The Xia Kingdom was destroyed and destroyed, and the world was shaken.

The news spread very quickly. By mid-June, all Xiaguo Prefectures and counties east of Helan Mountain surrendered, and officials transferred from Hedong took office one after another.

On the other hand, Liu Ji's army had marched to Guazhou, controlling Xiliang Prefecture, Ganzhou and other places, and many Uighur tribes in the Hexi Corridor. The Shatuo people surrendered, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach Yumen Pass in the autumn.

With the inclusion of many territory, the aftermath has become extremely troublesome. Not to mention anything else, the troops have begun to be short of strength.

Now that the northwest is occupied, the local wing soldiers are not reliable for the time being. The key is to keep soldiers, and only trustworthy soldiers and officials.

To the east of Helan Mountain and the Hexi Corridor (both Gansu and Shaanxi) were successively included in the territory by Wei Qing and Huo Qubing during the Han Dynasty. The governance was very long, with the same writing and similar customs, so the governance was not very difficult.

But after passing Helan Mountain, it will be even more difficult to manage. If he retreats and gives up the Western Regions, he will be relaxed, but he will feel uneasy. Later generations have lost even the excuses since ancient times.

If you give up, the previous dynasty's efforts to manage the Western Regions would be in vain.

Li Xingzhou thought about it over and over again, hoping to leave Zhe Weizhong and Liu Ji to take charge of Hetao and the Hexi Corridor, and at the same time continued to expand the Western Regions.

He was the governor of Hexi Road, and Liu Ji was the governor of Zhenguo, Qinfeng Road and Yumen Road (set by Li Xingzhou himself, and governed the four counties of the Hexi Corridor, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang).

At the same time, Liu Ji was appointed as the ambassador of the northwest pacification and control, and the military power in his hands will not be revoked for the time being.

Then there were various comforts and resettlement of officials.

After the court received the news, the whole country celebrated. The emperor sent a commendation order. According to his request, some young practical officials were sent one after another to take over the Hetao land and seize the territory.

Then next year, until the end of the spring of the third year, Li Xingzhou lived in the Xia Kingdom Palace to handle affairs and stabilize the place.

It was natural that I had a lot of trouble during this period. I accidentally got pregnant.

Alas, there is no way, Qi Fang seduced him all day long in the desolate land of the northwest, and the Xia Kingdom harem was waved by him again and rewarded the soldiers. In the end, he was forced to have no choice but to follow Qi Fang.

Li Xingzhou took advantage of the military power and the army was still there, and directly implemented the land reform of "spreading acres into acres" in Hetao and Hexi. This was when the Xia country collapsed, the old order collapsed, and the Xia army suffered heavy losses. The powerful Xia country's powerful clan had no power to fight back against the Jing army and could only be slaughtered.

Moreover, after more than a year of rectification, the people slowly recalled the power of the Jingguo policy and found that under Jingguo, they lived much better than under the Xiaguo rule, with a lighter burden and better life.

The wealthy clans who were damaged had no choice but to resist even if they wanted to resist. The regime was out of the gun, and many of the big clans participated in the war. The children in the family suffered heavy casualties and lost their foundation under the attack of Liu Ji.

Then the new policy was implemented, and it was difficult for the big clans to own too much land and expand. The fewer farmers had vassals and their strength was weakened again.

As a result, Jingguo's rule in the west became more and more stable.

By the end of spring, Yang Wenguang was appointed as the general of the State of Assistance and the governor of Hedong, and returned to Hedong.

Li Xingzhou also followed Di to the navy and returned to Kaiyuan. At the same time, he sent the pregnant Qifang back to the royal palace, leaving Wei Yubai in charge of Xia State affairs, and Yan Shen led the army.

After returning to the capital, Di Zhi was officially appointed as the Privy Councilor to be the Grand Marshal and commanded the new army. After returning to the royal palace to reunite for a few months, Li Xingzhou and the emperor talked about the situation, and then advanced westward again to take charge of Xingqing Palace.

Liu Ji kept sending back good news in front of him. By the end of autumn, the entire Hexi Corridor, until Yumen Pass, had been occupied by Liu Ji's army.

Since then, Li Xingzhou's dream has been around for many years, and the dream that Jingguo dared not imagine has come true.

With the Hexi Corridor, the Western Regions will also be infiltrated, but Li Xingzhou is not ready to use the strong immediately. It will take several years, or even more than ten years, to slowly complete the great achievements.

By the winter of that year, the east of Helan Mountain to the Yellow River, plus the Hexi Corridor, had been firmly controlled in hand.

That kind of satisfaction is not required to be praised by others, and there is a sense of responsibility in your heart.

Dali, Jiaozhi is waiting for him to solve the problem.

