It has been almost a month since the Northern Navy secured the entire East Xinjiang Road. After Liu Sheng and Fan Tong followed the large forces to the ancient city area, they set up their headquarters in Qitai. The four regiments of the cavalry brigade were split into two parts, stationed respectively in Huining City and Hami in Zhenxi Prefecture. Since Zhenxifu and Hami were both Manchu-Han and Manchu-Hui twin cities, one regiment actually managed one city.
The work of taking over every time a city is captured is complicated and trivial. The Northern Naval Staff even compiled a special manual.
To put it simply, the basic procedure after entering the city is to quickly take over the granary, bank and warehouse, and at the same time issue a notice to calm the people, put up a sign to establish a military control committee, and stabilize the economic and living order of the people inside and outside the city. In addition, preliminary personnel screening must be carried out based on the roster of prisoners, surrendered Qing troops and government officials.
The Qing army, which had completed the verification in batches, could not let them idle, otherwise they would be prone to fights and troubles, so building roads and organizing barracks became inevitable choices. Anyway, the traffic conditions under the Qing Dynasty in these years were all the same, even in Beijing. The loess paved road day after day made it muddy when it rained and snowed, and became muddy when it dried. The sky is full of dust.
Just the widening and hardening of roads in the city can take several months, not to mention other urban improvements such as sewers, public toilets, and tree planting. With things to do, and timely distribution of rations and even salaries, the moods of the prisoners and surrendered soldiers will soon stabilize, and at least their families will not have to go hungry.
Xinjiang East Road is not like Guannai. Although it is vast in area, it has six cities in total. In addition, there are Kai'an City and Mulei City which are military fortresses. The Western Front Command had already prepared sufficient manpower, so everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
During this period, the Northern Navy had no contact with the local Uyghur and Kazakh people. Liu Sheng and Fan Tong also issued a special order, strictly prohibiting the Northern Navy troops from entering the mosque, not urinating next to the mosque, not to mention eating pork products outside the military camp, etc.
Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented a policy of segregating Han and Hui people in Xinjiang, which was intended to prevent ethnic minorities, especially the Uyghurs, from sinicizing, the vast majority of the Uyghurs did not understand Chinese and everyone lived in their own way. Among them, the Hami area is the most special. The local Uighur people do not deal with the Manchu government. Their tribute and service targets are only for the Hui king.
Taking into account the language communication barrier, Fan Tong asked the military control committees of the three places to convene the mullahs from surrounding villages to appease these people and promote the relevant policies of the North Navy with "equality and unity" as the core. In addition, each village also distributed two thousand kilograms of Food for winter.
This move of the Northern Navy surprised the mullahs. Although they did not know much about the origin of this "rebel" and everything remains to be seen, it is still good to have food in the winter, and it can be brought back to the village. Gain a wave of popularity.
While the Military Control Commission is busy stabilizing the local situation, the Northern Navy troops stationed in various cities are also busy from morning to night, especially the officers at the company and platoon level. In addition to maintaining public order and conducting daily training, they also have to go to school every night. hours of Uyghur language classes. The person responsible for teaching Uyghur language classes was Bi Tie Shi, who had served as a "general affairs officer" in the ministerial offices in various places.
Originally, these Bi Tie Shi people hated and feared the Northern Navy after the city was broken. But they soon discovered something that shocked them; that is, there were actually many former Han, Manchu and Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners in the Northern Navy, not to mention that the chief and deputy commander of the cavalry brigade were armored soldiers of the Eight Banners Manchuria. Born as a soldier.
This damn thing is so subversive! It still hurts when I pinch my thigh. I didn’t dream!
The salary offered by the Military Control Commission to these "teachers" is 10 Beihai silver dollars per month, plus 120 kilograms of highland barley noodles or barley. If you do well, you will not only become a formal member of the Military Control Commission, but each family will also be allocated fifty acres of land.
The reason why such good conditions are given is mainly because these pen-posters are the ones who know the following situation best. Since most of them are proficient in Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian, and Uyghur languages, what they do every day is to issue orders and feelings to the superiors, which can directly affect the decisions of ministers in various places.
Of course, when these people were under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they often colluded with Taiji and Boke, who were in charge of Uyghur civil affairs, to deceive the superiors and deceive the inferiors, and oppress the people. Therefore, before appointing them, they must be given a warning to let them know that if they continue to accept bribes and oppress the people, the lighter ones will go to build roads with the prisoners, and the worst ones will be sent to Siberia.
It's hard to say whether this conversation "touched the depths of the soul". Anyway, the brains of all the commentators were buzzing and their hearts were beating with fear.
