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With the establishment of the Tianshan Province, on the basis of the original Ming Dynasty, Daqin now has six provinces, including Luzon, Jinghai, Liaoning, Gansu, Ningxia and Tianshan, and has become three capitals and eighteen provinces.

Wei Yuanti, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, set up a Qinghai-Tibet province and a Mongolian province. It was temporarily vetoed by Qin Mu.

Although the Qin army's control over Mo Nan and Qinghai-Tibet is good, after all, it has just entered, and there are many problems that have not yet been resolved. Immediately setting up a province is a bit hasty and may be self-defeating.

And even if he wants to set up a province, Qin Mu will definitely not use the word "Mongolia".

Because this will subconsciously remind people that this place is Mongolian.

This may seem inconspicuous, but in fact it artificially divides regional and ethnic differences, which is not conducive to the unity of the whole country.

Sooner or later this will have to change, although the Mongol and Tibetan tribal chiefs have officially canonized the official positions of commanders, but in fact retain their hereditary and autonomous rights.

Sima An said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we should follow the method of the Southwest Tusi, first send auxiliary officials to these tribes, slowly increase the intensity of drawing Ding in a few years, and when the time is ripe, then set up a province and change the land to the stream." ”

"Okay, then the officials will select the officials, and send a commander to each of the Mongolian and Tibetan ministries, with one to twenty subordinate officials, and assist the commanders of each ministry to manage the affairs of the tribe."

Li Yuan was a little skeptical: "Your Majesty, if you are slow and too hasty, I am afraid it will cause a backlash from various tribes." ”

"Who dare!" Qin Mu said in a deep voice, "I am already extraordinarily generous to let them be hereditary and autonomous. ”

The hunting in the Hetao has formed a huge deterrent to the leaders of the tribes, and Sima An also believes that now is the time to send auxiliary officers, and the leaders of the tribes should not have much backlash at this time.

Qin Mu continued: "If anyone dares to refuse to send an auxiliary officer, I will just use him as a knife. There is no need to shrink back in this matter, and the officials should be elected immediately. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qin Mu laid out a map, from the Ural Mountains to the Aral Sea, and then from the Amu Darya River (called Wuhushui in the Tang Dynasty) on the south side of the Aral Sea as the boundary, all the way to the Green Ridge.

When Sima An and the others saw it, they couldn't help but look at each other.

At the height of the Tang Dynasty, the nominal territory also reached the Hezhong region, but the real effective management scope was only in the area of Broken Leaf City (Tokmak City, Kyrgyzstan).

If you follow the boundaries of Qin Mu's painting. Not only did the west incorporate all the territory of the Tang Dynasty into the territory of the Great Qin, but the northwest also added a large area of territory, from the Aral Sea to the Wula Mountains and then to the Arctic Ocean, and the entire empire looked huge.

Qin Mu said lightly: "Ministers, don't worry, except for a little trouble in the Hezhong region, this large area north of the Aral Sea and east of the Ural Mountains is currently sparsely populated, and there are only some towns set up by a small number of troops in Tsarist Russia. Just defeat Tsarist Russia. Let him not dare to cross the Ural Mountains again, and this large area in the north is my Great Qin.

At present, this large area does not see much value, but it is not enough to seek a domain without seeking the overall situation. If you don't plan for eternity, you can't plan for a lifetime. With the growing population of Daqin, as well as the continuous development of science and technology, these places are of great value. It will gradually manifest itself.

And now, if Great Qin wants to occupy these places, it can be done at a very small cost. As far as I know, at present, Tsarist Russia occupies East and Siberia, and the troops dispatched are only a few thousand, which is nothing to my Great Qin. There is no time to lose. If you don't take it now, if you want to take it again in the future, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

I'd rather turn these places into uninhabited territories than let the Russians take them. For more than 2,000 years in my Central Plains Dynasty, the greatest threat has always come from the north, and I want to solve this problem once and for all future generations. Turn this large area into my Daqin's back garden. ”

Sima An pointed to the Hezhong region (between the Amu Darya River and the Syr Darya River in the Tang Dynasty, known as the Hezhong region) and said: "Your Majesty, there are many nomadic tribes in these areas, and it is not easy to get them, and these places currently believe in Tianfang Religion. ”

"Faith can be changed with a knife or a gun." Qin Mu's words carried a chill.

