Volume 6 284
Wanxi looked at Yurui quietly.
"...If I only have a wide travel and extensive friendship, I will write only the second book "Xu Xiake's Travels", which records nothing more than geography, hydrology, vegetation, and landforms. Sometimes it may involve customs and cultures. But what I want to read is more than these."
"I want to know the people in that place, especially those Hui nobles who dared to confront the court, where their families came from, who gave them the power they had, and what power they rely on... These are things that the 'another Xu Xiake' could not tell me."
Yu Rui nodded too.
Wanxi blinked at Yu Rui wisely, "This person not only needs to travel and communicate, but also needs to stand at the height of the temple and have an insight into the general trend of the world. You even need to know the latest battle report in the northwest - this person, if he is not in the Military Affairs Office, he will not be able to write such content at all."
Yu Rui also smiled, looked back and quietly looked outside, closed the partition door, and whispered, "...This military aircraft Zhao Zhangjing, is so brave, but his heart is delicate. He could actually think of what his master wants to know now, so he really dared to even write the news from the Military Service Bureau in the hidden way."
"If you are not careful and this note falls into the hands of others, someone will impeach him and leak the military aircraft. That is a serious crime of beheading!"
Wanxi took advantage of Yu Rui's unpreparedness and suddenly reached out and pulled the book back from Yu Rui's back, then hugged it in her arms and pressed it on her stomach.
Yu Rui exclaimed, but Wanxi laughed proudly, "But what about my belly, do you dare to rob it?"
Yu Rui could only beg for forgiveness, "Master, please spare me, stop making trouble. The slave lets the master, and it will be better if he doesn't rob me?"
Only then did Wanxi move the book off her belly and press it under the pillow.
Yu Rui sat down on the red sandalwood feet under the kang, holding her hands on her knees, holding her cheeks on her left and right, and looked up at Wanxi, asking, "...I know that Zhao Zhangjie is full of knowledge, but he is from Jiangnan after all. If he said that he had been to the Western Regions and had seen the Erut Mongolia and Hui people with his own eyes, I would not believe it!"
Wanxi blinked, "He has never been there. His family was poor. He went to the capital as a teenager, and then he worked as a staff member for the ministers. Later, he wrote thank-you poems for the emperor's imperial sons... He was busy earning money to support his family, so how could he go so far?"
"That's it!" Yu Rui slapped his knees, "Why does the master believe what he wrote?"
Wanxi smiled, "I believe that even if he doesn't know the story of Junggar and returning to Xinjiang, there is one person in the court who must know clearly - that is Liu Tongxun. Liu Tongxun was sent by the emperor as a Han master and wanted to draw all the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains into the map. He personally took people to inspect them."
"And you forgot that Zhao Yi was originally an aide to Liu Tongxun's family, and helped Liu Tongxun compile "History of the National Dynasty". Even what he heard Liu Tongxun say is detailed enough and credible."
Yu Rui suddenly realized, "I forgot about it!"
Wanxi blinked, "I have always admired Zhao Yi as a talent. It's a pity that he got married early, otherwise I had a little thought back then and wanted to tell Yu Ye to him - it's a pity that Yu Ye's heart is elsewhere."
After Wanxi said that, she glanced at Yurui, smiled, and did not continue talking.
Yu Rui's face turned red, and his heart was covered with hair and his hands were tugging, "Master, did you even touch the heart of telling the slave to him?"
Wanxi smiled faintly and raised her eyes quietly, "It's a pity that you are like Yuye, and your heart is also elsewhere - I will not force you."
Yu Rui stood there awkwardly with a red face, feeling speechless. Wanxi smiled and raised her hand to call her, "Come on, I'll tell you the story of the Return Department."
Yu Rui was also anxious to sweep the embarrassment over this point, and asked seriously, "What are you looking at in that book? What are you looking at in the slogan? Saint, what are you from Tianfang Kingdom? Master, what are you talking about?"
Wanxi thought for a while and said, "Just like our Qing Dynasty princes, because they are the sons-in-law of the royal family, they all enjoy the status and salary equivalent to the royal family because of the identity of the prince. For example, our family Lawang, this time, is a public-grade rank and enjoys the salary of the duke."
"And the Mongolian princesses are called 'Tabunang'. They also have corresponding territories and powers because they married the princess."
Yu Rui nodded.
Wanxi then opened the book and pointed to the word "Hezhuo", "This time the Hezhuo family of the tribe is said to be the descendants of their prophet named Muhammad's daughter and son-in-law. Although they are not direct descendants of Muhammad, they also enjoy corresponding power and status because they are descendants of son-in-law."
Yu Rui understood this, "Because they were descendants of the prophet 'Son-in-law', they had the status and prestige of a nobleman in the Hui tribe."
Wanxi nodded, "So Kashgar, Yarkand and other places all regard the people of their family as lords. The brothers Big and Little Hezhuo are the people of this family."
Yu Rui frowned, "They have such a sacred identity related to the prophet... Isn't this battle in the court very difficult to fight?"
Wanxi smiled and shook her head, "I said, they are the same family. Since they are a family, Huimen has many Hezhuo, not only big, but the two brothers Xiaohezhuo. The other Hezhuo may not be the same as the big, and the little Hezhuo brothers."
"If there are other Hezhuo who are willing to join forces with the court and fight against Hezhuo brothers, the local people in Hui's army will be able to accept it."
Yu Rui raised his eyes and looked at Wanxi, "Then, is there such a profound understanding of the righteousness of Hui tribe? "
Wanxi smiled, "Yes. For example, the emperor just issued an order to actually be named Emin Hezhuo, and there is a "Hezhuo" in his title. Although I cannot be sure whether he comes from the Hezhuo family or is respected as "Hezhuo" because of his status and prestige, in short, there are still nobles who are deeply aware of righteousness in the upper class of the Hui tribe."
Yu Rui nodded, "This Emin and Zhuo, the slave Ama also talked about it. The slave Ama said that his family was originally Burke from the 'Picen City', and it was a big family in Turpan. Later, Turpan was occupied by the Junggar, and his two brothers were also killed by the Junggar. Emin and Zhuo led their families to refuse to surrender and moved east to Gansu."
"When Emperor Kangxi attacked Junggar, Emin and Zhuo led his people to surrender to the court. During the reign of Emperor Yongzheng, he was named "Zasak Fuguo Duke"; in our Qianlong Dynasty, Emin and Zhuo were named Duke Zhenguo in the 19th year, and in the 21st year, he was named Beizi."
Chapter completed!