In Chengji-Tula City, all the nobles, tribal leaders, etc. in the city were driven out by Han Yi. At this moment, he could not maintain enough trust in them.
However, these tribal leaders and nobles did not dare to have any opinions on this. When they heard that they could leave, they immediately fled here and returned to their own tribes.
In order to show their loyalty to the Emperor of Heaven, some tribes quickly sent a large number of tributes, such as fine mink skins, deer skins, bear skins, wolf skins, etc., to show their loyalty to the Emperor of Heaven.
loyal, but also afraid that Ming Dynasty would continue to attack them.
With only 10,000 Ming troops, they captured the city of Chengji-Tula in less than half an hour. The Siberian Khanate was simply vulnerable to the powerful Ming Empire.
It was a blessing to be able to submit to the Ming Empire. At least compared to the Kazakhs, they were lucky. Only a few people were killed, and most of them were fine.
It's just that the object of allegiance has been changed, and you can still live in this ancient land in the future. Other than that, there is not much difference. Even according to the laws promulgated by the Ming people, they need to pay an annual fee.
Taxes are much lower than before.
After driving away the original tribal leaders and nobles in the city, the 10,000 Ming army began vigorous construction again.
A large number of four-wheeled carriages transported a large amount of materials and manpower from the river and the Western Regions. At the same time, a large number of merchants sensed the business opportunities and prepared to come here with their goods to exchange furs from various tribes.
Fur is not valuable here, but it is very valuable in the Ming Dynasty. A high-quality fur can be sold for hundreds or thousands of taels of silver when it comes to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
But here, you may only need to spend dozens of kilograms of grain to exchange it from these tribes. They have all kinds of furs in their hands.
Only these merchants can know how much profit there is, but you can know the value of fur just by looking at the swarming fur merchants.
"Huo Yun, pass on the order. While it is still midsummer and the temperature here is still relatively high, the city wall, garrison barracks, government offices and some important buildings must be built."
"At the same time, a large amount of food will be mobilized from this side of the river. Enough food must be stored before winter. The supplies required by the five thousand troops for the winter cannot be less."
Han Yi continuously inspected the city. Ten thousand Ming troops turned into construction workers, using cement and steel bars to build solid city walls. They also built garrison barracks, Ming government offices, commercial streets, immigration areas, etc.
Time is very tight, summer will be over soon, and it will become very cold by then. All these must be built before winter, and at the same time, enough food, wood, winter supplies, etc. must be stored.
After occupying this place, the imperial court will also exile some prisoners here. Although these prisoners are exiled, they still need to be given basic protection.
"Yes, sir!"
Huo Yun quickly took out his pen and quickly wrote down that he will be responsible for stationing here and will also be fully responsible for the affairs here.
While talking, the two came to the newly built city gate. According to Ming Dynasty custom, the name of the city must be engraved on the city gate.
"Sir, please think of a name."
Huo Yun looked at the new city gate and said to Han Yi.
"Hmm~"
Han Yi looked at the newly built city gate. This city gate was tall, and its structure and style were all in the style of the Ming Dynasty. It looked much more pleasing to the eye, and it also looked more majestic and culturally rich. It was not like the original city gate. It was very
It is ugly, crude, very primitive, backward, and full of barbarian atmosphere.
"Let's call it Winter City!"
Han Yi pondered for a moment, then thought about it and said.
"Winter City!"
"Good name, good name!"
When Huo Yun heard this, he also smiled and praised.
"Haha, take whatever you want. Because it's too cold here, it's called Winter City. In a few months, you can feel the cold of this Winter City."
Han Yi smiled. Naming newly incorporated territory into the Ming Dynasty had already become a routine operation. He, Han Yi, had already given names to many places.
The original names of many places were very long and unpleasant, and did not conform to the habits and culture of the Ming people, so they had to be changed.
For example, this Winter City, its original name was Chengji-Tula City. It was very difficult to remember and pronounce. It seemed very difficult to pronounce. It would be much better to change it to Winter City.
Soon, someone came to the city head and engraved the three characters "Winter City" on the plaque at the city head, officially announcing that the city had been reborn. From then on, it had an inseparable connection with the Ming Empire.
"General, we just learned from these tribal leaders and nobles that a few days before we attacked the Siberian Khanate, tens of thousands of Kazakhs came here and asked Murtaza Khan for shelter. In the end, Murtaza Khan will
They were assigned to the northernmost area and went north along the Ob River."
"Should we catch up and eradicate the roots?"
Huo Yun soon came up with another incident and reported it to Han Yihui.
"No, it's already cold enough here. If you go further north, you'll enter the Arctic Circle. It's even colder and barren. Tens of thousands of them entered these places and lost most of their cattle, sheep, and horses. They must be
It will be difficult to survive this winter."
