In the desert outside Turpan, war drums rang all night long.
The sky was bright, the sun was high in the sky, and the sound of drums gradually disappeared.
Commander Wu Jie, the commander-in-chief of the Westward Expansion Corps of the Royal Army of Great China, stood on a high place and looked at the entire battlefield with binoculars, looking at the burned Mongolian flag of Eastern Chagatai and the stumps scattered everywhere.
Commander Wu Jie showed a relaxed look on his face. The Royal Army of China won its first important battle after entering the northwest.
He recalled the battle last night with many emotions.
The two sides are evenly matched, it is a war.
One side has overwhelming strength and can only be called massacre.
Commander Wu Jie could only be thankful that they were not the ones being massacred.
He led an army of 200,000 and after capturing the city of Hami, he immediately marched westward.
Along the way to the east of Chagatai, Mongolia adopted refueling tactics and took advantage of geographical advantages such as gorges in an attempt to block the advance of the army.
These obstacles were easily destroyed by Commander Wu Jie, who led the army to march straight into Turpan City.
East Chagatai Abrun Mohammad Aziz Khan found Turpan City unable to withstand the bombing of the Royal Army Artillery of China.
He immediately chose to lead his elite soldiers to escape under the cover of night.
The soldier suffering from night blindness panicked and ran to the Royal Army Camp in Dahua.
Their traces were discovered, and Wu Jie led his troops to kill them.
The exhausted defenders of East Chagatai still suffer from night blindness. Even if they are familiar with the road, they must move forward with torches.
Their target was very conspicuous, and they were quickly overtaken by two cavalry divisions who were recharging their strength.
The main Mongolian force in East Chagatai was overtaken by the cavalry division, leaving the large force behind.
Abrun Mohammad Azizhan and other Eastern Chagatai nobles extinguished their torches and led their elites to flee deep into the desert under the cover of darkness.
The other Mongolian troops in East Chagatai were surrounded by two cavalry divisions in the desert.
Wu Jie led the main force of infantry to catch up, and took advantage of the darkness to launch an attack on the enemy.
Huang Wenyu rode up to Wu Jie.
He said depressingly: "Captain Wu, these Mongolian cavalry left behind and the nobles leading them are all fanatical Tianfang believers.
They led their men to refuse to surrender. Even if they were injured, these Mongolian army generals would fight to the death.
Fortunately, there were not many of them in total, and their weapons were extremely backward, so they were quickly wiped out by our army.
But these people also achieved what they wanted, delaying our army for one night, and we have lost all traces of Abrun Mohammed Aziz Khan."
Wu Jie had been paying attention to the battlefield. He encouraged: "Your cavalry division did a good job and did not let the main Mongolian force of Dongchahe escape.
We have now eliminated the main Mongolian force in Eastern Chagatai.
This place will always be included in our territory.
Let the soldiers clean up the battlefield and we return to Turpan City."
When Huang Wenyu heard that Commander Wu Jie was preparing to return, he asked with surprise: "Captain Wu, aren't we going to continue chasing Abrun Muhammad Azizhan?
These bereaved dogs did not carry much food, and there were less than a thousand people around them. Most of them were weak nobles, and they had very few soldiers to fight.
We will soon catch up with these people and capture them in one fell swoop."
Governor Wu Jie waved his hand and said: "There is no need, Abrun Mohammed Aziz Khan is not worth much.
The army cannot sacrifice more soldiers because of his arrest.
We are not familiar with the situation in the desert, and it is not suitable for large army operations.
If a small group of troops separates to explore the desert, it will cause a lot of non-combat attrition, so there is no need to continue chasing.
From now on, infantry and cavalry will operate separately.
I led a large army, occupied big cities along the way, and controlled a large number of oases.
The cavalry is responsible for attacking tribes that do not surrender to us and pursuing the remaining troops of Eastern Chagatai."
Eastern Chagatai Mongolia is very large, covering half of the Central Plains.
