Chapter 698

After Zhang Huangyan finished his trip to India, he went to Anxi Xuanweisi in Central Asia.

The reason why I came to this place with arid climate and sparse population is that Daming finally started planning a new wave of major changes in administrative divisions.

In recent years, with the large influx of Chinese population into Southeast Asia and Central Asia, propaganda departments such as Luzon, Boni, and Champa have become Chinese-dominated societies with more than [-]% of the Chinese population.Many local immigrants hope to promote the establishment of provinces by these Departments of Consolation. After all, becoming a province is not only a core part of the empire in name, but also has more advantages than Departments of Consolation in terms of actual administration.

Although this view is general and not necessarily correct, it does not prevent similar trends from happening.

And in the Northwest, the same is true.During the westward migration of the Western Qing Dynasty, the massacre was very serious, and the local population was not even one in ten, and many of them were coerced and taken to Russia.Later, Bai Mingxiu moved a large number of garrison troops into Central Asia, and with the completion of the railway, many Chinese immigrants entered.Although the overall population of these places in Central Asia is still small, with the exploitation of some resources, they have gradually entered a new era.

This time, the Daming Lizhengyuan hoped to adjust the original merger of Mobei Province and Moxi Province, and directly merge it into Beiting Province, which is convenient for management, because the population of this area is really not large, and there is no need to subdivide it.At the same time, the Anxi Xuanwei Division (Kazakhstan) and the Western Regions Province (Southern Xinjiang) will also be merged into the Western Regions Province.The new Western Regions Province will include southern Xinjiang, part of Tajikistan, most of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, becoming the largest province of Ming Dynasty.

The population of Xinxiyu Province is still not large, even less than 100 million. It is mainly composed of Han immigrants who have migrated over the past 20 years and survivors of the Qing Dynasty.

In addition, the originally vast Siberia region, that is, the Lingbei Xuanweisi will also "reform the province" in this round of adjustments.Although this is a wild and sparsely populated land, there are basically no outsiders except the local indigenous peoples.However, Daming has gradually begun to build roads and railways in Lingbei to communicate with different regions and provide some help to local tribes.But Daming is not yet ready to develop local resources on a large scale, because there is no need for this.After all, Daming occupies too much land and is rich in resources.

The Daming Political Council hopes that through this round of administrative division adjustments, it will better integrate resources, promote local economic development, and allow these border areas to better integrate into Daming.

The first batch of propaganda and comfort divisions in Southeast Asia that are planning to change provinces include Luzon, Champa, Boni, and Myanmar. The rest of the propaganda and comfort divisions can only wait for the next wave.The Legislative Yuan hopes that within 20-30 years, all propaganda and comfort departments in Southeast Asia will be completely "reformed to provinces".

In fact, it is easier to understand the administrative division of Daming Province by the proportion of Chinese. From the mainland to North America and then to Australia, the provincial division means that the local Chinese account for the majority of the population, and the economy and infrastructure are relatively good.

After Zhang Huangyan came to Anxi, he also kept going. He met the Xuanwei Office, the local garrison army, and local prestigious people to ensure that the entire transition of the merger was smooth and controllable.The local side attaches great importance to the local development after the merger of the province.

These days, Zhang Huangyan has heard the most popular content from the local people is "Continental Bridge".

Sooner or later, the whole of Europe will be in the hands of Ming Dynasty. Although the local economy is not as good as that of Ming Dynasty, it can be regarded as a densely populated and economically concentrated market.Although the trade between China and Europe is mainly through the Suez Canal at this stage, the New Western Regions Province hopes that through the construction of the Xiaou Continental Bridge, high-value goods can be transported along this railway across the two oceans of the Ming Dynasty, thereby providing a large area along the line. Huge economic opportunity in New Western Region.

But Zhang Huangyan feels that it is too early to think about this issue. After all, the population of the New Western Regions is less than one million, and the population is either in the pastures scattered throughout the territory, or concentrated in a few towns. The industry and the tertiary industry are not Developed, mainly supported by agriculture, animal husbandry and mining.Even if the Continental Bridge Railway passed, the Western Regions Province was not ready to do a good job in this area for Daming.

The day before Zhang Huangyan was about to finish his inspection and return to the capital, Xiang Xingtian, commander of Jinyiwei, actually came to him in person.

"Commander, I didn't expect you to come to Anxi in person. What's the important thing?" Zhang Huangyan was very surprised to see Xiang Xingtian.

"Mr. Prime Minister, it is our Jinyiwei's duty to ensure the stability of the western frontier of our homeland of Ming Dynasty and to complete the smooth completion of the merger. Our Jinyiwei recently discovered that a large number of personnel from the Western Qing Military Intelligence Bureau, as well as armed personnel, are breaking up and breaking through. Our Volga Xuanwei Division crossed the Caspian Sea and entered the tribal area bordering the Persian Kingdom in Yuzi Xuanwei Division of our Great Ming Dynasty. Some Turkmens should have colluded with Xiqing. Our analysis believes that Persia may have a big problem .”

Zhang Huangyan was shocked when he heard that the situation in Central Asia was not complicated for Ming Dynasty, mainly because Bai Mingxiu made Xi Qing a villain and killed a large number of people in Central Asia.So Da Ming was left with a near-vacuum Central Asia, and Da Ming started to build this area from a blank sheet of paper.

But not all local forces have been wiped out. An important representative is the Turkmen.The Turkmen are a branch of the Turkic people. They are mainly active in the southern part of Yuzixuanweisi and Persia in the Ming Dynasty.When the Western Qing Dynasty ravaged Central Asia, a large number of Turkmen fled south to Persia.And Persia already has a strong sense of Turkmen presence.The social structure of Persia is that the Persians hold administration and religion, while the Turkmens of the red-headed tribe hold military power.

After the chaos in Central Asia, some Turkmen returned to the Yuzi area. When they wanted to rebuild their tribe, they were defeated by the Ming army. Some of them obeyed, and the other fled back to Persia.

After the death of Abbas II, the wise monarch who established diplomatic relations between Persia and Ming Dynasty, the Persian monarch was Suleiman, a stupid monarch who did not care about political affairs.Persia also began to turn from prosperity to decline, and the Turkmen red-headed tribes with military strength gradually changed their shape and seized Persia.

Because the Ming Dynasty had a land-occupying hatred with the Turkmen people, and the Western Qing Dynasty had long been far away, some Turkmen tribes began to have contact with the Western Qing Dynasty.Recently, the Western Qing Dynasty has been under military strain, but still sent a lot of people to infiltrate Khorasan in the northeast of Persia, and join forces with the Turkmen there, making Jin Yiwei have to suspect that there is some kind of conspiracy involved.

Xiang Xingtian was worried about changes in Persia, so he rushed to Anxi himself, and then went to Yuzi.

Zhang Huangyan listened to Xiang Xingtian's report, and he also paid special attention to it: "Report this matter to His Majesty. If Persia is in war, or if it falls to the Western Qing Dynasty, it will not be a catastrophe for me, Ming Dynasty, but it will be a trouble. If necessary , I believe that Your Majesty will not hesitate to send troops to Persia to resolve this matter."

(End of this chapter)

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