In front of the earthen platform, three flags are slowly raised, and the yellow silk dragon flag in the middle symbolizes the royal family; The five-color dragon flag on the left is the national flag, the order of the flag is red, yellow, blue, white, black five-color rings, there is an auspicious dragon circling, the five colors represent the five colors with five elements, the national flag symbolizes the vast world, all are the land of China, all ethnic groups are prosperous, all are the royal people; The two majestic swords on the right cross have the banner of the moon and stars, which is the flag of the Royal Army, and it is said that the divine soldier is taken from the shape of the Xuanyuan sword, representing the fierceness of the weapon, containing courage, wisdom and benevolence.

The flags covered the sky, and the infantry, cavalry, and artillery phalanxes were neatly like rectangles drawn with rulers, and the bayonet phalanx and saber phalanx flashed with dazzling cold light, and the sea of sharp blades could not see the end at a glance.

As the flag slowly rose, a majestic song sounded: "Yu Si Wannian, the Great Empire of Yadong!" The mountains are vertical and horizontal, and the rivers are stretching with civilization waves! Hundreds of trillions of people and gods, the land is vast and the products are abundant. Unveil the flag of my Yellow Dragon Empire and sing the song of my empire! ”

On the earthen platform, under the golden cover, Ye Zhao also sang silently in his heart, "The land is big and the products are rich, unveil the flag of my Yellow Dragon Empire, and sing the song of my empire!" ”

Flags fluttered in the air, and the majestic singing gradually stopped. "Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! In the phalanx of the legion, there was an earth-shattering cheer, and the faces of the soldiers were glowing with fanatical light, looking at the yellow canopy on the earthen platform.

Ye Zhao slowly drew his sword and shouted: "Today, all the kings and I are on a journey to the west, we should sacrifice our lives and forget our deaths, and strive to serve the country loyally!" ”

The voice was sent far away, and when the legion phalanx was neutral, a more stormy shout erupted: "Yizhong country!" Yidun Xinyi! It is advisable to be frugal and simple! Be disciplined! It is advisable to be martial and brave! ”

The Mongolian cavalry phalanx, the snow-bright blades undulating like the waves, "Zhelimu!" "Elatah!" "Jerim!" "Elata!" Wave after wave of fanatical almost pious shouts, Jerim and Elata were meant to be loyal and victorious.

A few hundred steps away from the front of Tucheng Square, the plain-clothed white horse, the beautiful girl was Afafu, she silently watched this scene, with her breathing, the snow-white veil trembled slightly, and the white horse under her crotch suddenly took a few steps back, as if frightened by the shouts of the stormy waves.

The phalanx of the legion was drawn one after another, and the yellow sand was all over the sky. Ye Zhao rode down the earthen platform, looked in the direction of Afaf, and then drove over slowly.

"It's you!" Ye Zhao said with a smile, "I heard that I was going to have a guide to contact the Uygur tribe in Kashgar, but I didn't want it to be you." ”

Afaf nodded: "Well, my aunt married Kashgar. Under the two curved thin eyebrows, the apricot eyes showed a slightly worried look.

Seeing that Afif and several white-robed Muslims behind him were carrying horse pistols, which were the kind of British-made carbine purchased by the empire at the earliest, with breech loading and black powder projectiles, no matter what, it could be regarded as a shotgun change, Ye Zhao would smile in his heart.

"You are the Great Emperor of the Central Plains?" Afaf looked at Ye Zhao with some curiosity, the yellow brocade dragon robe was extravagant, as if it was tailor-made for Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Isn't it like? ”

On the top of Ye Zhaoce's horse soil platform just now, thousands of soldiers shouted like a tsunami, the picture was really terrifying, and the distance was close at this time, it was hard to imagine that such a young and handsome man was the emperor of Middle-earth who ruled the territory of the world and made people talk about it.

…… The army marched westward, the momentum was like a bamboo, the soldiers were under the city, and the minister of Karasar surrendered; The army then marched westward, occupied the garrison of Kuqa City, and resisted stubbornly, and after a few cannons, the walls of Tucheng collapsed, and the rebels who resisted with swords, spears, arrows and birds were defeated in less than half an hour, destroying more than 1,000 enemies, and the rest surrendered. Then the rebels in Baicheng, Shayar, Sailam and other towns were defeated or surrendered, and the Western Expeditionary Army did not lose a single soldier, and among the eight regions of southern Xinjiang, the two regions of Karasar and Kuqa were flat.

At the beginning of June, the Western Expeditionary Army conquered Aksu and stationed troops here.

Aksu is a large city with a population of tens of thousands, and it is also an important place for soldiers in the southern region of Xinjiang Province, with Wushi and Kashgar in the west and Yarkand River in the southwest.

