In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 326 Mobei is nothing

Lin Rui decided to let his concubine Habeier lead the army to Mobei, which still caused quite a stir and criticism both inside and outside the court.

After all, the conquest of Mobei was a huge event in the history of Chinese dynasties, but Lin Rui not only prepared to send [-] troops, but also sent a Mongolian woman as the main general, which was really hard to accept.

However, today's Dahua is not as good as the Ming Dynasty. No matter how much the civil servants and scholars in the city criticize, it cannot affect the emperor's decision and the operation of the governor's office.

So we can only sit in small groups in teahouses and restaurants, talk loudly, and beat our chests.

Regarding these criticisms, Lin Rui just took an indifferent attitude. It was okay for literati to criticize state affairs in private and express their dissatisfaction and opinions, but they were not allowed to gather people to petition to cause trouble or spread rumors and slander.

Civil servants with official positions were much stricter. Anyone who dared to discuss the emperor and military affairs in public would be punished with demerits. Those who dared to submit memorials after being full would be dismissed and never hired.

After the removal of dozens of civil servants in Beijing, the civil servants no longer dared to meddle in other people's business, and they all became more honest.

Although scholars without official positions were not punished, seeing that the emperor ignored them, the civil servants also stopped and gradually stopped.

If Lin Rui could still tolerate the ancient scholars who did not study hard, study for fame, and always interfered with national affairs and talked eloquently, then he could tolerate the civil servants who did not do their job well and interfered in military affairs and the emperor's family affairs. It will never be tolerated.

After all, everything is in ruins now, and every province and department is in urgent need of governance, reform and improvement of the system. Officials in each department should use their thoughts on the affairs of their own departments, instead of worrying about those military and national affairs.

Lin Rui just wanted to take this opportunity to put an end to this evil trend, and at the same time tell all the civil servants not to worry about it if it was not their own yamen's business.

A carrot and a pit. Whatever position you hold, you should do what you should do. If you are not in your position, don't seek political affairs.

Military matters were naturally taken care of by him, the emperor, the governor-general and the generals.

The civil servants of the Government Affairs Council should be concerned about people's livelihood, while the Supervisory Yuan and the courts should be concerned about improving the judicial and supervisory system.

It was February, and Habeier did not delay much. He only prepared for two days. Under the envy of Mrs. Niu and Hailanzhu, he led the Qianyu Lin Army and two infantry battalions under the First Army. hurriedly set off to Hetao.

At the same time, Lin Rui also sent recruitment orders to the three tribes. The Horqin tribes recruited [-] warriors to be naturalized and combined, and the Chahar tribes and Tumote tribes each recruited [-] warriors. This time, knights were given priority.

Hubbell brought more than 1 dragoons, and it only took ten days to arrive at Guihua. As for the chariot battalion, it has been stationed at Guihua.

Although the number of tanks in the tank battalion has not been expanded, after several years of development, the number of tanks has reached thousands.

They are all new chariots with copper shafts, iron wheels and spring bearings. The quality is far from comparable to those of previous chariots, and those old chariots have basically been eliminated.

After several years of continuous improvement, chariots have been divided into two types. One is a light chariot with two wheels, a fan cover and two horses pulling it.

With a crew of three, the advantage is fast speed and flexible steering. It is mainly used for charge and pursuit. Detachable sharp blades are installed on both sides of the tank.

The other is a four-wheeled heavy chariot, pulled by four horses. It is mainly used to load infantry and supplies. It can also charge into battle in emergencies. The disadvantage is that the steering is not flexible, and the advantage is that it has a large load capacity.

The wheels of both tanks are very large, coupled with bearing springs and solid structures, they both have good off-road performance and are very suitable for grassland terrain.

The reason why Lin Rui spared no effort to develop chariots is because the advantages of chariots on the grasslands are huge. In future expeditions to the western desert and Central Asia, two chariots paired with cavalry will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

If the weapons of the dragoons are replaced by fire guns, and the three arms cooperate with each other, they will be simply invincible on the grassland.

Guihua City has been completed after several years of construction. The inner city houses the government offices and the originally designed Hua Wang Mansion.Xicheng is an industrial area, and now there is only a coal plant, iron and wood workshops, and leather processing plants, all of which are royal industries.

