Li Zicheng originally wanted to go to the academy and teach the students as soon as possible so that they could graduate on time, but there was a more important thing that worried him.

The alien race of Longyou has been flattened, Li Guo's cavalry, Tian Fen's warmth, two-pronged, coupled with the temptation of a large amount of land, the entire Longyou is now a single Han people, but in the Xining area, where the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is located, this work is lagging behind.

He did not dare to use force in Xining, mainly because he was worried about two points: first, the imperial army's army came from the east, and second, the Tibetans in Wusizang might use troops against Xining under the pretext of protecting the Tibetans in Xining.

Now that Longyou is stable, the Mandate of Heaven Army and the imperial court are facing off on the Guanshan Road and are temporarily in a stable state, while the Chahar Mongols of Lin Dan Khan occupy the area of Datong Mountain, isolating the Tibetans in the northwest from the Triangle City.

There was no war on both fronts on the Eastern Front, how could Li Zicheng let go of such an excellent opportunity? He had always thought about the alien races in the Xining area, and he would hardly forget them even in his dreams.

Li Zicheng said he would do it, and he immediately summoned Liang Wencheng, Shen Dao, Li Guo, and Qin Danian in Xining.

After a short time, the four of them came to the hall of the front office of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in turn, sat down with the guests and hosts, He Xiaomi served tea, took the door out, and waited outside the gate.

"Congratulations to the Metropolitan Governor for subduing Lin Dan Khan and stabilizing the situation in the northwest!" Li Zicheng came back from Kadang Mountain, and Liang Wencheng only saw each other for the first time until now, so he naturally wanted to congratulate him.

"Wencheng, you're here again," Li Zicheng and Liang Wencheng had made an appointment, and they had always been known by name, so they pointed their fingers on his forehead in the air, "Now that the situation in the northwest is stable, doesn't Wencheng have any ideas?" ”

"Thoughts?" Liang Wencheng was taken aback, Zicheng had just returned from Kadang Mountain, wouldn't he be going east to conquer Guanzhong and go south to Bashu, right? The winter wheat has been harvested, and the Mandate of Heaven has abundant food...... Well, there must be this possibility," Zicheng said, the army is going to go out again? ”

"I don't have the idea of going on an expedition," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "At the moment, the east and west fronts are stable, and I don't want to break this delicate balance." ”

"That Zicheng means...... "Not only Liang Wencheng, but even Shen Dao, Li Guo, and Qin Danian are also confused, Li Zicheng suddenly summoned them, these military and political leaders, there must be something important, not an expedition, what is it?

"Since the imperial court and the Mongols have given us such a rare opportunity, how can we wait in vain in Xining?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Didn't Wen Cheng say last time that the alien races in the Xining area have always refused to naturalize and accept grain?" ”

"Ah...... I see! Liang Wencheng was suddenly overjoyed, and almost trembled and said, "Zicheng is going to do it in Xining?" As the prefect of Xining, his biggest headache is not the poor grain harvest in Xining, but the large number of aliens in Xining, who have always refused to naturalize, and even if the farmland is distributed, they will not pay taxes.

The common people don't understand the big truth, but they can be compared, since foreign races don't need to pay taxes, why do Han people have to pay taxes? Not only are the Han people resentful, but even some aliens who have been naturalized as Han are also ready to move and want to return to their original places.

The Xining area is calm on the surface, but in fact there are many hidden dangers, and the Mandate of Heaven Army has always been smooth sailing, but once the Mandate of Heaven Army has a setback, it is difficult for the people of Xining to ensure that they will not turn against the water.

"If we can't eradicate the negative influence of the alien race as soon as possible, the people who have obtained the land, the kind of gratitude they originally had to the Heavenly Mandate Army, will sooner or later be consumed in resentment," Li Zicheng's face turned pale, "So I plan to take this opportunity to settle down in Xining, Xining is the location of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the root of our troubles, so there must be no problems," paused, and said, "Do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Li Guo raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that everyone had no intention of speaking, so he got up and said: "The governor of the capital, the cavalry under his command is fast, and his subordinates are willing to be the vanguard and raise troops to crusade against foreign races in various places who have a heart of disobedience. ”

Li Zicheng nodded, "The cavalry is fast, which is conducive to a quick battle, and double happiness should not be allowed!" ”

"Yes, all subordinates are at the disposal of the Grand Governor!" Li Guo clasped his hands into fists, saluted, and slowly sat down.

Qin Danian hurriedly got up and said: "Governor Dadu, although his subordinates are equipped with rifles, they have never had the opportunity to fight for meritorious service, the scale of this battle will not be too large, and they are not facing a regular army, so their subordinates suggest that they divide their troops to fight and solve the problem as soon as possible." ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Danian can see the essence of the matter at a glance, yes, Bendu has been supervised, and your ministry will also participate in this operation." ”

Shen Dao got up slowly and said: "Governor, my subordinates can't command the troops, and they can't be as happy as the two generals, but their subordinates will definitely do a good job of logistical support, and they will definitely not fall behind when they have grain, grass, equipment, etc." ”

"Within an army, there are still different divisions of labor, let alone the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Shen Dao can ensure logistics supply, but also solve the problem of the soldiers, although there is no front-line combat, but the military merits are the same." ”

Liang Wencheng waited for everyone to sit down, then got up, glanced at everyone, and said: "Zicheng, in this battle, although a strong military is important, the key is to win people's hearts......"

"Wen Cheng is right!"

