"Ladies and gentlemen, I have heard everyone's opinions very clearly, and everyone's purpose is actually the same, that is, to let our northwest achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army in the shortest possible time. Due to various reasons, the foundation of our northwest region is very weak. The army is far from being compared with the rest of the empire and the surrounding countries in all aspects, but we are in a rather sensitive zone, there are nomads in the northwest, two ambitious big countries in the north, and there are also neighbors with bad intentions in the southwest. If we don't speed up, we may not be able to keep up, and it may not be long before potential enemies will come to the city. ”

Speaking of this, Li Wufeng stood up, his hands were on the case, his domineering face looked even more radiant in the sunlight shining in from the window, and his voice was slightly louder, "We are facing crises and challenges, and at the same time, we are also facing opportunities and fate. The situation in the entire northwest region has stabilized, the people are eager to develop the economy in order to live a prosperous life, the economies of Qingyang and Jinzhou are on the right track, the economies of Guide and Bonan have also begun to see the light of day, immigrants and foreign investment are still pouring in in a steady stream, and the strength of the army has been greatly improved, and it is fully capable of coping with the provocations of foreign enemies, all of which have created excellent conditions for our next development. ”

"The question before us is whether to give priority to building up the army or concentrating on economic construction? Personally, I don't think the two are contradictory, but complementary, interdependent, and indispensable. The confidence revealed by Li Wufeng's words is unquestionable.

"Now I would like to share my views on the coming period. First of all, we must concentrate our main energies on developing our economy, which is the basis for the existence of the political power and the army. On the basis of the current situation, Qingyang should continue to increase the number of investment attraction, vigorously develop industry and commerce, and at the same time take into account the development of agriculture and animal husbandry; we should take over the land exchanged by the Luope prisoners of war as soon as possible, and establish a grassroots political axe in the locality, and we can establish three organized towns on that land, first complete the most basic water source exploration, dig wells for water, attract foreign herdsmen to settle down, and focus on the development of animal husbandry. On the basis of the existing foundation, Jinzhou should also attract foreign investment in various ways to develop industry and commerce with local characteristics, especially in industries such as logging and medicine, and at the same time increase the construction of infrastructure such as transportation, so as to create good conditions for attracting foreign investment and local economic development. The top priority of Guide and Bonan now is to develop the three pillar industries of well salt, wine-making and ceramics in your local area, and strive to restore them to their original level in the shortest possible time. Wu Feng's words immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the political axe officials, and they applauded in support.

"Secondly, the construction of the army can only be strengthened, not relaxed. The establishment of the four divisions of the Northwest Army Corps must reach full strength, and the shortfall must be made up immediately. In view of the weaknesses and problems exposed in the current counterinsurgency campaign, all units should immediately launch a large-scale military training campaign and strive to make up for the deficiencies through this military training and raise their combat effectiveness to a higher level. The training of the four garrison divisions must be rolled out immediately, and Ling Tianfang and I will have to make specific arrangements for the training plan when the time comes. The combat readiness departments should step up the recruitment and training of reservists and make all preparations for the formation of the second garrison divisions and regiments of various provinces. I can tell you without minions here that as soon as the situation changes and requires, it is possible that the garrison divisions and regiments will be organized into the Second Army Corps in the Northwest for a period of time, and the local defense will be taken over by the Second Garrison Division, which will be formed immediately. In short, the military must be prepared for all contingencies, not only to meet new challenges anytime and anywhere, but also to be ready to fight for benefits equal to our status. The originally depressed military personnel were immediately excited by Wu Feng's words, and finally suppressed the boiling blood in their hearts.

"In addition, education and health undertakings in various localities must not be slackened, which is also a major event related to the development of the entire northwest. In view of the lack of qualified personnel in our northwest and the lag of educational facilities, the fact that there is still no institution of higher learning, and the general low quality of the personnel of the political axe and the army, I have decided to establish the Imperial Northwest Military Academy and the Imperial Northwest University in Qingpu Town, in the eastern suburbs of Qingyang. After the completion of the project, in the near future, the military cadres and the personnel of the political axe organs will be trained in rotation, and the length of time is uncertain, and I have applied to the Imperial Administration of Culture, Education and Health, the Imperial University, and the Imperial [***] Affairs College to hire teachers to teach in Qingyang. Officers of the rank of squadron commander and above in the army, as well as members of political axe institutions who have not received formal education and training, are required to attend these two schools for training. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are facing a turbulent era, natural selection, if you want to survive in this world of the jungle, if you want to live better than others, if you want to get more benefits, then you can only become stronger than others. Since we are in this troubled world, we must abide by this law, and a bright future is already in front of us, so let's work together to create a brighter tomorrow!" With bursts of applause, Li Wufeng glanced over, and all that was left was the pair of eyes full of hope and thirst for more land wealth and power shining in the depths of the conference hall where he blocked the sun.

After the meeting, Li Wufeng decided to select 15,000 veterans from the 60,000 surrendered troops to enrich the Northwest Army Corps and form a direct subordinate unit of the Northwest Army Corps, while the remaining 45,000 people were all released as civilians and let them return to their hometowns. Of course, there are very few exceptions to the heinous bandit leaders who have committed great crimes and the public is extremely angry, and they have been tried by the court without exception and sentenced to death.

With the advent of the Spring Festival, the whole northwest is immersed in the joyful and peaceful atmosphere of joy and joy, there has been no such scene for many years, and the local folk groups have spontaneously organized themselves to carry out a variety of celebrations, and the local political axe has also been kindly guided, and funded some spring festivals with the people. The security services, on the other hand, have stepped up vigilance and precautions to prevent sabotage by hostile forces during this period.

