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Seeing Wu Feng nodding thoughtfully, all the cabinet members felt the same way, and Su Qin also came out and said: " Your Majesty, Xiao Xiang is very reasonable, at present, the ethnic composition in the vast area of the Central Continent is complex, and other ethnic groups other than the Tang nationality account for the vast majority, especially in the Indean region, although the Indean people are divided into several parts, but their number together is not very different from the Tang nationality in our empire, in the middle of the continent they occupy an absolute advantage, these areas in addition to some cities are relatively prosperous and developed, the vast countryside and towns are quite backward and poor, but in fact, these lands are extremely fertile, and the production is also quite rich, the reason for their poverty and backwardness is mainly because of their low productivity, low crop yield, and backward mining exploration methodsIt is these reasons that lead to the poverty of the vast number of people in this region, and the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of nobles and rich gentry, which is one of the main reasons why they have been repeatedly conquered by other peoples. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Now that the empire has taken over such a vast land and such a large population, if the people in these areas cannot feel that their lives have improved significantly under the rule of the empire, and it is still not much different from the rule of their own nobles in the past, they will slowly breed rebellion and antagonism in their hearts, even if they are unable to confront the imperial rule for ten or twenty years, but for a long time, if this emotion accumulates for a long time, it will inevitably have a considerable negative impact on the rule of the empire. ”

After a pause, Su Qin seemed to be considering his words, and even the other cabinet members found that Su Qin seemed to have some opinions to show when they pondered Su Qin's words, but he himself was a little hesitant, and the ministers also guessed that the deputy minister's next remarks would only be refreshing.

"In fact, the minister does not look very much at these populous areas of the Indean region, with the minister's deep thoughts, such places as the Indean region can completely allow them to maintain a state of autonomy on their own, and the empire should adopt the means of economic penetration and control to influence these regions, so that the empire can not only continuously obtain a large number of benefits from the means of economic control, which is equivalent to a blood transfusion for the local economic development of the empire, on the other hand, there is no need to directly face the dissatisfaction of the middle and lower classes. The power saved by the empire can be invested in the vast and sparsely populated New World, which is not only rich in products and land, but most importantly, there is no real civilization and history in the vast majority of the areas, and there is no concept of nation and state in the consciousness of those indigenous peoples, and the empire should strengthen its power and development and penetration in the New World instead of spending huge energy in these areas of the Middle Continent, and at the same time can relocate a large number of landless peasants in the empire to believe in the mainland, so as to not only consolidate the empire's rule in this region, but also alleviate many contradictions caused by land annexation in the empire itself。 ”

Su Qin's words caused an uproar among the ministers, and gave up the idea of giving up India'an? This idea was not thought of by anyone, Wang Yu proposed that the pace of the empire's expansion should be moderately reduced, and for the conquest and control of non-important areas, he advocated the idea of cultivating the empire's agents in the local area to rule indirectly, but Su Qin took a bigger step and actually had the idea of giving up the fertile areas that the empire had spent countless efforts to obtain, how could this not surprise and inconceivable everyone.

"Su Xiang, I'm afraid we still can't give up in this Indean region, right? In fact, the Indean nation has been divided into several tribes, and the relationship between the various tribes is not harmonious, and the Indean region has fertile soil and abundant products, and the people in this region are weak, and they have always had the custom of accepting foreign domination and cultural assimilation, so long as the empire can make up its mind to subtly assimilate and evolve these regions through various channels, I believe that in less than a hundred years, these regions and people will be completely integrated into the empire, and this region will surely become the hinterland of the empire. ”

Not everyone agrees with Su Qin and Wang Yi's opinion, at least Ling Tianfang is like this, as a native of the Central Continent, he has a deep understanding of the cowardice of the Indean nation and the national surname that is willing to obey, such a nation must step on the shoulders of this nation no matter which nation rises, and now the empire can just step on the shoulders of the Indean nation and move forward first, while the vast majority of other weak and small nations can be used as a stepping stone for the rejuvenation and rise of the big nation.

