Ye Zhao didn't sleep all night, sat on the kang, silently helped Hua Ji change the towel, and touched her little face from time to time. Seeing Hua Ji's sleepiness, she felt sad. She was not thought carefully. Hua Ji was already weak and took her to the bad places in the northwest. She was also lustful and tormented her. Nowadays, medical conditions will cause deaths. There are many deaths in her teens and twenties. Suddenly, she thought that if Hua Ji left her, Ye Zhao's heart would tremble and she almost felt uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Hua Ji's fever gradually faded. Although she was still muttering nonsense in the morning, it was no longer as hot as yesterday.

Weiyue Yiori accompanied Ye Zhao to sit silently all night. Ye Zhao asked her to go to bed, but she just refused.

For two days, Ye Zhao was taking good care of Hua Ji. Hua Ji was sore and weak, with tinnitus and blurred eyes. Sometimes she fell asleep in a daze, sometimes she woke up. Every time she opened her eyes, she saw Ye Zhao beside her. She didn't understand what was going on. By the third day, she gradually woke up. Ye Zhao ordered her not to move, but Hua Ji was scared to cry. Ye Zhao had to hold her and coax her quietly.

Aiyue Iori sat aside and watched this scene quietly. Perhaps, his heart was extremely warm.

In the past two days, the cavalry division and infantry regiment in Xining began to enter the northern border of Qinghai Lake from the shore of Qinghai Lake. The 29 nomadic flags around Qinghai Lake dispatched 500 cavalry and shooting to follow the imperial officers and soldiers to suppress bandits, and even offered several horses and livestock.

In the Qinghai area, early-match Tibetans and herdsmen often had conflicts. Tibetans always wanted to go north and settle down nomadicly in the land of lush water and grass north of the Yellow Sea. After several major northward migrations, the former dynasty used both suppression and pacification. It was not until the Yongzheng period that the tribes, including the 25 tribes of Yushu, the eight tribes around the sea, the nine tribes of Guoluo, and the Hehuang tribes, had 207 designated territories, including the 1,000 households, 22 households, 114 households, 81 heads, and 46 heads, totaling more than 260 people, establishing a systematic ruling organization and management system.

When the Daoguang Dynasty arrived, Tibetans moved north again. Then, the former ministers of Xining from the former dynasty adopted different governance policies such as the division and disintegration of the Tibetan tribes in Henan, clearing household registration, granting titles to tribe leaders, and using force to threaten them, and isolated Tibetan tribes in Hebei. This was how the blog pattern in Qinghai and southwest Gansu today was formed.

How could Li Xiucheng and Lu Yueting not find a way to win over the 29th Banners in Qinghai Lake? Especially after the outbreak of the war in the Central and Southern China, the Party of Justice sent people to lobby for the heads of the banner, but whether it was worshiping the God Church, the Party of Justice, or the revolutionary thought, it was really far from the state of mind of the banners.

When the new dynasty was established, the Emperor Shengde of the Empire approved the twenty-nine flags to continue to be nomadic in the Qinghai Lake area. Once the imperial edict arrived, the twenty-nine flags immediately surrendered. After all, in their opinion, the new dynasty was the royal family of the previous dynasty, and the great emperor and the new royal family were still rulers who were extremely close to the new dynasty. It was natural to surrender to the new dynasty without any psychological barriers.

Therefore, he not only offered livestock to the imperial officers and soldiers, but also spontaneously organized a cavalry and shooting team to guide the officers and soldiers, and followed the imperial armed forces into the western Qinghai to suppress bandits.

Hua Ji subsided, and Ye Zhao also began to prepare for entering Qinghai. Of course, Hua Ji and Ai Yue Yiori were left in Lanzhou.

Imam Bai had arrived in Lanzhou, and Ye Zhao was about to set off to Baoan City and visited him.

In the flower hall, Ye Zhao shook his folding fan and talked to the white imam. The yellow clouds covered the sun. The magnolia tree in the yard was wilted, and the weather was extremely stuffy.

"The emperor is kind to the holy lord, and the people are taught." Imam Bai stroked her chest and bowed slightly.

At this moment, I heard the sound of crumbly boots, and then the guards outside shouted: "Who, stop!"

The girl's delicate and clear voice, "I want to see your Han officials."

