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After several days of long travel, Fan Zhongyan and his party finally arrived at Chiyou City under the escort of the army.

Ouyang Shuo got the news and personally greeted him at the city gate.

To enjoy such an honor, only Fan Gong is alone.

There are more than 300 officials who went with Fan Zhongyan this time, which can be described as a huge lineup. Among them, there are officials drawn from various departments and offices of the southern Xinjiang capital, as well as officials recommended from various prefectures and counties.

In addition, there are more than 50 students who graduated early from Southwest University.

There are more than 300 people, and the biggest characteristic is that they are young.

According to the statistics of the Administration Bureau, the average age of officials in Shanhai City is less than 30 years old. The average age of the officials who came with Fan Zhongyan was even lower, only twenty-seven years old.

Leading such a young team to govern a county, Fan Gong has a long way to go.

At noon, Ouyang Shuo held a banquet in the City Lord's Mansion to entertain Fan Zhongyan and his party.

The accompanying officials, seeing that the prince and prince attached so much importance to them, were all grateful, and they would not do their best to assist Fan Zhongyan in governing Wuzhou County.

In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo was in the study and met Fan Zhongyan alone.

After staying in Chiyou City for a week, Ouyang Shuo was naturally not idle. I already have a general understanding of the situation in Wuzhou County.

Therefore, before Fan Zhongyan officially took office, it was necessary for Ouyang Shuo to explain in person.

Due to the vast and sparsely populated area of Wuzhou County, Ouyang Shuo only set up four prefectures in Wuzhou County. The specific personnel arrangements were jointly agreed upon by Fan Zhongyan and Xiao He, the newly appointed director of administration.

With the expansion of the territory, Ouyang Shuo's appointment of the prefect has been gradually handed over to the Administration Bureau.

Unless there is any special talent that needs to be personally placed by Ouyang Shuo, otherwise, he will not interfere in the personnel appointment and dismissal of the Administration Department.

The seat of Wuzhou County, undoubtedly, is located in Chiyou City.

Fan Zhongyan suggested that in order to eliminate the influence of Chiyou in the county, Chiyou City could be renamed.

Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment, but still declined the proposal.

Now that Chiyou has been buried in the Demon King Slope, all grievances and hatreds have disappeared. Chiyou City has a special status and affection for Shanman.

As the [Barbarian King], Ouyang Shuo had to take into account their feelings.

This kind of open-mindedness still needs to be had.

Since Ouyang Shuo didn't mind, Fan Zhongyan naturally didn't want to say anything.

Along the way, Fan Zhongyan also has a sensory understanding of the situation in Wuzhou County. Although the situation was worse than he expected, Fan Zhongyan was confident that he would develop Wuzhou County.

The two of them talked in the study for a whole afternoon.

In this conversation, the future development framework of Wuzhou County was fixed.

During the conversation, Ouyang Shuo found that choosing Fan Zhongyan as the county guard of Wuzhou was indeed a very wise choice. Fan Zhongyan's many development plans for Wuzhou County made Ouyang Shuo's eyes shine.

For example, in order to break the frozen interpersonal relationship between the Han Chinese and the Shanman in Wuzhou County, Fan Zhongyan proposed that some of the Shanman be relocated to the neighboring Zhaoqing County.

Correspondingly, some people moved from Zhaoqing County to settle in Wuzhou County.

In this way, not only can the demographic structure of Wuzhou County be greatly improved, but the new Han Chinese will also help to break the gap between the two ethnic groups, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Ouyang Shuo praised this move.

Seeing Fan Zhongyan away, Ouyang Shuo breathed a long sigh of relief.

Early tomorrow morning, Fan Zhongyan will officially take office. The more than 300 officials he brought with him will also be placed in various prefectures and counties, becoming the backbone of the Wuzhou County Government.

The arrival of Fan Zhongyan finally freed Ouyang Shuo from his heavy government affairs.

Next, Ouyang Shuo should consider the formation of the Wuzhou County Garrison Division.

Whether it is the Praetorian Guard Division or the four Shanman Independent Divisions, it is impossible to be stationed in Wuzhou County. In order to maintain the stability of Wuzhou County, it is imperative to form a local garrison division.

Within a week, Lin Yi led the Praetorian Guard Division and had completely plowed Wuzhou County. The heroes and powers in various places have been swept away.

The atmosphere of the entire Wuzhou County is positive.

Taking this opportunity, he captured another group of mountain barbarian warriors.

Inspired by Fan Zhongyan's population policy, Ouyang Shuo decided that the Wuzhou County Garrison Division would also adopt a mixed and integrated organization of various ethnic groups in order to achieve the purpose of mutual checks and balances.

Immediately, Ouyang Shuo sent letters to the Military Affairs Administration and the Lingnan Theater respectively.

According to Ouyang Shuo's plan, two brigades were transferred from the Zhaoqing County Garrison Division in the Lingnan Theater and assigned to the Wuzhou County Garrison Division. The vacancy of the Zhaoqing County Garrison Division was filled by the Taiping prisoners of Mulan Fortress.

In addition, from the Taiping Army, a brigade was reorganized and assigned to the Wuzhou County Garrison Division. The remaining two brigades were reorganized from newly recruited mountain barbarian prisoners of war.