During this period, Li Wufeng held a large-scale Spring Festival reunion, and he led the main military and political dignitaries of the four prefectures of the entire northwest county to invite celebrities from all walks of life in the four prefectures to gather at the Hongbin Building, the largest in Qingyang, to talk freely about the development plan for the coming year and solicit the opinions of people from all walks of life on the political axe development plan. Li Wufeng's hand won high praise from all walks of life, and even Yanjing's "Every Express" published a news item entitled "Corporal Lixian, Discuss the Great Plan Together," praising Li Wufeng for sparing no effort to develop the local economy. The Imperial News wrote a special report entitled "The Road to Revitalization", which described in detail the service measures formulated by the Northwest County in the form of a long article to develop the economy and attract foreign merchants to invest and set up enterprises. These two reports caused great repercussions in Jiangnan, Wuhu, Donghai and other economically developed areas of the empire, and many merchants came to visit them, which greatly promoted the economic development of the northwest.

However, Li Wufeng's actions also aroused the dissatisfaction of many big nobles in various parts of the empire, especially in Yanjing, who believed that Li Wufeng, as a nobleman with titles in the empire, and was also born in the scholar family, but mingled with those low-class people who had no position and no position, which seriously affected the image of the scholar clan and corrupted the dynasty. Originally, the emperor did not want to expand this matter, but those old nobles who had become old and rigid in their thinking did not give up under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, united some officials of the DPRK and China, wrote to the sky, and also turned out the ancestral system as the basis, and strongly asked Situ Mingyue to deal with it, so as to set the record straight, and finally, as a last resort, Situ Mingyue had to criticize Li Wufeng's behavior in the form of instructions, and asked him to pay attention to his identity in the future and not to do things that were inconsistent with his identity. Fierce controversy also broke out in the court, and some representatives of the new merchant forces in the court expressed strong dissatisfaction with the behavior of the nobles, believing that this was a serious discrimination against the merchants and would have a very bad impact on the economic development of the entire empire.

However, the person concerned did not seem to care very much about this matter, and when His Majesty the Emperor's order was sent to Qingyang, Li Wufeng laughed at it and did not take it to heart. On the contrary, Guan Yingying, Hua Yumei and Angel attach great importance to it, and they all advise Wu Feng to pay attention to his behavior in the future, although he should pay attention to dealing with people, and more importantly, he should be careful not to go to any teahouse hotel or even Fengyue place at will. Li Wufeng was submissive to this, but his behavior did not restrain him.

Hua Yumei and Angel came to Qingyang before the Spring Festival, on the one hand, they couldn't bear the pain of lovesickness, and on the other hand, they also accepted their own family's commission to congratulate Li Wufeng on his promotion to the position of festival envoy, and the gift was not only the precious treasures brought by the second daughter, but also the second daughter herself, Li Wufeng smiled happily.

Through understanding, Li Wufeng found that Angel was very talented in diplomacy, especially in Yanjing's activities, which added a lot of help to himself, such as using various relationships to attract many neutrals in and out of the court, most of these people can speak in the empire, and also hyped up the merchant power of Yanjing for himself, attracting Yanjing businessmen to invest in the northwest, and also gave full play to his unique status and charm, made friends with the upper class people of the empire, and built momentum for Li Wufeng, "Imperial News" and "Every Express" The reason why he spared no effort to sing praises for Li Wufeng is inseparable from Angel's role. Even Gu Ji, who was in charge of intelligence gathering for Li Wufeng in Yanjing, wrote a letter praising Angel for being like a fish in water in high society in Yanjing and playing an unexpected role.

And the arrival of Hua Yumei also brought a lot of good news to Wufeng. The merchant power in Jiangnan is second to none in the entire empire, and the local political axe officials at all levels are almost inseparable from the merchant power, otherwise it will be difficult for the local political axe to do anything. The rich natural resources of the northwest have long been concerned by the merchants of Jiangnan County and even the neighboring Wuhu County, but due to the constant wars in the northwest all the year round, the social order is chaotic, and the northern passage is controlled by nomads, the merchant forces in Jiangnan have not dared to enter.

Li Wufeng's entry into Qingyang two years ago had already attracted the attention of these sensitive businessmen, but the situation had not stabilized at that time, and Li Wufeng had not fully grasped the power of the entire northwest, but many bold businessmen had already tried to come to Qingyang. They were all attracted by Qingyang's preferential policies, and then Li Wufeng took control of Jinzhou, and Jinzhou's extremely rich timber and medicinal resources also attracted many businessmen. And this time, Li Wufeng was appointed by the empire as the military and political envoy of the Northwest County who was in charge of one side alone, and eliminated the long-standing rebel forces in one fell swoop, and completely controlled the four prefectures of Qingyang, Jinzhou, Guide, and Bonan, plus Hua Yumei used the power of his family to promote the northwest after returning to his hometown, almost all the big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River came to visit the Hua family, wanting to understand the truth about the northwest through the Hua family, and the status of the Hua family was also greatly improved. Hua Yumei's detailed publicity, especially the explanation of preferential policies and social security conditions, made the businessmen even more moved. Due to the special relationship between Hua Yumei and Li Wufeng, they asked Hua Yumei to match them up, and as soon as the traditional Spring Festival passed, a large number of businessmen would come with huge sums of money.

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