I am the king of the dead

"Khan's praise." Yu Qian said modestly, although it was true.

"I'd rather be Uncle Ming than Khan outside the Great Wall, Yu Shaobao, the Western Regions are miserable!" Yemi Lihuo's tone was quite sad.

6 Chapter Forty

Is the Western Regions bitter?

The Western Regions are bitter.

In the concept of Daming, the Western Regions are a typical barren land.

The Western Regions has the most extensive desert in the world, but there are very few oases and green spaces.

The weather in the Western Regions is changeable. It is extremely hot during the day and freezing to death at night. The common people are killing you to the death for the habitat.

The right time, the right place, the harmony of people, nothing.

Chaos is a predicament caused by the geographical environment in the Western Regions since ancient times.

Before the Great Han arrived in the Western Regions, the Western Regions claimed to have sixteen countries, and they were constantly killing each other. After the Tang Dynasty left the Western Regions, there was no peace in the Western Regions.

In the military, horse bandits were rampant, and feudal lords were unable to suppress bandits, colluding with bandits and gangsters, everywhere.

Politically, warlords and tyrants emerge in endlessly, because there are seven countries in one place, and the small country of Quer can only rely on others. Today it takes refuge in Ming Dynasty, tomorrow it turns to Oala, and the next day it turns to Timur Khanate.

Economically, the economy is sluggish due to military and political disadvantages, and the only commercial roads are still being stripped away. The common people will be stripped by feudal lords, military leaders, horse bandits, and landlords if they gain a little. very.

Culturally, various cultures collided repeatedly, and the religious disputes between Foy and Knife saw blood. People still have a breath, but holy wars continue. The poor people in the Western Regions were even worse.

Yu Qian knows the reason why he would rather be a dog in a prosperous age than a person in a troubled world. Therefore, Yu Qian also knows that the Western Regions are suffering.

Yu Qian tentatively said calmly: "Where is the suffering in the Western Regions?"

Ye Milihuo was a little confused, he repeated it blankly, and said, "Where is the suffering?"

"Yu Shaobao, a few days ago, my Turpan Khanate merged Liucheng Kingdom and Huozhou Kingdom. Firstly, my Turpan Khanate worked hard to govern, with thousands of elite soldiers and strong horses; secondly, Liucheng Kingdom and Huozhou Kingdom were unable to protect themselves. The Turpan Khanate hugged each other to keep warm."

"Gathlan came out of Hami. He is a Uighur. Hami has no owner. Garthlan is cruel, burning, killing, and looting."

Yu Qian understood Yemi Lihuo's words a little bit, this Garthlan is a warlord tyrant.

In Ke Qian's memorials, Yu Qian has seen the name Garthlan more than once, just as Yemi Lihuo said, this guy is indeed crazy.

"I know this Garthlan." Yu Qian said with a smile.

Yemi Lihuo said strangely: "Yu Shaobao knows this person?"

A small army leader thousands of miles away, Yu Qian, who is the young guard of the Ming Dynasty, actually knows this person?

Ye Milihuo had to sigh with emotion, Daming is Daming.

Yu Qian knew this person because Jia Silan organized about 2 people to attack Guazhou in September of the seventh year of Jingtai, and happened to run into the hands of the Ming guerrilla general Dong Jinde.

Dong Jinde only had less than 700 people in his hands. Facing the menacing Garthlan among the 24 men, Dong Jinde was not afraid of danger, commanded flexibly, dispatched multiple parties, and faced difficulties. In the end, at the cost of [-] casualties, he killed more than [-] enemies. , repelling Garthlan.

This small-scale battle of Guazhou ended inexplicably, and Garthlan retreated without even seeing the walls of New Guazhou City.

After many investigations by Yuan Hou on the pier, it became clear why the battle ended.

In the battle, Li Hu, the most powerful general of Garthlan, took the lead in the charge very heroically, but was shot dead by an arrow from the Ming army, and Garthlan had to retreat.

Yu Qian briefly talked about the small-scale battle of Guazhou. Even if Lihu was not killed accidentally, Daming would be able to defend Guazhou.

The policy pursued by the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions is Emperor Taizu Gao’s policy of taking every inch and taking every inch. Although the process of reopening the Western Regions is slow, every step is very solid.

Even a guerrilla general with only 700 men is enough to defeat Garthlan.

