Country of Qin, Xianyang City, Ahfang Palace.
Ever since the battle with Lianpo in Great Shan Pass, the Qin King had been in seclusion in Ahfang Palace and left all the important matters to Prime Minister Li Si.
"The situation in the central plains has just stabilized. Wu Pass was broken through by Chu a few days ago. Chu's 400,000 troops have split into two groups. 200,000 of them have entered Hanzhong County and the remaining 200,000 are heading west to Bashu County.
"Wei has increased their attacks on Hangu Pass, and without reinforcements in three days, it will fall. The Zhao army in Great Shan Pass is strong, so we can't ignore it.
"The king is in seclusion, so Young Master Qin Jiao is in charge of the country matters.
"Right now, we need to invite the Foundation Building Realm cultivators from Zhou, Han, Zheng, and Wei to Xianyang City.
"Send 20,000 elite troops and 30,000 new troops to reinforce Hangu Pass.
"Send 50,000 elite troops and 50,000 new troops to Hanzhong County to stop Chu's attack.
"Let the Calm Martial Ruler return as soon as possible to deal with the Zhao army in Great Shan Pass," Li Si said in the main hall.
Qin Jiao was sitting in a chair on the side of the main hall and nodded after hearing Li Si's words. "The situation in the central plains has just stabilized, so we can't relax the management of the influential families. Send out envoys to pacify the neighboring countries. After two years of war, the Qin treasury is almost empty. It will be hard to maintain the food supply after the fall harvest. Prime Minister Li needs to pay more attention to this."
After Qin occupied Zheng, Zhou, and the other countries, they had reached a point where they had to deal with internal problems. The Song, Lu, Chen, and the other countries all knew of Qin's strength and desire to unify the central plains. At this time, Qin had stopped attacking to deal with Chu, Wei, and Zhao's attacks. At this time, continuing to attack Qin was the best choice. However, after all the countries discussed how to attack Qin, the matter of attacking Qin was left unsettled.
Everyone wanted to bear the least pressure and didn't want to lose too much in the process of attacking Qin. In the end, they quarreled over the details of sending troops. Many people could already see that the central plains would be unified by Qin Yi in the future.
In High Willow County, after Hua Kai returned from Zhao, the entire High Willow County was filled with joy. The Hua family could force Zhao to lower its head, which meant that the Hua family had the strength to match the Seven Heroes.
Every day, people in High Willow City and Summer City were discussing when the Hua family would establish a country.
Many people were guessing what changes the Hua family would make to the management of High Willow County after the founding of the country. Some people were guessing whether the Hua family would start to expand their territory, and if so, where would they expand in?
For the people and aristocratic families of the High Willow County, this was a joyous occasion. Moreover, they could feel that since Hua Kai returned from Handan City, the frequency of his orders had increased. Sometimes, he would give more than one order a day. All the major schools in the High Willow County were undergoing reforms. Hua Kai had added a lot of courses to all the schools. Now, the Hundred Schools of Thought was only one of the subjects for the students. The entire High Willow County's education was undergoing a big change step by step.
On the evening of June 30th, Hua Kai sat at the main seat in the Hua family space's [Meeting Hall]. All the core members of the Hua family were seated in the Meeting Hall. The founding of the Hua family had already reached the point where it had to be done. However, there were still many things that weren't prepared yet. Everyone had been focusing on the founding of the Hua family.
"The founding of the Hua family will take place in the next two years. Before that, there are many things that we must complete.
I once told everyone about the meaning of a country. The Hua family will not learn from any other country. This is because each country in the Central Plains has its own way of governing. They all have their own shortcomings and shortcomings. We must walk the path that suits us.
Every political system has a different distribution of domestic benefits. The Central Plains' Three Ministers and Nine Ministers system mainly benefits the monarch and aristocratic families. This is because the monarch and aristocratic families protect the country.
Everyone, take a look at my initial plans for the Hua family's future management system! "As he spoke, Hua Kai had Xue Chen pass a small booklet to everyone.
"Hua City is the foundation of the Hua family. Xia City's population now exceeds 500,000. It is the core of the High Willow County's commerce, education, and workshop manufacturing. In the future, it will become one of the Hua family's cultural and military centers. Therefore, the founding of the Hua family is called Hua City!
Hua City is the blood of the country, Xia City is the flesh of the country.
The highest authority in the country belongs to the Hua City's monarch. He has the right and obligation to decide, promulgate, and establish all the rules in the country. The Hua City's monarch is appointed by the previous monarch. More than half of the core members of the family agree.
Under the Hua City's monarch, there are three big departments.
The Government Affairs Department is in charge of all the political affairs in the country. This includes the appointment of each city's mayor and the seven major departments.
It is in charge of the normal operation of the country.
The Military Affairs Department is in charge of all the military affairs in the country. This includes the management of the six major armies, the militia, and the military academies.
The people in charge of these two departments are the core members of the Hua family. All the important personnel in the two departments must be approved by more than half of the Hua family's core members. The monarch must sign an official appointment before they can take up the position.
The other personnel are appointed by the two departments themselves!