Li Zicheng cast an approving gaze, the speeches of the three just now were actually just personal statements, and did not put forward many useful suggestions, Liang Wencheng's words, is the way to solve the problem, he remembered that the last time he pacified Longyou, it was Li Guo's cavalry and Tian Fen's warmth at the same time.

However, the situation in Xining is more complicated, in addition to the Hui people, there are also Tibetans, Tu people, etc., they have different degrees of closeness to the Han people, language, religion is also different, must be treated differently, if Tian Fen is sent again, I am afraid it will not be good, besides, Tian Fen is now pregnant with a child, can not gallop around at all.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, raised his eyes and said: "This time to pacify Xining, I plan to let Catholicism play a certain role in addition to military means. ”

"Catholic?" Liang Wencheng was puzzled for a while, "Self-contained, unnaturalized aliens, do not believe in God, and they all have their own religious ......"

"That is a thing of the past," Li Zicheng said lightly: "The die-hard elements who refuse to 'become Chinese' and 'serve God' must be resolutely eliminated, and after the military strike, the missionaries will be allowed to enter and pass on the gospel of God......

This is still the "Longyou model", but the people who came forward to appease him have changed from Tian Fen to various Catholic missionaries.

Liang Wencheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Zicheng, my subordinates have some ideas!" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "It's all my own family here, just say what Wencheng has to say!" ”

Liang Wencheng said: "Self-Cheng, can you create an atmosphere among the aliens, until a certain day, if you refuse to 'join the Han nationality' and 'serve the Lord', you will be attacked by the Mandate of Heaven Army, maybe under the deterrence of force, there are still some aliens who will take the initiative to naturalize!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, he didn't want to make too many killings, his original idea, the future Huaxia Empire, was the capital of a single yellow race, but now that he has accepted the naturalization of the white Hui people, he will naturally not discriminate against any other race.

After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng still started with Catholicism, and the most recent festival of Catholicism is the "Assumption of the Virgin Mary" on August 15, but this "August 15" is not the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Han people, but the August 15th of the Western calendar, that is, the Gregorian calendar and the Gregorian calendar of later generations, "Wencheng, August 15th of the Western calendar this year, what day is it in Daming?" ”

"This ......" Although Liang Wencheng knew about the existence of the Western calendar, he didn't care about it, and he couldn't answer it for a while.

Shen Dao got up and said: "Governor Dadu, his subordinates have a copy of the Western calendar, which is in the office of the former office, and it can be obtained in a while." ”

"Hmm!" Li Zicheng nodded and motioned for Shen Dao to hurry up.

In fact, the Western calendar was not widely spread in the Ming Dynasty, but after Tang Ruowang brought the Western calendar, Li Zicheng had accepted it, and the lunar calendar and the solar calendar in later generations were parallel, and the lunar calendar of the central country often had a month of "leap month", which was to make up for the lack of time every year, and the Western calendar only needed to make up for one day in the second month of the leap month, and the accuracy of the two was obviously not at the same level.

Although it was not promoted in Xining and in the Heavenly Mandate Army, the civilian high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Mandate Army all knew about the Western calendar.

After a while, Shen Dao trotted back, "Governor Dadu, my subordinates have checked, the 15th of August of this year's Western calendar is the 28th of June of the 'Great Ming Calendar'!" ”

"June 28? Is that tomorrow? Li Zicheng frowned slightly, it was obviously too late.

Propaganda to all the people through the government, even if some people with "ulterior motives" are added to fan the flames and speed up the spread of the message, it will take at least five days for most of the people in the territory to know!

Moreover, Li Guo's cavalry is still in Xining, and it is impossible for him to penetrate into various prefectures and counties for a while.

What to do?

Liang Wencheng also sighed slightly, he obviously understood Li Zicheng's thoughts, "How can it be tomorrow?" It would be nice to postpone it for a few days......"

"What? Deferred? Li Zicheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he laughed in his heart, "Wencheng is right, just do it!" ”

"What did I say?" Liang Wencheng was puzzled, "Zicheng, I didn't say anything...... he suddenly understood, "Zicheng is saying that the 'August 15th' of the Western calendar will be postponed for a few days?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled silently, anyway, except for the civil servants of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Xining, few people know the relationship between the Western calendar and the Ming calendar, even if they are Catholic believers, they are living in a daze.

The people in the future will know that they have tampered with the Western calendar, and they will only say that the Western calendar has just entered the land of China, and Xining's astronomy lacks talents, so they are just living in confusion!

At that moment, the four of them agreed: the Assumption Day of the Virgin Mary on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Western calendar will be set on the 10th day of the seventh month of the Ming calendar;

From tomorrow, Li Guo's cavalry will be scattered in Xining Prefecture and various counties, and the infantry of Qin Danian's department will be scattered in Sanchuan Prefecture and various counties, but Haomen County in Xining Prefecture will basically be naturalized, and Zhuanglang County in Sanchuan Prefecture will not be alien in Sanchuan Prefecture, so there is no need to be alarmed for the time being;

From now on, all naturalization work in Xining and Sanchuan Prefectures will be frozen, and all the land previously distributed must be recovered, and those who have been naturalized as Han nationals will enjoy all the treatment of Han Chinese, and bear the same tax obligations as Han Chinese.

The Catholic Church in Xining should also take action and send devout missionaries to all parts of the country, in accordance with the will of God and the Pope (Grand Governor), and the rest of the churches should also take action to spread the Gospel of God in all their territories.