Although the Imperial Conference ended, the monthly magazine of the media group that then published the world promulgated the main content of the meeting, and the forces in Jiangnan stared at the movements of the Tiance Army, and the provinces and states in Jiangbei that had been included in the Tang Empire's ruling area began to carefully study the changes in civil affairs, and then put them together with the specific economic plans of each province issued by the cabinet, and began to consider the economic development plan of the province. In addition, this year is also the first year that the provincial chapters have been convened, and the provincial envoys have drawn up their own plans after studying the economic development plans of the cabinet.

Subsequently, the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance also issued a method for grading and disposing of taxes, according to the tax policy brought by Li Xuanqing from later generations, which was divided into national taxes and local taxes to be collected separately, which allowed the provincial governments to have their own financial sources and avoid the embarrassing situation of relying entirely on central financial allocations.

After the tax reform, the Department of Taxation is still the highest tax administration agency in the country, managing the collection and disposal of tax revenue in the provinces and regions. Provincial-level units shall not arbitrarily interfere in the formulation and collection of tax policies, and shall only submit the total amount of local taxes to the Provincial Department of Finance at the end of the year, and the provincial political envoy shall issue the plan for the coming year in accordance with the tax amount approved by the Department of Finance and the Department of Taxation. The national tax is to be paid in full to the central treasury and distributed by the cabinet.

This method not only ensures that the local government has a certain amount of financial resources to develop the economy of the province, but also ensures that the central government has control over the local government, which is the best way in this era. In addition, the newly implemented tax policy also includes land collection and disposal into the scope of taxation, with land revenue going to local governments and disposal revenue being incorporated into national tax revenue. In order to rationally approve land disposal, the Ministry of Construction of the Cabinet has newly established the Bureau of Land and Resources, which deals with land approval and mineral resource development approval and prevents over-development. As soon as this new type of department opened, it received a variety of mineral and land reports from all over the country, and the cabinet had to urgently transfer a large number of personnel to the Land and Resources Bureau to cope with the first wave of land and mineral development.

After the development of various places showed a boom, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi also put their minds at ease, and the rest was left to the cabinet to optimize and adjust, and carve it little by little according to the overall map of the empire's economic development, and there was nothing to do with themselves. The rest of the time two put their time and energy on their own enterprises, Weinan Shipyard has begun to design and build the first generation of ferries, the drawings of the two also read, but there is a look, rivet mortise and tenon technology has gradually matured, and after the rubber technology and industry gradually took shape, many things in the shipbuilding industry can be replaced by rubber, which greatly reduces the process, and even the interior decoration of the ship has begun to be replaced by rubber products. In order to meet the development of the increasingly hot rubber products market, Qiaoxi has expanded the rubber factory located outside Chang'an City by two or three times, and Xu Xingxia, who specializes in manufacturing finished products downstream, has also expanded its own manufacturing plant by two or three times, and the varieties of finished products have also changed from a few to 15 production lines, totaling more than 20 products. And the next step is to develop 18 kinds of products such as rain gear and tires for the people.

In fact, it is very difficult to develop rubber products in the northern region, and the quantity and quality of rubber grass are too far away from the rubber trees that Qiaoxi is familiar with in later generations, and it requires special processing, so Qiaoxi does not plan to continue to expand.

However, just when Qiaoxi imagined that he was in Guangzhou and other metropolises in the future, Li Xuanqing also discussed this year's strategic plan with Xu Tianxiang in Tiance Mansion. Almost as expected a year ago, what Tiance Mansion formulated at the Imperial Conference was a two-front strategy, with the northern line entering the northeast, and the southern line crossing the river south to recover Jiangnan.

This plan made the cabinet not very satisfied, the pressure brought by the two-front battle to the cabinet was too great, and it was hard to have a complete development opportunity for a year, how could Cen Tianshi let it go so easily? So when Li Xuanqing was free, Cen Tianshi pulled him to the General Staff Building of Tiance Mansion.

"Has your military department calculated how much money and food will be needed after the two-front strategy is launched? Tell you, there is not too much reserve allocated to you this year, you have to find a way to start a war on two fronts, if I open my mouth again, I will be beaten to death by Murong and Qi Hong. Cen Tianshi waved his hand and ignored Xu Tianxiang's resentful eyes, and complained: "There was basically no investment in civil affairs last year, and private investment alone has seriously slowed down the economic development speed. ”

"My Prime Minister, if we don't have a discussion, I promise to make up for all the losses for you after the fight in the Northeast, but if it doesn't work, I will give Chen Fan a death order, how about he has to hand over as much as you want? Doesn't it have to lose money to fight? Xu Tianxiang spread his hands and didn't let go at all when he saw Cen Tian, and went directly to Li Xuanqing with a wry smile: "In front of the emperor, I'll write you an IOU, it's always okay, right?" ”

"Have you taken a fancy to the treasury of the Northeast Bohai Kingdom?" Cen Tianshi was a little surprised.

