The pontoon bridge on the Aksu River was demolished due to the war and could only be ferryed by ships. While waiting for the boat, Rishit asked: "Taiji, what did the messenger say to Bals?"

"The messenger told Bales that Bales lived and died together with Chechnya Taiji." Chechnya said with a smile.

"Why tell Bals this?"

Chechnya asked: "Of course it's for me to survive. Rishte, you have seen that Bals is a timid and cowardly person. If he kills Apak and Zhuo, Sengge will definitely be furious. Sengge will ask him why he killed Apak. When he threatens his life, Bals will betray me, and then I will die. Even if the Empire comes forward to protect me, I will not be able to hide around Sengge. This is not good for me to the Empire. If Bals shares my life with me, he will not betray me no matter what."

"But if Sengge didn't care about killing Bales, would Bales know that he would die, would he bite him back?" Risht asked.

Chechen Taiji said, "Sengge would not really want to kill Bales. He violated His Highness's orders and refused to do dirty work for the empire. He had offended the empire and went back on his word. Isn't it even more a sin? And everyone knows that His Highness's killing order targets the religious leader Apak. If he dies, why should Sengge offend a prince of the empire for an optional Bales?"

Chechen Taiji was welcomed in Aksu and met Lin Junhong as he wished. Of course, everything was performed for Sengge's confidants who came with him. Chechen Taiji performed very seriously and enjoyed it. Through a play, he determined his value. Although the prince of the Empire in front of him was too young, such a "big star" could play a supporting role with him, which at least proved that the Empire really wanted to lurk beside Sengge.

After seeing off Chechen Taiji, Lin Junhong saw Rishit and asked, "How is Chechen Taiji?"

"Smart and cunning, and lustful," said Risht.

"That's good. People are not obsessed with. This is what the emperor gave to me." Lin Junhongdao thought for a while and said, "When he met him secretly today, Chechen Taiji did not ask for too much rewards, women did not ask for too much money."

"It's very simple. He already has a lot of money. Junggar raided the rebel camp and he could divide half of the gold and silver seized. This time he came on behalf of Sengge and told Sengge that he needed money to manage the officials and generals of the empire. Sengge gave him a lot of gold and silver. In fact, he had all of this money in a shop in Aksu. Perhaps the situation eased and would be transported back to the tribe." Rishte explained.

Lin Junhong smiled: "What a smart guy. Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. Tell me about you, Rishit, you have made great contributions, what you want, gold, silver, title or official position, you can get it."

Risht knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, I want to go to the Hajj."

"Do you go to the capital by pilgrimage? Haha, I advise you not to go. The people around the emperor are very stingy. With them, there may not be as much as I reward you." Lin Junhong said.

Rishte said sincerely: "No, Your Highness, I am talking about pilgrimage, go to the Holy City, go to Mecca!"

Lin Junhong then realized that he was going to the holy city of Tianfang Cult, far away in Mecca on the Arabian Peninsula. Hajj is the basic system that all Tianfang Cult must abide by. All believers, men and women, must do their best to complete this task and strive to pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Although the Yarkand Khanate is far away from Mecca and is separated by many tribes and countries, for devout believers, that is still the biggest goal in life. Therefore, many merchants, lords and even Khans will go to Mecca to pilgrimage. The best example is Abudulla, the former Khan of the Yarkand Khanate. After he was old and after his power was lost, he knew that it might be dangerous to fight for power again, so he did not fight, but chose to go to pilgrimage, avoiding worldly troubles, and eventually died on the road.

"That's very dangerous. You are a hero. Can I give you a title of Burke and continue to manage Turpan?" Lin Junhong asked.

Risht shook his head slightly: "No need, you said just now, you can't get along with people without any habits. I probably belong to this type of person. Apart from the lives of my family, I have nothing to give up, including my own life. How can I be the Burke of Turpan? After all, I have a grudge against the Empire for killing my father. You have trusted me. Can the Lifanyuan trust me?

I think the Empire will grant me titles and wealth, and the only thing I will not give is real power. With my merit, it is probably to live my life in Hami or the capital. Your Highness, please let me go to the hajj. I have done too many wrong things in my life. I am sorry to many people. Everything I did for the empire is for my family, not loyalty. In fact, this is against my heart. Perhaps only a hajjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

"You care so much about your family, why do you still take them on such a dangerous path?" Lin Junhong was puzzled.

Risht waved his hand quickly: "No, I am the only one who apprentices. I hope my family will stay in Hami, and Tursun Burke will take care of them. You only need to reward them with a small manor and be self-reliant."

