Li Xuanqing and other high-level officials of Tiance Mansion returned to the Chang'an base camp after the Spring Festival in Taiyuan Mansion and began a compact one-year plan.

In 890 A.D., after the Tiance Army unified most of the areas north of the Yellow River, the Tiance Mansion held a new year's joint military and political conference, which clearly put forward the goal of unifying the world, ending the war in the Central Plains in the next five years or so, and initially completing this goal. For this reason, Li Xuanqing called on the military and political ministries to make preparations within the next five years, uninterruptedly carry out various reform movements, and complete the preparations that the young political group Tiance Mansion needed to make in the process of forming a new country.

Cen Tianshi, who spoke later, on behalf of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, refined the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in accordance with the objectives set forth by Li Xuanqing, and urged a new round of industrial and agricultural development while actively restoring the economy and people's livelihood in the newly occupied areas. In view of the new regional agricultural reform problem, Cen Angel proposed to adapt measures to local conditions, move those densely populated people to other places, and ordered the Department of Civil Affairs and the Department of Agriculture to plan the development map of each region and stabilize agriculture, so as to fundamentally stabilize people's hearts and provide opportunities for subsequent industrial development.

Due to Li Xuanqing's preference for industry and commerce, the Department of Industry and Commerce led by Murong Hanhai did not interrupt its development and layout during the war. The industrial and commercial development of the newly occupied Youhe area was announced at this meeting, and the major businesses in the old area carried out a new round of industrial and commercial development after the meeting, and Li Xuanqing also gave practical guidance to these new industrial and commercial tycoons who had benefited from the industrial and commercial development to carry out new investment activities through the outline of mineral and industrial development in the Youhe area issued by the Department of Industry and Commerce.

At the meeting, Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi emphasized the progress of the currency reform and the promotion of the Datang Money Village in the new area, and asked all the government affairs departments and garrisons in the new area to assist the Qian Zhuang Management Department in the compulsory promotion of the Tang currency, stabilize the financial situation as soon as possible, and promote the coordinated development of various localities.

Li Xuanqing then issued the administrative division of the new district, the area of Fengzhou Province was enlarged, the entire Hetao grassland was fully included in the jurisdiction of the Fengzhou political envoy, and the Bingzhou region centered on Taiyuan Prefecture was newly established Hedong Province, Youzhou and Jizhou and other places were divided into Youzhou Province, so that the Youzhou area became the largest administrative unit of Tiance Prefecture. The Hezhong region occupied in advance and the Shaanzhou region occupied by Li Tianyi were established as Hezhong Province, and the Hanzhong region was established as Hanzhong Province alone.

Through the establishment of the province, Tiance Province has changed from the original four provinces to nine provinces, and the area has more than doubled. In this way, Tiance Mansion has completely moved from a corner of the northwest to the Central Plains. However, everyone also learned from this regional division that there were hidden dangers in the current territory of Tiance Mansion, which stretched for thousands of miles from south to north, lacked a central area, and the possibility of being attacked by other forces in the future was also increasing dramatically.

It was also because of this hidden danger that the top management of the Tiance Mansion also felt a sense of urgency in reality, and also understood how difficult it was for Li Xuanqing to set the goal of unifying the world.

This year, the joint conference is no longer between the military and the government, but has joined the new body of the Law Court. Du Rangneng made a special report on behalf of the law courts, saying that in the four provinces of the old area, the framework for the construction of the law has been basically erected, and the law courts at all levels in the areas under their jurisdiction have begun to gradually exercise their functions and powers, and have handled more than 500 large and small cases within the last year, which has initially opened up the situation in the hearts of the people. However, Du Rangneng also put forward new requirements for other departments, requiring all departments to strictly restrain their officials while exercising their own powers, starting from the inside, to put an end to corruption, dereliction of duty, and oppression of the people, and reiterating that the law court is only the last line of defense for the construction of a clean government, and hopes that other departments will first do self-examination and self-examination.

