Zhu Xueqin hurriedly looked left and right, "Ouch, Lao Bao," Zhu Xueqin didn't care about it, and directly shouted the title of Baojun, lowered his voice and said, "Where did you start with this, although the Xuanli Office is all spies, it is not a person who causes trouble for the imperial court, just look at the matter of Peng Xueqin's concubine back then, and it was also the Xuanli Office that pressed it, so there was no trouble, and the Xuanli Office must not be like this." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Won't?" Bao Jun sneered slightly, and put his hands into his sleeves, "Not necessarily," the eunuch walked out, saying that the emperor was already there, Bao Jun pressed the conversation, arranged the shift, and stopped talking about it, "Let's wait and see, and don't call me Lao Bao anymore." Lao Zhu~"

The two of them also knew that this was not the place to talk, and the eunuchs and palace maids who lowered their hands and bowed their heads might all be from the Xuanli Office, and if they had anything to say, they would go back to their own house and talk about it in detail. The Minister of Military Aircraft arranged a shift to prepare to enter the Yang Xin Palace, and the King of Alcohol County on the side walked over breathlessly, and when he saw Prince Gong, he said breathlessly, "The White Lotus Sect also got the news, saying that there is turmoil in Xinjiang again," He is the former minister of the Imperial Palace, and it was his turn to be on duty today, so I hurried back. ”

"These people are really well-informed," Wen Xiang shook his head, "No wonder the Queen Mother arranged their ancestral court to Xinjiang." ”

Arrived at the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace, the emperor was already waiting, first sent the military newspaper to everyone to see, Prince Gong and others were about points, after all, the news in the military newspaper also came out, Prince Gong calmly replied: "According to Zuo Zongtang's report, the Russians just strayed into Xinjiang, not to be an enemy of China, through the Prime Minister's Yamen and the Russians can negotiate, and order the Russian cavalry to quickly withdraw from the east of Yibohai." ”

"What about the lord of Kokand?" The Emperor asked, "You can't just ignore it." ”

Prince Gong originally wanted to say that the lord of Kokand would be expelled from the country and left to the Russians, but when he heard the emperor's tone, he quickly changed his words, these days and the emperor are not harmonious, and there is no point in arguing over these trivial matters, "The lord of Kokand has no respect for China, and the courtesy of the vassal is also intermittent, and there are still many disputes in the old years, and we can take him in now, which is already benevolent." ”

What Prince Gong said could not be unreasonable, in order to maintain its rule over Xinjiang, the Qing Dynasty had to invest a lot of financial resources and manpower in the region. In the 19th century, in order to contain the ambition of the Kokand Khanate to expand its territory, the Qing Dynasty began to gradually restrict the activities of Kokand merchants in the Xinjiang region. On the other hand, the powerful Kokand Khanate was dissatisfied with such measures of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time coveted the Kashgar region under the control of the Qing Dynasty. For this reason, Kokand has always supported Xinjiang's rebellion against Qing rule, refused to extradite Samsak, the son of Yamato Zhuo, and plotted the restoration of Samsak with the support of the British Empire. In 1820, after the death of Samsak, in 1826, Muhammad? Umar Khan's son, Muhammad? Ali Khan also supported Yamato Zhuo's grandson Zhang Ge to enter Xinjiang and establish the "Said? Zhanger Sultanate", sent troops to the Yarkand region, known as the Zhanggar Rebellion in history.

The Zhanger Rebellion sparked a large-scale rebellion in Xinjiang that had not been seen in decades, and the Qing Dynasty severed diplomatic relations with the Kokand Khanate and sent troops to quell the rebellion. In 1828, Zhang Ge was defeated and captured, and was sent to Beijing to be executed. However, the rebellion also dealt a blow to Qing rule in Xinjiang, forcing the Qing government to consider a compromise with the Kokand Khanate. In 1830, the Qing Dynasty negotiated peace with the Kokand Khanate, agreeing to the request of the Kokand Khanate to send "elders" to the Liucheng region of Xinjiang to exercise consular privileges. By sending elders, the Kokand Khanate could protect the interests of the Kokand merchants in Xinjiang while directly taxing the Kokand merchants, thus ensuring that the Kokand Khanate monopolized the trade interests in the Six Cities region.

However, after the Zhanger Rebellion, the Kokand Khanate still did not give up its ambitions for the Kashgar region, and often supported the restoration of the Hezhuo people and intervened in Xinjiang affairs. In the recent rebellion of Ping Aguba, Aguba is also a man of Kokand!

Kokand can be described as a-stirring stick in Central Asia, and now he can't withstand the iron cavalry of the Russians, but he thinks that China is good, and the emperor also feels that his words are reasonable, Prince Gong said, "The vassals are not benevolent, but China cannot be unrighteous, the lord of Kokand abandoned the country and left, and the land is lost, if he is tied up by the Russians again, it will be embarrassing, Nasir al-Din Khan can live in China for a long time, follow the old practice of the rest of the vassals, and give gold and silver." ”

"But Nasir al-Din Khan also wrote a letter of blood, earnestly asking for the restoration of the country, and wishing to be a vassal of China for generations to come, but this is not enough," said the emperor hesitantly, "but what he said was extremely reasonable, saying that between China and Russia, there need to be a small country as a buffer, otherwise the two powers will directly border, and there will be a lot of discord." If China helps it to restore its country, it will inevitably be China's number one loyal vassal in Yisohai. ”

Li Hongzao scoffed, "The lord of Kokand is afraid of power and virtue, so he listens to these words, how can he hear them?" Moreover, now is the time when the Kokand Khanate is about to be destroyed, if China really has this intention, it will also be thought that it has the intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob and destroy the people in the false way, which is contrary to the virtue of the heavenly dynasty and benevolence to the four seas and the benevolence of the vassals. ”

Bao Jun said his own concerns, which were diverged from the errand of the household department Shangshu, "The foundation of Kokand is a transit point for foreign trade between China and the West, so as to make a fortune, its country pays a lot of taxes every year, and if it is occupied by the Russians, this silver will go to their pockets." Since the pacification of Aguba, Xinjiang's trade with Ottoman Russia and other landlocked countries has been imported and exported from Xinjiang, which is really a lot of tariffs. ”

Bao Jun vaguely agreed that Kokand could not be annexed by the Russians, but he also said bluntly, "If a large army is dispatched, it will cost money and food, and the gains outweigh the losses, and the minister also thinks that the prime minister's yamen can reprimand it." ”

"What about the lord of Kokand?" The emperor was a little displeased, "Just put it in Ili?" ”

"The minister thinks that he can take the lord of the country in first, so as to wait for the situation to change in the future," Wen Xiang said, "I heard that this Nasir Din Khan is supported by the subjects of the country, and this popular foundation must be there, and now there is no need to worry about it with the Russians, they ask us to hand over Nasir Din Khan, we naturally don't have to pay attention to it, if there is a change in the future, let's bring him out, presumably this Kokand country can also be restored, and besides, the Russians don't even have a lord in their hands, how to annex Kokand?" Kokand did not surrender. (To be continued.) )