In the next few days, Liang Chongxin and Mulige's troops defeated and surrendered Tubok, and the good news of Shentu's transformation into the chaos army was also passed back one after another, which made me very happy. Although there were still 70,000 or 80,000 entrenched in the northeast of Guide Prefecture, based on the information I have now, I already had a wonderful plan to annihilate it without any effort, and I could implement it when the time was right. Therefore, I ordered Cui Wenxiu and Kamapov's two divisions to maintain their original state in Guide, and at the same time, they also asked the two to prepare for the incorporated Yi soldiers and the remaining guards to lay the foundation for the reorganization of the Guide Prefecture Security Division as soon as possible. On the one hand, on the one hand, they eliminated the remnants of the chaos army, and on the other hand, they made various preparations for the administrative personnel loyal to me to enter Guide Prefecture to take over the work.

In Bonan Prefecture in the south, the work was even smoother. As the rebellion in the entire prefecture had been quelled, the surrendered riots were reorganized in an orderly manner under the control of my army. At the same time, like Guide, a large amount of food was continuously transported from Qingyang, and the prices of grain were immediately calmed down. I also ordered the opening of warehouses to provide relief to the victims who were indeed unable to live. These measures had immediate results. The social order was quickly restored, but the severely damaged economy could not be restarted for the time being. This was not a simple task, and I don’t know how long it took to complete it.

It turned out that with my consent, Liang Chongxin also replaced his main officers when reorganizing him. Important officers above the brigade commander were all drawn from the First and Second Guard Divisions of Jinzhou, who were loyal to me, and the original officers waited for the assessment before re-arrangement. At the same time, according to my plan, I also began to post announcements to recruit soldiers, enrich the guards, and prepare to expand them into a complete guard division. Originally, I wanted Liang Chongxin's deputy Helianbo to serve as the commander of the newly formed Bonan Guard Division, but later I considered that Helianbo was originally the leader of the bandit organization "Black Tiger" and was not very famous in the northwest region. In order to avoid people's doubts, I gave up this idea and temporarily let this position be vacant, and Liang Chongxin was temporarily responsible for the construction task.

From December 5th to 6th, I led my important counselors Xiao Tang, Ling Tianfang, Su Minshun and Molun to inspect Guide Prefecture and discussed the current situation in Guide with Cui Wenxiu and Kamapov. On December 9th, I came to Bonan Prefecture with everyone and conducted a brief inspection of Bonan Prefecture. I decided to hold a larger meeting in Bonan Prefecture City. The topic of the meeting was to quell the four northwest county prefectures after the rebellion (excluding Yinchuan Prefecture and Taixuan Prefecture. Due to historical reasons and practical problems, I have not yet included the two prefectures in the short term) in the future development direction and plans, as well as existing problems and difficulties.

This is a very important meeting and the size of participants is relatively large. Given the importance and urgency of this meeting, I require all participants to put forward practical views on the scope of their work and welcome opinions and suggestions on overall work.

The heavy snow was clear, and the long-lost sun finally showed its face, but the weather was still a little cold. Early in the morning, Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang rushed to the reception room where I set up in the former Bonan Prefecture City Guardian. Here I will discuss with the two of them about the upcoming meeting.

Due to large-scale rebellion in Guide and Bonan Prefectures, local local governments were unable to control the deterioration of the situation. The imperial authorities had already ordered the exemption of the former Rencheng Guard of the two prefectures. In order to prevent the situation from becoming more difficult to control, they also allowed the two to temporarily exercise the power of the city guards to prevent the city of the two prefectures from falling into the hands of the rioters.

After my troops entered, the actual management power of the two governments had been taken over by the army. To this day, the army still controls the operation of the entire regime. The most urgent task is to quickly establish a local government, and the local governments should take on the revitalization of the local economy, restore normal production and living order, and then reproduce the prosperity and glory of the past. But this is easy to say, but it is quite difficult to operate. This is also the reason why I called Xiao and Ling to discuss it.

"The adults asked us to come early in the morning, but what's the important thing?" Xiao Tang's face was a little sleepy, and it was obvious that he had stayed up all night. Since he came out with me to inspect, he knew that he might be burdened by me again. From Guide to Bonan, he carefully understood the local situation in all aspects, and on the other hand, he also met the original local officials at all levels in accordance with my instructions, and comforted the officials who were in a panic all day long and might be swept out of the house. He encouraged them to maintain a normal mentality, work hard, and keep in touch with Qingyang at any time and pay attention to Qingyang's own job at any time. It was really difficult for him.

