The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 508 Where is Bai Yanhu running to?
Beijing City, Changchun Garden, Chunhui Hall.

This garden is located a little west of the later Peking University. It was originally the Tsinghua Garden of Li Wei, the grandfather of Emperor Wanli. It was rebuilt and expanded by famous teachers from Jiangnan during the reign of Emperor Kangxi.

Today, it covers an area of 900 acres, combining the characteristics of northern palaces and Jiangnan gardens. The scenery is extremely beautiful and is deeply loved by Mo Zibu.

Emperor Mo smacked his lips. If this happened in the future Beijing, who would be able to own a 900-acre garden villa to the west of Peking University?

Tsk tsk.

The children were also very happy. Nine-year-old Asen took seven-year-old Asu, and the two of them ran around wildly under the frightened eyes of a group of palace servants and eunuchs.

Compared with the gardens of Dayu in Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing, these in Beijing are obviously several levels higher, not to mention the top three Yuanming Gardens consisting of Yuanmingyuan, Qichun Garden and Changchun Garden.

"The Manchus really know how to enjoy life. Emperor Wuzong built a leopard garden, and he's still being criticized for it.

"The Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties practically turned the entire city of Beijing into a garden, and no one dared to say a word," Mo Zibu said to his mother, Chen, with much emotion.

Chen didn't like the humidity and heat in Nanyang, so after staying there for half a year, she left Mo Tianci and ran to Beijing.

Hearing her son's words, the knowledgeable Chen smiled and said, "Emperor, you can also be like the Qing emperor, but you don't want to."

"It's not that we are unwilling, it's that we can't. The Qing Dynasty's centralization was too much. That was not centralization of power, but imperial centralization.

The emperor is the court itself. Those who can share a little bit of power are close to the emperor, and the rest are slaves and cannot get it.

So many people across the country don't have the slightest sense of being in charge, so naturally they won't work hard for this new empire. This is why corrupt officials were rampant during the Qing Dynasty."

Chen actually deeply understood what Mo Zibu said.

You see, although Nanyang is tens of thousands of miles away from Beijing, its vassal states, officials, soldiers, and the people who settled there are all diligently implementing the policies of the imperial court.

Even without the court's orders and organization, they continued to expand.

It is because after they expand, they can enjoy power. This is not only expanding for the royal family and the court, but also for themselves.

A person who may be unknown on the mainland and has to worry about his next meal after eating the last one, once he goes abroad, as long as he has some skills and gets a small piece of land, his value will immediately increase a hundredfold.

Although he only ruled over a few hundred thousand people and could not squeeze into the National Republican Assembly, he could at least squeeze into the provincial Republican Assembly. His power and property were protected by the state, and he could enjoy corresponding privileges when he returned to his hometown.

Only in this way can the development of Nanyang be in full swing.

"However, fortunately, the Qing Dynasty has already repaired these gardens for us. Since mother cannot tolerate the humidity and heat of Southeast Asia, the cool and dry weather of Beijing is perfect for you to recuperate. You can choose from the three mountains and five gardens."

Although Dayu could not implement the centralized power of the emperor and make everyone in the world a slave like the Qing Dynasty, fortunately, the Qing Dynasty had already provided all the things that Dayu enjoyed, and there was no need to build gardens or anything like that.

The mother and son talked for a while, and then the eunuch came to announce that the third-ranked cabinet minister, Grand Secretary of Jianji Hall, Houguan Bolin Qiaoyin, had come to see the emperor. Chen then left through the back door.

"Your Majesty, urgent reports from Gansu and Daibei." As soon as Sanfu Lin Qiaoyin came in, he quickly placed the two urgent reports on Mo Zibu's desk.

Now the Prime Minister Li Xianwen was arranged by Mo Zibu to go to Shaanxi and Gansu to take charge of the overall situation, and the Second Prime Minister Lin Tong had to rush to Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture to take charge. At the same time, Mo Zibu also appointed his second brother, Duke Cai Mo Zitang, as the governor of Nanjing to symbolically take charge.

Therefore, Lin Qiaoyin, who seems to be one of the three ministers, is actually the chief minister of the outer court.

"No rush, take your time." Mo Zibu asked Lin Qiaoyin to sit down first, and asked the eunuch to bring a cup of tea, and then let him start reporting.

"Mr. Li, the Duke of Shuofang and the Governor-General of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan, has reported that the rebellion in Shaanxi has been basically quelled, and all the rebel forces east of Chang'an and west of Tongguan have been wiped out.

Among them, hundreds of core members of the rebellion were captured, all of whom were fluent in the foreign languages and were the culprits who misled the people in Guanzhong.

Governor Li Xianwen requests Your Majesty to ask whether, in accordance with established regulations, garrisons should be established in Shangzhou, Luonan, Weinan, Huazhou, Tongzhou, and Fengxiang Prefecture.

As soon as Mo Zibu heard the report, he knew there was a big problem, because there were quite a few rebel troops in this rebellion.

