In the new year and new weather, in the first month of the third year of Tianhe, Zhao Fan did not choose to nest in Luoyang City and reunite with his family, but chose to inspect various places under his rule.

In terms of the general trend, now that the Tang Dynasty has basically stabilized, Li Keyong in the north of Luoyang has an ambiguous attitude, Zhu Wen's power in the east has risen sharply, Li Maozhen in the west is eyeing the tiger, and Wang Jian in the south is growing in wings.

The development of the situation made Zhao Fan feel not so happy, he would rather face a large number of small feudal towns than face the few large feudal towns left after the annexation of each other, so that he even lost the opportunity to attack one by one.

Each feudal town has no less strength than the imperial court, which makes it a bit of a headache, and even as long as these feudal towns are not clear about the Tang Dynasty for a day, Zhao Fan has no way to do anything to them, being the emperor is not as imaginary, he can act recklessly and completely according to his own ideas.

Although Zhao Fan issued countless decrees in an attempt to strengthen the concentration of imperial power, the effect was very effective, and he could only influence the one-third of an acre of land under his rule.

But overall, the situation is not too bad, at least now the imperial court still has enough strength and will not be easily violated, if you want Zhao Fan to be a puppet emperor, you have to ask the 200,000 soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army if they agree.

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"Your Majesty, this is Shaanxi's income this year, please take a look."

After Zhao Fan occupied Shaanzhou, he elected Wang Long from among the original local officials and put him in charge of the people's livelihood and finances in Shaanzhou.

"Well, it's very good, Wang Aiqing is doing a good job."

Zhao Fan looked down at the account book in his hand, the situation was even better than he imagined, the tax revenue of Shaanzhou City had almost doubled several times in the previous year.

In fact, it is not surprising that under the leadership of Zhao Fan, with Luoyang as the core, the surrounding urban agglomerations have been driven, and the strong handicraft manufacturing industry has made the urban groups under Zhao Fan's rule develop rapidly, and they are almost about to enter the industrial society in advance.

Countless novel inventions have been researched and applied to various fields of the empire, and countless machines have been manufactured to replace human labor, which has saved labor costs and greatly improved efficiency.

In addition to growing a large amount of grain, a variety of cash crops are also planted in the fields, which are used to exchange various materials with the people of other feudal towns.

The people had money in their pockets, and the transactions in the commercial area began to be active, and it was only natural that the taxes of the imperial court would rise with the tide.

"Where, Your Majesty praised it, it was Your Majesty's guidance in a good way, if it weren't for Your Majesty's strong support for the development of people's livelihood and the implementation of various policies, Shaanzhou City would not have been able to have such a big change, Weichen just faithfully implemented His Majesty's will, and he really didn't dare to take credit."

Wang Lung bowed deeply to Zhao Fan, his eyes were full of sincerity, and his words were full of undisguised admiration and respect.

Zhao Fan waved his hand and said softly, "Wang Aiqing doesn't have to be so light-hearted, if you do a good job, I will naturally not treat you badly, I have always had clear rewards and punishments, since you have done a good job, then you should be rewarded." ”

"This is the Dongzhu and ginseng that Li Ke brought from Taiyuan last time, I will reward you for the time being, and the rest of me will also tell Du Xiang, if you continue to work hard, I will definitely not bury you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Wang Lung took the brocade box in Xu Yong's hand with trembling hands, and his eyes were red.

Zhao Fan waved his hand, signaling that Wang Lung did not need to be excited, and then turned his head to Zhao Wei and said.

"General Zhao, how is the situation of the Divine Soldier Brigade?"

At present, there are a total of 50,000 soldiers in the Divine Soldier Brigade and 3,500 middle-level officers, basically all of whom are veterans of the original Divine Battalion, and the training of the armies is also arranged in accordance with the outline set up by His Majesty in the Beida Battalion."

Zhao Wei got up and saluted Zhao Fan, and replied loudly. More than two years of being alone has made Zhao Wei a lot more mature, and the whole person is full of a steady atmosphere.

"General Zhao, I have worked hard for you in the past two years, and I am enjoying happiness in the palace, but I have asked you and the soldiers to train hard every day, do you have any complaints?" Zhao Fan poured Zhao Wei a glass of wine and said softly.

"The last will be terrified! If it weren't for Your Majesty, the last general would still be in Luoyang City all day long, and spend all day drinking with that group of fox friends and dog friends, how could there be today's glory. ”

Zhao Wei was taken aback, and did not dare to take Zhao Fan's wine glass, but knelt on the ground with a clever wit, and said quite excitedly.

"Okay, let's two gentlemen and ministers, we don't need to play with these haves and don'ts." Zhao Fan walked up to Zhao Wei quickly, pulled him up and said, "I also know that you are working hard, if you don't have these loyal generals to protect me, how can I sit in Luoyang and enjoy the dignity of the emperor?" If you have any ideas or needs, just tell me, as long as I have them, even if I want me to divide half of the throne with you, I am willing. ”

After saying this, Zhao Fan himself was moved by himself, grabbing Zhao Wei's arms, his eyes were red, how sensational he wanted to be.

Zhao Wei was stunned for a moment, and was grabbed by Zhao Fan at a loss, some didn't know what to do, just shook his head desperately, and shouted in his mouth that the minister should be, the minister is not hard and so on.

And Wang Long on the side and Zhao Wei's deputy generals and others were deeply moved by Zhao Fan's open-mindedness, what is compassion? Isn't that what it is? As long as you can get the emperor's approval, no matter how much you pay, it's worth it.

After a long time, Qiao Xinchao on the side finally couldn't stand it anymore, grabbed Zhao Fan's arm, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's almost okay, if you don't let go, everyone will doubt your sexual orientation." ”

Zhao Fan felt a chill when he heard this, and hurriedly let go of Zhao Wei's arm, and said with a sneer, "I was emotional for a while, so don't be surprised." ”

Everyone nodded in understanding, but Qiao Xinchao rolled his eyes, not knowing what he was slandering in his heart.

"General, General!"

Just as everyone was about to sit down and have a drink, a soldier dressed in the costume of a soldier of the Mandate of Heaven hurriedly ran in and shouted loudly.

"What's wrong? What kind of system is it to be so panicked? Zhao Wei glared at the soldier dissatisfiedly and said in a deep voice.

"General, outside the city... Li Maozhen's army was found outside the city! ”

(End of chapter)