The Daqin deterred the vassal states in the Southern Frontier with its absolute national strength, making it clear that whoever dared to make trouble would be crippled.
The army of the Southern Frontier and the army of Myanmar began to take action to show the attitude of the Daqin Empire towards this matter, that during the birthday of the Daqin Emperor, anyone who dared to make trouble would be killed.
Under the strong attitude of the Daqin Army, naturally, no one dared to make trouble and slap the face of the Daqin Emperor, otherwise, they would not be able to live.
With the strong attitude of the Daqin Empire, the kings of the vassal states were also relieved and entrusted their own comfort to the Daqin Empire. They believed that even if someone made trouble, the Daqin Emperor would send troops to escort them all the way back to his throne.
After the vassal states in the Southern Frontier made their stance, Ryukyu and Korea also made their stance. The king of Ryukyu and the king of Korea, Ri Yi, said that they would personally go to Beijing to celebrate the birthday of the Daqin Emperor, to show their respect for the Daqin Emperor.
After Xiao Ruxun established the country, the commercial trade between Daqin, Ryukyu, and Korea greatly increased. A large part of the tax revenue of the Korean government even came from the taxes paid by the Daqin merchants, not to mention the Ryukyu Kingdom, a considerable part of the tax revenue came from the Daqin Emperor.
The Daqin merchants came to them to do business, and then bought their local specialties and brought them back to Daqin, Southeast Asia, or even far away to Europe to sell, revitalizing the economic development of the entire region. Therefore, they had to personally express their gratitude to the Daqin Emperor.
In addition to these two vassal states who had always been respectful, there was also movement in the Northern Frontier.
After Xiao Ruxun finished the Battle of Datong in Shanxi and annihilated the three hundred thousand Tumers of Talic, the Ming government and the tribes in the north were temporarily cut off. After that, Shen Yi's coup d 'état and the Ming Qin revolution occurred, and the Central Plains dynasty and the tribes in the north were temporarily cut off.
Xiao Ruxun rebuilt the northern defense line in the shortest time, and because of the previous war, he announced the closure of the border trade. Because of the heroic deed of Xiao Ruxun of slaughtering 300,000 Northern Barbarians, the tribes were frightened by this ruthless man and did not dare to make trouble in a short time.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Ruxun launched his three major expeditions and initially stabilized the country. Since the spring of the second year of Longwu, the Northwest Frontier and Liaodong Corps had reports of the appearance of the northern tribes.
This was not a demonstration of offensive nature, but a kind of … friendly test.
Yes, it was a test of goodwill.
In the Liaodong area, Xiao Ruxun solved the problem of the Jurchens and appointed Chu Ying to manage the Jurchens and gradually devour them. In the further north, Buyan Chechen Khan, who controlled the Chahar area, was the first to express his goodwill to Daqin and tried to contact Daqin.
Immediately after, Weng Guodai, the Khan of the Horqin tribe, also tried to establish contact with Daqin. They all sent a message to the Liaodong Corps, and Liao Zhong reported the news to Xiao Ruxun.
At that time, during the expedition to the Southwest, Xiao Ruxun ignored it. After that, they repeatedly tried to express goodwill to Daqin.
Not only them, but the Khan of the Yarkand Khanate in the Northwest Frontier also sent a letter to the Daqin Jiayuguan garrison, saying that they had established contact with Daming and now wanted to restore relations with Daqin and resume trade.
Xiao Ruxun was busy with other things and ignored it.
It was not until Xiao Ruxun decided to celebrate his birthday that he remembered these things and felt that a stable external relationship was a necessary condition for the success of his five-year plan.
Now that the southwest of Liaodong and the sea border had been pacified, it was better not to have any more waves in the northwest and Liaodong before he was fully prepared.
So Xiao Ruxun sent invitations to Buyan Chechen Khan of Chahar, Weng Guodai of Horqin, and Maheima Khan of the Yarkand Khanate, inviting them to attend his birthday celebration.
Compared with the small countries in the south, these tribes and khanates were stronger.
Compared with the plan to sell arms to the vassal states in the south, for these three forces, it was more important to let them see the strict military discipline and strong military power of Daqin, which would severely deter them.
Today, the territory controlled by the Daqin Empire was the addition of the Liaodong region, Burma, Luzon, and Japan, based on the late Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The sea border was greatly expanded, and the control of the eastern region was far greater than that of the previous dynasties, but the control of the western region was relatively weak.
Currently, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Tibet, and other places were basically not controlled. The only tentacle in the plateau area was Gansu. Hetao had not been recovered, and the Western Region was now under the control of the Yarkand Khanate.
In the early Ming period, when the power was strong, like the Nugan Prefectural Secretary, it also set up the Ü-Tsang Command Office in Tibet to represent the central government's management of the Tibetan area. But gradually, the Nugan Prefectural Secretary was abandoned in the Xuande period, while the Ü-Tsang Command Office remained in name until the last year of the Wanli period, and was later abolished.
After the Ming Qin Revolution, at the beginning of the second year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun sent a letter to the Ü-Tsang Command Office in the name of the Emperor of the Daqin Empire, asking for a reply. But this letter was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any response.
Thus, Xiao Ruxun decided on a plan to take over Tibet.
Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Tibet all needed to be controlled. The political and military significance of controlling these areas was greater than the economic significance. It might not be of much economic significance, but it was of great political and military significance. The plateau could be used as a barrier to protect the Han. If these areas were lost, the Han would be defenseless.
In the later years of the Qing Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang had a huge disagreement on the issue of coastal defense and border defense. This was the reason Zuo Zongtang used to convince the imperial court.
Xiao Ruxun agreed with Zuo Zongtang's philosophy. Controlling some areas seemed to cost a lot of money, and retreating seemed to save money. But if the enemy attacked, and there was no place to defend, the losses would not be something that could be made up for with military expenditure.
This was the significance of the buffer zone.
Compared to the northern expedition to completely eliminate the threat of the Northern Barbarians, Xiao Ruxun's bigger plan was to bring the entire western plateau under the rule of the Daqin Empire, isolate the possible threats from the Central Asian region, and stop them on the plateau. If possible, he would further advance into Central Asia and completely control the Pamir Plateau.
Only by completely controlling the entire western region, with a complete territory and a complete defensive line, could the Tang Dynasty achieve its strategic goal.
This time, he invited them over to intimidate them and make them behave. Then, he would use this opportunity to send Blackwater's spies over and spend some time to understand them.
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