Grand General of the Realm!
Bai Yuan gazed at the confidential letter, delivered by an urgent courier from thousands of miles away. The shock in his heart took a long, long time to calm.
The weight carried by those four words was simply immense.
The Grand Protector is the head of all Military Officers, but this is merely a title of prestige, much like how the Ministry of War is nominally in charge of all troops.
In practice, however, their power is heavily restricted.
After all, the military is crucial to the nation's survival; it's impossible to let one person have complete control. Thus, the Grand Protector position is actually more of a way for Civil Servants to maintain influence over the army.
But the Grand General of the Realm was vastly different.
