The office of Wind Patrol Envoy was rather unusual. From Principal Ninth Rank to Subordinate Fourth Rank, an entire series of posts bore the same title: "Wind Patrol Envoy."
People often distinguished between a Chief Wind Patrol Envoy and a Special Wind Patrol Envoy according to their duties and authority. But in practice, even Di Luonan, who concurrently served as Great Xia Wind Patrol Commissioner, was still a Wind Patrol Envoy.
For Di Luonan, Great Xia Wind Patrol Commissioner was his official post, while Wind Patrol Envoy was his assignment. In the terms of another world, he "held the post of Great Xia Wind Patrol Commissioner, performed the duties of a Wind Patrol Envoy, and received Subordinate Fourth Rank benefits."
"What rank would my Wind Patrol Envoy post be?" Pan Long knew all this, of course, and asked with a smile.
"Mm... if all goes well, Subordinate Fifth Rank." Cang Yuan gave a rueful smile. "The rank's a little low, but there's no helping it. Ranks in the Wind Patrol Office have never been high. 'Low in station, heavy with power' describes offices like the Censorate and the Wind Patrol Office. Before the Reform, the highest official here was a Subordinate Sixth Rank secretary, only just inside the middle ranks."
"Even now, aside from Luonan's Subordinate Fourth Rank commissioner post and the three Principal Fifth Rank Chief Inspectors beneath him, there are only the Subordinate Fifth Rank Wind Patrol Office Secretaries and Nine Provinces Inspectors. And the Wind-Observing Envoys—I plan to make you the Wind-Observing Envoy for You Province or Jizhou. Subordinate Fifth Rank."
He smiled. "The rank may be a little low, but a Wind-Observing Envoy has another advantage: you really won't have to write reports. Your subordinate, the Left Assistant of Wind Observation, handles all the paperwork. You