Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 567 The bitter fruit handed out by Zhao Xin

Qianlong asked Fukang'an to withdraw his troops. In addition to the pleading letter handed over by Bao Ning, the left deputy general of Dingbian, letting him know the determination of the North Navy to take Khalkha Mongolia, the letter forwarded by Xu Dayong to Liu Quan also played an important role. played a big role.He pawed and pulled the civil and military officials under him, and finally found that Fu Kang'an was the only candidate for the coach to enter Tibet.

Zhao Xin said one thing in the letter. He explained how Tenzin Banjul and Gurkhas reached an agreement to withdraw their troops two years ago, why Gurkhas withdrew their troops, and how Yamantai, the minister stationed in Tibet, concealed the truth. What happened was told exactly.

He warned Heshen that the Gurkhas would still invade Tibet; in addition, if Qianlong wanted to solve the problem of "Lamu boasting loyalty", it happened to be an opportunity.In exchange, he declared that the Northern Navy's southward attack would stop at Khalkha Mongolia.Considering the logistical difficulties of the Qing army's entry into Tibet, Beihai Township could provide a batch of military supplies including dry food and cotton-padded clothes at cost prices.

The reason why Zhao Xin would do this is that Beihai Town is beyond reach for Tibet, and must rely on the hands of Man Qing to stabilize the situation there.As for whether the Manchus would go to the plateau to eat barley noodles with lamas in the end, or even cross the Himalayas to compete with the British for territory, he didn't mind at all, and he was even happy to see the results.

We must know that in the history of another time and space, if the Qing army had not been ambushed in the "Battle of Palangu" and suffered heavy losses, it is estimated that even the capital of the Shah Dynasty, Yangbu (Kathmandu), had been defeated.

In Zhao Xin's plan, once the Qing army began to use troops in Qinghai-Tibet, he would even provide a batch of self-made rifled flintlock guns and muzzle-loading guns to support the Qing army's operations in Tibet.

Zhao Xin wasn't worried about the issue of weapons at all.Rifled guns are now available in Europe, but because the technology tree of metallurgy, ballistics and metal processing has to climb for a while, it is currently only an experimental weapon.The most important thing is that the rifled guns produced in Beihai Town all use flash caps. Without this, it is worse than a fire stick.

All of the above made Liu Quan startled when he saw the letter, and rushed back to Rehe to report without stopping.But He Shen thought Zhao Xin was crazy when he saw the letter at first, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Compared with He Shen, who was not good at military affairs, the wily and calculating Qianlong quickly understood what Zhao Xin wanted to do after reading the letter.

You must know that Liu Quan has been doing business with Beihai Town under the name of Heshen these years, but he has actually received Qianlong's tacit approval long ago.Man Qing had been fighting with Beihai Town for so many years. Although both sides were in an endless situation, they actually maintained a private contact channel.Spies and spies are certainly one aspect of spying on the enemy's situation, but normal business contacts can also have the effect of spying on the truth.

The small village in the south of Jeju Island, which was once used to attract refugees, has now become a bulk commodity distribution center in Beihai Town. Every day, hundreds of businessmen from the inland, Lee Dynasty, and island countries come ashore for trade, and it is very lively.Although Shen Jingdan is very strict about the personnel stationed in the Ministry of Trade, but after interacting with these people for a long time, he will still reveal some words.

Just like Beihai Town and Li Chao's discussion about the territorial issue of North Hamgyong Province, it was a clerk of the Ministry of Trade who accidentally said it out.

Combining all kinds of information obtained over the years, Qianlong already had a certain understanding of Zhao Xin's character. The most prominent thing was that this person's ambition to expand the territory was greater than his own.Relying on the secret method of "Thousands of Miles of Voice Transmission", Beihai Town can effectively manage various places, which made Qianlong envious.

