The court assembly, which lasted all day, finally came to an end. Liu Hong came to the front of Deyang Hall, closed his eyes, felt the breeze, and showed a comfortable expression on his face.

"Phew, I can finally get a good night's sleep now!"

Taking a deep breath of the air outside the hall, Liu Hong smiled easily, feeling completely relaxed.

With the issuance of various reform orders by the imperial court, all parties began to act quickly.

Lü Qiang, Cao Song, and Zhao Zhong were the first to take action.

After communication with government offices at all levels, the imperial court, the royal trading company, and the inner court each selected and dispatched their respective management personnel.

They also selected some workers from factories at all levels to accompany the managers to the four prefectures of Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei to be responsible for setting up branches and factories of the trading company.

Meanwhile, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Guan Ning, and Zhou Yi also began to travel between the three academies, assessing and selecting professional talents, and starting to work on the establishment of four departments: road administration, water conservancy, medical administration, and grain administration.

Joining the Four Offices, becoming an official of the Han Dynasty, enjoying various benefits and privileges set by the imperial court, and even becoming an official in the future—these temptations are undoubtedly fatal for the students of the three academies.

The three academies were immediately thrown into a frenzy, with countless students signing up to participate in the assessment in hopes of joining the Four Divisions.

The movements of the three colleges naturally attracted the attention of many students. When they learned about the functions and future scale of these four departments, the students were shocked.

The future status of an institution directly under the central government and spread throughout the Han Dynasty is self-evident.

Furthermore, after hearing about the new reform policies formulated by the imperial court, most students also keenly discovered a new path to advancement.

Countless students flocked to the three colleges to actively engage in learning and exchange.

People like Mao Jie, along with other students they were close to, would spend their days lingering in the three academies, learning and absorbing all sorts of new knowledge.

The novel academic theories presented in the three colleges also aroused the interest of many students, leading many to truly and thoroughly fall in love with engineering, agriculture, and medicine.

With a large population, there will always be a few outstanding individuals. The existence of these outstanding individuals provides a foundation for the future development of science and technology.

As for the reinforcement of the Imperial Guards, it cannot be completed for the time being because Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng, Gongsun Du and others are leading troops out.

After some discussion, Wang Yue and Song Feng decided to first expand the Northern Army and complete the reconstruction of the Three Battalions.

Immediately, more than a dozen squads of Imperial Guards and Northern Army soldiers rushed to the Guandong and Hejian regions respectively to take charge of the Northern Army's recruitment.

On the other hand, the Imperial Household Department and the Royal Merchant Guild, together with Yuan Feng, began to discuss, plan and formulate a road construction plan connecting Luoyang with Chang'an and Hejian, using the artisans from the Engineering Academy and the people from the cement factory.

After all, concrete is a new type of construction material, and its construction and building plans will inevitably change. Various experiments need to be conducted to ensure that everything is correct before construction can begin.

The factories north of Luoyang and the roads connecting the various colleges of Xiyuan to Luoyang became the primary experimental targets.

Soon, the Royal Trading Company joined forces with various government departments to recruit people and organize the criminals and slaves in the prisons to begin various road construction projects in the north and west of the city.

Government offices at all levels in the Luoyang region also dispatched officials to begin implementing the reform plans formulated by the emperor and the court officials.

Many officials at all levels in Luoyang even personally traveled to the countryside to promote the new tax policies formulated by the imperial court to the people and to vigorously encourage them to start farming and animal husbandry.

For a time, Luoyang, along with the Sili region, began to stir again.

Because of the various matters and instructions planned by the imperial court, and with clear work directions and goals, the various government offices and officials in the Luoyang area were extremely busy, but in no way chaotic.

Everything was slowly progressing and developing in the direction that Liu Hong and the officials in the court had anticipated; all they needed to do was wait.

Everything around Luoyang is just waiting for a critical point to arrive, at which point it will sweep across the entire country and the surrounding areas like a mega-explosion.

Now, Liu Hong has a grand hand, boldly delegating power to all matters in Luoyang and the imperial court, allowing officials to act freely.

He threw all the memorials that had been piled up on his desk onto the Ministry of Personnel.

According to the functions of the four departments, the memorials were classified and handed over to Tian Feng, Ju Shou and others for processing.

For example, all government affairs involving grain were handled by Zhou Yi.

Matters involving road administration are handled by Tian Feng, and so on.

When multiple matters are involved, several people will work together to handle them, provide their opinions, and then Liu Hong will make the final decision.

Liu Hong's actions further strengthened the power of the Ministry of Personnel and consolidated his own authority.

At the same time, it further leveraged the advantages of clearly defined powers and responsibilities, laying the foundation for future central government institutional reforms.

Inside the Deyang Palace, while everyone was busy in an orderly manner, Liu Hong sat at his desk and began to write and draw with paper and pen.

Liu Hong then took a brush and drew the number "1" on the paper.

"Jian Shuo, do you recognize this character?"

As he spoke, Liu Hong handed the page to Jian Shuo, who was standing to the side.

"Uh~!"

Jian Shuo took the paper and stared at the big "1" on it, momentarily stunned.

"Your Majesty... This servant is ignorant and has never seen this kind of writing before. Is this character pronounced 'shu'?"

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