"You...I..."

Huang Kezang was so angry that he really couldn't say it. Isn't it just a polite word? You Xu Xingxia still took it seriously? Do you really think my ability is not good? If my ability is not good, I can still be in the position of the second-rank third-side governor? If a tiger does not show his power, you think I am a sick cat! He wanted to drop the book bag with Xu Xingxia, but he felt it was boring. The scholar met a soldier and couldn't explain it clearly. Huang Kezhang now fully understood what this sentence means.

Huang Kezan wanted to commit suicide to show his ambition. However, it seemed that such suicide had no meaning. The court had lost so many places, and no one seemed to have committed suicide to show his ambition. What's more, he was indeed obliged to settle the Han slaves of Hami Guard. After all, this matter is indeed closely related to him. He found a way to make up for the mistakes he made. Huang Kezan still understands the most basic truth.[]

Xu Xingxia continued to say in an orderly manner: "I remember that during the Han and Tang Dynasties, Hamiwei and other places were under the jurisdiction of the court. We had garrisons, yamen, and taxes there. Why did we lose these places when we arrived in the Ming Dynasty? There were neither garrisons nor yamen, and we dared not collect taxes, but we descendants were not as good as our predecessors. As a second-rank official, don't you feel ashamed?"

Huang Kezan did feel a little ashamed. To be honest, in the northwest region, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was indeed somewhat different from the previous dynasty. Needless to say, the Mongol Empire period was in the Mongol Empire period. Even during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Hamiwei and other places were directly under the jurisdiction of the court. This kind of jurisdiction was substantial, and it was by nominal garrisons, yamen, and tax collection portals. However, in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of jurisdiction became nominal. Even the Yarkand Kingdom directly established a kingdom, leaving the sphere of rule of the court.

There are many reasons for this situation. On the one hand, the court did not pay enough attention to the northwest region.

Many people think that to the west of the Guanzhong Plain, they are all areas with poor people with ground sores and land, with only input and no output. Even if they are controlled, there is no benefit. Instead, they have to invest a lot of money and grain here every year. It seems that there is no harm in throwing away these places, but they can save a considerable amount of money and grain every year.

Under such thought guidance, no one of the many civil and military ministers who founded the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to completely recover the northwest and reopen the Silk Road. Their eyes were either to the north, to Annan, or to Liaodong. No one turned their eyes to the entrance west of Jiayuguan, as a result, in the huge northwest area, more than two million square kilometers of land were forgotten.

The founding period was the stage with the strongest national strength and the strongest enterprising spirit. At this stage, no one proposed to recover the Great Northwest, and later, no one naturally proposed it. In fact, the Ming court's eyes were always focused on its north, focusing on the remnants of the Mongol Empire. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it continued to send troops to chase and kill the Mongol Empire. Zhu Di, the Ming Emperor Chengzu, also had the targets of the Mongol Tartars.

This is also a characteristic of the Central Plains dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is no exception. Even the Ming Dynasty is more exclusive than the previous dynasties. Because, influenced by the remnants of the Mongol Empire, it is necessary to attach great importance to the northern border defense. The power of the Mongolian Iron Cavalry is a nightmare for most people and must be guarded against. Relatively speaking, the northwest, which has almost no threat to the capital, is naturally ignored. Even if the remnants of the Mongolian Taurus, cannot endanger the change from the entrance of the capital to the Tumu Fort, no one will pay attention to the northwest.

Another reason is of course the most direct problem of money and food. To be honest, the Ming army in the northwest region needed a lot of money and food. In the four towns in the northwest alone, all the troops in the total number of troops was about 300,000. So many troops needed to be raised, and the monthly military expenditure was a very important amount. If the court did not have enough financial support, it would be unimaginable.

The army is different from ordinary people. The army is a violent organ and eats imperial food. If there is a problem with the finances, the army will collapse and lose its effect. Even, it may reverse the gun and threaten the imperial court's own rule. Ordinary people will cause trouble, and generally have no big problems. Ordinary people can mobilize the army to suppress the pressure. However, if the army gets up to cause trouble, the country will definitely be ruined. This is a matter of time.

In the early period of the Ming Dynasty, the country's financial situation was not that bad, and there was no problem in paying military expenses for the time being, and the military rations consumption in the northwest region were not so prominent. However, since Jiajing, the finances of the Ming Dynasty gradually dried up, and the country's tax revenue was less and less. When the income was not enough, the huge consumption of the Northwest military town entered the eyes of all the important officials of the court. They all hoped to get rid of this heavy burden..."

