After the end of the annual leave, the various institutions of the Tiance Mansion were put on the normal track, and the officials of the four major regions of Guanzhong, Xiazhou, Lingzhou and Fengzhou rushed to Chang'an before the Shangyuan Festival to participate in the civil affairs meeting after the opening of the dynasty on the 16th day of the first lunar month, and the battalion-level commanders of the military department also began to hold military and political meetings in addition to the war in Hanzhong, and discussed the plans of the Tiance Mansion in the new year. Therefore, in the second half of the first month, Li Xuanqing, Cen Tianshi and Xu Tianxiang basically spent their time in meetings.

After Cen Tianshi and Xu Tianxiang respectively completed the goals set by Li Xuanqing during the year, they convened the first joint meeting of the two major military and political institutions on the twentieth day of the first month of 889, starting a new round of reform plans of Tiance Mansion and laying the foundation for the development of Tiance Mansion in the future, because 889 was the first year of the Dragon Era of Zhaozong, known as the "Dragon Age Innovation" in history.

The meeting lasted a total of three days, the first day of which was led by civil affairs, and Xu Tianxiang and some members of the General Staff Department attended as observers. There were three topics in the meeting. The first is the regional division, in view of the current Tiance Prefecture jurisdiction has been relatively concentrated, but if the regions are divided according to the previous one, it is obviously not reasonable enough, so in the latest planning of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the original fragmented division model has been completely changed, and it has been changed to the model of counties, prefectures and provinces. Xiazhou Province was established in the original party area of the Yellow River South such as Youzhou and Youzhou, and the seat of governance was in Xiazhou, and the party members were rich as the political envoys of Xiazhou; With Lingzhou as the center, from the east of the Hexi Corridor in the west, including the area occupied by the Wen Mo people as Lingzhou Province, Wu Zuodong, the former director of the Department of Transportation, is the political envoy of Lingzhou; Fengzhou Province was established in Fengzhou, including the Qiantao area, and Zhang Kui, the history of Lingzhou Thorn in the era of the former Lingwu Army, was the political envoy of Fengzhou Province, and the administrative office was placed in Fengzhou. However, because there was still war in Hanzhong, it did not immediately establish a province for the time being, and the previous state and county model was still continued for the time being.

In this way, many of the original official system was also adjusted with this regional division, a large number of officials in the Tang Dynasty were abolished, and some were recruited by the Administrative College of Tiance Mansion, which had been expanded to enrich the Tiance Mansion its own official ranks, and most of the others were dismissed and returned home.

In accordance with Li Xuanqing's suggestion, with the Department of Education as the main management body, a vertical education system was established in later generations, and a specialized system from primary school, Mongolian school, and university began to be rolled out after the meeting. According to the plan of the Department of Education, it will take five years to establish a Mongolian school in each county within the jurisdiction of Tiance Prefecture, ten primary schools and ten Mongolian schools in each prefecture, and 50 primary schools and one college in each province to complete the layout of the entire education system. Moreover, the four provincial-level colleges are no longer the same as before, delving into classic books such as the subset of classics and history, but according to the model of Tiance Mansion, each provincial-level college is a junior college, focusing on the study of a certain type of knowledge. For example, the Toyosu Business School, which is located in Toyosu and can start classes this year, has a main professional direction of business, which divides the business system into a unified way, transmits the knowledge of the sages in this area, and teaches knowledge in combination with the current business system. After Murong Hanhai's father, Murong Tianqi, threw all his family's property to his daughter, Mao Sui recommended himself to be the first dean of this business school.

The universities in Guanzhong, Xiazhou and Lingzhou, which started construction subsequently, except for Guanzhong, which are administrative colleges, are basically junior colleges focusing on a certain industry. To this end, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in conjunction with various departments, will make every effort to publicize the advantages of new-style education from now on, advocate Confucius's educational concept of teaching without class, and reverse the concept of "learning and excellence" in the hearts of the people.