Indeed, the religious expansion of this era was actually mostly accomplished by bloody swords and guns. During the Tang Dynasty, the power of the Tang Dynasty radiated to the Hezhong area, and at that time, in the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty, there was no Tianfang Sect at all.

Gao Xianzhi's defeat in the Battle of Talas changed the pattern of the Western Regions, marking the beginning of the retreat of Eastern civilization, while the Islamic civilization represented by the Heavenly Sect continued to expand eastward, and in the entire process of eastward expansion, it was accompanied by countless bloodshed.

In the West, the expansion of the Fundamentalist Church was accompanied by numerous bloodsheds of the Crusades.

If you don't use a knife or gun to solve a problem, you won't have that opportunity in the future.

"The Hezhong region must be controlled, even if I don't directly govern it, it is very important to foster a non-Heavenly Sect force as a buffer zone.

The clash of civilizations and beliefs will never be eliminated. Don't expect different cultures to coexist in harmony and when resources are sufficient, everyone is hello and I am good, once the resources are not allocated, the clash between different civilizations will inevitably occur.

If Batur is obedient and helps my Great Qin solve the problem of faith in the Western Regions, I may be able to let him live, and then let him go to the river as a buffer for my Great Qin. ”

Gu Junen said: "Your Majesty, if that's the case, it's better to set up a capital in the Moxi Grassland." ”

Gu Junen's words suddenly hit the roots, Moxi is difficult to cultivate, Qin Mu transferred 30,000 Tubo Qingzhuang over, in addition to grazing, the main thing is to use them to continue to expand westward.

This is similar to Li Ding's 50,000 Mongol army, and Great Qin does not need to spend anything, so that these 30,000 Tubo army will expand westward step by step, and finally defeat all the territories demarcated by Qin Mu.

Since it was a military expansion, it would be very inappropriate to use civilian management, so it was indeed necessary to set up a metropolitan department in Moxi to implement militarized management.

The 30,000 Tibetan youths were both soldiers and herdsmen, just like the nomads there, expanding in a nomadic form;

In the process of this expansion, let the two families of Buddhism and Taoism follow the army to preach, and give the tribes there two choices, convert to Buddhism or Taoism, or accept war.

Again, if you win, Daqin will gain a large piece of territory.

It doesn't matter if it's defeated, anyway, Daqin won't lose anything, just continue to draw Ding from Mongolia and Tibet.

A few thousand Tsarist Russians were able to occupy the whole of East and Siberia. With tens of thousands of Mongol and Tibetan troops, plus the Qin army's advanced flintlock pistols and rockets, Qin Mu did not believe that he could not take these places.

As for the future administration, it is enough to build a few cities in a few fertile places on the western border, relocate some of the people, and garrison one or two thousand troops.

After the Russian occupation of East and Siberia, what kind of management can be talked about? In the 21st century, there are still many places that are no-man's land.

As long as there are no powerful countries around Daqin, and at the same time maintain the advanced nature of science and technology, who would dare to touch the cheese in your bowl?

The way Qin Mu now expands is different from that of previous dynasties;

Successive dynasties often recruited 100,000 troops for expeditions.

Qin Mu took the action of drawing Ding from Mongolia and Tibet to form an army.

First, it could weaken the Mongols and Tibet, and make them unable to launch a rebellion.

Second, it can avoid the huge military expenditure of the imperial court, and the domestic people's livelihood will not be affected because of this expansion.

After consulting with the ministers, Qin Mu decided to set up a Beiting capital division in Moxi, and sent Su Jin to preside over military affairs for a period of three years, with regular changes of generals.

In addition to the 30,000 Tibetan youths, another 2,000 well-equipped Qin troops were sent to take charge.

After Shangqiu arranged these heavy decisions, Qin Mu continued to travel south.

The time has entered May, the sky is already scorching, and the land of Huaibei is completely different from the original Northern Expedition.

During the Northern Expedition, I saw the scene of white bones exposed in the wilderness and no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

Now on both sides of the road, the rice and wheat are green, and the growth is gratifying. On the road, there is an endless stream of merchants and travelers, men and women working in the fields, full of expectations for a good harvest, and there is a vibrant scene everywhere.

When the royal driver arrived in Huai'an, Huang Lianshan came to report: "Your Majesty, Mu Tianbo retreated to Yongchang Mansion and suddenly played the banner of Zhu Cihuan, the son of Chongzhen. ”

"What, Third Prince Zhu?"

(To be continued......)