In the imperial study room, Li Junhua asked Li Junwei: "Third brother, you seem to admit that Zhao Yu's answer is the worst."

"It's indeed a bit bad." Li Junwei said bluntly.

Li Junhua asked with a smile: "Since that's the case, there must be the least bad answer. Whose is it? Or do you have such an answer in your heart."

"Of course not. In fact, this question is just as if I didn't ask. The reason I asked was because the children thought I would ask a question. I just asked, and the real test was to observe their behavior during the interrogation. Some people's eyes were red, some were angry, some were thinking, and some were strong and strong. This is enough. The children are all good children. At first, I thought Zhaocheng was the one who cares the least about this kind of thing, but I didn't expect that this little guy still showed compassion.

Although they gave different answers, they were all trying to make Naya survive, which was really enough.”

"Okay, let's talk about the main business." Li Junhua handed Li Junwei a few orders and said: "Wu Yifeng has already discussed the specific action plan with the Zhongting. I still hope that after the New Year, you will go north to preside over the overall situation. You will decide when to take action."

"In fact, the inner Xinjiang region is not bad, but the key is the far-distance region, the western and northern borders." Li Junwei said.

The empire's vassal state was formulated by the empire's Supreme Emperor Li Mingxun in the early days of the empire, but the expansion and improvement were facilitated by Li Junwei.

The inner regions of the empire included areas north and south of the desert and outside the pass. There were several foreign vassals with higher titles and larger territories, but these were not difficult to deal with. Even if all foreign vassals launched a rebellion together, it could be resolved in a short time for the Imperial Army.

On the contrary, the other border areas were defeated by Li Junwei. Because the main force of the army was not used during the sweep, it inevitably used the power of the foreign vassals and created many foreign vassals. These foreign vassals had not high titles, and the highest one was only two dukes, not many people, and the most were only three Zasaks, but they were all over the place and all held real power.

Especially in the areas bordering Tsarist Russia, Ottoman and Iran, the foreign vassals are very strong, and they are also the military power that the empire relies very heavily on.

"I have thought about this. We can recognize that the two forces of Turgut and Cossacks are vassal states." Li Junhua said.

Among all the foreign vassals on the mainland, Turgut and Cossacks are the strongest. Li Junwei feels that if these two sides are stabilized, major problems will not arise. But he said: "No, it is simple to recognize Cossacks as vassal states. In recent years, the Lifanyuan has been continuously deployed and divided, clearing out the North Caucasus. Most of the Cossacks were dispatched to the south of the Caucasus Mountains, where they established a vassal state and blocked the forces of the Tianfang Cult from West Asia. It was originally our strategic plan and did not affect our geographical convenience."

"You mean, don't recognize Turgut." Li Junhua asked.

Li Junwei pointed to the map of the world rivers and mountains hanging on the wall of the imperial study. Because the location where Turguts is located is too high, Li Junwei took the baton and pointed it, and said: "Turgut participated in the empire's expedition to Tsarist Russia back then. Therefore, although he was called a vassal in recent years, he has always been a substantial vassal state. He also had diplomatic contacts with Tsarist Russia and Poland.

But we cannot directly admit it because of this. After all, the vassal states are not empires, which means that our country's territory will be less than a large part of the territory. The places where the Turkuts gather are about the middle and the Volga River and some areas on both sides. The Ural Mountains to the north and the Caspian Sea to the south are not displayed on this map. Once it is displayed, you can see that this force has isolated our country's far-reaching region from the Xijin Province, and the passage on the land has been cut off."

Obviously, this is a situation that the empire cannot accept. Nishijin is the empire's own son. Among the empire's territories, whether it is a province governed by the cabinet or an appeasement zone controlled by the Lifanyuan, the priority level is not as good as Nishijin in various policies. Sometimes, even the empire's capital Shin Kyoto is far behind.

Not to mention that the only land passage may be cut off, even if the current situation is not accepted by everyone. Li Junhua still remembers that a few years ago, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the Military Affairs Department jointly proposed that we should find an opportunity to launch wars against Tsarist Russia and Poland and continue to expand our territory north of the Don River to ensure the absolute security of the Xijin area.