"The Ming army is mighty!" Yemi Lihuo praised the bravery of the Ming army sincerely. In the eyes of Yemi Lihuo, the attack of 2 people was a major event in which the Khanate was overthrown. Here in Daming , but it is so simple.

Yemi Lihuo said with a painful expression, "Dear Yu Shaobao, please allow me to tell a story."

"A long, long time ago, when a herdsman arrived in Turpan, he saw only a desert. The local old man told the herdsman: Don't bother, the water will not reach Turpan, because halfway through, on the way, it is covered by the sun and The Gobi is divided."

"The herdsman who rushed to Turpan said unconvinced: Qingcao and Qingquan are a natural couple. As long as you find green grass, you can find Qingquan."

"A smart shepherd dug a shaft every few dozen steps along the terrain of high north and low south, and then used the shaft as an exit to dig underground canals so that the shafts and the canals were connected together to form a long stream of water that flowed all the way to Turpan. Low, outcropping the ground."

"Year after year, generation after generation, Karez was finally dug out, bringing beautiful spring scenery and fruitful gardens to Huozhou and Turpan."

Yu Qian patiently listened to the story of Yemi Lihuo Zhe, which is very similar to fables such as Yugong Yishan.

Karez is a particularly typical underground water conservancy project in the Western Regions.

In the case of strong sunshine in the western regions and insufficient water storage capacity of Gobi beaches, rainwater, snowwater, and river water are introduced into the ground, and water is guaranteed through shafts, culverts, open canals, staggered channels, etc., turning the desert into an oasis.

Yu Qian said with a smile: "I know Karez."

"Now there is a Roman envoy named Nikolaoz who is versed in the Ming Dynasty. This envoy is proficient in the languages ​​of the countries in the Western Regions. Hu Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Nikolaoz once debated whether the Karez that appeared in the Western Regions came from The Western Regions still originated from the Central Plains dynasty.”

In Yu Qian's view, this debate was unnecessary.

If the Ming Dynasty occupied the Western Regions, no one would dare to say no, even if it was said that Karez was the enlightenment from the Emperor Zhenwu in the dream of the wise and mighty emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, after Emperor Zhenwu was conferred the title of Emperor Taizong Wen of the Ming Dynasty, he has become the only second son of Pangu, who once incarnated as Fuxi.

"Then what's the result of the debate?" Yemi Lihuo asked curiously.

Yu Qian said with a smile: "During this debate, Nikolaoz believed that the word karez exists in Persian, but Hu Shangshu immediately produced historical materials, proving that as early as Qin Mugong's time, there was a record of piercing wells, and piercing Wells in Guanzhong are also called Karez wells.”

""Historical Records Biography of Dawan" also records that Karez in the Western Regions came from Qin people."

Compared with Ming Dynasty, the thickness and long history of history are due to Nikolaoz himself's overreach.

The Ming Dynasty has some historical materials and some empirical evidence to prove that Karez came from the Guanzhong area.

From Yu Qian's point of view, this is a question of the right to speak. As long as Daming is tyrannical, these questions are not a problem.

Daming is not tyrannical enough, saying it is breaking the sky, people in the Western Regions do not recognize it, Rome does not recognize it, and Da Ming has nothing to do.

Daming is tyrannical enough, if you put a firecracker into these people's mouths, they will nod in agreement.

As the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Hu Wei is more serious about this matter, but it is just to prove that the Western Regions have belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times, just like Hu Wei's research on the title of King of Kings, which was given to Tang Gaozong Li Zhi by the Prince of Persia.

This is a legal declaration and a kind of righteousness.

Yemi Lihuo's face was extremely sad, and he said with seven points of helplessness: "In the Western Regions, whoever gets Karez is the king of the Western Regions."

"The Karez was taken over by Garthlan. We can't regain the ownership of the Karez. Every year, we have to donate a jar of human gallbladders in exchange for water."

"A pot of guts?" Yu Qian frowned and looked at Yemi Lihuo Zhe, something he didn't know.

Daming's information on the Western Regions has become fragmented since Yongle, especially when Wala became bigger and stronger, and the seven guards in Kansai turned against Gowala.

The corner of Yemi Lihuo Zhe's mouth twitched, as if thinking of some cruel scene, he said with a pale face: "A pot of guts, dare not tell someone."

A urn of guts is the guts of 1000 people. With the gradual recovery of Ming's strength in the Western Regions, even Jia Silan did not dare to take the guts of Daming people, so there is a jar of guts for thousands of people, and he dare not take it out. what people say.

