After the reorganization of the Somali Corps, there were still 26,000 surrendered soldiers left, which was only enough to form two divisions. To the Great Xia Dynasty, this was undoubtedly of little value.
Fortunately, Ouyang Shuo already had a plan. He said to Du Ruhui, "The remaining 26,000 surrendered soldiers will be quietly handed over to Atlantis as a token of gratitude."
Kalia had helped a lot in this battle in Morocco. Coupled with the previous series of events, Ouyang Shuo owed Kalia a huge favor. He had long said that he would give Atlantis a huge gift.
The 26,000 surrendered soldiers were only a part of the gift. In addition, Ouyang Shuo was also preparing to select 50,000 people from the citizens of Morocco to migrate to Atlantis.
In the future, the Morocco Province would also shoulder the heavy responsibility of transporting food, vegetables, meat, and other daily necessities to Atlantis, becoming the strong backing of Atlantis.
The Great Xia Dynasty's aid to Atlantis would be comprehensive.
This aid was nothing to the Great Xia Dynasty, but to Atlantis, which was located in the sea, it was extremely precious. It was what they urgently needed.
Du Ruhui did not object. With such a loyal ruler, what else could he say as a subject?
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After finalizing the reorganization plan, a new round of reorganization of the dynasty's army officially began.
At the same time, the aftermath of the Morocco Province by the cabinet was also nearing completion. Ouyang Shuo received the letter and simply took a detour from Friendship City to Rabat City.
Before the Somali Corps arrived at Friendship City, the defense of Friendship City was temporarily guarded by Shi Hu.
In Rabat City, the provincial governor's office had already been rebuilt. Mu Lanyue, the first female governor of the dynasty, and also the first governor, had officially taken office.
With the help of the cabinet, the governor's office had also been completed and officially opened for business. The first troublesome thing was to deal with the promissory note that Ouyang Shuo had previously written.
Therefore, the first thing that Mu Lanyue said when she saw Ouyang Shuo was, "Brother King, you've caused me trouble!"
Ouyang Shuo avoided answering and said to Kou Zhun, who was standing at the side watching the show, "Elder Kou, introduce the progress of the cabinet in dealing with the aftermath of the Morocco Province."
Kou Zhun cupped his hands and bowed before officially reporting.
This time, the cabinet had transferred two hundred officials of various levels from the imperial court and the four major provinces to establish the provincial governor's yamen, the four major prefectural governor's yamen, and the prefectural and county yamen.
Apart from this, the cabinet also investigated the original officials of Morocco one by one. With the cooperation of the Black Snake Guard, they eliminated those who were clearly hostile to the dynasty, and the remaining officials were basically kept in office.
The only thing was that they had to be evaluated by the Administration of Personnel before they could be reappointed.
The above actions were all routine actions, and were no different from the methods used to take down other provinces. The uniqueness of the Moroca Province lay in the clash of races and cultures.
The cabinet's opinion was that, on the basis of respecting Arab culture as much as possible, the Chinese civilization should be gradually promoted to take root in the Moroccan province. The inclusive characteristics of the Chinese civilization should be brought into full play, and the original cultural essence of Morocco should be gradually absorbed and transformed, thereby radiating new vitality.
The specific measures included taking advantage of the opportunity of promoting basic education in Morocco Province, the parallel education of both Chinese and Arabic languages, and introducing a hundred schools of thought into Morocco Province.
They would strive to complete the rotation of local officials in the Southwest University China Hall within a year, accept the influence of the dynasty's system and culture, and connect with the dynasty.
At the same time, in some special towns with strong Arab culture, the governor's yamen allowed the local people to follow the example of the mountain barbarians and establish autonomous towns and autonomous villages, achieving limited regional autonomy.
Especially in the eastern and southern mountains of Morocco Province, the population was sparse, and the environment was harsh. Small settlements were scattered in the vast mountains, and regional autonomy would be the main form of local governance.
There were also many detailed plans, which would not be repeated.
The premise of the above measures was that the people in the country were stable, or else it would be difficult to implement.
For this reason, the governor's yamen decided to implement the dynasty's basic welfare system throughout the province. Agricultural tax would be reduced for a year, and commercial tax would be halved within a year to show the majesty of the emperor's kindness.
The families of the people and soldiers who died in the war would also receive compensation and pension.
Other than the establishment of the yamen at various levels, another important task of the cabinet was to assist the Moroca Province governor's yamen and take the lead in formulating the overall development plan of Morocco Province.
This plan involved the division of administrative territory, industrial support plans, infrastructure construction plans, large-scale projects such as ports, livelihood projects, and cultural integration.
With the current talent reserves of the dynasty, they already had the ability to formulate such a detailed and scientific development plan.
In the plan, the construction of Xiuta City that Ouyang Shuo had previously instructed was naturally included. Other than that, the base city was also included in the jurisdiction of Morocco Province.
In the next six months, Morocco Province would build three military ports in the three port cities of Tangier, Rabat, and Agadir to serve as the naval bases of the Atlantic Fleet.
