Chapter 530

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Since the establishment of the territory, Ouyang Shuo implemented a strict military-political separation system.

Therefore, he will never allow the commander-in-chief and the local officials to take this opportunity to form any relationship that should not exist, or to breed any chain of interests that should not exist.

It's just that Mulanyue is different, the little girl admires Ouyang Shuo's elder brother very much, and also has no ambitions, so Ouyang Shuo is so reassuring about her.

Raising Mulan Yue's status is actually paving the way for her future game settlement.

Of course, Mulan Yue's own abilities were also recognized by Ouyang Shuo. Otherwise, he would not use a county as a test field for training little girls.

Compared with famous officials like Pei Ju, Mulan Yue naturally still has some gaps. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo specifically mentioned in the official letter to Xiao He that the officials assigned to Zhen'an County must be experienced.

For Mulanyue, Ouyang Shuo also had good intentions.

The only problem is that once Mulanyue goes to Zhen'an County, she will not be able to pass through the teleportation formation in Mulan City, so she often goes to Shanhai City to play with Ouyang Shuo.

In this regard, Ouyang Shuo was helpless.

Well, how can we thrive without experiencing wind and rain.

When the young eagle grows up, it will always soar in the sky independently.

With the gradual success of his hegemony and majesty, Ouyang Shuo's mentality became more and more sophisticated. According to Song Jia's words, he is clearly a young man in his early twenties, but he already looks like a middle-aged uncle.

Treating Mulanyue, Ouyang Shuo already had the consciousness of being an elder.

Obviously, the difference between the two is only a few years old.

It has to be said that Ouyang Shuo is really "old".

Furthermore, in the past year, Ouyang Shuo hadn't spent much time in Shanhai City, basically he was busy working outside. If you think about it carefully, it's really hard life.

In addition, Ouyang Shuo transferred Cui Shousi, the magistrate of Yun'an Prefecture, who had been quite promising in his official career, to Zhen'an County, where he served as the Chief of Zhen'an County Administration, and assisted Mu Lanyue in handling government affairs.

Of course, according to the administrative establishment of Shanhai City, the director of a county is actually half a level higher than the prefect.

When it comes to Cui Shousi, one has to mention the Cui family.

According to Song Jia's letter to him, just a week ago, the entire Cui family officially moved to Shanhai City. As for Bai's Trading Company, Song Jia has not given a definite answer so far.

I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of Bai Gui, an old fox.

The Black Snake Guards found a trace of Fan Li's actions. According to Black Snake's letter, it will take another week at most to locate Fan Li and Xi Shi.

Ouyang Shuo reckoned that Bai Gui was waiting for Fan Li, right?

These businessmen, there are too many twists and turns in their stomachs, and they are not very refreshing.

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Ouyang Shuo had selected three candidates for the sheriff. For Xiao He, the director of administration, the trouble had just begun.

The selection of county guards is easy, but it is a big trouble to match the officials from all over the place.

Since the Battle of Zhaoqing, in less than four months, Shanhai City has successively occupied the five counties of Zhaoqing County, Wuzhou County, Xunzhou County, Zhen'an County, and Guilin County.

Compared with four months ago, the area of ​​the territory has expanded nearly twice.

In such a short period of time, large-scale and large-scale expansion is extremely inappropriate, and it will inevitably bring about the disadvantage of insufficient stamina, which will greatly weaken the foundation accumulated in the territory before.

The core problem is the shortage of talents.

Lianzhou County is a county with the deepest heritage in the territory. Afterwards, Qiongzhou County was in a dilapidated state at the beginning, but with the blessing of the territorial characteristics of Yashan City, the background is getting stronger day by day.

Leizhou County, which was previously occupied, was under the rule of the lord player, so it was fine.

Even Zhaoqing County has a certain background. After the occupation, with the blessing of the new territorial characteristics, they can quickly keep up with the pace of Lianzhou County.

However, Ouyang Shuo did not dare to compliment the newly occupied four counties in Southern Sichuan Province.

Needless to say, Wuzhou County was a mess under Chi You's brutal management. As a result, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to send an important minister, Fan Zhongyan, to govern the county himself.

The three counties of Xunzhou County, Zhen'an County, and Guilin County, under the rule of Hong Xiuquan, were only thinking about external expansion, and the internal affairs of the territory were also in a mess.

If it weren't for Su Zhe and others to take care of it, it would have been even worse.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has ravaged the three counties for nearly a year, and all its foundations have been destroyed. The essence of the entire three counties was probably gathered by Hong Xiuquan and made offerings to Tianjing City.

Therefore, it is really a long way to go to manage these three counties well.

If all the three counties were organized according to the bureaucratic system of Shanhai City, the number of officials needed would be extremely astonishing.

In addition to this period of time, the Administrative Office is following Ouyang Shuo's instructions to conduct a top-to-bottom comprehensive inspection of the officials in the territory, eliminating hundreds of unqualified officials at once.

