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The internal affairs gradually stabilized, and then they had to accept Shanxi, northern Shaanxi and northwest inland. Li Xin sent Wang Qiang and Bai Guangen to go west and north, and brought Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi and Tian Jianxiu with Li Xin and Li Zicheng's documents and surrendered with the team.

Starting from February, spring returned to Guanzhong, and many farmers who had divided the land were busy with spring plowing happily. In Guanzhong, Li Xin did not build too many state-owned farms, but allocated most of the land to the people.

The main reason is that Guanzhong has poor land and limited income from state-owned farms. Maybe it will lose money. Li Xin will not do business without making money. Instead of shaking hands with inferior assets and constantly filling in the funds, it is better to divide it up. At least it can gain a good reputation and reduce the burden on the court.

On the contrary, some mountainous areas that others don’t want were all left by Li Xin’s circle, such as the mountain terraces in Shangluo area.

In the eyes of most people, this kind of land cannot produce grain and is located in the mountainous area. The traffic remains unchanged and it is garbage. However, in the future, the roads will be built and cement roads will be paved to improve traffic in the mountainous area. Then, according to local characteristics, plant high-value-added industries such as fungus, mushrooms, medicinal materials, bamboo shoots, etc., and engage in forestry, orchards, croaking pheasants and pigs. Sooner or later, the mountains will be turned into gold and silver mountains.

For Li Xin, the low-yield fields at the foot of the mountain are garbage, but unfortunately the people do not know treasures. Although this practice is inauthentic, this is the norm in history. Focus on high-quality assets and release inferior assets. Over the past few days, Li Xin has often conducted on-site inspections in Shangluo's mountains.

In May, as the two armies moved forward, the towns along the way were reduced to the wind. As the equipment was developing towards modernization, it was difficult to encounter opponents on the surrounding land. Li Xin intends to reduce the standing army and increase the investment in the navy. Therefore, almost all the tens of thousands of Ming troops collected were allocated land and returned to the fields. Unless they were particularly elite, they were included in the army. After all, Li Xin could not always bear high military expenditures.

His thoughts are typical modern people's thoughts, and investment must be rewarded. Like the Ming Dynasty, he supported hundreds of thousands of border troops and eventually formed a financial black hole, which Li Xin refused to do no matter what.

In his conception, the army was mainly used for external operations, and the maintenance of public order in the internal areas was mainly based on police forces. Under this idea, some towns in the mainland were not stationed, and the army was concentrated and stationed near major transportation roads, big cities or nodes.

In fact, like the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of soldiers stationed in a county town had no strategic use except for guarding the common people. If the common people lifted their poles, the scattered garrison would only give weapons to the rebels.

In short, Li Xin's idea was to guide the previous military construction as the center to economic construction as the center, but this did not mean that swords and guns were put into the warehouse. Instead of maintaining the advantage of numbers, it was better to increase investment in weapons research and development and establish a wartime organization and mobilization mechanism, to integrate troops into the people, and to streamline military administration, so that military expenditures should be modernized and rationalized as much as possible.

As of now, the army of the Bandit Army has nearly 300,000 troops, mainly stationed in the borders of Beijing, Nanjing, Guangdong and Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiaozhi, Northeast and Northwest. For the time being, its territory is still the basic foundation of the Ming Dynasty. The two capitals and 13 provinces, if they really want to incorporate the southwest, northwest and northeast into their territory, it is a long-term process. It requires a three-pronged approach to politics, military and economics. Li Xin does not expect to achieve it overnight.

At the end of May, Guanzhong was basically settled, so Li Xin led Huang Degong, Wu Changgong, and hundreds of confidants of Li Zicheng to go to Chengdu. Before leaving, he appointed Gu Junen as the governor of Shaanxi, Li Zhisheng, the former Minister of the Shun Chaogong Government, to Shanxi Governor, Wang Qiang was the governor of the three sides, and Bai Guangen was the governor of Xuanda.

