The representatives of the three parties took a brief rest in Luoyang for a few days. When the auspicious day arrived, the leaders of the three parties plus representatives of the three parties, a total of twelve people, walked into the cabinet meeting hall.
Just today, the cabinet will be established. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the founding ceremony will be held, and then the Han Empire will be announced.
Originally, according to Xie Xin's idea, the cabinet should be semi-public. In addition to the 13 members, more than 500 people's representatives should come to the hearing. When determining major national policies, the 13 cabinet members should first determine the national policy.
It is then submitted to the people's representatives for a vote, and only two-thirds of it is passed before it is truly passed.
It’s just that at this stage, the people’s wisdom has not yet been enlightened, and their awareness of sovereignty is still unclear. Under such circumstances, the only people from various places who can come to the hearing as representatives are local wealthy and aristocratic families. Under such circumstances, according to Xie Xin’s idea, wouldn’t it be
Is the cabinet still going to be controlled by aristocratic families?
At this stage, behind the three parties are actually three princes with their own teams. As far as the civil and military teams are concerned, they are basically complete. Before the true constitutional monarchy can be implemented, with the current simple cabinet
The mechanism is more convenient.
No matter what the future holds, the twelve people have arrived at the main hall of the palace. A large round table has been placed here in advance, and thirteen tables are placed around this round table. These are the thirteen seats of the cabinet.
The chairman was naturally the contemporary Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie. The remaining twelve party leaders and party representatives from the three parties sat down around the round table.
"Today is the first day when the new political system is established. On this day, the three will no longer be princes, but the leaders of our Chinese party. And all the grievances between you and the Han Dynasty will be wiped out today. I hope you will
Seek more welfare for China and the Han Empire!" After everyone sat down, Liu Xie took the lead in speaking.
"We are the people of China, and we must seek the welfare of China!" Twelve people answered with cupped hands.
"So, I would like to announce that the first cabinet of the Han Empire is officially established at this moment!" Liu Xie announced with excitement.
"Long live the Han Empire! Long live the Chinese nation!" The twelve people also shouted with some joy.
"Okay, we don't have much time. After all, there is the founding ceremony at three o'clock in the afternoon. And we have to set aside at least an hour to rest and prepare, so we still have about three hours to determine the terms of reference. If
If you have no questions, can we draw lots for various positions in the Han Empire now?" Liu Xie asked seriously.
"Good!" everyone replied in unison.
"Then, it's up to me next!" Xie Xin walked out from the side and said with a smile.
Immediately, he took out a lottery box and placed it directly in front of everyone.
"Every piece of paper here has the position of the minister of each department written on it. You will take turns to draw lots, and whichever party you draw will send someone to fill that position. Later, there will be a draw for the position of deputy minister.
Also follow this method to confirm!" Xie Xin pointed to the lottery box and said to everyone.
After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment. Seeing that everyone had nothing to add or need to ask, he immediately announced: "Okay, no more nonsense, you three party leaders, come up one by one to draw!"
The first one to stand up was Xie Bian, after all, he was closest to the lottery box.
After some groping, I have to say that this process directly affected everyone's hearts, and Xie Bian groped even more cautiously, and finally took out a piece of paper.
"Minister of Finance!" Xie Bian breathed a sigh of relief.
Because this department is a very important department among so many departments.
"Then, the Huaxia Party will send a representative to serve as the Minister of Finance! Of course, the recommended list will be given out after the drawing is completed and after discussion between the four of you!" Xie Xin announced.
After hearing this, Xie Bian immediately bowed his hands and sat back.
"Next, Cao Cao, the leader of the People's Livelihood Party, comes up to draw a position!" Xie Xin continued to announce.
Cao Cao immediately stepped forward and fumbled for a long time before bringing up a piece of paper.
"Minister of Justice...it's a bit bad..." Cao Cao frowned.
Although the power of this position is not small, compared with the Minister of Government Affairs and the Minister of Defense, it belongs to a second-tier department.
