Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 816

The shotguns exploded one by one, like the scythe of death, constantly taking away the lives of others.

The horses fell to the ground, and the cavalry wailed.

One volley killed hundreds of people.

It was the first time for the Yarkand people to see such a scene, and they were shocked.

It's a pity that the Ming army didn't give him a chance. A series of artillery fires continued to stun him in an instant.

While he was in a trance, Li Dingguo immediately let the cavalry advance and defeated them in one fell swoop.

"Crackling-"

The former Yarkand army had come to the front, and when they saw the well-equipped Ming army, they showed a ferocious smile.

Unfortunately, what greeted them was a stream of muskets.

Cavalry short gun.

According to the usual practice, the cavalry aimed and fired the filled muskets, and then stuffed them into the side of the horse.

After that, he picked up the prepared lighter, ignited the grenade, and threw it forward.

"Boom—"

Our own horses wear earplugs and like to watch the sound of cannons, so they are hardly affected.

But the Yarkand cavalry was not the same. A large number of horses were frightened, and many people were even stunned by a series of grenades.

Afterwards, the Ming army raised the scimitar again like flowing clouds and flowing water, and directly charged and fought.

This general operation is completely different from ordinary face-to-face riding battles, and it is simply not in line with common sense.

More importantly, all the cavalry of the Ming army were wearing leather armor, which is too much.

You know how many cavalry in the Western Regions wear armor?

This is a crushing battle.

The outcome of this war is already doomed.

After more than half an hour, Yaerqiang was defeated and fled.

The Ming army pursued closely and arrived directly at the city of Shache.

Abdullah lost his mind: "It's impossible, it's impossible."

The once profuse sweat was sitting slumped on the wolfskin chair that he had struggled for many years and was proud of. His once tense muscles turned into fat, and he proudly and meticulously combed his beard, which was curled into messy balls.

Several young and adult sons were flustered, not knowing what to say or what to do.

"Khan, let's withdraw!"

Younger brother Su Litang couldn't help but said, "Shache can't hold it anymore."

"Where are you going?" Abdullah raised his bloodshot eyes.

"At present, there are only two places to go. One is to go north. There are many people in Kashgar, and it is a suitable place to start. It is enough for us to recover the lost ground—"

As soon as Su Litang spoke, the ministers immediately quieted down and listened carefully to his words.

"Second, to the west, you will cross the Badak Mountains and arrive at the Badak Khanate (eastern Kyrgyzstan, northern Afghanistan, a vassal state), where there are 200,000 people. If Kashgar can't hold it, you can go there to raise it Recharge your batteries."

"Third, go to Ladakh (northern Kashmir, believe in Tibetan Buddhism), which is more remote and closer to the Mughal Empire. The Ming army will not come over the mountains..."

There is no one to choose from these three directions.

The first is the right choice, the second is escape, and the third is loss.

Abdullah gritted his teeth: "My brother, is there still a choice?"

"Go to Kashgar, there are still my people there."

So, they packed up and fled to Kashgar in a panic with dignitaries and [-] defeated soldiers.

Regarding this, Gao Yigong was not in a hurry, he slowly entered Shache City and took down this large city with a scale of over 50,000 people.

Shache City is different from the Central Plains and Gansu. Its agriculture is very unique, mainly based on manors.

In terms of land composition, it is divided into state-owned land, private property land, and religious manor land.

Official land is planted by tenant farmers, called Taliaqi (serfs), who need to hand over [-]% of the harvest to the Khanate court, while [-]% of private land (free people, nobles) is determined by scriptures.

Religious land is exempt from taxation.

The serfs surrounded the manor, the nobles lived in the manor, and the common people served the nobles.

The Great Khan controls the distribution of water sources, and thus owns the most fertile land, grassland.

In a sense, the pace of centralization of the Yarkand Khanate was much faster than that of other Mongolian tribes.

No way, if you look at it horizontally, the Mongolian Khanates, the Khanates that believe in the Peace Religion, will exist longer and be more advanced, and the higher the level of centralization, the more civilized they are than the nomadic Khanates.

From the perspective of later generations, they are backward, but in the farming and feudal era, the fighting power of the Peace Sect was beyond the charts, and almost all the surrounding countries could win.

It's a pity that Xiao He was successful and Xiao He was defeated. In modern times, the Peace Sect was an obstacle to entering the era of industrialization.

Although Gao Yigong was not sensitive to politics, he was aware of the danger of Abdullah's escape to the Ming army.

"The two most powerful ones in Yarkand are one in Shache and the other in Kashgar. The latter has hundreds of thousands of people, and it can easily surpass ten thousand."

Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "You sit in Shache, I will lead the cavalry to kill him, and I will never let him revive."

"Not urgent."

Gao Yigong shook his head, pointed to Kashgar on the map, and then slid up to the Yili River Valley:
"The Ili River Valley is very close to the Junggar tribe, and the Mongols are tactful. It is expected that they will not miss this banquet and will definitely tear this place down."

"And if possible, even close to Kashgar."

"It's also possible to take Abdullah in." Li Dingguo also reacted, his eyes focused.

"Very likely." Gao Yigong nodded.

If the Oirat tribes took Abdullah in, they would have the qualifications to interfere in southern Xinjiang, and thus might send troops at any time, causing trouble to the Ming army.

Although they were harassed by Russians, how could they think of the Mongols, and they went south as soon as their heads got hot.

Then Yarkand, which was finally taken down, had to be in chaos again.

It will be a huge burden for the court to continue to leave school at that time.

"When you go to Kashgar, don't let Abdullah gather young men and try to capture him. If it doesn't work, drive west instead of letting him go north."

Seeing Li Dingguo's calm and thinking expression, Gao Gong was a little dazed for a while, this is the "enemy of ten thousand people!" back then.

"Leave it to me!" Li Dingguo smiled slightly on his stern face, without changing the blood-stained armor, he strode out directly.

Gao Yigong suddenly smiled, how many Li Dingguos are there in this world?
I'm really jealous of him, why does this kid have a son?

In the seventh year of Shaowu, in the second month of spring, the dragon raised its head.

The emperor went out of the city and came to an imperial field. He wore a straw hat, short clothes and shorts, and worked tirelessly on the iron plow to drive the cattle.

Sweat was dripping from his forehead, and his face was filled with joy.

In front of the cow, the first assistant Zhao Shu was wearing shorts and shorts, holding the nose of the cow and leading the way.

But Zhang Shenyan, Yan Chongxin, Lu Daqi and others accompanied the plow while turning over weeds and sowing wheat seeds, sweating like old farmers in the countryside.

The princes were not too dirty, so they sowed seeds along the back of their buttocks, very happy.

As for the others, they could only stand on the ridge of the field and watch helplessly, not going forward at all.

This scene is like a historical picture scroll, and they are not qualified to participate in it at all.

The living man writes like a spirit, writing continuously, and then cutting out, striving for truth and full of emotion.

At the same time, missionary Wei Kuanguo's brown eyes widened. It was unbelievable that the emperor of a huge empire would work in the fields himself like a serf.

And those civil servants and military generals, not only did not dissuade them, but they watched them with great interest, wishing they could help and participate.

Wei Kuanguo still finds it difficult to understand such absurd stories even after he has been in China for several years.

"Master Wei—" At this time, the eunuch Tian Ren, the supervisor of rituals, Bingbi, came over, with a friendly attitude, and said in a low voice, "I heard that you, Europa, are good at painting. How can you not leave a painting in such a scene?"

Although he was a bit depressed about the term Daochang, Wei Kuanguo was keenly aware that this was a major event for him to participate in the empire, so he hurriedly said:
"You're right, I'll draw it when I get back."

As he spoke, he widened his eyes, looked left and right, and even mobilized the missionaries around him to observe together to prevent omissions.

After working for half an hour, even if he just stepped on the iron plow, the emperor was so tired that he could hardly straighten his back.

Several pampered elders were sweating profusely from the sun, panting like cows.

The princes were also so tired that they could fall asleep while sitting.

However, this activity is meaningful in the end.

Agriculture is the most important at all times.

"Long Live Lord—" Liu Afu hurriedly served warm water, while Tian Ren at the side personally wiped the emperor's sweat.

Tasted it, with a slight salty taste, added salt to rehydrate.

Afterwards, he changed his clothes on the spot to avoid catching cold.

"Headed by Bai Yenong, he is honest and courteous. Only by filling the stomachs of the common people will there be no rebellion."

Zhu Yixi stepped on the ridge of the field, looked at himself turning over the soft ground, let out a long breath, and said sincerely: "Farmers are always the most miserable."

Although the elders of the pavilion were sluggish, they still agreed after all.

"Agriculture is the foundation. Your Majesty has such a benevolent heart. It is indeed a blessing for the court and the people."

Zhao Shu hurriedly said.

"That's right, everyone says I'm greedy for profit, but that's why I focus on agriculture."

Zhu Yixi looked around and said lightly: "The so-called emphasizing agriculture means reducing the burden on farmers, lightening corvees and paying less taxes, and following the four seasons."

