Chapter 298: The Imperial Meeting
Regarding Morrissy's death, Zhao Xu soon learned the news through the spy system of his ninjas, but he did not have the special joy after defeating the enemy, but a vague loss, perhaps this is the meaning of the legendary heroes' sympathy. The pen fun pavilion looked at the figure kneeling in front of him www.biquge.info, and Zhao Xu didn't speak for a long time.
After a long time, Zhao Xu opened his mouth and said to the shadow: "Okay, I know about this matter, since the Sultan of the Seljuk Kingdom has become Oriandin, then you continue to spy on Oleandin, and tell me all his news, okay, you can step down." ”
"Subordinates obey." After saying that, the shadow disappeared.
The war is basically coming to an end, after a year and a half of campaigning, most of the territory of the Seljuk Turkic State has become the spoils of the Song Empire, and the place where the Song army passed is almost a strong wall, a large number of Seljuk people have become spoils of war, and they have been escorted to the Yumen Pass area, and began to implement Zhao Xu's order to clean up the desert under the command of the Ministry of Industry, and there are a large number of Seljuk and Ghaznavid people under the supervision of the army, and began to build a cement road from Yumen Pass to Isfahan, but the development of the country still needs a large population, at the same time, Zhao Xu will not hand over the land he has finally won to the Seljuks who hate him to rule, so the large-scale migration of the population has become the most important thing for Zhao Xu at the moment.
The court meeting was held in the city lord's palace in Isfahan, and all the generals with the rank of major general and above who accompanied the army to the west came here to participate in the court meeting.
Zhao Xu was dressed in the emperor's civilian clothes, sat on a chair covered with white tiger skin, and said to all the generals: "It has been a year and a half since the beginning of the war, and at the same time, the war has basically come to an end, and the Seljuk Turkic State of Nuoda has basically all been reduced to the spoils of our country, but we can't finish the war, after plundering the population and wealth, abandon this land, we want to rule this land, govern this land, In the same way, we cannot take all the Seljuks into slavery, so how do we need to govern this land, and who of you will say what you think. ”
"Father, my son has something to say." Prince Zhao Qi was the first to stand up and say to Zhao Xu after Zhao Xu finished speaking: "In terms of the current situation, China's war against the Seljuk Turkic State has basically ended, and all the wars in the eastern and southern regions of the Seljuk Kingdom have almost stopped. It is imperative, and then, after many years, this land will be no different from the Han land of the Central Plains of China. ”
"Well, what Qi'er said is reasonable, and which Qing family has something to say."
"Your Majesty." Lu Junyi, the secretary of the military department, walked out of the squad and bowed to Zhao Xu and said: "If you want to govern this place for a long time, the number of garrisons must not be small, and in this war, our country occupies a wide range of places, from Gaochang Uighurs, Eastern Kera, Western Liao, and now the Seljuks, Turkmenistans and Ghaznavids are still constantly conquering, and at the same time, the surrounding countries are also extremely wary of our army, Egypt, the Caucasus, Arabia, Byzantium, and even the Rus, they have fully turned the military defense of the Seljuk State to our country, so they want to rule or even govern this landAccording to the minister's rough statistics, if we want to satisfy the military rule of these newly occupied territories, we will need to invest about 500,000 troops, and if this is the case, it will greatly increase our military expenditure. ”
After Zhao Xu saw that Lu Junyi finished speaking, he opened his mouth and said to all the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is recorded in the history books of the Seljuk Kingdom that this land is called a place where milk and honey flow, which means that the land we occupy is extremely rich, maybe not as rich as our Chinese Han land, but you see, the fertile land and vast steppe in the valleys of the Amu Darya River and the Syr Darya River valley, and the fertile land in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers occupied by our navy, And with plenty of water, won't it guarantee our bumper harvest? It is true that there is a large desert in this land, but there are huge reserves of coal mines, copper mines, iron ore, silver mines, and even a large number of precious stones buried under this land, you see the Seljuks we have met, almost all of them have precious stone rings, necklaces, their hats are inlaid with precious stones, even their horses are inlaid with silver edges, the horses here are stronger than ours, and the wool produced by sheep here is softer and more delicate than the wool produced in our East. Moreover, this is located in the center of the Eastern and Western worlds, with a high level of commerce and trade, as long as we manage it properly, the wealth obtained through commerce and trade will fill the treasury of every common man in our Great Song Dynasty, is this not enough to offset the military expenses brought by our 500,000 garrisons? In fact, Zhao Xu still didn't tell them, that is, the largest mineral deposits in these places are oil and gas resources, but Zhao Xu didn't say, because before the invention of the internal combustion engine, the importance of oil is probably not as important as a small barrel of peanut oil, and there are a large number of rare chromium, manganese, mercury, tungsten and other non-ferrous metal deposits in Central Asia, before the outbreak of high alloy and cutting-edge technology, Zhao Xu's idea is to let these deposits continue to sleep underground, Zhao Xu took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, Continue to say to everyone: "The construction of hardened cement roads has also shortened the distance between the eastern and western borders of our country, and the armoured and heavy armies can come day and night, not to mention the people who only carry money and clothing. Buying a gemstone greatly enriches the quality of life of our people, and the rapid flow of funds can bring the overall economic strength of our country to a higher level. ”
