"Thank you for your kindness, Xiao Tang has nothing to repay, but to go all out to repay the kindness of the adult!" Xiao Tang's eyes were already a little wet.

I was a little emotional, but I still smiled and nodded, "Well, then I'll see how you perform." ”

Seeing that Ling Tianfang's face was a little gloomy after reading the information, my originally smiling face also became heavy, and even Xiao Tang on the side felt the change in the atmosphere.

"What? What do you think after reading it?" I lifted the lid of the tea bowl, the milky white mist curled up, and the green and faint color of the soup was pleasing to the eye, but at this time I was not in much of the mood to appreciate everything that seemed to be comfortable.

"I didn't expect the situation to be so serious, but why didn't the central government know anything about it?" Ling Tianfang's voice became a little erratic, looking a little unpredictable.

"Tianfang, have you also heard of the Taiping Sect?" Although my face was not good-looking, my demeanor was quite relaxed.

"Well," nodded, "I heard about them a few years ago when I was traveling in the Central Plains, and I witnessed their meeting by chance, and I didn't know much about them at the time, but their power didn't seem to be great at the time. There were many doubts in Ling Tianfang's eyes.

Xiao Tang had already taken the intelligence information handed to him by Ling Tianfang and buried his head and looked at it, to be honest, I was also very irritable in my heart, seeing that the northwest was about to be pacified, I thought that I would be able to have a few years of stability at this time, and a Taiping Sect emerged, it seems that the chaos in the world is a foregone conclusion, and I think that it is impossible to be in a corner of peace, and I will be dragged into the quagmire of war after all, so I have to seize this period of time before the outbreak to take precautions and do some preparatory work.

"According to the intelligence, this Taiping Sect is now developing quite rapidly, except for our Northwest County, the ten counties of the empire and the Yanjing Special Administrative Region have not yet gained a foothold, it seems that other places have already had a considerable scale, but they are still hidden in the shadows, I think it won't be long before they will surface. "I am quite pleased that this Taiping Sect does not have much power in the Northwest County, but it is also necessary to take precautions and prevent it from happening.

"Well, this situation should cause us to pay close attention, these things mixed with religious beliefs and other messes, once they infiltrate our territory, it will take a lot of energy to eradicate them. However, there are some capable people in this Taiping Sect, their ancestor, You Daofang, who is known as the Great Grandmaster, and his three disciples and several important figures in their sect cannot be taken lightly, whether it is literary talent and martial arts, they are all outstanding, but I don't know how the huge intelligence department of the empire could not be aware of it? This is really a bit puzzling. Ling Tianfang's attention was always focused on how the empire responded.

After reading the information, Xiao Tang also expressed his opinion: "I also heard of this Taiping Sect when I was still in my hometown in Beiyuan County, and I thought it was nothing more than some swaggering people using some deceptive tricks to preach some gods, Buddhas, ghosts and other things, which were used to deceive the fools and fools in the township. After reading these things today, I can understand what these people are planning. However, in just ten years, it is definitely not easy to use this pretense to spread power all over the country. The slogans they put forward such as freedom and fraternity, equal wealth and poverty, division of land, and what all beings are equal, all people in the world are equal brothers and sisters, abolishing slave status, and abolishing hierarchical divisions are indeed very tempting and appealing, especially for the middle and lower classes of the common people, and they can speak their hearts. However, these teachings of theirs are obviously in contradiction with the laws and systems of the Empire, and after so many years, how can the Empire be ignorant? If they know why they have not taken any measures?"

There are probably many reasons for this. I also made a careful analysis and study of this information, combined with my own opinions, "There are several possible surnames, first, a few years ago, this Taiping Sect only carried out activities in the name of preaching and curing diseases in the middle and lower strata of the empire, and it is reported that this Taiping Sect was also registered in the name of social organizations in the local internal affairs department of Yanyun County of the empire, and they did not propose anything to equalize the wealth and the poor. Second, I estimate that in recent years, this Taiping Sect has also infiltrated the upper echelons of the empire, and some officials of the empire must have been bribed and controlled to a greater or lesser extent, and it is very likely that some local officials are also covering them up; third, their influence has deep roots in the Central Plains and western counties, where the gap between the rich and the poor is more serious, and even in Jiangnan County and Wuhu County, and I judge that there are some people with ulterior motives within the empire who want to take advantage of themBut the people in charge of the Taiping Sect are also unusual, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, everyone uses each other to see who is the ultimate beneficiary. ”

"I'm afraid that the countries and forces around the empire will not turn a blind eye to such an opportunity, if you can't figure out that this Taiping Sect has the intervention and support of foreign hostile forces behind it, otherwise even if some of them are talented, it is impossible for them to develop so fast, which is definitely inseparable from a large amount of financial and intelligence support. Xiao Tang further put forward his own opinion.

