Chapter 126: Four additional provinces

Emperor Chongzhen looked intently at the map that had been corrected by Xu Guangqi spread out in front of him, and refused to let go of a single detail. This was www.biquge.info the first time he had examined the territory of the Ming Dynasty from a map, and the territories of Tatar and Warat had been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and he had never dared to imagine that the territory of the Ming Dynasty would be so vast, and any place the size of a fingernail on it was the territory of a county, although many state capitals were now controlled by King Fu.

"Aiqing, I see that after the annexation of Tatar and Warat into my Ming territory, the Ming Dynasty's territory has fully doubled. In order to facilitate governance, I feel that it can be divided into at least three provinces, how do I think Aiqing should divide it? ”

Guan Shanyue saw Chongzhen's happy expression and knew that he was asking himself from the bottom of his heart, he had also discussed this issue with Xu Guangqi last night, so he no longer hid his secrets, thinking about the division of future generations, he used his finger on the map to roughly turn the territory of Tatar and Warat into three pieces, and pointed to Outer Mongolia and said: "The holy forgiveness of sins, all for the country, the minister has transgressed." Presumably, the original Tatar territory (presumably including Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia) was combined with the Daning territory into one, which was called Daning Province. ”

Emperor Chongzhen dragged his chin, looked at Guan Shanyue's fingers with a solemn expression, thought for a moment and nodded, and motioned for Guan Shanyue to continue.

Guan Shanyue was afraid of stinging Emperor Chongzhen's self-esteem, so she secretly glanced at his face, and saw that he did not express any objection, so she fought boldly, pointed to the place to the north of Outer Mongolia, cleared her throat, and said in a loud voice: "Qi Shengshang, from the map, there is an ocean in the extreme north of Wara, and there is sea ice all year round. It is planned that the north of Daning Province will reach the Arctic Ocean, the west of Montenegro, and the east of Tangluling will be Anbei Province. ”

Chongzhen's eyes flickered, clapped his hands, and said excitedly like a playful child who suddenly received a long-desired toy, and said excitedly: "This is good, the name of Wara can't be used, the Tang Dynasty once set up the Anbei Protectorate, and now I Ming Dynasty has set up Anbei Province here, how similar the history is." This can also be said to have opened up my Han family, and it is not impossible for future generations to posthumously confer the title of Emperor Wu on me! No matter what, you and I are destined to go down in history. It's just that why didn't Aiqing put the place west of Tangluling into Anbei Province? ”

Guan Shanyue put away her smile, pointed to the place west of Tanglu Ridge, and said: "This is the difference between what the minister and Wan Sui think, and the minister thinks that the place west of Tang Luling is still divided separately and named Anxi Province." Because this place is adjacent to Yarkand. The tripartite forces of Kazakhstan and Rakshasa are now undecided, and they will inevitably face each other in the future. In order to facilitate a rapid counterattack militarily in wartime, a separate province was set up here. ”

Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the wonders were endless, he pointed to the map with his finger, and said: "Is that north of Houjin, a large area of the former slave Gandu Division, Ai Qing plans to call it Andong Province?" ”

Guan Shanyue hurriedly praised it, "The saint is wise, in fact, the actual control range of Houjin is far from so large, the circle of the saint's painting can be larger, this group of wild boar skins can be firmly controlled by the Haixi Jurchen and the Jianzhou Jurchen, the Beishan Jurchen does not obey their control, on the contrary, on the basis of the Daning blood alliance, through the integration in recent years, they have been merged into the Ming Dynasty, so it is not impossible to call it Andong Province." ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know the hardships, and in his opinion, it was almost effortless, so he expanded the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the north more than doubled, and suddenly smiled, and said with a smile: "When the thieves from all over the world are pacified, my rivers and mountains can be regarded as ancient and modern." Aiqing, just to make Daming splendid everywhere, our monarchs and ministers still need to go one step further! ”

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen, who was grinning at the map, and seeing that he completely regarded himself as a brother who spoke to his heart, Guan Shanyue temporarily let go of the restraints between the monarch and the minister, and said with a narrow face: "Holy Lord, take a closer look, don't you think there is something missing?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, carefully checked the whole map of the Ming Dynasty's territory, looked at it for a while, until he moved his gaze to the south and saw Qinghua City, he suddenly realized, turned around and pointed his finger at Guan Shanyue's nose and smiled: "Aiqing, this is really a lion's big mouth, I remember that in the fifth year of Yongle, the Yongle Emperor once set up the Jiaozhi Political Envoy to rule Annan directly, and Xuande abolished the Jiaozhi Political Envoy in the second year, and it is still Annan. If there is Anxi, Anton, Anbei, but there is no Annan, it is really a big regret for my Ming. ”

Guan Shanyue thought that all kinds of disputes in the South China Sea in the future would arise because of Annan's greed, and the anger in her heart couldn't help but go straight up, but it was not easy to show it, "Shengshang, if there is no Annan on the map of the Ming Dynasty, this is not my Daming's regret, but the shame of the Daming." The minister promises you that in your lifetime, you must include Annan in the territory of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, and then said excitedly: "Aiqing can have such ambitions, I am happy in my heart." But Annan is full of barbarians who do not obey the king, and the sweat and blood of our Han people are not less sprinkled on that land. If Aiqing can take down Annan in his lifetime, I can only complement that glory if I make you the king of the county. ”

Guan Shanyue naturally knew the hardships, this territory was an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, how could there be a reason to get it for no reason, nodded, and pointed to the blue South China Sea on the map in a joking tone and said: "You have no jokes, and the minister has firmly remembered this promise from the province." However, the minister had the courage to remind the saint that in addition to our down-to-earth land, the saint must never forget this 'thousands of miles of Changsha, thousands of miles of stones.' 'This blue land, maybe it will be a good place for us to make a fortune in the future! ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Guan Shanyue's fingers, nodded, pointed to the location of Sumatra Island with a sad face, and said: "This place was originally the old port of the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty no longer sent a large-scale fleet to patrol, and then it was replaced by Majapahit. The location of this place is important, and if there is a chance, I must re-incorporate it into the territory of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Guan Shanyue was taken aback, Chongzhen's eyes were really old enough, and he could see at a glance that this place was a military place. Looking at the young man in front of him who was the same size as himself, standing in front of the map and pointing out the country with high spirits, his heart was full of mixed tastes.

On the coal mountain, which one committed suicide in blue clothes, leaving Emperor Chongzhen who "don't hurt the people" lingered in his heart. His heart couldn't help but ripple for a while, and the ghost envoy asked: "Holy Lord, you said that if there is an emperor in the last days, seeing that the general trend has gone, when the capital is broken, what do you think he will do?" ”