In view of the commitment to the Mediterranean Sea, the headquarters of the Atlantic Fleet would also be moved from the base city to Agadir.
According to the plan, this included compensation and pension, as well as large-scale construction. The burden placed on the governor's yamen was not light. For this reason, the governor's yamen was prepared to apply for an administrative loan of one million gold coins from the Bank of the Four Seas.
After listening to Kou Zhun and Mulan Yue's report, Ouyang Shuo was quite moved.
After establishing the dynasty, a complete set of systems had gradually taken shape, and Ouyang Shuo had indeed become more relaxed. This time, Ouyang Shuo did not need to worry about the arrangements in Morocco Province, and it had already been handled properly.
Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly. "Everyone, you have worked hard. We will carry it out as planned."
"We will solemnly obey the King's orders!"
Kou Zhun bowed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Dealing with the aftermath of Morocco Province was the first major task that the King had given Kou Zhun since he had become the Vice Minister of the Cabinet.
In order to handle this matter well, Kou Zhun rarely slept more than five hours recently. He was busy from morning to night, running through the four counties of Morocco Province.
Fortunately, his hard work had finally paid off. The King's approval of the plan was the greatest affirmation of Kou Zhun.
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In the next few days, Ouyang Shuo, accompanied by Governor Mulan Yue, began his routine inspection of Morocco Province. He pacified the people, met with various officials, and boosted morale.
When he had time, Ouyang Shuo also went to the barracks to see the surrendered soldiers who were being reorganized.
At this point, Ouyang Shuo was no longer worried that if he did not personally participate in the reorganization of the army, there would be a situation where 'the soldiers only knew the general and did not know the ruler'.
This was because under the arrangements of the Bureau of Military Affairs, regardless of whether it was the active army or the reorganized army, there would be a period of loyalty and patriotism education in the army every month to spread Ouyang Shuo's authority throughout the entire army.
At the same time, under Ouyang Shuo's instructions, the Bureau of Military Affairs cooperated with the Grand Council to formulate a series of measures on how to limit the power of the generals and prevent the overflow of military power.
The future army of the dynasty would only become more standardized and professional.
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Just as Ouyang Shuo was inspecting Morocco Province, there was finally news of the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, who had escaped during the chaos. However, this news was not good news for the Great Xia Dynasty.
On the 10th of June, after going through many hardships, Mohammed VI and his entourage suddenly appeared in Algiers, the capital of neighboring Algeria, under the protection of the commander of the imperial guards, Ismail.
In the afternoon, the Algerian royal family issued a public statement, saying that from this moment on, the members of the Moroccan royal family would be under the protection of Algeria. Any attempt to assassinate Mohammed VI would be a provocation to the Algerian royal family, and they would definitely retaliate.
His attitude was rather unyielding.
At the same time, Mohammed VI also announced that, with the support of the Algerian royal family, he would officially establish a kingdom in exile in Algiers in an attempt to restore his country. In the declaration, Mohammed VI also called on the people of Morocco to take action and fight against the rule of the Great Xia Dynasty.
In line with Mohammed VI's declaration, the Algerian royal family immediately allocated a large piece of land to Mohammed VI in the core area of the capital to build the center of the kingdom in exile.
On this land, the Moroccan royal family in exile would have absolute autonomy and autonomy. Its nature was similar to a concession or consulate in reality.
When the news came out, it caused a huge uproar in the Mediterranean Sea and the African continent.
Some of the suzerains in the African continent had already prepared gifts and were prepared to send envoys to Morocco to test the attitude of the Great Xia Dynasty towards the African continent. After receiving the news, some of the suzerains had already canceled their trips at the last minute.
Even some of the envoys that were already on their way were urgently recalled by the suzerains.
Mohammed VI's declaration of establishing a kingdom caused the situation in Morocco, which was originally a foregone conclusion, to suddenly change. There were many variables out of nowhere. Therefore, the "smart" suzerains naturally chose to wait and see.
The ongoing negotiations between the Great Xia Dynasty and the suzerains of the Mediterranean Sea had also become troublesome because of this matter. Violet reported that the negotiation process had suddenly become difficult.
Speaking of this, he had to introduce the country of Algeria.
Algeria was a country in the Maghreb in the north of Africa. Its land area was the largest in Africa, the largest in the Mediterranean Sea, and the largest in the Arab Sea. It was ranked tenth in the world, with a total population of 3.5 million.
Geographically, Algeria was bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the north, Libya and Tunisia in the east, Niger, Mali, and Mauritania in the southeast and south, and Morocco in the west.
In reality, the economic scale of the Algerian region was ranked fourth in Africa, behind South Africa, Nigeria, and Egypt. Oil and natural gas were the pillars of Algeria's national economy. Its natural gas reserves were ranked fifth in the world, and its oil reserves were ranked 14th in the world.
Therefore, whether it was on the African continent or in the Mediterranean Sea, Algeria could be considered a pivotal country, playing an important role between the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Because of this, the suzerains of the Mediterranean Sea and the African continent felt that the Great Xia Dynasty would definitely not be able to do anything to Mohammed VI.
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