"Then, the Minsheng Party will send a representative to serve as the Minister of Justice! Next, the leader of the Socialist Party, Gongsun Sheng, will come up to draw the position!" Xie Xin announced.
Gongsun Sheng stood up and came to the lottery box seriously. After some fumbling, he pulled out a piece of paper.
"Minister of Defense... you're lucky!" Gongsun Sheng grinned slightly.
"Then, the Socialist Party will send a representative to serve as the Minister of Defense! Next, the leader of the Chinese Party, Xie, will continue to debate and step forward to select the position!" Xie Xin continued to announce.
After extraction after extraction, positions in all major departments were extracted.
The main departments of the Han Empire were: Ministry of Government Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Land and Resources, Ministry of Water Resources, and Ministry of Health.
In the initial stage, each party will receive four quotas for these twelve departments. In fact, to put it bluntly, the ministers of these twelve departments will be temporarily served by twelve members of the cabinet.
"So, the appointment lists of the three major parties have been determined, and now the drawing for the position of deputy minister begins!" Xie Xin took out another lottery box and placed it in front of everyone.
According to the powers of each ministry, it can actually be divided into about two to four deputy ministers, who are in charge of political institutions in various fields. In order to prevent one family from monopolizing a certain department, the deputy ministers are also drawn by lot. But after all, they are deputy ministers, so
Even if a certain party has one or two more people, it actually doesn't matter.
So, under Xie Xin's roll call, the leaders of the three parties stood up to draw again. But this time they were not so cautious. After all, there was a minister on top. Even if the deputy minister's power was not low, it would not be too much.
In the end, the Socialist Party received one less quota than the other two parties. However, what is interesting is that the Socialist Party was quite lucky. He actually got the more important positions such as the Undersecretary of Finance and the Undersecretary of Government Affairs.
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"Okay, now all the positions have been drawn. You can discuss the specific list for half an hour and then submit the list to me. Now, take a half-hour break!" the thank you letter solemnly announced.
More than an hour has passed since the meeting. In order to leave enough time for the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, the discussion was supposed to last for a day, but the letter of thanks only gave them half an hour to discuss. In fact, in the hearts of the three parties, they should
I already have a rough list.
Sure enough, the party leaders and party representatives of the three parties discussed with each other for about ten minutes, which can be regarded as detailed adjustments, and then ended the discussion. Seeing that everyone has completed the discussion, Xie Xin naturally did not stick to the thirty minutes. Restrictions were directly announced to allow the three parties to submit their respective lists.
The deputy minister will naturally be appointed separately later, but the positions of ministers of the twelve departments were announced at this time:
Cao Cao served as Minister of Justice.
Xun Yu served as Minister of Education.
Guo Jia, serves as Minister of Industry and Commerce.
Zhong Yao serves as Minister of Agriculture.
Gongsun Sheng served as Minister of Defense.
Sun Qian served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Zhang Ming serves as Minister of Water Resources.
Zhang Zhongjing (who was actually caught in Gongsun Sheng's trap) served as Minister of Health.
Xie Bian served as Minister of Government Affairs.
Li Hui serves as Minister of Finance.
Yan Pu, serves as Minister of Land and Resources.
Liu Ye, serves as Minister of Science and Technology.
"Congratulations, the twelve ministers of the Han Empire's cabinet have finally been confirmed. I hope you will work hard during your reign and seek the welfare of the Chinese nation!" Xie Xin said with a smile.
"This is natural!" everyone replied in unison.
"Okay, now that the list has been finalized, I will announce the list of ministers! As for you, you can start discussing basic national policies and matters related to the founding ceremony in the afternoon. But remember, you still have a Half an hour, up to two hours can be discussed." Xie Xin said seriously.
"I'll understand!" everyone replied in unison.
Xie Xin was no longer interested in listening to what they were going to talk about next. Anyway, his role in this cabinet confirmation meeting was just that of a lottery intermediary and notary.
Now that the position has been confirmed, he can retire with success.