But there is not much space suitable for human survival here.
Most areas are deserts and mountains that are unviable, with only a few oases suitable for human survival.
The Royal Army of Great China only needs to control these oases, and then it will control more than 80% of the population in this place.
The remaining remaining forces will not be too strong and can be left to the cavalry division to deal with them flexibly.
Huang Wenyu rode on his horse and gave a military salute and said: "Please rest assured, Governor Wu, our cavalry division will definitely destroy all tribes that dare to resist."
He was extremely happy. The next battle would be the highlight moment of the cavalry division.
The main force of the army guards the important city and provides a logistics base for the cavalry division.
They don't have to worry about logistical supplies, they can attack everywhere to eliminate enemies and gallop in the desert.
Wu Jie immediately arranged for people to clean up the battlefield.
All our wounded soldiers were transferred to Turpan City for military doctors to treat them as soon as possible.
After the soldiers who died in battle were identified, their bodies were cremated and their ashes were sent to the newly built Martyrs' Pavilion of the Ancestral Temple.
The soldiers gave wounds to the enemy's seriously wounded soldiers, and the lightly wounded soldiers were pushed to the prisoner camp.
A large number of corpses were gathered together, poured with fire oil, and then ignited by a fire.
The ashes they left behind were mixed with the desert sand.
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Song Kangnian, the governor of the northwest, rode a carriage and followed the military logistics convoy entering the two northwest provinces.
He opened the window on the carriage and looked at the howling wind outside, the vast yellow desert as far as the eye could see, and only the setting sun reflecting on the horizon.
"The lonely smoke is straight in the desert, and the sun is setting over the long river."
"Old Song, I don't have any poetic talent. Don't laugh at me. I can only use the poems of my predecessors to reflect my mood."
Yang Zhengfeng, the governor of Yili, said respectfully: "The governor of the Song Dynasty does not need any poetic talent to guard one side."
"You're welcome."
When Song Kangnian heard Yang Zhengfeng's compliment, he felt extremely happy.
Yang Zhengfeng was previously the governor of Hebei, and he was the Minister of Rites.
They were of the same rank, but Song Kangnian was extremely envious of Yang Zhengfeng.
Now he became the governor of the northwest, managing the provinces of Turpan and Ili.
Yang Zhengfeng was the governor of Ili. Today, the province of Ili is also called Erut Mongolia and is ruled by Choros Hedo and Qin, the great Khan of Junggar.
Most of Turpan Province, which was reorganized by Mongolia in Eastern Chagatai, has been captured by the military.
Yang Zhengfeng would have to wait by Song Kangnian's side for a while until the military wiped out the Junggar tribe before he could take office.
Song Kangnian looked out the window and saw soldiers from the Logistics Department driving a large number of sheep and pigs.
White sheep and big black pigs kept passing by his carriage.
These are excellent varieties selected and bred by academicians of the Academy of Sciences over several years.
Most of them are used as rations for the military, and a small number of livestock are to be bred in large numbers in the northwest.
Before Governor Song Kangnian took office, he went to the Academy of Sciences to inquire about academicians in agriculture.
After searching the information, the academician provided several suggestions to Song Kangnian.
The two northwest provinces are suitable for breeding and the cultivation of cash crops such as cotton.
If large-scale minerals are found, it is also suitable for the mining industry.
The positioning of the two northwest provinces is to provide raw materials.
Song Kangnian also agreed with the academician's statement.
The two northwest provinces have a small population and are still in border areas, so the situation is relatively turbulent.
The area is extremely short of water and is not suitable for industrial development.
Yang Zhengfeng looked at the big black pig outside and asked with some worry: "Governor Song, I'm going to Yili Province, where raising pigs is okay.
The Junggar tribe and the Wulianghai tribe are mainly Lamaist, and they do not reject raising pigs.
In Eastern Chagatai Mongolia, there are a large number of Tianfang believers. These people reject pigs and think they are unclean things."
