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Chapter 1349 – Persia Surrenders
4th month, 18th day, Imperial City.
That morning, Ouyang Shuo met a special guest in the imperial garden.
This person was someone Ouyang Shuo had invited several times but had failed to pull over – former Federation President Old Chen. Unexpectedly, Old Chen came over on his own accord and expressed his willingness to work for Great Xia.
“I did not expect you to come.” Ouyang Shuo did not hide his thoughts.
Old Chen smiled before putting down his tea cup and saying, “Since you can even take the initiative to lead the exploration, an old man like me should come out to help.”
Looking at the situation, it was Ouyang Shuo’s proactivity that touched Old Chen.
“You’ll be of great help.” Ouyang Shuo smiled.
As previously mentioned, Old Chen’s political knowledge, relationships with people, and understanding of the Federation system was a great complement to Great Xia.
“You’re doing good.” Old Chen was filled with emotions and said with a bitter smile, “People like us are used to useless power struggles, fighting our whole life for interests with no sense of duty. I’m ashamed.”
Silver Hand and Azure Badge had worked together because they could not choose someone from the inside. No one was willing to step up.
Only then was Ouyang Shuo given the opportunity.
Ouyang Shuo said humbly, “Compared to Old Chen’s contribution to the alliance, what is the little that I’m doing?”
Old Chen smiled as he waved his hand, “I am old, I am old. I do not dare to accept that.” Although he said that, receiving Ouyang Shuo’s recognition left him satisfied.
After all, Ouyang Shuo’s current status was not as normal as before.
After the exchange of pleasantries, Ouyang Shuo went straight to the point, officially appointing Old Chen as the special consultant of the Empire.
The special consultant did not have a salary, rank, or the power to enter meetings. It was purely the emperor’s private consultant to give related services.
The only rewards would come from the emperor himself.
The two of them spoke for a long time before Old Chen left with his letter of appointment.
Looking at the old man’s back, Ouyang Shuo’s eyes were uncertain; he muttered, “Are you truly here to help, or do you think Bing’er is too young and you have a chance?”
Ouyang Shuo could not be blamed for his worries.
Before this, Ouyang Shuo had sincerely sought Old Chen’s help several times but failed. Now, he came over for such an amusing reason.
The matter was extremely unusual.
Old Chen was not some youth and would not see Ouyang Shuo as the hero of mankind.
There was one more thing. When Ouyang Shuo made the decision to proceed to Planet Hope, a hidden current had arisen in Great Xia that put him on guard.
After all, Bing’er was young and did not possess much authority. She could not deal with a large crisis.
Before leaving for Planet Hope, Ouyang Shuo had to clean this all up.
“Keep an eye on him.”
Ouyang Shuo said to the air.
‘Xiu!’ a dark shadow emerged from the bushed and chased after Old Chen.
The massive imperial garden returned to its previous silence.
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4th month, 20th day, Great Xia’s easy conquering of the House of Tudor broke the last bit of the Persia king’s fantasy. He finally decided to stop resisting and officially surrendered to Great Xia.
The Persia king also hoped to receive the same treatment as William.
Ouyang Shuo agreed.
Currently, Ouyang Shuo lacked time the most.
In a short two months, Ouyang Shuo would need to prepare for Planet Hope. He needed to make plans for Great Xia and his succession.
There were thousands of things he had to think about.
If the Persia king surrendered a day earlier, it would be a day bought for Ouyang Shuo.
Less than a month and a half had passed since Great Xia’s declaration of war. This quick surrender shocked everyone. It also made the European dynasties ashamed to the point where they could not raise their heads.
The sharpness of the Great Xia Army was simply terrifying.
After taking down the Persian Empire, Great Xia’s territory welcomed another big expansion, and their strength ballooned.
Their position as the Overlord of Asia could not be shaken.
After the Persian Empire surrendered, Ouyang Shuo turned his eyes to the Arab Empire. He asked the Honglu Temple to send a final warning to the Arab King.
The Arab Empire was given a month to surrender; if they did not, the Great Xia Army would dye them red with blood.
These were not false words.
After taking down the Persian Empire, the Great Xia Army increased instead of decreasing. If the Arab Empire tried to use their meagre strength to fight, they would only bleed badly.
As a result of the Persia king’s surrender, there were 1.2 million troops awaiting organization after the war of Persia.
Even after replenishing the casualties and removing the soldiers that did not make the cut, there were still one million soldiers. Along with the four South Asia legion corps that were not officially organized, there were two million troops.
That was simply too terrifying.
Not to mention sweeping the Arab Empire, it was even possible for them to attack Europe.
The Arab Empire’s only ally was the Caesar Dynasty.
The problem was that Caesar did not even have enough time to hide, much less jumping out to help.
If the Arab Empire really was not willing to submit, Ouyang Shuo naturally would not mind swinging down and sending these two million troops to the battlefield.
