Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

The layout of the master seems random, but in fact every step is full of deep meaning. From conferring rewards to setting up provinces, the Great Khan of Lotus made two moves in one breath, which was not a random move.

For example, although the crown prince Zhuo Ligetu stayed behind and had no military achievements, he was given a set of armor that was almost identical to the one he wore. The reward given to the queen Uliji Bayar was also higher than that of other concubines. This clearly showed that he had no intention of changing the crown prince. The princes and ministers must abide by the law and not cause civil strife when the war was about to come. He also deliberately elevated the status of concubines with children. The status of mothers was improved, and the status of the kings was naturally improved accordingly. The mothers of Qi Wang Mai La Si and Jin Wang Er Galang were both imperial concubines, and each had a strong family power. Too much power would inevitably endanger the status of the crown prince. Now the mothers of the kings are all in the front position, even Odunmuqier who entered the palace last was named Ning Fei, the status of the two adult princes, Chu Wang Baoyin and Zhao Wang Biligendalai, naturally also improved accordingly, and they have the ability to check and balance Qi Wang Mailas and Jin Wang Ergalang. In the future, as the two concubines, Qin Wang Chuo Siji, Han Wang Luobuzang and Shuoqi, grow up, the checks and balances between the princes will be strengthened, and the status of the crown prince will be more consolidated. Sultan is familiar with history books, and he does not want the David Kingdom he has worked so hard to build to be destroyed by the internal strife of brothers fighting for the throne, so he made this arrangement.

The same is true for rewarding meritorious officials. While promoting them to the palace of the Grand Secretary, they are no longer allowed to serve as ministers of various ministries, so that the ministers of various ministries and cabinet ministers can check and balance each other. When promoting officials, attention is paid to the proportion of Mongolian, Han, Tibetan, Hui, Manchu and other ethnic groups, and officials of the same ethnic group are not allowed to take up high positions in a department or province. When rewarding military generals, in addition to military merit, tribal power is also taken into consideration. The leaders of the major powerful tribes, such as Dushihuoer, the Prince of Keqin, the second-class Zasaktugong Wangchuk, the first-class Hetohuitbo ​​Gunbu Yileden, the second-class Khalkha Right Wing Burbentar, the second-class Saiyin Noyan Botasshib, and the third-class Aohan Bobuda, were all rewarded, which not only rewarded their military merits but also won over the hearts of the people.

As for the establishment of the three provinces and the selection of officials, they were not random. Erke, Duke of Lu, was appointed as the governor of Nuningji to manage the military affairs of the three provinces. First, he was highly respected and could control the situation. Second, he was old and calm and patient. It was not easy for him to have a large-scale military conflict with other countries, mainly the Tsarist Russia in the north. David's main enemy now was the Qing Dynasty. Before destroying the Qing Dynasty, the Great Khan Lianhua did not want to go to war with Tsarist Russia, so he arranged this veteran to be the governor. Similarly, the reason why Orros, who swept across the south bank of Heilongjiang, was transferred back to Shenyang was because his temper was too violent and it was very easy for him to collide with Tsarist Russia if he stayed in Heilongjiang. Of course, the Great Khan would never treat his meritorious officials poorly. He issued an order to promote Orros from the second-class Hequ Earl to the first-class Hequ Earl; Jilin Governor Wannian Ce, Provincial Governor Zhang Jinyan, Censor Fang Gongqian, Ningguta Tu Mian Kungao Deser, Nurgan Tu Mian Ahem all had rich experience in administration, and appointing them could well develop the economy of the three provinces. Wan Nian Ce was a surrendered official of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Jinyan and Fang Gongqian were criminal officials of the Qing Dynasty. Appointing them could also win over the hearts of the surrendered officials of the Ming and Qing dynasties. As for Nurgan chief Tarhun, Ningguta chief Zhamubi, and Jilin general Okchotbu, they were all military generals with calm temperament and rich combat experience. Promoting them to serve in the three provinces could not only reward them for their military merits, but also defend the territory and make it less likely for them to provoke border conflicts.

Border conflicts are not speculation, but real. Pashkov, the "Amur River Governor of the Daur Region of China" personally appointed by the Russian Empire, sent an envoy named Milovanov to visit the Lotus Khan, saying that he came for the friendship between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of David, but in fact he wanted to test whether the weapons that had recently appeared in the indigenous tribes such as Buryat, Daur, and Barhu were aided by the Kingdom of Wei. The young Russian envoy was very tough and demanded that the Kingdom of David must give up military assistance to the indigenous tribes, otherwise they would send an envoy to Beijing to ally with the Qing to resist the Kingdom of Wei. In fact, the envoy initially wanted to go to Hetuala to meet the Great Khan, and planned to threaten him by going to Ningguta to meet the generals of the Qing Dynasty. As a result, when he arrived at Hetuala, he learned that the Great Khan had led a large army to attack Ningguta. When he rushed to Ningguta, he found that it had been captured by the Wei army. The Ningguta Angbang Zhangjing Bahai, who had fought bravely and lost his way, was actually killed in the battle. He had no choice but to meet the Great Khan and threaten to go to Beijing to ally with the Qing to fight against the Wei. If he had not personally experienced the powerful fighting power of the Wei army, his attitude would have been much worse.

