The CRRC government ordered Feng Tang, Hexi County Shou Wei Shang, Yu Shi Cheng Zuoji, and the general Lei was promoted one by one, breaking the original official system of the Qin State at once, and this new pattern also made more young people who want to prove themselves see the strength of the Qin State in appointing talents.

While reforming the domestic political situation, Li Yuan also accelerated the control of the newly occupied territories in the west, in addition to the seven star cities such as Xin'an City, Dongyang City, and Xiyong City, Egypt and Siberia were formally established in the form of provinces, and Li Zhongxiang and Han Xin, as the first governors, became the princes of the sole party.

Divide the kings.

This was the main method used by the Western Zhou Dynasty to rule the world during the Spring and Autumn Period. After the establishment of the Qin state, the main thing to promote was the county system under the direct jurisdiction of the central government. However, with the expansion of the territory, the defects of this direct jurisdiction system have also begun to be exposed, that is, because the territory is too vast, some affairs, especially the handling of unexpected affairs, will be due to the long transmission time on the road, so that the problem cannot be solved for a long time.

From this point of view, it is feasible and reasonable to give autonomy to distant frontiers, and as far as the central court is concerned, what needs to be done is to grasp this degree. In other words, you can't let it go, and you can't tighten it too tightly.

It is inevitable that the vast empire will fall apart one day, which is the inevitable development of history, and what Li Yuan needs to do now is to inject the heritage of oriental civilization into the pieces of land under his jurisdiction, so that it will continue to endure no matter how many years and how many generations it has passed.

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In the sixteenth year of the Great Qin calendar, spring.

After a winter of hibernation, and a rare holiday with his family in Chang'an City, Li Yuan not only felt a strong warmth, but also began to miss the old brothers who were fighting outside.

"The battlefield that belongs to men is in the West, not in the gentle country."

"The man of Daqin, he should carry his sword and go west. Chop the generals and capture the flag, showing the prestige of our great country. ”

In January, Li Yuan again issued a mobilization order for the Western Expedition in Chang'an, and the vast expanse of Central Asia, the Middle East, eastern Europe, and northern Africa needed more soldiers and more new immigrants to join.

This was the third time that Li Yuan called on the people in Qin to support the war in the West, and the first time he was accompanied only by his most loyal subordinates; The second time, it was the speculators who had benefited from the expedition to the west that joined in, and this time. The call was answered by groups of newcomers with vested interests, as well as their relatives and friends.

Longxi County, Di Dao.

The Li family is holding a clan meeting, and the surname Li has become more and more prosperous with the strength of the Qin State over the years, although Li Yuan, the surname Li, is not Di Dao Li, but Shangcai Li, but this does not cover the pride of the person surnamed Li, not to mention. Now in the war to the west, the famous general Li Zhongxiang is from the surname Di Dao Li.

The old clansmen with old beards and white hair, in terms of seniority, are still Li Zhongxiang's grandfathers, sitting on the ancestral hall. In the face of a group of juniors, the old man looked excited, and a Li Zhongxiang could only ensure the status of the surname Li for a period of time. Just like Li Xin back then. He only let the Li family shine for more than ten years. Therefore, in order to become a real wealthy family, the Li family needs more young people to come forward.

More than a dozen young people surnamed Li in the hall are about to follow in the footsteps of the Western Expedition. Among them, some people may never come back, and some people may bury their bones in other places, but as long as one or two people succeed, the opportunity for the Li family to become a wealthy family in Longxi will come.

At the same time as the clan meeting of the Li clan in Longxi was held, in other places in Guanzhong, in Guandong, Shuzhong, Hedong and other places, those famous clans were also nervously deliberating, whether to join in this expedition, or conservatively not participate, so as not to incur the loss of the entire clan elite.

The Li family chose to follow, and the Hedong Sima clan, who is also a big family, chose another direction in this choice, which makes people regret that Sima Yin, the master craftsman of the Great Qin Army, died early due to illness a year ago, and the real power of the Sima family changed hands, and the patriarch Sima Tan who took over was more focused on the affairs of Hedong Yanchi, and was not very interested in expanding Shili.