Such a move could help to reduce a portion of them.
A one million strong Persia army and a one million strong India army could become a huge problem if not handled appropriately.
There was also a reason behind Ouyang Shuo’s anxiousness toward taking down the Arab Empire.
Taking down the Arab Empire had greater strategic meaning than practical meaning to Great Xia. Apart from the Romanov Dynasty’s Siberia region, the entirety of Asia would belong to Great Xia after they took down the Arab Empire.
Such a matter was not a normal feat and simply thinking about it made one emotional.
Apart from that, taking down the Arab Empire would link up the Africa Governor-General House with the Empire’s Asia region.
Asia and Africa would be united as one.
In the future, opening up the Silk Road would be really simple.
Apart from that, Asia and Africa as one would increase the Empire’s control over Africa and strengthen their influence on the Mediterranean; this would help them infiltrate further into Europe.
Hence, they had to take down the Arab Empire.
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4th month, 25th day, Imperial Capital.
The Imperial Court’s plan to deal with the Persian Empire emerged at the fastest speed.
First, the Persia king himself, who was invited to the imperial capital to work. For this, the Imperial Court established a new organization – the Religion and Race Committee. Similar to the Martial Management Division, this organization would be directly under the emperor.
As the name suggests, the committee members would deal with religion and race matters.
Great Xia was an Empire with many races, making things exceedingly complicated. There were also many different religions, so things needed to be dealt with carefully.
If things were not handled well, huge issues could crop up.
As such, it was not difficult to understand the importance of the role that this committee played.
The former Persia king would be the first head of this committee.
At the same time, the Imperial Court decreed the establishment of the West Asia Governor-General House. All the territory previously under the Persian Empire would be within its jurisdiction. Former Beijiang Governor-General Gong Chengshi would be appointed there.
Hence, the West Asia Governor-General House would cover West Asia and Central Asia.
Central Asia was the central region of Asia. However, the problem was that China was the core of Great Xia. As a result, Ouyang Shuo did not want to set up an independent Central Governor-General House.
Weakening the presence of Central Asia was also one of the reasons.
After merging Central Asia with West Asia, the status of the West Asia Governor-General House became really important. It connected Asia to Europe. In terms of value, it was among the top three of all Governor-General regions.
This promotion would put Gong Chengshi at the same level as Bai Hua and Mulan Yue.
Imperial Court decree, the Xijiang Governor-General House will be removed. Original Xijiang Governor-General Xiong Ba would be moved to Beijiang Governor-General House to replace Gong Chengshi to guard the north land of the Empire.
Along with the Persian Empire’s surrender, the Xijiang Governor-General House was not the Empire’s border anymore. Along with the management of the three provinces during these two years, the Xijiang situation had stabilized.
Furthermore, along with the railroad and road network reaching perfection, the Empire’s traffic system was becoming more and more convenient. The Imperial Court’s control of the land would become more evident and easier to manage.
Due to such matters, Ouyang Shuo felt that removing the Xijiang Governor-General House and moving the Xijiang, Xihai, and Xikang provinces right under the Imperial Court’s rule was more suitable.
Expanding the directly managed regions was another way to control the power of the border Governor-General Houses.
Ouyang Shuo was not willing to establish too many Governor-General regions. He wanted to prevent the development of too many border powers to compete against the Imperial Court. This was especially important because Ouyang Shuo would not be able to personally take charge of things soon.
Increasing the consolidation of the Empire’s power and establishing the authority of the Imperial Court was necessary.
In the future, the Beijiang Governor-General House would be removed when necessary.
Large portions of the Xijiang Governor-General House were moved over to the new West Asia Governor-General House. For example, Secretary-General Fu Bi would become the West Asia Secretary-General to help with the transition.
Of course, to calm down the old Persia powers, a few old officials were appointed.
Based on the plan, the West Asia Governor-General House would have four provinces. There would be two really important ones, the Persia Province and the Central Asia Province, which were the core parts of the Persian Empire.
Original Hedong Provincial Governor Su Wei would become the Persia Provincial Governor. Meanwhile, Chuanbei Provincial Governor Song Wen would be moved to Central Asia. The remaining two Provincial Governors were promoted from old Persian Empire officials.
These arrangements were similar to how they handled the South Asia Governor-General House. Ouyang Shuo arranged the officials he could trust to take charge of the core provinces while giving the border provinces to local officials.
Foreseeably, the treatment of the Persia officials was going to be a complicated job. Cabinet assistant Kou Zhun would proceed over and spend a month there to help them smoothen the appointment matters.
In the future, the Imperial Court would set up an official Governor-General communication system.
The goal would be to prevent officials from working at a place for too long. Additionally, it was to make use of the officials working in different places to promote cultural and racial merger.
Only with fresh running water could the Empire proceed forward.
