The court of the Ming Dynasty, Shazhou City.

In the county guard's mansion, Gao Chunxing was looking at the letter sent by his own Aye.

Speaking of which, he has been the warden of Shazhou for more than three years, and in the past three years, he has asked his Aya for advice.

After all, for him, it is still a little difficult to govern the side.

After all, there is a lack of experience in this area.

But Li Chengqian was bent on cultivating him, so he naturally would not refuse.

Besides, only Li Chengqian can give him this kind of opportunity, if he was in Datang, he would not have had such an opportunity at this age.

Therefore, whether it is him or Gao Shilian, they are extremely serious in dealing with this matter.

It's not about the position.

Although Gao Shilian's position between Tang and Ming is very firm, he is also very concerned about his son's future.

After all, it is entirely possible for Gao Chunxing to go out of another way, which is not a bad thing for his Gao family.

As a father, especially these scholars, they actually hope that their sons can have their own achievements, which is conducive to their high family.

Therefore, in the past few years, not only Gao Shilian, but everyone else is similar.

After reading the letter, Gao Chunxing raised his head to look at the person who sent the letter and asked, "How has Aya been in health in the past few years?" ”

"Guogong's body is quite healthy, but the little grandfather is not around all the year round, and every time Guogong thinks about it, he looks a little gloomy." The person who sent the letter has been in the Gao family for more than ten years, and when he heard this, he immediately told some of the recent events in the Gao family.

Gao Chun Xing still feels a little guilty when he hears it.

As a son, it is a bit of a shame not to be able to wait for his father.

"I've prepared some supplements here, and when you go back this time, I'll bring them back with you." Gao Chunxing said, raised his hand, and immediately someone brought out a lot of things in large bags and small bags.

As the little grandfather of the Gao family, and the feudal official of the Ming Dynasty, he has no shortage of power and money, so it is not difficult to find some supplements for Gao Shilian.

Seeing this, the person who sent the letter immediately smiled and said, "The little grandfather is really a piece of filial piety. ”

Over the years, in fact, the Gao family's support for Gao Chunxing is also obvious to all, otherwise how could he have gained a firm foothold in Shazhou alone.

Of course, the reason why Li Chengqian reused these guys was nothing more than to borrow the power of their family, otherwise, it would be a bit difficult for Daming to develop.

In fact, don't talk about Gao Shilian, everyone knows Li Chengqian's plan, but this is a conspiracy, and they really have no way at all.

"Before I came, Guogong asked me to ask the little grandfather, does Daming have any intention of annexing the Western Regions?"

When Gao Chunxing heard this, he smiled and said, "This official can't say anything. ”

As soon as he changed his name, the person who delivered the letter immediately knew what was going on.

It's also a smile at the moment.

Over the years, their families have actually gotten used to it.

When their own rebels need support and help, it is unceremonious, but once the core problem of Daming is mentioned, these guys immediately shut up.

It can be said that these guys have now become little foxes.

"Go back and tell Aya, no matter what, this official is now the feudal official of the Ming Dynasty, and everything next to him is easy to say, no matter what the official needs to do, it is not a problem, it is related to the Ming Dynasty politics, then the official can't help, and I hope Aya can understand the child's difficulties."

I've been in Daming for a long time.

These guys are also the same as Li Chengqian, as long as they have interest value, their identities can be switched at any time.

When there is value in use, it is a son, and it doesn't matter how flattering he is.

When there is no use value, hehe, it is naturally a Ming official, and the attitude is also quite firm.

When the messenger heard this, he stopped talking.

Before coming, Gao Shilian actually explained that there was no need to force Gao Chunxing on this kind of issue, so as soon as Gao Chunxing's attitude came out, he stopped asking.

Of course, he will not disclose the news of Datang to Daming.

This is a matter of position, and there is no need to talk about it.

The support of these scholars is only in terms of opinions or money, and it is impossible to expect them to use the information of the Tang Dynasty to support these guys.

After the guy who delivered the letter left, Gao Chunxing smiled and said, "It seems that Datang can't sit still, and it is estimated that the Chang'an court has also guessed our intention to take the Western Regions." ”

On the side, Murong Chengzhong also smiled when he heard this: "We have done too much in Shazhou over the years, and it is actually normal to be guessed, and what if we guess?" Now that Datang has very little influence on the Western Regions, what can they do? ”

Murong Chengzhong is the eldest son of Murong Xiaojun, and after their brothers returned to the Ming Dynasty, they became prominent in the Ming Dynasty.

It's also interesting to say, strictly speaking, Li Chengqian is still their father-killing enemy.

But now they are working for Li Chengqian.

Of course, it doesn't mean that they really don't hate Li Chengqian at all.

It's just that Li Chengqian can give them too much, especially after Murong Wanqiu became Li Chengqian's princess, they saw a greater hope.