Lin Junhong understood Rishit's intentions, and he said, "Well, I will give your eldest son a title of Count, and the other sons will be viscounts, and give them manors and ranches. When they grow up, they can also serve in the appeasement zone. As for you, Mr. Rishit, you are a hero of the empire. Without you, my work would not be so perfect. I cannot stop you from going to the hajj, but I cannot see you die on the road. Let me arrange your hajj, okay?"

"Then I thank Your Highness. I really don't know if it's my honor or my sorrow to know you." Rishte covered his face and said with tears in his eyes.

Lin Junhong naturally did what he promised to the Risht family and arranged for the pilgrimage route of Risht. Risht did not go to Mecca according to the road that the Yarkand often walked. That road started from Kashgar, entered Afghanistan and then India, and took a boat to Mecca in India. Because everyone knows that most of the people who were pilgrimage were rich, so there were horse thieves and bandits on land, and there were pirates on the sea. Before the empire entered East Africa, European pirates even occupied northern Madagascar. Using this as a base, every year, in the Arabian Sea, a few months before the twelve months of the Tianfang Cult, they robbed the pilgrimage ships to Mecca on the Arabian Sea.

The way Lin Junhong arranged for Rishte was to enter the empire, go to Guangzhou to take a boat, pass through the provinces of the South Ocean of the Empire, and arrive in Penang. The pilgrims from Southeast Asia all set off in Penang by boat and head to Mecca. Penang has a fleet of specialized in this kind of business, and armed merchant ships can safely arrive in Mecca with Rishte.

Although Chechen Taiji is also a believer, he prefers gentle women than the cold Buddha statues. Compared to chanting scriptures, he prefers the joy of fine wine. He lived in Aksu for three days and confirmed that Apak was dead, and then returned to Hexi camp with a special amnesty order to pardon Bals and Apak.

Just as Chechnya Taiji expected, the hated Bals cut Apak's neck with a mutton-cut knife during a dinner, allowing his blood to flow and die. Apak cried for help but couldn't speak out, feeling his life passing through his fingers. When the guards found it, Apak was already stiff.

Sengge, who received the news, beat Bales up, but he had no choice but to do anything, because the news from Aksu was that Chechnya Taiji had already won a pardon for Bales and Apak. If he killed Bales at this time, Sengge would only have a reputation for rebelling against his word, which was meaningless.

In the end, the heads of Bals and Apak were sent to Aksu. Sima Yiboke came forward and sent a thank-you gift of 3,000 taels of silver on the grounds that Sengge helped the Yarkand Khanate eradicate the reverse channel. This confirmed that the Junggars killed the leader of the Baishan Sect. However, Lin Junhong ordered Apak's body to be sent to Turpan, and a huge and magnificent Mazha (tomb) was built outside the city. This place later became a holy place on Tianshan South Road, causing countless believers who could not go to Mecca to come to Turpan to worship.

Because many people pay homage every year, the Religious Bureau exempts all believers from religious taxes for worship, but appointed Ah Hun, who was from the School of the Confucian Academy, as the Sheikh (manager) of Maza, to preside over religious activities and be responsible for religious education, and Mu Aijin, who was also from the School of the Confucian Academy, also began to worship Maza, and the Tianfang Sect in the Western Regions began to be localized and secularized.

The Tianfang Sect opposes worship of all people or things, and worshiping Maza itself violates the doctrine. With the enrichment of worship rituals, shamanism, hanging sheepskins, hanging flags, and erecting high poles, the factors of Buddhism began to intervene.

Apark may never have thought that he would die at the hands of Bales, nor did he think that he would receive the glory given by his enemies after his death. Of course, it was even more impossible for him to think that his body would become a tool for the empire to rule and improve the Western Regions. Of course, he had no regrets, because his enemies and those he wanted to kill throughout his life, Abdulla and Zhuo of the Montenegro Sect soon came to accompany him, and the Maza of the two were not far apart and would always be with him.

With the end of the Battle of Aksu River, the war on Tianshan South Road was also over, and the finishing work was naturally completed by Sima Yi. Of course, now he is no longer Burke, but Sima Yi Khan. After the war, Sima Yi led the army and an imperial cavalry led by Chen Duan to go directly to Yarkand City. The journey was basically an armed march. After arriving in the capital, Chen Duan announced the emperor's imperial edict to pardon all those involved in the rebellion, whether it was the lord or the priest. Sima Yi also solemnly swore that he would never kill any rebels, and then he would enter the city.

After entering the city, Sima Yi first released some of the captive lords and immediately convened the Hulile National Congress. This was a meeting that originated from the Genghis Khan's period. All the real power lords and nobles were gathered to discuss major issues such as war and succession. Generally speaking, the heirs appointed by the Khan must be recognized by the Hulile National Congress to be effective. When the two are in conflict, the results of the Hulile National Congress are mainly selected.