Fortunately, he now has an invincible army, and the future battle will be smoother.

In the winter of the year of the Zhangwuyuan period, Li Xingzhou had already basically controlled the territory of the Xia Kingdom and the Hexi Corridor. Many tribes led by Uighurs in the Hexi Corridor were willing to support them. In fact, some of them paid tribute to the Central Plains dynasty from the beginning. This was a habit that has been maintained since the Han Dynasty. Whoever has the power in the Central Plains will take local specialties to worship.

Now, the eastern dynasty has once again opened the Hexi Corridor after more than 200 years, and the troops are at the end of Yumen Pass.

In the winter of that year, many princes and nobles from Hexi Corridor and Western Regions had already come to the foot of Helan Mountain with gifts to pay homage to him. They saw the Jing army's military power along the way, and they were even more respectful when they arrived at Xingqing Prefecture.

Li Xingzhou also understood that it was almost time to go back to the court here.

After meeting the nobles of various countries who were worshipping, he recalled Liu Ji, who was stationed in Guazhou, changed Xingqing Prefecture to Yinchuan Prefecture, handed over all major events to Liu Ji, and personally told him a lot of things.

The reason why Li Xingzhou stayed with Liu Ji was that among the people he trusted, the only ones who could stand alone were Di Zhi, Liu Ji, and Chan Lin.

Li Xingzhou thought Liu Ji was the most suitable for guarding the land at the Hexi Corridor and the foot of Helan Mountain.

His ambitions were more than that. Among the three, Liu Ji had the most desperate spirit of fighting and fighting. If Jingguo wanted to explore the west and restore control of the Western Regions like the Han and Tang dynasties, he needed to dare to make progress and fight those who dare to fight.

The situation in the Western Regions is complex and requires decisive and capable people to defend themselves.

Therefore, he finally decided to leave Liu Ji to guard the army. Li Xingzhou allowed him to recruit local wing troops for training, and left a new army to be dispatched by him.

After having firearms, as long as you master the training of firearms, you can form a troops that crush the cold weapon army in a short time, and you will be more generous in delegating power to the local area, because Li Xingzhou knew that the balance of the war had begun to tilt towards him at this time.

No longer as before, every rebellion is a terrifying gambling.

As long as the central government always has a powerful new army, its control over the local area will be unparalleledly stable.

With this control, his army also wants to continue to expand outward.

In the spring of the fourth year of Zhangwu, Li Xingzhou handed over all the Northwest affairs to Liu Ji and returned to Kaiyuan.

He was greeted by a prosperous Kaiyuan and a passionate Kaiyuan people.

In May of that year, the emperor abdicated on the grounds of poor health and lack of energy, and the crown prince Li Xingchu succeeded him to the throne.

This day came naturally, so people were not so surprised. The ministers and the people had actually long hoped that Huang Taisun would succeed the throne, and Li Xingzhou's prestige was already at its peak.

After Li Xingzhou ascended the throne, he first knelt down to worship the previous emperor, and then brought his ministers to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth, and the countries in the north and south, Jiaozhi, Dali, Baiyi, Jin, Mongolia, and Goryeo all sent envoys to congratulate him and brought Chongli.

In June of that year, one month after ascending the throne, Emperor Li Xingzhou made Yu the queen, which was not unexpected to everyone. Now the emperor has a very high prestige in both the court and the people, and there is no need to win over anyone to increase his own strength. Instead, he is guarding against the court officials to grow bigger, so the Yu family without background and no support is the best choice.

Later, he made King Yue Sun Queen Lianshan the imperial concubine, He Zhao's daughter He Qian the concubine, Yelu Dashi's goddaughter Yelu Yali the concubine, and Pu Chaling, the daughter of King Pu Chayi of the Jin Dynasty, was the virtuous concubine.

By mid-June, the Prince of Dali came to the capital again after decades to meet and requested to be incorporated into Jingguo.

The reason why they are like this is that they agree with the Central Plains dynasty, and the other is that the lords can no longer control the large tribes and ethnic minorities in various places. They requested the incorporation into Jingguo at the beginning of the founding of Jingguo. However, at that time, the court felt that the Dali Kingdom was too far away and there were many ethnic groups within it, so it was very troublesome to take over and did not agree.

But now Li Xingzhou is in charge of the country, and Jingguo is not the same as before.

So Li Xingzhou agreed to the request of the Dali Kingdom to be appointed as the King of Zhennan and agreed to include the Dali Kingdom under his rule. After preparation, in January of the fifth year of Zhangwu, the commander of the Cavalry and Infantry Army of the Guards, and the deputy commander of the New Army, the three infantry divisions of the New Army, led more than 300 officials and the Prince of Dali to take over Dali.
Chapter completed!