Chapter 215: The Great Judgment and Changes in Samarkand

As war criminals, after the empire occupied the Eastern Qarakhanid, they naturally had to be judged justly, and those who robbed the imperial caravans naturally had to stand on the judgment seat to be judged justly, and similarly, those executioners who had slaughtered and robbed the ethnic minority tribes in the Karakhanid state in the past wars were also pulled out for liquidation.

The main war criminals were more than 40 officials and nobles who planned and carried out the robbery, massacre, and abuse of the Mongolian and Tibetan regions of the empire from 1952 to 1953, and the allies of the Uighur Kingdom of Gaochang to trade caravans to the Eastern Qarakhanids. After a public trial and swift intimidation of the remaining anti-Chinese elements of the underground who were ready to move, the war situation in the newly conquered territories was completely calmed down.

Naturally, the Crossing Crowd, who have won the hearts and minds of the people through political campaigns and popular hearts, will not abandon this method of winning hearts and minds through a just process that is consistent with the human instinct for revenge. The sentencing of these brainless criminals, who had already obtained their wealth by force and robbery, to hard labor and hanging, was a legitimate claim under the criminal law of the Empire.

The moment when the masses of the newly occupied territories saw the execution of these former high lords and nobles by the Empire was the best opportunity for propaganda and education.

Whether it is an individual or an organization, the first impression left in the eyes of people is the most important and profound in the eyes of people. This opportunity to demonstrate the Empire's justice, strength, justice, zero tolerance for crime, and ownership of the people cannot be easily wasted.

Many ethnic minority tribes and even Turkic herdsmen who had been bullied by the Turkic elites of the Qarakhanid State jumped out to testify against these guys who were on the list of criminals, and those who were not on the list were naturally pro-China heroes. They were also forced to compensate and comfort those who suffered under pressure and the 'advice' of the Empire. The social environment suddenly changed from fear and hatred of the Qarakhanid state against the invasion of the empire to welcome and goodwill.

A series of imperial policies within the territory were also spread to the newly conquered regions, and the vast investment and trade opportunities attracted by the empire's merchants suddenly adjusted prices and popular incomes. In the past, the inflated prices caused by trade sanctions suddenly fell even lower than in the empire (thanks to the great auctions of goods confiscated from the property and warehouses of profiteers), and the extremely high employment price of labor in the country led to the capitalists having to use local labor to complete investment projects. This quickly boosted the incomes of the local population (thanks to the increased purchasing power of the currency unification, see East Germany in the integration of East and West Germany).

In a limited time, the empire accomplished a miracle, successfully achieving a lightning-fast handover of dominance in a strange and unfamiliar region and complex environment of an alien paganism. It took only one year from the planned assassination of the Eastern Qarakhanid Khan to the complete consolidation of the rule and the replacement of the transitional puppet regime of the new Qarakhanid with a new province of Lingling.

The Uighurs of Qocho made great efforts, as did the various government employees who fought on the trade and intelligence fronts. But in fact, in the eyes of the peoples of Central Asia, who take the law of the jungle as their creed. The most important element of stability is the Empire's ability to surpass all local powers in the Trial.

This strength is reflected in the military combat effectiveness of the war criminals who swore to resist the regional city fortresses; It is reflected in the ability to gather intelligence to search for fugitive criminals; It is reflected in the judicial efficiency of collecting evidence and mobilizing witnesses; It is reflected in the ability of the whole trial process to publicize to all tribes; It is reflected in the financial resources to compensate and pay the victim's losses after the fact; The most important thing is that the sentencing and punishment of these criminals are reasonable, lawful, and compliant, showing ruthlessness, absolute, justice, and fairness.

When the punishment for the most deserving criminals to hang up the gallows or go into the mines to atone for their sins was carried out, it was as if the Qarakhanid had changed overnight. At the very least, it greatly reduced the security costs and administrative costs of the Imperial occupation forces.

