Since the year of the Apocalypse began in October 891, it entered the second year of the Apocalypse after the Chinese New Year's Eve. In fact, this is the new beginning of the Tang Empire. However, after Li Xuanqing was busy with the New Year's annual meeting, he received urgent information from the Xuanying Wei Jiangnan Branch, and Wang Zhongchuan of Nanping was already planning to return to Shun.

"Zhong Chuan is the king of Nanping who was crowned by the previous dynasty. The strength of his subordinates is not weak, and Zhong Chuanqi is also very thoughtful in governing the people in Jiangzhou generation, originally Jiangzhou and Hongzhou generation are located in mountainous areas, and they are barren, but after he became the master, he worked hard to encourage Nongsang to make a good achievement, and he attached great importance to culture and education in Jiangxi. Cen Tianshi nodded and said: "In the early years, I had a relationship with Yu Wenli and him, and if he wanted to take refuge, I think it is very credible." ”

"When Li Jipeng sent the interrogation, he also asked the messenger to bring a message, he himself had gone to Jiangzhou in person, and he planned to personally investigate the truth and lead the army to cross the river." After Hu Xiaosi repeated the messenger's words, he continued: "Let's hold a joint meeting immediately, we might as well let Tianxiang and them revise their goals, and consider Zhong Chuan first. ”

"It's okay, Xuan Yingwei will continue to investigate the news of Zhong Chuan, and tell Li Jipeng that he can act independently when necessary, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by news leakage." Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "You immediately send the information to Tiance Mansion and let Tianxiang urgently conduct a war game." ”

"I don't know much about Zhong Chuanqi, and the previous direction of attack on the General Staff was not near Jiangzhou, but focused on taking Jinling, so it is too difficult to suddenly change the combat objective, and the current strength of the Navy Department is difficult to guarantee two river crossing operations at the same time." After Hu Xiaosi left, Li Xuanqing was not very optimistic about Zhong Chuan's defection, and even if it was surrender, he could not change his strategic goals.

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to leave it to Tianxiang for their own consideration, Zhong Chuan can surrender to sincerity is the best, and if he can't, he can't easily change his goal. After all, Zhong Chuan still has a very good team of sailors near Jiangzhou, and if the Navy Department can't divide the troops, then don't make any extraneous branches. Cen Tianshi shook his head and said.

"That's right. Let Xuan Yingwei instigate this matter himself. Li Xuanqing changed the topic and said: "If nearly half of it is in our hands today, have you drawn up the main work plan of Mr. Cabinet's New Year?" ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the cabinet has made a plan now, and it will not delay the emperor's unification of the world." Cen Tianshi said with a smile.

Li Xuanqing nodded, and after Cen Tianshi left, he was also thinking about the economic development of such a huge area. In fact, after the Anshi Rebellion, the economic center of the Tang Empire has been irreversible, and the cities along the Yangtze River represented by Yangzhou and Yizhou have risen to become the trend leading the economic development of the Tang Dynasty. Yangzhou and other places were turned into ruins in the previous war, but Chengdu and other places in Sichuan were preserved because they were in a remote corner.

As Li Xuanqing's mind opened, Li Xuanqing's pen on the huge map in front of him also began to outline new ideas for the development of the empire, for which he designed several economic centers and radiated the surrounding areas. As time passed, Li Xuanqing sketched more and more things on the map.

"Big brother, this is a good idea." When Li Xuanqing was immersed in his own thoughts, Qiaoxi walked in, and when he saw Li Xuanqing constantly drawing in circles on the map, he immediately understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "This is very similar to the techniques of later generations." ”

"See?" Li Xuanqing put down his pen and said with a smile: "My design is still similar to that of later generations." You see, with Chang'an as the base camp, it has become the center of economic development in the northwest of the northwest; With Luoyang or Bianzhou as the economic development center of the Central Plains, relying on the mineral resources and regional location of the Central Plains, I think it will soon be able to develop, and the remaining northern economic center will be centered on Tianjin, relying on sea transportation, and I think the possibility of developing the Bohai Economic Circle in the future is still very large. ”

"We have already won these three points, and it can be said that as long as the measures are appropriate, we will be able to develop soon. Among them, Chang'an has already started, Luoyang and Bianzhou, I guess the cabinet will also have a plan, relying on the canal to connect the north and south, and the development of industry and commerce will be very fast. The northern line Tianjin is also well arranged, but this southern line, big brother, is the location of your circle wrong? Yangzhou has been abandoned and it is very difficult to develop again, so it can not be used as a priority development goal, but is the encirclement of Jinling different from the experience of later generations? Why don't we develop Shanghai directly? At this time, the mouth of the Yangtze River is still a wasteland, and it is not difficult to build a city, right? Qiaoxi didn't agree with the Southeast Economic Circle that Li Xuanqing hooked up.

