On the second day after Zhao Xin arrived in Qitai, he had non-stop conversations with officers from the battalion and above of the Western Front Command. Except for the Hami area, which was far away, the chief officers of various departments of the Northern Navy stationed north of Tianshan were not allowed to come.
All present.
The arrival of "His Royal Highness King Zhao" naturally made the troops on the Western Front feel excited from top to bottom. All the officers who came to see him were all excited, with tears in their eyes. Just as Fan Tong said, "Look up and see
"Beidou Star" is the same. If it weren't for the strict discipline of the Beihai Navy, some people would have shouted "Long live King Zhao" to express their loyalty.
How many of them are sincere and how many of them are performances? Even if Zhao Xin does not analyze his movements and expressions through applied psychology, he is still "making dumplings in a teapot - he knows it by heart". His internal control over the Beihai Navy has always been clear in recent years.
Don't dare to relax, there are "gold medal spies" not only among civilians, but also in the military.
With the wars in the South and the North over the years, the intentional and unintentional actions of Zhao Xin himself and some people within the Beihai Navy have shaped him into the soul of the Beihai Navy and even Beihai Town, and many of the deified characteristics of political figures have also followed.
The emergence of this kind of person is called "a holy king descended from heaven to carry out the destiny of heaven". In other words, it means "not a human being".
Under the current rule of Beihai Town, in addition to ancestors, Kitchen God and other gods, almost every family has a memorial tablet of "Prince Zhao". Although Chen Qingsong, Yu Deli and others have issued orders on this matter many times, requesting that the memorial tablet be prohibited.
Living memorial tablets, but the bureaucracy from top to bottom in Beihai Town came from the grateful refugees; especially in the early days, many people had seen how Zhao Xin used his "supernatural power", so although everyone agreed verbally, they refused to implement it secretly.
The experience of ancient Chinese history tells future generations that naked violent rule is always short-lived, and the legitimacy of power is a problem that every emerging ruling class must face.
But power has always been unequal, so it is difficult to explain legitimacy with rational and logical arguments. In other words, how can 29 people headed by Zhao Xin control Beihai Town, a town with a population of millions?
Advanced industrial and agricultural technology and force? Haha!
Without a solid foundation of national psychology and generally improved cultural quality, that is, before "grassroots people" become "citizens", the political form of hoping to establish a democratic system will be a castle in the air. At this point, Yu Deli sees
Most clearly.
Although Zhao Xin and others did a lot of work to enlighten the people's wisdom in nine years, and Beihai Town also produced a large number of "citizen classes" needed by the modern country, after all, the time was too short, and compared with the people under the Manchu Qing Dynasty,
The 90% of the agricultural population is only a minority. Therefore, from the psychological perspective of the people, power must be combined with the will of the gods to make them consciously obey.
No problem, this land has a profound psychological foundation of national culture and awareness of religious worship. When the old idols begin to decline, the worship of new idols will inevitably arise. This cannot be changed by any iron-fisted decree. It can only be changed by
It takes two or even several generations of education.
In the traditional politics of ancient China, there has always been a tendency to deify the ruler. Once a deified ruler steps onto the altar of power, he will often run wildly on the road to dictatorship. If he is more ambitious,
Promoted by the family, that is, people will kill people, and Buddhas will kill Buddhas. When this kind of power that is only restricted by morality breaks out, it will lead to painful political and social disasters.
It is impossible for Zhao Xin to be dissatisfied that an ordinary person can achieve such a great achievement. After all, his original intention in coming to the 18th century was just to dig for gold. But even when he was proud, he would lie in bed anxious at night.
He is not only afraid of losing control of Beihai Town, but also worried that he will transform from a dragon slayer into an evil dragon.
In fact, Zhao Xin himself knows very well that his biggest enemy has never been the Manchus, nor the vast number of gentry and landlords in the pass, but his own ever-expanding desires...
The unusual movements in the Dongquan Temple and the Northern Navy barracks outside Jingyuan City soon attracted the attention of some interested people. After all, the day Zhao Xin arrived coincided with a large gathering, and the scene Fan Tong created to pick him up was also
It's really a bit big.
On the third day when Zhao Xin arrived in Jingyuan City, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and large tracts of dark clouds gathered on the top of the snow peak. By noon, the strong wind mixed with the overwhelming snowflakes, howling and sweeping across the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, looked like a group of people being killed.
The wasps that had destroyed their nests were scurrying around everywhere. The gray clouds, like the breath of stray wolves, were lost and erratic.
At dusk, on an inaccessible mountain road from Qitai to Urumqi, a man riding a brown horse was heading west in the wind and snow. He was wearing a half-new homespun turban.
, wearing a sheepskin jacket, a half-new fox fur hat, and a pair of open leather boots.
