One month later
"Master Xiao, look, that Wang Decheng I sent last time is truly a talent. He destroyed the power systems under his command in a few strokes. Now half of the tribal leaders under him have been replaced, and the remaining ones dare not complain. I think among all the divided counties, this kid's jurisdiction should be the safest."
At a military station under the Western Regions Protectorate, the adults were conducting an inspection, and Li Chengyi also received a letter from Wang Decheng.
This guy felt that Wang Decheng's policy program was very useful. If it were promoted throughout the Western Regions, it would be extremely beneficial to all Tang Dynasty officials. Anyway, the original tribal leaders were not close to us, so we might as well select some of those who were beneficial to us from the labor camp and let them fill the grassroots management positions, which would also be extremely useful to us.
"You sent this letter to Wang Decheng. In addition to writing to you, he also wrote to the Protectorate. We are considering the method he mentioned. It now seems that it can be implemented in some areas. In the past, we did not want to cause too much resistance from the locals, but after observing them for a period of time, they no longer have the energy to resist."
What Xiao Shougui said was also true. Nowadays, in the major tribes in the Western Regions, the original young people have been gathered together, and the remaining old, weak and sick people only have strategies but no ability to implement them. Therefore, as long as we implement a certain policy and use food and other items as weapons, these people will not be able to resist.
"What are you two talking about so passionately?"
The Cheng Chuliang brothers also came in from outside. This time they planned to travel all over the Western Regions, mainly to inspect the military stations that had been built. According to the official documents from the Tiance General's Mansion, if we want to maintain our rule in the Western Regions, the military stations in various places are our foundation. These people must inspect them in person, and there must be no room for fooling around.
So after receiving Li Xiang's personal letter, all the leaders from the military and civil affairs came out to conduct a comprehensive survey of the entire Western Regions.
Of course, in addition to Li Xiang's reminder, the reason for doing this is that the war with the Arab Empire has not ended. We have occupied a large area of land in their Anton Governorate. If we think it is over, then we may really suffer a great loss.
The Arab Empire is different from the empires we have encountered before. Once those countries were destroyed, they basically had no strength to resist us. But the Arab Empire is different. As a great empire spanning three continents, their strength is far more terrifying than we imagined. Although it is slightly weaker than the entire Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to expect them to be defeated just by losing the jurisdiction of a governor.
Moreover, the people sent by Li Xiang also reminded them that this is also the period of rising strength of the Arab Empire. Even if you don't cause trouble for them, they may cause trouble for you. What's more, you have occupied such a large piece of their land and killed so many of their troops. This matter cannot be let go so easily.
"We were discussing the interesting guidelines General Li sent us last time. The principles he developed can be fully implemented throughout the Western Regions. Of course, local governments can't fully implement them yet. They must use their own brains and do things that suit local conditions. However, what he's doing now can serve as a template for all regions to learn from. Didn't Your Highness also tell us before? Let's find a group of model county magistrates, summarize their policies, and provide them as a reference for officials from all regions."
Xiao Shougui handed the letter in his hand to Cheng Chuliang. Although the two were military generals, they were also important figures in the region. If they could find any drawbacks, they would immediately ask the writer to explain himself.
This is also a good tradition left by Li Xiang. There is no problem in raising a matter, but you must accept other people's faults. If you can give reasonable explanations for other people's faults and make reasonable arrangements, then this matter can be passed.
But if you have no way to resolve someone else's faults, and if there's a serious crisis, then you have to put it off until when? Until you can resolve the faults.
According to Li Xiang, finding faults within the organization is much more important than the actual situation. We may lose some time by finding faults within the organization, but if an actual crisis breaks out, it may have an impact on the rule of the entire Tang Dynasty, at least the impact on your region will be extremely great.
Xiao Shougui was also waiting for the opinions of the two generals at this moment. Although the military and the government were two different paths, the opinions of the military generals were also very important.
"This kid's brain is quite active. Since the existing ruling system is disobedient, we can slowly replace them. It's easier said than done. There are a lot of people in the labor camp who are unwilling to work but are very close to our Tang Dynasty. We can just select a few of them and send them there, and the ruling system will be initially formed. However, we still have to monitor them carefully. There's an old saying from our Highness..."
"Those who are not of my race must have different hearts..."
Before Cheng Chuliang finished speaking, several people around him took up the conversation. Li Xiang's words were remembered by everyone. Although they were a bit absolute, they needed to be paid attention to in many cases.
"Hahaha……"
Hearing everyone say this together, everyone present laughed. We were all brought up by His Highness, so we can basically agree on this matter.
It's not that I don't trust these people who come back from outside, at least not at this stage. If you work for me for ten or eight years, your trust level will increase. But at this stage, it's probably not that easy for me to believe you just by bowing here.
Li Xiang was definitely not as concerned about the various ethnic groups surrounding the Tang Dynasty as he was during the Anshi Rebellion during the Tianbao period. At that time, there were too many soldiers of other ethnic groups in the army, which led to the decline of the central control of the Tang Dynasty, and this caused the largest rebellion in Chinese history.
It was also the most influential judgment, which directly cut the prosperous Tang Dynasty in half. If it weren't for this judgment, I don't know how glorious the Tang Dynasty would have become...