Imam Bai immediately looked embarrassed. Seeing Ye Zhao looking at him in confusion, she sighed and said, "It's Afafu who deviates from Allah's arms, the poor girl who is blinded by hatred."

Ye Zhao smiled slightly and raised his voice slightly: "Please come in."

The footsteps sounded, and then Ye Zhao's eyes lit up. The strange fragrance of flowers and musk drifted in. Then a graceful girl with exotic charm walked in. Her white clothes were as white as snow, covering her whole body. She had a Muslim-style dress, with silver lace winding down from the round neck, looking gorgeous and elegant. The rich and dignified and simple silver peacock feather-brimmed hat with rich religious colors covered her hair, covered her face with white gauze, and bright red and red dots on her forehead, revealing only a pair of eyes that were brighter than the stars in the sky. It was bright and incomparable.

The guard behind Ye Zhao had already tightened the six thunder cannons around his waist.

"You are the Han official who saved my grandfather?" The girl stared at Ye Zhao, and she was naturally "the snow lotus of Bayan Rongge" Afafu.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "You are brave enough to sneak into Lanzhou City."

Afaf said, "I heard from Grandpa, why do you believe in Allah, be enemies of your brothers and sisters?"

Ye Zhao was speechless for a moment, shook the folding fan and glanced at the white imam.

Afafu's eyes showed a slight anger: "You are an apostate." He thought that Ye Zhao betrayed Allah in order to get promoted and make money. In this bloody massacre, almost all the surrendered Huifans were slaughtered. There were naturally Huiren from the imperial team of the Central Plains, but there were many people who had been influenced by the Central Plains civilization. There were many people who had no taboos to eat pork. Now there is no ethnic division. Who cares about where your ancestors were from? In the eyes of Huifans in Shaanxi and Gansu, these people are naturally imperial people, and can also be collectively called Han people.

Imam Bai finally spoke: "Afafu, this gentleman... this gentleman is my life-savior."

Afafu looked at Ye Zhao coldly and said, "I heard that you will go to Qinghai to wipe out the pagans of the Fairness Church? I can take you there to repay you who saved my grandfather."

Imam Bai said to Ye Zhao: "Afafu knows many tribes in Qinghai and has also been to several villages of Jingping. Can you help me..."

Ye Zhao gradually understood that it must be because Afafu cares about his grandfather that he found a way to sneak into Lanzhou City. As for Imam Bai, he said that he was following Allah's instructions, but how could he not care about the situation of his son and granddaughter? How could he not worry?

Now that there is such an opportunity, I naturally hope that Afafu can help her and repay her merits. In the future, she may be able to forgive her father and daughter’s sins, or at least she can be given a lighter retribution.

Afafu probably has a distinct personality with a clear grudge and is unwilling to owe the favors of the Han officials. In addition, Imam Bai didn't know what he said to her, so she was the guide. And he was obedient, and Muslims were more hostile to the Fair Party.

These thoughts flashed away, and Ye Zhao nodded slightly, "Okay, I'm thankful for you." He was about to find a way to guide him. He had been to the village of the Afafu Fair Party, so he was naturally the most suitable candidate.

Imam Bai breathed a sigh of relief and stroked his right hand slightly with his chest, thinking that he was thanking Allah.

On the second day, Ye Zhao led his troops to Baoan City, and then ordered troops in Baoan City, crossed the bridge and headed south, and Baoan City was handed over to Lanzhou's patrol infantry battalion to guard.

Ye Zhao didn't want to take Hua Ji and Wei Yue Yior to Qinghai, Huanghai. After all, there is a high possibility of encountering a battle, and the conditions will be even worse. Why take them to suffer? But when it comes to keeping them in Lanzhou, seeing their gentle and nodding in their appearance, Ye Zhao sighed and said, "Okay, okay, you are not afraid of suffering, just follow me." Hua Ji and Wei Yue Yior nodded happily. Seeing their happy appearance, Ye Zhao felt relieved. Thinking about keeping them in Lanzhou is really not a good place to settle, just go to the plateau together.

The army headed south, and Ye Zhao knew that this was the area called Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in later generations, which meant to take the south of the Yellow River. Because it was located on the plateau and the conditions were harsh, no people in the Central Plains would come here to live. In later generations, the so-called ethnic minorities accounted for more than 93% of the total population.

