After the temporary meeting of Chang'an Tiance Mansion, the northern regime led by Li Xuanqing began to plan and establish, Chang'an was designated as the capital, and began a period of comprehensive large-scale construction, with a sharp increase in various public expenditures, and the Department of Civil Affairs and the Department of Construction set up a complete set of functional areas in accordance with the configuration of the capital, and began to transfer the new area to the outside of the city, so as to drive the residential areas in the city to break the previous construction model of the square as a unit, and the new area was divided by the road as the line according to Li Xuanqing's requirements, which also promoted the new pilot work of urban construction.

The National Guard led by Yang Yi and the Patrol Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs began to cooperate in the early defense work of Chang'an. The military took advantage of this rare period of truce to carry out rotational training and to promote preparations for the popularization of new weapons.

Although the Tiance Army has stopped troops in the north and south, and the southern line has stopped after arriving on the bank of the Yangtze River, in addition to being busy with the enthronement ceremony, it is to promote land reform and industrial and commercial development in the Central Plains New Area, and there is no time to pay attention to the affairs of the south of the Yangtze River, but with Li Jipeng and others leading Xuan Yingwei to officially enter Jinling and other places, the entire southern China is shrouded in a layer of gloom and gloom, and the forces of the entire southern bank of the feudal towns really feel the pressure of this powerful force on themselves after assembling on the north bank.

There are more than 300,000 troops gathered in the north of the Tiance Army at the moment, distributed in almost the entire north bank of Chang'an from Sichuan to northern Jiangsu, although the average number may not be much, but the Tiance Army is stationed in divisions, and the troops are relatively concentrated, Sichuan, Jingzhou, Shannan and other places have entered the Tiance Mansion ruling sequence for almost a year, and the handover work has been completed, and the army does not have to interfere in daily affairs after the people settle down, so although the entire defense line is long, there are still 20,000 people left in Sichuan. The remaining troops were concentrated in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Jingzhou to northern Jiangsu, and Xue Mei, Du Hong, and Zhong Chuan, who were directly across the river, had already occupied the brunt of the Yangtze River estuary, and could hardly sleep at night.

Under the strong external pressure of the Tiance Army, this almost force gradually converged, and Qian Biao in the east of the country made peace with his old boss Dong Chang, and the two sides drew a boundary north of Taizhou and south of the Qiantang River for a temporary truce. Xue Mei also negotiated with the leaders of the Red Turban Army in Changzhou and other places, and the forces of all parties agreed on a secret meeting in Jinling to discuss a self-protection plan.

But at this time, the envoys of various families also returned from the base camp of Tiance Mansion, and it was useless to bring news about the army, but the news that Li Xuanqing would soon ascend the throne and become emperor made these people panic. Because when Zhu Quanzhong was proclaimed emperor, these people basically shouted slogans loudly, but in fact, none of them took the initiative to go north to King Qin. At this time, after the Tiance army cleaned up Zhu Quanzhong's puppet regime, there was really no problem if he really wanted to ascend the throne as the emperor as his own clan, and even more gossip said that the jade seal of the country before Emperor Zhaozong's martyrdom had actually been taken to Chang'an by Han Quanhai. If the news is true, Li Xuanqing really has no problem coming to power. Originally, although everyone coveted the throne of the Tang Emperor, they didn't take this throne too seriously. But that was based on the inability of the central power to deal with these feudal towns with military power. If Li Xuanqing comes to power, wouldn't relying on the Tiance Army in his hands be like a tiger with wings? Openly disobey Chang'an's orders? That would surely be wiped out. If you follow the instructions, will you not give up your inheritance to others?

In fact, the news of Li Xuanqing's ascension to the throne gave all the feudal forces of the Tang Dynasty a dilemma at this moment, once Li Xuanqing became the emperor, in fact, whether you want it or not, Chang'an will become everyone's top boss, and each feudal town must follow the order unless it immediately raises troops to resist. At this moment, these people really understood why Zhu Quanzhong had to snatch Emperor Zhaozong in Chang'an, and also understood the power of Cao Cao's coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes in history.

It's just that after thinking about this clearly, there is no way to deal with it, although Qian Biao and Zhong Chuan advocated the establishment of a coalition system beyond the defense zone to deal with the cold snap from the north, but helplessly everyone else basically only thinks about their own one-third of an acre, and even Xue Mei, the landlord of Jinling City, is also skeptical about this system, and the first meeting broke up unhappily.