In this way, the Wuzhou County Garrison Division will form a tripartite counterbalance. Neither the Han people nor the mountain barbarians can use this to make a fortune in Wuzhou County.

The division commander of the garrison division, Ouyang Shuo ordered the promotion of one person in the mountain barbarian hoplite brigade of the Evil Lai Division. The deputy division commander was promoted from a brigade commander of the former Zhaoqing County Garrison Division.

In this way, it is equivalent to firmly controlling the Wuzhou County Garrison Division.

When the Wuzhou County Garrison Division is formed, Ouyang Shuo will be able to lead his troops to advance into Xunzhou County from the east and completely solve the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

According to the time calculation, there will be no conflict with the plans of the Long Xiang Legion and the Leopard Tao Legion.

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On 1 November, Fan Zhongyan officially took office.

The huge government machinery began to run at high speed.

The people in Wuzhou County really realized that Wuzhou County had really changed.

The mountain barbarians, who had previously occupied key departments, were ruthlessly swept out of the house one by one. Only the mountain barbarians who have been approved by the Military Intelligence Department and the Black Snake Guard can continue to serve in the new government system.

Seeing that the officials of Shanhai City were stationed in Chiyou City, and all the key departments in the city were replaced by people from Shanhai City, the mountain barbarian tribes were completely panicked.

In just one morning, they went to the City Lord's Mansion three times and twice to deliver a letter of worship and ask Ouyang Shuo for an audience.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Ouyang Shuo finally agreed to meet the patriarchs in the side hall in the afternoon.

In fact, Ouyang Shuo was not prepared to suppress the mountain barbarian tribes to the end.

The alien policy of Shanhai City is also applicable in Wuzhou County. What Ouyang Shuo had to do was only to strip away the privileges enjoyed by the Shanman clan in Wuzhou County.

Since then, the Han people and the mountain barbarians in the county have been treated equally.

Shanman, who has been dismissed from his post this time, can re-apply, and as long as he passes the inspection of the Wuzhou County Administrative Office, he can take up his post again and perform his duties.

Of course, Han people in the county can also participate in similar applications.

Wuzhou County is so big, if only the three hundred officials brought by Fan Zhongyan are afraid to maintain the operation of Chiyou City, it will be a bit enough.

Therefore, according to the unified framework of the territory, the rebuilt government requires a large number of grassroots officials.

It's a pity that the Han people living in Wuzhou County seem to be ordinary people, and the real scholars and students are basically not seen.

This situation also surprised Ouyang Shuo, but he couldn't do it.

Seeing that the Marquis of Lianzhou did not want to be wiped out, the patriarchs felt a little happy while being lost.

"Meet the King!"

In the side hall, all the patriarchs knelt down in unison, officially recognizing Ouyang Shuo's status as a [Barbarian King].

Looking at the mountain barbarian patriarch who was kneeling under the black pressure under the hall, Ouyang Shuo's expression was inexplicable, and he used a series of means before and after, and he finally completely subdued this group of unruly mountain barbarians.

One by one, one big stick and one sweet date, Ouyang Shuo is more and more handy when he plays with power.

Within the territory, only Ouyang Shuo can enjoy privileges.

The others must obey Ouyang Shuo's rule in order to survive within the territory.

This is the bottom line drawn by Ouyang Shuo, and it cannot be provoked.

From today onwards, Shanman's privileges in Wuzhou County have really disappeared. Of course, due to the existence of Chiyou City, Wuzhou County will still be the base camp and largest gathering place of the Shanman clan in the future.

In fact, the barbarians in China are not only limited to the mountain barbarians in the southern Sichuan Province and Lingnan Province, but there are also other barbarian tribes in other regions.

At least in Shu, there are a large number of barbarians living in it.

I just don't know if Ouyang Shuo's title of [Barbarian King] will be able to deter those unknown barbarians in the future.

Barbarians, indeed, are born warriors.

No matter what kind of clan it is, it is enough to make Ouyang Shuo's heart move.

"Everyone, please get up!"

Ouyang Shuo sat upright, his voice not angry but mighty.

"King Xie!"

The patriarchs stood up together and looked at Ouyang Shuo with different expressions.

In respect, there is a faint hint of closeness.

Their expressions were exactly the same as those of the mountain barbarian warriors before.

In any case, the mountain barbarian clan has a new leader, and it will not really fall apart.

"In Wuzhou County, why don't you see a Han official, do you know the reason?"

Looking at the mountain man standing under the hall, Ouyang Shuo suddenly thought of a question.

Before Chiyou was defeated, these patriarchs were all high-ranking figures in Chiyou City. They should know something about this strange phenomenon.

Sure enough, Ouyang Shuo asked the right person this time.

The patriarchs looked at each other and made eye contact with each other, and finally one of the most respected patriarchs came out and replied respectfully: "King Qiyu, we do know. ”

"Say!"

"Because Chiyou doesn't like Han people, the civil officials in the county are all kept in a secret prison."

"What?" When Ouyang Shuo heard this, he didn't know what expression to do on his face, so he couldn't help but get up and asked urgently: "These civil officials, but they are still alive?" ”

"Alive." The old patriarch thought about it for a while, but decided to tell the truth, "It's just that their situation is not good. As far as I know, there are some civil servants who no longer exist because they can't bear it. ”

“……”

Regarding Chi You's behavior, Ouyang Shuo was really speechless.