Indeed, even if Bai Laoheng was so strong, he said that he couldn't breathe after intense exercise. Ye Zhao didn't feel any discomfort, but when he saw the horse under his crotch slightly wilted, he knew that he had encountered altitude sickness. In the carriage, Hanaki and Aiyue Yior secretly opened the windows and curtains to see the scenery outside, and it seemed that he was not affected.

The southwest, the higher the altitude, but there is no people in the depths of Qinghai.

This time, it can be said that it was a three-way attack. The Qingma Infantry Regiment led by Zheng Sanying, the admiral of the Second Army under Matchmaker, had the help of *** cavalry and shooting. After sweeping the tribes in Qinghai Lake and Hainan, they would turn south and attack directly at Guoluo, Yushu, and Li Xiucheng's troops were hiding in the two places.

The second route is Zhao Sanbao's Xichuan Legion. Ye Zhao had already ordered him to strictly guard against the direction of the Changdu and set up heavy troops to guard the passes and prevent the remnants of the bandits from entering Xichuan. In the secret message, Ye Zhao told Zhao Sanbao that he only needed to guard it strictly. If he had the opportunity to annihilate it, he should not be ruthless. If he could not annihilate it, he should drive him into Changdu and into the west bank of the Jinsha River. The west bank of the Jinsha River will naturally be within the territory of the ***.

The third route is Ye Zhao's main task, with the main task being "investigation". Of course, annihilation of the French tribes that dare to resist is no problem. Although they are not suitable for combat in the plateau, the weapons of the two sides are almost the gap between missiles and the 38th hoods. The plateau factors that affect combat effectiveness can be ignored.

The only difficulty is supply. Ye Zhao's troops are fine, and they will not carry out large-scale transfers, nor will they advance too far west. Zheng Sanying's cavalry supply will be much more difficult, especially when he goes south to Guoluo and Yushu. The supply line will be extremely long. The Western Expedition Legion is mainly cavalry, carrying a large amount of canned food, and solving the food rations through local tribes is inevitable. This will test the commander. Therefore, Ye Zhao ordered Zheng Sanying. Zheng Sanying could not be called a powerful general, but in the face of complex situations, he is best at tearing off silk and untiing knots.

A few days later, Ye Zhao's cavalry and infantry arrived on the banks of the Longwu River. The scouts reported that more than ten miles ahead was Kewagaqu. Although this place was within Xunhua, County Mayor Han naturally could not take care of it.

The so-called Kewagaqu means "eighty merchants".

This area is ruled by Longwu Temple Xia Rikang Living Buddha. The Summer Cang was named "Longwu Hutuke Tuhong Xiu Miaowu National Master" by Qianlong. He became the political and religious leader of the twelve tribes. It has now passed down to the sixth generation. The temple is grand, with thousands of palaces, thousands of acres of cultivated land, more than a thousand horses, more than 5,000 cattle, tens of thousands of sheep, and more than a thousand monks in the temple, including more than 20 living Buddhas, including Saikang Living Buddha, Longwu Cang Living Buddha, Kasuhu Cang Living Buddha, All Ducang Living Buddha, etc.

Because the security guards of Linxia, ​​Xunhua, Lanzhou and the Han Dynasty often go to the Longwu Temple area to go to the area of ​​Longwu Temple, the Cang Living Buddha enclosed more than 100 acres of land on the west bank of the Longwu River, and built the place of merchants living in the upper and lower streets and one of the north and south city gates. He placed the merchants scattered around him, called Kewagaqu, and gradually formed a town.

In fact, there is no need for scouts. Afafu is very familiar with this area and has long told Ye Zhao that there is Longwu Temple more than ten miles ahead of him, and the east is the Huang Naihai tribe, one of the twelve tribes of Regong.

Afafu was riding a white horse and carrying a bird gun on his back. It was thought that it was seized by the officers and soldiers of the previous dynasty. Seeing that she couldn't let go, Ye Zhao felt pity. It seemed that the bird gun was already the best gun in her remnants. It was so simple, but it relied on more than a hundred cavalry to compete with the militia that had purchased a large number of breech guns eliminated by the Imperial Team. It was a very difficult time, but I heard that several militia suffered losses in her hands, but it was quite amazing.

