After solving the remaining problems of Buddhism, Wei Shuo returned to Quci City again. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Now Quci City has temporarily become the base camp of the Western Expeditionary Army, and all kinds of news from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains continue to gather here, and then after some processing, it will be transmitted to the Quartet.

"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, I just received an urgent report from the scouts, the armies are progressing smoothly, except for the Cheshi Houguo, which is still surviving, the rest of the countries have been occupied by the Yan army, and the strategic goals set before the war have basically been completed."

"Really? Bring the urgent report to the widow and show it! ”

Wei Shuo hurriedly took the urgent report handed over by Lu Chang, and quickly browsed it, only to see that it was indeed written on it that Liu Yaobu and Deng Yuebu had successfully met and destroyed Shule together!

Since the main force of the Western Regions Coalition Army was destroyed, the crusade of the Yan army from all walks of life went very smoothly, and the remnants of the forces such as Shule and Yuban either surrendered to the Yan army or were eliminated.

"Good! Now that the Western Regions can no longer resist the power of our Yan Kingdom, we should think carefully about how to turn it into Huaxia territory. ”

Wei Shuo took a sip of tea and said to Wen Qiao and Lu Chang who were sitting next to him: "Taizhen, Changzhi, this Western Expedition has finally solved the Western Regions after several months, and now the entire Western Regions is almost under the control of the Yan Kingdom. ”

"With such a long period of peace, I'm afraid that I won't be able to turn the Western Regions into my inherent territory in China?"

"The king, the remnants of the country after the Che Master are no longer to be worried, and the Gaoche tribe that has traveled far away in Jinshan is now at the end of the crossbow, and it is a matter of time before it is defeated."

"The most important thing for Yan now is the management of the entire Western Regions. I also asked the king to set the following strategy as soon as possible, so that the ministers could deal with it. ”

Wei Shuo bowed his head slightly while listening, and when Wen Qiao finished speaking, he continued to speak: "Don't hide it from the two of you, as for how to manage the Western Regions...... In fact, the widow already has a preliminary plan in mind: that is, to establish a state county! ”

Wen Qiao touched his chin and slammed it a few times and said, "Well, no wonder the king insists on severely punishing the nobles of the royal families in the Western Regions, it turns out that he is preparing for the establishment of state counties today." ”

Since the Yan Kingdom entered the Western Regions, the biggest loss is Buddhism and the royal families and nobles of various countries, if the Buddhism Gate was finally left with a glimmer of life by Wei Shuo, then the entire Western Regions royal family and nobles are completely unlucky.

In addition to the former king of Cheshi who escaped the catastrophe in advance, dozens of other lords of the Western Regions, such as the king of Qiuci, the king of Wusun, and the king of Khotan, together with their families and immediate family members, were slaughtered by the Yan army.

The slaughter of members of the royal family is to prevent their resurgence, and history has already told Wei Shuo that the backbone of the restoration of the country in the past dynasties is often the children of the royal families of various countries, and as for the common people, as long as they can bring them a good life, they do not care who is the ruler.

"The slaughter of the royal family of the Western Regions is indeed a preparation for the establishment of states and counties in the future, and in history, the Qin Emperor roughly unified the six countries, but later he was united by the nobles of the six countries to subvert the rule of Great Qin? The Yan Kingdom must not go back to the old path of Great Qin, so the widows will not hesitate to bear the infamy and slaughter the royal family members of various countries. ”

Hearing this, Wen Qiao and Lu Chang nodded to show their understanding of Wei Shuo's distress, both of them were old men who had followed Wei Shuo for many years, and naturally knew that their lord was by no means a tyrannical and murderous person. Only when dealing with foreign tribes will King Yan show his tyrannical side, on the contrary, he has always been very lenient towards his own people.

"I don't know how to divide the entire Western Regions?"

"After the initial completion of the occupation of the vast area north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the oligocratic people divided the entire Western Regions into two: first, the Tianshan Mountains in the north were bounded, the Yumen Pass in the east, the Kunlun Mountains in the south, and the entire area including the Green Mountains in the west was set up as Shazhou. Its seat of governance is in Jingyuan City (formerly Quci City), under the jurisdiction of Gaochang, Shanshan, Khotan, Qiuci, Shule five counties. ”

"Second, from the Tianshan Mountains in the south, to the Jinshan and Yiwu (now northeast of Hami City) in the east, to Yibohai (now Balkhash Lake) and Xuanchi (now Zhaisangbo) in the north, and to the west to the Qianquan Snow Mountain (now Kyrgyz Mountain) and the Pearl River (now Narun River) near Kangju and Dawan."

