The Spring Festival ended in a grand and grand ceremony, followed by the spring wine time in the customs of the Tang people. Relatives and friends came around and visited each other, declaring the arrival of a vibrant season of the year. However, when the people were still immersed in a joyful and harmonious state, the media in the imperial capital began to pay attention to the frequent court discussions of the central government of the Empire after the 15th Spring Festival. Everyone knew that the court discussions at this time would determine where the empire's pace would move in the next year. Should we continue to maintain the momentum of external expansion, strengthen military operations and military forces, or vigorously develop the economy and balance the extremely unbalanced economic system in the empire? This issue has always been a concern for the media and all walks of life in the court and the government.

The representatives of the Senate and Citizen Houses from the various counties of the Empire did not leave. It is obvious that they will also participate in the Imperial Central Committee's plan for the political, economic and cultural aspects of the Empire in the next year. In addition to confidential diplomatic and military discussions, they are not allowed to participate, and they are all right to attend and speak, and they can even sign ideas and suggestions to the administrative department.

During several consecutive court meetings after the Spring Festival, the Government Council and the Privy Council were discussing the imperial plan for the year 701. It is obvious that this year will be a year of economic development. It can be seen from the time spent on the Government Council to discuss the government offices account for more than two-thirds of the time of the court meeting for a week. Each department has put forward its own ideas and plans. They must explain their work plan for this year at this joint meeting of military and political meeting. Only after obtaining the approval of the joint meeting of military and political meeting, especially the emperor, can they determine the tune and formulate a standardized and complete plan, and the Government Council will coordinate and improve it with the financial department and submit it to His Majesty the Emperor for approval.

Several important projects have been basically determined before this, but they were concretized and implemented at the dynasty meeting. The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Construction proposed to use the funds raised from the first batch of government bonds issued by the empire to carry out a series of major construction projects to promote the balanced development of various regions of the empire. The deep-water commercial port was built in Xize Prefecture in Binhai County and Fahan Prefecture in West India and Dean, and the strategic transportation roads from Myanmar County and Zhongnan County to the coastal ports of Nanhai County, and the construction of roads from Shuangdui through Jaipudu, Selms, Lahore, Goa to Xize that runs through the entire southern Indian and Dean region. These three construction projects are mainly concentrated in transportation and shipping, and are also an important measure for the empire to strengthen its rule and influence over the newly incorporated areas in the empire controlled by the empire.

The Ministry of Agricultural Administration and Water Resources also proposed its own three major projects. First, the overall flood control and irrigation project in the Wuhu area to ensure that the Wuhu area remains the first granary of the empire in the next twenty years. Second, the Sanshui project covering the entire Yanyun County, Jeroke County, and the western Beiyuan County, carried out comprehensive renovation of the three river systems, Huangshui, Weishui and Daqingshui, and improved the dam and reservoir projects, so that Yanyun County, western Beiyuan County and Jeroke County gradually established a complete flood control and irrigation system within five years, striving to make the agricultural and water conservancy development level of these three regions catch up or close to the current Heshuo area; Third, it is preparing to build Solian County into the second largest granary of the empire after the Wuhu area. For this reason, the empire will spend huge sums of money to renovate the seriously aging water conservancy facilities in the Solian area, and strive to achieve that the grain output of Solian County exceeds that of Jiangnan County in the next five years.

The Ministry of Administrative Affairs and the Ministry of Construction also plan to continue and build several new prefectures, Langshan Prefecture in the Terlock County, Kuiyang Prefecture in the Northern Luzon County, Pamir Prefecture in the Northern County, and Okhotsk Prefecture in the Beiyuan County (changed from the Okhotsk Special Administrative Region). These prefectures are either located in frontier areas or are of great significance to promoting the economy of a place. Both the military and political parties attach great importance to this planning and construction project, especially Okhotsk and Kuiyang, which are of great significance to the future strategic layout of the empire.

After careful analysis and demonstration, the Ministry of Finance and the Imperial Central Bank decided to follow the example of some economically developed countries and cities in the Western Continent to issue treasury bonds in mid-701. The estimated issuance amount of treasury bonds in 701 was 300 million imperial gold coins, which lasted for fifteen years. The interest rate was slightly higher than the commercial interest rate deposits, but far lower than the interests of commercial loans. This kind of treasury bond was enthusiastically sought after as soon as it was announced. Chambers of commerce in various counties of the Imperial County required underwriting such treasury bonds, which made both the Imperial Central Bank and the Imperial Ministry of Finance somewhat unexpected.

