"Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard? Our Datang Jiangnan localities have ended their military management since February and have begun to establish separate provinces like our localities. After the end of the Imperial Conference, the people of Chang'an saw the establishment of a province in the south from the bulletin of the imperial government released by the media group, and immediately rushed to tell each other. But at this time, Cen Tianshi and Li Xuanqing were discussing the candidates for political envoys in the southern provinces. The cabinet divided the entire south into eight provinces, and demarcated the southern province of Jiangsu Province to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the former Qian Biao's sphere of influence south of the Yangtze River was all turned into Jiangdong Province; In the past, the territory where Zhong Chuan was located, plus part of the Jiangnan region, such as Chizhou and other places, was divided into Jiangxi Province; Fujian is divided into Fujian Province, the southern provincial boundary is divided into Chaozhou, and the south is Guangdong Province; It is bounded by the Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong to the east, and Guangxi Province to the west; The Chu region was divided into Hunan Province, and the Qi garrison was separately divided into Southern Yunnan Province, with the area where Qu Chengmei was located as Jiaozhou Province, so that the entire south was included in the territory of the Jin Empire except for Nanzhao.

At present, the cabinet is still short of three political envoys to the eight southern provinces, and Qu Chengmei's Jiaozhou Province is fortunate that the Tiance army has not yet beaten it anyway, but the other seven provinces are about to arrange for manpower to go over. Therefore, Cen Tianshi was in a hurry, and all parts of the south were Xinping for a short time, and experienced provincial officials were needed to play a positive role, otherwise it was likely to drag down the development of the situation.

"Let Luo Yin go to Jiangdong Province as the political envoy, transfer the previously proposed Qian San Province to Hunan, and then transfer a state assassin from the Central Plains and Guanzhong to Guangdong and Southern Yunnan. Inform the elders that some of the children of the monks who are familiar with government affairs can be arranged to assist the political envoy in southern Yunnan to act as the agent of government affairs, and in addition, they can send people to study at the School of Administration. Li Xuanqing suddenly remembered a person, and immediately said directly.

"Luo Yin? Qian Biao crossed the sea to Liuqiu, if he was rashly asked to serve as the political envoy of Jiangdong Province, I was afraid that there would be problems? Is it hard to guarantee that he will not have his heart for the old master? Cen Tianshi didn't have much doubt about Luo Yin's talent, since Luo Yin was captured, in addition to a period of labor reform in the prisoner of war camp, he was picked up by Du Rangneng, and after the amnesty, he was arranged to assist the law court as a counselor in the law court, and he has come up with a lot of good ideas in the past six months. This person has an active mind and a very strong ability to accept new affairs, and he quickly learned the political system of the Tang Empire, and in a short period of time, he was able to serve as a lecturer at the Law School. If he can serve as the political envoy of Jiangdong Province, then Jiangdong's development will definitely be very fast, and the contacts he has accumulated in Jiangdong will quickly be transformed into the driving force for Jiangdong's development. It's just that he is not sure about Luo Yin's political attitude, and unlike the old ministers of other feudal towns, Qian Biao is not dead yet, and the Tiance Army Navy is also busy fighting with the Jing Navy Navy in the south for the time being, so he has no time to clean them up.

"It's okay, although Qian Biao is not dead, but it is no longer a climate, Luo Yin also understands in his heart that since he promised Du Rang to be able to become a leader, I am afraid that he has already figured out how he should behave in the future." Li Xuanqing waved his hand and smiled: "And didn't you already arrange Li Jipeng next to Jiangdong Province to serve as the political envoy of Jiangxi Province?" What else could go wrong? Qian Biao is just a temporary trouble, and when Qu Chengmei is finished and the navy is also trained, he will beg for it and take it back. ”

Li Xuanqing had no opinion when he said this, and after revising the list of candidates, he asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to issue a notice to summon all the candidates to come to Chang'an, and asked the ministries to send the list of personnel from the provincial departments that had been screened before. The names of provincial-level departments are to be approved by the cabinet before taking office, while others need to be appointed by the political envoys at the School of Administration or other means, and then submitted to the cabinet for approval before taking office.

Last year, the Law Court and the Ministry of Security dealt with more than a dozen cases of bureaucratic corruption caused by improper employment, but so far this is the only way to quickly select suitable officials to take charge of local government affairs. However, with the reunification of Jiangnan, the expansion of the Tang Dynasty in the later period was not so fast, which gave the cabinet and the legal court enough time to select qualified talents and investigate and deal with the previous loopholes. Moreover, the cabinet is already preparing the method for the selection and appointment of imperial officials, which can be regarded as the beginning of the right track.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, most of the decisions made and most of the national policies promulgated by the Tang Empire played a role in connecting the past and the future, and the bloody battle of the Tiance Army last year brought the benefits of unifying most of the empire's territory is gradually emerging. After these officials were in place, the resources of the whole country quickly began to circulate and be transformed into productive forces, and the prosperity of the south also made the social resources more abundant. The arrangement of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the south is also being carried out one after another, involving hundreds of projects of all sizes in the provinces, the wealthy businessmen in the north and the local industrial and commercial class in the provinces have also quickly explored business opportunities, the Yangtze River shipping company headed by the Zhang family in the golden waterway of the Yangtze River has undertaken most of the transportation tasks, and with the resurgence of the Yangtze River shipping, the wharves of the cities along the coast have also been quickly restored and built, it can be said that the entire south has taken the lead in entering the recovery period, and before the arrival of the provincial officials, the military administration has begun to work on most of the construction matters.