The concrete embodiment is that the imams of the mosque have a clear sense of self-orientation and crisis after learning the laws and religious policies of the empire, and before the empire raises the flag, they actively run around to promote the benefits of the new government and preach the laws and policies of the empire citizens that are completely different from the old khanate.

In the history of civilization over the past few thousand years, the consolidation of power after wars of annihilation has been nothing more than massacres (nomads), the relocation of the elite elite (Qin and Han), the division and disintegration of the elite (making official wishes to those who surrender), and so on. There is also a complete liquidation of the old forces and the killing of chickens and monkeys. But there are relatively few direct public trials like the Empire. The average conqueror does not attach much importance to the legal basis and moral high ground of conquest. The vast majority of conquerors were directly bloodbathed and then directly appointed officials to rule. Only the conquerors, who are numerically disadvantaged by the very minorities, will be able to manage and rule with the help of the elites of the conquered nations.

Although China's practice of always pursuing the commanding heights of morality and jurisprudence does not conform to the background of the times, it is the best means to be ahead of the world's several eras. As the old saying goes, 'someone does the business of killing heads, and no one does the business of losing money'The reign of terror and coercion created by violent means is destined to not last long, and the cost is so high that the possibility of the benefits not necessarily being filled is extremely high, so the rain and dew after the thunder are very important.

The Great Trial was followed by a spoily division of the Qarakhanid heritage with the Western powers, the Seljuk Empire.

The conference was also a win-win and even win-win for all parties, with the Chinese and Seljuk empires taking Bukhara in western Samarkand as the dividing line, extending due west, along the Amu Darya River to the northwest to the Aral Sea, and due south to the Amu Darya River, along the Amu Darya River to the southern end of the Green Ridge Ridge where the source meets the Ghaznavid. The outcome of the conference was in addition to the demarcation of permanent national borders. It is a customs agreement for direct trade on land.

The Seljuks did little to contribute to this war, and only sent a few troops to wave their flags and shout on the border and on the battlefield. The vast majority of the Turkic people, who had been allocated to the hundreds of settlements in the territory of the Western Qarakhanid, were already cost-effective as free laborers, and the Seljuks, who did not have much need for territory, retreated south of the Amu Darya River after reaping the wealth and desired military exploits. And the empire received almost the entire Qarakhanid state, except for the northeastern region of the Ili River, which was allocated to Gaochang.

The Turks, an absolute continental people, were less interested in maritime trade and more enthusiastic about the land Silk Road that ran through Samarkand. Large quantities of horses and supplies were concentrated along the highway project across the Green Ridge. The fact that a large number of Turks and ethnic minorities in the empire-controlled areas who had been forced to become slaves of the country took the initiative to jump out to undertake the construction task, and this unnatural scene was naturally the result of the combined effect of the abolition of the poll tax, labor labor, and a large number of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, as well as strong wages.

A large number of toiling people who hovered around the subsistence line worked near the road construction army and were able to save up the real wealth that they had earned in the past few years (these wealth were nothing more than metal products and consumer goods recognized by all nomads, salt, sugar, spices, grain, swords, bows and arrows were all sought-after payment units, and the temporary workers who lined up in an honest queue at each paycheck were more excited than coins after receiving these things).

The empire's extension of its influence to the westernmost point reached by the Han Chinese regime over the past millennia was not the end, but a milestone. Driven by the tide of capital, the empire must or will inevitably go further than its ancestors.

The Seljuks were the equivalent of a pile of money and a window to buy cheap consumer goods from Central Asia (the cost of shipping to the Persian Gulf was low, but the cost of transshipment to the Aral Sea was much higher than importing from the nearby Green Mountains). The Seljuks, who were well aware of the Empire's naval projection capabilities, did not have much emotion for directly bordering the Empire on land.

The local people of all ethnic groups have also been given unprecedented opportunities to change their destiny and a better living environment.

When all the treaties were signed, new boundary markers and flags appeared on the banks of the Amu Darya River.

After all the projects were in full swing, Central Asia, which had been reborn after the catastrophe, finally ushered in the rare peace and prosperity after decades of war. (To be continued......)