Obviously, no one was Sima Yi's opponent. Sima Yi received everyone's support and became the Yarkand Khan, and Chen Duan also read out the imperial edict to recognize Sima Yi as the Khan.

After becoming the Great Khan, Sima Yi recognized the empire's occupation of Hami and Turpan, and the reason was not only for rewarding the empire for sending troops to combat the rebellion, but also for the compensation for the Pabai repeatedly invading the empire's borders. On the other hand, Sima Yi criticized other independent lords of the Yarkand Khanate and announced the siege of the lords who did not attend the meeting, mainly those lords west of Kashgar, to maintain the territory of the Khanate.

Sima Yiboke, who obtained the position of Khan, went to Hami and received Lin Junhong's reception. After becoming the Khan, he became more respectful than before. He presented gems and gold and silver as a private thank-you gift to Lin Junhong. Lin Junhong naturally would not refuse these things, but asked: "Sima Yi Khan, I heard that at the Hulil National Congress, the person who supported you the most was Abdulla and Zhuo, right?"

"Yes, it's this traitor." Sima Yi said lightly, unable to see whether he was happy or angry.

Lin Junhong asked: "Someone told me that you have forgiven his betrayal."

"No, Your Highness, I don't. It's not just me who betrayed me, but also the empire. I am not qualified to forgive him. Only if you forgive him can I forgive him." Sima Yi knew his status very well and explained carefully.

Lin Junhong shook his head slightly: "I am a petty person, but I can't forgive him. But he doesn't know about this. Do you know? He sent an envoy to bring a letter. Dahan can take a look."

Sima Yi carefully opened the letter and was furious in an instant and cursed: "You did not hold him accountable for this traitor. He dared to make such arrogant requests. It's damn!"

In fact, in the Yarkand Khanate, Abdulla found Sima Yi and confessed everything about him. Of course, he said that the letter to Babaiboke was leaked by his disciple accidentally caught by Babaikhan. Therefore, Sima Yi was not willing to investigate Abdulla in fact. Abdulla's betrayal did not cause bad consequences. The one who almost lost the water source in the desert was the Western Expedition army, not Sima Yi's army, so Sima Yi wanted to use Abdulla to rule within the Khan. Sima Yi knew very well that the Khan Abudulla Khan could create the era of revival because of the help of Apak's father. Of course, Sima Yi also planned to eliminate Abdulla after the rule was stable, so as to avoid the situation where religious leaders turned against the frontier in the Khan era.

In Abdulla's handwritten letter to Lin Junhong, this guy actually hoped that Lin Junhong would force Sima Yi to grant him the status of the national tutor, and Abdulla also vowed to guarantee that he would keep a guard against Sima Yi for the empire and ensure his loyalty and obedience.

"Yes, this kind of person has too much ambition. When the matter here is over, I will go back to the capital. No matter how capable he is, it will not affect me. But what about you?" Lin Junhong asked back.

Sima Yi nodded: "I understand, Your Highness, I will set up another one for him next to Apakhezhuo's Maza, and believers of the Montenegro Sect will also come there to worship!"

After saying that, Sima Yi left angrily.

Half a month later, Tuerxun arrived at Lin Junhong's office, and Lin Junhong asked: "Mr. Tuerxun, have you heard of that regrettable news?"

Tursun wondered: "What news?"

"Alas, Abdulla and Zhuo, what a respectable sage. In the battle to lead the army to fight heresy, he was ambushed. He and hundreds of devout followers around him were killed in the desert. What a pity, I still have a lot to ask him for advice." Lin Junhong said.

Tursun thought to himself: "Abdulla is dead, why am I surprised at all?"

"Is that so? It's a pity. Abdulla is a good person and a saint." Turson said, thinking for a while and asking, "What can you and I do?"

Lin Junhong said, "I heard that Hezhuo's disciples regard him as their father, so I hope that friends like us can do something for him. Sima Yida Khan decided to build a Maza for him in Turpan that is not inferior to Apak Hezhuo. You and I should also donate money to build a Tianfang Sect temple to him."

"Build a temple?" Tursun was surprised.

Lin Junhong's copy looked like this: "Of course, only in this way can all his disciples have a place to live and recite scriptures for Hezhuo every day."

"Your Highness, if all the disciples went to that temple, there would be no Mufuti from Hami and Turpan's surrounding villages. Who would manage the surrounding villages?" Turson asked.

"It's very simple. You can do this, let each village elect a respected person as the village chief, and then elect a devout person as Ahun, responsible for preaching and preaching, and then select four or eight intelligent children from the village to Hami. The school here is about to start. After the children come here to study, they can join the Religious Bureau. After adulthood, they can serve as village chiefs and Ahun in each village, and they can also serve as religious officials in the city. Isn't it good?" Lin Junhong had already made arrangements.
Chapter completed!