The strategy of the Western Regions is a very large strategic plan, and it involves a very large area, from the Central Plains to Tubo to the vast area of the Western Regions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After the launch of the INFO strategy, the Central Plains will inevitably need to continuously send food, materials, weapons, and human resources to Tibet and the Western Regions.

Of course, during this period, there will also be a large number of materials (commodities, mineral resources, animal husbandry products, etc.) and manpower (prisoners of war, slaves, etc.) in Tibet and the Western Regions to feed back to the Central Plains, and with the current style and practice of the Han army, every war must have a certain utilitarian nature, and the Han army generally will not launch wars without interests, so if you really want to calculate it, the Central Plains Dynasty may not lose, and even make a lot of money most of the time.

However, making money is making money, and the problem is that during this period, both the army and the government, as well as the civilian (such as caravans, etc.) have a lot of work to do. With such a huge plan, it is almost impossible to plan everything, and no matter how capable the officials are placed in such a situation, it is difficult to ensure that everything can be handled in an orderly manner, even a legendary god-level administrator like Pang Tong may not be able to guarantee that nothing goes wrong.

Therefore, it is very likely that for a long time to come, Tibet and the Western Regions will become a powder keg, and if you are not careful, you will cause chaos. However, according to the current policy, no matter how chaotic Tubo and the Western Regions are, there will not be much population loss for the Central Plains, because the Central Plains is actually only exporting some management talents, and most of the front-line combat soldiers are "based on local materials".

As for the export of materials, it is equivalent to trading, equivalent to import and export business, and it is a trade surplus, because the imported materials are more than the exports, so, in the long run, the Western Regions strategy will not lead to the Central Plains becoming scarce, on the contrary, it will promote the Central Plains to have a richer variety of goods and more abundant labor resources (prisoners of war, slaves).

In addition to the vastness of space, the Western Regions Strategy is also a strategic plan with a long time span, and it may take more than ten years or even decades in the end. Of course, no one else knows this at the moment except Liu Hou.

Because no one knows how vast the area to the west of the Han Dynasty is, most people think that there are only a few small countries in the Western Regions, and the total area may only be as large as one or two states of the Great Han Dynasty. Only Liu Hou knows that the so-called Western Regions in the eyes of the current Han people is only Central Asia, and further west, there are West Asia, Europe, and places that are countless times wider than the Han Dynasty.

And there were three other powerful civilizations there, the Kushan Empire, the Sassanid Empire, and the Roman Empire. The territory and military strength of these three great empires (excluding firearms) were no worse than those of the Great Han.

If Dahan didn't have firearms, Liu Hou wouldn't dare to think about these places at all. Even with firearms, due to the remoteness of the territory, the inconvenience of transportation, and the rugged roads, it is not possible to conquer these three empires, as well as such a vast place, in a short period of time.

Although Liu Hou sat on the throne at a very young age, it is conceivable that he can only reign for a few decades if he dies, and even if he is unlucky, he may be over in more than ten years or even a few years.

After all, it is still an era of extremely backward science and technology, and medical technology is also quite backward, who dares to guarantee that he can live a long life, even if the emperor has the best and most resources in the country, but in terms of life expectancy and health, he does not have much advantage over ordinary people. Even, among the emperors of all dynasties, there are few long-lived ones, and the short-lived ones are a handful.

Therefore, in Liu Hou's plan, the Western Regions strategy will run through all the time of his reign, throughout his entire life, and even to several generations of emperors behind him. During this long period, there will inevitably be many infiltration, counter-infiltration, rebellion, armed occupation, economic aggression, and countless other actions.

These operations were military, economic, and diplomatic, with agents dispatching, small groups of special forces, and advisers lobbying and persuading them to surrender.

In short, the Western Regions Raiders will open a magnificent era, in this era, there will be countless legendary stories, these stories are enough to write a thick book, of course, this is another story, another book.

Let's not talk about the future here, back to the current time node, the time span of the Western Regions Raiders is so long, and it involves so many specific actions, it is not something that Liu Hou can cover. No matter how long his hand is, he can't control the ever-changing things thousands of miles away.

Liu Hou just pointed out a strategic goal and strategic direction, and this goal, which is very simple to say, is to gradually encroach on the Western Regions and completely incorporate them into the territory of the Han Dynasty. As for where the encroachment ended, Liu Hou did not say to Zhang Bao and Pang Tong, but let them play freely, that is, to what extent they can do, and how much territory they can occupy.

This is something that cannot be helped, because Liu Hou is not very clear about the local situation, does not know how difficult it is to occupy those places, and naturally cannot give a clear goal. Concrete matters need to be planned in the immediate vicinity according to the latest local situation at the time, and many situations need to be responded to quickly.

Therefore, Liu Hou left behind this era, and one of the top strategists, Feng Xiao Pang Tong, and Zhang Bao went through this huge strategic plan together. Zhang Bao is the military chief, and Pang Tong is the political chief. With Pang Tong's talent and qualifications, he is enough to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but now he can't go back to the court and be a real prime minister, so he can only give him corresponding treatment first.

For this reason, Liu Hou officially named Pang Tong as "Tongping Zhang Political Affairs", which was an official position that did not appear until the Tang Dynasty, and its status was equivalent to that of the prime minister, that is, the current cabinet minister. All the government affairs and diplomacy of the Tibetan and Western Regions were entrusted to him.

Although the telegraph lines from Chang'an to various places are now being laid, thinking that in the next ten years or even decades, that area will become a surging powder keg and the most chaotic area in the surrounding area, Liu Hou still decisively left this top strategist there, so as to avoid the scene of distant water and nearby fire.

There are Pang Tong and Zhang Bao Yiwen and Yiwu sitting there, and there is no worry in the west. After completing this important event, Liu Hou shifted his attention to the east. In the East, the only thing that can arouse Liu Hou's interest now is the team of Guan Gong.

The former Jingzhou Navy has now been renamed the Han Navy, and the base camp has also migrated from Jingzhou to Jianye. Guan Gong's position also naturally became the governor of the Han Navy. Liu Hou began to plot to reorganize the navy.

Because when Sun Quan changed the name of Moling to "Jianye", it meant "the great cause of establishing the emperor", and now that the state of Wu has fallen, it is obviously inappropriate to use such a name, and there is a suspicion of disgusting himself, so Liu Hou ordered Jianye to be renamed Jinling.

Originally, a minister proposed to restore Jianye to the ancient name Moling, which was the name of the Han Dynasty, but it was very unfamiliar to the ancient name Liu Hou of Moling, and it was obviously not appropriate to call Nanjing, so he retreated and named it Jinling.

The name Jinling has been used in some literary works and film and television works, and it is very familiar to Liu Hou, and it was called Jinlingyi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so for people in the Three Kingdoms era, it is not abrupt to take this name, it is nothing more than thinking that the emperor wants to restore a more ancient name.