Both the local area in Xijin and the Lifanyuan, which was responsible for managing the Turkut, were extremely dissatisfied with the Turkut.

The pillar of the empire's strategic plan in the mainland direction is the Continental Bridge Plan. This plan is to build a railway across the Asian continent and connect Xijin and Shenjing. Of course, so far, most of the sections of the Continental Bridge Plan are in a survey state. However, both east and west ends have begun to be implemented.

In the east line, the Lanqing Railway is already in the construction stage. This railway runs through Qingdao and Lanzhou, and many of the lines have been built. For example, the railway from Kaifeng to Luoyang is the three imperial railways, and the Jiqing Railway has been running for more than ten years. However, the early railway standards were different and could not meet the increasingly large locomotives and heavier cars. In addition, the lines also need to be built to improve transportation capacity.

On the Western Front, the empire's strategic plan was to build a railway from Xijin to Wucheng. Xijin was the leader of the empire's Europe, and Wucheng was an inland industrial zone planned by the empire, located east of the Ural Mountains, and was a project fully supported by the Lifanyuan. This railway was also the western route planned by the continental bridge.

But the problem is that the Tianjin-Ukraine Railway must span the entire territory of Tuergut. With the ability of a tribe of Tuergut, it has neither the ability to build a railway nor the ability to maintain the railway. Therefore, the cabinet and the Lifanyuan both came forward and asked Tuergut to sell the railway line and the surrounding land to ensure the smooth operation of the railway, but it was rejected by Tuergut one after another.

Because of this, Shenjing and the local people in the western territory had already complained about the Turgut tribe.

Li Junwei made a metaphor in an image: "No matter how well the dragon's development develops, the dragon's neck is pinched, and it is always all kinds of discomfort. It is better to take this opportunity to solve it together and solve it once and for all."

Lin Junhong also said from the side: "Europe is in chaos, and this is indeed a good opportunity."

The last time Li Junwei went west, he participated in the Grand Alliance War throughout the whole journey. The final outcome was that France went from fighting the entire Europe alone to invading a Britain. The empire acquired almost all the temperate territory of the Americas and the Panama region. Even before returning to China, he still pulled the land-based neighbors of the Ottoman and Tsarist Russia into the quagmire of war.

This makes the empire's strategic situation in the European direction very excellent. Both enemies and partners are trapped in war, and each side needs an empire.

There is indeed an environment to better solve internal problems without external threats. If it weren't for this, Li Junhua wouldn't agree to Li Junwei's attack on the foreign vassals on the mainland. To put it bluntly, the empire was only 31 years old, and these foreign vassals had only two generations at most. Although they caused various problems, they did not bring real pressure to the country.

Li Junhua did not choose to agree directly, but in fact Li Junwei just gave his brother a suggestion. The empire's rules have always been handled by overseas affairs officials. Pei Yuanqi is the empire's supreme commander overseas, so he should be responsible for this matter. So Li Junhua finally handed over the decision to deal with the Turkut tribe once and for all to Pei Yuanqi.

Lin Junhong, who had been watching on the side, knew very well that this was actually announcing the death penalty of the traditional nobles of the Turgut tribe.

Over the years, Pei Yuanqi himself, the one who has the greatest opinion on the Turkut tribe. This second generation of the royal family was known as a playboy when they were young. However, after the experience of the Security Bureau, he had long become a good player. Later, he took charge of Xijin and worked hard to build Xijin into a powerful frontier base for the empire facing Europe and achieve an immortal foundation.

The Turgut repeatedly stumbling, which made Pei Yuanqi dissatisfied. Pei Yuanqi was the only provincial chief executive in the imperial cabinet system to catch military, political and diplomatic affairs. He was handed over to him for disposal. Whether it was tough or moderate means, Turgut would not have much room for resistance.

