I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 889: New Three-Sided Governor
Dust and fog were flying, and the sunlight shining down was swallowed by countless dust particles and then diffused away, creating a chaotic scene.

In the chaos, the light flickered and the human figures appeared and disappeared, just like an extremely huge orange veil fluttering between heaven and earth, half covering all people and objects.

The neighing of horses rose and fell in the dust and fog. The Persian cavalry, less than 300 meters away, watched nervously, and the officers shouted hysterically.

"Don't move!"

"No attack!"

"No archery!"

The cavalrymen pulled hard on the reins, and the psychic horses became restless.

Sometimes he shook the horse's head and neighed loudly; sometimes he kicked the horse's hooves wildly, trying to vent his anger.

Everyone is very nervous.

Most of the cavalry were confused.

However, the experienced Persian generals, officers and veterans knew that the cavalry of the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate did not have the ability to quickly attack right under their noses.

The Afghan cavalry does not have this ability either.

By the process of elimination, the only ones left were the Ming cavalry across the Amu Darya River.

The new governor on his side brought the new Shah's order, requiring peace with the Ming Dynasty and strictly prohibiting any unauthorized border conflicts.

Even without the Shah's order, they did not dare to rashly declare war on the Ming army.

The dust slowly settled and everything gradually became clear.

A large flag fluttered in the wind under the sun.

Red background with a yellow capital letter "Ming" in the middle!

The flag of the Ming Dynasty!
Behind the flags, there were densely packed cavalrymen wearing field gray army uniforms. They carried muskets on their backs, sabers on their waists, and some had lances placed behind their saddles.

He looks energetic, solemn and calm, but his whole body is filled with a sharp and unstoppable spirit.

Shen Wanxiang and Wang Yongji were very excited as they finally encountered the flag of the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, after nearly five years of overseas missions, I finally saw the flag of the Ming Dynasty army.

Shen Wanxiang was so excited that he wanted to charge forward on his horse, but Wang Yongji grabbed the bridle of his horse.

"Chizuru, wait for the scout to go and check it out immediately."

Shen Wanxiang smiled awkwardly, "I was just too excited."

Soon, after some negotiations, the Persian scout came back and reported, "The visitors are the 6th Cavalry Division of the Yuezhi Dusi of the Ming Army. I have informed them of the situation of the Ming envoys, and the vanguard group over there is reporting to the higher authorities."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

He is truly the royal teacher of the Ming Dynasty.

Half an hour later, a group of cavalry came galloping. The cavalry in front was holding a flag with a yellow "Ming" character on a red background and a Great Wall that meandered like a giant dragon below.

This is the flag of the Ming Army.

The Ming cavalry walked less than 50 meters and pulled the reins, standing still. An officer rode out slowly, his face was gray and unclear, but the two bright yellow lines and four golden five-pointed stars on the epaulettes were clear.

Colonel, that should be the commander of the 6th Cavalry Division.

The colonel said, "Are they Lord Shen and Lord Wang, the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty sent to the three countries overseas?"

The voice sounds familiar, could it be that I meet someone I know here?

Shen Wanxiang rode his horse past the crowd, came out to the front and bowed, saying, "I am the envoy Shen Wanxiang. May I know who you are?"

"It is indeed Envoy Shen. I am Wang Fengmeng, the commander of the Sixth Cavalry Division of the Yuezhi Commandery."

Shen Wanxiang was overjoyed, "It turns out to be Brother Wang!"

Wang Yongji also stepped forward happily, "Brother Wang, I didn't expect to meet you here. We couldn't recognize you."

The colonel laughed heartily, wiped his face, and removed some of the dust, revealing his appearance. He was one of Hai Rui's few disciples.

The king meets a fierce and powerful minister.

Soon, a marching tent was set up on the spot. Shen Wanxiang first introduced Wang Fengmeng and Nahamardan to each other, and then asked.

"Commander Wang, why are you leading your troops here?"

"Henan is in chaos now. The remnants of the Bukharin Khanate and the Khiva Khanate often cross the river to the Kushan County to plunder. We have cleared them out several times, but the effect is not good. It's like catching mice in the field.

