11-66 Zhen Guogong

A plagiarized pirated song of "Xinjiang Good" in later generations, because it was Zhenwuhou himself who wrote the lyrics, Dong Xiaowan composed the music, and became popular in various parts of the Central Plains, and the small people in the market like to sing this song, in everyone's mind, the Western Regions has become a place with abundant water and grass, the land is fertile and oily, and thousands of miles of fertile soil are planted with anything, but there is no master, I heard that the imperial court has made a decree, as long as you pay ten eldest sons, you can buy an acre of good land in the Western Regions, and the people are naturally eager to it.

The Han people in the Central Plains originally did not like to migrate long distances, and would rather die to stay on the land reclaimed by their ancestors, but the industrial economy of the Ming Dynasty has changed over the years, and the land has been annexed in large quantities to concentrate on the production of cash crops, and the farmers who have lost their land have entered the factories and workshops as workers, but the use of steam engines has made the labor force surplus, and a large number of workers have been laid off, forming a factor of social instability. Those who are willing to go can get five taels of silver for the journey, and the household registration of their hometown will not be canceled, and they are welcome to return to their hometown at any time, which solves the worries of these people, and everyone embarks on the road to the west with the desire for money.

As for the readers, it is with another state of mind to go to the Western Regions, the imperial court opened up the territory, the good news was frequent, the town of Wuhou sealed the wolf Juxu, what a majesty, how exciting, for a time in the middle of the original literary world rose a wave of new culture, Jin Ge Iron Horse, the poetry of swallowing mountains and rivers is popular, even the Qinglou women on the Qinhuai River have to carry a Tang Dynasty Biansai poems to decorate the façade, the scholars are even more drunk, shouting what to put pen to Rong and collect Guanshan fifty states. It's just that there is no way to serve the country, so I have to rush to the Jingshi Lecture Hall to sign up for the army, and for a while, even the limelight of the people who signed up for Chunqiu was suppressed.

In order to open up the west, the imperial court specially set up Gansu Province, the provincial capital is set in Lanzhou Mansion, the political department is readily available according to the judges, soldiers and horses, as well as the governor and the prefect of the prefecture and the county, which requires many officials to take office, but the officials do not have such an awareness, they are willing to go to the desolate and barren Gansu as an official, stay in the Central Plains as a prefect for three years, at least can earn 100,000 taels of silver, if it is in the rich Jiangnan, I am afraid that this number will be doubled, but in Gansu, where the birds do not, I am afraid that I can only lose money if I go, so whoever is sent by the Ministry of Officials will not want to go to the post due to illness, This cheapened Liu Ziguang, and arranged his own people to enrich the officialdom of Gansu, and the Songzi County Ling Zhu Tao who met him in the Huguang Pacification Rebellion the year before last time had already promoted him to be the prefect last time, and this time he was simply promoted to the third level and directly became the governor of Gansu.

Danzila 200,000 horses entered the pass, and finally less than 10,000 people fled back, the defeat was so tragic that Galdan was also frightened, he did not dare to raise troops to attack in view of the initial decision in the country, but instead sent envoys to take the initiative to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty, and sent gold, silver and jewelry to bribe Yuan Chonghuan, expressing his willingness to stop the war with the Ming Dynasty and forever be brothers.

This is earth-shattering good news, the Western Xia has a vast territory, prosperous people, the emperor is in the prime of life, and there are many generals, which is by no means comparable to the declining country like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if it goes smoothly, it will take several years, spend countless amounts of money, and consume at least tens of thousands of soldiers, and people of insight in the court understand that the so-called Western Regions are actually not many places with abundant water and grass, but more barren places like the desert Gobi, and the imperial court uses troops for nothing more than safety and reputation considerations, For many years, the Central Plains people have been in the oppression of nomads, except for the Han Wu Emperor and the Tang Dynasty, this oppression is extremely strong and lasting, and the Apocalypse Dynasty has created an unprecedented situation, according to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, Mongolia in the west, and they are subservient, just by virtue of this achievement, Zhu Youxiao has enough reason to be proud, he can't wait to Mount Tai to seal Zen

to announce his great achievements to the ancestors and the people of the world.

The ministers also think so, the Celestial Empire pays attention to convincing people with virtue, since the small countries of the Celestial Empire dare not fight anymore, and then add military might, it doesn't seem that the strength of the Celestial Dynasty is too small, the big guy wants the head of this Wanguo Dynasty, fighting, killing, and attacking the city is only a means rather than an end, and since the goal has been achieved, it is natural to stop the war and the vassals. In order to show the ability of the civil officials, the cabinet sent several telegrams to Yuan Chonghuan, asking him to lower the negotiation conditions, such as that the Western Xia should be a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, not to proclaim himself emperor, and to send the prince to Nanjing as a hostage, etc.

Galdan is very familiar with the thinking of the Han people, for the Ming Dynasty all kinds of vain requirements to accept all, cancel his emperor's honorific title, call himself the king of Great Xia, and send a son to Nanjing as a hostage, Galdan is so deferential, so that Zhu Youxiao and his ministers can't help but be a little fluttering, this is a major victory in the diplomatic history of the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield can not do things, a few ministers at the negotiating table to do, it can be seen that the role of civilian officials is not worse than the generals.

