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Chapter 632 Central Asia
At Jiang'an Wharf, an official ship arrived in Nanjing taking advantage of the snowy scene.

There was a Mongolian prince Galdan Norbu on the ship. He was looking at the tall and wide Nanjing City Wall and was lost in thought on the deck.

This guy received an order from his father Dundok Omuba more than a year ago. In the name of the envoy of the Turgut Khanate, this guy set out for China to request for Hajj and canonization. The purpose was to get the support and funding of the Chinese Emperor first, so that Fighting against Tserin Dundorbu supported by Tsarist Russia.

However, before the envoy could reach China, Dundok Omuba defeated Sering Dundorb first.

And what Galdan Norbu didn't know was that just this winter, his good father took advantage of his absence to appoint his youngest son Randul, who was only a few years old, as the heir to the Khan throne.

Not only is it a matter of doubt about the country, Randul's mother Jain is not Dundok Omuba's official wife, and unlike the Buddhism believed in by the Turgut Khanate, Jain represents the Islamic religious force.

This is no less than risking the disapproval of "the world"!

Galdan Norbu was still sighing at this moment. He first took the route of the Kazakh Khanate and then passed through the territory under the jurisdiction of the Yarkand Khanate. The other party did not make things difficult for them.

Those religious people were able to break away from the rule of the Junggar tribe and regain their country.

It was not until he arrived in Qinghai that Galdan Norbu initially realized the power of the Chinese emperor. The Kushote Mongolians and Tibetans here all surrendered to the Chinese emperor. Even the further east he saw, the more Han villages and towns he saw.

I heard from local monks that not only Qinghai has surrendered to the Chinese emperor, but even the snowy areas of Tibet are now ruled by the Chinese.

Ming China was indeed powerful and wealthy. They could drive away the original Manchus, and they would certainly not be afraid of the more brutal and brutal Russians!
Galdan Norbu disembarked from the ship at the pier and was received by officials from Honglu Temple. The treatment was the same as that of Britain and France. He also stayed at the vassal hall of Dabaoen Temple.

The pagodas here are extremely useful to all overseas vassals, regardless of whether they believe in Buddhist culture or not.

After staying in the temple hall for several days, he was finally summoned by the emperor.

"Are you really all from Oara?" Zhu Yijiong looked at Galdan Norbu and asked curiously.

"The Legend of Heroes Returning from the East"! It's an old drama from more than ten years ago. The protagonist in it, Uba Xihan, is the cousin of the man in front of me.

Galdan Norbu nodded: "Yes, His Majesty the Great Emperor of China, we are the Torgut Khan tribe of Oara Mongolia."

Oara Mongolia is the Oirat Mongolia. Like the Junggar tribe, the Torgut tribe is a branch of the Oirat Mongolia. Thirty years ago, Ayuqi Khan planned to take advantage of the death of Galdan to return eastward and unify the Oirat Mongolia. As a result, he was assassinated The son was stabbed in the back and had to retreat to the Volga.

Zhu Yijiong asked again: "Do you really live in the Volga River?"

Galdan Norbu said: "It's not the Volga River. This is what the Russians call it. We call it the Attila River."

Zhu Yijiong nodded and then asked: "How strong are you there? How do those Russians treat you?"

When it came to Tsarist Russia, Galdan Norbu immediately gritted his teeth: "Those Russians are all barbaric and cruel. At first they were afraid of the strength of our Torguts, and they were willing to be our equals. But these Russians are very cunning. They often sold their goods to us at high prices, and forced us to sell grain and fur to them at low prices. Later, with the death of Ayuqi Khan, these Russians became even more aggressive and supported my father's uncle, Cering Dundo. The cloth will make you sweat, further squeezing our tribesmen in Turgut."

Zhu Yijiong said: "The Russians supported your father's uncle, so why did the Torgut Ministry send envoys to China?"

Galdan Norbu was exposed and did not feel embarrassed: "My father Dundok Omuba has now become a khan and has the support of the nobles of the Turgut tribe. He is working with my father's uncle, the Russian support The Puppet Khan Ce Ling Dun Dob War. On the way to Nanjing, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is also at war with the Russians, and our Torgut tribe can send troops to the Attila River to fight the Russians to the death."

This is true, but it is also nonsense. Without China, it would be difficult for the Torgut tribe and the Russians to coexist peacefully on the Volga River.

Especially since the middle period of Ayuqi Khan, the Russians have continuously weakened the strength of the Torgut Khan tribe through trade deficits. Until now, they even dare to openly manipulate the succession of the Khan throne of the Torgut tribe.

In "The Legend of Heroes Returning from the East", in order to get rid of the control and oppression of the Russians, Wobaxi did not hesitate to take most of his tribe back to the east (escape). During this period, he was pursued by Emperor Ye, and more than half of them were killed or injured.

Even so, Wobaxi had to run back to China, preferring to accept the rule of the Manchus rather than surrender to the Russians.

This shows how cruel the Russians are to the rule of other nations.

After all, more than 80% of the Russians themselves are oppressed and desperate serfs, let alone foreigners?

Although he was not interested in what Galdan Norbu said, Zhu Yijiong was still very happy to be able to involve Tsarist Russia in disgust: "The Turgut tribe is indeed my loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. I heard that you also brought me, Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, this time. The jade seal given to you in the past?"

As soon as Galdan Norbu heard this, he knew that the purpose of his trip had been achieved.

I saw the jade seal that the other party took out. After nearly three hundred years, the entire seal was still well preserved. It is impossible not to preserve it well. This is the legal basis for Torgut to maintain contact with the East and maintain its independence.

