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Hotta Yoshimasa felt uncomfortable in an instant, and he actually lived in the same room with a slave for more than three months.He suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and asked curiously, "Can the son of a slave also study in Nanjing?"

Langa explained: "The imperial court occupied Kham for a year, and many chieftains rebelled. My father helped the army as a guide. After the chaos was settled, he was appointed mayor of the town."

But Tibet is divided into Kham and Snow areas, the Kham area is under the jurisdiction of Sichuan, and the Snow area is engaged in ethnic autonomy.

The slaves in Kham were fully released. Once the decree was promulgated, the chieftains rebelled collectively.It took the Datong Army two and a half years to completely quell the rebellion, killing all the chieftains in Kham in one go, and arranging Tibetans who were close to the Datong Army to be officials.

There were also chieftains in the snow area who followed suit and rebelled, killing all troublemakers, and then the Datong army built three cities in the snow area.1500 troops were stationed in Lhasa, and 1000 troops were stationed in each of the other two cities. Prisoners exiled in Tibet were given priority to be placed around the three cities.

Killing all the chieftains, freeing slaves, and allocating pastures and farmland, the Datong Army had a high prestige in Kham, and the majority of Tibetans supported the imperial court from the bottom of their hearts.

"After you study in Nanjing, can you become an official when you return to Kham?" asked Yoshimasa Horita.

Langa's character is honest and friendly, and he said all the beans in the bamboo tube: "My father can't write, and all the Tibetans in the town can't write. My brother learned to write. He went back to work as an assistant for his father, but after two years I was sick and died before. The Shangguan was very upset and said that every time he delivered official documents, he had to arrange for someone to read it out to my father in Tibetan. My brother died, so he sent me to study in Nanjing, and I will be my father’s assistant after returning. .When my father dies, I can be the mayor."

Hota Yoshisa had a general understanding of the situation and knew that this was the Nanjing court's ruling method.

Langa continued: "There is also a school in Kham, but it is too far away from our town, and it takes five days to get there. I heard from my father that our town will also build a school, and it can be completed in at most 20 years. This is Shangguan Tell my dad."

The main reason is that the Kham Tibetan area is vast and sparsely populated, and school construction is very troublesome.

The so-called town is nothing more than a meadow and several settlements integrated into an administrative district.If the townspeople are far apart, they will have to walk for a day or two to visit each other.

Coming to the classroom again, Hota Yoshi was subconsciously looking at the map.

The world map is posted on the classroom wall.Before it could be updated, the newly occupied territory, including Ezo Island, was not marked.

But that's big enough!

There is a geography class every ten days to teach students to recognize Chinese maps and cultivate a sense of national identity and pride among ethnic minority students.At the same time, it also cultivates the reverence and fear of China for foreign students.

Hota Yoshi was looking at the land of Japan, looking a little bit like a poor bug.

And China next to it has such a vast territory.

He also wanders into the city occasionally, or visits Changganli outside Nancheng.China's wealth and strength have long been engraved into his bones.

The other Japanese students studying abroad are similar, they are all children of famous families.To tell the truth, there is no motivation for them to work hard to revitalize Japan, because it would kill them.

When these people return to Japan, of course they will bring culture, art and science with them.But more, it is to spread admiration for China. They will be very proud, talk about their experience of studying abroad, and scoff at everything in Japan.If there is friction between Japan and China, they will try their best to reconcile the conflict, because in their minds, China is invincible.

"Hotta-kun, let's fight!" A Japanese student ran into the classroom.

Hotta Yoshimasa hurriedly asked, "Who did you call?"

"Zhao Fuchen!" The man replied.

Zhao Fuchen is actually a Mongolian student. In today's Mongolian grasslands, tribal leaders all have Chinese names, and all the surnames are Zhao.

What's even more ridiculous is that if the head of those small tribes in Mongolia dared to be surnamed Zhao, they would be suppressed by the big tribes—do you deserve the surname Zhao?

The surname Zhao has become an exclusive honor for Mongolian nobles.

On the playground, hundreds of students are watching the game, and there are even Kachin from Myanmar.Of course, after the Datong army took over, they didn't bother to name it separately, and classified the Kachin ethnic group as the Dai ethnic group.

Kachin students are not outrageous, and there is an Armenian student!

Armenia is located at the crossroads of religion, race, and culture in the world. They were expelled from Persia more than 100 years ago, followed the Portuguese to Myanmar, and became an important force in the founding of the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar.

The Pingnan Military and Civilian Mansion built a city in northern Myanmar. Due to the lack of craftsmen, they directly brought those Armenians there.Now, they have also become citizens of China, and young people with outstanding performance are recommended to study in Nanjing.Acquiring knowledge is still the second thing, let them see some of the prosperity and power of Nanjing.

"come on! Come on!"

All kinds of accents come and go on the playground.

The word "come on" has been around for a long time, and it is very popular in Meizizhou Sports Ground, and then spread to schools inside and outside Nanjing.

There are rules in the school that fights are not allowed.

