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With the establishment of the Tianshan Province, based on the original Ming Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty now had six provinces: Luzon, Jinghai, Liaoning, Gansu, Ningxia and Tianshan Provinces, and became the Three Capitals and Eighteen Provinces. ~

Wei Yuan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, proposed to set up another Qinghai-Tibet province and another Mongolian province. It was temporarily rejected by Qin Mu.

Although the Qin army has good control over Monan and Qinghai-Tibet, it has just entered the market for a while and there are many problems that have not been straightened out. Immediately signing a province can't help but be a little too hasty, and it may backfire.

Moreover, even if you want to set up a province, Qin Mu would never use the words "Mongolia".

Because this will subconsciously remind people that this place belongs to the Mongolians.

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

Although the leaders of Mongolia and Tubo tribes have officially enthroned the commander's position, they actually retain their hereditary and autonomy, which will change sooner or later.

Sima An said: "Your Majesty, I think that you should follow the method of the southwest chieftains and send auxiliary officials to these tribes first, and gradually increase the efforts to withdraw children within a few years. When the time is ripe, then set up a province and change the land and return to the current."

"Okay, then the Ministry of Personnel will select officials, send a commander to Mongolia and Tubo departments, and set up one to twenty subordinates to assist the commanders and commanders of each department to manage tribal affairs."

Li Yuan was a little doubtful: "Your Majesty, if you are slow or slow, you may cause a rebound from various tribes."

"Who dares!" Qin Mu said in a deep voice, "I am already very grateful to them for hereditary and autonomous now."

The hunting in Hetao has had a huge deterrent effect on the leaders of various tribes. Sima An also believes that it is the time to send auxiliary officials, and the leaders of various tribes should not have much rebound at this time.

Qin Mu continued: "If anyone dares to refuse to send an auxiliary official, I will use him to start the operation. There is no need to shrink your hands and feet in this matter. Let's immediately select officials from the Ministry of Personnel."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Qin Mu set up a map, from the Ural Mountains to the Aral Sea, and then from the Amu River (called Wuhu Water in the Tang Dynasty) to the south of the Aral Sea as the boundary, and all the way to the Pamir Mountains.

Sima An and others looked at each other and couldn't help but look at each other.

During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the territory of the nominal territory also reached the Hezhong area, but the scope of real and effective management was only in the area of ​​Suiye City (Torkmak City, Kyrgyzstan).

If we follow the boundaries of Qin Mu's painting, not only will the territory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty be included in the territory of the Qin Dynasty in the west, but also a large area of ​​territory is added to the northwest, from the Arctic Sea to Ulaer Mountain and then to the Arctic Ocean. The entire empire looks extremely huge.

Qin Mu said lightly: "Don't worry, ministers, except for the trouble in the Hezhong area, the large area east of the Ural Mountains north of the Aral Sea is currently sparsely populated, with only some towns established by a small number of Tsarist Russian troops. As long as he defeats Tsarist Russia, he dare not cross the Ural Mountains again. This large area to the north belongs to my Great Qin.

At present, there is no value in this large area, but it is not enough to plan for the overall situation. It is not enough to plan for a whole world. It is not enough to plan for a lifetime. With the continuous growth of the population of the Qin Dynasty and the continuous development of technology, the huge value of these places will gradually be reflected.

Now, if the Qin Dynasty wants to occupy these places, it can be achieved at a very small price. As far as I know, Tsarist Russia currently occupys East and Siberia, and the number of troops dispatched is only a few thousand. This price is nothing to our Qin Dynasty. We must not miss the opportunity and will never come again. If we don’t take it now, it will probably not be so easy to take it in the future.

Now I would rather turn these places into uninhabited areas than let Tsarist Russia occupy them. For more than two thousand years, the biggest threat of our Central Plains dynasty has always come from the north. I want to completely solve this problem for future generations and descendants. Turn this large area into the back garden of our Great Qin."

Sima An pointed to the Hezhong area (between the Amu River and the Sir River in the Tang Dynasty called the Hezhong area) and said, "Your Majesty, there are currently many nomadic tribes in these areas, which are hard to obtain, and these places currently believe in the Tianfang Sect."

"Faith can be changed with swords and guns." Qin Mu's words were filled with a bitter coldness.

