I can't die

Liu Xiang saw the gate of Suzhou City open at the moment, kicked his ass, and rode his horse into the city.At this time in Suzhou City, apart from Chen Decai’s more than 1 Taiping soldiers who were Han Chinese, the rest were basically Muslims. Liu Xiang immediately looked at the roadside, and there were ragged Muslims everywhere. It can be seen that these people , Even if they revolted with the rebels, life would not be any easier.

At the moment, Liu Xiang, along with the Hui soldiers leading the way, stopped in the former prefect's yamen in Suzhou.Liu Xiang got off his horse and walked into it, but saw two chairs where the prefect of the yamen used to sit, and there were two Hui people in their thirties sitting on them, presumably they were Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong.Inside the yamen, on the left and right sides, there are more than a dozen Hui people lined up one by one holding weapons, obviously making gestures according to the appearance of the original government.

"Who is in the hall?" Du Wenxiu was the first to ask, speaking in a tone like those officials in the playbook.It can be seen that although this person has studied for several years, he was born in the strata after all, and has not seen much in the official world.

Up to this point, Liu Xiang was neither humble nor overbearing, and he didn't want to show too much contempt on his face. He just smiled slightly, and his handsome face was as bright as a rainbow, which showed the demeanor of your son: "The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Province, Mr. Zuo Zongtang's camp Chief Liu Xiang."

Seeing Liu Xiang's attitude, Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong felt in their hearts that this person really had a bit of guts, daring to enter the local lair alone, no wonder he was able to become a sixth-rank official at a young age.It should be noted that in the eyes of these low-level Hui people, the county magistrate of the seventh rank is already a very high official position, and it is impossible to even think about going up.

"I don't know if Mr. Zuo sent Mr. Liu Qian here, what advice do you have?"

"I came here to appease you. Governor Zuo knows that this rebellion is really because of the provocation of the people. The Hui people are not willing to rebel. As long as you hand over the remnants of peace, the imperial court will definitely deal with it leniently." Liu Xiang said very sincerely.

"Governor Zuo may decide on this matter?"

Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong asked again.

"Of course, otherwise, how can I be sent here? Besides, with the power of our Qing artillery, why bother to go to the city? Our Qing Dynasty is a country of etiquette, so naturally we keep our word."

After finishing speaking, Liu Xiang took out another thicker document similar to "sending a letter" from his bosom. "Letter sending" is a unique confidential document in the Qing Dynasty. It is usually sealed and issued by the military aircraft office.

Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong didn't move the difference between the official documents of the Qing Dynasty, but seeing such a delicately packaged document, they couldn't help but cherish it, and hurriedly got up from their seats to take it, and looked at it.In this document, Zuo Zongtang wrote thousands of words in the form of parallel prose, denouncing the despicableness of the rebels of the Taiping Army, and regretting the pain of the Hui residents being bewitched.

"Governor Zuo's letter, I will have to discuss it before replying. I also ask Liu Xianggong to go back and report to Master Zuo. Tomorrow, I will definitely give an answer."

Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong also gave up their plans to hold Liu Xiang as a hostage. Obviously, in their hearts, they were extremely inclined to be recruited. Moreover, in the document, Zuo Zongtang promised many things in the future. The relaxed policy for the Hui people is really exciting.Isn't the original intention of these Hui people's rebellion to fight for their rights?

Liu Xiang saw that he had achieved his goal, but he didn't stay for long, so he left the city.Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong were left to continue their discussions. After discussing for a long time, they finally decided to accept the recruitment.But if you want to accept the recruitment, it is definitely not what you say you want to recruit. The Hui people, as rebels, must take some measures.

And the first thing they did was to seal the city gate, lead the crowd to Chen Decai's camp, and kill Chen Decai.Although Chen Decai still has more than 1 troops, there are almost 30 Muslims in Suzhou City, and all Muslims can become soldiers. How can Chen Decai's 1 troops be able to withstand these more than [-] Taiping remnants? Chen Decai was completely decapitated, his head was cut off, put in a box, and sent to Zuo Zongtang by Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong.

