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Although Wu Feng was greatly impressed by Wang Yi's suggestion, the Imperial Central Committee, which was promoted according to his customary surname, did not stop moving forward because of Wu Feng's thinking, and the staff of the Imperial Government Council arrived in Sanglin City and began to hold discussions with representatives elected by the Ma Qi Khan nobles, gentry, merchants, and commoners, and at the same time, the Empire was also beginning negotiations with the Triple Alliance on the status of the eastern control area of the Ma Qi Khan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The once powerful Maqi Khanate ended gloomily under the noose of the Tang Dynasty, although in the end the Tang Dynasty still achieved this goal through military conquest, but the surrounding neighboring countries and strength all knew that the reason for the final defeat of the Maqi Khans was that they could not support it, and the ironclad blockade made the national economy of the Maqi Khans difficult, and the huge consumption brought by the war made Maqi Khan simply unable to compete with the almost endless national strength of the Tang DynastyThe Maqi Khans lost their war potential, and even Bi Xili and Lei Juetian had already expected such an end, all in all, the war in the Eastern Continent ended with such an unsurprising ending.

With the end of the war in the South, the question was raised about Doton, The issue of the status of Poole and Macedon Khan, especially the aristocratic delegations of Doton and Poole has been staying in Yanjing for a long time, from the ministries of the Government Council to the Privy Council, from the Senate to the House of Citizens, the quarrel over the status of Doton and Poole has lasted for too long, and the representatives of the Poole and Doton nobles can hardly accept the direct downgrading of the two places to county-level administrative regions, they do not have the luxury of reading power or autonomy, and they also know that the Tang Dynasty will never agree to spend such a huge price to finally give them such treatment, and retreat to the second, they can only hope that the central political axe of the Tang Dynasty will give a certain autonomy right in consideration of the special situation of Poole and Dodon, and at the same time demand to obtain an administrative specification higher than that of the first-level administrative district of the imperial county.

On the issue of the status of Doton and Poole, Wang Yu also sensibly did not put forward a suggestion like the Maqi Khans, after all, the Liboya people are a huge threat to the Tang nation, and the degree of danger is far beyond the Maqi Khans who are trapped in the interior, and allowing such a large group to wander outside the scope of the empire, Wang Yu is also not at ease, but if the Tang people want to implement direct management of this area like the interior of the empire or the middle continent, it is obviously not realistic, unless military control is implemented, to some extent, Wang Yi is still inclined to give Poole and Doton the status of special administrative regions under the control of the empire and control these two regions by economic means at the same time, and even later Siathrow and Kaman could use the same means.

After numerous quarrels and compromises, the question of the status of Doton and Poole was finally settled, and the province appeared for the first time as a special administrative district higher than the county in the system under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Council, and Doton and Poole were merged to be called the province of East Libea, and it was also quite difficult to find the provincial capital of this province, and it was obvious that neither the city of Haysen nor the city of Burley could satisfy the two sub-ethnic groups of Poole and Dodon, who were of the same race of Liberia but had long been divided into the Poole and Dodons, and the empire finally chose a compromise and built a new city in the middle of the road from Haesen to Boeli, that is, on the border between the two countries, and named it Oriental City, and the Naranian transliteration is called the city of East.

The establishment of this province of East Liberia provoked fierce rivalry among the representatives of the nobility of Dodon and Poole, and it was naturally impossible for the governors of the provinces to be elected from among them, but in the case of the arrangement of the provincial councils and the administrative bodies of the provinces, the powers of the provinces were far greater than those of the other administrative districts under the central jurisdiction of the empire. The governors of the counties do not have permanent administrative bodies, but more of a division of labor with senior staff to deal with the regular work, but the provinces are very different, the provincial council system has been established, the representatives of the Imperial Senate and the House of Citizens will have to be elected by the provincial councils, and although the election of the members of the provincial council needs to go through a series of complicated procedures and restrictions, but after all, this is a kind of boiled election, the imperial central government will not interfere with the election results except for the examination of their qualifications, and the administrative agencies of the entire province except for the first head appointed by the imperial central political axe or the parliamentary election after the approval of the central political axeThe rest of the officials will be directly elected or appointed by the Parliament.