These bastards are actually playing hide-and-seek with us. We don't want to waste our energy on this anymore. Let's just drive our troops south and wipe out their den of rats."

"Kushan County?"

"Yes, according to the decree of His Majesty, Bukhara City is renamed Kushan City, Samarkand is renamed Kangju City, and Transoxiana is renamed Kushan County, which is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Three Border Governors."

"Governor of the Three Frontiers?"

"It was established in the seventh year of the Wanli reign under the Imperial Edict, and governs the three border regions of Kushan, Mengchi, and Pamirs. The Governor's Office is located in Dayuan City. At the same time, two military governors, Yuezhi and Mengchi, were set up to command the land forces of the three border regions."

"Where is Dayuan City?"

"It is Deshkan (Tashkent), the western exit of the Fergana Basin. By the way, the Amu Darya River has now been changed to Yuezhi River, and the Syr Darya River has been changed to Wan River."

"Has the emperor made up his mind?"

"Yes, the emperor has made up his mind to include the Central Plains in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. However, he also issued a strict order that the border troops of the Yuezhi Dusi should not expand their territory any further. Except for hunting down bandits, they should not cross the border easily."

"That's good." Shen Wanxiang breathed a sigh of relief.

Fergana and Transoxiana are the two richest regions in Central Asia. The Ming Dynasty occupied them, but it could not expand outward.

The military generals and officers must want to fight further and further so that they can achieve great achievements.

But from a civilian perspective, what about logistics?
The territory became larger and larger, the logistics lines became longer and longer, and the cost became greater and greater.

After the territory is conquered, it needs to be managed carefully, the people need to be educated, and they need to live and work in peace and contentment in order to last long and become the real territory of the Ming Dynasty. However, management also requires huge costs.

It is very satisfying to see the army marching forward with all their might. But the price of this satisfaction needs to be carefully weighed.

Before he went on the diplomatic mission, the emperor had been wavering on whether to take over the Central Asian region.

It has now been determined that the Central Asian region will be taken over, but the bottom line has also been clearly drawn.

If the strategy and route are clear, then it will be easy.

Shen Wanxiang briefly recounted the mission's visit to Portugal, the Ottoman Empire and Persia, focusing on Persia.

"Your Majesty, Shah Kobanda of Persia, wishes to live in peace with our Ming Dynasty and be friends forever. Your Majesty has sent an envoy to the capital by sea to meet His Majesty and present Shah Kobanda's letter of credence.
I also believe in Kobanda Shah's sincerity. Now there is an excellent opportunity for cooperation between Ming and Persia in Henan."

Wang Fengmeng glanced at Nahamardan and found that the boy was listening very seriously and seemed to understand Chinese.

"Envoy Shen, please tell me in detail."

"Okay. Previously, the Bukharans and Khivans in the Transoxiana region, as well as the Afghans and many other tribes in this area, posed a great threat to Khorasan on the eastern frontier of Persia and often disturbed the border.

The previous Shah, the Khan, the father of His Highness Kobanda, fought in this area for many years and spent a lot of effort to suppress the Bukharans and Afghans.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has recovered the Transoxiana region, which was once the former Tang territory, we are also facing harassment from the Bukharans, Khivans, and Kazakhs.

According to what Governor Nahamaldan and Commander Wang just said, these barbarian tribes are a mess. They are not a big threat to the Ming Dynasty and the Persian border, but they are annoying.

Just like rats and insects, they cross the border and harass people for no reason, making it hard to guard against them.”

Nahamardan and Wang Fengmeng nodded repeatedly, saying that it was indeed the case.

"I have talked with Kodaban Shah in Isfahan, Persia. I want Ming and Persia to jointly support two or three khanates in Henan and Afghanistan."

Wang Fengmeng nodded, "Yes, help restore order here. Only when order is restored, those tribesmen who are like wandering ghosts will stop running around."

Nahamaldan looked at Wang Fengmeng and said in stiff official language: "I am following the order of our Shah to stabilize the eastern border and hope to cooperate with your army."

"No problem." Wang Fengmeng responded happily, "But this matter is not something I, a division commander, can decide. I must report it to the Three Border Governor's Office."

