Samad built the city, King Kang's palace sang and danced, and the wine and meat were fragrant. -_

For three days in a row, the descendants of the nine kingdoms who also belonged to the Otsuki clan gathered here to discuss the major event of unification and merger!

Over the years, although the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu have raised a lot of soldiers on the rich side, they have fallen apart because they are fighting for each other, and they do not like to fight and are not good at diplomacy and military affairs, so they have been broken by each other, and have been suppressed and enslaved by the Western Turks and the Northern Court, and they dare not speak out and have to endure in silence.

In recent years, there have been many wars and turmoil in the Western Regions, and the two courts of the Western Turks and the north and south have fought one after another, so these small countries have been caught in the middle, and everyone is in danger. Coupled with the strong stubbornness of the Western Great Food Country, the Persian Sassanid Dynasty has been pacified, and it will be involved in the Western Regions overnight, and the brunt of it is to swallow up the rich Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, as a springboard and base for entering the Western Regions. The previous civil strife in Kang broke out under such external and internal troubles. If it weren't for Wu Meiniang's magical swing that caused the Kang Guo rebellious party to kill each other, and the Tang Dynasty general Su Dingfang immediately rushed to help Kang Guo defend against foreign enemies, the scimitar of the big cannibal at this time would probably have been on the necks of the people of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms.

At the same time, the Tang Dynasty entered the Western Regions strongly, destroyed Gaochang, Pingbeiting, and more than 20 small tribes in the Western Regions surrendered. In just over a year, the Tang Guanxi Army has traveled thousands of miles, sweeping the territory of the Western Regions with a torrent, and no one can stop it. The Western Turkic Northern Court, which once dominated one side for a while, was repeatedly defeated in the face of the divine might of the Tang Dynasty, and finally knelt down.

Beiting is still unable to compete with the Kansai Army of the Tang Dynasty, let alone the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms that once knelt at the feet of Beiting?

All the people in the Nine Kingdoms, from the moment Qin Mubai personally led the troops to the Western Regions, they were all terrified. Because they also used to be vassals of Beiting, they have done some hostile things with Datang more or less, either actively or helplessly.

Now they are thinking about themselves, if they are still enemies of the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that they will not need to work the Guanxi Commander Qin Mubai himself, and send one of his generals to wave the army, and the Nine Kingdoms will be trampled into a flat land in an instant!

Fortunately, the young marshal of Guanxi Qin did not remember their old evils, had no intention of exterminating the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, and was determined to repair an alliance with the Nine Kingdoms. The monarchs of the Nine Kingdoms were not stupid, they knew that the Tang Dynasty intended to cultivate a force in the remote areas of the Western Regions, as a military buffer zone to prevent the Great Food and the confrontation between the East and the West. They also knew that since even the North Court had been destroyed, the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms still survived, on the one hand, because of the tolerance of the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, because of the personal relationship between Wu Meiniang and Qin Mubai.

If it weren't for that, as long as Qin Mubai moved his mouth and conquered the Nine Kingdoms in the name of crime, who would be able to stop the hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves under his command? At that time, he can probably collect all the wealth of the Nine Kingdoms, and then easily support a puppet king of the Empty Shell Dynasty to command the Nine Kingdoms, it is not impossible! - The Great Cannibal, isn't that how it was planned?

The survival of the Nine Kingdoms is actually only between Qin Mubai's thoughts. He has every reason and absolute strength to do whatever he wants in this place of Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms! Even if the people of the Nine Kingdoms are wronged and aggrieved, they can only cry out in vain.

Therefore, under such a delicate premise, Wu Meiniang's identity is very important. In addition, the Crescent Moon Queen, who was newly succeeded by Kang Guo, had long been Qin Mubai's favorite, and these monarchs were all tacitly acquiesced. At this time, not only did they not have any dissatisfaction, but they also kept shouting in their hearts to rejoice - fortunately there was Wu Meiniang, and fortunately, the Crescent Moon Queen 'sacrificed herself' to save the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, so that the race continued to survive!