However, although the meeting did not reach a consensus, in the face of pressure, these people were integrated in advance in terms of intelligence sharing, which is also a big progress. After the meeting, several people who returned to their own areas invariably began to recruit troops on a large scale, trying to expand their strength against the Tiance Army. However, this round of army expansion has brought heavy disasters to the people, even the richest Xue Meifang land, the essence of Jiangnan near Jinling is also full of complaints, not to mention similar to Yuezhou and Taizhou and other already poor and weak areas.

After Li Jipeng arrived in Jinling, these news were heard by Xuan Yingwei one after another, and were randomly summarized and sent back to the Chang'an base camp. And in order to cooperate with the next step, Li Jipeng began to sacrifice Hu Xiaosi's previous demagogic methods in Bianzhou, behind the scenes to publicize the policies of the Northern Tiance Mansion, and engage in underground party work, so that some of the personnel of Xuan Yingwei began the earliest underground propaganda work, Li Jipeng took great pains to entrust the northern policy to the Murong family's printing house to print a booklet for secret distribution, and began to establish the initial followers of the Tiance Mansion.

After these news were transmitted back to Chang'an, both military figures such as Li Xuanqing and Xu Tianxiang, as well as Cen Tianshi and others, who were busy planning to ascend the throne, were dismissive. After the successive victories, the Tiance Mansion from the top to the bottom of the people are all arrogant, and the old majesty and indomitable blood of the Tang Dynasty have been rekindled in Chang'an. The daily life of the people has gradually changed from firewood, rice, oil and salt to the rise and fall of the country, and the spirit of the people of the prosperous Tang Dynasty who had been closed for thousands of miles in the past has also been re-stimulated.

The expansion and reconstruction of Chang'an City also made these people begin to understand that Tiance Mansion was going to rebuild the Tang Dynasty, and many people began to spontaneously go to the construction site of Tiance Mansion, and many people even said on the spot that even if they didn't need to be paid, they would contribute to the construction of a new Chang'an.

Tiance Mansion is busy preparing for the enthronement ceremony, and there is not much time left, many projects are started in two shifts day and night, but Li Xuanqing in the Chang'an Palace is a little sad, and Qiaoxi is not comfortable wearing the emperor and empress crown clothes sent by Cui Lian.

"Big brother, this is the geography skirt of mountains and rivers? How long is that supposed to be? Qiaoxi wore it on her body, and behind her, like smoke, several palace maids held her skirt and dragged it far away.

Li Xuanqing said with a smile: "This is not a mountain and river geography skirt, this is a Hanfu palace dress, but it is similar to the mountains and rivers geography skirt, but it is longer and more luxurious." To be honest, Li Xuanqing also felt uncomfortable wearing the imperial clothes and crown on his body, it was too luxurious, and it was easy for the people to follow suit.

"Then why don't you design one ourselves, brother? Now there is still time, I went to Brother Xu's master in Chang'an City to start the redesign, so that they should be able to remake it after working overtime, and by the way, they can also design other people's clothes together. Qiaoxi was full of interest and said with a smile: "I'll go to Sister Murong later, and the two of us will design it together, so as not to delay time." Brother Xu's garment factory has many masters, and there are many machines. ”

Li Xuanqing saw the smile on Qiaoxi's face and immediately understood what kind of clothes he was going to design, and immediately smiled and said: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you, why don't I tell Cui Lian to let him find someone to participate in the redesign of all the dresses, don't use these luxurious and inconvenient clothes." The new dynasty and the new atmosphere should also restrain the style of luxury. ”

Qiaoxi smiled: "I am the most talented in designing clothes, and I can open a fashion design school when I have time." After speaking, he stuck out his little tongue and said a little shyly: "Costume design can actually change the folk style, and this can be in front." ”

Li Xuanqing was stunned by what she said, and then understood what was going on, nodded and said, "You can try this, and I will support you if you need anything." ”

"Big brother, you are busy with military affairs, I will take care of this kind of trivial matter." Qiaoxi patted her small chest and smiled.

