In the next few days, I was very happy that Liang Chongxin and Mu Lige had defeated and surrendered Tubok and Shentu rebels. Although there are still 70,000 or 80,000 rebel troops entrenched in the northeast of Guide Province, based on the information I have now, I already have a clever plan in mind to annihilate them without much effort, and I can implement them when the time is ripe. Therefore, I strictly ordered the two divisions of Choi Wenxiu and Kamapov to maintain the status quo in Guide, and at the same time, at the same time, they also asked them to make preparations for the expansion of the incorporated volunteers and the remnants of the garrison troops, so as to lay the foundation for the reorganization of the garrison division of Guide as soon as possible. On the one hand, he said that he would purge the remnants of the rebellious army, and on the other hand, make all kinds of preparations for the administrative personnel who were loyal to me to enter the Guide Mansion to take over the work.

In Bo Nam, to the south, the work is even smoother. Since the rebellion in the whole province has been quelled, the surrendered rebel army has also been reorganized in an orderly manner under the control of my army, and at the same time, like Guide, a large amount of grain has also been continuously transported from Qingyang, and the price of grain has been immediately calmed down, and I have also ordered the opening of warehouses to help the victims who are really unable to live, these measures have had an immediate effect, and social order has been quickly restored, but the hard-hit economy has not been able to restart for a while, this is not a simple job, I don't know how much time it will take to complete.

With my consent, Liang Chongxin also changed the blood of the remaining three wings of the remaining Bonan Provincial Garrison Division and its principal officers when they were reorganized, and the important officers above the rank of captain were all selected from the Jinzhou No. 1 and No. 2 Garrison Divisions to serve as backbone personnel loyal to me, and the original officers were rearranged after passing the examination. At the same time, according to my plan, announcements have also begun to be posted to recruit soldiers, to strengthen the garrison force, and to prepare for its expansion into a complete garrison division. Originally, I wanted Liang Chongxin's deputy Helian Bo to be the commander of the newly formed Bonan Garrison Division, but later I considered that Helian Bo was originally the leader of the bandit organization "Black Tiger" and had a good reputation in the northwest region, so in order to avoid the people's suspicions, I gave up this idea and temporarily made this position vacant, and Liang Chongxin was temporarily responsible for the task of preparing for the establishment.

From December 5 to 6, I led my important advisers Xiao Tang, Ling Tianfang, Su Minshun, and Mo Lun to inspect the Guide Mansion and discussed the current situation in Guide with Cui Wenxiu and Kamapov. On December 9, I went to Bonan Province with all the others, and after a brief inspection of Bonan Province, I decided to convene a large-scale meeting in Bonan Province, and the topic of the meeting was the future development direction and plan of the four prefectures in the northwest county (excluding Yinchuan Prefecture and Taixuan Prefecture, due to historical reasons and practical problems, due to historical reasons and practical problems, I have not yet included the two prefectures in the management in the short term), as well as the existing problems and difficulties.

This is a very important meeting, and the scale of the participants is relatively large, and in view of the importance and urgency of this meeting, I ask all participants to put forward practical views on the scope of their work and welcome comments and suggestions on the work of the overall surname.

The snow began to clear, and the sun finally showed its face after a long absence, but the weather was still a little cold. Early in the morning, Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang rushed to the reception room I had set up in the former Bonan Mansion City Guard Mansion, where I would discuss with the two of them about the upcoming meeting.

Due to the large-scale rebellion in Guide and Bonan, the local government was unable to control the deterioration of the situation, and the imperial authorities had already ordered the removal of the former city guards of the two provinces, but in order to prevent the situation from becoming more difficult to control, they had temporarily exercised the power of the city guards to prevent the capital cities of the two provinces from falling into the hands of the rebel army.

After the entry of our troops, the actual management of the two prefectures has been taken over by the army, and the army still controls the operation of the entire organ of political power, and the most urgent task at the moment is to quickly set up a local political axe, which will take on the task of revitalizing the local economy, restoring normal order in production and life, and then restoring the prosperity and glory of the past. But this is easy to say, but there is considerable difficulty in the middle, which is why I called Xiao and Ling to discuss.

"Your Excellency called us here early in the morning, but what's the matter?" Xiao Tang's face was still a little sleepy, obviously a sign of staying up late. From Guide to Bonan, on the one hand, he carefully understood the local situation in all aspects, and on the other hand, he also met with the original local officials at all levels according to my instructions, and comforted these officials who were worried that they might be swept away one day, and encouraged them to maintain a normal mentality, work hard, and keep in touch with Qingyang at any time, and pay attention to Qingyang's own work at any time, which is really difficult for him.

In contrast, Ling Tianfang is much more chic, in addition to the reorganization and reconstruction of the army and the assessment and understanding of officers arranged by me, his main job seems to be tourism, and he has to go to various scenic spots everywhere he goes, which is probably also a habit he has developed after long-term travel, plus the work in Jinzhou has been on track, and the original foundation is much better than that of Qingyang, so he seems much more comfortable.