Apart from the Government Affairs Department and the Military Affairs Department, there is also the House of Assembly.
The House of Assembly's main role is to resolve all conflicts in the country. It has five departments: the Legal Department, the Judicial Department, the Public Opinion Department, the Military Affairs Department, and the Impeachment Department.
The Legal Department is in charge of perfecting the laws in the country. It is in charge of supplementing and perfecting the laws passed by the core members of the family.
All the laws in Hua City are promulgated by the House of Assembly.
The Judicial Department is in charge of all the criminal and civil cases in the country. It is in charge of all the domestic prosecutions.
The Public Opinion Department is the nose of Hua City. Every year, at a fixed time, Hua City will hold a Public Opinion Conference. The conference requires a certain number of representatives from the royal family, aristocratic families, and normal citizens to discuss the various problems in the country. Once they come up with a solution, the House of Assembly will send it to the monarch for approval. If it is necessary, the core members of the Hua family will discuss whether or not to form a law in the country.
Zong Ren will deploy the Hua family's management department to be in charge of all the big and small matters of the royal family.
The Impeachment Department can impeach anyone from the monarch to the lowest level officials. Its power is higher than that of the Government Affairs Department, and it has the right to inspect all the domestic matters. "
After Hua Kai finished speaking, he did not say anything else. Everyone lowered their heads to look at the materials that Hua Kai had given them. All the powers, occupations, and personnel requirements of the three departments were explained clearly. Seeing the establishment of the House of Assembly, everyone knew that the High Willow Prefecture was about to change.
The power of the Public Opinion Department was so great that it could affect the country's policies. Although whether or not it could be implemented depended on everyone present and Hua Kai, it could already affect the country.
Looking at the booklet that Hua Kai had given them, the Public Opinion Department took up a lot of space.
Hua Kai emphasized that the Public Opinion Department was split into three levels.
The lowest level was the three levels that were given to all the regions in Hua City. Every hundred people had to have at least one member. These members were chosen by the people of Hua City.
The members had to be based on the number of people from all walks of life in the country. This included all the commoners, soldiers, attendants, philosophers, aristocratic families, royalty, and other people in the country.
These people would be chosen to summarize the problems that everyone thought existed in the country and give them to the representatives that everyone had chosen. They would then go to the seven regions of the High Willow Prefecture and the City Lords of the other regions would personally deal with the problems.
If the problem still could not be solved, the people chosen by the second level of the House of Assembly would be sent to the first level Public Opinion Department at a fixed time every year for all the representatives to discuss and solve the problem.
The number of people in the Public Opinion Department had to be at least one ten-thousandth of the total population of the country.
"Everyone, discuss this and raise any questions you have. Before September, the Top Three Schools will begin construction. By the end of next year, the foundations of all the departments will be completed. After that, everyone will have to work hard. Once the Top Three Schools have been built, you can find suitable people to leave. In the future, there will be much less things to discuss and solve." Hua Kai looked at everyone and said.
"Patriarch, I have a headache just looking at this clause. If we establish the Public Opinion Department, there will definitely be a lot of problems in High Willow Prefecture. Is it okay to let the commoners discuss policies?" Erzhuang couldn't help but ask.
"Every class must have their own channel to speak up. The Hua family has been fighting illiteracy since Fort Wah Ka. We have built hundreds of schools, academies, and schools. Everyone, even the slaves, can already read, read novels, and read newspapers. Why can't they speak up about what they need?
Only by giving everyone a direction to improve themselves can everyone work together. Only then can the country achieve true prosperity.
As for the slave system and management, it will have to be added slowly in the future. "
After Hua Kai finished speaking, he looked at the others. Everyone was silent. Hua Kai didn't need everyone to understand everything right now. The system he had created was what the Hua family needed the most. If the Hua family controlled more and more land in the future, this system would be able to better alleviate the conflict between him and the aristocratic families. It would also reduce the opposition to the Hundred Schools of Thought.
Hua Kai assigned the task of establishing the Top Three Schools. The Government Affairs Council had seven departments. Now, they just needed to increase the management and assign the city lords to each city.
The city lords of each aristocratic family's own city would definitely be appointed by the aristocratic family. The city lords of High Willow City, Hua City, Xia City, Leopard Pass, and North Pass had already been decided. Now, they just needed to make these new policies accepted by everyone.
The Military Affairs Council only needed to replenish the management department and distribute the policies according to Hua Kai's requirements. They only needed to establish the finance, equipment, soldier assessment, welfare, management, and other departments of the Military Affairs Council. This seemed cumbersome, but it was actually just putting together the previous things!
The House of Assembly was a completely new thing. In the Hua family, only Xue Chen could take on the role of the House of Assembly. Hua Kai had given most of the core members of the family to Xue Chen. He also gave him the right to choose people from the six departments, the Hua family's Household Servant, and the military.
Establishing a country was a very cumbersome matter. If the country's political system wasn't confirmed, there would only be more and more conflicts in the country in the future. If many problems were given a general direction from the start, it would be much easier for everyone to do things. Only then would the dignity of the ruler be reflected!