eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 690: Rename Xizhou?

In late July of the [-]th year of Zhengde's reign, after the city of Bican was broken, Zhou Shangwen led the Ming army to continue westward and surrounded the court of the King of Turpan Khan. Any preparation.

This vast city isolated in the northwest desert became the last swan song of this Mongolian people.

Zhou Shangwen first ordered him to surrender, but Mansuer refused.

So the Ming army began to repair the previously destroyed siege tower and officially attacked on July 28.

Sutanmansuer led the main force in defensive operations, but the firearms and various new equipment used by the Ming army shocked the ordinary soldiers. The battle did not last long, and the result was of course the Ming army's victory without any doubt.

This is no unexpected result.

The Turpan Khanate has a small territory, a small population, and barren land. Moreover, their Mongolians, who were born from Eastern Chagatai, have been fighting for years. How can they compare with the Ming Dynasty, which was resting for ten years?
This is not to mention the huge gap in national power.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao has paid special attention to troop preparations in recent years. The combat power of these newly formed cavalry units is already top-notch, and they will naturally sweep them when they move to the northwest.

Just like when Hou Junji destroyed Gaochang, Zhou Shangwen sent troops this time without too much trouble.

The Ming army entered the city on the evening of the 28th.

Capturing the chiefs, capturing the soldiers, settling the people, and maintaining order were all things Zhou Shangwen ordered his people to do one by one.

He himself entered the palace where Mansuer lived and walked towards Sutan's throne. The armor on his body creaked as he walked, and his eyes fell on the tiger skin on the throne. .

Ma Rong, Ma Sheng, Ling Weifeng and others all looked at him with eager eyes.

I originally thought that Zhou Shangwen would sit down, but when he came to sit down, Zhou Shangwen used his own saber to pick up the tiger skin, and then raised it above his head to announce it to everyone!

"General, sit down and give it a try!" Ma Sheng said with a hint of excitement in his tone.

But his second brother didn't say a word.

Zhou Shangwen walked up to Mansur and said, "I heard that the leader of the Yarkand Khanate further to the west is named Said. Is he your brother?"

Mansuer was now in a state of embarrassment. Not only were his clothes dirty and torn, but there were also wounds on his face, and his whole body was tied up. "Yes! When he hears that you are acting in such a perverse manner, he will definitely fight you to the end!"

"How can anyone cheat a brother like you?" Zhou Shangwen put down the tiger skin and handed it to the soldiers beside him, "Your tiger skin is good, and you have these swords. I wanted to take them away and present them to the emperor. But. But I feel bad for taking too many things from people. Let's do this. You pick someone, except your son, daughter, and woman. I let him go and let him go and bring a message to Said of the Yarkand Khanate. , just say that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally appointed General Zhou Shangwen to conquer the West and ordered him to surrender to the Ming Dynasty immediately from the date of the message, otherwise... he will suffer the same fate as you, Mansuer."

Mansuer felt humiliated and extremely angry, "You Han people don't claim to be a country of etiquette! Why are you so arrogant and unreasonable!"

"This has nothing to do with the Han people. Most Han people know how to observe etiquette, but I just don't. I grew up in the army. At that time, the Ming Dynasty... But you guys took turns to invade the border and plunder it. , I have personally seen hundreds of people die under the sword of the Mongolian cavalry. So you don’t have to tell me this, just choose someone as soon as possible."

Zhou Shangwen curled up his lips and smiled, "As for your throne, it looks very small and not majestic at all. I don't want to sit on it. Ma Sheng, take it out and see who wants to sit on it. Let them all give it a try, the soldiers are working very hard, just treat it as this general who is giving them fun."

When Ma Sheng heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately agreed, "Thank you, General! I will move it away when I get back!"

"Yes." Zhou Shangwen called Ma Rong over again, "To report the victory to the emperor, I said that I was lucky enough to live up to my command and destroyed the Turpan Khanate, and captured Sutanmansuer and a group of important ministers and more than a hundred relatives."

"Yes, at the end will obey."

"You may not know the emperor's intention, but the emperor has told this general during several court meetings." Zhou Shangwen said as he walked back and forth with his hands on his hips and his head lowered: "The emperor wants to recreate the prosperity of the ancient silk road. , so whether it is Hami or this city, now that the war is over, don't do too much damage. After these few days, you must start to restrain your subordinates and rob. It is inevitable, but there must be a limit. This is First."

"Yes!!"

"Second, according to His Majesty's decree, all those words that crawl like worms must be eradicated, and no one will be left. From today on, only Chinese is allowed to appear here. Listen clearly, the general said that all places where words appear must be Chinese characters. After the establishment of the government, the subordinates recruited must be able to speak Chinese. In a word, this is the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties, not a khanate." This was a bit surprising. Ma Rong asked: "General, if there are many people who don't What should I do if I know Chinese characters but can’t understand Chinese?”

"There should be no hard punishment, but soft elimination. To put it simply, these people can say it to each other privately, but the official can't say it. Also, all banknotes, pleadings and other papers that are not written in Chinese characters Don’t recognize any of the pledged things.”

This should explain it clearly enough.

"Third point, whether they have religious temples or other religious things, we will not destroy, modify or touch them. At the same time, the government will not allocate funds, repair or maintain them, but we must prohibit active preaching and Don’t report to government gatherings.”

The Northwest is undergoing Islamization.The so-called "Sutan" is actually also called Sultan, which means the monarch or leader of an Islamic country and represents the will and rule of Allah.

In fact, the Mongols do not have this kind of culture. Tribes like the Tatars and Oaras are still called Great Khans.

This is the influence of religion.

Moreover, the issue of religion is very sensitive, so Zhu Houzhao specially asked it.

It requires a little wisdom to deal with it. You have to completely eliminate it. Oh, don't be arrogant. No matter what kind of fairy-like figure you are, you will never be able to do it, especially this kind of big religion that has been passed down for thousands of years. Each of them has been secularized. The power hunted him, but what was the result?

Extreme rejection, and ultimately a vicious religious war.In fact, we also have such religious symbols. If anyone destroys those things, the Chinese will remember him forever.

So the new China approach is better. I allow you to exist, but you cannot enter politics.Secular politics, this is the bottom line.

"...His Majesty will eventually build a city here. The so-called Silk Road is to build castles like post stations in the Western Region."

Ling Weifeng said: "Do I have to change my name too?"

Ma Rong said: "This should be decided by His Majesty and the academicians of the DPRK."

"But can we also suggest something? I really don't like hearing the name Turpan."

"Yes." Zhou Shangwen thought it made sense, "Ma Rong, was this Gaochang in the Tang Dynasty?"

"Gaochang is not a Han name either. Later the Tang people changed it."

"What's the name?"

"It was originally called Xichangzhou, and later it was called Xizhou."

"No, no." Ma Sheng's big head kept shaking, "This is not the far west. Isn't there some kind of Ye Qiang country over there? This is called Xizhou, what is the name of the further west? ? Gengxizhou? It sounds very unpleasant, and Xizhou sounds like gruel, and it means people are hungry even if they are not hungry."

"Haha."

What this guy said was so funny that everyone couldn't help laughing.

Ma Rong also convinced him, "Okay, okay. In fact, the Tang people also have a name, called Qingting."

Ma Sheng rolled his lips and said, "Vesting? What a stupid name. It's better to call it backyard. From now on, this will be our backyard of Ming Dynasty. You can come here whenever you want!"

In fact, this is not something they should consider, but after a big victory, they always talk about it happily.

Behind the so-called new name is the new land. The old land has a name, so there is no need to worry about it.

(End of this chapter)