Rise of the Horde

Chapter 85: Chapter 8

Xiao Chen spent the next five days polishing his plans and creating the would be framework of his to be established city. There should be laws to be followed and implemented for his city to be stable and won’t collapse easily, even after he is not around.

The absence of men in power to wrestle control from him made him glad, since he can implement and do what he desires. They would just follow, unlike the royal families that he has read about in the history of his old world, where some other noble families or men with power and influence would hamper and thwart the decisions of the ruler.

When the sun had finally had sunken and hidden to give way for the moon. The residents of the village were all gathered in front of his tent. The orcs, ogres, trolls, goblins, taurens and kobolds were all there assembled together.

There were murmurs going around about what the important thing that the chieftain was about to announce. They all focused their gaze on Xiao Chen, making his way in front of them. He cleared his throat and raised his right hand to silence the assembled crowd. “I have gathered you all here tonight for some important announcements.” he paused, then glanced around from left to right.

“Rakh’ash’ta! Step forward!” He shouted as the frail-looking orc with his wooden staff made his way through the ground and stood in front of the chieftain. “Sakh’arran! Step forward!” He shouted next as the Arkhan clan chief marched towards him with steady steps like how a properly trained soldier would do. “Mohrios! Step forward!” He bellowed and the tauren leader made his way through the crowd with his halberd slung on his shoulders.

“Starting tonight,as chieftain and leader of the Yohan Tribe, I hereby appoint you Rakh’ash’tha as the Head Minister of the Tribe who will take charge of matters regarding the development and establishment of the Tribe and the matters regarding the creation of new laws.” He bellowed, then stared at the frail-looking orc before withdrawing his gaze and stared at the crowd who broke into murmurs.

“Sakh’arran, I hereby appoint you as the Executive Commander of the army who will take charge of matters regarding our military strength.” He announced next and stared at the Arkhan Clan chieftain who saluted and replied, “I obey your command,my chief.”

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“Mohrios, I hereby appoint you as the Chief Minister of Justice who will take charge of order and enforce the laws and capture all offenders.” The tauren brought his weapon to his side and stood as straight as he could and saluted the young chieftain in accepting his new role.

“Is there anyone who objects to my decisions!?” He glanced around the crowd and questioned them. There was nothing but silence as the residents of the village just stared at him without uttering any word.

He then continued with establishing the framework of his to be established. Shamelessly, he plagiarized the Tang Dynasty’s Three Departments and Six Ministries, but with a lot of modifications to suit his needs. He now had a Head Minister and the now only needs a left and right minister to aid Rakh’ash’tha and also to dilute some of his control over the matters of the Tribe. Under these three would be the Ministry of Rites, who would take charge of the many rituals and traditions of the different creatures. There would be a representative of each race in the Ministry if Rites to make sure that everyone is equal, and he isn’t favoring a certain race in particular.

There would also be the Ministry of Personnel which would take charge of future promotions and choosing of personnels. And there would also be the Ministry of Justice, which was really suited for the taurens because of their nature. The Ministry of Logistics who would as its name implies would be in charge of the military’s logistics, the Ministry of Works who would take charge of the construction and development and are directly under the leadership of Rakh’ash’ta and the Ministry of Revenue who would be taking charge of the Tribe’s treasury albeit there is no real treasury just yet.

This was his own version of the Three Departments and Six Ministries, which he changed to his own liking and the circumstance that he was in.

Xiao Chen simplified most of this cumbersome system and also modified almost all the functions of the Six Ministries. Like the Ministry of Logistics, which was supposed to be called Ministry of Defense which had most of its powers reduce. In many of the ancient dynasties of Huaxia, the Ministry of Defense has a lot of power and could directly assume control of the military, which would undermine his and Sakh’arran’s authority and control over it.

He had it all planned clearly with almost zero loopholes to take advantage of despite the orcs being almost fully loyal and committed to him and him alone but he just had to ensure that everything was set since he doesn’t know what the future holds for him. He does not peek in the future and see what would happen.

The Three Departments and Six Ministries lasted for many decades in ancient Huaxia, condensed from the wisdom of innumerable wise people it should hold and serve its purpose to maintain stability in his to be establish kingdom.

Such a massive change was introduced to the residents, and it was clearly foreign to them, but they had great trust in their chieftain and didn’t voice any opinions or objections. They just tried their best to accept and adapt to the new changes that were going to happen.

Xiao Chen went back inside his tent and when he came out, there was a bundle of scrolls in his hands. “Have the orc forgers engraved these things on monumental pieces of metal.” He handed the scrolls to Rakh’ash’ta. The scrolls contained the many laws that he had learned from the system. The scrolls contained laws divided into different categories which were summons, trials, execution, kingship, inheritance, custody, ownership and possession, land and housing, private laws which addressed specific crimes and their punishments, public law and other content.

No king or ruler ever made the laws known to his subjects in the world of Azgalor and it was only Xiao Chen who dared to do so.

It was only the nobles or those in the upper class of the society who would know about the laws, but it wasn’t applicable to the orcs, since they only had to abide by their traditions and the code of a warrior.

“Now the Yohan First Battalion would be disbanded and a standing army would take its place. Those who would like to join the army of Yohan would have to wait for the recruitment. All who join the army would have one primary job, which is to slaughter those who try to invade us and to expand the territory of Yohan and bring into its fold unknown lands. Those who join will have most of their time spent on training, while the miners are mining, you would be training and while the farmers till the land, you would be training. You will be training and training and also give a hand when deemed necessary.” He announced before going back inside his tent and finally get some proper rest after many tiring nights.

Rakh’ash’ta opened the scrolls that were given to him and took a peek at what were the things written on it. Sakh’arran also got curious and took one scroll and unfolded it. After reading through the scroll that was in their hand, they quickly took another one and read through it. It didn’t take long before both of them have read through all the scrolls and learned of their contents. The two stared at each other and they both have the same dumbfounded look on their face.

The two were both shocked and surprise by what was written on the scrolls. It contained laws that touched every possible topic which they didn’t think about. Everything was carefully written on the scrolls. The two wondered where did their chieftain got the knowledge about such things.

Mohrios’ curiosity was also piqued, and he took one scroll from the hands of Sakh’arran and started reading, but it didn’t take long for black lines to appear on his forehead and he scrunched his face in pain. He quickly returned the scroll to Sakh’arran and clutched his head after having his halberd leaned on his body. “Too many complicated things. Ugh....it hurts my head. I regret reading through it.” He muttered while Sakh’arran and Rakh’ash’tha facepalmed in helplessness.

Adhalia’s curiosity was also triggered, and he made her way towards the three and took one scroll to read, which the two orcs actually handed to her willingly, since the chieftain ordered them to treat her well and with respect. Behind Adhalia was the orc that was assigned to keep watch on her, who followed her wherever she goes.

After reading through the first scroll, Adhalia quickly took another, then another, then another, until she finished reading all the scrolls. She can’t believe it, never she had seen such almost perfectly laid out laws that address all possible topics regarding a kingdom. It amazed her.

The amazement, shock and surprise that others felt for the chieftain wasn’t really because of his own knowledge but because of his system. He just didn’t plagiarize the Tang Dynasty’s Three Departments and Six Ministries and just modified it, but also the Leges Duodecim Tabularum, the origin of the legal system for Ancient Rome to perfect the legal system.