Fighting privately will be punished, but there is still a chance to reform.Those who fought in groups were directly expelled, and those who used equipment were also directly expelled.

Therefore, the current match is a one-on-one match, and their friends are standing around to cheer.

I saw Zhao Fuchen, a Mongolian student, although he was not tall, he was extremely stout.However, Jing Yin Naoxing from Japan is as thin as a monkey.

"what!"

Zhao Fuchen cried out in pain, but he was about to fall down again, and Jing Yin Zhixing was bitten by the opponent's mouth.

"It's really an uncivilized beast to bite people!" Zhao Fuchen scolded.

Jing Yin Zhixing argued: "Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. Do you not allow the enemy to attack at night or defend the city when marching and fighting? Do you have to fight with you on horseback on the grassland?"

Zhao Fuchen said: "Dogs bite people!"

Jing Yin Zhixing said: "Wolves can bite people. Wild beasts can bite people. I'm just learning from wild beasts."

Zhao Fuchen waved his hand and said, "Come, come, come and beat me again, you are allowed to bite, see if I don't beat you to death today!"

The two fought again, and the future shogunate chief Jing Yin Zhixing was thrown to the ground by Zhao Fuchen like a broken sack.

The teacher finally came and asked the reason for the fight.

It was Jing Yin Naoxing who boasted about how awesome those big names were during the Warring States Period in Japan.He also said that his ancestor Yin Naomasa was not only among the three Tokugawa heroes, the four Tokugawa kings, and the Tokugawa sixteen generals, but he was also the youngest among them.

Zhao Fuchen was very disdainful when he heard this, saying that the Warring States Period in Japan was monkey fighting.

Jing Yin Zhixing was immediately angry, saying that no matter how powerful the Mongols were, they would be blown into the sea by a gust of wind to feed the fish, and that Genghis Khan would never conquer Japan.

As a result, a verbal fight quickly turned into a fight.

After listening to the teacher, the teacher immediately said: "You two, copy the new characters taught yesterday five hundred times each!"

"what?"

Both the Mongolian students and the Japanese students are stupid, especially the Mongolian students, making him copy is worse than corporal punishment.

At this moment, a Miao (actually Tujia) student rushed to the playground and shouted: "Great victory in the Western Regions, great victory in the Western Regions, the imperial court has recovered the Western Regions!"

Where is the Western Region?

Hota Yoshimasa didn't realize it for a while, it seemed that Tang Seng passed by to learn Buddhist scriptures.

The battle to recover the Western Regions was carried out at the same time as the battle to conquer Japan.

Although two divisions were dispatched to conquer Japan, it was very convenient to travel by sea. The maritime merchants expelled by Japan even delivered military rations to the imperial court for free.

The money and food spent to regain the Western Regions was more than ten times that of conquering Japan.

Chapter 1044 [War in the Western Regions]

Chijin Town, Yumen City, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province is the hometown of Iron Man Wang Jinxi.

The word Chijin comes from Chijin Mongolia.

In the Ming Dynasty, between Yumen Pass and Jiayu Pass, the imperial court set up the Chijin Guard, where a large number of Mongolians lived.With the rise of Yarkand, more than 100 years ago, Chijin Mongolia was killed and returned to Jiayuguan, and the local religious beliefs changed color.

Now, the Chinese imperial court sent troops here again, and the vanguard tribe of 5000 people came outside Chijin Fort.

The local aristocrat's name is Ma Hemu, and his official position is Chijin Boke, which means Chijin Lord.Relying on the business tax collected from the Silk Road, he has been living well for the past 20 years. He never thought that he would be besieged one day.

He sent his cronies out of the city to negotiate, and the cronies came back quickly and said, "Master Burke, the Han general wants you to surrender immediately, and they don't discuss any conditions for surrender."

"How do you surrender without talking about it?" Ma Hemu was quite annoyed.

The confidant said: "They said that this is the homeland of China, and it must be taken back. Last year, documents were sent to the Burkes in the Western Regions, but no one was willing to donate soil, so they brought troops here to collect it this year."

"Nonsense, this place was shot down by my grandfather!" Ma Hemu was furious.

Chijinbao and its surrounding areas belong to the flood plain of Qilian Mountains.Compared with the generally barren western regions, this place is suitable for farming and grazing. It has been identified as a resettlement site, and two thousand Han people will migrate here.

Mahemu made money by collecting business taxes. Although he did not expand his army aggressively, he repaired his castle.

He stood at the top of the city, looked at the thousands of Datong troops outside, and said with a ferocious expression: "My castle is strong and tall, and thousands of Han troops can't take it down!"

The reason why Ma Hemu was unwilling to surrender was that he was reluctant to do business here.

He has already tasted the sweetness, who has eaten meat, how can he go back to eat grass?Once surrendered, even if he survived, the right to collect taxes would definitely be taken away by the Han officials.

Seeing that Mahemu really refused to surrender, the leading troops of the Five Thousand Datong Army immediately withdrew several miles and set up camp.They were all cavalry, and they didn't bring any siege equipment. They had to wait for the big troops to come.

