Ouyang Shuo managing to recruit Su Zhe represented him basically gathering all the civil servants of Tianjing City.
Su Zhe did not want to involve himself in the faction struggles during his time in Taiping Country, and he just focused on doing his job well. As a result, he had formed an incredibly high-level of prestige and respect amongst the civil servants.
The real talents and scholars all started to make friends and form relationships with him.
Hence, since Su Zhe had recognized Shanhai City, a group of the civil servants would follow him along.
That afternoon, Ouyang Shuo sent out his third imperial edict after taking charge of Tianjing City.
The contents targeted the civil servants of both prefectures.
The officials of the old dynasty, apart from those the two intel organizations blacklisted, could find a position in the various prefecture offices.