A pirated song that plagiarized "Xinjiang Hao" from later generations. Because the lyrics were written by Zhenwu Marquis himself and the music was composed by Dong Xiaowan, it quickly became popular all over the Central Plains. Common people like to sing this song. In everyone's mind, the Western Regions became
In a place with abundant water and grass, the land is fertile and oily, and thousands of miles of fertile soil can be planted with anything, but there is no owner. I heard that the imperial court has issued a decree that as long as you pay ten big coins, you can buy an acre of good land in the Western Regions.
Naturally, the common people flocked to the fields.
The Han people in the Central Plains originally did not like to migrate long distances and would rather die on the land cultivated by their ancestors. However, the industrial economy of the Ming Dynasty has changed over the years. A large amount of land has been annexed and used to concentrate on the production of cash crops, and the land has been lost.
Farmers entered factories and workshops as workers, but the use of steam engines made the labor force surplus, and a large number of workers were laid off, forming a factor of social instability. The development of the Western Regions can appropriately resolve this pressure, so the imperial court also supported people leaving their hometowns to develop in the Western Regions, and was willing to go
Everyone can get five taels of silver as travel expenses, and their household registration in their hometown will not be cancelled. They are welcome to return home in fine clothes at any time. This solves the worries of these people, and everyone embarks on the road to the west with the desire to get rich.
As for the scholars, they went to the Western Regions with a different state of mind. The imperial court opened up territories and expanded territory, good news came frequently, and the Marquis of Zhenwu was granted the title of Lang Xu. It was so majestic and exciting. For a time, the literary world of the Central Plains rose up.
With the wave of new culture, powerful and powerful poems became very popular. Even the brothel girls on the Qinhuai River had to carry a copy of Tang Dynasty frontier fortress poems to decorate their appearance. The scholars even got drunk after drinking and clamored about joining the army.
, collected the fifty states in Guanshan. But there was no way to serve the country, so they had to rush to the martial arts lecture hall in the capital to sign up to join the army. For a while, even those who signed up in Chunwei were suppressed.
In order to develop the western region, the imperial court specially established Gansu Province. The provincial capital was set in Lanzhou Prefecture.
If you don't have such a consciousness, you are willing to serve as an official in the desolate and barren Gansu Province, and stay in the Central Plains as a magistrate for three years. You can earn at least one hundred thousand taels of silver. If you live in the prosperous Jiangnan, I am afraid this number will double.
In Gansu, I was afraid that I would only lose money if I went there, so whoever was sent by the official department would not go to the post because of illness. This actually gave Liu Ziguang an advantage and arranged for his own people to enrich the officialdom of Gansu.
The county magistrate, Zhu Tao, was promoted to the post of prefect last time. This time, he was promoted to a third level and directly became the governor of Gansu.
Danzila's 200,000 troops entered the pass, but in the end, less than 10,000 people escaped. Such a tragic defeat shocked Galdan. In view of the initial decision in the country, he did not dare to raise any more troops to attack. Instead, he sent envoys to take the initiative to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty.
He repaired it and bribed Yuan Chonghuan with gold, silver and jewels, expressing his willingness to call a truce with the Ming Dynasty and become brothers forever.
This is earth-shattering good news. Xixia has a vast territory and a prosperous population. The emperor is young and powerful, and there are many soldiers and generals. It is definitely not comparable to a declining country like the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Even if the battle goes smoothly, it will take several years, cost countless money, and consume a lot of money.
There are at least tens of thousands of soldiers, and knowledgeable people in the court understand that the so-called Western Regions are actually not many places with rich water and grass, but more barren lands like the desert Gobi. The court's use of troops is nothing more than safety and reputation considerations.
For many years, the people of the Central Plains have been oppressed by nomads. Except for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, this oppression was extremely strong and lasting. The Tianqi Dynasty created an unprecedented situation, occupying the Qing Dynasty in the north and attacking in the west.
Mongolia, defeated them and made them surrender. Based on this achievement, Zhu Youxiao already had enough reasons to be proud. He couldn't wait to be granted the title of Zen in Mount Tai.
, declare his great achievements to his ancestors and the people of the world.
The ministers also thought the same way. What the Celestial Empire values is to convince people with virtue. Since other small and foreign countries do not dare to fight anymore, wouldn't it appear that the Celestial Empire is too small-minded if they add military power? What the big guys want is for all the nations to come to court
With his own style, killing and conquering cities and territories is just a means and not a goal. Since the goal is achieved, it is natural to call a truce and seal off the ministers. In order to show the ability of the civil servants, the cabinet sent several telegrams to Yuan Chonghuan, asking him to
He made the negotiation conditions even lower. For example, Xixia should surrender to the Ming Dynasty, no longer call himself emperor, send the prince to Nanjing as a hostage, etc.
Galdan was very familiar with the thinking of the Han people. He accepted all the vanity requests of the Ming Dynasty, canceled his title of emperor, called himself the King of Great Xia, and sent a son to Nanjing as a hostage. Galdan was so respectful.
, Zhu Youxiao and his ministers couldn't help but feel a little elated. This was a major victory in the diplomatic history of the Ming Dynasty. What hundreds of thousands of troops could not do on the battlefield, a few ministers did it at the negotiation table. It can be seen that the civil servants
His role is no worse than that of a military commander.
Galdan's approach of not caring about fame made Liu Ziguang look at this man with admiration. He was a man who could bend and stretch, and he was indeed a hero in the world. Now that Xixia's power was weak, he deliberately showed weakness to buy time to regain strength. If his guess was correct, the war in Xixia would resume next autumn.
