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After the establishment of the cabinet, all government affairs are handled by the cabinet, and the prime minister only needs to transfer the daily important affairs to Wang Xiao. In addition, Wang Xiao attends a cabinet meeting once a week and listens to the reports of the heads of various cabinet departments, which makes him no longer as busy as before, and he has more free time, so that he can recuperate according to the doctor's requirements. Although his current physical condition is relatively bad and there is basically no possibility of improvement, if he is not so busy with work, he can at least live for a while longer.

However, this also gave Wang Xiao more time to teach Wang Yuze. In addition, he is also very concerned about when Wang Yuze will be able to give him a grandson. This made Wang Yuze miserable. During this time, he has also been working on several wives, but it has not been effective. made Wang Yuze wonder if he had any congenital defects.

After winning the battle against the Manchus, western Sichuan once again achieved rapid development. A large number of infrastructure construction has been started, making the whole western Sichuan look like a busy construction site. The first thing that started was the construction of the railway. With abundant funds and labor, Zhan Tianyou, who had become the Minister of Transportation, began the construction of several railways at the same time. Wuhan and Yunnan-Guizhou are okay, and western Sichuan has already built a railway from Chengdu to these provinces last year. However, Shaanxi is completely blank, coupled with the poor geographical conditions, the difficulty of construction is very high. After attending the cabinet meeting, Zhan Tianyou immediately left for Shaanxi to personally direct the construction of several railways.

In western Sichuan, the policy of land redemption was implemented on a large scale, and those landlords lost their land and had a lot of capital in their hands, and in order not to depreciate the money in their hands, these landlords had to devote themselves to industry and commerce. Although they lack relevant experience and may lose money at first, they gradually become fully integrated. It accelerated the prosperity of industry and commerce in western Sichuan. In addition, the peasants had their own land, and the agricultural tax in western Sichuan was relatively low, and the purchasing power of the peasants gradually increased. On the contrary, it promotes the development of business.

In terms of heavy industry, it has always been the most important thing in western Sichuan, and after taking Hubei, western Sichuan immediately invested five million funds. The unfinished Hanyang Iron Works was converted into Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, and the construction was accelerated. It is easy to transport iron ore from Daye to Hanyang and coking coal from Sichuan for smelting. After the completion of the expanded Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, there will be an iron-making furnace seat. There are 6 steelmaking furnaces, which produce about 10,000 tons of iron, nearly 40,000 tons of steel and more than 20,000 tons of rails every year. This will allow the steel production in western Sichuan to be greatly increased again, and solve the current dilemma of lack of steel in western Sichuan after large-scale new infrastructure.

The whole of western Sichuan began to develop vigorously. The Manchu Qing Dynasty opened its market to western Sichuan in an all-round way, which greatly stimulated the economic development of western Sichuan. Although a large number of foreign goods have also poured into China, both in terms of labor costs and transportation costs. The goods of western Sichuan have great advantages. At the same time, as Chinese, everyone also chooses domestic products as much as possible. As a result, foreign goods in China were not as marketed as the powers imagined. This also exacerbated the contradictions between western Sichuan and the great powers, especially Britain and France.

Touring the embassy in western Sichuan, in Wang Xiao's study. Wang Xiao, Wang Yuze, Xiong Wu, Cai Yun and Jiang Xingguo, the five of them were sitting around a map of the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Discuss the situation at hand. Although it is already November, Chengdu has also entered late autumn. It's starting to get colder. But the high mountains in the north block the cold air, making Chengdu not as cold as in the north.

Today. It was the day when Xiong Wu returned to Chengdu from Wuhan, and after two months of combing, Wuhan had been fully integrated into the rule of western Sichuan. Those recalcitrant forces, under the strong blows of the Western Sichuan Army, have long since disappeared. However, the army still did not evacuate Wuhan, and many Qing troops who were scattered in the war fell into the grass and threatened the stability of the place. The western Sichuan army will next carry out an anti-bandit operation to completely eliminate these bandits and ensure peace in western Sichuan. However, Xiong Wu is no longer needed for such a battle, and he can also return to Chengdu to sit in the staff headquarters. Government affairs have been put on the right track, and military affairs in western Sichuan also need to be reformed. Today, all three bigwigs of the military participated in this response, and the main thing is to talk about this issue.

"Marshal, now the Western Sichuan Army has fifteen infantry divisions, one instructor, one brigade and two cavalry corps of the regular army, with a total strength of forty-five people. There are also military industries, military academies and military hospitals, which are closely related to the military aspect. In order to ensure a more flexible command of the troops, the General Staff Headquarters planned to reform the army. First of all, training, equipment, and logistics departments have been set up under the General Staff Headquarters to be responsible for the troops' daily training, equipment production and research and development, and the procurement and deployment of logistics materials. The defense zones of the units will also be transformed. Mainly garrisoned in several provinces under the rule of the new western Sichuan. Xiong Wu said.

