In the days that followed, envoys from all over the country brought all sorts of gifts to congratulate Wu Feng on being made the Marquis of Baisheng by His Majesty the Emperor and taking up the post of Guardian of Qingyang Prefecture, all of whom had different tasks. These people not only have envoys from the surrounding neighboring prefectures and counties such as Yinchuan Prefecture, Taixuan Prefecture, Guanxi County and other places, but also envoys from distant countries such as the Principality of Jieluo, the Sisloh Empire, the Kaman Empire, the Five Kingdoms of the Western Regions, and the Indean Kingdom, as well as the guests from the south such as the Lin family of Sanjiang County, the Lang family of Tiannan County, the Maqi Khanate, and the Kingdom of Milan, and even the Qiuer, Numidian, Tubu, and Mote people on the Eastern Tengger Prairie have also quietly sent envoys, and many powerful people in Yanjing include the Three Princes, the Seven Princes, and the The Nine Emperor Princes also secretly sent people to send congratulatory gifts, and for a while, the small Qingyang City seemed to have become the front stage for the performances of various forces in the Eastern Continent.

Neither Wu Feng nor Xiao Tang thought that a little-known city guard would actually affect the nerves of so many forces, and after these distinguished "guests" came to congratulate, they did not leave for a while, they all learned about the situation in Qingyang City, and they were all waiting for Wu Feng's individual reception. And there has been no such scene in Qingyang City for a long time, so he did not make the necessary preparations, and Xiao Tang had to temporarily rent houses from the merchants in the city for the envoys and their attachés who came to congratulate them to live.

The information from the envoys from all over the country to learn about the situation was quickly reflected in Wu Feng's ears, but Wu Feng did not take any restrictive measures, but instead welcomed these people to visit more and more, and strengthened the defense force. Because Wu Feng felt that the current Qingyang Mansion was a blank, the only thing they could understand was the support of the local people for Wu Feng, and Wu Feng was not worried about this at all, because the warm welcome of the people here can be said to be beyond any other place.

At the same time, Wu Feng also chose an appropriate time to personally receive the envoys who had written the pilgrimage and had a private conversation at their request. The envoys to Yinchuan Prefecture, Taixuan Prefecture, Kansai County and other places are nothing more than clichés, in addition to congratulations, they hope to strengthen ties, exchange ideas, mutual support, and so on. As for the representatives from the major forces in the central part of the empire, Wu Feng did not dare to slack off, and behaved quite humbly, not only saying that he would obey the arrangements of the central government of the empire and the lords, but also giving these representatives valuable gifts, hoping that they could convey their intentions after they returned, especially the representatives from the three princes, the seventh princes, and the nine princes.

For envoys from such countries as the Indian Kingdom, the Western Regions, the Sislo Empire, the Kaman Empire, the Principality of Gerlok, the Macedian Khanate, and the Kingdom of Milan, Wu Feng was neither humble nor arrogant, but also very enthusiastic, hoping to strengthen exchanges with various countries, especially economic and trade exchanges, and promote the development of economic and trade between the two sides. These countries all expressed their willingness to live in peace with the empire, and hoped to set up an agency in the city of Qingyang Mansion to facilitate timely communication, and Wu Feng readily agreed to the request of these envoys.

For the envoys of the Sanjiang Lin family and the Tiannanlang family, Wu Feng changed his way, not only showing his greedy and lustful surname in front of people, but also making a complacent posture, so that the envoys from these two sides could not figure out their details. When asked by the representatives of these nomads about the war with the Luope, Wufeng showed great confidence and told them that if the Luope dared to attack again, they would definitely not return, and hoped that the various tribes would be able to carry out fair and reasonable trade with the empire.

When these envoys and representatives from all over the country left with the information they had obtained, Xiao Tang, Liang Chongxin, and Cui Wenxiu's work of forming a political axe and army also came to an end.

