Just in Qingyang, when the people of Jinzhou were celebrating our defeat of Luo Beiren's invasion, Lu Man, who was good at fanning the storm, started his new round of recruitment publicity plan. When I put on plainclothes and walked out of the gate of the city guarding the palace to the most prosperous Wufeng Avenue, I saw a scene that stunned me.

This is the street named after me, and it was also changed to the request of the people in the city. The conscription office on the street was filled with people, and young and middle-aged people who signed up for the conscription were lined up in a few long rows of invisible tails, anxiously waiting for the inspection and selection of recruits. A huge propaganda poster above, in the center of the painting was my military uniform, describing the coldness of the picture with hands facing the sky, and it can be seen that the painting skills were quite superb. A few huge and strong rhetorical tone next to it: "Do you want to become a powerful general? Do you want to become a new idol of the women of the empire? Do you want to become a national hero who has been famous in history? Come on, join the army to realize your dreams!!!"

I took a propaganda piece casually, and it still painted my image on it, but it was replaced by an image of me wearing ordinary soldier costumes. "Six years ago, he, Li Wufeng, was just an ordinary member of the imperial army. With loyalty, bravery, wit, and countless bloody tests, he finally became the pride of the empire and the hero of the nation. Come on, raise your strong hands, take your solid steps, and join the army to achieve your highest goal in life!!!" If I were an ordinary young man, I would probably be attracted by these successive propaganda offensives and couldn't wait to join the army.

Both Dilena and Lu Xianxian were very interesting to such exaggerated publicity posters. After watching them, I could only shake my head and smile bitterly. Lu Man is really a talented person and will make full use of my image advantages. It seems that when necessary, I can also ask the War Readiness Administration for a considerable amount of image rights use money.

Qingyang Fucheng is now a medium-sized city full of vitality and vitality. Compared with two years ago, it cannot be calculated in the Tao. The influx of nearly 800,000 immigrants not only caused the city's popularity to soar rapidly, but also brought a large amount of cheap labor. The city's handicrafts, commerce, and entertainment services have been fully developed. The victory of the war against Luobei people has gradually restored the value of the originally dying transportation hub. I think after this war, Qingyang's economy will develop faster. After removing the threat from Luobei people, no force in this area can challenge my leadership position. The next step will be to expand my sphere of influence and continuously enhance my economic and military strength, and prepare for greater benefits.

While I was imagining a bright future, I wandered casually on the streets of Qingyang City. Dilena and Lu Xianxian rarely went to the streets to live like ordinary people, and seemed very happy. They took my hands to go in and out of the big and small shops, but the good times didn't last long, and someone soon recognized me. Before being surrounded by excited people, I had to lead the two ladies to hurriedly out and escape back to the city to guard the mansion.

Just in Qingyang, the people of the two prefectures of Jinzhou celebrated their victory in the defeat of Luo Beiren, and I was ambitious to gain greater benefits through the victory of this battle, but the imperial capital Zhongzhou, thousands of miles away, were in a state of sorrow and joy.

As early as August, many media in the imperial capital began to disclose Guide in the northwest county of the empire. The situation in the Bonan prefectures began to deteriorate, and the local governments did nothing, which made the situation even more dangerous. Moreover, due to the development of the chaos in these two prefectures, the situation had already radiated to the surrounding prefectures and counties. The Longdong Prefecture in Guanxi County and the Heishan Prefecture in Heshuo County have all shown signs of instability.

Although the Imperial Press and Publication Agency strictly restricted negative reports on this, these news were soon known to the people of the imperial capital. In September, the situation in Guide and Bonan governments became even worse. The local government's security forces were constantly eliminated by the chaos, and the remaining troops were besieged in the prefecture. The various functions of the local governments have been basically lost and they are completely surviving in the prefecture. Many news media were also influenced by some powerful people who are involved in the two prefectures, and they constantly criticized the imperial central government for its lack of solutions to respond, and they sat on the corruption of the situation in the prefectures.

The central government of the Empire also had troubles. The Sithro Empire, the Kaman Empire and the Puer Kingdom all keenly realized the empire's dilemma and stationed hundreds of thousands of troops on the border area of ​​the empire. Kaman even increased the occupied troops stationed in the Duchy of Teroc to 200,000, and kept posing as a stance to move south and west, forcing the troops of the northern and western military regions of the Empire to not act rashly. The only Taixuan Mansion, which could extract mobile troops, not only endured it.