Indeed, most of the religious expansion in this era was actually achieved through bloody swords and guns. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the power of the Tang Dynasty radiated to the Hezhong area. At that time, there was no Tianfang Sect within the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty.

Gao Xianzhi's failure in the battle of Talas changed the pattern of the Western Regions, marking the beginning of retreating in the Eastern civilization. The Islamic civilization represented by the Tianfang Sect is constantly expanding eastward. During the entire process of eastward expansion, countless blood was accompanied by.

In the West, the expansion of Basic religion was accompanied by countless bloody crusades.

If you can solve problems with swords and guns, you won’t have such opportunities in the future.

"The Hezhong area must be controlled. Even if our Daqin does not directly govern it, it must build a force that is not the Tianfang Sect as a buffer zone. This is very important.

The conflict between civilization and belief is never eliminated. Don’t expect that different cultures will be harmonious and even. When resources are sufficient, everyone will be happy. Once the resources are insufficient, conflicts between different civilizations will inevitably occur.

If Batuer was obedient and helped me solve the problem of faith in the Western Regions, I might 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 this is the case, it is better to add a Dusi on the grassland in the west of the Demon."

Gu Junen's words suddenly reached the root of the ground, and it was difficult to cultivate in the west of the desert. Qin Mu transferred 30,000 young and strong Tubo over. In addition to grazing, he mainly wanted to use them to continue to expand westward.

This is similar to Li Ding's 50,000 Mongolian army. The Qin Dynasty didn't need to spend anything, so the 30,000 Tubo army expanded westward step by step, and finally defeated all the territory designated by Qin Mu.

Since it is a military expansion, it is very inappropriate to use civil servants to manage it. Therefore, it is indeed necessary to establish a Dushi in western Mo and implement military management.

Thirty thousand young and strong Tubo were soldiers and herdsmen, just like the nomadic peoples there, they continued to expand in the form of nomadic forms;

During this expansion, the Buddhist and Taoist families were allowed to follow the army to preach, giving the tribes there two choices, converting to Buddhism or Taoism, or accepting war.

The same thing is true, if you win, the Qin Dynasty will gain a large area of ​​territory.

It doesn’t matter if you lose. The Qin Dynasty will not lose anything anyway. Just continue to draw gangs from Mongolia and Tubo.

Tsarist Russia could occupy the entire East and Siberia with a few thousand men. With tens of thousands of Mongolian and Tubo troops, as well as the Qin army's advanced flintlock rifles and rockets, Qin Mu didn't believe that he could not take these places.

As for future management, we will build several cities in several fertile places on the western border, and relocate some people and one or two thousand troops stationed in it.

What kind of management can Russia talk about after occupying the East and Siberia? By the 21st century, there are still many places that are uninhabited.

As long as you prevent powerful countries from appearing around Daqin and maintaining the advanced nature of technology, who dares to touch the cheese in your bowl?

The expansion method Qin Mu now adopts is different from that of all dynasties;

Throughout the ages, hundreds of thousands of troops were recruited to go on an expedition.

Qin Mu took the lead in drawing troops from Mongolia and Tubo to form an army.

First, it can weaken Mongolia and Tubo, making them unable to launch a rebellion.

Secondly, the imperial court can be exempted from huge military spending, and domestic people's livelihood will not be affected by this expansion.

After discussing with the ministers, Qin Mu decided to set up a Beiting Dusi in the west of the desert and sent Su Jin to preside over the military affairs, and regularly changed generals for three years.

In addition to 30,000 young and strong Tubo, two thousand well-equipped Qin troops were sent to take charge.

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

As time entered May, the sun was already scorching in the sky, and the land of Huaibei was completely different from the previous Northern Expedition.

During the Northern Expedition, I saw the scene of white bones exposed in the wild and there were no roosters crowing thousands of miles away.

Now on both sides of the road, rice and wheat are growing beautifully. There are endless business trips on the road, and men and women are working in the fields, with their faces full of expectations of harvest, and there are vibrant scenes everywhere.

When the Imperial Master arrived in Huai'an, Huanglian Mountain came to report: "Your Majesty, Mu Tianbo retreated to Yongchang Mansion and suddenly took the banner of Chongzhen's son Zhu Cihuan."

"What, Prince Zhu San?"
Chapter completed!