The establishment of a nation required not only the establishment of a title, but also the establishment of a system.
The structure of the Southern Border Protectorate began from the village era. It went through three levels: town, county, and prefecture. Step by step, it was expanded and adjusted according to the needs of the territory's development.
Now, the entire structure was becoming more and more perfect.
After the establishment of a nation, it was not advisable to change the structure of the dynasty or it would destabilize the nation. Therefore, the system had to be sorted out one last time before the establishment of a nation.
The cabinet that Ouyang Shuo had previously envisioned had to be settled before that. Especially the cabinet, as the core governing body of the dynasty, it had to be presided over by a mighty figure.
According to the system, the cabinet did not wield any real power.
This also meant that Xiao He, Wei Yang, and Fan Li, who held real power, had no right to enter the cabinet. If they wanted to enter the cabinet, they had to resign from their current positions.
The selection of the cabinet elders was the most important matter for Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo had wanted to invite Jiang Shang into the cabinet. A few days ago, when he was playing chess with Great Grandfather, he had unintentionally mentioned it. Great Grandfather did not directly reject it.
If he really wanted to invite him, Ouyang Shuo would have to put in more effort.
Other than the establishment of a title and a system, the protectorate had to be renovated and upgraded into a palace. Correspondingly, palace maids and eunuchs had to be selected to maintain the daily operations of the palace.
The fortifications of the entire palace also had to undergo a complete upgrade. With the release of the expansion pack [Martial World's Winds and Turns], the martial world that was hidden in the wilderness would gradually surface.
The emergence of martial experts would naturally raise the 'security' of the palace to a higher standard. To martial artists, the palace would be an absolute forbidden ground. They would not be allowed to roam freely in the palace.
As for the preparations for the coronation ceremony, there was no need for Ouyang Shuo to worry about it. There were people handling it.
There were even ministers in the imperial court that suggested for the emperor to take in concubines to enrich the harem.
When Ouyang Shuo heard this, he flatly rejected it, leaving no room for negotiation. He was very clear that this was not transmigration after all. It was just a training experience for Overlord players in the game.
The protagonists of the game were still players living in modern society. They were a group of modern people.
No matter how much Ouyang Shuo abided by the ancient system, he could not use it as an excuse to have multiple wives. That was a form of disrespect to love, Song Jia, and even women.
Some of the bad habits of the ancient dynasties had to be resolutely abandoned, there was no room for discussion.
"From now on, no matter when or where, you are not allowed to bring up this kind of suggestion. Otherwise, I can only conclude that this person harbors evil intentions. "Ouyang Shuo said.
When the officials heard this, their hearts turned solemn.
From then on, the concubine would become a taboo topic, and no one would dare to mention it again.
After a small interlude, the Imperial Court Meeting officially came to an end.
After that, the territory would enter the "establishment" period, and all sorts of affairs would revolve around the "establishment".
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February 4, the Southern Border Protectorate, Martial Heroic Hall.
Early in the morning, Ouyang Shuo summoned all the Divine Generals and held a military conference that had been decided before the new year. The participants included Director of Military Affairs Du Ruhui, Commander-In-Chief of the Nanyang Navy Zheng He, Commander of the Imperial Guard Huo Qubing, Commander of the Dragon Stallion Army Bai Qi, Commander of the Stallion Tiger Army Sun Bin, and Commander of the Hidden Leopard Army Han Xin.
Because the participants were mainly the commanders of the army, it was called the "Commanders' Conference".
The commander's meeting started at eight in the morning and continued all the way to six thirty in the evening before coming to an end. During this period, he only paused for half an hour during lunchtime.
At the end of the meeting, all the Divine Generals were in high spirits.
The next day, according to the minutes of the meeting, the General Administration of Military Affairs compiled a detailed military reorganization plan overnight and submitted it to Ouyang Shuo. After Ouyang Shuo's review and approval, the largest reorganization of the entire army would be launched.
The first to be adjusted was the Nanyang Navy.
The Jiaozhou Fleet commanded by Shi Lang was officially renamed the Yizhou Fleet and moved from the Jiaozhou Port of Zhenhai City to the Xinglong Port in the south of Yizhou County.
In reality, the Xinglong Port was also a large global port, large enough to accommodate the Yizhou Fleet.
As the largest island in China, Yizhou Island was more than 70% mountainous and hilly, and the plains were mainly concentrated in the narrow and long areas along the western coast.
It was such a unique geographical environment that allowed the army of Shanhai City to successfully capture Yizhou Island. During the war, both fleets cruised along the coast and cooperated with the ground forces to attack the cities.
However, those who resisted stubbornly would be attacked by the warships' cannons.
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Like the Li Tribe of Jingzhou Island, the Gaoshan Tribe of Yizhou Island was also spread throughout the island.
After Overlord City captured Yizhou Island, they built three cities on the western coast of the island, in the north, south, and middle sections. The names of the cities were simple: Yinbei City, Yinzhongcheng, and Yinnan City.
Then, with the three cities as the core, three prefectures were established to manage the entire territory of Yizhou Island. The Xinglong Port was located in Yinnan City, which was also the administrative center of Yizhou County that Ouyang Shuo had delineated.
The Yizhou Fleet would use Yizhou County as a base to cover the Dongsha Islands and take over the Yizhou Straits. To the north, they could advance into the East Sea; to the south, they could deter the Luzon Kingdom; to the east, they could enter the Luzon Sea and then advance into the Pacific Ocean.
