In May of the 11th year of Zhengde, the Qincha team sent from the Beijing division went out of Jiayuguan and went west through Hami to the original Tulupan City, and now it is renamed Xizhou.

Although the name Xizhou sounds the same as gruel, but it can't reach the likes of the Son of Heaven, it was Xizhou when the Tang Dynasty was here, and the restoration of this name has special significance in restoring the glory of the Han family.

In addition, the imperial court itself is cleaning up the Tusi, and naturally it will not rule in Xinjiang with a policy of restraint, so what will follow is to set up a guard post in Xizhou-garrison.

There is no army, is it still called the territory of the Ming Dynasty?

The original Western Expeditionary Army led by Zhou Shangwen was the guard of Ganzhou and Suzhou, and was subordinate to the Shaanxi Xingdu Division.

When the fighting was over, they were to go back to their original positions.

Xinjiang has a vast area, the land of Xizhou, located in the basin, 800 miles from east to west, 500 miles from north to south, choking the north and south channels of the Tianshan Mountains, and the traffic between China and the West.

Of course, the imperial court was to garrison troops here, not only to garrison troops, but also to build a city here.

After the order of the Son of Heaven was issued, the Jingshi sent a regiment of Qin Mission, which was mainly composed of Gu Renyi, the commander of the Shaofu Order, supplemented by the servants of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Works, in addition to officials, there were more than 100 generals headed by Zhu Feng, the second son of Chengguo Gong, and all kinds of craftsmen, farmers who transported weapons, grain and other materials. Of course, according to the current financial resources of the imperial court, this is all costly.

Among these generals, almost all of them were trained by military academies, and a small number of them were recruited from other guards, and the reason why they were led by Zhu Feng was that not half of these generals were sons of nobles.

In the current imperial court, there are not a few people who have been promoted to knighthood, and the Ming army is invincible, and these people are all vying for it.

In addition, the imperial court also transferred the young general Ma Rong to Yang Yiqing, which was based on the original Hamiwei, and then transferred troops from Shaanxi to re-establish the Xizhou Left Guard, Xizhou Right Guard and Hami Guard.

Zhu Feng, Ma Rong, and Ling Weifeng, the former commander of Ha Miwei, each served as commanders.

The problem of war horses is also easy to solve, such a vast place in Xizhou itself is suitable for raising horses, and Yang Yiqing himself is still from Ma Zheng.

Of course, there is another artifact, which is the cannon in front of everyone's eyes!

Zhu Feng is in the dust, after a few years of military career, the whole person can no longer see the favor of the noble children, and there is no shelf to talk about in front of Yang Yiqing, he said with a little brilliance: "These Hongyi cannons respect every thousand catties, and I don't know how to come over such a long distance!" ”

Yang Yiqing's hair and beard are a lot whiter, but his spirit is okay, far away from the hearts of the people of Jingshi, although he is not used to it at first, but gradually he can feel the beauty of purity.

"There are still four less. However, it is not easy to transport it too far. ”

Zhu Feng said: "What the ministry said is good, Xinjiang is so vast, we all know that it is not enough to guard the four statues in Xizhou. But the emperor has already said that if you are unlucky, you will be lucky slowly, all the time. ”

Yang Yiqing can understand that the emperor wants to sinicize these areas, and is ready to stay there for a long time.

"After the castle tower is built, move it to the castle tower."

"Yes!!"

The city of Xizhou is dusty, because the Ming court is expanding the city wall here, Yang Yiqing simply presided over the renovation of the whole city after arriving, and the avenues, alleys, official residences, and residences in the city were all rearranged according to the style of the Han people.

The plaque of the Governor's Palace was also hung.

There are always all kinds of things to do in the new land, and the Jingshi is very concerned about this place, and it is only in May, and the army, craftsmen, and some people who have migrated with them have already arrived.