If Daming and Datang are integrated in the future, and Murong Wanqiu's son can ascend to Dabao, the temptation is too great.

It's so big that you can completely ignore the so-called revenge of killing your father.

At their point, any hatred is fake, and everything is for the sake of profit.

When Gao Chunxing heard this, he also smiled: "We haven't hidden it all these years, and it's normal for them to guess." And, as you say, guess what? Datang's influence on the Western Regions is extremely limited now, what can they do? ”

Murong Chengzhong also smiled and said, "Indeed, nowadays, the Western Regions is actually a sure thing. It is estimated that no one could have imagined the control of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions over the years, and in these years, the Western Regions have long been infiltrated by the Ming Dynasty from all aspects. ”

Over the years, they haven't done nothing in Sandbank City.

In other words, the Western Regions over the years have actually been the world of the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, among the countries in the Western Regions, which country does not have a trace of the Ming Dynasty?

Especially after Li Chengqian let everyone infiltrate the Western Regions commercially, the people who now control the economies of the countries in the Western Regions are the top magnates of the Ming Dynasty.

Even like Gao Changguo, more than ninety percent of the country's economy is controlled by the Ming elite.

Including him Gao Chunxing and Murong Chengzhong, both of them have extremely rich family properties in various countries.

Of course, this is also the support of the Ming Dynasty, without the support of the Ming Dynasty, they really can't do this.

"But this time, my Ming Dynasty took down Tubo, so the further step must be to do something to the Western Regions, according to you, what should we do?" Gao Chunxing asked.

"Naturally, we will keep up the good work." Murong Chengzhong said, "Actually, if you really want to talk about it, taking Tubo is just an unexpected joy, at the beginning, I even thought that Tubo must have been after we took the Western Regions, but I didn't expect Tubo to suddenly become a demon by itself, and His Royal Highness needs to use Tubo to resolve the crisis, so there is the fall of Tubo, if everything develops in a normal order, in fact, the Western Regions should fall into the realm of my Ming Dynasty earlier." ”

Gao Chunxing also nodded, and then said: "You are right, but no one expected that Tubo would be destroyed in such a short time, but in this case, it will be troublesome for me to make a move against the Western Regions." ”

After speaking, he also sighed, after all, he has been helping to plan the Western Regions all these years, but in this way, the Western Regions are not easy to move.

"You mean Datang will intervene?"

Gao Chunxing said: "It's not just a matter of the Tang Dynasty intervening, now my Ming Dynasty has become more and more powerful, after annexing Tubo, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is actually on par with the Tang Dynasty, even if it is a little worse, but after all, it is not much worse."

As you know, our Highness still has another identity after all, and that identity determines our difficulties.

After all, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty does not want our Royal Highness to have enough strength to match the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

At their point, everything gets troublesome. ”

Speaking of this, Murong Chengzhong also looked helpless.

Li Chengqian's identity is indeed a double-edged sword.

If you use it well, you can naturally help them get enough benefits, but if you use it badly, it will also become a reason for Datang to guard against them, and there is no accurate statement for this.

"But now, we are also ready to send arrows?" Murong Chengzhong said, "Over the years, our investment in the Western Regions is absolutely unprecedented, if we can't take the opportunity to take the Western Regions, then the countries in the Western Regions may not use our investment to develop themselves."

After all, with the crazy investment of my Ming Dynasty in recent years, the countries of the Western Regions have actually achieved unprecedented development, although this is only in the economic aspect.

But we all understand that the economic base determines many things. As long as I have money, the Western Regions can emerge in a short period of time a powerful country that I dare not say can compete with my Ming Dynasty, but it can definitely create a lot of trouble for my Ming Dynasty. ”

"That's where the hard part begins." Gao Chun Xing is also quite helpless.

Over the years, Daming's investment in the Western Regions has been too great.

But now they have to take into account Datang's thoughts, so they don't know what to do for a while.

Just then, someone walked in: "County guard, general, Your Highness has a messenger coming." ”

"Come in, please." As soon as they heard the news, the two immediately said.

At this time, they really need to know Li Chengqian's attitude.

After the messenger came in, he immediately took out a letter from his chest, handed it to Gao Chunxing, and said: "Pass on the command of His Highness, Shazhou County Shou Gao Chunxing will soon start the work of collecting the network of the Western Regions, and must annex the countries of the Western Regions within half a year!" ”

Gao Chunxing and the two were also shocked when they heard this.

said in his heart, Li Chengqian doesn't take Datang in his eyes at all.

Both of them wondered in their hearts, if they did this, how would Datang react?

After the messenger finished speaking, he said no more, and the two hurriedly opened the letter, and when they looked at it, they were both stunned.

I have to say that Li Chengqian has to be even bolder.

