In the late seventh month of the tenth year of Zhengde, after the destruction of the city, Zhou Shangwen led the Ming army to continue to the west, and surrounded the court of the king of Tulupan Khan.

This vast city in the desert of the northwest has become the last swan song of this group of Mongols.

Zhou Shangwen first ordered him to surrender, but was rejected by Man Suer.

As a result, the Ming army began to repair the previously damaged siege towers, and officially attacked on July 28.

Sutan Mansuer led the main force to defend the battle, but the firearms and various new appliances used by the Ming army gave ordinary soldiers too much shock, and the battle did not last long, and the result was, of course, the victory of the Ming army without any suspense.

This is not an unexpected outcome.

The Turpan Khanate had a small territory, a small population, and barren land, and how could their Mongols, who were born from Eastern Chagatai, fight for many years and recuperate for ten years?

And that's not to mention the huge disparity in national strength.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao has paid special attention to the preparation of troops in recent years, and the combat strength of these newly formed cavalry units is already the top, and moving to the northwest is naturally a sweep.

Just like Hou Junji's destruction of Gaochang back then, Zhou Shangwen's process of sending troops this time did not have too many waves.

The Ming army entered the city on the evening of the 28th.

Capturing chieftains, capturing soldiers, settling the people, and maintaining order, Zhou Shangwen has ordered people to do all these things.

He himself entered the palace where Mansur lived, and walked towards the throne of the Sutan, his armor clicking as he went, and his gaze fell on the tiger skin on the throne.

On the side, Ma Rong, Ma Sheng, Ling Weifeng and others all looked at it with hot eyes.

originally thought that Zhou Shangwen would sit, but when Zhou Shangwen arrived, he picked up the tiger skin with his saber before he sat down, and then raised it above his head and announced it to the public!

"General, sit down and try it!" There was a faint excitement in Ma Sheng's tone.

But his second brother didn't say a word.

Zhou Shangwen walked up to Mansuer and said, "I heard that the head of the Yarkand Khanate to the west is called Said, and he is your brother?" ”

Man Suer was already in a mess at this time, not only his clothes were dirty and tattered, but even his face had wounds, and the whole person was tied, "Yes!" When he hears that you are doing such perverse acts, he will definitely fight you to the end! ”

"How can anyone cheat a brother like you?" Zhou Shangwen put down the tiger skin and handed it to the soldiers around him, "Your tiger skin is good, and these swords, I wanted to take them away and present them to the emperor." But taking too many things from people, General Ben can't be happy with it, so let's pick someone, except for your sons, daughters and women. The general let him go and asked him to bring a message to Said, the Yarkand Khanate, saying that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally ordered Zhou Shangwen, the general of the expedition to the west, to order him to surrender to the Ming Dynasty immediately from the date of the message, otherwise ...... It's the same fate as you, Full Speed. ”

Man Suer felt humiliated in his heart and was extremely angry, "You Han people don't claim to be a state of etiquette!" How can you be so arrogant and unreasonable! ”

"This has nothing to do with Han people, most Han people know how to abide by the word etiquette, but it just so happens that I am not. Ben will grow up in the army since he was a child, and the Ming at that time ...... But I have seen hundreds of people die by the swords of the Mongol cavalry. So you don't have to talk to Ben about that, just pick someone as soon as possible. ”

Zhou Shangwen curled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "As for your throne, it looks very small, not majestic at all, and the general doesn't want to sit on it." Ma Sheng, you carry it out, see who wants to sit, let them try, the warriors are very hard, just think that Ben will find them fun. ”

As soon as Ma Sheng heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately agreed, "General Xie!" I'll move it away when I get back! ”

"Yes." Zhou Shangwen summoned Ma Rong again, "Report to the emperor that he has won the victory, and he will say that he is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has destroyed the Turpan Khanate, and captured Sutan Mansuer and a number of important ministers and more than 100 relatives." ”

"Yes, the last will obey."

"You may not know the emperor's intentions, but the emperor has told the general at several court meetings." Zhou Shangwen crossed his waist and lowered his head as he walked back and forth, saying: "The emperor wants to reproduce the prosperity of the ancient silk road, so whether it is Hami or this city, since the war is over, don't do too much damage." After these days, you will begin to restrain your subordinates, robbery, inevitably, but there must be a limit. This is number one. ”

"Yes!!"

"Second, according to Your Majesty's will, all those words that crawl like worms must be destroyed, and not a single one will be left. From today onwards, only Chinese is allowed here, and if you hear it clearly, it will be said that all the places where the script appears must be Chinese characters, and after the establishment of the government, the subordinate personnel recruited must be able to speak Chinese. In a word, this is the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties, not a khanate. ”

This was a bit surprising, and Ma Rong asked: "General, what if there are many people who don't know Chinese characters and can't understand Chinese?" ”

"It doesn't do hard punishment, but it does soft exclusion. To put it simply, in private, these people say yes to each other, but officials can't. In addition, all paper items such as silver tickets and paper that are not written in Chinese characters are not recognized. ”

This should be explained clearly enough.

"The third point is that whether it is a religious temple or other religious things, we will not destroy, change, or touch them, and at the same time, the government will not allocate funds, repair them, or maintain them, but we must prohibit active missionary work and gatherings that do not report to the government."

Islamization is underway in the Northwest. The so-called 'Sutan', also known as Sudan, means the monarch or leader of an Islamic country, representing the will and rule of Allah.

In fact, where do the Mongols have this kind of culture, like the Tatars and Warats, they are still called the Great Khan.

This is the influence of religion.

Moreover, the issue of religion is very sensitive, so Zhu Houzhao specially instructed him.

It takes a little wisdom to deal with it, you have to completely exterminate it, heh, don't be arrogant, no matter what kind of fairy character you are, you will never be able to do it, especially this great religion that has been passed down for thousands of years, they have all been hunted down by secular power, but what is the result?

Extreme exclusion is ultimately a vicious religious war. In fact, we also have this kind of religious symbol, and whoever destroys those things, the Chinese will remember him for the rest of his life.

So it's better to have a new Chinese approach, I allow you to exist, but you can't enter politics. Secular politics, this is the final bottom line.

“…… His Majesty will eventually build a city here, and the so-called ancient silk road is to nail castles like post stations to the Western Regions. ”

Ling Weifeng said: "Do you have to change your name too?" ”

Ma Rong said: "This should be decided by Your Majesty and the scholars of the DPRK and China." ”

"But can we suggest it too, I don't like to hear the name Turpan very much."

"Yes." Zhou Shangwen felt that it made sense, "Ma Rong, this is Gaochang in the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Gaochang is also not a Han name. Later, the Tang people changed it. ”

"What's the name change?"

"Originally it was called Xichangzhou, and then it was called Xizhou."

"Not good, not good." Ma Sheng's big head kept shaking, "Isn't this the westernmost west, isn't there any Yeqiang country over there?" It's called Xizhou, so what's it called to the west? More western? It's very ugly, and Xizhou sounds like gruel, and if you are not hungry, you will say that you are hungry. ”

"Haha."

This guy said it was funny, and everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Ma Rong also obeyed him, "Okay, okay." In fact, the Tang people also have a name, called the vestibule. ”

Ma Sheng rolled his lips, "The vestibule? What a broken name, it's better to call it a backyard, this will be our Daming's backyard in the future, come if you want to! ”

Actually, it's not something they should think about, but after a big win, it's always nice to talk about it.

The so-called new name is the new land behind it, and the old land has a name, so you don't have to worry about it.

(End of chapter)