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Text Chapter 557: It¡¯s not easy to take advantage of Li Min

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    After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Beiting of the Western Turks, it immediately sent an army of 50,000 Han people into the Beiting. After taking over the original Beiting territory, it stopped canonizing the Western Turks on the grounds that the Western Turks had repeatedly caused rebellion.  Instead, the Great Khan divided the Western Region controlled by the Western Turks into two parts. The east side adjacent to the Tang Dynasty was assigned to the Anxi Protectorate, and the other west side was assigned to the newly established Beiting Protectorate.  Government jurisdiction.  It is worth mentioning that the Beiting Protectorate has already included Weihai.

    The two governorates of Anxi and Beiting are vast in area, and they are all populated by Hu people of various ethnic groups. Although there are a small number of Han people, most of them do business here, and few Han people live here permanently. Generally speaking, if you want to live here,  It is very difficult to strengthen governance in a place like this.

    " However, Li Shimin had a ready-made reference object, which was Li Min's experience in ruling various places overseas. Although it was different on the mainland and overseas, as long as there were slight changes, there would not be any big problems.

    First of all, in the name of promoting enlightenment, Li Shimin promoted sinicization in the three major governor's offices of Anxi, Beiting, and Anbei. The method of sinicization almost copied the measures formulated by Li Min, such as changing Chinese names, speaking Chinese, etc., and also divided foreign ethnic groups into  Divided into four levels, each level requires a corresponding level of Chinese proficiency.

    Compared with overseas countries, these countries around the Tang Dynasty have longed for the prosperity of the Central Plains and admired the Central Plains. Therefore, in the process of promoting Sinicization, most people not only did not resist, but also cheered for it, and even  Some large Hu businessmen also took the initiative to contribute funds to help Datang build schools and roads locally.

    However, when the above news reached Li Min's ears, it made him feel extremely depressed. He thought that when he was promoting Chineseization in Japan, Luzon, Linyi and other places, he was suppressed by the army and lured by interests, and he used all possible means.  Only then can the Sinicization policy be carried out.  But now look at the Tang Dynasty, it is just a matter of one sentence, and all sinicization policies have been smoothly implemented.

    In fact, this is not surprising. Firstly, those places have been affected by Centralization for thousands of years. Secondly, the Tang Dynasty was indeed extremely powerful. These people were envious and longed to become Tang people, so the implementation of Chineseization was so smooth.  It's also reasonable.  This is the result of the millennium effect.  It's useless no matter how envious Li Min is.

    " However, if we want to stabilize the rule of the three major military governors, it is not enough to just promote Chineseization. After all, the impact of Chineseization is too slow, and the effect will not be seen for decades.  So Li Shimin copied Li Min's second move, which was to station troops in other places.  He transferred the local troops from the Anxi and Beiting Protectorate to the Anbei Protectorate to help him guard the grassland people.  Then he transferred the grassland troops from the Anbei Protectorate to the Western Regions. In addition, the officers in these foreign armies were all Han Chinese. The steady stream of military academy graduates meant that he did not have to worry about having no one available.

    Of course, whether it is the northern grasslands or the Western Regions, there are a large number of Han troops stationed, and they are all elite troops.  It can ensure that when an alien army rebellion occurs, it can be suppressed in time.  However, these armies are only temporary. Once the rule of the three major military governors is stable, the number of Han armies will be gradually reduced.  After all, the annual consumption of stationing a large army in such a far place is not a small amount.

    After Li Shimin explained to Li Zhi the situation of the three major Protectorate's offices in Anxi, Beiting and Anbei, his excited face showed a hint of worry: "Now the implementation of Chineseization in the three major Protectorate's offices is quite smooth, but because this is a big city  The Tang Dynasty implemented the Sinicization policy for the first time. Therefore, the officials sent there were a bit rusty, which also led to problems of one kind or another during the implementation process. Although the impact is not significant now, my father is worried about the future as Sinicization deepens.  What adverse consequences will there be?"

    Hearing his father's worries, Li Zhi suddenly had an idea, and after thinking carefully for a moment, he immediately said with joy on his face: "Father, I have thought of a way, but I don't know if it is feasible?"

    "Oh, Pheasant slave, what can you do?" Li Shimin said in surprise, and at the same time he sighed secretly in his heart. It seems that the decision to let his son travel this time was indeed the right one. At least his brain is much easier to use than before.

    Li Zhi smiled and told the solution he had thought of, but Li Shimin burst into laughter after hearing this. Finally, he pointed at Li Zhi and said: "Pheasant slave, pheasant slave, you even scheme against your sixth brother.  Aren¡¯t you afraid that he will cause trouble for you next time we meet?¡±

    Li Min, who was far away in Taiwan, quickly received a handwritten letter from Li Shimin. However, after reading the content of the letter, he suddenly frowned because Li Shimin discussed something with him in the letter.  He just wants to exchange some officials with him, and also requires that the officials sent by Li Min should preferably be officials with experience in promoting Chineseization, because these officials will be sent to the three major protective offices in the Western Regions and Grasslands to be responsible for promoting Chineseization.  .