In addition, the Department of Industry and Commerce will also give a briefing to the following major wealthy businessmen, encouraging them to send their children to enter business schools and engineering colleges for further study.

This is an epoch-making project, there are too many things that need to be changed, and it is difficult for the Department of Education to support it alone, so Li Xuanqing gave the director of the Department of Education, Yuanhe, a silver feather sword talisman that symbolizes the commander of the Tiance Mansion, and when necessary, he can mobilize the various institutions under the jurisdiction of the Tiance Mansion to cooperate. And once again promulgated a note, that is, if you need the cooperation of other departments in the future, it will be pointed out in the text of the official document, approved by the higher authority, and in addition to your own department, the department that needs to cooperate will also issue a document, so as to save yourself the trouble of always giving the silver feather sword talisman. After this kind of thing is given, it has to be recorded, then reported at all levels, and finally recycled, and the process is too complicated.

Originally, after the matter of the Department of Education was over, the Department of Industry and Commerce and the Department of Finance were about to report on the plan arranged by Li Xuanqing half a year ago.

"Murong, that plan is not clear today, it needs to be discussed at a special meeting, and it is an epoch-making innovation for the world at this time, so it will be discussed at a special meeting tomorrow. There is still something to talk about here at the military headquarters today. Li Xuanqing waved his hand to interrupt Murong Hanhai's move.

Murong Hanhai and Qi Hong sat down according to their words, but they gave the participants great curiosity, what made Li Xuanqing so solemn? The joint meeting is not clear? But at this time, it is difficult to ask, and when I see the serious and solemn expressions of several people, I know how big this matter is.

However, after this incident was interrupted, the military department led by Xu Tianxiang began its own plan. According to the plan of the General Staff, the military rank of the Tiance Army was also officially announced at this time. This system of military ranks and ranks from later generations is very different from the complicated and bloated rank system of this era. This was also decided by Li Xuanqing after thinking about it for a long time, and the purpose was to implement the allowance system in order to cooperate with the reform of military salaries. This system also provides a basis for the transfer of officers and soldiers; for this reason, the Recruits Division and all regular units have begun to implement a retirement system throughout the army; all those under the age of 18 and over 45 who have not obtained the rank of non-commissioned officer must complete their retirement by June this year, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs needs to cooperate with the military department to do a good job in the resettlement of retired military personnel to ensure the survival and livelihood of retired military personnel.

The second is the issue of the transfer of ownership of the industries to which the logistics department belongs. According to the plan of the Logistics Department of the General Staff Headquarters, all the subordinate workshops, industrial and mining industries, and so on, except for the military industry, will be handed over to the Department of Industry and Commerce, and all the industries related to the national economy and people's livelihood will be auctioned off.

After Xu Tianxiang finished speaking, Zuo Tiancheng of the logistics department began to explain in detail the industrial distribution of the logistics department, and equipped it with a detailed explanation of the various industries, and the next thing was about the reform of the salary system of the whole army. Since the first month of 889, the whole army has implemented the latest welfare system, and Zuo Tiancheng reported on the basic military expenditures for the whole year, in addition to the daily procurement expenses, the bulk is the allowance system. According to the current number of 250,000 personnel registered in the Tiance Army, the annual allowance alone will be 1.3 million taels of silver.

This result also made the agencies of the Ministry of Civil Affairs realize for the first time the huge expenses of the Tiance Army. Cen Tianshi saw Zuo Tiancheng's embarrassed expression after saying the numbers and smiled: "It seems that it was really not easy for your military department to fool around before, but now that such a big stall is thrown over at once, I want to throw it back." ”

Li Xuanqing smiled and said: "The regularization of the army is the major thing we have to do, and we must not leave hidden dangers for future generations, and all military expenditures in the future must be announced at the joint meeting at the beginning of the year, and implemented after consultation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and all accounts must be transferred from the Department of Finance, so as to prevent the military commander-in-chief from holding financial power." Ensure that the two major departments of the military and government check each other, and lay the cornerstone for all eternity. In this way, even if our generation is old and dies, future generations will be able to govern the country according to the rules we have set. ”

Li Xuanqing's words can be regarded as speaking to everyone's hearts, and the dictatorship of military attaches at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the pain of the division of feudal towns make everyone have no doubt about this.

