Standing outside Xiao Cheng's study, Yang Wanfu took a deep breath to calm down his excitement as much as possible. Then he bowed slightly and said respectfully: "Yang Wanfu asks to see Futai."

The cheerful laughter came from the room, "Good minister, come in, my family is so polite."

Yang Wanfu pushed open the door and entered.

The room was really messy.

The boxes piled up in disorder were filled with books, documents, files, and drawings, and a lot of paper fell on the floor in the room. Xiao Cheng was sitting among these papers, and from time to time he took out a piece of paper and took a look at it.

look.

It's time to move.

The soon-to-be-established Futai Yamen on Guizhou Road will be located in Guiyang, and all departments here in Bangzhou will be moved there one after another. In the past month or so, Bangzhou has been obviously deserted. At least.

More than a dozen departments have already gone there in advance to make corresponding preparations, and before the Chinese New Year, the imperial edict must also be issued. At that time, Xiao Cheng will officially move there.

"Sit anywhere you want!" Xiao Cheng gathered a stack of papers in his hand, put them on the ground, straightened them, and put them on the table.

Yang Wanfu sat cross-legged opposite Xiao Cheng. Although it was cold outside, there was a fire dragon burning in the room and the blue brick floor was very hot.

"There is no need for Futai to do these things himself, just let the officials sort them out!" Yang Wanfu said.

"There are many essays in it that I sometimes write on a whim. Some of them are useless, but some things are also very valuable. I usually write a lot of such things, but I didn't expect that I would accumulate so many of them.

I have to bring the things myself, and just sort them out. Keep the useful ones, and burn the useless ones. The officials can't do these things!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

Yang Wanfu, who was about to lend a hand to help, couldn't help but smile when he heard what Xiao Cheng said: "Then it won't be easy for the general to help. Futai has a wonderful idea, so the general will not worry about losing useful things."

Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, I don't have anything to do these days anyway, so I just want to sort it out slowly. Well, by the way, do you have any complete ideas about the military integration on the entire Guiyang Road?"

Yang Wanfu was a little excited and said: "I have some, and I am preparing to report them to Futai."

Yang Wanfu couldn't help but be excited. Three years ago, he was still a fugitive general! Siwu Village fell, and according to the law, as the governor at that time, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape the sword of the imperial court.

If he hadn't met Xiao Cheng, he would still be a shady gangster now, and he might even become a precarious grass bandit. At that time, he really thought about going up the mountain to get off the grass.

But fate generously opened its arms to him at this time.

He met Xiao Cheng.

Then, he changed his name and surname, and the former Wanfuyang Wandujian became today's General Yang Wanfuyang.

In three years, he helped Xiao Cheng establish a firm foothold in the southwest, and helped Xiao Cheng establish the Tianwu Army from scratch, as well as the three thousand Xiang Army commanded by Han Zuo. These three thousand people were actually Xiao Cheng's troops.

His own troops helped Li Xin completely control the Tiannan Army.

He worked conscientiously to help Xiao Cheng build a powerful army that shocked the southwest, and he also received huge rewards for himself.

He is the commander-in-chief of the military forces along the way.

If you can return to the imperial court, you will immediately be able to rank horizontally and be called a Taiwei.

Of course, he also knew that it was impossible for him to go to Bianliang.

The name Wan Fuyang was on the death list among the Privy Council.

He told Xiao Cheng in detail about the army reorganization, budget, expenditures, and deployment on the road to Guizhou. He had calculated these things in his mind countless times, and went through them again and again.

Then, he fixed all the loopholes he could think of.

Although the Futai in front of me is a Jinshi and a civil servant, he is not a layman at all in terms of military affairs. If he is not careful, his faults will be found.

Listening to Yang Wanfu's report, Xiao Cheng nodded with satisfaction. This man is indeed a capable person. He always knows what is the most important thing at the moment and what Xiao Cheng wants to do most right now, and then everything is arranged properly.

when.

The top priority now is of course to integrate the armies of the Yang clan in Bozhou and the Tian clan in Sizhou.

Since it is guaranteed that in the coming years, the imprint of the two families in the army will be erased bit by bit, and the Yang family and the Tian family cannot be made to feel that they are killing the donkey, this requires a person's skill.

Yang Wanfu has undoubtedly done a great job.

Of course, it is impossible to be perfect, and there will always be problems of one kind or another that keep popping up in practice, but as long as there are no problems in the general direction, other small things can always be solved.

Apart from this, it is natural not to prepare for the next force attack in the direction of Dali.

Xiao Cheng planned to launch a general offensive against Dali within three years.

Don't expect any help from the current court. Even if they have to establish Guizhou Road this time to give themselves a chance to come to power publicly, they will still be on guard against themselves all the time.

Starting a war against Dali is a small battle against a big one for me, and requires careful planning.

A fortress is always breached from the inside first. Dali now seems to be the strongest in history, but at the same time, their internal conflicts are also at their most intense. As long as they provoke their internal disputes first, their combat effectiveness will at least be reduced.

More than half will be lost.

At that time, it will be time to send out troops in large numbers.

Of course, now we have to constantly create friction and create a tense atmosphere at the border, forcing Gao Yingde to deploy more troops on the border.

