Chapter 755: The imperial commanders personal expedition
"Why don't you, Father, take your time to figure it out?"
In the original Main Hall of Xiangshan Temple, the golden Buddha is no longer there, only a few pictures of Buddha are left hanging there, and the emperor and the prince are sitting in the hall to rest.
The prince asked the emperor why he couldn't treat the Crescent Sect the same way as he treated Buddhism, Taoism and even foreign religions. Why couldn't he delay it and just beat him to death with a stick?
"Because whether it is Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism, or foreign religions such as the Jesuits from the West, they are still just religions, but now the Islam in Guanlong is an integration of ethnic groups and religions. You know this
Does it mean anything?"
"Many Han people in Guanlong have become Hui Hui and are no longer Han people after they embraced Islam."
The integration of ethnicity and religion often means the integration of politics and religion.
Zhu Yihai will never allow a returnee to appear in the Guanlong area. This is not a matter of personal belief at all, but a matter that endangers the rule and the foundation of the country. Guanlong is a traditional Han area, and the Hexi Corridor is even more important to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others were sent to fight tooth and nail to defeat it. The subsequent Han and Tang dynasties shed countless blood for this land.
In the hands of Zhu Yihai, how could he also lose the Longdong Pass?
He also wanted to restore the old borders of the Han and Tang Dynasties and regain the Western Regions. How could he lose Guanlong instead?
Can't throw it away, don't dare to throw it away.
There is no room for compromise on this matter.
Mila Yindu has united with the Yarkand people, held high the crescent flag, and shouted that they would launch a holy war against the Ming Dynasty. This matter can only be fought to the end.
Historically, the Yarkand Khanate was originally a descendant of the Chagatai Khanate, which was originally one of the four major Mongolian khanates and was the fiefdom of Chagatai, the second son of Genghis Khan.
But these Mongolians, like many Turks, were eventually transformed into the new moon, and the green color continued to spread to the Central Plains. The most important thing is that their set of things is different from ordinary Buddhism and Taoism. It has its own unique characteristics.
During the Tang Dynasty, with the rise of the Great Eclipse, they marched northward and eastward. Many Central Asian peoples, including those who once believed in Christianity, Persianism, Zoroastrianism, and even Buddhism, were subjected to holy wars by them.
After the conquest, they were quickly assimilated.
During the Dashi's foreign conquests, those who did not believe in their religion in the conquered areas were required to levy additional tithes. After converting, although they did not have to pay additional tithes, their teachings imposed many restrictions on the people.
Extremely strict.
When the Three Emperors destroyed Buddhism, Buddhism could not achieve the control and influence of the Green Sect. However, the three Emperors could no longer tolerate it and brutally destroyed Buddhism.
"Some things must be done, so don't hesitate. It will be more convenient if you make it clear and you won't be tied up."
Zhu Yihai was already prepared.
Several soldiers and horses from the town have already gathered towards Shaanxi and Gansu, and this battle has been prepared for a long time.
Never fight an unprepared battle.
"I plan to personally conquer the northwest and leave you to sit in Beijing and supervise the country. Are you willing and confident to take on this important task?"
The prince was surprised, "There is no need for your Majesty to go on a personal expedition, just choose a general. Even if Mila Yinding Guodong takes over Lanzhou and rebels, it won't cause any trouble."
"You are wrong. This is not a trivial matter. It is related to the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. If this matter is handled with even the slightest flaw, there will be endless troubles.
It is not difficult to defeat Miding militarily. You can just send any general. But the most difficult thing is how to deal with the Huihui. They are huge in number. They are a huge ethnic group second only to the Han people in Shaanxi and Gansu. If they are not handled well, there will be endless troubles.
There may even be endless rebellions, so great wisdom is required.
In particular, it requires a commander who can grasp the scale well and know the bottom line to handle it personally.
Zuo Zongtang was a great hero when he put down the rebellion in Shaanxi and Gansu and recovered Xinjiang. Some of his policies were good.
"Anyone holding a weapon will be beheaded without asking any questions. Wherever the army arrives, killing and looting are strictly prohibited."
Zuo Zongtang killed a lot of Huihui, but he was already relatively restrained when he only killed the remaining ones with weapons. Throughout the Tongzhi Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion, from Huihui killing Han people, to Han people forming a group to practice resistance, and then to Zuo Zongtang
He led his army to quell the rebellion, and tens of millions of people died on both sides, with rivers of blood and corpses piled up. This also completely ended the possibility of returning to the country, and also laid the foundation for the Han return family.
This kind of chaos between the Hui and Han Dynasties was the same as the armed fighting between the natives and guests in Lingnan at that time. It was huge in scale and suffered heavy casualties.
"Do you know what the Yarkands who believe in the Crescent Sect call each foreign war? Holy war!"
"Originally, I wanted you to take command of the Western Expedition and gain some experience in the army, but after much thought, I decided to personally conquer the northwest. After the situation is settled, you can go there to appease and deal with the aftermath."
"I kill people to establish my authority, you comfort me and grant me favors!"
"The Tartars haven't been wiped out yet!" the prince reminded the emperor. The emperor had always said that the top priority was to wipe out the Tartars.
Zhu Yihai said bluntly, "The Tatars are so scared now that they don't even have the courage to fight. They only know how to keep fleeing north. It's not easy to chase them now. It's better to let them escape first. Let's sort out the inside first, and then deal with the people outside the Great Wall."
The Mongolian tribes in Monan are both benevolent and powerful, so deal with them first.
