As expected, Doro and Guan Lu were Manchus who had studied in Ryukyu and been educated in Europe. Their ideological realm was already different from the Manchu Eight Banners at that time.
There is of course a difference between those who open their eyes to see the world and those who close their eyes and revel in the old traditions. Especially in terms of the depth and breadth of their views, Doro and Guan Lu have surpassed many senior officials in the court.
Under Rong Quan's introduction, a real Xinjiang gradually emerged. The seemingly powerful Agubai power had long shown signs of collapse like a city built with sand.
Aguba is not a builder at all. He seems to be a demon born in response to disaster. He uses killing as the basis of his rule and controls the hearts of his people with extreme ideas.
He wanted to kill infidels, and he also wanted to kill people of his own religion as long as they had different political opinions. He relied on war and killing to reluctantly unite into a great Khanate.
What a nice name, what an auspicious name, but in this so-called Hongfu Khanate, the people cannot enjoy any great blessings, and only Agub can enjoy the blessings.
At present, Agubai's power has reached its limit. He crossed the Tianshan Mountains in the north and conquered Dihua (Urumqi), moved to the east to conquer Hami, and surrendered the rebels from Gansu and Shaanxi.
At present, he has almost cut off the last link between Zuo Zongtang and Northern Xinjiang, and his vanguard has already confronted Zuo Zongtang's vanguard in Xingxingxia. The two sides tried several times but did not start a large-scale battle.
In the eyes of outsiders, Agubai has become powerful and the Qing government is powerless. When spring comes next year, Agubai is likely to personally send his troops north to occupy the entire northern Xinjiang!
Even the Tsarist Russians took action and occupied the fertile Ili Valley, which only added to Agub's arrogance!
But the most glorious times are often on the decline!
Aguba's war went smoothly, but his economic problems were his fatal flaw! The people in southern Xinjiang rebelled with you. On the one hand, the reason was religion, but on the other hand, they still fantasized about living a good life.
You Agubo can draw pancakes, but can you bake pancakes?
In Xiao Letian's words... the original words in the business textbook said, "There is a kind of rule called economic rule. In fact, it does not necessarily have to be the merging of territories to be called rule. Complete economic dependence is also a kind of rule!" '
Southern Xinjiang is like this now. The geographical conditions here are very harsh, and due to the influence of the natural environment, it has not given birth to a high-level local civilization.
Just like the Egyptian civilization, the Greek and Roman civilization, Mesopotamia, India, etc... Even many of these great civilizations that have been passed down for thousands of years have been eliminated.
Xinjiang has always been a land of hundreds of battles and is full of city-states. The important reason why there is no Juche civilization is that their overall economic scale cannot reach it and there are always deficiencies.
Unlike the Central Plains civilization to the east, it was a huge economy with a heavy industry that advanced hand in hand. Its power was always No. 1 in the medieval world.
Once a high-level economy encounters a low-level economy, crushing and annexation is inevitable!
Of course I know that there is agriculture in Xinjiang, but how big is it? How many agricultural varieties are there? How advanced is the technology? How is the infrastructure?
You have mineral deposits in Xinjiang, and I know that, but how to dig them out? How to smelt? How to transport?
You have a handicraft industry in Xinjiang, and I know that the quality of your swords is quite good! But how to expand production capacity? How to reduce costs? How to transport it and sell it for huge profit?
In general, Xinjiang's primitive handicraft industry cannot compete with the productivity of the medieval world, let alone Western industrial civilization.
To give the simplest example, the salt eaten in Xinjiang requires merchants to transport it in from outside. The salt fields in Qinghai are under the control of the Qing Dynasty.
Trade routes are so important. In many cases, goods from the Central Plains are transported to Xinjiang on a large scale. Although they are thousands of miles away, the cost and quality are slightly higher than local goods.
In addition to Xinjiang's local leather goods, jade, swords, blankets... and other products, only the Central Plains caravans can purchase them at high prices.
Such unequal economic development has slowly made Xinjiang's economic activities become a vassal of the Central Plains, and many of the people's daily necessities continue to be delivered to the Central Plains.
Businessmen exchange what they have, and in many cases they are even more powerful than the army!
Doro and Guan Lu learned this principle from Ryukyu, while Rong Quan realized it at work. As for Gordon and Baker explorers, they understood it immediately.
Everyone understands that the area ruled by Agubah is currently filled with anger and resentment, and the quality of life of the people has seriously declined!
These lunatics who only know how to kill have no idea how to run the economy or how to make people's lives better!
Five years have passed, and the people in southern Xinjiang who were initially fanatical have gradually regretted it. On the one hand, they have realized that the quality of life has not improved but has seriously declined.
On the other hand, they also saw the true face of the Agub Butcher. This madman even killed his own people!
With a snap, Rongquan's hand clapped on the table, "Southern Xinjiang cannot be delayed any longer. It must be resolved as soon as possible, preferably within ten years..."
"The unstable elements within Agubai now are the people in southern Xinjiang who once enjoyed the prosperous life under the imperial rule... because they know that the life in the past was better than the current life, so they are dissatisfied!"
"We must not delay it for too long. If Aguba kills all these people who have been compared, the rest will be people who have never enjoyed the blessings. They don't know how good it is to live with the imperial court..."
"By then, this group of people who have no relationship with the imperial court will have grown up... We can't take it back even if we want to!"
Everyone heard that this was true. Comparisons are harmful. In the past, when the imperial court ruled, although the people in southern Xinjiang were poorer, they could still get by, and they could still eat 70% to 80% full.
At that time, Aquba painted a big cake and said that he would kill all the pagans, eat cattle and sheep as he pleased, and marry beautiful women as he pleased!
But five years have passed, and the promise made back then has completely disappeared. Moreover, the quality of life has declined quarterly. Now it is difficult to even have half a full meal.
Without the exchange of supplies among the Central Plains caravans, Xinjiang’s goods cannot be sold, and supplies from the Central Plains cannot be transported. Even eating some salt has become a luxury for the people!
After such a comparison, people discovered that Aguba was the worst and worst liar!
The mood of resistance has begun to brew. Once the imperial court sends a large army to suppress the rebellion, the enemy will definitely be in chaos, and may even come back to help the imperial court fight the rebels!
But everything takes time, and the time cannot be delayed too long. Aguba must not be allowed to kill all these dissatisfied elements, nor can he wait for the new generation to grow up.
Since the young generation has never experienced what it is like to live with the imperial court, they have no comparison, so it is easy for them to take the living environment provided by Aqubai as a habit.
This will be troublesome. By then, we will really be separated from the Central Plains!