"Father, having said that, the sons still have questions," the second prince, Zhao Mu, walked out of the squad and said to Zhao Xu: "After the war, although the number of Seljuk people and the people of those occupied countries has decreased significantly, but in terms of the overall number, they still have an extremely large group, can we just let it go?" I am afraid that as soon as the main force of our army retreats, the people of these occupied countries will bite us back, although cultural erosion is an effective method, but, from the perspective of time, it seems to be a little longer. ”
Zhao Mu's words just hit the most contradictory place in Zhao Xu's heart, as he grew older, he was no longer so sharp, murderous, and thought more about how to make the people under his rule live better, but the occupation of Nuoda, the complex religious relationship, made Zhao Xu's heart become extremely contradictory, if it was the previous Zhao Xu, he would not hesitate to nail those patriarchs to the city gate, but now Zhao Xu will consider more of the consequences once he does this, because in the Islamic region, The authority of the imam and scholars is even higher than that of the local consuls, so Zhao Xu needs them to work for him, so it seems that the brainwashing of these people must be carried out in a hurry.
Zhao Xu held his chin with one hand, and kept tapping on the table in front of him with the other hand to think, and after a long time, Zhao Xu said to his eldest son: "Qi'er, take us to occupy the land, all the patriarchs and scholars, please come here, I have something to say to them." ”
Zhao Qi bowed down and said, "Erchen obeys." ”
"Lu Junyi."
"Wechen is here."
"Through the military post, Xu Liang, who was in Yumen Pass, ordered him to speed up the efficiency of building cement avenues and planting trees, and at the same time notified Liu Shihai of the household department, and issued a list of household documents, encouraging the people to move westward, and the closer west they moved, the more they were given a settlement fee, ranging from 32 to 100 taels of silver, and the imperial court exempted the entire newly occupied land from agricultural taxes for five years and commercial taxes for two years, so as to facilitate the restoration and development of commercial agriculture in these places."
"Wechen obeys."
After the court, Zhao Xu returned to his temporary imperial study, and Tie Hu, who was privately summoned, was already waiting here, "Tie Hu of the CIA, long live my emperor, long live long live." Seeing Zhao Xu walking into the room, Tie Hu hurriedly bowed to Zhao Xu and saluted.
"Sit down, drink tea and pour it yourself, there are no outsiders here, I have some things that you need to do for me." Zhao Xu sat down as he walked into the room and said to Tiehu.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, and listen to Your Majesty's Hadith."
"After so many years of development, my country's CIA has a very considerable scale, and at the same time, it also includes a lot of staff members of non-Han people's race, what is their heart, I don't want to ask, this is your business, but if there is a rebellion among them, this is my business." Zhao Xu held the teacup and fiddled with the green tea leaves in the teacup for a while.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, all the spy personnel who are not my Hermes-Epitek are accompanied by at least three to five spy personnel who are subordinate to Wechen, if these foreign staff members have any rebellious intentions, Wechen's subordinates will directly kill this rebellious person on the spot." Tie Hu explained to Zhao Xu. And Xiao Douzi, who was standing next to Zhao Xu, had long been accustomed to himself, the emperor, and he had no problem with keeping his work secret, after all, he had been with Zhao Xu for more than 30 years, and he also knew that everyone didn't know about the shadow, and the "Xiao" who had a large number of ninjas under the leadership of the shadow, and at the same time, Xiaodouzi also knew very well that once Zhao Xu's life came to an end, then his life might have to come to an end, because he knew too much, but he didn't regret it. His own emperor lord gave himself everything, family, children, wealth and status, and as a eunuch, he had given everything he could, and he was already satisfied.
"Very well, I'll give you another mission today." Zhao Xu stopped the lid of the cup that was playing with the tea leaves in his hand and said to Tiehu.
"But please ask Your Majesty to command."
Zhao Xu took a sip of tea and said: "You also heard today's court meeting, I have ordered the crown prince to invite all the patriarchs and scholars in the occupied territory to this palace, I need you to brainwash them, let them all change their concepts, so that they can be used by me." (To be continued.) )