Chapter 497: Industrial Expansion (I)
After Su Xiaohu made a big disturbance in Gongyue City, he led the Flying Eagle Brigade out of the city, and everywhere he went, there was a river of blood, and all the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade became the executioners who frightened everyone, and when the butcher knife was raised, the Qarlu people who were caught off guard did not have time to react and fell directly under the bullets sprayed. In the fierce battle, Su Xiaohu even had time to touch the dark castle where Zhao Si was and asked if the other party wanted to withdraw with him, but Zhao Si rolled his eyes back and didn't say much, and the Flying Eagle Brigade ruthlessly killed the city wall, and then directly blew up the city wall, so as to block the pursuit of the follow-up Qarluqs. After leaving the city, the Flying Eagle Brigade is equivalent to the dragon entering the sea and no longer has any restraints, most of those who live outside the city according to Gongyue City still don't know what happened in the city, and a small number of people who reacted had no way to compete with the Flying Eagle Brigade of more than a thousand people, and were successfully escaped by Su Xiaohu. This incident completely overturned the Qarluq tribe, and Bosten's death not only announced that the ambition of Qarluq to fight against the Tang Dynasty was quickly shattered, but also forced the Qarluq tribe to have a huge fluctuation due to the competition for the throne, and the power vacuum almost destroyed the previous arrangement of the Qarluqs. And by the time the new Great Khan of Qarluq, who succeeded to the throne, succeeded in securing his position, the entire northwest had already passed the coldest winter, and after nearly three months of guarding the camp day and night, a major battle immediately began in the northwest, but at that time, the enemy Li Feixue faced unexpectedly became the Samanid and Li Xuanqing had been worried about the Tianfang Sect, and the entire Tianfang Sect world began to officially intervene in the war with the Tang Dynasty from that time.
It's just that when Su Xiaohu withdrew from Gongyue City, he was far away in the base camp of the Tang Empire in Chang'an, and Li Xuanqing had already presided over the imperial meeting for the new year. From the establishment of the Tang Empire to the present, this annual imperial conference has been held for five consecutive sessions, and each year's imperial conference will play a guiding role in the work of the empire throughout the year. Therefore, it is planned that everyone is staring at Chang'an on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and all the major families and countless people in Chang'an are also staring at the direction of the palace.
In the Changqing Palace, Li Xuanqing looked at the dignitaries of the three major institutions of the government, the courtyard and the pavilion, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he saw the important members of the three major institutions of the government, one courtyard and one pavilion full of important people who had been renovated and renovated, the empire he created was now on the right track, and the three major institutions had gradually matured, and even the last established law court had been laying the law court institutions to the main provinces of the empire in Du Rangneng's endless overtime in the past five years, and even the northern provinces that had developed first had spread to all states and counties. The establishment and improvement of a mature legal system has played a tremendous role in dealing with official corruption and civil conflicts. Therefore, when Du Rang was able to open his mouth to report on the work summary of last year's law court and this year's work arrangement, Li Xuanqing couldn't help but stand up and bow to the chief courtyard of the law court dug out of the old official system in Chang'an. You must know that many of the relatives and children of the founding fathers who followed Li Xuanqing made a fortune because they were the first to contact new ideas, but how many problems there were even Li Xuanqing himself could not imagine, and the law court led by Du Rangneng continued to use the power of legal independence given by Li Xuanqing to force down this trend. Li Xuanqing's bow made Du Rangneng at a loss, but everyone present applauded in unison.
