October of the third year of Chenghua.

At this time, the cold wind in the Western Regions suddenly rose, and all places had entered the cold winter season, and the wind was raging in the air with snowflakes, and the earth was already wrapped in a layer of snow-white frost, and everything withered.

But even so, the Hu tribes and city passes in various parts of the Western Regions are still in full swing, and the hearts of the people in the entire Western Regions are also violently stirring.

Liu Juntao has received the will of Emperor Chenghua: approve the complete ban on Islam in the Western Regions!

On the day he received the decree, Liu Juntao ordered more than 300,000 Ming troops to attack in all directions, and at the same time gathered reliable tribal soldiers and horses from all over the Western Regions to arrest Muslims, destroy mosques, and burn Muslim books in all parts of the Western Regions, completely erasing the traces of Islam from the Western Regions at all costs.

The land of the Western Regions fell into fierce turmoil in an instant, under the iron fist suppression of Liu Juntao, the tribes who believed in Islam began to change their beliefs, and countless Muslims chose life without hesitation in the choice of life and doctrine, and then under the "hospitality" of the soldiers of the Ming army, they got drunk at the whole pig banquet and returned happy.

However, there are also many Muslim extremists, who are not only unwilling to give up their own Muslim faith, but also do not allow others to change their faith, and in just one month, hundreds of proselytizing tribes have been attacked in various parts of the Western Regions!

Liu Juntao immediately ordered Zhou Zongsheng, the chief military officer of Hanhai Town, to lead the officers and men of the Changshui Army to attack and investigate Muslim extremists in various parts of the Western Regions.

In the winter of this year, in the cold wind of the Western Regions, all tribes left blood, and in just one winter, the Western Regions turned from bright green to bright red. When the early spring came, the ugly face of Islam also disappeared completely with the subsidence of the cold wind, and was replaced by the Western Regions with a full sinicization.

And in this winter, Muslim extremists in various parts of the Western Regions, as well as tribes that firmly believe in Islam, also rioted, but these riots were suppressed by the Ming army and attacked by the tribes in the Western Regions.

In March of the fourth year of Chenghua, Turpan City.

At this time, the 150,000 garrison troops drawn by the Ming Dynasty from Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places had been in place one after another, of which 70,000 troops were guarding the Anxi Protectorate, and the remaining 80,000 troops began to be stationed north of the Tianshan Mountains.

More than 300,000 Ming troops stationed in Turpan City also began to march one after another, of which nearly 200,000 servant troops were divided into two, and 80,000 iron cavalry were all led by Zhou Zongsheng, the chief officer of Hanhai Town, and returned to Hanhai Town with the officers and soldiers of the Changshui Army to the north to guard the desert in the north;

The remaining 120,000 servant troops were again divided into two, with 40,000 troops stationed in Turpan City, and the remaining 80,000 troops stationed in Hamiwei.

Of course, there are also tens of thousands of regular Ming troops stationed in Turpan City and Hamiwei, so the Ming army has an unusually strong strength in the entire Western Regions, and the military expenses of the garrison troops are not completely borne by the Ming Dynasty, but three percent of them are distributed to the tribes of the Hu people in the Western Regions, which the Hu people of all the Western Regions are happy to accept, after all, the Ming court has promised to open bazaars in various parts of the Western Regions, which is exactly what the Hu people want, it can be said that they take what they need and are happy.

At this time, the entire north of the Tianshan Mountains has completely calmed down, and the Ming troops from all over the country have all gathered in place and began to defend all places, so Liu Juntao played the Chenghua Emperor and asked to rebuild the Beiting Protectorate north of the Tianshan Mountains.

At the same time, in order to increase the number of Han people in the Western Regions and prevent the Chengping Rijiuhu people from taking the opportunity to become bigger, Liu Juntao also suggested that the imperial court immigrate to Shibian, and that all Han people who were willing to move to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the Beiting Imperial Protectorate would be provided with travel expenses, food and clothing, and promised to give the relocated people ten times the land in the Western Regions, and also exempt them from paying taxes for five years.

These people wanted to build houses, and the imperial court promised to provide building materials and craftsmen, and even provide interest-free loans for the people, and the Yushan Ticket Number, which has a good reputation among the people, was responsible for this.

After this recital was sent, Liu Juntao immediately wrote a letter to Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce, and Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, ordering the Ministry of Commerce to immediately organize caravans to operate in the Western Regions, and concentrate on building shops in various parts of the Western Regions;

The Ministry of Civil Affairs also had to keep up, on the one hand, to assist the Han people who would move into the Western Regions in the future to reclaim wasteland and stabilize their residences, and on the other hand, to establish cantonment bases and build grain warehouses in various parts of the Western Regions, so as to ensure the rations of the Ming army stationed in various parts of the Western Regions.

Under the activities of the Ministry of Intelligence, Buddhists and Taoists from various inland provinces also entered the Western Regions to preach, especially Taoism, which was strongly supported by Liu Juntao, after all, Taoism is the state religion of China, and it should be so.

Liu Juntao and Liu Zi'an also hoped to use this method to completely eradicate the last remnants of Islam in the Western Regions, so that the entire Western Regions would be completely sinicized ideologically and return to China.

Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

After Emperor Chenghua received Liu Juntao's recital, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, after he ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty first rebuilt the Anxi Protectorate, and now he wants to rebuild the Beiting Protectorate, which is enough to leave a name in history!

At this time, Emperor Chenghua had already approved Liu Juntao's recital, but the specific plan for the construction of the Beiting Protectorate made Emperor Chenghua hesitate.

The Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate is different from the Anxi Imperial Protectorate, there are more Hu tribes north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the sources are more complex, so at the beginning of the preparation of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, the specific administrative and military divisions must also be cautious.

At that time, the imperial court was established in the north of the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions, and the management area started from Yiwu in the east, to the Aral Sea in the west, to the Irtysh River in the north to the Beihai (Lake Balkhash), and to the Tianshan Mountains in the south. In the second year of Chang'an of Wu Zhou, Wu Zetian placed the Beiting Protectorate in Tingzhou, replaced the Jinshan Protectorate, and managed the Western Turkic homeland, which was still subordinate to the Anxi Protectorate. The territory is quite west of the Altai Mountains, east of the Aral Sea, north of the Tien Shan Mountains and the area around Lake Balikun......"

“…… In order to further consolidate the northwest frontier, Hou Wu Zetian set up the Beiting Protectorate in Tingzhou, which governed a vast area north of the Tianshan Mountains, including the Altai Mountains and west of the Beihai. After the establishment of the Beiting Metropolitan Protector, the people in Beiting were stable, agriculture, animal husbandry, commerce, and handicrafts were all developed unprecedentedly, and it became the center of the northwest region. In the second year of Jingyun, the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate was promoted to the Dadu Protectorate, and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate divided the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. In the first year of Kaiyuan, after the second protector Guo Qianjin was stationed in Beiting, he organized the army led by him into field soldiers, cultivated wasteland, and reclaimed the border. In order to ensure the security and territorial integrity here, Tang Xuanzong set up a jiedu envoy in Beiting, commanding the three armies of Hanhai, Tianshan and Yiwu, with more than 10,000 soldiers, of which 12,000 people from the Han Navy were stationed in Beiting. ”

"In its heyday, the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate governed the three counties of Jinman, Luntai and Pu; the three armies of Hanhai, Tianshan, and Yiwu; and 16 prefectures, including Yanzhi, Yanlu, Yinshan, Damo, Luntai, Jinmanzhou, Xuanchi, Columbia, Yumian, Jinfu, Xiyan, Dongyan, Qile, Gaser, Fengluo and Gushu, covering a vast ......"

Emperor Chenghua has read the information in his hand several times, and finally has the confidence to prepare for the establishment of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, that is, to modify it on the basis of the Tang Dynasty system, accompanied by the garrison of the army, the maintenance of the people, and the three strategies of deterring the Hu people, so as to ensure the long-term stability of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate!

After that, Emperor Chenghua urgently discussed with the six ministers of the DPRK and the cabinet ministers, and spent a month to come up with a draft, and after exchanging news with Liu Juntao, he finally determined the plan for the construction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and issued an order!

At the beginning of May of the fourth year of Chenghua, Liu Juntao received the holy decree of Emperor Chenghua, as well as the plan of the imperial court to prepare for the construction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and immediately ordered the full implementation in the north of the Tianshan Mountains.

At the same time, the first batch of Han people migrated from the mainland have also passed Hamiwei and entered the territory of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and the follow-up migrated people are also coming in a steady stream, and it is expected that 100,000 households will be able to move into the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate within this year.

On the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, there will be less, but it will also be more than 60,000 households!

In order to ensure the use of these people, Emperor Chenghua strictly ordered the household department to raise 8 million taels of silver, as well as a large amount of grain, grass and materials, and donated to the rich people in Jingshi, Beizhili, Nanzhili and other places, raising a total of nearly 20 million taels of silver, which was specially used for immigration to Shibian.

Liu Juntao also ordered the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to raise a large amount of money and grain, which was used exclusively for emergency purposes.

At this time, the preparation for the construction of the Beiting Protectorate was on the right track, and Emperor Chenghua ordered Liu Juntao to return to the dynasty in order to save military funds, and prepare to meet the triumphant soldiers in Beijing.

After Liu Juntao completed the military and political affairs with the first Beiting Metropolitan Protector, he also led the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army, the Beijing Camp, and the Shaanxi Town to set off and march towards Hamiwei. (The Changshui Army and the Servant Army have already set off and deployed in advance)

After arriving at the Acropolis of Hami, Liu Juntao led his troops to rest for a while, and then marched directly to the east and entered Jiayu Pass, so far the soldiers of Shaanxi Town returned to their respective stations first, Liu Juntao also said goodbye to Qiu Dacheng, the chief military officer of Shaanxi Town, and then led the army to continue eastward and went to Beijing, while Qiu Dacheng waited for the reward of the imperial court in Shaanxi Town.

A month later, Liu Juntao led the troops of the Tiance Army and the soldiers of the Beijing camp to arrive at Jingcheng Pass, Emperor Chenghua was overjoyed to get the news, and ordered the soldiers and civilians along the way to greet them, and all the officials of the prefectures and counties welcomed them.