Han Shizhong was transferred back to Beijing urgently, but if he wanted to use troops against the entire Tubo, of course, it was not that simple, first of all, the people in the original area could not adapt to the complex environment of the plateau area! Therefore, this training is indispensable, and Han Shizhong also shouldered the task of training soldiers used in the plateau area.

It is not easy for Xiao Ming to find such a training base, and the most suitable place should be Kunming in Dali, Yunnan, but at that time, there was no Kunming in Dali, and now people living near Dianchi Lake are a branch of the southwest ethnic minorities, and this ethnic group is called "Kunming Nationality"

But the terrain around Dianchi Lake is flat, and on the topography of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, it should be possible to establish a training base, but this will inevitably send troops to Dali, Dali is still a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty, and it may take a lot of time to negotiate back and forth, but when you are sleepy, someone will hand you a pillow, and Dali will send an envoy to come.

This time the envoy came to the Great Song Dynasty Kangjing was not only the envoy of Dali, Han Yanshou was entrusted by Ye Lihong and Sigdali to send an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, when passing through Shazhou, Alima sent an envoy to join again, this group of envoys arrived in Xingqing Mansion, received Cao Ju's hospitality, and then went straight to Bianliang along the repaired road.

The envoy from the Western Regions came by train from Chenliu and arrived almost at the same time as the envoy from Dali! The purpose of the envoy delegation from the Western Regions to the Great Song Dynasty was to ask Xiao Ming to give appropriate support to the Western Regions, first for the construction of roads, and then for the support of factories and industries, especially agriculture.

In fact, the grain production in the entire Western Regions is still very high, but due to years of war, a large number of people are scattered, and the most basic food rations cannot be guaranteed, coupled with the drought and lack of rain in the Western Regions and other places, the natural environment is seriously desertified, and gradually the arable land is getting less and less.

But the economy and trade of the whole Western Regions is very developed, and their trade with West Asia and Arabia is very frequent, which is the biggest advantage of this region, if you want to establish an industrial base, it may be the most suitable should be the entrepot trade and the deep processing of raw materials industry, plus the forestry and animal husbandry industry in the Western Regions is very developed, and the wool textile industry should also be relatively promising.

What's more, there is also a special cake cutting in the Western Regions! This thing is even more outrageous, the person who engages in it is rich and rivals the country, and it is a huge profit! The so-called one or two or fifty gold, a knife is three catties, holding a knife to buy and sell, very domineering, it is indeed smacking!

The envoy also had a secret letter to hand over to Xiao Ming, after all, Xiao Ming was the king of the Western Regions in the entire Western Regions, and in the future, Xiao Ming always had to take an idea, Xiao Ming read the secret letter, called the envoy, and asked about the current status of the Western Regions, as well as the meaning of Sigda Li and Ye Lihong and others.

The waiter said: "When the two generals came, they instructed the villain, saying that the ownership of the entire Western Regions is all up to the king, and the two generals are all the king's head!" ”

Xiao Ming put his mind at ease, so that everything will be easy to do, when the Ningxia Autonomous Province was established, he had already thought of the autonomy plan for the Western Regions and other places in the future, but he wanted to take the Western Xia as a pilot first, and now the opportunity for the Western Regions to merge into the entire Great Song Dynasty has come, so it is naturally logical.

After settling the messenger, Xiao Ming hurriedly recruited the messenger of Dali to enter, he and Fan Zongyi and Lu Yihao met with the messenger of Dali at the same time, the messenger handed the book of the king of Dali, Duan Heyu, Xiao Ming and Fan Lu watched together, after reading Fan Lu and the two were stunned, Xiao Ming said loudly: "Okay! ”

It turned out that Duan Heyu sent an envoy to borrow troops from the Great Song Dynasty, and it turned out that there had been a number of rebellions among the ethnic minorities in Dali in the past two years, among which the Wuman and the White Barbarian were the most powerful, which had made Duan Heyu anxious, and he hoped in the book that the Great Song Dynasty could send a tiger division into Dali to help quell the rebellion, and at the same time asked himself to be able to go to Kangjing to recuperate.

That's not all, Duan Heyu resigned as the king of Dali at the same time, and suggested the establishment of Dali Yunnan Road! Another Jiedu envoy was sent to manage the administrative affairs of Dali, which was undoubtedly a move in the snow for Xiao Ming and others who just wanted to send troops to Dali, and they had a foothold in Yunnan, and they also had a basis for the next military action against Tubo, not to mention that there were Ye Lihong and Sigdali and others in the Western Regions in the north of Tubo!

After arranging for someone to send the envoy to rest, Xiao Ming looked at Fan Zongyi and Lu Yihao and asked, "What do the two adults think about this?" Let's talk about it."

Lu Yihao shook his head and said, "This is too coincidental, right?" ”

Fan Zongyi said: "Isn't this God helping me to the Great Song Dynasty?" If that's the case, then the next step is to prepare military food and grass, which is already logical? ”

"It's a big deal!" Xiao Ming said: "I think the court meeting will be called, right?" ”

Fan Lu and the two agreed, such a major event must be convened to convene the court, this is also the rule formulated by Xiao Ming, and when encountering major events, if the cabinet can not choose, the court meeting must be convened, let the ministers discuss together, and the emperor can decide not to participate depending on the severity of the matter, and the decision of some major events at the court meeting must first be made by the host minister, which is also an opportunity to speak.

So on the second day, Xiao Ming convened a court meeting in the Xuande Palace, and the ministers of civil and military affairs gathered, and the emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou was also very interested in this matter, and this time he also came to attend the court meeting.

