Go to the Western Qing Dynasty and go to the capital.
Qitianfu, the capital of the Western Qing Dynasty, was the original Tashkent area. The city of Tashkent was originally the capital of the Kazakh Khanate. Although it was a capital, the Kazakh Khanate was just a loose nomadic country with a total population of less than one million. It could not even be considered a country. It was just a tribal alliance with the name of a country. . Of course, their capital will not be very prosperous. The population of the entire capital is only 30,000 to 20,000. Inside the thin city walls, there are only some low, gray buildings. Even the palace of the Kazakh Khan in the past is just like a landlord. The compound is almost the same.
However, the tens of thousands of Confucian Eighth Banners from the Central Plains turned this small town that could not even get a number in Central Asia into a large construction site that has been under construction for several years!
The original city of Tashkent was only a little big and could not accommodate so many tourists from the Central Plains. Therefore, the plan to build a new city had already been implemented before Kangxi Khan conquered India.
Shangjing New City is a square Chinese-style city. A moat with a width of twenty paces was dug outside the city wall, and a sheep and horse wall was built to protect the city wall. Within the city walls, eight squares and one palace were built. The eight squares are used to house the eight banners of the Confucian Eight Banners, one flag and one square. Correspondingly, there are eight city gates, one for each gate. Surrounded by eight squares are the Imperial City of Shangjing and the East and West markets. The Imperial City of Shangjing and the East and West Cities were built on the basis of the original Tashkent City, which could only accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people.
The imperial city of Shangjing is in the middle, and to the left and right of the imperial city are the east and west cities.
After nearly three years of construction, the outer trenches, sheep and horse walls, city outlines, inner squares and palace walls of Shangjing New City were finally built bit by bit, and the East and West cities were also considered to be in a state of recovery. The houses within the eight squares have also been built. The Confucian disciples and their relatives who followed Emperor Tongzhi Yinfeng and Kong Shenggong migrated all the way from the Central Plains, totaling less than 200,000 people, have taken root and settled down here in the Western Regions.
Of course, this new city of Shangjing, built bit by bit by the Confucian disciples themselves, is incomparable to Beijing, the original most virtuous city of the Qing Dynasty, and even inferior to Shengjing outside the Guan Dynasty. But they finally had a home...and it was the first time since the fall of the Tang Dynasty that the Han people had a castle that could dominate all directions in the Western Regions, a territory that had been "since ancient times".
This castle is not to be underestimated!
Few of the Confucian disciples who followed Yinfeng and Kong Shenggong to the capital city in the Western Regions were serious scholars. Most of them were the more capable children among the virtuous and powerful people in the Central Plains. They had to go with Kong Shenggong because they were afraid of being liquidated by the Ming Dynasty. On the run. And the process of moving westward involves a struggle of survival of the fittest... Although there were no big battles on the way westward, it was by no means a smooth journey.
Apart from anything else, it is not that easy just to obtain supplies from the oases and cities of the Yeerqiang Khanate... They have been "increasing martial virtue" along the way, and at the same time eliminated a large number of weaklings!
And when they arrived at Shangjing Prefecture, they inevitably had to fight the cities controlled by the Tianfang Sect in the Western Qing Khanate - most of these cities were located in the fertile Fergana Basin. Although the Fergana Basin was small, it was It is extremely rich, has developed agriculture, and has a large population. The more than 100,000 or 200,000 "citizens" of the Western Qing Khanate, as well as the 200,000 to 300,000 people of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Qing Eight Banners under Kangxi Khan earlier, all depend on Feir. Solved in the Gana Basin.
And Kangxi Khan's door to the Eight Banners was not open to the farmers and citizens in the Fergana Basin - the people who were recruited back to the Eight Banners were actually nomadic Kazakhs and Uzbeks. These people all have Mongolian ancestry and are also specialized in Central Asia. The ruling nation responsible for killing people.
Those farmers and citizens who were responsible for paying grain and taxes were not the targets of Kangxi's wooing... In feudal rule, someone must be oppressed, otherwise what would the feudal ruling class that rides on the necks of the working people eat? And of course those who are oppressed must resist! What's more, there is also a conflict of faith between the rulers and the ruled.
Therefore, in the two or three years after the founding of the Western Qing Dynasty, the Confucian Eight Banners Army of the Western Qing Dynasty was not idle. In addition to building the capital city, they also frequently attacked in all directions, especially in the Fergana Basin!
Although they received support from the nomadic Horqin Mongolian cavalry on the Kazakh grasslands during this period, the most difficult city attack was fought by the Ru Eight Banners themselves!
