Chapter 408 Three major events
When Pei Chengyi, the president of the Lifan Academy, became serious, the resources that could be mobilized far exceeded Chen Ping, the Dingbian General. Pei Chengyi used the emperor's creed that there was no right to speak without investigation, and conducted a large-scale investigation of all appeasement zones under the Lifan Academy. Compared with the narrative submitted by Chen Ping, he found that most of the conclusions drawn by Chen Ping were correct.
In the inner Xinjiang appeasement zone, many places have poorer climate and living environment than in the western Xinjiang, and their resources are controlled by the lords of the foreign vassal states. Both the channels of ascending and daily necessities are generally insufficient. Young people in these places generally have the intention to move westward, but Chen Ping's plan to move all the people from the north of the desert was rejected by Pei Chengyi.
Although the northern Mobei is bitter and cold, and the environment is harsh, it is no longer a border line. However, the northern Mobei connects the entire Siberia. Because the fur trade with Siberia has risen, several cities such as Kulun, as well as several complete settlement areas such as Kobdo and Ulyasutai, cannot be given up. It also includes the Zasaktu Khan, who was promised by the Emperor to live in the northern Mobei forever, who mastered the Yellow Sect of the Mobei, and several Yellow Sects of the Lifan Academy, who were recognized by the Lifan Academy, and could not move. After Pei Chengyi removed these and the banners that provided surrounding services, he counted that about 45,000 households could be moved.
In the appeasement zone outside the pass, many of the Jurchens and Siberian groups who were attached also yearned for a better and more gentle living environment, but they did not know much about Western Xinjiang and could not decide whether to migrate.
Therefore, Pei Chengyi imitated the old rules and established the emperor and established the second foreign guards. The Mongolian guards were called Qiexue in the era of Genghis Khan. The new guards, mainly Jurchens, were awarded the title of Batulu Camp. Because the foreign vassals Zasak had too many young people who had no inheritance rights and were eager to make achievements and become lords, not only did the Batulu Camp be established, but also expanded Qiexue.
This time, the expanded Qiexue and Batulu camps were no longer voluntary. It was stipulated that all the nobles above the Taiji vassals of the outside world must send their direct children to participate in the second camp and entrusted them with corresponding entourages. The lowest fifth-class Taiji rank also sent one child and three entourages into the camp. The highest prince level must equip the children in the camp with twenty entourages. Whether the children or entourages are loyal, brave and good at fighting and unmarried. If there is a marriage, the whole family needs to move to the Western Front. The children in the camp will automatically lose the right to inherit the title of their father, and the tribes that were originally inherited by them will be taken away by them.
You should know that according to the inheritance law formulated by the Lifan Court for the foreign vassal states, only the sons born by the wife are qualified to inherit the title, but there are only two quotas, one is inherited title, and the other is surrender. The other vassal states have no titles, but they can inherit property, and the tribes are also the property of noble chiefs of the foreign vassal states, so they are also in the ranks of inheritance.
Because of this policy, another 25,000 cavalry from the outer vassals joined the combat sequence of Western Xinjiang, but these second sons, concubines and illegitimate sons were rarely inherited by tribes, and only more than 7,000 entries were moved. It is no wonder that before the noble chief died, the Lifan Academy would not force the statute of who inherited many tribes, so after deciding which son to join the personal guard camp, these noble chiefs would often give their sons horses and property, carefully select some entourages as compensation, and leave their tribes in the inner Xinjiang.
But no matter what, the emperor's plan to relocate 50,000 herdsmen was over-completed. However, due to meticulous investigation and statistics, the migrated tribes were distributed in a vast area. By the time the last group set off, it was September of the 17th year of the empire. Fortunately, the Lifanyuan had many years of immigration to the border areas and had rich experience, so he adopted the method of relocation.
The Guanxi and other appeasement zones under the Dingbian General's Mansion acted together with the westward migrating tribes in the inner Xinjiang. Some of the inner vassals of the Tianshan North Road and the outer vassals who were willing to move were mainly the Junggar tribes who advanced westward and entered the Kazakh grasslands, and gave the original pasture to the tribes of the inner vassals that arrived in batches. Because there were few cattle and sheep in the Qiexue camp and Batulu camp, they moved directly to the Kazakh grasslands before the snow fell.