"The world is bustling, all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit. It is said that businessmen are like this, as long as they are profitable, they will find ways to make it. In fact, this is not the case between countries? The development of the Taiping Sect will inevitably endanger the rule of the empire, and will eventually lead to civil strife, whether the Taiping rebellion succeeds or the empire suppresses it, it will greatly damage its vitality, and in the end, it will be the fishermen of the surrounding countries who will benefit, so the more chaos they can stir up within the empire, the better, the more opportunities they will have, and of course they will spare no effort to support the development of the Taiping Sect. It's just that together with this beacon smoke, the people of the world will suffer. I sighed and nodded, agreeing with Xiao Tang's opinion.

"When you prosper, the people suffer, and when you die, the people suffer. Win the king and defeat the king, you step down on the political stage, I will appear on the stage, compete for the deer, where does anyone care about the life and death of your people. Xiao Tang was also deeply touched.

"We don't have the energy to feel emotionally for the time being, so let's put down the work we have to do first. "Ling Tianfang is much more realistic, "The intelligence shows that although the Taiping Sect has not yet taken root in our northwest, since Qingyang and Jinzhou have received a large number of immigrants, many of them come from areas where the Taiping Sect is quite rampant, and there will definitely be their personnel in the middle, we must immediately launch an investigation, monitor these people, and if there are backbone elements, we must take special and necessary measures to resolutely solve them." ”

"I think all these evil sects and crooked ways have their basis and conditions, the empire is now suffering from many internal and external troubles, the intensification of class contradictions at home, and the intensification of the gap between the rich and the poor, which will give this Taiping Sect the opportunity, as long as we step up the development of the economy, the common people can live and work in peace and contentment, I think it will be difficult for them to do something in the northwest. Of course, we must not take it lightly, there are always some stubborn people who want to stir up trouble, and the opinion of the heavens is very important, we must strengthen our own monitoring force, and we must suppress those dangerous elements with an iron fist, and we must not be soft-hearted. In addition, I think we also need to prepare for it in advance, and we can send people to infiltrate them as we did with the rebels, but I guess there must be quite a lot of difficulty in this, this Taiping Sect is not as good as those chaotic troops, and it will take a lot of work to get in, so we can discuss it carefully. "I synthesized their opinions and analysed them.

Immediately after that, I raised my worries, "But now this Taiping Sect has formed a considerable climate, even if they can't make trouble in the northwest, but according to my judgment, in less than two years, it will definitely cause a big chaos in the hinterland of the empire, and then all the forces of the entire empire will inevitably be involved, and there are foreign forces to add fuel to the fire, I don't know how we will deal with it at that time?" Therefore, we can only seize the time now, on the one hand, step up efforts to strengthen our strength in all aspects, and on the other hand, develop the army at all costs, even if it has some impact on other aspects. I have invited both of you here today to explain to you what I mean. ”

Seeing that both of them nodded in understanding, indicating that they understood what I meant, I turned the topic back to the question of the candidates for the city guards of several prefectures, "Okay, let's not talk about the Taiping Sect for a while, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it, I think even a single Taiping Sect can't scare us, not to mention that our northwest is quite stable, let's talk about the candidates for the four city guards and the subordinate departments first, I don't know if there are any outstanding talents recommended in your mind?"

The two of them glanced at each other, and then they both cautiously closed their mouths, looking at them as if they were scruples.

"What's the matter? I don't think the two of you even have someone who can look at it, do you? or do you think it's not good to recommend it?" I looked at the two of them with a smile, it seemed that even Ling Tian had learned the word Shen Yan after staying in the empire for a few years.

"I think there should be a suitable candidate in the minds of adults, so it is better to ask the adults to put it forward first, and Lord Ling and I will refer to you for your reference, what do you think?" or Xiao Tang broke the embarrassment and said his opinion.

