Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1027 Rebuilding the Anxi Mansion of the Han Family

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard, and excitedly said to the emperor: "After our army broke through the capital of Yanqi and captured its king, Long Tuqizhi, all the cities of Yanqi surrendered without a fight."

"And the countries of Qiuci, Shule, and Khotan also sent people to join them."

"Among the tribes of the Western Turks, there are Shatuo, Ge Luolu and other tribes who are willing to support Mo Heduo, who was conferred by the Great Qin, as the new Khan!"

Fang Xuanling changed the topic.

It is said that now that all the tribes of the Western Regions have surrendered, and all the tribes of the Turks have surrendered, it is time to issue an imperial edict.

"Shekui retreated to the country of Shi, but did not surrender. The minister thought that he should take advantage of the victory and continue to attack. In the end, just like conquering Yiwu and Gaochang, he broke the city of his country, captured his king, and then set up counties in his place. Hu Qimin, once and for all." The one who spoke was Hou Mo Chen Yi, who was also Zhongshu's servant.

"Hou Mo Chen Zhongshu's words are wrong. Although our army has even gone down to Yiwu Gaochang Yanqi, we must see that our army has reached its limit. Going deeper may not be a good thing. We should stop when we see it. Yanqi, Gaochang and Yiwu are under control, and the digestion is stable."

"As for the Shekui, Mo Hedu should be asked to recruit the Western Turkic tribes, and then let him send troops to conquer and attack the Shekui. Let the Western Turkic Civil War, and our Great Qin defend the three kingdoms of Yiwu and sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

Fang Xuanling insisted that after playing for so long, he had to stop and take a rest.

Both Yiwu and Yanqi in Gaochang still need to be stabilized. It would be better if both Yiwu and Yanqi were captured, while Gaochang was apparently restored by the Qin army with the help of the Qu family. It is more complicated to control Gaochang.

Before, the imperial court had never thought about marching into the Western Regions at this stage, so now there is no plan at all, to station troops there, to set up counties there, to send officials there, to immigrate there, one by one, It's all very complicated.

If it cannot be stabilized quickly, then it may be lost again at any time, and you cannot blindly be greedy for quickness and bigness.

"I think it's unrealistic to destroy the Western Turks in a single battle. Shekui is a traitor and a villain. He doesn't fight us head-on. He retreats directly to Qianquan. If our army goes on an expedition, we will go deep alone, which is very dangerous. Today Although the countries in the Western Regions have joined us on the surface, our Great Qin has not yet gained a firm foothold, so if we cross them and go deep into the Stone Kingdom at this time, we will be placed in the enemy's hands, which is very dangerous."

Furthermore, Fang Xuanling believed that the imperial court should wait for a while, because this battle has already wiped out the family's wealth.

All kinds of pensions and rewards have not yet started to be issued. This will be a huge expense, and now the court's accounts are empty. In this case, continue to expedition to Suiye, which is seven or eight thousand miles away from Chang'an Not the best policy.

Luo Cheng looked at the map in front of him.

Although he was very excited at the thought of being able to restore the Protectorate of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, but thinking about the current situation, he still gave up this idea.

Fang Xuanling is right, cost and control are the most important.

"Order Cheng Yaojin to stop marching, set up Yanqi County with Yanqi State, Gaochang County with Gaochang State, and Yiwu County with Yiwu State. The Great Qin established Anxi Road in the Western Regions, and ordered Cheng Yaojin to be the commander of the Zuodu Commander of Anxi Road. He is also the prefect of Gaochang County, Xue Wanche is the commander of the right governor and the prefect of Yiwu County, and Pei Xingyan is the prefect of Yanqi County."

"Order Mohe Duo to go to Sanmi Mountain in Kucha to rebuild the Western Turkic Khan Court, recruit the Western Turkic tribes, and follow the imperial edict to conquer Shekui."

For Shule, Khotan, Tocharo, Cao, Kang and other countries, Luo Cheng accepted their attachment, granted them the title of county king, and each continued to belong to their own country as the vassal vassal of Daqin.

The imperial court stationed [-] troops in each of the three counties of Anxi Road, and the rest withdrew to the Central Plains.

Originally Gaochang Kingdom, Fang Xuanling suggested that Gaochang should become a vassal state of Daqin and maintain its independence, just like Shule and other countries.But because of Gaochang's important position, especially because Gaochang Kingdom is basically descended from Han people and has a good foundation of Han civilization, Luo Cheng simply set Gaochang as a county and brought it under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Luo Cheng was also willing to give some compensation to King Qu Boya. He conferred the title of Duke on Qu Boya, and designated a valley of a hundred miles north of the Tianshan Mountains to him as his fief. Duke Yining.

It can be said that this is still a good arrangement.

If Boya was sensible, he would accept this title. Although he has changed a lot from king to duke, he was already taken from the throne by the mutiny, and Qin Jun helped him restore it this time.However, with such an important position in Gaochang, it is impossible for the imperial court to continue to make Gaochang an independent country.

University scholar Yu Zhining felt that the emperor's eating was a bit ugly, it was a robbery, and it would inevitably leave a bad reputation in the future.

But the emperor laughed.

"History books are written by the victors. There is not so much tenderness between countries. Gaochang does not set up a county, so it is impossible for our Great Qin to establish Anxi Road in the Western Regions, and make Great Qin lose the entire Western Regions for the sake of a small country? "

In fact, if Luo Cheng could exchange a fief for Boya, it would be considered a great privilege to give him a duke.

