"Haha, welcome to our frontline heroes." On the second day of Hammod's return, Tuoba Sijian really held a celebration banquet at the Chengji Hotel, and invited all the senior generals who returned from the front line, which was regarded as fulfilling the promise he made with Wan Yi. ”

Tuoba's praise made Hammud and Usier and other generals who returned from the front line a little embarrassed, and Gauss Ji smiled next to him: "I said that you have never been afraid of anyone in the battle, and the captives all over the mountains have captured me for almost 200,000 yuan, why did the deputy prime minister praise you for becoming a big girl?" Still blushing for what? His words drew laughter from everyone, and the celebration reached its peak at this time, and everyone was drinking happily after the victory to celebrate the hearty victory.

When the celebration banquet was held in the northwest, in Chang'an, thousands of miles away, Cen Tianshi and Xu Tianxiang also came to the Changqing Hall to discuss with Li Xuanqing the basic strategy for next year in the northwest, and the newly expanded territory needed to be established as soon as possible, and the end of military management was included in the territory.

"It is feasible for Safar to establish a separate province, but the border with Khotan should be placed in the south of the Green Ridge Mountains, so that in case of an accident on the Safar side, the border army can still rely on the steepness of the Green Mountains to hold on to the main force of the army." Xu Tianxiang's consideration of the Saffarid side is basically analyzed from a military perspective. Because the current stationing policy of the Tiance Army basically coincides with the regional division of administrative units, some cross-regional deployments are in the minority after all. The advantage of this is that it can achieve effective supervision at the same level, and both the military and the political can play a certain degree of supervision role at the local level.

"Safar can establish a separate province, but the southern border still needs to be communicated by the General Staff and the senior brother, and try to expand the southern border to the coastline, so that after the construction of the navy's overseas base is completed, the coastline can be used to the maximum extent to develop maritime transportation. Although there are many places over there that are mountainous, and the rest are either grasslands or deserts, and there is not much arable land, but this place of Safar is not only geographical, but also that there are very rich mineral resources in that place, Mr. Cen asked the Ministry of Land and Resources to send a commissioner over as soon as possible, and also informed Wan Yi and Tuoba Sizhi to support, there are many large gold and silver mines over there, and if they can really dig it out, they are afraid that Yin Honglin's money and treasury will not be as much gold and silver as there are stored there. Li Xuanqing's words suddenly made Cen Tianshi's eyes light up, and he took this matter as a major matter and then ordered it, and Zhang Xiuyong, the vice minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources, even directly ignored the northwest side and entered the winter with a large group of people and quickly set off towards the northwest.

"Does the province of Safar need to be renamed? This Safar is not left by our Han Chinese. Xu Tianxiang didn't know Cen Tianshi's thoughts, covering his mouth, he couldn't help but hurriedly walked to Li Xuanqing's side and diverted the topic.

"Saffarid takes the Tiemen Pass and the Tianma Governorate as the dividing line, the Persian Province to the south, the Dawan Kangju and other provinces in the north, and the Aral Sea Province to be established in the newly occupied Aral Sea and other places, including the areas west of Genros and Baishui City, and the Broken Leaf Province to the north including Yibohai and other Qarluq, and the specific provincial boundaries are to be demarcated, and your cabinet and general staff will decide on their own." Li Xuanqing drew the approximate boundaries of the four provinces on the northwest map around him.

"Haha, the northwest side is not five provinces, plus the newly established total of eight provinces." Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "If the Northwest Railway hadn't been built all the way to Shule, we wouldn't have been able to manage such a huge territory, nor would we have been able to gain a foothold in such a distant place. ”

"The cabinet should arrange the official team as soon as possible, and let Tuoba Sizhi tell the officials below that some provinces may look desolate now, but one thing to make clear to everyone is that even if it is a desert in the northwest, there may be endless treasures hidden below, which is a cornucopia of the rise of the empire, since it has been taken down by the soldiers, then find a way to firmly grasp it in the hands of the Tang Dynasty." With the Northwest subsidizing the Central Plains, our Central Plains Dynasty has the cornerstone of laying a thousand-year-old prosperity. As a visitor from later generations, Li Xuanqing naturally knew how valuable that land was, so he would build the railway to Shule at all costs when there were only a few railways on the Central Plains, and firmly tied the two places together through this railway artery. It's just that Li Xuanqing and his wife know how important that land is, and they also want everyone in the Tang Dynasty to know the importance of the northwest, so that there will not be a phenomenon like the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, especially the Ming Dynasty, who have successively given up the northwest territory that has been opened up since the Han and Tang dynasties, so that future generations of Chinese people sigh every time.

