The eight ministers all bent at the waist and bowed to Ying Zheng and Zhao Feng.
"We will certainly not disappoint Your Majesty and the Crown Prince."
"We will surely shoulder the responsibility of State Governors and pacify the states and prefectures."
The eight ministers spoke in unison.
"The State Governors of the Jiuzhou, each will command a whole state, their position lofty and their power great."
"Their rank is equivalent to that of a Senior Minister."
"As for the candidates for Prefectural Governors of the Nine Provinces and Thirty-Six Counties, apart from those I have already drafted, the remaining vacant posts shall be filled after you nine beloved ministers arrive in your respective states and prefectures and then draw up name lists to submit. I will consider whether to confer the seals." Ying Zheng said to the eight.
"We ministers respectfully obey the Holy Decree." the eight ministers replied at once.
