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After worshiping the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, Qin Mu then chose another auspicious day to worship the Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum.
The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is surrounded by the cascading mountains and lush mountains and forests of Lishan Mountain to the south, and to the north is a winding mountain like a silver snake lying on the shore of the Wei River. The tall tomb is surrounded by towering peaks and is integrated with Lishan Mountain. The mausoleum is large in scale and majestic.
Compared with offering sacrifices to the Emperor's Mausoleum, this time offering sacrifices to the First Emperor's Mausoleum is more similar to a "family sacrifice". It is mainly to declare to the world that he inherited the legal tradition of the First Emperor and used it as the legal basis for his rule of the world.
Strange to say, three days before the memorial ceremony for the First Emperor's Mausoleum, the sky began to be filled with dark clouds. Then the wind and snow came together, and it snowed heavily for three days. The wind and snow stopped only when Qin Mu was on his way out of the city to Lishan Mountain in the snow.
When we arrived at Lishan Mountain, the snow had settled and the clouds had cleared. As the sky loomed, the sun began to shine down, and the majestic Lishan Mountain suddenly lit up.
All of a sudden, green horses with silver saddles rushed back to Woqinchuan for thousands of miles. The smoke and dust clear the day, and when they leap up, they rise again into the clouds.
The scene covered in silver is so beautiful that people dare not look at it.
The changes in the weather are quite subtle, and people can't help but think of all the miracles that happened to Qin Mu in the past.
In short, although there was nothing unusual about the whole process of worshiping the mausoleum, the sight of the snow closing and the clouds opening and the sky shining brightly as soon as Qin Mu arrived at Li Mountain was already full of daydreams.
The most common folk legend is that the First Emperor appeared. This matter soon spread throughout Guanzhong, and people's morale was lifted.
The political effect of these two mausoleum sacrifices was extremely significant. Because a large number of scholars spontaneously came to attend the sacrifice, from the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor. Through this move, Qin Mu proved to the world the legitimacy of his inheritance of the world's legal system, and it was also universally recognized.
Winter is coming, and with the raging cold wave, the border may be a little calmer.
Qin Mu knew that he could not delay any longer, so he decided to take advantage of this winter to return to Nanjing and ascend the throne.
In the days after the memorial ceremony. Qin Mu urgently summoned Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, Ma Wannian, Ma Weixing, Wen Cunxiao and other generals in Xijing. Together with Si Dao'an, Li Yuan, Yang Shen and others, they re-discussed the defense of the northwest.
At this time, Ai Nengqi didn't mention the old saying about obeying orders but not announcements. He was respectful in front of Qin Mu. Don't dare to overstep in the slightest. Qin Mu naturally did not mention this issue. Also comforting with gentle words. Praise him for his achievements in pacifying Hetao.
After everyone discussed it, they decided to dispatch 15,000 troops to the Hexi Corridor to strengthen the defense of Ganzhou and other cities.
It's not that Qin Mu doesn't want to send more troops. In fact, it is mainly a matter of logistics.
If tens of thousands of troops are sent to the Hexi Corridor and the people of Hexi are asked to raise these tens of thousands of troops, let alone whether they can afford to raise them, even if they can, they will probably turn the local people against them.
If the military grain and grass are transferred from the mainland, it will take two thousand miles just from Chang'an, Xijing to Liangzhou. If the grain is transferred from the south of the Yangtze River, it is even tens of thousands of miles away. The Central Plains has just been conquered and still needs vigorous relief. How? Can you withstand such a torment
In addition, most of the West Route Army was under the command of Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, and had not been reorganized at the beginning. As the saying goes, you must be on guard against others. Qin Mu decided to first let Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi return to Nanjing to attend the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, and then ask the Ministry of War to reorganize the northwest troops. Otherwise, if there is any trouble in the future, he will regret it. .
Li Dingguo is now sending Ma Weixing and Yu Yongcheng to take charge of Lanzhou, and Feng Shuangli to take charge of Hetao. Among them, Ma Weixing and Feng Shuangli were both generals of the Great Western Army, and Qin Mu had never even met them.
So Qin Mu said that he wanted to meet Ma Weixing and Feng Shuangli and ask them to come back to participate in the enthronement ceremony. He then sent Ma Wannian to Lanzhou to replace Ma Weixing, and Wen Cunxiao to Hetao to replace Feng Shuangli.
This reason is quite clever. In addition, participating in the enthronement ceremony will have the merit of supporting him. This is something that all the generals hope for. Even if he talks about it with his descendants in the future, it will be an honorable thing.
Qin Mu was vaguely worried about Gushi Khan in the desert Mongolia and Qinghai Tibet. When bidding farewell to Ma Wannian and Wen Cunxiao, he couldn't help but tell them repeatedly to pay attention to their defenses.
Qin Mu did not dare to underestimate the Mongols. They had established the largest empire in human history and they had a glorious history.
In the original history, because the Manchus themselves were nomadic herders, they were naturally closer to Mongolia than to the Han people. And they took control of Monan very early and used it as a vanguard to fight;
Even so, Galdan invaded heavily and reached the Ujumuqin area of Monan, threatening Beijing.
At that time, the Junggar tribe controlled the Moxi, Mobei, and Western Regions, and the territory was very large. Emperor Kangxi was forced to conduct three personal expeditions and mobilized the whole country. It took him 20 to 30 years and countless money and food to defeat Galdan.