On November 25, 691 in the continental calendar, Wu Feng summoned Xiao Tang, Mo Lun, Su Minshun, Liang Chongxin, Cui Wenxiu, Mu Lige, Kamapov, Kang Jianguo, and Lu Man to hold a preparatory meeting before the establishment of the political axe and the army in the council hall of his city guard. "Ladies and gentlemen, in two days the formation of the political axe organs and the army will be completed, I believe that your work has also achieved great results, and the tasks I have assigned to you have been basically completed, before the establishment of the political axe and the army, it is necessary for us to hold such a preparatory meeting today to discuss the composition of the political axe and the army, the existing problems, and the work to be carried out for the last time, I hope that you can reflect all the problems in a realistic manner, and put forward reasonable solutions, so as to lay a good foundation for future work. The minutes of today's meeting were made by Lu Man. Wu Feng got straight to the point, he also wanted to hear about his busy meeting with people from all over the world these days, the progress of these guys' work, whether they were lazy -

"Let me first report to the adults on the work of the three of us during this period of time. Xiao Tang took the initiative to speak-

"Well, by the way, I'll give a debriefing on the tasks I've assigned. Wu Feng nodded in agreement-

"In accordance with your lordship's instructions, my main focus and the three of Molun and Minshun are to set up a political axe administrative organ, with reference to the establishment of other parts of the empire, combined with our local reality and needs, we will first set up eight offices in Qingyang City, namely the Administration Department, the Interior Department, the Finance Department, the Agriculture and Water Conservancy Department, the Economic Development Department, the Construction Department, the War Readiness Department, and the Culture, Education and Health Department. The Administration Department is mainly responsible for the personnel management of officials at all levels in the whole government, and the selection, appointment, evaluation, inspection, promotion, demotion, dismissal, and exchange of officials at all levels are all responsible for the Administration. The Intelligence Bureau is responsible for collecting, sorting, and analyzing intelligence in all aspects and providing a reference basis for the decision-making of the city guard; the police department is responsible for the work of public order in ordinary times, and the investigation of ordinary criminal and public order cases and the mediation of ordinary civil disputes are all undertaken by its subordinate organs; the Security Bureau is mainly responsible for the investigation of espionage and sabotage activities of hostile forces inside and outside the territory of Qingyang Prefecture; and the trial court is mainly responsible for the criminal and sabotage work after the investigation of the police station is concluded. The Supervision Department has considerable powers, and its main purpose is to supervise and investigate whether officials at all levels of the province have committed corruption, bribery, dereliction of duty, and bending the law for personal gain, and at the same time to supervise the discipline and work style of officials at all levels. The Finance Department is responsible for the financial and taxation work of the whole province, and it has a tax bureau under it. The Department of Agriculture and Water Conservancy is mainly responsible for the development of agriculture and the construction and management of water conservancy facilities in the province. The Economic Development Department mainly cooperates with the Administration Department to formulate policies to promote the development of various industries such as industry, commerce, finance, and entertainment, and is responsible for coming up with plans to ensure the implementation of these policies. The main agency of the Construction Agency is responsible for the construction of infrastructure such as towns, streets, roads, and wharves throughout the province. The War Readiness Service is primarily responsible for the establishment of a reserve force and the proper training of this force in case of an emergency, which can be quickly re-staffed with regular forces or accomplish other tasks. The Department of Culture, Education and Health is mainly responsible for the cultural, educational, and health work of the people in the province, mainly the eradication of illiteracy among the people, the education of minors, and the construction and management of grassroots hospitals. Xiao Tang made a thorough report to Wufeng on the political axe organ formed during this period of time-

"But these agencies are barely able to put up shelves, but many of them are very understaffed and very difficult to operate. For the time being, I am in charge of the Administration Department, the Finance Department, and the Culture, Education and Health Department, Mo Lun is in charge of the work of the Interior Department, and the Agriculture and Water Resources Department, the Economic Development Department, and the Construction Department, and we would like to ask Lu Man to take charge of the work of the War Readiness Administration. Xiao Tang then added-

Wu Feng was very satisfied after listening to Xiao Tang's report, he only gave them an idea, the three of them were able to set up such a complete political axe organ according to their own intentions in just over a month, although the operation is still relatively difficult, but it is caused by objective difficulties, it is not to blame the three of them, they can't help but appreciate the ability of the three of them, and this spirit of forgetting to sleep and eat is also worthy of praise. "Very good, you three have worked hard, when you have free time, you must take a few days off. Ignoring the wry smiles of the three of them, Wu Fengjing said directly to Liang Chongxin: "Chongxin, let's talk about the formation of the First Garrison Division. ”――