For the expansion of the power of the provincial council, both the Dodon and the Poole nobles and gentry are extremely sensitive, they all realize that in addition to the military power is still firmly controlled, they will not pay much attention to the administrative aspect, it is obvious that for the Tang Empire, the strategic position of the Liboa Plain is more reflected in its military value, when it loses its military threat to the empire itself, its status and influence are even worse than the southwest county. This is both a little lost and a little happy for the nobles and gentry of Doton and Poole, who are disappointed that the once glorious Liberians are now reduced to the point that they can only be second-rate slaves if they want to be slaves, and they are happy that the big hand of the central political axe has also given them the stage to play and rise up from the moderates and pro-Tang factions who have been suppressed by the original conservatives and hardliners.

Although Ma Qi Khan finally collapsed under the joint efforts of the Tang Dynasty and the Triple Alliance, the war commanded by Liang Chongxin did not win him much honor, whether it is the media or the public's vision now seems to have become very high, in their eyes, the imperial army can also sweep the Ma Qi Khan people into the garbage heap of history, no one would think that it would bring much loss to the emperor [***] team.

But Cui Wenxiu doesn't see it that way, this war doesn't seem to be so hearty and enjoyable, but one thing cannot be denied, the whole war to completely solve the Maqi Khans only has more than 50,000 casualties, which is not easy for a coach, but Liang Chongxin did it. Although it is inevitable that there will be sacrifices in a war, it has always been the goal pursued by the generals to obtain the maximum effect at the minimum cost, and in this battle, Liang Chongxin did it, and from a certain point of view, Liang Chongxin did better than himself.

"Old Bo, what are your majesty's plans?" Cui Wenxiu, who picked up the wine glass, took a sip gently, the burning knife spirits from Jeju can always bring a burst of burning when it enters the throat at this time, and sweat gushes out from all parts of the body, Cui Wenxiu likes this feeling.

"Wenxiu, I have already talked to Your Majesty about your thoughts, Sithro and Kaman are already dry bones in the grave, even if they don't attack hard, they won't last long, there are still many brothers who want to make contributions in the war against these two countries, you can take the initiative to give up Your Majesty's happiness, but Your Majesty's idea of going to the Central Continent to redevelop is not committal. Bo Jinchen picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, he also liked this taste, this is a habit he developed in his military career in the Taiping Army, even if he is already in the high position of the right envoy of the Imperial Privy Council, he still likes to reminisce about this taste that can make him recall the past.

"Could it be that Your Majesty still suspects that Wenxiu can't succeed?" Cui Wenxiu pondered for a moment, his eyes wandered, and asked half-jokingly.

"Wenxiu, you have misunderstood Your Majesty, Your Majesty dares to hand over an army of 800,000 to you and let you live alone in Indean, isn't it enough to trust you? Being in the position of Your Majesty is no longer just as simple as wanting to make a contribution, seizing one more piece of land, occupying one more city, conquering one more nation, these thoughts may be an honor worthy of boasting for a lifetime for you and me, but for Your Majesty, what is it?" Bo Jinchen shook his head, his gaze was a little misty at this time, " I can't guess what Your Majesty thinks at this time, but with the enormity of the empire, military operations will definitely tend to weaken, not that the army will weaken, but that large-scale military operations will gradually decrease, but small-scale military operations may become more frequent. What Your Majesty is thinking about now is how to make such a huge empire run smoothly and actively in his hands, how to make the vast majority of the people of the empire feel the strength of the empire, and how to maintain the centripetal force of so many nations and people towards the empire, I think this may be one of Your Majesty's goals. ”

"Elder Bo, you still missed a point, Your Majesty is still thinking about how to make the system of the central political axe of the empire more perfect and stable, and his main energy is now focused on this, haven't you heard? Wang Yi suggested that the Macede Khanate should still maintain its reading position, Your Majesty was actually tempted, hehe, this is really a fantasy, raising tigers, this word seems to be unremembered by many people. I don't know if the empire will let Sithro and Kaman think about it in the same way?" Cui Wenxiu shook his head, "Maybe Your Majesty really has a way to tame a tiger, but my old Cui knows that the best way to make a tiger no danger is to let it become a dead tiger." ”

"No, Wenxiu, the problem is not as simple as you think, although the question of Ma Qihan is still being discussed, I am also inclined to support Wang Yi's opinion. Bo Jinchen responded to Cui Wenxiu's question bluntly this time, "Wenxiu, do you have a feeling that the current war is gradually changing, and it is very different from ten years ago or even five years ago. ”

(To be continued)