"Your Majesty, Qihe Zhuo has surrendered, and the Western Regions can be regarded as stable now!"

It was Zuo Zongtang who spoke, and the local telegrams were received by the cabinet first, and then the most important ones were selected and reported to the Ming Emperor by the first or second assistant of the cabinet.

Zhu Jishi was sitting behind the imperial case in the palace, and several close ministers such as Weng Tongyi and Tan Zhonglin were constantly holding telegrams from the cabinet, the Generalissimo's Office, or the General Association for the Promotion of Industry for his approval.

Emperor Zhu's expression was faint, and he was holding a copy of the Kaifeng Mansion New City Development Plan and watching, now the Ming Dynasty is building a large number of projects to stimulate domestic demand, and the ten provinces are being developed, and millions of silver dollars are spent like a tide, although there is no need for the Ministry of Finance to allocate funds, but it is always necessary to keep an eye on it.

Hearing the news of Qihe Zhuo's surrender reported by Zuo Zongtang, Zhu Jishi just smiled faintly, as expected! Before, Li Hongzhang was not allowed to stir up trouble in southern Xinjiang because he couldn't deal with the seven of them, but just wanted to consume the strength of He Zhuo and facilitate their removal from southern Xinjiang.

"Zuo Xiang, where do you think the seven of them should be transferred?"

When Zuo Zongtang heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, "Your Majesty, do you really want to transfer them?" These Qihe Zhuo have a high prestige in the southern Xinjiang, so I am afraid that they will ......"

Zhu Jishi snorted: "Isn't it six or seven hundred thousand people!" ”

Zuo Zongtang immediately took a cool breath, and the emperor's tone was ...... It's not good!

"Yidi is not of my race, his heart will be different, the strong will be a thief, the weak and humble, regardless of kindness and righteousness, and his nature will also." Zhu Jishi said Wei Zheng's famous words coldly, and then said, "My views are similar to Ye Lan'er's, for Yi Di. It must be edified. Turning Hu into Han. It is a long-term policy of peace and stability. And if we want to turn the 600,000 Hu people in southern Xinjiang into the people of our Han family, we must uproot the Hezhuo family, which has plagued southern Xinjiang for many years! Since they are willing to obey me as their ruler, then I will transfer them, otherwise...... Kill them all to prevent future troubles! ”

Zuo Zongtang hesitated for a moment and persuaded: "Your Majesty, if the killing is too heavy, it may damage the name of benevolence and virtue, and now that Xinjiang is fine, why bother to increase right and wrong?" ”

"It's okay now. It doesn't mean that there will be nothing in the future, I am the king of the restored country, killing people like hemp, even Yidi is afraid of my methods, and only dares to be angry but dare not speak, let alone rebel? Zhu Jishi looked at Zuo Zongtang calmly, "If I am not there in the future, the crown prince may have the power I have now?" Even if there is, I'm afraid I'll have to kill someone's head first, right? In that case, I might as well be left to do this wicked man alone. Let the prince be a virtuous and benevolent monarch in the future. ”

Zuo Zongtang shook his head and no longer insisted. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, it's better to send the seven of them and Zhuo to Qinghai." ”

"It's close to Xinjiang." Zhu Jishi shook his head.

"So find a place in Mongolia?"

"Mongolia? Or is it too close? ”

Zuo Zongtang frowned: "Do you want to seal them to go to Siberia?" ”

According to the provisions of the "Vassals Law", the territory that has implemented the Ming Constitution cannot be handed over to the vassals for management, so most of the 18 provinces of the Han Dynasty have no way to arrange for them to be a few Hezhuo. Most of the northeast, Jiaozhou, and the two northwestern provinces of Borneo have also implemented constitutional government, and they cannot be resettled, so they can only be allowed to go to a wild place like Siberia.

Zhu Jishi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Just find a place for them to collect some money...... It's not that I want them to really govern it, these Hezhuo should honestly stay in Nanjing! He paused, and then said, "Jeju Island, although it is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Shandong, there is no Ming constitution yet." Just give each of the seven families to find a plot of land on Jeju Island...... Each site has an income of 30,000 or 40,000 yuan. ”

Qihezhuo's territory is not small, but the income is very limited, and it may not be 200,000 a year when added together. Zhu Jishi gave them thirty or forty thousand silver dollars per family to raise, which was actually a generous treatment. If you are not satisfied, then this silver can also be saved!

