Seeing that no one spoke, Gongsun Jian took a sip of tea and continued: "Since everyone has no doubts, then I will continue to speak. The First Government Office, the Chief Secretary of State is Feng Huaidao. The rest are Cao Liang, Liu Dayuan, Huang Wenyuan, and Li Wenfang. The above five constituted the first government office of the Zhou Wangfu, and were collectively known as the cabinet ministers of the government office. ”

"Yes, subordinates obey orders!" All five men whose names were mentioned stood up again and bowed down to receive the order. But everyone's hearts were extremely excited. This appointment is equivalent to indicating that the five of them will be the core team within the small court of King Zhou in the future, which is equivalent to the existence of the prime minister.

"In the government affairs office, Feng Huaidao is in charge of the overall situation, and Cao Liang is in charge of all the officials under the palace and foreign exchanges. Liu Dayuan was in charge of agriculture and construction. Lao Huang, you are in charge of what you did before, that is, culture, education, health and publicity. As for Li Wenfang, you should grasp the business and taxation, and you will discuss the financial affairs with Lao Feng and Yu Wu. ”

After appointing and assigning the affairs of the government office, Gongsun Jian began to divide and assign the appointments and responsibilities of the various ministries and departments under the government office. For example, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry and Mining, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and so on. However, there are some difficulties in this. That is, Gongsun Jian's talents are still a little small now. The main reason is that most of the things like reading in this era are still in the hands of the big families. But Gongsun Jian offended those big families too hard. Therefore, most of the people who can come to Gongsun Jian's side to volunteer to be officials are people from poor backgrounds. But these people can't be said to be uneducated or poorly capable. Mainly because of the background, so the pattern of vision and thinking needs to be improved.

Gongsun Jian appointed candidates for several major departments, such as the Ministry of Finance, and his own daughter is more reliable, but Gongyu Wu is still young after all, and he has to be in charge of the affairs of the Audit Office and go to school. How can there be so much energy to manage so many things. Besides, the reason why Gongsun Jian handed over these things to Gongyu Wu before was that he was exercising her, and secondly, he was deliberately cultivating her vision and ideas. But he couldn't bear to trap a young child in these things all day.

In the end, the position of Minister of Finance was given to the boss of the Cao family, that is, Cao Liang's eldest brother Cao De. However, the Audit Commission still let Gong Yu Mai take care of it, but it was not responsible for day-to-day affairs.

The Ministry of Agriculture appointed the former Hezhou Governor Zhang Yi to be in charge, and this person did a good job in the post of Hezhou Governor, especially good at handling agricultural affairs. In just one year, the Hezhou Mansion, which was originally the most barren of the three northwestern provinces, was managed in an orderly manner.

The Ministry of Industry and Mining made a distinction with a county magistrate named He Renxuan. This person entered Gongsun Jian's field of vision because he reminded Gongsun Jian that he should have his own font size and organization. After some investigation, I felt that this person was diligent and had good ability. That's why it was decided to promote him this time.

After the meeting, the government will discuss the list and submit the list to Gongsun Jian for further decision. Then there is the question of the state capitals. According to Gongsun Jian's idea, the three prefectures in the northwest, the four prefectures in the west and the four prefectures in the southwest were unified into three provinces directly under the government government, and each province had a governor to manage the subordinate prefectures, and the prefectures were directly under the county level.

After some discussion, the original three northwestern provinces were merged into Xingding Province, and Liu Dayuan temporarily acted as governor. The four prefectures of Xizhou were renamed Dingnan Province, and the governor was Zhao Demao, the governor of Yongzhou Prefecture, who was originally returned to Shun. The four southwestern provinces were named Tien Nam Province, and because they had not yet been fully annexed, the post of governor was temporarily not established, and they would be appointed after they were completely subordinated and the new policy was implemented in the future.

