After Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er and Zuo Zongtang made it clear, the leaders of the West Hall could be regarded as having a unified understanding and bowed down to receive orders together.

Then Wang Minyun said with a worried face: "King Xi, if we do this with great fanfare, I'm afraid that Tianjing won't like it." ”

Wang Minyun was referring to the separation of church and state, and he was still worried that after the West Hall was so clear, it would attract the suspicion of the two bigwigs in Tianjing.

Li Kaifang sneered: "Brother Wang's words are wrong, our new policy in the West Palace is allowed by Tianjing, what will you not like?" ”

Ji Wenyuan also said: "Brother Wang, although we had a dispute just now, we are all our own people in the West Palace, and we are discussing matters by ourselves behind closed doors, what are we doing in Tianjing?" Although I still don't quite understand the benefits of separating church and state, I believe that the king of the west must have a reason for doing this, and the old brothers of the west temple all believe in the king of the west. ”

Li Xiucheng said very thoroughly: "Our West Temple is rarely controlled by Tianjing, Tianjing has Tianjing's practices, and our local countermeasures are local. It's not a point to say it, right, who will chew their tongues? All the kingdoms of the Tessie also believe in my teachings, and I have not heard of their bishops or popes joining the court of the Tessie kingdoms. The separation of church and state in the king of the West is well said, and the statement of Confucian Christians is also correct. We are all Chinese Han people, descendants of Yan and Huang. ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly, stroked his beard and kept silent. Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er's hearts warmed, these old brothers are still intimate, and they are really brothers in vain. After thinking about it, Xidian's behavior has been very different from Tianjing's, whether it is Li Kaifang or Ji Wenyuan. They are all old men in the West Temple, if the King of the West falls, they will be cleaned up by Tianjing very badly, to put it bluntly, they are all people who sit on the big ship of the West Temple, and no one can run away if something happens.

Hong Yun'er smiled slyly and said: "In Tianjing, isn't our Heavenly King also not very careful, and the military and political affairs are also in charge of the East King, isn't it also a separation of church and state?" ”

Li Kaifang patted his thigh and said: "That is, the West Hall does not separate administration and religion, do you still have to invite someone from Tianjing to govern?" That's what it really is. I, Li Kaifang, was the first to quit. ”

Xiao Yungui shouted: "This matter is over, we have our own new policy, and we can't judge Tianjing's practices!" Although he was drinking, he still had a smile on his face.

Then Xiao Yungui ordered everyone to leave the hall to rest, after lunch. Talk to your subordinates and make sure everyone has a unified understanding. After everyone left. Xiao Yungui stopped Zuo Zongtang alone.

Xiao Yungui looked at Zuo Zongtang and said, "Sir." Today's events are the confusion of this king, didn't you know beforehand? ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled faintly and said: "King Xi, there are some things you say that are comparable to Zuo Mou's hundred words." In fact, what is the root of the West Palace, I think the West King and the West Wang Niang have already made a decision, why do you need to mention it to Zuo? The separation of church and state, Confucian Christians, these two points Xi Wang Niang said very well. There is no need to say more. However, it can be seen from what the generals said that they only know the West Hall but not Tianjing, which is a good thing. Can the rest of the kings of the West be successful? Could it be that the king of the west will always just want to be the king of the west? ”

Zuo Zongtang looked at Xiao Yungui with blazing eyes, and Xiao Yungui's lips became dry for a while. looked back at Hong Yun'er, who was smiling like a flower, and nodded slowly: "Since you have a foundation, you will naturally have ideas." When I returned to Tianjing this time, I could see that sooner or later there would be a battle between the King of Heaven and the King of the East, and that would be a good opportunity for this king. ”

Zuo Zongtang stroked his palms and praised: "The King of the West is really a masterpiece, and if you want to achieve great things, you don't look at your talent, but whether you have ambitions." King Xi can have this idea, Zuo Mou thinks that he is not with the wrong person. At this point, he paused and said, "But how does the King of the West think he should take advantage of this opportunity?" With the King of the West on his side, will the King of Heaven and the King of the East of Tianjing definitely be able to fight? Besides, if the two tigers fight, one will be injured, and if the casualties are too serious, it will not be a blessing for heaven, so we have to think about this matter in the long run. ”

Xiao Yungui shuddered, thinking that in the Tianjing Incident in history, more than 20,000 people in the East Hall were killed, these were all soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom, and after the chaos, the vitality of the Heavenly Kingdom was greatly damaged, and it began to go downhill. Zuo Zongtang is right, how to make good use of this opportunity, how to minimize losses, and how to put yourself in a position, this is what needs to be planned well.

At that moment, Xiao Yungui said: "Please also ask Mr. for advice." ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly and said: "Let's lay out first, the layout is to lay out the eyeliner first, the second is to find a suitable chess piece, and then to enter the chess game......" The three of them discussed how to lay it out on the temple in the west hall.

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The next day, the New Deal Conference continued to be held, and after the officials of the West Hall had a unity of thought, there was no more dispute over Confucianism, at least not among the officials of the West Temple.

Subsequently, the discussion continued on the "Sufu Provincial Industrial and Commercial Regulations", "Sufu Provincial Military Equipment", "Sufu Provincial Agriculture, Forestry and Tea Silk Regulations", "Sufu Provincial Regulations on Saving the Weak and Helping the Weak", "Sufu Provincial New School Regulations", "Sufu Provincial Salt and Iron Liquor Industry Regulations", "Sufu Provincial Doctrine Rules" and other new decrees.

