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    After the cabinet is established, all government affairs will be handled by the cabinet. The prime minister only needs to transfer major daily affairs to Wang Xiao.  In addition, Wang Xiao attends a weekly cabinet meeting and listens to reports from the chief officials of various cabinet departments. This makes him no longer as busy as before and has more free time. He can take good care of himself according to the doctor's requirements.  .  Although his current physical condition is relatively bad and there is basically no possibility of improvement, if he is not so busy at work, he can at least live for a while.

    However, this also gave Wang Xiao more time to teach Wang Yuze.  In addition, Wang Yuze is also very concerned about when Wang Yuze can give him a grandson.  This made Wang Yuze miserable.  During this period of time, he had been working hard on several lovely wives, but to no avail.  It made Wang Yuze wonder if he had any congenital defects.

    After winning the battle against the Manchus, Western Sichuan once again achieved rapid development.  A large amount of infrastructure construction has begun, making the entire western Sichuan look like a busy construction site.  The first thing to start is mainly the construction of railways.  With abundant funds and labor, Zhan Tianyou, who had become the Minister of Transportation, started the construction of several railways at the same time.  Fortunately for Wuhan and Yunnan-Guizhou, Western Sichuan built railways from Chengdu to these provinces last year.  But Shaanxi is completely blank. Coupled with the harsh geographical conditions, construction is very difficult.  After Zhan Tianyou attended the cabinet meeting, he immediately left for Shaanxi and personally directed the construction of several railways.

    Western Sichuan implemented a large-scale land redemption policy. The landowners lost their land and had a lot of capital in their hands. In order to prevent the money in their hands from devaluing, these landowners had to devote themselves to industry and commerce.  Although they lacked relevant experience and may have suffered losses at the beginning, they gradually became fully integrated into it and accelerated the prosperity of industry and commerce in western Sichuan.  In addition, farmers own their own land, and agricultural taxes in western Sichuan are relatively low. The purchasing power of farmers has gradually increased, which in turn has promoted the development of business.

    Heavy industry has always been the most important thing in Western Sichuan. After taking over Hubei, Western Sichuan immediately invested 5 million in funds to transform the unfinished Hanyang Iron Works into Wuhan Iron and Steel Group and accelerated construction.  Here, iron ore can be transported from Daye to Hanyang through convenient transportation, and coking coal can be transported from Sichuan for smelting.  After the expansion of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group is completed, there will be three iron-making furnaces and six steel-making furnaces, with an annual production of approximately 80,000 tons of iron, nearly 40,000 tons of steel, and more than 20,000 tons of rails.  This will greatly increase the steel production in western Sichuan again and solve the current shortage of steel in western Sichuan after the large-scale construction of infrastructure.

    The entire western Sichuan began to develop vigorously.  The Manchu and Qing Dynasties fully opened their markets to western Sichuan, which greatly stimulated the economic development of western Sichuan.  Although foreign goods are also pouring into China in large quantities, goods from western Sichuan have great advantages in terms of labor costs and transportation costs. At the same time, as Chinese, everyone also chooses domestic products as much as possible.  This means that foreign goods are not as popular in China as the great powers imagined.  This also intensified the conflicts between western Sichuan and the great powers, especially Britain and France.

    In Wang Xiao¡¯s study during the inspection of the ambassador¡¯s house in western Sichuan.  Wang Xiao, Wang Yuze, Xiong Wu, Cai Yun and Jiang Xingguo were sitting around a map of the Qing Dynasty's territory, discussing the situation at hand.  Although it is already November, Chengdu has entered late autumn and the weather is starting to get colder.  But the high mountains in the north block the cold air, making Chengdu not as cold as the north.

    Today is the day when Xiong Wu returns to Chengdu from Wuhan. After two months of sorting out, Wuhan has been completely integrated into the rule of Western Sichuan.  Those stubborn resistance forces had already disappeared under the powerful attack of the Western Sichuan Army.  However, the army still did not evacuate Wuhan. Many Qing troops who were dispersed in the war turned into bandits, seriously threatening the stability of the place.  The Western Sichuan Army will next carry out bandit suppression operations to completely eliminate these bandits and ensure peace in Western Sichuan.  However, Xiong Wu is no longer needed for such a battle, and he can return to Chengdu to take charge of the staff headquarters.  Government affairs are on the right track, and military affairs in western Sichuan also need to be reformed.  Today, the three military leaders are participating in this response, and the most important thing is to talk about this issue.

    "Commander, the Western Sichuan Army now has 15 regular infantry divisions, 1 teaching division, 8 brigades and two cavalry corps, with a total strength of 45 people. There are also military industries, military schools and military hospitals that are closely related to the military.  etc. In order to ensure a more flexible command of the troops, the General Staff Headquarters plans to reform the army. First, training, equipment, logistics and other departments will be established under the General Staff Headquarters to be responsible for the daily training of the troops, equipment production and research and development, and the procurement and deployment of logistics materials. Each  The defense areas of the troops will also be changed. They will mainly be stationed in several provinces newly included in the rule of Western Sichuan." Xiong Wu said.

