After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Western Turks' Beiting, it immediately sent a 50,000 Han army into the Beiting, and waited until the original Beiting territory was received, and then on the grounds that the Western Turks had repeatedly rebelled, they no longer canonized the Great Khan of the Western Turks, but divided the Western Regions controlled by the Western Turks into two parts, of which the east side adjacent to the Tang Dynasty was assigned to the Anxi Protectorate, and the other west side was under the jurisdiction of the newly established Beiting Protectorate. It is worth mentioning that the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate has included Weihai.

Although there are a small number of Han Chinese, most of them do business here, and very few Han people live here, and generally speaking, it is very difficult to strengthen the rule in this kind of place.

However, Li Shimin has a ready-made reference object, that is, Li Su's experience in ruling various places overseas, although the mainland is different from overseas, but as long as there are slight changes, there is no big problem.

First of all, in the name of promoting education, Li Shimin implemented sinicization in the three major capitals of Anxi, Beiting, and Anbei, and the way of sinicization almost copied those measures formulated by Li Su, such as changing Chinese names, speaking Chinese, etc., and also divided the different races into four classes, and each level of promotion required a corresponding level of Chinese.

Compared with overseas countries, these countries around the Tang Dynasty have long been yearning for the prosperity of the Central Plains, and they also admire the culture of the Central Plains very much, so in the process of implementing sinicization, most people not only did not resist, but also cheered for it, and even some Hu businessmen also took the initiative to contribute funds to help the Tang Dynasty build schools and roads in the local area.

However, when the above news reached Li Su's ears, it made him feel extremely depressed. I think that when he promoted sinicization in Waguo, Luzon, Linyi and other places, it was the army that suppressed it and lured interests. The means were exhausted to let the Sinicization policy continue.,But now look at the Tang Dynasty.。 It's just a matter of one sentence.,All sinicization policies have been implemented smoothly.。

In fact, it's not surprising.,First, those places have been influenced by the culture of the Central Plains for thousands of years.,Second, the Tang Dynasty is indeed very strong.,These people are envious in their hearts.,Also from the heart of the desire to become a Tang people.,So it's reasonable to implement sinicization so smoothly。 This is the result of the influence of thousands of years of culture, and it is useless for Li Su to envy him.

However, he wants to stabilize the rule of the three major protectorates. It's not enough to just implement sinicization.,After all, the impact of sinicization is too slow.,There's no effect at all in a few decades.。 Therefore, Li Shimin copied Li Su's second trick, that is, to garrison troops in other places, and he transferred the local troops of the two major metropolitan protectorates of Anxi and Beiting to the side of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate to help him guard the grassland people. Then he transferred the grassland army of the Anbei Protectorate to the Western Regions, and the officers in these foreign armies were all Han Chinese, and the steady stream of military academy graduates made him not have to worry about no one available.

Of course, whether it's the northern grasslands or the Western Regions. There are a large number of Han Chinese troops stationed in all of them, and all of them are elite troops, which can ensure that in the event of a rebellion by an alien army, it can be suppressed in time. But these armies are only temporary. When the rule of the three major capital protectorates is stabilized, the number of Han Chinese armies will be gradually reduced, after all, large armies are stationed at such a distance. The annual consumption is not a small amount.

After Li Shimin explained to Li Zhi the situation of the three major protectorates of Anxi, Beiting and Anbei, his excited face showed a hint of worry: "Now the implementation of the sinicization of the three major protectorates is quite smooth. However, because this is the first time that Datang has implemented the policy of sinicization, the officials sent are a little rusty. This also leads to the implementation process,There are such and such problems.,Although the impact is not big now.,But the father is worried about the future with the deepening of sinicization.,What adverse consequences will there be.。 ”

Hearing his father's concern, Li Zhi suddenly had an idea, and after thinking about it seriously for a while, he immediately said with a happy face: "Father, the son has thought of a way, but I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

"Oh, pheasant slave, what can you do?" Li Shimin said with some surprise, and at the same time sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that this decision to let his son go out to travel is really right, at least this brain is much easier to use than before.

I saw Li Zhi smile and tell him what he thought of, but Li Shimin laughed after hearing it, and finally pointed at Li Zhi and said: "Pheasant slave, pheasant slave, you even calculate your sixth brother, and you are not afraid that he will find you trouble next time we meet?" ”

Li Su, who was far away in Taiwan, soon received a handwritten letter from Li Shimin, but when he read the content of the letter, he frowned suddenly, because Li Shimin discussed one thing with him in the letter, that is, he wanted to exchange some officials with him, and he also asked Li Su to send officials, preferably officials with experience in promoting sinicization, because these officials will be sent to the three major protectorates in the Western Regions and the grasslands, responsible for the implementation of sinicization.

