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While Colbert was investigating the excrement business, a fleet came from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Before the fleet arrived in Nanjing, a fast boat rushed over.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Han received urgent news and immediately summoned the ministers of the cabinet: "Gushi Khan is dead. His eldest son and six sons control Uizang, his eldest grandson controls Kangba, and the other seven sons rule Qinghai separately. These descendants, each other If you are not convinced, you will not be able to choose a new Khan..."

Gush Khan himself lived in Lhasa for a long time, and his eldest son and six sons were stationed in U-Tsang to guard against local Tibetan rebellion. The main clan and their seven sons graze around Qinghai Lake. The eldest grandson ruled the Kangba area, and most of the taxes collected here were used to support the Qinghai tribe.

Gushi Khan is over seventy years old this year, and it is normal for him to die, but he has not designated an heir.

Today, Diba (the chief executive of the Qinghai-Tibet region) controls Lhasa and requires the sons of Gushri Khan to elect a great Khan before he can hand over various powers. To put it bluntly, the chairman died suddenly, and the CEO didn't know who to listen to, saying that he would not get involved in the family affairs and let the chairman's sons handle it themselves.

Therefore, no one can take over Lhasa until the Great Khan is elected.

The eldest son and the sixth son, leading the army to negotiate, are still facing each other in Weizang, and have already fought two small-scale battles.

The eldest grandson is still stationed in Kangba, which is the closest to Sichuan, and sent a team of envoys with a large amount of tribute to come to Nanjing to ask the emperor to canonize his father. Once his father becomes a profuse sweater, he will have the right to inherit from now on. Even if he cannot inherit the position of Great Khan, he still controls the most affluent area in Qinghai-Tibet, and can take the opportunity to get rid of the burden of sending taxes to Qinghai.

The other seven sons expressed that they would not get involved in the battle for Khan's position, but the eldest and sixth sons were not allowed to go to Qinghai to cause trouble. But this is impossible, the eldest son competes with the six sons, and the one who loses will definitely retreat to Qinghai to be the general manager (Qinghai King), and then create a situation of Badaiji in Qinghai.

Song Yingxing said: "There are two ways. First, let the boss and the sixth son fight on their own, don't confer any one, the longer the better; second, canonize the boss as king of Wei Zang, canonize the sixth as king of Qinghai, and put the two together. The Shut Khanate was divided into two."

Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the map and said: "Kamba must be captured and merged into Sichuan and Yunnan. Xining, Nianbo and the northwest valleys (Menyuan, Datong) are all assigned to Gansu, and Gansu separates from Shaanxi to form a separate province."

The Kham area includes Ganzi and Aba in Sichuan, Diqing in Yunnan, Yushu in Qinghai, and Qamdo in Tibet. This is currently the territory of Handu (the eldest grandson of Gushi Khan), and the nobles of Qinghai enjoy their lives, all supported by taxes from Kangba.

However, Xining and its surrounding areas belonged to Gansu Town in the Ming Dynasty, and were taken by Gushi Khan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and they have not been taken back until now.

The Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion have discussed for a long time, which is to take Kham and divide it into Yunnan and Sichuan, and emigrate and garrison in Qamdo, Ganzi, Aba and other places. Then take Xining, Gannan, Menyuan and other places, emigrate and garrison, place them under Gansu and separate from Shaanxi to establish a separate province.

As for other places in Qinghai and Tibet, the King Khan and the Lama were enshrined to keep them in check.

You have to take it step by step, don't think about eating into a fat man, the situation in the Qinghai-Tibet area is too complicated.

The ministers discussed repeatedly for a long time, and Zhao Han made a final decision: "When the envoy from Handu arrives, let it hang out for a while. Immediately condemn the envoy to Qingzang and tell the nine Taijis who are willing to hand over the original Gansu township of Ming Dynasty. Land, and then donate the Khamba area, I can confer and support him to be a great sweat!"

If your fist is big, you can be unreasonable.

But this kind of thing cannot be stated clearly. After all, the Heshuote Khanate has been canonized as a vassal. Even if the suzerain country wanted to annex the subordinate country, it had to give sufficient reasons, and the envoy had to raise conditions in private.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, while expanding the territory, it is enough to strengthen the control over Qinghai-Tibet.

The Qing government's complete recovery of Qinghai-Tibet was also a matter of Yonggan's time. For hundreds of years, the continuous construction of cities, the increase of garrisons, and repeated suppression of rebellions finally established the authority of the Minister of Tibet. The first batch of Qing troops who entered Tibet could only be said to be miserable. Because of the terrain and climate, the entire army was directly wiped out.

The Gansu Province to be established is very large, covering the whole of Ningxia, and also including Xining, Haidong, Menyuan and other places in Qinghai. At the same time, it seems very small, because the places west of Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Guazhou, and Yumen are still in the hands of the Yarkand Khanate.

"Your Majesty, if most of Kangba is merged into Sichuan, then Sichuan's tax reserves will have to be readjusted." Fei Chun said suddenly.

Zhao Han nodded: "That's for sure."

Compared with the great Sichuan of the Ming Dynasty, the Sichuan of the Datong New Dynasty was much smaller.

The land of Bozhou was all assigned to Guizhou. Wusa Mansion, Zhenxiong Mansion, Dongchuan Mansion, and Wumeng Mansion were all assigned to Yunnan. The Western Sichuan Plateau is in the hands of the Heshuote Khanate.

