"Big brother, this first train has crossed the river, and our mission is finally complete." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi stood at the train station and watched the first train coming from the west and rumbling across the Yellow River, and said with a smile: "Our hard work has not been in vain, we have hoarded so many materials in the past few years, and they are all used up now." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded a little relieved and said: "I suddenly remembered a poem, do you remember that there is a sentence in the textbook of the previous life that said the poem used when the Yangtze River Bridge was opened to traffic?" A bridge flies north and south, and the moat becomes a thoroughfare. We've done a miracle. This should be the Longhai Line Railway of later generations. ”

"Does the big brother mean that he plans to continue to build the railway east to Lianyungang?" Qiaoxi thought for a while and smiled: "Isn't it a little early?" We don't have that kind of material now. And the front lines are fighting. ”

Li Xuanqing pulled Qiaoxi and said with a smile: "Now the time is naturally wrong. However, we have successfully connected Chang'an and Luoyang, in fact, it can be regarded as a combination of east and west, and the canals in the entire Central Plains have now been renovated, so that relying on railways and water transportation, things have been connected. And counting the canal, our transportation network is basically formed. The next step is to find a way to build ports and railway stations around the country, so as to drive the development of logistics. ”

"Well, that's right. However, the Ministry of Transportation should be able to plan this matter as a whole, so we don't have to worry about it. I was delighted to watch these mountains of supplies transported by train to Luoyang and then transferred to the front by boat. Qiaoxi didn't take this matter to heart. The Changluo Railway is laid at the same time as two lines, and the carrying capacity is much stronger than the previous single line. Moreover, Chang'an is the headquarters of the industrial group, and Qiaoxi has prepared a full 27 locomotives, adding up to hundreds of carriages and hundreds of freight carriages for later generations, and there are also more than a dozen ferries on the Yellow River to serve the railway.

"Okay, we've been in the river for so long, and now the mission has been completed, let's see if you want to go to Luoyang or go back to Chang'an?" Li Xuanqing said with a smile.

Qiaoxi clapped his hands and smiled when he heard this: "Of course I went to Luoyang to see, I have long wanted to go to Luoyang, I heard that there were many cultural relics and buildings in Luoyang before, and I don't know if they are still there, it is a pity not to go to see it." But what about our son? I haven't seen him in over two months, and I miss him. ”

"That's not easy, I'll ask them to go back and pick him up. Let Ruyan and them take him to Luoyang by train. Li Xuanqing said with a smile: "This time I just went to Luoyang to deal with the royal property in Luoyang, and the later palace over there seems to be better than Chang'an." ”

"Okay then, but we're not as good as the Apocalypse, we can still take the train to go, let's go, the jade lion is outside the city, let's go first." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi left Huazhou after walking out of the train station, and rode towards Luoyang with Qiaoxi. Huanjiu took the guards back to Chang'an to pick up people.

It is a rare leisure time to follow the two of them all the way, browse the scenery along the way, see the people's suffering, and check the implementation of various policies. However, the speed of the two of them naturally slowed down, and when they arrived in Luoyang, they were walked to the front by Huanjiu.

When he arrived in Luoyang, Qiaoxi began to wonder what to do with the Luoyang Palace, while Li Xuanqing was buried by the information sent from the front one after another. Xue Yang on the Western Front has basically taken all of Zhong Chuan's territory. The captured troops were basically escorted across the river to the National Guard and the Recruits in Jingzhou for sorting, and the follow-up construction company also sent people to Ezhou to wait for the new personnel to be received. And the cabinet officials also set out from Chang'an and other places to take over Zhong Chuan's territory.

Basically, these have been dealt with by the General Staff and the Cabinet, and what was sent to Li Xuanqing is a summary. When Li Xuanqing left Chang'an, he had already handed over the handling power to the General Staff and the Cabinet, and let them handle it as they wished, and then send a summary to themselves.

In fact, Li Xuanqing was also cultivating the ability of the cabinet and the general staff to handle major affairs independently, and tried to delegate power to several major departments of the empire.

After reading through these, Li Xuanqing picked up the latest military report on the front line sent by the General Staff Headquarters. After Xue Yang took Zhong Chuan, he prepared to go west to attack Du Hong in Yuezhou, using it as a base to open Chu land, that is, Changsha and other places.

Li Xuanqing had no opinion on the deployment of the Western Front, and summoned them to the General Staff to choose an opportunity to let the garrison troops hoarded in southern Sichuan be placed under the command of the Western Front Group Army and used as the main force to attack Chudi. Moreover, for an eclectic general like Xue Yang, as long as he does not make strategic mistakes, he should be given power and let him play freely.

