Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Although he didn’t like this sort of job, Yan Liqiang still stayed in the Qiyun Protectorate’s Office the entire half month greeting county level and above officials, making orders that more or less changed Qiyun Prefecture…
According to the Great Han Empire’s system, there were four houses and two offices under the Prefectural Governor’s Office. The four houses were the Official House, Population House, Customs House, and Labor House. The two offices were the Law Enforcement Office and the Military Governor’s Office.
The Official House was like the organization and human resources department of Yan Liqiang’s past life that managed the personnel within the system.
The Population House was like the wallet of a prefecture that managed population, finance, tax and levy, land, and so forth.
The Customs House was like the education department that managed educational institutions, customs, sacrificial ceremonies, cultural events, holidays and so forth.
Meanwhile, the Labor House was like the communication and construction department.
The Law Enforcement Office was like the justice department.
The Military Governor’s Office was responsible for military things that included conscription, training, and so forth.
The main minister of the four houses was the Shu Minister, the Law Enforcement Office’s was the Pan Minister and the Military Governor’s Office was the Military Governor. When Wang Jianbei came to the prefecture, he took over the mess left behind by Ye Tiancheng. Due to Ye Tiancheng’s scandal, almost half of the officials were switched when Wang Jianbei arrived. Wang Jianbei had brought his trusted men. Now that he left, he also took quite a few away.
When Yan Liqiang took over, all the ministers of the four houses and two departments were gone. Eight of the fourteen county magistrates stayed behind while four of the seven barrack generals stayed. This wasn’t because Wang Jianbei wanted to give Yan Liqiang a difficult time. He knew that if he left his trusted men behind, it wasn’t good for either Yan Liqiang or him.
Those people Wang Jianbei didn’t take away were mostly people who had gone through the Ye Tiancheng and Wang Jianbei administrations. They were rather hardworking and capable. They didn’t have many bad reviews. Such officials would do the same thing no matter which leader they served.
The first thing Yan Liqiang did after becoming the Qiyun Protectorate was to set up the power system and appoint new officials so the Qiyun Protectorate Office could actually start working.
According to the Great Han Empire’s rules, the protectorate had a lot of monotonous power in setting up the departments. All officials could be appointed by the protectorate. Yan Liqiang wanted to re-establish a completely new system, but after considering all factors, he eventually decided to choose a safer method. He mostly kept the four houses and two departments system, but he just changed up ministers’ roles.
The first appointment Yan Liqiang made was to Qian Su. Qian Su was appointed as the Population House Shu Minister to manage the finances of the Qiyun Protectorate Office. As for the manufacturing bureau, Yan Liqiang and Qian Su chose a capable manager to look after it.
The second appointment Yan Liqiang made was to Shi Changfeng. Shi Changfeng became the Custom House Shu Minister. The Pingxi Prefectural Martial Arts Academy was under the management of the Customs House and since he was from the academy, Shi Changfeng suddenly became the minister of the Customs House. His status rose up a few levels immediately. Of course, Yan Liqiang lacked people so Shi Changfeng’s job at the archery academy remained the same.
Yan Liqiang’s third appointment was beyond everyone’s expectation. He appointed Lu Wenbin to be the Shu Minister of the Labor House. He was just a Lu family steward and now he had suddenly risen to the sky, shocking quite a lot of people.
Yan Liqiang’s fourth appointment was Chang Lu, who was Fu Changde. He was appointed as the Yingwei County magistrate while managing the border trading post. Fu Changde took all the remaining people of the Hui Clan and migrated the entire Hui Clan to Yingwei County after receiving this order.
The biggest change in responsibility was the Military Governor’s Office. Its name was changed to the Military House under the Qiyun Protectorate Office. Its previous responsibilities were divided in half by Yan Liqiang. Conscription, horses, training, martial tests, providing troops, troop stops and stuff were changed to be the Military House’s responsibility. Meanwhile, commandment, leading, mobilizing, battling, and city defense were taken out from the military governor’s department and managed by Yan Liqiang personally. The Pingxi Prefectural Army was also renamed to the Dragon Fang Army. Yan Liqiang was naturally the marshal of the Dragon Fang Army.
Dragon Fang seemed like a powerful name to others but only Yan Liqiang knew where this had come from. In the depth of his memory, the most powerful soldiers and special operatives from those powerful institutions had names that included dragon. Even after growing up, Yan Liqiang had the strong belief that the dragon squad existed but was just unknown to the public…
Other than these appointments, he couldn’t find suitable people for the time being. Yan Liqiang let the vice officers of the departments take over for now. Granted such an opportunity, these people wanted to show their best performance…
Other than that, the Qiyun Protectorate Office made another law that made the entire prefecture rejoice. Yan Liqiang canceled the population tax on the Han and ordered that the Shatu people in the prefecture pay the population tax…