Chapter 829 I personally control the Western Regions
There is a foundation for establishing a country, and there is a sequence for conquering.
Xizhou, Gaochang City.
This is a new city that is being planned and constructed.
"Xizhou leads directly from Yili to the capital for 8,350 miles. There are currently 29 towns, but they are all empty. Now immigrants are coming to settle here one after another."
Chief Assistant Wen Anzhi accompanied the emperor on a tour of Gaochang New City in early spring. Many people on the construction site were working under the supervision of the Western Expedition soldiers, and it was very busy.
In the distance are white snowy peaks.
The return of spring.
"Sir, have you packed your bags?"
"Well, everything is packed."
"Bring back more local products from the Western Regions, wine from Gaochang, carpets from the Western Regions, Yingisha's knife, and even Fergana's bloody BMW..." the emperor said with a smile.
Wen Anzhi was about to return to the capital, and many of the imperial camp attendants were going back with him.
The emperor rewarded the chief minister Wen with a bloody horse and twenty captives from the Western Regions as slaves.
"Your Majesty, you really don't want to go back?"
Zhu Yihai held a riding crop in his hand and stepped on his deerskin boots as he walked on the construction site that was beginning to thaw. "I've thought about it, and I want to do it once and for all, but it can't be done overnight, so I'll just stay here for three to five years."
, you go back to assist the prince in handling government affairs. This can also be regarded as a training opportunity for the prince.
I am outside and the prince is inside.
I am responsible for opening up and expanding the territory, restoring the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and for the prince to supervise and regent the country, to take care of the internal affairs, to provide peace and education for the people, and to improve the economy and people's livelihood."
The emperor's plan is very surprising.
However, Wen Anzhi, who had long been accustomed to the emperor's character, was not too surprised when he learned about this decision, and did not even directly object. After a conversation, Wen Anzhi finally decided to comply with the imperial edict, although this was almost a bit groundbreaking.
"Zhu Dadian and Mr. Yan will stay with me, and the other ministers will go back!"
The emperor's strategy for the Western Regions is long-term and grand, and Wen An and others are also considered to be involved in the formulation. They are very aware of the emperor's ambitions and fully support it. At this stage, of course, it is possible to retain a senior cabinet minister to supervise the Western Regions, but the situation is so complicated and the distance is so great.
The capital is thousands of miles away, so it is certainly not as efficient and convenient as having the emperor himself here. After all, the emperor is the strategic decision-maker, which is different from the situation in ordinary courts.
"Yerqiang is now in chaos, and everyone is stunned. Abdullah Khan is now fighting with his son Yaolebas. The father and son are fighting each other. The Erqil Tuchechen Khan who strangled Lut has accepted His Majesty's order.
Troops have been sent out to attack Kuqa and Baicheng."
"Turpan Khan Amulun killed his brother Babai, purged the Baishan sect in the east, and fought fiercely with the Junggars in Tingzhou. Both sides fought red-bloodedly on the banks of the Manas River. The river turned red and the casualties were very heavy. The battle continued like this.
, Amulun probably won’t be able to hold on anymore.”
"Yao Lebas can hardly hold on anymore. Abdullah Khan's younger brother Ismayel, the governor of Aksu, has now raised troops to serve the king. Yao Lebas will soon be surrounded from all sides."
Zhu Yihai just laughed when he heard this.
The current situation in Yerkang was originally planned intentionally by the emperor and had been planned for a long time. This is naturally unfortunate for Yerkang, but it is the best situation for the Ming Dynasty.
Junggar, Jorut, and Kashote have also come to an end.
"To be honest, I was a little surprised by the Junggar offensive. The attack was a bit overwhelming. Twenty thousand Junggar elite cavalry ended up not even seeing the city wall of Urumqi. Dozens of towns in Urumqi, until now
How many seats did they occupy?”
Zhu Yihai also admitted that he had some preconceived impressions of Junggar. He always remembered that this was a powerful country that took the Manchus three generations to pacify, but he forgot that Junggar had not yet risen at this time. The rapid pacification of the Central Plains, especially the rapid beginning of the Ming Dynasty
By interfering in the affairs of the Western Region, Junggar lost the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the opportunity to grow.