Therefore, Li Xuanqing did not ask too much about the western front, but was a little curious about the Jinling offensive and defensive battle on the central front. It stands to reason that Hu Xiaosi and Chen Yu, the two bold guys, presided over the middle line, and Jinling City should have been taken a long time ago, but at this time, the middle line has become the slowest army.

"Huanjiu, let's see if the General Staff has transferred any information from Xuan Yingwei about Jinling City." Li Xuanqing hurriedly looked at Chen Yu's siege deployment and shook his head, this guy was obviously not at ease with Hu Xiaosi, so he used his housekeeping skills, ready to use brute force to blow up Jinling City, and then enter the city. However, for the big city of Jinling, Li Xuanqing did not approve of this method. This stone ancient city can't be ruined like this.

"Your Majesty, this is information that has just been sent directly from the front line." Huanjiu went out shortly before returning in a hurry.

Li Xuanqing took it and glanced at it, nodded and said with a smile: "Go and see where Qiaoxi is, let her come over." After finishing speaking, he signed the information and asked him to find someone to forward it to the base camp of the General Staff.

"Big brother, is there anything good?" Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi didn't bother Xu Ning after they came to Luoyang, and went directly to the Luoyang Palace, because the palace was managed by the cabinet before, and Li Xuanqing didn't take care of this after ascending the throne, so after Qiaoxi came, he was busy letting Huanjiu send people from Chang'an to bring people over to manage, and began to plan to set up the Tang Royal Family Asset Management Agency.

"Qiaoxi, do you remember the Pei family?" Li Xuanqing waved his hand to let Huan Jiu get busy, and then asked Qiaoxi.

"Big brother can't be talking about the Pei family, the gate valve of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, right? It's just that that's all about the early Tang Dynasty, right? At this time, the world has been in turmoil for a hundred years, and these gate lord clans should have almost consumed. Won't the Pei family develop again in the south of the Yangtze River? Qiaoxi said a little uncertainly.

Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a wry smile: "As you said, these thousand-year-old families have a way to avoid such troubled times. Wasn't that the previous Wei family and Zhang family like this? The Anshi Rebellion has been fought for so long, and there is still the Huangchao Uprising in the middle, but isn't the Wei family still the same? This Pei family is similar. When I was in Fengzhou before, I actually remember seeing a son of the Pei family, Pei Shixun. This family may not have much influence in the Central Plains or the north at this time, but it should still be in the south of the Yangtze River. Xiao Si came to the news that the Pei family wanted to negotiate with us and use Jinling City as a bargaining chip to gain a political position. ”

Originally, Li Xuanqing said so much that Qiaoxi nodded. But the last sentence startled her, and she hurriedly said: "Gain a position in politics? What do you mean? It can't be to seek the regime that we have worked so hard to build, right? ”

"That's not so exaggerated, but I guess I'm still thinking about my past glorious deeds. Gain a certain position in the new regime through trading. Thus sharing the power of the new regime. The more Li Xuanqing said, the worse his face became, and even a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

Qiaoxi calmed down a little and shook his head and said: "Big brother, this matter can't be compromised so easily, otherwise it will inevitably bring a bad head, so that other big clans will covet the regime, thus destroying the political rules we have formulated, and there will inevitably be big troubles in the future." I wonder if they want to regain power in a few lifetimes. ”

Li Xuanqing naturally understood what Qiaoxi meant by the great disaster, and gently held her in his arms and said softly: "Don't worry, with me, they will not succeed." Although I also want to get my hands on Jinling City in its entirety, it is nothing compared to the thousand-year-old foundation of the empire. I've already asked someone to summon Mr. Cen and Tianxiang, and I'm going to remind them of this matter. In addition, since the Pei family cares so much about power, they must not let them succeed. ”

"What are you going to do with Big Brother?" Qiaoxi snuggled in Li Xuanqing's arms and said, "I feel that Brother Hu should have felt something on the front line, so he sent this information back." Moreover, after crossing the Yangtze River, the power of the clans is actually stronger than that of the Central Plains, and the economic foundation there has not been destroyed, and they have a natural home advantage. Even if our industrial and commercial development is in full swing, I feel that if we don't rely on the five big businessmen, I am afraid we may not be their opponents. They are a thousand-year-old family, and some of them are more than a thousand years old. ”

Li Xuanqing knew what he meant, and said in a deep voice: "You mean that the receivers we sent over should choose carefully, right?" ”

"We want to find someone who can be ruthless at a critical moment, sit in Jinling, and receive the entire southeast." Qiaoxi's words made Li Xuanqing suddenly shocked, a soft and gentle Qiaoxi can say this sentence, which shows how jealous she is in her heart about this force that has dominated Chinese politics for hundreds of years, and even has been stretched to later generations and Ming Dynasty.

