The first half of the ninth year of Tongzhi was a busy season in Beijing.

Xinjiang was stopped, the Qing army won a great victory, there was more than one person with merit, Liu Xian was not the only one who had merit, and hundreds of generals and colonels in the army had to be appeased, and the indigenous nobles of Xinjiang also needed to be rewarded, and then there were soldiers of the expeditionary army, which must not be placed on the same level as the hussar battalion, the volunteer battalion and the natives of Xinjiang, they could not be sent away lightly with only a few taels of silver. Beijing's reward is tangible and tangible.

In March, the Sino-Russian "Ili Treaty" was signed, but Beijing, which was seriously ill, fell into various comments. Relying on Liu Xian's past battle reports, as well as the last report of meritorious deeds, there are hundreds of people who need silver and official positions to reward.

The first is Liu Xian himself.

Rewarding himself with gold and silver, and then enshrined his parents, as Dr. Guanglu and Mrs. Yipin, these are all trivial matters. The important thing is how to give Liu Xian a real vacancy and what knighthood to give him.

No one wants to let Liu Xian nest in Hanzhong anymore, if he doesn't leave in Shaanxi, with his merits, such as Li Hongzhang, who was born as a jinshi, the governor of Ganxi and Shaanxi will also have it. Liu Xian's literature is not good, and the governor of Ganxi and Shaanxi can't take his turn, so the governor of Shaanxi must not be missing.

Liu Xian is now destined to be a governor.

But where is this admiral?

Admiral of Jiangbei? Admiral Gangnam? Admiral Zhili? But in terms of the position of admiral, these three shortcomings are the largest among the admirals. But it doesn't work. The Manchus were reluctant, and the two rivers were also the territory of Xianghuai.

And Ganxi is the territory of many armies, Lianghu, Anhui, Fujian and Zhejiang, which is the territory of Hunan, Huai and Chu.

Pick and choose, in addition to one Shanxi in the north, there are two Guangxi in the south. and Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have no one to rely on.

Especially now in the three southwestern provinces, Shi Dakai is still dancing very happily. Shi Dakai, who has integrated almost all of the anti-Qing forces in China now, is simply the first sign of becoming the second Li Dingguo.

At present, Liu Changyou is the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Liu Ming is the governor of Guizhou, Liu Kun is the governor of Yunnan, and the general of the Hunan and Huai armies. Coupled with Luo Bingzhang's Sichuan, and Tang Yougeng, who is still the governor of Sichuan, and Feng Zicai, who served as the governor of Yunnan, these two fierce generals, the southwest can be said to be the essence of gathering.

In this way, add another Liu Xian to the past, not to mention the opinions of Xiang Huaijun. Even for Liu Xian, it will attract slander from the government and the opposition. People have just come out of the land of right and wrong in Xinjiang, and this is to be thrown into the southwest again, and it is too easy to use people.

But because Shanxi was too close to Beijing, the Manchus would not let a soldier who could fight enter with his own troops. Come to think of it, only Liangguang can stabilize Liu Xian. Guangdong, the land of anointing. Reluctant to give. After many court discussions, and after many times of court officials and bigwigs, you praise me and press, and you press me to support, Liu Xian's official position has finally been settled -- the governor of Guangxi.

Before Beijing's will was delivered, Liu Xian had already received the news in this regard. This is, of course, the positive of the in-laws. At the same time, the letter also said with regret that Liu Xian did not have a big man in the court to take care of him, and he made such a great contribution, and he only got a remote governor of Guangxi. Nothing else. The Admiral of Urumqi who was hung before Liu Xian was only half as inferior to the Admiral of Guangxi.

The title is not slow. Liu Xian gave a first-class Jing Yi wait. I don't know if there is a little bit of compensation. This move has won praise from many governments and the public, and they all say that it is favorable. It can be put in Liu Xian's view, or in the eyes of all discerning people. This is clearly to provoke the relationship between Liu Xian and the Hunan Huai Chu army, and intends to continue to divide.