After that, Gongsun Jian told Li Wenfang and all the people in the cabinet of the government that the annexation of Tiannan Province should be stepped up to prevent the Zhou court from obstructing it for a long time.

After discussing the civil and administrative aspects, it is time to talk about the military attaché and the military. In this regard, Gongsun Jian was less discussed, but basically appointed directly. After all, the army is his core strength, and all power must be in the hands of his own people.

First of all, Gongsun Jian proclaimed himself the commander-in-chief of all the troops under the Zhou Palace. At the same time, the Department of Staff was established, and Xu Huaizhi was appointed as the chief of the General Staff, directly under the leadership and command of Gongsun Jian. In the future, all troop movements and operations will be under the command of the General Staff Department. The next step was the establishment of the Training and Logistics Department, headed by Qi Shi. Responsible for the organization and training of the whole army, as well as logistical support. Finally, there is the Political Training Department, which is in charge of Cao Gang, and is mainly responsible for personnel appointments, dismissals, and ideological education within the army. In addition, Huang Wenyuan and Hu Tianyi also have the right to participate directly in the work of this department. After all, Lao Huang learned a lot of ideological work and mobilization skills from Gongsun Jian's side, while Hu Tianyi was nothing more than grasping some possible internal leaks and betrayals.

In this way, the main agenda of this meeting is completed. After the meeting, Gongsun Jian also found some people separately to advise them individually. Generally speaking, most people are relatively satisfied with their appointment and positioning in the existing Zhou palace system. In particular, the Cao family, because of the earliest support for Gongsun Jian, three children of the family were able to be appointed as high-ranking officials and held important positions in both civil and military affairs. In particular, the third son, Cao Liang, actually entered the center. In this regard, the old lady of the Cao family was also very happy and generous, and personally came to find Gongsun Jian, saying that the Cao family was willing to follow Gongsun Jian, give up the salt smuggling business, and hand over this part to the government to be responsible, and the Cao family only needs half of the income dividends every year. Gongsun Jian naturally accepted it happily, and stated that the current territory is everyone's territory, not his Gongsun Jian alone, and all the future will be everyone's. In addition, in addition to the government office, he also planned to elect some famous and representative people from various places in his territory when the time was ripe to set up a department called the council, which would be responsible for giving advice to the government and supervising the affairs of the government's functional departments. I hope that Mrs. Cao can also come out to contribute in the future. Mrs. Cao was naturally very happy, saying that although she was old, she would definitely contribute to King Zhou and the people.

In addition to the Cao family, the income of the Lee family in Jeju Prefecture is not small. Li Wenfang, the third brother of the patriarch Li Wenhao, joined the cabinet, in addition to a clan uncle who served as the minister of the Ministry of Communications, and a child of the clan also became a magistrate. There are also several other disciples who have entered the ranks. Therefore, the Li family's motivation at this time is not smaller than that of the Cao family. Actively promote the process of annexation of the four southwestern provinces, which are now Tiannan Province. Because maybe the first governor of Tiannan Province after the completion of the annexation may fall into his Li family.

In a word, this meeting of the Zhou Wangfu not only appeased and rewarded everyone, but also made more vested interests see hope and benefits. This makes the group more united and stable.

After the meeting, a small meeting was held, and that evening, Gongsun Jian left the five members of the newly formed cabinet and Shi Fangheng, who had no formal official position, to gather in his study.

It is said to be a study, but it is almost a large living room. Each person has a single sofa, all sitting and talking. This was also proposed by Gongsun Jian. This is particularly close to the people and equal.

It's still the old rules, and Gongsun Jian started to speak first. However, this time it was different from speaking in the hall before, Gongsun Jian's tone was extraordinarily relaxed, and it also gave everyone room to discuss and speak.