At the same time, in the construction of the law court in the new district, Du Rangneng mentioned that the previous phenomenon of government affairs and law being the same door should be quickly separated, so that the people can understand the difference between the administrative department and the law enforcement department, so as to establish the most basic legal system thinking in the hearts of the people. He also asked other departments to assist the law court in carrying out its work in the new district.

Du Rangneng's report won the approval of everyone present, especially the two most important points: one is the self-examination and self-examination behavior of various departments, which can basically be understood as the internal discipline inspection department of the administrative department in later generations, and the other point is that the idea of erecting a distinction between law enforcement and administration is also the principle of strict legal independence put forward by Li Xuanqing, which fundamentally delineates the status quo of China's long-term separation of politics and law.

At the meeting, he emphasized this point, demanding that everyone understand that no one should interfere with the principle of judicial independence, and that those who dare to disobey orders and go beyond the bottom line of the law must be resolutely suppressed and thoroughly stifled, and this basic overall situation must not be undermined.

After the government and judicial departments completed their reports, it was finally the turn of the military department led by Xu Tianxiang to speak. In the past year, the army has been the hardest department, and the soldiers of the Tiance Army have been fighting continuously for several months to win the territory of today's Tiance Mansion. Therefore, when Xu Tianxiang just stood up, Cen Tianshi and Du Rangneng bowed to Xu Tianxiang and the others on behalf of the other two departments, thanking the soldiers for the sacrifices they made for the great cause of Tiance Mansion.

Subsequently, in addition to introducing the military activities of the whole year last year, Xu Tianxiang began to report on the expansion of the department during the war. With the addition of the Cangzhou Corps, the Tiance Army and the Cangzhou Corps have now registered more than 500,000 field troops. In addition to the five central garrison battalions with a total of 180,000 men, four regiments were again expanded, including one cavalry regiment, one mixed regiment and two infantry regiments.

Such a large number of troops made everyone present gasp. The army needs a tremendous amount of human, material and financial resources to maintain the largest regular force. The Ministry of Civil Affairs suddenly felt a great pressure. Because the preliminary calculation of the salary of maintaining a regular army of 500,000 people requires 1 million Tang dollars a month, not counting other expenses such as material procurement and equipment costs.

Xu Tianxiang also knew that the size of the army was putting pressure on the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so after announcing the establishment of the troops, he asked the logistics department to directly start the second round of asset transfer. Zuo Tiancheng announced that in the new year, the logistics department will hand over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, involving a total of 23 factories, mines, and industrial and commercial groups in seven industries, with a preliminary valuation of more than eight or nine million Tang yuan. On this basis, he took out all the 5 million taels of silver, more than 700,000 thousand tons of gold, and more than 7 million copper coins captured in last year's battles. This does not include items such as jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, whose value cannot be estimated for the time being. In addition, all the grain and grass seized in the Youhe area were also handed over to the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who arrived later to take over after deducting the army's consumption.

Zuo Tiancheng's actions made Cen Tianshi and Yuan He, director of the Department of Finance, overjoyed, and almost at the same time stood up and bowed to Zuo Tiancheng, and the former smiled and said: "I strongly recommend that the logistics department be the first to speak at the joint meeting in the future, otherwise the heart of our Ministry of Civil Affairs will be scared out of Tianxiang sooner or later." ”

Li Xuanqing smiled and said: "The gold, silver and copper coins handed over by the Logistics Department are all handled by the Department of Finance, Qian Zhuang and Xuan Yingwei, and converted into Tang coins, which are designated for the use of the army, but they all need to be placed in the Qian Zhuang as a reserve for the Qian Bank. Secondly, those jewelry, calligraphy and paintings will be handled by your Ministry of Civil Affairs on its own, and converted into Tang coins to set up a military family fund to help the families of soldiers and martyrs who are in difficulty. After a pause, he continued: "Many of the twenty-three industrial and commercial groups taken out by the logistics department this time are involved in the more professional and advanced industrial manufacturing industry, so we must choose a good seller." I don't want the manufacturing group that the logistics department has worked so hard to build up be ruined. ”

"Please rest assured, Murong will definitely take care of this point. Some sensitive industries will be state-owned first and then sold when the time is right. Some will be auctioned off to those who already have mature technology. When it comes to precision machining and manufacturing, I propose to merge directly into Madame's Shuguang Industrial Group. Murong Hanhai clenched his fists and smiled.