The matter of allowing the officers and soldiers of the troops entering Xinjiang to master the Uyghur language had already been decided when Liu Sheng and Fan Tong formulated the combat plan. Fan Tong also issued a mobilization order in the name of the Political Department for this purpose, and even moved the "mobile red flag" system from another time and space. Officers who do not learn well will be directly reported and criticized.
You have to know the language barrier. Let alone mobilize the Uyghurs to "fight the local tyrants", the Beihai Navy can't even hold a public trial. They spit on the stage and talk impassionedly for a long time without knowing what you are talking about. Even if they open the warehouse to release grain, Someone comes and gets it.
Furthermore, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties’ experiences in governing the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains in another time and space have proven that simply forcing the Uyghurs to learn Chinese while the Han people do not learn the Uyghur language will only deepen the gap between the two sides.
In the history of another time and space, starting from the late Tongzhi period, the Qing government vigorously promoted Confucianism, set up private schools, and promoted education in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. This process lasted for more than 20 years. Although it enhanced the spread of culture to a certain extent, in the end The main contribution is to create a large number of mullahs and translators. The people should not be able to eat, and continue to live in darkness and poverty.
Those who were forced to go to the kindergarten even shouted "Hu Da Hu Da, why did you torture me!"
In fact, the key reason why Confucian education and imperial examinations are difficult to implement in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains is that traditional scripture education has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and ethnic minorities have inner resistance to Confucian education. Look at it.”
You say that he is illiterate, and others say that I typed the palindromic alphabet of "Alib" in elementary school; you told him about the vast history of China, and others said that I have a "Doliko" that specifically talks about the history of the Western Regions; you say that you want to learn Confucian classics. , people say I have "Kuluan". In addition, the medical book has "Tipu Chitap", the agricultural book has "Lisala", and the yin and yang divination has "Rusnamer".
In short, because the Western Regions are located on the Silk Road, they have been influenced by Eastern and Western cultures for thousands of years. They have learned from each other's strengths and formed their own system. It is absolutely impossible to solve it by relying solely on the "what is it" of Confucian culture. Only those who do practical things like Lin Zexu will be praised all the time.
All the Beihai navy students who came to take the Uyghur language class were instructors and officers at the company and platoon level. In order to maintain confidentiality within the military camp, the class was held in the second hall of the Hami Minister's Office. They study from six o'clock in the evening to eight o'clock every day. The specific content includes daily communication conversations, customs and habits of Uyghurs and Kazakhs, diet, taboos in conversation, etc.
After a week, everyone was dizzy with learning, and many people even murmured words like "Aximus", "Rehemite", "Arkham", and "Atam" in their dreams. . Even walking in the military camp during the day, you can encounter guys who are mumbling.
The Beihai navy actually learns Uyghur! This surprised Sadik, who had been receiving treatment at the regimental medical center. But this also made him more convinced of Yun Yan's words: "Our team is different from all officers and soldiers."
It is said that after Shadik returned to Hami with the Yunyan team, he first went to the company headquarters to report. When they learned that Yun Yan had actually made a friend of the Uighur ethnic group, everyone from the company headquarters to the regiment headquarters took this very seriously, and then called the best military doctor in the regiment to treat his eyes.
It is said that the North Navy has been established for so many years, but its military medicine is still in its infancy. At present, most military doctors in various units are actually at the level of ordinary battlefield lifeguards. They usually undergo a year of intensive training, and the main teaching content revolves around a "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" jointly revised by Hong Tao and Wu Xianhou, basically from head to toe, from internal medicine to surgery, from traditional Chinese medicine to western medicine. Anyway, as long as you are brave enough, there is no disease that you dare not say hello to.
After examination, the military doctor found that Sadik was not completely blind in both eyes and had a little weak vision in his left eye. Since this military doctor often treated herders when he was in Khovd and had seen a lot of various eye diseases, he concluded that Sadik's condition was caused by optic nerve atrophy and blindness caused by being locked in a dark room in a dungeon for a long time.
Unfortunately, nerve tissue cannot regenerate. Once damaged, it cannot be repaired. The only current treatment is to use eye drops to increase the outflow of aqueous humor and reduce intraocular pressure. Considering that eye drops have side effects and may even cause allergic reactions in some people, and must be monitored at all times, Sodik had no choice but to stay in the medical center.
After two weeks of treatment with traditional Chinese medicine and eye drops, the condition of Sadik's left eye has improved, and he can already see blurry figures. This made him very excited, and he was filled with joy and gratitude that could not be expressed in words.
However, after another week, the military doctor's dismaying discovery was limited to this. He originally wanted to send a telegram to Beihai Town Central Hospital and ask Wu Xianhou for advice, but Sadik couldn't wait any longer and insisted on returning to his hometown for a visit.
In desperation, Yunyan and the others had no choice but to accompany Sadik to the village of Altonluck, a few miles northwest of the palace.