Seeing the two of them looking suspicious, the messenger asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"No problem." Gao Chunxing immediately said, "You go back and tell Your Highness, within half a year, within three months, Weichen will definitely let the entire Western Regions change his surname to Ming!" ”

At this point, he is still very sure.

Over the years, their investment in the Western Regions has really not been given in vain.

When the messenger heard this, he immediately said, "Your Highness is scheduled to wait for the good news from the sandbank at Sun Moon Mountain. ”

With that, he turned and left.

As a close confidant of Li Chengqian, he is not very respectful to these people.

As his own business, he did not hesitate at all.

And as soon as he left, Gao Chunxing and Murong Chengzhong looked at each other and smiled.

"It's really sleepy and met a pillow!"

Gao Chunxing said with a smile, "Since His Royal Highness has explained, then we don't have to be idle, you hurry up and make arrangements, and in a few days, my Ming Dynasty's shops in the Western Regions are ready to close the net."

It's been three years, and I've finally waited for this day. ”

They had waited three years for this day, three years for real.

Murong Chengzhong also smiled: "Yes, it's been three years, and it's finally been today." ”

After that, he immediately went to arrange it.

Not only him, but Gao Chunxing was not idle, and for a while, the entire Shazhou County was busy.

And with the operation of Shazhou County, the entire Western Regions was in turmoil in an instant.

No, over the years, the commerce of the entire Western Regions has been controlled by the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ming Dynasty moves a little, the commercial system of the Western Regions will have a chain reaction.

For a time, almost half of the shops in the entire Western Regions fell into a halt.

At the beginning, the countries of the Western Regions didn't feel anything, after all, similar to this kind of business shutdown, they have actually experienced it over the years.

As long as there is any turmoil on the Ming side, the commerce of the Western Regions will eventually be affected.

Of course, they didn't know that the so-called commercial turmoil in the Western Regions in the past few years was actually deliberately done by Gao Chun, so that when the Ming Dynasty really wanted to make a big move, the countries in the Western Regions would not be alert immediately.

This time is the same, the countries in the Western Regions think that it is the same as in previous years, after all, this time the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Tibet, which also had a great impact on the business of the Ming Dynasty itself.

The commercial systems of the countries in the Western Regions almost all rely on the Ming Dynasty, and even the workshops and mining industries of various countries are almost all invested and built by Ming merchants.

Of course, the Western Regions have also made a lot of business themselves over the years, but these businesses are controlled by the top elites of the countries in the Western Regions.

Even so, they were built in cooperation with the firm of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, without Daming's technology, they really don't have this ability.

This is also the reason why Li Chengqian chose this time to make a move against the Western Regions, after all, it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to determine when there will be such a big turmoil.

If there was no opportunity for such turmoil, the slightest thing they did would easily arouse the suspicion of the countries of the Western Regions.

Sometimes, timing is also important.

For ten days in a row, the Ming Dynasty's businesses in the Western Regions were shut down one after another.

At first, it was just shops, but soon after, various workshops and mines were closed down one after another.

This is a devastating blow to the people of the Western Regions.

You must know that in recent years, because of the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the countries of the Western Regions have gradually begun to reform towards industrialization.

At that time, Li Chengqian asked the Ming magnates to organize caravans to be stationed in the Western Regions, and his investment was also extremely huge.

Over the years, they have invested in hundreds of various industries in the Western Regions, and have also helped the countries of the Western Regions to make a lot of money in recent years.

At least today's tax revenue is dozens of times that of previous years, and the people of the Western Regions dare not say that all of them make a living in all walks of life invested and built by the Ming Dynasty, but at least forty percent of the population relies on the various walks of life invested and built by the Ming Dynasty to survive.

Nowadays, the industries of the Ming Dynasty are shutting down one after another, and the first people who can't stand it are the people of the Western Regions.

There is no work and no profit, which is the most real problem.

It was only at this time that the countries of the Western Regions realized the seriousness of the problem.

Because they suddenly found that their people, after losing their workshops and minerals, they really had nothing to do.

Even if they were allowed to engage in the previous herding, it didn't seem to be interesting.

Of course, there is a reason for this.

In today's animal husbandry, Daming also has large-scale investment.

Let's put it this way, today's cattle and sheep, at least in the Western Regions and the Ming Dynasty, are really worthless.

And the pay for all walks of life they used to engage in is extremely high.

It is no exaggeration to say that the remuneration for working in the Western Regions is higher than that for working in the Ming Dynasty!

This is also a means of the original Ming Dynasty.

As the old saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

With that generous remuneration as a foundation, let them engage in barely subsistence work, unless there is really no way, or they really can't be interested.

And this is also the case, on this day, the monarchs of the Western Regions countries gathered in Gaochang Kingdom.

Damn, it's been reviewed again! I can't do it.

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