However, for the cabinet, the south still gave way to the north in the second year of the apocalypse, and in addition to the two major economic centers of Hangzhou and Guangzhou, which were focused on construction, the cabinet's other efforts were still focused on the north. The Bohai Bay Railway started in the snow after the beginning of the year, and the construction company has the ability to carry out field construction in winter after the cold conditions are improved, because it is close to Tianjin, Shenzhou and other northern heavy industry centers, and under the sufficient supply of raw materials, the Bohai Bay Railway continues east along the Liaodong Peninsula from Yanjun City, and is ready to be repaired until Dalian. The Dalian shipyard even thought that it had transported a large amount of equipment before the Bohai Bay froze and had already started working on its own, with the support of several large excavators, prisoners of war and workers from the former Bohai Kingdom braving the snow in the snow. Five large dry docks are gradually taking shape, and the buildings of the attached factories are also being constructed according to the drawings. Since it is not the first time to design a shipyard, this time the Dalian shipyard supervised by Zhang Qiang is more forward-looking in construction and the layout is more reasonable, and the distribution area of various factories has obviously been calculated in advance.

However, compared with the development of the Guanzhong region around the Bohai Bay, it can be regarded as a rapid development, the original Qinchuan land has been gradually abandoned at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the two water systems of Jingwei have almost lost their ability to irrigate and navigate due to soil erosion along the way. However, with Zhang Quanfu's efforts, the entire water network in Guanzhong was completed, and the planting of green vegetation along the vigorous development finally took place after three years, and the land of Yongzhou was also restored. After the completion of the exploration of the Changling Railway, the construction began quickly, starting from Chang'an, passing through Pizhou, Ningzhou, and Qingzhou, crossing the Yellow River to Lingzhou, and after completion, the straight line extended from Gyeongju to Yanzhou, ready to connect to the east and connect the railway extending from Taiyuan to the west, so as to connect the east and west.

The Changling Railway is almost sectional construction in Guanzhong, more than 100,000 prisoners of war are divided into five parts, day and night, all kinds of materials are generally transported to the front line, Xu Xingxia's Guanzhong shipping company and Murong family's transportation company undertake most of the transportation of materials, and this time there are many small transportation companies are also involved, transporting tens of thousands of materials to the front line.

And located in the area of the Yellow River crossing, the construction company gathered 50,000 people here, and began to build the Yellow River Iron Bridge according to the method that had been tried in advance, under the intervention of Li Xuanqing, the big iron bridge gave up the previous practice of only connecting to the railway, and changed it to a two-story dual-purpose bridge, the lower level was connected to the train, and the upper level was used as a part of the straight road, so the difficulty also increased suddenly. The construction company dispatched all the men and horses of the third brigade to concentrate here.

However, compared with the booming construction, the downsizing of the army led by Xu Tianxiang gave him a headache, although so many people had planned to eliminate which part of the army had been planned before, but it was extremely difficult to implement it, and none of these commanders and generals were not fuel-efficient lamps, so they had no choice but to drag Li Xuanqing to the town.

"Notify me and implement it in accordance with the list of army downsizing and dismantling compiled by your General Staff Headquarters. Where is there room for bargaining in this military order? Let the members of the General Staff and the Judge Advocate Corps send personnel to the various units to supervise the implementation. Li Xuanqing glanced at Xu Tianxiang and Yang Tiancheng, who had bitter faces, and said a little helplessly: "Isn't it getting more and more messy if you still discuss this matter with them?" Give orders directly. ”

"By the way, where are Tie Liang and Shi Jian? Let them come to me. The appearance of the musket basically announced the demise of the Modao and the heavy cavalry battalion, and Li Xuanqing also made up his mind after pondering for a long time about these two former weapons of the town. Muskets, especially the rifled guns of later generations that they "stole", although they are still breech-loaded, have made a qualitative leap compared to knives and guns. Moreover, the equipment department has been seizing the time to develop breech guns, so that the Mo knife has directly lost its usefulness. Therefore, among the troops to be dismantled this time, the Modao Battalion and the Heavy Cavalry Battalion are the key units to be dismantled.