Qin Huang, Han Wu, these great emperors, would not be as polite as Luo Cheng. Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, and Emperor Han Wu also destroyed a lot.

If you are blocked on the road of expansion, but you are not strong enough, then it is normal to destroy you, and it is strange if you are not destroyed.

Before the soldiers and horses of the Qin army left Yumen Pass, the Western Regions did not care whether you were from 27 countries or 36 countries, and Da Qin didn't care.But now that the Qin army has left Yumen Pass in the west, crossed the sand sea and entered the Western Regions, it is not so polite.

Prime Minister Chen Shuda believed that the system of confinement could be implemented for the countries in the Western Regions.

"For the countries attached to the Western Regions and the Turkic tribes, set up counties and counties according to their land, and then grant their kings and tribal chiefs as prefects."

This is also what Luo Cheng did to Khitan and Xi and other subordinate tribes when he was outside the pass.

"What Chen Xiang said is not bad. My Great Qin is unable to control the entire Western Region for the time being, so first maintain the three counties of Anxi, and then confer and appoint officials to other countries and tribes, and incorporate them into the Jimi system for the future."

The Jimi system, to put it bluntly, if you recognize me as the eldest brother, I will grant you an official position and recognize your position as the local boss.

For example, now that Yanqi was defeated, the neighboring country of Qiuci was afraid, and the king offered a watch to pay tribute, expressing that he wanted to worship Luo as the eldest brother, and then he would hang out with the dock of Daqin in the future.Of course, Luo Cheng had to say something, so he established the Kucha Kingdom as Kucha County, and appointed the King of Kucha as the prefect of Kucha.

The operation function of this setting of granting the prefect is that from now on, the Kucha Kingdom is under the Daqin system, and anyone who wants to move the Kucha Kingdom must first ask the Daqin.Of course, as the prefect of Qiuci, they will naturally have to pay tribute to Daqin in the future. Once Daqin wants to do something in the Western Regions, they will have to send troops, money and people to help.

But this kind of Jimi County is different from the Central Plains. For example, the Kucha County will be inherited by the King Family of Kucha for generations, and the imperial court will not interfere in the affairs of Kucha County, let alone send officials to garrison.

Speaking of it, the status of Jimi County must be lower than that of a vassal state, which is equivalent to a vassal.

Originally, Luo Cheng was going to give the vassal states of the Western Regions the treatment, but now Chen Shuda thinks that would be too flattering to them, and they are just small, big-ass countries, so it would be better to just classify them as Jimi County.

"Well, the Kucha Kingdom is set up as Kucha County, and its king canonize it as the Duke of Kucha County and the prefect of Kucha."

"To the north of Gaochang County, the Turkic Shatuo Tribe in Shatuo is located in Shatuo County, and its chief canonized as the Duke of Shatuo County and the prefect of Shatuo."

"The Ge Luolu tribe at the western foot of Jinshan, named after the Xuanchi where it is located, set up Xuanchi County, and canonized its chief as the Duke of Xuanchi County and the prefect of Xuanchi."

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"All the vassals and counties are governed by themselves, and they are all vassals of the Great Qin. They are not allowed to attack each other, and they are not allowed to cross the border to violate the border. If this order is violated, the Great Qin has the right and the obligation to summon the Western Regions to attack them together!"

In order to facilitate management, Luo Cheng set up the large and small kingdoms of the Western Regions, as well as the various ministries of the Western Turks, according to their existing territories, set up Jimi County for them, demarcated the boundaries, and then let them all belong to Anxi Road Yamen jurisdiction.

Of course, the Anxi Dao Yamen only directly governed the three counties of Gaochang, and only had the task of supervising and guiding the other Jimi counties.Under normal circumstances, everyone lives their own lives without interfering with each other.

But if anyone breaks the rules set by the leader, the Emperor Qin, then An Xidao can represent the Great Qin court, recruiting troops from all Jimi counties to attack the unruly one and destroy him.

However, in this way, the new Great Khan of the Western Turks, Mo Hedu, who was canonized by Luo Cheng not long ago, was very embarrassed. The countries of the Western Regions and the tribes of the Western Turks all became the Great Qin Jimi County, and they all became prefects. , then his profuse sweat would not become a profuse sweat?

Of course, the more embarrassing thing was Shekui Khan. He ran all the way to the Suiye River, but the Emperor Daqin gave up all his territory in Chang'an City, thousands of miles away, without asking him at all. He even sent troops led by Mo Hedu to beat him.

Regarding the Western Regions and Western Turks, it can be regarded as a strategy.

The emperor and ministers of the Qin Dynasty drew a big circle, enclosing the entire Western Region, but in fact they only controlled the three counties.From the fact that the imperial court only left [-] soldiers in each of the three counties of the Western Regions, it can be seen that the imperial court's real strategy for the Western Regions is that it is temporarily unable to move westward with all its strength, retain a bridgehead, and slowly operate and infiltrate.

As for the Western Turks, the main thing is to let the Turks have civil strife and use the power of the Tiele Khanate to deal with She Kui.

If there are no accidents, Daqin may not really send troops westward for ten years.

The Western Regions have made a decision on this, but there is still a Tubo in the southwest.

Although the Tubo invasion did not have much real confrontation with the Qin army, the Qin army and the Tubo army each suffered less than a thousand casualties after besieging Dafeichuan for several months.

For the two major forces, this casualty is simply not worth mentioning.

But after all, Tubo violated the border, so it is impossible to just forget it.

Now, it depends on what the emperor wants.

(End of this chapter)