The dual pressure from the Sithro Empire and the Kaman Empire, and Sun Yuanliang's troops in Yinchuan Prefecture also began to be frequently mobilized and moved to the border with the three Taixuan Prefecture and Guide Prefecture. Although Fielding knew that the purpose of these parties was to restrain himself from being unable to draw troops to help Guide and Bonan, in the face of such a severe situation, he did not dare to act rashly, and had to firmly strengthen his defense. He had to apologize for Guide and Bonan's request for help.

The unstable situation in the surrounding areas also increased the uneasiness of local governments. They kept writing to the Central Committee of the Empire, saying that the situation in their territory was critical and needed to strengthen the garrison. They strongly opposed the garrisons that had been taken away from their territory, forcing the military headquarters that had originally intended to withdraw some of the regular troops stationed in various places to go to the northwest. The proposal was also shelved several times at the imperial front meeting. Immediately afterwards, the Empire's attention was attracted by the large-scale invasion of the Luobei people, and the request for help from Guide and Bonan was temporarily put behind. It was not until I learned that I was defeating the invading Luobei army in one fell swoop that my attention returned to Guide. The two governments of Bonan came up and the use of troops on the two governments was put on the agenda again.

In order to divert the people's attention from the deteriorating situation of Guide Bonan's two prefectures, the empire also instructed the news media to promote my defeat of the Luobei invasion. Major newspapers and magazines reported on the brilliant achievements I achieved, especially the captive of more than 40,000 Luobei prisoners. This was an impressive record that had never been achieved in the history of the empire. It has always been many people who were defeated and captured. Even the Qingyang Defense Battle I won the year before last, it only repelled Luobei's invading army. But this time I went deep into the hinterland of the enemy, defeated the enemy in one fell swoop, and captured such a large number of prisoners of war, which made the entire empire feel proud, and ordinary people sang and danced to celebrate this hard-won victory.

However, victory could not conceal the plight of Guide and Bonan Prefectures, and the chaos in the two prefectures was even spreading, which forced the central government of the empire to make sure to think carefully about countermeasures.

On October 15, 693, the imperial court held another military meeting to discuss how to deal with the changes in Guide and Bonan Prefectures. In the Sun and Moon Hall, Situ Mingyue, who was sitting on the imperial throne, looked a little unstable. She completely defeated the invasion of Luo Beiren and cut off Luo Beiren's clutches into the northwest region, which made him very excited. However, the subsequent Guide and the sharp deterioration of the Bonan Prefectures also made him very worried. Moreover, the increasing power of the chaos in the two prefectures has seriously affected the security of neighboring prefectures. If no measures are taken, it will really cause a big problem.

"Dear friends, the situation is clear. Everyone can give their own opinions and suggestions. As long as it is conducive to solving the current complex and sinister situation, those who can speak are not guilty. I will never blame him." He seemed a little tired, and Situ Mingyue leaned on the imperial chair and forced himself to preside over the meeting.

However, His Highness was silent, almost everyone shrank their necks and did not dare to speak. His Majesty the Emperor was moody these days. Although he had already spoken, if he didn't listen, he would inevitably make His Majesty angry. The military officials who originally proposed to draw troops from the Western Military Region were also unwilling to mention the old sayings because their opinions were shelved, and the scene seemed a bit cold.

"What? Isn't anyone here able to share my worries?" Situ Mingyue was also a little angry. These people were more active than anyone else in fighting for power and profit. When it was their turn to come up with a solution, they were speechless again.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor's mood began to get worse again, all the ministers felt that there seemed to be signs of a storm coming, and they couldn't help but mutter to themselves.

"Father, in fact, in addition to the regular army of the two northern military regions in the western part of our empire, we have other troops in the northwest region that can support Guide and Bonan prefectures!" The one who shocked everyone was the Sixth Prince Situ Biao, who was usually indulging in love with his erotic spirit, was an ordinary young man. He still looked unruly and did not restrain himself even in front of his father.

Due to the regulations passed down by the Empire, male members of the royal family can participate in the court meetings after they become adults, so the Sixth Prince Situ Biao took it for granted that every time he participated in the imperial court meetings. However, he used to be very low-key, and gave the ministers the feeling that he was just a typical playboy. He was nothing more than his mother was very young and beautiful, and was a concubine most favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and he had no other skills.

Situ Mingyue couldn't help but frowned. The army of Taixuan Mansion had long been restrained by the army of the Sithro Empire and the Kaman Empire. Where can we share the power to support it? This is a well-known situation.

"You mean where is Fielding in Taixuan Mansion?" Situ Mingyue was a little annoyed.

"No, Father, Taixuan Mansion is too busy to take care of itself now. I mean Li Wufeng, who just defeated Luo Beiren!" Under the stern eyes of his father, Situ Biao became a little more solemn.

