Yang Chong said indifferently: "If you can't do it once, just come twice, if the Great Sui wants to control the Western Regions, it is not enough to rely on prisoners and troops alone, no matter how you drive the people over, the proportion of the population will definitely lag far behind the Hu people, only by constantly assimilating them, and turning the Qiang people, Xiongnu people, Tiele people, and Tuyuhun people into Han people, can it be possible to maintain peace and stability for a long time." Otherwise, even if the territory is expanded to Persia, perhaps a change will be lost in a few years. ”

In another history, after the Tang Empire conquered the Western Turks, its prestige spread far to the Western Regions and Central Asia, and the Beiting Grand Governor's Office was set up north of the Tianshan Mountains to govern the northern border of the Western Regions, and the Anxi Grand Governor's Office was set up south of the Tianshan Mountains to govern the southern border of the Western Regions. Even though he was defeated in the Battle of Talas, the Tang Dynasty still sent troops to break through the Great Bolu Kingdom controlled by Tibet two years after the war. However, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and the Anxi Governor's Mansion, the Beiting Governor's Mansion, and the elite soldiers guarding the Longyou and Hexi Corridor areas were all transferred back to the interior to quell the rebellion.

Tubo seized the opportunity to capture the Hexi Corridor, cut off the Tang Empire's communication with the Western Regions, and constantly launched attacks on the isolated Anxi Governor's Mansion and the Beiting Governor's Mansion. After thirty-four years of war, after the Uighurs who were friendly with the Tang Dynasty led their troops to be defeated by the Tibetans, the Beiting Governor's Mansion was finally captured by the Tibetans, and the Beiting Jiedu made Yang Zhenggu lead more than 2,000 remnants of the army to retreat into Xizhou, and the Tang Dynasty closed the curtain in the Western Regions.

Yang Chong did not approve of the unlimited expansion of the Tang Dynasty, and still had in mind the concept of the territory of his original living society, Xinjiang must be the Central Plains, otherwise the foreigners occupying Xinjiang will extend their claws to the Central Plains at any time, and then encroach on the entire north. Cui Zhen looked at Yang Chong and said, "Are you holding back some big moves?" ”

Big move, Yang Chong shook his head and said: "My first goal is to build a library in the capital of the nine counties, the books depend on you to provide, I will find someone to copy them, what I can do is to build two paper workshops in Wuwei, and the paper will be counted as mine in the future; The second goal is to build six crushing farms in Gaochang, Jimo, Yiwu, Dunhuang, Zhangye, and Wuwei, and to carry out all-round trade with the Turks and other countries, and take down the entire territory of Helan Mountain. ”

The salt works in the west of Helan Mountain began to be developed in the Han Dynasty, became famous in the Western Xia Dynasty, and were exported to Shaanxi, Gansu, Jin, Ning and other places; The eastern part of Helan Mountain is a grassland, a good place for grazing. Now Helan Mountain is west of Wuwei County of the Great Sui, and east of it is Beidi and other counties, but Helan Mountain is in the hands of the Turks, so that all counties are threatened, and the grasslands have become pastures for the Turks.

Cui Zhen said suspiciously: "Yu Zhongwen and Guo Rong are at both ends of the east and west, don't you feel anxious?" It is likely that these plans were for the purpose of a dowry for others. ”

Yang Chongman said indifferently: "As long as Wuwei is won, Guo Rong will not dare to go west, not to mention that Guanzhong is in chaos, even if Yang Xuangan, Liu Yuanjin, and Xiang Haiming are punished one by one, the situation in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan will not change." The most important thing is Shibi Khan, 200,000 iron cavalry can go south at any time, so that the armies of Bingzhou and Jizhou do not dare to move; If my guess is correct, places like Kamiya will soon be in chaos. ”

Yang Chong's guesses have always been accurate, and Cui Zhen asked, "Do you have any news?" ”

As one of the representatives of the Boling Cui clan, Cui Zhen knew the relationship between Yang Chong and his family, and knew that Jiang Duo and others were left in the Central Plains by Yang Chong, which was a secret source of information for Yang Chong. Yang Chong said without hesitation: "Yang Xuan felt an incident, there is Liu Yuanjin's echo in the south, it is impossible to have no allies in the north, otherwise what will he do to prevent the return of hundreds of thousands of troops?" It's just that the price may not be good, and the other party put Yang Xuangan together, so that Yang Xuangan can't implement Li Mi's best strategy. ”

