The two brothers drank a lot of wine that night. The officials from the Western Regions were also involved in the harem. Take Xiao Shougui for example. He used to respect the two brothers very much, but now Xiao Xun'er is also pregnant. Although it has not been shown on the surface, Xiao Shougui has been different sometimes.
Although they are also from a family of in-laws, Xiao Xun'er originally only had a title and was not favored by Li Xiang. But now her belly is slowly getting bigger, and some things are different from before. Any male may take that position, so Xiao Shougui can no longer be the same as before.
Li Xiang naturally noticed the changes in these foreign relatives' families, but he could not stop it. He also hoped that brothers would be friendly and respectful to each other, but there was only one position, and if there was a fight for it, it would soon exceed its limit.
There was basically no competition in Li Chengqian's generation. No matter which prince it was, they had no intention of competing for the throne. They only had one idea now, which was to try not to pay attention to them, let them make money in their isolated days and not to ask them for anything. This would be the best result. Of course, all this depended on hoping that Li Shimin lived longer. If Li Shimin could not hold on, according to Li Chengqian's character of retaliating for any flaw, some things would be hard to say.
Naturally, there was nothing to fight for in Li Xiang's generation. Although Li Chengqian had several sons, all of them were timid when they saw Li Xiang. Moreover, there was an age gap between them and Li Xiang. Unless there was some problem with Li Xiang's body, or he was suddenly teleported to another era, these people would not be able to achieve anything.
But Li Xiang's sons are different. Take the major families today for example, they have already begun to plan for this matter. Although the struggle for David has not yet begun, if you do not have a long-term vision, you may be abandoned by the entire struggle and become the first person to be eliminated.
When the two brothers woke up the next day, they both had dark circles under their eyes. Although they had drunk a lot of alcohol, they still couldn't sleep because of their future prospects. But now was not the time to think about this. They had to hurry up and arrange the people below. The situation in the Western Regions seemed calm, but once the Arab Empire counterattacked, some things would be hard to say.
There was a group of civil servants standing outside the general's mansion. Normally, they should not have come to the border, but because of some of His Highness's policies, these people had no choice but to go to the border to realize their dreams. At that time, Li Xiang also told them that as long as you have the qualifications to watch at the border, then when you return to the capital, are you still afraid of not being promoted?
Some of these people are from aristocratic families, but there is nothing outstanding about their families. Some of them are from small families and have passed the imperial examination. If they try to gain experience in Chang'an City, it will take many years. It is better for them to try their luck in the border areas. After all, there are more opportunities here. The administrative area has just been established. As long as you can do something outstanding, you can be promoted immediately.
Another part were merchants from the Western Regions. They were more familiar with the situation in this area, so they asked their family members to take the imperial examinations as well. If you specifically wanted to become an official in the Western Regions, the difficulty of the imperial examinations would be reduced. This is what later generations called targeted admission.
Merchants have worked for a lifetime, even if they have become wealthy, but in the eyes of officials they are like ants. If they want to bully them, it is too easy. Therefore, they also hope that there will be an official in their family. If there is such an official, then their lives will be very easy in the future.
With the help of various specialists, Li Xiang was able to set up local officials for the territory within the former Andong Governor's Office in the shortest possible time.
Of course, from now on this place will be renamed Anxi Province.
Cheng Chumo was the first chief executive of Anxi Province, which was the Jiedushi who appeared some time later.
However, Li Xiang also knew the damage that the Anshi Rebellion had brought to the entire Tang Dynasty, so the rhythm was that in addition to being in charge of political affairs, military affairs were only in name only. A frontier general would also be set up here, that is, the Samarkand General.
Because the two brothers cannot serve in the same region at the same time, Cheng Chuliang is now only an acting general. Someone will soon replace him, and Cheng Chuliang will be able to return from the Western Regions.
Of course, this news has not been spread out yet. After all, many of his subordinates may not be able to stand following Cheng Chuliang for such a long time. If another person is replaced, it will take some time to adapt. However, Li Xiang has made up his mind. Even if you two are his brothers-in-law, you must be on guard against some things. When doing things in the court, even brothers cannot be trusted. Rules and regulations must be set.
Li Xiang's final arrangement was to let Xiao Shou return and serve as the chief executive of Anxi Province.
Cheng Chumo served as General of Samarkand.
The time is not yet ripe, and Xiao Shougui and his officials must be given time to adapt. Xiao Shougui is still in various countries in the Western Regions to appease those people. If they are not given time to adapt, there may be all kinds of difficulties in doing things in the future, which is not a good thing for them.
"My Lords, I will not say anything more. Today, I have selected guards for you. Each of them has 200 men. They are all the best in our Tang army. They will escort you to your posts until you no longer need them..."
As the highest administrative chief here, Cheng Chumo had to give these people some words of encouragement before they set off. In fact, there was no need for Cheng Chumo to say much. Those who were willing to come here to serve as officials were basically enthusiastic. They also wanted to make some political achievements as soon as possible and then be transferred to the vicinity of Chang'an City. Even if there was no way to go to the vicinity of Chang'an City, they should be closer to the inland.
As for taking root in the frontier, no one has such a high awareness now. We can only let them get along here slowly and fall in love with this place. Maybe someone has such an idea, but it is impossible for the time being.