When he came to a fork in the road, he pulled the horse's bit hard, causing the horse to stop, and then squinted vigilantly around. At this time, the horse, which had traveled a long distance, also straightened its two short ears.
It flashed its bright black eyes, shook its bit, raised its front hoof, and neighed softly. The horse's shoe stepped on the gravel, making a crisp sound and splashing sparks.
This behavior of the horse made the rider a little unhappy and even a little panicked. He tugged hard on the bit with both hands, stepped his leather boots tightly on the stirrups, stood up suddenly from the saddle, and lifted his leather hat back.
He lifted his head and looked around uneasily. However, he saw dark shadows in the dusk, and wolf howls could be heard from time to time in the distance. Through the dense and dark trees, a light like a firefly flickered in and out of the northwest.
Now, suddenly bright and sometimes dark.
The horse was frightened because it sensed the presence of wolves, but the rider was not interested in wolves. He believed that he had accurately arrived near Jihuai City. As long as he passed here, he would reach Urumqi by walking another forty miles.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The horseman took a deep breath, turned over and dismounted. It was still dark at this time, so he found a mountain col with leeward wind and tied the horse's reins to the stone.
Then I picked up some half-dried dead grass and many dead branches around, and finally raised the fire. The wet branches were not fully burned, and a thick smoke came out. However, because of the remoteness of the place and the heavy snow, outsiders could not
It's also hard to pay attention to.
He took out his cigarette pouch from his lapel, filled it with cigarettes, lit it and took a few puffs. When he was satisfied, he knocked the pot of the cigarette pouch on a piece of gravel on the ground, and a few sparks flew in the wind.
Dancing around and disappearing in a blink of an eye.
The horseman put away his pipe, listened carefully to the surroundings, thought for a moment, walked to the horse, took out a thick felt blanket and a large rug woven with a carpet pattern from behind the saddle, and placed them next to the fire.
He found a leeward place and put it away; after he took out a few handfuls of beans from the sack and fed them to the horse, he rolled up his blanket and leaned against the sack and fell asleep.
He didn't sleep well at all, and he would wake up from his dreams from time to time. The dreams were all about the scene when the Northern Navy attacked Huining City. He didn't know how long it took, and he woke up several times. When the bonfire for heating was about to go out,
The horseman decided not to sleep anymore.
At this time, the snow in the sky had become much lighter. He grabbed a handful of snow and rubbed his face, smoked another bag of cigarettes, fed the horse with beans, and then began to change clothes.
He first took off his sheepskin jacket and jacket, then rolled his leather hat in the jacket and put it aside. Then he took out a black helmet with ear protection and a pair of white round collar with red trim from the jacket.
Cotton armor, a cloak and iron mesh boots were all put on one by one. Then he took out a wild goose feather knife and a matchlock blunderbuss wrapped in cloth from the sash. He first hung the knife on his waist, and then carefully
He checked the firecracker and put it in the bag in front of the saddle.
After finishing all this, he put away the clothes he had changed, put the robes and felt blanket on the horse's back, and then got on the horse again.
The horse passed through a patch of weeds and shrubs from the path and turned into the post road. After two hours of galloping, the sky had brightened, and not far away I saw an earth-yellow city wall that stretched for several miles and was more than two feet high.
On the west bank of the Urumuqi River, Gongning City has arrived.
Urumqi in this era was actually composed of two cities. Dihua City was where Han and Hui people lived together. The Gongning City in front of us was where all the soldiers and their families were stationed. The two places were separated by a river, sixteen miles apart.
.In the history of another time and space, it was not until the Guangxu period that the two cities merged into one city.
The city was built in the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign. After the city was completed, Qianlong took the meaning of "consolidating tranquility" and named it "Gongning City". Because Urumu Qidu unified the government offices, Dihua Prefecture Prefectural Office, and Prefecture Xuezheng Yamen
They are all located within the city, so this became the military and political center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty on Tianshan North Road.
To enter the city, you first have to pass through the Gongning Bridge, which is more than ten feet long. There are already many pedestrians on the bridge at this time. When they see the horsemen wearing cotton armor with white flags, they all carefully avoid it. The green battalion soldiers responsible for guarding the bridge saw
He didn't dare to ask questions about what he was wearing, and even helped drive away pedestrians. After that, the horseback riders went all the way without hindrance. After leading their horses into the city from Chengxi Gate in the east, they passed through the streets lined with shops and went straight to the Dutong Government Office.
In front of the eight-character wall.
Although Gongning City was only built twenty years ago, because it is located at the strategic point of the East Road of Xinjiang and the hub of trade between the Kazakh Khanate and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is extremely prosperous, no less than within the pass. When Ji Xiaolan was exiled to this time, it was also
I was surprised by the prosperity and wealth here, and I sighed with emotion, "The buildings are divided into two sides, and the willows in front of the gate are as green as clouds."
