Chapter 356

February 23rd of the second year of Gaia, the third day of the first lunar month.

On the third day of the new year, Ouyang Shuo's schedule was still full.

In the morning, Ouyang Shuo summoned Fan Zhongyan and other three directors, as well as Yongye county magistrate Shen Zhui.

All the ministries of the grassland surrendered. In order to strengthen the rule over the grassland, it is necessary to build a city on the grassland. It just so happened that the quotas for the three second-level subordinate territories of the original YY County have not been used yet.

What Ouyang Shuo meant was to build the God's Family City next to the God's Family Lake, at the headquarters of the Tianji Tribe. Then build an acropolis on the east and west sides of the grassland.

Based on the three cities, the Shenjuan Mansion was established.

The future God's Family Mansion will be the one with the largest area among the various mansions in Lianzhou County.

Ouyang Shuo's favorite prefect candidate is Shen Zhui.

Shen Zhui has always been favored by Ouyang Shuo. He has experience in the Material Reserve Department and served as a county magistrate. No matter in terms of qualifications or ability, he is enough to be the magistrate of the Divine Family Mansion.

Different from other mansions, Shenjuan Mansion is almost poor and empty, and everything has to be started from scratch.

In the morning, Ouyang Shuo and the three directors made a four-point plan for the development of the Shenjuan Mansion.

First, the herdsmen of various tribes were moved to settle in the three cities.

On the grassland, together with the Tianfeng tribe who had surrendered before, there were a total of one large tribe and eight medium-sized tribes, with a total population of less than 130,000. After the Battle of Lianzhou, the actual population on the grassland was less than 100,000, excluding the soldiers who died in battle and the reorganized cavalry units.

The mansion of the gods is vast and sparsely populated, and animal husbandry is its lifeline. Concentrating the herdsmen in the city is to end the scattered and extensive grazing of the herdsmen and turn to large-scale pastures and farms for collective grazing.

Second, build the city wall.

In the future Shenjuan Mansion, various ethnic groups in the grassland will live together with the Han people, and all ethnic groups will coexist. The prerequisite for building a city is to build a strong city wall.

Only in this way can the advanced farming civilization of the Han people be integrated into the nomadic civilization of the grassland.

There is neither wood nor stone on the grassland, which is a major test for the construction of the city wall. Fortunately, there is no shortage of red soil in the grasslands, and there are enough conditions to build large brick kilns.

The city walls of the first city and the second county of Shenjuan Mansion will be mainly made of earthen walls, with a layer of green bricks built outside.

The buildings in the city are also mainly brick structures, while taking into account the characteristics of various ethnic groups in the grassland. It can be considered to set aside an area in the city to allow herdsmen to build yurts.

The intersection of the two civilizations is also a major feature of the future Shenjuan Mansion.

Similarly, it is also a big test for the prefect Shen Zhui.

Ouyang Shuo even suggested that among all ethnic groups in the grassland, people with both ability and political integrity should be publicly selected to hold important positions in the H county government that is about to be formed.

Even nobles who are about to move to Shanhai City can also be reused as long as they have outstanding abilities.

The operation of the Divine Family Mansion is inseparable from the support of all ethnic groups in the grassland.

This work requires Shen Zhui to coordinate the Administration Department and the Interior Department to complete it together.

Of course, the selected officials would go to the Southwest University as usual to receive advanced studies for three months or even half a year. Can only be appointed after successful completion of the course.

Third, develop grassland deep processing industry.

Animal husbandry is the foundation of the grassland, but it is not enough to support the economy of the Shenjuan Mansion. With the end of the Battle of Lianzhou, the major chambers of commerce have set their sights on the vast grassland.

The furs and livestock that the herdsmen have worked hard to accumulate are bought cheaply by merchants, which is really worthless.

Ouyang Shuo, who has an excellent vision, naturally will not let the grassland grow wildly.

Deep processing is the opportunity and the way out for the rise of the grassland.

Whether it is wool, leather, or milk, goat's milk must be further processed on site. Wool can be woven into blankets, and leather into boots or clothing.

Even goat's milk and mare's milk can be made into dairy products such as milk skin and cheese.

Fourth, protect the ecology of the grassland and maintain the growth environment of the green clam.

The greatest contribution to the territory of the future Divine Family Mansion is to provide a steady stream of green clam horses. Ouyang Shuo has raised the cultivation of green clam horses to the strategic level of the territory.

What Shen Zhui wanted to do was to gather the green clam horses and stallions of all ethnic groups and build a large military horse farm near the beautiful Shenjuan Lake.

The Shenjuan Lake Army Horse Farm will surpass the Gale Wind Valley Army Horse Farm and become the largest army horse farm in the territory.

It is imperative to maintain the number of green clam horses and protect the ecology of the grassland. All development and construction of Shenjuan Mansion must be based on the premise of not destroying the grassland ecology.

After setting the general direction of the Divine Family Mansion, Ouyang Shuo will no longer intervene in the deployment of the remaining personnel, materials and funds. Shen Zhui needs to personally coordinate the Administration Department, the Interior Department, and the Finance Department.

