Li Xuan, who just returned to Jinling, said he was very busy, busier than a cowboy!
Because he has to deal with a lot of government affairs that have been squeezed for a long time. Although Jinling City has sent numerous memorials to Li Xuan every day in the past six months, they are usually some big things, while some small things, trivial matters, etc. are temporary.
Backlogged.
In addition, although Li Xuan saw the memorial, there were many things that he could not deal with directly for a while. For example, the previous issue of Guantian reform. It was impossible for Li Xuan to decide on such a major matter as Guantian reform based on just a few memorials.
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And there are even more messy things, such as the renovation of the palace.
The Tang Dynasty has made Jinling its capital for several years, but the royal family still lives in the Imperial Courtyard and does not move into the palace.
The palace is too dilapidated. Although it has been slightly repaired in the past two years, it is only a small project. Li Xuan has never approved too much funding for the repair of the palace, but only approved a few.
It only costs ten thousand taels of money for repairs. This amount of money is not even as much as the money Jinling City uses to improve the roads and drainage canals in the city.
But the palace cannot remain unbuilt. The Tang Dynasty is now the central dynasty of China. It doesn't even have a serious palace. It can only live in a separate courtyard. How can it be decent?
At the end of last year, the Ministry of Industry under the Cabinet proposed to take advantage of the fact that military expenditures during the Xuanping Seven Years were not so large, to properly carry out the first phase of the palace renovation project.
For the first phase of the project, the budget they reported was three million taels of silver. After seeing it, Li Xuan, who was still in Hanyang at the time, decided not to pay.
The palace needs to be repaired, but Li Xuan doesn't want to spend too much money.
Three million taels of silver is enough for the navy to build ten third-class battleships!
But just because it was left unissued at that time does not mean that it will never be dealt with.
Now that he has returned to Jinling City, this matter will definitely be discussed again...
There are quite a lot of issues such as official land reform and palace repair. In a huge empire, many things happen every day. Even most of the small things have been filtered out by the Hanlin Academy and the cabinet, but Li Xuan is needed.
There are still a lot of things to deal with and decide on.
The day after he returned to Jinling City, a table full of memorials was brought over from the Hanlin Academy. Li Xuan asked casually how many more memorials there were, and the official from the Hanlin Academy said, there was still a whole room!
Regarding this situation, Li Xuan was not even in the mood to appreciate the superb dance skills of the palace dance troupe!
On the first day, he stayed in the outer hall for a full fourteen hours!
Yes, that’s right, he started at seven in the morning and was busy in the outer hall until nine in the evening!
Of course, Li Xuan is busy, and others are also busy. Not to mention special institutions like the Hanlin Academy, they have to accompany Li Xuan when he is working. Even the ministers are very busy. Li Xuan is busy until nine
If they hit the mark, they would be busy until ten or even twelve o'clock!
During this day, he reviewed the memorials for more than four hours in the morning, and then spent more than an hour meeting with the ministers. During lunch time, he called over all the ministers on duty in the Imperial Study Room.
In name, it’s a meal, but in reality, we’re discussing work while eating!
Li Xuan could eat and ask questions at the same time, but this made Liu Bagou and the others unable to eat enough because when Li Xuan asked questions, they had to stop and organize their words to answer.
They didn't have the guts to reply while eating in front of the Holy Emperor!
After lunch, Li Xuan simply rested for more than half an hour, and then continued to summon his ministers, mainly the relevant generals of the navy and army, and asked about the situation of the landing on the Liaodong Peninsula.
The generals reported that the initial landing on the Liaodong Peninsula was relatively smooth. However, after they landed at Lushun Port, they were violently counterattacked by the Liaodong Ming Army. At the same time, because there were insufficient troops to land and it was difficult to cross the sea to supply supplies, they are currently on the Liaodong Peninsula.
Bian did not launch a follow-up attack, but adopted a defensive mode.
Li Xuan had already anticipated the difficulties encountered in landing on the Liaodong Peninsula. It would not be a problem to send a thousand people to land, but if he wanted to send more people to land, it would be troublesome.
This is not to say that there is a problem of transportation capacity. The distance from Dengzhou to Lushun Port is not too far. And when the Bohai Sea is completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty Navy, the Liaodong Ming Army's broken sampans cannot threaten maritime transportation.
Landing is difficult because the army and navy have no way to mobilize more troops to land on the Liaodong Peninsula!
The Third Army is currently responsible for fighting in the north. The Third Army is also the most abundant army among the armies of the Tang Army, with three infantry divisions and two mixed regiments.
But their tasks are also very heavy. They need to defend Xuanfu and the northern border towns of Datong, confront the Tatars, fight against the Liaodong Ming Army in Yongping Prefecture and the northeast of Shuntian Prefecture, and join forces with the Liaodong Ming Army.
The three guards of Duoyan got up and waited for the Tatars.
At the same time, they also have to suppress Youzhou City, which has many remnants of the Ming Dynasty, and garrison the vast Hebei and Shandong areas!