And the land of Chongqing in later generations was full of chieftains in the late Ming Dynasty. Even if the land is changed to return to the local people, it is still as poor as a bell. After taking back the Western Sichuan Plateau (Kangba area), a large amount of construction had to be invested, and Sichuan's finances were unable to support other provinces.

In comparison, Yunnan is really big. The land of four prefectures was drawn from Sichuan, and a large piece was swallowed from Burma. In the future, after the Nguyen family is destroyed, some mountainous areas in northern Vietnam will also be assigned to Yunnan and Guangxi to prevent Vietnam from becoming independent in the future.

When the conditions are ripe in the future, the Pingnan military and civilian government will fully reform the land and return it to the people. Myanmar will definitely establish a separate province in the north-central and eastern parts of Myanmar, and then take the opportunity to bring the area of ​​​​Yunnan back to normal levels.

After confirming the plan, the cabinet and the ministry got busy.

The three provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Yunnan have begun to mobilize resources. There will definitely be no wars this year, and there will be several battles in Qinghai and Tibet next year.

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"He doesn't want to?" Zhao Han was a little unhappy.

Fei Rulan said: "He thinks the British princess is too old."

Zhao Han complained: "Fart is old, he doesn't like the old woman. No matter what, he has to get married and have a son and a half."

Charles' younger brother and younger sister, because they were too young, did not come to China with the ship, but went to the Netherlands with his mother.

The younger sister brought to China was named Elizabeth Stuart, who had the same name as the Winter Queen. But this Elizabeth did not leave a name in history, because she died of illness in exile at the age of 15.

For unknown reasons, Princess Elizabeth survived and followed her brother Charles to China.

Poor Prince Zhao Kuanghuan, for the sake of the country, was forced to go into business again and took a 20-year-old foreign woman as his side concubine.

The sedan chair was carried to a courtyard, and Princess Elizabeth was full of curiosity. She didn't have any other thoughts, European royal families had to get married, and those who couldn't get married were the most miserable, and could only die alone.

The moonlight is bright and the red candles are flickering.

Zhao Kuanghuan has already broken the jar, and if the emperor gave him a side concubine, he will accept it. Anyway, I have already married three, so it doesn't matter if I marry another one.

Picking up the hijab, Zhao Kuanghuan looked at it carefully, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Not ugly, at least more beautiful than the foreign woman he imagined. The only downside is that the bridge of the nose is a bit too high, making the face look thinner. This kind of face is relatively thin.

"Can you speak Chinese?" Zhao Kuanghuan asked.

Elizabeth said: "A little bit, I have studied on the ship for more than a year."

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "Your name is too long, you can call it Eliza in the future."

"Okay." Elizabeth nodded. She is also looking at the crown prince, who is more handsome than she imagined, although she is still somewhat blind to Chinese people.

The two really had nothing in common, so Zhao Kuanghuan said, "Go to sleep."

Prince Charles was very happy, and was having a wedding drink outside the palace at this time.

For the imperial concubine or the princess, the natal family also needs to set up wine, and the royal family pays for it.

Zhao Han asked officials from the Ministry of Rites to attend the banquet, invited envoys from various countries to participate, and invited theater troupes and jugglers to add to the fun. The scene was quite grand, and Charles played very happily. He especially liked juggling performances, and he planned to raise a court magician when he returned home.

It's a pity that no noble ball was held, which made Charles a little regretful.

This guy still hasn't figured it out yet, his sister is just the side concubine of the prince, and he thought she could be the queen of China in the future.

After a while, Charles will definitely know the truth, but by then the raw rice will have been cooked. No matter how angry he is, he has to hold his nose and admit it. When he returns to Europe, he can make up whatever he wants. Anyway, it is impossible for European nobles to come to China to verify.

At night, the wedding banquet dispersed.

Charles held a globe and called the two country boys into the room: "This is a gift from the emperor. Congratulations on the marriage between the two countries."

"A globe? I saw it in London," said Thomas.

Charles said: "This one is different. The latest Chinese territory is marked. The globe on the European side, the Chinese territory is outdated more than ten years ago."

"Is the red one China?" John asked.

Charles nodded: "Yes."

Thomas asked, "What about the blue one?"

Charles said: "A vassal state of China."

The two country boys were shocked: "It's so big!"

Of course, it is very big. This is a newly released map. It not only marks East Siberia as Chinese territory, but also includes Sakhalin Island. Except for the southern islands of the Philippines, the entire Southeast Asia and Southeast Asia are either China's red territory or China's blue dependent country.

Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang, Japan, North Korea, including some Russian territories and Central Asia, are also marked blue affiliated forces.

Charles excitedly said: "What a powerful Eastern overlord, Britain and China have already married, and Britain will definitely rule Europe in the future!"

Thomas asked: "I heard that there is a military school in Nanjing. The Chinese army is very powerful. Can we enter the military school to study?"

Charles shook his head and said, "No, we can only enter Jinling University."

"That's a pity," John said.

Charles said: "I met the emperor again yesterday. Although he is unwilling to borrow troops, he can help me form an army. He will give me some weapons and then let me go to Arakan to recruit troops. There are many fierce pirates there, and it is completely possible to form an army." A king's guard. Moreover, I have contacted the Portuguese envoy. After I organize the guard, the Portuguese are willing to lend a ship to take me back to England to regain the throne."

"What do the Portuguese want?" Thomas asked.

"Marriage," said Charles, "the daughter of the King of Portugal is engaged to the Chinese royal family, and he will give me his niece."