In contrast, Ling Tianfang was much more casual. In addition to the reorganization and reconstruction of the military and the assessment and understanding of the officers I arranged, his main job seemed to be traveling. Every time he went to a place, he had to go to scenic spots in various places. This was probably a habit he developed in his long-term travel. In addition, his work in Jinzhou has already been on track, and his original foundation was much better than that of Qingyang, so he seemed much more comfortable.

"Well, it's nothing important, but the meeting will be held tomorrow. I think the three of us will vent some important issues first, and by the way, we will also listen to your opinions and suggestions." I answered him lightly. When the servant brought the tea and coffee on his back, the door of the reception room was closed tightly.

While I picked up the tongs and pulled the hot charcoal in the brazier, I thought about some questions thoughtfully. "Sir, I don't know what the problem is?" Seeing that I didn't say anything for a long time, Xiao Tang couldn't help it.

"Well, it's about personnel adjustment and military reorganization." I finally stopped the action in my hands and lay my body in a comfortable fur chair.

"Oh?" The two exchanged glances almost at the same time and made a sound of surprise.

"What? Is it a little unexpected?" I asked with a smile.

"Yes, it's a bit surprising. I thought the adults would make adjustments to personnel only after this meeting, but I didn't expect that they would make adjustments at the meeting." Xiao Tang nodded, not hiding his surprise.

"Sir, are you going to form a new army? Will it be too anxious? The army we have now is huge enough, and it is more than enough to deal with the current situation." Ling Tianfang was so hasty about me, and he was a little confused about the fact that he had to expand his army as soon as he took over the regime. This was very different from the opinions I and he had discussed before.

I did not answer the questions raised by Ling Tianfang, but just took out a piece of information and handed it to Ling Tianfang. It was a thick piece of paper, which was the information obtained by several intelligence departments through a lot of hard work, and the content was quite detailed.

This information immediately attracted Ling Tianfang's full attention. Then I turned my head and asked Xiao Tang: "The situation is developing quite fast now, especially the situation outside of us is pressing. I want to determine the candidates for some important positions as soon as possible, so I want to ask you for your opinions."

Seeing that Ling Tianfang's mind was completely focused on reading information, Xiao Tang was a little restrained, and he also guessed that the issues I wanted to discuss with him, but these personnel and affairs matters have always been decided by me alone. He never interrupted to avoid giving people a verbal argument and said that he formed gangs. "Sir, these matters should be decided by you, and we may not be able to interrupt."

I waved my hand and replied with a smile: "What? Do you have any other concerns? Since I asked you to refer to it, I think there should be no other trouble."

Seeing me say this, Xiao Tang had to stop saying anything, "Why don't you know who you want to adjust?"

"Everyone knows that now I have been appointed as the military and political governor of the Northwest County by the Empire, so I cannot continue to serve as the guardian of Qingyang and Jinzhou. The Bonan Prefecture has been pacified, and Guide Prefecture will be fully included in our hands in the near future. Both places used to be glorious cities, with developed industry and commerce, convenient transportation, and prosperous people. But now the economy of these two places is close to collapse and the people are in trouble. We must prompt their recovery as soon as possible in a short period of time. The task before us is quite heavy."

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but sigh before continuing, "The work of Qingyang Prefecture has just become formal. There is still a long way to go to make it a veritable northwest capital. Although Jinzhou has suffered less impact than the wars in these prefectures, Qingyang has implemented a tax reduction and exemption policy to stimulate economic development, and its fiscal revenue is almost zero, and it will gradually recover after this year. All fiscal expenditures during this period have to rely on Jinzhou, so the pressure is also great, and work can only be stepped up and not relaxed. The government structure at the Northwest County level also needs to be established urgently, and the construction work is also quite heavy, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources."

Seeing Xiao Tang listening carefully with a serious expression, I raised the question: "The most urgent task now is to select the person in charge of the county-level government agency and the candidates for the city guards of the four governments under my jurisdiction."

Maybe I just raised such a major issue directly, and Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang were not prepared. Both of them looked at each other and were silent for a while. After Xiao Tang asked carefully: "I wonder if there is a suitable candidate in my mind?" Ling Tianfang's eyes also fell on me.

"There is one candidate, Xiao Tang, I originally wanted you to take over me as the guardian of Qingyang Prefecture City." At this point, I paused.

When I said I wanted Xiao Tang to be the punitive city of Qingyang City, Xiao Tang couldn't help but jump a few times. After all, the Lord of the City had dreamed of this civilian who was born and was once a prisoner to be a death row. His face was a little excited and flushed, but he also understood that there must be other arrangements for what I had not said, "Sir, I value Xiao too much. How can Xiao Hede dare to take this important task?"
Chapter completed!