Chapter 403 Southern Border Protectorate

After reviewing the newly formed three master troupes, Ouyang Shuo will embark on the return journey.

So far, all the military and political affairs of Leizhou County have been smoothed out, and there is no need for Ouyang Shuo to sit in charge in person.

The next day, Ouyang Shuo left Leishan City and returned to Shanhai City by warship from Heitu Port.

Black Earth Port is the first port where the Imperial Guard Division landed. Compared with a month ago, this place has become a huge construction site, which is very lively.

In the future, it will be built into a super-large port, connecting Beihai Port and connecting the two counties. The sea channel between Beihai Port and Heitu Port is also an important channel for the Marquis of Lianzhou to control Leizhou County.

Although Leizhou County is isolated from its territory, with this sea route, it is very convenient to travel between the two places. Even for ordinary merchant ships, it only takes four days to arrive.

At the same time, Hai'an City and Yanluo City will also build a port respectively. The port of Hai'an City is mainly used to connect Leizhou County and the future Qiongzhou County.

The port of Yanluo City is connected to Jiaozhou County in the south of Lingnan, and even the royal city of Quanzhou.

With the establishment of Leizhou County, the construction of sea trade channels in Shanhailing is entering a period of rapid development. Limited to the geographical characteristics of Lianzhou County, maritime trade will also be Shanhai City's most important external communication window.

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On July 9th, Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City.

Along with him came back the Imperial Guard Division and the four directors.

Leizhou County has a well-structured structure, and the four directors will naturally retire after their achievements. After leaving Shanhai City for a month, the backlog of government affairs in the Hou Mansion was enough for them to have a headache.

After returning to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo began to carry out a major reform to the structure of the territory.

What followed naturally was a series of personnel appointments and dismissals.

With the establishment of Leizhou County, plus the foreseeable Qiongzhou County and Zhaoqing County. Ouyang Shuo believed that the time was ripe for upgrading to Lianzhou Marquis Mansion.

The first one is to formally establish the Lianzhou County Yamen and separate it from the Lianzhou Marquis Mansion. Wei Ran lived up to expectations and was appointed by Ouyang Shuo as the sheriff of Lianzhou County.

The county seat of Lianzhou County was chosen in the Shenjuan City which is still under construction.

As the future capital city, Shanhai City took this opportunity to formally separate from Lianzhou County and occupy a special position in the territory as an independent administrative division.

There are two reasons for setting the county seat of Lianzhou County in Shenjuan City.

First, the city of gods is located in the center of Lianzhou County, radiating everywhere.

Second, use the status of the county government to promote the development of the city of gods in a disguised form.

Wei Ran moved to the right to be the county guard and left Shanhai City, which would not only help eliminate the rumors and gossips between him and Bai Qi in the territory, but also be a boon to the development of Lianzhou County.

After Lianzhou County is formally established, the Lianzhou County Garrison Division will also be formed to be responsible for the daily defense of Lianzhou County. As for the current City Guard Division, it is only responsible for the defense of Shanhai City.

The establishment of the Lianzhou County Garrison Division is tantamount to the complete liberation of the Longxiang Army. The First Division of the Longxiang Army, which was originally in charge of the defense of Lianzhou County, will be stationed in Mulan Fortress after handing over the defense.

As a member of the security division, Ouyang Shuo aimed at the future prisoners of war in Zhaoqing County.

Therefore, the Lianzhou County Garrison Division will not be formally formed until Zhaoqing County is captured. Ouyang Shuo chose Hu Yibiao as the candidate for the division commander of the security division.

Hu Yibiao had previously served as the brigade commander of the fourth brigade of the third division of the Longchamp Army. Like Zhao Yan, he was also a fierce general on the battlefield, a veteran trained by Shanhai City.

Although this group of veterans is not qualified for the post of division commander of the field army, it is still sufficient to serve as division commander of the garrison division. This was also Ouyang Shuo's last care for these veterans.

After Shanhai City was listed separately, its chief executive was named [Shanhai Ling].

For the first [Mountain and Sea Order], Ouyang Shuo selected Zang Wenzhong, the prefect of Broken Blade Mansion who had just taken office.

Zang Wenzhong's enlightened ruling ideas and his status as an outsider are the main reasons why he stands out.

Lei Fan, magistrate of Gushan County, succeeded Zang Wenzhong and moved to the right to the prefect of Duanren Prefecture.

Lei Fan has always been an official that Ouyang Shuo valued very much, and he showed outstanding talent in the battle of Lianzhou. Taking this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo naturally wanted to promote him.

At the same time, Ouyang Shuo officially appointed Tian Wenjing as the governor of Qiongzhou County.

So far, Lianzhou Hou Mansion formally governs the land of the three counties.

In the future, more counties will be brought under the rule of the Marquis of Lianzhou. As for whether to add a structure above the county level, I am afraid that it will take several years before there will be a conclusion.

The biggest problem at present is that the Lianzhou Marquis Mansion's rule over the various territories is somewhat unfair.

According to the game's settings, the territory of the Marquis of Lianzhou should be limited to 50,000 square kilometers limited to the first-level county. However, the area actually ruled by the Shanhai Territory is fifteen or six times the limit.

In the previous life, Dichen and the others also encountered the same problem.

