Feng Yunshan felt that one of his missions in this world was to completely consolidate Xinjiang and avoid the tragic experience of discarding the entire Xinjiang in the hands of the Manchus in later generations. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoSince it has its own existence, it is not allowed to have this butcher ruling Xinjiang.

Moreover, as long as Xinjiang is not ruled by this person, although it cannot completely stop the polar bear's desire for hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land west of Ili, it can at least manage Xinjiang more firmly and make Tsarist Russia unable to make it a mouthful.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan directly ordered: "Ji Gao, there is an important matter, I want you to cooperate with the people of the Secret Service Department to do it together." ”

Zuo Zongtang hurriedly said: "Please give an order from Your Majesty." ”

"In fact, it is difficult to say that this matter is difficult, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult. Some time ago, didn't I ask your General Staff to form special forces? It's not built yet, but it's going to come in handy. Far west of Xinjiang, thousands of miles away from Ili, in the Tashkent region of the Kokand Khanate, where the Burke is called Nar? Muhammad? Kush, he has a brother-in-law and attendant, named Aguba, I heard that this person is very ambitious, you sent two or three hundred elite special forces officers and soldiers, cooperate with the secret service department to find out the whereabouts of this person, and capture him by any means and at any cost. Feng Yunshan looked at Zuo Zongtang, who was puzzled, and said, "As for the reason, I won't explain it to you." All you need to know is four words, no matter what it takes! ”

Feng Yunshan originally directly asked the Secret Service Division to come forward, but because the power of the Secret Service Division was far from penetrating into the Western Regions, he had to rely on the power of the capture army. Moreover, the most important thing is that Zuo Zongtang in history is the sworn enemy of this Agubai, and Feng Yunshan can rest assured that he will be involved in this matter.

In these two time and space, Feng Yunshan wanted to let the Central Asian butcher enter the same fate.

Zuo Zongtang was indeed full of doubts, but when he heard the emperor say this, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Weichen obeys the order!" This fang will definitely be killed, otherwise, come and see you! ”

Feng Yunshan motioned to Zuo Zongtang to flatten his body and said, "In this way, I will rest assured!" On the Xinjiang side, especially in the Huibu area, there are almost no Han Chinese, so you should discuss with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance and Taxation, and so on, how to arrange the migration of Han people from the mainland to the frontier. What do you have in mind? ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't expect that the emperor still knew his past.

About nine years ago, he had met with Lin Zexu, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, who had spent three years in Xinjiang, and had discussed in detail the border politics of the Western Regions. At that time, Lin Gong said that the government of the Western Regions was not repaired, and the geographical advantages were not exhausted, so that the fertile area was not rich and strong. Lin Gong believed that as long as water conservancy was built and rice fields were widely planted, then the Western Regions would also be rich in the southeast.

Moreover, Zuo Zongtang still remembered that at that time, Lin Gong also foresaw that Russia in the north would become a major disaster on the frontier of the Qing Dynasty, and talked to himself at that time about his observations of Xinjiang and his steady war defense plan, and handed over all the relevant materials to himself. Zuo Zongtang even clearly remembered Lin Gong's words: "I am old, I have the ambition to resist Russia, and there will be no day of achievement." Over the years, I have been paying attention to talents and entrusting this important task. …… With my years of hard work, I will dedicate it to my feet, and I may be able to use it in the future to govern Xinjiang. At that time, I was full of excitement, but I still failed in the imperial examination again, and I was sad to live up to Lin Gong's trust. However, now that he has become an important minister of the emperor of the Chinese Empire, helping the emperor to counsel the military, I don't know how many times better than when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was looking for a job, but he can fulfill Lin Gong's wish!

"Your Majesty, rest assured, although Weichen has not been to Xinjiang yet, he has the notes entrusted by Lin Gong and knows the frontier well." Zuo Zongtang talked eloquently and said Lin Zexu, with a look of admiration on his face: "It is not difficult to occupy Xinjiang. Weichen still said the same thing, adopting the strategy of marching slowly and fighting quickly. On the one hand, we can wait for follow-up logistical supplies, and on the other hand, we can give the soldiers of the captive army time to collect military rations locally, so that the soldiers who have just arrived in Xinjiang will not be too tired. If possible, the strategy of appeasing the Eight Banners left behind by the Manchus in Xinjiang and appeasing the aborigines of Xinjiang can be adopted at the same time, so that the aborigines of Xinjiang can live here with peace of mind. However, if the soldiers of the Eight Banners and the aborigines did not cooperate, they could also be driven away, and the imperial court moved more Han people from Gansu and inland provinces to clear the wasteland. As the old saying goes, if you are not of our race, your heart will be different, and whether the local people cooperate or not, you must migrate a large number of Han people to settle down. Your Majesty, according to Weichen's point of view, the first condition for sticking to Xinjiang is to relocate the Han people to the local area, establish several important military towns, and hoard land on the spot on the basis of the relocated Han people. As long as there are millions of Han people in the local area, it is possible to truly turn Western Xinjiang into our Chinese land. Like the Manchu Qing Dynasty's previous practice of returning to Xinjiang, although there are merits, but most of the officials are Manchu bannermen, and it is a mistake to prohibit Han people from going back to Xinjiang, and its current situation can only be regarded as a military ruling area, not a normal province at all, in this case, the annual expenditure of millions of silver taels is extremely heavy, and the gains outweigh the losses. Just like what Lin Gong said at the beginning, if this goes on for a long time, once the supply of Xinjiang is cut off like now, Russia, which is eyeing it next to it, will definitely take the opportunity to provoke trouble and encroach on it. ”