"Hmmm! I'm in favor of this in principle! Wang Xiao said. He is more concerned about the control of the army than in government affairs. In this era, whoever has a gun in his hand will say what he says. In order to secure the rule of western Sichuan, Wang Xiao had to keep the army firmly in his hands. Fortunately, the current commanders of the army were basically trained by him, and they were naturally loyal to him. However, this was not enough, he needed to establish the army's allegiance to Wang Yuze. After all, Wang Yuze is the heir of western Sichuan. Fortunately, in this war, Wang Yuze's appearance is good, and he has won the affirmation of the bigwigs in the army.

"Regarding the defense area, how is the staff headquarters divided?" Wang Xiao asked.

"Handsome! The General Staff Headquarters initially considered this way. The instructor was still stationed in Chengdu, the first division was stationed in Panzhihua, and the second division was stationed in Chongqing. These three places are the most important heavy garrisons in western Sichuan! Xiong Wu said. These three areas concentrate more than 70 percent of the heavy industry and military production in western Sichuan, and there is no room for sloppiness.

"Hmmm! Go on! Wang Xiao nodded.

"The Third Division was stationed in Xi'an, the Fourth Division was stationed in Wuhan, the Fifth Division was stationed in Huanggang, the Sixth Division was stationed in Xiangyang, and the Seventh Division was stationed in Jingzhou. The 8th Division was stationed in Guiyang, and the 9th Division was stationed in Kunming. The 10th Division was stationed in Weinan. The 11th Division was stationed in Shangluo, and the 12th Division was stationed in northern Shaanxi. The remaining 13th, 14th, and 15th divisions were stationed near Chengdu as reserves. In addition, the 1st Brigade was deployed in southern Yunnan, the 2nd Brigade was deployed in the Wenshan area of eastern Yunnan, the 3rd Brigade was still deployed in Qijiang, the 5th Brigade was deployed in Tongren, Guizhou, the 6th Brigade was deployed in Duyun, Guizhou, and the 7th Brigade was deployed in Qamdo to fill the gap after the 10th Brigade joined the cavalry army, the 8th Brigade was deployed in Lhasa, and the 9th Brigade was deployed in the Shigatse area. Two cavalry corps, the first cavalry corps was deployed in Qinghai and the second cavalry corps was deployed in Gansu. Once the Central Plains goes to war, they can quickly advance eastward and throw themselves into the battlefield! Xiong Wu introduced one by one.

Wang Xiao thought about it for a while and didn't find any problems, so he agreed to the plan of the General Staff Headquarters. Heavy troops were deployed in Hubei because it belonged to the salient of western Sichuan, surrounded by the Manchu Qing Dynasty on three sides, and needed to be heavily defended. At the same time, when he launched an attack on the Manchus, it was also a bridgehead for the invasion of the Manchu hinterland. As for Yunnan and Guizhou, in addition to guarding the localities, the deployed troops are also waiting for an opportunity to invade Guangxi. Taking Guangxi, and then gaining access to the sea, is what western Sichuan must do in the next one to two years. Whatever method is used, access to the sea must be obtained. Otherwise, the naval fleet of western Sichuan would have to float on the sea. The deployment of the 2nd, 5th, and 6th Brigades, which are veteran units in western Sichuan, in areas close to Guangxi, is precisely to prepare for this.

"Father, uncles. During this war, some problems were also exposed in the army. Especially in armaments, for example, soldiers generally responded that 7mm mortars were not powerful enough, and built yì to replace them with larger caliber mortars as support firepower for platoon subordinates. In addition, the heavy machine gun was too bulky and the barrel service life was relatively low, which seriously affected the performance of the troops in battle, and even caused us a lot of unnecessary losses. Therefore, I think that in the present period when there is no war for the time being, the army should make more improvements in these aspects! Wang Yuze said.

"Yuze's construction is very important, since the General Staff Headquarters has set up an equipment department, let them start solving these problems!" Wang Xiao said.

Xiong Wu nodded, although the battle was won in western Sichuan, the problems exposed in it are indeed worth pondering, if these problems can be solved well, the combat effectiveness of the western Sichuan army will inevitably be greatly improved.

"In addition, can we consider entering Xinjiang? Now that we have occupied Gansu, the only way to connect Xinjiang with the Manchus is through Mongolia in the north, and we have almost cut it off. I think it's time for us to take Xinjiang! Wang Yuze said.

"We have just signed an armistice agreement with the Manchus, and if we annex Xinjiang, I am afraid it will cause a backlash from the Manchus!" Jiang Xingguo said.

"In the eyes of the Manchus, Xinjiang was nothing more than a barren land, not very important. And now the Qing court does not have the strength to start a war with us, we can deal with it with a random excuse! Wang Yuze said. Xinjiang is barren, but there is oil buried underground, which is very important for the future of China. In addition, the Russians have always been eyeing Xinjiang and putting Xinjiang in the hands of the Manchus, Wang Yuze has always been a little uneasy. Therefore, it is better for Sichuan West to control it.

"It's just that if we march into western Sichuan, I'm afraid the time for the Manchu Gege to marry will have to be postponed again!" Cai Yun quipped.

Everyone laughed, because of the establishment of the cabinet in western Sichuan, the Qing court had already expressed its dissatisfaction by postponing the marriage. In this regard, Wang Yuze was also very speechless.

ps: The three watches are complete! Starting tomorrow, four shifts a day! Brothers, are you ready? ……)