The only solution is to ask the imperial court for an official position, such as governor, Jiedu envoy or protector. Then, in the name of the Dudufu, Jiedushifu or Duhufu, the jurisdiction over the territory actually occupied is exercised.

Undoubtedly, Ouyang Shuo needs such an official position right now.

Such an important official position, of course, is not free.

One of the conditions is to pay tribute to the imperial court every year, also known as annual offering. Not only that, if there is no certain reputation, even if the lord wants to pay tribute, whether the court will accept it or not is still a matter of opinion.

The court chosen by Ouyang Shuo was naturally the court of Dali.

After all, his title of Marquis of Lianzhou was granted by the Dali court, so it has some origins.

After the decision was made, Ouyang Shuo would choose an envoy to go to Dali instead of him, meet the current emperor, explain the reason, and seek an official position.

According to Ouyang Shuo's meaning, the ideal official position is the Southern Border Protectorate, and then the formation of the Southern Border Protectorate.

It has to be said that his appetite is really too big.

"Du" means all, "Guardian" means the guardianship of soldiers, and "Duhu" means "general guardianship", which is the highest officer in a domain. The Southern Border Guard is the general guardian of the southern region.

Southern Xinjiang, the area it covers is huge.

Ouyang Shuo's intention, of course, was to get it right in one go. Before the official founding of the country, the structure of the "Southern Border Protectorate" had always been used, so as to avoid frequent replacements and cause confusion in government affairs.

In the previous life, Dichen and the others all first sought the position of Jiedushi in a region, such as Xuanhua Jiedushi, Jingzhou Jiedushi, etc., first established Jiedushifu, and then slowly promoted step by step.

Where is it like Ouyang Shuo, who wants to go straight to the sky in one step.

The Dali court alone may not have the right to confer this position, and the Quanzhou court, which is also located in the south, must agree to this appointment before it can pass Gaia's approval.

This is even more difficult.

Fortunately, Shanhai City and the Quanzhou court still have some incense. Especially with the help of Mazu as a bridge, the connection between the two cities is getting closer. Even the plaques of the Mazu Temple were bestowed by the Quanzhou court.

And this is also the source of Ouyang Shuo's confidence.

If there were no such favorable factors, Ouyang Shuo would never have such delusional thoughts.

The next step is to finalize the candidates for envoys.

Unlike the great powers competing for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the competition between lords in the wilderness is either right or wrong, and the ultimate goal is to eliminate each other.

Therefore, the role of diplomatic envoys in the territory is not as important as in history. Not to mention the establishment of a special department in Shanhai City, even a professional envoy cannot be found.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo had a headache.

In desperation, he could only consult the opinions of the four directors.

"You think, who can be the envoy?"

The four directors looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Cui Yingyou, Director of Finance, needless to say, as a woman, she is fine in the territory, and with Ouyang Shuo's protection, no one dares to say anything. But if you want to go to the imperial court, you probably won't even see the emperor's face.

Director of Administration Fan Zhongyan? no.

Fan Gong is upright and upright. If it is a reciprocal envoy to show the majesty of the territory, he is naturally the right person. But this trip is to go to private activities to seek an official position. Of course, Fan Gong can't do this kind of activity.

The only ones left were Du Ruhui and Wei Yang.

There was no other way, Ouyang Shuo decided directly, and Du Ruhui and Cui Yingyou were sent to Dali as ambassadors.

As the chief envoy, Du Ruhui was mainly responsible for meeting the emperor, explaining the reasons, and coordinating the important relations. Yingyou was the deputy envoy, using Cui's influence in Dali to move around.

Wei Yang and Jing Jian went to Quanzhou as envoys.

Ouyang Shuo knew that Jing Jian had been an envoy in Qin State before, so he had certain experience.

After selecting the envoys, the next step is to prepare the gift list.

In addition to preparing the meeting gifts for the ministers, the most important thing is to formulate the annual offerings.

In order to win the position of "Southern Border Guard", Ouyang Shuo also spent a lot of money this time.

He personally planned that Shanhai City would offer 20,000 gold coins, 10,000 bolts of colored silk, 100 catties of pekoe tea, 100 strings of pearls, and 2,000 altars of Sanhua wine to each of the two courts of Dali and Quanzhou every year.

The total value of the tribute supplies exceeds 100,000 gold coins.

Ouyang Shuo knew very well that only these local specialties could touch the heart of the current emperor. Ordinary vulgar things, it's better not to show them to shame.

Such a large sum of money, among the world's lords, only Ouyang Shuo can afford it at this stage.

As soon as the words fell, the four directors all took a breath.

Fortunately, the four of them are very human, and all of them have far-sighted visions. When Ouyang Shuo proposed the idea of ​​forming the Southern Border Protectorate, all four of them were impressed and immediately understood its significance to the territory.

It can be said that if it really wants to succeed, it will be a landmark event for the development of Shanhailing.

Compared with occupying Leizhou County, it is not much better.

Du Ruhui and Wei Yang came out together, bowed and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, this humble minister will definitely live up to your entrustment!"

Indeed, with such a huge annual supply as the basis, the chances of success are very high.

That's why the two of them seemed confident.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, but didn't say anything.

The next day, two teams of envoys set off with gifts and gift lists.