I want to be emperor

Chapter 658
On December 19th, [-]th year of Chengshun, Luo Zhixue decreed to appoint Bian Yong'an, the former governor of Hami and Guazhou, as the first governor of Turpan.

Its jurisdiction is basically the west of Jiayuguan in Gansu, the north of Kangxi Province, and the southwest of Khobdo Mansion in the northwest of Gansu Province, that is, the southwest of the Altai Mountains. If it goes west, it temporarily reaches the Tacheng area and the Ili River Valley area, but there is no clear boundary...

Because how far to the west can go, purely depends on whether the follow-up Chu army can make persistent efforts to continue to kill the Zhungeer people in this area.

If all goes well, it is estimated that the jurisdiction of Turpan Province can extend all the way west to the Yibo Sea, that is, Lake Balkhash, and it is not impossible to even expand all the way to the Aral Sea.

Because the follow-up will definitely continue to the west, because the first governor of Turpan was not stationed in Hami like the predecessor governor of Hami, nor was it in Turpan, but directly stationed in Yining in the Ili River Valley.

That is, Yining City, the administrative center of the original Zhungeer people.

The Great Chu Empire directly followed this name, and established the Yining Mansion locally, calling the local valley area the Yining River Valley. (It was called Yili before, this is the name the author wrote for readers!)
Turpan was established as a province, and the governor was stationed in Yining.

At the same time, administrative agencies at various levels such as prefectures, counties, and towns were established to directly rule all parts of the Western Regions, such as Hami Mansion, Turpan Mansion, and Tacheng Mansion.

After the establishment of a sound administrative institution, the local surrendered subjects in the Western Regions will be fully educated.

Starting from religion, language, clothing, culture, marriage and other aspects, the local converts were fully educated.

The Great Chu Empire has always attached great importance to the enlightenment of the newly occupied areas. After all, people who are not of our race must have different hearts!
Today's imperial enlightenment policy is actually very simple. In summary, it is to ensure that everyone in the area is their own.

As for those who are not our own... Naturally, they are all dead.

This is the way I used to treat all kinds of toast. If you accept my education, then you will be your own, and everyone will have fun together.

If you don't accept enlightenment, if you insist on being a barbarian, then the Chu army will not be polite to you, and you will shoot directly...

The various chieftains in the southwest region and the Kham area were also very dissatisfied with the enlightenment policy of the Great Chu Empire at the beginning. They always felt that they were barbarians and were not from the same family as your Great Chu Huaxia people, and they often set off rebellions for this reason.

So now there is no toast in these places...

There is one thing to say, these rebellious behaviors are generally limited to the upper-level indigenous dignitaries and the like, and most of the local ordinary people are coerced just because of ignorance.

To be honest, these ordinary people don’t really care about these indoctrination policies. After all, what clothes to wear and what words to learn in school are not important, what is important is that they can eat enough, wear clothes and receive education...

They will follow whoever can feed them.

The Great Chu Empire gave them enough to eat, and they naturally followed the Great Chu Empire, which was very simple and simple.

This was also the time when the Great Chu Empire was carrying out enlightenment policies in many areas. The local ordinary people generally had no opinion. The local dignitaries with official hats and the like, that is, those chieftains.

If the Great Chu Empire is willing to give them titles and official positions, then these chieftains may not necessarily rebel.

After all, anyone with a little sense knows that if you can be a Chinese, why should you be a barbarian...

Historically, Mobei Mongolia was defeated during the reign of Kangxi, and faced with either defecting to Russia or the Qing Dynasty, why did they finally choose to submit to the Qing Dynasty and become a part of the Qing Dynasty?
Jebtsundamba I said this: "The dynasty of the Yellow Khitan Khan in the north, known as Russia, is a big country in Kangping, but Buddhism has not yet flourished, and the clothes are left-handed, so it cannot be compared with it. The dynasty of the Black Khitan Khan in the south is safe. Happiness, and the circulation of Buddhism. The clothing of the Khan of Manchuria is like a heavenly garment, and its material is the treasure of the dragon, velvet brocade, and there is nothing missing. The sincere and blessed Khan is also. If we go to the other side, we will enjoy it. The prosperity of the country and the safety of the people.”