"I have no opinion, you can solve these problems by yourself." Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "There is another thing to announce to you today in terms of military and political affairs. ”

Xu Tianxiang nodded when he saw Li Xuanqing and stood up and said: "The General Staff Department and the Logistics Department have decided to continue the streamlining and reform plan of the Logistics Department, in addition to improving the army's logistics, and establishing an efficient and fast logistics force. The Construction Corps and the Medical and Health Bureau of the Logistics Department have undergone new reforms. ”

Zuo Tiancheng took over and said: "The construction corps is divided into two, and its main force is to set up a special construction company as a state-owned professional company specializing in large-scale infrastructure construction to carry out militarized management. Temporarily under the management of the logistics department. Second, on the basis of the original foundation, a new professional National Guard will be formed to carry out daily territorial defense and patrol tasks, so as to prepare for the next step of downsizing the regular troops. ”

Zuo Tiancheng's words shocked everyone present, the plan of the General Staff is really too advanced, and it is still in the stage of fighting for world dominance, and the issue of streamlining the troops after the war has already been considered. But is it too heavy compared to the post-war period?

Faced with Cen Tianshi and other questioning eyes, Li Xuanqing explained: "If the daily territorial defense and patrol use regular field troops, the cost is too high, so it is necessary to form a lightweight and low-cost National Guard, which can also reduce the daily defense tasks of the current major cities. ”

"According to the plan of the General Staff Department, the current National Guard will be changed from the urban defense forces in various places, and the number will be set at about 200,000, and the National Guard Headquarters will be set up, with Yang Yi in charge." Xu Tianxiang explained. "The National Guard is both a daily duty force and a supplement to the field troops."

"My lord, what are the specifications of this newly formed 200,000 people?" Cen Tianshi asked: "If you want to count the city defense army at present, I'm afraid there are more than 200,000 people, right?" How should the remaining troops be accommodated? Do you go through the decommissioning process? ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and said: "In the future, the army will gradually transition from relying on size and number to win to the stage of elite troops, relying on specialization, regularization, and science and technology to form a force with high efficiency and high combat power, so as to maintain the security of the empire and meet the needs of foreign expansion." ”

Li Xuanqing said too many new terms, but it did not prevent everyone present from understanding the meaning. Li Xuanqing was heard to continue: "After the popularization of new means of transportation, we can initially have the ability to quickly deploy troops, so that the number of border troops does not need to be too much, in daily life, only the guard team needs to be on duty, if it enters wartime, we can quickly mobilize a large number of troops to quickly reach the front line along the line of communication, so that it is also for future consideration." Plus-"

"With the development of the manufacturing industry, high-tech arms will become more and more popular, and our combat methods and troop configurations are also changing. The cost and status of cavalry units are also changing. Five years from now, it might be a different story. Li Xuanqing knew that Cen Tianshi was worried about the cost, so he didn't say much, and continued: "Because now that we have access to the sea, I plan to experiment with the new arms of the navy. In fact, the logistics department and the department of industry and commerce can try to carry out overseas trade and carry out technical and knowledge reserves in the early stage. ”

"Overseas? Is the lord talking about the Wa Kingdom? Cen Tianshi was a little shocked and said: "During the period of Taizong Xuanzong, the Japanese Kingdom came to our China region many times, and the tributary trade between the two sides has developed a lot, but in recent years, because of the civil strife in the Central Plains, this relationship has also faded. But is there really a need for development because the land is poor and the people are weak? ”

"Yes, it is the country of Wa, although its land is small, but it is rich in gold and silver, do you think it is necessary? Moreover, overseas is vast, but there is more than just one country. Li Xuanqing smiled and didn't explain much, just asked Murong Hanhai to prepare more and collect more talents and information. Anyway, Qiaoxi has already set up a new shipyard in Yingzhou to prepare for the voyage.