Because the land in the river is not determined, most of the migration westwards have to go to Kazakhstan and Fergana Basins. After the spring of the 18th year of the empire, the tribes who arrived at Tianshan North Road last year continued to move westwards, while the second batch of migrations in Neijiang Zasak entered Tianshan North Road again.
According to Pei Chengyi's estimate, before the snow fell in the 17th year of the empire, 40,000 tents and 20,000 soldiers would arrive in Kazakhstan. Most of the migration was completed in the summer of the 18th year of the empire. Pei Chengyi even went to Kulun to personally monitor the migration of the tribes in the northern desert.
In July, Kazakh prairie.
Li Junwei proposed a grand plan, the emperor of the empire, the cabinet and the Lifanyuan were busy, but this guy was bored hunting and playing on the grassland. Only a few women sent by Samarkand accompanied him through the hot summer of "nine pieces to wipe sweat and one piece to wipe shit".
Not only was the empire busy, but the western Xinjiang was also busy. This year, 70,000 Han people and 40,000 herdsmen came to the western Xinjiang. All regions had to spend all their time to resettle them. In order to ensure that the work was in place, Chen Ping traveled to various places to investigate the pastures in Kazakhstan. Chang Adei was in charge of Yili to adjust the resources in various places, while Wuliji went to the Fergana area. Everyone wanted to have four hands, and they wanted to use it for one hour and two hours.
Li Junwei only cares about three things, but these three things are not that troublesome. The first is the expansion plan of his brother Li Jundu. Since he captured Kabul last winter and entered the Kaidra Basin in the spring, the war between Li Jundu and the Mughal Empire has broken out in full swing. The Mughal army has put its main force in Lahore, claiming to be a 500,000 army, but in fact it is definitely no less than 250,000. It is just going to the mountainous areas of Afghanistan in the north. The number and quality of the cavalry under Aurangzebu are declining, which is a fatal factor.
Because Li Jundu had no intention of fighting with him at all, his subordinates were stationed in the Jiandra Basin and established a stable rule. Most of his subordinates were cavalry, and even infantry were mobile infantry riding horses. Li Jundu kept sending a large group of cavalry along the Indus River to enter the rich Indus River plain, looting food and livestock and a small number of young and strong slaves needed by King Yu to return, and use war to support the war. While growing up himself, he weakened the strength of the Mughals. Faced with this tactic, Aurangzebu had almost no way, because the infantry under his command was not the opponent of the cavalry at all.
Such a tactic is unfamiliar to the Mughals, but the empire is very familiar, because this is the method used by the Qing Dynasty to attack Zhu Ming. The Jiandra Basin is equivalent to Liaodong occupied by the Qing Dynasty. What is the difference between the troops gathered in Lahore and the large army in the capital of the Ming Dynasty? However, the Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Dynasty are different, or in other words, the Han ethnic groups are different from the ethnic groups of the subcontinent.
There are tall Yanshan Mountains between Liaodong and the Central Plains, and the Great Wall Defense System built by the Ming Dynasty. On the Central Plains, even small counties will build tall cities. As these cannot stop the main force of the Qing army, they cannot do whatever they want. However, for the subcontinent, it is a completely different situation. There are no decent fortifications between the Indus River Plain and the Kandala Basin. The cities are either not or small, and most of the residents and wealth are in unprotected or low protection. The cavalry under Li Jundu can gallop across the board and attack and be invincible.
The only thing that restricts the cavalry is the bad climate, and the loss of people and horses in humid and hot places is quite large, but for Li Jundu's army, these losses can be introduced, because starting from April, a steady stream of Kazakh men rode thin horses and joined his command with a sharp wooden stick. The number is still expanding. The group of people followed the original army to the Indus River Basin for a walk, and then they could lead a few cows, get a piece of equipment, carry two women, and drive back several trucks of food, which greatly liberated the loss of the main force under Li Jundu's command and also trained these troops, which were originally slaves.
With these people, Li Jundu was even more reluctant to fight the decisive battle. The balance of victory continued to tilt towards him, while Aurangzebu did not dare to move the main force of Lahore, because this army protected the old capital Delhi and the Ganges Plain behind him. Once it moved, there would be no peace in the Ganges Plain and around Delhi.