After Zuo Tiancheng's words were finished, Li Xuanqing Qing Dynasty's recruit Zhang Cheng nodded, and the latter stood up and said: "Since the logistics department announced the allowance system and retirement system, the recruitment system we are adopting now is also out of date, and the cost is too high to be used as a long-term support for the army, so the recruitment system has also begun to be reformed from this year." ”

The Tiance Army used to adopt a policy of combining the government military system and the conscription system, but now this set is no longer suitable for the current situation, and the disadvantages of the conscription system are too great, so what Li Xuanqing took out this time is the national compulsory military service system in later generations. Beginning in 889, adult males who had reached the age of 20 in the jurisdiction of Tiance Prefecture and were not physically ill were obliged to serve in the military for a period of three years, of which one year was for recruit training and two years for regular soldiers. After the expiration of the service period, if you do not obtain the rank of non-commissioned officer or special service, you will automatically retire, and the army will subsidize a part of the money or recommend a job for free when you retire.

This report immediately ignited the atmosphere of the venue. Cen Tianshi hurriedly said: "Is it too early for the lord to adopt the compulsory military service system at this time?" The mood of the people has just calmed down, will conscription bring other hidden dangers? Moreover, a large number of young and middle-aged people will be transferred to the army, which will make other civil affairs projects lose their labor. ”

Li Xuanqing patted Cen Tianshi's shoulder and smiled: "Mr. is not right. First of all, before compulsory conscription, the army will retire personnel, so that part of the hedge will be partial, and secondly, the recruit department will draw up a conscription plan every year and report it to the Department of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, as well as medical examinations, and the plan will be adjusted according to the situation. ”

Cen Tianshi relieved himself when he heard Li Xuanqing's words, and said with a smile: "Zhang Cheng's words almost scared me to death, but fortunately, with this, otherwise it would really be a desperate soldier." ”

Li Xuanqing waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Cheng to sit down and continued: "There is another important content of today's joint meeting, that is, the distribution of political power in Tiance Mansion. Glancing at the people present, he nodded and smiled: "There are several principles in the Tiance Mansion that you must keep in mind, one is the separation of military and government, the second is the independence of the law, and the third is that everyone is equal. This is the foundation of Tiance Mansion's governance, and I hope you will always keep it in mind. This year's joint conference is the two major military and political departments, and next year we will add the three legal courts to check and balance each other and cooperate with each other to jointly build a pattern of the supreme power distribution of the Tiance Mansion. ”

"Does the lord mean to separate the law court? So how does the patrol hall calculate? Cen Tianshi thought for a while and asked.

"The Patrol Department continues to be part of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but the Patrol Department is headed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Law Court. The Enforcement Department and the Court of Law are responsible for the review and formulation of the provisions of the law, both of which are also a check and balance to prevent either side from losing control and causing an imbalance of power. Li Xuanqing explained lightly after a few words and did not continue this topic, this kind of rudimentary form of separation of powers can only rely on generations to improve, what he has to do is to be responsible for hollowing out the ground, laying the cornerstone of politics, and letting future generations fill in the details on the basis of their own foundation.

Cen Tianshi obviously also understood Li Xuanqing's thoughts, and from the beginning of the establishment of the Tiance Mansion, he began to feel the purpose of Li Xuanqing's new policies. In particular, the idea of imperial power is deeply rooted in their time, and Li Xuanqing's thought has obviously realized the supreme principle of power distribution, and all the powers under the imperial power need to be checked and balanced, and they need to be contained, so as to ensure balance and stability, which is the political system that is needed in a prosperous era.

The meeting continued, but the thoughts of the top leaders of the Tiance Mansion drifted outside the venue, thinking about the political life in the future.