When Qingji crossed the ocean all the way and returned to the imperial capital Jinling, it was already the time of the New Year.

This time the western expedition, the Wu Empire can be said to have gained a lot.

Probably the territory added to the Wu Empire, nearly 7 million square kilometers, larger than the empire itself, sparsely populated, but also about 15 million people.

From the Indus Plain and the Pamir Plateau in the east, to Egypt and Libya in the south, to Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula in the west, to the Caucasus Mountains and the Aral Sea in the north!

It is roughly equivalent to the territory of Alexander's empire.

With such a huge territory, how to govern the Wu Empire is undoubtedly a difficult problem.

At this time, in the Fengtian Palace, Qingji held a large court meeting, and all the ministers and officials with a rank of more than 600 stone in the court must be present to participate.

The first thing they wanted to discuss was how to establish an effective system of governance in the homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty.

"Your Majesty."

Deng Xi, the waiter, immediately held a tooth wat and said: "The minister thinks that on the basis of the original twenty provinces of Persia, the princes can be divided and twenty vassal kingdoms can be established for governance. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"What Lord Deng said is extremely true. If Your Majesty rules by the arch, and all the nations come to the court, and the empire directly establishes counties to rule, it is too costly, time-consuming and laborious, and it is very likely to cause dissatisfaction among foreign people. ”

"In view of this, Your Majesty still divides the princes, establishes a vassal kingdom, and rules the West with a policy of restraint, which is the best policy!"

The ministers all agreed with Deng Xi's proposition.

They believed that Great Wu was still on top of the inherent territory of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, and it was better to set up a vassal kingdom to govern it.

Save time and effort!

In this way, the empire itself is the real Celestial Empire, and the rest of the vassal kingdoms must unconditionally obey the leadership of the empire, and the responsibilities of paying regular tribute, providing military and forced labor, and maintaining the security of the Wu family must not be mistaken......

Just like the feudal kingdoms of Liao, Sai, and Ning, which had been divided in the early years.

It would be nice if these vassal kingdoms could suppress rebellions at home on their own, without having to send troops from the empire itself.

The ministers and officials also knew Qingji's thoughts.

"Good."

"Someone, get the map!"

Qing Ji waved his hand, and let the two warriors in front of the palace with big shoulders and round waists spread a huge map on the floor, and then he and his ministers could see it.

The territory of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia is indeed large enough.

There are 20 provinces of Bactria, Margiana, Khorezm, Sogdiana, Lydia, Syria, Egypt, etc.

"I have decided to establish a vassal kingdom in one of the original provinces on top of the homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty. Bactria is the Xia country, Khorezm is the model country, Lydia is the Lu country, and Syria is the Syrian country......"

As soon as Qingji's words came out, the ministers did not dare to object.

However, Prince Heng is different.

Prince Heng stubbornly stepped forward and said: "Father, the sons and daughters thought about it for a while, and thought that it was a bit inappropriate to divide the twenty feudal kingdoms. ”

"Tell me about it."

Qingji glanced at Prince Heng with interest.

To this day, Qingji's prestige is so high that few of the ministers and officials dare to tell the truth to Qingji and do it against Qingji.

The so-called high places are not cold, nothing more than that.

Fortunately, Prince Heng can still uphold the truth and want to distinguish one or two from Qingji.

"Father."

Seeing that Qingji could still listen to his own advice, Prince Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "According to the original Persian records, the population of the twenty provinces of the Achaemenid Dynasty is about fifteen million to eighteen million. ”

"Father, the emperor, you want to divide the vassal kingdom on the homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty, and the sons have no opinion."

"It's just that it's not appropriate for a province to set up a vassal kingdom."

"If we calculate according to the proportion of population, a vassal kingdom has an average population of seven or eight hundred thousand."

Erchen was deeply worried about this. In the Battle of Boeotia, why did our army defeat in the west? Isn't it precisely because of the Medes, Assyrians, Lydians, and so on in the army that such alien mercenaries defected? ”

"After all, the provinces established by the Persians were actually established in the land of the country that the Persians destroyed."

"They cherished their homeland, and under the Persians there were frequent riots and rebellions."

"If the feudal kingdoms that you divide are still like this, the sons and daughters are afraid that in the future, the various feudal kingdoms in the west will continue to rebel and become the henchmen of the empire......"

"Please think twice!"

Hearing this, Qingji couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The question that Prince Heng said, in fact, Qingji had already thought about it.

The Medes, Assyrians, Lydians, Khorezmians, etc., the aliens in these regions are still the same group of people, but they have changed a "boss".

From the Persians to the Wu people, from Xerxes I to Qingji.

Therefore, whether it is the establishment of a feudal kingdom, the establishment of a province, or even the direct establishment of a county for governance, its role is also very limited because it is beyond the reach of the whip.

The alien race that should rebel will still rebel.

"Prince, there is no need to say it. I have made up my mind, and the West still sets up twenty vassal kingdoms to rule in bondage. ”

"No."

Seeing that Qingji couldn't be convinced, Prince Heng could only obey.

Prince Heng felt that the hole that Qingji had dug for himself was too big, and it would be difficult for him to fill it in the future, unless he ......

After Prince Heng inherited the unification, he could take the initiative to give up control over the various vassal kingdoms, otherwise all kinds of rebellions in the vassal kingdoms in the future would be enough for him to have a headache.

In fact, Qingji did not want to disrupt the various alien races in the twenty provinces under the original Achaemenid dynasty, but this matter was too difficult.

The aliens were originally mixed together, regardless of each other.

Like the Jews, they have been in exile for so many years, and they can still form a group and hope for the restoration of the country.

Qing Ji is just doing useless work by doing this.

For the sake of today's plan, Qingji still has to consider how to consolidate the rule of Great Wu in the newly divided twenty feudal kingdoms.

Faced with this question thrown by Qingji, the ministers couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

In fact, before Qingji returned triumphantly and returned to Jinling, Wen Chong, Bo Yao, Deng Xi, Zeng Dian, Nan Rong and other ministers and officials had already considered it.

Imperial Historian Bo Yao was the first to come out and said to Qingji: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in order to improve the imperial system of clans and feudal kingdoms, and prevent rebellions that often occur in various feudal kingdoms. ”

"The empire should emigrate to the vassal kingdom in order to assimilate the populations of the nations as soon as possible and become the true subjects of my Great Wu!"

As soon as the words fell, the ministers and doctors above the court couldn't help but talk to each other and whispered.

"The second and third sons think that Bo Yao's strategy is feasible?"

After Qingji looked around for a week, he asked the ministers.