When the couple was talking and laughing and discussing the design of this dress, Xu Tianxiang and others came over, and Qiaoxi saw them coming and went back to the dormitory with Ruyan to change clothes. Li Xuanqing beckoned Xu Tianxiang and Yang Tiancheng to sit down and said, "You guys haven't had any military operations recently, aren't you a little idle?" ”

"What the lord said is yes, isn't this an errand boy who was arrested by Mr. Cen! He has been staring at the construction of the Temple of Heaven and Earth in Chang'an City every day for the past two days, and he has to prepare ceremonies and ceremonies, and he is busy with his feet not touching the ground, so our brothers can only help. Yang Tiancheng smiled bitterly and continued: "Lord, the grade we received before was basically determined, and the subsequent modification did not go beyond the previous category, Mr. Cen let us ask about the civil official grade and title, does the lord have any instructions?" ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and smiled when he heard this: "If he didn't mention it, I really forgot about it." The general principle is that the battalion level in the military rank should correspond to the provincial political envoy of the administrative officer, and then the first row will be counted as the deputy position, and the second is that when the military and the government hold an important meeting, the other party should send a representative to attend the meeting, but it cannot influence the theme of the meeting. This is the same as our military-political joint conference. ”

"As for the title, you can consider the previous title, but only keep the title, and all the remaining benefits and privileges are gone. After the knighthood, it is an honorary title that commends those who have made great contributions to the people of the country, and it must not be used as a way for the privileged class to take up their lives, and this point should be emphasized. Li Xuanqing said solemnly: "Our social development is fast enough, and after the efforts of the first generation, they can basically ensure that their children and grandchildren can get a better starting point, and then giving them privileged treatment is actually to encourage them to sit on the mountain and eat empty arrogance, which is also a fuse for social corruption." Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, do not rely on your own generation to bless future generations, history tells us that this will harm them. Each generation must rely on its own efforts if it wants to gain wealth and status in society. What we need to do is to ensure that social development is fair and just, so that future generations will not be worse than us. ”

Hu Xiaosi of the group nodded and sighed: "What the lord said is that we were all people living at the bottom of the society before, and we know the difficulties of starting a business best. Relying on the wealth left by the sages, he wants to be a master, and eventually he will be overthrown by the people at the bottom. Instead of leaving any privileged wealth to future generations, we should leave a clear and fair society, so that at least they can obtain their own wealth by their own efforts. ”

"In fact, in addition to the support of the people, the stability of the regime is how to ensure that there is a relatively fair upward channel. That's something I've been thinking about lately. After the popularization of printing technology, in fact, cultural knowledge has become more and more popular under the popularization of the Ministry of Education, which means that with the passage of time, the people need a channel to rise, and the government also needs to continue to enter the new blood to maintain vitality and stability. Then, when we set up a pattern of power distribution, we must ensure the mutual restraint and balance of various powers, so that there will be no imbalance of power caused by the dominance of one party, cutting off the channels for the rise of orthodox society, and leading to the intensification of internal contradictions. Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "This is what our generation needs to do." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, our brothers all understand. As long as we are there, we will not allow anyone to undermine this social structure. Xu Tianxiang nodded.

Yang Tiancheng nodded and said, "Why don't you take advantage of the enthronement ceremony to write these principles into the laws of the Tang Dynasty?" In this way, the imperceptible transformation of the poor generation will inevitably make these ideas deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As long as everyone agrees, it won't be so easy to change. ”

"I'll take the time to communicate with the law court about this matter, anyway, the law of the Tang Dynasty will be promulgated later, and I'm not in a hurry in the next few days. It just so happens that you are here, and I want to tell you something, the dress of the military generals is based on the latest military uniform purchased by the logistics department, and the soldiers and generals who do not have military tasks are not allowed to appear in armor, and the military uniform shall prevail. Dresses can only be worn on major occasions or special occasions. It is necessary to strengthen the importance of the army's internal affairs, not to slacken, and to fulfill the heavy responsibility of bringing about a new atmosphere among the people. Li Xuanqing said: "In the future, this matter will be carried out as part of the army's routine work in peacetime." ”

"The lord can rest assured that the General Staff Department, the Logistics Department, and the Political Training Department have jointly issued the No. 1 Order of the Army, which has been carried out as part of the assessment of military commanders, and units at all levels have also conducted regular and irregular spot checks, so there will be no delays." Xu Tianxiang nodded.

Li Xuanqing nodded and smiled when he heard this: "Okay, after the business is over, do you have any other thoughts about the enthronement ceremony?" ”