Luo Zhaoyun worked in Jincheng and appeased the local chamber of commerce. He began to issue an edict to recruit merchants in the Central Plains and Hu merchants to set up shops in the big cities of the northwest counties. The new policy also stipulated the establishment of a free market. The tax rate in the early stage was not high. In the words of later generations, it was called attracting investment and vigorously promoting economic development.

At the same time, in terms of people's livelihood, there will be monthly ration subsidies for those over 70 years old every year. For those in the eighty years old, they will provide more rations to ensure that the elderly have a place to support and have a basis for them.

Because of the poor medical facilities in ancient times and many natural disasters and man-made disasters, not many people can survive as much as seventy. There is an old saying that life is rare since ancient times, which means that living until the age of seventy is rare since ancient times.

This is a big part of doing so to win the hearts of the people, to give out some food, and to win the reputation of the people. When the elderly get benefits, they will tend to be on the side of Luo Cheng. The ancients value filial piety and respect their elders very much, so they will naturally have a good impression of Luo Cheng's political and civilians.

Besides, although they were old, the people saw that under Luo Cheng's governance, they would have something to support themselves in the future and would not have to worry about starving to death. They felt more at ease. They all privately hoped that Luo Cheng could be king and would not leave the northwest, so that they could always enjoy this good policy.

Where does this amount of food and money come from? It involves local finances, financial income and expenditure issues of the ruling government, wars in troubled times, raising soldiers and horses all require a lot of expenses, and many forces plunder the people and will not feed back to the people.

Luo Zhaoyun discussed with Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Yu Zhining and others. At present, the land of the eight northwest counties is mostly wilderness and forests, with little farming land, and there are many droughts and windy sand belts. For example, Xihai County, Xiping, Jiaohe and other counties, only oasis can cultivate.

"Every county and every county town need to have official land, and the grain must be self-sufficient. The salaries of officials use half of the food and half of the coins, and then some land is divided to let the servants farm, so as to ensure the income level of the officials in the northwest. They cannot be rich, but they cannot be poor."

"In addition, the army is divided into three types: township government soldiers, military preparation troops, and expeditionary troops. Township government soldiers, as the name suggests, are the city guards who guard their hometowns and stationed in the county. Each county has a county government soldiers. The number of town soldiers in the county is reasonable. They are usually responsible for defending the city, suppressing small rebellions, and destroying local robber gangs, including military garrisons."

"The army that was combined together through recruitment is mostly new army, with reserve troops less than one year, and several military regions are established to govern the army. As for the expeditionary army, it is the elite troops that continue to advance eastward with the army. This distribution is temporarily in line with the turmoil period and the frequent wars. When the army is settled, the troops will be resettled according to the court system."

Everyone nodded and agreed with the young marshal's opinion because the analysis was in place and in line with the current situation.

Luo Zhaoyun said again: "In addition, due to the arrival of troubled times, there will definitely be many wars in recent years. Our army is in charge of the northwest and governs the country. We have a strict organization for military intelligence, military combat planning, etc. Therefore, our general plans to set up a temporary Privy Council to select several people to join the post and study major events together. These people have division of power and belong to the Military Minister of the Privy Council."

This Privy Council started in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Five Dynasties. It was used in the Song, Liao and Yuan Dynasties, and was abolished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was used in various dynasties for a long time, which has its significance.

Luo Zhaoyun plans to establish a Privy Council organization to be responsible for the discussion of major military affairs. In this way, he does not have to do everything himself, nor does he have to worry about handing it over to someone. It is not justified, and he is jealous of each other or shirks the blame. It is organized and institutionalized, which is conducive to responsibility and military management.

Finally, after some discussion, five people were temporarily selected, namely Guo Xiaoke, Du Ruhui, Cheng Mingzhen, Chu Suiliang and Yu Zhining.

Cheng Mingzhen is training as a local official, and is now selected and entrusted to reuse.

As for Li Jing, Hou Junji, Xue Wanren and others, they were all marshals and generals of the commander-in-chief. They had the right to transfer troops, so they were no longer suitable to recognize the posts of the Privy Council.

Changsun Wuji was mainly engaged in civil affairs, and later became the prime minister and minister of the court. Luo Zhaoyun included him in it every month.

"In the future, the general led his army to the expedition. The Privy Council will leave at least three people behind to operate in the rear, and allocate troops, horses, food and grass matters in each county. The other two will follow me to go to the expedition."

"I understand!" Everyone nodded, feeling that this arrangement is in line with actual needs and is very safe.

Luo Zhaoyun further divided the work and said: "The Privy Council will be responsible for the ordnances, weapons, war horses, military rations, military general assessments, military merit rewards, etc. in the future. They have the power to dispatch troops, but they have no command power. Generals from all over the country have the power to lead troops, but they have no power to dispatch troops. Where to go, they need to obey the Privy Council's dispatch."

At this moment, outside the White Tiger Festival Hall, a guard hurriedly said: "Marcedes-in-law, there is an emergency military situation."

Luo Zhaoyun heard this and shouted, "Come in."

The guard with a knife at the door took a military message from a border scout, strode into the hall and presented it.

After Luo Zhaoyun took it, his eyes tightened, his face remained unchanged, and his tone turned cold: "Tubo dispatched 50,000 troops to attack Heyuan and Lintiao two counties. Mai Jicai had limited troops and suffered a defeat in the border garrison. He was retreating and needed a large army to support and fight against the Tubo's invasion."

Du Ruhui said: "Marson, at this critical moment, it is the moment when we are considering advancing eastward. The attacks of Tubo will drag our army and influence our next strategy."

Chu Suiliang snorted from the side: "Tubo continues to grow and swallow half of Tuyuhun. Now he is going to invade the northwest, and he is very ambitious."

"According to the information, there is a young national teacher in Tubo, Gar Dongzan, who is quite strategic and has many plans. He will plan the situation in the account. This battle is not easy to fight." Luo Zhaoyun extracted it through Yanlang Pavilion and learned about the situation in Tubo. This Gar Dongzan was also a famous politician, military strategist and diplomat Lu Dongzan in history.

Yu Zhining asked: "Who should I send to fight? At present, the only prestige of the three generals Hou Junji, Guo Xiaoke and Xue Wanren can command more than 50,000 troops. Other generals cannot stand alone."

Luo Zhaoyun hesitated for a moment and finally said, "I will lead the troops to fight in person. We cannot afford to lose this battle, otherwise the prestige accumulated will collapse. Moreover, recruiting troops will not be easy to train. If the troops are defeated, 50,000 or 60,000 troops will be ruined. It would be a pity. I will send troops myself and make sure to fight Tubo and make them honest for a few years. At least after we move into the Central Plains, we will find an opportunity to turn over and deal with the Tubo country completely."
Chapter completed!