It is impossible for the Tang Empire to spend hundreds of years perfecting the global colonial network like the Spanish or Portuguese, because Li Xuan cannot wait for a hundred years and so long!

Therefore, the Tang Empire was in urgent need of these colonies and ports for a short period of time.

And it takes too long to build and develop by yourself, so the easiest and at the same time the only way is to seize the enemy's already developed colony!

This is also the reason why the Tang Western Trading Company liked to attack and rob the Portuguese colonies and strongholds.

As long as it can be defeated, then it will be able to immediately obtain a mature colony, and in the later stage, as long as a certain number of immigrants and garrisons are replenished, this place can be turned into a full-fledged supply port that can provide trade and warship supply for the company's fleet.

Today, the Tang Empire's war against the Portuguese can also be seen as an extension of the Tang Western Trading Company's previous strategy in the Indian Ocean region.

At the strategic meeting, after a heated debate between the Navy and the Army, the future strategy for the South Sea and the Indian Ocean was basically decided.

First of all, in the South Seas, many parties agreed that the South Seas region is related to the security of the empire's homeland, and at the same time, this place is also one of the key areas for the empire's future overseas immigration, so the South Seas region must be completely controlled, and complete control of the South Seas region is also the most important overseas expansion strategy of the empire in the next three years.

This complete control includes the expulsion of all Portuguese strongholds in the Nanyang region, whether it is a trading post or a colony, all of them are expelled and replaced, in addition to the aboriginal tribes that still exist in the Nanyang area, to sweep and crack down, to ensure that there will not be any organized indigenous countries or tribal organizations in the Nanyang area.

After crushing any organized resistance from the Portuguese and indigenous tribes, a large-scale migration campaign was carried out, especially in the Malacca Peninsula and in Banten and Luzon, to be fully developed to ensure that the number of immigrants in these places would reach more than two million in five years.

At the same time, according to the Nanyang migration strategy, some Fusang natives were relocated from the Fusang area to the above-mentioned areas in an organized manner, further dispersing and reducing the number of Fusang natives in the Fusang area.

When the number of Fuso natives is reduced to a certain level, this standard is limited to one million, and the empire will officially recover the Fuso Islands and bring them under native rule.

In the empire's Fuso strategy, the future Fuso was not treated as an overseas territory, but as a local territory, in fact, a similar strategy also included the Nanyang Peninsula and the islands in the Nanyang.

With the development of steamships and trains, the empire believed that the previous overseas territory model was no longer suitable for the current situation, and in order to strengthen the control of the newly occupied areas, but also to prevent future rebellions and independence risks, it was very necessary to properly localize some important areas, especially those close to the empire mainland.

The localization of the Fuso Islands, the Nanyang Peninsula, and the islands of the Nanyang is the product of this change of thinking.

The Tang Empire continued to develop, and the various strategies of the Tang Empire were the ideas of the subjects, in fact, they were constantly changing, and many of the early policies were often deposed because they were out of date, and replaced by new policies that were in line with the development of the times.

However, the policy of localization was not directed at all newly occupied areas, but only in some areas close to the empire itself.

However, as the empire continued to develop, sooner or later the empire had to localize all the newly occupied territories, even Australia, the Americas, and India.

In addition to the Nanyang priority strategy and India's expansion strategy, this imperial military strategy meeting also formulated several other strategies, such as the Fuso recovery strategy, and a certain degree of military attack on the Tatars in the northwest region, to exert pressure on the Tatars, so as to prevent the Tatars from expanding too quickly.

In the Indian expansion strategy, it was proposed to temporarily support the Timurid dynasty to help them resist the invasion of the Tatars, and at the same time take advantage of this time to colonize the central and southern parts of India.

In order to be able to quickly occupy and rule the south-central part of India, and considering the large number of indigenous kingdoms in the south-central part of India, and the large number of indigenous populations in the local area, the empire will adopt a special Indian policy in this area.

That is, to win over some of the local indigenous princes, to attack some of the local indigenous princes, and to adopt the method of razing to speed up the colonial rule in the central and southern regions of India.

In other words, the Tang Empire in India will not adopt the model of military occupation of land with other regions, immigration, establishment of direct rule, and finally localization, although this model has many advantages, but it takes too long.

And Li Xuan obviously couldn't wait that long, the Tatars didn't know why, they were already aiming at India, he was not like a large-scale cavalry duel with the Tatars on the Indian peninsula a few years later, that would be too nonsense.

So he decided to speed up the colonization of India, not to do localization or anything first, and to use some of the local indigenous princes to establish colonial rule first.

