Apart from the Protector-General candidates, Ouyang Shuo also named a few officials.
The former Governor of Southern Sichuan, Zhao Pu, was transferred to South Asia Protectorate to assist Feng Qiuhuang in dealing with South Asia affairs. As the founding hero of Northern Song, Zhao Pu was definitely qualified for his new post.
The Governor of Southern Sichuan left by Zhao Pu was promoted to Ouyang Shuo's distant third uncle, Ouyang Huan. At this time, the mystery of Ouyang Shuo's personnel arrangement in Southern Sichuan was finally revealed.
Two years ago, Ouyang Shuo had already paved the way for Ouyang Huan to be promoted to Governor of Southern Sichuan.
Although Southern Sichuan Province was not classified as Zhili Province, it was still the capital city and had an extraordinary strategic position. Ouyang Shuo could only be assured by handing it over to a member of the royal family.
In addition, Lei Fan, the Governor of Yizhou, was promoted to the Governor of Fengduo Province. Lei Fan was born as a mountain barbarian and was familiar with the mountains. He was the most suitable person to govern the mountainous Fengduo Province.
Li Shanzhang, the Governor of Xiangnan, was transferred to the Governor of Ayu Province.
Ayu Province was the core province of the South Asia Protectorate. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo arranged for an experienced official like Li Shanzhang to oversee it as a show of support for the South Asia Protectorate.
In addition, the imperial court also chose two outstanding officials from the local governors to be promoted to the position of Governor of South Asia. The remaining two governor positions were reserved for the natives of Tianzhu.
At this point, the personnel arrangement of the South Asia Protectorate was finalized.
There was the talented Feng Qiuhuang to oversee the overall situation. There were also experienced officials like Zhao Pu and Li Shanzhang as the mainstay. There were also old officials like Lei Fan, newly promoted rookies, and natives.
Basically, everything was done!
In addition to internal affairs, the army had to be adjusted after the empire took over Tianzhu.
After the establishment of the South Asia Protectorate, the South Asia War Zone would be transferred from the previous Xikang Province to the South Asia Protectorate to be responsible for the defense of the entire protectorate.
Only then would it be justifiable.
At the same time, the Xikang Construction Corps that previously belonged to the South Asia War Zone would be transferred to the West Asia War Zone and still be responsible for the development of Xikang Province.
The defense of Xikang Province would be the responsibility of the Xijun Army.
In addition to the army, the headquarters of the Indian Ocean Fleet would also be transferred to the Indian Ocean.
East Africa, India, and Southeast Asia formed an iron triangle that encompassed the entire Indian Ocean. To put it bluntly, the Indian Ocean had already become the backyard of Great Xia.
With this, Great Xia would be able to firmly control the seas in the Indian Ocean.
One of the foreseeable benefits was that Great Xia would be able to control the transportation of oil from the Persian Gulf. That's right, the Arabian Empire and the Persian Empire were rich in oil, but without Great Xia's permission, the two empires could only use their own oil. Not even a gram of oil could be exported, unless it was transported by land.
Based on this, Great Xia had a bargaining chip to keep the two empires in check.
It could be said that the conquest of India was a milestone for Great Xia. It symbolized that Great Xia had taken a solid step on the road to establishing hegemony in Asia.
Unless there was something wrong with their brains, the two empires wouldn't openly fall out with Great Xia.
This was especially so for the Arab Empire. Limited by the resources of the dynasty, they were extremely dependent on foreign trade. From now on, they would probably have to rely on Great Xia to survive.
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Ouyang Shuo's premonition was right.
On the first of November, before Great Xia had completely conquered India, the Arab Empire sent out a diplomatic mission and took the initiative to recognize Great Xia as the hegemon of Asia.
Imperceptibly, it once again raised the prestige of Great Xia in the world.
The news was personally reported to Ouyang Shuo by the Chamberlain of Dependencies. At that time, Ouyang Shuo was fishing by the lake. Recently, he had developed a habit of coming to the lake to fish whenever he encountered a major event and needed to be alone to think.
It was as if his mind would become clearer this way.
After listening to Zhang Yi, Ouyang Shuo didn't have a trace of joy on his face. Instead, he said worriedly, "I'm afraid that they have ulterior motives. They came with ill intentions."
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Zhang Yi didn't understand.
Ouyang Shuo smiled and waved his hand. "Let's not talk about it now. I'm not sure either." Based on his intuition, Ouyang Shuo felt that things weren't that simple.
The Arab Empire wasn't a coward. They shouldn't have rushed over to curry favor with Great Xia. There might be other ulterior motives. For example, they wanted to put Great Xia on a pedestal so that they could hide in the back and avoid being urged to be a "scapegoat" for the humans on Planet Hope.
What happened afterward seemed to confirm Ouyang Shuo's judgment.
The three major dynasties in Asia, excluding Great Xia, seemed to have agreed beforehand. On the third day of the eleventh month of the ninth year of Gaia, the Persian Empire officially recognized Great Xia as the overlord of Asia.
The next day, the Romanov Dynasty straightforwardly recognized Great Xia as the overlord.
With that, the second condition for Great Xia to become an Emperor Dynasty was officially fulfilled.
There was something unusual about the whole thing, especially since the Romanov Dynasty, as the overlord, had no reason to rush to recognize Great Xia as the overlord at this time.
Once they recognized it, the two countries would be weaker in terms of momentum when they fought on the battlefield in the future.
Not only that, once Great Xia became the overlord of Asia, there would be tangible benefits. The most direct benefit was that the financial markets of the three major dynasties had to be opened to Great Xia unconditionally.
This had extraordinary strategic significance for the promotion of the Great Xia dollar in Asia.
Such an act of taking the initiative to admit defeat was not in line with the style of a warring race.
Something even stranger had yet to happen.
In the following period of time, the Banto Dynasty in the African Continent, the Indian Empire in the American Continent, and the Caesar Dynasty in the European Continent expressed their recognition of Great Xia's global status.
Even the arch-enemy of Great Xia, the Dark Night Empire, expressed their recognition.
The successive declarations of these dynasties were equivalent to sending Great Xia to the throne of "The World's First Emperor Dynasty".
Even a blind man would not believe that there was no conspiracy behind this.
Although these dynasties expressed their stance one after another, and it seemed chaotic and spontaneous, Ouyang Shuo could tell at a glance that this was the Silver Hand and Azure Emblem quietly exerting their strength behind the scenes.
The purpose was also very simple. They wanted Great Xia and Ouyang Shuo to be the scapegoat.
It could be imagined that once Great Xia was the first to become an Emperor Dynasty, they would secretly use public opinion to attack and create a great momentum. Then, it was very likely to cause a frenzy of public opinion around the world.
Humans were selfish.
Even if the players around the world saw through the conspiracy of the two major organizations, they would probably pretend to be deaf and dumb and go with the flow to let Great Xia take on this responsibility. They would step forward bravely and become the great hero of mankind.
When that time came, Great Xia, who was completely suppressed, would have to "step forward" even if they did not want to. The reason was very simple. "Great Xia is the world's number one, it's duty-bound!"
A huge storm suddenly engulfed the Xia Kingdom.
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