A stone hit a thousand layers of waves, and all the ministers of Your Highness started to discuss.

"But after experiencing a great battle with Luo Beiren, can Li Wufeng draw enough troops to deal with the riots of Guide and Bonan prefectures?" Situ Mingyue was shocked. He was not surprised because Situ Biao's remarks were so amazing, but because Situ Biao's usual performance was very different from today's remarks.

"As far as I know, Li Wufeng suffered a lot of losses due to the ambush and raid strategy adopted in this battle, and he should be able to withdraw some of his strength to deal with it. What's more, the army of Yinchuan Prefecture is already stationed in the area bordering Taixuan Prefecture and Guide Prefecture. I think they are not only restraining Taixuan Prefecture's army, but probably under the command of the Xisluo people, and want to take the opportunity to occupy Guide Prefecture." Situ Biao's slow analysis immediately aroused the discussion of all the ministers.

Situ Biao's performance today was enough to shock everyone here, and his speech was justified, which made many people nodded and said yes. His half-brothers were even more surprised and jealous. Situ Tai, Situ Jun, Situ Yuan, and Situ Lang secretly listed him as their competitors.

Once Sun Yuanliang of Yinchuan Prefecture occupied Guide Prefecture, the consequences would be unimaginable. With his close relationship with the Sithro Empire, it is equivalent to the Sithro people's claws extending into the empire's hinterland and threatening the center of the empire at any time. This is absolutely unacceptable.

"What should you do according to your opinion?" Situ Mingyue couldn't help but become interested in the words of her son who didn't usually feel good.

"Give Li Wufeng a name to quell the riots in Guide and Bonan prefectures and restore normal local order." Situ Biao's voice was very dull.

"Oh? What name do you give him?" Situ Mingyue stared at Situ Biao with her eyes.

"Can he be appointed as the military and political governor of Northwest County, or as a reward for his defeat of Luo Beiren's invasion." Faced with his father's aggressive gaze, Situ Biao did not mean to retreat at all. He wanted to win his father's attention with his deafening remarks, otherwise he would lose the original intention of exposing his true face this time.

These two short sentences are like a shocking thunder that immediately caused huge waves among the ministers. Military and Political Military Governor?! This is an extraordinary position. Its real power far exceeds that of the county heads at the same level. In fact, it is equivalent to a small emperor in a place. The county heads can only manage the daily administrative affairs of a county and cannot form a regular army. They have no decisive power over the personnel and military powers at the next level. They must be submitted to the Central Committee of the Empire for approval before they can be implemented. However, the Central Committee of the Military and Political Governors are very different. They can not only form an army by themselves, but also have absolute disposal rights for personnel, administration and military in the entire county. They do not need to submit to the Central Committee of the Empire for approval, but only need to submit to the Central Committee of the Empire for filing afterwards.

So far, the entire empire has only two military and political governors, one is Sanjiang County and the other is Tiannan County. Sanjiang County was in the Sanjiang Incident more than 30 years ago. Lin Yizhi, the contemporary head of the Lin family, who was the head of Sanjiang County, was re-elected for the head of Sanjiang County for twenty years. The Lin family's power in Sanjiang County was already deeply rooted. At that time, the empire also noticed this situation and wanted to use the rotation of officials to transfer Lin Yizhi to the center of the empire. However, Lin Yizhi rejected Lin Yizhi's position as the head of the county. Lin Yizhi incited rebellion in his subordinate prefectures and declared the independence of Sanjiang County. At that time, the empire was busy fighting against the Sithro Empire, the Kaman Empire, and the Puer Kingdom in the north of the empire, and was unable to suppress the rebellion of the Lin family. The Maqi Khanate in the south also took advantage of the situation to rob.

, sent troops to invade Wuhu County in the south of the empire, and the entire empire was in danger. Finally, in order to avoid the split of the empire, the central government of the empire reached a secret agreement with Lin Yizhi. Sanjiang County abolished its independence and still belonged to the imperial territory and obeyed the imperial rule and management. The central government of the empire appointed Lin Yizhi as the military and political governor of Sanjiang County and commanded all military and political affairs in the county. Five years later, in order to resist the increasingly powerful military pressure of the Lin family, the empire appointed Lang Dunming, the leader of Tiannan County, as the military and political governor of Tiannan County, hoping to restrain the Sanjiang Lin family through Tiannan County. This did play a role in restraining the Lin family at that time. However, as the strength of the Lang family gradually increased, the empire's control over Tiannan was gradually weakened, and now there is no real control.
Chapter completed!