Under such a general premise, the unification of the nine countries into one is an ironclad fact of the general trend. Although the meeting lasted for three days, in fact, nine percent of the time was spent eating, drinking, and having fun, and there was nothing to discuss.

The appearance of the 'Jokhang Warrior Kingdom' is inevitable, and it is also inevitable that the Crescent Moon Queen of Kang Kingdom will become the first king of the Jokhang Warrior Kingdom. What was to be discussed was how to divide the borders of the Nine Kingdoms and how to settle the rulers and nobles of the other Eight Kingdoms.

Under Qin Mubai's proposal, the Zhao Wu Kingdom imitated the state and county system of the Tang Dynasty, dividing the territory of the original nine kingdoms into various states and counties, and unified them under the control of officials sent by the King of Zhao Wu. And the original cities of the Eight Kingdoms were all used as companion capitals, called 'cities', and the original eight monarchs were pardoned as 'Eight City Lords'. In addition, some small towns were set up and given to other important nobles, and they were named lords of various levels.

The lord of the city enjoys the fiefdom, fiefdom and titles at all levels, and the status is extremely honorable and rich, and the position of the lord of the city can be hereditary. However, the lord of the city must be a vassal to the king and obey the king's orders, must pay taxes to the state according to the law, and has no right to appoint officials at all levels in the city, let alone maintain private soldiers.

In fact, the city lord is like the kind of fictitious county king who was awarded the title of Tubo Zanpu by the Tang Dynasty, and he can enjoy the glory and wealth of Shilu, but he does not have much political status, let alone any military strength.

At the same time, Zhaowu will also abolish the original Kang Guoju implementation of the 'auxiliary cabinet' system, and completely follow the Tang Dynasty system, the establishment of "three provinces and six ministries", the establishment of a sound political institutions and official governance system, and further centralize the royal power.

Wu Meiniang, who was expected to become the first Shang Ling of the Jokhang Wu Kingdom. (Equivalent to "Prime Minister of the Nation.") ）

The monarchs and nobles of the Nine Kingdoms unanimously elected Kangguo's military aircraft assistant Wu Meiniang as Shang Ling, which can also be described as well-intentioned. Because, at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, held this position in the Tang Dynasty. (In later generations, in order to avoid the fact that no one in Taizong had held this position, the Tang Dynasty used official positions such as "Shang Zuo (Right) Servant Shooting" and "Tongzhong Sect Ping Zhangshi" to replace or divide Shang Ling's position.) Zhenguan Datang's right servant shot is Xiao Yu, and the left servant shot is concurrently served by Situ Changsun Wuji. ）

They are nothing more than showing favor to Qin Mubai, and they are also paving the way for the future Zen throne of the Crescent Moon Queen. At that time, it can also be called "We are just imitating our Tang Dynasty Sect," so that Fuzheng Wu Meiniang will be justified.

At the same time that the nine countries were discussing unification, Qin Mubai was not idle for a moment except for being invited to participate in the meeting. The Tang Dynasty has roughly pacified the Western Regions, and it is time for the Anxi Protectorate to be established. In addition, the territory of the Western Regions is vast, and one Anxi Protectorate alone will definitely not be able to govern the entire territory. As a result, it was necessary to establish additional prefectures at all levels below the metropolitan government. In addition to the territories of the Nine Kingdoms, which were not included in the territory, other areas had to be divided into prefectures and counties.

Qin Mubai, Su Dingfang and others first discussed a draft, and the site of the Anxi Protectorate was chosen in the original Beiting and the throat of the Western Regions - the prosperous and beautiful Gongyue City. In addition, nine major governors, including Gaochang, Beiting, Kunling, Dawan, Tiaozhi, and Anxi, were also set up, and the garrison was set up to control one side.

Among them, there is a Governor's Mansion, called the 'Yueshi Dadu Governor', which is the only "large" Governor's Mansion among the nine Governors' Mansions, and the site of the Governor's Mansion is located in the city of Sama. Qin Mubai made Su Dingfang the first governor of the Yue clan, stationing 20,000 troops in his subject state on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, supervising the king of the Great Zhao Wu State to govern the country and exercise the powers of the suzerain.

