Zhao Quan's Development of White Lotus

It should be said that these white lotus desperados were the first Han immigrants who crossed the border into Mongolia. Mongolians are nomadic and have no fixed place to live. When Han people build houses and settle down, Mongolians call it "Bansheng", which means house. According to the records in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, at the end of Jiajing, there were more than 5, Han people who went to Fengzhoutan area in Mongolia, including more than 1, party followers before and after Bailian religion. These people developed nearly 1, hectares of Yunnei, Fengzhou and other places and even hundreds of villages. They are not simply immigrants, but a political force to be reckoned with. It is said that when Zhao Quan and others first arrived in Fengzhou, it happened that Anda had a leg disease. Zhao Quan, who knew a little about medical skills, risked his life to buy medicine in Yingzhou, and cured Ansa's disease. Ansa became close to Zhao and gradually became a confidant.

After years of border wars and looting by Mongolian troops, the people were in dire straits. Therefore, under the hype and incitement of the leader of Bailian Sect, the whole village often took the tattered family married with children to the Great Wall, so it was possible to accumulate more than 1, people in a short time, build villages and build castles, and gradually become a climate. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, Li Zixin returned to his hometown and persuaded the whole village to go to Fengzhou area with him. Li Zixin led all the believers to their hometown and shouted, "I have done great things in Bansheng. Come with me to benefit." On the day when the gate of the fort was opened, more than 32 residents, men and women, clothes and furniture were loaded by car and followed Li Zixin to Bansheng to live.

So, where did the rest of the Han population come from?

This should start with the social situation of the Great Wall in northwest China in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, when the country was founded, the Mongols were defeated, migrated to the desert, and split into tribes of all sizes. Although it was in decline for the time being, its archers were not less than one million, and many of them were driven by sergeants, ranging from thousands to thousands, and they repeatedly tried to make a comeback. Therefore, it is difficult for the Ming court to take it lightly. The Great Wall defense system in the border areas of the Ming dynasty has never stopped. In the early Ming dynasty, its political and military strength was obviously superior to that of Mongolia. In the mid-term, political corruption and the abandonment of border politics have gradually developed to an alarming degree. At that time, Emperor Jiajing loved Taoism and was bent on becoming an immortal. He taught himself in the deep palace and asked little about state affairs. Meanwhile, the party struggle in the cabinet became more and more fierce, and bureaucratic corruption grew, which was enough to bring disaster to the country and the people. Due to the long-term economic blockade of Mongolia, the lives of Mongolians have also suffered great damage. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, when the Mongolian forces gradually recovered, it was a common practice to plunder people and property across the border.