This remark is very interesting, because Mobei Mongolia is a descendant of Mongolian Yuan, and Meng Yuan has worn the right waistband after moving into the Central Plains, and has since claimed to be a civilized person... But Russia is still a barbarian, and the left waistband of the barbarian is still worn. After the Qing Dynasty in the south moved into the Central Plains, they wore right waistbands at least, and they were civilized people... We civilized people naturally have to go to civilized people...

That's probably what it means.

Using clothes as a theory, it is just a reference. In fact, it represents the yearning of the various ethnic groups around China for the Chinese civilization in the Central Plains... More importantly, the Qing Dynasty treated Mobei Mongolia preferentially, and the treatment it gave was still very good. Rich.

Mobei Mongolia did this in history, and now many tribes or other ethnic groups do the same. The nobles of the various tribes of Mobei Mongolia are now living as civilized people in Jinling City.

Why be a barbarian when you can be a civilized person!
It's just that the Great Chu Empire won't just give titles and official hats to the heads of small tribes... This is not Chinese cabbage, how can it be given casually.

Without certain strength in hand, why do you want the preferential treatment from the Great Chu Empire and return your title?

And many rebellious chieftains are not very capable and don't get preferential treatment, or they are not satisfied with the treatment... They are all a group of people with high eyesight and low abilities... Of course, it is not ruled out that there are a few careerists and the like.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, for these weak rebels, the Great Chu Empire's response method has always been very simple: kill!

As for what you said about the powerful tribal leaders being dissatisfied with their treatment, and then rebelling... the high-level officials of the Great Chu Empire are not stupid. They used high-ranking officials and generous salaries to recruit powerful tribal leaders early on...

For example, those tribal leaders in Mobei Mongolia, these people are treated very generously.

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In addition to enlightenment, the Great Chu Empire will also concentrate its efforts on local reclamation.

Enlightenment is soft, but reclamation is hard!
Why is the Western Region difficult to rule and defend for the traditional central dynasty? It is because the distance is too far and supplies are too difficult.

To maintain the rule, the garrison is indispensable, and the number of people of the same tribe is also indispensable, but these people have to eat and drink.

How do you eat and drink?
This requires reclamation.

Relying on some local oases, river valleys and other places, especially Hami, Turpan and surrounding areas, as well as Ili River Valley and other places, large-scale reclamation was carried out to produce food for the garrison and the people.

Only when you can farm can you really gain a firm foothold in the local area. Otherwise, everything has to be mobilized and transported from the Shaanxi-Gansu area in the rear. Even the rich and powerful Chu Empire can't last long.

For this reason, Luo Zhixue instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and other departments to formulate a highly targeted immigration and reclamation policy based on the special situation of Turpan Province.

For example, free distribution of land, distribution of subsidies, and as much as possible to attract people to spontaneously immigrate.

For example, set up a group of C-class divisions to guard the past, and for the defense, it is actually a reclamation...

In the past, the Great Chu Empire did this in the northeast and northern grasslands. In these sparsely populated places, many so-called cities were actually established by the government, especially the reclamation troops organized by the military.

In addition to traditional agriculture, the Ministry of Industry is also planning to set up a number of local factories to mainly produce some consumable military supplies, mainly ammunition, rifles, and cold weapons.

The follow-up battles in the Western Regions should be the sporadic battles in the southern Turpan area and the vast grassland area west of the Yili River Valley and Tacheng area, but where is the nearest arsenal?

In Jiayuguan, but the arsenal in Jiayuguan is actually very small. Strictly speaking, it is only a small arsenal capable of producing a small amount of ammunition and repairing guns and cold weapons.

