World War I was approaching, and although he had become the Grand Duke of a country, Ernst's focus was naturally not on economic construction, and the military was the only hope to ensure Ernst's interests here.

The 100,000 regular army made Andrei very embarrassed, but on that day Ernst thought it was true, and if he wanted to ensure that the Czech Duchy would still be the Czech Duchy in the future, then they could only increase their military strength, especially the army force, which was the most threatening to the Czech Duchy.

The military system of the Czech Principality completely imitates the division, brigade, regiment, battalion, and company system, and due to military necessity, the Czech Principality only has these five military establishments at this time, of which the army is also divided into two types: royal and national, mainly the difference between field warfare and local garrison.

The cabinet is still just an empty shelf, and Massena, the prime minister of the Czech principality, is almost a single prime minister, and the cabinet has only four members so far, including Massena, the prime minister.

Cosimo had been released by Ernst's consent, and for this reason Ernst worked with Cosimo for a long time, and at this time Ernst's personal valet was a young man from Vienna, a young man of average appearance but very neat in his work.

The young man was born in a declining aristocratic family, and his ancestors were also royal stewards, so he did not insult the glory of the family, after all, Ernst is now also a monarch of a country. However, there was one thing about the young man that did not please Ernst very much, and he was somewhat pedantic, which may have something to do with his early homeschooling.

In the morning, no matter how tired Ernst was, he would show up at Ernst's bed on time, and he would not open his mouth to wake up Ernst, but Ernst was a person who was more sensitive to sleep, how could he not know that there were people around him? It was a miracle that he could continue to sleep under such circumstances, and for several days Ernst had a tired face on his face.

Prague Castle was guarded by 300 carefully selected royal guards, and their main person was Talo Balbo, a wooden fellow who had been by Ernst's side for many years, and this somewhat dull young man had also reached the age of middle age, and the rank of brigadier general was also an honorary brigadier general.

The main military ranks in the Czech principality are: private, corporal, sergeant, sergeant, sergeant, warrant officer, second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, general, marshal. The Czech principality does not have a navy and the air force is also an auxiliary to the army, so the army rank already represents everything.

Starting from private to sergeant major, this belongs to the rank of soldier, and the salary of a sergeant major can be compared to that of a major, and it can be said that soldiers who have graduated from non-military colleges are not without prospects. And if all the commanders are killed in battle, then the military rank determines the person in charge, and after the end of the war, it is very likely that you will continue to hold the position in terms of meritorious service, and the military rank will naturally change to the corresponding position of captain and colonel.

Most of the first soldiers of the early Moravian Army Regiment had passed short-term training at the Army Academy, and now they were the core and backbone of the army of the Czech principalities, and even the worst were awarded the rank of sergeant major, and most of them, except for some training soldiers, became royal guards.

The Royal Guards are a fixed number of 300 people who will guard Prague Castle until they retire at the age of 50, and even after they retire, they will remain in the barracks for five years, during which they will be responsible for passing on their experience and knowledge to the new guards.

The army of the Czech principality is basically local recruitment, followed by a three-month training in the reserves, the elite are transferred to the Royal Army and the rest are transferred to the Wehrmacht (local garrison army), and the Royal Guards are all non-commissioned officers, which means that they are the elite of the Royal Army.

Prague Prime Minister's Office:

"We lack local officials, and the place is not stable right now, and I am worried about ......"

The head of the Personnel Management Bureau, a department directly under the Cabinet, was very worried about reporting his affairs to Czech Prime Minister Massena, who was not alone, and there were more than a dozen cabinet officials queuing up to report outside the Prime Minister's office.

Massena was also embarrassed by this, because he had no good way, in the past, the local council was in charge, and now almost the entire Czech aristocracy was wiped out by Ernst, and if they were given all their strength, not to mention that Ernst and Massena could not agree.

There are three things that the director of the personnel management bureau is embarrassed about: they are not without officials, but those officials are not very old and inexperienced, their ability to control the situation is too uncertain, and there are local nobles who make trouble. Although these nobles were suppressed by Ernst very honestly, this did not mean that they would be obediently appointed, and it was easy for them to play tricks on a few young officials with influence and a lot of wealth in their hands.

