To be honest, it may be better to let Gongsun Jian lead the army to fight, but let him deal with these state affairs, especially government affairs, his level is obviously a little insufficient. Fortunately, Shi Fangheng and Cao Liang and Huang Wenyuan assisted him, plus some former Southern Han officials who surrendered also actively behaved. So overall, everything went well.

Considering that the geographical location of the Southern Han Kingdom was at the southernmost point of the entire continent, if the capital of the Great Zhou was still set up in Yingtianfu, it would inevitably have an impact on Gongsun Jian's strategy in the future. Therefore, the first important thing to do next is to negotiate the matter of the capital. Many ministers who were originally from the Zhou palace proposed to directly set up the capital in Linshui County. But after thinking about it repeatedly, Gongsun Jian felt that although Linshui County is prosperous today, it is still a little small as a national capital. If the expansion continues, many facilities will have to be rebuilt, and the repeated investment and construction will not outweigh the losses.

After a long discussion, Gongsun Jian decided to build a new city eighty miles southeast of Linshui County as the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, this proposal was opposed by some ministers, for the simple reason that the investment was huge, and secondly, the proximity to the borders of Wu, Yue and Qi was not far away, and security was a concern.

Gongsun Jian didn't care about this, waved his hand proudly, and said to those courtiers with a smile, if the king and the civil and military ministers of a country are afraid of death, then there is no hope for the country. Besides, who has stipulated that the border is like this now, and it will be like this in the future. One day, the borders of the Great Zhou will continue to stretch north and west until the end of the world.

The proposal of the national capital was arbitrarily determined by Gongsun Jianqiangang, and the follow-up development was put on the agenda. Because of his previous experience in the construction and development of the new city in Linshui County, Liu Dayuan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the construction of the capital. Before the capital was built, Linshui County was used as a temporary capital, and all military and political affairs were handed over to the original Zhou Palace.

As for the Southern Han side, Cao Liang served as the temporary governor, responsible for the implementation and reform of the new policies in the annexed areas of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the center will replan the existing territory of the Southern Han Dynasty and divide the provinces according to the previous experience.

After arranging these matters, the people below naturally started their own work, and there was no need for Gongsun Jian to worry about it personally. At present, Gongsun Jian is still concerned about the battle ahead and the reorganization of many of the remaining Southern Han troops. According to Gongsun Jian's instructions, the approximately 200,000 Southern Han troops who surrendered were selected and left behind, leaving 1120,000 people. The 50,000 people who were the first to complete the reorganization were taken by Qian Tuan to pacify the eastern region. The remaining 60,000 or 70,000 people need to be well planned.

Qi Shi and other army generals were called for a meeting to study the next army reorganization plan. According to Gongsun Jian's idea, it can be regarded as a formal state, and the number of troops is increasing, and with the future development, there will be more soldiers and horses in the future. At present, this organizational structure with divisions as units is no longer well suited to the needs of development. Therefore, it will be developed on a larger scale and in groups.

Gongsun Jian proposed the formation of two-level units of the army and the group army. According to the current first-level battle sequence of soldiers and horses, it will be expanded. The original 1st Division and 2nd Division were merged to form the First Army, and the commander of the army was Tian Kuo. The 3rd and 5th Divisions formed the Second Army, and the 8th Army Commander used to be a blessing. The Fourth and Sixth Divisions formed the Third Army, with the commander Zhu Zequan. The remaining 7th Division was merged with the newly formed 8th Division of the surrendered troops of the Southern Han Army to form the Fourth Army, and the army commander was Ding Feng. The other newly formed units were merged in pairs to form the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Armies in accordance with the battle sequence at the division level. The rest were all transferred to the local garrison.

In addition, the First and Second Armies plus amphibious warfare divisions were formed into the First Army, the Third and Fourth Armies plus the Rapid Support Division formed the Second Army, and the remaining Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Armies were formed into the Third Army. The commander-in-chief of the First Group Army was Gongsun Jian himself, while the Second Group Army was commanded by Xu Huaizhi, and the Third Army was under the command of Qian Tuan.

In addition, the special operations brigade is still commanded and led by Xie Wu, but Xie Wu's position is equivalent to the rank of army commander. Together with the garrison division, it was directly subordinate to Sun Jian, the emperor of Zhou. The amphibious warfare division and the rapid support division are also treated the same as the special operations brigade, and Ma Teng, who is in charge of these two units, and Zhao Sihai, who replaced Ding Feng as the division commander, are both at the rank of commander of the other units.

In addition, the Great Zhou army began to implement a military rank system, which would represent the status of each soldier and general in the ranks, and also symbolize what level of treatment could be enjoyed. In addition, the military merit knighthood system will also be implemented later. That is to say, in the Zhou army, everyone has their own rank, position and title. Some may have low ranks and positions, but that doesn't prevent him from having a high knighthood.

Although it has not yet been officially implemented, it has met with opposition from some people, mainly from the middle and high levels of the army. Someone asked Gongsun Jian if there would be such a problem, the soldiers under his command were much lower than him in terms of ** and position, but his title was higher than himself. How to deal with this kind of problem, do you want to salute him when you see him?

Gongsun Jian's answer to this is very simple, the high title of the person means that he may have made great contributions, but he may not be a qualified commander, so he only recognizes the position and rank in the army, and does not recognize the title. But on weekdays, outside the barracks or in the court, people have high titles, so you should salute or salute. The reason why such a system is implemented is to make the fighters at the bottom more motivated. You may not have the ability to lead troops to fight, but this does not prevent you from making meritorious contributions to the country and the people. As long as you have made outstanding contributions, you may enjoy titles and social respect that others do not enjoy.

