Wanli 1592

Chapter 1281
For the entire western region, Xiao Ruxun's current strategy is to pretend to be indifferent, but in fact he cares about these things very much, and secretly arranges them.

Although the Commander of the Uzang capital is in name only, at least they still have a name. For the Great Qin Empire that replaced the Great Ming to rule the Central Plains, they actually ignored it and treated the Great Qin as air. This is a serious blow to the Great Qin Empire and the emperor's prestige. provocative.

Xiao Ruxun had already arranged for them, and he decided to establish a formal rule in Uzang to really rule these guys on the plateau.

The past dynasties have given up actual rule because of the bitter cold on the plateau and the lack of profit and difficulty in development. They only need rule in name or even don’t want it. Xiao Ruxun is different from them. The seemingly worthless land has a very special meaning. .

Wu Sizang will definitely be captured, Xiao Ruxun is so sure.

For the Yeerqiang Khanate, it was actually arranged, but because its historical relationship with the Ming Dynasty was not bad, Xiao Ruxun did not intend to turn against them first.

There is no way, who let them occupy the important gateway of the Great Qin West Frontier. If they do not control here, the Great Qin West Frontier will be unstable, and the Han land will also be threatened. These places must be firmly controlled.

The Yarkand Khanate has always attached great importance to business exchanges with the Ming Dynasty. Although there are many internal conflicts between the Black Mountain faction and the White Mountain faction, whoever dares to block the commercial route will be opposed by everyone.

With this traditional relationship, they have no idea of ​​aggression against the Ming Dynasty, they just want to do business, but now is not the era of the Ming Dynasty, and the ruler of the Central Plains has been replaced by the aggressive Qin Dynasty.

After the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, at the beginning of February of the first year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun ordered the blockade of Jiayuguan and temporarily cut off communication with the Yarkand Khanate.

The inside of the Yarkand Khanate was extremely disturbed by this, and the Great Khan Ma Heima sent many letters to inquire about the inside information, but they did not get a reply from Xiao Ruxun, and they were very anxious.

This time when he got the news that Xiao Ruxun had requested to attend the birthday party, Ma Heima Khan was very pleasantly surprised, and immediately sent an envoy to report to Daqin, and made active preparations internally.

This time, Xiao Ruxun planned to start trading with them. Don't even think about the land silk road, but this road still needs to be opened up.

The land of the Western Regions, which has not been directly or indirectly ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty since the Tang Dynasty, is not what it used to be. The lush oasis of that year, with the passage of time, climate changes and the unrestrained development of the local people, has gradually possessed today's look.

Although the economic value has declined greatly, in the traditional sense, this is the wealth left by the Han Dynasty to later dynasties, and it must be inherited.

Dozens of vassal states in the south, as well as the leaders of the three major powers in the north, the country that congratulated Emperor Xiao Ruxun on his birthday this time can basically be called by the historian as the coming of all nations.

This is a very face-saving matter, and it was one of the important codes of conduct for Chinese emperors in the past, but in Xiao Ruxun's case, it has to retreat behind the scenes.

The purpose of calling the vassal states in the south is to sell arms and strengthen control.

The purpose of calling the vassal states in the north is to promote the prestige of the country, to inquire about the news, and to install black water spies by the way.

Xiao Ruxun has a very clear purpose, otherwise he would not have spent so much time organizing such a grand event.

It would cost several 10 taels of silver to do so, which is not a small sum.

For the upcoming large number of foreign envoys, Xiao Ruxun also ordered the construction of some new houses in the embassy districts of various countries for these people to live in.

These houses need to be isolated separately and connected to the embassy area, but not in contact with the residential area of ​​the people. The surrounding area must be strictly guarded by soldiers, and they are not allowed to enter the residential area casually, and the residents are not allowed to contact these people in private.

The spies of Heishui began to move around, strictly guarding against the ill-minded people of some vassal states, and focused their thoughts on the important technology mastered by Daqin.

The envoys of various countries are also actively communicating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Daqin to delineate the route to Beijing, whether to go directly to Tianjin Wei by sea, or to enter from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and to go directly to Beijing by the Grand Canal. There are standard routes for these, and no random walking is allowed. , governments along the way must move to ensure the safety of these envoys.

North Korea is still going the old way, Li Yan intends to come in person, but it is said that he doesn't like to take a boat, so he decided to come to the capital from Liaodong by land to meet Xiao Ruxun, and it is said that he is already on the way.

Xiao Ruxun ordered Liao Zhong to arrange reliable and elite soldiers to protect Li Yan's safety, so that nothing would be lost.

King Shang Ning of Ryukyu also decided to personally come to congratulate the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire on his birthday, and took a sea route from Ryukyu to Tianjin Wei Port by boat and landed directly to the capital.

Xiao Ruxun ordered Jiang Dahai's navy to send five warships to escort Shang Ning's arrival and return without any mistakes.

All these are too numerous to enumerate. In order to reflect the majesty of the Great Qin Empire and its control over the surrounding vassal states, as well as its own reputation, Xiao Ruxun must ensure that these people can come and go back, and that the country is stable and there are no accidents.

Great Qin's extremely powerful force is the foundation of all guarantees.

In fact, there is no need to have a universal language, because fists are the language of the world, and whoever has a strong fist will be listened to.

This unprecedented large-scale event also made the central government very busy. It was already very tiring to deal with government affairs, but now it has to allocate a large number of people to deal with the accommodation and safety issues of the kings and envoys, and even translation issues.

The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs each claimed the full responsibility of a country and sent people to communicate with them.

Ask them if they have an accompanying messenger who understands Chinese, and if not, how to communicate with them. Anyway, I want to ensure that these guys can not make jokes when they kneel down on Xiao Ruxun's birthday.

Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing and thrown outside the country, and I don't know how annoyed Xiao Ruxun would be if that happened.

Li Tingji hadn't been home for a month, and he didn't even go home with Ye Xianggao. In order to help Wang Xijue, who was exhausted, Ye Xianggao took Li Tingji's place in the Qianqing Palace to handle daily government affairs. Li Tingji freed his hands and feet to take full charge of the emperor's birthday.

Of course, they are not the only ones who are busy. People in all departments have to be busy. No one is easy. Those who manage money, materials, approvals, and safety all hold overnight meetings to arrange division of responsibilities and drills.

Every department is so busy that the sky is dim and the sun and the moon are dark, so there are a lot of intersections and conflicts between them.

Whenever conflicts occur, the most painful one is often Li Tingji, the elder of the firefighting pavilion.

Yes, because of the important role played by Li Tingji, the officials of various departments in the palace gave Li Tingji the honorific title of "Old Fire Fighter".

(End of this chapter)