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Chapter 1688 Gaochang Incident (Part 1)

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    In March of the ninth year of Daye, Gaochang (now southeast of Gaochang District, Turpan City, Xinjiang).

    As the nominally most important affiliated force of the Sui Dynasty in the Western Regions, Gaochang has a very special status in the Western Regions.  Gaochang did not initially appear as a country in the Western Regions.

    During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, soldiers and their families were sent to farm in front of the Che Division, where they cultivated and guarded the fields.  During the reign of Emperor Yuan, a military barrier was built there. "The terrain is high and open, and the people are prosperous." It was called Gaochangbi, also known as Gaochang barrier.  At the same time, Wuji Xiaowei was established to rule in Gaochang and be in charge of farming and military affairs.

    By the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Han forces from Hexi entered the area in large numbers and successively established four independent Han kingdoms, namely Kan's Gaochang, Zhang's Gaochang, Ma's Gaochang and Qu's Gaochang.

    In the 21st year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (497), Ma Ru, the king of Gaochang of the Ma family, was killed by the people of the country; the people of Gaochang elected Ma Ru's eldest son Qujia as king.  The Qu clan first attached itself to Gaochang to Rouran, and then to Gaoche. They repeatedly paid tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty and asked to move inland.  At the same time, the political system of the feudal dynasties of the Central Plains was followed internally. Below the king, there was the Ling Yin who was equivalent to the prime minister; below, there were many administrative departments such as the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Ancestral Halls, the Ministry of Treasury, the Ministry of Storehouses, the Ministry of Hosts and Guests, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of War.  There are four counties and 18 counties in Gaochang.  Each city also imitated the architectural model of the inland cities, with centralized industrial and commercial operations, complete fire prevention and anti-theft facilities, the city gates were guarded by imperial guards, and each county and county were also guarded by Sima troops.

    Generally speaking, Gaochang can be regarded as a Han country, even if it is inevitable to be Huized due to its long-term presence in the Western Regions.  The kings of the Qu clan also maintained the ability of their ancestors to get things right and left, and they remained standing for more than a hundred years.

    The current king of Gaochang, Qu Boya, succeeded to the throne in the first year of Renshou. In order to get rid of the control of the Turks, Qu Boya sent envoys to make good friends with the Central Plains, and even took the lead in organizing the kings of the Western Regions to kneel down to welcome the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.  And Yang Guang was not ordinary to him. He once held a banquet for him in the Guanfeng Hall of Chang'an and generously rewarded him.  Even later, Qu Boya became the doctor of Zuo Guanglu, the prefect of Cheshi, and was granted the title of Bengong. His relative, Yuwen Yubo, was the wife of Princess Huarong.

    After Qu Boya accompanied Yang Guang in the Sui Dynasty to conquer Goguryeo, he returned to Gaochang and began to accelerate the Chineseization.

    It has to be said that Qu Boya was ahead of the other countries in the Western Regions in terms of Hanization.

    Of course, whether Qu Boya was pro-Sui or pro-Western Turks, he had a purpose. On the one hand, he wanted to expand his power externally, and on the other hand, he wanted to strengthen the royal power internally.

    At the beginning, because the power of the Sui Dynasty was strong and the Western Turks were in internal chaos, Qu Boya was more inclined to the Sui Dynasty. However, as the Sui Dynasty became weaker, the Western Turks gradually recovered their strength under the rule of Shekui Khan.  The competition for strategic hubs is becoming more and more intense.

    Qu Boya did not dare to offend both sides, so he had to please both sides.  But trying to please both sides actually means that you cannot please both sides.

    The Sui army was short of food in the Western Regions, and tribute from various countries accounted for an important pillar of military food replenishment. However, as many countries in the Western Regions cut off tribute under the strict orders of the Western Turks, Huang Mingliao had to step up his efforts to extort Gaochang.

    Gaochang has a warm climate, which is suitable for silkworm cultivation, re-ripening of grains and abundant crops.

    Huang Mingliao stationed troops in Luohu Town in the west, and Shiluoman Mountain in the north, overlooking Gaochang.  Qu Boya was afraid in her heart, and she had no choice but to supply Huang Mingliao's blackmail, without any shirk.  As for the Western Turks to the west, they mostly gave them money and goods, which greatly deepened Gaochang's burden.