Li Su was naturally reluctant to do this, because after he exchanged those officials who promoted Sinicization, they were exchanged for some officials sent by the Tang Dynasty, and these officials were not very clear about the administrative methods of Taiwan Province, and it took a long time to adapt. And although the officials he sent to Datang will also face the same problem, what Datang needs is their rich experience in promoting sinicization, so this matter is obviously taken advantage of by Datang.

In addition, there is another point, that is, Li Su sent a group of experienced officials, then his Sinicization policy in Wa and other places will definitely be affected, and with the implementation of Sinicization by those officials in Datang, it will definitely be able to bring out a group of experienced officials who promote Sinicization, even if these officials return to Taiwan in the future, Datang has also earned a group of experienced officials, so no matter what aspect it is, Li Su has suffered a loss.

Although Li Su didn't mind helping Li Shimin in the implementation of sinicization, it was on the basis of his willingness, but now he was calculated by the method proposed by Li Shimin, which made Li Su feel a little uncomfortable. It's a pity that he didn't know that this solution was thought up by the ninth brother he had just sent away.

However, Li Su's advantage is not so easy to take advantage of, especially if he is unwilling in his heart. So he quickly replied to Li Shimin in a letter, in which he agreed to the proposal to exchange officials, but he made some modifications, such as the exchange of officials can not be based on the ratio of one person for one person, but must be in the ratio of three people from the Tang Dynasty and one person from Taiwan, and the time of this exchange is only three years, and after three years, these officials must be left to their own choice, and neither side can embarrass these officials.

After Li Zhi's revised proposal was sent to Chang'an, Li Shimin laughed again, and then summoned Li Zhi to let him watch, but Li Zhi smiled helplessly and muttered after seeing it: "It seems that the sixth brother's advantage is really not easy to take advantage of, and those officials sent out are used to life in Taiwan, and it is strange that they will come back in the future!" ”

The exchange of officials is just a trivial matter, and Li Yu didn't pay much attention to it, after all, he has been busy since last year, Malacca has just stabilized, and the development of Ceylon Island has also been on the right track, as for Li Zhen and Li Yun, they have defeated the coalition forces of the surrounding small countries very easily, and now they are doing something in the ghosts, I heard that it is very interesting.

In addition to the above things, Li Su also has to prepare for an upcoming event, which is the American exploration fleet led by Lu Wan. Now Lu Wan is moving around, looking for some of his old brothers, hoping to convince some more experienced people to join the exploration fleet, and it is estimated that it will be another month before he returns.

Now that most of the personnel participating in the fleet have arrived at the foundation, and the exploration ship specially designed for them has been built, when Lu Wan and his people arrive, they will be sent to the open sea for sea trials, and by the way, let the crew get familiar with the performance of the new ship. In addition to the ships, there were also some seafaring tools and supplies, the most important of which were food and water.

Li Su from later generations knew that the Pacific Ocean was the world's largest ocean, and it would take at least a few months to cross it to the Americas, and Lu Wan and they had to move along an unknown ocean current, and they didn't know if they would encounter islands along the way, so the food and drinking water prepared on the ship must be sufficient.

A month later, Lu Wan finally returned with a group of old brothers, but Feng Shijie was not here, because he had come to Keelung last year, and while he was responsible for the placement of the crew members who had already arrived, and at the same time counted the materials needed by the fleet, and often dealt with Li Su for this purpose. In addition, he also went to the palace to see his sister Feng Shuyu several times, and wanted to persuade her to marry again, but the other party shook his head and said nothing.

After the personnel of the fleet arrived, the ships also went to sea from the shipyard, this time there were a total of eight sea ships, in order to build this ship, Li Su organized the best shipbuilders in Taiwan and Dengzhou, and then spent more than half a year to build, it can be said that these ships represent the highest sailing technology of the Han people, the hull is built with good pine trees, after anti-corrosion treatment, not afraid of the erosion of seawater, and the wood is strong and tight, can withstand the impact of strong wind and waves.

For these built ships, Lu Wan after a few days of sea trials and inspections, are very satisfied, and then after Li Su's consent, all their crews boarded their respective ships, and then pulled to Luzon Island for sea trials, and this sea trial will take a relatively long time, it is estimated that it will take at least two months to come back, and the ship is full of food and drinking water, and even during the sea trial, they will try to avoid landing, although the real environment of simulating the Pacific Ocean will allow the crew to adapt temporarily, Get ready for the next voyage to the Americas. (To be continued......)