The main arsenals that supply weapons are the Lanzhou arsenal and the Xi'an arsenal behind them.

It is really too far to mobilize weapons and ammunition from the Shaanxi-Gansu region to Turpan Province and even go to the grasslands in the west...

It is the same as when the Great Chu Empire set up an arsenal in Lanzhou and a small arsenal in Jiayuguan to support the battle in the Jiayuguan area.

In order to support the operations in the area west of the Ili River Valley and the southern area of ​​Turpan, as well as the operations in the northern regions, the Ministry of Industry intends to establish a simple defense system in Turpan Province to produce ammunition, guns and cold weapons on the spot for direct supply in An army fighting in the Western Regions.

This task will be handed over to the Shaanxi-Gansu Weapons Company. After all, the national defense system of the Great Chu Empire is basically divided by region.

The Shaanxi-Gansu Arms Company was responsible for the construction of the national defense industry system in Shaanxi and Gansu. The Lanzhou Arsenal, Xi'an Arsenal, and small arms factories in Jiayuguan, which mainly provided weapons and equipment for military operations in the Western Regions and other regions, all belonged to the Shaanxi-Gansu Arms Company.

In the past ten years of history, Shaanxi-Gansu Weapons Co., Ltd. has conducted in-depth research on its weapons R&D and production system for plateaus, deserts and other terrains and severe cold weather. It also has in-depth research on cavalry weapons. Its design The new type of saber developed, namely the 15-year saber, uses better materials, and the quality of the blade is better. At the same time, there are subtle adjustments in the handle and the bending angle of the blade, which are more in line with actual combat needs.

One of the characteristics is that in severe cold weather, this kind of saber can still maintain relatively good performance and will not break easily.

A little common sense, steel is not a single thing, it will have different performances due to different specific processes or formulas.

Steel is just a general term for alloy materials based on iron and carbon, but it doesn't mean that there are only carbon and iron elements, and there are many other things.

In addition to other components that need to be actively controlled, it is more due to technical and process problems that the steel materials produced these days often contain other components, such as phosphorus, sulfur, silicon, etc... Different manufacturers have different processes. There are also differences, and the properties of the steel materials made are often also different.

If the phosphorus content is relatively high, the low-temperature performance will be very poor. However, many iron ores in China contain a lot of phosphorus, so the steel materials made by many manufacturers are actually very slag in low-temperature performance...

In addition, if it contains more sulfur, then the high-temperature performance is not good, and it will become very fragile when the temperature is high.

This is also true when it comes to weapons. For example, weapons and equipment used in the severe cold regions of the north have relatively high requirements for low-temperature performance, and the phosphorus content must be low to a certain extent. In regional combat, wouldn't it be embarrassing for knives, armor, guns, etc. to be broken at the first blow...

The low-temperature performance of the 15-year saber is very good. It is specially optimized for low-temperature environments, and great efforts have been made to reduce the phosphorus content.

Therefore, this kind of saber is very popular with cavalry troops, and it has replaced the early five-year saber as the standard cavalry sword of the Chu army cavalry.

It is not unique to the Shaanxi-Gansu Arms Company to be good at weapon research and development in different fields, and other arms companies also have this situation.

Just like Liangguang Arms Company, they have very prominent advantages in the field of anti-corrosion and weapons for mountain warfare.

The 15-year-old flintlock gun produced by it is mainly used in coastal and tropical areas. Its barrel is slightly shorter than the army standard version, and it has excellent corrosion resistance.

Therefore, the 15-year-style flintlock has become the standard firearm for the Marine Corps and naval sailors. In addition, the army troops stationed in various places in Nanyang are also widely equipped and used.

This kind of flintlock is similar in appearance to the 13-year-style flintlock, but it is improved from the 13-year-style flintlock.

The 13-year-style flintlock is also the main musket in the Great Chu Empire, and it is also the original model of many other improved muskets.

