"According to what Aiqing said, the candidate for the generalissimo of the South is decided."

On the throne, the current emperor of Great Xia said that the throne was high, and the courtiers below bowed their heads and bent down, and they could not see the emperor's expression clearly, and the emperor's voice was as straight and indifferent as most of the time, and there was no joy to hear. If you get closer, you can see the corners of the emperor's mouth slightly upturned, obviously, he is very satisfied with this result.

The general strategy for the conquest of the Lingzhou Brotherhood was formulated, but there were still many disputes in the specific implementation, and the DPRK and China discussed for three days, and finally decided on the candidate, which was the result of a compromise between all parties, which was not too good, nor too bad. Even if some courtiers were dissatisfied, they could only accept it, in fact, many things in the court were generally like this, and the reason for this situation was largely due to the emperor himself.

Because of the year name Yongchang, the current emperor of Daxia is generally called Emperor Yongchang, who has been in power for decades, and the government and the opposition have a very high opinion of it, called "Shengshi Mingjun", although he knows that it is a sycophant, Emperor Yongchang feels that with his own merits, he is fully worthy of such a title.

You must know that when the previous emperor was in power, the imperial power weakened, and the predecessor tried to change the law, but as a result, the government and the opposition were boiling, complaining, and leaving a mess. After Emperor Yongchang came to power, he took advantage of the contradictions between the factions in the DPRK and China to check and balance each other, eliminated some forces, and gradually took the government into his hands.

The Lingzhou Brotherhood rebelled, Emperor Yongchang didn't care very much, thinking that it was just a group of Shanyue people making trouble, and they couldn't make much waves, the latest news, the Lingzhou Brotherhood actually posted a vulgar notice to drive away some people in Lingzhou, and they didn't know how to win the hearts of the people at all, and they were really a bunch of barbarians, so they didn't have to worry. Emperor Yongchang still thought of taking this opportunity to suppress some forces in the DPRK and China, such as a military general who became a little arrogant because of the victory in the war in northern Xinjiang.

Playing balance, Emperor Yongchang is now proficient and handy, grinding with the courtiers for three days, got a result he wanted, and selected a civil official as the generalissimo of the expedition to the south.

"Lin Aiqing, how much military expenditure is needed for this expedition?" Emperor Yongchang asked.

Lin Siye, the chief official of the household department, came out and replied: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's view, at least one million are needed for this expedition to Lingzhou, but the household department can't come up with so much money at once. ”

"What? Can't come up with the money!? Emperor Yongchang was startled, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, the war in Northern Xinjiang has cost a huge amount of money, and the front line sent a letter yesterday urging military spending, and the household department is almost about to be hollowed out." Lin Siye's tone was a little helpless.

"How can the cost be so huge?" Emperor Yongchang was a little unconvinced.

Lin Siye had to say: "This matter is about to enlighten Your Majesty, according to what the minister heard, but there are people who embezzle and deduct military funds and materials for the war in northern Xinjiang, and it is a ......" Lin Siye only said half a sentence, but he couldn't say it below, if the reason for the emptiness of the household, in addition to corruption, the emperor has built a lot of projects in recent years, and the cost is also a lot, in order to fill the household, Lin Siye tried his best, but he was infamous as a big corrupt official.

"Who is it?! How dare you embezzle military funds and military funds!? Emperor Yongchang asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister has this to participate! Lin Siye, the head of the Ministry of Households, embezzled and took bribes, and embezzled ......"

"Your Majesty, the minister has his own ......"

"Your Majesty, the minister has his own ......"

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged!"

"Your Majesty, be the master of the ministers!"

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An official stood up to impeach Lin Siye, and immediately other people played one after another, not only impeaching Lin Siye, but also some other figures, attacking each other and exposing each other's shortcomings, and the court became as noisy as a vegetable market.

The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to beat the emperor's back and smooth his breath, while shouting: "Your Majesty is sick, we will discuss it tomorrow!" ”

The courtiers disputed, and the conquest of Lingzhou was delayed day by day, and when a result was finally discussed, several days passed.

Fu Kaijiang, the new generalissimo of the expedition to the south, finally led a few generals and their own private soldiers, as well as thousands of elite soldiers out of the divine capital.

The name Fu Kaijiang is very imposing, which naturally means to expand the territory, but Fu Kaijiang is a genuine civil official, however, the identity is somewhat special, his sister is the emperor's favorite concubine, and he is the brother-in-law of Emperor Yongchang. This expedition to Lingzhou authorized the deployment of manpower and material resources from several states in the south, and such a large power was not very safe to hand over to the generals, so Emperor Yongchang naturally chose Fu Kaijiang as his own family.

Although Fu Kaijiang is a civilian official, he also understands military strategy, although it is all from the book. It's about the relationship of the name, even though Fu Kaijiang is not young, he is already forty years old, but he still has some scholarly spirit, and he has always dreamed of leading the army to expand the territory and sweep away the barbarians, and now he finally has the opportunity to show his ambitions.

