Chapter 687: Expanding Around 1

After determining the rights and obligations of the subject state and the Tibetan state, the next step was to take the opportunity to integrate the empire.

First of all, the emperor announced the abolition of the universal military service system that had been in place in the north for nearly twenty years - in Jiangbei, everyone had a military rank, and the wages and salaries previously implemented by the imperial government staff were also formulated according to the military rank.

In the past, the empire did not have a few grades and a few grades of official ranks, but there was a captain and a major in the county.

After the unification of the empire and the fact that the external military threat had largely disappeared, this kind of militaristic and righteous approach seemed too anachronistic, so it became a logical thing to cancel it.

The military still implements the military rank system of commander, general, colonel, lieutenant, sergeant, and soldier.

However, civil official titles were replaced by a more traditional grade system.

The supreme ruling body of the empire was the cabinet, which consisted of 11 members, including the emperor, the crown prince, the first auxiliary minister, two secondary auxiliary ministers, and six ministers.

Of the six ministries, the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for human resources (including women's work), finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, banking and commerce.

The Ministry of Industry is responsible for construction (roads, bridges, water conservancy, houses and palaces, etc.) and industry.

The Ministry of War is responsible for the construction of the navy, army, reserve, and militia.

The Penal Department is responsible for the administration of justice.

The Ministry of Officials is responsible for the promotion and evaluation of officials.

The Ministry of Rites is responsible for education, rituals (such as this one), diplomacy, and so on.

Each ministry has divisions to deal with these specific tasks, and each department has a chief officer.

Officials below the squire are not listed.

The administrative divisions of the country are divided from top to bottom are provinces (political envoys), prefectures (prefects), prefectures (zhizhou), counties (zhixian), townships (township heads), and villages (village heads).

Up to the county level, the local administration should also imitate the cabinet and set up six small departments to take charge of all the work within their jurisdiction.

Township localities should be simplified to a leadership group of no more than 10 people, and a three-member committee should be set up in the village to be responsible for specific work.

In this way, the Cabinet hopes to be able to reach directly into the villages, replacing the traditional clan rule at the local level.

It's a good idea, but it's more difficult, and now it's just the beginning of it.

Once the rank and administrative structure were determined, the next important task was to establish the capital of the empire.

Before unification, the Chinese Empire actually did not have a capital.

Two important administrative centers, Quancheng is the emperor's line, and Yanjing is the prince's line.

One reason why Quancheng was able to become an administrative center was that the empire started in Qi Province, and Quancheng was the first large city controlled by the empire, and its economy recovered the earliest and seemed relatively prosperous.

In addition, Quancheng is next to the canal, and in the era when the Great Zhou Dynasty still existed, it makes sense that this city was the core of dealing with Jiangnan.

But now, Jiangnan has been completely incorporated into the empire, and the political status of Quancheng has been reduced in an instant, and it is no longer suitable to act as an emperor.

Considering the next step to vigorously develop Jiangnan's industry and economy, as well as to expand against Nanyang, it was imperative to move the administrative center of the empire to Jiangnan.

Of course, all of the above reasons are Xu Shiyang's, and the only reason why Emperor Xu Muhe agreed to move to Jiangnan was that Jiangnan was prosperous enough for him to enjoy ...... happiness.

The first capital of the empire was set at Jinling.

The city is backed by the Yangtze River, its influence can radiate throughout the south of the Yangtze River and most of the northern part of the Yangtze River, and it is easy to transport by sea, which Xu Shiyang believes will also contribute to the development of the Shanghai government.

It is said that the capital is Jinling, but in fact, the empire still has to maintain the posture of a two-headed dragon - the crown prince is still located in Yanjing, and it is still the military center of the empire.

This is because the threat of the Chahar Mongü is still there, and the empire needs to have a strong force to intimidate the various foreign tribes here.

Xu Shiyang believed that this form of double capital should be maintained for a long time until the empire completely digested Liaodong, Mengwu, and the Western Regions.

Even if necessary, Xu Shiyang planned to set up a third capital in Chang'an to deal with stability and expansion in the northwest, but this matter has not yet been officially proposed.

Although most of the preparations had already been made, the above work would still take up most of the emperor's time, and it would be good to be able to put it in order after five years.

And for Xu Shiyang, the pace of expansion of the empire will not stop.

After the Jin king Xu Shiliu repelled the attack of the Tibetan headquarters in Sichuan Province, he was gathering troops and hoarding supplies in the Chuankang generation to prepare for an attack on the Tibetan headquarters - according to the emperor's will, the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau would become the fief of the Jin king.

In terms of expansion, Xu Shiliu had his own unique advantages - the Jinghu Army of the original Great Zhou was formed by him, with a total of 60,000 soldiers, and after being equipped with new weapons, these soldiers and horses were the capital of his conquest of the plateau.

Of course, fighting on the plateau is not usual, and Xu Shiliu must make some preparations for altitude sickness.

For example, prepare a large number of drugs such as rhodiola rosea that can be used to relieve altitude sickness, and then advance step by step in the direction of the plateau, so that soldiers can gradually adapt to the plateau climate.

In addition, a large number of Tibetan soldiers from Qinghai were recruited to participate in this conquest.

The Jin army is expected to have 80,000 soldiers and horses to participate in the battle, which is much more spacious than when the Qin army left the green ridge in the west.

Of course, Xu Shiliu would also have a team of guards around him to rotate for protection (and also have surveillance duties), which would be the only regular imperial army in the Qin army.

In addition to the imminent expansion of the Jin army, the Qin army, which had already established itself in Broken Leaf City, also faced the all-out counterattack of the Pars army after the beginning of spring, and the subsequent westward expansion - Xu Daixuan hoped to expand the Qin state's sphere of influence to Hezhongfu (Samarkand/Xunskan) in the next two or three years.

That area had the most fertile land and pastures in Central Asia, and controlling it meant that Qin's own strength alone would be enough to crush the entire Pars.

To achieve this, Xu Daixuan hoped that the Qin army would be strengthened in some strength, such as the number of Han soldiers should ideally reach 10,000, and the strength of other ethnic groups should also be increased.

Xu Daixuan's goal is 60,000 soldiers and horses, but this seems unrealistic.

Because the forces of the Western Regions had almost been emptied, the Qinghai Kingdom needed to concentrate on supporting the expansion of the Jin Dynasty, and the Sauron Baihu in Liaodong and the Mengwu tribe in the steppe had to prepare to participate in the military campaign against Zamuhe.

The most important Han soldiers could not give much to the King of Qin, because the base of Han people in Ning, Xia and other provinces in the Western Regions was too small, and if there were Han people who were willing to settle in the northwest, they had to meet these inland provinces first.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Xu Daixuan could not get the reinforcements he expected.

Xu Shiyang, who returned to Yanjing from the south in May, was to personally preside over the war against Zamuhe and eliminate the Chahar Monggu.

This is the last opponent in the north, and if Zamuhe is eliminated, the border problem in the north will be solved (of course, it has not been cured yet), and Xu Shiyang attaches great importance to this matter.

Therefore, he handed over the war of revenge against the Mandong and Jiaozhi in the area of Gui Province to Feng Sanhu to carry out independently.