"I know there's a guy who's suitable." Qiaoxi's words also gave Li Xuanqing a choice, nodded and said. Relying on this guy's ruthlessness, it's a good man. Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing waved down an order to send the guards outside the door to the front line in Jiangnan and said with a smile: "Okay, don't worry, I have already arranged it, they are destined to withdraw from the stage of history." What our empire needs is a new force, and what we need is universal values. If the fate of the empire is still controlled by a few families, then the two of us will be in vain. ”

"Since the eldest brother has been chosen, then Qiaoxi is relieved. I also don't want to throw all of this to Little Apocalypse after we die. He doesn't have our foresight, and it must be extremely difficult to deal with these thousand-year-old families, so it's better for us to do it ourselves and get rid of them completely. Qiaoxi also laughed when she saw Li Xuanqing after arranging these.

When the two were talking and laughing, they planned to dismember the various family forces in Jiangnan, and a report from the guards came from outside the door, and Xu Ning, the political envoy, came. The two looked at each other helplessly, but they still walked out.

Xu Ning was the former minister in charge of the river transportation in the territory of the Xuanwu Army, and he was also the highest-ranking official in office after the Tiance Army took the Central Plains according to the marks of Xuan Yingwei.

"Xu Ning, the political envoy of Henan Province, visited the emperor and queen." Xu Ning saluted Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi and said with a smile: "Why didn't the emperor and the queen come to Luoyang to say it in advance, so that Weichen can prepare a little." It's a rude disrespect. ”

"Okay, I'm not here to eat your big family, what do you want to arrange. Besides, if there is something serious, I will also go to the political envoy's yamen to find you. Li Xuanqing waved his hand to signal Xu Ning not to be polite, and Qiaoxi took him to a pavilion outside Hanzhang Hall and sat down and said with a smile: "Xu Qing also sit, it just so happens that Qiaoxi and I also have something to ask you." Recently, has rail transport and river transport been connected? ”

Xu Ning also knew that Li Xuanqing didn't pay so much attention to etiquette, so after confessing his guilt, he sat down and replied: "Emperor Qi, Weichen has sent someone to dredge the road recently, and built a branch line between the railway station and the canal wharf, so that the freight vehicles can drive directly to the wharf to unload the goods. It is basically straightened out, and in the next step, Weichen plans to rely on the development of several industries along the canal, and more exchanges can develop. ”

"At present, railway transportation is basically still serving the logistics of the army, and civilian business may have to wait. Luoyang's geographical location is very good, Xu Aiqing was the minister of river transportation before, so he must have his own understanding of river transportation. Ever thought about developing canal transport? For example, passenger transport? Li Xuanqing was still very optimistic about the location of Luoyang, so he nodded: "When the farming season is idle this winter, the canal in the entire Central Plains will be rebuilt according to the standards of the Youzhou region, and the carrying capacity of the rebuilt canal will be expanded several times." And Luoyang is the eastern capital, there are many palace towers, and the surrounding places have been included in the scope of imperial rule for a long time, you can try to develop tourism, and later I will give you a list of Luoyang royal assets, open the palace for everyone to visit. ”

"Open the Royal Palace? Tourism? Xu Ning was a little puzzled, but he still knew a lot about the psychology of the people, if he knew that he could visit the palace where the emperor lived for money, it was estimated that as long as he had a little money in his pocket, he would not let go of this opportunity.

"With tourism as the leader, drive the development of catering, light industry, and other industries." Li Xuanqing continued: "Passenger transportation is the key, you have to make good use of the canal as the main means of transportation." The Tianjin shipyard has already begun to expand, and when the time comes, I will ask someone to leave a few ships for you, and you can attract investment to test it. Thinking of the tourism of later generations, Li Xuanqing was also secretly funny, he actually talked about this with a person who had no concept of tourism at this time, and he was also drunk.

Li Xuanqing originally just planned to let Xu Ning develop canal passenger transport, but Qiaoxi on the side suddenly changed his mind, and his eyes changed when he stared at the layers of palaces around him.