The second thing is that Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong posted the document sent by Zuo Zongtang in Suzhou City at the same time for fear of Zuo Zongtang's repentance, announcing the promise made by Zuo Zongtang to all the people in the city.Originally, some Muslims were dissatisfied with Du Wenxiu and Ma Hualong's decision to accept recruitment, but after seeing this document, their emotions eased a lot.

After Zuo Zongtang received Chen Decai's head, he also recognized the sincerity of the Hui people, and officially began to discuss and recruit the Hui people.Zuo Zongtang asked Du Wenxiu and others to hand over the horses and equipment, make a roster, and burn all the bamboo spears and weapons in the hands of the Hui people, breaking the arms of the Hui people in one fell swoop.

After five days of disarming work like this, it finally came to an end.Zuo Zongtang sent people to detain Du Wenxiu, Ma Hualong and other leaders of the Hui rebels with the power of thunder, and carried out a very cruel and lingering execution.Obviously, the lenient treatment Zuo Zongtang said is not to avoid the "death penalty" but to stop at not implicating the nine clans.

The rest of the Hui people were terrified when they saw the leader was killed.After Zuo Zongtang saw that the bloody warning had taken effect, he just proceeded to the next step, implementing the recruitment policy he had promised to the Muslims earlier.He carried out a large-scale relocation of Hui refugees who were still alive.

Zuo Zongtang had five principles for selecting the new Hui settlement area: one is to have acres of desolate land that can be irrigated with water, but this area needs to be a non-strategic site; Miscellaneous; third, there are no dangers of mountains and rivers, and they are not far or close to the road for easy management; fourth, the resettlement sites should be far away rather than close, and there should be intervals in between; fifth, they should not be near villages, prefectures, or counties.According to these five principles, the northeast of Gansu (including the southeast of present-day Ningxia) and some counties in the middle became ideal resettlement areas and provided a basic blueprint for future ethnic minority autonomous regions.

Zuo Zongtang also made a detailed deployment of the policy on the new residence of the Muslims:

Economically, the principle is to maintain the minimum material life of the relocated Hui people.When the relocated Hui people arrived in Xindi, Zuo Zongtang immediately ordered Ji to dictate the fields and supervise their cultivation.For extremely poor households, the government funded the allocation of farm tools, cattle, and seeds.Farm cattle are generally one for three families, or one for five families.At the same time, in view of the lack of overnight food for the newcomers, he decided to supply official food before the new food was harvested.Eight taels per person per day for adults and five taels for children to make ends meet.

Politically, the principle is to strengthen control.Zuo Zongtang ordered that in the new settlements, ten or a hundred parents should be set up, under the direct control of the government.A good citizen card will be issued to each newly relocated household for inspection.The Hui people are not allowed to leave the resettlement site without authorization. Those who go out on business must ask the ten parents and the hundred parents for leave, and they will report to the government for record.If someone goes out without authorization, ten parents and one hundred parents must report to the inspection and be punished.The new settlements are also not allowed to accept outside Hui people without authorization, and the Hui people who have been relocated are not allowed to return to their original places without authorization.

In terms of religious belief, conditional laissez-faire is the principle.

It has to be said that this migration policy has seriously weakened the economic power of the Shaanxi-Gansu Hui people.He greatly weakened the ties among the Hui people.The distance between settlement points is relatively long.Coupled with the strict control of the government, Muslims from all over the country are basically unable to travel freely, which fundamentally prevents the ability of large-scale Muslim violence.The widespread driving of Hui people to engage in agriculture has also solved the problem of Hui people's livelihood, making it difficult for Hui people to turn their backs.

Zuo Zongtang's strategy of recruiting peace, after pacifying Suzhou City, also brought a successful conclusion to the Hui uprising that swept across the entire Shaanxi-Gansu area.