The Imperial Conference of the eleventh year of the Apocalypse was held as scheduled on the sixteenth day of the first month, but after the Ministry of Construction mobilized tens of thousands of elites from two construction companies to continue to work for more than three months, the newly completed circular conference hall in the newly completed Senate Building was full of people at this time, and even when Li Xuanqing brought people here, most of the more than 100 people in it did not notice, because the content of today's Imperial Conference was unusual, in addition to last year's work summary and this year's work plan, there was also a big thing, This year marks the end of the term of the first cabinet headed by Cen Tianshi, which means that from today onwards, the imperial administration will usher in a great change. The two people at the core of this great change, Zhang Jianzhong, who was specially recalled by the cabinet to report on their work, and Murong Hanhai, who is in a high position in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, have very calm faces, and they are all concerned about the work plan for the whole year this year.

However, whether the following are temporary parliamentarians drawn from other institutions, or a few old provincial and district councillors who have taken the lead in the selection, or those high-level officials of the government, cabinet and court, at this time they have to concentrate on listening to the highlight of this year, the work plan for the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, although theoretically these are formulated after the new prime minister took office, but the economic development of the empire cannot be postponed because of the problem of candidates, so the economic development plan was decided in this way at Cen Tianshi's insistence. And it is written into the express system of the change of prime minister.

According to the plan formulated by the cabinet, in the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, the Imperial Interior continued to implement large-scale mechanized cultivation in agriculture, using the state-owned farms and those large private farms in the Northeast and other places as the basis to establish a solid commercial grain base, and took this opportunity to promote new rice and wheat seeds, so as to promote the continuous growth of grain production, and the sugarcane mentioned by Li Xuanqing was also widely cultivated in the south, which was a blessing for the people in the remote mountainous areas who were unwilling to migrate to other plain areas. The agricultural economy and sugar processing industry in Jiangxi and other places have also been put on the agenda by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture in this year's plan, and the Wujia and Zhangjia in Jiangdong, which are responsible for the construction of large-scale sugar processing industries, have not stopped even throughout the winter, building factories and cooperating with local government yamen to build roads and level the mountains, and prepare for large-scale planting this year. Even farmers in various places who are suitable for growing sugarcane have received notices from the yamen.

The purpose of these days was to ensure that the rapid growth of industry could be accompanied by the large-scale and mechanization of agriculture, and at the same time it was also an invisible way for the imperial government to suppress food prices and attract the agricultural population to move to industry. While food prices continue to fall, the shortage of labor in industry has become the top priority for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce this year. After those dangerous and high-risk industries were replaced by Tianzhu prisoners of war, the remaining large number of jobs needed to coordinate the transfer of the agricultural population, but unlike the method adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has joined forces with the imperial industrial and commercial circles led by the six major families to set up long-term recruitment points throughout the country, especially in the vast rural areas of the country, and the local governments will also actively cooperate with them, and strive to use this high-salary method to develop agriculture as soon as possible, especially the shortage of labor brought about by the industrial expansion of the Central Plains.

Most of the contents of the empire's annual meetings are mainly industry and commerce, so Murong Hanhai's report is basically the highlight of the cabinet, and it is also the focus of the empire's governance this year. Even the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance are not even able to match this. However, although the plans of the other parts of the country are relatively plain except for the workers and peasants, no one dares to underestimate the dozen or so departments set up by the cabinet at the beginning, and these departments are basically interlinked and indispensable in daily economic life. Moreover, all the departments in the cabinet are ministerial-level officials who hold a major power, and their status is even more prominent than that of those who are sent to the provincial level. Therefore, whether it is the Ministry of Communications's plan to improve the straight roads of the Central Plains provinces and the Central Plains railway network plan reported a year ago, or the Ministry of Education's imperial education reform plan, which makes the previous Mongolian school and primary school compulsory education, and the imperial government allocates funds to fund all young students in the empire to complete their studies, it requires long-term and large-scale financial investment, and it is closely related to the implementation of the plan of other departments of the empire.