The Yamen of the Minister of Aksu is no different from the official office of the Central Plains, two into the house, the green wall and the tile, and there is a stone lion on the left and right of the stone steps of the Yamen.

In the Yamen Flower Hall, Ye Zhaozheng was talking to several local leaders, the leaders of the Shuote Three Banners on the left, Tumen Wure and Elder Kamuranjiang, as well as the Kirgiz (Kyrgyz) Tujiang General Huerjibayi in the Aksu area, and the Uyghur Tuqian General Maimaiti in the Kuqa area.

At the head on the right are several officials dressed as Central Plains people, and Afaf sits at the bottom.

The flower hall was silent, just now the emperor of the empire in an undoubted tone talked about the political structure of the future southern Xinjiang, set up Tiannan Province, the governor temporarily set up in Bohu City (Aksu), and move to Jade City (Kashgar) in the future.

The officials sitting at the head of the right came from the Dihua Starry Night and were appointed as the governors of Tiannan Province, the prefect of Aksu, the prefect of Kuqa, and the prefect of Karasar.

Several officers and soldiers were all officers, such as the governor of Tiannan Province, who was transferred from Ding Baozhen, chief of staff of the Second Division of the Lanzhou Group Army.

Ding Baozhen, a native of Guizhou, Xianfeng three years of Jinshi, Xianfeng four years of maternal mourning, during the period of Ding Wei, he sold his property to recruit township soldiers to suppress the rebellion in Guizhou, Pingyuan Army entered Guizhou, Ding Baozhen led the militia to defect, participated in the battle to exterminate the Taiping Army, and then entered the lecture hall to study, is one of the few real scholars in the Pingyuan Army.

Ye Zhao had already heard his name, the governor of Shandong who was supposed to murder Xiao Anzi with the Six Kings, and his life trajectory had undergone earth-shaking changes, but this person was skilled in governing the people, and his background in the Pingyuan Army gave him a resolute surname, and he was the best candidate for the governor of Tiannan.

For a short period of time, the governor of Tiannan Province will also concurrently serve as the chief military officer of the patrol to facilitate the administration.

In Tiannan Province, all the hereditary system of aristocratic heads, that is, the hereditary system of Tusi, will be abolished, and all local officials will be appointed by the central government.

Although the inherent head system of Tiannan collapsed, such as the Kyrgyz (Kyrgyz) Tujiang Huerjibayi, who killed the rebellious Tusi of his own tribe, similarly, the Uyghur Tusi in the Kulen area was killed in the rebellion, and Tuqian General Maimaiti became the most respected official in the former dynasty among the tribes.

But these leaders all want the new dynasty to canonize themselves as the local hereditary Tusi, and when they hear the words of the emperor, they can't help but pour cold water on them, but who dares to speak, and the atmosphere does not dare to breathe. Seeing the benefits of the imperial armor, who dares to resist a little?

In fact, since the Yongzheng Dynasty of the previous dynasty, it began to change the land and return to the stream, that is, to change the hereditary Tusi to the officials appointed and dismissed by the imperial court.

It was also from that time that the Tu people in Huguang, Shaanxi, Gansu and other Central Plains began to use the name of the Central Plains, or in other words, the sinicization became more and more serious, and in fact, they gradually became one of the members of the Central Plains.

In order to implement the reform of the land and return to the stream, Qianlong, Daoguang and so on launched many frontier battles, but the Tusi system has not completely disappeared, especially in the south of the Tiannan thousands of miles away from Beijing, hereditary Tusi is still widespread.

Ye Zhao personally conquered Tiannan, and there were many rebellions in the Tusi appointed by the previous dynasty, if he didn't seize this opportunity to truly realize the transformation of the land and return to the stream, would he still be a little slippery head in the eyes of the matchmaker back then, and now he is called the emperor with long sleeves and good dancing?

Ye Zhao also said that the central government will not collect money and grain taxes from Tiannan Province within 10 years, and all the financial revenues of Tiannan Province can be used for water conservancy construction, running schools and education, and so on. The Central Plains merchants who come to Tiannan to invest and do business are all exempt from tax.

School education, official notices, and household registration are all written in the Central Plains, and the selection of officials in Tiannan Province is also based on the scientific examination system.

Ye Zhao also said that the empire will fully implement the Central Plains dialect and the Central Plains script in all sides, so as to facilitate the formation of a unified economy for the empire.

At this point, Ye Zhao borrowed a bit from the American imperialism of later generations, treating everyone equally, you can have your favorite tribal name, but in the same way, you must have the Central Plains name in the Central Plains script and be able to read and write the Central Plains dialect in order to truly integrate into the mainstream society.

