"That's what happened."

Black Tiger spoke, "But the trouble is that none of these behaviors can be directly traced back to the Ministry of Rites. ”

"The Ministry of Rites is like this?"

Li Tong was shocked.

"Ahem, now is not the time to discuss."

Ye Lie opened his mouth and said, "Li Tong, I need you, and what you have done recently is also very good, but if you are promoted to the Ministry of Rites, it will take a little time." ”

It is precisely because of this that Ye Lie kept this ritual book.

"The minister will do his best."

"But the matter of the Propaganda Department has to be knocked down."

Li Tong opened his mouth and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to give an edict." ”

"No, White Bird, Black Tiger, you go and run it."

Ye Lie opened his mouth and said, "As long as the Ministry of Rites Shangshu now agrees to add a propaganda department, the official can issue a public announcement. That's enough. ”

"Yes!"

The black tiger and the white bird immediately went down.

Li Tong naturally knew that he shouldn't know what he was asking.

"Li Tong, the propaganda department, is your opportunity to make meritorious contributions, relying on this, I can promote you to the Ministry of Rites, and there will be no such corrupt people."

Ye Lie said slowly, "You go down and prepare first, and the secret guards will take care of this matter." ”

He gave everyone enough space to do things.

"Obey."

Li Tong stepped back.

"Your Majesty, the affairs of the newspaper are ready, as long as the propaganda department finalizes and starts to release official news, the newspaper can start operating."

Liu Yuanshan's two godsons came to report.

Ye Lie was very comfortable with this feeling.

In the past, he came to ask questions to make his own decisions, but now he only needs to know the process and the result, and everything is done.

"Okay, wait a little longer, the newspaper is very important, has Ye Yu already moved over the movable type printing?"

Ye Lie nodded and asked casually.

"It's all set."

Liu Yuanshan's godson nodded and said, "The place has been chosen, and the secret guards are now responsible for protection, and when the Propaganda Department is done, the newspaper can come out." ”

"Okay, you go down first, things have to take your time. I'll be concerned. ”

Ye Lie said and told them to stand down.

Li Tong also didn't know what methods the Black Tiger and White Bird used.

A few days later, the Ministry of Rites agreed to the propaganda department with a smile on his face.

It didn't take long for the personnel who had been vetted by the secret guards to enter the propaganda department, along with several "cronies" of the Ministry of Rites.

In fact, it is to get people in after receiving money.

Although the propaganda department's announcement on the first day was somewhat abrupt, some major events and local policies of the DPRK and China, including matters discussed at the court meeting, were made public.

After a few days, the people got used to it.

There will be corresponding bulletin boards in all parts of Beijing, and literate people can know how the current Jiachao Central is going.

Ye Lie was following in the footsteps that Ye Yu told him, using the experience that Ye Yu gave him to slowly reform the Jia Dynasty in secret.

As expected, the newspaper was set up a month after the appearance of the propaganda department.

At this point, in terms of the media, Ye Lie has made preliminary preparations.

When Ye Lie was secretly reforming, Ye Yu was not idle.

But he was mainly developing the productive forces.

The capital has been almost transformed, and naturally it will radiate to other cities.

Throughout the Southern Dynasties, the population continued to increase and the economy continued to rise.

These are reflected in the reports of these two quarters.

Summer convention at the end of the summer.

Ye Yu thought that the time should be almost up.

Just before the end of the conference, Ye Yu slowly spoke, "Next, it should be time to transform Xishan Prefecture." ”

"Your Highness, Xishan Prefecture should be the first to accept reforms, and there should be no problem."

Zhao Wanjin thought about it and said.

"Your Highness, if there is anything that needs to be improved in Xishan Prefecture, Your Highness can just say it directly."

"I, Sun Guowang, will definitely implement it."

Sun Guowang said.

"Hmm...... Let's adjourn the meeting first, and everyone can continue to do what we said before. ”

Ye Yu said that he would dismiss the others first, and then the core round table ministers all stayed.

"There should be something inconvenient about Your Highness, right?"

Seeing this, Zhao Wanjin said and smiled slightly.

"Zhang Xingbang, tell them about it."

Ye Yu said and nodded.

"Sun Xiang, after escaping from the realm of our dynasty and the Jia dynasty, he first went north, I don't know what he did, and then headed west."

Zhang Xingbang said, "According to the businessmen who went to the Western Regions to do business, there is a war going on in the Western Regions and even more west. ”

"This is a matter in the Western Regions, what does it have to do with us?"

Yang Jiang asked, "In terms of the army, although it is still a transitional equipment, there should be no major problems in defense. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Guowang, after all, Sun Guowang was in charge of Xishan City, the northwest gateway.

"According to His Highness's wishes, the minister has built a low wall against the mountain, and at the same time, a city wall is being built on the border between the Beilin tribe's settlement and the desert in the north of the deserted city."

Sun Guowang nodded.

"It's okay for you to do that, but what I'm thinking about is that the part of the mountains in Xishan Prefecture should become a better military base."

Ye Yu said, "Yang Jiang, give you a task, the military academy, including the transitional equipment produced by the factory, will be handed over to Sun Guowang." ”

Only then did Sun Guowang understand that this was to "equip himself"!

"Sun Guowang, I had to deal with Ye Lie before, so I ignored your side. But now the North-Western frontier defense needs to sit up. ”

Ye Yu spoke, "Zhang Xingbang, you can finish the situation." ”

"According to the information obtained now, it seems that Sun Xiang has formed a team of mercenaries, and has continuously achieved combat exploits in the middle of the Western melee using the Southern Dynasty Type II rifle and the Southern Korean submachine gun."

"It is not ruled out that in the future, relying on the power of the Western Regions and more western countries to build guns to attack the Southern Dynasties."

Zhang Xingbang said, "This is the result of the secret guard's current analysis. ”

"I see. Got it! ”

Sun Guowang nodded, he actually wanted to receive training from the military academy, but he had been engaged in the production team before, and the Southern Dynasty Type 1 rifle was enough for him to produce and train in Xishan Prefecture.

Now that there is no war with Ye Lie, he naturally needs to study.

"Yes! General Sun, leave this matter to me, and I will definitely help you do it well. ”

Yang Jiang opened his mouth and said, "I will bring a teaching group for special training, of course, some training in digging trenches, you should have already done it." ”

"Your Highness, the minister has calculated, this transformation, counting some firearms and equipment, will cost about 30 million taels of silver."

Zhao Wanjin calculated with an abacus.

Because many of the things reported before are clear, it is very convenient for Zhao Wanjin to calculate the money.

Some, such as the engineering team, can be accurate to a single digit with the addition of reserve personnel.

"Now there are 30,000 taels of silver, which should be enough to spend, right?"

Ye Yu thought about it and said, "By the way, you have done a good job during this time, and all officials will increase their basic income for this month according to their ranks." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Wanjin nodded.