"A special issue of the Imperial Council has been released." In the face of the empire's five-year plan, these top business giants of the Tang Empire in Chang'an have just received the news and have held their own internal meetings to carefully study the policies inside. Moreover, this year's Imperial Conference is different from previous years, this is a five-year economic development plan completed at one time, so the imperial top level has made major adjustments for this purpose, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Finance have been almost busy in the past two days, and the members of the two ministries have been constantly issuing various directives to the whole country to guide the economic adjustment in various localities.

In the headquarters of Chang'an Murong family and Yuwen family, the two families held a meeting together, Yuwen family was mainly focused on steel smelting before, so it was also the focus of the five-year plan imperial support, Yuwen Li has decided to transfer all the three small steel mills of the Yuwen family in Guanzhong to other family businessmen, and return the funds to build a large steel mill in the east of the city, that is, in Thorn Lechuan, which was originally a special steel production base that the equipment department was responsible for building, but now such a large basic steel mill equipment department is unwilling to build in person, Instead, it focused on the secondary smelting and processing of steel in the later stage, so it was directly handed over to the Yuwen family. After all, among the six major families, the Yuwen family has been deeply engaged in the field of steel smelting for many years, and its technical conditions are even better than those of the royal family's industrial groups. It's just that in this way, it conflicts with the Yuwen family's original idea of building a factory near Shenzhou, that is, Phoenix City, but Yuwenli didn't want to give up the idea of Phoenix Iron and Steel Plant, so he decided to sell several small-scale steel factories in Guanzhong to recoup funds.

However, although the scale of several steel mills in Guanzhong is small, their technical conditions are not bad, and they have long assumed the role of industrial groups and Yuwenjia in the field of steel, especially in the field of special steel.

"An Weng, I don't have any objection to your An family taking over, but there is one thing you need to prepare for. In fact, although the ownership of these three steel plants belongs to my Yuwen family, if you want to take over, I am afraid that you need to get the approval of the industrial group and the equipment department, otherwise even if I agree to this matter, it will not be possible. After Yu Wenli asked An Qixuan to sit down, he nodded and said, "So I think that An Weng should go to Minister Qin and Zhang Qiang and General Manager Zhang instead of asking for advice from me." ”

Although the An family was a wealthy family in Chang'an before, they had no direct contact with the highest levels of the empire, in fact, except for the original five families, even the Zhang family in Jiangnan had no direct contact with the top echelons of the empire. So I don't know the inside story of the steel plant. Yuwenli said this An Qixuan only reacted, but the transformation of the An family is imperative, although the previous grain business has greatly improved the reputation and reputation of the An family in Chang'an over the years, but compared with the top wealthy businessmen like the Yuwen family, it has always been much inferior, the reason is that there is no Yuwen family is from the dragon's ministers, and the high-level of the empire basically calls them brothers and brothers, that is, the industry they operate has little to do with the industrialization advocated by Li Xuanqing. The reason why the six wealthy businessmen have today's status is because they are firm supporters and practitioners of Li Xuanqing's industrialization promotion. Many of the industries of the six major families often carry the experiments of the empire in certain aspects, which is the envy of the An family, which has settled in Chang'an since the previous generation.

"I heard that the queen mother is going to inspect the headquarters of the industrial group in the near future, and An Weng will go with me when the time comes, I think if the queen mother agrees, then there will be no problem with the general office of the industrial group." Seeing An Qixuan's gray beard constantly trembling, Yu Wenli felt a little unbearable in his heart, and thought for a while: "It's just that if the An family master really takes over, then he will inevitably sign a confidentiality agreement with the equipment department, and if there is a secret leak, I am afraid that he will be responsible at that time." ”

"Please rest assured that the head of the Yuwen family will definitely follow the steps of the Yuwen family, and will definitely not take half a step beyond the thunder pool." An Qixuan nodded hurriedly. The Yuwen family has negotiated to package and sell the small and medium-sized assets in their hands, and almost all other major families are doing such things, and in this way, while the industry continues to spread to ordinary people, the group of people at the forefront of the Tang Empire's ideology have also made all preparations in the shortest possible time, ready to implement Li Xuanqing's five-year plan.

