Du Zhongxiao's residence in the living room of the city lord's mansion, Du Zhongxiao sat in the main seat, Fu Bi, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Ke sitting around, discussing.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I arrived at the city of Khotan yesterday. In my opinion, it is not easy to build the country of Khotan this time. If it is not good, it may cause trouble. Don't look at the people in the city that are extremely enthusiastic, but there are actually many undercurrents."

Zhang Sheng said: "Jie Shuai is right. When Hei Khan was there, he suppressed Buddhism and supported Green Buddhism. Many people converted to their beliefs in the past fifty years. Now they have suddenly supported Buddhism again, and some people even shouted to build a Buddhist country. The influence of the people among the people is quite large. If they are not properly handled, they are afraid that chaos will occur."

Fu Bi said: "What kind of chaos will happen? They were forced by Hei Khan. Now that the court has come, I will drive Hei Khan away. Wouldn't the people just change back to Buddhism? This is the Buddha's country, and the people all believe in Buddhism, and this has been the case for thousands of years."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Deputy envoy, in fifty years, how many elderly people were still alive? Hei Khan did not kill all Buddhism, but under their rule, those who believe in the Green Sect paid less taxes, so how many people would go to believe? Now the people who believe in the Buddhists are cheering outside, and those who truly believe in the Green Sect hide. When they preach wisely and the Buddhist temples revived, why would they remain silent?"

Fu Bi is a straight-minded person. He may not be unaware of the complexity of this kind of thing, but he just doesn't want to spend too much energy. Since entering the Western Regions, the situation of the Song army winning streaks has given him such confidence and no need to think too much. Du Zhongxiao is different. He always wants to solve the problem as perfectly as possible, especially not wanting to cause trouble because of confusion in thought.

Zhang Sheng said: "Jingshou, but there is no way to do this. If the court wants to govern Khotan, it must establish Buddhism as the national religion. This is the key to the connection with the Central Plains. As long as all the monks go to the Central Plains in the future, they will become more and more similar to the Central Plains."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Don't I know this? The problem now is that Hei Khan has been managing here for fifty years, and there are many problems left behind. We cannot ignore them. If we force them tightly, they will inevitably cause trouble. I heard that all the Green Church temples in Khotan have been abolished. Now that Buddhism is promoting, it will inevitably stimulate these people."

Fu Bi said: "What should I do? Can I open the Green Cult Temple again?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Of course not. Once the temple is opened, it will be difficult to cut off the relationship with Hei Khan. However, if you want to rebuild the Buddha's kingdom, the people will inevitably donate money and materials. If these people don't donate, they will be targeted by the people."

Zhang Sheng said: "How about let them move to a special area? They live together and don't cause trouble for others."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head slightly. He knew in his previous life that the more he lived together, the more he caused trouble. It was not easy to make these people live separately and not cause trouble. After thinking about it, he couldn't think of a solution. Otherwise, he would leave it to time to solve it?

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "The most important thing now is that Zhiming, a post-natal, preaches at Longxing Temple. It's okay. At this time, many people gather there and send troops to watch. Other places must be empty, and they are afraid that they will cause trouble at this time."

Fu Bi said: "Now the city of Khotan is sufficiently powerful. In addition to watching Longxing Temple, there are enough troops to defend other places. This is the Kingdom of Khotan. It is said that it is under the rule of King Khotan. The general of Jie does not have to worry too much. Our army is stationed here, just maintaining the peace of the local area. If someone causes trouble then, sending troops to pacify it. The rest depends on the ability of the King Khotan."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "The Deputy Envoy said this well. This is under the rule of King Khotan. We don't have to pay too much attention. OK, General Zhang, you will assign people, in addition to ensuring the order of wise and wise teaching, and then leave enough troops to prevent anyone from causing trouble!"

Zhang Ke crossed his hands and said yes.

