Chapter 21 Death Contact
In front of the earth platform, three flags slowly rise, and the yellow silk dragon flag in the middle symbolizes the royal family; the five-colored dragon flag on the left is the national flag, the flags are red, yellow, blue, white, and black five-color circles, and there are auspicious dragons circling in the middle. The five colors represent the five colors in the five elements. The national flag symbolizes the vastness of the world, all of which are the land of China, and all of the tribes prosper together, and they are the people of the royal family; the two majestic swords on the right cross the flag with the sun, moon, and stars pattern are the royal army flags. It is said that the divine weapon is taken from the figure of the Xuanyuan Sword, representing the evil of weapons, and contains courage, wisdom, and benevolence.
The flags cover the sky and the sun, and the infantry, cavalry, and artillery quadratic arrays are neatly arranged like rectangles drawn with rulers, bayonets, and sabers are shining with dazzling cold light, and the sharp blades and oceans can't see the end at a glance.
As the flag slowly rose, a majestic singing sounded: "In Swanen years, the Great Empire of Asia East! The mountains are independent, and the rivers spread the waves of civilization! Thousands of people and gods are the helms of the earth and the resources are vast. Uncover my Huanglong Empire flag and sing my imperial anthem!"
On the earth platform, under the golden cap, Ye Zhao also sang silently in his heart, "The earth is big and the resources are vast. Uncover the flag of my Yellow Dragon Empire and sing my imperial anthem!"
The flags were flying in the air, and the majestic singing gradually stopped. "Long live! Long live! Long live!" A shaking cheer broke out in the legion formation, and the soldiers' faces were filled with fanatical light. Looking at the yellow cap on the earth platform, today they went on a battle with the emperor to build a success of their achievements, and everyone was in a state of unspeakable emotion.
Ye Zhao slowly drew his sword and shouted: "Today, you and I will sacrifice your life and be loyal to the country!"
The voice was sent from afar, and when the legion was neutral, it burst out with even more stormy waves: "It is better to be loyal to the country! It is better to be loyal to the country! It is better to be loyal to the country! It is better to be frugal and simple! It is better to be disciplined! It is better to be brave!"
***The cavalry phalanx, the sharp blades fluttered like the sea waves, "Zhelim!" "Yilata!" "Zhelim!" "Yilata!" The fanatical and almost pious shouts were rising higher and higher. Zhelim, Yilu, is the meaning of loyalty and victory.
A few hundred steps away from Tucheng Square, the white horse in plain clothes and a pure and beautiful girl was Afafu. She watched this scene silently, and as she breathed, the snow-white veil trembled slightly. The white horse under her crotch suddenly took a few steps back, as if she was frightened by the storm shouts.
The legion phalanx drove away in groups, and the yellow sand was everywhere. Ye Zhao rode his horse off the earth platform, looked at Afafu's direction, and then drove slowly over.
"It's you!" Ye Zhao said with a smile, "I heard that a guide would come to contact the Uyghur tribe in Kashgar, but I didn't think it was you."
Afafu nodded: "Well, my aunt has married to Kashgar." Under her two curved eyebrows, her apricot eyes showed a slightly worried look.
Seeing that Afafu and several white-robed Muslims behind him were carriage rifles, which were the earliest British carbines purchased by the empire, with a bore-loading bullet and a black gunpowder bullet. No matter what, it was considered a bird gun change, Ye Zhao would smile.
"Are you the Emperor of the Central Plains?" Afafu looked at Ye Zhao with curiosity. The yellow dragon robe was extremely noble, as if tailor-made for Ye Zhao.
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Don't it look like it?"
Just now, Ye Zhao rode his horse on the ground platform and thousands of soldiers shouted long live like a tsunami. The picture was really shocking. At this time, the distance was close. It was hard to imagine that such a young and handsome man was the Middle Earth Emperor who ruled the territory of the world and was terrified.
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The army marched westward with a strong momentum, and when the troops were approaching the city, Fu Ji, the minister of Karashar, surrendered; the army immediately advanced westward and occupied the Wei troops of Kuche City to resist stubbornly. After a few artillery, the Tucheng city wall collapsed. The rebels who resisted with swords, spears, arrows and bird guns were defeated in less than half an hour, annihilated more than a thousand enemies, and all the rest surrendered. Then the rebels in Baicheng, Shayar, Sailum and other towns were either defeated or surrendered. The Western Expedition Army did not lose one soldier or one soldier. In the eight regions, Karashar and Kuche were settled.
In early June, the Western Expedition Army conquered Aksu and then stationed troops here.
Aksu is a big city with a population of tens of thousands, and it is also a key military base in the southern region of ***. It connects Wushi and Kashgar in the west, and crosses the Yarkand River in the southwest to reach Yarkand.
