Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1656 Arrangement
Charman had anticipated the arrangement for Balem, after all, he was a mage at the Saint Realm level. Mage cultivation required a lot of talent, and reaching the Saint Realm was even more difficult, so it was impossible to just leave him idle.

The focus now is on how this emperor will arrange things for himself.

His advantage lies in his outstanding governing ability, and he also has an advantage that ordinary officials do not have: he was once an emperor.

This is indeed an advantage to some extent.

Because when dealing with a matter, the emperor's thinking and that of his ministers may not be the same.

It's very simple; let's take project teams and R&D funding as an example.

Everyone thinks their own R&D project is the most important, and that it's absurd for their project to be cut or for their R&D funding to be reduced. They think the reviewers are completely blind.

At the same time, when applying for funding, the project teams obviously don't consider any financial issues; that's something the Minister of Finance needs to worry about. They just need to apply and that's it.

In order to ensure their project team has more funding, they would apply for as much funding as possible when applying for grants!
Under this premise, the Minister of Finance is essentially opposing these departments.

The Ministry of Finance's mission is to ensure that every penny of funding is used effectively, while also allocating funds among various government departments at all levels to ensure that they have sufficient funds and that no funds are wasted, and that every account is accounted for.

Therefore, everyone has a different perspective and basically only cares about their own affairs.

Only the emperor needs to worry about everything.

He may not need to do everything himself, but he needs to allocate and schedule resources to ensure that the enormous machine that serves as the nation operates smoothly, or even at its highest efficiency.

Saint Laurent V believed he had considerable experience in this area of ​​work.

However, relatively speaking, his advantage, and even his ability, are not that important to the Great Zhou.

Let alone now, even before Saint Laurent I started the war, the overall development of the Great Zhou Dynasty was already considered to be the best among all the states in the United Nations.

The Great Zhou Dynasty doesn't absolutely need him; his joining is more of a bonus than a necessity.

Given this premise, he, whose abilities are concentrated in governance, is different from Balem, a mage who has entered the realm of sainthood.

The potential threat of a Saintly mage lies in his strength.

Even if someone harbors malicious intentions, as long as we respond promptly, the threat is controllable and can even be quickly nipped in the bud.

However, if a ruler harbors ulterior motives, the influence he exerts, though unseen, can affect the entire Great Zhou Dynasty and even bring devastating impacts to the country.

According to Charman's idea, the ideal situation would be for him to be assigned to a department with less authority for a few years, and then see how things go before deciding whether to promote him.

However, just as he was thinking this, Zhou Xu's voice rang out...

“Charman, would you like to work for me, um, as my assistant?”

"!!"

Zhou Xu's words left Charman stunned.

The Emperor's advisor?!

This result completely exceeded his expectations, leaving Charman utterly bewildered.

In the years since the founding of the United Nations, Charman has a general understanding of some of the internal systems of the Great Zhou.

According to the internal affairs system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the assistant official was basically a position second only to the emperor.

Charman never dreamed that this emperor would actually appoint him, the emperor of a defeated nation, as his advisor!

Is this the kind of thinking a normal person would have?!
If the situation were reversed, Charman admitted he didn't have the courage. Seeing Charman's dumbfounded expression, Zhou Xu chuckled.

"Why? Don't you want to?"

"No, no!"

Charman quickly shook his head.

As the former emperor of the Saint Laurent Empire, Charman considered himself to have experienced many grand occasions, but upon first meeting the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was thrown off balance.

"I thought..."

Charman instinctively wanted to explain, but found that it was actually not a very good thing to say.

Looking at the other person's expression, Zhou Xu already understood.

"Given your abilities, you would be wasting your talents in any of the departments below. Charman, come and be my assistant!"

This time, Zhou Xu's tone became even more firm, even carrying an air of unyielding authority, causing Charman, who was standing below, to have his heart pound uncontrollably.

He was experiencing feelings he had never felt before, and they were now constantly pounding against his heart.

To calm himself down, Charman took a deep breath, and then, as if he had made up his mind, he placed one hand on his chest and knelt down on one knee before Zhou Xu again.

"I am at your service, Your Majesty!"

Since the two were new to Blackmoon City, they certainly had a lot to do. After briefly assigning duties to Charman and Balem, Zhou Xu dismissed them and gave them three days to handle miscellaneous matters.

In fact, Zhou Xu had really thought about Charman's arrangements for a while.

He already knew from intelligence provided by spies that Saint Laurent V should be a capable emperor.

If the other party is willing to serve their Great Zhou, how should I arrange things?

Initially, Zhou Xu had considered letting Charman continue to manage the Saint Laurent region and making him the governor of the Saint Laurent region.

After all, with the annexation of the Saint Laurent Empire, the territory of their Great Zhou has become somewhat too large at this stage.

With so many things to handle, it would be impossible to manage them all if they were all centralized in the central government.

The simplest solution would be to appoint a regional governor.

In other regions, the demand may not be high for the time being, but in the Saint Laurent region, it is in great need.

After all, in terms of area, managing the Saint Laurent region is not much different from managing an empire.

Given this premise, Charman, as the former emperor of the Saint Laurent Empire, should be familiar with that region and should be able to manage it with greater ease.

However, considering that the Saint Laurent royal family has a terrible reputation among the people of Saint Laurent, there's no guarantee that sending Charman to be the consul might cause some trouble.

At the same time, Charman's current loyalty is indeed a problem.

After careful consideration, Zhou Xu made new adjustments.

That is to keep Charlman by his side as his aide, and then transfer Huo Qubing, who was originally an aide, to the Saint Laurent region to become the governor there!
In this way, most of the related problems can be solved.

(End of this chapter)