Now, Da Qin is an empire established by farming people, and is inherently opposed to nomadic peoples. Qin Mu has a clear understanding of this.
Having a rifle does not necessarily mean that everything will be worry-free; the grassland is tens of thousands of miles wide, and unless you have a Global Hawk, you may not even be able to find the enemy when you enter.
It is so long from Liaodong to the Western Regions. If defenses are set up everywhere, regardless of whether they can be defended, the huge consumption alone will overwhelm Great Qin.
But now, the Qin army is not used to the cold on the grassland and can't do anything in this winter. The Qin Dynasty, which has just completed the Northern Expedition, does not have the energy to raid the grassland on a large scale.
Sima An was also very wary of Mongolia. He and his accompanying ministers arrested Qin Mu again and hurried back to Nanjing to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Now everyone is looking forward to it, but if it is delayed any longer, it will disappoint everyone in the world, especially officials and soldiers of the three armed forces.
Only by enthroning the throne and proclaiming the emperor, establishing his title, and integrating orthodoxy and righteousness can he have a legitimate name, and only then can he gather the morale of the army and the people. If there are any changes, it is better to mobilize the whole country to deal with them.
Qin Mu also felt that what they said was reasonable, so he decided to return to Nanjing the next day.
On the night before returning to Nanjing, it started to snow again, and Xijing became completely white again.
Construction of the palace in Xijing had not yet begun, so Qin Mu was temporarily stationed in the original palace of Prince Qin.
Returning to the backyard of the palace at dusk, Da Yuer was waiting under the bright red palace lantern, and quickly came up to help him take off his heavy coat.
The door of the flower hall is hung with a curtain to block the cold wave outside. There are heating pipes under the floor tiles, making the entire hall as warm as spring.
After taking off Qin Mu's coat, Da Yu'er walked to her and knelt down, kowtowing with joy on her face and said: "I thank the King of Qin for not killing me. For this great kindness, I will be a cow and a horse in this life and the next..." ... ..”
"Okay." Qin Mu had something on his mind and didn't want to mention it.
Although he took Fulin to the mausoleum to "sacrifice" this time, he did not kill the little brat in the end, but demoted him to a commoner and resettled him in Nanjing.
Da Yu'er said that all her efforts these days have been in vain, and she is naturally willing to "become a cow or a horse" when she gets what she wants.
Qin Mu sat down on the Zen chair where the sapphire blue cloud dragon held his longevity and sat on the mattress. He waved to Dayu'er and asked casually: "Although Gushi Khan of Qinghai has recognized the status of Batur, the Junggar Khan of Desert West, as the leader of the alliance, but Batu I’m afraid it’s not easy for you to command him, right?”
"Yes, it is."
Dayu'er didn't expect that he would suddenly ask about this, and was a little stunned.
Qin Mu murmured: "Under what circumstances would Gushi Khan obey Batur's orders?"
"King Qin... I don't know this slave... No, no, no, no, I guess it's unlikely that Batur wants Gushi Khan to obey him completely, but...... "
"Say it."
"But if Gushi Khan felt that he could not face the threat of Qin alone, he might form a real alliance with Batur. After all, when he attacked Quetu Khan in the Qinghai area, Batur sent troops together and helped Gu Because of this, the relationship between the two did not break down. Gushi Khan gained the Qinghai area, and then took the initiative to return to Moxi to participate in the meeting of leaders of various ministries held in Batur. "
Qin Mu frowned slightly. Gushi Khan basically controlled the entire Tibet now. He held the government high and held all secular power in his hands. He had a conservative estimate of fifty thousand soldiers.
Batur Khan of the Junggar tribe controls the entire Mongolia Desert. If the entire Desert West army is gathered together, it will be as many as 70,000.
In the original history, it was Junggar who destroyed the Yarkand Khanate in the Western Regions in one fell swoop, and subsequently fought several battles with Kangxi. At that time, it seemed that only the Junggar troops were fighting against Kangxi. If Gushi Khan was added, it would be unclear who would win.
According to the current situation, it would be best for Great Qin to alienate Gushi Khan and Batur Khan first to prevent the two from forming a true alliance.
But in order to compete for the strategic hub of Xining, the Qin army had fought several battles with Gushi Khan of Qinghai and Tibet. It can be said that this relationship has been forged.
With Da Yu'er's mind, she could naturally guess what Qin Mu was worried about, but she would not express her opinions randomly, making Qin Mu feel that she was too smart was not a good thing.
Qin Mu didn't need her to remind him, because the Qin army was not adapted to the cold winter on the plateau, and it was impossible to attack Xining in a large scale for the time being. He decided to send an envoy tomorrow to negotiate peace with Gushi Khan first. If he could turn the conflict into friendship, it would be best to temporarily stabilize Qinghai-Tibet.
If not, at least find out more about the situation in Tibet first so that you can respond better in the future.
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ps: I also know that when you read novels, you just want to feel refreshed, but at least let me arrange it, like Zhang Xianzhong and the others, they proclaimed themselves emperors. This is refreshing enough, but the result is so refreshing... . .
I have been criticized quite a lot these days, so I weakly beg for a subscription and a monthly pass!
.(To be continued...)
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