"And in this way, if the agricultural tax is low, the business tax will be used to make up."

"A bitter businessman, it is worthwhile to let the farmer eat an extra piece of meat."

"Instead of talking about emphasizing agriculture, turn around and double the tax, the people are unbearably disturbed, and there are many fugitives."

These words caused embarrassing smiles on many people's faces.

In fact, in feudal society, the so-called emphasis on agriculture actually refers to paying attention to agricultural taxes and preventing losses, rather than treating farmers well.

There is no doubt that today is a show, or a necessary show, to show the emperor's emphasis on agriculture and to refute those messy claims.

After all, no matter how much you say, it is better to do something.

Simply put, Zhu Yixi directly broke the previous emperor's pretentiousness and directly came to practice, which was absolutely beyond everyone's expectations.

After working all morning, the emperor returned directly to the Forbidden City.

As soon as I sat down, I learned that there was an urgent message from Liubaili, Gansu.

At the end, Gao Yigong played:
Since the end of the year, he will go south on December [-]th, the sixth year of Shaowu, first entering Yanqi, and then entering Kuqa.
Aksu defeated the enemy a little...

As far as Huerman, the enemy garrisoned [-] troops, trying to stop our king's teacher, relying on the protection of the ancestors, His Majesty's kindness, the enemy Baishan faction surrendered to us, attacked their grain roads, and forced them to fight...

Afterwards, the enemy captured Abdullah and fled to Kashgar. Qinghai General Li Dingguo led [-] troops to chase him...

"Half of the Western Regions has been settled."

Zhu Yixi slapped the table excitedly, taking down Yarkand so easily was beyond his expectation.

After this battle, the so-called Chagatai Khanate completely disappeared.

"Since the Tang Dynasty lost the Western Regions after Anshi, China has not heard the name of Loulan for 900 years. Today, the recovery of the Western Regions in the reign of Your Majesty is a great achievement that has never been seen in ancient times."

Zhao Shu couldn't help being amazed anymore, he hurriedly bowed down: "Congratulations to His Majesty, congratulations to Daming—"

"Congratulations to His Majesty, congratulations to Daming—"

The eight ministers and the elders of the four pavilions bow down together.

The eunuchs and maids, who always winked at people, knelt down in a hurry and cheered.

Zhu Yixi accepted their cheers frankly, feeling extremely happy.

The territory of the Yuan Dynasty was large, but the Western Regions were lacking. It stopped at Hami, and it was impossible to go further west.

The environment in the early Ming Dynasty was special. It is known from history that during the Qianlong period, the Western Regions were recovered and General Yili was appointed.

At that time, the Central Plains Dynasty had lost the Western Regions for almost 1000 years.

In the past 1000 years, the Han people in the Western Regions have long since disappeared. Buddhism and Peace Sect took turns, and finally the Mongols occupied this place for hundreds of years.

There is no doubt that the age of the Chinese classical empire was in the Tang Dynasty, and the peak of feudalism was in the Qing Dynasty.

Not to mention his autocratic monarchy and the culmination of centralization, but his territorial scope is the widest in all dynasties.

"With the southern border, why not worry about the northern border?"

Zhu Yixi suddenly opened the map behind the screen, looked at the newly painted Yarkand and Oirat leader tribes, all eyes were focused on the northern Xinjiang for a while.

Durbert, He Shuote, Junggar.

Only Junggar is the most stressful.

How can the famous Galdan not make people fearful.

However, that kid Qianlong allowed the Qing army to slaughter the Junggars and gave the northern border to the Uighurs. As a result, Buddhism and the Peace Sect were divided into half, and the Peace Sect was completely unified.

This is not good!
At this time, a series of emotions popped up in Zhu Yixi's mind, and various governance plans kept wandering.

In the end, the provincial system was killed.

In a place like the Western Regions, it is unrealistic.

"How about setting up the Tianshan Xingdu Division?"

The emperor turned around and smiled at the ministers.

A very bright smile.

Several people in the cabinet gave a wink and agreed.

The eight ministers who watched the decision-making felt the emperor's unparalleled prestige and power, and became more respectful.

The Tianshan Xingdu Division naturally governs the territory of the Yarkand Khanate in the Tarim Basin and the Pamirs.

According to the practice of the Jilin Xingdu Division, the Tianshan Xingdu Division has a Tianshan General, who integrates the military and the government, and commands the entire Xingdu Division's army and people.

However, all major oases set up commanders to exercise oasis military administration, appointed by the imperial court, and led by Tianshan generals to manage the Tianshan Xingdu Division together.

(End of this chapter)