"This area includes the old land of Wusun, Yueban, and Cheshi Houguo, and is set up as Guazhou, with five counties under the jurisdiction of Cheshi, Wusun, Yueban, Yili, and Hami...... The widow plans to build a new city. ”

"A new city? Where to build? ”

Wen Qiao and Lu Chang did not oppose Wei Shuo's proposal to build a new city in Guazhou at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, because after nearly ten years of development, building a city on newly acquired land has become one of the important measures for Yan to control the place.

"The location is in the upper reaches of Yilieshui (now Yili River), and it is named Ningyuan City (now Yining City)!"

Wei Shuo pointed to the location of Yining City in the later generations and explained: "Why did you choose to build a city here? In addition to being located here in Yilie Shuishang, rich in water resources and abundant grasslands around it, it is also located in the middle of the entire Guazhou, which is conducive to controlling the entire northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"Great King, it shouldn't be enough to control the Western Regions just by sweeping away the nobles of the Western Regions, setting up prefectures and counties, and building new cities, right?"

"Naturally, these measures are just to lay the foundation for Yan to control the Western Regions, if you want to turn it into Yan territory, you must also migrate some people from within the country."

"Immigration? I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Hearing that Wei Shuo was going to emigrate to the Western Regions, Wen Qiao's brows couldn't help frowning. After the recovery of the Cheng Han Dynasty, the entire Yan State now has about 21 million people, but the territory occupied is more than that of the previous dynasties.

Even compared with the Han Dynasty in its heyday, the Yan Kingdom is not far behind.

But compared to the nearly 60 million people of the Han Dynasty, the 20 million people to whom the Yan Kingdom belonged are really a bit shabby.

In addition, now that Yan vigorously encourages the development of industry and commerce, the problem of insufficient population in the country has become prominent, and you will not see that the huge project that Yan State is preparing to build - the North-South Canal, the labor required is all slaves recruited from the South Seas.

It can be said that the Yan Kingdom needs people everywhere at the moment, where is there still a surplus population to immigrate to the Western Regions?

"The widow also knows that there is a shortage of people in the country today, but for the future, it is necessary to migrate people to the Western Regions. Moreover, how can the Western Regions be said to be a place deeply influenced by Chinese culture, Yan does not have to occupy the majority in the proportion of population, as long as a small number of people are the backbone, coupled with various naturalization policies, it will not be difficult for the people of the Western Regions to become real Chinese people over time. ”

"I don't know how many people the king plans to migrate from Liangzhou? Chen heard that Gao Thorn Shi has naturalized many Qiang people in Liangzhou over the years, which has more than doubled the population of Liangzhou. ”

"Hmm......" Wei Shuo thought for a moment and said, "Let's immigrate 200,000 first!" Moreover, since the territory of Gua and Shazhou is mainly based on oases and grasslands, and the main mode of production is nomadism, it is best to immigrate mainly to naturalized Qiang people! ”

Speaking of this, Wei Shuo sighed a little and said: "Our population is still too small, and 200,000 people are scattered in the vast area north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, which is not conspicuous at all. Fortunately, however, the populations of the countries have been reorganized, and although the number of immigrants is not dominant overall, the number of immigrants in each city is larger than that of other countries. ”

"King, the new Gua and Sha Prefectures are about to be established, shouldn't the candidates for this assassination be decided?"

"The two states of Guasha are located in the west, and the environment is both complex and harsh, so it is really not suitable to let the meritorious assassins of the upper grades such as Xiake, Gao Xu, Han Ju, and Liu Han come here, and the widow plans to select a few young and strong people to sit here. Didn't Wei Hu and Pei Kai do a good job in the county guard position? Just transfer them to their posts! ”

"No!"

In the middle of May of the second year of Taining, good news from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains came to Qucicheng one after another, and Yan Wang Weishuo officially announced that Yan's westward expedition had achieved a preliminary victory, and the next departments would enter the stage of counterinsurgency.

In order to digest and master the two states of Shagua as soon as possible, in addition to the 200,000 immigrants from Liangzhou scattered in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, Wei Shuo's most important move was to use cruel means to sweep away all the royal families and nobles in the Western Regions, leaving only ordinary people.

In addition, in order to ensure the stability of the Western Regions, Wei Shuo appointed Fu Hong as the governor of Shazhou and Deng Yue as the governor of Guazhou.

When Wei Shuo was busy dealing with the affairs of the Western Levy, he did not know that Sima Shao, the son of heaven, had infringed on the interests of the family and his life was seriously threatened. (To be continued.) )