The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 781 Personnel Adjustment
After saying goodbye to Li Huzi, the court became quiet again.However, the position of Minister of Military Affairs, which was vacated because of Li Huzi, cannot always be left vacant.According to the appointment criteria, for the vacant ministry-level positions, one must be selected from the state priests and appeasement envoys of each state to serve as the minister.

Ever since, the vacancy of the Minister of Military Affairs immediately aroused competition among the governors of Tianhua states.However, today there are 24 prefectures in China, and if you add the three prefectures of Dongyang, it will be 27 prefectures.But there is a big difference in status.Frontier state capitals such as the Western Region Grasslands have a much lower status than the states in the Central Plains.Therefore, the only ones who can participate in the competition are the comfort envoys above and the governor-level feudal officials.

After layers of screening, the cabinet quickly confirmed the final batch of lists as the final quota for selection.Among them, people such as Zhang Zhongliang, Pei Yan, Wumu Manda, Yang Mingyuan and Murong Kang are all impressive.

When the list was sent to the imperial court for decision, Lin Yifan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.The candidates above are all top choices, and whoever you choose can be qualified for the position of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

But now he has to consider, not whether he is competent or not, but how to balance power.For example, Zhang Zhongliang and Pei Yan represent civil servants, while Yang Mingyuan and Murong Kang represent the military.As for Umu Manda, he is relatively independent.But the foundation is weak, and on the grassland side, he still needs to preside over it in person, and he will be the first to be eliminated.

As for Zhang Zhongliang, how could Lin Yifan be more interested in him, he is resourceful and wise, and it would be great to be a member of the cabinet.However, his achievements in the local area are also extraordinary. Under his governance, Yanzhou has regained its vitality and continued to develop in the direction of prosperity.Now he serves as the appeasement envoy of Zhongqing and Qingzhou, and he has consolidated the rear during the wars of the past few years, so that the frontline soldiers have no worries.

According to his merits, Zhang Zhongliang could have entered the cabinet long ago.However, the newly conquered places still needed his overall coordination, so Lin Yifan could only apologise, and exclude him from the list of candidates.

As for Pei Yan, who joined Tianhua as a gentry, Lin Yifan didn't pay much attention to him at the beginning, but with the ability he displayed, the court officials affirmed him very much.Coupled with the fact that he abandoned representing the interests of the gentry and stood on Tianhua's side, Lin Yifan became more and more at ease with him.If he was appointed as the Minister of Military Affairs, it would be possible to win over the gentry, but Lin Yifan didn't need it.

Now Haizhou is full of gentry, so Pei Yan can just use Pei Yan's identity to serve as Haizhou's appeasement envoy, so as to stabilize Haizhou's people.Now that the central plains are settled, there is no need to carry out drastic reforms, but only slowly.

In the end, there are Yang Mingyuan and Murong Kang. They are both military and political officials in the frontier, and they really hold the real power.If it weren't for Lin Yifan's confidence in Tianhua's military system, he might have been in trouble for a long time.

The cabinet was able to nominate these two military-born officials for the purpose of transferring them away from the border and out of their sphere of influence.The two are bound to hold real power and stay in the frontier for a long time.Even if they don't have any ambitions, they can't help but be suspicious.After all, their identities were enough to worry the cabinet.

Who should we choose?Lin Yifan's gaze finally landed on Murong Kang's name.Compared to Yang Mingyuan, Murong Kang has been in the Western Regions for the longest time, ten years already.If it weren't for most of the military power being in the hands of Hou Mingfeng, it would form a check and balance on Murongkang.I'm afraid that not only the officials are worried about him, but even Lin Yifan has scruples.

However, Lin Yifan still trusted Murong Kang very much. For at least the past ten years, he did not take the opportunity to make his fortune in the Western Regions. Instead, he worked diligently to maintain the stability and prosperity of the Western Regions.In any case, Murong Kang has made great contributions to Tianhua, and it is reasonable to transfer him to the cabinet.

Therefore, Lin Yifan circled Murong Kang on the list for comment, and then sent it back to the cabinet for discussion, and finally reached a consensus.