Li Mi's best strategy was to take Youzhou in the north and cut off the back route of the Eastern Army; With the capture of Yang Xuangan's chief strategist Hu Shitan, it was proved that what Yang Chong said was correct, which really shocked the courtiers of the Great Sui. Cui Zhen is not a Confucian student who reads books, and immediately understands: "The other party is more optimistic about the Turks? ”

Yang Chong bowed his head and said: "That's for sure, it is Yang Xuangan who makes trouble with Yang Xuangan and gets the greatest benefits; The Turks in the north, the one who benefited the most was the person himself. It's just that we can't intervene, by the way, how are the people who fled doing? ”

Cui Zhen replied with relief: "They are all settled in Jiuquan County." Yang Chong, the population of Guanzhong began to flow to Hexi, and it was Jiang Duo who was operating in secret, right? ”

As soon as Xiang Haiming raised troops, the people of Fufeng County fled to Hexi, which drove the entire Longyou area, and the destination of the fleeing people was clear, that is, the Zhangye area; The governor's office promptly sent a batch of war horse bribes to Jincheng, Anding, Beidi and other counties, so that thousands of people could reach Zhangye smoothly before Guo Rong took office. If no one is behind it, I don't believe that Cui Zhen is killed, Jiang Duo is the object of Cui Zhen's most suspicion.

Cui Zhen inquired again and again, and Yang Chong said helplessly: "I'm just worried that the people have no way out, and I want them to come to Zhangye to live and work in peace and contentment." ”

Cui Zhen couldn't help laughing and said: "I understand your hard work, but there is just a suggestion, this kind of thing can't contain fire in the paper, and sooner or later it will be detected by Chang'an, you should give Jiang Duo and the others an identity sent by the Governor's Office to Guanzhong to do business, in case there is a situation that can be used to deal with it." ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, Yang Chong almost slapped his thigh, for the sake of secrecy, Yang Chong himself really forgot about this; Yang Chong decided to send Tang Bi a copy of the identity certificate of the deputy commander tomorrow, thanked Cui Zhen and asked: "Du Yan entertained Yao Yi and Cheng Yuan in the evening, it is better to go over together." ”

Cui Cheng unexpectedly refused, Yao Yi, Cheng Yuan and Du Yan are all students of the great Confucian Wang Tong, after Wang Tong abandoned the official and returned to his hometown, he devoted himself to studying Confucius's "Six Classics", imitating Confucius as "Wang's Six Classics", and began to gather disciples in his hometown of Bainiuxi to give lectures, the door is often hundreds, the most famous is Henan Dong Heng, Nanyang Cheng Yuan, Zhongshan Jia Qiong, Hedong Xue Shui, Taishan Yao Yi, Taiyuan Wen Yanbo, Jingzhao Du Yan and other more than ten people, among which Yao Yi is the most generous, Xue Shui is the most outstanding.

After Du Yan became the county guard of Zhangye, his classmates in Hedong came to explore the way, and Yao Yi came a little exaggerated this time, sending more than 200 books to Yang Chong at one time. Cui Zhen and Wang Tong are the same generation, and Luoyang Yuanshan, Hedong Liu Luan, Taiyuan Wang Shao, Wu Xing Yao Cha, Lang Xie Zhuge Ying, Xindu Liu Zhuo, Hejian Liu Xuan are the most friendly, every vacation, several people get together to talk and debate; Among them, Wang Shao is Wang Tong's brother, so Cui Zhen knows Wang Tong's good name, and he should be quiet and thoughtful now, after all, Yang Chong's investment in academia is real money, and the examples of Liu Zhuo and Liu Xuan are in front.

Yang Chong was inconvenient and reluctant, and negotiated the distribution of grain to the three counties of Gaochang, Zhangye, and Wuwei, of which Gaochang was 1 million catties, Zhangye was 1.5 million catties, and Wuwei was 2.5 million catties; Cui Zhen went back to drink tea satisfied, and Yang Chong went to Du Yan's house for a banquet. Du Yan's family first moved to Hunicheng, and bumped all the way to Zhangye, Yang Chong gave the original Huangfu Juan's private house to Du Yan, just diagonally opposite the Zhangye County Shoufu, a medium-sized house.

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