"So that Brother Neng doesn't have to worry, I, Li Xuanqing, am happy on behalf of all the subjects of Datang for these achievements that you and all my colleagues in the Law Court can achieve, the more perfect your work system and the more meticulous the work of the Law Court will be, the more the fairness and justice of my Datang people can be served." Li Xuanqing said loudly: "Therefore, I have only one sentence for the Law Court, to adhere to principles, uphold justice, let the people have the law to follow, let the powerful have the law to restrict, let the world have the law to purge, and let the empire have the law to last." Li Xuanqing's words made Du Rangneng and several newcomers to the law court who accompanied him to the meeting, and Li Xuanqing's public statement was tantamount to saying that His Majesty the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was very satisfied with the work of the law court, and would not mind how many powerful children and corrupt officials he had pulled down since last year. Therefore, even Du Rangneng, who has always been low-key, stood up directly and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that the emperor and your colleagues will swear to practice what the emperor said, set an example, and uphold fairness and justice." ”
"Okay, sit down, let Brother Neng." Li Xuanqing waved his hand and continued: "We have done a good job in economic development and the expansion of the empire's territory now, but how many things have corrupted power and oppressed the people? And how can we prevent the people around us from doing harm to the people and prying the foundations of the empire? I need a sound legal system, I need to rule the country according to the law. That's why I'm sitting here and talking about the world's great things. ”
"What the emperor said is that the legal system needs to be perfect, and our law court is responsible for supervising all localities, and at the same time, I also hope that the Ministry of Security and the Cabinet's Independent Commission Against Corruption will supervise the work of our law court, so that the rule of law can be truly implemented and the power can be balanced." Du Rangneng's words resonated with everyone present, the balance of power and the principle of non-interference are one of the foundations of the political structure of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Li Xuanqing looked at Du Rangneng with even more appreciation. It should be said that I have returned to this most dazzling era, and the separation of powers is the political foundation that I have always wanted to establish, but this requires everyone to be aware of this. And when the centralization was booming, he grafted the separation of powers, and to be honest, he didn't know whether this would succeed or not. But today, after watching Du Rangneng's performance, Li Xuanqing finally let go of his thoughts.
The report of the law court gave the Tiance Mansion and the cabinet a good start, and Li Xuanqing nodded while listening, the army of the General Staff fought on three sides last year, and the three Koreans in the east were successfully wiped out, and the entire peninsula was included in the territory of the empire. Although the fighting in Tibet is progressing slowly because of the terrain and climate, whether it is Chen Yu or Xue Yang, the Tibetan area is already sparsely populated, and the overall trend after the decline of Tibet has been irreversible, although the cabinet still has doubts about temporarily incorporating Tibet into the territory of the empire, but the main reason is that the Tibetan area has less income than the northwest, and if it is really included in the territory of the empire, I am afraid that it will only need to invest a lot of money and manpower to complete the management. However, this has little to do with the military, whose plan is to complete the recovery of the entire Tibetan area in the fifth year of the Apocalypse. And in the northwest, which everyone is concerned about, the general staff's unexpectedly strong will is very strong, and all the territories, vassal spheres of influence and all areas of Gumo Prefecture under the former Tang Anxi Dadu will be recovered in the fifth year of the Apocalypse. Moreover, in order to speed up the process, the General Staff Department has already begun to get the navy to immediately come up with a plan for forming a Western fleet, and if necessary, directly exclude the naval fleet from attacking and occupying important coastal areas and assist in military operations in the northwest. However, after Xu Tianxiang said this, he glanced at Yang Tiancheng and the others, and the formation of the Western Fleet in the plan of the General Staff had another purpose, that is, to use military actions to plunder the wealth of the countries bordering the Western Ocean and subsidize the huge war expenses of the empire. After all, the battle that crossed Shule's side was already colliding with the Heavenly Sect World, that is, the Great Food Empire. In the event of a war between the two empires, it will inevitably be protracted, so the war expenditure will inevitably be very large. In order to take precautions, under Li Xuanqing's previous hints, Hu Xiaosi's secret personnel of Xuanyingwei followed Long San and finally got a definite answer after a year of investigation, so the General Staff decided to start the construction of the Western Fleet when the war on the Western Front and the Tibetan area were not over, and asked Guo Chongtao to mobilize the most elite personnel to quickly complete the purpose of fighting at sea. However, Xu Tianxiang could hide it from Cen Tianshi and others, but he couldn't escape Li Xuanqing's eyes, and Li Xuanqing didn't have the slightest worry about the anointed land that supported the First World Empire to dominate the Seven Seas for a hundred years in later generations, but just glanced at Chen Fan, who was closest to him, but the latter was embarrassed, but he looked at Li Xuanqing with firm eyes, indicating that he also agreed.