"Qiaoxi, you think wrong, the Yangtze River Delta Economic Belt in later generations is because Shanghai has a foundation. But time has passed, and we now have a foundation in Jinling. Then it is natural to take Jinling as the central city. Li Xuanqing shook his head and smiled: "And don't worry, when the time comes, Shanghai will rise up like the future generations, because his position is too good, as long as shipping can develop, there will be no problems." ”

"In that case, if you don't go back, I'll let the shipyard occupy a place in advance and build the shipyard." Qiaoxi smiled slightly: "And we have a shipyard now, in fact, there is no way to promote the shipbuilding industry, the shipyards in Bohai Bay are too restrictive, and the conditions for building shipyards in the south are better." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded indifferently about Qiaoxi's thoughts, and after the southeast was determined, there were only two economic circles left, the southwest and the south. There is no doubt that Chengdu is in the southwest, and the current economic foundation of Chengdu is not even comparable to Chang'an, and after Wang Jiancheng became the political envoy of Sichuan, he is also vigorously developing the economy in accordance with the new method, and the geographical center position and role of Chengdu are becoming more and more obvious. The Southern Economic Circle will be placed in Guangzhou or Fuzhou, but these two places may not be determined until they are defeated. And in fact, because of Huang Chao's atrocities in Guangzhou back then, Li Xuanqing is now not sure how much vitality Guangzhou has recovered over the years.

After determining the location, in the next few days, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi spent most of their time perfecting the plan in addition to going out to participate in some condolence activities and labor troops, and after Qiaoxi participated, the details of the two plans were also more detailed, including the basic functions and pillar industries of each urban circle began to be carefully described, for example, the urban circle in the Central Plains region relies on large-scale heavy industry to make full use of the mineral resources in the region and drive other resource cities around to form a joint force. The finished products will be transported by the railway network and canals that will be planned soon. In Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi's vision, this place will truly become the heart of the empire and provide the greatest impetus for the rise of the empire. The four economic circles around the Central Plains Economic Circle basically absorb the essence of surrounding resources, focusing on one aspect. For example, the northern economic circle led by Chang'an and Tianjin needs to take into account the needs of the northwest and northern grasslands, and also needs to meet the needs of the military, and many military enterprises have also begun to be arranged around them. Moreover, Chang'an is also a political center, not only for political needs, but also for the role of environmental governance.

This complicated and delicate work consumed a lot of time for the couple, so much so that they both hid in the Changqing Hall to write and draw one New Year, and the work was completed in a hurry when the time for the annual meeting of the Empire, which had been renamed the Imperial Year.

On the sixteenth day of the first month of 892 AD, that is, the sixteenth day of the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse of the Tang Empire, the Tang Empire held its first meeting since the founding of the empire, known as the first meeting of the imperial apocalypse. During the meeting, Cen Tianshi, Du Rangneng and Xu Tianxiang made an annual work plan to Li Xuanqing on behalf of the three highest organs of power in the empire. In the work plan of the cabinet, Cen Tianshi's team put forward the concept of regional differentiated development for the first time, and began to develop the economy according to local conditions, and the imperial central government would also target and treat it differently at different times when formulating economic development plans. This concept is somewhat similar to that of later generations. In the priority development plan announced by Cen Tianshi, the development of the new area should first focus on the development of agriculture to ensure that the people have food and clothing, and will not make industry and commerce the focus of the government's work within two years, and focus on solving the problem of food and clothing first, and then consider poverty alleviation. This plan was also approved by Li Xuanqing, and the people in the Central Plains region were very enthusiastic about the development of agriculture after the land reform, and it was necessary to support the development of agriculture at this time.

However, contrary to the government's plan, the industrial and commercial development led by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has not actually fallen behind, but is no longer the focus of the government's work, but has become a spontaneous development of the people.

