According to the system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the military and political administrations of states, counties, and prefectures are separated. Take a county as an example: the administrative chief is the Prefectural Governor, while the military chief is the County Captain. However, in the hierarchy, the military chief County Captain is half a rank lower than the administrative chief Prefectural Governor. Under normal circumstances, the Prefectural Governor takes precedence, and the County Captain is subordinate.
However, this is only typical. In border counties of the Great Zhou, like North Sea County that suffers greatly from water demons and demon clan, the military chief County Captain often overrides the Prefectural Governor.
Many times, the Prefectural Governor must cooperate with the County Captain to keep the territory safe and the populace secure. This situation is tacitly accepted in the Great Zhou.