"You are the cornerstone of my future Great Zhou, and I won't say anything if there are too many. Next, let's discuss what the government needs to do. Of course, first of all, I want to announce one thing here, that is, Mr. Shi, in fact, everyone knows each other, so I won't introduce it much. I would like to appoint him as the head of the palace, and I wonder if you have any different opinions. To put it bluntly, it's actually my personal staff. ”

The five people, including Feng Huaidao, did not express their position, but they did not object, because they had already guessed this result from the beginning when Shi Fangheng appeared. And although Shi Fangheng didn't get any official position at this meeting, what was the head of the palace plus Gongsun Jian's personal staff? It's the first person around! It's a good errand that no one else can ask for.

"Well, I'm actually just going to inform you. So let me tell you my personal opinion. Seeing that no one spoke, Gongsun Jian had to continue on his own.

"Now we are first of all to stabilize the existing territory and vigorously develop the economy. Because if you don't have money, let alone war, whether you can manage the current territory is a problem. Since the model of our New Deal has been popularized in Hung Dinh Province and has achieved good results, it means that we are not on the wrong path. The next step is to first incorporate Tiannan Province into our territory and rule. Do you have any thoughts? ”

"Lord Wang, you don't need to worry too much about this matter, Brother Feng and I have just discussed, and my Li family will definitely assist the royal palace and the various functional yamen as soon as possible to bring Tiannan Province into the jurisdiction of the prince." Li Wenfang was the first to express his personal opinion, in fact, he also expressed his position on behalf of the Li family. There is no need for the palace to worry too much about this matter.

"Okay, since Brother Wen Fang has made a statement, then I won't ask too much, you and Feng Shoufu will look at it." Gongsun Jian said with a grin. Then he spoke again: "This time Wu Guo was hurt by us, and it is estimated that he will not dare to attack us again in a few years." In addition, many families in Wu have trade contacts with us, and it is not beneficial for them to call back and forth. According to the news from Wu Guo, Sun Sheng carried the black pot this time and was demoted to the first rank to be used. In a few days, Zhenyuanguan is estimated to change guards. However, I can't just let it go so easily, but I also have to consider the internal problems of Wu State. ”

"Lord Wang, this matter is easy. The subordinates are willing to go to Wu Country in person, and promise not to disappoint you, Lord Wang. "It was Li Wenfang who spoke, and he just joined this group, of course, to find an opportunity to show more.

"Okay, I'll talk to you in detail when I get back." Gongsun Jian agreed very decisively.

"Let's talk about our current situation." Gongsun Jian took a sip of tea and said: "At present, the Northern Qi Dynasty lacks stamina, and because of the continuous war with the Zhou State, it has not achieved the desired results. As a result, domestic opposition is growing. Therefore, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Northern Qi is likely to withdraw its troops. I have to say that our Xu Hu Metropolitan Governor is indeed outstanding, otherwise Zhou Guo is estimated to be finished. Speaking of which, I was also a soldier under him. ”

Hearing Gongsun Jian's emotion, everyone felt a little surprised, but Huang Wenyuan opened his mouth and asked: "Does the prince want to do something to Xu Hu?" ”

"Definitely." Gongsun Jian shook his head and said, "I won't be an opponent with Xu Hu unless I have to." Although I am sure that I can beat him. But under the current conditions, it is difficult. I mean that the north is fine, so the next step is that Qian Hong will definitely focus all his energy on the Southern Han. Judging by the current situation, the Southern Han Dynasty will undoubtedly be defeated. ”

"Oh? Why did the prince say this? Cao Liang, who knew a lot about military strategy, asked with some doubts.

"Hehe, it's not easy. Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, is also a genius, but he has been suppressed too much in the past 20 years. Besides, now that Qian Hong has returned to power, how can he not be afraid. You must know that without his support, Qian Zhuo Xiaoer would have no hope of ascending to the throne. In addition, his own soldiers and horses and equipment are not as strong as those of the Southern Han Dynasty, and it is already very good to be able to maintain the current situation. Once he was able to get the full support of the Zhou court, it was reasonable that the Southern Han would be defeated. ”