Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 323: The prototype of a political state and the follow-up arrangements

"Alright, there are only 26 people who will be conferred titles this time. The title issue ends here. The rest is the Yunjiao Army!"

When Xia Hong mentioned the Yunjiao Army, Xia Chuan and Liu Yuan's expressions immediately brightened up.

Xia Hong knew that the Yunjiao Army soldiers were in front of the main building at the moment, so he could raise his voice when he spoke:

"Changbaigou annihilated the new army of Longyou, Ningyuanqiu destroyed the blood guards of Zhaoyang, and went north with me to take Xiling and Baiyuan, and finally broke through Longshan. The Yunjiao Army was the first to unify Longyou this time. I will not go into details about the contribution points each person received for killing the enemy. They will be checked and distributed by the Quartermaster Department.

What I want to say is that, in addition to being rewarded with contribution points, every soldier's military merit will also be specially recorded by the soon-to-be-established Military Affairs Department. As long as the accumulated military merits reach the standard for conferring a title, I will personally issue an edict to confer the title!
In addition, for the next six months, the monthly quota of Blood Yuan Dan for the Yun Jiao Army will be increased from 3 to 5, the contribution value will be increased from 1000 to 1500, and the beast blood will be increased from 50 catties to 70 catties, which can be regarded as an extra reward for this Longyou War!"

Not only can an individual's military achievements be converted into contribution points, but they will also be specially recorded by the Military Department. If the accumulated points meet the requirements, the lord can personally issue an edict to confer titles on them.

In the next six months, that is, the next six months, the monthly military salary will also increase significantly. Xia Hong even read out the specific increase in contribution points, blood essence pills, and beast blood.

"Xia Chuan thanks the Lord. Long live Great Xia and long live the Lord!"

Xia Chuan, the commander-in-chief of the Yunjiao Army, could not help but bow to Xia Hong first.

Then it was Liu Yuan. He bowed to Xia Hong and said excitedly, "Liu Yuan, the captain of the Yunjiao Army Scouting Camp, thanks the Lord. Long live Great Xia and long live the Lord!"

At this moment, the thousand Yunjiao Army soldiers gathered in front of the main building were also extremely excited. They all bowed in unison towards the Council Hall:
"Thank you for your gift, Lord. Long live Daxia and long live the Lord!"

In fact, there were only more than 600 Yunjiao soldiers who returned alive from Longyou. This time, they were replenished with more than 300 new soldiers to make the army fully staffed again.

Just now, Xia Hong mentioned that the military salaries would be raised in the next six months, but he did not say that the more than 300 new recruits would be excluded, so this group of people got a great bargain. Compared with the more than 600 soldiers, they were more excited and shouted louder.

"No need to be polite, just get up!"

In the Council Hall, Xia Hong gently raised his hand, motioning Xia Chuan and Liu Yuan to stand up, then turned to look at Qiu Peng and continued:
"The more than 9,000 people who participated in the Hive Defense Battle will be led by Xia Chuan and will be rewarded together with the Quartermaster Department. I will not interfere any further."

"I obey my orders!"

The two of them bowed and nodded immediately.

"Okay, I've finished talking about the three things I wanted to talk about today, namely, the reform, the conferring of titles, and the rewarding of merits. Now it's your turn!"

After Xia Hong finished speaking, his eyes went straight to Xia Chuan and the six department chiefs behind him.

Xia Chuan also understood what he meant, and stood up and bowed and said:
"Captain, in early May, when the people of Wushuang, Hanqiong, and Fengchao moved in, the camp population exceeded 11. At that time, the six tribes were already overwhelmed. Fortunately, a large number of people were added to barely maintain operation.
After this round of migration, the camp population skyrocketed to 412352. The total registered number of Xiacheng exceeded 12, the total number of people in the Digging Territory exceeded 4, and the total number of people in the Logging Territory exceeded 13. If the previous governance method continued to be used, the number of people in the six tribes would definitely not be enough.

So, my suggestion is also to reform, and do it as soon as possible! "

When everyone in the hall heard the words, they were all stunned. Obviously, they didn't expect that Xia Chuan would actually propose reform, and as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Xia Hong above did not show the slightest surprise on his face.

Xia Chuan had indeed expected to bring this up today.

A population of 260,000 people poured into Xiacheng. The one who suffered the greatest impact was not Xiacheng, but Sicheng Xiacheng and the Sizheng of the six ministries, or to be more precise, the current management system of Daxia.