Dang didn't just sit and wait, and began to sweep the surrounding villages the next day.

The Yarkand Khanate has developed to the present, and it has implemented the aristocratic manor system.All the land in the country belonged to the sultan, and then distributed to the local lords, who in turn distributed to the minor nobles.

Basically, there are nobles in every village, and the land in the whole village belongs to the nobles.

Five thousand Datong cavalry were divided into ten groups to sweep the village.They do not bother the common people, but go straight to the best house, which must be the home of the minor nobles.

Killing the men and capturing the women's family members is not a matter of saying anything at all.

There will be absolutely no innocent people, because these little nobles lived in Turpan more than a hundred years ago, and this land was snatched by their ancestors.At that time, the process of grabbing territory was extremely bloody and cruel, far exceeding that of the Datong Army.

The little nobles in the village who were not killed by the Datong army all fled to the Chijin Fort, which happened to be a one-pot meal.

The more the Datong army "looted" the village, the more Ma Hemu felt at ease in the castle.He felt that China didn't send many troops, so it must be robbed and left, and his castle should not be in danger.

After more than ten days like this, Ma Hemu was stunned on the top of the wall when he saw the army in the distance.

How many people should there be?

Under the warm sun, countless troops marched forward, and horses, livestock, and vehicles stretched beyond the horizon.

The [-] vanguard had already circled to the west of the castle to prevent the enemy from fleeing to Yumen.

"Siege!"

Start fighting as soon as you come, there is no nonsense.

The coach of this battle is Jiang Liang, who is based in Xi'an. After he regains the Western Regions, he should also be transferred back to Nanjing to serve.If the battle is fought well, it is very likely that he will be named the Duke of the State - he is also a Duke now, but belongs to the Duke of the County with the prefix of two characters.

Outside Chijin Castle, there is a small river coming from Qilian Mountain.

The Datong Army had no intention of filling the moat at all. The infantry stepped forward to protect the artillery and set up a fort on the other side of the river towards the castle.

A total of 64 cannons were laid out by the river.

When Ma Hemu saw the pitch-black gun barrel, his pants almost peed in fright.

Chijin Fort is just a small castle, not to mention 64 cannons, even if there are only six cannons, they can blow down the rammed earth walls.

"I would like to surrender, quickly... open the city gate!" Ma Hemu yelled.

The little nobles who fled from various villages stepped forward to stop them one after another: "Master Burke, you can't surrender. Those Han soldiers will kill the nobles when they see them, and they will kill the nobles if they surrender. It doesn't make sense at all."

Ma Hemu said: "If you don't surrender, you will definitely die. If you surrender, you may survive. Get out of the way!"

While entangled in the city, the Datong artillery had already started test firing.

A shell landed in the city, smashing the roof, only ten steps away from Mahemu.

The little nobles were frightened and scattered on the spot, mounted their war horses, and fled towards the west of the city in a swarm.They also knew that they couldn't defend the city, so they ran as far as they could, and fled all the way to Hami to seek refuge with Hezhuo.

Ma Hemu was stunned, and he did not leave the city to surrender, and fled with his wife and children.

These [-] vanguard troops who had only escaped ten miles away and ambushed in Dadun Mountain suddenly rushed out from the only way they had to pass.

"Kill all the men, and leave no one behind!"

Five thousand Datong cavalry turned into tigers and wolves in an instant.

And those red gold nobles, already frightened, did not dare to resist at all, and turned to flee towards the Gobi area.

Many noble wives and children were left behind and taken prisoner along with their belongings.

The Chijin Fort was easily won, and the mayor of Chijin had already been appointed to set off with the army.

The town mayor used to belong to the sequence of officials, but now it has been changed from a ninth-rank official, and a relatively prosperous place is a regular ninth-rank official.Many college graduates failed to pass the Jinshi exam, and were thrown to the local town to become mayors.

Shen Jian was the one who failed the imperial examination last year. He has a university diploma and has passed the imperial examination twice, and now he only has one chance left.

If all three opportunities are used up, you can't even be a ninth-rank official, you can only go to the official examination by yourself.

Shen Jian didn't dare to take the exam anymore. Hearing that the imperial court needed a large number of low-level officials to recover the Western Regions, he rushed to sign up for it.The officials in the Western Regions are also officials, and the newly occupied land is easy to make political achievements, and the promotion speed may be faster.

So, he drew lots to be the mayor of Chijin.

The castle is too small to accommodate the common people, so it will be the official residence of the mayor from now on.

The downtown is outside the castle, similar to a castle town in Japan.Hundreds of craftsmen and merchants who accompanied the army were placed in the market and they were the first batch of town residents.

And the two thousand peasant husbands with their families who helped transport grain and grass before can stay and settle down.

The fertile land along the river was allotted to Han immigrants.

As for local farmers, as long as they come to the town to register and settle down, they can also be allocated land.The nobles of the village have been killed, they are equal to liberation.The government will not force them to change their beliefs, but if they are willing to convert, the amount and quality of the land they will be allocated will definitely be better.