Yu Qian frowned, the Western Regions were indeed suffering, unspeakably miserable.

Yu Qian didn't know whether Garthlan was a man-eating man or not, but it was obvious that Garthlan used such cruel and violent methods to maintain his deterrent power.

Sometimes, we can't blame the literati of the Central Plains Dynasty for writing books and biographies of the foreign barbarians in the land of heaven and earth as monsters and ghosts, which are worthless.

In fact, the things they sometimes do are really not worthy of being human beings.

Yu Qian said with emotion: "The Western Regions are suffering unspeakably, the sky is suffering, the earth is suffering, people are suffering, disorder is suffering, and there is no way."

"It's hard not to have Da Ming!" Ye Mili Huo Zhe took over the conversation and said loudly.

In Yemi Lihuo's view, the changes in Shaanxi Xingdusi in the past eight years are what he yearns for.

Since the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne and the Ming Dynasty regained the land of Hetao, the prosperity and order of the entire Shaanxi Xingdusi was what Yemilihuo people expected.

This is Princess Elena's second impression after entering Jiayuguan, the order is like this.

To a certain extent, Ye Milihuo's statement is correct, and quite right, the Western Regions lack a strong and powerful regime to rule, sort out, and save.

It was the best time in the Western Regions when the Great Han was farming in the Western Regions, and when the Tang Dynasty set up the Qingsai Army and the Long March Athletes in the Western Regions.

Yu Qian agreed with Ye Mili Huo Zhe, nodded and said: "The Western Regions do need Ming, and Da Ming also needs the Western Regions."

Why did Ming need the Western Regions?

In Ke Qian's memorial, it hits the nail on the head.

[Thus, those who value the Western Regions protect the Tatars, and those who protect the Tatars defend the capital.The northwest arm refers to the connection, the situation is complete, and there is no gap to take advantage of.If the Western Regions are not consolidated, the Mongolian tribe will be uneasy, and the borders of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Shanxi will be invaded by danger, and it will be impossible to guard against it, even the Zhibei Guanshan will have no sleep. ] (Quoting Zuo Zongtang's "Zunzhi Overall Planning".)

The safety of the Western Regions directly affected Ming’s kingship of Tatars, and the Tatars actually formed a threat to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, if the Western Regions were unstable, the Mongolian tribes would be unstable. This is a geopolitical consideration.

On the other hand, in terms of terrain, if Ming did not take the Western Regions, the frontier defense of Shaanxi Xingdusi, Shaanxi, Jing'an, and Shanxi would be under great pressure. Da Ming needed the Western Regions and the desert as a buffer zone to ensure the stability of the capital and the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty.

The desert between the Western Regions and Monan Mobei is a natural buffer zone. From the perspective of border defense, the imperial court can also save countless expenses.

The Western Regions need Ming, and Ming also needs the Western Regions.

In the Lecture Hall and the Juxian Pavilion, on His Majesty's map, the Western Regions belong to the Quartet, and it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, not the world.

Yu Qian was sitting upright, looked at Yemi Lihuo and said: "You come here this time, what you ask for, naturally, the minister of Honglu Temple will talk to you, reach a covenant, and guide the face saint. What are the consequences."

"Let me remind you that in the sunny land, no one can withstand the wrath of His Majesty's thunder."

The Great Emperor has always had some doubts about Yemi Lihuo's trust in him. If Yemi Lihuo really did something unfavorable to Daming, His Majesty's thunderous wrath, even if Yemi Lihuo fled to the sky, he would Was crushed to pieces by His Majesty.

This is the foundation of Daming.

"Respectfully send it to Yu Shaobao." Ye Milihuo has been in Daming for more than a month, and he can't see other progress for the time being, but when it comes to receiving people and things, he has learned the etiquette well.

"Stay."

Yu Qian went to Juxian Pavilion. He had just met Yemi Lihuo. In his opinion, Daming could give Yemi Lihuo an earl, just like Emperor Wen had bestowed upon Wu Yuncheng a respectful uncle.

When Yu Qian arrived, Zhu Qiyu was reading a memorabilia jointly sent by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.

A Xicheng bully named Xu Duo was arrested by Tiqi in the 12th year of Zhengtong, and was sentenced to beheaded for murder and other crimes. In the spring of Zhengtong's 13th year, he "died" in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Of course, Xu Duo did not die, but Li Daitao came out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice stiffly. After changing his name and surname, he continued to do evil until the Tumu Fortress changed and he fled to Nanya.