The Tang Empire suddenly opened the acceleration mode in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and when the country carried out a lively large-scale industrial development because of the Imperial Conference, the northwest also ushered in the prelude to the decisive battle. Cao Rengui, who was in charge of Zhao Si, the head of the northwest of Xuanyingwei, who was in charge of Shazhou, attracted the attention of the east, and since the civil strife in Khotan became more and more obvious, Cao Rengui's worries about the east were also increasing, and with Wan Yi's high-profile appearance in Suoyang City, Cao Rengui was even more upset. Although so far only Gauss's vanguard was stationed at the border, the pressure on the Uighurs in the northwest of Yizhou was also increasing, and after the New Year, the Uighurs sent several small groups of men to try to test the reality of the Tiance army, but they were all wiped out by Gauss, so that Yizhou became ignorant of the news of the Tiance army, and after Cao Rengui informed the Uighurs of his judgment of the strategic intentions of the Tiance army to the Uighurs of Anxi and Gaochang, Shi Congxin also successfully persuaded Li Cunqiao to put the last capital of the Shatuo people in his hands, and Shi Jianjiao's 30,000 elite cavalry withdrew from Jiaohe City and participated in this great battle that changed the entire situation in the Western Regions. However, Shi Congxin chose to let Shi Jianjiao go south through Jiaohe City, cross the eastern oasis of the desert and enter the northern part of Kunlun Mountain, and then enter the Shicheng area to join Cao Rengui to deal with the threat of the Tiance Army. At the same time, the two Uighur headquarters also discussed the final countermeasures. This kind of plan based on Cao Rengui's judgment of the movements of the Tiance Army was almost all expected by the base camp of the Shazhou Tiance Army's westward expedition.

However, at this time, whether it was Wan Yi in Suoyang City or Wang Houchun and Zhao Si in Shazhou, their eyes were not on the Uighurs and Cao Rengui, and almost all the high-ranking members of the Western Expeditionary Army were staring at Khotan. At this time, almost all the contradictions in Khotan began to gradually intensify, so they were put on the table and then torn their faces. Li Qiming and Wuxin originally planned to negotiate once to keep the grievances between the two under control, but Qin Kong, the biggest mastermind behind the turmoil in Khotan, successfully instigated a rebellion in the army in Khotan before the two met. Although this rebellion was finally suppressed, it made Li Qiming completely lose patience with Wuxin, and after the two broke up unhappily, Li Qiming immediately sent troops to arrest Wuxin, and began to purge the old department of Xinxiang Wuxin left behind in the military and political departments. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Li Qiming had sent an army of more than 30,000 people to detour through Shule to participate in the war against the Tiance army of the anti-Tang Alliance, I am afraid that the situation in Khotan would be more complicated at this moment.

And Li Qiming almost just made a move to usher in Wuxin's counterattack, first of all, the Imperial Forest Army sent to arrest Wuxin was driven out by the monks of Bimo Temple, although Khotan is supreme in royal power, but it is not unchallengeable, at least Buddhism has such strength, but in the past, Buddhism has always chosen to be silent under the royal power. But this time it broke out in full swing, and the two sides almost started a shopping battle in front of the mountain gate of Bimo Temple. Capturing Wuxin and returning home made Li Qiming completely understand that his status could be subverted by the other party at any time, so in a fit of anger, he began to slaughter Wuxin's believers indiscriminately, and the butcher's knife raised in an instant made the entire Khotanese country immersed in blood. The Bimo Monastery was then almost completely destroyed by the Khotanese Imperial Forest Army, and this famous temple and ancient temple in Khotan did not wait for the protection of the Buddha, but was completely annihilated because of the enlightenment.

Wuxin, who was taken away by Qin Kong in advance, also cried loudly after hearing about the tragedy of Bimo Temple, and began to gather his old ministry with blood and tears in his eyes to prepare to overthrow Li Qiming. However, he didn't know how to face Qin Kong's enlightenment, the other party was ready to disturb the situation in Khotan from the beginning, so as to benefit the Tiance army, but he still cooperated with him in the end, is this in line with the spirit of Buddhism?

