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Chapter 1421 Your Majesty, the Protectorate of the Western Regions is not good, change it to the Protectorate of Tianzhu
In April of the 12th year of Zhenguan, His Majesty Tang Emperor Li Shimin conscripted six of the twelve guards on the grounds that countries in the Western Regions colluded with the remnants of the Turks, cut off the Silk Road, plundered the Tang caravans, and killed the people of the Tang Dynasty, and brazenly sent troops to the Western Regions.

In mid-June, British Duke Li Shiji and Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin raided Gaochang City. With their mechas, they broke through the door and occupied Gaochang City in less than two hours. Within ten days, the surrounding area of ​​Gaochang was completely pacified. .In mid-July, when His Majesty the Tang Emperor Li Shimin led the team into Gaochang City, he even declared on the spot that the king of Gaochang Ju Wentai was tyrannical and abolished Ju Wentai's throne, and merged all the surrounding parts of Gaochang City into the Great Wall. Tang, set as Xizhou.

At the end of July, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty sent Li Jing as a partial teacher, went north from Gaochang City, captured Luntai in one fell swoop, completely destroyed Gaochang Kingdom, and merged the remaining part of it into Datang as Tingzhou.

At the beginning of August, Li Shimin personally led the army to break through Chuyue and Chumi, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yanqi. However, Yanqi king Xue Poanazhi didn't even have the courage to resist in the city, so he just abandoned the city and fled to Kucha. With one soldier and one shot, this important place in the Western Regions was occupied.

In mid-August, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong led the vanguard of the Tang army to Duobei City. King Kucha Helibu Shibi and Yanqi King Xue Poanazhi led an army of [-] to try to resist. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong used himself as an arrow to break through the formation in one fell swoop, chasing and killing for dozens of miles, and then His Majesty Li Shimin personally attacked in a mech, broke through the capital of Kucha, and captured King Bu Shibi of Kucha and King Xue Poanazhi of Yanqi.

After the news spread, the entire Western Regions were shocked!
Although the countries in the Western Regions already knew that the powerful Sui Dynasty had been destroyed and the Central Plains had changed its owner again, they really did not expect that the new dynasty that replaced the Sui Dynasty would be so abundant in martial arts. In three months, Gaochang and Qiuci, two powerful countries in the Western Regions, were destroyed.

For a while, the remaining countries in the Western Regions, such as Kang after Kangju, Ang after Anxi, Dong'an, Dongcao, Shi, Shi, Bo Khanate, etc. sent envoys in fear. He hurried to Anxi, and paid homage and a hat of 'Heavenly Khan' to the emerging overlord of the Central Plains, hoping to escape the catastrophe by virtue of obedience.

"Your Majesty! All these miscellaneous beards are afraid of power and not virtuous. Before, they thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so they didn't take me seriously. Now they are submissive because My Great Tang army is just beside them..."

In the royal palace of the capital city of Kucha, Cheng Yaojin said with a righteous face.

"Someone dares to assert that as long as I wait for the army to go, this group of people who eat inside and outside will definitely jump back, so I think that at this time, I must not be soft-hearted, and it is better to include the entire Western Region into my Tang Dynasty territory!"

"Ok!"

After hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Shimin nodded slightly, and then noncommittally looked at a handsome middle-aged man with a handsome face sitting not far from him.

"Pharmacist, you are the military god handpicked by Xuanyuan Huangdi in our family, what do you think of this matter?"

"where……"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, the handsome middle-aged man immediately waved his hands with a wry smile.

"This is just a joke of real Qingwei. If there is anyone in this dynasty who is worthy of the word "Military God", it is only you, the invincible and invincible Majesty."

"..."

After hearing Li Jing's modest words, Li Shimin smiled a little complacently, let Li Jing go, and did not continue the topic of the military god, but continued to ask.

"Then Pharmacist, do you think that the countries in the Western Regions are now willing to be vassals, should we agree?"

"It depends on your majesty's purpose!"

Li Jing thought for a while, then stroked his beautiful long beard with his hands, and said.

"If it is for the purpose of expanding the territory, there is no need to agree to them. After all, even if the entire Western Regions unite, they will not be able to compete with my Tang Dynasty. We only need to push it step by step, and we can expand the land. The only trouble In the next ten years or so, Your Majesty, you may have to deal with the destruction of the remnants of the nobles of the Western Regions hiding in the dark."

"My territory is already very large, and there are not enough officials to use now!"

After hearing Li Jing's words, Li Shimin pondered for a while, then spoke slowly.

"Although I have been selecting talents and talents for more than ten years, the number of state and county officials whose Tuyuhun and Turkic lands have been merged into Datang is still insufficient, so if it is purely for the purpose of expanding the territory, then I I don't think it's in a hurry!"

"So Your Majesty is mainly for faith, right?"

Li Jing stroked his beard with his hands, and nodded with an expression of 'as expected'.

"If it is for this purpose, then His Majesty can also temporarily accept the surrender of the countries of the Western Regions, and then establish the Protectorate of the Western Regions with Kucha as the center, and bring all the countries of the Western Regions under our control. On the premise that the nobles have the right to rule over the common people, we demand that the countries in the Western Regions open up the missionary right to our Tang Dynasty..."

"Wonderful!"

After hearing Li Jing's words, Yu Chigong, who was sitting on the other side, immediately clapped his hands.