"Who is coming?!"
When several Eight Banners soldiers guarding the steps of the government office saw the horseman wearing armor with white flags approaching, they raised their hands to signal the other party to stop.
The horseman cupped his hands and said, "Here are the leader of the Balikun team and your lord's personal soldier captain Alinbao. By your orders, I have an urgent military situation that I want to present to your lord the capital."
Several Eight Banners soldiers were stunned when they heard this. Barkol? Wasn't it captured by the North Sea Pirates a few months ago?
Suddenly, a knight guarding the Qing army suddenly shouted sternly: "Take this person down!"
Several Eight Banners soldiers immediately drew their swords and swarmed forward. Alinbao had been prepared, and he calmly handed over his hands and said: "Brothers, don't get me wrong, I am really under the orders of Lord He, and there is a letter here!
"
The knight cavalry school sneered: "Who the hell are you brothers? Huining City has long been occupied by Beihai pirates, and He Sheng'e and Lord died for their country when the city was destroyed! How dare you pretend to be his name? I'm afraid
He's not a spy of the Northern Pirates! Take it!"
Two Qing soldiers had their knives on Alinbao's neck, and one of them kicked him hard on the knee. Alinbao did not resist and knelt on the ground.
"Master He is still alive, not dead!" Alinbao defended loudly: "When the city was destroyed, although my master was shot by the pirates from the North Sea, he was snatched out of the dead by me and a few brothers.
After treatment, the injuries are no longer serious, and he is living well now! He is Fulqin Baturu who was personally gifted by the emperor..."
Several Qing soldiers ignored them and were about to instruct a companion to find a rope in the gatehouse when they heard someone behind them scolding: "What's the fuss about in the important place in front of the Yamen Gate?!"
Everyone turned around and saw a Han civil official wearing a fourth-grade Yunyan patch riding a tall horse and leading a few followers coming from the east. A closer look revealed that he was from the Zhendi Grain Service Guards Preparation Road.
Fang Jing.
The military attaché guarding the gate quickly called him a thousand and said: "Master Fang is frightened. The humble officials and others have captured a spy of the North Sea Pirates."
When Alinbao saw Fang Jing, he immediately became energetic and shouted: "Sir Fang, I am Captain Geshiha of He Sheng'ehe! Last June you went to Huining City to inspect the grain and grass reserves. I have been
Follow Mr. He, we have met before! The villain is here to report the military situation to Mr. Dutong!"
Fang Jing, who was sitting on the horse, looked at Alinbao carefully, not to mention that he was somewhat impressed. Last year when He Sheng'e gave him money, this guy was there, a confidant among his confidants.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With the rise of Beihai Town in recent years, the Qing government has become less strict in the governance of Xinjiang. As a result, officials at all levels have taken advantage of it, losing money and embezzling national funds.
, the false reporting of food prices popped up again.
You must know that since Qianlong unified Xinjiang, under the careful management of the Qing government's vigorous development of reclamation in Xinjiang East Road, various farmland water conservancy projects have developed rapidly, and local food prices have been declining. Even Ji Xiaolan said that the price of food is the highest in the world.
No one is as cheap as Urumqi, and the money from selling a Maiying car is less than three guans.
However, in the government's public accounts, the purchase price of grain has been rising all the way. For example, the market price of wheat per Beijing stone is only eighty-nine yuan to one or two nine cents of silver, while the prefectures and counties sell it for one, two, eighty-nine yuan per stone.
account.
Fang Jing was in charge of the most lucrative food channel. He had embezzled more than 10,000 taels of silver in the past two years, which was really cool. Thinking of this, he ordered: "Bring him to the government office for questioning."
To make a long story short, after some interrogation, Alinbao's identity was confirmed without a doubt. Then, a blood letter with the seal of the leader of the Barkol team was presented to Shang'an, the capital of Urumqi. When he read the letter
The content made me a little surprised.
He Sheng'e said that when Huining City was destroyed, he was shot and fell unconscious. He was picked out from the dead by A Linbao and several of his followers and escaped from the city. After that, they hid in the Dongquan Temple near Qitai. Fortunately,
A Taoist priest in the temple had outstanding medical skills and took out the gun from his body, so he did not die. After that, he took up residence in the Dongquan Temple near Qitai, disguised as a Taoist priest of pyrotechnics.
He said that he also knew that as a general who defended the city, he should commit suicide and die for his country if the city was defeated, but he was unwilling to do so. He kept thinking about revenge. Otherwise, he would be sorry for the emperor's kindness. Recently, it seems that a pirate from the North Sea came to Jingyuan City.
He was a big shot, so he wanted to find an opportunity to carry out an assassination. This time, Alin Bao was asked to ask Lord Shang to secretly send him some masters of bows, arrows and muskets to assist him in the operation.