When Song Kangnian heard Yang Zhengfeng's worry, he snorted and said with some disdain:
"Governor Yang Zhengfeng, you have been demoted to the northwest region, and some of your thoughts have not changed yet.
come over.
Your idea is the traditional Confucian idea of inner king and outer sage.
They pay more attention to the ideas of foreigners, but ignore the needs of their own people."
When Yang Zhengfeng heard the term "inner king and outer sage", he ignored that Song Kangnian was his superior and immediately argued: "Governor Song, what you said is a bit biased.
We Confucians have always promoted the inner sage and the outer king, so how can we be the inner king and the outer sage?”
When Song Kangnian heard what Yang Zhengfeng said, he immediately educated Yang Zhengfeng.
Failure to change this subordinate's thinking will affect his implementation of relevant policies in the northwest region.
The two northwest provinces were an important springboard for Song Kangnian.
He became the second governor of the Great China Dynasty and the first first-rank governor from the position of Minister of Rites.
Returning to the center again, it is impossible to continue to become a second-rank minister of the six departments, but can only become a first-rank cabinet minister.
Song Kangnian would never allow anyone to influence him to become a cabinet minister.
"Inner sage and outer king, that sounds nice, has Confucianism achieved it in the past few hundred years? Why didn't I see it?
Since the growth of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty, the expressions of Confucianism I have seen are all inner kings and outer sages.
The Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, and the southern Xiongnu surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
After the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty was incompetent, leading to chaos in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The Southern Xiongnu and other foreign tribes entered the pass and massacred the Han people.
The Tang Dynasty defeated the Turks and accommodated a large number of steppe tribes.
After the alien An Lushan rebellion and the suppression of the Anshi Rebellion, only 30% of the population of the Tang Dynasty remained.
This led to the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and we Han people became two-legged sheep and almost lost our country and our species.
The Jianzhou Jurchens were taken in by the Ming Dynasty, and Li Chengliang gave them room to develop. If not for the rise of His Majesty, the Han court would have once again perished at the hands of foreigners.
These dynasties suppressed the people without mercy, but took every possible care of the foreign races.
You say they are inner saints and outer kings. Where is the saint? Where is the king?"
When Yang Zhengfeng listened to Song Kangnian's words, the truth he had always insisted on suddenly shattered.
From the perspective of a bystander, he could indeed find that the emperors of the past dynasties had given these alien races great benefits.
Yang Zhengfeng could understand that these emperors were mainly interested in great achievements and wanted to leave a virtuous name in the history books and a prosperous era when all nations came to visit them.
With their approach, it is indeed difficult to call them inner saints and outer kings.
Yang Zhengfeng humbly asked for advice: "Governor Song, we are about to go to Turpan City.
You want to govern the northwest region, how can you use the method of inner saint and outer king to govern the northwest region."
When Song Kangnian saw Yang Zhengfeng surrendering, he said confidently: "I learned these insights from His Majesty.
Your Majesty is a born saint, and the little bit of knowledge he exudes can benefit us mortals throughout our lives.
Inner Sage, as the name suggests, means being kind to one's own people.
We need to identify our fundamentals and build a solid fundamentals.
Our basic base is the Han people.
After the situation in the two northwest provinces stabilizes, I will apply to the court to accept a large number of immigrants.
The government gave them land and supported them in forming related industries.
Learn from Nanyang and other places and give them wives.
A number of measures have been taken simultaneously, and the Central Plains region has a huge population, so it will definitely attract a large number of Han people.
Even if they are not Han Chinese, they are natives who have been Hanized.
Here in the northwest, they are Han people, not natives.
We Han people not only determine our national affiliation based on our bloodline, but also our culture.
The government provides great discounts to the Han people, and the local Mongolian and other tribes will inevitably rush to Chineseize.
As long as this policy is adhered to, the Han people's power will gradually become stronger and shrink the living space of other people.
