In March, An Chongzhu sent an edict to Liangchuan to supervise the grain transportation for the front-line army. Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Zhu Hongzhao and Xuanhui envoy Meng Zhaoqiong suddenly impeached An Chongzhu, and many ministers of the DPRK and China attacked him and impeached An Chongzhu one after another.

Seeing this, An Chongzhi wanted to return to Luoyang immediately to save the decline, but at this time, it happened that Li Congzhang was sent from Luoyang to the river to serve as an envoy, and found out An Chongxue's whereabouts, so Li Congzhang took the opportunity to send someone to arrest An Chongzhi and put him in prison, and killed him in prison the next day. Subsequently, An Chongzhu's party was completely liquidated by Li Congke and Li Conghou.

Almost at the same time, the Sichuan army Li Renhan captured Suizhou, and the Tang army defender Xia Luqi was defeated and committed suicide. Shi Jingjiao could not cope with the transportation of grain, so he burned the camp and returned to the north.

These two things have been transmitted to Dengzhou, Li Congyan never expected that a generation of powerful ministers An Chongzhi would die so abruptly, the original history of An Chongzhi before his death, it set off a bloody storm, gathered a group of henchmen and Li Congke and his party to fight in the dark.

But now that An Chongzhi is so dead, the situation in the DPRK and China has changed from a party dispute to a dispute between the princes, and in a sense, the situation has become even worse for Li Congyan.

Li Congyan is very clear about the temperament of Li Congke, Li Conghou, Li Conghou and others, these people may treat the Khitans as lambs, but for Li Congyan, whose wings are not yet full at this time, these "brothers" are not good, no matter whether Li Congyan will compete for the position of prince, Li Congke and the others will never let Li Congyan go.

As a result, Li Congyan began to accelerate his development plan.

Fifteen miles north of Dengzhou City, Beilu Village.

Beilu Village is a newly established village, there are ~ a total of 310 households in the village, all of them are displaced people from various states to Dengzhou, who settled here after being sheltered by Li Congyan, and distributed the surrounding arable land, and also ordered Si Tian to join the army Li Dongxian of the assassination of the Shifu to organize people to reclaim a large area of wasteland.

At this time, it was the beginning of spring, which was also the first spring ploughing after the establishment of Beilu Village, so Li Congyan came from Dengzhou City and led a group of officials from the Thorn History Mansion to participate in the spring ploughing ceremony of Beilu Village.

On the spring platform, Li Congyan stood in the center, Wu Conghan was on the left, Li Ren was on the right, and the rest of the participants in the Assassin's Mansion stood in the back. Li Wei commanded the army to stay in Dengzhou City.

Under the spring platform, more than 300 households of Beilu Village gathered here, if it were not for the officials of the Assassin's Mansion and a group of soldiers of the New Army to maintain order, more than 300 households and nearly 2,000 people would rush up to surround Li Congyan. At this time, the cheers came one after another, and Li Congyan wanted to speak several times, but was stopped by the people.

"Although I am loved by the people, I am too enthusiastic!"

Li Congyan sighed in his heart, perhaps from the perspective of later generations, it is not too earth-shattering to divide some land, settle some displaced people, etc. But for the people of this era, these are major events that are bigger than the sky, and they are major events related to the life and death of the people!

After a while, the people under the spring platform stabilized, and Li Congyan said loudly: "I am Li Congyan, Dengzhou Assassin Li Congyan!" ”

"Today is the first spring ploughing day in Beilu Village, and it is also the beginning of your living and working in Dengzhou, so I came here today."

Li Congyan looked at the more than 2,000 people under the Spring Terrace, their faces still had some vegetables, some old people and children were thin and weak, as if they would fall down when a gust of wind blew, Li Congyan's heart couldn't help but feel sour.

"I am here today not only to plow with you, but also to convey a message to you and all the people of Dengzhou: as long as I, Li Congyan, am in Dengzhou for a day, you are my Li Congyan's father and brother, as long as I am for a day, I will let you have food, clothing, and a house, and in the future, I will let you have money to spend and live a life in paradise!"

