At the beginning of December 888, after reaching an agreement with the Shence Army and the Xuanwu Army, Li Xuanqing handed over the follow-up matters and the follow-up of the two families to the General Staff and Xuanyingwei, and he and the Ministry of Civil Affairs stationed in Chang'an City and began to make political arrangements.

According to the plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, various water conservancy projects in the Guanzhong Plain began to be officially launched, and under the unified arrangement of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, more than 100,000 displaced people in the vicinity of Chang'an went to various places to dig ditches and rebuild water conservancy in the form of work for relief, and began a vigorous campaign to restore production in winter.

At this time, the water conservancy facilities such as Zhengguo Canal and Baiqu, which had lost their function for a hundred years, were also put on the desks of Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi.

In the middle of winter, there was just a heavy snowfall on the Guanzhong Plain, and the temperature dropped rapidly, but after Xu Xingxia started the garment workshop in Fengzhou with all his might, and the logistics department took out all the winter clothes stored in the quartermaster warehouse, the problem of keeping all the personnel of the Kaihe project in cold finally solved. At the same time, the major merchants under the Department of Industry and Commerce of Tiance Prefecture also received an urgent notice from Li Xuanqing, and the prefectures marked by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Guanzhong quickly moved in according to the plan of the Department of Industry and Commerce, and recruited displaced people to carry out the construction of handicraft workshops in advance, so as to promote the progress of civil affairs.

In Chang'an City, due to the concentration of most of the materials captured by the Tiance Army, after the logistics department deducted the military rations, about 3 million stone of grain and all the gold and silver were all handed over to the Department of Finance. After the Tiance Army was seized for the first time since its establishment, Qi Hong, the director of the Department of Finance, also waved his pen and approved all the budgets of other ministries that had been squeezed in advance.

After the work of the displaced people was formalized, the reconstruction of Chang'an City also began to advance at the same time, the new Chang'an County Commander was transferred from Lingzhou to the original Lingzhou Thorn Shi Zhu Laichen, because Tiance Mansion did not have a clear administrative division of the jurisdiction for the time being, but Chang'an City as the future base camp of Tiance Mansion, Chang'an County's county order was automatically raised by one level, and he was also considered a flat adjustment. The reason why he came to govern Chang'an is mainly because this guy is a famous architectural expert, the city defense of Lingzhou City is from his ancestors, the Zhu family has studied architecture in Lingzhou for generations, Li Xuanqing saw the architectural drawings of their Lingzhou City before and immediately made a decision to let him come to Chang'an to preside over the reconstruction of Chang'an City.

At this time, in the Qiming Hall in the palace of Chang'an City, Zhu Laichen told Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi, who hurried back from the Kaihe construction site, about his plan for Chang'an City.

"There is basically no problem with the layout of residential and commercial areas in Chang'an City, but I suggest that if it can be changed, it should be changed to the previous method of dividing the area by square as a unit, and the residential and commercial areas can actually be merged or arranged together, along both sides of the road as commercial areas, and other areas can be planned as residential areas. At present, the workshops under the logistics department are already trying to make cement, and when the time comes, the restrictions on houses with more than five floors can be relaxed, so that the residential concentration of the population can be increased. Secondly, the planning of public facilities for the people should also be well arranged. There is a shortage of water in Chang'an, so these problems such as bathhouses and public toilets should also be planned. The last point is the problem of sewers, take advantage of the reconstruction of Chang'an City this time, add this point, I think you are doing a good job in Lingzhou for this part, right? After listening to Zhu Laichen's report, Li Xuanqing pondered for a while and said, "As for the scope of Chang'an City, it does not have to end at the city wall, Chang'an will be the location of the base camp in the future, and there will definitely be no one who can threaten the safety of Chang'an, so the layout outside the city should also be arranged, and the large workshops should be concentrated outside the city according to the characteristics of the industry, so that they can be concentrated, so that they can form a chain-like interdependence." ”

Cen Tianshi nodded and said with a smile: "Come to the minister, I don't have any big problems with your plan, you just need to carefully consider the points that the lord just said." As for the construction of the imperial city you just mentioned, it can be slowed down for the time being, just don't delay the lord's plan. Now that there are many people, it can be said that the people are sufficient, so you can let go of your hands and feet, I and the lord will not ask about the specific details, and you can handle everything with full authority. ”

