The atmosphere in Qingzhou Prefecture is a bit relaxed and joyful at this time.

Three consecutive arms orders made the government officials led by Pang Yukun breathe a sigh of relief. Now the tight financial situation in the fiefdom has finally been alleviated because of these orders.

With 1,500 cannons and 28,000 combs, these arms purchases are enough to bring more than 10 million taels of silver to the fief.

"Don't be too happy now. These supplies have not yet arrived in our hands. You must hand over the supplies with the court, King Zhao and King Liang." Xiao Ming reminded.

Just like the last time I was doing business with the King of Chu, silver, gold and copper were only part of the transaction, and most of the silver was offset by materials.

In the Great Yu Kingdom, King Zhao had the most war horses. After discussion, King Zhao took out 100,000 taels of gold, 1 million taels of silver, 120,000 kilograms of brass, 92,000 kilograms of iron, 1 million stones of wheat, 5,000 kilograms of silk, 50,000 cloth, 300,000 kilograms of money, and 20,000 war horses.

The open-pit coal mines in King Liang's fief are rich, so he took out 50,000 taels of gold, 900,000 taels of silver, 62,000 kilograms of brass, 108,000 kilograms of iron, 1.2 million stones of wheat, 1 million kilograms of coal, and 600,000 kilograms of money.

Compared with King Zhao and King Liang, the court's materials were the most diverse, including 200,000 jin of saltpeter and 160,000 jin of sulfur.

The amount of these materials looks scary, but in fact, it is not much. For example, the one million kilograms of coal by King Liang is actually only 500 tons of coal, and the sixty-two thousand kilograms of brass is only 31 tons.

His cast iron cannon can only be at least 500 kilograms, and the heavy city guard cannon is even more than 1,000 kilograms.

"Yes, Your Highness, the lords will ask the various treasuries in Qingzhou to prepare to receive these supplies." Pang Yukun said.

Compared to silver, Pang Yukun prefers specific hard currency such as grain, iron, copper. After all, when the war is over, you may not be able to buy these things if you have silver.

Moreover, even if they are all traded silver, they still have to exchange them for these materials with merchants, so it is convenient and fast to barter directly. The only thing they need is to control the quality of materials.

Xiao Ming nodded, and he continued: "In the future, our arms transactions will only increase. The Qingzhou treasury is probably not enough. Moreover, the way of piled everything together in the past needs to be changed, and there must be a special warehouse for different materials."

Pang Yukun didn't think anything before. Now, as the transactions are getting more and more, the warehouse of the government office is gradually not enough. He said: "Your Highness is very serious, but when it comes to this matter, the officials remembered something. These days, the officials have read His Highness's government affairs books at the Bowen Academy and have gained a lot. The officials thought that the fiefdom should be rectified. After all, there are more and more affairs in the fiefdom, and government affairs should be refined. At least they have to imitate the court and have their own official system."

"Official system?" Xiao Ming showed a playful look. It seems that Pang Yukun has really learned some advanced government experience in the Bowen Academy.

Pang Yukun's dull face showed an embarrassing look. He was not very sad about these government books, but after reading them accidentally, he suddenly felt that many things on the books were very useful, so he reexamined the government books Xiao Ming placed in Bowen Academy.

"Yes, Your Highness, the officials think it is time to rectify the government offices so that the government offices of the fiefdoms can complete the various policies of Your Highness from top to bottom and handle different affairs among the people at the same time." Pang Yukun said firmly.

"Well, you are right. I have been busy with Dengzhou affairs during this period, but I have ignored this matter. Since that's the case, I will put this matter on the agenda." Xiao Ming said.

Overall, his fiefdom is a vassal state. Since it is a vassal state, it must have its own complete official system, so that he can manage the fiefdom more effectively.

Secondly, a complete official system is established to be able to control newly acquired territory at any time, such as the current Ryukyu Island.

In the future, Xiao Ming will have more and more colonies, which requires the establishment of government agencies in unfamiliar places at any time. Therefore, a mature official system is particularly important at this time.

Because this is not only for managing the fiefdom at this stage, but most importantly, it is to be able to reserve officials for emergencies.

After deciding on this matter, Pang Yukun ordered the convening of the chief officials of the fiefdoms to come to the Qingzhou Prefecture to discuss the matter. At the same time, he and Xiao Ming formulated the specific establishment of institutions and scope of responsibility in a few days.

Five days later, all the county officials of all prefectures and counties went to Qingzhou to participate in the discussion.

In Qingzhou Prefecture, Xiao Mingduan was in the main position, while a group of officials were listed under Xiao Ming, and the situation was like a court discussion.

Pang Yukun stood at the forefront as the fief, followed by the Qingzhou Governor Zhan Xingchang, Dengzhou Governor Yang Chengye, Cangzhou Governor Chang Yuchun, Yizhou Governor Yan Changhao, Yunzhou Governor Kong Yongan, Laizhou Governor Wei Changming, Youzhou Governor Han Jin.

After the governors of each state, there were the county magistrates in charge of the counties they were in charge, and there were a total of hundreds of people.

Some of these officials were elected by Pang Yukun, some were promoted from the fiefdoms before, and some were allocated from the Bowen Academy.

Looking at the officials below, Xiao Ming suddenly smiled. At this moment, he suddenly understood Xiao Wenxuan's obsession with imperial power.

Just imagine, if so many officials stand in front of them, anyone will feel as if they look down on the world?

"This time you come to Qingzhou to discuss matters, I believe you all know about government reform. Nowadays, the affairs of the fiefdom are becoming more and more diverse and changing with each passing day. The government offices of each prefecture and county government must make changes in advance for future development. At the same time, this discussion is also to let you clarify the official system of the fiefdom, and to deal with whoever has the problem in government affairs in the future, so as to avoid shirking the blame."

Seeing that everyone was here, Xiao Ming said loudly.

"Yes, Your Highness."

The officials immediately bowed and said.

At this time, Xiao Ming continued: "Since that's the case, I will inform you of the government affairs and official system of the fief. From today on, I will order Pang Yukun to be the chief minister of the domestic cabinet and establish a sealed cabinet. The cabinet will be composed of nine cabinet ministers, including the chief minister, responsible for the trial of the government affairs of each state and county, and discuss government affairs with me. There are six departments under the cabinet, and the responsibilities are like six ministries. In addition, the establishment of the Supervisory Council is independent of the Six Divisions, in charge of the judicial and criminal law of the country, and supervise the officials of the fief... "
Chapter completed!