As soon as he entered the village, Sadik knelt down on the ground excitedly, kissed the land, then held up his hands and said to himself: "My God! Fate has arranged for me to travel around, and now I have met a kind person. I'm back home. Thank God!"
His behavior attracted the attention of a passing villager. It was a Uighur woman who was dressed very thickly and covered her face with a cloth. She looked at Yunyan and the others in military uniforms with vigilant and curious eyes, and then looked at Yunyan and the others who were wearing a new cotton robe. Sadik.
After looking at it for a moment, the woman's eyes gradually widened with an expression of disbelief. She walked closer and asked in a low voice: "Shadick?"
"Who?"
When the woman saw that the other party had responded, her heart suddenly burst with sadness, and she said tremblingly: "My God! It turns out it's really you!"
Sadik stood up and approached the woman, took a closer look with his left eye, shook his head, sighed and asked, "My eyes are dry, and I can only see a blurry shadow with my left eye. Who are you?"
"Shadik, I am Sharhan, the Sharhan of your brother Apiz! You are actually still alive!"
"Sharhan"
"Do you still remember your brother Apiz? The Revafu you were carrying on your back." The woman hurriedly walked around to take a look behind Sadik, and said in a determined and affirmative tone: "Isn't this what happened after you were released? A gift from him?"
Sadik was stunned for a moment, and then showed an excited expression. He grabbed the woman's arm with both hands and said excitedly: "God bless, is Brother Apiz still alive? How is little Mohetar? He has grown up." Are you an adult?"
"You haven't forgotten, Sadik!" Shahan wiped away the tears shed due to excitement and said with a smile: "They are all safe. Mohtar is strong and strong, and he is already as tall as the wall!"
The woman got excited and kept talking like she was setting off firecrackers. Sadik finally took advantage of her pause to breathe, called Yunyan and others over, and introduced each other.
Shahan was very wary of Yunyan and others at first, and her words were cautious. It was not until Sadik told how she met Yunyan and others, and how Beihai Navy treated his eyes, that she felt relieved. Then she warmly invited everyone to visit her home.
The news that Sadik was still alive spread throughout the village with the woman's loud voice that night. Those who knew him, those who didn't know him, and everyone who had heard of his name came to visit him. And relying on Sodik's translation, Yunyan and the others quickly became involved with the villagers.
In response to everyone's greetings and inquiries, Shadik plucked the strings and in a low tone, told about his experiences over the years.
"Sodik is a homeless man with endless sorrow in his heart. As soon as my mother opened my eyes after giving birth to me, Taiji's prison locked me up. If youth is compared to a flower, the buds of my youth have not bloomed, and the good times have already passed. Flying by, the days of slavery are endless. The cruel Burke has no heart and sucks all my blood and sweat. The cruel Burke is so cruel. He skins me and uses it as clothes! I work hard day and night. He couldn't eat a hot meal without covering his body. He met his beloved Laili Guli, but was killed by Taiji on the river bank.
I am alone and wandering, leaving thousands of villages with my footprints. It's pitch black everywhere, and there's no place for the poor to live! Bayi Bok has the same heart, forcing rent and distribution of contributions. Mullah Kazi is also a wolf in human skin, holding a code in his hand and abusing his power. Bayi Burke's heart is so vicious, he drinks our blood as tea. Young girls, innocent children, how many lives have been destroyed. Thinking of these sufferings and hardships, raging anger burned in my chest. The blood feud will not be over until Taiji is chopped into meat paste! "
Sadik's songs are endless. The more he played the zither, the more miserable and angry he became, and he continued to play and sing until late at night. Although it was cold outside, it didn't take long before the house, yard, and even the doorway of the Apiz family were filled with people.
Some people kept shaking their heads and sighing, some people were holding their anger and unwillingness tightly in their weak fists; however, there were also people who were breathing rapidly, trembling all over, and blood was beating in their skin-to-bone chests. swing.
Until the end, Sadik sang: "The oriole that has not experienced the harsh winter will not know the brightness of spring; if there is anyone else who can help us escape from the sea of suffering, it is only the army that crossed the Tengger Mountains. Hu Da is really weird , created angels and created devils. Listen attentively, everyone, I hope my song can spread wings and spread along the Hami River throughout thousands of mountains and rivers."
To the surprise of everyone present, this folk song spread throughout the villages around Huicheng in just a few days. After hearing this, countless Uyghur people were filled with indignation, and at the same time they were curious and confused. His eyes turned to Bei Haijun. Everyone is thinking, can this army really bring us out of the sea of suffering?
The pyre that can ignite a blazing flame is ready. The only thing missing is a flame.
"Kuruan" is the "Quran".