He also asked Gu Junen to demolish the Qin Palace and Li Zhisheng demolish the Jin Palace. After renovation, the Wangfu Garden was opened to the public for free. A part of the land in the palace was left as an official office. The rest were divided into pieces according to the Nanjing model and auctioned to local wealthy households.

The Qin Palace covers an area of ​​about 1.5 square kilometers, which is larger than the Forbidden City in Nanjing. The income from land auction does not have to be paid to the court. After it is exchanged to the central bank for silver dollars and paper money, it is left to the local area for use, which makes Gu Junen and Li Zhisheng very happy.

Li Xin and his party had a total of more than 60,000 people, leaving Wuguan Road, passing through Xiangyang, and entering Sichuan through Chongqing. As for Li Zicheng's core rebel army, they temporarily moved to Lianghu for farming, and Li Xin could not have been able to support him in vain.

When we arrived at the city of Chengdu, it was the end of June.

Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu were released long ago. Li Dingguo took the two of them and the civil and military officials of the Great Western Ocean out of the city to greet him. After a greeting, Li Zicheng asked, "Why didn't Jingxuan come?"

Li Dingguo sighed: "My father had left the emperor's name before the New Year and changed it to the King of the West. He no longer handled government affairs. He should have been in the harem for maintenance, but... his old injuries that have been fighting for many years have recurred. Didi Lala for a year, I am afraid it will not work."

"oh?"

Li Zicheng looked at Li Xin in surprise. Zhang Xianzhong was about the same age as him. He was in his early forties and was in his prime. Moreover, he had dealt with Zhang Xianzhong more than once or twice, but he did not see any hidden illness.

Li Xin was also a little surprised and waved his hand and said, "Let's take a look when you enter the palace."

Li Dingguo led the way. In the evening, Li Xin and others met Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was lying on the bed, his face was yellow, his skinny and bones were thin, his eyelids were tilted, and his beard was shaved a lot. It seemed that he was not pretending, but he was really sick.

Li Zicheng was shocked and said, "Jingxuan, why are you like this?"

Zhang Xianzhong forced his eyes to open his eyes, his eyes were yellow, he looked blankly, and then said to Li Xin: "Regent, Zhang is sick in bed, so I won't salute you."

"It's okay!"

Li Xin smiled faintly and asked, "Have you ever hired a doctor, what do you say?"

“Oh ~~”

Zhang Xianzhong breathed out: "Thank you for your concern, the Regent, there is no cure. I, Old Zhang, understands it very much. In just a few days, I want to kill someone like numb, my hands are bloody, and even God can't stand it and want to take me. It's retribution!"

Li Xin felt that Zhang Xianzhong did not seem to have a hidden disease attack, but was a little addicted to alcohol and was hollowed out. When he thought of Li Dingguo stuttering, he became more and more sure.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Zhang Xianzhong is lustful. He has brought hundreds of beauties in marching and fighting. He can't stand the iron-clad body. In addition, he is defeated and destroyed the country. He is in a panic and gives up on himself. He is even more indulgent in his voice and expression, and his body has long been hollowed out.

Li Xin sighed secretly.

Zhang Xianzhong turned his eyes to Li Zicheng and forced a smile: "Old Li, we are brothers and brothers. I have planned to plot against you, and you have also planned to plot against me. We have all been called kings and emperors, but none of them are true emperors. In this life, the grudges and grudges have finally ended."

Li Zicheng sighed in his heart, and his tiger eyes were filled with tears, and he couldn't help but hold Zhang Xianzhong's withered and thin palms tightly.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Dingguo again and said to Li Xin: "Regent, Dingguo is my adopted son. I gave everything to him, but he is young and has a bit rough work. Today I will have this old face and ask the Regent to help you."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have always attached great importance to Chinese people's foothold overseas, and I will provide help within my ability."

"Thank you, Regent!"

Zhang Xianzhong grinned, as if he had used all his strength, and then closed his eyes in a daze.
Chapter completed!