"This is the outline for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the northwest region formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, please review it by the emperor." Cen Tianshi handed the outline made by the Ministry of Agriculture in his hand to Li Xuanqing and nodded: "The overall meaning is that the Ministry of Agriculture is ready to carry out large-scale reclamation in the northwest to support the development of the northwest and provide a food base for the increase in the population of the northwest in the future." Moreover, the Ministry of Civil Affairs was also involved, and the plan formulated by Yang Qiu and his team was to dilute the population ratio in the northwest, transfer all the prisoners of war captured by Chen Fan to the northwest, and then transfer the prisoners of war from the northwest to the northeast or Sanhan, and the two were reversed. "Yang Qiu's method is actually in the previous generation, because the population composition of the northwest is complex, and it is mainly concentrated in the oasis grassland area, the people also live a nomadic life, the population chases water and grass and lives, and the multi-ethnic living areas are intertwined, you have me, I have you, and there are tribes that continue to migrate from the east and west to join it, so the entire northwest tribes are only afraid of more than two hundred, and the larger Uighurs, Qarluqs, Sai people, Lites and the Taisi people from the far west, In addition, the large and small ethnic groups in the northwest are surnamed Zhaowu and Tiele Jiu, etc., which is almost a big dye vat of various ethnic groups, if you want to establish the rule of the Tang Dynasty in this region, if you do not have your own national foundation, even if you rely on force to achieve temporary glory, I am afraid that as long as the Central Plains Dynasty is slightly declining, it will go back to the old way. The previous Han Dynasty and the previous Tang Dynasty of the Central Plains Dynasty successfully gained a foothold in the northwest, and the majestic military banner caused them to be invincible, but when the Central Plains Dynasty fell into civil strife, the northwest side soon lost its right to rule completely because of the lack of support from the Central Plains. Thinking of the proportion of the population here in later generations, Li Xuanqing made up his mind to completely change this status quo. Therefore, the northwest agricultural and animal husbandry development plan jointly formulated by Wang Jingyu and Yang Qiu is not so much an agricultural development plan as a plan for the reclamation of the frontier and population migration, a measure aimed at laying a solid foundation for the Tang Dynasty's rule in the northwest.

"The population is reversed, this is a good idea, those Sanhan people who have left their homeland and want to survive in the northwest can only rely on our Tang government in the northwest, which is equivalent to increasing our own people in disguise, and when the time comes, the government measures can be slightly tilted to make them retract. The reverse is also true, and Samhan's side will inevitably be stabilized quickly. Xu Tianxiang was very interested in what Cen Tianshi said, which is similar to mixing sand, which is to stuff the populations of other tribes into the original unified and stable ethnic composition, and then obtain the ruling base through continuous differentiation and disintegration, and finally achieve his own goals through assimilation policies.

However, Li Xuanqing was not so optimistic, if he wanted to truly stabilize the northwest, he must rethink the migration of Han people from the northwest, otherwise he would never be able to gain an advantageous ruling power in the northwest. However, unlike other ethnic groups, the Han people are basically an agricultural civilization, so in order for the Han people to survive extensively in the northwest, it is necessary to open up a stable reclamation area, and only with a stable grain production area can they feed more people and maintain the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule in the Western Regions.

"We still have to find a way to increase the number of immigrants from the Central Plains. Even the Han people on the other side of the sandbank could not replace the stabilizing role of the Central Plains immigrants in the northwest. Li Xuanqing put down the development outline of the Ministry of Agriculture and began to spread out the map he had made before: "You two see, the old agricultural reclamation areas in the northwest are basically concentrated along these Silk Road, such as the Boxian Town area on the southern route and several major areas in Khotan, which are relatively scattered. However, the situation is better for the northern route, relying on the snow water irrigation of the Tianshan Mountains, the northern line Yanqi, Qiuzi, Shache, Shanshan, Shule and other places basically have large areas of farmland, becoming the most grain-producing area in the northwest. Therefore, I think the plan of the Ministry of Agriculture should first be determined here, through the military strikes after the national integration, to hold these agricultural areas in their hands, or to migrate the Han people to reclaim in the past, or to hand over to those tribes who are friendly to our Tang Dynasty, so that mastering this place is equivalent to mastering the food lifeline of the northwest. There is another layer of meaning in Li Xuanqing's words that has not been directly said, that is, if all these places are handed over to the Han people, I am afraid that it is unrealistic, but at least it is in the hands of the Han people, so if this meaning is added to the plan of the Ministry of Agriculture, then the whole plan will be complete, and the population gap needed in these reclamation areas should be more than the Han people, and the population that migrates from the Sanhan area should be.