You must know that today's Zeng Guofan is a first-class Yiyong Hou, Li Hongzhang is a first-class Su Yibo, Zuo Zongtang is a first-class Ke Jingbo, and Liu Xian is now a first-class Jingyi Hou. That will be a villain by many generals of Hunan and Huaichu.

It's just that Liu Xian doesn't care about this - the bird's ambition is to know the bird!

When he raised troops to shock China, the three armies of Hunan, Huai and Chu were the targets of the sweep.

Liu Xian valued the talents of the three armies of Hunan, Huai and Chu. And not the three armies of Hunan, Huai and Chu themselves.

Only one Liu Xian's reward was delayed until mid-March, and there were also generals such as Wei Ming, Zhang Zhongkui, and Huo Guangcheng in the expeditionary army. and Dong Fuxiang and others.

On the road from Beijing to Xinjiang, the whole month of March was fast. One after another, the confessions, wills, and official documents were sent to Xinjiang. Just because the Qing court didn't mean to ask Liu Xian to enter Beijing to thank him, but like Zeng Guofan's long hair, he was directly rewarded and directly hired.

The Qing Dynasty was like the three dynasties of Kang Yongqian, the victorious division returned to Beijing, the prince and the prince went out of the city to greet each other, and the glory of the heroic army Yaowu Kua Street was not to be thought of.

Dong Fuxiang was awarded the Kashgar General Army. Some of the people in the hussar battalion and the volunteer battalion have been given important positions, especially the bannermen like Leshan.

When the butcher's knife of the Xinjiang natives is raised, they will not distinguish between the Manchus and the Han. In their eyes, whether it is the Manchu Han, Sauron, or Xibe, they are all their enemies. Under the butcher's knife of the aborigines, the estrangement between the Manchu and Han dynasties was all abandoned and integrated, and they were all a family. Even Liu Xian, a person who wanted to oppose the Qing Dynasty, did not mind reusing a group of full soldiers such as Le Shan.

However, with the calming down of the situation in Xinjiang and the handiwork of Beijing, there is a tendency to return to the previous state. There is a new rift in the close friendship.

Le Shan was promoted to the general of Aksu in one fell swoop, and Xu Dongshan, who was as famous as him in the volunteer battalion, was only awarded the general of Kulongle and was directly under the command of Le Shan.

Abduli, Ekmu, Ishaq, Akmar, Aktobi, Herat, Sadora, Sanzar and other indigenous people of Xinjiang have been granted official positions of varying sizes. However, Ishak's injuries were too serious, Liu Xian specially went to visit, and also asked the army doctor to see him, and it seems that even if he improves, it will not be able to heal as he did at the beginning. People, so to speak, are wasted.

Wenlin was the governor of Urumqi, and Jinglian was the governor of Kashgar. The Manchu reforms in Xinjiang began before Liu Xian completely divided the army and led the troops out of Xinjiang. It seems that it is to change to a provincial system, reduce the military and political power of General Ili, and set up a governor of Xinjiang.

But this qiē has nothing to do with Liu Xian. All Liu Xian had to do was to divide the volunteer battalion and the hussar battalion. Most of them were left in Xinjiang, and a small part of them were removed, such as some Han Chinese from the volunteer battalion in Yili.

Most of these people are the descendants and descendants of convicts. They themselves may not have the opportunity to be officials at all, but because of their family background and elders, many people are literate and hyphenated. It has a good level of culture. And because of his previous experience, Liu Xian was extremely identified with him, and if Liu Xian didn't take the opportunity to take them into his pocket, his head would really be caught by the door.

Then there are the Mongolians and Tibetans from the grasslands of Qinghai. These people themselves were in a sense the slaves given to Liu Xian by the Mongolian and Tibetan nobles of Qinghai. But after three years of fighting, Liu Xian couldn't harden his heart and continued to be cannon fodder when they died in vain.