The Aksu minister's yamen is no different from the Central Plains government office. They enter the house, with green walls and black tiles, and there are a vivid stone lion on the left and right sides of the stone steps of the yamen.
In the yamen flower hall, Ye Zhao was talking to several local leaders, including the commanders of the three flags of Shuote who were sitting on the left, and the elders of Kamuranjiang, as well as the Tumen Wure and the Tumen of Kirgiz (Kyrgyz) in Aksu area, Hurjibayi, and Uyghur Tumen Qianzong Maimati in Kuche area.
On the right head is a Central Plains man dressed by several officials, with Afafu sitting at the bottom head.
The flower hall was silent. Just now, the emperor of the Empire talked about the political structure of the future in an unquestionable tone. He set up Tiannan Province. The temporary headquarters of the governor was temporarily set up in Bohu City (Aksu) and moved to Yushi City (Kashgar) in the future.
Several officials sitting in the right head came from Dihua Xingye and were appointed as the governor of Tiannan Province, the prefect of Aksu, the prefect of Kuche, and the prefect of Karasha.
Several officers and soldiers were all from officers, such as the governor of Tiannan Province, who were moved to the position of Ding Baozhen, the chief of staff of the Second Division of the Lanzhou Army.
Ding Baozhen, a native of Guizhou, was a Jinshi in the third year of Xianfeng, and his mother died in the fourth year of Xianfeng. During the period, Ding You sold his family property and recruited rural troops to suppress the Guizhou rebellion. Pingyuan's army entered Guizhou. Ding Baozhen led the militia to join the battle to wipe out the Taiping Army. Later, he entered the martial arts lecture hall to study. He was one of the few real scholars in Pingyuan's army.
Ye Zhao had long heard of his name. The life trajectory of the Shandong governor who should have conspired with the Six Kings to kill Xiao Anzi has undergone earth-shaking changes. However, this person has the ability to govern the people, and his background in Pingyuan Army gave him a firm personality, which is the best candidate for the governor of Tiannan.
In a short period of time, the governor of Tiannan Province will also serve as the general of patrol to facilitate governance.
Tiannan Province will abolish all hereditary system of nobles, that is, hereditary system of chieftains, and all local officials will be appointed by the central government.
Although the inherent headman system in Tiannan collapsed, such as the Tubamai of the Kirgiz tribe (Kyrgis) Tubamai killed the rebel chieftains of the rebel tribe. Similarly, the Uyghur chieftains in the Kulun area were killed in the chaos, while the Tuqian chieftain Maimati became the most respected person in the tribe's previous dynasty.
But all these top men hoped that the new dynasty would be enthroned as local hereditary chieftains. When they heard the emperor's words, they could not help but pour out a cold water. But who dared to speak or breathe? Seeing the advantages of the imperial military armor, who dared to resist a little?
In fact, since the Yongzheng period of the past, the land began to be changed to the land, that is, the hereditary chieftains were changed to the resigned officials appointed and removed by the court. As the name suggests, the incumbent officials came and went, and kept moving.
It was also from that time that the Tu people in the Central Plains, such as Huguang, Shaanxi and Gansu, began to use the Central Plains name, or in other words, the Chineseization became more and more serious, but in fact they gradually became one of the people in the Central Plains.
In order to implement the transformation of the land and return to the current, Qianlong, Daoguang and others launched many frontier battles, but the chieftain system has not completely disappeared, especially in this place thousands of miles away from the capital, where hereditary chieftains are still common.
Ye Zhao personally conquered Tiannan, and there were many rebellions in the chieftains appointed by the previous dynasty. If he did not seize this opportunity to truly achieve the transformation of the land, would he be the little slippery head in the eyes of the matchmaker back then and the great emperor who is good at dancing today?
Ye Zhao also said that the central government will not collect money, grain and taxes from Tiannan Province within ten years, and Tiannan Province's fiscal revenue can be used to build water conservancy, school education, etc. Of course, the central government's Ministry of Finance will send specialists, and there are supervision at all levels independent of local governments, the Enpingwei system of the Council, etc. to verify the accounts. However, Central Plains merchants who come to Tiannan to invest and conduct business are exempted from taxes.
School education, official notices, household registration bookmaking, all use the Central Plains text, and the selection of officials in Tiannan Province also uses the scientific and research system.
Ye Zhao also said that the empire will fully promote the Central Plains dialect and Central Plains text on all sides to facilitate the empire to form a unified economy.
In this regard, Ye Zhao borrowed from later American imperials. He treated them equally. You could have your favorite tribal names. But in the same way, if you make a household registration book and go to school education, you must have the Central Plains name in the Central Plains text and be able to read and write the Central Plains dialect in order to truly integrate into the mainstream society.