The standard model of the 13-year flintlock gun was jointly developed by R&D institutions such as the Royal Institute of Technology and Firearms Research Su. The five major weapon companies can obtain patents and related technical materials for production.

This kind of flintlock gun is the first flintlock gun with a high firing rate in the Great Chu Empire. Its performance is very good, and its firing rate far exceeds that of arquebus guns.

Once it was released, it became the standard rifle of the Great Chu Empire Army. The production volume is very large. At present, the five major weapon companies have produced at least more than 80 rifles in total, covering most of the army's main force, namely the first-class division and the second-class division.

In addition, there are sub-models developed by major weapon companies based on the improvement of the 13-year-style flintlock gun, such as the 15-year-style flintlock gun, which is based on the 13-year-style flintlock gun and targeted for coastal and tropical combat needs. Improved Tropical Rifle.

There is also the 14-year-style cavalry flintlock developed by Hebei Arms Company, which is also improved based on the 13-year-style flintlock.

In fact, in addition to the standard model of the army, the 13-year-style flintlock gun also has a short-barreled model used by cavalry, that is, the 13-year-style cavalry musket.

But it is not popular with the cavalry, because the 13-year cavalry musket has a very short barrel, which is intended to allow the cavalry to load and shoot directly on horseback...

However, the cavalry of the Great Chu Empire do not know how to use flintlock guns on horseback now... They either dismount and fight on foot, or charge up directly with sabers...

You develop a cavalry musket that shoots on horseback, and the cavalry don't bother to talk to you!
In response to this situation, Hebei Arms Company developed a cavalry model with a shorter barrel than the army model, but longer than the 13-year cavalry model... With such a small change, it was welcomed by the cavalry.

Its barrel is slightly shorter than the basic model, allowing cavalry to carry horses and march, but it is not too short, so as not to suffer from range and power when dismounting to fight in formation.

In order not to suffer when fighting the bayonet, a longer bayonet was specially issued.

Therefore, the 14-year-style cavalry flintlock in the cavalry of the Chu Army is not issued with a bayonet, but a spear.

To put it bluntly, this is a conventional rifle that can be carried on horseback and then dismounted. Compared with the basic army model, the barrel is slightly shorter, but if the extended bayonet is added, its overall length is no different from the basic army model. !
The cavalry used this thing as the basic model of the army, and then played line combat. They never considered using this kind of musket on horseback!
At present, for the 13-year-style flintlock guns alone, the Chu army has equipped three types on a large scale, namely the 13-year-style army-style flintlock guns, the 14-year-style cavalry style flintlock guns, and the 15-year-style tropical guns. flintlock gun.

These three muskets come from the same source, and the structure of the bolt mechanism is almost the same. The difference is the length of the barrel, the processing technology, and the bayonet / bayonet provided.

This is just the 13-year series of flintlock guns... In fact, the army, navy and guards of the Great Chu Empire were equipped with more than the 13-year series of muskets.

It has been discontinued, but it has not been retired. There are hundreds of thousands of subsequent improvements to the two-year-style flintlock guns that are still in service in some second-class divisions and defensive third-class divisions.

There are more and more complex types of improved two-year-style flintlock guns. The military has successively equipped more than a dozen improved models of two-year-style flintlock guns, and four are still in service.

Its later improved models, especially the later improved models that have been modified with bolts, are quite reliable, and the firing rate will not be much worse than that of the 13-year-old flintlock.

There are currently two major series of muskets used by the infantry alone, with seven sub-models.

Then there are pistols. Pistols are also a large-scale equipment weapon in the Chu army. They are mainly equipped by artillery and officers. The current main models are the 14-year-style quick-fire pistol and the 16-year-style quick-fire pistol. The former is Distributed to artillery and other technical arms and grassroots officers, it is an ordinary quick-fire pistol for self-defense.

The 16-year-style Suifei pistol is a more exquisite and more reliable pistol specially distributed to middle and senior officers. The output is relatively low, and it is more of a handicraft than a weapon.