Just as Ye Zhao was about to order the entire army to march urgently, hundreds of people were welcomed by the dirt road on the east side. The guards of the Xiaoqi Battalion came forward to interrogate, but Duo Rijie, the leader of Huang Naihai's tribe, led the tribe's clan members to welcome the officials from Xunhua County. The so-called Chaiwa is a class of livestock in the tribe, and is considered a rich peasant.

Ye Zhao had heard from Afafu that the heads of Huang Naihai's tribe were hereditary hundred households. They were originally weak among the twelve tribes of Regong, but in the past two years they started business with the Frank Party, exchanged cattle and sheep for dozens of rifles, bird guns and ammunition, and then expanded rapidly, snatching the grasslands of the tribe, cattle and sheep, and plowing land. They also won a great victory in the battle with the originally strongest Duwa tribe, becoming the most powerful tribe among the twelve tribes of Regong.

The head man Duo Rijie was taken to the horse. The thin and tiny man was so dark that he could only see the whites of his eyes rolling around, which showed that he was extremely cunning. He was wearing a sheepskin robe and a yellow silk tied with a yellow silk. He was dressed as a typical Tibetan nobleman, but in fact, the Tibetan monks had the habit of wearing yellow silk embroidered dragon jackets. I think he couldn't figure out the veins of the new dynasty now, so he didn't dare to wear them out and meet the officials.

"The noble general, the villain is Duo Rijie of Huang Naihai's tribe." Duo Rijie bowed and spoke Chinese, which was a little stiff. After all, it is very close to the Han area, and there are often Han people traveling in Shang, Tibetan nobles, and many of them know Chinese.

Ye Zhao winked, and his guards sang loudly. The errands that Ye Zhao arranged for him were "Pacifiers south of the Yellow River in Qinghai", and had the rights and responsibilities of "picking people's customs", "appointing officials" and so on.

Duo Rijie smiled even more strongly, and no matter how he looked at it, he bowed and said, "The little man saw the pacifier, please come to my tribe as a guest. The little man is willing to explain the local situation to the pacifier."

Ye Zhao thought about it, then nodded slightly, and asked Bai Laoheng to lead a hundred cavalry to Longwu Temple to invite the living Buddha Xia Ricang to meet at Huang Naihai's tribe, and there was a holy metaphor to declare. Although the word "官网" was used, it was clear who was the master and who was the guest.

Duorijie's face was full of joy. Xia Rikang Living Buddha was the leader of the political and religious twelve tribes in the local area. Now he had to come to his territory to pay homage to the imperial envoy. With hope of his status as the first tribe of Regong, he might be able to take over the title of Qianhu of the Kago tribe.

Immediately, under the leadership of Duo Rijie, the brigade marched eastward.

When he set off, Duo Rijie returned to the crowd and spoke a few Tibetan words loudly, and the fans immediately cheered and thundered.

Ye Zhao looked at Afafu, this ready-made translation.

Afafu said coldly: "He said that the Emperor of Central Plains will grant him a thousand households."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, thinking that this guy was also cunning.

After walking about a mile, I saw a village under the green grass slope, which had thatched houses, wooden houses, yurts, and brick-shaped yards.

The area where the twelve tribes of Regong is suitable for farming. All the twelve tribes settled down and were tribes that were farming and grazing.

There is a manor in the center of the village, covering a vast area. From the outside, it looks like a small palace in style. The main building is a three-story earthen tower castle.

Looking at the Tibetans in the village, Ye Zhao sighed slightly, and they looked dark and skeleton-like stunted. He wore a leather robe and looked at the chariots without any vitality in the summer.

Suddenly, a creature jumped out from the side. At first, Ye Zhao thought it was a wild dog, because it jumped out on all sides like a wild dog. When it grabbed the dry horse manure and put it in its mouth to chew it, Ye Zhao realized that it was a human being.

Then Duo Rijie's local soldiers cursed and beat the wild dog-like man with a whip, causing him to jump and run away, and screamed and fled to the grass in the village.

This is Nishi craftsman, that is, beggars. In Tibetan tribes, they are worse than dogs. When they meet them, they will be "going out to ghosts".