If we say that the words of Zhongyuan are taught on the other side of the school will not arouse strong protests like those in later generations. Now, the poor people who want to make a name for themselves are not happy, after all, this is a right that only the nobles had before.
Looking around everyone, Ye Zhao said again: "Maimati, you are the co-magistrate of Heicheng Prefecture (Karashar), Hurjibayi, you are the co-magistrate of Wensu Baishui (Aksu) Prefecture." He also wanted to give them some sweetness. The various prefectures in Tiannan began to use the name of the Central Plains, most of which were translated, such as Heicheng in Karashar, Baishuicheng in Aksu, and Jade City in Kashgar.
In fact, due to various policies and other reasons, the name was extremely sensitive in later generations, such as Dihua, which means enlightenment and education. In later generations, the central government insisted on saying that it was discriminatory and changed it to Urumqi.
If the current policies continue to be consistent, Ye Zhao believes that many embarrassing situations in the future will be avoided and people will not be so sensitive. Sometimes, it is simply that the central government puts traps on itself.
The emperor was appointed as an official oral official, and Mamaiti and Hurjibayi hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.
Ye Zhao said: "You should study the laws of this dynasty well. The officials' rights and responsibilities should not let down my high expectations."
"I obey the order! Thank you for your kindness!" The two of them answered in unison and kowtowed.
"You guys go down, and you're good at discussing the errands of the patrol battalion."
Seeing Maimati, Hurjibayi, Tumenwure, Kamuranjiang, Ding Baozhen and others appear one after another, Ye Zhao felt that if he did not personally fight, the situation of various tribes and Tiannan would be so clear based on the feedback from officials. I am afraid that he would be determined whether to immediately promote the reform of land and return to the country.
After making a gesture, the guards ran out. Soon, a group of military officers came in to visit and sat down from left to right. Afafu was the civil and military officers who met him.
Ye Zhao took a stack of documents and looked carefully. This was the information that the detailed works who entered Tiannan early inquired in Kashgar area.
As we were looking through, the guards outside led the reconnaissance sentry hurried in. The sentry was covered in sweat. When they knelt on the ground, sweat fell on the acres, gasping, but the voice was loud: "Report! Long live the emperor! Wushi City is being besieged by Anjiyan cavalry, and there are no less than a thousand cavalrymen!"
Wushi City is very close to Aksu City, and it is a stronghold where the Qing army has not fallen. Ye Zhao is preparing to send envoys to surrender.
The commander of the Independent Regiment, De Lingteng stood up and said in a silence: "Grandma, here we are here! I'm waiting for the bones itchy!" It's really no point to fight with the rebel tribe. The Western Expedition Legion still maintains a zero death rate, with only a few minor injuries. And the Uzbek cavalry, heard that they are strong and good at fighting, some people praised "It's better to be Yi'an Jiyan than to return for 40 years". The Khanate of the Kokhan is now at its most powerful time. Both the Kazakhs and the Kyrgyzs recognized the sovereignty of Kokhan. This time, the Uzbek cavalry was the main force. Not to mention the generals under his command, Ye Zhao was also holding back his energy to come with them.
De Ling was drowsy when he saw the information. He suddenly felt engulfed. He knew it was not good and hurriedly knelt down: "Master, the slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die!"
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, I know that everyone has been unable to get excited about the battle these days." He whispered to Ye Tuvanu and said, "First battle, do a good job!"
Ye Tuwa, the general general of the cavalry division, was overjoyed, and knelt down on one knee, shouting: "The slave will definitely live up to his master's entrustedness!"
De Ling was so sad that he knew that rushing to rescue the siege must be the errand of the cavalry.
Ye Zhao smiled again and said, "I'll go see these Uzbeks too!"
Bai Laoheng was overjoyed and stood up. Ye Zhao waved his hand at him and said, "Kidnapping Group stayed, and I heard that Awati's situation was a little unstable. If life changes, you will lead the Kidnapping Group to quell the rebellion!"
Bai Laoheng had no choice but to receive the order.
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Outside Uzbek cavalry waving sabers, yelling in circles in the yellow desert in the fields, several horse-drawn earth cannons were bombarding the city gate.
Standing at the top of the city, Zhang Mitai, the minister of Wushi's affairs, looked grim. He was nearly fifty years old and had been in Wushi City for five years, with outstanding political achievements.
If we say that this Wushi City is the most difficult city to govern, it is probably because a minister in charge of the Qianlong period called Su Cheng. According to historical records, "Su Cheng is confused and obscene, and his son is particularly ignorant. If he returns to women who are beautiful, he will call them into the office without asking whoever he wants. The father and son should be lustful, and the family members will be happy and the soldiers will be released after several months."