The 10,000-mile territory opened up by Datang in the Western Regions is divided into more than a dozen states and dozens of counties. Although, the candidates for officials in prefectures and counties at all levels, Qin Mubai will report to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to send officials to take office. However, at the beginning of the establishment of the Governor's Office, when everything was in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt, he could only send the generals under his command to temporarily serve as the Governor, at least the Governor's Mansion was established first.

However, because of this, a preconceived trend has been formed. At that time, it will definitely be difficult for the imperial court to slap Qin Mubai in the face and install another governor in office, but can only accept this established fact, and let these "temporary governors" selected by Qin Mubai become official feudal officials, at least for a certain term. Moreover, the candidates for the assassination history of state officials and county orders at all levels will definitely be selected to take office nearby, and most of them will come from the Kansai Army, or officials under the former Lanzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office.

In this way, the four court pillars and the eight military platforms in the Kansai Army completely monopolized all the positions of governors in the Western Regions. They each led 5,000 to 20,000 men and horses, and were in charge of one side. Only Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai, Qin Mubai did not let them serve as governors. The reason is very simple, Yuwen Hongtai will only charge into battle, not for politics, and it is almost the same to return to the dynasty or be a general by Qin Mubai's side; Xue Rengui, his future is far more than that of a governor in a remote place in the Western Regions!

In this way, the administrative divisions of the Western Regions have generally been seen. Prefectures and counties at all levels are subordinate to the Governor's Office, which in turn is subordinate to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. In this way, Qin Mubai, the capital of Anxi, will become the uncrowned king of the Tang Dynasty in the entire Western Regions!

The overall situation was initially decided, and Qin Mubai was like an arrow in his heart and was anxious to return to Lanzhou. The affairs here in the Western Regions will be temporarily handed over to Su Dingfang to preside.

Outside the city, Datang is already reorganizing the soldiers and horses, and the governors at all levels are leading the soldiers and horses to the office. Qin Mubai is also ready to lead the army.

Before leaving, Qin Mubai still had two personal matters to do, and a few important people to say goodbye to.

First, he entered the city of Samad alone in simple clothes and came to Yuan Tiangang's residence.

The one who came to open the door was the little Taoist servant beside Yuan Tiangang. Before entering the door, the little maid told Qin Mubai that Senior Sister Jingwei (Li Xueyan) accompanied the master and traveled around the world, leaving only a letter to Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai opened the letter and read it, and the letter was written by Yuan Tiangang. In the letter, he said that Jingwei insisted on traveling to the legendary ancient country of Persia, so she had to go with her, and it was estimated that she would not be able to return in three or two months. In addition, he also said that thanks to Qin Mubai for everything he has done for Mingzhu, whether Mingzhu will have a good home in the future and what his fate will be depends on Qin Mubai.

After reading the letter, Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said secretly: After all, the snow goose still can't pass his own level, and now he still has to avoid me. I left her a bag for him to think about and give an answer, but she chose to run away. But it's okay, sometimes you have to have it in your life, and you have to force it all the time in your life. If I am destined to be destined for her, we will definitely see each other again in the future. Now that all things are disturbing state affairs, I have to put Li Xueyan's matter aside for the time being. When I go to the Central Plains and come back, I will have a lot of time at that time, even though I love and hate with me......

didn't see Yuan Tiangang and Li Xueyan, Qin Mubai had a little regret. Others want Yuan Tiangang, a great god, to calculate the fate of the Tang Dynasty and the future of the Chinese nation, and re-interpret "Tui Bei Tu".

But Qin Mubai thought about it later, why should I bother myself? History has its own trajectory, and future generations have their own ups and downs. In life, you can carry the things of your life on your shoulders, so why think about a thousand years later? Even if we know the future, what can we do?

Qin Mubai's heart was relieved!