1253 TWO Chapter 1253-Empire strategy (1/2)
Chapter 1253 – Empire Strategy
The Imperial Court had a fixed number of posts. With their ability, they should at least be directors. They were even good enough to be one of the four ministers and enter the Cabinet.
Helplessly, these positions could not be adjusted.
Although the Cabinet did not have a fixed organization, Ouyang Shuo was not prepared to add in new elders. The current Cabinet had one Grand Secretary, three assistants, and two part-time ones, which was enough.
However, he had to arrange a post for them. He could not simply let such talents slack around doing nothing because that would be wasting treasures.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was in a pickle, Jiang Shang stepped out and said, ”Your majesty, I think it's time to arrange secretary-generals and commissioners for the governor-general houses.”
As a regional office, the governor-general house naturally was not an empty shell. Apart from the governor-general, there were two core officials - the secretary-general and the commissioner.
The secretary-general was similar to the chief of staff, while the commissioner was the advisor of the governor-general and could be seen as their strategist.
Due to Great Xia still focusing on separating administrative and military matters, the role of secretary-general was a lot higher than the position of governor-general.
Based on the Great Xia system, the governor-general house was split into two, the commander in chief house and the great general house. Basically, in the military, the commander in chief was ranked higher than the great general, and the position of the commander in chief house was higher than the great general house.
The commander in chief governor was a primary Grade 2 official, similar to the Censorate minister, Honglu Temple minister, and court of law head. It was a position higher than the four deputy ministers of the court and lower than the four ministers of the court.
Relatively, the secretary-general was primary Grade 3, similar to the position of provincial governor.
The great general governor position was a secondary Grade 2 position, which was the same as the four deputies of the courts and the Imperial Capital Governor. The secretary general would be secondary Grade 3, same as directors under the four courts.
During the previous adjustment, the Imperial Capital Governor was promoted from primary Grade 3 to secondary Grade 2, showing the strategic position of the imperial capital. At the same time, with the Great Xia Bank as the central bank, its president went up to secondary Grade 2 from secondary Grade 3.
The presidents of the business and agriculture banks would remain as secondary Grade 3 officials.
The Nanjiang Governor General House had five provinces under it. Naturally, it was a commander in chief governor house. Hence, the correct way of referring to it would be Nanjiang Commander in Chief Governor House. Beijiang had three provinces and was temporarily a great general governor house.
After taking down nine countries in Africa, the Africa Governor-General House was promoted to the Africa Commander in Chief Governor House.
Jiang Shang was suggesting that they equip them with secretary-generals and commissioners to strengthen the construction of the governor-general houses to support the G=governor-general. Additionally, it was to give relative restrictions and monitoring.
When Ouyang Shuo heard that, he was filled with thoughts as he said, ”I'll follow your suggestion.”
”Your majesty is wise!” Jiang Shang was delighted.
Things were just so coincidental. Li Si, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Liao were all advisors that were all rounded, and they even had similar levels of experiences.
After further discussion, they decided to send Li Si to Nanjiang, Fang Xuanling to Africa, and Wei Liao to Beijiang.
Out of these places, Africa's situation was the most complicated, so Li Si was the best choice. However, considering Mulan Yue's young age, she might not be able to control him. Moreover, Baiqi was there. To avoid suspicion, Li Si who was also from Qin could not be sent there.
Luckily, Fang Xuanling was an intelligent person with many ideas. He was also honest and had an even temperament. He would definitely be able to assist Mulan Yue and help her manage the overseas territory.
At this point, this round of personnel arrangements had finally come to an end.
Before leaving, Kou Zhun asked, ”Your majesty, where should the Guanxi Province ruling city be set at?” Both Chang An and Xianyang were suitable. As such, it was a difficult decision.
The choice could easily make the civilians of the not chosen city unhappy.
However, Ouyang Shuo made an easy selection. He said with a smile, ”First come, first serve. Let's go with Xianyang.”
”Yes, your majesty!”
Kou Zhun was impressed. With those words, there was nothing that Chang An could say.
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After sending Jiang Shang and the other two off, Ouyang Shuo still had more work to do.
Settling the officials and adjusting the relevant personnel matters was only the first step. Next would be the generals as well as the troops of Zhou, Song, Qin, and Tang.
In terms of surrendered generals, Qin had Wang Jian and Wang Ben, while Tang had Hou Junji, Li Shiji, Yuchi Gong, and Cheng Yaojin. Amongst them, Wang Jian and Li Shiji were the best and could become marshals. The next tier would consist of Wang Ben and Hou Junji, followed by the rest.