The matter of sending envoys to the Great Song Dynasty at the same time was announced, and when I heard that Da ** Bai suddenly came out with a large piece of land, the mood of the ministers suddenly boiled! Except for the Han and Tang Dynasties, the land of the Western Regions was once listed with the Central Plains Dynasty, and it has always been a state of separation of countries in the Western Regions!

And even in the Han and Tang dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty never completely controlled the land, and there were still Yueshi, Xiongnu, and later Turkic, Shanshan, Loulan and other countries! Now this large area of land has been completely included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and the scope of such expansion is even inferior to the Han and Tang Dynasties!

Gaozong was even more excited that he couldn't help himself, he is now justifiably the master of Zhongxing, such great achievements must be admired by future generations, and he can also become the emperor of the ages! On the spot, he asked people to take a geographical map of mountains and rivers and carefully examine the land of the entire Western Regions.

Xiao Ming stood up and opened his mouth to say: "The Western Regions have rich resources and developed commerce, and the silk, porcelain, tea, ironware and other things that I originally sold to the west in the Great Song Dynasty have been stagnant for a long time with the war, and now we can carry out economic and trade exchanges in this area, but this is not important, the resources brought to me by this vast land will be endless." ”

He turned to look at the crowd and continued: "But there are too few Han people there, so my great immigration plan also takes it as a focus, because there are many ethnic minorities, in terms of management, I suggest that the method of Ningxia Autonomous Province be applied, and the imperial court can set up assassins at all levels there to help with administrative matters there." ”

Xiao Ming not only put forward the autonomy clause of the entire Western Regions, but also prepared to use troops against Tubo, as well as Dali's envoy to invite troops to everyone also informed everyone, since it is to help Dali, so to help to the end, not only to build roads, but also to transport the copper and iron deposits there, not only to send troops to suppress the barbarian rebellion, but also to completely administratively return Dali Yunnan.

The ministers of civil and military affairs immediately discussed these two things, and the hall was extremely lively, Xiao Ming knew that this was called limited democracy, so he sat back in his seat and slowly drank tea and waited (the cabinet chief assistant had a seat in the court, in the lower left of the emperor's throne) and watched Gaozong Zhaogou's reaction from time to time.

The debate among the ministers revolves around two points, one is that it is a good thing to be able to get the land of the Western Regions, but whether the Great Song Dynasty will invest too much in it, and the other is that they hope that the current managers of the Western Regions can take some action and do something for the Great Song Dynasty, even if the Great Song Dynasty invests more, it is more cost-effective.

On the issue of Dali, one view is that the local rebellion should be mainly appeased, and the control of Dali's political power should not be excessive, and the other is that if the current great opportunity does not take the opportunity to obtain the influence circle in southern Tibet, it will not be so easy in the future, so troops must be dispatched.

Xiao Ming saw that Gaozong Zhao Gou was listening to the discussion of the ministers below with great interest, so he walked up and asked softly, "Does the official family have any opinions on this matter?" ”

The excitement on Zhao Gou's face had not yet subsided, but when he saw Xiao Ming asking him, he pretended to snort and said, "These two things are good things for the Great Song Dynasty, so ...... Let's ask Xiao Qing to decide for herself! Then he got up and drove back to the palace!

The ministers sent the emperor to drive, Xiao Ming felt that this Zhao Gou was quite good at things, he said the words "Xiao Qing self-determination" and left, obviously to support Xiao Ming, and all the ministers below also heard it, so how to arrange it next is not Xiao Ming alone?

Then the next thing will be easy to do, this matter is naturally supported by the Zhongshu Sect Province, by the secret, and finally let Gaozong cover the jade seal, as for how many roads have been set up in the Western Regions, how many Thorn History Mansions have been established, how to arrange official titles for Ye Lihong, Sigdali, Han Lingshou and others, etc., Xiao Ming does not worry, but Alima, the main manager of the Hexi region, needs to be reused, Xiao Ming specially explained to everyone for this.

Then there is the issue of army mobilization that he is more concerned about, Han Shizhong was ordered to go to Dali, at least to lead two divisions of the army of the Great Song Dynasty Royal Guard, Xiao Ming specially approved the scale of 20,000 people, but in fact there were 2,000 artillery followers, so Qian Baguang was also called back from Liaodong.

The second artillery training base established by Qian Baguang in Liaodong happened to train two regiments of artillery, and the military equipment was naturally supported by the latest weapons produced by the imperial arsenal of the Great Song Dynasty.

In terms of time, Han Shizhong was in his own control, and the training time was planned to be up to eight months, and then he waited for equipment and supplies to enter Tibet from the border of Yunnan near Tibet, and the target was of course Lhasa, which required the Privy Council to make detailed plans and ration the corresponding military supplies.

At the same time, Xiao Ming officially drew up a plan for the resettlement to the Western Regions, and the issue of temptation had to be taken into account here, so he first publicized to the densely populated but relatively poor Jinghu South Road and North Road, that is, the people of the Great Song Dynasty in the northwest of Hunan and northern Guizhou, who were willing to give each of the people who were reclaimed in the Western Regions of the resettlement area a hundred acres of land, and the wasteland they reclaimed would also belong to themselves, and they would not be taxed for at least three years! This is a high temptation!

Such favorable conditions soon attracted a large number of people who were willing to go, not only the people of Jinghu and Hulu were attracted, but even the relatively wealthy people of Shu were also attracted a lot! With the addition of people from Jiangnan West Road and Jingnan Road, about 50,000 people were willing to go to the Western Regions to reclaim the land in the first phase.

In addition to the personnel who assisted the construction of industrial equipment and factories in the Western Regions, no less than 100,000 troops entered the Western Regions in the first stage, which was Xiao Ming's confidence in his large-scale immigration policy.