"I've already told you, they should be there soon." Xu Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "The two of them have the biggest opinions, because the original plan to march into Anxi was to use the Modao battalion as the main force, and this retreat is only afraid that Shi Jian will feel uncomfortable." ”

"The basic troops of the Modao Battalion will be retained, and the establishment will be reduced to 15,000 people, but the equipment will be completely eliminated." Li Xuanqing also sighed and no longer dwelled on this, but changed the topic and said: "There is also the matter of changing the outfit of the troops, and all the armor will be eliminated." ”

Xu Tianxiang nodded, and was about to speak, and it happened to be Tie Liang and Shi Jian who walked in outside the door, but both of them were heavy and a little depressed.

"What's wrong? Doesn't that look like you normally do? Li Xuanqing beckoned the two to sit down and smiled.

Tie Liang glanced at Li Xuanqing and stopped talking, Shi Jian next to him suddenly stood up and bowed and said: "The last general implores the emperor to take back the order of reorganizing the Modao Battalion, and I, Shi Jian, guarantee that the Modao Battalion will not be worse than the redressed troops." Shi Jian's words made Xu Tianxiang feel a big headache, and even Yang Tiancheng had no choice but to look at Li Xuanqing with a wry smile.

"I can understand Brother Shi's thoughts, I hope that the Modao Battalion can kill all the way to Anxi, and find the enemies of the year to prove that the Modao Battalion is the undefeated army of the Tang Dynasty, is that so?" Li Xuanqing calmed down and said, "It's just Brother Shi, have you ever thought that the enemy of the year is still there?" ”

"Ah, aren't you just from Tibet?" Shi Jian didn't understand what Li Xuanqing meant for a while, and replied with a na.

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said, "Tubo people, yes, Tubo people." But it can also be said that it is not. The Tubo people of those years are no longer there. The Northern Tibetan Iron Cavalry has now fallen. It doesn't make much sense for you to lead the Modao Battalion. And-" Li Xuanqing glanced at Shi Jian and said warmly: "The Modao Battalion has not been defeated. The iron cavalry that crisscrossed the Western Regions for thousands of miles was not the Tubo people, but our ancestor - the Anxi Army. The reason why the Anxi Army was able to be undefeated was not because of the Modao Battalion, but because we were the army of the Tang Dynasty, with unparalleled combat power and strong support from the central government. After the Anxi army returned thousands of miles back to China, why was the troops left behind by Guo Dadu slaughtered and wiped out fifty years later? That's because the Central Plains is no longer able to support Anxi, and without support, Anxi will become a source of water and a tree without roots. Invincible soldiers fight one less one, they are lonely heroes. ”

"The emperor's meaning will be understood. The last general was just reluctant, and his sons were thinking about going to Anxi every day to take revenge. Many of the Modao Battalion's subordinates are descendants of Anxi back then, and I really can't do it. Shi Jian couldn't go on halfway through.

"Although the Modao Battalion is extremely strong, it is difficult to train, difficult to last, and it has many limitations. The Tiance Army is the army of the Tang Empire, which needs to progress with the times. Now that we have more powerful weapons, we should not joke with the lives of our soldiers. We need to know how to protect them, so that they can come back alive after the rest of their lives. Li Xuanqing walked over and patted Shi Jian's shoulder and said, "What we want to inherit is the undefeated military spirit and indomitable spirit of the martyrs. As long as there is this spirit, then the Modao Camp will always be the Modao Battalion, and it will not deteriorate because of letting go of the Modao. ”

Li Xuanqing's words made Shi Jian pause, only to hear Li Xuanqing continue: "Go downsizing and changing clothes, the Modao Battalion is still the main force marching into Anxi, as long as the people are still there, we must work hard to take back Anxi in the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Please rest assured that Shi Jian will live up to his trust and take back Anxi of the Tang Dynasty." Shi Jian raised his hand and saluted Li Xuanqing and said, "The last general must appease the brothers and ensure that the costume change is completed on time." ”

Shi Jian said so, and Tie Liang beside him also nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the heavy cavalry battalion must also complete the change of clothes on time." ”

Yang Tiancheng glanced at Tie Liang's heart and said: "Your Majesty, does the heavy cavalry battalion retain an establishment of 10,000 people, I heard that Daqin over there in Anxi is also a heavy army, I want to keep 10,000 heavy cavalry battalions." ”

"The 50,000 heavy cavalry battalion can retain 10,000 to 20,000 people to be deployed to Hexi with the army, and Wan Yi has also returned to Hexi, so listen to his dispatch and prepare to form the Anxi Group Army." Yang Tiancheng's words reminded Li Xuanqing of something, nodded and said, "When the time comes, I will go to Hexi to see off my Tang Dynasty's army to the west." ”

"Please rest assured, the emperor will do our best to recover Anxi and complete the unification of the Tang Dynasty." Li Xuanqing's words seemed to bring everyone to that vast land, and the iron-blooded battle seemed to be lingering in everyone's ears.