"When the time comes, they will no longer be able to survive, and they will definitely take action against the local tribes in Siberia and rob these tribes of their food, livestock, etc."
"By the way, help us clean up this land. When the time comes, those tribes will definitely ask for us. If we give some more help, some food and so on, they will be loyal to our Ming Dynasty and have a greater sense of identity.
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"As for these Kazakhs, the rest are old, weak, women and children. It will be difficult for them to survive this winter. If they can survive the winter, we will let them go."
"Originally we could have caught up with them, but the reason why we didn't catch up with them non-stop is that there is some use in keeping them."
Han Yi thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.
"it works?"
Huo Yun didn't understand. Wouldn't it be useful to capture them as slaves?
Are there any other uses?
"Of course it works."
"This is an order from the capital, an order from the emperor."
"The princes of the court have seen far away, not only to the present, but also to the future."
"You may not see much from the Siberian Khanate, but they will be of great use to the Kazan Khanate and Astrakhan Khanate."
"The Kazakh Khanate is inextricably linked to the several khanates that split from the Golden Horde. In the final analysis, they were all established by the descendants of Genghis Khan."
"The Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate are located in the easternmost part of Europe, and to the west are the Muscovy Principality and the Crimean Khanate."
"We drove these Kazakhs to the west. They were desperate and did not have enough cattle and sheep. They would naturally rob and plunder, and have fierce conflicts with the tribes in these places, which greatly weakened their strength."
"Wouldn't this be very beneficial to our continued westward expansion after the Ming Dynasty?"
Han Yi smiled and said.
As a senior general of the Ming Dynasty, he has the opportunity to be exposed to this level of information, and he also needs to think about this aspect.
Did the Ming Dynasty occupy the Siberian Khanate really just for the land here?
It's not that simple. In addition to the land here, what the Ming Dynasty cares more about is opening the door to Europe. In the future, when the Ming Dynasty attacks Europe, it can attack westward from Winter City.
You can also attack westward from the Kazakh grasslands on the east coast of the Caspian Sea that you currently occupy. You can also attack from here in Nanyun Province and from the Caucasus region to the north, forming a three-pronged attack on Europe.
"It turns out that the princes in the court are really far-sighted and beyond our reach."
After hearing this, Huo Yun suddenly became enlightened, and finally understood why the many tribes of the Kazakh Khanate could be wiped out by a rapid march, but they had to be swept away slowly.
The original purpose was to drive these Kazakh tribes to the west, drive them to Europe, and let them disrupt European countries such as the Kazan Khanate, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Crimean Khanate, and the Principality of Moscow.
"Actually, the Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate are nothing. They are similar to the Siberian Khanate. We, the Ming Dynasty, can destroy them with just one hand."
"But further west, Muscovy is a tough nut to crack."
"It was originally a country under the Golden Horde, which specialized in collecting taxes from Slavic countries across Eastern Europe on behalf of the Golden Horde. With this rapid development, it grew and became the most powerful among the many Slavic countries.
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"About forty years ago, the Principality of Muscovy got rid of the control of the Golden Horde through war, and together with the Tatars in Crimea, they destroyed the Golden Horde, and eventually evolved into
The current situation.”
"The Muscovite Principality is rapidly growing in strength, and it is also ambitious. It continues to expand its territory in all directions. It has attacked the Kazan Khanate several times and occupied Kazan, the capital of the Kazan Khanate."
"For such an ambitious country, our Ming Dynasty must take precautions early and make sufficient preparations. Now we are driving these Kazakh tribes away, just to let them deal with the Principality of Muscovy."
Han Yi was riding a horse while patrolling and chatting with Huo Yun. As a senior general of the Ming Dynasty stationed in the western border, he also knew the situation in this area well.
"This is also the purpose why our Ming Dynasty supported the Crimean Khanate?"
"There are considerations in this regard, and of course it is also to obtain slaves from Eastern Europe."
"At the end of last year, the Muscovite Principality even sent envoys to Nanyun Province to protest to our Ming Dynasty, saying that we must cut off ties with the Crimean Khanate. The tone was very loud."
"We were not allowed to sell weapons, and we were not allowed to engage in slave trade with the Crimean Khanate. In short, we made a lot of demands, but in the end we were driven back. It is said that we Ming people will look good in the future."
"Haha, can they also make us Ming people look good?"
"Don't underestimate them. They were Slavs, one of the three major barbarian tribes in Europe in ancient times. Their former Grand Duke married the last princess of the Eastern Roman Empire and claimed to be the successor of the Roman Empire. You will know their ambitions."