Since the beginning of May, when the population skyrocketed to 110,000, Xia Hong had already discovered that the current six ministries were clearly unable to manage so many people.

The previous rule of Daxia was: as long as you broke through to the logging realm, you would have your own contribution value record in the camp supply department. The next step was to become a member of the six departments according to your personal talents.

That is what they say, but in reality, just by listening to the names of the six departments, you will know that most people have no choice but to enter the logging department.

A few people with talents in identifying medicine, forging, clothing, and carpentry can join the craftsman department; the camp supply and civil affairs departments will recruit people themselves when they are short of people; don't even mention the defense department, even the cold-resistant level ones are in great demand; as for the remaining hunting department, you can automatically enter if you have the cultivation level of digging, and you don't have to choose at all.

Therefore, almost 99% of the loggers in the camp were crowded in the logging department;
More than 1000% of the Digging Realm were crowded in the Hunting Division. If it weren't for the Yunjiao Army taking out Digging Realm Extremes, it would probably be % as well.
As for the other four departments, except for the Artisan Department, which has a relatively good number of people with more than 2500, the remaining three departments actually have very small numbers of people, the Quartermaster Department has more than 400 people, the Civil Affairs Department has more than 200 people, and the Garrison Department has even fewer people, with 12 garrisons, 1 chief garrison officer, and including Yuan Cheng, the chief garrison officer, there are only 14 people in total.

So nominally there were six tribes of Daxia, but in reality, more than 90% of Daxia's people were crowded in the hunting and logging tribes, and the remaining four tribes mostly played functional roles and did not play the role of actually placing people.

Moreover, it is not just a problem of personnel placement. After the population explosion, the management costs of the six departments are also rising rapidly.

Take the simplest example:

The Supply Department used to only need to record the contribution values ​​of a few thousand or tens of thousands of people, but now it is different. It has suddenly increased to 170,000, and as more and more people break through, more and more need to be recorded;
The number of households that the Ministry of Civil Affairs had to manage before was only tens of thousands, but after the population migration, it suddenly increased to 120,000, and will only increase in the future;

The same goes for the Hunting Department. When there were only about a hundred hunting teams, there was no need to allocate hunting areas every night. Everyone basically abided by them tacitly and did not cross each other's boundaries. There was no trouble counting the prey, and the departure and return times tried not to conflict. But now the number has suddenly increased to thousands, or even tens of thousands in the future, and the situation is completely different.

The conflict that occurred among the hunting team last month is an ironclad example. If these issues are not resolved in advance, they will inevitably develop into internal conflicts. Once they escalate one day, they will become big problems.

Not only these three departments, but also the remaining two departments of craftsmen and logging are like this. Now it is estimated that only the garrison department with the smallest number of people can feel more comfortable.

Xia Hong looked up at Yuan Cheng, who was standing behind Xia Chuan, looking drowsy and anxious, and immediately shook his head.

"Tell me about your reform ideas!"

Xia Chuan nodded upon hearing this and continued, "The reform must start with the Six Departments. The Six Departments are the core management department for maintaining the operation of the camp and can no longer be used as the department for accommodating all the personnel in the camp. Now the camp has more manpower than before. I propose that only the Digging Realm can become official members of the Six Departments in the future."

This is a one-size-fits-all approach. Only those at the Digging Realm can enter the six departments. In other words, those at the Logging Realm, no matter how strong their talents in carpentry, alchemy, or clothing making are, cannot enter the Craftsman Department in advance.

Although it is a bit harsh, it is not too excessive considering the current number of Digging Realm people in the camp and the ability to obtain resources.

In today's Daxia, it is certainly not difficult to break through the Digging Earth Realm. It is not to the point where a talent will be buried just because he has broken through the Digging Earth Realm.

but…………

Xia Hong had already guessed that Xia Chuan had something else to say.

However, Qiu Peng, the director of the Quartermaster Department, was the first to ask, "Secretary, even if we are streamlining the staff of the six departments, with fewer people, how can we manage the more than 400,000 people in Xiacheng?"

As expected, Xia Chuan smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am indeed streamlining the staff of the six ministries, so in order to cope with the larger population, I propose to divide Xiacheng into different districts, with each district having 100,000 people. In each district, six departments will be set up to manage it, just like the Longshan New Policy!"

Upon hearing this proposal, the eyes of everyone in the hall, including Xia Hong above, suddenly lit up.