When everyone in the cabinet saw the list, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. In their hearts, I am afraid that only Murong Kang is the most suitable for the post of Minister of Military Affairs.Firstly, he was in charge of the military administration in the Western Regions and accumulated a lot of experience, so he is very suitable for managing the logistics of the army.Secondly, it has been in the Western Regions for too long, and it is time to make adjustments so that it does not get too big.

Soon, the cabinet quickly confirmed Murong Kang's position as the new Minister of Military Affairs. Then, someone needed to replace the resigned Governor of the Western Regions.As the commander-in-chief of the armies of the Western Regions and the protector of Beiting, Hou Mingfeng was undoubtedly the best choice.

Now that the Western Regions have stabilized, the surrounding countries have already experienced a series of failures, and their vitality has been severely damaged, and they are simply unable to go to the Western Regions again.Therefore, the Western Regions do not need to maintain a standing army all year round.Most of the soldiers and horses must be converted into militias to participate in local construction and reduce the burden of maintaining troops in the Western Regions.

Therefore, let Hou Mingfeng serve as the governor of the Western Regions and take charge of military affairs.Most of the remaining garrisons were handed over to Shi Shouyi, guarding Tianji Pass and Beiting Grassland.In this way, the Western Regions can complete two power transfers in a row, which is of great benefit to stabilizing Tianhua's rule over the Western Regions and to check and balance the expansion of the Western Regions.

When the transfer list drawn up by the cabinet was submitted to the imperial court, Lin Yifan couldn't help but secretly nodded after reading it. Immediately, Zhu approved the imperial approval, formally confirming that Murong Kang was promoted to the Minister of Military Affairs and joined the cabinet for consultation.At the same time, Hou Mingfeng was appointed as the governor of the Western Regions, and Shi Shouyi was appointed as the chief general of the Western Regions garrison.

In the next few days, the cabinet began to make some adjustments to local personnel.Appoint Zhang Zhongliang as the appeasement envoy of the three states of Jinweihai to heal the wounds of the war in the three states as soon as possible.Appoint Pei Yan as Dongyang Zuoxiang to assist Dongyang King in handling state affairs.Zhang Qian was appointed as the general of the city guard army, and he stayed in the capital to guard the capital.Appoint Liang Shicheng as Dongyang garrison general, in charge of Dongyang garrison and navy.Appoint Lian Haiping as Admiral of the Haizhou Navy to govern the southern waters.Appoint Qin Yuanhao as Leizhou's defense envoy, and command Leizhou's 20 troops.

As for the rest of the soldiers and horses scattered throughout the Central Plains, they were all stationed in various places and broken up into pieces.After Luo Yi completed the military deployment, he returned to the capital and continued to preside over the affairs of the military government.

In the next period of time, Tianhua will try his best to digest and absorb the newly recovered land, twisting the entire Central Plains into one piece.As long as the interior is stabilized, Tianhua will continue to raise his sword and set off one expansion battle after another.

But from the outside world, it seems that Tianhua has been satisfied with the achievements he has made so far, and has begun to put troops into the warehouse to recuperate.Therefore, the southern countries finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the great country in the Central Plains is still the original state of etiquette, then they can lean back under the big tree to enjoy the shade.

However, there were disagreements within Tianyun. Seeing that Tianhua had no actions against Tianyun, many ministers couldn't help but feel relieved and urged Baiyunting to give up confrontation with Tianhua and repair the relationship between the two countries as soon as possible.It is also good to concentrate their forces to deal with the eternity entrenched in their land, in order to repay the shame of cutting the land.

But Bai Yunting and Hu Chengjing see it clearly, Tianhua will never let Tianyun go, and when he licks his wounds, he will definitely rush to Tianyun.Therefore, he refused to weaken the defense against Tianhua by saying anything, but increased his efforts to hoard strength and prepare for dealing with Tianhua.

This move has caused dissatisfaction among many people in the country. Under the instigation of people with high intentions, the undercurrent of Tianyun has gradually begun to surge.

(End of this chapter)