Xu Tianxiang said with a smile: "Last time, the little Apocalypse Full Moon Bohai Kingdom sent two golden horses made of pure gold in one go, and afterwards I asked Xiao Si to investigate, Bohai Kingdom Da Zuorong has scavenged a lot of treasures in the Northeast over the years, if you take it, at least all the spare coins issued by the bank this year are enough, and I guarantee that all the investments made by the cabinet this year will be earned." After a pause, he continued: "Moreover, the national strength of the Bohai State is barren and the internal decay, and Yelu Hanxiong can't handle the little bit of men and horses, and he still needs to cut the land and sue for peace, so don't we go up with hundreds of thousands of troops to directly grab money." ”

Li Xuanqing didn't speak, but picked up Xu Tianxiang's previous two-front strategic plan and studied it carefully, and said: "Let Qianzhuang lend you money to fight the war, repay the principal and interest after the war, and hand over the excess to the Ministry of Finance as post-war pension and other expenses." ”

"Deal. In four months at most, I promise to take the Bohai Kingdom. Xu Tianxiang clapped his hands and smiled: "I'll go to Yin Honglin when I go back, maybe he is even more motivated than me." ”

"Your Majesty, this is fueling the arrogance of the Tiance Mansion." Cen Tianshi couldn't laugh at Li Xuanqing's idea, shook his head and said: "It seems that the cabinet is going to be a tragedy again this year, but fortunately, the funds from the provinces have been basically allocated before, otherwise they will definitely be robbed by Tianxiang." ”

"Okay, that's the matter of the northern route, but what about the southern route?" Li Xuanqing thought that he didn't see Cen Tianshi's bitter gourd face, and changed the topic.

"Tiancheng has rushed to Luzhou on the southern front, preparing for the southern front combat headquarters, and preparing to unify the command of the southern front army for the battle of crossing the river." Xu Tianxiang said: "The direct battalion and the guard battalion thought about it and transferred it to the northern front, after all, the equipment of the musket has not kept up with the rhythm now, so Feixue and Lu Yi found me, planning to postpone the equipment and finish the northern front battle first." ”

"Yes, the southern front is basically dominated by infantry, and a small amount of cavalry is sufficient. From now on, it is necessary to consciously train specialized arms of the armed forces and train them for specialized combat. Li Xuanqing motioned to Xu Tianxiang to continue.

"I have discussed with Tiancheng and Houchun, or put the main force in Jinling, and divide it into three group armies with Wankou City, the nearby Zongyang Town, and Pukou in the eastern region, and gather 300,000 troops for Xue Wanli's Eastern Front Group Army, Chen Yu's Central Line Group Army, and Xue Yang's Western Front Group Army. Tiancheng is responsible for the specific configuration of soldiers and horses, and it is planned and reported to the emperor for approval. Xu Tianxiang said while comparing the map, "As for Zhong Chuan's Jiangzhou and other places, I plan to leave Li Yang's fifteenth battalion and other soldiers and horses waiting for the opportunity to enter the south bank and force Zhong Chuan to surrender on the spot, if not, let Li Yang transfer to the western front and merge with Xue Yang." ”

"It's okay, let Tiancheng and the two of them deal with it by themselves." Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "I heard that Wan Yi is sick in Luoyang, let him recuperate in Chang'an, and by the way, enter the General Staff and partner with you to help Chen Fan plan the Northern Front Campaign." ”

In fact, when Li Xuanqing and others were discussing the deployment of the front, Yang Tiancheng was also planning the specific deployment of the southern front at the command post in Luzhou.

"Minister, in my opinion, you still concentrate the main force near Pukou and directly cross the river south into Xue Mei's Jing Naval Territory. According to my previous information, although the Jinghai Navy is strong, its strength is very weak, and there is a problem with the soldiers in the Jinghai area, which is even more serious than in the Huainan area. After listening to Yang Tiancheng's narration, Yang Xingmi said directly: "Once the gap is opened, the entire south will inevitably fall into a situation where the dragons are leaderless, and our army will inevitably be able to sweep away thousands of troops at that time." Speaking of which, Yang Xingmi is very envious of the fact that now the Tiance army directly goes into battle with more than 100,000 people at every turn, and when he was in charge of Huainan before, the 100,000 army was already put together by his own bankruptcy.