The cabinet basically followed the previous development trajectory in the development of the old area, but put forward a new goal, that is, relying on regional advantages, paying attention to the need to improve the types of industries as much as possible in the qualified areas, and delineating five major cities as new development goals.

After Cen Tianshi's report was completed, Li Xuanqing also took out the complete map of the economic development of the Tang Empire that he and Qiaoxi had spent more than ten days to complete. It is equivalent to announcing the economic development map of the whole country in advance on the basis of the cabinet plan. In the midst of the astonishment, Li Xuanqing also reinterpreted the concept of economic circle and central city. Li Xuanqing asked the cabinet to make arrangements according to this overall map when formulating economic plans, and make rational use of local resource advantages and location advantages to develop central cities and economic circles, so as to promote the development of the surrounding areas.

This map was then brought back to the cabinet by Cen Tianshi, and became the original basis for guiding the cabinet to develop the empire's economy, and all the members of the first cabinet of the Tang Empire led by Cen Tianshi spent all their energy on this complete map in the following ten years.

"Mr. Cen, you can't take this map, there is also a map of the distribution of military enterprises on it." However, at this time, at the meeting, when Cen Tianshi's eyes lit up and he was about to take the map back, Zuo Tiancheng immediately stopped: "What should you do if you take it back to my logistics department and equipment department?" ”

"Lao Zuo, don't worry, I'll rub a copy to you when I go back." Cen Tianshi said with a smile.

"The lord's planning map is really based on the country and the mountains as a chessboard, and the vertical and horizontal pattern is extraordinary." Murong Hanhai said with a smile: "This is equivalent to drawing our work plan for the next ten years, I suspect that our current cabinet will not be completed." ”

"It's okay, if you can't finish it, then I'll leave it to the next one. As long as we accomplish this goal, it will be a miracle that will be recorded in history for thousands of generations. Murong Hanhai's emotion made Du Rangneng nod and smile: "Your cabinet's plan is so big, I'll also talk about the plan of our law court." In fact, the outline of the constitution of the Tang Empire of the Law Court has been sorted out, and it will be sent to your cabinet, the government and the emperor after the meeting, and it will be distributed at a later date after the emperor has revised it. This serves as the basis for our revision of the law and the addition of new laws. ”

"Secondly, in addition to the daily layout of the law court so that the new district can be completed and the opening of the yamen at the same time as the political envoy, there is also one most important thing to announce, that is, the next step of the law court's work focus is to achieve peer supervision." Du Rangneng's words made everyone's faces appear solemn, and they all understood what he was talking about, with the birth of the Tang Empire, his founding fathers ascended to the throne one by one, which inevitably brought about the inevitable ascension of a chicken dog to heaven. At this time, it is necessary to strictly enforce the law and uphold justice, otherwise it will inevitably lead to the slow corruption of the country that everyone has worked so hard to fight.

Cen Tianshi and Xu Tianxiang glanced at each other, stood up at the same time and saluted Du Rangneng and Li Xuanqing, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that the emperor and Lord Yuanzheng will strictly restrain our subordinates and their families, and if there is any violation of the laws of the empire, we will not protect or protect them, so that the fairness and justice of the law will start from us, and the majesty of the law and the majesty of the empire will be maintained." ”

"The law is independent and all men are equal. As long as there is no problem with the promulgation of our laws, as long as there is no problem with our team of judges, then no one will dare to enforce the law and maintain the dignity of the Tang Empire, even I will be no exception. Li Xuanqing waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down and said solemnly: "From our generation, everyone must understand one thing, that is, the prince breaks the law, and the same crime as the common people is no longer a slogan from today on." It is to turn it into a fact, a fact that all the people take for granted. We all work together on this. ”

"Please rest assured, let Nengbi do his best to die and do his best for my Datang legal work." Du Rangneng got up and hugged his fists and gave Li Xuanqing a deep salute.

"Well, this matter needs to be practiced by the law court, and it also requires everyone's efforts and perseverance." Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "The work of the law needs to be adhered to. ”

"Okay, I'm here to report on the military's work plan for the second year of the Apocalypse on behalf of the Tiance Mansion." Xu Tianxiang saw Li Xuanqing and stood up to release his plan on behalf of the military.

As soon as Xu Tianxiang finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to the military, after all, when the world was not unified, the military represented everyone's efforts.