Even so, almost a month has passed since Fu Kaijiang arrived in Yuezhou and the rebellion of the Lingzhou Brotherhood, of course, when Fu Kaijiang and others arrived in Yuezhou, it does not mean that they can immediately send troops to attack Lingzhou, there are still many affairs, raising military funds, transporting grain and grass, gathering troops, requisitioning people, investigating the situation in Lingzhou, formulating strategies, the old siege equipment is not available, and the equipment is rebuilt, so it has been almost 20 days.

It took more than a month and a half before and after, and the army of Great Xia to conquer the south was finally basically formed, and Chen soldiers crossed the state.

For ordinary people, Fu Kaijiang is already fast, and he is quite effective. You know, it's not uncommon for an expedition to take months, or even years, to prepare for an expedition.

However, compared to the Lingzhou Brotherhood, the actions of the Great Xia Imperial Court were really slow, and in a month and a half, Lingzhou had undergone tremendous changes.

Between the various customs cities on the border of Lingzhou, a spacious and smooth road has been established, connecting the various customs cities on the border, and each other can quickly carry out the mobilization and support of personnel and materials, all thanks to the road repair army of the Brotherhood, which originally built the road to Rongzhou in the north, and the Brotherhood raised troops to occupy Lingzhou, and could carry out construction in a bright and bright way, and this team was dispatched.

Originally some bandits, mountain people, now is engaged in construction experts, with the rumbling explosion, obstructing the road of the mountain rock was blown up, open up new roads, the original road was widened, dredged, some mountains to build bridges, a bridge can often save an hour or two of the journey, greatly improve the speed of material and personnel transportation.

Those Guancheng have naturally been further strengthened, defensive equipment and weapons are ready, and a perfect defense line to protect Lingzhou has been completely formed, the Great Xia army has not yet come, however, the Great Xia army has not come to attack, and the army of the Brotherhood has attacked by itself, sending some troops as siege troops, conducting various exercises, trying to attack the city, and finding out some loopholes that may exist, so that those soldiers who have not experienced the war are familiar with and adapt to the battlefield, learn to deal with some possible situations in wartime, and compile some experience into a book, let everyone learn that once the war really starts, casualties can be greatly reduced.

The place of the exercise is not limited to Guancheng and some areas that need to be defended, in the mountains and forests of the Nanyue Mountains, the mountain forest troops composed of Shanyue warriors practice camouflage and concealment and hunting skills in the forest, several brothers led by Ma Hu are among them, and their matching hero template gives them super animal senses, in the mountains and forests, they can exert their maximum combat power, mainly to deal with some secret agents who try to sneak in, assassins and other characters, as a result, in the process of the exercise, they really caught and killed a lot. It should be said that the war in the shadows has begun, in fact, the Brotherhood is the same, it has already sent secret agents, once there is any movement in the Great Xia court, you can know in advance, and you don't need to play sneaking in or anything, this time if the Great Xia sends troops, it is impossible to raid like Song Shixiong last time, it must be a large-scale mobilization of the army, and you can't hide it if you want to.

The delay in the arrival of the Great Xia army is a good thing for Xiao Tianlei, every night for a day, Lingzhou can have a little more strength, Xiao Tianlei can not wait for the army of Great Xia on the border, he is now dealing with internal affairs most of the time, now it may be called internal affairs, if you play a strategy game in general, farming, mining, construction, climbing science and technology trees, recruiting talents, etc., of course, the actual situation is not so simple, it is much more complicated than the game, it is often a lot of small things, and he needs to ask one by one.

Although a more detailed plan has been formulated before, in the process of real implementation, there are often such and such problems, many of which Xiao Tianlei also needs to see in person before he can come up with solutions.

Fortunately, the development of the wild boar ridge in the past few years has cultivated some talents, some institutions and facilities have been improved, and many things only need to be relocated out, and further expansion is, such as hospitals and schools, smelters, arsenals, quilt factories, textile factories, etc., the original wild boar ridge is narrow, these institutions are not large, or scattered in the various valleys in the mountains and forests, and now there is a vast territory to build, however, for the sake of efficiency, the houses and factories do not need to be all built new, those vacated large manors, government yamen, warehouses, workshops, etc., can be used for what can be used, and everything that can be used will be used as much as possible.

Of course, the expansion of these institutions requires a large number of personnel, and the first choice is of course the Shanyue people with Xiao Tianlei as the team, as well as the families of the members of the brotherhood.

Nowadays, the Shanyue people are completely liberated, the original Shanyue people are under the status, they dare not leave the village where they live casually, they dare not look up when they walk on the road, and they are always interrogated or bullied when they meet some errand soldiers.

Xiao Tianlei wants to take the Shanyue people as his solid backing, and he can't just fool with his mouth, and really thinks that his grandfather Jiang Witch Doctor advertises that he is a god descending from heaven, and he thinks that the Shanyue people will always be loyal, and there must be practical benefits to solve some problems in their survival and life, so even if all kinds of construction need workers, and the building materials are also tight, Xiao Tianlei still allocates a group of people to build new houses for the Shanyue people, the original living conditions of the Shanyue people are very poor, and they are generally some low sheds and adobe houses. Living with livestock, although the living Shanyue people are very resistant and still prone to illness, now the centralized construction of housing, the establishment of Shanyue people's settlement, the style and function of the house has been designed, equivalent to the residential community in the previous life.