"The emperor can rest assured, although it is bitter cold in the northwest, but now Datang has invested huge manpower, material and financial resources, and every inch of land is fought down by the soldiers with blood, so there will definitely not be an inch of land." Cen Tianshi's face was solemn and he said: "The appearance of Anxi's old things once is already my eternal regret of the Tang Dynasty, how can it appear a second time?" If future generations dare to lose the territory that today's Tang Dynasty soldiers fought hard for, it will be unworthy of their descendants. ”

The matter of establishing a province in the northwest was decided after continuous discussion among the three of them, although this was announced at the Imperial Conference of the Seventh Year of the Apocalypse, but the cabinet and the general staff began to prepare in advance, not only the issue of new officials at all levels, but also the two Tuoba Siji and Wan Yi in the northwest who needed to be notified in advance so that they could prepare. There is also a problem with the newly established Aral Sea Province, although according to the official document sent by the Cabinet and the General Staff Joint Signature, it does not say where the specific boundary of this provincial-level unit at the forefront is, but whether it is Tuoba Sizhi or Wan Yi, they directly took the pen and waved it on that map, how big and how big they can draw, and who makes this land the most powerful now is Datang. And two days ago, dozens of tribal leaders in the northern part of the Aral Sea traveled thousands of miles to Shule to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, expressing their willingness to submit to the Tang Dynasty, which also made the two feel that the administrative area of the border provinces in these years depends on how far the border army can fight, this method of drawing a map with strength was then transmitted to the General Staff, although Xu Tianxiang did not say much, but Yang Tiancheng and Wang Houchun secretly gave orders to all the generals, and the order was only one sentence: How big the territory of the Tang Dynasty depends on how far the soldiers of the Tiance Army can fight. This bizarre order was understood by all the high-ranking generals in the following years, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty also expanded little by little with the connivance of this high-level.

However, at this time, Wan Yi and Tuoba Sijian were still thinking about the future survival status of the Aral Sea province. Because it is located on the front line, and the war on the northwest side will inevitably not become the mainstream in the future, the strategy of the western expeditionary army also needs to be changed, and the defense problem has become a problem that Wan Yi has been thinking about these days, and the Aral Sea Province is not only facing the problem of big food, almost all other directions except the southeast direction need to make defensive measures.

"Deputy Prime Minister, our military intends to build fortresses of various sizes in the Aral Sea region, modeled after the Aral Sea City, as the basis for the defense of the garrison." Wan Yi spread out a map of the Aral Sea region newly produced by Xuan Yingwei and said: "Aral Sea City is the defense focus of the southwest region of the Aral Sea region, so it should be expanded on the original basis to facilitate the hoarding of more troops and materials. ”

"Fortress? A purely military fortress? Tuoba Sizhi was also thinking about this matter, so he knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, so he nodded and asked.

"Well, a large military fortress should be the prototype of a city, if your cabinet agrees, you can integrate the military and the government, and wait until the army is withdrawn in the future and hand it over to the local civil administration." Wan Yi was stunned for a moment and immediately knew Tuoba Si's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Gauss Ji is taking Liu Xuan to make plans in the past few days, and if the deputy prime minister thinks it is feasible, he can send someone to participate, which is equivalent to the integration of the two, and can also save costs to the greatest extent." ”

"I think it's settled." Tuoba Si Zhi nodded and said, "However, on the west side of the Aral Sea, I think that a city as large as the Aral Sea City should also be built as the core of the region, so as to facilitate the development and commercial trade on the Taixi side." Before I came, I had heard that the Yelu family was already planning to start trading with Tessie westward, but I was not sure what the situation was going to be there for the time being, so I planned to test the waters. ”

"I will ask Liu Xuan to inform Wu Huan about this matter, and let him be responsible for building a big city in the west, so that this guy will not stop there." Wan Yi mentioned that Wu Huan had a headache, this guy was a bit powerful in killing on the west bank of the Aral Sea, although in this way, it was completely deterred by this group of monstrous Slavic tribes, basically these people did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance in their minds wherever the Tiance army went, but the large-scale slaughter was not in line with the current foreign policy of the Tang Dynasty, so Wan Yi originally planned to transfer him back. But when Tuoba Si told him about it, Wan Yi planned to throw him the task of building the new city.