Some people follow, some people lag behind.

In the midst of the ups and downs, the time has come to the early spring season in a blink of an eye, not far from the day when Li Yuan decided to set off, and the 100,000 soldiers from all over Daqin are also ready to go. Batch after batch of soldiers of the Western Expedition are like strands of fresh blood infused into the bloodline, which can give the greatest comfort to the soldiers who are fighting in the front.

February.

Spring is warm and cold.

The thick snow spread on the gallop road, like layers of blankets, and the third group of expeditionary Qin troops began to move towards the unknown ahead along the snow road.

In the position of the Chinese army, Captain Lei Shu and Li Shang are listed around Li Yuan, and being able to get the opportunity to serve in Li Yuan's personal guard battalion among the many applicants is like a dream for them.

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Troy.

The long-dormant harbour is whipped by the westerly winds of the Mediterranean in February, where dozens of three-tiered oared warships have been painted in bright olive oil, which protects the gaps between the planks and is even more daunting with the ramming horns of the iron guards.

Gan Yong stood steadily on a tall hazy ship, the skin on his face was purple, but his body was thinner, compared to half a year ago, when he had to stand up, Gan Yong seemed to have adapted to the environment at sea.

Around Gan Yong's flagship, there are two generals, Hu Yu and Luan Bu, who are much more adaptable than Gan Yong, although the rivers and lakes are different from the sea, but for a group of men who are eager to make meritorious contributions, no matter how hard and difficult it is, it is nothing?

Drill to form a combat-ready navy.

This is the current top priority of the Qin army, unlike land warfare, the formation of the navy is much more complicated, not only requires experienced sailors, excellent fleet commanders, but also the commanders of each ship, in addition to these, there must be a strong warship that can suppress the opponent in multiple performances.

This Qin army fleet, currently has eleven sea ships, auxiliary supply ships twenty-six, in addition, there are fifty-seven small oars, except for the sea ships are newly built, the rest of the ships are provided by the Greeks, Jews, and Egyptians, and in the process of building sea ships, the Greek Greeks and the students of the Lycion Academy played an important role, and their accurate knowledge of mathematics made the Qin craftsmen feel the advanced nature of Western civilization for the first time.

The blending of jishu is mutual, and the creation of jishu from the oriental craftsmen has also surprised Westerners, especially the thieves brought out by the group of Junozawa under Luan Bu's hands, shipbuilding is originally their own duty for them, and this kind of jishu is now back in battle, and it is naturally handy.

Since the beginning of winter, the situation in the Mediterranean has become more complicated, and under the influence of the increasingly clear political situation in Rome, Crassus's fleet has become active, and they have attacked the merchant ships of Jews and Greeks between the Adrian Sea and the Aegean Sea under the banner of skeletons, robbed them of supplies, killed the sailors on board, and made themselves a feared pirate fleet.

"If Daqin can't protect us, then it's empty talk to say about alliances and cooperation?" The merchants, who had lost all their wealth, wept bitterly.

David the Jewish king and Dicar, the leader of the Greek merchants, also put pressure on the Qin army one after another during these times, asking the Qin state to send troops to severely punish the pirate murderers, even though they had long known that the pirates who robbed them in the Mediterranean were not pirates at all, but the Roman fleet.

"As suzerain, we have an obligation to protect us." This is what the Jews and Greeks think, and for the mercenary Westerners, it is a matter of course, and they do not think about how much they have benefited from the protection of the Qin state over the past year.

In the face of interests, human nature is ugly.

But no matter how selfish the Jews and Greeks were, there was nothing wrong with that, if the Qin State wanted to open up the complicated situation in the Mediterranean, it was crucial to break the naval blockade of the Romans.

Therefore, during these days, Gan Yong is under a lot of pressure.

Whether to go to sea in the near future, or whether to find Crassus's skeleton fleet to do a battle, this made Gan Yong feel the difficulty of the choice, and as the commander of the fleet, what he can do now is to train hard and strive to adjust the combat effectiveness of the fleet to the best state. (To be continued......)

PS: I have a terrible stomach ache today, I don't know what the reason is, I can only change it.