I believe that after decades or hundreds of years of development, the two northwest provinces will belong to us Han people."
When Song Kangnian stated this policy, his tone was extremely confident.
It is precisely because of his thoughts
Only then did Emperor Su He appoint him as the governor of the northwest.
The northwest region has complex beliefs and basically no Han influence.
As the Taizhu of the ancestral temple and an admirer of Han theory, he had the opportunity to grab this position.
Yang Zhengfeng listened to Song Kangnian's policy. Looking at it from afar, it was a strategy of strengthening the branches and strengthening the weak branches.
He also recognized the reason why Song Kangnian could serve as the governor of the northwest.
There are two main factions regarding ethnic belonging in China.
One is based on blood, which believes that the Han people have been stereotyped and are people from the Central Plains area.
In terms of cultural beliefs, one believes that the Yi Di people became Han people after they entered the Han Dynasty, and the Yi Di people became Yi Di people after the Han people entered the Han Dynasty. Bloodline is in a secondary position.
Emperor Su He appointed Song Kangnian as the governor of the northwest, in order to let Song Kangnian complete the Sinicization work of the northwest region.
He wants to atone for his sins and prepare to be promoted to the center, so he must follow Song Kangnian to complete this task.
Song Kangnian looked at Yang Zhengfeng with a hint of envy, and he continued: "The inner saint is the foundation, the outer king is the means.
With only the inner sage and no outer king, the northwest will definitely become a mess.
It is extremely difficult to put our thoughts into other people's heads.
The first step is to raise the butcher knife and kill all the resisters.
Only by breaking the hardest bones and using various policies to guide us can we completely complete the Chineseization.
For example, Tianfang believers do not eat pork. I am not going to forcefully change this habit, but will influence their habits in a subtle way.
I brought a large number of long-wool sheep to the northwest and developed the wool textile industry here.
In the future, sheep will mainly be raised for wool, which can bring far more profits than meat sheep.
At the same time, cattle were protected, and a large number of cattle were sold to the Central Plains to become farm cattle.
The government promotes the development of the pig industry and raises Central Plains black pigs on a large scale.
I want to give the two northwest provinces ten copper coins per catty for pork and five hundred copper coins per catty for mutton.
There are hundreds of similar policies, covering a person's life, old age, illness and death.
For non-Chinese people, the cost of survival is extremely high, but for Chinese people, life is extremely comfortable.
As long as this goal is achieved, it will be easy to Chineseize foreign races."
When Yang Zhengfeng heard Governor Song Kangnian's policies, he was shocked and said: "Governor Song is going to commit suicide."
Song Kangnian said indifferently: "Reverse, just rebel. While the military has not evacuated, a large number of troops stayed in the city.
Those who dare to rebel are bandits and the remnants of Eastern Chagatai. It will be difficult for them to be Chineseized in the future.
This is not ***, this is discovering the hidden thief, which is a great achievement."
Yang Zhengfeng listened to Song Kangnian's thoughts and said worriedly: "Governor Song is not afraid that if you do something too extreme and cause too much noise, the censor will impeach you."
Song Kangnian snorted coldly and said: "How can you serve as a frontier official if you are afraid of the head and the tail?
If I, Song Kangnian, dare to do these things, I won't be afraid of others talking nonsense."
Song Kangnian was extremely confident, and the two northwest provinces were too far from the capital.
The Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate really impeached him, and waited until the Metropolitan Procuratorate had several contacts to investigate the matter.
His policies have initially yielded results and he has made enough achievements that he is not afraid of people like the Metropolitan Procuratorate at all.
Song Kangnian saw a large city with low walls ahead.
He said happily: "We have arrived in Turpan City to establish various government offices as soon as possible and take back the governance power from the military.
My policy of inner saint and outer king is tailor-made for the northwest region, and we will definitely be able to complete the mission of sinicizing the northwest region."