In the end, Gongsun Jian reiterated that the future titles of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be divided into six and fifteen ranks, corresponding to the prince, the prince of the county, the prince of the county, the county candidate, the first earl, the second earl, the first viscount, the second viscount, the first baron, the second baron, and the third baron.

In addition to the future crown prince, who is the successor of the Great Zhou Emperor, the other princes are at most named first-class earls, and if they want a higher title, they will work hard for it. Except for the crown prince who can enjoy the title of prince before he ascends the throne, unless he has made great special contributions to the Great Zhou, others can be canonized as county kings at the most.

After the emergence of a series of reward methods, it immediately attracted widespread attention within the Great Zhou, especially the army, which was the easiest to make meritorious contributions, immediately became a career that all young people aspired to. But Gongsun Jian also introduced a reward policy for scholars and civil officials. In addition to being canonized with the corresponding titles, civil officials can also have honorable positions, such as upper doctors, middle doctors, etc., and the highest ones are Taishi, Taifu and Taibao. In this regard, those who read were also happy, and they all immersed themselves in studying hard to prepare for the next official examination, so that they could get a good background for themselves.

The policy has been introduced, but it will take some time for it to be actually implemented. The reorganization of the armed forces is also being carried out step by step, and everything is going smoothly. The families of the Southern Han royal family and many former Southern Han officials were also relocated to Linshui County in batches at this time. Gongsun Jian will definitely not let these people stay in their former homeland, otherwise it will hinder Gongsun Jian's future rule and the implementation of the new policy.

After dealing with these things, Gongsun Jian was considering whether to return to Linshui County or go to the front line to inspect. But it happened that at this time, the commander-in-chief of the front line of the Great Zhou Army, Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, came with news. Zhou Jun, who had been going well, was in trouble at the moment. The Zhou court sent an army of 50,000 men to openly support the rebels in the east, and the Zhou general who led the army was Xu Hu, the governor of the northern border. This information obviously surprised Gongsun Jian, and at the same time, he also understood that Zhou Guo had finally completely torn his face with himself.

The reason why Qian Tuan sent this information to Gongsun Jian actually has another meaning. That is, to ask for help. After all, except for some of the elites of the second and sixth divisions of the Zhou army, most of the troops he is leading now are his original subordinates and the Southern Han army. The combat effectiveness seems to be very strong, but in fact, the morale of the army is not unified, and the morale is not high. In the face of Xu Hu, the famous commander of the Zhou State, and his elite army of 50,000, Qian Tuan was not sure of victory.

After learning of the situation, Gongsun Jian made a decisive decision to go out and stay in the troops of the existing territory, and the newly changed First Army and the Second Army all followed him to the east. This time, not only must the entire Southern Han Dynasty be completely included in its own territory, but also the last elite of the Zhou State must be solved by the way. In this way, it will be of decisive help to his next conquest of Zhou.

Xu Hu's status in the Zhou State is very special. Born as a civilian official, he unexpectedly became a famous commander of the Vietnamese army. For more than 20 years, he has been guarding the northern part of the Zhou State, so that even in the face of the invasion of the Qi State for many years, he will not take any advantage at all. And Xu Hu himself is also extremely low-key, does not have much contact with any faction in the DPRK and China, and never shows any political leanings. In short, a very simple sentence is that Xu Hu has no selfishness in his eyes, but only his family and country.

It is precisely because of this characteristic of Xu Hu that he is particularly special among all the ministers of the Zhou State. It also made Emperor Yue always feel at ease and have no doubt about him. When Gongsun Jian was about to face the other party, he also had to feel a little headache. After all, this person used to be his old superior. In addition, he had just dealt with Liu Mang, and then Xu Hu was ushered in, and the repeated moves with the master made Gongsun Jian feel a little tired.

But even so, Gongsun Jian had to mention the spirit of 120,000 points to take it seriously. According to Gongsun Jian's understanding, and the analysis of the information collected by the Intelligence Division. Xu Hu's command is characterized by stability, and it is precisely because of this that he was able to guard the northern Xinjiang of the Zhou State for more than 20 years despite the lack of manpower and financial resources. But if you want to say what characteristics Xu Hu has in attack, everyone is not very clear.

In view of the characteristics of the other side, Gongsun Jian estimated that the Vietnamese army would form a defensive line in the eastern region to help the rebels of the former Southern Han Dynasty carry out defensive operations, trying to drag the whole war into a stalemate. This can not only effectively consume the strength of the Great Zhou, but also make Gongsun Jian unable to deal with the Zhou State. The situation in front of Gongsun Jian is to take the eastern region as soon as possible, so that the Great Zhou can be effectively integrated and unified. Otherwise, once the time is too long, there will inevitably be turmoil within the newly established Great Zhou.

With the strength of the newly formed two group armies, Gongsun Jian rushed to the front line to join the king of Chu, Qian Tuan. The total strength was more than 100,000, which was also the largest number of troops mobilized in the Great Zhou so far.

After listening to Qian Tuan's report on the battle situation, Gongsun Jian took his generals to the front line to check the situation in person. Sure enough, as he expected, the enemy army built a defensive line with the help of the Zhou army. You don't have to guess to know that you are preparing to fight a protracted war with the Zhou army.

Returning to the Shuai Tent, Gongsun Jian convened a pre-war military conference, which was attended by almost all officers above the regimental level. After deliberation and research, Gongsun Jian issued a combat order. The battle here continued to be commanded by Qian Tuan, with the aim of effectively containing the enemy's forces. If the opportunity arises, it can launch an offensive and seize the territory of the eastern region. And the First Army was personally led by him to directly bypass this battlefield and attack the Zhou State, aren't you ready to consume it with me? Then I won't fight you here, just go to your house, and I'll see what you do.