Nowadays, if you talk about teaching the original dialect in running schools in Zhubian, it will not cause such a strong protest as in later generations, and it is too late for the poor people who want to get ahead today to be happy, after all, this is a right that only the aristocracy had in the past.

Glancing around at everyone, Ye Zhao said again: "Maimaiti, you are the same governor of Heicheng Mansion (Karasar), and Huerji Bayi, you are the same governor of Wensu Baishui (Aksu) Mansion." "Give them sweetness too. The prefectures of Tiannan began to use the names of the Central Plains, mostly paraphrased, such as the Black City of Karasar, the White Water City of Aksu, and the Jade City of Kashgar.

In fact, because of various policy and other reasons, the name is also extremely sensitive to later generations, such as Dihua, which has the meaning of enlightenment and education, and in later generations, the central political axe has to say that it has a discriminatory color, and it is changed to Urumqi.

If the current policy is coherent, Ye Zhao believes that many embarrassing situations in the future will be avoided, and people will not be so sensitive. Sometimes, it's just the central political axe itself that sets itself up.

The Great Emperor dictated the officials, and Mamat and Huerji Bayi hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.

Ye Zhao said: "You have to study the laws of this dynasty and the rights and responsibilities of officials, so as not to disappoint my high hopes." ”

"Obey! Thank you, Lord Longne! The two replied in unison, kowtowing.

"Go down, and discuss the errand of the patrol battalion."

Watching Maimaiti, Huerji Bayi, Tumen Wure, Kamu Ranjiang, Ding Baozhen, etc. come out in turn, Ye Zhao felt a flash in his heart, if he didn't go to the expedition, the situation of the various tribes and Tiannan, only based on the feedback of officials, how could he know so clearly, I was afraid that he would be decisive whether to immediately implement the land reform and return to the stream.

Making a gesture, the guards ran out, and after a while, a cadre of military attachés came in to pay homage, and sat down on the left and right. Afaf was among the civil and military officials.

Ye Zhao took a stack of documents and looked at it carefully, this was the information that the meticulous workers who had entered Tiannan early had explored in the Kashgar area.

Just looking at it, the guards outside led the reconnaissance sentry to hurry in, the sentry was covered with sweat, and when he knelt on the ground, beads of sweat fell on the adobe bricks, panting, but his voice was loud: "Report!" Long live the Lord! The city of Ushi is being besieged by the Andijan cavalry, and there are no less than a thousand Fanzi cavalry! ”

Wushi City is very close to Aksu City, it is a stronghold of the Qing army that has not fallen, and Ye Zhao is preparing to send an envoy to surrender.

The commander of the Reading Force Regiment made De Ling Teng stand up immediately, and said angrily: "Grandma's, it's here!" Lao Tzu's bones are itchy! "It's really not fun to fight against the rebel tribes, and now the Western Expeditionary Legion still has zero fatalities, with only a few minor injuries. The Uzbek cavalry, heard that it was strong and good at fighting, and some people praised that "forty rounds of soldiers are not as good as one Andijan", and the Kokand Khanate is now at its strongest, and both the Kazakhs and the Kyrgyz recognize the suzerainty of Kokand. This large-scale invasion of southern Xinjiang, the Uzbek cavalry is the main force, not to mention the generals under him, Ye Zhao is also holding back his strength to come with them.

De Ling was drowsy looking at the information, but at this time he suddenly went crazy, and then he knew that it was not good, and he hurriedly knelt down: "Master, the slave should die, the slave should die!" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Yes, I know that the battle has been fought in the past few days, and the gang can't lift their spirits." He pouted at Yetuvanu and said, "First battle, do a good job!" ”

The chief officer of the cavalry division, Yetuwa, was overjoyed, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "The slave will not live up to the trust of the master!" ”

De Ling Ke had a bitter face, but he also knew that it must be an errand for the cavalry to attack and break the siege.

Ye Zhao smiled again: "I'm going to see these Uzbeks too!" ”

Bai Laoheng was overjoyed and stood up, but Ye Zhao waved his hand at him and said: "The Xiao Cavalry Regiment stays, I heard that the situation in Awati is a little unstable, if your life changes, you will lead the Xiao Cavalry Regiment to quell the rebellion!" ”

Bai Laoheng was helpless, so he had no choice but to receive the order.

…… Outside the city of Ush, countless sab-wielding Uzbek cavalry screamed and circled in the yellow desert of the fields, and several horse-drawn earthen cannons were bombarding the city gates.

Standing at the head of the city, Zhang Mitai, the minister of Wushi, had a stern face, he was nearly fifty years old, and he had been in Wushi City for five years, and his political achievements were outstanding.