However, Qin Kong ignored Wuxin, and instead ordered the people of the Dragon Group to assist Su Xiaohu to rescue some of Wuxin's cronies and generals who were surrounded and suppressed by Li Qiming, so as to enhance Wuxin's strength. The result of this is that there is no large-scale conflict between the two sides for a while, Li Qiming comprehensively searched and encircled the old department of Wuxin, and Wuxin relied on the part of the generals rescued by Qin Kong and began to gradually gather part of the team, and relying on the support of the Khotanese Buddhist world, Wuxin's strength developed rapidly, and the major Buddhist temples also let Qin Kong know their hidden strength in this round of support for Wuxin. Whether it was the righteous army organized by the people under his command in a short period of time, or the food and grass wealth provided and the weapons enough to arm fifty or sixty thousand people, Qin Kong even saw that some Buddhist monks carried out the large bed crossbow used by the Anxi army back then. This made Qin Kong more aware of why Li Xuanqing was bent on implementing methods to suppress religion in Shazhou and other places, Buddhism alone was enough to have such a powerful strength, and he could use the wealth of a country to arm an army against the regime. How could this not make Qin Hollow frightened?

However, as the situation he arranged detonated step by step, Qin Kong's worries were intensifying step by step, and the agreed one-month deadline was about to arrive, but the news about the reinforcements sent by Zhao Si was like a mud cow entering the sea without any news, if the situation in Khotan got out of control, the Tiance army did not have enough means of intervention, and it was difficult to guarantee that it would not attract the covetousness of the surrounding enemies. At least if Cao Rengui reacts fast enough, he can lead the whole army into Khotan before the Tiance army on the Eastern Front presses over, and then come to occupy the dove's nest, even if he cooperates with Li Qiming to force Li Qiming to give up part of the territory of Khotan, it is better than living in Boxian Town. Not to mention the Safarid army on the southwestern border, which had long been known to be eyeing Khotan's internal strife these days.

"Xue Yang, they won't really have any trouble on the road, right? Have you communicated with the Xuanying Guard over there in Tibet? Qin Kong unconsciously began to ask the guards around him. The latter hurriedly replied when he saw the change in his boss, who had been quiet no matter what difficulties he encountered in the past, and hurriedly replied: "The news from three days ago, there is no news from the brothers of the secret guard over there, but they are already waiting on the road of the Third Corps, and have sent vultures to investigate, and if there is any news, they will notify us as soon as possible." ”

"I'm afraid it's too late. If the 3rd Corps successfully reached the meeting point of the Secret Guards, then according to their marching speed, they should have climbed over the mountains at this time, and once they crossed the mountains in the south of the Green Mountains, then they would be discovered by our people, and the news from their side would be insignificant. At this point, we can't afford to leave no emergency measures at all. You go and inform the commander of the Flying Eagle Brigade that I have something important for him to come urgently, and at the same time order the members of the Dragon Group to keep an eye on Li Qiming for me, and wait for my order when necessary. Speaking of this, a trace of hideousness flashed on Qin Kong's face.

The guards beside him turned around to give orders, but Qin Kong began to open the map and began to seriously ponder how to deal with it. If the Third Corps could not arrive on time, then the situation on the Khotanese side would have to be sent and received at any time, and Li Qiming's life would become extremely important. Qin Kong had already thought that if Xue Yang couldn't arrive on time, then let the people of the Dragon Group kill Li Qiming, and then support Li Qiming's son to take the throne, so as to control Li Qiming's lineage. It's just that in this way, Wuxin will become the opponent of the Tiance Army. However, Xuan Yingwei did not have any scruples in acting, the former friend turned into an enemy was nothing to Qin Kong, as long as the Tang Empire could achieve a decisive dominance in Khotan, then there was nothing he could not do personally.

It's just that maybe Qin Kong didn't know that Xue Yang had arrived at the predetermined location at this time, but it was different from what he expected, a large group of Tubo people appeared in front of Xue Yang at this time, and the Third Corps of the Third Corps had been fighting against the natural environment along the way after nearly a month's arduous journey.

"Xue Yang, it seems that the Tubo mercenaries who were scattered in the sandbar last time regarded us as their target for robbery." Biao Zi on the side asked the secret guards who came to answer and said with a wry smile: "But this group of mercenaries is very strange, they were scattered by General Tuoba on the sandbank before, and their main force was also annihilated, how long has it been since so many people gathered?" It seems that the number of people is definitely not less than 10,000. ”

"I'm afraid this may not be a mercenary, brother, let's defeat this group of Tubo people and then lead the army into Khotan." Xue Yang shook his head with a deep groan, obviously suspicious of the identity of this group of people, but this was not the time to dwell on this, so he directly prepared with Xu Ying to destroy this group of Tubo mercenaries of unknown origin.