The 300 million treasury bonds were not even met, and the requirements of the Jiangnan County Chamber of Commerce were not met. Later, the Imperial Central Bank had to negotiate with the Imperial Ministry of Finance to increase the issuance of 700 million imperial gold coins. However, this was still a drop in the bucket and could not meet the demand. Especially in various Indian and German regions, the Indian and German gentry, who had a large amount of funds, hoped to obtain stable and risk-free returns by purchasing treasury bonds. The 100 million treasury was almost snatched up in each county in the Indian and German regions, and even caused riots. The counties in the mainland of the Imperial Empire also expressed dissatisfaction with the Imperial Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank's priority in the Indian and German regions, and even triggered the intervention of the Supervisory Court and the Trial Court's lawsuit, requiring the Imperial Supervision and Trial Court to correct this distribution plan with obvious regional discrimination.

In the end, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the Imperial Bank added treasury bonds of 500 million imperial gold coins after considering the Imperial fiscal repayment capacity, and said that it would increase treasury bonds of 500 million imperial gold coins in the second half of 701 to barely calm the storm.

The great success of the Imperial Treasury bond issuance has given the Empire more abundant financial support, which has also given the Imperial Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Agricultural Administration and Water Resources to have confidence and put forward their respective plans in a grand manner.

The Privy Council also put forward its own ideas. Given that both the military and political parties of the Empire had determined that the national policy for 701 was mainly economic development, the two Privy Council envoys proposed strategies to stabilize the army and vigorously develop the navy based on actual conditions. On the premise of preserving the current fourteen army corps and ten cavalry regiments, they would disband and reorganize some other informal army troops, and reorganize and supplement them nearby to other legions in their war zones to carry out large-scale exercises to improve the army's mobile combat capabilities and long-term combat capabilities, ensuring that the empire completed the delivery of a legion to any place in the empire within two months under any circumstances, and the delivery of three to four legions within three months.

In terms of naval planning, the Privy Council has also made regular adjustments to the naval system. The Navy no longer has the position of naval commander, but only has the commander-in-chief of the Navy. The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy also serves as the assistant to the Privy Council of the Imperial Privy Council. The Imperial Navy has three ocean fleets, one inner water fleet, nine Marine divisions, and a special Navy Intelligence Bureau, Navy Staff Training Bureau, and Navy Logistics Bureau.

Although the Privy Council gave up large-scale expansion in the army, the Navy's large-scale opening of the Navy still made the State Council complain, especially the rapid expansion of the Marine Division, which made many government officials believe that the Privy Council is expanding its army in disguise. The Marine Division organized by as many as nine divisions is equivalent to two army corpses. It also established a special Navy Intelligence Bureau, an organization that is outside the two intelligence agencies of the Empire, which is equivalent to throwing all the funds reduced in the Army to the Navy. In fact, the Imperial military expenditure did not decrease in 701, and there was even an increase trend.

However, officials of the Privy Council also argued, especially Lichen, due to the inclusion of Sikkim Island in the southwest and the inclusion of Sporades Islands on the Baltic Sea and the Aegean Sea, the empire has become a maritime power with a long coastline on three sides. To better defend the empire's maritime rights and interests, it is necessary to build a powerful imperial navy. At this stage, the imperial navy has not even been built well, and there is still a long way to go to compete with those naval powers in the Western Continent. Therefore, the empire had to invest more and spend more in the initial construction. Only in this way can the distance between the imperial navy and other powerful navies be gradually narrowed.

The discussion on the development direction of the Empire in 701 and even in the next few years lasted for two weeks before it was barely decided. During this period, the representatives of the Empire Senate and the Civilian House also put forward some requirements and ideas representing their respective regions and classes. The Imperial Military Plan, which was related to military secrets, was argued on a very small scale. Whether Cui Wenxiu's proposal to seize South Meli and Northwest Indian and German in the mid-701 period also caused a lot of controversy. In the end, it was indeed

In principle, it was not supported to carry out large-scale military operations in mid-701, but as the military commander of the Central Continental Theater, he also had the right to take necessary actions in special circumstances. If military actions were taken in an emergency, there must be sufficient reasons to explain the reasons for the actions. Some ambiguous and vague language in the words of Bo Jinchen, the right Privy Council of the Empire, was to find excuses for Cui Wenxiu to carry out military operations. Of course, the responsibility he assumed would be greater.
Chapter completed!