Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 389 Governing the Western Regions
Although Gaochang has a lot of cities and checkpoints, they are almost all small towns, with a population of five to six thousand and a few more than 1000. Even Gaochang City has only [-] residents.

Su Dingfang and others suppressed the city with a large army, and with Qu Zhisheng's written orders, they took over all the cities very smoothly along the way. After cleaning up all the rich people, they distributed land to the people according to their population.

But there was still a long way to go before governance. Cheng Chuliang, who was sent as a charioteer, came back, and Li Ke and Li Tai were also summoned to Gaochang City, which solved a big problem for Feng Daiwen.

The five hundred elite guards led by Li Junxian were specially selected for Li Yuan. They were all sons of honorable nobles, but they were all eccentric families, and the worst were sons of good families. It can be said that everyone is literate.

Feng Daiwen recruited all these people, adding those who were literate among the soldiers, those who were literate among the business groups in the Western Regions, and those who were not in business.

A total of [-] people in their early years received emergency training for three days, and then they were assigned to various counties to serve as officials and officials.

Su Dingfang hadn't returned home for a year, this time Feng Daiwen asked him to bring two thousand cavalry to escort Qu Zhisheng and his party, and at the same time bring the merchant group back to Chang'an.

Long Tuqizhi was very happy when he learned that Gaochang had been attacked. Now he is between Gaochang and Xiqiel, so it can be said that he is quite safe.

Worried that Feng Daiwen and others would not have enough food, he quickly mobilized another batch of food and said that the 8000 people in Longya would continue to obey orders, and they would be responsible for the food themselves.

But this time, there is another unexpected person--Long Yuzhu.

After Long Yuzhu came, she boldly began to pester Li Ke, following every step of the way, and followed every step of the way. From time to time, she asked about his health, served tea and water, and all his thoughts were written on his face.

Feng Daiwen saw that Long Yuzhu was good-looking, unlike his old man with a Middle Eastern face, on the contrary, he was almost the same as the Han people, and there was nothing wrong with it. The important thing was that Long Tuqizhi only had such an only daughter. It can be said that if Li Ke married She, Yanqi Kingdom doesn't use force or tricks, and she will be surnamed Li.

So Feng Daiwen was simply happy to see the success, and secretly encouraged Long Yuzhu to work hard, and provided convenience for her from time to time, so to speak, he secretly sold Li Ke.

At the same time, Feng Daiwen also sent officials for the Yanqi Kingdom to provide agricultural guidance. After Qiuci heard about it, he also arranged for [-] soldiers to come and asked Feng Daiwen to give them the same agricultural guidance. Feng Daiwen readily agreed.

This year must be too late to grow food. Now that the three countries have teamed up to explore minerals in the territory, Feng Daiwen used all his soldiers to farm the fields and build simple greenhouses, while the newly appointed officials are leading the people to build fire kangs and burn bricks to build houses.

What I have to say here is Qiuci. Qiuci is an oasis country with Luntai, Kuqa, Shaya, Baicheng, Aksu, Xinhe and six cities. The largest Luntai oasis is the capital and the region is connected to Yanqi.

Kucha is one of the gateways of the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions. It is precisely because they belong to the oasis country that they have always struggled to survive in the cracks. In the past, they had to rely on the faces of the Turks, but now they have to rely on the faces of the Tang Dynasty.

Although they were friendly to Datang in the past, they were not too close. Now that Datang has occupied Gaochang, and the Yanqi Kingdom has fallen to Datang, they can't help showing their friendship quickly, and there are benefits.

The main reason why Feng Daiwen agreed with them was because Qiuci had the materials he needed urgently, a coal mine, and it was a very large open-pit coal mine.

Baicheng Coal Mine, Baicheng Coal Mine is not only a super-large open-pit mine, but also a high-coking coal mine. Whether it is used for coking or for making honeycomb coal, it is excellent. It is precisely because of this that Feng Daiwen accepted Qiuci's overtures , the only requirement is that the mines near Baicheng belong to Datang.

At the same time, the most experienced Cheng Mingzhen led [-] Turkic soldiers to garrison Baicheng, and organized [-] people from the Three Kingdoms to mine.

With Qiuci, Gaochang, and Yanqi in hand, it is equivalent to closing the door between the Western Regions and the Central Plains. Only the Central Plains can attack, and there is no need to worry about someone attacking in.

The only regret is the lack of manpower. Now in the former West Turkic region, a large number of mineral deposits are not mined by hand, so we have to keep people to graze them.

Although Datang has now expanded countless times, it also restricts hands and feet. The five-year statistical population of Datang Zhenguan totaled more than 800 million, and more than 480 million belonged to infants, children, and old and young, and women accounted for it. For the most part, there are only about 400 million men who can be considered adults. This is due to the vigorous encouragement of births in recent years, which has resulted in many more babies.

As for the soldiers belonging to the Han nationality, there are only 40 elite soldiers and less than 30 government soldiers. However, there are nearly 200 million Eastern and Western Turkic people under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and there are also more than 200 million Japanese slaves. The reason why the Tu people did not conquer, or there would be more.

There are more than 36 Khitan people, more than 28 Huihe people, nearly 30 Xi people, and more than [-] people from various ministries in Nanzhao. Fortunately, Nanhai, Nanyang and other places have adopted methods of wooing, cooperating, and colonizing, and have not controlled development.

This is why they did not attack Goguryeo even though they had the strength. Firstly, they would not have the energy to manage it, and secondly, they were afraid that the loss would be too great. With fewer manpower, they would not be able to suppress the country, and the gains would outweigh the losses.

At the same time, this has almost become a heart problem for Li Shimin, so Feng Daiwen talked with him in the palace last time, so he decided not to fight Goguryeo for the time being, to develop agriculture with all his strength, and focus on minority ethnic groups, such as Huihe and Khitan.

A large number of Turkic people were allowed to participate in farming and develop the Yueyang area. When Su Dingfang returned to Chang'an, one of the requests he brought was to bring some Japanese slaves, and the Turkic people came to mine.

Fortunately, Li Shimin is rich and powerful now. After two years, Wadao has produced a large amount of grain, and he no longer needs the support of the Central Plains, and he can still make up for it.

Under the mining of 30 Japanese slave coolies, Ishijian Yinshan has achieved gratifying results. Every month, a ship of silver is shipped back, and there are copper mines in the mines in western Liaoning, which greatly enriches Li Shimin's treasury.

With silver, it is used to buy a large amount of various materials, which stimulates the development of the domestic economy, and at the time of summer and autumn harvests, it buys surplus grain from the people on the market and stabilizes prices.

Under the formulation of more than a dozen prime ministers and officials of the three provinces (Tongping Zhangshi), the first batch of Datang Royal Banks, a total of 35, were established across the country. The latest version of Zhenguan Tongbao appeared in the world, and it was printed with the head portraits of Li Shimin's family. The silver coins and gold coins also began to try to put in.

Originally, Li Shimin was still worried about whether someone would accept it, but he found that gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins were all deeply loved. The exquisite shape and the heads of emperors, queens and others made the first batch of goods a success. Collectibles.

(End of this chapter)