Feng Yunshan sighed in his heart, he didn't expect Zuo Zongtang's words to remind him. Nowadays, the news about Xinjiang is transmitted by merchants, and it is simply some sporadic rumors. This will not work, and it is necessary to send troops to recover it sooner, and change will happen later.

You must know that although the disasters in Xinjiang in history were mainly due to the rise of Agubai, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Baima rebellion in those years caused the severance of Xinjiang's offerings was also an important factor. And now, even the entire Manchu court has been overthrown, Shaanxi and Gansu have also been occupied, and the entire land of Xinjiang has completely cut off contacts with the mainland. Fortunately, now the Russian army is busy in the Crimean War, and after this year, I am afraid that it will send troops to Central Asia and the Outer Northeast, and I must prepare in advance before this.

Feng Yunshan nodded and continued to listen to Zuo Zongtang's strategy for Xinjiang.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it is not difficult to occupy Xinjiang, but it is rare to govern and develop Western Xinjiang. The first thing is to adopt a policy of reclaiming the frontier and encouraging immigration. The Manchus actually adopted a similar approach, but they only had the garrison Han Qing soldiers reclaim the land and call it 'Juntun'. In addition, there are also Manchu, Xibe, Mongolian, Daur and other ethnic soldiers and their family members of the 'Qitun', as well as the local Wuer peasants in Xinjiang 'Huitun'. But these people are very sparse, just to solve the rations of the local garrison. What we want to do in the Chinese Empire is to vigorously develop the 'Mintun', that is, to take the Han people who have migrated from the interior as the main body, to settle down permanently, and to assist the troops stationed in Xinjiang to carry out the 'Juntun', and the army and the people will work together to reclaim the land. ”

Feng Yunshan nodded, indeed, the Celestial Empire in later generations completely stabilized the Xinjiang issue in this way, and permanently incorporated this land into the embrace of China. But the key is that today's transportation, as well as the harsh natural conditions, who wants to relocate the people in the mainland?

Zuo Zongtang seemed to guess Feng Yunshan's doubts, and further said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court must vigorously support and issue strong preferential policies to support the people to move to Xinjiang. Weichen combined with the strategy proposed by Lin Gong at the beginning, and summarized a few points! First, it is necessary to vigorously publicize and encourage the people in the interior, especially the Han people in Gansu, to move to Xinjiang. Nanfang Daily can vigorously promote agitation. For those who have committed moderate crimes, they can be sentenced to come to Xinjiang to serve in the wasteland. When necessary, it is necessary to apportion and compel a certain number of localities to relocate people to Xinjiang. Second, the imperial court should provide funds, not only to help the Han people who are willing to move to Xinjiang for free, but also to provide appropriate rewards. As long as the Han people in the mainland are willing to go to Tuntian, Xinjiang, the carriages and ox carts along the way, and the food and lodging expenses along the way are all provided by the imperial court, and the imperial court will also send special soldiers to escort them to the Tuntian settlement along the way. Third, after the Han people arrived at the settlement area, the imperial court made plans in advance, provided land, farm tools, seeds, houses, rations, cotton clothes, etc., to help them settle down, and cashed out part of the reward, promising that the rest of the rewards would be cashed separately after a few years of settlement. The holy coins there are not yet usable, only silver. Fourth, improve the tax policy and disaster relief mechanism. Weichen suggested that the imperial court could determine the tax standard for the per capita reclamation area. According to the quota set by the government, for example, five mu per capita, no tax will be levied for five years, and one-third of the grain tax will be paid in the interior after five years, which will increase year by year, but it is also far lower than the grain tax in the mainland. In order to encourage them to open up more land, if the relocated Han people reclaimed more than five acres of land per capita, they would not be taxed for a long time. In this way, the enthusiasm of the people who open up the wasteland will be high. In addition, disaster relief mechanisms can be set up to ensure that the displaced people have no worries. Even if the Han people failed to immigrate to Tuntian in the past, the imperial court could arrange for them to open up wasteland and build canals, build fortresses and military fortresses, and exchange work for food, so as not to starve to death. ”