"Based on the city, on the one hand as a stronghold for the army to maintain the rule of the Tang Dynasty in the local area, on the other side as a distribution center for the development of commerce, once the end of military control, then the surrounding merchants will do business with our merchants in these built cities, with commerce and population, these places will have vitality and vitality, and the Aral Sea will really develop." Tuoba Si said thoughtfully: "I think that the emperor also plans to reopen border trade, so he plans to directly establish a province." ”

"The Aral Sea side is still very promising, and Hammoud came back and said that all the land along the Wuhu River for dozens of miles can be converted into arable land, so there will be no output there? And how much seafood is in the Aral Sea? The fish in the northwest can be regarded as a high-quality ingredient, and there is no shortage of markets for good management. As for the population, aren't all the northern tribes who come to pay tribute? and those barbarians that Wu Huan cleaned up miserably can be included in the ruling category of the empire. Wan Yi said while snapping his fingers and laughing: "Even if I, the person who commands the army, can calculate so much, can you be worse than me?" ”

"That's right, there must be arable land in such a big place in the northwest, otherwise what to eat?" Tuoba Si laughed, what Wan Yi said These are the keys to the development of the Aral Sea region, after those few tribes are included in the imperial territory, let the National Guard spend some time to adjust, basically can have a harvest, the big deal is to distribute more Han people who migrate from the Central Plains every year, relying on the talent of the Han people to farm the land, these places will become intact arable land in a few years.

"I have transferred some prisoners of war from other places, and I plan to repair the road to the north of Genros first, although it will be difficult to build the road in winter, but it will be able to repair a little. Fortunately, these two big rivers, even if they don't build roads, it doesn't matter. When I get to Chelsea or Aral Sea, I plan to develop a shipping company in the Aral Sea. Tuoba's words made Wan Yi's eyes narrow, this is a good choice for the development of shipping in the northwest. So after the other party finished speaking, he smiled and said: "My deputy prime minister, I don't think you should do it to me, but write down everything you think now, and when the new political envoy is established by the cabinet, you can explain it to him, and I will arrange for the army to cooperate with you, do you think this is appropriate?" "The Aral Sea can develop shipping, but I am afraid that the northern Yisohai can also be used, the Yibohai is much larger than the Aral Sea, and the province of Broken Leaves will definitely not let go of such conditions, after all, compared with the Aral Sea, the natural resources on the Yibohai side are much better, and the rich forest resources along the coast can be used on the spot and become the best shipbuilding materials. The industrial base in the northwest determines that it is difficult to develop machine ships in the Central Plains in a short time, but there is no problem with wooden sailing ships.

After Wan Yi sent Tuoba Sijian away, he was also thinking about how to arrange the army to cooperate with the local civil affairs, but what he obviously did not expect was that Tuoba Sijian planned to develop a large-scale trade network in the Aral Sea region that relied on Aral Sea shipping to drive the economic development of the entire region, so as to connect the city of Chel in the northwest, the Aral Sea city in the south, and the new city to be built in the west through Aral Sea shipping. As soon as this idea appeared in Tuoba Siji's mind, it immediately began to be refined, and when Wu Huan's side established the general framework of the new city in a winter time, Tuoba Siji also began to lay out his own plan.

In late December of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, when the days could already be counted this year, a military report from Tibet broke the peace of Chang'an, and quickly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty in the following month, the Southwest Group Army had completed the task of recovering Tibet, and the Tubo, a tribe that had repeatedly brought far-reaching influence to the Tang Dynasty after a hundred years, was uprooted from the Tibetan plateau by Xue Yang and Chen Yu, and disappeared in the torrent of history. After the news reached Chang'an, it was quickly spread by the media group, and the whole country celebrated for a while, and the people of Chang'an rushed to tell each other to celebrate the army's victory over this old enemy of the Tang Dynasty.

"Big brother, Tibet has been recovered, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been recovered." On Qujiang's side, Qiaoxi looked at Li Xuanqing and smiled coquettishly like a child. ()

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