XIII. The Kokand Rebellion (5)
Coming to the Qing Dynasty, is it a blessing or a curse? This question has been hovering in Nasir Din Khan's mind for a long time, especially since he escaped several times before stealing his life from under the iron cavalry of the Russian Cossack cavalry, and after arriving in Ili, although he was entertained according to the rules of the domain, the governor of Xinjiang has not been willing to meet with him, and the foreign lang of the Li Fan Yuan, who is also a Hunan Yanke in front of the governor's car, impatiently copes with himself with a very heavy Xiangjiang accent, and he is really worried about when the Chinese will tie himself up and give it to the Russians.
I heard that the capital of Kokand had fallen, which was inevitable, but I didn't expect the bad news to be so fast, Nasir al-Din Khan received the news, and couldn't bear it anymore, ignoring the excuse of the outsider, and rushed towards the governor's palace.
The outside of the Governor's Mansion was heavily guarded, but it was scattered by Nasir Din Khan with his personal entourage, and the guards also knew the identity of Nasir Din Khan, so they did not dare to stop it very much, otherwise they would have been driven out of the Governor's Mansion long ago by relying on a few of their relatives and a down-and-out scholar.
The king of any khanate attaches great importance to the appearance of clothing, I saw Nasir al-Din Khan with blue eyes with two delicate beards, the beard was trimmed very neatly, with a white embroidered gold-rimmed hat on his head, wearing a white robe, the lord of the country is only in his early thirties, his nose is erect, his long eyebrows are in the sideburns, and his sleeves are fluttering, it is the most charming time for men, but at this time, Nasir al-Din Khan's eyes have no previous calmness, and he looks melancholy and angry, "How long has this cooled us all here, Wait any longer, my royal city will be invaded by the Russians! No, I must see the Governor today! ”
The governor who guarded the door was born and died, and he was afraid that the king of a small country in Fanbang, the chief of the guard was a little impatient, and was about to ask someone to throw it out, and he looked like a scholar. The thirties in the green shirt ran over panting, and grabbed Nasir al-Din Khan, "Ouch, my Khan King, why are you here again?" Didn't I say that? The man smiled at the chief of the guard, and whispered to Nasir al-Din Khan. In this matter, whether to restore the country or send troops, this is not something that the governor can say. ”
"I know it's not him who has the final say, it's just that he's left me here for so long, I'm afraid he'll forget me," Nasir al-Din Khan calmed down and shouted to his entourage, "If it's not the affairs of any country, if no one mentions them." It's all so silently submerged, I think it's the same in China, you say it's a big deal, I can go to Beijing to eat, but what's the difference between this and death? Nasir al-Din Khan said firmly, "No matter what the outcome is, I must not sit still." ”
"You're pretty clear about China's rules," the scholar wiped his cold sweat. "But you can't get in now."
The Khan's entourage took out a white blanket and placed it in the center of the gate of the governor's yamen. "It doesn't matter if you can't get in or not," Nasir al-Din Khan waved the hem of his white robe, sat cross-legged on the blanket, knelt behind him with his relatives, and knelt neatly, "I don't believe it." Then the Governor will not see me," Nasir-al-Din Khan was not a fool, and knew that he had to be informed by the guards, so he whispered to the Xiucai, who he relied on as a wise man, "Go and make peace with the guards." It's just a matter of getting the word out and not embarrassing them. ”
Originally, the heavily guarded governor Yamen slowly gathered idle people, etc., the Chinese are the most like to be lively, although the scorching sun shines on the head, but not much, but also gathered a lot of people onlookers, Nasir al-Din Khan so faceless, Xiucai can't, so I have to go forward to ask grandpa to tell grandma, fighting his identity as a reader, cheeky to ask the chief of the guard to pass it on.
This Xiucai was the first batch of people who came to the northwest to serve as a scholar in the past, he went a little far, greedy for the customs, left Ili, arrived at the Kokand royal city, the nobles in the city also know that now they can learn Chinese and become officials in China, this Xiucai is very popular, every day is the prince's seat guest, he does not want to return to the country, only in Kokand to open the Mongolian school is afraid that he can make gold every day, did not expect that the Russian iron horse is flying, and the army will come to Kokand in an instant, the old Khan king abdicated, the new Khan king took the throne, and the intention was to fight to the death, Unexpectedly, three battles and three defeats, the royal city was already in danger, this show talent had the courage to cover the sky, broke into the palace, and advocated to enter China, save himself, and then ask for help, this is also his own selfishness, otherwise the Russians are most unlikely to let go of the Chinese, Nasir al-Din Khan came east, can he leave himself? You need to know that you can also be a translator. If you are in Xinjiang, you can at least put it in a county to learn, don't underestimate these scholars, the children of the Xinjiang tribes, the orders of the government are listened to less, only to these masters are respectful, so this Xiucai can also pretend to be a big-tailed wolf in front of the lord of Kokand, and the chief of the guard saw that there were more and more passers-by around, and he was afraid that something would go wrong, so he reluctantly went in to report, and that Xiucai stood on the side of the stone lion with his hands in his sleeve and waited.
Nasir al-Din Khan sat cross-kneeled on the blanket, the scorching sun shining overhead, sweat dripping from his sideburns, sweat flowing down his cheeks into his clothes, he remained motionless, staring at the soldiers standing in two rows at the Governor Yamen, his heart was a mess, will the Chinese help themselves?
It seems that a century has passed, a Goshha came out and said something to that Xiucai, Xiucai's face was happy, and he hurriedly ran over, "King Khan, the Governor is willing to see you!" Hurry up, please. ”
Nasir al-Din Khan smiled at the corners of his mouth, stood up with difficulty, broke free from the support of his entourage, straightened his clothes, and entered the governor's palace with his head held high.
That Xiucai was satisfied and ready to leave, he felt that his mission had been completed, but he didn't expect that Goshha stretched out his hand and stopped him, "Your Excellency the Governor also wants to see you, let's go in together!" ”
Xiucai stretched out his index finger suspiciously and pointed at himself, "I'm going to go in too?" The Governor is busy with government affairs, so I won't bother you here. ”
"The people you brought with you, it's not suitable to go there, quick, don't be verbose," the Goshha pushed impatiently, and the Xiucai also stumbled into the governor's palace.
Xiucai followed Nasir al-Din Khan with a face full of grievances, bypassed a few verandahs, and arrived at the White Tiger Festival Hall, which was not the place of the governor Su Ri, which was the main hall for summoning ministers and dealing with angels. (To be continued.) )