Yes, divided into different areas, reducing the big to the small and simplifying the complex, the structure of the six departments is the same as before. Not only is there no difference in the management model, but there are also many ready-made talents in the six departments who can be assigned to serve in each of the six departments.

At this point, Xia Hong could actually roughly guess what Xia Chuan was going to say next.

"Then the responsibilities of the six ministries will also change in the future?"

This is equivalent to dividing the affairs that originally belonged to the six ministries into different regions according to population and handing them over to the six departments established in each region. In this way, the responsibilities of the six ministries will of course change.

Hearing this question, Xia Chuan immediately realized that Xia Hong had understood what he meant. He nodded and continued, "Of course we have to change. My idea is to focus on the big and let go of the small, avoid the light and focus on the heavy..."

Xia Chuan's overall reform ideas can be summarized in four words: focus on the big and let go of the small.

From now on, the Hunting Department will only be responsible for all high-level hunting teams in the camp, as well as the establishment and promotion of all hunting teams. The middle and low-level hunting teams will all be under the charge of the Hunting Department of their respective areas;

From now on, the Artisan Department will only keep the best craftsmen at the headquarters, and the rest of the wooden and iron tools and utensils, including basic clothing and healing pills and other primary supplies, will be transferred to the Artisan Department for independent completion;
The same is true for the logging department. Only the most elite members can stay at the headquarters, while the rest of the logging realm and some of the digging realm are in the logging department below;

There are not many changes in the Civil Department. The number of registered households and the number of unregistered people summarized by the Civil Division will eventually be summarized to the headquarters. However, the task of dividing the districts this time, including the subsequent adjustments of districts as the population of the camp increases in the future, will also be handled by the Civil Department. After all, they are in charge of the household registration.

The garrison headquarters will also change, but it will not only be responsible for the safety of the garrison. In the future, it will also supervise the operation and development of the major areas and garrisons below, and adjust the garrison personnel according to the situation.

Finally, there is the Quartermaster Department. In addition to some basic supplies that can be left in the Quartermaster Department for self-operation, the various areas below will still be gathered here, including animal meat, animal blood, animal bones, spiritual medicine, and other cultivation resources, as well as some important supplies, and then transferred to the Quartermaster Department. Even if some areas are in a state of deficit, the Quartermaster Department will also allocate materials to maintain supply operations...

As Xia Chuan explained his ideas for reform, everyone in the hall nodded repeatedly, and their eyes became brighter.

"This kid has made great progress!"

Even Xia Hong, looking at Xia Chuan at this moment, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In general, it means focusing on the big and letting go of the small. The six departments only focus on the most important cultivation resources and some important materials such as salt, iron, coal, snow silk, etc., and control the most elite personnel. The rest of the basic life operations are delegated to the six district offices below.

In this way, the entire camp is still generally controlled by the six departments, but all complicated tasks are divided into the six departments below.

Moreover, because some important materials and the means of production of some precious resources are still in the hands of the six ministries, the six departments below still have to rely on resource allocation from above to maintain operation. Therefore, they can only submit surplus basic materials to the upper level. In order to get more resources allocated from above, they will even redouble their efforts to submit.

From Xia Hong's forward-looking perspective, this system design actually already has a political system and even the prototype of a basic country!

You know, this was all Xia Chuan's own idea.

He didn't give any pointers!
"Very good. It seems that you have thought it through. Everything will be changed as you said. You will lead the six heads of the six ministries to discuss how to divide Xiacheng and the positions and salaries of the six departments. When you have a result, you can submit it to me for decision."

Xia Chuan obviously didn't expect Xia Hong to agree so readily. He was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that Xia Hong trusted him greatly. A warm feeling suddenly rose in his heart, and he bowed and said, "I obey your command!"

"That's all for today's meeting. Next..."

When Xia Hong said this, he stood up and walked to the back of the high platform seats.

Everyone followed his hand and discovered that the map of the Great Xia territory that had always been hanging behind the chair was now blocked by a piece of yellow cloth.

Everyone had sensed something and their breathing became slightly heavier.

Wow…………

Xia Hong tore off the yellow cloth, and as everyone expected, the map of the Great Xia territory at the back had already been changed.