The east city is a barracks, housing [-] garrison troops and chariot battalions, while the outer city is a commercial area. The restaurants and shops along the street have long been sold out. There is an endless stream of Han businessmen and Mongolians coming and going, and it is no less prosperous than A city in the Central Plains region.

"Abba, has Zashak received any reply?"

After Hubbell entered the city, he naturally moved directly into Prince Hua's Mansion. After sending all the civil and military officials in the city away, he invited his father Chatu into the study and asked.

After the counties in Hetao were reorganized into prefectures, the Mongolian tribes under their jurisdiction still adopted the policy of headman autonomy that was originally formulated. In addition to the governor and prefect, Lin Rui also appointed his father-in-law Chatu as a special envoy, responsible for regulating the conflicts among the tribes. contradiction.

If conflicts arise between tribes, they should first resolve them themselves. If the conflict cannot be resolved, they can report it to the magistrate where they are located for arbitration. If they are not satisfied with the outcome of the magistrate's arbitration, they can report it to the Naturalization Council, which will be jointly decided by the Chatu and the governor. If they disagree, they can Report directly to the emperor.

Normally, the prefects have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of each tribe, and their jurisdiction is limited to the prefectural city. Lin Rui's approach is to rule by inaction.

There is no way, Han people are different from herdsmen. Direct management by Han officials may be counterproductive, so it is better to let them govern themselves.

As long as the tribes are prohibited from fighting, the interests and status of the knights in the tribe are ensured, and the children are brought to the capital to implement Chinese education for four years, in a few years, all tribes will have to speak Chinese and practice Han etiquette and customs. At that time, they will be directly managed , it will be a matter of course.

It was definitely much stronger than the Manchu and Qing alliance flag system. After all, as a foreign nation, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were remarkable in their rule over the nomadic tribes on the grasslands, but in terms of Chineseization, they did a rather poor job.

It can be said that there is no deliberate Sinicization of the grassland tribes at all, and there is even some resistance. Even so, after more than 200 years, under the subtle influence, the various tribes in Monan have also become quite serious in Sinicization.

Now, with his efforts to promote Chinese education, he believes that in just a few decades, Monan and Mobei will become an indispensable part of China, and these nomadic tribes will protect this grassland for generations to come.

"Not yet, we are still discussing it, but the Zasak tribe has been cornered. Even if Naruzada is unwilling to give in, he will eventually compromise."

Chatu shook his head, and then explained that he had no doubt that the Zasak tribe would accept China's surrender conditions.

The 6 or [-] people of the Zhasak Tribe have been nesting in the north of Yinshan Mountain for several months. If they had not traded a large amount of grain and coal with them, they would not have been able to survive last winter. Therefore, as long as the Zhasak Tribe dared to refuse, they would not have been able to survive. There is no need to fight. As long as we don't provide them with food, they will all be doomed this winter.

Because the little grassland in the northern part of Yinshan Mountain can never support 6 or [-] people.

"I don't have time to wait for them to argue. I will send someone to tell Ruzada tomorrow. Either he will go to Beijing with his family and belongings, or I will lead troops there. By then, not a single noble in the entire Zasak tribe will be gone. Keep!"

Hubbell waved his hand and said, not wanting to give Zasak the room to bargain.

After all, the matter of the Zhasak Tribe must be settled before we can set off to Mobei to deal with the Chechen Khan Tribe.

"Haha, okay, I will send your brother to go there in person tomorrow!"

Seeing his daughter's tone, Chatu was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He also felt extremely lucky and wise to give his daughter to Lin Rui.

Then the father and daughter started to chat about some common things.

As for the preparations for the Northern Expedition, Hubbell did not need to worry about it at all. The required materials and food did not need to be transported from the customs, or even allocated from Wuyuan. Only the twenty naturalized garrison guards had to stock up. The food is enough to feed [-] soldiers for a year.

Compared with previous dynasties, it took more than half a year to prepare and mobilize tens of millions of troops and civilians before they dared to conquer Mobei. However, for the Chinese state that controlled the entire Hetao, conquering Mobei was too easy. This is also The reason why Lin Rui dared to let Ha Beier lead the army.

(End of this chapter)