I shook my head, "That's not good, although I have some candidates in mind, but they are not mature, I want to hear if your opinions have anything in common with mine, and you also have to talk about the basis for recommending them." ”

There was another silence, seeing that I was a little impatient, and finally Ling Tianfang couldn't help but speak: "Since the adults said this, I will mention a few first, please consider it." Anyone like Mo Lun and Su Minshun is enough to take on the important task of guarding the city, and I think my lord knows it, so I don't need to say more. I think that James, the director of the Treasury of the Golden State Government, and his deputy, who is also his classmate Yang Zhengbin, are rare talents, especially in financial work, and have a very new perspective on financial work. There is also Tang Qiren of the Golden State Economic Development Agency, a young man who is also quite capable, although he is young, but he is quite a general. I'll mention these three first, and let me decide. ”

I nodded, I have a deep impression of James's ability, he is also one of the candidates in my mind, his deputy Yang Zhengbin I have also heard of it, Tang Qiren is not very clear, it seems that he has to understand carefully.

Seeing that Ling Tianfang had already taken the lead in speaking, Xiao Tang was no longer reserved, "I recommend Mu Haoran from the Qingyang Prefecture Administration Bureau and Jin Ning from the Intelligence Bureau. These two adults know each other, and their abilities are also obvious to everyone, Mu Haoran is very good at administrative management and diplomacy, and I am also thanks to his help to run all aspects of Qingyang Mansion's work, and Jin Ning, this young man, was born a good seedling engaged in intelligence collection and analysis, I know that Mo Lun's intelligence agency has made a lot of achievements, and Mo Lun has also recommended him to me many times. After a moment's hesitation, Xiao Tang expressed his opinion again," There is another person who is also very talented, but he has not been in our political axe department for a long time, he is an immigrant from the Indean Kingdom, he is now working in the Agricultural Administration and Water Conservancy Department of Qingyang Province, he originally graduated from Heidelberg University in the Western Continent, and later worked in the political axe department of the Indean Kingdom, this person is very comprehensive, not only limited to agriculture and water conservancy, he has a set of everything, but the time to join our political axe department is a little shorter, only one year, his name is Leo. ”

I nodded, "National origin is not a problem, the problem is that the origin of this Leo must be clarified, don't let people with ulterior motives get into us, and if he also holds an important position, it will become a joke, so that the security department can carefully check his roots." It is also a necessary procedure, and all those who need to be promoted to key posts must be vetted by the security services and reappointed if they meet the conditions without problems. ”

Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang had no objection to this, they both knew that since they recommended these people, they would have to bear the responsibility of recommending, and once there was a problem, they would also be implicated, of course, they hoped that the problem could be lifted in advance.

"I know most of the candidates you recommend, and I've heard of those who don't know, and they're roughly the same as the candidates in my mind. I have already made up my mind that the position of the director of the Northwest County Administration Office will be held by Xiao Tang, and the administrative affairs of the entire Northwest County will be mainly handled by you. In addition, I am about to form the Northwest Army, and I will serve as the commander of the Northwest Army for the time being, and I think that you will serve as the chief of staff of the Northwest Army Corps that is about to be formed, and be responsible for all the affairs of the formation of the Legion, and I will entrust you with more military matters in the future. ”

When the two of them heard my arrangement, although they had been psychologically prepared, they still couldn't suppress some excitement, and almost at the same time stood up and saluted, "Thank you for your kindness, we will never live up to your trust." ”

I waved my hand to signal that the two of them didn't have to do this, and paused again before continuing, "The economic construction of Qingyang Mansion is basically on the right track, and the development of all aspects is proceeding in a step-by-step manner, and Qingyang is the capital of Northwest County, with a special geographical location, in order to ensure stability, I have decided to temporarily let Mo Lun serve as the city guard." The situation in the Golden State Mansion is also quite satisfactory, and it is also our current financial pillar, so there can be no mistakes here, and James will be the city guard. As for Guide and Bonan, I consider that the economy of these two places has now slipped to the lowest point, and the agriculture in these two places is not very developed, and they used to be dominated by industry and commerce, so it is necessary to make great efforts to revive the economies of the two places in a short period of time. ”

The two people present also agreed with my opinion, especially Xiao Tang thought further, since he was appointed as the administrative director of the Northwest County, his head was spinning rapidly, how to make the economy of Guide and Bonan as quickly as possible and regain the glory of the past, this question has become the primary problem in front of us, but the empire can no longer be like Qingyang to develop at that time to give these two places much financial support, now the empire itself also has a lot of trouble, many places need to spend a lot of money, plus the current empire has many ministers in the central government who are dissatisfied with the change of ownership in the northwest, It is already the greatest support to not make trouble for the future work of Northwest County, so don't think about anything else, Xiao Tang can see this very clearly.

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