When he walked across the beach next door from the Hexi Corridor, Yang Yiqing had gradually figured out that he felt a special power in the vast, far-reaching, snow-capped mountains and grasslands in the northwest, which seemed to be able to purify people's hearts. In particular, the sound of the wind can still be heard in ancient times, and the merits of the Han people have never faded.

Now it's his turn again.

He is the person who has been the first assistant for ten years, and it is difficult for him to rectify the newly returned land, first of all, to rectify the guards and restore order, and these generals are also what he asked the imperial court.

"Before you came, I ordered the barracks to be built. There are no more foreigners here than the Central Plains, and our last reliance is on these two guards and horses, so the official built barracks on the east and west sides of the city, the left guard of Xizhou is in the west, and the right guard is in the east, Zhu Feng and Ma Rong, after the two of you return to the camp, quickly rectify and send the generals of the military academy down, and after seven days, the official will order to inspect the city, and do not have an untidy appearance when the time comes. ”

"Yes!"

The people and shops in the city have basically been restored to their original state, and the Han, Mongolian, and Hui people live here.

According to the policy of the imperial court, Han people were the main people in the government and military camps, while the people did not distinguish between various ethnic groups, so as not to exacerbate the contradictions.

In fact, a relatively invisible policy of discrimination was adopted to ensure that power remained in the hands of the Han Chinese.

But 'for the Lord' is not completely exclusive.

Ma Rong once put forward a point of view, he thought that the 3,000 battalions should be imitated that year, including the later surrender of the Yebu tribe, and then set up a guard in Xizhou, whose personnel composition is mainly composed of Hui, Mongolian and other ethnic groups.

Yang Yiqing does not reject it, but such a major event must be played to the imperial court, and when the Son of Heaven makes a decision, the current words are to prepare the personnel, but important things such as the seal letter have not yet been given.

Everyone is here today.

Yang Yiqing simply arranged it together, "At present, Xinjiang is mainly about these things, the first is to rectify the guards and restore order, which the official has already said, and the second is to expand the city and strengthen the defense according to the holy decree, this is far away from the Central Plains, and the Yarkand Khanate is still not giving up, and no one can guarantee that they will not suddenly attack." The third thing ......"

His gaze turned to Ling Weifeng, the commander of Hamiwei, "After the restoration of Xizhou, Hami will become an inner city, and the defensive pressure is not heavy, Hamiwei will temporarily move forward, mainly to eliminate the remaining enemies!" ”

Ling Weifeng shouted, "Yes! ”

"This time, the imperial court has already said in the will that Xinjiang will promote the planting of cotton, and the imperial court will use the silver from the treasury to purchase it for the royal family, so there is no need to be afraid of the backlog in your hands."

Gu Renyi on the side nodded, and among the people he brought this time were also people who specialized in cloth business.

On the whole, it is to act in accordance with the dispatch of the imperial court, and the Shaofu should set up special shops in Xizhou for purchase, transshipment, etc.

“…… But planting cotton needs a stable environment, if the war is chaotic, then nothing can be planted. ”

Ling Weifeng was born in the Military Academy, "Don't worry, this realm is now Daming's, and the end will not let anyone spread wild on Daming's realm!" ”

"Well, there is one more thing to do, which is to open up a trade route to the west. However, this does not require the government to do it personally, but mainly to encourage protection. ”

The imperial court has ordered the establishment of special horse markets in Xizhou and Hami.

Japan has already discovered silver veins, so Zhu Houzhao can expect that the silver in the future will not be too nervous, and the Japanese Ouchi clan can open mines for materials, and he can too.

He wants to exchange horses with the Western Regions, and Xinjiang itself can raise horses, but war horses have always been wanted.

The establishment of a special horse market in Xizhou was to open trade to the countries of the Western Regions, and to allow or even attract them to do business in Xizhou.

Although it is called a horse market, this is just a popular saying, but it is actually a commercial trade point, except for horses, other goods such as salt, tea, and silk can be traded.

This need is long-lasting.