In the past two or three years, almost all cities in the Fergana Basin have been destroyed!
In between building and attacking the city, the people of the Ruba Banner also occupied and built more than a hundred fortress-style manors in the oases and river valleys around Shangjingfu City, which could be regarded as firmly controlling the area around Shangjingfu City.
The above things are not easy to say, and even more difficult to accomplish! Even with the support of Horqin's cavalry and the Indian silver rupees sent by Kangxi in the later stage, it was still a field test for the two hundred thousand Confucian Eight Banners.
Until now, even if the martial virtues of these Confucian Eight Banners were not enough, they are now fully enhanced. Their combat effectiveness is no weaker than that of Meng Eight Banners and Qing Eight Banners!
However, these Confucian Eight Banners warriors who have developed full martial virtues have become worried during this time.
Because of the Supreme Empress Dowager who could protect them from wind and rain, who could get a lot of silver rupees from Kangxi whose authenticity was difficult to distinguish with just one sentence, and who could easily invite the Horqin cavalry on the Kazakh grassland to assist, It's time to run out of fuel.
The Cining Palace in the Imperial City of Shangjing is now in a state of panic.
Bumbutai was already very old, and because of the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the subsequent migration of thousands of miles, he suffered a lot and suffered a great psychological blow. The reason why I can survive until now is because I can't bear to support my great-grandson Tongzhi Emperor Yinreng.
She also knew that her great-grandson was far inferior to her Ama Kangxi. His brain is a little dull, his work is rougher, and he is also impulsive and irritable. What's even more troublesome is that Yinreng was once the emperor!
And in the eyes of many people, he is still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty!
Now that she's protecting him, it's not a big problem. But once she is gone...Yinreng and his Ama Kangxi will probably have a fight between dragons and tigers.
So Bumbutai has been working very hard to take care of his body and mind, just wanting to live a few more years so that he can protect Yinreng from wind and rain.
But her body has still reached its due time... Aunt Sumala secretly told her three days ago that Kong Shenggong sent someone to Kaitianfu in Beijing ten days ago to invite Kangxi Khan to come and talk to the Supreme Emperor. The Queen Mother saw her for the last time!
Bumbutai knew that the imperial doctors around him had a good relationship with the regent Kong Shenggong.
Kong Shenggong should know something...
But Bumbutai is already this old and has experienced so many things, so he is no longer afraid of death.
She just couldn't worry about her great-grandson Yinreng.
Soothing candles have been lit in the house. Fat Bumubutai is lying on the bed, staring at the beams with his eyes open, saying nothing, not knowing what he is thinking?
Aunt Sumala and several other confidants who served the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were walking in and out of the house, looking at the old lady, and then hurriedly went out to tell Kong Shenggong to send someone to urge Kangxi Khan who was still on the way.
But this Kangxi Khan didn't know what was going on, he came very slowly...
Yinreng, who is only fourteen years old this year, has been staying by Bumbutai's side, quietly looking at this great-grandmother who has loved him for more than ten years.
There was a sudden noise outside the door, and Bumbutai slowly turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Is he here?"
Does Yinreng know who "he" is? So he asked outside the door: "Where is my emperor, Ama?"
"We just arrived at the Syr Darya River..."
Aunt Sumala's voice came from outside the door.
"Auntie, send someone to hurry up!" Yinreng was a little anxious.
But Bumbutai smiled bitterly: "No need...he won't come!"
"Great-grandmother, what did you say?" Yinreng looked at Bumbutai, "I am your grandson!"
Bumbutai sighed and continued with a wry smile: "He will not come, and he has no shame to come again...Although he has done well in the past two years, it was he who destroyed the Qing Dynasty after all! He wants to Once he comes, I have to let him restore the Qing Dynasty!"
Restoring the Qing Dynasty was Bumubutai's obsession in her later years... The Qing Dynasty was built by her two men who spent their whole lives working hard. She herself also worried about the Qing Dynasty, but in the end, the Qing Dynasty was gone. !
Therefore, whenever the old lady saw Kangxi in the past two years, she told him about restoring the Qing Dynasty, which made Kangxi very embarrassed.
Because Kangxi now uses the Mongolian legal system, and the Mongols are also the pillars of Kangxi's military force, and their number is also very large... Moreover, Zhu Heji also won over Burni, Cewang Alabutan and Anu, and at the same time, Kangxi fought for the Mongols.
The advantage of Kangxi was the legal system of the Great Mongolia formed by holding the Kuritai Conference three times!
