963 A Huge Group of War Prisoners Rush Over (1/2)
Chapter 963 – A Huge Group of War Prisoners Rush Over
Ouyang Shuo said to Jiang Shang, ”Beijiang Province has a really important strategic value, so the Cabinet must choose the governors wisely.”
”Yes my king!”
Jiang Shang understood that although the king appointed Wufu as the Provincial Governor, he would not truly allow him to run Beijing Province alone. Naturally, the king needed governors that he trusted.
This was how rulers balanced power; Jiang Shang obviously understood this.
If Jiang Shang could not understand it, unable to get what the king was getting at and choosing the wrong people as a result, it would be better if he just resigned from the Cabinet.
Establishing the Beijiang Province, the troops in the province also needed to be reorganized. Ouyang Shuo looked toward Military Affairs Minister Du Ruhui and asked, ”What's the Privy Court's opinion on the troop arrangement in Beijiang Province?”
Before the meeting, Jiang Shang as the Grand Secretary had already informed Du Ruhui about this matter in advance. He wanted him to be mentally prepared.
This was the role of the Cabinet. Even if Ouyang Shuo knew, he would not interfere.
Hence, Du Ruhui already had some ideas, ”The Privy Court thinks that we should follow Morocco and Somalia Province and set up a Beijiang Formation.”
Ouyang Shuo frowned, ”A normal formation only has 100 thousand troops. It is not enough to defend the entirety of Beijiang.”
”The organization of the formation is not set in stone. I suggest we move the Stone City legion, the Leopard Legion Corps 4th legion, and the Binhai Squadron into the Beijiang Formation to form a huge formation. Of course, the Binhai Squadron would only be listed under them during war time, and the daily training would still be led by the Navy Headquarters.”
Ouyang Shuo nodded in praise. Du Ruhui's way of thinking was similar to modern day methods. It seemed like this Military Affairs Minister had been spending a lot of time studying up on military matters.
Great Xia needed people like Du Ruhui who knew they needed to continue learning and improve themselves to improve with the times. They did not need corrupt ministers who hung onto their old values.
As a result, Great Xia was different from any dynasty. Not only was this a really prosperous dynasty, but it was also one that changed with the times. It was a dynasty that was exceptionally confident.
Since establishing the territory to the current Great Xia, Ouyang Shuo's goals had never changed.
”Accepting everyone and being tolerant of diversity.” This was inculcated into the minds of everyone through the Xinan University, becoming the spirit and motto of the entire dynasty.
Only with such a special quality could a monster like the Great Xia Dynasty be sustained.
To let such a special values seep into the dynasty and improve with it, mounding and improving oneself, was Ouyang Shuo's secret to success.
Ouyang Shuo called it the way of the king, and it was a totally new description of something that was centuries old.
If one did not understand this point, they would not be able to see how the Great Xia Dynasty rose up so swiftly in the wilderness.
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”The original Leopard Legion Corps 4th legion will become the 1st legion of the Beijiang Formation and the Stone City legion will become the 2nd legion.”
”The original Leopard Legion Corps 4th legion Legion General Chen Yucheng will be promoted to Beijiang Formation Lieutenant General; the original 1st division Major General Zhang He will be promoted to 1st legion Legion General; and the original Stone Legion Legion General will become the 2nd legion Legion General.”
Ouyang Shuo also had arrangements for the Binhai Squadron that was being formed, ”Original Yashan Squadron chief general Cai Mao will be promoted to Binhai Squadron Deputy Fleet Admiral.”
The establishment of the Binhai Squadron was one that Cai Mao was in charge of, so Ouyang Shuo used the chance to promote him a grade. As for whether he could become a Fleet Admiral or not, more observations were needed.
Du Ruhui noted down the appointment changes one by one and asked, ”My king, what about the Leopard Legion Corps?”
”Original Leopard Legion Corps 1st division Major General Cao Hong will be promoted to 4th legion Legion General. The troops of the 4th legion will be handled after the southwest battlefield ends.”
Zhang He and Cao Hong; these two Three Kingdoms generals were promoted.
There were not many top grade generals during the Three Kingdoms Period, especially those that were good at commanding. However, luckily, there were many of them, and that was what Great Xia needed now.
One could foresee that the Three Kingdoms generals would occupy an important position in the Great Xia Army, and this would become more evident as Great Xia continued to expand.
Listening to the king's arrangements, Du Ruhui's face was really tense. He made some rough calculation and found that after this battle, Great Xia would obtain hundreds of thousands of troops.
From the Battle of Dongchuan, they had captured around 70 thousand prisoners.
They had already gotten 150 thousand prisoners from the Shu Lands. After settling Hanzhong Prefecture, there would be a new batch of them.