The silk of the Central Plains is good, and in the same way, the horses in the Western Regions are really strong.

However, Xinjiang initially decided that it would take several years to form a prosperous scene of trade routes. But the government's supporting measures can be done now.

Gu Renyi praised: "Fixing the army, planting cotton, and trade, Xinjiang has these three strategies, why worry about not having a prosperous day?" ”

Yang Yiqing thought that people persuaded him with Liu Jian at the beginning, Shandong is Liu Jian, and Xinjiang will be him Yang Yiqing in the future, and this homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties has a special meaning that Shandong does not have.

Thousands of years from now, his name will be engraved in the history books because of what he did in Xinjiang today.

"Ministry, my subordinates still have something to tell you." Ma Rong took a step forward.

"What?"

"Now that Hami and Xizhou have been decided, how to deal with the remnants of the Seven Guards of Kansai that were set up by the imperial court?"

The seven guards of Kansai are the guards of Andingwei, Aduanwei, Qu Xianwei, and Handongwei, and the general location is the vast area on the south side of Hami.

For more than 100 years, the Turpan Khanate has been attacking, and the Seven Guards of Kansai have actually been dilapidated, and many people have moved to Suzhou.

Historically, with the loss of Hami, the Kansai Seven Guards were also completely annexed in the early years of Jiajing.

The people of the Ming Dynasty also thought about reorganizing the Mongols and Hui people who moved inward, and reorganizing their forces to fight back, and spent money for this. But after these people moved inward, they were not happy and had no enthusiasm at all.

Therefore, the Central Plains is a good place, suitable for survival, and people are lazy.

The current Kansai Qiwei still maintains the status quo because of the victory of the Ming army, the imperial court did not care, Yang Yiqing did not mention it, but Ma Rong said it. There was something strange about the crowd.

He explained: "King Hami Zhongshun had rebelled against the Ming Dynasty back then, almost none of the Seven Guards of Guanxi were Han Chinese, and the Yarkand Khanate was eyeing each other, and the last general was worried that they would secretly merge and become a big trouble for me. ”

Yang Yiqing nodded, it was not unreasonable. Can you let others sleep soundly on the side of the couch? Especially in the current context, Xinjiang is the same territory of the Ming Dynasty as Shaanxi and Shanxi, but there are some foreign guards who do not listen to orders very much.

It's a little weird indeed.

In addition, historically, the Kansai Seven Guards often disobeyed the commands of the Ming Dynasty, and even the orders of the emperor were not authoritative over them. For example, in the sixth year of Xuande, the Ming Dynasty used troops against Anding and Qu first, and ordered Andingwei to command Sang Ge and the Handong Guards to go on a campaign, but Handong did not disobey the order.

In the ninth year of orthodoxy, Anding Wei Nan ran south to plunder Qu ancestors' people, livestock, and tents, and the Ming court "sent officials to pursue his reasoning, and Erna Nanben and others were unrelenting, and robbed the luggage of officials, soldiers, horses, and camels." The Handong Wei Zhangzhang Department occupied Shazhou, and Chijin commanded the ancient people to accept the Shazhou Wei rebels, and the Shazhou Wei Du Governor came to the court repeatedly, and the imperial court "sent several reproaches" and "many departments did not obey orders".

Recently, in the eighth year of Hongzhi, Xu Jin, the governor of Gansu, sent people to Han Dongwei to help the Ming army attack the Turpan guard Yalan, who was guarding Hami, but Han Dongwei did not come.

In fact, these problems are well known to all people, and if they didn't talk about it before, they couldn't reach it.

Now that the Son of Heaven is running Xinjiang with such dedication, how can they have any reason to talk about this group of warriors? Where is the credit placed, and what is not to be fished?

It's the same for Yang Yiqing, but this is a big deal, he glanced at Ma Rong with a little appreciation, "This matter will be left to the court by this official, and it will be decided by Your Majesty." ”