Then there are 15-year cavalry pistols, 13-year tropical pistols used by the Navy and the Marine Corps, etc. There are as many as four models in total... This is still a new model.

More if you count the older models that haven't been retired yet.

In addition to the three main firearms, rifles, lances, and pistols, the military actually has a lot of messy firearms for various special purposes or for experimentation.

In the winter of Chengshun's 19th year, the army had just purchased a large-caliber short-barreled flintlock gun for experimental equipment.

This thing is very special... Its barrel is very short, and the muzzle is flared... so it is also called a trumpet gun.

The reason why the trumpet gun has such a special muzzle and such a short barrel is purely because this musket was developed for cavalry.

After the 13-year-style cavalry model was despised by the cavalry, not only the Hebei Arms Company aimed at the cavalry musket, but other arms companies did not give up, and the Northeast Arms Company also joined the competition.

They believe that the reason why cavalry hate using muskets on horseback is that it is inconvenient to load, and the hit rate is very low on horseback, especially when they are in motion. As long as this problem can be solved, the cavalry will be happy Use muskets on horseback.

Regarding the loading problem, in addition to continuing to keep the short barrel, they simply gave it a bell mouth, which makes loading more convenient.

As for the hit rate, they imitated the shotgun in the artillery and directly distributed the shotgun to the new cavalry musket. This kind of shotgun is fixed and contains many small steel balls, so that the bullet can be expanded after shooting. Cover the area to increase the hit rate.

After reading it, the generals of the Army Ordnance Department felt that the idea was reliable, but they had to try it out if it was actually useful, so they ordered hundreds of pieces of equipment for testing.

In fact, the new experimental muskets used by the cavalry purchased by the Army Ordnance Department are not limited to this one, and there are several other types, but they are all pistols used by the cavalry.

The top management of the Ordnance Department has never given up on the research and development of cavalry guns and equipment...even if the frontline cavalry is particularly disgusted with muskets.

Especially the cavalry pistol. The cavalry has hardly used it in large-scale actual combat in the past ten years... only in sporadic special cases.

The reason is basically the same as the short-barreled muskets of the 13-year cavalry, that is, they never use muskets on horseback...

If there is anything to do, he will rush forward with a saber, and even fire a fart gun...

When dismounting for defensive operations, they directly use the 14-year cavalry musket with a barrel that is only slightly shorter than the standard version, or simply use the army standard version of the long musket directly, and directly turn into a line infantry to play against you... …

The cavalry of the Chu army were quite repulsed by the use of any firearms on horseback after being pitted by pistol cavalry and dragoon cavalry in the early years. In their own words: fools only play cross-shooting on horseback!
This has also led to the combat method of the Chu army cavalry, which is different from the cavalry of other contemporary countries...

In the case of standard large-scale cavalry, the cavalry artillery often shells intensively first, and after the cavalry artillery shakes the enemy's cavalry formation, the cavalry of one's own side directly arrays and rushes forward with sabers or cavalry guns...or they cannot do it or need defensive operations in other cases What, then just dismount and play line combat...

Basically, any organized cavalry combat force does not have the option of shooting on horseback.

Only in very few special scattered battles, cavalry will shoot on horseback, but very few.

But cavalry generals, especially some traditional cavalry generals who were born in cavalry and archery, always believe that cavalry who can shoot on horseback are the future...

Although cavalry and archery are now unusable, the fault is not in the cavalry and archery tactics itself, but in the lack of a cavalry and archery weapon that is more efficient than the traditional cavalry bow.

It would be great if there was a cavalry-specific musket with great power, high precision, low recoil, and the ability to shoot continuously like a bow and arrow.

Then your own cavalry can ride their horses and run while raising their guns, and kill the enemies [-] meters away by continuous shooting!

The problem is, such a musket can't be made!
Therefore, they can only find some compromise solutions.

(End of this chapter)