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The fleet that was also renamed was the North Bay Fleet commanded by Zhou Yu.
The Battle of Black Iron City fully exposed a fatal weakness of the territory's navy, which was that they overemphasized naval operations and neglected to cooperate with the land forces in inland water systems.
The territory's three major provinces all had developed water systems that were enough to support the fleet's shuttle back and forth.
For this reason, the commanders' meeting decided to rename the North Bay Fleet as the Southern Frontier Fleet. The station would be moved from the North Sea Port of Beihai City to the Jiaozhou Port of Zhenhai City.
The maritime defense area of the North Bay would be completely handed over to the Cliff Mountain Fleet.
More importantly, the Southern Frontier Fleet would be committed to inland operations, with the five major formations as the core, extending their tentacles into the three major provinces to ensure that they could cooperate with the land forces at any time.
Zhenhai City was just a mobile station for the Southern Frontier Fleet. In the future, when the time was right, the entire fleet would be divided into parts and gradually penetrate into the depths of the inland, completely bidding farewell to naval operations.
In this way, Zhou Yu's commanding ability could be better utilized.
The headquarters of the Southern Frontier Fleet that Ouyang Shuo had envisioned was located in Panyang Lake in Jiangchuan Province.
Panyang Lake was the largest freshwater lake in China. After the game map was expanded ten times, it became even more vast and boundless, enough to support a Southern Frontier Fleet.
However, Jiangchuan Province did not belong to Shanhai City for the time being, so this matter could only be considered at length.
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With the renaming of the two major fleets, the Nanyang Navy's activities were no longer limited to Nanyang. In view of this, the name Nanyang Navy was somewhat inappropriate and could not keep up with the development of the situation.
After Ouyang Shuo discussed with Zheng He, they decided to simply cancel the designation of "Nanyang Navy" and rename the Nanyang Navy Headquarters that had already been established as "Navy Headquarters."
The five major naval fleets were unified under the command of the Navy Headquarters.
In addition to changing the names of the fleets, adjusting the fleet defense area, and establishing the Navy Headquarters. This time, the commander's meeting also reshaped the personnel structure of the entire Navy.
The purpose was to warm up in advance for the future industrialization of the Navy.
The first was to establish the Marine Corps.
With the frogman brigade as the foundation, a powerful Marine Corps would be established to cooperate with the fleet for landing operations.
In the battle of Yizhou Island that had just ended, it was precisely because the Cliff Mountain Fleet and the Jiaozhou Fleet lacked the strength to engage in landing operations that they had no choice but to seek the cooperation of the Brave Tiger Army's Third Corps to be able to take down Yizhou Island.
In the future, the Navy would engage in expeditionary operations, and most of the time, they would not be able to get the cooperation of the Army. Therefore, within the Navy system, it was very necessary to establish a Marine Corps for amphibious operations.
For the territory, the Marine Corps was a new thing that was still in the exploration stage. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo did not want to bite off more than he could chew. The establishment of the Marine Corps was temporarily set as a division.
The members of the Marine Corps would be jointly selected from the soldiers of the five major fleets, as well as the prisoners of war from the battle of Yunnan.
In order to train the Marine Corps into shape, Ouyang Shuo specifically instructed Viper, who was in charge of the special operations training base, to build a specialized Marine Corps training base in Beihai Port.
The purpose was naturally to train the ability of the members in amphibious operations.
After the Marine Corps, which was directly under the Navy Command, was trained and tested in actual combat, the five major fleets would use it as a foundation to establish their own Marine Corps.
The whole process was estimated to take six months to a year.
The second was to adjust the composition of the five major fleets.
Among the soldiers of the five major fleets, other than the cannoneers and a small number of musketeers, in order to cooperate with long-range operations, the archers were mainly used, accounting for more than 70%.
In ancient times, there was nothing wrong with using cold weapons to fight on water. However, the future naval battles would be a showdown between cannons and guns. No matter how powerful the archers were, they would only be live targets.
Therefore, the commander's meeting decided that in the fourth year of Gaia, the five major fleets would gradually reduce the number of archers. Within a year, the proportion of archers would be reduced to less than 40%.
A portion of the vacated soldiers would be used to establish a Marine Corps directly under the fleet, to enhance the strength of the fleet for landing operations. The remaining soldiers would be mainly inclined to the cannoneers and musketeers.
In particular, musketeers would be the main force of the Navy in the future.
There were similarities between archers and musketeers, so it was not difficult to switch professions.
Of course, reducing the proportion of archers did not mean giving up on sharp weapons like crossbows, especially the king of long-range cold weapons like the Divine Armed Crossbow.
Not only could it not be given up, it had to be strengthened. In the future, the Divine Armed Crossbow would become the standard for the soldiers.
Similarly, the standard was the new generation of standard Tang saber that the Equipment Research Center was developing, codenamed T1.
This Tang saber was specially developed for the soldiers. It combined the advantages of the Tang saber and the Western saber. It was light and sharp. It was most suitable for the soldiers in close combat, and it was their last line of defense.
The third was to adjust the bases of the five major fleets.
Other than their main bases, the five major fleets would also establish three to four bases in the main coastal cities of their respective defensive zones in Gaia four years, so as to strengthen their control over the sea.
A fleet of more than a hundred thousand soldiers gathered at a military port would not only be a burden on the port, it would also be detrimental to emergency operations. The mobilization of the troops would be a step slower.
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