There is a fixed number of imperial court establishments, and with the talents of Li Si and Fang Xuanling, they are at least in the position of director, even if they are ranked among the four ministers, and even invited into the cabinet, they are all competent.

However, these positions cannot be adjusted at the moment.

Even if there is no fixed cabinet establishment, Ouyang Shuo is not ready to add a cabinet elder. At present, the cabinet already has a first assistant, three secondary assistants and two part-time second assistants, which is enough, and any more, it will look bloated.

But if you don't arrange it, you can't let such a talent be idle, it's really "tyrannical".

Just when Ouyang Shuo was in trouble, Jiang Shang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is time to equip the three major capital protectorates with a long history and a record to join the army. ”

As the yamen of the commander-in-chief of a region, the Metropolitan Protection Mansion is naturally not an empty shelf, in addition to the Metropolitan Protector, there are also two core subordinate officials, that is, Jiang Shang's long history and records to join the army.

Changshi is equivalent to the chief of staff of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and his position is similar to that of the secretary general of modern society; Joining the army is equivalent to the chief of staff of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and can be regarded as the military staff of the Metropolitan Protectorate.

In view of the fact that Bactria still implements the separation of military and political affairs in the capital protectorate, the status of Changshi is much higher than that of recording things to join the army.

According to the Great Xia system, the capital protectorate is divided into two levels: the capital protectorate and the upper capital protectorate, because in the army, the general is above the general, so the upper capital protectorate is also ranked above the metropolitan protectorate, which is different from the Tang Dynasty system.

Shangdu Hu is ranked in the second rank, the same level as Honglu Siqing, Yushi Dafu and the Chief Justice, and the grade is higher than the vice minister of the four courts, and lower than the chief minister of the four courts.

Correspondingly, the governor of Shangdu Hufu Shi is ranked in the third rank, and he is at the same level as the governor of the province.

Dadu Hu is ranked in the second rank, the same level as the vice minister of the four courtyards and Jing Zhaoyi, and the rank is higher than that of the provincial governor. The history of the governor of the Metropolitan Protector is ranked in the third grade, and the director of the four courtyards is at the same level.

In the previous adjustment, Jing Zhaoyi was promoted from the third grade to the second grade, highlighting the strategic position of Jingshi. At the same time, as the central bank, the president of Daxia Bank was directly promoted from the third grade to the second grade.

The two presidents of Daxia Commercial Bank and Daxia Agricultural Bank continued to position themselves from the three products.

The five major provinces under the Southern Xinjiang Protectorate are naturally the Upper Protectorate, so the complete name should be the Southern Xinjiang Upper Protectorate. There are only three major provinces in the northern Xinjiang capital, and for the time being, it is only the capital of the capital.

After the capture of the nine African countries, the African Protectorate was also naturally promoted to the Upper Protectorate of Africa.

Jiang Shang proposed at this time to equip the three major metropolitan protectorates with long histories and records to join the army, first, to strengthen the construction of the metropolitan protectorate and assist the metropolitan protectors; The second also implies that the capital should be given corresponding restraint and supervision.

Ouyang Shuo listened, thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "What Aiqing said is very true. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Jiang Shang was pleased.

It's such a coincidence, Li Si, Fang Xuanling and Wei Yu are all from the backgrounds of the ministers, all of them are capable of literature and martial arts, and even have the experience of serving as a long history, which just corresponds to the three major protectors.

After discussion, it was decided to appoint Li Si as the governor of the Southern Metropolitan Protectorate, Fang Xuanling as the Governor of the African Metropolitan Protectorate, and Wei Yi as the Governor of the Northern Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate.

In comparison, the situation in Africa is the most complicated, and Li Si should be a suitable candidate for the governor of the African capital, but Ouyang Shuo considered that Mulan was young and afraid that he would not be able to control Li Si; The second is that Bai Qi also served in the African theater, and in order to avoid suspicion, Li Si, who was also a Qin minister, could not go to Africa to serve.

Fortunately, Fang Xuanling is also resourceful, and has a generous temperament, quite an elder, and thinks that he will become Mulan Yue's right-hand man, and assist Mulan Yue to become a big member of the frontier for the imperial court.

At this point, this round of personnel adjustments has come to an end.

Before leaving, Kou Zhun asked: "Your Majesty, where is the Guanxi Provincial Governor's Office?" "Whether it is Chang'an or Xianyang, it is more than enough to serve as a provincial governor, and it is not easy to do so.

Whichever one is chosen, it is easy to displease the people of the other city.

Ouyang Shuo took it lightly, and said with a smile: "Come first and then come, let's settle in Xianyang!" ”

"No!"

Kou Zhun was impressed, in this case, he had nothing to say when he wanted to come to Chang'an.

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Sending Jiang Shang and the three away, Ouyang Shuo's affairs are not over yet.

Placing a group of civil servants and adjusting the relevant personnel is only the first step in the aftermath of this battle, followed by how to place a group of military generals, as well as the armies of the Zhou, Song, Qin, and Tang countries.