, regain everything lost.
The most urgent task now is to take advantage of Xixia's weak situation and defeat the lost dog. The army rushes out of Jiayuguan, passes through Xingxing Gorge, and captures the military important area of Hami. Then, it can be done slowly to further expand the buffer area, ensure the safety of Ming Dynasty, and suppress Xixia's sphere of influence.
It's a pity that no one listened to Liu Ziguang's words. Galdan knew very well about the struggle for power among the Han people, so he sent all his letters directly to Yuan Chonghuan, without having any contact with Liu Ziguang, a real power faction. He always addressed Yuan Chonghuan as "Boss Yuan" in his letters.
He raised his head and said that he was willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty because he respected the reputation of Governor Yuan. This made Yuan Chonghuan very happy. The original unhappiness of having his military power taken away by Liu Ziguang immediately dissipated. He was a civil servant, and he wrote the memorial with wonderful penmanship.
The flowers were in full bloom, and a letter written by Galdan was sent to Nanjing. The emperor naturally believed that this victory was all due to Governor Yuan's strategizing, and that Liu Ziguang was just running errands.
Before the decree of the imperial court came down, Liu Ziguang ignored Yuan Chonghuan's obstruction and boldly marched out of Jiayuguan. With Wang Fuchen and Xue Chaoyi as generals, 10,000 red-shirted troops captured Hami with overwhelming force. Just as Liu Ziguang thought, the Xixia people had no troops to stop them.
After the Ming army occupied Hami, Galdan became even more frightened. Yuan Chonghuan begged the imperial army to stop the westward march, saying that he was willing to demote himself one level and be called Junggar Khan. He respected the Ming Dynasty as the supreme kingdom of the heaven, paid tribute every year, and followed him every year.
When he came to the DPRK, it was just that the Junggar tribe had lived at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains for a long time and hoped that the DPRK would not drive them out of their homes. The letter was written with tears in his eyes and his words were sincere, which aroused Yuan Chonghuan's deep sympathy. He immediately reported it to the court, saying that Liu Ziguang had ruined the peace talks and started killing again.
, affecting the credibility of the Celestial Dynasty and the Emperor.
Soon the imperial edict from Nanjing came down via telegram, requiring Liu Ziguang to immediately stop all military operations against Xixia. The words were very fierce, and Liu Ziguang had to obey, because the Red Shirt Army relied entirely on logistical support to fight the war.
supply, that would be a fool's errand.
The Red Shirt Army felt like the Yue Family Army had collected twelve gold medals from Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. They all said that there was a treacherous minister in the court, and they neglected to develop the great country. They were complacent and rested on their laurels as soon as they won a little victory. This was not a bribe from the enemy.
What else could it be? Liu Ziguang himself didn't say anything, because his side also needed time to consolidate the results. As the front crossed,
As time goes by, the difficulty of the war will become higher and higher. Relying on cannons and cannons alone is not enough to create an overwhelming technological advantage. More powerful weapons must be relied on, and new tanks are still on the drawing board, waiting for their design.
It will take some time to finalize the shape and then mass produce it, so everyone just pretends to be stupid and takes a break, waiting until autumn next year before we meet again.
The border pass was established, Liu Ziguang did not stay in the bitter cold Jiayuguan Pass for a long time, and reported to the court to appoint Xue Chaoyi as the garrison of Hami, and Wang Fuchen as the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, stationed at Jiayuguan Pass. He led the generals back east and returned to Chang'an to celebrate the New Year.
The Spring Festival of the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse was spent in Chang'an. Huibuxiang Khan came all the way from Ningxia City to celebrate the New Year with Liu Ziguang. The General's Mansion in Chang'an City was bustling with activity, and all kinds of ethnic foods were available.
Officials who came to pay New Year's greetings were crowded together. Liu
Ziguang was in high spirits and sat in the hall to accept everyone's greetings. At this time, there was faint news that in order to reward Liu Ziguang for his military exploits, the emperor was planning to promote him to another title. When he returns to the capital after the new year, Zhenwuhou will be the Zhenguo Duke.
Why don't you all hurry up and fawn over me?
Looking back, I have spent seven years in this world, growing from a 23-year-old unemployed youth to a 30-year-old national pillar and a famous general.
You can't even find him. He works hard at the bottom of society and makes a living by selling sausages. Even the gangsters on the street can bully him at will.
Now everything has undergone earth-shaking changes. Now I am a fierce man who makes the world tremble every time he stamps his feet. Today, the emperor is his good friend and brother-in-law. He controls two of the six departments of the imperial court, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi.
Gansu Shanghai
In areas such as Taiwan, his cronies are in charge. One hundred thousand red-shirted troops are invincible, and the large-scale enterprises in their hands control the lifeline of the country. Enterprises such as China Merchants Group, Jiangnan Shipyard, and Liguo Iron Works are not needed.
As I said, the north and south of the Yangtze River, inside and outside the Great Wall
, from oil refining to cloth and silk textiles, food and tobacco production, there are countless companies controlled by him, both openly and covertly, with annual profits of tens of millions. The wives at home are all beautiful, golden branches and jade leaves, princesses and princesses.
A lot of them, including sons and daughters
Rich and noble, I was born a queen, a king, etc. I sometimes feel scared when I think about this. This strength is too strong. No emperor will tolerate the existence of such a powerful minister. This time, I will add the title of Duke of Zhen.