There are currently about 8.1 million people in Shaanxi, and about 1.5 million believers, who are relatively concentrated in the Guanzhong area including Fengxiang Prefecture, and the Shangluo Mountain area.

It was announced that there were at least 500,000 people who started the riot, but Li Xianwen only reported that hundreds of key members had been arrested. What about the others?

Mo Zibu would definitely not ask. He asked Li Xianwen to go so that Li Xianwen would take the blame like Wang Huzi. Only a fool would continue to dig into such a matter.

"Approved. Draft an imperial decree. Have Li Xianwen deploy military forces to control areas where rebellion is rampant, and report back."

Then order him to inspect Qin Province and register all Protestants, prohibiting them from migrating, and exile most of them after the war."

This is not because Mo Zibu is cruel. If it weren't for him, all these people would have been killed in the Tongzhi Rebellion in history. Exiling these hundreds of thousands of people now is actually saving their lives.

As for the place of exile, Mo Zibu had also thought about it. Some of them would go to Upper Myanmar, where ethnic conflicts were huge, and the Burmese army, which was unwilling to submit, was devout in its heart and believed in Theravada Buddhism.

At the same time, not far away was the mess left by the Yuan Dynasty, and the problem of Christians in Yunnan was not solved until the Tongzhi Rebellion.

These believers are even more hateful than those in Shaanxi and Gansu. In history, Du Wenxiu and others caused the Han, Bai, Dai, Yi, Miao and other ethnic groups in Yunnan to put aside their prejudices and collectively attack them, which shows how powerful they are.

You are very capable, so let you have a big fight. If you still dare to cause trouble, after the war is over, you will all be exiled to Bangladesh.

The other part will be exiled there after conquering Japan in the future, so that they can test the quality of Japanese samurai.

Let’s see whether the murderous monks of Shintoism are more powerful or the martyrs of Islam are more powerful.

"What about the situation in Gansu? Can Le Erjin, Wang Danwang and others still hold on?" Mo Zibu asked.

The situation in Gansu is much more serious than that in Shaanxi. Not only is Gansu's population more than twice that of Shaanxi, but what's even more frightening is that Shaanxi Christians are hiding in Guanzhong, where the economy is better, so there are many who believe in Laozi, and they are much more moderate.

In history, there have been times of great unrest when the Laojiao protected the Han people. During the siege of Xi'an, more than 30,000 Laojiao people in the city did not join the rebellion, and the people of Xi'an did not kill the Laojiao people.

But Gansu is too terrible. The whole province has been in poverty since the end of the Tang Dynasty. Hexi and Longyou have changed from a prosperous place with cattle and sheep everywhere and fields and roads crisscrossing to a place almost as poor as the mountainous areas of Yunnan and Guizhou.

In extreme poverty, the means of production are extremely scarce, and the most primitive competition for survival is extremely fierce. Therefore, the new religions that use the Central Asian Sufi model, practice personal control, and advocate violence and xenophobia are basically all in Gansu. Even the old religions in Gansu are quite violent.

Moreover, among the 16 million people in Gansu, Christians probably account for more than 30%. In addition, they are organized by Sufi orders, and their organization and mobilization capabilities are far beyond the reach of Christians in Shaanxi.

"In Xining Prefecture, Liangzhou Prefecture, and Ganzhou Prefecture, only the county towns and prefectural capitals remain; the countryside has completely decayed.

Ningxia and Pingliang Prefectures now only have their capitals left, and Lanzhou Prefecture only has its capital, Lanzhou, and a few prefecture and county towns like Jingyuan left, all still in Leerjin's hands."

The situation was far more serious than he had imagined. Mo Zibu had not expected that even though he had detonated it eighty years in advance, it would still be so powerful.

It is really hard to imagine what kind of hell scene it was in history. No wonder 75% of the population of Gansu province was lost.

"Li Xianwen should not linger in Shaanxi. He cannot cause an uprising in Guanzhong. He should immediately urge the White Lotus Sect troops from northern Hubei, central Henan, western Shandong, and northern Zhili to attack Gansu.

Yue Ting, you will immediately urge Henan Governor Yi Bingshou and Shanxi Governor Liu Yong to handle the money, grain, and supplies."

Lin Qiaoyin nodded, then handed over the report from the emperor's elder brother, Duke of Qiong, Mo Zihuang.

Mo Zibu took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions in his heart.

Combined with the secret archives of the Qing court he obtained from the Forbidden City, the Mongols were not domesticated from wolves into Huskies, they were directly destroyed.

As a proud people of the grassland, they cannot ride or shoot, are not only impoverished but also almost lose the ability to migrate by following the water and grass.

Specifically, Mo Zihuang ordered Yang Kaijia to raid Guihua City. The Tumed and Chahar herdsmen in Guihua City had retreated and were not caught.

However, since they had nowhere to go after leaving Guihua City and had no means of living, they risked returning the next afternoon, and were ambushed by Yang Kaijia, suffering heavy casualties.

Are they still nomads?

