The defeat at Peking has been a resounding wake-up call to the court and the King in Xi'an. No longer to we see ourselves as invincible, and the destruction of the our entire new army has shown that. The failure to capture the port and initiate trade has also severely hampered our financial plans for the future, and everything planned for the future. So, in order to combat this, the King is issuing forth a massive reform effort, which will take a massive amount of manpower and years of dedication to pull off.
The first thing on the list, is to improve the precarious stability of the nation. Although stable enough, the government's inability in some areas to tax and control the civilians is hampering our industrial output, and our ability to fund projects to strengthen the state of Xi'an, and bring it to a world level.
So, this turn, the King has agreed to a financial plan in which
all of the annual income will be spent strengthening the government and its influence (
9 IC spent into stability). This will be done by enlarging certain government branches, bringing a crushing fist down on corruption, and expanding roads and transport to far off areas in order to bring them under government control. After this, the true reforms can begin and Xi'an can truly live up to it's title of "The Grand".
This plan, although, is subject to possible change depending on current events.