"The emperor's intentions are understood, and I will ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to take the opportunity to transfer 200,000 Han people from the Central Plains and Jiangnan provinces to settle down in the northwest this year." Cen Tianshi naturally understood what Li Xuanqing meant instantly, so he nodded and said: "The farmland in the northwest has basically been planted this year's grain crops, but I think if we start land reform, then there is still a good chance that these crops can be distributed to them along with the land." ”

"That's fine, Chen Fan's prisoners of war are estimated to be endless, and they can be sent directly to the northwest by rail, which saves a lot of trouble." Xu Tianxiang also understood after groaning slightly, so he said: "I think the plan of the Ministry of Agriculture is feasible. It's not bad to take control of these reclamation areas and then sort out the entire northwest with them. Your Majesty, I think we can pass on this plan to the Deputy Prime Minister and let him start it as he sees fit. At least the Gaochang area can be activated, and the Yanqi side can take advantage of the opportunity that the surrounding tribes, large and small, have united with the Uighurs to fight against our army before, and seize the land of those rebellious tribes, let them migrate to the sandbank, and let the hundreds of thousands of Han people gathered on the sandbank partially migrate over. ”

"This matter is already being done, and Gaochang is already exchanging people with Shazhou." Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "And because Gaochang is close to the sandbar, and Jiaohe City is close to Daze, agriculture is developed, and there are a large number of Han people in the territory, so the degree of sinicization in the Gaochang area is actually very difficult, and after the purge of Hammud's war, the Uighurs are now in awe and fear, so the speed and effect of various policies in Gaochang are very good." "The Uighurs themselves were much more Han Chinese than in other regions because of their relatively small territory and their proximity to Shazhou, the only Han region in the northwest. This was also the reason why the Uighurs had to adopt a policy of co-opting and integrating with the other minority tribes in their territory, in an attempt to strengthen themselves by relying on their constant accession. However, at this time, it helped Li Xuanqing a lot, this kind of ethnic state that has begun to spontaneously integrate has made the national integration policy implemented by the Tang Dynasty have been greatly developed here, and in the case that other minority tribes have begun to integrate, the addition of the Han nationality is equivalent to giving this ethnic integration a new connotation and guidance. So this is also the reason why Hammoud and others were able to quickly find a sense of belonging after returning to the Tang Dynasty, the history and civilization created by the Han nation at this time had a fatal attraction to the surrounding tribes, and the strong civilization and developed culture were enough to make these large and small tribes that were defeated on the battlefield quickly and actively integrate in.

"This method has been implemented quickly in Gaochang, but it may not have such good results in other places." Cen Tianshi was a little excited when he saw Xu Tianxiang, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The Gaochang area is because it has its own foundation and relies on the sandbank. Speaking of which, Zhang Chaofeng actually made some contributions, at least preserving the last hope of the Han people in the northwest. However, after a hundred years of turmoil, the Han people in other places were either slaughtered or forced to change their livelihood and become the appearance of a few tribes, changing to the language and culture of other tribes. Speaking of these, Cen Tianshi felt a little resentful, but the descendants of the dignified Han people now don't remember their birthplace, and forget Tang Yan and Chinese characters, how can he not be frightened? Many of the reports sent back by the front-line Tuoba Si Zhi included those Han Chinese whose bloodlines had become more stubborn than those of the Uighurs, insisting that the Tang Dynasty's visit to the northwest had destroyed the ethnic balance in the northwest and even led the rebellion. These people are not even as good as the descendants of Zhaowu Jiu, although they are not of Chinese blood, but in the midst of hardships and hardships, they have always been devoted to the Tang Dynasty, remembering that a hundred years ago, the great empire that sealed thousands of miles was the real master of this vast land. Therefore, after the banner of the Tiance Army was revealed in the northwest, these people became the most solid supporters of the Tang Dynasty, and for this reason, despite the suppression of the Uighurs, the children of various tribes were selected to form an army and travel thousands of miles to support the battle. Now the Anxi Corps, which is famous in the northwest, is composed of almost all the descendants of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, but what they did in Khotan impressed every Tang people.

