After the Buddhist monks retired, Xiao Cheng's voice deepened and he continued to ask:
"Have you made arrangements with Dongchang?"
Feng Bao bowed and replied carefully:
"Tubo is known as a unified nation, but in fact most of the people in power are divided and governed by local tribes. After abandoning Nie Qi to consolidate the royal power, many tribes were expelled from his name and the people were brought under his command, so it is easy to arrange manpower. The slaves' subordinates have been
We have developed a lot of manpower in Luoche City, the capital of the Tubo Kingdom."
Xiao Cheng nodded and said:
"Where's Zhu that day?"
Speaking of Tianzhu, Feng Bao bowed his head slightly and said:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, but there has been no progress on the Tianzhu side... In the land of Tianzhu, there are more than ten countries, large and small, and due to constant conquests, they are very defensive against each other, so the progress is not fast!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he was not in a hurry, and just said in a deep voice:
"It doesn't matter, Tianzhu can take his time."
Although the land of Tianzhu is large in area and has a large population, how can it compare with the wealth of the Central Plains? Even if you want to make a decision, you have to be ranked behind the Xia Kingdom!
At this moment, I suddenly heard a report from someone outside the Yangxin Palace:
"Your Majesty, the Chief Secretary of Jianchang Prefecture has a secret document to present!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he frowned and said in a deep voice:
"Yang Yanhe?"
Among the chief secretaries of Jianchang Prefecture, those who were granted the power of secret reporting by Xiao Chengte also included Yang Yanhe, who came to Beijing to serve as chief envoy.
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Although today Yang Yanhe is nominally the chief envoy of Jianchang Prefecture, in fact, he is in charge of the food and grass supply for Anbei General Cheng Shishi's troops and all the government affairs and affairs of Xinde Jiangyang County.
, can be said to be a local official who is responsible for the government.
Faced with the secret document that Yang Yanhe suddenly handed over, Xiao Cheng did not dare to ignore it and said immediately:
"Send it up!"
"yes."
The palace attendant holding the secret box in his hand quickly walked into the palace, knelt down, and could only hold the secret box in his hand high.
The secret box mechanism carefully built by the Mo family, forcibly opening it will only damage the mechanism and destroy the secret box and the secret fold inside. Only two keys can open it, one is with Xiao Cheng, and the other is with the minister who granted the right to secretly report.
in hand.
The palace attendant on the side quickly took out the key kept in the Yangxin Palace, opened the secret box and took out the memorial inside, and carefully handed it to Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng took it and quickly opened it and looked through it.
What was mentioned in the secret document was not important. It was just that Yang Yanhe reported on the political gains and losses in the past few months and gave Xiao Cheng a work summary report.
Because of the war and the plague, Jiangyang County, no, it should be said that the entire six southwest counties, suffered a big blow.
After the great chaos, there must be great peace. With the help of the border troops stationed in the area, Yang Yanhe allotted the ownerless land to the displaced people, donated grain and built houses, and successfully stabilized the situation.
In the memorial, Yang Yanhe also reported that the southwest now relies entirely on the army to maintain the local area. It is okay to deal with temporary emergencies, but it cannot be established as a routine. Therefore, officials from the DPRK and the Central Government should be transferred to local posts as soon as possible to make local government agencies run as quickly as possible.
When Xiao Cheng saw this, he couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said with a bitter smile:
"Where are the manpower left..."
This is the consequence of a small country overpowering a big country and swallowing it up.
The newly acquired four counties combined are one-third the size of the Yun Kingdom. Such a large territory requires a large number of officials!
Even after Xiao Cheng ascended the throne, he established Jixia Academy to recruit students from hundreds of schools and held imperial examinations every year, but the manpower in the court was still insufficient.
Previously, even newly-established important institutions like the Fifth Army Governor's Office had not been able to staff all the officials. If we could barely support the local government in the four southwest counties, we had done our best.
This is naturally the reason why Xiao Cheng ordered the frontline troops to postpone the offensive in the first place!