At this time, an elderly man nearby asked loudly: "Dare to ask Li Tingshi, when will there be such a life?" ”

Li Congyan looked at the old man's expectant expression and said firmly: "Soon! I can let you have your own village, your own land and farm tools in Dengzhou within a year, then I can let you have enough food and warm clothes next year, what about two years later? As long as you work together with me, Li Congyan, these are not vain, and they will definitely be realized! ”

Then, Li Congyan continued: "Maybe during this period, there will be people who can't look down on Dengzhou's prosperity and strength, and they won't want me Li Congyan to benefit the people, but I and the Dengzhou New Army will stand in front of you, and we will defend everything in Dengzhou with blood and defend the future of the people of Dengzhou!" ”

Wu Conghan and Li Ren next to him looked at the impassioned Li Congyan, and their hearts were also surging, but if Li Congyan could see his state at this time, he might think: "Isn't this the mustache of the Rhine Kingdom?" Why did I become so fanatical when did I become so fanatical? ”

At this time, more than 2,000 people in the Chun stage had been ignited by Li Congyan's speech, and they all raised their arms and shouted, and even some hot-blooded young people shouted: "Li Tingshi, who is your enemy?" We won't say yes! ”

Li Congyan kept waving his hand to the cheering crowd, and he was very satisfied with this trip in his heart, and he was very sure that even if he raised his arms and shouted that the sky was dead at this time, the people in the audience would desperately shout that Huang Tian should stand up.

Since then, Li Congyan's speech in Beilu Village has spread like a hurricane throughout Dengzhou, and almost all the people in Dengzhou have been deeply encouraged, and have regarded Li Congyan as the heaven of Dengzhou, and even hot-blooded people like Tang Yi are even more interested in Li Congyan.

Subsequently, Li Congyan and the people of Beilu Village began to plough the land and sow seeds together with oxen and ploughs, and in the endless fields, hundreds of people sowed hope with spring breezes, and also sowed the cornerstone of prosperity and strength for Dengzhou.

In the evening of the same day, Li Congyan led the crowd back to the Dengzhou Thorn Mansion.

Wu Conghan, Li Ren and the rest of the army did not leave, but were dragged by Li Congyan to hold an important meeting in the Assassin's Mansion.

“…… That's the way it is, An Chongzhi is dead, and the factional struggle between the court and the central government will soon turn into a dispute between the princes, and it is very likely that it will affect me! ”

Li Congyan said to everyone with a solemn face: "Once the battle for the prince begins, it will not end, and no one among the princes can stay out of it. Therefore, I decided to immediately abolish the Dengshu Assassin Prefecture and reorganize it into the Shogunate, and make every effort to develop Dengshu to deal with the severe situation in the future with strength! ”

When everyone heard this, they changed color.

Wu Conghan hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Lord, now that the sage is still there, directly withdraw the assassination of the Shifu and build the shogunate, this will be true!" ”

Li Congyan naturally understood this truth, but Li Congyan, who was familiar with history, calculated the time, and estimated that Emperor Li Siyuan's time was running out, and at this time, all his attention was on the rebellion in Liangchuan, and a small part of them were in the various battles in Luoyang City, and they were not much interested in themselves, the righteous son who was far away in Dengzhou.

So Li Congyan said: "Don't worry about this, I will take care of it, it's a big deal to the outside world or in the name of the Assassin's Office, but the shogunate must be established immediately!" ”

After speaking, Li Congyan discussed with everyone, Wu Conghan, Li Ren, and Li Wei saw that Li Congyan had made up his mind, so they no longer advised, but actively offered advice.

The people deliberated until late at night, and finally, under the auspices of Li Congyan, the structure of the shogunate and the candidates for officials at all levels were formulated.