"A large number of weapons have appeared in the Buryat, Daur, Barhu and other tribes? What does this have to do with me?" Sultan asked about the purpose of his visit and immediately cried out, "Your Excellency, you are joking. I am now fighting the Qing army, and my own army does not have enough weapons. How can I have extra weapons for those tribes? I heard that the pseudo-Qing once recruited a large number of soldiers from various tribes and equipped them with a large number of weapons. After our army pacified the areas outside the Great Wall, the tribal soldiers in the Qing army returned to their tribes one after another and brought back these weapons. Well, that must be the case."

"Your Majesty, is this really true?" Although Milovanov was very eloquent and good at debate, he was young after all. After hearing what the cunning Khan said, he felt that a good person might have been wronged and couldn't help blushing.

"Of course it is. I even think that this was done by the pseudo-Qingning Guta Angbang Zhangjing Bahai. This man is both civil and military, and very strategic. It is not ruled out that he deliberately donated the army's weapons to the tribes outside the Great Wall before his death in battle to provoke them to oppose David. Your Excellency does not know that most of Bahai's troops come from these tribal warriors. They not only hate your country but also David. Therefore, I will never provide them with military assistance," the Great Khan vowed.

"But I heard that these tribes have sent envoys to pay tribute to you and accepted the official positions you granted them." Milovanov was not easy to fool, so he asked another key question. The meaning was obvious: these tribes have paid tribute to you and are nominally your subjects. Now that they suddenly have a large number of weapons in their hands, it is hard to say that they have nothing to do with you.

"Haha~" The Great Khan suddenly laughed, "Your Excellency has been deceived by those cunning chieftains. They have always attached themselves to whoever is stronger. When they saw my army defeated the Qing army, they all pledged allegiance to me. In fact, they did not really listen to me. The taxes they promised to pay were only half of those paid by the pseudo-Qing army. Some tribes even surrendered and rebelled from time to time, which gave me a headache." After saying that, he pointed to his head, "Those tribes gave me a headache when they were not strong in military force. What would happen if they had strong military force? Don't worry, I will never do such a stupid thing of raising a tiger to harm myself!"

As soon as these words came out, Milovanov immediately believed them. Indeed, those barbarians were fickle, sometimes surrendering and sometimes rebelling. Lotus Khan should not dare to let them have the force to resist his rule. Perhaps those weapons were not provided by Weiguo. Smiling, he said: "I brought you greetings from His Majesty the Tsar this time. I hope that our two countries can get along as friendly as before."

"That's inevitable," the Great Khan patted his chest, "Your Excellency should know that I have always been friendly to your country and strongly support trade between our two countries. Many of the goods in Nerchinsk were sold to you by David merchants. Of course, I also collected a lot of commercial taxes from them... Hahahaha, friendly trade benefits both the country and the people!"

After fooling the Russian envoys away, Sultan immediately secretly instructed the officials of the three provinces, including Erke, Kunga Odeser, Ahem, Tarhun, Jamubi, Okchotbu, and Wannence, to be patient during the decisive battle between David and the pseudo-Qing Dynasty and not to take the initiative to provoke a war with Tsarist Russia. However, if the other side invaded the border, they would still have to resist, but they must pay attention to controlling the scale of the war.

After completing the two tasks of enfeoffment and establishment of provinces, he ordered to step up preparations for war. In addition to the 80,000 troops brought back from outside the Great Wall, he recruited another 50,000 troops from the north and south of the desert. The 130,000 troops were stationed at Shalingdun, west of Shenyang City, and trained day and night.

Although the Kingdom of David had achieved considerable military victory, it still had a large gap in economy compared with the Qing Dynasty, which occupied the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River. Due to the empty treasury, the Wei army could not launch a large offensive in the short term. After the Qing army repelled the Tuoli tribe from Xi'an, it launched a large-scale attack on Datong. Liang Guogong Barsi and Qi Wang Mailas, who were responsible for guarding Datong, kept submitting memorials to request reinforcements, but they were ashamed of their money and could only bluff outside Shanhaiguan. Datong was a military stronghold. Once it was lost, the offensive and defensive situation would be easy. For this reason, he ordered people to use flying slaves to send letters to Zuo Shedou, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Jiao, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, who were on a diplomatic mission in Beijing, and ordered the two to pretend to negotiate and try to reduce the Qing army's offensive against Datong.

In order to get rid of the economic pressure, Sultan even sent envoys to Japan, Korea, Ryukyu and other countries, and even sent people to contact Zheng Chenggong in Tainan (Taiwan), hoping to have friendly trade with them. (End of this chapter)