Duo Rijie was extremely flattering to Ye Zhao and gave up all the three-story earthen castle. He took his family to the side courtyard. Cai Yuhu (slave) in the earthen castle stayed to serve the pacification envoy.

At Duo Rijie's order, the Tibetans in the entire village left their homes with their families in a row. Ye Zhao later found out that they had given up their residences for the imperial officers and soldiers. The Tibetans all went to sleep on the grass slope behind the village. From a distance, they looked dark and crowded.

Although it was summer, no Tibetan dared to resist in a word from Duo Rijie. This shows his absolute influence on the entire tribe, or in other words, his tyrannical power.

When Ye Zhao found out, the house had been empty, and Ye Zhao didn't say anything. So what if the Tibetans came back? No one would be grateful to you, and maybe he thought about it. It would be difficult for you to understand their mental state in the primitive slave tribe. And he was born with a huge gap with you. It was not a simple matter to affect them.

In the convention hall of the Tumblance Fort, Ye Zhao heard Duo Rijie explain the system of his tribe. What interested Ye Zhao the most was that in Duo Rijie's "Presbyterian Church", one of the several official positions under him was called "Han Tu", who was responsible for messengers inside and outside the tribe and those who conveyed the instructions of thousands of households. In addition, he also collected taxes from passers-by merchants, etc. Among the twelve tribes of Regong, there were "Han Tu".

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You are also tracing the origin of the Han territory and never forget the owner of this land." In fact, Ye Zhao also knew that he was mostly a misunderstanding, but who asked him to give this name?

Duo Rijie smiled apologized, showed his yellow teeth and said, "Yes, yes."

In the evening, the Living Buddha of Xia Ricang came to the fort. Ye Zhao ordered Zheng Aqiao to declare the imperial edict and named Xia Ricang "Longwu Dale Miaowu National Master" to manage the Yellow Church affairs south of the Yellow River in Qinghai.

The face of the Living Buddha Xia Ricang changed slightly, but he received the order to thank him. Duorijie's eyes were turning faster and faster. The imperial edict of the Central Plains Emperor did not mention political affairs, and it was obvious that he wanted to deprive the Living Buddha of his power to manage secular affairs. Then these leaders would naturally be the emperor's first choice for the Emperor to manage Huangnan.

The appeaser's right and responsibility to "pick the customs of the people" and "appoint officials", so he naturally chose the managers here for the emperor.

Duorijie was nervous before seeing Ye Zhao, because he took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains and the Xunhua Hall was in a dim situation, and he embezzled the fields and grass mountains of other tribes. Now the emperor of the Central Plains established a county seat in Xunhua, and he couldn't help but worry that other tribes would go to Xunhua to sue him. Now, as long as he could appease this pacifier, he would have great hope to manage the twelve tribes of Huangnan Regong by himself.

While drinking butter tea, Ye Zhao actually complained slightly and was really unacceptable to drinking it. However, when he came to the Tibetan area, he seemed to feel that something was missing without taking a few sips.

"Master, please organize and verify the population of the twelve tribes of Regong, livestock, fields, pastures, and land in your temples, the number of monks and livestock. I will also ask you to sort out and verify it. This official should look at the previous view."

After all, he is the state master, and he is the national master, so he must use the words "master", "you", "please", etc., otherwise the big lama would feel uncomfortable, and his little pleasing envoy was as generous as a big man, so the big lama would not know what he would think.

After saying a few words, I used dinner together, and the Living Buddha of Xia Rikang said goodbye and left.

Oil lamps are lit everywhere in the earthen castle, and the oil lamps embedded in the recesses of the earthen walls are dotted, which is very exotic. Such fuel consumption shows that the summer warehouse has invested a lot.

When I arrived at the dormitory on the third floor, there were female guards standing outside. The female slave leading the way was carrying lanterns and was extremely short. I didn't dare to look at these senior officials from Zhongyuan.

The dormitory is extremely wide, with a huge red yarn bed in the middle, with red curtains hanging down from all sides, luxurious and romantic.

In the hazy red tent, Kasumi and Aiyue Yiori have already slept. They were bumpy for a few days, and they were afraid that they would find the comfort of the capital. This big bed would not seem crowded if they lay five or six people.
To be continued...