Li Junhua asked: "The only thing that I can't get is Tibet. During this period, I have browsed a lot of information about Tibet and contacted several officials who have been to Tibet. The problem is very difficult. The empire obviously cannot accept that Tibet becomes a vassal state, but now it is not a good time to use surgery on Tibet."

The internal and external situations in Tibet are very complicated. Although Tibet is nominally an external vassal, it is actually a vassal state. Ozil, who once sent to Tibet to solve the problem of the Yellow Sect in Tibet, was actually a separatist side. To the empire, it was King Hoshuote, but to the empire, it established an authoritarian rule as the Diba.

The three people in the imperial study, the emperor and the two ministers of the governor, knew very well that Ozil, who had studied in the empire since childhood, had a strong sense of belonging to the empire, which can be seen from his foreign exchanges. In recent years, Ozil has been in charge of Tibet and has never compromised in the face of various coercion and inducement from the subcontinent.

Logically speaking, if he wanted to become king, he could use the Hindustan Empire to balance the influence from the empire, but he did not do so. In addition to maintaining necessary economic and trade exchanges, he did not have much contact with the forces of the subcontinent. Instead, he was very serious about the Hajj and tribute.

Even without external support, the empire's top leaders still feel tricky because the current political ecology in Tibet is very fanatical.

Ozil's rule was defined by later historians as a peasant uprising public system.

At the beginning, Ozil used both soft and hard work, taking away all the means of production that originally belonged to religious temples, and then dealt with the local aristocrats. Ozil had simple political ideals. What this guy who liked to read Water Margin and regarded himself as a hero in the green forest wanted was to achieve absolute fairness.

All the land was evenly distributed to serfs, and the slogan that no workers were allowed to eat was shouted. The result was that everyone had to go to the fields to work, and some religious people fled to the empire by visiting and never returned.

These policies are very radical, but it is obvious that this is a very popular policy. Ozil is simply a Buddha in Tibet. Three million people of all ethnic groups worship him to the extreme. When the empire intervened in the situation in Tibet, he moved many Tibetans to Central Asia, and now many people have fled back.

Not to mention Tibetans, even some landless empires in Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces around Tibet have moved to Tibet.

After visiting Tibet, a traveler from Shin Kyung once wrote in a geography magazine he sponsored that for the poor, Tibet is paradise.

Even the officials in charge of dealing with Tibet told Li Junhua that in some aspects, even the rule of law that the empire is proud of, Tibet is better than the empire.

Li Junhua has two hesitations caused by hidden worries. One is the people's support. Ozil's rule is so popular that he is strong against such a force. Once he encounters resistance, it may be a protracted war. Li Junhua has always been very resistant to such a protracted war and a war of attrition.

At present, he really can't think of a way to get the hearts of the people in Tibet.

The second hidden worry comes from his side. Li Junhua knows very well that his younger brother Li Junwei maintains close contacts with Ozil. Ozil is highly valued, which is largely Li Junwei's recommendation. But Li Junhua does not think this is a matter of personal relationships, because his elderly father, the Supreme Emperor Li Mingxun, also maintains a high level of attention to the development of Tibet. For example, the traveler who has been to Tibet was summoned to the palace by the Supreme Emperor and chatted for several days. Every time an envoy from Tibet came, he would be summoned by the Supreme Emperor.

Li Junhua and Lin Junhong discussed in private that perhaps the politics of Tibet is related to the secret they have always wanted but did not know, that is, the ideal of the Supreme Emperor.

If you can’t do gentle means, you won’t be able to do it even harder. What should you do?

"Anyway, I don't agree with the use of troops in Tibet." Li Junwei took the lead in expressing his opinion.

Li Junhua immediately said, "Last brother, this is also my attitude.Last brother, Junhong, do you still remember when you were young, your father explained the war to us? I remember clearly. The father said that the most difficult war in the world is a war to be an enemy of the people. Never fall into the vast ocean of the people.

Over the years, the empire has experienced and witnessed many wars, but this is not the case. Perhaps attacking Tibet is to fall into the vast ocean of the people."
Chapter completed!