After Li Qiang received the letters from Ma Gui and Sun Cheng, he immediately stopped plundering and quickly marched to Taixi Fengcheng, but the looted slaves and wealth and other booty could not be returned, and giving up the plunder was a great gift to them.

Ma Gui and others had already arrived at Dataixi to seal the city.

Sun Cheng stayed in the palace, and Ma Gui, Xiang Rong and others temporarily helped to take charge of the civil and military affairs.

First, the wealth of the former king, as well as the property of sacrificial and resistance nobles and slave owners, were confiscated and nationalized.

Gao Shun and Zhao Xiong also rushed here after receiving the news.

At this time, with the efforts of the two of them, they had assisted the Western Liang Kingdom in building two major arterial roads in the east and west and north and south, plus coastal arterial roads, etc., forming a circular transportation network, connecting several major counties together, and strengthening the control of the Indus and Ganges river basins, coastal areas, and inland mountainous areas.

In the western mountainous area, many passes were built in the later generations of Pollon Pass, Salang Pass, Shibal Pass, Kavak Pass and other places, and in the later Kandahar, Fort ***, Kabul, Herat, Kunduz, Baghlan, Purhamli, Horham, Jalalabad, Bagram, Ghazni, Sibi, Quetta and other places built cities, completely expelled the Kushan Empire from the later Afghanistan region, and destroyed the small city-states such as the Uyi Mountain Leaving Country here.

The Tocharian Basin and the Ferghana Plain, where the Kushan Empire now lives, are also places that Gao Shun likes very much, but now he is short of time, so he will leave him alone for the time being, and when he has time, he will deal with it slowly, and now let the Dayue clan live there to help defend against the nomads in the northwest.

Gao Shun felt that as long as he held these cities and passes, he could protect the security of the Western Liang Kingdom and the eastern region, and prevent the invading enemies in the northern and western regions.

Zhao Xiong was also very relieved about the defense of the Western Liang Kingdom, there were many high mountains in the west as a buffer, and the huge and fertile plains in the east provided food and wealth to support the defense of the west, as long as future generations were not stupid, they would definitely be able to carry forward the vast here.

Gao Shun still followed the previous rules to raise the IQ of Zhao Xiong's second son and grandson, who was going to succeed to the throne in the future, to more than 85, so that at least for a few generations, it would be safe here.

Boarding Gao Wei's warship, everyone went to join Ma Gui and the others.

On the ship, Gao Shun has been thinking about two questions, next, one is how to face the Romans, and the other is how to make the Han people prosperous here.

Gao Shun wanted to defeat the Romans first, expel them from Asia, and conquer North Africa, especially the granaries of Egypt, he was determined to win, but he didn't want to weaken the Romans too much, and now and for a long time to come, he still needs them to defend against the barbarians in northern Europe.

According to his impression, in the years that followed, the farming people had been constantly infested by nomads.

However, the arid and semi-arid areas inhabited by nomads are not places where farming people are happy to live, and it is difficult for those who have enjoyed the benefits of agricultural civilization to adapt to the life of backward and arduous nomads.

Considering the defeat of the Sassanid Empire, in the final analysis, it was because he did not form a tightly centralized system, and on the whole, he was still a loose form of organization, and due to the relatively independent geographical plates, most of the nobles and vassal states were only indirectly subordinated to the Sassanid Empire.

When Gao Shun led everyone to arrive at Taixi City, Sun Cheng, Ma Gui, Li Qiang and others held a grand welcome ceremony.

The presence of the Han emperor shocked the remnants of the original Sassanid Empire.

Gao Shun attached great importance to this area, which was the frontier against the multi-ethnic groups of Europe, so he decided to continue to have Sun Cheng as king, and he did not need to follow him in the future; Sun Cheng silently accepted this request, so that he could help his children and grandchildren lay a good foundation.

After Gao Shun arrived, he decided to refer to Wei in all rules and regulations, so that it would be convenient to communicate with the country; First of all, according to the model of the Wei State, the three and six departments were established, and all the Shangshu were high-level civil officials or military attachés, and a small adjustment was made, and the three and six departments were of the same level, all of which belonged directly to the emperor; As for the name of the country, Gao Shun decided to continue to call it the Rest Empire, so as to facilitate the people's support.

The restoration of the name of the Resting Empire made many subjects very happy, after all, the Resting Empire had been destroyed for less than twenty years.

Gao Shun did not cancel several feudal states in the west for the time being, and did not endanger the interests of the capitulation nobles, but first appointed the taishou and the commander of the twenty-seven counties;

Each lieutenant had 3,000 senior cavalry, 3,000 senior infantry, 5,000 junior cavalry and 5,000 junior infantry, and they were given wives and made their homes there.

In addition, there were a large number of mid-level and junior civil and military officials, so that they could serve as county commanders and county lieutenants, strengthen local rule, and officials were put in place one after another, and the whole empire was quickly stabilized.

As for religion, Gao Shun did not rashly attack, but only abolished the status of the state religion, and its property was returned to the empire; and increased the religious tax, all religious sites, must pay a certain amount of wealth every year; All believers must register and pay a certain amount of religious tax each year.

The introduction of the religious tax temporarily eased the contradiction between race and faith, but this contradiction still exists, and with the extension of time, this contradiction will become more and more serious, but the main contradiction at present is still against the Roman Empire.

Therefore, next, Sun Cheng followed Gao Shun's instructions and announced a holy war to defeat the Roman Empire and recover the land that was conquered by the war.

Gao Shun planned to weaken the major nobles in the war.

Ma Gui and Li Qiang consulted: "Your Majesty, after the victory over the Roman Empire, such a large area cannot be effectively managed by the Rest Empire alone. ”

There are many races here, many beliefs, and are divided into different regions by mountains and deserts, if the territory is too large, how to effectively manage the local is an important issue, if the local power is too weak, it will not be able to give full play to the initiative and enthusiasm of the locality; On the other hand, if the local government is too powerful, it will form a separatist force and threaten the stability of the central government.

The Sassanid Dynasty relied on the power of the governor of a province to overthrow the weakened former Rest Empire, and there was a precedent for Gao Shun and others to guard against.

Gao Shun pointed to the map and said: "The main task at present is to defeat the Roman Empire, but not to destroy the Roman Empire for the time being, after the war, I am ready to establish the Egyptian Empire in the Nile Valley, and control the provinces of Egypt, Arabia, Judea, Numidia, Africa, Mauritania-Tingitana and Mauritania-Caesarinsis and other regions that control the Roman Empire; The provinces of Keshe, Kohler-Syria, Phoenicia-Syria, and Asia were all part of the Sabbatical Empire; The provinces of Spain, Far Spain, Shannan Gaul, Lyon Gaul, Beyond Gaul, Upper Britannia, and Lower Britannia established the Western Wei Empire. ”

Ma Guidao: "Your Majesty, we are now worried that the territory of the Rest Empire is too large, which is not conducive to control, if we add so much more territory, the area will at least double, and the distance is so far away, how can we effectively control it?" ”

Li Qiang was also surprised: "Your Majesty, the territory of each empire is too big!" "This territory is enough to withstand the territory of his son's kingdom.

Gao Shun asked rhetorically: "The Roman Empire is too strong, if you don't build a strong empire, how can you confront them?" What's your opinion? ”