The "Sufu Provincial Industrial and Commercial Regulations" is only a general outline, which clearly states that the West Hall should vigorously support industry and commerce in Sufu Province. Xiao Yungui first ran the Suzhou Machinery Bureau in Suzhou, which was, in the words of Xu Shou and Hua Yufang, a bureau of machinery that could produce machines. At the same time, workers and literate people were recruited from the civilian and military as workers, and the machines were purchased from the United States, and foreign mechanics were also hired as teachers.

China's current industrial level is still in the era of handicraft workshops, and if it wants to make great strides to start its own industry, the first thing is to build its own factories and train its own skilled workers. Suzhou Machinery Bureau is to lay the foundation for the future, only learn to build machinery and equipment by yourself, and then you can have any production line you want, which is a long-term plan.

Then it was clear that the Shanghai Firearms Bureau and the Shipbuilding Bureau would be built in Shanghai, and the machinery and equipment of these two factories had not yet been negotiated, but the news that Wang Minyun brought back this time was that Midile was helping to match, but he had found a rear-loading rifled gun production line in Sweden that met Xiwang's requirements, and was contacting people from the Royal Swedish Arsenal to come to Shanghai to discuss in detail. However, there is still no major breakthrough in the bidding progress of the shipbuilding bureau, and many foreign companies are here to join in the fun or want to make a profit.

In addition, Shanghai Iron and Steel Bureau, Shanghai Pharmaceutical Bureau, Suzhou Water Transportation Bureau, Suzhou Gunpowder Bureau and other factories have also begun to prepare for construction.

The construction of Shanghai Iron and Steel Bureau in Shanghai is a last resort, at present, there is no haode iron ore raw materials in Sufu Province, even if there is, it is still buried in the ground, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner do not know where it is, which needs to be organized to explore the exploration personnel to know. But even if iron ore is found in the future, in terms of the quality of iron ore in the country, it seems that the quality is not very good. It was Xiao Yungui who decided to set up a steel factory, and the coal, iron ore and other raw materials needed were imported from abroad, and the small Japan of later generations did the same. As for domestic iron ore and other minerals, it is better to mine Jihua after it is discovered.

Coal mines are distributed in Sufu Province, Changxing, Guangde are distributed, Guangde is close to Huzhou County, Chen Yucheng is launching the battle of Guangde, it is estimated that in a few days, Guangde will become the eighth county under the rule of Huzhou County, so coal mining is also collected as the West Palace official office.

In addition to clarifying the government-run factories of Xidian Province, the Xidian also encourages private firms to participate in the company, or set up their own factories, and the government will give tax exemption for self-run factories for three years. The official title reward of the West Hall is more of a fictitious title, with glory but no real position.

Xiao Yungui also formulated a set of government loan policies, the West Temple Holy Treasury can issue loans to the people, encourage the private to run their own businesses, and there are also a series of tax exemption policies to match.

At the same time, the industrial and commercial charter has improved the system, process and mechanism of how the government collects taxes and supervises the establishment of industrial and commercial industries. Since Sufu Province has abolished the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes at various checkpoints, ghost gates like Hushu Pass no longer exist, and it is believed that there will be a stage of great development of industry and commerce in Sufu Province in the future. Compared with the shackles and constraints of the Qing army, the industry and commerce of Sufu Province were greatly protected and encouraged by the Taiping Army.

The "Sufu Provincial Military Statute" is related to the construction of the army, and the charter clearly stipulates the food and salary treatment of generals at all levels, clarifies the method of recruiting soldiers, stipulates the disability and death pension levels of soldiers, and stipulates the level of the Taiping Army Medal in the West Palace.

The West Hall in Sufu Province is a combination of the conscription system and the conscription system, the existing West Hall more than 100,000 soldiers and horses will carry out centralized rotation training, after the completion of the training, the West Hall will retain a standing army of less than 150,000 people, that is, the professional soldiers of the West Temple, these professional soldiers will receive a generous salary and treatment guarantee. After serving for two to three years, they will gradually be transferred to the localities and become local police officers or township generals.

At the same time, Xiao Yungui also issued a recruitment notice among the people, calling on literate people to join the army. Those who sign up can enter the Shanghai Martial Arts School to study together, and after learning and assessment, they can get the same salary as the professional soldiers in the West Hall and become professional soldiers. The first principal of the Shanghai Martial Arts School, Xiao Yungui is naturally the one who will not give in, and after the Suzhou New Deal Conference is over, Xiao Yungui will rush to Shanghai, and after the political affairs have an eyebrow, he will start to reorganize the army.

Originally, Xiao Yungui also wanted to replace the "Sufu Provincial Military Armament Regulations" with the brigade company and platoon system that he was familiar with in later generations, but then he thought that it was still an era of mixed use of hot and cold weapons, and the establishment of later generations was not necessarily applicable, so he still used the establishment of the Taiping Army's military commanders, division commanders, and brigade commanders for the time being. Later, he went to Shanghai and met with the hired foreign teacher Xi to discuss before making a final decision.

Xiao Yungui still invited foreign teachers to teach martial arts to the school, and they were all retired or retired officers from Britain, France, the United States and other countries. Although Liszt also said earlier that foreigners will not teach people sincerely, Xiao Yungui's current martial arts academy teachers are very weak, and he still needs to introduce Western tactics to teach the Taiping army how to conduct a new type of hot weapon warfare. At the same time, Xiao Yungui hired a cadre of Chinese and Western scholars headed by Hua Yufang as the teaching teacher, military is also science, in addition to teaching martial arts, the most important thing is to let the officers and soldiers of the Taiping Army read and write, and realize the importance of science to war. (To be continued......)