"Of course, Vice Minister Ran is going to get married, at present, it is just an assumption I have made from some clues, whether it will come to this point, and how long it will take, I can't make a final conclusion."

Xu Tian said slowly.

"Hmm!" Ouyang nodded, looked at Friedman, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, and said in a deep voice: "Friedman, you should pay more attention to this matter." Well, although this is Ran Ciyan's personal problem, the issues involved in it are too big for us not to pay attention to. ”

"I see!" Friedman snorted.

After listening to Xu Tian's speculation, Ouyang's sudden abnormal performance completely fell into the eyes of Friedman and Xu Tian, which couldn't help but make them think more in their hearts, and only after listening to Ouyang's explanation, they let out a long breath.

It is undeniable that Ouyang is really moved by Ran Ciyan!

Conquering a strong woman, conquering an ambitious woman who wants to be a queen, for men, is full of the thrill of conquest!

Soon.

Ouyang quickly skipped the topic, "Friedman, let's talk about the places outside the center of the empire, I'll see if what you say is different from what I think." ”

"Yes, Brigadier General!"

Friedman nodded.

There are three major factions in the center: Ran, Ding, and Wang, and there are also many powerful forces in the local area, which control the local military and political power, and they can almost be described as a prince.

"Since the destruction of the Lanlong Kingdom in my Tang Empire, there are a total of 14 provinces in the country, but at present, there are actually only 5 provinces that the central government of the empire can really fully govern!"

"They are Zhongqing Province, where the capital Yujing City is located, Shuofang Province in the north of the capital, Tanglan Province and Tanglong Province divided by the original Lanlong Kingdom, and Donghai Province in the eastern part of the empire."

"and the provinces of Qingchuan, Zhongyue, and Lianghu in the southwest of the empire; Bolivia and Wanzhou provinces in the central part of the empire, Qingzhou and Ciglo provinces in the eastern part of the empire; The Sunset Province in the southern part of the empire, a total of 9 provinces, has a tendency to stand on its own. ”

Friedman's words, although they were very flat, Ouyang could detect a hint of embarrassment in his words.

Qingchuan, Zhongyue, Lianghu, Bolivia, Wanzhou, Qingzhou, Ciglo, and Sunset are nine provinces, and the central government is no longer able to fully control them.

This problem did not arise after the death of the head of the state, but existed when the head of the state was still alive.

Why did the head of state Ran conclude a three-country military alliance with the Dasheng Empire and the Lucas Kingdom?

Its shallow purpose was to use troops against the Great Jin Empire in the southern part of the empire;

However, the deep-seated purpose was to use the plan of the national war to infiltrate more of the central power into the southern provinces of the empire, strengthen the authority of the central government, and greatly weaken the power of the local princes.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances, and the Führer Ran died too suddenly!

His idea of weakening local power did not materialize.

"The great cause has not been accomplished, and the hero will be full of tears!" Ouyang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

If Führer Ran had not died, even if he had lived one more year, with his prestige among the people and the army, as well as his skill, the current situation would definitely not be so bad.

However, the Führer Ran is dead, and these have become nonsense!

The civil war in the empire is already ready to be struck!

"Brigadier Commander!"

Suddenly, Friedman shouted again, pulling Ouyang back to reality, who was in deep thought.

"Oh?" Ouyang woke up for a moment and said casually, "Friedman, you go on." ”

"Yes."

Friedman said: "Brigade Commander, the reason why I said that the 8 provinces, including Qingchuan Province, are not completely controlled by the central government, is because these 8 provinces, starting from March this year, have reduced their taxes to the central government by an average of 3 percent!" ”

In an instant, Ouyang and Xu Tian's faces changed.

What is Tax?

That's the economy of a country!

The eight local provinces have now dared to touch the money bags of the central government, and this can already explain a lot of problems, and they are big problems.

Friedman nodded: "Not only that, but this situation is bound to get worse in the coming months." ”

"It seems that the situation is more serious than we thought." Ouyang said in a deep voice.

Can it not be serious?

In the time that followed, Friedman analyzed two more dimensions, military and political.

To sum up, the princes of all parties, who have heavy troops, have begun to actively prepare for war and expand their armies on a large scale. The local government departments have basically been controlled by the princes, and the hand of the central government cannot reach in at all.

As for the local councils, it can be said that they exist in name only.

Local decrees are made by princes from all sides!

The civil war is really about to break out! ”

"Princes, princes. They all have the strength to win the throne of power in the Tang Empire! ”

From the analysis of the current situation in the Tang Empire, there are no less than ten forces that can be called one side of the princes, and there are not a few potential princes.

"Brigade commander, although there are many local princes now, there are not many people who really have strong forces and can compete with the central government. There are mainly three major warlords, namely Huangfu Longma in Qingchuan Province, Xiao Ai in Wanzhou Province, and Guan Muyun in Qiglu Province. ”

Friedman said in a deep voice: "These three people are all bigwigs who hold the military and political power of a province, and their power is monstrous. ”

"Hmm!" Ouyang nodded heavily.

The Huangfu Longma of Qingchuan Province is too familiar to Ouyang.

Huangfu Longma, general of the Imperial Army, commander-in-chief of the 12th Group Army, has a career of dozens of years, and has served as the dean of the First Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty.

Coupled with the fact that he now has a military strength of 180,000 and is far away from the center of the empire, he does have the strength to compete for the world.

The most important thing is that Huangfu Ryoma has an extremely strong wrist!

In Ouyang's evaluation of him: "He is a ruthless character who doesn't tell his mouth when he bites!" ”

Xiao Ai in Wanzhou Province;

Guan Muyun of Chiglo Province;

Both of them are veteran military bosses of the empire, both of whom have made outstanding achievements, and have contributed to the current strength of the Tang Empire, but the people's desire is hard to fill!

"What is more terrible than the abyss is the human heart, because the human heart will make waves without wind, not to mention that there are people around to blow the wind all the time?"

As power and status grew, ambition was gradually bred, and their strong ambition prompted them to constantly pursue greater rights and higher status!

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In the blink of an eye, days passed.

Ouyang finally got Ran Ciyan's order to report on his work.

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