I don’t believe that the Tatars can go all the way to the Xianbei Mountains. They can’t sustain their migration like this. How will Horqin and others be willing to give up their pastures or even use their own livestock to support these Tatars?
As long as we show our advantage to Horqin and others, display our troops to show strength, and then wait for the Jianlu to have conflicts with these Mongolian Tatars, then we will be at least disloyal, and at worst, turn against each other. We are not in a hurry, thousands of miles away
It’s not easy to chase deep into the grasslands and deserts, so we’d better clean up the surroundings first.”
When the Tatars occupied the Central Plains, they were naturally the first target.
Now that the Central Plains have been restored and even Liao and Shen have been captured, the Tatars who have been fleeing north no longer need to pursue them so relentlessly.
"How does Your Majesty plan to deal with the Muslims and Hui people in Guanlong?" the prince asked.
"If it were you, what would you do?" Zhu Yihai asked.
The prince thought for a while, then faced his father and replied, "I just listened to what my father said. The biggest problem is the integration of clan and religion. Therefore, we must first separate politics and religion, clan and religion, and prohibit imams from interfering in local affairs, especially
It is to deprive them of the power to set up private courts and conduct private trials, establish additional villages and towns, improve the Baojia system in return areas, increase garrison troops, support some imams who are loyal to the imperial court, and use teaching to teach..."
"It's too soft." Zhu Yihai said bluntly.
However, he was not disappointed with the prince's answer. On the contrary, he was very pleased. It was very good to be able to think of this.
Zhu Yihai said to the prince, "During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Doctor Di Shan once believed that in the relationship with the Huns, it was most beneficial to make peace with him. He advocated that the Huns should be benevolent and righteous and should educate the Huns. He believed that the cruelty of the Huns came from ignorance.
etiquette, so they should be educated with the Confucian set of benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, and faith.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Zhang Tang, and Zhang Tang said that this was the stupidity and ignorance of the Confucian scholars. Di Shan said that although I was stupid, I was foolishly loyal, and Zhang Tang said that it was hypocritical loyalty.
Do you know how Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty faced the dispute between his two ministers?"
The prince had to study every day, so he knew a lot about this period of history, so he quickly replied, "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Di Shan if he could guarantee that there would be no thieves if he asked you to manage a county. Di Shan said no. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked again,
Dishan still couldn't answer the question of managing a county.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked how he could manage a mountain, and Dishan claimed that he could.
So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Di Shan to a mountain to defend against the Huns, but within a month, Di Shan was killed by the Huns."
"Well, it seems that you read the book very seriously. So what did you learn from this matter?"
The prince thought for a while and said, "Violence can only be stopped by violence. You must use a sword, and then we can talk about other things."
"Hahaha, well said. You have not let me down if you can realize this. Remember, the truth is only within the range of the cannon, and the hard truth is the hard truth. People who speak softly and have no strength should not let others down.
I listen to you, whether what you say is the truth or lies."
Facing the prince, Zhu Yihai didn't care that he was only fourteen years old. Perhaps it was because Zhu Yihai died of illness more than ten years later in history, so now, although he only has asthma attacks when the seasons change a year, he doesn't have any asthma attacks.
It was serious. But there was always a shadow in his heart. He always wanted the prince to grow up as soon as possible.
In the future, if a eldest king comes to the throne, this world will not collapse.
"Those who are not from our race will have different hearts. This is a golden rule in any era. The Xia clan is the core that our Central Plains has been able to inherit for thousands of years. It is the basic foundation, so it must be maintained at all times.
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And what is the Xia tribe? If the Yi and Di people enter China, they will belong to China. If the Yi and Di people enter China, then the Yi and Di people will follow them.
The foundation of China is Chinese culture. The distinction between Hua and Yi is first a kind of national identity, and then the distinction between civilization and barbarism, and the standard of civilization is "ritual and music".
The barbarians are foreign to China, noble to China and despised to the barbarians. The center of the system is the Chinese nation of Yanhuang descent. The basis of the system is strong material and military power. Chinese etiquette and justice are used for surrounding ethnic groups to achieve "changing barbarians with Xia", making the four barbarians
Surrender and serve China with loyalty.
The Crescent Religion is actually similar to this system, except that they use their teachings to green other ethnic groups.
The Han people's belief in green has become Huihui, which in itself is a kind of proof that when China joins the barbarians, the barbarians will become barbarians.
"I will officially lead the expedition to the northwest after the New Year."
It is only October of autumn, and Mila Yin and others have already occupied Lanzhou to rebel. Gansu and other Hexi states are also rebelling. Basically, the Hexi Corridor will rebel this time, but Zhu Yihai is not in a hurry.
He had already secretly ordered several towns to move the imperial camps to the Shaanxi-Gansu area, first clearing up Guanzhong and Hanzhong, then northern Shaanxi, Ningxia, and finally Gannan, and then Hehuang and Hexi.
Push all the way, clean up all the way.
He didn't even rush to send troops to attack Lanzhou directly.
When Yarkand sent troops, Zhu Yihai planned to unite with the Oirat Khanate and destroy him this time. Originally, he wanted to preserve Yarkant to balance the Western Region and contain Junggar. But Yarkand was so desperate that he actually dared to send troops to Hexi.
, and dared to launch a holy war against Ming.
Seeking death like this, Zhu Yihai could only join forces with Weilat to divide him up first.
"All the Hui Hui and their supporters who participated in the rebellion will have their entire families exiled to the northeast and southwest borders..."
