Chapter 1068 Established Strategy

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In the early morning, the breeze blows lightly with the fragrance of flowers.

It's mid-April, and all the peach blossoms in Wuji Palace are in bloom, clusters of them, as red as fire.

In the imperial study room, Zhao Xu put down a pile of documents, got up and went out.

To him, these trivial incidents were just like ants on the body, which could be brushed away lightly and could not cause any harm to Da Song.

And every punch he will throw will make his enemy vomit blood.

Although he is not yet ready to take action against the Western and Turkish troops gathered in Tianzhu.

But according to the plan from the year before, this month, Chen Hu's Lancers should enter the grassland and plow the courtyard to clean the holes.

Previously, Zhao Xu's move was to eliminate Beidi and regain the vast territory in the north. .

Now, there is another task based on this move, which is to contain the Tusman Empire's forces.

At present, the Tusman Empire is very swollen with the support of Britain and Rus.

On the one hand, it sent a large army into the Tianshan area, and on the other hand, it was ready to support Tianzhu at any time. It treated itself too much.

Little did he know that he was just a scapegoat brought to the front lines by the British and Russian empires.

However, he was confident that he could easily defeat Tusman, the overlord of China who was somewhere between a feudal dynasty and a modern country.

But there is no need to let them get involved with the Western Turks in Tianzhu and increase the pressure on the Qinglong Army and the Suzaku Army.

His idea has always been to let Dasong's armies share the enemy's strength as much as possible.

Rather than letting one aspect of the military bear too much burden and increasing casualties.

In this case, it is better to hand it over to the Western Region Protectorate to deal with it.

By then, when Chen Hu dealt with them severely in the Tianzhu area, they would naturally no longer care about Tianzhu.

The Qinglong Army and the Suzaku Army can then concentrate on dealing with the Western Army.

While he was thinking, suddenly a young eunuch came in a hurry and handed a note to Xiao Guizi.

Xiao Guizi presented it to Zhao Xu again.

After glancing at the note, Zhao Xu laughed softly and said to himself: Whatever comes to mind.

The content on this note was exactly what Chen Hu sent via telegram.

On the note, he formally requested permission to lead the cavalry into the grassland and launch an all-out attack on Beidi.

"Reply Chen Hu's telegram and tell him that I agree with his request." Zhao Xu said to Xiao Guizi.

After he moved to Wuji Palace, the telegraph room of the palace also moved to Wuji Palace.

But not in the inner palace, but in the outer palace, together with the office area of ​​the ministers.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Guizi responded, turned and left.

As soon as Xiao Guizi left, another eunuch came to report that Liu Fu, the chief minister of the cabinet, asked to see him.

Zhao Xu then returned to the study and waited for Liu Fu.

Not long after, Liu Fu arrived at the imperial study.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he said: "Your Majesty, I have come back to report that the office of the cabinet office has been selected, and the functions of the cabinet elders have been divided. Today, the cabinet officially begins to handle government affairs."

Zhao Xu nodded, looked at Liu Fu, and said with a smile, "I took you as prime minister and divided his functions among nine people. You don't blame me, do you?"

Before there was a cabinet, government affairs were handled by the prime minister alone.

The prime minister can be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.

This has also led to the endless imagination of prime ministers exercising power in history.

Therefore, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed the prime minister in anger due to the case of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong's abuse of power. After that, the Ming Dynasty's cabinet system gradually took shape.

Cabinet ministers were more like secretaries and advisors to the emperor.

Therefore, the cabinet is not a restriction on imperial power, but actually a strengthening of imperial power.

The reason why the emperor in the late Ming Dynasty seemed to be ignored by the cabinet was actually the emperor's own fault.

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were in office, the cabinet was honest and there was no one who jumped the gun.

This is one of the reasons why other man-made systems depend on the executor.

As long as he is in office, this cabinet will be under his control.

As for the future, as civilization advances, he will gradually adjust the distribution of power between the cabinet and the emperor.

After all, at that point, Dasong may be a whole new world and require a whole new structure.

But at the moment, he doesn't need to think about this yet.

The cabinet is his secretariat.

"Your Majesty, you are looking down on me now. I am following you so that the poor people in the world can read, eat, wear clothes, and have a homeowner. It is not for power. This cabinet is not good for me, but it is a great blessing to the future." Jiangshan has many benefits." Liu Fu looked indifferent.

"That's good. I hope you will never forget your original intention and work with me to let the people of Dasong eat better, wear better, and live better." Zhao Xu said loudly.

Liu Fu also laughed, "I dare not disobey my order."

The two laughed for a while, and Zhao Xu said again, "The cabinet has just been established. As the chief minister, you should pay more attention to get the cabinet on the right track as soon as possible. For the proposals sent to you, you can directly draft them without arguing and send them to me. If there is any disagreement, the nine of you will discuss it publicly, comment on it, and send it to me for a decision."

This method is equivalent to the fact that Liu Fu had the final say in the past. Now nine people must have the final say to avoid government mistakes caused by one person's arbitrary decision.

"By the way, how is the cable and railway laying situation going?" Zhao Xu asked after briefly talking about the cabinet.

Speaking of this, Liu Fu also became excited. He said, "I was just about to report this to the emperor. It is really a happy event. At present, the southernmost end of the cable power station has reached Yunzhou. The six main lines of the east-west and north-south are all connected. The next step is to further build the cable power grid."

"Well, not bad, so the information transmission in Dasong will be smooth." Zhao Xu showed a satisfied look.

The six main lines of cable power are three north-south and three east-west.

The north-south main line is the coastal line of Yancheng, Lucheng, Jinling, Lin'an, Haicheng, and Jincheng, and the middle line of Jincheng, Xiangcheng, Shacheng, and Guicheng. The last one is the western line of Xiancheng, Yiyang, and Kuncheng.

The east-west is the line of Yancheng, Jincheng, and Yongcheng in the north.

The central part is the line of Pengcheng, Luocheng, and Xiancheng.

The southern part is the line from Songcheng to Yiyang.

The six lines intersect with each other, connecting the twenty-one provinces of Dasong and all the county towns in the province.

What needs to be done next is to build a meshed wired power line based on six main lines, as Liu Fu said, and promote wired power to the county.

However, as the original idea, wired power is just a way to pave the way for the laying of telephones.

Because after the wired power line is connected, the laying of telephone lines can be done smoothly, which is equivalent to crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Thinking that the first thermal power plant in Dasong will be put into use in June, the conditions for the use of telephones are already in place, he said to Liu Fu, "Let them continue to lay wired power and accumulate experience. Soon, they will have new work to do."

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