Why is it necessary to have a garrison army in a locality? Their purpose is to monitor these nobles not to have the intention of rebellion, the deterrent effect of the garrison army is greater than the actual threat, and they can't be directly arrested or even shot because the nobles are secretly making trouble! If you really want to do that, it is estimated that you don't have to wait for Russia to fight, and the Czech principality is already in a mess, you must know that these families who have inherited for I don't know how many years have not yet taken out the power at the bottom of the box.

The only way to deal with them is to wear them down slowly, and only then can they stand on the opposite side of Ernst who will not break the ship.

"What's your solution?"

The director of the Personnel Bureau was an old subordinate of Massena, and when he saw him like this, Massena knew that he already had a way, just waiting for himself to speak.

"Although the Czech principality has abolished the local council system, the mayors and even senior officials are still held by these nobles, we only need to control education, personnel, and finance, not to mention that we also have a garrison army to do foreign aid, I believe that we will be able to train qualified officials in 10 years at most."

The director of the personnel bureau was full of murderous intent in his eyes at this time, and Massena thought about it carefully, and now he can only do this, although it will take a long time, but after all, there is no better way, right?

It is obvious why it is necessary to control the three things of education, personnel and finance, first of all, education, education is the future of a country, the most important thing of a country, and only in this way can we ensure that the graduates of the future school will be loyal to the Czech Duchy, the Czech Grand Duke, the Habsburgs and not the local nobles.

"The personnel of local officials must be well supervised, and if they can try to have some infighting, it is best to choose older local nobles in terms of age."

Massena added what needed to be added, which was also a conspiracy to believe that the local nobles would be able to see that there would be a lot, but what could they do? Unless the fish die and the net is broken, they can only be drained little by little according to Masséna's script.

In fact, this is not a solution that the head of the personnel bureau came up with, because similar things have already been implemented in Prague, and the new mayor of Prague, Cosimo, is the founder.

Cosimo took over as mayor of Prague a month earlier, and he came with confidence and ambition, but when he actually sat in that position, he realized that the situation in Prague was completely different from what he had thought, and that it could almost be described as a mess.

The abolition of the local council made a large number of parliamentary nobles transfer the children of the family out of the government department, although there are still some ordinary citizens in the departments, but their rank is often not high, and they are very confused in the face of some departmental information and details, and nine of the ten departments of Bougerra are paralyzed.

Cosimo couldn't do the things that came to ask those nobles, you must know that he was no one else, and his personal valet from Ernst himself represented Ernst in a certain sense, wouldn't that be equivalent to Ernst compromising with these nobles? In fact, compromise is also a trivial matter, and if you are afraid, you are afraid that these nobles will open their mouths, in fact, it is an inevitable thing.

After much thought, Cosimo came up with a way to appease the low-level officials and start selecting college graduates who could enter the government as long as they passed the examination (which had little to do with the aristocracy). Because of the high salaries and the exemption from military service, graduates are very enthusiastic.

The basic clerks were filled, and the main supervisors and heads were left, for which Ernst secretly met with the patriarchs of several small families, and then some of the departed officials of noble origin returned to their positions, and some departments were reluctantly reopened.

If this is the case, it still does not solve the actual situation, after all, most departments are still paralyzed, and even a few departments are barely functioning. For example, in the judicial department, those lawsuits and files are in a mess, and it is not clear who is wanted and who needs to be tried in a short time.

The cleverness lies in the fact that Cosimo allows a few small families to use their power to encroach on the interests of other families, just like the two families who also opened a jewelry store in Prague.

This is something that Cosimo acquiesces into, although it disrupts the market economy somewhat, but at this time it is not estimated that much, and the restoration of social stability and government departments as soon as possible is the most important thing.

Because of the repression, the leavers of the big family also returned to their jobs, and they were obviously ready to fight back, and it was at this time that Cosimo made a move.

It wasn't Cosimo's goal to make a mess in Prague, what he wanted was for the family to keep each other in check and give him room to develop his power, so that it wouldn't be long before Massena removed him from the mayor's position. It was nothing to be deposed, and it was the family honor that he could not accept.

Most of the officials from the inconsequential big families were dismissed, leaving a small number of officials in vital positions, while officials from small families remained for the majority, but most of them were not in important positions. What Cosimo has to do is to take advantage of the fisherman, support the small family to suppress the big family, and at the same time ensure that the big family has the strength to contain the small family.

A lot of things are easier said than done, but Cosimo is lucky that he has had a good deal so far, and everything is under his control.