Yang Kaijia even submitted a military report to Wu Shixiu, the deputy governor of the Five Military Governor's Office, saying that there must still be a large number of left and right flags of the Tumed tribe in Guihua City. He requested another surprise attack, and this time he would definitely be able to wipe out the Tumed tribe.

"The Manchus did great harm to the people. Not only did they silence the Han people, but they also turned even the Mongols who defected to them into useless people.

For thousands of years, nomadic and farming peoples were unable to solve each other's problems, but they were unexpectedly solved by a group of Tungusic savages.

These iron cavalrymen from outside the Great Wall were born useless and could not even defeat the dragoons riding donkeys and mules on the Huai River. The Han soldiers still had some skills, but their spirit had been completely destroyed.

Unfortunately, the world is constantly changing. They can handle the grassland peoples and the Han people, but they can't handle the British and French with their powerful ships and cannons in the West."

Lin Qiaoyin was a little confused when he heard this. Weren't the Westerners quite afraid of the Qing Dynasty? However, he did not delve into this issue. Instead, he said to Mo Zibu:

"Your Majesty, since the Qing Dynasty's policies are effective, do we need to continue them? Although this method is against the will of Heaven and quite cruel, it does work!"

"No, no, we don't need it!" Mo Zibu waved his hand. "Things are different now than they were before, Yue Ting. Wars are fought with coal, iron, and gunpowder. Whoever has more guns and cannons will win.

Under this mode of warfare, with a population of 200 million in our Han area, it only takes two or three months of training to produce a qualified line infantry.

The Mongols north and south of the desert have a combined population of only two million. They have no iron, no coal, no gunpowder, and no artillery. There's no need to be on guard against them."

"That's right!" Lin Qiaoyin thought for a moment, nodded in agreement and said, "One hundred archers are indeed more powerful than one hundred musketeers.

But a hundred relatively elite archers need to practice since childhood, at least one in ten miles, or even one in fifty miles. But for our musketeers, only one in two, or at most one in three, is enough.

The Qing dynasty had to be wary of the Mongols because they only had about a million people and couldn't use such a large number to suppress the Mongols.

"Yes." Mo Zibu took a sip of tea and continued, "Since the Mongols have been tamed by the Qing Dynasty, we can continue to use them.

They are not good at fighting, but they still have the ability to migrate long distances.

In the future, if we want to attack westward, to Transoxiana, or even to the territory of Russia, and compete with the Russian Empire, we will still need the assistance of the Mongols.

They won't be needed for combat at that time, but they'll be useful as scouts, using animals to transport supplies, and ultimately controlling the area after success."

Mo Zibu didn't say anything more. Even if the chaos in Gansu was settled, the Mongols would still be useful.

For example, blocking the escape routes to the west from Anxi Prefecture (Dunhuang), Suzhou Prefecture, etc., to prevent these people from harming the Western Regions.

For example, when the garrison troops, mainly composed of White Lotus Sect members, were searching the mountains and seas, they could also use Mongolian scouts for reconnaissance and transportation.

"Give the order to the Duke of Qiong, and have him send a message to the Zasak of Mobei, who has taken refuge with him, to order them to come to Chengde for a meeting next year.

If these people are obedient, we might even loosen their bonds and restore some of their fighting power so we can use them."

After listening to this, Lin Qiaoyin smiled and winked at Mo Zibu. "But if this happens, Your Majesty will have a new group of Mongolian beauties in your harem. I heard that the Mongolian women in Mobei are particularly strong and very fertile."

Mo Zibu was speechless for a while, waved his hand and drove Lin Qiaoyin out, asking him to quickly prepare supplies to enter Shaanxi, and then let Li Xianwen go to Gansu to quell the rebellion.

After Lin Qiaoyin left, Jinyiwei Commander Chen Xu came in with another secret report, but this was not from a court official, but from the Northern Pacification Office.

"Chen Nan, the law enforcement officer of the Security Department of the Northern Pacification Office, secretly reports: I humbly thank the emperor for his great grace. I personally led 334 law enforcement cavalry to search the three prefectures of Xi'an, Fengxiang, and Tongzhou in Guanzhong, as well as the two prefectures of Qian and Bing.

We have found 4,741 Zoroastrians of the Bai family and their relatives by marriage. After verifying their identities, we have immediately executed them according to the imperial order, leaving no one alive.

Mo Zibu nodded and waved to Li Cunyi, the commander of the Jinyiwei Palace Front Division outside. After showing Li Cunyi Chen Nan's secret report, he said in a cold voice:

"The Palace Front Office will immediately close the net. All Zoroastrians with the surname Bai in the five prefectures and two counties of Shuntian, Tianjin, Baoding, Hejian, Xuanhua, Zunhua, and Yizhou will be arrested and exiled to Taiwan. Not a single one will be left alive."

Mo Zibu vaguely remembered that the beast Bai Yanhu's hometown was Jingyang in Guanzhong, but it seemed that he spent his teenage years around Beijing, so it was not ruled out that his ancestors lived around Beijing.

Then I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go. You want to dig the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, so I will help you.

(End of this chapter)