Chapter 1197: Great Han Imperial Guards
Through Liu Changxu's tireless efforts, the Great Han Immortal Dynasty had taken three full years to laboriously establish an administrative system extending from the central government down to the local level. Even so, this system remained rudimentary, with many aspects urgently awaiting improvement.
The Great Han Immortal Dynasty had only just been founded, and a hundred neglected undertakings awaited revival. A comprehensive system for selecting and appointing personnel was still out of the question. Under these circumstances, official appointments at every level displayed a very distinct pattern. Members of the Liu Lineage still held the dominant position. Through their blood ties to the imperial family, they occupied key posts at court and in local government offices, shouldering the responsibility of governing the immortal dynasty.
By comparison, only a tiny handful of outsiders could claim a slice of the pie within the dynasty's bureaucracy, and most of their posts were relatively unimportant and carried little influence.
Even so, this sent an unmistakably clear and positive signal to the millions of immigrant cultivators who had come to settle on Penglai Island.
From that point onward, these immigrants, who had left their homes and crossed distant seas, also had opportunities to participate in the Great Han Immortal Dynasty's affairs, rather than merely being ruled as they had been in the past.
Thus, when word spread that the Great Han Immortal Dynasty was appointing immigrants as officials, the enthusiasm of outside cultivators and immigrants instantly caught fire. They scrambled to find connections and avenues through which they might secure an official post in the dynasty.
On the Mazu Continent, cultivation Lineages with long-standing inheritances and deep foundations were even more tempted by the news. They had already coveted Penglai Island's abundant resources. Now that the Great Han Immortal