    In fact, Qu Boya is still leaning towards the Sui Dynasty in his heart, because he is a Han citizen himself and respects Han culture more, but the Turkic faction in the country is not weak either.

    Qu Boya¡¯s father is Qu Gangu, and his biological mother is the daughter of the Turkic Datou Khan and the biological aunt of the Shekui Khan.  After the death of Qu Qiangu, the Turks wanted to control Qu Boya and ordered him to marry his mother according to Turkic customs.  Qu Boya, who had been influenced by Confucian culture since childhood, was forced to endure the humiliation and obey.

    And the domestic Hu people, led by his mother and his wife Ashina, were the biggest obstacles to Qu Boya's sinicization.

    At the end of last year, Qu Boya felt that the time had come to resist because of the Sui Dynasty's defeat of the Western Turks, so he ordered: "The predecessors thought that the country was in a borderland, and the border was fierce. There is no blame for the same people, and the left turban is worn. Now the Sui Dynasty rules  , the universe is unified. The whole world leads the earth, and everyone is in the same direction. When the lonely people are bathed in the gentle breeze, the common people are all transformed, and everyone above the common people should untie their braids and cut off their braids." That is to say, the people across the country are required to untie their braids and wear Central Plains costumes to speed up Chineseization.

    However, Qu Boya did not expect that this order would greatly intensify domestic conflicts.  Qu Boya's biological mother, Ashina, united with the Neihu people to overthrow Qu Boya's rule.

    On the second day of March, riots broke out in Linchuan City (now southwest of Shanshan County, Xinjiang).

    It was also because of the problem of unbraiding and making it easier to dress, so Qu Boya was helpless about this.  The country has a population of nearly 100,000, of which 30,000 are in Gaochang City alone.  The country was originally dominated by Han and Confucianism, but in recent years, there have been many turmoils in the Western Regions, and a large number of barbarians have entered Gaochang, which has become the greatest instability under the leadership of domestic pro-Western Turkic forces.? factors.

    This year Qu Boya has put down four rebellions, all because of the change of clothes. He really didn't expect that the majority of Han people in the country could cause such a big turmoil.

    Qu Boya also felt that the policy was too radical, but he had to do so.

    Han culture values ??centralization, while Hu people's culture is a tribal alliance. Qu Boya thought that as a king, he also had to centralize power, so he took this opportunity to sinicize in order to eliminate the opposition forces among the Hu people and strengthen the central government.  centralization.

    Although this road went too fast, too urgent, and too bumpy for a while, Qu Boya couldn't stop.

    So in the face of the rebellion of the Hu people, Qu Boya personally led his troops to conquer.

    The scale of the rebellion in Linchuan City was not large. After all, the Hu people in the country were still a minority, and those who opposed Sinicization were only a minority.  After Qu Boya put down the rebellion, he led his army back.

    But before Qu Boya arrived at the capital, he met his son Qu Wentai, who had escaped from the capital. He said that the Queen Mother Ashina had joined forces with Qu Boya's younger brother Qu Zhongfei and the Hu people's important minister Gulishidian to launch a rebellion.

    The Ashina clan and Gulishidian wanted to enable Gaochang to continue to be pro-Western Turks. As for Qu Zhongfei, they launched the rebellion solely for the sake of the throne.

    Qu Zhongfei is the younger brother of Qu Boya. In order to compete for the throne, he has always been close to the Turkic forces.

    This time the rebellion in Linchuan City was a plan by this group of people to divert the tiger away from the mountain.  Everyone was worried that Qu Boya would have too much power in the capital, so they deliberately created chaos, putting Qu Boya into a dilemma of quelling chaos everywhere.  When Qu Boya left the capital with his trusted troops and the capital was empty, they changed the color of the capital in one fell swoop.

    Qu Boya was shocked after hearing the inquiry, and immediately led his troops to rush to the capital to put down the rebellion. However, his troops were ambushed halfway by the Hu cavalry led by Gulishidian. Qu Boya was defeated and had to fight with Zhang Xiong, the man in charge of Wan Cao.  He fled Gaochang under the escort and went to Xizhou to seek help from the Sui Dynasty.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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