After the house is completed, some furniture, various utensils, bedding, new clothes, etc. will be distributed, this time, it can be regarded as Xiao Tianlei to repay those Shanyue people who secretly serve him, and he will give a big benefit at one time, which can also be said to buy people's hearts.

In addition, there are some systems and benefits, such as the distribution of land according to capitation, the distribution of farm tools, ploughing cattle, free schooling for children, free medical treatment, etc., of course, it is also implemented in the families of Shanyue people and members of the brotherhood, for other people in Lingzhou, basically remain the same, Xiao Tianlei has no reason to give them benefits in vain, according to the previous life, the families of Shanyue people and brotherhood members belong to members of the system, and others can only be outside the system, although they can also be regarded as under their own rule, but, They don't have the same heart as the Brotherhood, and most of them have an attitude that doesn't matter to them, and the worse ones want the Brotherhood to be finished.

Xiao Tianlei would not think that if he gave these people benefits, they would change their mentality and work for the brotherhood, he was not so naïve. People's hearts are fickle, even if they will be grateful for a while, they will forget it after a few days, and they will not be able to say it, and some resentment will arise. Besides, who will really cherish the benefits that have been obtained for nothing?! With comparison, the gap will be recognized, and the people who have benefited will have a greater sense of satisfaction and happiness. As for others who want to get the same benefits, it's simple, focus on doing things for the Brotherhood and make some achievements.

For those who are useless, or will bring some trouble, Xiao Tianlei has no time to appease and transform these people, and drive them out directly, which is the case with those who left Lingzhou a while ago.

In the previous life, there was a saying called "If you go outside, you must first settle inside", compared to the threat of Great Xia, Xiao Tianlei was more worried about the internal chaos in Lingzhou, the strongest fortresses were broken from the inside, and the previous Shanyue people were not also traitors from the inside before they were broken?

Most of these people who have left are unstable factors that may bring some trouble, Xiao Tianlei wants to make Lingzhou internally stable in a short period of time, and he has no time to buy people's hearts and win over those gentry, Xiao Tianlei can't look down on these guys, no matter how resentful and unwilling these people are, it has no effect on him. The Brotherhood now has its own system and team, these outsiders are basically useless, as for those who are willing to stay, they have to abide by the rules of the Brotherhood, as for whether they can live well under the system of the Brotherhood, it depends on themselves, if they don't adapt, they will either leave or die.

Occupy the territory of Lingzhou, what kind of governance method is adopted? Xiao Tianlei had been thinking about it before he started the army.

Don't think about things like democracy, they don't fit the state of the world at all.

According to the actual situation and actual needs, Lingzhou is too small compared to the entire Great Xia, and if you want to confront it, although you have some advanced technology and advanced thinking, it will take time to give full play to these advantages. Therefore, the efficiency of work is a key, using the limited resources and population of Lingzhou, some of the technology of Wild Boar Ridge will be taken out, so that Lingzhou can develop by leaps and bounds in all aspects.

If you want to improve work efficiency, of course, you must have a high enough administrative efficiency, of course, the implementation of highly centralized rule, generally speaking, centralization is in one person, there will always be such and such contradictions between people, for their own interests, it is difficult to unify opinions, however, because of the existence of the private chat system, Xiao Tianlei has another choice, that is, to concentrate power in the hands of himself and a brother with a heroic template. Growing up together, Xiao Tianlei continues to instill thoughts and ideas, so that many of their ideas are roughly the same, and they know each other very well, the private chat system allows them to keep in touch at any time, discuss and discuss at any time, Xiao Tianlei and a cadre of brothers are distributed everywhere, coordinate scheduling, just to pass on the news, it saves a lot of time, compared to a single person, many people in many things, can be considered more comprehensive, in fact, that is, the previous mode of operation of the brotherhood, but more things need to be done, The division of labor needs to be redrawn.

The fraternity was then transformed from a commercial organization to a government agency, and in more than a month, it basically completed this transformation, and various affairs gradually went on track, and with the run-in of various institutions, the efficiency of work was gradually improved.

At present, the Brotherhood has completed the work of checking the population and registering the household registration, in the process, classifying all kinds of people, screening some suspicious people, and screening out some of the secret agents, even if it cannot completely dig out all such people, at least it can give a great blow, destroy its intelligence transmission system, make it difficult to transmit some news in Lingzhou, and some areas that need to be kept secret, such as military factories, these people are extremely difficult to get close to, not to mention entering.

Because of the limited time, some of the work can not be done very carefully, and then we have to check and fill in the gaps, I believe that after all the work is completed, the Brotherhood will really completely control Lingzhou and form a stable ruling system, of course, the premise of all this is to resist the attack of the Great Xia army...... The army of the Great Xia court in Panhuan, Yuezhou, finally completed the assembly and integration, and began to march towards the Nanyue Mountains, and the war began. (To be continued.) )