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The Minister of Commerce, Zeng Guohong, was also a veteran of the two dynasties, and his continued management of commercial and trade affairs not only won the full support of the merchants of Jiangnan and the East China Sea, but also won the recognition of many financial aristocrats, including Yanjing, especially his more moderate policies and the suggestion that the empire should follow the financial policy of the Tang River empire to a certain extent, which made the entire imperial financial community maintain a considerable degree of favor towards him, at least compared to the new imperial central bank governor James's policy of comprehensively cleaning up the imperial financial industry, his opinions are much calmer, facing the arrival of the new dynasty, Many financial families who were close to the central government of the Tang River Empire and the original Situ family were terrified and said that it would not be a lifesaver to have an old minister of the former dynasty come forward to ease his cheeks. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zeng Guohong had a serious exchange with Wu Feng at the beginning of his tenure, and the two of them were surprisingly consistent in their attitudes towards increasing efforts to promote foreign commerce and trade, especially on the issue of continuing to improve the land transportation channels of the empire while speeding up the development of sea shipping, and the two had the same ideas, giving priority to the development of shipbuilding and shipping industry, and even wrote it into the outline of the empire's three-year development plan.

"Lord Tian, Governor Kong has put forward a series of plans, including 50,000 immigrants from the interior of the empire, 50,000 immigrants from the Indean region, and 30,000 immigrants from Vito, to enrich the East Luzon region, which can not only greatly promote the development of East Luzon, but also reverse the population composition of East Luzon, so that the Tang and Indean ethnic groups dominate. "It is added that Xiao Tang, the prime minister of the Imperial Government Council, has the same interests on this issue, "The interior of the empire can recruit immigrants from Beiyuan, Yanyun and even Heshuo County, these three counties have suffered from war, as long as appropriate support policies are given, not to mention 50,000 people, even 500,000 people can also be recruited, and there are already many people and few places on the Yinde'an side, and their ethnic surnames are not similar to the Tang people, and they are more willing to move out, so there is no big problem." ”

"But there is nothing left in the area of Nakui Yangba, it can be said that it is a barren mountain and wild mountains, if you want to build a new city, I am afraid that it will cost a lot, can the financial department support this project now? Or let North Luzon solve this problem on its own?" Wufeng pondered for a moment, it seems that both the military and the government are inclined to control East Luzon as soon as possible, the political axe side hopes to obtain a base rich in resources, and the military hopes to use this place to threaten the entire central part of Luzon proper.

"The treasury can invest a part, but I'm afraid the central bank also needs to borrow a part of North Luzon, and see if it can introduce a part of private investment, the minister is thinking that if a perfect road transportation system can be built as soon as possible, with the rich resources of the East Luzon region, it can completely attract investment in the interior of the empire, as Lord Zeng said, with the population, resources, and good support policies, it is equivalent to having the opportunity to make a fortune, how can those merchants in the empire turn a blind eye?" Xiao Tang laughed, " What's more, the military's needs in this regard are even more urgent, and some construction projects can be undertaken by the military in the name of national defense projects.

"Xiao Xiang, you can't say that, the construction of national defense fortifications, the military is duty-bound, but road traffic these aspects, of course, should be borne by the political axe, can not be confused. Bo Jinchen immediately became alert, and his words did not leak.

Seeing that the other party was so sensitive, Xiao Tang no longer delved into it, and turned his head and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is sooner rather than later, Kong Yunzhen did it in a timely manner, and now it is time for the central government to come forward to give support and support, the Luzon people will not sit idly by, maybe they are still stuck in the west and can't pull their hands out, but once they free up their hands, if East Luzon has not yet built a perfect road system, I am afraid that our ideas will be difficult to achieve." ”

"Xiao Xiang's words are absolutely reasonable, Frederick will not let us do whatever we want, but he is now entangled in South India and Comini and can't get out, so we must seize this precious time, as long as the road from Kuiyangba to Liushantaizi is built, then even if Frederick comes in person, it will not help, and once the defense system of Kuiyangba is formed, then we can still go south step by step, and the east of Robin and Giassi will be our next target. Bo Jinchen licked his lips with a wistful look on his face, obviously hoping to achieve the kind of situation he envisioned: "Your Majesty, the minister suggested that we need to contact the Pasha people, Luzon, which annexed Comini and South India, has become the common enemy of the Pasha people and the empire, and the Western Peninsula Alliance in the southwest is also our enemy, and there is a lot of room for cooperation between our two countries in these two aspects, if we can harmonize, then I think we can get more benefits and better results." ”

With the announcement of the dissolution of the court, the ministers retreated in twos and threes, the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty was much simpler than that of the previous dynasty, Wufeng was originally a person who was not too constrained in etiquette, under his insistence, the Ministry of Etiquette had to drastically reduce the etiquette of the previous dynasty, but even when the ministers thought that the etiquette was too simple and damaged the royal majesty, Wufeng said "majesty stands in the heart rather than in the form" to send away.

