When the news of the complete victory in the battle of Bozhou and Yang Yinglong's capture came back, the capital rejoiced and the prestige of the country soared. Xiao Ruxun very timely issued the 'Proclamation to the World'.
In this edict, Xiao Ruxun announced the next stage of the work of the Qin Empire, which was the reorganization plan of the Qin Army and the five-year plan of the northern expedition.
In order to achieve all this, the corresponding preparation work was very complicated.
First of all, the government must be a big government, a big government with centralized power, with enough manpower and material resources in the countryside, without any obstacles or constraints in the local areas, and the decrees of the central government could be directly issued to the local areas without being tampered with.
The people were directly under the orders of the emperor and the central government. All military training was carried out directly under the leadership of the village and township officials sent by the government, and the results were directly reported to the central government. The local government was only responsible for agricultural and civil affairs such as organizing production, statistics, and household registration.
With such an accumulation, based on the current population and financial resources, the Ministry of War estimated that in five years, the Qin army would have at least one hundred thousand elite cavalrymen and three hundred thousand reserve soldiers. It would be enough to launch a war that could topple the country with the Northern invaders.
At that time, the Qin Army would be unstoppable in the Northern Desert, crushing the forces of the various Northern Barbarians, and removing the border threat that had been oppressing the Central Plains for thousands of years, which would be a great achievement.
For this, Xiao Ruxun issued a clear edict, calling on all the officials to live frugally, work hard, and save every cent and every grain of food to accumulate strength for the country and contribute to the northern expedition five years later.
For this, as the emperor, Xiao Ruxun took the lead to further reduce the expenses of the royal family and the court, and the emperor took the lead in living frugally.
He announced that the reduced expenses of the royal family and the court would be put into a separate northern expedition treasury in the national treasury, to accumulate strength for the future northern expedition. After that, a part of the government's financial surplus would also be put into the northern expedition treasury, to prepare for the war five years later.
This was the unique five-year strategic plan of the Daqin proposed by Xiao Ruxun.
This was not only a military strategic plan, but also a political program. It announced the next strategic plan of the Daqin Empire to the officials, so that everyone could work together. Having a clear and tangible plan was very meaningful to a country.
If everyone knew what the emperor was going to do, they could feel at ease, and they could also have a goal to act on and contribute to, instead of not seeing the goal and moving forward with the crowd, which could easily breed political struggles and corruption.
Once an empire had a clear goal, everyone who wanted to make contributions in this unprecedented political and military operation would work very hard towards this goal. This government would then explode with an extremely powerful force.
The reorganization plan of the Qin army and the five-year plan for the northern expedition were both very purposeful plans, and the details of the plan were constantly perfected within the past year, gaining Xiao Ruxun's approval. After the first good news of the new year arrived, the new political and military programs were announced.
Everyone in the world would know what the emperor was going to do in the future.
There was no need to hide this plan. Xiao Ruxun would distribute this plan to every village controlled by the central officials, so that every citizen of the Daqin Empire would know what the Daqin Empire was doing.
He would let them know what their taxes, food, and money were used for.
With the victory in the battle of Bozhou, a new goal was put forward. After completing a stage of work, people welcomed a new goal and new challenges.
The officials all felt that the emperor was really full of energy, and there were endless things he wanted to do. They had just gotten out of the heavy war support work, but now they had to throw themselves into the next stage of work.
However, compared with the reluctance of the previous year, the mental outlook of this year's government officials had undergone a huge change. The most active group of people were the first-class officials who ate first-class banquets during the New Year and earned enough face in front of their families.
These officials were full of motivation. After receiving the Emperor's Proclamation to the World, they immediately threw themselves into the next stage of work with full spirit.
They hoped that the next New Year would be able to eat first-class banquets, chat with the emperor face to face, and receive the emperor's personal rewards. They would earn enough face in front of their families, and their self-esteem and vanity would be greatly satisfied.
Compared to them, another group of people who were full of motivation were the officials who had been warned by the emperor at the ninth-class banquets. Some of them were old Ming court officials, some were new officials who had followed Xiao Ruxun on the northern expedition, and some were tired officials from the land reform.
In particular, the officials from the land reform had become tired after only a year. They were severely reprimanded by the emperor and warned that this was their last chance. If they did it again, they would be immediately removed from their posts and sent back home to farm, never to be used again.
This group of people was quite frightened and immediately transformed from lazy officials to capable officials. They used 200% of their energy to work hard. Other than the first-class officials, they were the group of people who worked the hardest to improve.
The administrative machinery of the central government rumbled once again. After the government work conference ended, the various departments held their own work meetings, assigned tasks, defined responsibilities, and completed deadlines. After that, with a single order, the central officials rushed around to work.
As the centralized emperor, Xiao Ruxun's task was naturally the most important. During the busiest period of work, he moved the entire cabinet to his Palace of Heavenly Purity to deal with government affairs together with him. He also set up a set of tables and chairs for Xiao Ruxun to sit on in the workroom and let him sit on it to practice calligraphy.
This allowed him to experience the difficulties and difficulties of being an emperor as soon as possible. He also had to constantly convey Xiao Ruxun's expectations, recognition, and support for Zhenbang to the outside world.
Xiao Ruxun needed to constantly convey the unshakable will of the Daqin's throne to the outside world. This could effectively curb the thoughts and actions of some ambitious people and increase the stability of the imperial government. After all, at the moment, the stability of the empire was more important than anything else.
When the reorganization plan and the five-year plan began, the Qin Empire's government once again entered a high-operating cycle.
During this period of time, the Palace of Heavenly Purity was brightly lit all day long. Even if the emperor and the cabinet assistants were asleep, there were still cabinet staff on duty in shifts.
The emperor's bedroom directly became the largest office in the center. The emperor rested in the side hall, and the assistants rested in another side hall. The emperor provided three meals a day. Eating, drinking, and defecating were all done in the palace. Except that he couldn't go home, there was nothing else.
Wang Xijue was old and didn't have enough energy, but he was obedient. He was a qualified marionette for Xiao Ruxun.
The empire still needed him to keep up appearances, so Xiao Ruxun maintained his position as the Prime Minister. However, in order to share the pressure of Li Tingji, Xiao Ruxun directly ordered Ye Xianggao to be promoted to the cabinet and became the third assistant in the cabinet.
At the moment, because of the problem of energy, Wang Xijue could only do some general work.
The work of the cabinet was actually led by Li Tingji. He led the subordinates who were promoted from the local and central government to the cabinet for training. Ye Xianggao was his assistant and was responsible for external communication. He directly connected with the specific departments and explained some difficult problems.
Xiao Ruxun was in the middle and made decisions together with Wang Xijue. They discussed some important political strategies.
Wang Xijue's experience and keen political vision were still praiseworthy.
The stable political structure of the imperial government played a great role in the reorganization plan of the Qin Army and the five-year northern expedition. At least after several waves of large-scale purges in the past few months, there was no longer any political opposition to Xiao Ruxun in the Qin government.
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