After having a headache for a while, Xiao Cheng could only rub his eyebrows and said helplessly:
"Instruct the Ministry of Rites to order each school in Jixia Academy, Lumen Academy, and local government-run academies to recommend a scholar to be recruited into the court. In addition, send a message to Zhang Hong of the Ministry of Personnel,
Let the newly appointed Jinshi who are in charge of the government in the DPRK be assigned official positions in advance. Select some capable officials from the local government to serve in the four counties of Jiangyang, Hechi, Xiangzhou and Dejiang respectively!"
"Yes!" Feng Bao responded quickly, went to the outer hall to find a cabinet minister who specially prepared the edict for Xiao Cheng, and began to formulate and polish the edict.
Xiao Cheng continued to pick up the secret fold in his hand, glanced at it a few times again, and after seeing another thing mentioned by Yang Yan and the secret fold, he suddenly raised his brows, looked at Feng Bao, and asked:
"Li Bing, a member of the Ministry of Industry's Dushui Qingli Division, was ordered by me to build a bridge over the Minjiang River. It failed some time ago? Didn't you, the East Factory, receive any news?"
When Feng Bao heard this, he subconsciously glanced at the secret fold in Xiao Cheng's hand and said:
"Your Majesty, of course I received it!"
"Why don't you report it to me?"
Feng Bao quickly explained:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, because the bridge has just been built, and all the six cast-in-place bridge foundations have collapsed. At that time, Taoist Li Chunfeng appeared and said that there was a dragon causing trouble in the river, and the rumors became more and more popular among the people on both sides of the strait! My subordinates thought it was too ridiculous,
Li Bing, a foreigner from the Ministry of Industry, was suspected of fabricating rumors in order to escape guilt, so he conducted a detailed investigation in secret and did not dare to report it to His Majesty immediately..."
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he raised his brows slightly, nodded with a half-smile and said:
"Well, is that right?"
Feng Bao broke into cold sweat on his forehead and buried his head tightly without daring to raise it.
The Dongchang fans below were not aware of the great changes in the world. When they heard about the appearance of dragons, they thought it was ridiculous, so they did not report it immediately, but launched an investigation secretly. They were fulfilling their duties and fulfilling their duties, so they cannot be blamed.
But Feng Bao is a little different. People who have seen the auspicious beast Qilin with their own eyes should be very sensitive to the theory of dragon appearing in this world!
Xiao Cheng did not doubt that Feng Bao had any ulterior motives, but judging from the fact that Wen Tiren presented the auspicious beast Qilin and received Xiao Cheng'en's reward, Feng Bao must have been seeking rewards in this way, so he thought
After investigating clearly, he reported the good news to Xiao Cheng to ask for a reward.
"It's better not to do this again from now on!" Xiao Cheng said casually.
Feng Bao pursed his dry lips and said with a trembling voice:
"Slave, please remember this!"
Xiao Cheng shook the secret fold in his hand again and said:
"Li Bing submitted a letter requesting an imperial edict for canonizing the Dragon King of Lujiang. Yang Yanhe felt that it was a bit ridiculous to discuss such a matter in the court, so he stopped the memorial. However, Yang Yanhe also secretly asked
I suggest that if you canonize the Dragon King of Lushui, it will stabilize the public opinion of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and also reflect the court's love for the people. We can give it a try and draft an edict together!"
Feng Bao wanted to persuade Xiao Cheng not to issue an imperial edict first, otherwise the bridge would not be built and he would lose face. However, because of his previous small thoughts, Feng Bao did not dare to continue to block it, so he could only respond hesitantly.
:
"……yes!"
Xiao Cheng, however, was not worried at all by Feng Bao. The main reason was that the idea of canonizing the Dragon King of Lushui was proposed by Li Chunfeng!
After the great changes in the world, the study of luck has become more mysterious and mysterious, with endless mysteries. Therefore, regardless of Li Chunfeng, Yuan Tiangang, Yi Xing and others, they are just characters summoned by blue training cards, and their attributes are average.
But the three of them are all proficient in metaphysics. With this blessing, just in terms of the number of methods, they are not necessarily much worse than Liu Bowen, who was thousands of miles away and cut off Xia Guolong's energy!