In the fifth year of Jingtai, this person returned to the capital, was recognized, reported to Shuntian Mansion Yin, and was arrested and brought to justice by Shuntian Mansion.

Xu Duo was punished for several crimes and sentenced to execution. Zhu Qiyu Zhu approved the memorial.

"This Xu Duo is indeed a bully in Xicheng, but he belongs to Xining's younger brother Xisheng, so he was able to save his life, and that's why he dared to be so bold!" Zhu Qiyu handed the memorial to Yu Qian, and let Yu Qian have a look.

Xining, an eunuch during the Zhengtong period, during the battle of the capital, Xining killed Sun Xiang, the guard of the Zijing Pass, led captives to attack the Zijing Pass, and the Oala army entered the pass to besiege the capital.

When King Jili returned to Beijing, Xining escaped with his horse. Yuan Bin ran 81 miles on both feet, and killed Xining's horse, and caught Xining who was fleeing in a hurry.

Xining's final fate is Jiejieyuan.

In the 12th year of Zhengtong, Xining's younger brother Xisheng led his slaves to occupy the house of the British prince Zhang Fu and killed the pregnant wife of Zhang Fu's family. Fu was extremely dissatisfied, and King Jili favored Xining and Xining's younger brother Xisheng.

Zhu Qiyu read it patiently, and then said solemnly: "This Xicheng bully named Xu Duo, tell me a truth."

"If you want to clean up the world, fight against corruption and crack down on evil, you must go hand in hand, you must grasp it with both hands, and you must be tough with both hands."

"If you don't cut off the wings of corrupt officials, it's impossible to catch these moths; if you don't catch the moths, even if you wipe out the black and evil, you will get nothing because of the existence of the umbrella."

Yu Qian bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

One of the most important means of combating corruption and arresting corruption is to eradicate gangsters, because most of these gangsters are deformed products of the collusion between imperial officials and local gentry. Starting from the gangsters, most of them have gained a lot. .

As the leading anti-corruption person in Ming Dynasty, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials and Wang Ao, the doctor of the Anti-corruption Department, has achieved a lot in this respect.

Yu Qian and His Majesty the Emperor chatted for a long time about anti-corruption, corruption, crime, and evil before he said: "Your Majesty should give Yemi Lihuo a name."

Chapter 641 Minister Yu Qian, never lie!

Yu Qian recounted the content of the conversation between himself and Yemili Huozhe, and by the way, he talked about several precedents of naming, giving officials, and conferring titles in Ming Dynasty.

There are many Tatars who took refuge in Ming Dynasty, including ordinary people and noble people. Among the ordinary people, for example, Huoli Huozhen, the Marquis of Tongqing, joined the Ming army during the Hongwu period. Qiu Fu fought outside the Great Wall, and the nobles who died in the battle were eliminated. Huo Zhen's descendants inherited thousands of households in Guanhaiwei, and they did not worry about eating and drinking.

For example, Xia Gui, formerly known as Quluntai, also defected to Daming during the Hongwu period, and once sat in the first rank of the Chinese military governor's mansion, Youdu Tongzhi, during the Yongle period.

Among the nobles, for example, Wu Yuncheng was originally a member of the Northern Yuan Pingzhang, and he was a first-rank high-ranking official, such as Jin Zhong, who was a descendant of the first-rank Prince Hengyang of the former Yuan Dynasty, such as He Yong, who joined Daming. Opponent Alutai.

Arutai was the prefect of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who killed one prince and four princes of the Ming Dynasty in the First World War, and it was also one of the reasons why Ming Taizong Zhu Di was so angry that he conscripted himself.

From the Hongwu period to the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, there were as many as 39 Tatar officials who were above the second rank.

Giving Han names, giving officials, and conferring titles was not the first of Ming Dynasty. For example, as early as the Han Dynasty, Jin Riyi, the crown prince of the Xiutu tribe of the Huns, belonged to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was given the surname Jin, and eventually became Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The minister and Huo Guang are side by side.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were countless generals named Hu generals. There were nine surnames Zhaowu in the Western Regions, and the most famous ones were An Lushan and Shi Siming who created the Anshi Rebellion.

Giving names to Yemi Lihuo people, giving Han names, giving officials, and conferring titles are all reassurance for those who take refuge.