Although the strength of three infantry divisions and two mixed regiments is not small, they have to be distributed in so many directions, and the Third Army is also unable to cope!
In addition, the current military strategic focus of the Tang Dynasty is in the southwest region, and the military supplies available in the northern region are very limited, which further limits the combat effectiveness of the Third Army.
The thousands of people mobilized to land on the Liaodong Peninsula are already the limit of the Third Army.
As for the Navy, their total number of marines is only more than 3,000, and most of them still need to accompany the battleships. There are very few marines that can be deployed ashore for garrison.
Previously, in order to station a battalion in Ryukyu, the Navy had to draw from the marines on board each capital ship. Dozens of them were drawn from this cruiser, dozens of them were prepared for that frigate, and then several more from the mainland.
The naval base transferred part of its garrison troops to form this battalion.
In addition, the Navy is still preparing Marine Corps forces for the Nanyang strategy. Although the Tang Dynasty Western Company has opened two trading stations for the Tang Dynasty after setting foot in Nanyang, namely the Mindao Island Trading Station and the Wanwan Trading Station.
Dan Trading Station, as for the islands or places where the Tang Dynasty territory and the Tang Dynasty Western Company territory stone tablets were erected along the way, there are countless, because the Tang Dynasty Western Company did not pass through a place, regardless of whether there are indigenous people, first set up a Tang Dynasty
Let’s talk about the territorial monument.
Let’s not talk about other broken places, but these two trading stations need to be maintained and developed. At the same time, Datang Western Company is also preparing to build several trading stations on the main island of Luzon.
Although the garrison of these trading posts is currently the responsibility of Datang Western Company, according to the trade license of Datang Western Company, the scope of the monopoly trade license granted to the company is strictly speaking west of Malacca and east of Malacca
In the sea area, they do not have monopoly trade rights.
Therefore, although these two trading stations belong to the Tang Dynasty Western Company, according to relevant agreements, they will be handed over to the government soon. At that time, the military will be required to garrison them.
As for the Tang Dynasty Western Company, their colonial goal is not Southeast Asia. Their goal is India, and their long-term goal is West Asia and Africa.
But as a result, the pressure on the Navy will be even greater!
The navy cannot mobilize more troops, and the army is also in a dilemma. In addition, the military center of gravity has shifted southward, so the Liaodong Peninsula issue has not progressed since it started.
After Li Xuan inquired about the detailed situation, he briefly asked about the situation in Liaodong, and finally said: "The matter in Liaodong cannot be delayed for too long. Although the military's strategic focus is currently on the southwest, the southwest battle is already a victory.
For the most part, the pressure is no longer so great.
Some supplies will be shipped to the north this year. The Liaodong Peninsula also needs to strengthen its strength. The current number of more than a thousand people is too few. The force must be at least the size of a mixed regiment. Otherwise, it will be difficult to implement a strategy to contain a large number of enemy troops.
Purpose!"
Li Xuan just made a request, he doesn't care what the army and navy do!
Naturally, the navy is letting go. Their marines only have this much in total and have long since used them up. If they want to continue landing on the Liaodong Peninsula, they can ensure the safety of maritime transportation, but they are already powerless to fight on land.
Therefore, the important task of reinforcing the Liaodong Peninsula falls on the Army itself!
However, on the Army side, the Third Army, which is responsible for the war in the Liaodong Peninsula, has no way to mobilize troops. Almost every infantry battalion in the Third Army now has its own combat missions, making it difficult to mobilize!
The only one that can mobilize troops is the Sixth Army stationed in Zhili Fourth Road. If we squeeze in, we should be able to squeeze out two to three thousand more troops.
It's just that as a result, the Sixth Army, which is directly under the control of the Fourth Army, has even fewer troops.
The Army raised this concern!
However, Li Xuan told the Army that there was no need to consider this issue!
Because the expansion of the Army of the Tang Dynasty will continue, although there will be no large-scale expansion in the seventh year of Xuanping, it is still possible to form a new division. At that time, Li Xuan will prepare to incorporate this division into the Sixth Army.
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Only the Sixth Army, which has three infantry divisions, can shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding Zhili Fourth Road.
After adding another infantry division this year, the Tang Dynasty will have fifteen infantry divisions, as well as ten mixed regiments and an independent cavalry brigade.
This cavalry brigade is designated as the First Cavalry Brigade of the Tang Dynasty. It is currently the only cavalry unit with an independent establishment in the Tang Dynasty. Its predecessors are part of the Ming Army cavalry among the nearly 10,000 Ming Army cavalry who surrendered during the Northern Expedition.
The cavalry detachment formed.
In the autumn and winter of last year, the cavalry detachment was reorganized by the Army. After the reorganization, the cavalry unit was awarded the title of the "First Cavalry Brigade of the Tang Army". It has four cavalry regiments, a cavalry artillery battalion and a number of baggage.
Auxiliary troops such as sanitary and engineer troops have a total strength of about 4,000 cavalry.
As a result, it became the only cavalry unit in the Tang Army that could fight independently!