There was only one person left, that is, Bo Jinchen, the right envoy of the Imperial Privy Council, and it was obvious that His Majesty the Emperor and his military ministers had important matters to discuss, and staying in the Scattered Dynasty also showed that some affairs were too unsuitable to be made public in the court.

"How's the preparation going over there on the peninsula?" When there were only two people left in the hall, Wu Feng's spirit seemed to improve all of a sudden, and his words became shorter.

"Basically, they are ready to stop, Lei Juetian has returned to Sanglin City, according to our requirements, they must withdraw from Loushan Pass within half a month, they must withdraw from Huayang and Yushan within a month, the news from the day before yesterday, Loushan Pass is already being handed over, the Ma Qi Khan army has withdrawn from Loushan Pass in accordance with the treaty, and we have also lifted the material embargo on the Ma Qi Khan people according to the agreement. Bo Jinchen replied in a deep voice, "It should be said that the threat of the Maqi Khans can be put to an end for the time being, and now it is time to free up his hands to consider the southwest issue." ”

"Hmm, how are the preparations of the Fourth and Eighth Legions?" Wu Feng is more concerned about this side, the Maqi Khans hope to get a period of peace to digest the results of the war, and they hope to be able to free up their hands to solve the problem of the southwest throat passage wholeheartedly, it should be said that this is a hit, but in exchange for more concessions from the other party, the empire has to pretend to be serious and boil the price with the other party.

"Everything is going according to plan, the Eighth Army is already entering Balia, the Sixth Army has taken over the defense of the Fourth Army, and the Fourth Army has entered Eastern Samoa, just waiting for His Majesty's order. Mu Lige has always been hesitant about the Eighth Army coming to the southwest, and now that the war is evenly divided, the two army corps are now full of posture to see who can come out on top in this war and have the last laugh. Bo Jinchen pursed his lips and smiled faintly, it was really a clever move for His Majesty the Emperor to transfer the Eighth Army to the peninsula, not only did he immediately mobilize the dissatisfaction of the Fourth Army, but the Eighth Army could also take this opportunity to establish its prestige in the southwest.

"Very good, I just want to see this kind of situation, so what is the performance of Sikkim?" this is the question that Wu Feng is most concerned about.

"The Sikkimese have smelled the war, and their reaction has been swift, and the mercenary units, which have been on high alert, have begun to cross the Sikkim Strait into Nam An and Western Samoa, and are converging with the Nam An and Western Samoa armies, and their defence forces and reserve forces are also being urgently mobilized, and it is estimated that they should all be in a state of war within a week. We have already arranged for Soktu, and it is expected that within three days the Eighth Army will be able to cross Soktu, and by that time both Nan'an and Western Samoa will face the pain of being attacked on both sides. ”

"Well, the Sikkimese are worthy of being the allies in this region, and they have strong intelligence skills, and their diplomatic envoys have sent a note to our diplomats asking us to explain our military operations in East Samoa and Balia, and it seems that it will not be easy to solve the problem of Nam An by surprise attack. Shaking his head, Wu Feng casually picked up the jade balls on the desk, which was a pair of polished jade balls from Lantian Town, Yushan Prefecture, Sanjiang, which was said to have the effect of strengthening the body when held in his hand.

"Your Majesty, it is unrealistic to blindly hope to win the war by taking the strange way, the war will ultimately rely on strength to speak, one or two tactical successes will not change the entire course of the war, the Sikkim people can be said to be the overlord of this region before we intervene, but compared to the empire, it is far from a level, it is so busy intervening in land wars, in fact, it is killing itself. ”

"You mean that the Sikkimians should not reinforce Nan'an and Western Samoa?" Wu Feng asked rhetorically.

"If the minister is the principal of Sikkim, he will not rashly send troops to land, land combat is the strength of our emperor's [***] team, and sea power is the advantage of Sikkim, it attacks its strengths with its own shortcomings, will the final result be good?"

"If the Sikkim people don't intervene in this war, will they be able to get out of the war?" It's already April, under the warm sun, everywhere is full of vitality, looking at the green and attractive spring scenery outside the palace, Wu Feng subconsciously shook his head, "They have no choice, because they know that our ultimate goal is to gain control of this passage of the entire Middle East continent, not only by land, but also by sea! Without the protection of Nan'an and Western Samoa, how long can Sikkim hold out on to an isolated island? Half a year? Or three years?"

(To be continued)