Among the generals, Qin has Wang Jian and Wang Ben father and son, and Tang has Li Tao, Hou Junji, Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yanjin. Among them, Wang Jian and Li Jing, who are known as Li Jing, are the strongest, and they are worthy of the position of commander of the group army; Wang Ben and Hou Junji followed, and Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Biting Jin were again.

Especially Wang Jian's talent, even if he is the commander of a war zone, he can also be competent.

Then there is the surrender of the army of the four countries, including 650,000 Zhou troops, 380,000 Song troops, and 500,000 Qin and Tang troops, totaling 2.03 million troops.

It would be a shame if they were all abolished.

The problem is that with the unification of the Central Plains, the existing Great Xia army will have to undergo a round of major reductions to cut expenses and replenish the treasury, let alone set up new legions or group armies at this time.

How to deal with these two million troops has become a big problem.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Liang, Jia Xu and Du Ruhui were invited to the imperial study to discuss matters.

"What do you think about how to place the army of the four countries?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

Seeing this, Zhang Liang was still the first to come out and replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the placement of the armies of the four countries should not be an isolated incident, and should be considered together with the next major disarmament. ”

"What does Aiqing mean?"

Zhang Liangdao: "With the reunification of the Central Plains and the transformation of the imperial strategy from the inside to the outside, this major disarmament should not be a simple and rude reduction of troops as in the previous ones, but a thorough reorganization of the existing army structure should be carried out in accordance with the strategic direction of the empire, and the fundamental purpose is to enhance the combat effectiveness of the whole army, not weaken it." ”

Since the Qin and Tang dynasties were attached, the ministers had a very tacit understanding to replace "dynasty" with "empire". Yes, with the current territory of Great Xia, although it is not an imperial dynasty, it definitely deserves the name of "empire", and it is worthy of the name.

It used to be called the Imperial Dynasty, but it seemed a little childish.

In this regard, Ouyang Shuo acquiesced, no matter what, the empire sounds much more imposing than the dynasty, and this is also a rising power, and it should have self-confidence.

What Zhang Liang said is no longer a question of two million troops, or even a pure issue of the Great Xia Army, but a strategic issue that directly rises to the empire in the next two or three years, or even a longer period of time.

The problem is huge, but there is no escaping it.

Ouyang Shuo just smiled, Zhang Liang deserved to be a master of strategy, Ouyang Shuo was happy to be good, "Okay, then Zhuqing will talk about it first, how to determine the future strategic direction of the empire?" ”

Zhang Liang stood up again, "The prerequisite for the promotion of the imperial dynasty is to obtain the hegemony of Asia. If we start from this point, Tianzhu in the southwest, the Persian Empire in the west, and the Romanov dynasty in the north are all unavoidable enemies and should be regarded as the strategic focus of the empire. ”

Zhang Liang did not mention the state of Java in Southeast Asia and the Mongol Empire in the north, not because he was negligent, but because of the current strength of the empire, the two countries are just delicate and mustard, and they are no longer enough to treat them as major opponents.

"Further afield, the African continent, which has already achieved results, and the embryonic American continent, are the strategic priorities of the Empire. As for whether or not to intervene in the European continent, it is up to His Majesty to decide. Zhang Liang said.

Unconsciously, Great Xia already has a big framework of global hegemony, with tentacles almost all over the world, but this framework is still very fragile and needs to be constantly consolidated.

Ouyang Shuo said: "The European continent is not included in strategic considerations for the time being. ”

In Europe, Great Xia currently has only one base point city, and it is undoubtedly a bit whimsical to want to leverage the European continent with the power of one city. More importantly, in Ouyang Shuo's long-term planning, Europe should not be the sworn enemy of Great Xia.

In the future, there may not be no possibility of an alliance.

"Understood!"

Zhang Liang nodded, he also thought that it was a wise choice to give up Europe, and the stall should not be too big.

At this moment, Du Ruhui stood up and said: "Weichen thinks that although foreign expansion is important, it cannot give up local defense because of this. No matter how it changes, the Central Plains should be the center of the empire, and it must not be relaxed. ”

Ouyang Shuo nodded and concluded: "Central Plains, South Asia, West Asia, North Asia, Africa and the Americas, each of the six strategic directions cannot be ignored, and there are strong opponents. It can be seen that the challenges facing the empire are still not small, as the ovary said, this major disarmament should be carefully planned, and how to ensure or even improve the combat effectiveness of the whole army on the basis of reducing the absolute number of soldiers is the top priority. ”

"After coming down, the Military Aircraft Department, the Privy Council, and the Senior Cabinet should make careful plans to draw up a feasible disarmament plan as soon as possible, and strive to complete this round of major disarmament before the end of the year." Ouyang Shuo ordered.

"No!" The three ministers received the order in unison.

It's the middle of July, and there are only five months left until the end of the year.

It is common sense to speculate that this round of disarmament involves the entire armed forces and will take at least three months, or even longer. This means that time is running out for the three major bodies to develop disarmament programmes.

Before that, the problem of the resettlement of the two million troops had to be resolved. Regarding this matter, Jia Xu has a plan and wants to report it to His Majesty.

It's just that this plan is very poisonous and may not be passed.