Previously, the Ming Dynasty acted like a big brother and pulled the tribes of the Western Desert to form an alliance, and then the Western Desert, Northern Desert, and Southern Desert gathered together to form an alliance. It was half tempting and half forcing all the Mongolian tribes to recognize Zhu Yihai as the new Great Khan of Mongolia.
Honor together.
He was not the Ming Emperor, but the Great Khan, the leader of the Mongolian Communist Party. This identity was very important.
Now that Zhu Yihai is among the Mongols, his specific identity is actually the Emperor of the Ming Empire and the Great Khan of the Mongolia. The Ming Dynasty and Mongolia were still in an alliance before. As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he could not directly intervene in many affairs within Mongolia, but the Great Khan of the Mongolia
This identity is okay.
Zhu Yihai used his dual identity to rebalance the Heshuote tribes, especially the Dulbert and Huite tribes that had been separated and almost annexed by Junggar, reunited, and supported them to jointly establish a khanate.
To re-adjust the territory for them, Zhu Yihai initially used Wu, Tu, and Ha as bait to get Junggar to agree to this arrangement.
Chechen Khan also established another khanate with the headquarters of Heshuote, allowing Heshuote to separate the two countries, and also allowing Heshuote, which was originally divided and weakened, to stabilize its position, especially in the Western Region.
In fact, Junggar seemed to have gained a lot of territory in the previous alliance, but in fact it was blocked, interrupting their positive expansion momentum, especially if they worked harder, they could completely defeat Dulbert.
, Huite annexed it, and even asked Heshuote headquarters to give up its position as alliance leader.
It's a pity that it's one step behind.
Up to now, although Junggar has also established a khanate, and Batur has been promoted from Hutaiji to Khan, he still only commands one part of Junggar, and he is only a deputy leader in Oirat.
Not to mention that above the alliance leader, there is Zhu Yihai, the Great Khan, the Mongolian leader.
All the ministries sent troops to help him capture the three areas of Beiting, but they turned around and lost them again. It can be said that the attempt was in vain.
Now I come back to try again, but the results are still there.
"Airim of the Mingge tribe has officially raised his flag in Fergana, established the Dawan Khanate, and called himself Khan. He is intensifying his attack on the Hezhuo people. He has sent envoys to pay tribute, offering gold and sweat.
Xue Ba Bao hopes to be officially recognized and canonized by the imperial court and purchase firearms."
"Bukhara Khan sent an envoy to protest, Khiva also objected, and Kazakhstan also protested. I hope that Ming Dynasty will not recognize it, let alone canonize Airim."
Zhu Yihai laughed again.
The captive laborers in the distance couldn't help but look over. As a result, the guard Sengge whipped him and scolded him loudly.
Junggar and Madhui have repeatedly failed to fight in Manas Khan, and Sengge has also been a little listless recently. He is worried about his father, brother and tribe, and is concerned about the war in the Khanate. However, as the emperor's bodyguard, he cannot leave and cannot participate.
When fighting, you can only vent your anger on these white hats.
The emperor waved his hand, "Ignore Bukhara, Khiva and Kazakhstan. He made a clear decree and recognized and canonized Airim as the Khan of Dayuan, named him King Zhongshun, and named him General Huaihua..."
As for the firearms he wants to buy, give him the same price as Turpan Khan, gold, silver, jade, cattle, sheep and horses, grain, and furs, and give him the goods at the first hand, handing over the money and getting the goods."
Anyway, what he sold were not the latest firearms. In fact, Zhu Yihai himself didn't mind selling them some new firearms. If he couldn't make firearms himself, he would have to be controlled by others by buying them. The more he bought, the more he would be controlled by others.
At least ten times the profit, not to mention Zhu Yihai is willing to sell it, and no one in the court objects now. This thing is too profitable. Especially if the firearms are directly exchanged for food, horses, etc., it is very cost-effective.
Both Bukhara and Khiva were passed down from the Shaibani dynasty, and Kazakhstan originally belonged to the Uzbek branch. After being defeated at the gate of Beijing, the Grand Master of Wala turned his direction and sent his son to conquer the Uzbek Khan westward.