"This is the last time that the current Cabinet will prepare a work plan, but I would like to say that I am very satisfied with the efforts of all the members of the current Cabinet in the development of the Empire. After ten years of trekking, under the guidance of the emperor, we popularized the industrialization of the empire to the Central Plains, and let the Tang Dynasty lay the foundation of the thousand-year-old empire. I am proud of this, and even if I retire in the future, I think I will make future generations proud of me as a grandfather. Cen Tianshi stood up and said with a smile after all the cabinet departments had finished reporting: "Here, on behalf of all the cabinet members, I would like to thank the emperor and the emperors of the Tang Dynasty for protecting the emperor and giving birth to the land of China, so that the glory of the Tang Dynasty can return to the world and give hope to the people." ”

"Mr. said with a smile, Datang can have today is all of you here and all the people in the world with their hard work and sweat bit by bit, the industrial empire needs people from all walks of life and everyone to persevere, not forgetting the original intention." Li Xuanqing got up and bowed to everyone, then stood up and said: "I also know what everyone is thinking at this moment, because in the eighth year of the Apocalypse, I said that after Mr. Cen's current cabinet, our future cabinet prime ministers will adopt a new system and method to elect people. Now it's time to unravel the mystery. After Mr. Shum retired from the position of prime minister, he and Deputy Prime Minister Tuoba Sijian each led a team to form two political parties, and on this basis, they completed the establishment of the Tang political party system, and the prime ministers of the cabinet will need to run for election with this system in the future. Li Xuanqing glanced at all the people present: "The place of the election is the Senate where we are currently located, and in the future, the Senate will not only be used as a place for the annual meeting of the empire, nor will it be a place for reviewing the budgets of various departments and amending the laws of the presiding party, but also a place for the two parties to participate in the election." All the members of the empire will also be re-elected later, which is clear to everyone because Speaker Yang has already announced it in advance. ”

These people here know a little bit about the political party system, and some of them even personally founded the country, and Li Xuanqing wrote a summary of the formation of political parties, so they naturally understand the mystery of this. So everyone sat still and waited for Li Xuanqing to continue, "It's just that this third cabinet is afraid that it won't be able to catch up, after all, our current political party is still only in the plan, Mr. Cen has worked hard for the imperial government affairs, and I really can't bear to let him reinstate in addition to government affairs, so this political party will be formed after he retires." However, after all, the post of prime minister is related to the stability and development of the empire, and it cannot be absent. Therefore, I plan to hold an internal meeting in the House of Councillors in 10 days, on the one hand, to hold a handover ceremony for Mr. Shum's departure, and on the other hand, to announce the new prime minister's candidate and accept everyone's supervision. Li Xuanqing continued: "According to the discussion between me and Mr. Cen, after the announcement of the new prime minister, he will officially take office at the end of March, during which the deputy prime minister will form a caretaker cabinet to continue to carry out the functions and powers of the cabinet and ensure that the transfer of executive power is completed in a safe and unmistakable manner. ”

After Li Xuanqing finished speaking, he did not directly announce the name of the new prime minister, and the imperial meeting continued, and the follow-up law court and Tiance army also took the stage one after another to retell their work plan for this year, and then they all reviewed the central budget plan of the Tang Empire for this year put forward by the cabinet, and reviewed one by one a huge budget involving many aspects, and the imperial meeting that lasted more than five days ended in everyone's tired eyes. However, these parliamentarians and high-ranking government officials have no intention of ending, and after hastily finishing their work, they will devote themselves to the work of the new year on the one hand, and on the other hand, they will need to cooperate with the Senate in preparing for this extraordinary meeting on the 26th of the first month. Among them, Cen Tianshi has carried out a number of handovers with the caretaker cabinet led by Tuoba Siji, handing over all the government affairs at hand to the other party, and discussing the list of left-behind cabinet personnel with the other party to ensure that the cabinet will not be paralyzed due to the temporary departure of most of the personnel. And Cen Tianshi, who is also good, has no intention of leaving Chang'an, and those cabinet members are basically permanent residents in Chang'an, so even if Tuoba Sizhi can't hand over at that time, it's nothing.