"Yes, although I also agree with Su Xiang's idea of increasing efforts to expand in the New World, but the Indean region must not be discarded, not to mention how much it cost us to obtain the Indean region, and more importantly, the empire has finally achieved an important foothold breakthrough in the Baltic Sea and the Aegean Sea, and if you lose Indean, the Meli region will become a source of water and a tree without roots, and the empire's rule there will only end, not to mention that the Baltic Sea and the Aegean Sea are also very important for the empire, and the future era will be the ocean age, and the ocean is indispensable for a countryIt not only brings convenient transportation and fishery resources, but more importantly, it can make a nation and a country move towards a greater civilization, so the Indean region cannot be given up from any point of view. "Supporting Ling Tianfang's point of view is Wang Zongxi, the governor of Jiangnan who returned to Beijing to report on his work, although he is a local official, but how important Jiangnan's status is, and the position of the governor of Jiangnan is actually no less than a minister of the Imperial Government Council, and even more so.

"What Lord Wang said does have some truth, since Yin De'an has been included in the hands of the empire, it is naturally impossible to give up, what I want to express is only an intention, that is, now that the land and population of the empire have reached a fairly large level, I privately think that it is not much necessary for the empire to expand the empire's territory by conquering other peoples, of course, there is an exception to the threat to the security of the empire. According to the intelligence information sent back by the General Intelligence Agency, whether it is the Leeds Kingdom or the Famini Empire, the reason why they can go to the forefront of the Western Continent is because they are in an absolute leading position in industry and commerce, especially industrial development, like the southern region of the Western Continent, although industry and commerce are also developed, but they mainly rely on commerce and trade to maintain prosperity, which is of course a very important aspect, but if there is a lack of industry to rely on, this prosperity is a temporary illusion, and it is very difficult to maintain it for a long time。 ”

"The development of industry requires sufficient raw materials, a vast market, abundant labor, and the necessary capital and technology, and now the empire is vast, more than any previous dynasty, especially the indean and northern steppes and the inclusion of the southwest market has made the empire's domestic market capacity extremely large, and the empire's maritime industry has also entered a stage of spatial development, so it can be said that the market conditions have been met. Not to mention the labor force, whether it is in the interior of the empire or in the Indean region, the abundant labor force has always been a supply-side market, which can fully meet the needs of industrial development. The problem of capital was not a problem for the industrial and commercial circles of the empire, and the modern financial system of the empire was basically complete, and both the banking system and the stock exchange system were able to provide sufficient funds for the business community. In terms of technology, the imperial industry has also gone through a long period of preparation, accumulated considerable technology and experience, and has made breakthroughs in some aspects. In addition to the need to increase the expansion of the New World and the exploration and discovery of the southern sea region in order to ensure the supply of raw materials, it can be said that all the conditions have been met, and all the requirements for entering a period of rapid development are fully met, and the glorious era of the empire is coming!"

Su Qin rarely had such an excited time, his eyebrows fluttering and his provocative language made the other ministers can't help but gradually get excited with his expression, the empire will usher in a glorious era, especially now that there is no force around the empire that can threaten the survival of the empire, whether it is Carman Sisro or the Japanese people have been reduced to the bottom, it is only a matter of time before they are solved, and it will not affect the economic development process of the empire at all, as long as this time lasts for ten or twenty years, the empire will surely stand in the east of the continent with a new attitude。

"Yes, Su Xiang is right, to ensure that the empire has a stable and sufficient raw material base, the New World is undoubtedly the best base, and now the survey departments at all levels of the empire have discovered rich products including gold, silver, copper, iron and other minerals on the New World, especially the agricultural products in this land are extremely rich, many agricultural products are unheard of in our continent, and after entering the imperial market, it has caused a strong shock, such as potatoes, Dryland crops such as corn could have rewritten the course of the Empire's agricultural development, and if this high-yielding crop could be widely spread in the barren areas of the Empire, the famine would be further and further away from the Empire. It was Yang Zhengbin who interjected, he was the most vocal when it came to these issues, the benefits of the expansion of the empire's influence in the New World to the empire have gradually emerged, a large number of immigrants began to enter the New World Empire's controlled areas through various channels, the Tang people were the first to promote through official channels, while the Indians entered spontaneously, and now the Tang people have also begun to enter the New World on a large scale under the stimulation of the Indians, which has also triggered a new round of upsurge to open up the hinterland of the New World.

(To be continued)