"Lord, I remember that during the Battle of Chang'an, Xuan Yingwei captured Yang Fugong's treasure house for the last time had a lot of classic materials, and there seemed to be local chronicles and overseas maps or something." Hu Xiaosi originally sat there just to listen, because Xuan Yingwei was a secret department, he basically would not announce his plan to the outside world, and he was always responsible for Li Xuanqing alone, and he just coordinated with the General Staff when implementing the plan. At this time, when I heard the topic of Cen Tianshi and Li Xuanqing turn overseas, he suddenly said: "And I also flipped through it at that time, it seems that there are still shipbuilding materials." ”

Li Xuanqing's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked him to pack all the materials and send them to the industrial group, and in his previous life, he seemed to vaguely remember that the Central Plains region was already rich in navigation knowledge during the Tang Dynasty, and there were already people in the Nanyang region to pioneer. If there is nautical chart information, it can be much smoother, and when he thinks of the wealth and geographical location of the Nanyang region, Li Xuanqing feels that it is all mysterious.

"My lord, should the nautical chart materials be handed over to the General Staff?" Xu Tianxiang saw Li Xuanqing's face change, and couldn't help but say: "The General Staff is going to form a navy in the next step, and these charts will be useful." ”

"Well, I'm too anxious. Let's deal with it as a general staff. The matter of the Navy went back to a special meeting of the General Staff and said. Where did we just go? Li Xuanqing nodded, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and said with a smile.

"The plan of the General Staff is basically finished, and there is only one thing left to reform the last medical bureau." Xu Tianxiang said with a smile.

"I'll talk about the matter of the Medical Bureau, Lao Zuo's plan is still not perfect. The external departments of the logistics department, as long as the confidentiality level is not too high, there are two principles to remember, one is to abide by the laws of the industry, which the Department of Industry and Commerce should remember, not because it is the logistics department to lead the things that allow things to go beyond the industry rules and the bottom line of the law, and the other point is to make profits as the focus of work. Li Xuanqing said: "The direction of the reform of the Medical and Health Bureau is that the hospitals under it should be open to the public in non-war times as part of social and public undertakings. During the war, field hospitals were formed in accordance with the development of the war situation and the arrangements of the General Staff Headquarters. Only in this way can it be used for both military and civilian purposes. ”

"Is this a duplication of the plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Department of Health?" Cen Tianshi asked: "Although this can reduce the pressure on the Ministry of Health, but the duplicate construction is wasted, right?" And we have a serious shortage of health care workers. Many doctors are reluctant to come to medical school as a professor. Our current teaching in the medical school is still dug by Murong and a few other big businessmen. ”

"Health care workers are also included in the scope of the Science and Technology Achievement Award. The Department of Health should also systematically sort out the grades of medical personnel, and begin to promote the qualification certificate system throughout the society. Li Xuanqing remembered the qualification certificate system of later generations, and took it out directly without thinking about it: "Guide the people to understand the value of physician certificates from the whole society, and publish the formulas of commonly used drugs or arrange for the Yuwen family to turn these prescription drugs into pills for sale in the same industry, so as to alleviate the people's dependence on medical staff for these daily minor diseases." The Department of Health and the Department of Industry and Commerce issued an order as soon as possible to certify all prescriptions in the jurisdiction of Tiance Prefecture. ”

"Does the lord mean to ban medical clinics, pharmacies, and doctors who don't have qualifications?" Cen Tianshi nodded and said, "In this way, you can count how many medical staff and their level are in a short period of time." ”

"Another benefit is to relieve the worries of these medical staff, as long as their qualifications are not banned, then even if their skills are learned, their treatment will not change. Certificates should be relied upon to define their level of entitlement. Li Xuanqing said: "After the meeting, I will go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to explain this matter in detail." The certification system is not only useful in this regard, but also in other areas. ”

"There is one last topic for this joint meeting," Li Xuanqing glanced at Tuoba Siji and the others next to Cen Tianshi, "Regarding the issue of ethnic integration within the territory of Tiance Mansion. ”

Cen Tianshi's eyes suddenly lit up, raised his head to look at Li Xuanqing's serious eyes, and nodded thoughtfully.