Nearly two years had passed since Li Shimin personally led an imperial campaign, pacified the Three Peninsula Kingdoms, and incorporated them all into China!
After accepting the letters of surrender from Silla and Baekje, Li Shimin had completely converted the Three Peninsula Kingdoms to a commandery-and-county system, personally naming the region Liao Prefecture!
To thoroughly assimilate the region, Li Shimin had relocated a considerable population there. While encouraging widespread intermarriage with the local people, he had also transferred many people from there to integrate into the Tang Dynasty!
At the same time, Li Shimin had ordered numerous academies and other facilities built there, dispatching many Confucian scholars to vigorously spread education and enlightenment!
He intended for China's cultural heritage to take deep root there, allowing the region to merge completely into China from its very bones!
Thanks to the vast mineral resources continuously flowing in from Liao Prefecture, the Tang Dynasty had once again achieved tremendous growth, with every aspect seeing immense improvement!
Moreover, in preparation for future oceanic expansion and the army's eventual campaign against Japan, Liao Prefecture had been actively building docks and manufacturing all manner of large vessels needed for cross-sea warfare!
As the Tang Dynasty developed at a breakneck pace, Gaochang, the homeland of cotton, had likewise been conquered by the Tang Dynasty ahead of time, and railway tracks had long since spread there as well!
By now, the various tribes of the northern grasslands were gradually being corroded by the endless influx of premium woolen goods!
Construction on the Liaodong Peninsula in the east was also being stepped up, while the Western Regions in the west had been completely brought under Tang control and were slowly being assimilated without anyone noticing!
Next, the gaze of Li Shimin, this mighty ruler, naturally turned south!
Toward India,