depicted with ministers in the court, farmers in the fields, craftsmen in the workshops, and merchants in the market. The nose of the seal is in the style of a monument, with countless brave soldiers fighting below, some with their clothes half-closed and bronze knives and stone axes, and some wearing infantry armor and holding muskets...
The entire seal is made of tungsten steel, which is tungsten-titanium alloy steel!
Its strength is second only to diamond, its density is slightly lower than gold, and it has corrosion resistance and heat resistance that surpass gold.
The most basic tungsten steel was first used in Spain in the 18th century. With the current technology of the General's Office, it is not possible to mass-produce tungsten steel.
However, Yu Ji cooperated with Pang Tong and used Yu Ji's talisman to extract tungsten and titanium ores, and forcibly integrated them according to Pang Tong's simulation effect...
Although Yu Ji's talismans are mostly used to extract certain substances from plants for treatment and conditioning, they can also be used to extract minerals and fuse alloys - after all, the two are based on the same principle, just like what we learned in junior high school chemistry, alloys... are also a kind of solution.
As for the relief on the tungsten steel seal, it was polished out bit by bit using a diamond grinding wheel.
In order to demonstrate the industrial strength of Chu, Bai Tu specially asked the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for the custom-made seals. Compared with the imperial seal that would break a corner when thrown at a thief, the tungsten steel seal of Chu was definitely at the level of a deadly weapon. Even if a skull was shattered a hundred thousand times, not even a corner would break...
As the King of Chu, Bai Tu integrated the military token and official seal into it, making this tungsten steel seal truly the seal of the Chu State.
It not only has the functions of a military token and an official seal, but can also be preserved after Bai Tu's death.
The seal characters above read "Receive the mandate from the people, and live long and prosper forever."
When these eight words appeared, because of the effect of "all knowing it", even illiterate people could understand their meaning, which made Bai Tu feel as if he had launched an ultra-large-scale "Source of Rainbow" indiscriminately against the people of Chu.
"Lü Lingqi is a man of both civil and military talents, a fearless warrior. She is the Queen of Chu and also the head of the palace guards. I hope that we can live in harmony and join hands in this great event!"
Ministers: ...
Fortunately, the emotion from before has not worn off, so no one complained why as a queen, she needs to be "both civil and military" and "brave and fearless"? Are you sure this is about conferring a title on the queen, not a general?
And... the queen actually served as the chief of the guard?
Bai Tu is also taking the opportunity to convey his values - the queen does not necessarily have to be responsible for managing the harem, not only because the king has no harem, but also to "set an example" and encourage women to try to take on more responsibilities.
In the situation where men farm and women weave, water-powered multi-spindle textile machines can quickly replace "women's weaving". That is to say, with water-powered facilities and improved textile machines already available and the government continuing to vigorously promote them , the value of household textiles will depreciate rapidly.
If we cannot guide female labor to leave the family at this time, it will not only be a waste of social manpower, but will also... cause more conflicts.
Just like after the invention of the spinning jenny in modern Western society, the inventor was initially vandalized, looted and burned by the angry unemployed crowd.
Fortunately, the status of women in the Han Dynasty was not low. Compared with the people of other feudal dynasties over the next thousand years, the people of the Han Dynasty understood better that men were responsible for the outside world and women were responsible for the inside world, and that it was just a different division of labor, and there was no superiority or inferiority between the two. Their views on chastity were also relatively healthy.
In fact, the obstacles in this regard were not great in the Han Dynasty. What was the big deal about being in the limelight? Emperor Wu of Han's mother even had a child in her second marriage...
Upon hearing this, Lu Lingqi also stepped forward solemnly to receive the title. The military token, which was already golden and jade-colored, now shone even brighter!
"The State of Chu established a cabinet of ministers. Those who entered the cabinet were selected from those who were proficient in government affairs. All military and political affairs were consulted. There were six ministries and one court, which directly managed the various departments and halls in the counties and prefectures. It was the military and political center of the State of Chu!
Jiuyuan Lu Bu was a man of valor and fighting prowess, unrivaled in the world. He was appointed Privy Councilor, in charge of the Privy Council, granted the title of Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace, allowed to sit in the cabinet to discuss state affairs, and was granted the title of Marquis of Qu'a. His fiefdom was increased by 10,000 households, and his family name was inherited by his ancestors without interruption, and he would live with the Chu State!
Lu Kang of Wu County was a man of integrity, righteousness, and bravery. He was upright and fearless. He was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, granted the title of Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Palace, and allowed to sit in the cabinet to discuss state affairs. He was granted the title of Marquis of Anfeng and was given a fief of 3,000 households.
Lu Su of Dongcheng was a man of strong character, uprightness and sternness, with far-reaching ideas. He was appointed Minister of Civil Affairs, in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, granted the title of Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace, and allowed to sit in the cabinet to discuss state affairs. He was granted the title of Marquis of Dongcheng and was given a fief of 2,500 households.
Gan Ning of Linjiang was indifferent to money and respected scholars. He was open-minded and resourceful. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and in charge of the naval affairs of Chu. He was granted the title of Marquis of Yizhou and a fief of 5,000 households. The title was hereditary and he lived and died with Chu.
Xiangyang Pang Tong..."
Bai Tu conferred titles on central government officials one by one, and retrospectively granted them titles and ranks based on their past merits.
This in itself has symbolic significance - in the past, whether it was Bai Tu or other princes, when they wanted to be conferred a title of marquis, they just agreed with a simple gesture, but in theory it meant "I will submit a petition to the court and confer the title of marquis on you."
However, now Bai Tu is actually conferring titles and honors on himself in the State of Chu!
Therefore, even those who had held titles before were now granted the titles of the State of Chu again.
Every time a person is rewarded, regardless of whether they are present or not, they will be blessed by the luck of the Chu State, and their mental strength or true energy will be greatly improved...
Originally due to his age and qualifications, Lu Kang, who had only had a silver seal and a green ribbon, instantly had his official seal transformed into a gold seal and a purple ribbon. His complexion, which had been pale due to old age, even became slightly rosy!
When the seventh point came to Sun Ce, the shadow of the Overlord's armor appeared behind him, and a golden glow shone, and the tea was dispersed...
Lu Bu and Zhao Yun have already sensed that Sun Ce has completely gotten rid of... or rather, digested the influence of the Overlord's Armor, and has truly reached a state of transcendence.
However, Lu Bu just curled his lips in response, while Zhao Yun remained calm - well, from the perspective of both, although Sun Ce has extraordinary talent and is brave, but... this is a bit like "proving the truth with force".
When he had just broken through to the gold and jade levels, he used the Overlord's Armor to reach half a step of transcendence. Later, he forced a breakthrough again with the reward for establishing a country. After all... it was still a little lacking!
Especially when Bai Tu called out the names of more than a dozen people, the scene became more and more lively.
Most of the civil and military officials in front had already obtained the Golden and Jade Military Tokens, the Golden Seal and the Purple Ribbon, and only Sun Ce was able to transcend through this, so there was no unusual phenomenon. However, as the story went on... some of the civil and military officials who were originally at the peak of the gilded level and had the Silver Seal and the Green Ribbon began to make breakthroughs!