"Let the Ministry of Education quickly formulate an education plan to popularize Tang dialect Chinese characters in the northwest region, and roll this out as a national policy in the northwest. We want the strength of the poor generation to completely assimilate the tribes of the northwest. "Didn't the afterlife say that there must be three steps in order for a nation to be completely extinguished? First there was military occupation, then political division, and finally cultural convergence. Now that politically Li Xuanqing has decided to implement the plan of relocating the population and reclaiming the frontiers, it is natural that in terms of culture, the education in the northwest is much better than that in the Central Plains.

"Within three years, at least 3,000 teachers at all levels will be dispatched to the northwest to support education, so that the elite children of the large and small tribes in the northwest can learn the culture of the Tang Dynasty and learn our language and Chinese characters." Li Xuanqing handed Cen Tianshi the outline of the plan of the Ministry of Agriculture and continued: "In addition, it is officially announced to all localities in the northwest that all government affairs documents in the future must use Tang dialect Chinese characters, and all minority tribal languages and scripts will be banned on official occasions. Li Xuanqing's words made Cen Tianshi suddenly feel a chill, he was born as a literati and naturally understood the power of Li Xuanqing's move, this is not only to cut off the history of other ethnic groups, but also to cut off the foundation of their cultural inheritance, once the Tang Yan Chinese characters are fully rolled out in the northwest A hundred years later, all tribes will naturally become Han people, although this trick is slow to work, but it is better for a long time, and it is a real desperate plan.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will handle this when I leave it to the sky. This national policy can also be extended to other regions in the future, for example, all non-Han areas can use this, and after a hundred years, only the Han people will be seen and the people of other tribes will not be seen. Cen Tianshi took a deep breath and said solemnly. Regardless of whether he was a little unbearable in his heart, but in the face of racial righteousness, Cen Tianshi quickly suppressed the pity in his heart and did his job seriously.

"You can rest assured, when the time comes, you can ask Yuanhe to organize some people to record the culture and history of these people in detail and send them to the Historical Museum, so that their history will become a part of our history and pass it on with us, and it doesn't matter if some people will stick to it after a hundred years. Uniformity and diversity coexist. Li Xuanqing came from later generations, so he naturally understood the compassion in Cen Tianshi's heart, so he waved his hand.

"Okay Tianxiang, you go and inform Chen Fan and Senior Brother Wan Yi immediately, and quickly switch the prisoners of war on both sides. At the same time, the Cabinet also passed on the plan to the Deputy Prime Minister, and asked him to use it as the general outline for the future development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the northwest region, including Khotan. Li Xuanqing clapped his hands and ordered Xu Tianxiang and Cen Tianshi. Although I still don't have a good solution to the big problem in the northwest, after the implementation of this plan of the Ministry of Agriculture, this situation can at least be greatly alleviated. Moreover, the railroad is already moving forward, and building an extra mile of railroad will reduce the burden on the northwest side. If its own railway line can be the same as the northwest artery of later generations, then it will not be a problem. It can be said that the innovation of transportation is sometimes an opportunity. And compared with later generations, at least he has one advantage, that is, he has hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war in his hands, and this almost free labor force has reduced the cost of building railways in the northwest to the extreme, which is where the cost of extending the railway to the northwest lies.

However, what Li Xuanqing was not clear at this time was that the outline of the plan that Cen Tianshi urgently transmitted to the northwest would have a far-reaching impact on the northwest. After the advancing army, Tuoba Sijian decisively took advantage of the rare opportunity of military management to quickly sweep down the rebellion in Yanqi, and because many tribes participated in the Uighur rebellion against the Tiance army, these tribes were deprived of most of their property, and some were even expelled from the Yanqi region and handed over to Sima Daoxin in Shazhou, while the Han people who exchanged for it quickly took control of the livestock and land left by these tribes. In this way, in the face of the strong military situation, Tuoba Sizhi quickly completed the integration, and then confidently promulgated other policies, and the most vibrating thing in the entire Yanqi region was the household registration system of the Tang Dynasty.

When the northwest side began to enter the track of rapid development because of the outline formulated by the base camp, the war reports from Khotan also flew towards Yanqi, and the war reports of Wan Yi and others in the train between the northwest and Guanzhong were also gradually heading towards the base camp.