However, the policy of localization will not be abandoned, but will continue in some of these areas, especially in some strategically located coastal areas.

For example, the very important island of Ceylon will be completely indigenized, so as to ensure that only the subjects of the empire live, and there will be no natives, so as to ensure the long-term rule of the empire in this place, because the navy has already submitted a report that the island of Ceylon is strategically located, and that it also has a very advantageous natural harbor suitable for a large military port.

To this end, the Navy is already preparing to build Ceylon Island into the main naval base of the Imperial Navy in the Indian Ocean to control the Indian Ocean.

Given the importance of Ceylon, the island had to be completely indigenized to eliminate any risks.

In addition to Ceylon, some of the other strategic coastal areas of India will also be selected for localization in the early stage.

In other words, in the next ten years, the Tang Empire will carry out a two-step policy in India, on the one hand, it will carry out localization, on the other hand, it will carry out colonial rule, and in the future, with the development of time, it will gradually carry out thorough localization.

In addition to the South Sea Priority Strategy, the Indian Ocean Strategy, the Fuso Localization Strategy, and the Tatar Military Strike Strategy, several other sub-plans were also finalized at the meeting.

This included contacting the Safavid and Ottoman empires, and engaging in trade with them, seeking colonial strongholds in the areas under their control, and at the same time providing certain military support to these two countries to strengthen their ability to resist Tatar attacks if the situation permitted, especially if the two countries maintained good intentions towards the empire.

At the same time, there is also the African colonization plan, but the African colonization plan is more about establishing colonial bases, and its main task is to ensure trade and naval operations.

As for mass migration to Africa, it was no longer in the imperial agenda for the time being.

Finally, there is the Americas Plan, which is also based on early immigration, the establishment of resettlement cities and ports, and the Americas Plan is limited to North America, more precisely the west coast of North America, which is roughly the area north of the New Gold Mountain.

Because the area south of Nueva Mine, that is, the vast area of Mexico, was the sphere of influence of the Spaniards!

Although it is now as strong as Spain, it has not been able to completely control all parts of the vast part of Mexico, basically only controlling the coastal areas and some important cities in the interior, the vast Mexican area is actually occupied by a large number of local indigenous people, that is, the Aztecs, in addition to the Tlaxartca people who stand with the Spaniards, also occupy a large amount of land.

However, although the Spaniards have not yet been able to completely control this area, the main coastal cities of Mexico and some important cities in the interior are actually under the control of the Spaniards.

So Mexico is now under Spanish control.

At present, the Tang Empire is still in friendly relations with the Spaniards, and the Spanish Global Fleet from Mexico conducts huge trade with the Tang Empire every year.

Of course, more importantly, the foundation of the Tang Empire in North America is not very stable, and the relatively large stronghold is Xinjinshan, in addition to a dozen or so small-scale immigration strongholds or ports.

Nowadays, the empire is even north of the new gold mountain, and it is difficult for immigrants to develop, and for the time being, it still can't take care of the Mexican region, so it won't go to trouble the Spaniards for the time being.

The same is true for Central and South America, where most of the coastal areas of Central and South America are now controlled by the Spaniards and the Portuguese, with Spain controlling all of Mexico and Central America, and the northern part of South America and the western coast of South America being under Spanish control.

The eastern coast of South America, mainly the coastal areas of Brazil, was occupied by the Portuguese.

The only empty area is the Patagonia region in southern South America, and the environment is too harsh for immigration, and the local natives do not want to live in this area, otherwise it would have been occupied by Spain or Portugal.

In view of the current situation in the Americas, the Empire's strategy for the Americas was to focus on the west coast of North America north of the New Gold Mountain, while trying to extend inland.

In the area south of the new gold mountain, it was temporarily entrusted to Spain, and when the time came, it would take back vast Mexico and all parts of Central and South America from Spain.

Through this pre-imperial military strategy meeting, the Tang Empire basically determined the colonial expansion plan for the next five or even ten years!

According to this plan, the empire will prioritize the indigenization of the Nanyang Peninsula, the islands, and the Fuso Islands, and continue to settle Australia.

A two-step approach was adopted in India, with some important coastal areas being indigenized and the vast south-central part of India being colonized.

In the Americas, the key resettlement is to develop the west coast of North America north of the new gold mountain, and to maintain restraint in other places.

The establishment of a settlement base in Africa is the mainstay.

In the northwest, military strikes against the Tatars were the mainstay.

Among this series of plans, the South Seas and India were the most important, which also led to the fact that the ongoing Battle of Malacca received the attention of the imperial high-level.

1 second to remember Aishang:. m.