Rosse took in the expressions of everyone present, but said nothing.
Those who could be used would be kept, those who couldn't would be eliminated, nothing to discuss.
No matter how many people below voiced opposition, in the end there was only one path: agreement.
He spoke in a consultative tone, but he wasn't really consulting. He was issuing a clear notice.
"After the Holy Land incident, the World Government was completely paralyzed. After this World Conference, we will carry out a full restoration."
"The highest authority will still be held by the Five Elders; the Five Warrior Gods will oversee all of the World Government's powers."
"Below them are six major ministries: the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Finance, the Department of Justice, the Department of Environment and Resources, the Department of Science, and the Department of Defense. The ministers of these departments will hold power only under the Five Warrior Gods, and will be first-level authorities in the World Government. Each ministry will have two deputy ministers, who will be second-level authorities..."
"Simultaneously, the supreme governors of the six Special Regions may report directly to the Five Elders; their status will be equal to that of the ministers of the six departments. Each will have four deputy governors, who will be second-level authorities..."
As Rosse spoke, he laid out a complete hierarchical classification of the World Government's structure.
From top to bottom, it was divided into ten levels.
The highest level was the Five Elders, only five people in total.
Level One comprised the six department ministers, the six Special Region supreme governors, the rotating chairman of the allied nations, the Fleet Admiral, and the Commander-in-Chief of the God's Knights, fifteen people in all.
Level Two included deputy ministers, deputy governors of Special Regions, deputy rotating chairmen of allied nations, Marine Admirals, ordinary members of the God's Knights, and the head of CP0. This level had many people, but still fewer than fifty.
Level Three included allied nation kings, the Marine Chief of Staff, Rear Admirals, and the heads of the six departments stationed in the six Special Regions. This level already had many people, over two hundred.
Only those who reached Level Three or above could be considered the core layer of the World Government.
Below Level Three, although they might be senior figures within departments or even powerful enough to control a region in the seas, within the World Government system they would only be considered middle-level.
To put it simply:
Level Four corresponded to Lieutenant General.
Level Five corresponded to Major General.
Level Six corresponded to Brigadier General.
Below that were the World Government's lower-level ranks.
Level Seven: School Level.
Level Eight: Officer Level.
Level Nine: Grassroots Level.
Rosse would incorporate every subordinate position of the World Government into this ten-level classification.
He would also clearly specify the hard criteria for promotion within each department.
For example, as mentioned earlier, promotion to Admiral and Lieutenant General would require experience serving in one of the Four Seas; to become a senior leader in one of the six major departments would require similar experience.
As for promotion conditions within the allied nations and for the Five Elders, Rosse did not mention them at all.
Allied nations were each nation's private domain, for the time being Rosse would not interfere with their internal management.
As for the Five Elders, those positions would certainly be held by Celestial Dragon families for now; when eventually only the Jaygarcia family remained among the Celestial Dragons, he would naturally arrange for his people.
First establish the framework. As long as everyone played by these rules, even if he later removed some people, it wouldn't cause major upheaval.
Because this was a complete top-to-bottom system, if he only eliminated all the allied nation kings, the system would not collapse. It would only give fourth-level authorities hope of promotion, motivating them to stabilize the situation for him.
Rosse did not bring up the status of the Celestial Dragons; those people were not within his immediate consideration. Just leaving them high and obvious, so everyone subconsciously accepted their status, was enough.
"Saint Rosse, who will serve as the first ministers of the six major departments?"
This was the first time Saint Nusjuro spoke, and he hit straight at the core question.
First-level authorities might seem numerous, but at most they were only fifteen people.
The six Special Regions weren't fully established yet, so their occupants wouldn't be confirmed now.
Besides that, the rotating chairman of the allied nations changed every four years, the position would go to the allied nation king with the highest votes among the fifty present, and only allied nation kings could serve; it had nothing to do with them Celestial Dragons.
The Fleet Admiral and the God's Knights commander had just taken office, they could not be replaced.
Therefore, the ministers of the six departments naturally became Saint Nusjuro's focus.
He didn't demand that they all be Celestial Dragons, but at least his family should hold one seat.
"The Minister of Science will be Sora, the Minister of Defense will be Kong, the former Fleet Admiral," Rosse said calmly.
He of course knew what Nusjuro would say, but he was willing to concede appropriately.
More importantly, he simply didn't have that many people under his command.
Rather than appointing incapable or disloyal people, it was better to let people from the other Five Elders' circles take posts.
They would save face, and he would suffer no real loss.
Although he lacked people now, while rebuilding the World Government the framework must be set correctly.
Otherwise, when the World Government is restored in a few years, it won't be changed again easily, changes later would cost more and waste more.
"No objections!"
"These two are acceptable!"
Hearing that it was Sora and Kong, the other Five Elders all expressed agreement.
Science and Military were obviously Rosse's domain, it made sense to arrange his people there.
If he hadn't placed his own people, they would have grown even more suspicious.
"The Minister of Agriculture will be myself," Rosse continued.
Whoosh!
Almost instantly, the gazes of Saint Nusjuro, Saint Mars, and Saint Garling all fell on Saint Sommers.
Saint Sommers was the current Martial God of Agriculture; from the title alone, this department should naturally be under his general oversight.
The establishment of the six major departments would reduce their burdens, but it also clearly meant decentralization of power.
But under their watchful eyes, just as they expected, Saint Sommers nodded calmly, "I think Saint Rosse serving is quite appropriate."
With Saint Sommers agreeing, the others had no reason to refuse and all nodded their assent.
But everyone knew the selections for the remaining three ministers would be the real key.
After all, Saint Sommers had already confirmed he stood with Rosse, but the other three had not.
"The Departments of Environment and Resources, Finance, and Justice currently have no confirmed candidates. Their appointments will be decided at an internal Five Elders meeting. Likewise, the second- and third-level authorities of the six major departments will be selected within the Five Elders' conference," Rosse said lightly.
Those words immediately eased the tense atmosphere.
Seeing the three, Garling, et al., slightly relax, Rosse's eyes flickered with a trace of amusement.
After all, three ministers might seem powerful, placing them among the top twenty in the World Government, but that was only nominal.
In reality, given the current state inside the Five Elders, the Departments of Justice, Finance, and Resources practically had no real bargaining chips.
Would he consult the Department of Justice on law? Would laws he wanted to issue need the Justice Department's consent?
Would he have to ask the Finance Department for money? Would the Finance Department dare to block his budget requests?
The Resources Department was even more irrelevant. If he wanted a resource, he would simply seize it himself; there was no need to go through the Resources Department.
By the time the Resources Department learned the plan and moved, he might already have taken the place with his people.
You can't expect the private assets of the Celestial Dragons to be placed under unified scheduling by the Resources Department.
The powers of these three departments only mattered if the highest authority reached consensus and voluntarily integrated them into a constrained system.
Otherwise, they would be three departments for show. Terrifying in status, but barely able to manage a handful of people.
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