However, it is not appropriate to throw away all the four towns in the northwest. After all, Ningxia City and Xi'an City are still very important. If the Taurus cavalry came in, it would still be a great harm to the Ming Dynasty. If the court allowed the Taurus cavalry to rage, the people's complaints about the court would definitely become deeper and deeper, and eventually endanger the rule of the court.

After thinking about it, it is better to actively shrink the defense area. Shrinking the front line to Jiayuguan can save a considerable amount of money and food. With such an idea... Hami Guard naturally cannot be managed. Since the court is not interested in regaining Hami Guard, what can Huang Kezan do? It would be good if he is a three-sided governor, and he can defend his territory.

Huang Kezan said a little dissatisfied: "Didn't you have no ability before?"

Xu Xingxia looked at him with glittering eyes and said word by word: "Now, I have this ability. You have the opportunity to make up for your shortcomings."

Huang Keji didn't know what to say. Like Zuo Guangdou, Zhu Xieyuan and others... He was also a Han dynasty who absolutely agreed with the active expansion of the White Army. Who would not want to include more land in the territory of his country? Who would be willing to hand over the land that belonged to him in history to others? This is something that can be made without any consideration. If he refuses to take back the Hami Guard, he will be ashamed to death.

However, the promise of Xu Xingxia means that he, Huang Kezan, the former governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, would do things for the White Army and Xu Xingxia. Idiots know that the anger of Hami Guard is only the beginning of the afternoon. As long as you agree to go to Hami Guard to do things, it is equivalent to getting on Xu Xingxia's pirate ship, and you will never think about it in this life. This kind of laziness has always only the beginning and no end. Huang Kezan understood this truth at the age of five.

After finishing the work of Hami Guards, there must be Yarkand's work of Yarkand's mouth, and there must be... With the combat power of the White Army, it will continue to expand, and its territory will definitely become larger and larger. He estimated that only he, Huang Kezhang, could not be busy, and that he, Huang Kezhang, was so idle that he, could have nothing to do. A place as big as the Western Regions can completely exhaust him, Huang Kezhang to death hundreds of times. Xu Xingtuo's ambition is very big!

This is a choice without a way out. Once he goes to Hami Guard, he will break completely with the court. This is not Xu Xingxia's problem, but the court's group of people. If he does things for Xu Xingxia and works hard for the white-clothed army, the court's group will probably be pulled into the traitor's camp at once. He is different from Zai Guangdou. Behind him is the other party, and he obviously doesn't mind strangling him to death. If he doesn't fall into the hands of the court, killing without mercy and killing immediately, it is almost a predictable result.

But can Huang Kezan not agree? If he doesn't agree, his conscience will not be as good as the Han slaves of Hami Guard. Strictly speaking, there are really many people who were captured by the Tatars at his post and refused to rescue them. Even if he dismissed from his post, he would be uneasy. Alas, Huang Kezan has to admit that he is considered an old world.

But in front of Xu Xingxia, there was no chance to speak.

Xu Xingxia ignored the entangled Huang Kezhang, waved his hand, and took the hunting cavalry to enter the city. At this time, a soldier from the Vulture Cavalry came to report that it was the vanguard of the Vulture Cavalry, which had arrived near Tongguan and could be expanded at any time. Due to the appearance of the White Army, the fleeing powerful people were very frightened and most of the luggage they carried were thrown away halfway, and hurried out of Tongguan with clean arms.

"When everyone is about the same, just keep the Tongguan in Qingguan! At the same time, it was announced to the public that the White Army will continue to march towards Henan and other places in the near future." Xu Xingxia said lightly. Those fleeing guys thought it would be safe to escape to Henan? What a joke! Even if you escape to the distant Jiangnan water town, the White Army will still capture you.

It was easy for the White Army to enter Henan from Shaanxi. After leaving Tongguan, it was a flat horse, and there was no more suitable for cavalry and mobile combat than here. As long as the White Army deployed a unit of 3,000 people, it would make the entire Henan Province furious and panic. He wanted to see what kind of mood his Majesty the Emperor's most beloved King Fu would feel when he stayed in Luoyang.

The White-Clothed Army controlled Tongguan, which was equivalent to completely controlling the land of the Three Qins in his own hands. Strictly speaking, he finally had a relatively complete territory. Based on the land of Guanzhong, the White-Clothed Army could do a lot of things.
Chapter completed!