"Which lord is the governor of the three borders?"

"It's Mr. Xu Wenchang who was transferred here from the post of Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu."

"It's Xu Du. All right, let's go to Dayuan City right away to pay a visit to Xu Du."

"Xu Du went to Mengchi County for an inspection. According to the schedule, he should have returned. However, we don't know if he was delayed on the way, so we don't know whether Xu Du is in Dayuan City."

Shen Wanxiang was a little dizzy, "Where is Mengchi County? I wanted to ask just now, but I forgot for a moment."

"It is the Seven Rivers Basin. West of Yibo Lake. Oh, Yibo Lake is the commonly known Kukchatengus Sea (Lake Balkhash), which is named after the former Tang Yibo Sea.

It just so happened that in the map drawn by the surveying team, the lake was long and narrow, like wings spread out to fight the sky.

The area west of Yibo Lake, east of Dawan River and Aral Sea, and centered on the Chu River Basin and Rehu (Issyk-Kul Lake). It was the old land of Wusun and Dawan, and the Former Tang Dynasty established the Mengchi Protectorate, so it was named Mengchi County.

Shen Wanxiang nodded, turned to Nahamaldan and said, "We will cross the river to the north immediately, meet Governor Xu, and report the situation to him.

Governor Xu is well versed in border affairs and foreign affairs, and he will certainly support our move.

Governor Nahamaldan, you should hurry up and find the right person to support. When the order comes from the three governors' offices, both sides will act together. "

"Okay!" Nahamardan responded immediately without hesitation.

Wang Fengmeng sent a company to escort the envoys of Shen Wanxiang and Wang Yongji to the north of Dayuan City. He led a large group of troops and cooperated with Nahamardan's troops to continue the cleanup of the area south of the Yuezhi River.

Shen Wanxiang and Wang Yongji and his party crossed the Yuezhi River at Damo City (Termez) and entered the Transoxiana region.

Along the way, pastures, farmland, houses, towns, canals and roads can be seen everywhere, all in good order, but the population is much smaller.

According to the escorting company commander, most of the Bukharan people who originally lived here were driven to the south side of the Yuezhi River.

Most of the people currently living here are tribesmen who moved here from Mengchi County in the north and the Pamir Mountains in the east. They are organized in a militarized manner according to the model of agricultural reclamation troops and are carrying out large-scale construction on this land.

Passing through the city of Kangju (Samarkand), the city walls here are half new and half old. The new ones were rebuilt after being destroyed by war.

There were not many people living in the city. Apart from officials, soldiers, businessmen and police officers, there were mostly craftsmen.

Continuing forward, we soon arrived at Dayuan City, the seat of the Three Border Governor's Office.

It is much more prosperous here, and you can also see a medium-sized cement factory and a small smelter.

I went straight to the Governor's Mansion into the city and asked, and coincidentally, it turned out that the Governor of the Three Borders, Xu Wei, had just returned yesterday.

Shen Wanxiang and Wang Yongji waited at the door for a while and saw an official in a red robe hurried out.

It was Xu Wei.

Xu Wei stepped forward, took one of them by the arm, and said with emotion: "You two left Beijing in the fifth year of Wanli and went on diplomatic missions to the three countries overseas. Five years have passed in a flash.

Thanks for your hard work! "

Shen Wanxiang and Wang Yongji were also very excited. They crossed their arms and bowed, saying generously: "I am carrying out the emperor's orders and dare not slack off. Now I have finally returned to the land of the Ming Dynasty. I am lucky!"

Xu Wei took the two of them arms and walked straight into the hall of the central courtyard.

After they sat down, a servant served them hot tea.

Shen Wanxiang first introduced the situation of the diplomatic envoys’ mission to the three countries.

However, according to court regulations, they needed to report to the Honglu Temple and the Cabinet, and talking to Xu Wei was just a polite gesture.

Xu Wei did not dare to exceed the rules.

After Shen Wanxiang finished his introduction, he went straight to the point.

"I have three matters to report to the Three Border Governor's Office. I hope Governor Xu will make the decision."

"Chizuru, just tell me!"

(End of this chapter)