"The construction method of the imperial city can be like this, don't move the existing palace, build three new buildings on the basis of the abandoned palace, one is the office space of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, one is the office area of the military department, and the other is for the law court, and the three buildings should not occupy too much civil and material resources. The drawings are available to the General Staff, and I'll let the General Staff hand you over when I get back. Li Xuanqing clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, that's all for the basic opinions, the rest is up to you, you can call on the materials and manpower you want with my talisman." ”

Zhu Laichen took the highest-level silver feather sword talisman of Tiance Mansion handed over by Li Xuanqing, bowed down and said: "Please rest assured that the lord and the chief of civil affairs will definitely do his best to complete the reconstruction of Chang'an, and he will die with all his might." After finishing speaking, he directly withdrew from Qi Ming Palace, and rushed to all corners of Chang'an City with his subordinates.

Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi looked at each other and smiled, walked to the large map of Guanzhong in the center of the hall and began to plan the development of industry and agriculture. The two forgot the time for this discussion, and knew that Qiaoxi came over to inform the dinner only to find that it was almost dusk.

"How are the post road lords in Guanzhong arranged? Do you want a unified plan from the Ministry of Civil Affairs? Cen Tianshi and Li Xuanqing said as they walked.

Li Xuanqing shook his head, looked at Cen Tianshi and said with a smile: "There are too many things in your Ministry of Civil Affairs, I have arranged for the logistics department to plan and start construction, there are more than 100,000 prisoners of war in Guanzhong, except for 50,000 people selected by the recruit department, and 10,000 people left by the logistics department itself, most of them are unqualified, and the quality of the soldiers of the Shence Army is too poor, there are too many vices, if you rush back to the place, it will inevitably breed too many problems, so the logistics department will organize the remaining 100,000 people into three construction corps, starting from Chang'an, and renovate the post road in three directions, southeast and northOn the basis of the original road, the road is widened and reinforced, and the three-soil technology of the logistics department has matured, and this time all new technologies will be adopted, and strive to be in line with the time of your Ministry of Civil Affairs. ”

Speaking of the soldiers of the Shence Army, Cen Tianshi was also speechless for a while, this is simply an army composed of a group of hooligans and bandits, and they are very good at bullying the people when they go to the battlefield, even in the prisoner of war camp, they are not honest even in the prisoner of war camp, and the logistics department has to pull out dozens of people to carry out military law almost every day, and hundreds of bloody human heads have been hung at the door of the prisoner of war camp in the past ten days, and such a ruthless suppression has finally suppressed them. In order to go to various places to build roads, the General Staff even specially dispatched a complete infantry battalion to follow, and all prisoners of war were ordered to work for more than five hours a day, otherwise the order to kill and the last place to be eliminated was implemented.

The two of them said as they walked, and when they arrived at the attached side hall next to the Qiming Palace, Qiaoxi had already prepared a few dishes, and when they saw the two of them coming, they stood up and greeted them.

Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "My lord, I said that you are really not going to repair these palaces?" There's no place to live this year? I see that I will go back to Tianxiang and ask their army to think of a way, which should not be saved. ”

"Forget it, although the population of this Chang'an City is not as good as before, there are so many empty houses, is it good? Just find one and you're good to go. We can't stay in Chang'an forever in the future, so we'll talk about it later. Li Xuanqing took the rice bowl in Qiaoxi's hand, handed Cen Tianshi a copy, patted Qiaoxi's pretty face that was red from cold and smiled.

Qiaoxi smiled, sat on the side and said: "Big brother, you and Mr. are still busy with business first, today Qiaoxi went out to take a look, there are a lot of orphans outside who have no one to take care of, I asked the guards to take them all to a side hall in the palace to live temporarily." ”

Li Xuanqing patted his head and said with a wry smile: "This is really what kind of plan can't catch up with the change, the orphanage in Lingzhou will send people over as soon as possible, so many homeless people estimate that there must be a lot of orphans, I will go and talk to the guards later, let them go to the whole city to find these orphans, take as many as they want, and bring them all to the palace for the time being, and if you can't live in the side hall, you will live in the Changqing Hall or the Wanfu Palace." ”

Cen Tianshi nodded and smiled when he saw Li Xuanqing's appearance: "Lord, you are really setting a precedent, opening the palace for these orphans to live, I don't think the history books will know how to record this in the future." ”