And on the twenty-sixth day of the first month, the meeting hall of the Senate opened again, and in the eagerness of countless people, Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi came to the forefront, looking at the descendants of Cen Zhongshu who had been following him since the beginning, Li Xuanqing bowed deeply and said with a smile: "Mr. I have worked hard all these years, guarding the Tang world for me, and working hard for the people of the empire, chief advisor to the royal family, enjoy a lifetime. ”

Everyone present began to applaud and cheer for the respected prime minister at this time, after all, Cen Tianshi has indeed worked hard in the position of prime minister in the past ten years, and he can be called a dedicated person for the development of the empire, and he deserves the honor that Li Xuanqing just said. This is the first time that Li Xuanqing has promulgated the title of the empire, although it has long been said that the title of the empire today is more of an honor and status symbol, and there is no fief and food in the past, but at this time, hearing Cen Tianshi's title of first-class earl still makes everyone envious.

"Wechen Cen Tianshi thanked the emperor, please rest assured, although the minister left the cabinet, he will definitely not live up to the emperor's kindness in this life, and continue to fight for the prosperity and strength of the Tang Dynasty." Cen Tianshi knelt down respectfully and thanked Li Xuanqing, then got up and said with a smile: "Although I have received this great favor today, this honor is not my Cen Tianshi alone, but all the members of the cabinet have worked hard together, and I share this honor with you." ”

"Well, I have all the credit for all of you in my heart, please rest assured. Now I want to announce another big event, and one that has always been on your radar, and that is the new Prime Minister. Li Xuanqing smiled: "I believe everyone is curious about who our new prime minister is?" How about we invite him to come up? After Li Xuanqing finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding, and the others didn't know whether it was Murong Hanhai or Zhang Jianzhong, but at this time, His Majesty the Emperor applauded, so everyone got up, and at this moment, Zhang Jianzhong was taken to the front by Tuoba Si Zhi, but Murong Hanhai behind him also followed, which made everyone wonder.

"Okay, let me announce that our next prime minister will be Zhang Jianzhong, the former political envoy of Youzhou." Cen Tianshi smiled at this time: "Please welcome our new prime minister." We also welcome two candidates who can humble each other at critical moments and think about the overall situation of the empire. ”

In this applause, Li Xuanqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "What I want to thank today is that I originally thought that even a humble gentleman would have to fight for the prime minister's position, after all, this is not only the first person in the imperial administration, but more importantly, to be able to realize personal ideals and ambitions, show the talents in my chest, and seek well-being for the people, which is originally our wish." But what I didn't expect was that Murong Hanhai and Zhang Jianzhong both resigned, unwilling to fight with each other for the sake of the overall situation of the empire, so as not to cause turmoil in the empire. Li Xuanqing said solemnly when he said this: "The prime minister of the empire, in a high position, needs to have enough mind and courage, and needs to have enough overall situation, only in this way can he be in charge of this Tang Dynasty and the clothing, food, housing and transportation of thousands of people." So what I want to say today is that these two imperial talents today are enough to take on the post of prime minister, and they have enough talent and mind. ”

"There are no losers today, just two winners." Li Xuanqing walked up to Zhang Jianzhong and Murong Hanhai and said with a smile: "Congratulations, you have shown me the hope of an empire, I hope you can work together in the future to make the empire go to the next level, and don't live up to the hopes that Mr. Cen and I have for you, let alone the trust of the people." ”

"Please rest assured that Jianzhong will be the same as Mr. Cen, for the country and the people, and will do his best, and die. I don't disappoint the emperor, I don't disappoint the people, and I am worthy of Brother Murong's humility to me. Zhang Jianzhong saluted solemnly towards Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi, and then pulled Murong Hanhai and said solemnly.

"Murong realized that the emperor can be tolerant as always, and the ministers are ashamed, and they will definitely assist the new prime minister to fulfill his duties." Murong Hanhai saw Li Xuanqing smiling and looking at him, and his face immediately turned red, but he still looked at the other party with a firm look in his eyes.

"Well, everybody, congratulations to these two, congratulations to our new Prime Minister." Li Xuanqing took the lead in applauding, and the people present instantly applauded like thunder, shaking the newly completed Senate building began to have an echo, and the Tang Dynasty in the eleventh year of the Apocalypse also started a new page from this thunderous applause.