Du Zhongxiao said: "After wisely speaking, we will stay here for three or five days, and it will be time to return to Hequ Road. I think about it, so I will make such arrangements. Zhao Zi's troops stationed along the railway from Hezhou to Yizhou. Other places in the Western Regions belong to Zhang Ji's troops. There are 50,000 people in total, 30,000 people south of Tianshan and 20,000 people north of Tianshan, which I guess is enough. In addition, the court will also send road brigade troops. There should be no accidents in so many troops stationed here. In the current situation in the Western Regions, there are no large forces north of Tianshan, only some small tribes, and the southern part of Tianshan is facing the Black Khan Kingdom. I heard that after the defeat of the Black Khan army last time, the two Khan kings in their country had civil strife and sent wars to each other. In a short period of time, there is no threat to us. Taking this opportunity to build the railway to Shule within a few years, things will be easier in the future."

Zhang Ke crossed his hands: "Everyone followed the command of the Jishou. After Hei Khan was defeated, the male men in China suffered a lot of losses, and they were afraid that it would be difficult to make up for it for the time being."

Fu Bi said: "Yes, Hei Khan's population is not large in China, and he lost 70,000 to 80,000 people in one battle, and it takes a long time to make up for it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Gaochang State is originally the territory of the Uighurs. He governed the place, except Gaochang and Beiting, and all rely on the original forces, as long as taxes are paid. After we occupied it, it did not have a big impact on the place, so it was pacified. Heikang is different from Gaochang, but except Shule, there are not many people in each city. As long as the railway is built and the population is moved, the population is moved to develop wasteland. Some indigenous people can move to the Kingdom of Khotan. The most troublesome thing is actually the Kingdom of Khotan, but what the Fu Deputy Envoy said just now is the Kingdom of Khotan, so naturally the King of Khotan should be in charge, and the army is just helping him."

Zhang Ke said: "Jingshou, if King Khotan is inappropriate in handling it, it will be easy for something to happen here."

Du Zhongxiao said, "It's okay. If something happens, you can do it according to the request of King Khotan. Of course, you have a clear idea in your heart and cannot let King Khotan do whatever he wants. If someone really makes trouble, just pacify him. Shule in the north can move people to Khotan and immigrate from the mainland again. As long as your army seals Shule, there will be no major event south of Tianshan in the Western Regions."

Zhang Ke crossed his hands and said that he had been in Khotan for several months. He had witnessed the revival of Buddhism here with his own eyes and knew the risks. However, this was a grand strategy of the court, and he had to implement it.

Du Zhongxiao said: "It has been nearly a year since Zhao Zi entered Yizhou without realizing it. One year of pacifying the Western Regions should naturally be an amazing achievement for the court. However, those who are fighting know that Gaochang and Hei Khan are not big countries. For more than a hundred years, two croakers peck at each other. Suddenly, they encountered a large army of the court. Naturally, they retreated quickly like local chickens and dogs. In fact, they have not fought a major war. What is difficult in the Western Regions is not occupation, but governance after occupation. The key to governance is still the Kingdom of Teng. To be clear, this is the country of indigenous people in the Western Regions. Any natives who are not used to the governance of the court can move here. In other places, they should naturally act according to the laws of the court."

Fu Bi said: "What Jishuai said is that in the rest of the places, the officials and county officials will be sent to the court in the future, and according to the laws of the court. There were already Tang Dynasty laws in Gaochang, but after a long time, it was inevitable that there would be some differences. The places where he worked were based on Jishuai, and there were indigenous people who were not used to being, so he could just move to the Kingdom of Khotan. The governance of the Kingdom of Khotan was the most difficult, but that was the matter of the King of Khotan. The garrison would provide more assistance to the troops, and it was not appropriate to interfere too much."

Zhang Sheng said: "If this is the case, it would be nothing. The Khotan court did not collect taxes from him and did not have to support his own army. Taxes should not be difficult. As long as you have money, everything can be calmed down. The only problem is that the King of Khotan has no experience in governing and is not familiar with the Kingdom of Tantra."

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is no way to this, it can only be left to time. Where can I get a place, I will come up with a way to manage it for a hundred years."
Chapter completed!