    Li Min was naturally unwilling to do this because??After exchanging those officials who promoted Sinicization, they were replaced by some officials sent by the Tang Dynasty. These officials were not very clear about Taiwan Province's administrative methods and needed a long time to adapt.  Although the officials he sent to Datang would face the same problem, what Datang needed was their rich experience in promoting Chineseization, so Datang obviously took advantage of this matter.

    Another point is that if Li Min sent a group of experienced officials, his sinicization policy in Japan and other places would definitely be affected, and as those officials promoted sinicization in the Tang Dynasty, they would definitely bring out a group of people to promote sinicization.  Experienced officials, even if these officials return to Taiwan in the future, Datang will also gain a group of experienced officials, so Li Min will suffer in every aspect.

    Although Li Min didn't mind helping Li Shimin in promoting Chineseization, it was on a voluntary basis, but now he was tricked by the method proposed by Li Shimin, which made Li Min feel a little uncomfortable.  Unfortunately, he didn't know that this method was thought up by the ninth brother he had just sent away.

    But Li Min¡¯s advantage is not so easy to take advantage of, especially when he is unwilling to do so.  So he quickly wrote back a letter to Li Shimin. Although he agreed to the proposal to exchange officials, he made some modifications. For example, the exchange of officials could not be based on the ratio of one person for one person. Instead, Datang must provide three people.  , Taiwan contributes one person per ratio, and the exchange period is only three years. After three years, these officials must choose whether to stay or leave, and neither party can embarrass these officials.

    After Li Min's revised proposal was sent to Chang'an, Li Shimin laughed again, and then summoned Li Zhi for him to watch. After seeing it, Li Zhi smiled helplessly and muttered: "It seems that Sixth Brother is really cheap."  It¡¯s hard to take advantage of it. Those officials sent out are used to life in Taiwan, so it would be strange if they come back in the future!¡±

    The exchange of officials is just a small matter, and Li Min doesn't pay much attention to it. After all, he has been busy since last year, Malacca has just stabilized, and the development of Ceylon Island has also been on the right track. As for Li Zhen and Li Yun,  On the other side, they easily defeated the coalition forces of the surrounding small countries. Now Gui Gui Chong Chong is working on something, which I heard is very interesting.

    In addition to the above, Li Min also needs to prepare for an upcoming event, which is the American exploration fleet led by Lu Wan.  Now Lu Wan is moving around, looking for some of his old brothers, hoping to persuade more experienced people to join the exploration fleet. It is estimated that it will take another month to come back.

    Now most of the people participating in the fleet have arrived at the base, and the exploration ship specially designed for them has been built. When Lu Wan and the others arrive, they will be sent on a sea trial to familiarize the crew.  Check out the performance of the new ship.  In addition to ships, there are also some navigation tools and supplies, the most important of which are food and drinking water.

    Li Min, who came from later generations, knew that the Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. It would take at least several months to cross it to reach the Americas. Moreover, Lu Wan and the others had to move along an unknown ocean current. They had no idea about this.  Whether there will be islands on the way, so the food and drinking water prepared on the boat must be sufficient. For this reason, Li Min also specially asked people to research several kinds of food that are easy to preserve and nutritious. As for drinking water, there is nothing special.  Just increase the water storage capacity on the ship.

    A month later, Lu Wan finally came back with a group of old brothers, but Feng Shijie was not here because he came to Keelung last year. He was responsible for settling the crew members who had arrived, and at the same time counting the supplies needed by the fleet. For this reason, he also  I often deal with Li Min.  In addition, he also went to the palace to see his sister Feng Shuyu several times, trying to persuade her to get married, but the other party shook their heads and said nothing.

    After the fleet personnel arrived, the ships were launched from the shipyard. This time there were eight seagoing ships. In order to build this ship, Li Min organized the best shipbuilders from Taiwan, Dengzhou and other places, and then  It took more than half a year to build. It can be said that these ships represent the highest sailing technology of the Han people. The hulls are made of fine pine trees. After anti-corrosion treatment, they are not afraid of seawater erosion. The wood is strong and tight and can be used.  Withstand the impact of strong winds and waves.

    Lu Wan was very satisfied with these built ships after several days of trial sailing and inspection. Then with Li Min's consent, all their crew members boarded their own ships and took them to Luzon Island for inspection.  Sea trial, and this sea trial will take a long time, it is estimated that it will take at least two months to return, and the ship is full of food and drinking water. Even during the sea trial, they will try to avoid landing, although  Simulate the real environment of crossing the Pacific, allowing the crew to temporarily adapt and prepare for the subsequent exploration of the American route.
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