Li Junwei could no longer determine when his brother could defeat Aurangzeb and become the emperor of India. He knew that he had to be patient with this matter. His brother was a person who dared to take risks, but he did not take risks everywhere.
The other two things were the contact between the Turkut tribe and the Ottoman Sultan. Li Junwei sent a thousand-man cavalry team composed of Qiexue and the imperial guards to escort Zhangjia Hutuktu across the Ural River and head to the core area of the Turkut tribe. This religious diplomatic action was supported by the entire Turkut tribe. Zhangjia Hutuktu received the highest level of treatment. Even though the Tsar of Moscow rebuked this, the Ayuqi Khan of the Turkut refused firmly and fearlessly for the sake of faith. As he often said, the Turkut people were not afraid of anything except Buddha.
Now that the Buddha has arrived at Turgut, the Tsar is nothing.
However, as the greatest Khan in Turgut history, Ayuqi Khan carefully chose to delay when facing the political demands put forward by Li Junwei. He had nominally sworn allegiance to the Tsar and could not surrender to the empire for the time being, nor could he accept the title of the empire. As for alliances, it was just a secret discussion. Ayuqi Khan did not choose to refuse. His attitude was actually very simple. Since Li Junwei has always claimed that the empire's 100,000 cavalry would break through the Ural Mountains, then when the 100,000 cavalry appeared on the bank of the Ural River, all Li Junwei's requests would be met.
Li Junwei's response to this is very simple. Next summer, the imperial cavalry will whip the Ural River and will hunt under the city of Moscow with the Turguts.
The third thing is the only one who broke Li Junwei's travel plan, because he sent Bahdel, the special envoy sent to the Ottoman Empire in the spring, returned.
"The noble supreme of the Eastern, the Jurchens, Mongolians, Junggars and other tribes, created the master of the Sun-Down Empire......" The translator next to Li Junwei recited the Sultan's handwritten letter. Listening to this series of titles, Li Junwei felt a little fluttering, but in the last half of the sentence, he suddenly felt bored, and the half of the sentence was: "Brothers and messengers of......"
Obviously, a series of noble titles were given to the Imperial Emperor, and he was only the titles ‘brother and messenger’.
"Brother and messenger of..., the Ottoman Sultan sends you my most sincere greetings." The translator's voice came to an abrupt end.
Li Junwei drank tea and said, "Continue to recite."
The translator shook the parchment letter in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, it's gone, I'm finished reading."
Li Junwei put down the teacup: "There is nothing, it's over. Isn't this the fuck translated into one sentence, Li Junwei, hello! Yes, that's what it means!"
The translator thought about it and looked carefully. The letter was more than 300 words in total, but at least 280 words were given the title of His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, and then he greeted the emperor's brother and envoy, Li Junwei. As King Yu concluded, there was only one meaning: Hello, Li Junwei!
"That's what it means, this Sultan is too a bastard. You have been busy for four or five months, and he is just perfunctory." The translator said cursingly.
Li Junwei took the sheepskin letter paper and said, "It's really just that, nothing else?"
Bahdel explained: "Yes, this is written by His Majesty Sultan. Before that, he and Vizier received the villain once, asking about what happened in the Kazakh grassland and the river, as well as some of the situations of the empire and some of yours. The villain told the truth, and then was placed in the museum. Four days later, the letter was handed over to the villain and let the villain hand it to you."
Li Junwei smiled and said, "Well, that's right. It seems that this letter is well written and the content is very fulfilling."
"Your Majesty, there is nothing written here." said the translator.
Li Junwei said: "It is because we didn't write anything that shows that we have a way to form an alliance with the Ottomans."
"What does it mean?" asked the translator.
Li Junwei said: "The Kazakh grasslands and river land in Central Asia are all influenced by the Tianfang Sect. In recent years, my elder brother and I have cleaned up all the here. Obviously, the Sultan knew everything. After hearing my alliance request, he replied to me, but it did not mention anything that happened in Central Asia. He also greeted me, the ‘brother and messenger’. What does this mean? It means that he will not reject us because of what happened in Central Asia. No rejection is the best news."
The translator nodded and asked Bahder, saying, "Bahder, has the Sultan responded to your alliance?"
Chapter completed!