"Oh? From Lord Wang's intention, Bai Yuanzhong seems to have some intentions?" His eyes narrowed, and An Qier's blue eyes seemed to become deeper. "Have you actually set your mind on my head?"

"Well, mistress, this is actually not important. What is important is whether he is talented and whether he deserves attention. As for some different methods, his subordinates think it is understandable." Wang Liao explained with a wry smile.

A snorted from his nose, and An Qier's face slightly recovered, "What is the idea of ​​this Bai Yuanzhong?"

"Miss mother, Bai Yuan made a prosperous career in Hejian. Hejian Prefecture is a top priority in the entire Western Xinjiang. Now the land of Beiyuan and Heshuo has been built, and the matter of rebuilding the new county has also been put on the agenda. The first major event for the first construction of the new county is naturally to select the governor. I heard that the Government Affairs Bureau last suggested that the candidates for this governor can be selected from the best among the guards of each prefecture. Once this wind comes out, those who are expected to compete for the position of the governor are not the ones who are expected to compete for the position of the governor.

Long neck was looking forward to it? But the people in the Supervisory Office were vicious and looked at these people who dared to violate discipline and foul all day long. In addition to working hard to do their jobs, these city guards could only listen to the news. This time, the mistress came to Xijiang. With this opportunity, the city guards along the road would not take the opportunity to curry favor with each other. This is reasonable. The mistress really doesn't need to care." Wang Liao's words were also justified, and he spoke directly without any slight slightness.

"So that's it! But he was thinking of attacking the governors of these two places. Don't he know that I have never been asking about government affairs? Are you afraid of backfire?" An Qier asked thoughtfully.

"Miss Mother, there are no other maxims in Bai Yuanzhong's words. How can it be counterproductive? Besides, I heard that he is in the top of the assessments every quarter of the Government Affairs Office, so I'm afraid he is confident." Wang Liao couldn't interfere too much. Sometimes the more he explains these things, the worse they get.

"Since he is a talent, I won't care about him anymore. If he is really a talent, he will not need to work in the Government Affairs Office. If he spends his energy on it all day, I think this kind of person is afraid that it will be difficult for him to be the governor." Angel's words are dull and powerful. "Mr. Wang, please tell me that he is more pragmatic and less involved in the official habits in the country of God. If he is not involved in Western Xinjiang, it will be difficult to survive in Xijiang. In this way, we will step up today and rest later. Tomorrow we will strive to pass Tianshui City in the afternoon, and we can stop in Zhendian in the evening. I don't want to see the second Bai Yuanzhong appear."

"I understand." Wang Liao nodded.

"Mr. Wang, I want to ask, this time I was in charge of Guanxi, where would the Seventeenth Princess be placed? Haven't your highness ever considered this issue?" Angel finally asked the most difficult question.

"We have considered this repeatedly. Princess Seventeen is not suitable for this at this time, so you can only play this role. As for Princess Seventeen, with her wisdom, she should understand the whole story of what Your Highness did at this time." Wang Liao replied lightly.

In addition to the sound of the wind, the carriage seemed to have returned to calm. Both of them were chewing on the meaning of their own words. Role? Take on this role? This means that many times people often cannot act completely according to their own wishes and feelings, but must obey the overall situation and act as the role that he (she) should play.

On March 18, 699, the mainland Gregorian calendar, Li Wufeng, the King of Qin of the Tanghe Empire and the Protectorate of the Western Frontier, who had already returned from Tiannan to Guanxi, delivered a speech to the media when passing through Lujiang, saying that the empire's civil power is in decline and its economic recession, and the whole country should put state affairs first and warn the people's voices as warnings, calling on all parties of the empire to abandon past grudges and maintain the hard-won peace prospects at present. He also said that going to Beijing is about to be imminent, and in order to reflect his original intention of peace, he announced that it would eliminate troops on a large scale within his territory.

The mainstream media in Xijiang, such as Northwest Star, Southern Daily, and other mainstream media in the West Xinjiang published Li Wufeng's speech in the full text the next day, and national newspapers such as the imperial capital "Daily Quick" and "Imperial News" also reprinted this speech at the first time. Just when many people in the empire thought that this was just a trick to win the hearts of the people, the Western Xinjiang Military Services Agency also officially issued a plan to eliminate local security forces. Except for each prefecture and county in border areas that retained one gang, the security forces of other internal prefectures and counties only retained one or two brigades of security forces, and all the remaining troops were eliminated. The six major corpses of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate also made large-scale adjustments to streamline some useless logistics personnel, keep the corps full weaving, and strictly prohibit over-engineering. All the revocation plans will be completed within one month.