The new shogunate was divided into the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs, and Li Congyan spent a lot of effort arguing about these two names, Wu Conghan and others thought that these two names were weird and tacky, but they couldn't stand Li Congyan's liking.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs is the original Zhu Cao of the Assassin History Mansion, and Wu Conghan, who joined the army, served as the Minister of Civil Affairs, and at the same time carried out some reforms to Zhu Cao:

Sicang joined the army Tianlu was changed to the treasury secretary, responsible for the management, registration, verification of the treasury in Dengzhou, as well as the taxation and allocation;

Guo Jia, who joined the army, was changed to Si Cheng, who was responsible for the household registration management of the people in Dengzhou, as well as related civil affairs;

Si Tian joined the army, Li Dongxian was changed to Si Cheng, who was responsible for settling the displaced people, clearing wasteland, dividing land, and collecting land taxes;

Liu Sanshui, who joined the judicial army, was changed to the secretary of the legal department, responsible for punishing outsiders, as well as civil lawsuits and prisons in various parts of Dengzhou;

Xu Mingzhi, who joined the army, was changed to the assessment of Si Cheng, who was responsible for the annual assessment, promotion, and punishment of Dengzhou officials.

At the same time, Li Congyan officially brought Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng under his command as early as the spring ploughing day, and promoted Li Sisheng to the position of Si Cheng of the Industrial Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, responsible for managing various workshops and mineral deposits run by the shogunate.

The Industrial Department has jurisdiction over Liuli Workshop, Haiyan Workshop, Fertilizer Workshop, Wood Workshop, as well as Zhengqishan Copper Mine and Nanshan Silver Mine under construction.

Chen Dongli served as the director of the Liuli Workshop and the Haiyan Workshop, Guo Siming, the former director of the Fertilizer Workshop, also led the head of the Wood Workshop, and Wang Hao, the director of the Log Workshop, was transferred to manage the Zhengqishan Copper Mine and Nanshan Silver Mine. Of course, Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng's original dividends in the two workshops are still unchanged, and they can also receive a salary from the shogunate.

In this way, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has all departments, completely replacing the previous ruling functions of the Assassin's Office.

Next up is the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Li Congyan directly took the post of Minister of Military Affairs and held the military power tightly in his hands.

Later, Xue Mingtuan was changed to the division of soldiers to join the army, and Xue Mingtuan was the director of the recruitment department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, responsible for the recruitment and training of the new army;

The Department of Soldiers was added, and Zhang Jun, the former craftsman director of the Assassin's Mansion, was promoted to Si Cheng, who was responsible for the construction of weapons and armor of the new army;

The Treasury Department was added, and Wei Qin, the former head of the Treasury of the Assassin's Prefecture, was promoted to the secretary, who was responsible for the storage, custody and allocation of new military equipment;

The R&D Department was added, and the former Thorn Shifu craftsman Guo Gan was promoted to be the Si Cheng, responsible for the research and development of various new military equipment. Of course, the research and development of new armaments must have been carried out under the guidance of Li Congyan.

The Military Medical Department was added, and Sun Yi, a famous doctor in Dengzhou, was recruited as the Si Cheng, who specially trained military medical officers for the officers and soldiers of the new army, and made various medicines and medical supplies needed in the army;

The Baggage Division was added, and Wei Taoran, the head of the new army, was promoted to the secretary, who was responsible for preparing various military training materials for the officers and men of the new army.

So far, all departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs are complete.

Li Congyan rubbed his sore eyes and said to everyone: "Even if the shogunate is initially established today, the candidates of the departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs must perform their own duties, and within five days, the transition of each department must be completed smoothly and start normal operation. ”

Then, Li Congyan looked at Wu Conghan and said, "Early tomorrow morning, all the departments and departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the heads of the Industrial Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will be summoned, and I want to give you a mention or two!" ”

"Whoa!"

Early the next morning, officials at all levels of the shogunate gathered in the Assassin's Mansion, and Li Congyan immediately read out the appointment of everyone, and then said: "Although this place is still called the Assassin's Mansion, you are already my Li Congyan's staff, so from today on, you must remember your identity and your duties, remember!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, only to feel that there was a fire burning in their hearts, and everyone had realized that from today on, they were not only officials of the imperial court, but also Li Congyan's staff, and they had been tied up with Li Congyan.