Therefore, even if the territory has a powerful hematopoietic machine like the Southwest University Hall, it cannot keep up with the expansion speed of the territory. According to Xiao He's preliminary calculations, the shortage of officials in the territory will reach an astonishing 1,500 people.

As a last resort, Xiao He could only go to the major royal cities in person, take advantage of the reputation of the [Hundred Families Holy Land], and promise generous treatment to recruit talents.

Of course, Xiao He would never dare to go to Xianyang City, and it would be useless to say that.

Even so, Xiao He was able to recruit only some low-level officials. For real talents, they have done well in Wangcheng, so they won't be easily baited.

The huge shortage of officials made Xiao He feel uncomfortable eating and sleeping.

As a last resort, Xiao He could only negotiate with Jiang Shang to send the winter students of Southwest University to the graduation assessment in advance. Those who pass the assessment will be assigned to various places immediately.

At the same time, Xiao He also implored Mencius, the dean of the School of Economics, to use the influence of Confucianism and call on Confucian scholars from all over the world to become officials in Shanhai City.

Xiao He also made this request to other schools of thought.

It was only after counting all of them together that they could barely make up a thousand. As for the remaining vacancies, it can only be discussed in the long run. The vacant duties will be temporarily filled by existing local officials.

Xiao He jokingly said that he was "playing up the numbers".

After all, the shortage of 1,500 officials was calculated by Xiao He after considering the available officials in the three counties.

Therefore, those who are on the top for the time being are really "unusable" people.

All of a sudden, the overall quality of the territorial bureaucracy dropped by a whole level.

Regarding this, neither Xiao He nor Ouyang Shuo could do anything.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really had an unstoppable trend, Ouyang Shuo originally didn't want to be so eager for quick success. It's a pity that the situation is already like this, and Ouyang Shuo has no choice but to continue walking.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything.

Once Shanhai City completes this round of digestion, a brand new territory will stand in the southwestern land.

By then, the territory will be reborn from the ashes.

A dynasty is already in its infancy.

Yes, it is Dynasty.

If calculated according to the current territory of the territory, it is almost the same as the historical dynasties, except for the background, at least in terms of territory.

Of course, it is precisely because the backgrounds are too far apart, so it is only the embryonic form of a dynasty.

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After dealing with the major military and political affairs after the war, Ouyang Shuo was ready to pack and set off for Tianjing City. Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom surrendered, Ouyang Shuo had to go to Tianjing City to sit in the city in order to truly settle down.

Moreover, there are many affairs in Tianjing City at this time, which need to be decided by him personally. For example, the disposal of the 100,000 Taiping Army, the placement of the civil and military officials of the Kingdom of Heaven, the disposal of property in the city, especially the Palace of the Heavenly King, and so on.

In all of these, Yang Xiuqing is cautious and will not make assertions.

On November 18th, Ouyang Shuo led his troops and left Guiping Pass.

Because Ouyang Shuo had been officially appointed as the governor of Guilin County, Pei Ju naturally stayed when Ouyang Shuo led his troops to leave Guiping Pass.

Pei Ju will join the Baotao Legion led by Han Xin at Guiping Pass and enter Guilin County together.

At the same time, there were only two mountain barbarian independent divisions accompanying Ouyang Shuo to Tianjing City. The remaining independent division was arranged by him to be stationed at Guiping Pass and Xuanwu Pass.

Five thousand mountain barbarians were stationed at Xuanwu Pass, and the rest were stationed at Guiping Pass.

Only when Han Xin arrived with his troops and took over the defense of the two major passes, would the Mountain Barbarian Independent Division go south and meet Ouyang Shuo.

The mighty army left the customs and disappeared on the horizon.

In the distance, stands a huge city, which is Tianjing City.

Ouyang Shuo will stay there for a period of time to outline and implement his grand blueprint.

It can be said that the surrender of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was an important node in Ouyang Shuo's hegemony.

From this, he can be regarded as officially embarking on the road of the hero, establishing his position in the wilderness. At this point, ordinary setbacks are no longer able to overthrow Ouyang Shuo's rule.

This is the bottom line.

And just when Ouyang Shuo was planning the blueprint for the territory, a sudden upheaval suddenly made his plans come to naught, and gave him a heavy blow when he was most excited.

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On November 19th, the second year of Gaia, at the northern border of Guilin County.

The morning sun shines on the vast wilderness of the border, serene and warm.

At this moment, a huge army suddenly appeared in the wilderness. Looking around, there are banners flying, swords and guns everywhere, and a large area of ​​darkness, and there is no end in sight.

The endless army, like ghosts, suddenly rushed into Guilin County.

The day after Ouyang Shuo led his troops to leave Guiping Pass, more than a dozen lords from the south of the northern Sichuan Province joined forces with a 100,000 coalition army from [Shunan city-state] to brazenly launch an invasion when Guilin County was empty.

The two armies, with a total of more than 200,000 troops, attacked Guilin County with lightning speed.