Li Xuanqing pursed his lips and smiled: "No matter how he records, you must be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, so that you can have peace of mind." After speaking, he sandwiched a piece of meat for Qiaoxi and said with a smile: "Qiaoxi, you are researching a new dish again, braised pork, the taste is good." ”

"Braised pork, the name of the new dish, I'll try it too." Cen Tianshi muttered two sentences in his mouth, but his hand was unceremoniously, and he directly sandwiched a piece and said with a smile: "I will go back and let my wife learn from Qiaoxi, otherwise there will be no taste at home for dinner." ”

After the three of them finished eating, Li Xuanqing rushed to the military camp outside the city with Qiaoxi, and Cen Tianshi convened the heads of various departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs overnight and began to coordinate and command the follow-up work.

When Li Xuanqing rushed to the barracks, Yang Tiancheng also rushed back, and the two were a little surprised to see Li Xuanqing arrive at the barracks overnight, Xu Tianxiang said: "Is there something wrong with the lord coming over so late?" ”

Li Xuanqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "There are two things I want to tell you in advance, I was going to say it tomorrow, but I suddenly remembered that tomorrow Qiaoxi and I have to go to Zheng Guoqu's side, and it is too late." ”

"The first thing is probably the emperor dispute between Yang Fugong and Zhu Quanzhong, right?" Xu Tianxiang handed Li Xuanqing a piece of paper and said with a smile: "Xuan Yingwei's report has just arrived. The Xuanwu Army and the Shence Army calculated against each other, Yang Fugong robbed the rear army of the Xuanwu Army, intending to rob the grain and grass, while Ding Hui led people to raid the camp of the Shence Army, and the two families ran to each other's house three days ago and fought fiercely. Yang Fugong set up an ambush in the military camp and almost wounded Ding Hui, Tuoba Siji led 20,000 cavalry battalions to feint outside the Shence Army camp, which frightened the Shence Army and quickly stopped, and Ding Hui could be regarded as picking up a life. ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "What about the back?" Has the second step of Tuoba Siji been carried out? Didn't Zheng Fan keep his hands inside the Shence Army? Did the junior go to join in the fun? ”

"Xuan Yingwei's plan has already begun, Yang Yanlu estimates that if it is good, he should betray the Shence Army tonight, and Ding Hui has also arranged for people to respond." Yang Tiancheng brought over a few cups of hot tea, beckoned Qiaoxi to sit by the fire and roast the fire, and said with a smile: "According to the agreement, our plan has been completed, so Tianxiang has ordered the cavalry battalion to withdraw immediately." Just leave the rest to Xiao Si, and few people are his opponents when he plays this kind of conspiracy. Before he could finish his sentence, a voice suddenly appeared outside the door and said, "What conspiracy?" Brother is playing strategy, do you understand, strategy. As soon as the words fell, a man in a military coat came in in a cold wind, and it was Hu Xiaosi.

"Your plan is complete?" Xu Tianxiang punched this guy and scolded with a smile: "You just broke in directly at night? What's going on with this guard? Next time, I'll have to keep an eye on them, and I'll catch you when they encounter you. ”

"Go, go, stay and go." Hu Xiaosi pushed Xu Tianxiang away, smiled at Li Xuanqing, and said, "Lord, third sister-in-law, why are you here?" ”

"Come and see you, see how much oil and water you can get back this time." Li Xuanqing also laughed, but Qiaoxi next to her heard Hu Xiaosi call her "third sister-in-law", and her pretty face suddenly turned red.

"I sold Yang Yanlu's identity to Yang Fugong, and this guy gave me the map of the warehouse where he hid his treasure in Guanzhong." Hu Xiaosi took out a map from his arms and handed it to Li Xuanqing and said with a smile: "This guy is a ground mouse, and the treasures are hidden all over Chang'an, I really haven't found out this place, but it seems that I heard him say that there are not many gold and silver treasures here, mainly the precious classics that the Tang royal family collected before." It's okay, I'll take someone to dig him up tomorrow. ”

"Books? Or is it royalty? Li Xuanqing's heart moved, an inexplicable smile on his face flashed, and he said with a smile: "Okay, the first thing is over, and the second thing is the issue of army reorganization." ”

Xu Tianxiang and Yang Tiancheng and Hu Xiaosi glanced at each other, and stood up together.