"Okay, let me tell you about the formation of the 1st Garrison Division. In accordance with the arrangement of the adults, Mu Lige and I carried out the formation work based on the first and third brigades of the original Fourth Wing. The veterans of the third brigade are not small in damage, so it is difficult to form, but it is also basically a shelf, ordinary soldiers are composed of stragglers in the original imperial Western Expeditionary Army and a certain number of recruits who have only enlisted, but there are also some officers and veterans in the former Imperial Western Expeditionary Army who performed well in the war, and we also arranged them in the position of intermediate officers, among which there is a deputy captain named Sang Sheng in the first heavy infantry division of the former Imperial Second Army, who is quite capable and is quite good, born in a peasant family in Yanyun County of the Empire, and was in the emperor[***] has studied in the academy of affairs, and there is no problem with loyalty, and we are going to promote him to the position of wing captain, and we have to ask for the approval of the adults. At present, there is a shortage of ordinary soldiers and grass-roots officers, and they urgently need to be replenished, and our division and regiment now have less than 6,000 people, which is only equivalent to a reinforced wing, and its combat effectiveness is also uneven, so it is urgent to strengthen training. Liang Chongxin's words were short and clear, and he directly raised the existing problems.

Wu Feng nodded, these questions had been expected by him, and it was not surprising. "Wenxiu, let's talk about the Second Division. ”――

"Well, our problems are similar to those of the 1st Division, the combat effectiveness is declining, there is a serious shortage of officers and soldiers, and there is an urgent need to replenish personnel and strengthen training. In addition, Kamapov and I also discovered a talent, this person was originally a captain of the Fourth Light Infantry Division of the Third Army of the Reich, named Shenei, a native of Dandong Mansion in Tiannan County of the Reich, his family was born as a freeman in the city, and his ability was also quite good, especially good at defense, and he was also trained in the Imperial [***] Academy, and Kamapov and I were going to arrange him to be the co-captain of our first wing. Cui Wenxiu was even more concise -

"Very good, I have long understood the problems of your two divisions, but it is difficult to solve them for a while, I am afraid that you can only take your time. In addition, what you said about promoting the talents in the former empire's western expeditionary army, as long as there is no problem with loyalty, I said a long time ago, meritocracy, you can boldly promote. Wu Feng was still full of confidence, "Then we have to discuss what problems exist in Qingyang Mansion now, distinguish priorities, and what countermeasures should be taken." Xiao Tang, let's talk about it first. ”――

"After the statistical analysis of me, Mo Lun and Su Minshun, there are several main problems in Qingyang Mansion now, and they all need to be solved urgently. The first is the population, that is, the labor force, and the current Qingyang Prefecture has a total of about 140,000 people, less than a quarter compared with the nearly 700,000 people at its peak, and there is a serious shortage of labor, resulting in a variety of evil consequences, such as no one cultivating the land, no one working in the industrial and commercial workshops, the inability to replenish the strength of the army, and the inability to increase the purchasing power of the society; the second is the economic aspect, where the industry and commerce of Qingyang Prefecture are now extremely depressed, and agriculture is even more deserted, and it is in urgent need of revitalization; and the third is the financial aspect, the fiscal revenue of Qingyang Prefecture is now zero, and the military expenditure depends entirely on the materials brought from Yanjing, and the salaries of the staff of the administrative organs have not yet been settledFourth, in terms of public security, there are now more than 10 large and small groups of horse thieves and bandits in Qingyang Prefecture, and public order is unprecedentedly chaotic and urgently needs to be rectified; fifth, in terms of defense, the two division commanders just now talked about the serious shortage of soldiers, the decline in combat effectiveness, and the weak defense capability of the city, especially the city wall, which urgently needs to be repaired and reinforced, and the surrounding environment is bad. The above aspects are only the ones that we urgently need to solve, and there are still some problems that can only be dealt with after these problems are resolved. Xiao Tang talked eloquently.

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