"Your Majesty can also make it a condition to spare the lives of these nobles from the Western Regions, and order them to abandon the so-called so-called Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, or Nestorianism and heresies, and accept my Tang Zhengshuo, Your Majesty's distant ancestor Taishang Laojun. Taoism."

"Brother Yao's idea is really good!"

Regarding Li Jing's opening of the right to preach, Taishi Lingxian Li Chunfeng, who was sitting not far from the lower head, also nodded, with an expression of appreciation on his face.

"When I was chatting with Daoist Qingwei, I heard from the other party that the preaching method of overseas Nestorianism is to hold scriptures in one hand and a sword in the other..."

"Hmm! One scripture and one sword..."

Before Li Chunfeng finished speaking, he saw Cheng Yaojin touching his chin with his hand, with a pensive expression on his face.

"If you believe me, I'll let you go. If you don't believe me, I'll send you to die. Although this kind of preaching method is a bit domineering, it seems to be very suitable for dealing with these rebellious mustaches on the back of their heads!"

"..."

Regarding these discussions under his subordinates, Li Shimin stroked the short beard on his chin with his hand, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, the countries in the Western Regions must not adopt this method of confinement!"

When he saw that His Majesty Li Shimin was a little moved, Ma Zhou, who was sitting on the side, had already raised his head and said with a serious face.

"Your Majesty, please imagine that you have assembled the Six Guards Army, mobilized my Datang's food storage for nearly three years, and used the flying castle of His Majesty the Supreme Emperor. You even personally came forward to get three more from Qingwei Daoist. spaceship..."

Having said that, Ma Zhou raised his head and looked at Li Shimin without blinking.

"Your Majesty, you have spent so much effort, is it just to eliminate one Gaochang and one Qiuci?"

"I don't want to either!"

Li Shimin nodded and continued.

"But now all the countries in the Western Regions are asking to surrender. If they continue to forcibly conquer, will it give people a feeling that I am arrogant and unreasonable! And as I said before, there are not enough officials in the court now, and there will not be so many if they conquer the Western Regions." Human hands are used to govern!"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong!"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Ma Zhou immediately retorted without hesitation.

"All the countries in the Western Regions colluded with the remnants of the Turks to kill our citizens of the Tang Dynasty. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it is only natural for His Majesty to lead an army to conquer disobedient ministers. Who in the world would dare... Who can say that Your Majesty is arrogant and unreasonable!"

Having said that, Ma Zhou sat up straight, looked around, and continued.

"As for the shortage of officials in the imperial court, have you forgotten, Your Majesty, that you have [-] people who can be used as officials at any time?"

"One hundred thousand..."

Li Shimin frowned and said with some uncertainty.

"What are you referring to, King Bin? Could it be the army?"

"Exactly!"

Ma Zhou nodded, with an expression of looking forward to Shenfei.

"Your Majesty, for more than ten years, in order to train the heavenly soldiers who will return to the star palace with you in the future, you have worked tirelessly to find someone to teach them simple characters during the training of these soldiers, so now you bring these soldiers from the Western Regions Most of them can read and write, and some of the mid- and low-level officers can even count well. These people can be transferred to middle-level officials without training..."

"Well! If you don't say it, King Bin, I have indeed forgotten them!"

After hearing Ma Zhou's words, Li Shimin nodded slightly.

"However, I have managed to cultivate such a team of future heavenly soldiers. Why waste them in this insignificant place in the Western Regions?"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong again!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he saw that Ma Zhou had stood up, walked out of his position quickly, reached out and took out a scroll from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, this is a map drawn by me based on the dictation of some Hu merchants and Hu monks. Your Majesty, you only need to look at it to know whether the Western Regions are important or not!"

"Oh!"

After hearing Ma Zhou's words, Li Shimin nodded suspiciously, reached out to take the scroll in Ma Zhou's hand, and then spread it out. Immediately afterwards, when Li Shimin's eyes fell on the screen of the scroll, he was stunned for an instant. Living.

"This is……"

Seeing Li Shimin's surprised expression, the living gods present looked at each other, and then silently released their divine thoughts tacitly, looking up at the scroll in Li Shimin's hand.

What was drawn on this scroll turned out to be a map. The Tang Dynasty was drawn on the east side of the map, and Tubo was drawn on the west side of the Tang Dynasty. Below Tubo, Ma Zhou actually drew a vast continent, which seems to have at least two-thirds of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"There is such a vast land under the Western Regions?"

"Exactly!"

Ma Zhou nodded with a serious face, and continued.

"This piece of land is called Tianzhu, which is the place where the evil god of Buddhism, Shakyamuni, once lived, but it is said that Buddhism has declined in this land now, and it is even about to be driven out by a sect called Brahman!

The soil here is fertile, with three crops a year, and it is said that the local Kunlun slaves are all very peaceful, and there are a large number of them, which is no less than the number of people in Shenzhou! "

"..."

After hearing Ma Zhou's words, the living gods present looked at each other again, with excitement shining in their eyes.

"His Majesty!"

The next moment, I saw a certain demon king standing up and said loudly.

"The countries in the Western Regions are evil, but I don't think it is necessary to accommodate them. I have to conquer them and let them know the majesty of my Tang Dynasty. As for the plan of the Western Regions that the pharmacist said before, it is better to put it in Tianzhu. , establish the Tianzhu Protectorate!"

(End of this chapter)