After the defeat of Abhay Khan, two descendants of Jochi from the Khanate fled with some of their tribesmen. With the support of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, they established the Kazakh Khanate. They were called the Kazakh-Uzbek Khanate.
people.
Abu Hai Khan's grandson Shaybani later made a comeback with the support of Eastern Chagatai Khan Mahmud, reorganized the tribe, destroyed the Timurid Empire, established the Shaybani Khanate, and later moved the capital to Brahe.
So it was renamed the Bukhara Khanate. Because heirs later died out and his son-in-law Zani succeeded him, it was also renamed the Zani Dynasty.
A descendant of Shaibani defeated the Persians in Khorazm and established the Khiva Khanate.
Central Asia has been occupied by the Uzbeks for more than a hundred years, and the Chagatai Khanate has long since withdrawn from the river.
Nowadays, Bukhara is weakening, Kazakhstan is rising, and Khiva is doing pretty well. At this time, Zhu Yihai intends to support the Mingge tribe to establish a country in Fergana in advance. This is to muddy the water and contain the Kazakh Khanate.
If they object to protest, Ming Dynasty will obey their opinions, how is that possible?
This is not in the interests of Ming Dynasty.
"Have the Nogai people not moved yet?"
"I heard that the tribes were quarreling fiercely. They were very active in breaking away from Kazakhstan and establishing the Nogai Khanate again. However, the leaders of each tribe were quarreling over the distribution of the benefits of the new Khanate."
Kazakhstan has three Yuzi, large, medium and small Yuzi. Yuzi also means region and tribe. Xiaoyuzi is its western part, which is mainly composed of the conquered Nogai tribe. The Nogai people were once very tough, but very early
The migration was so dispersed that it was finally conquered by the Kazakhs.
However, Kazakhstan itself is a nomadic khanate, consisting of three Yuzi, and each Yuzi has many tribes. This is a tribal alliance. Even when Kele Khan conquered each tribe, it was only recognized by each tribe.
He is the co-owner.
Each tribe still has great autonomy, especially the characteristics of a nomadic country. The tribe, herdsmen, and soldiers are all integrated, and everything is based on the tribe.
The Nogai people received the instruction and support of the Ming Emperor and were naturally willing to stand on their own. However, the Nogai people were not united within themselves and fought fiercely.
"Then send someone over and directly confer the title of Khan to the most powerful leader of the Nogai tribe, and grant him the title of Protector. Most of the other tribes will set up governor's offices, grant the title of governor, and grant the title of prince."
Xiaoyuzi is close to the Caspian Sea, so just set up the Caspian Sea Protectorate.
The four battle areas in the river are also areas that must be controlled. Only by controlling the river can the western frontier of the empire be truly stable.
To control, we must first weaken the Uzbeks here. Now the Kazakhs are the strongest, and Bukhara has great potential. Through the Dawan Khanate and the Nogai Khanate, we can further weaken Bukhara and the Kazakhs, and let the river be free of
From the Three Kingdoms to the Five Kingdoms, it is undoubtedly more in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty.
Just like supporting Turpan Khan to become independent, he can be supported as an agent to fight against the Junggars and weaken Yarkand.
Not long after the war started, Turpan Khan Amulun was completely inseparable from the support of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he desperately spend money to buy equipment with livestock money and grain, he even had to take the initiative to invite the Ming Dynasty to come to Turpan to garrison and help defend.
A large area of land was also allocated for the Ming Dynasty to establish the Gaochang New City garrison here and establish the Silk Road post station between Gaochang, Yiwu, and Dunhuang.
If the current trend of fighting continues, within three years, Turpan Khan Amulun will completely become a puppet of the Ming Dynasty. When the power in his hands is exhausted, he will be completely dependent on the Ming Dynasty, and even Eastern Xinjiang will eventually be actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty.
"Give Amulun another batch of cannons and let them deploy them to Manas City to strengthen the defense. For the time being, we can't directly send troops to fight Junggar, but it's okay to sell some firearms secretly."
Wen Anzhi smiled and said, "Understood, we asked Amulun's son Abdullah to lead the Geligis to 'rob' again."