Galdan doesn't care about the practice of false fame makes Liu Ziguang impressed by this person, the big husband can bend and stretch, and he is really the hero of the world, and now the strength of the Western Xia is weak, and he deliberately shows weakness to gain time to regain strength, if he guesses correctly, the Western Xia will reopen the war next autumn and regain everything that was lost.

Now the top priority is to take advantage of the weakness of the Western Xia to beat the water dogs, the army out of Jiayu Pass, through the Star Gorge, occupy the military important Hami, and then slowly map it, in order to further expand the buffer area, ensure the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and oppress the sphere of influence of the Western Xia, but unfortunately no one listened to Liu Ziguang's words, Galdan understood very well that the Han people were fighting for power and profit, and the text was sent directly to Yuan Chonghuan, and there was no contact with Liu Ziguang, the real power faction, and the letter to Yuan Chonghuan was written with Yuan Laoda as the head, What do you want to give in to the Ming Dynasty is all because of the respect for the prestige of Yuan Inspector, so that Yuan Chonghuan is very happy, the original military power was taken away by Liu Ziguang The unhappiness suddenly dissipated, he was born as a civil official, and the wonderful pen and flowers were full of flowers written in the chapter, and then sent Galdan's handwritten letter to Nanjing, the emperor naturally believed that this victory depended on the strategy of Yuan Inspector, and Liu Ziguang was just running errands.

Taking advantage of the will of the imperial court has not come down, Liu Ziguang ignored Yuan Chonghuan's obstruction, brazenly out of Jiayu Pass, with Wang Fuchen, Xue Chaoyi as the general, 10,000 red shirt army destroyed the withered and decayed general capture of Hami, and Liu Ziguang thought, the Western Xia people did not have the strength to stop at all, after the Ming army occupied Hami, Galdan was more sincere and fearful, Yuan Chonghuan begged the imperial army to stop moving westward, saying that he was willing to demote himself by one level, called Dzungar Khan, respect the Ming Dynasty as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, pay tribute every year, and follow the dynasty every year, but the Dzungar Department has lived in the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains for a long time, hoping that the Celestial Empire would not drive them out of their homeland, the letter was written with tears and sincere words, which aroused Yuan Chonghuan's deep sympathy, and immediately reported to the imperial court, saying that Liu Ziguang sabotaged the peace talks and killed again, which affected the credibility of the Celestial Empire and the emperor.

Soon the holy decree of Nanjing came down through a telegram, demanding that Liu Ziguang immediately stop all military operations against the Western Xia, the rhetoric was quite fierce, Liu Ziguang had to obey, because the Red Shirts fought the war all thanks to logistical support, and if the imperial court stopped the supply of grain, grass and ammunition in a hurry, it would be blind.

The red-shirted army had the feeling that the Yuejia army had even received twelve gold medals from Song Gaozong, and they all said that there were traitors in the court, and they did not open up the great country, and they were complacent and complacent as soon as they won a little victory. Liu Ziguang himself didn't say anything, because he also needs time to consolidate the results of the war, as the battle line gets longer and longer, the difficulty of the war will become higher and higher, relying only on fire guns and cannons is not enough to form an overwhelming technical advantage, must rely on more powerful weapons, and the new tanks are still on the drawings, and it will take a while for them to be designed and finalized and then mass-produced.

The border pass was established, Liu Ziguang did not stay in the bitter cold Jiayuguan for a long time, and reported to the imperial court to appoint Xue Chaoyi as the garrison of Hami, and Wang Fuchen as the general soldier of Gansu, stationed in Jiayuguan, and returned to Chang'an with the generals to return to Chang'an for the New Year.

The Spring Festival of the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse was spent in Chang'an, Huibu Xiang Khan came from Ningxia City, accompanied by Liu Ziguang to celebrate the New Year, the General's Mansion in Chang'an City was very lively, all kinds of ethnic food were readily available, the officials who came to pay New Year's greetings were shoulder to shoulder, Liu Ziguang was high-spirited, sat in the hall to accept the crowd to see, at this time there was already faint news that in order to reward Liu Ziguang's military exploits, the emperor was ready to promote his title again, and so on back to the capital after the New Year, Zhenwu Hou is the prince of Zhenguo, everyone is not in a hurry to stammer.

Looking back, I have spent seven years in this world, from a twenty-three-year-old unemployed young man to a thirty-year-old pillar of the country, a generation of famous generals, it is really like a lifetime, in that world, I can't even find a girlfriend, I work hard at the bottom of society, make a living by selling grilled sausages, and even street ruffians can bully themselves at will.

Now everything has undergone earth-shaking changes, now he is a fierce man who stomps his feet and the world has to tremble, when today's son is his friend and brother-in-law, two of the six departments of the imperial court are under their own control, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanghai, Taiwan, these regions are their own cronies in the town, 100,000 red shirts are invincible in the world, and the large enterprises in their hands are in control of the lifeblood of the country. From petroleum refining to cloth and silk textiles, food and tobacco production, there are countless enterprises controlled by themselves, with annual profits of tens of millions, and the wives of the family are all beautiful and fragrant, golden branches and jade leaves, a lot of princesses and county lords, sons and daughters are also rich and noble, just born to be the empress, the king or something, think about these I sometimes feel afraid, this strength is too strong, no emperor will tolerate the existence of such a strong minister, this time the title of the Duke of Zhenguo is probably not a good sign.