Once Kangxi gave up the Great Mongolia and started to use the banner of the Qing Dynasty, his country would most likely fall apart.
"Alas, the Qing Dynasty can't come back..." Bumbutai muttered, and after a while he said in a low voice: "Yinreng... I'm afraid I can't survive!"
The reflection seemed to have begun, and Bumbutai's voice became clearer: "Yinreng, you must remember my words! The Qing Dynasty cannot come back... Although the Qing Dynasty is not completely dead, But they were buried alive in the ground. It was Zhu Heji and your Ama who worked together to bury them alive! You are incapable of digging the Qing Dynasty out again, and don’t even think about it...I Once you leave, you will be like a clay Buddha crossing the river, and you will not be able to protect yourself... You, please remember, you must be careful in the future... Be careful of you, Amma..."
Yinreng's tears fell one drop at a time, but he refrained from crying. He said in a low voice: "Great-grandmother, I must restore the Qing Dynasty of Aixinjueluo."
"Oh, you are a child, what do you know..." Bumbutai shook his head laboriously, and then looked at his great-grandson, "Silly boy, when I stretch my legs and stare, who else can you rely on? Kong Shenggong I understand that boy, as long as the price is right, his ancestors can sell it, and it is completely unreliable! My grandson is also cruel, and he will not recognize his relatives if he is so cruel... You must be careful and careful... Me, after I die..."
"Be careful of my Ama?" Yinreng seemed a little confused, "Why, why?"
As he asked, he felt guilty in his heart: "Am I not my Ama? No, it's not really my Ama, but Chang Ning pretending to be?"
It's unbelievable to say that Yinreng has always suspected that his father was a fake father, and thought that his real father was a subjugated king in the Ming Dynasty.
Bumbutai did not answer directly, and her voice became softer and softer: "Be careful, be careful of your Ama... After I die, you, don't leave Shangjing even half a step!"
After those last words, there was silence.
On the night of June 18, the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Great Mongolia, Empress Dowager Bumubutai of Great Mongolia died!
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On the north bank of the Syr Darya River, there was deathly silence in a castle belonging to Kong Shenggong. Everyone stared blankly at Kangxi Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia. He had already put on the mourning clothes that he had prepared long ago and was sitting motionless on a chair, with slight tears hanging from the corners of his eyes.
The news of Bumbutai's death had just been brought to Kangxi Khan by Kong Shenggong and Yue Le. Although this was something that everyone expected, the thought of this old queen who had assisted four generations of Qing emperors made her go like this. , the big guy is still a little sad.
Kangxi himself "fainted from crying" on the spot. He fainted for an hour before being revived. Now he was helped by everyone to sit on the throne, still looking distracted.
After an unknown amount of time, Kangxi Khan finally moved, glanced at Kong Shenggong and Yue Le, and asked in a low voice: "Where is Yinreng? Why didn't he come?"
Yinreng still listened to Bumubutai's words. After Bumbutai died, he really stayed in Shangjing in the name of keeping filial piety.
Kong Shenggong replied: "The king is in Shangjing to keep vigil for the Supreme Empress Dowager, so I entrusted my ministers and Prince An to greet the Great Khan."
King An Yue Le said: "The king is the king of a country after all. The death of the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother has left people in the country unstable. He must sit in the palace and never leave. This is also what the Supreme Empress Dowager explained in her last words. .”
"Oh, that's it." Kangxi nodded lightly.
Of course he understood what Bumu Butai was thinking.
This old lady was afraid that he would suddenly attack, so she put Yinreng under house arrest...and Kangxi really had such an idea!
Because of Yinreng's existence, the Great Mongolia is now a bit like one country and two masters.
The semi-independent status of the Western Qing Dynasty was not conducive to the unification and unity of the Great Mongolia in the long run.
But now that Yinreng was huddled in Shangjing, it was really hard for Kangxi to handle him.
After all, the Confucian Eight Banners in Shangjing City still regard Yinreng as their master. These Confucian Eight Banners are also quite difficult to deal with. If they really take action, the outcome is uncertain.
So Kangxi changed the topic and said to Kong Shenggong: "Brother Shenggong, it is up to you to organize the funeral ceremony of the Empress Dowager. It must be as grand as possible."
He said "the empress dowager", not the supreme empress dowager... without the supreme empress dowager, the legal system would be completely different.
"Yes!" Kong Shenggong said respectfully.
"There is one more thing I want to ask you about." Kangxi added, "Brother Shenggong, do you know about Emperor Xin's son Lufu's journey to the New World?"