Zhu Yijiong nodded: "As expected, it was given by Emperor Taizong. This seal has been too long, and it was given by Qian Ming. I will ask the Ministry of Rites to give you a new one. Your father will be crowned King of Turgut, and his rank will be higher than that of Emperor Taizong. Prince of China. When you leave, follow the canonized envoys. Yarkand and Junggar dare not stop you."

Since the other party can produce this seal to prove that what the other party said is true and has the support of the Turgut nobles, Emperor Zhu does not mind giving him some political and legal support.

Of course, the Great Khan can no longer be canonized, but can be changed to a king. This can eliminate the problems of legality and independence of the grassland khan position. In the future, Torgut can only completely rely on China.

Galdan Norbu didn't understand so many legal twists and turns, so he immediately leaned over and thanked him excitedly: "Thank you, His Majesty, the Great Emperor of China!"

Zhu Yijiong asked: "By the way, since you are fighting against the Russians now, do you have muskets in your hands?"

Galdan Norbu said: "A little, but not much. The Russians are afraid that we are too powerful, so they have been strictly controlling the export of muskets. We also exchange our hands with businessmen from other countries, and some Cossacks who do not obey Russian rule. of."

Zhu Yijiong was a little surprised: "There are actually Cossacks trading with you?"

Galdan Norbu said: "The Russian rule was too cruel, and their tsar and officials collected taxes too harshly. Many Cossacks resisted the Russian rule, and some formed an alliance with us to jointly resist the Russian invasion."

Zhu Yijiong nodded slightly, and deepened his understanding of Cossacks and Tsarist Russia: "In that case, I will give you another thousand flintlock guns. You can take these flintlock guns back and arm your army. If it is not enough, In the future, we can also buy some flintlock guns back through China."

Thousands of flintlock muskets, neither too much nor too little, thrown into the Volga River, would only bring some trouble to Tsarist Russia at most.

But this is enough. What we want is to make Torgut a thorn in the throat of Tsarist Russia. The Volga River cannot push it away, and there is the Ottoman Empire to the south. It will not be so easy for Tsarist Russia on the Western Front in the future.

Moreover, if the flintlock muskets were given to Torgut, the other party would feel the benefits and continue to send envoys to China to request the purchase of more flintlock muskets.

Zhu Yijiong is not worried about the opponent having too many flintlock guns at all. Instead, he feels that the more firearms equipment the Torgut people have, the better. Fighting does not just rely on advanced firearms.

The muskets that the Torhut people had were only the standard armaments of the Ming army. The Ming army also had more powerful rifled guns. Although the output was very low, the military strength and national power of the Ming army far exceeded the Torhuts a hundred times and a thousand times.

Even if they fight a war of national power and attrition, Torgut cannot resist Ming China, and when they all use Chinese muskets, they will only become more dependent on China's logistical supplies.

After all, they don't have a complete production line, and they don't even grow much food.

Supporting the Torgut people to grow in the Volga River will allow them to contain Tsarist Russia in the west in the early stage. In the later stage, when the Ming Dynasty regains the Western Region, they can attack the Kazakh Khanate from both sides with the Torgut people.

After chatting with Galdan Norbu for a while, Zhu Yijiong also got a rough idea of ​​the intelligence news from Central Asia.

The Kazakh Khanate is still the largest in Central Asia, covering almost half of Central Asia, and is sandwiched between the Khiva Khanate and the Bukhara Khanate to the south.

By the way, there is also a super small Khanate of Kokand.

The Kazakh Khanate has been divided internally a long time ago. The western part of the Khanate is Small Yuz (Kishyuz), the central part is Middle Yuz (Ortayuz), and the south is Great Yuz (Ulayuz).

The three Yuzis worked on their own. About ten years ago, Dayuzi and Zhongyuzi surrendered to Junggar, while Xiaoyuzi Khan Abul Khair fled westward.

But now, the three Yuzi learned that there was civil strife in Junggar and that Cewang Alabutan, whom they once feared, had died, so they took advantage of the Yarkand rebellion to become independent.

Zhu Yijiong gained further understanding of the news about Central Asia: "What is the relationship between your Turgut and these three Yuzi?"

Galdan Norbu replied: "We are Oara Mongols who were pushed westward by the Junggars, so we have no conflict with the Kazakhs. We were not attacked or plundered by the Kazakhs when we came to China this time."

Zhu Yijiong had a smile on his face. The situation and map of Central Asia were finally not completely dark.

Although the Ming Dynasty drew a map of Central Asia, it basically relied on the personal memories of foreign envoys and Fan Shouyi, as well as some documentary records left by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Even the location of Torgut has errors and omissions.

But now it's better, an envoy from Turgut came to give them additional corrections.

　Dayuzi (Ulayuzi): Also known as the Right Kazakhstan, it is mainly distributed in the Chu River, Talas River and Ili River basins in the south of Balkhash Lake. Dayuzi includes Osek, Wusun, Dulat, Heizai, Alban, Suwan, Kangli, Zalayier and other tribes. 1
　　Middle Yuz (Orta Yuz): Also known as Left Kazakh, it is mainly distributed in central and northern Kazakhstan and some areas in Xinjiang, my country. Zhongyuzi includes the Kpchak (Kipchak), Naiman, Klie, Wak and other tribes. 12
　　Xiaoyuzi (Kishyuzi): also known as Western Kazakhstan, mainly distributed in Western Kazakhstan. Xiaoyuzi includes Bayiwule, Alimuwule and other tribes.

　　
　
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