Only in this way, those who oppose Gao Yingde in Dali will have the opportunity and strength to do something against Gao Yingde.

During these three years, the army is only an auxiliary, and the Statistics Department under Wu Ke is the main focus. They will start from all walks of life in Dali, use any means, and spare no effort to provoke civil strife in Dali.

Three years later, my assistant is probably the only senior brother Cen Zhong from Guangnan West Road. Therefore, in these three years, I have to help my senior brother establish absolute authority, prosperous economy and strong power on Guangnan West Road.

army.

Yang Wanfu obviously took this into consideration. In terms of army construction, he coordinated the two approaches together, which made Xiao Cheng quite satisfied.

Only then can one be regarded as a general who can plan for the overall situation.

Gu Rong

In the past three years, Yang Wanfu has really made a lot of progress. Not to mention, after this guy gave up drinking and picked up books again, he was really impressed after seeing each other for three days.

"Want to go over and pick up your family?" Xiao Cheng asked coldly.

Yang Wanfu suddenly fell silent, and after a while he shook his head and said: "They thought I was dead. In fact, Wan Fuyang is indeed dead. Now they are living a good life. If I show up all of a sudden, I will bring them some trouble."

Here comes trouble."

"I'm not talking about your entire Yang family, but your own family!" Xiao Cheng said: "Your wife and several children are not living a satisfactory life in the family, so why not take her over? Now you are also

Now that he has become successful, his family members should naturally enjoy some blessings as well."

Yang Wanfu pondered for a moment, but finally shook his head, "Futai, this is a critical moment. We can't make any mistakes. I don't know how many people are staring at us and trying to cause trouble for us! It's better to be careful. I

I will send someone as my old friend to send them some money."

"Do you think I am someone who is afraid of trouble?" Xiao Cheng sneered.

Yang Wanfu sighed: "Futai, of course you are not afraid, but my identity is really shady. If I am exposed as Wan Fuyang in the past, then the identity of the fugitive general will be confirmed. Futai, this will make me

Being criticized by thousands of people will also make things difficult for you. I am now the governor of Guizhou Road. Once I lose my reputation and prestige, I will be useless. I am not afraid of these. Under the protection of Futai

, I can still be a member of the whole family and have fun, but I am just worried that I will no longer be able to serve Futai, and I am afraid of ruining Futai's major events!"

"Forget it, wait until a few years later, when I really take control of the situation, and then I will find a way to solve this matter for you. By then, even if some people have ideas in their hearts, they will have to shut up."

"Thank you Futai for thinking about me. I will be very grateful!" Yang Wanfu bowed deeply to the ground.

Xiao Cheng stood up, walked to Liao's window, stretched out his hand to open the window, and the cold wind howled in. He shuddered, but with a smile on his lips: "It should be snowing in Bianliang now.

Right? The weather is extremely cold this year, and the snow in Bianliang is probably heavier than in previous years!"

It is indeed snowing in Bianliang.

Xia Jie and Xia Zhiyan stood by the window and stretched out their hands to push open the window. The cold wind immediately rushed into the warm palace with flakes of snowflakes. In the yard, the servants were sweeping away the accumulated dust with bamboo brooms.

Snow, Xia Jie remembered that they had just cleaned it an hour ago, but now there were several inches of snow accumulated on the ground.

This year, it will be colder than previous years.

The political hall was originally discussing the expenses for this winter. At this time in previous years, it would have been time to distribute fire-warming subsidies to the residents of Bianliang, and it would also have been time to distribute rice, flour, grain, oil and other supplies to the elderly over sixty years old. However, this year it has been delayed until now.

, because the court really has no money and food expenses.

Everyone has been discussing this matter for many days, but there has never been a proper solution. After Cui Ang entered the political hall, he also served as the third envoy, but his financial management ability was far behind

Xiao Yu, the current three ministers are in a mess, and they can ensure that there will be no shortage of food in Bianliang. This husband, who has just taken office, is already very worried and wants him to free up money and food to solve these welfare problems.

It's simply impossible.

After many discussions, in the end there was only one way left, which was to persuade the officials to use the money in their internal treasury.

No matter what excuses the officials come up with to refuse this time, everyone must force the officials to accept the matter and get through the current difficulty.

This year is really a bad year. At the end of the year, if even the welfare policies that have lasted for so many years are cancelled, the entire Bianliang will be really unstable.

Everyone finally reached a consensus on this matter. Xia Jie was about to go to see the emperor. The return of a man and the news he brought back made Xia Jie completely numb.

Not only him, but everyone in the political hall was a Muggle.

The person who came back was Zhao Yuan.

Since the defeat of King Jing, King Chu's momentum has skyrocketed. The current King of Chu is the official responsible for overseeing political affairs. These four words seem to have no specific responsibilities for King Chu, but with the current momentum of King Chu

Instead, it became his most powerful magic weapon, and he could reach out and take care of anything.

It was at this time that Zhao Yuan, his confidant and aide, was appointed to the political affairs hall by Zhao Jing. At first, he planned to let Zhao Yuan serve as the chief official of one of the five rooms in the capital hall. This request was later rejected.

Xia Jie pushed back unceremoniously. Are you kidding me? The King of Chu is already very domineering. If he really controls the staff, then Xia Jie, the chief minister, can almost move his butt.
To be continued...