"Okay, the plan of the Western Fleet of the General Staff can be passed, but there must be a clear plan for the navy, the West Sea side needs to allocate a lot of manpower and material resources to expand the new port city, and before the South Ocean Fleet has taken Manraka as its own base, the construction cost of the Western Fleet needs to be found by your General Staff Staff." Li Xuanqing's words almost made several military bigwigs present faint collectively, figure out a way by yourself? What can the General Staff come up with? Is it difficult to grab it? But then Wang Houchun, who was the most active, understood, and pulled Xu Tianxiang, who was about to speak, to take over the conversation and said: "Please rest assured that the emperor and the prime minister will pay the expenses in advance by the cabinet, and our general staff will issue an IOU to ensure that it will be paid off within half a year, and there will be interest." ”
"Haha, Houchun, this is what you said, forget the interest, the Ministry of Finance can arrange a part of the special naval bonds, you remember to repay it on time." Cen Tianshi, who was originally going to ask why the Western Fleet suddenly decided to build, heard Li Xuanqing say that the cost would let the military figure it out, and he immediately forgot about his own problems, and said directly with a smile.
"Well, it's finally our cabinet's turn. Your Majesty, the reporting order you arranged this year, our cabinet is at a loss, why did you get to the end? Murong, why didn't you remind me? Cen Tianshi smiled after seeing Xu Tianxiang signaling that he had finished reporting, but it was obvious that the cabinet's record last year was outstanding, so Cen Tianshi was rare and joked with Li Xuanqing.
"The cabinet basically completed the beginning of the five-year plan last year, and we have basically arranged the heavy industry categories listed in the entire northern industrial belt, and have formed their own scale around the three major industrial bases and two major raw material bases in the north. In a word, it is a good start to success. Cen Tianshi smiled while letting Murong Hanhai, Qi Hong and the others beside him continue to introduce in detail. He has no reason not to be excited, after all, the countless cities in several provinces along the northern industrial belt from Guanzhong to Bohai Bay have basically been laid out in a year, and the rest is to improve and strengthen. Moreover, with the successive victories of the Western Expeditionary Army, a large amount of wealth was shipped back to the Central Plains, and the speed of this development became even faster after the abundant money supply.
Li Xuanqing, unlike others, did not listen carefully to these data, but after thinking about the work plan of the Ministry of Finance for this year, he said: "The Ministry of Finance wants to arrange a study and investigation with Qianzhuang to see whether our money supply can keep up with the speed of economic development. After all kinds of new terms were gradually understood, the financial work of the empire developed rapidly under the command of Li Xuanqing, and the financial experience and cases brought by Li Xuanqing from later generations were gradually instilled into everyone, at least the current money bank has the ability to adjust the financial and economic development of the empire.
"The emperor means that we don't have enough currency?" Cen Tianshi said with a strange face. In his impression, the money bank almost did not get a tael of gold and silver, and the corresponding Tang coins were issued according to the proportion and put into the market, how could there be not enough currency? And how much does the lack of money have to do with economic development?
"You'd better give me an accurate investigation report by March." Li Xuanqing waved his hand to explain to Cen Tianshi after the meeting, and then stared at Yin Honglin Dao. The head of the money bank is now very professional in finance. So after Li Xuanqing opened his mouth, Yin Honglin sighed slightly and immediately said: "I understand, don't worry, the emperor can rest assured, I will find a way to investigate this matter as soon as possible." According to the calculation of the amount of Tang coins in our bank, there should not be much of a problem, I don't know how the emperor knew that our money supply is not enough? ”
"You have undercounted the Tang currency circle that we have launched now, which means that some Tang coins are stranded outside the empire and have not returned." Li Xuanqing knew that Yin Honglin had statistics, and what he said was not the main reason, the lack of currency was actually related to the amount of gold stored in the bank. Although the northwest has been opened, it is difficult for real gold to flow into the Central Plains except for seizures in the state of war. However, the number of gold and silver mines in the mainland is small, and it cannot really play a role in supply. In this way, the issuance of Tang coins will definitely not be able to keep up with the speed of economic development. This is also the reason why Li Xuanqing nodded after knowing what the General Staff was thinking. If the internal is not enough, then grab the external one, at least if you don't make inflation now, then it is not a big problem.
In addition to the establishment of the Korean Province on the side of Samhan, the newly recovered Anxi in the northwest will be divided into three provinces, the southern part of Khotan Province, and the eastern Gaochang Province will be formed on the spot to form Gaochang Province, and the regional division includes the area around the town of Boxian and the adjacent Khotan Province, and most of Anxi will form Anxi Province. To the north of the Shuanghe Prefecture in the north, Tingzhou to the entire grassland area formed Beiting Province. After Cen Tianshi saw Li Xuanqing finish speaking, he said that the biggest problem in the administrative division of the northwest side this time was the biggest problem. ()
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