"Your Majesty, what about their 600,000 people?"

"Of course, we have to turn nonsense into a man." Zhu Jishi sneered, "Don't let them scatter all over the place, they will all gather in the two oases of Kashgar and Yeerqiang, allocate land and houses, and let them live and work in peace and contentment." In addition, use Ye Lan'er's method to lure it to benefit, teach it with courtesy, and promote its sinicization...... These 600,000 people do not have to pay the land tax, but they have to pay the poll tax according to the number of men! However, they can enjoy free Confucian education, which is jointly assessed by the Xinjiang Governor's Yamen, the Xinjiang Provincial Department of Education and the Colonial Department every year. ”

In fact, there is nothing new in this system, which is to spend money to buy peace and give these 600,000 people some preferential treatment. But...... The aim is to motivate them to turn into Han rather than Hu.

Zuo Zongtang thought about it, and also felt that Emperor Zhu's method was feasible, although there was a little risk, but with Zhu Jishi, a murderous villain, who dared to really hit Emperor Zhu's muzzle? That's not chaos, it's death!

"Your Majesty, does the True God Sect still make you believe it?" Zuo Zongtang thought about it and asked again.

"Let's go, I'm religious freedom. But...... True God cannot be allowed to run religious schools. Zhu Jishi said lightly.

"Is it just that the True God is not allowed?" Zuo Zongtang furrowed his brows, Daming practiced religious freedom, so all sects could preach freely, including starting religious schools. Moreover, at present, the schools that began to train clergy in the Ming Dynasty were not true theological religion at all, but various denominations of Christianity.

"Neither is Christianity, it must be treated equally!" Zhu Jishi thought for a moment and added, "These provisions can be added when the Daming Education Law is amended, but Christian schools that are not for the purpose of training clergy can still be opened, but the teaching materials used must also be approved by the Ministry of Education." In addition, the Dominion of Hong Kong does not apply the Ming Education Law, so religious schools can be opened. ”

After talking to Zhuo about the matter, Zuo Zongtang took out a copy of a telegram from his sleeve and handed it to Emperor Zhu, the content was still related to the emperor's vassals. This time it was a telegram from Zheng Yongyi, Minister in Tibet, which was forwarded from Sichuan. It has been half a year since Zheng Yongyi arrived in Tibet, and during this half year, he was not busy dividing the lords, but visited various parts of Tibet, and even went to Shannan and Nepal this summer to meet with Nepalese Prime Minister Zhongge. Bahadur also personally inspected the resources and terroir of various parts of Shannan. I also found a very good flat land in the place where the Brahmaputra River flows into the Brahmaputra River in the south of the Tibetan mountains, with a warm climate and abundant rainfall, which is very suitable for reclamation.

Therefore, Zheng Yongyi built a stronghold there, and transferred some Tibetan lords to settle there, and if possible, he could gradually develop in the direction of the Brahmaputra River, and strive to turn the Brahmaputra River into the dividing line between the Ming Dynasty and British India.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Yongyi reported that the southern part of Tibet is very rich, and there are many valleys and river valleys suitable for cultivation and reclamation, and if it is developed, the whole Tibetan people can be placed there, and the environment there is better than that of Tibet's Shanbei. Chen felt that this method was not bad, and he could give it a try. Zuo Zongtang paused, and said, "The only bad thing is that the traffic in the south of the mountain and the north of the mountain is too inconvenient, and you can only go along the valley of the Yarlung Zangbo River, and the time you can pass through it is only a few months a year." Our troops stationed there are too easy to isolate and clash with the British. ”

At this time, Weng Tongyi took a map drawn by the British and spread it out in front of Zhu Jishi, and Emperor Zhu naturally quickly found this piece of land that still belongs to China but was occupied by India in later generations - from the perspective of transportation and terrain, this land is really the fat of India's mouth, they really want to grab it with all their might, and China is indeed difficult to hold. But this is not a problem for the current Daming.

"No matter what, you have to build a few strongholds first, call Yongyi, I support him in this matter, just let it go. The big deal is to have some disputes with the British, it's not a big deal, they won't fight with us for that little territory. However, we can't rush to develop in the direction of the Brahmaputra River, now is not the time, let's hold our ground first. (To be continued......)