To say that this Wushi City, is the most difficult city in southern Xinjiang to govern, because there was a minister called Su Cheng during the Qianlong period, according to the historical records, "Su Cheng is confused and drunk, and his son is particularly bad and ignorant, back to the women who have a good look, no matter who they are, they are all called into the office, the father and son should be silver, and let the family soldiers and soldiers chase for fun, and after ten months to release the ya." ”

That is, as long as the father and son saw the beautiful woman of the border clan, they were arrested and put into the official office Yinle, and the two of them had wasted enough, and rewarded the soldiers for indecency.

Under such oppression, the border people wilted and did not rebel? In the 30th year of Qianlong, there was a Wushi riot, and nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers and Han traders in the city were killed.

In the five years that Zhang Mitai served as the minister of Wushi, the officials ruled a clear period, and the tribes in the Wushi area got along with the Central Plains people very well, and the border people praised Zhang Mitai as "the Avanti of the Central Plains".

Unexpectedly, a civil war suddenly broke out in the Central Plains, and southern Xinjiang was in turmoil, and Wushi under Zhang Mitai was the only city without a large-scale rebellion.

Some rebels entered the territory of Wushi, and the Huiwei and other border tribes spontaneously organized themselves to defend the city with the Qing army.

Hearing that the regent ascended the throne in the capital, Zhang Mitai was also confused in his heart, and he didn't know where to go for his lonely boat in southern Xinjiang.

Two days ago, I heard that the regent was personally recruited, and the soldiers had entered Tiannan, and Zhang Mitai didn't know what to do.

Who knew that at the time of suffering, disaster fell from the sky, and the iron cavalry of the soldiers suddenly arrived at the city of Wushi, looking at the cavalry wearing Turkic-style round felt hats or long cloth buns from a distance, screaming like beasts, each small coat, and the heavy black hair on the chest, Zhang Mitai was in a trance, as if he had returned to ancient times, and returned to the era of bloody fighting with the Turks in the Central Plains.

Zhang Mitai knew the ferocity of these evil wolves, after the city was broken, the young and old people in the city would be slaughtered.

Now, do you really want to die here? Zhang Mitai suddenly remembered the bright eyes of his wife in the house, and his heart ached. Perhaps the most pitiful of all are the helpless women in the city.

Why did you bring her to work? Zhang Mitai wanted to kill himself with remorse.

"My lord, let's surrender......" The military attache who mustered up the courage to speak next to him was the city garrison, surnamed Lin, his face was red, looking at the black horse team under the city, his eyes were full of fear.

With 500 officers and soldiers with poor equipment and Hui Wei Qingzhuang, where can they hold it?

Zhang Mitai glanced at him coldly, Lin Shoubei lowered his head in shame, but his eyes kept rolling, maybe he hadn't heard of the idiom of seeking skin with a tiger.

Outside the earthen city, far away on a high ground overgrown with weeds, Aboud looked at the earthen city that seemed to be close at hand, and inside was gold, women, and the screams of blood and fire that he liked to hear the most. The eyes full of fear, the screams of dying when his head was cut off by the saber, and the picture of blood spraying wildly, stimulated his body to tremble every time, as if he was playing with the most beautiful woman in the world.

Abd was Muhammad, the commander of the Khanate's invasion of China's Western Regions? Yeer is a cronie of the lonely white, and as long as he captures the city of Ush, he will be appointed as the Burke of the city of Ush, that is, the administrator, it is said that the Burke is the official name left by the Turks, in the ancient Turkic language, there are kings, chiefs, chiefs, rulers, officials and lords, sir, etc., under the rule of the commander, Berke is the lord of the city.

Abd heard that the local Chinese called the commander Aguba, and hated the commander to the bone, but these livestock to be slaughtered did not need to be taken to heart, and the eyes were slightly disobedient, and their eyeballs were gouged out.

"My lord, I heard that the Great Emperor of China led his army to the Tianshan Mountains." Shahuk, the attendant with a thick black beard on his face, muttered worriedly. He faintly heard that it seemed that the Chinese soldiers in the Central Plains were different, and they were stronger than the soldiers defending the city of Kashgar who had been slaughtered some time earlier.

Abud's eyes became hot again, caught the Chinese emperor, you can ask the Chinese to take out a lot of cattle and sheep and beautiful women to buy, I heard that the women of the Central Plains are more beautiful, soft little lambs, it must be interesting to ride.

"News from the north says that the Chinese warriors from the Central Plains were brave and fought many victories in the northern part of the Tien Shan." Shah Rukh voiced his concerns to his master.

Aboud grinned grimly: "The Chinese are all sheep, and forty Hui people are not as good as a baby in Andijan, how small your worries are, Shahrukh, as my servant, I am very disappointed in you." ”

(To be continued)