"Since we conquered Longshan, the entire Longyou area, from Shuanglong Valley in the east to Longshan in the west, Yinghe in the south, and Mangshan in the north, including the three major resource areas of Arrow Bamboo Forest, Redwood Ridge, and Longshan, has been completely returned to Daxia. Our territory has grown to more than 15,000 square kilometers!"

Xia Hong said this calmly, and the people in the cold-resistant class in the hall couldn't help but breathe heavily.

Especially the people from Daxia, they looked at the map with uncontrollable excitement and emotion on their faces.

In just three years, the area has grown from a hilltop to more than 15,000 square kilometers. Who would have thought that? If I tell you, no one would believe it!

But under the leadership of Xia Hong, they actually did it!

"Okay, I'm not telling you this to get you excited..."

Xia Hong first used a joke to suppress the excitement on everyone's faces, and then pointed to the thirteen garrison locations on the map and continued: "Over 15,000 square kilometers, what we actually control is Xiacheng and the surrounding areas of the thirteen garrisons;
Let’s not talk about the exploration progress of the three resource areas of Hongmuling, Jianzhulin and Longshan for now. We have not yet figured out the four marginal areas of Daxia’s current territory, including the foot of Mangshan in the north, the entire north-south line of Shuanglong Mountain in the east, the eastern foot of Longshan in the west, and the area along Xinghe River in the south.

Therefore, your next task is to speed up the exploration of the marginal areas in the four directions, with the following thirteen outposts as the center. As long as there are human camps, directly annex them to ensure that there are no hidden dangers within the borders, and bring the entire Longyou land under the rule of Daxia as soon as possible, so as to avoid more troubles at night."

"I obey my orders!"

After Xia Hong finished talking about the first arrangement, he continued to say to Xia Chuan: "The reform of the six ministries must be accelerated. The Seventh Prison Department can be established first. The missing soldiers of the Cloud Dragon Army have been supplemented. Next, we must start to expand the army. Let's do as I said before. Whoever is promoted to a high-level hunting team first will form an army first. We will try to establish four more armies as soon as possible and build up the Military Department as well."

Xia Chuan bowed and nodded, saying, "I obey your command."

"There is still a big problem in Longyou. The two silver mines in Longshan are also waiting for you to become stronger before you can go there, so you all have to speed up."

When everyone in the hall heard this, their expressions suddenly became much more serious.

The cold-resistant class from Longyou has joined Daxia for more than two months. They naturally understood that the big trouble Xia Hong was talking about was the Bailu ghost from Yanglu.

"The trouble with Bai Lugui must be solved as soon as possible. So, I will be stationed in the Beehive for the next two months. The newly added Cloud Dragon Army will be led by Liu Yuan and stationed in the Beehive. Including the high-level hunting team that will be promoted later, all of them will go to the Beehive to clear out all the cold beasts in Yanglu as quickly as possible."

There is a high probability that Bai Lugui's true body can only stay on Yang Yuan Peak. If we don't eliminate the large number of cold beasts it attracted, we will not be able to get close to Yang Yuan Peak. We can't even see its true body, so there is naturally no way to solve the problem.

"Of course, we need to prepare enough fire condensing oil. The distance from Yangyuan Peak to Xiacheng through Hongmu Ridge is not very far. In order to prevent the Bailu ghost from jumping off the wall, I will still leave the Holy Cauldron in Xiacheng. The beehive can only rely on fire condensing oil. Xiachuan, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, lord. I will definitely get it done."

"In that case, let's stop here for today. The next matter will be left to you and the six ministries to handle together."

Xia Chuan nodded when he heard this. Seeing that Xia Hong had turned around and walked to the back, he immediately bowed and saluted: "Farewell, Lord!"

"Farewell, Lord!"

The rest of the people in the hall also hurriedly bowed and watched Xia Hong leave.

The restructuring of the six ministries, the division of Xiacheng, the positions and personnel of the six departments, the newly added prison department, and the accelerated expansion of the army in preparation for the establishment of the military department...

Although Xia Hong had left, Xia Chuan and the six ministers had a lot of things to do afterwards, so as soon as Xia Hong left, Xia Chuan immediately pulled Yuwen Tao and other six ministers, as well as all the cold-resistant officers in the hall, to start discussing and implementing these issues one by one.

As this discussion came to an end, news about the conferring of titles, restructuring, military expansion, six ministries and six departments, the newly added prison department, and the military department...all of these news spread quickly inside and outside the city of Xia. Everyone knew that Great Xia was about to usher in another earth-shaking change.

(End of this chapter)