It should be said that the plan was not light or serious, but it still caused quite a response in the empire. After all, when the shadow of external troubles had not yet disappeared and the civil war began to cover again, Li Wufeng, the largest foreign vassal of the empire, actually raised the banner of disarmament. Although there was no point in rectifying the slogan of the six major legions, it was just a vague false airs, but the elimination of the security forces was real. In this way, at least more than 100,000 troops would be eliminated. Moreover, according to the decisive and decisive work efficiency of Western Xinjiang, the security forces of this legion would disappear within a month. After a month, everyone knew that anything might happen after the meeting of the kings. It would be difficult to decompose the army at this time.

Wufeng's move has long been planned. With the continuous expansion of his territory, the number of troops has become larger and larger. According to the territory he controls now, even if there is only one wing of each prefecture, there are more than 200,000 guards. These guards are usually not very combat-effective and scattered. Except for some border prefectures and counties, the functions of guards in the mainland prefectures and counties have gradually been replaced by the increasingly strengthened police stations. The guards in some places have even become a burden. In view of this situation, Wufeng made a decision to reduce the guards on a large scale.

Wufeng's plan has also been supported by the Military Affairs Office and the Government Affairs Office. The Government Affairs Office believes that it can not only reduce the financial burden, but also increase the strong labor force in various places. It is simply a good thing to have the best of both worlds. However, the Military Affairs Office seems to be able to digest these ineffective security forces, effectively improve the overall quality of the army, and ensure the saved expenses to the elite troops.

In fact, although this disarmament plan is somewhat suspected of making a show and creating momentum, it is essential. Of course, the main reason is the financial problems of Western Xinjiang. The military expenditure in Western Xinjiang has reached a terrifying astronomical figure. The number of troops that require the financial burden of Western Xinjiang alone exceeds one million, which is far exceeding the number of regular troops in the heyday of the Tanghe Empire. Now, Li Wufeng, the empire is still considered the richest, has not even obtained a place in a mansion.

The salary issues of military officers and soldiers alone are enough to attract any party to be attracted by it. On average, the monthly salary payments of the military officers and soldiers reach more than 70 million imperial gold coins every year. This is just salary. In addition to the daily training and maintenance costs of the troops, the annual expenditure of the financial department should be more than 50 million imperial gold coins. In this way, the annual military expenditure of Western Xinjiang will exceed 130 million imperial gold coins. However, this is only based on the conservative calculations during peacetime, and there is no calculation of the special military expenditure required for wars. In this way, even if one or two medium-sized wars occur, it is estimated that the military expenditure in Western Xinjiang will exceed 150 million.

When the Finance Department handed over the military budget expenditure to Li Wufeng, who had not been in charge of financial affairs since James took over the financial affairs, Wufeng couldn't help but be shocked. Although he had the foundation for gold antiques seized from India and Germany, and although the financial industry has made rapid progress now, if calculated in this way, it would be difficult for Western Xinjiang to maintain its current financial resources. In particular, the military expenditure has squeezed out some projects that should have been invested in civil affairs, such as road traffic, farmland and water conservancy, urban construction and other infrastructure construction, as well as scientific and technological development, cultural education, medical and health care, which made the civil affairs undertakings that were already quite backward in all parts of Western Xinjiang even more embarrassing, especially in education and health. Except for the very few wealthy classes, the vast majority of middle and lower-class children cannot satisfy their desire to study and study through national education.

Although Wufeng also took some measures to attract foreign private schools and academies to run schools in Xijiang, such private institutions are inherently inadequate in funding, and relying solely on the support of local gentry and subsidies from local governments. The scale is difficult to expand. In general, it is just a drop in the bucket and difficult to get through. In this case, Wufeng then had the idea of ​​disarmament, but the war tasks before him are still quite heavy. If the six major legions are eliminated, it will not only be conducive to the development of his later war, but it will also have a fatal impact on the morale of the army. The only way is to dismiss the garrison troops.

Wufeng's plan to eliminate the security forces still caused some chaos. Many soldiers who had served in the security forces for a long time were also extremely angry when they were disbanded. They asked to meet His Highness the King of Qin and talk about their demands, and even caused small-scale riots at one point. However, Wufeng was also prepared for a long time. In addition to preparing a relatively generous retirement fund, he also adopted a differentiation policy and absorbed a group of high-quality personnel to retire and join the police stations of the local internal affairs department. He also called on local industrial and commercial workshops to absorb more of these people into the workshop workshops. Through various means, these unstable factors were gradually resolved.
Chapter completed!