"Brother Xingmi's election to civil affairs was a mistake in the first place." His words made Wang Houchun smile and said: "If you come to my Tiance Mansion, I estimate that the emperor will directly give you the least general of the group army." ”

"Commander Qiqi, Xuan Yingwei sent urgent information." When the three of them were discussing the military situation, the guards outside the door reported.

"Urgent information?" Wang Houchun was surprised: "What is the urgent information at this time?" But before he finished speaking, a familiar voice came leisurely from outside the door, "Houchun, isn't it urgent information that I'm here?" You kid is really, don't give me face, really let the guards stop me? ”

As soon as the words fell, Hu Xiaosi Shi Ran walked in and frowned, "Next time you come to Xuanyingwei, I promise to block you from the door." ”

"Okay, I found you kid talking a lot of nonsense. You, Commander Hu, won't you come here from Chang'an just to get along with my personal guards, right? Yang Tiancheng was secretly amused by this guy's temperament, and waved his hand to let the embarrassed guards who were standing aside go out and said with a smile: "How is it, does the emperor have any new instructions?" ”

"Tiancheng, you can't calculate it this time, when I set off from Chang'an, the emperor was still thinking about civil affairs with Mr. Cen, and the affairs of your Tiance Mansion have not yet been resolved. However, it seems that the emperor has transferred Wan Yi back to the General Staff, and intends to assist Chen Fan in planning the war in the north, so you in the south can do it yourself. Hu Xiaosi and Yang Xingmi bowed their hands and sat aside with a big smile and said with a smile: "And although I asked Li Jipeng to go to Zhongchuan's lair in Hongzhou to do activities, but at present, it seems that the resistance is very great, although Zhong Chuan himself is inclined to surrender, but the powerful general Zhao Deshu and Lei Meng, the general of the navy, don't want to surrender, so I can't say that I want to fight a battle and destroy these two guys." ”

"That's not simple, just let Xiaohu go for a walk, the Flying Eagle Brigade seems to have begun to change its outfit recently, this guy's hands are probably itching." Wang Houchun was a little disappreciative and said: "Or if you dragon group can't be dispatched, can you still do such a small thing?" ”

Yang Xingmi also heard what Wang Houchun meant at this time, shook his head and said: "I don't think so, Lei Meng and Zhao Deshu have a very high prestige in Zhong Chuan's army, and they are also loyal to Zhong Chuan, if they are assassinated, it will definitely cause chaos, and it will be counterproductive when the time comes." It's better to deal with them with strong against strong, otherwise it will be a bit difficult. ”

"Then transfer Li Shenfu's 59th Battalion to the west to join Li Yang, and secretly infiltrate Jiangzhou with the strength of the two of them. There should be a way for this point, right? Wang Houchun rolled his eyes and smiled.

"I said that I am now a civil affairs officer, why do you still come to me for military affairs?" Yang Xingmi couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's not easy to smuggle to Jiangzhou, enter from Du Hong's territory, just this guy's careful eye, make a little bit of a counter-plot or something, and ensure that he will turn a blind eye." I've dealt with him before, and it's no problem to hand it over to Li Shenfu, so you can rest assured. ”

"Okay, since this matter is no problem, Hou Chun, you should immediately issue an order to the group armies, let them prepare by the end of February at the latest, wait for the emperor's order to launch a river-crossing operation as soon as it arrives, and let Guo Chongtao transfer all the ships in the rear, and let him choose his own target to clear the southern naval army during this time, and prepare for the army to cross the river." Yang Tiancheng clapped his hands and said.

"Okay, I'll give the order right away, which cavalry do you plan to keep?" Wang Houchun nodded and let the staff officers around him draft the order.

"Let Tianyi stay, his troops have just been converted into cavalry, and it is not suitable to rush north to participate in the big war, leave the southern front to hone it, didn't the emperor say it before, the army should be professionalized, give him some time to think." Yang Tiancheng nodded, "The rest of the troops that are no longer in the battle sequence of the southern front will open the boundary of Youzhou within a time limit, and hand it over to Chen Fan for coordination." ”

"It's okay, I'm afraid that we can't afford it ourselves, the cabinet has shifted the focus of its work to economic recovery this year, I'm afraid that our two-front battle is still the emperor will find other ways to get enough food, grass, money and food." Yang Tiancheng nodded and sighed: "Tell the brothers below that all the seizures must be returned to the public to exchange for war merits, otherwise I am afraid that we will not be able to escape the wrath of the Prime Minister when we return to Chang'an." ”

"I'm familiar with Jinling, and when the time comes, I will send someone to work with you, the financial resources of that Xue Mei and several other forces in the Jing Navy should not be underestimated, and I promise that I will not disappoint the Prime Minister." Yang Xingmi's words made several people present laugh, and Hu Xiaosi on the side had green eyes shining, which made everyone laugh.