In other words, whenever the father and son saw a beautiful border woman, they would be arrested into the official office for lewd fun. They had ruined enough and were rewarded with the soldiers naked and molested.
Under such oppression, the border residents were too weak to rebel. In the 30th year of Qianlong's reign, the Wushi riot occurred, and nearly a thousand officers and soldiers and Han vendors in the city were killed. Since then, there have been many conflicts in Wushi City.
In the five years since Zhang Mitai served as the minister of Wushi, the officials have been in the Qing Dynasty. In the Wushi area, the tribes and people in the Central Plains got along very well. The border people praised Zhang Mitai as "the original Afanti of the Central Plains."
But unexpectedly, a civil war broke out suddenly in the Central Plains, and the turmoil followed. Wushi, under Zhang Mitai's rule, was the only city where there was no large-scale rebellion.
Some rebels and bandits entered Wushi's territory, and Huiwei and other border tribes spontaneously organized themselves to defend the city with the Qing army. Therefore, although Wushi only had 500 soldiers, Wushi's city was as stable as a rock.
When Zhang Mitai heard that the Regent ascended the throne in the capital, he was also confused and didn't know where his lonely boat would go.
Two days ago, I heard that the Regent was personally in the army and the troops had already entered the south of the world, and Zhang Mitai didn't know what to do.
Who knew that at the moment of suffering, disaster fell from the sky. The cavalry of the foreign soldiers suddenly arrived at the city of Wushi. From a distance, they looked at the foreign cavalry wearing Turkic round felt hats or long cloth bags under the city, screaming like wild beasts, with small jackets and thick black hair on their chests. Zhang Mitai was a little dazed, as if he had returned to ancient times, back to the era when the Central Plains fought against the Turkic blood and fire.
Zhang Mitai knew that these evil wolves were cruel. After the city was broken, all the young and old in the whole city would be slaughtered.
Today, are you really going to die here? Zhang Mitai suddenly remembered the bright eyes of his wife in the mansion, and his heart ached. Perhaps the most pitiful one is the women in the city who are powerless.
Why did she bring her to the post? Zhang Mitai regretted and wanted to commit suicide.
"Sir, let's surrender..." The military officer who was plucking up the courage to speak was the city guard. His surname was Lin. He blushed and looked at the dark horse team under the city, his eyes full of fear.
How could the five hundred officers and soldiers with extremely poor equipment and Hui Weiqing and strong?
Zhang Mitai looked at him coldly, Lin Shoubei lowered his head in shame, but his eyes kept turning. Perhaps he had never heard of the idiom of struggling with a tiger.
Outside the Tucheng, on a weedy high ground far away, Abude looked at Tucheng, which seemed to be close to him, with gold, women, and his favorite screams in blood and fire that he liked to hear the most. His eyes were filled with fear, and the screams of death and blood squirting when his head was cut off by a sabre, the scene of his body trembling with trembling every time, as if he was playing with the most beautiful woman in the world.
Abud was a close confidant of Muhammad Yergubai, the commander of the Khanate invading the Western Regions of China. As long as he captured Wushi City, he would be appointed Burke of Wushi City, that is, the manager. It is said that Burke was an official position left by the Turks. In ancient Turkic texts, there were many meanings such as king, leader, leader, ruler, official, and master and gentleman. Under the commander's rule, Burke was the city lord.
Abud heard that the local Chinese called the commander Agubo, and hated the commander to the core, but these livestock to be slaughtered do not have to be cared for in mind. He was a little disobedient in his eyes, so he just dug out their eyes.
"Sir, I heard that the Chinese emperor led his army to the Tianshan Mountains." Sharuk, a follower with a thick black beard, muttered with concern. He vaguely heard that it seemed that the Chinese soldiers in the Central Plains were different, and they were stronger than the city guards in Kashgar that had been massacred a few days ago.
Abude's eyes became hot again. When he caught the Chinese emperor, he could ask the Chinese to take out many cattle, sheep and beauties to buy them. I heard that the women in the Central Plains are more beautiful, like soft little lambs, and it must be interesting to ride on them.
"The news from the north says that the Chinese soldiers from Central China are very brave and have won many victories in the north of the Tianshan Mountains." Shah Rukh told his concerns to his master.
Abude grinned gloomy: "Chinese people are all sheep, and forty people are not as good as an An Jiyan's baby. How small your worries are, Sharuk, as my servant, I am very disappointed in you."
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Khan, thank you Xia Tianxing for the reward ***, and also the bacon and fish balls. It’s been a long time since I saw you. I’m very happy to see you.
Chapter completed!