Before Shen Zhui left, Ouyang Shuo handed him three black iron level village building tokens.

These three tokens were directly separated from the stone tablet in Friendship City without using the Fusion Order.

So far, the village establishment tokens of the nine secondary subordinate territories of Shanhai City have all been separated.

The three pieces from Beihai City were used in Tianfeng City, Yishui County and Duanren City. The ones from Friendship City were used to build the Mansion of Gods, and the three from Swimming City were still lying in Ouyang Shuo's storage bag.

It was already noon after dealing with the matter of the Shenjuan Mansion.

Ouyang Shuo left the study and went back to the apse to eat.

"Brother, you're back!"

Bing'er has long been waiting in the dining hall, waiting for the meal to start. After the little girl practiced the "Wugou Heart Sutra", no other changes could be seen, but her appetite increased.

Ouyang Shuo knew nothing about the "Wugou Heart Sutra".

All he can do is wait and see.

According to Zisu, in addition to three meals a day, Binger also often eats some pastries. Sometimes, before it's time to eat, I keep shouting that I'm hungry.

But the little girl was twisting again, every time she had to wait for Ouyang Shuo to come back before eating together.

Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to "get off work" on time every day.

After dinner, Ouyang Shuo went back to his room to have a rest.

In the afternoon, there was an important political meeting waiting for him to preside over it. Ouyang Shuo had to recharge his batteries.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, the main hall.

The three major departments, twelve divisions, a total of fifteen chief officials, all present.

Ouyang Shuo sat at the head and presided over the first political meeting of the Hou Mansion after this year.

I don't know when, the term "discussion" has become a thing of the past, replaced by "political discussion".

One word difference, but the meaning is different.

The word "zheng" in the political discussion represents the normalization of the civil servant group in the territory, and the right to speak and status have been further improved, and it has truly become the other pole of the military and political poles.

At the same time, it also declared that the authority of Ouyang Shuo, the prince, was becoming more and more prosperous.

The word "political discussion" divides Ouyang Shuo, the lord, and the civil servant group into two classes.

Ouyang Shuo occupies the first floor. Below that is the Civil Service Group.

Compared with the previous territorial discussions, there are two significant changes in the political discussions.

One is that there are more and more affairs that require the coordination of various departments. With the expansion of the size of the territory, some territorial affairs can no longer be resolved by a certain department or even a certain department.

For example, the "construction of the road network in Lianzhou County" that is currently being discussed involves at least three major departments: the Construction Department, the Audit Department, and the Four Seas Bank.

The construction department is responsible for road planning and design, the audit department is responsible for reviewing project budgets, and the Universal Bank is responsible for fund allocation and financial transfer payments.

In addition to the three main departments, other divisions are more or less involved. For example, the establishment of post stations along the official road involved the Department of Culture and Education and the Department of Public Security.

In addition, the government offices and county offices along the official road are all involved.

Not to mention, there are hundreds of settlements along the route. Which settlements the road passes through and which settlements it does not pass through is not a simple math problem.

The complexity of the affairs is no longer imaginable in the Zhenxian period.

While testing the various departments, it is also a huge test for the three directors. Fortunately, both Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing are giant-level officials, so they can handle it with ease.

It is precisely because of the complexity of the affairs that the interests are intertwined.

When discussing politics, Ouyang Shuo spent most of his time as a listener and would not express his opinion easily.

And this is the second change in the political debate.

Ouyang Shuo gradually completed his role change.

From a participant to a pure decision maker.

Unless it involves a major territorial strategy, under normal circumstances, Ouyang Shuo will ask the various departments to come up with opinions or clear plans, and will not take the initiative to guide the work of the various departments.

In this way, the power of the three directors has been greatly enhanced.

Their role positioning is also undergoing a transformation.

In previous discussions, Ouyang Shuo usually played the leading role. Whether it is Fan Zhongyan or Cui Yingyou, they act more like an executor.

Fan Tian's light was completely covered by Ouyang Shuo's huge back, and their sense of existence was extremely low.

Now, they are the real giants, with great decision-making power.

For Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing, the stage to display their talents has just begun.

In the future, what kind of dazzling brilliance will the two lead together on this stage?

Everything is left to the test of time.

For the directors of the various departments, life is a bit difficult.

Rights and responsibilities have always coexisted.

While Ouyang Shuo empowered the departments with greater power, they naturally needed to assume greater responsibilities. Directors, if the interests of the territory are damaged due to wrong decision-making, you will naturally need to be held accountable.

The lighter ones will be lowered in the year-end evaluation. In severe cases, the position may have to be adjusted.

Among the twelve directors, there are three or four whose positions are not stable. They have a common feature, that is, they all rose from the reckless, and coupled with their low qualifications, they are naturally put to the test.

The current Director of Household Registration, Du Quan, Director of Taxation, Qian Lifei, and Director of Industry, Du Xiaolan, are the most unstable of these three.

As long as the time is right, Ouyang Shuo will send them down to the government office.

As for Qin Shijian, director of merit examination, Sun Yannong, director of agriculture, and Hao Jiancheng, director of construction, these three are still in the investigation stage.

The other six directors are outstanding in terms of ability and experience, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being.