    "Well! I agree with this in principle!"?Xiao said.  Compared with government affairs, he cares more about controlling the army.  In this era, whoever has a gun in his hand will have a valid say.  In order to ensure the dominance of western Sichuan, Wang Xiao must firmly control the army in his hands.  Fortunately, the current chief officers of the army were basically trained by him, and they are naturally loyal to him.  However, this was not enough, he needed to establish the army's allegiance to Wang Yuze.  After all, Wang Yuze is the heir to Western Sichuan.  Fortunately, Wang Yuze performed well in this war and has won the recognition of the military bosses.

    "As for the defense areas, how are the staff headquarters divided?" Wang Xiao asked.

    "Commander! This is the preliminary consideration of the General Staff Headquarters. The instructors are still stationed in Chengdu, the first division is stationed in Panzhihua, and the second division is stationed in Chongqing. These three places are the most important heavy military garrison in western Sichuan!" Xiong Wu said.  These three areas concentrate more than 70% of heavy industry and military production in Western Sichuan, and there is no room for sloppiness.

    "Yeah! Keep going!" Wang Xiao nodded.

    "The 3rd Division is stationed in Xi'an, the 4th Division is stationed in Wuhan, the 5th Division is stationed in Huanggang, the 6th Division is stationed in Xiangyang, the 7th Division is stationed in Jingzhou. The 8th Division is stationed in Guiyang, the 9th Division is stationed in Kunming. The 10th Division is stationed in Weinan.  The 11th Division is stationed in Shangluo, and the 12th Division is stationed in northern Shaanxi. The remaining 13th, 14th, and 15th Divisions serve as reserves and are stationed near Chengdu. In addition, the 1st Brigade is deployed in southern Yunnan, and the 12th Division is stationed in northern Shaanxi.  The second brigade is deployed in the Wenshan area in eastern Yunnan, the third brigade is still deployed in Qijiang, the fifth brigade is deployed in Tongren, Guizhou, the sixth brigade is deployed in Duyun, Guizhou, and the seventh brigade is deployed in Qamdo, filling the gap for the tenth brigade to join the cavalry corps.  After the blank, the Eighth Brigade was deployed in Lhasa and the Ninth Brigade was deployed in the Shigatse area. Two cavalry corps, the First Cavalry Army was deployed in Qinghai and the Second Cavalry Army was deployed in Gansu. Once the war breaks out in the Central Plains, they can quickly move eastward,  Enter the battlefield!" Xiong Wu introduced them one by one.

    Wang Xiao thought about it and found no problems, so he agreed to the plan of the General Staff Headquarters.  Heavy troops were deployed in Hubei because it was a protruding part of western Sichuan and was surrounded on three sides by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, so it required heavy defense.  At the same time, when he launches an attack on the Qing Dynasty in the future, this will also be the bridgehead into the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty.  As for Yunnan and Guizhou, in addition to guarding the local areas, the deployed troops are also waiting for opportunities to invade Guangxi.  Capturing Guangxi and then gaining access to the sea is what Western Sichuan must do in the next one to two years.  No matter what method is used, access to the sea must be obtained.  Otherwise, the naval fleet in western Sichuan will have to float on the sea.  The second brigade, the fifth brigade and the sixth brigade, which are veteran troops from western Sichuan, are deployed in areas close to Guangxi precisely to prepare for this.

    "Father, dear uncles. During this battle, some problems were exposed in the army. Especially in terms of armaments. For example, soldiers generally reported that the 37mm mortar was not powerful enough and suggested replacing it with a larger caliber mortar.  The support firepower of the platoon. In addition, the heavy machine gun is too bulky and has a relatively low barrel service life. These have seriously affected the performance of the troops in combat and even caused us a lot of unnecessary losses. Therefore, I think that for now,  When there is no war, the military should make more improvements in these aspects!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Yuze's suggestion is very important. Since the Equipment Department has been established under the General Staff Headquarters, let them start solving these problems!" Wang Xiao said.

    Xiong Wu nodded. Although Western Sichuan won this battle, the problems exposed in it are indeed worth pondering. If these problems can be solved well, the combat effectiveness of the Western Sichuan army will definitely be greatly improved.

    "In addition, can we consider entering Xinjiang? Now that we have occupied Gansu, the connection between Xinjiang and the Manchu Qing Dynasty can only be through Mongolia in the north, which has been almost separated by us. I think it is time for us  Take Xinjiang!" Wang Yuze suggested.

    "We have just signed an armistice agreement with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if we annex Xinjiang, I am afraid it will cause a backlash from the Manchu Qing Dynasty!" Jiang Xingguo said.

    "In the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, Xinjiang is just a barren land, not very important. And now the Qing court does not have the strength to go to war with us, we can just find any excuse to deal with it!" Wang Yuze said.  Although Xinjiang is barren, there is oil buried underground, which is very important to China in the future.  In addition, the Russians have always been eyeing Xinjiang and putting Xinjiang in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Yuze has always been a little worried.  Therefore, it is better for Western Sichuan to take control.

    "It's just that if we march into western Sichuan, the time for Manqing Princess to marry may have to be postponed again!" Cai Yun joked.

    Everyone laughed. Because of the establishment of the Western Sichuan Cabinet, the Qing court had already expressed its dissatisfaction by postponing the wedding.  Wang Yuze was also very speechless about this.

    PS: The third update is completed!  Starting tomorrow, there will be four updates every day!  Brothers, readyAre you ready?  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward (this site). Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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