"Well, there's nothing important, but we have a meeting tomorrow, and I think the three of us will talk about some important issues first, and by the way, listen to the opinions and suggestions of both of you. I replied lightly, and when the attendant had brought the tea and coffee and left, the door to the reception room was shut.

I picked up the tongs and stirred the hot charcoal in the brazier as I pondered something. "My lord, I don't know what kind of problem it is?" Seeing that I didn't squeak for a long time, Xiao Tang couldn't help it.

"Well, it's about personnel adjustments and the reorganization of the army. I finally stopped what I was doing and lay down in the comfortable fur chair.

"Oh?" the two exchanged glances almost at the same time, and let out a voice of surprise.

"What's wrong? a bit of a surprise, isn't it?" I asked, smiling.

"Yes, there are indeed some surprises, I thought that the adults would make adjustments to the personnel after this meeting, but I didn't expect that adjustments would be made at the meeting. Xiao Tang nodded, not hiding his surprise.

"Your Excellency, are you going to form a new army? Wouldn't it be too hasty? The army we have now is large enough to deal with the existing situation. "Ling Tianfang was a little confused about me being so hasty and about to expand the army as soon as he took power, which was very different from the opinions I had discussed with him.

I didn't answer Ling Tianfang's question, I just took out a piece of information and handed it to Ling Tianfang, it was a thick piece of paper, it was the information obtained by several intelligence departments after a lot of hard work, and the content was quite detailed.

This information immediately attracted Ling Tianfang's full attention. Only then did I turn my head and ask Xiao Tang: "Now the situation is developing quite rapidly, especially our external situation is pressing, I want to determine some candidates for important positions as soon as possible, so I called you here to ask for your opinions." ”

Seeing that Ling Tianfang's mind was completely focused on reading information, Xiao Tang was a little restrained, and he also guessed the relevant issues I wanted to discuss with him, but these personnel matters have always been decided by me alone, and he never interjected, so as not to give people the truth and say that he was forming a gang. "My lord, these things should be decided by you, I'm afraid we can't intervene. ”

I waved my hand and replied with a smile, "What? What other scruples do you have? Since I asked you to refer to it, I don't think there should be any other trouble. ”

Seeing me say this, Xiao Tang had no choice but to say anything more, "Then I don't know who the adults want to adjust to?"

"Everyone knows that now that I have been appointed by the Empire as the military and political envoy of the Northwest County, it is impossible for me to continue to serve as the city guard of Qingyang and Jinzhou. In addition, Bonan Province has been pacified, and Guide Province will be completely included in our hands in the near future, both of which used to be glorious towns, with developed industry and commerce, convenient transportation, and rich people, but now the economy of these two places is close to collapse, and the people are miserable, and we must promote its recovery as soon as possible in a relatively short period of time, and the task before us is quite heavy. ”

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but sigh before continuing, "And the work of Qingyang Mansion has only just been regularized, and there is still a long way to go to make it a veritable capital of the northwest, although Jinzhou is less affected by the war than these prefectures, but because Qingyang has implemented a tax reduction and exemption policy to stimulate economic development, the fiscal revenue is almost zero, and it will gradually recover after this year, and all financial expenditures during this period of time must rely on Jinzhou, so the pressure is also very great, and the work can only be stepped up and not relaxed." The political axe structure at the county level in the northwest also needs to be established urgently, and the preparatory work is also quite arduous, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources. ”

Seeing Xiao Tang listening carefully to my words with a serious expression, I also asked the question: "The top priority now is to select the person in charge of the preparation of the county-level political axe organization and the city guards of the four prefectures under its jurisdiction. ”

Maybe it was me who straightforwardly brought up such an important issue, and Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang were not mentally prepared, both of them looked at each other, and were silent for a while, before Xiao Tang cautiously asked, "I wonder if there is a suitable candidate in the minds of adults?" Ling Tianfang's eyes also fell on me.

"There is one candidate, Xiao Tang, I originally wanted you to replace me as the city guard of Qingyang Mansion," Speaking of this, I paused.

When I said that I wanted Xiao Tang to serve as the guard of Qingyang City, Xiao Tang's heart couldn't help but beat a few times, after all, the lord of a city was simply dreamed of this person who was born a civilian and was once a prisoner waiting for death, his face was a little flushed with excitement, but he also understood that what I didn't say must have other arrangements, "The adults value Xiao too much, how can Xiao dare to take on this important responsibility?"

"Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang, you also look down on yourself too much, you don't need to be humble here, talent is talent, mediocrity is mediocrity, you don't think that I don't even have the ability to recognize people!" I originally wanted you to serve as the Qingyang City Guard because I wanted you to give full play to your talents in this position, and at the same time train you, but after thinking about it, I really can't think of a person who can replace you to prepare for the establishment of the subordinate institutions of the county jiedu embassy, so I have to give up this plan, and you should take care of the heart of the whole northwest county for me. ”

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