For all those who died in battle, the pension was as usual for the soldiers of the Qin army. Those who are willing to return to the grassland. Liu Xian let them go back. If you don't want to go back, Liu Xian will accept them all. Even if there is a family member, Liu Xian is also responsible for taking all the family members back. Of course, the scope of this family is limited to parents, elders, adult siblings, and their own wives and children.

As a result, most of the Mongolian and Tibetan cavalry were willing to return to their old lives and continue to want to follow Liu Xian's Mongolian and Tibetan men. There were less than four hundred people. Liu Xian incorporated all of them into the military department.

Part of the volunteer battalion and part of the hussar battalion, plus about 50 Russian troops and no more than 200 Kazakh cavalry, the four added up to the 1,000 troops of Liu Xian's return to Hanzhong. Riding on horseback, Liu Xian looked at the mighty herd of horses in front and behind, and the Qin army, which had a total of less than 4,000 people. Gloomy and sad.

After three years of fighting, 5,000 people at the time of the expedition, 2,000 people and 7,000 troops that have been supplied one after another in the past three years, and now only half of the troops in Xining Mansion are now counted.

However, this cannot be said that Liu Xian suffered heavy casualties in the battle, even though the offensive and defensive battles between the old and new cities of Kashgar made the southern Xinjiang expeditionary army bleed. It can only be said that the number of troops he can devote to Xinjiang is too small and too few.

Liu Xian regrets the remains of these brothers who died on the battlefield. None of them can return to their hometowns. In this era of paying attention to the return of fallen leaves to the roots and entering the soil for peace, there are seven cemeteries in the north and south of Xinjiang. The dedication of the soldiers on behalf of the soldiers!

Before the arrival of winter on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Liu Xian led his troops back to the city of Tangar. This is one of the two most important turning points on the Hanzhong-Xinjiang supply line, and this place has been in the hands of the Qin army from beginning to end since Liu Xian swept Xining.

The policies formulated at that time have been fully released in three years.

The harvest of horse farming has completely restored the lives of tens of thousands of people in the city of Tangar. The following year, the second year of production of the city of Tangar. The harvested grain fully meets the living needs of tens of thousands of people. They could still have surplus food to support the Duolonga army that was attacking western Gansu at that time.

Now, exactly three years. Three years ago in June and July. Three years later, in July and August, three years of good harvest. The people of Dangar who appeared in front of Liu Xian again were all ruddy and thickly dressed. Compared to three years ago, it is completely different from heaven and earth.

That night, a thick stack of paperwork notes was placed in Liu Xian's hand. This is all the experience of village heads, township heads, and county magistrates under the Qin military system in governing the localities in the past three years. It is also a record of the contradictions, conflicts and friendships, cooperation, intimacy, etc., which occurred between each other and oneself in the past three years, between households, between A and A, between Bao and Bao, between townships and villages, and so on. Of course, the breeding and eradication of * is indispensable!

Unlike the 'tenant' style, which was completely under the control of the Liu family in Hanzhong, Dangar City, as one of Liu Siam's bases, was completely 'semi-open'. In terms of coercive power, it is not a grade lower than that of Liu's Manor.

For the whole of China, it is obvious that this stack of notes and experiences in Tangar City is more valuable and applicable to research. "It's a pity that I can only watch it for three years. If there are two more years, the pros and cons will be more clearly understood. ”

The people of Tangar are poor people who have nothing to lose, and they have suffered greatly from the previous war of the violent army, and only three years of abundant food and clothing may not arouse the selfish thoughts and * in the hearts of the people, and another two years will be more valuable. Like in the previous life, when the Celestial Empire ate a big pot of rice, wasn't the commune also prosperous for several years. Although Liu Xian hadn't read the stack of notes carefully, he had also listened to the report. There are not many people who are lazy and do not work.

It's a pity that this land will be returned to Xining Mansion this year...... (To be continued) R655