In order to teach Tsarist Russia to invade Heilongjiang, Zhao Xin was able to fight from Heilongjiang City to the Yenisei River; in order to teach Nguyen Hue, he actually helped Nguyen Phuc Anh to capture Binh Thuan, and took the opportunity to take Lang Son into his pocket.Now that Gurkha is eyeing Houzang covetously, of course he will not sit idly by.This time it seems that because he is beyond his reach, he wants to swallow the land of Gurkha under the hands of the court.

Although Qianlong couldn't eat and was unwilling to be reconciled to Zhao Xin's coercion, after repeated consideration, he found that he had no better way out besides agreeing to the other party's conditions.

Since Agui led the army to go out, Qianlong instructed Heshen and Prince Jia Yongyan to secretly transport some treasures from the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace to Xi'an one after another.In addition, almost 300 million taels of deposit silver have been quietly transported to Xi'an. The money comes from the Chongwenmen tax customs and the Qing court's crime silver; because it belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the officials of the six ministries do not know the specific income and expenditure.

All of this is a preparation for the future escape to the west, and it is also to leave a way out for Aixinjueluo's family.After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they slaughtered all the imperial clan of the former Ming Dynasty. Qianlong knew that Zhao Xin would have to settle this account no matter what, otherwise he would not be able to inherit the legal system of the former Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the tens of thousands of clans after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Aixinjueluo family's yellow belt and red belt now add up to a total of more than 4000 people.According to the Qing system, the clan was not allowed to leave Beijing without an imperial decree; it was fine to do so in normal times, but if the Beihai Navy suddenly landed from Dagukou and pushed into Beijing, they would definitely be wrapped up.

Although Qianlong is in his eighties, his mind is not confused at all. Under the strong pressure of Beihai Town for many years, it is Jiang Guizhi who is old and spicy!He could tell from when Zhao Xin sent troops to Outer Mongolia that once the Beihai Navy took Khobduo, it would be a matter of time before the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

As a result, Qinghai-Tibet is the only escape route on land.But here comes another problem. Although the Qinghai-Tibet region has a vast territory, the climate is harsh and the land is sparsely populated. There is really no hope for the Manchus to make a comeback.

Now that Zhao Xin mentioned the Gurkha incident, Qianlong discovered another opportunity.He first found Qian Deming, a French missionary who served in the Qing Palace and the last president of the Society of Jesus in China.

Qian Deming, whose name is Joseph, has a full name of "Jean Joseph Marie Amiot".This person is 73 years old this year. He entered the Qing Palace in 1751. He was a missionary who strictly abided by the rules of the society, worked actively, and was knowledgeable. His special status after entering the court enabled him to make great academic contributions.He compiled the French versions of "Confucius" and "Chronology of Chinese Emperors", and translated Qianlong's "Imperial Shengjing Poems" into French. After it was spread to Europe, Voltaire was fascinated by it.Because of his deep trust in Qianlong, he was also responsible for the task of translating letters between Qianlong and Louis XVI.

Qianlong asked Qian Deming to send a letter to the governor of the French East India Company and Louis XVI each, proposing that the Qing Dynasty would join forces with the French government to fight against the ever-expanding British East India Company in Tianzhu.For this reason, the Qing Dynasty needed the help of France to gain a firm foothold in northern Tianzhu by the way after finishing Gurkha.

Qian Deming was excited when he heard it.Since Pope Clement XIV announced the disbandment of the Society of Jesus 18 years ago, the "Miso Society" has occupied the residence and church of the Society of Jesus in the Beijing mission area.Some of the Jesuits who stayed in Beijing to serve the court died of exhaustion, while others struggled to survive in sorrow, and Qian Deming could do nothing about it.

Right now, His Majesty Qianlong, the Great Emperor of the East, is going to unite with France to attack India and fight against Britain. This is definitely good news for Qian Deming.Maybe His Majesty the King will restore the legal status of the Jesuits because of the brilliant victory in India with the Qing Empire. You must know that revival of the Jesuits is his lifelong wish.

However, neither of these two knew at this time, and now Louis XVI's words are useless!Moreover, Leclerc, the governor of the French East India Company, had already contacted Beihai Town in advance, let alone thinking about signing an agreement with Beihai Town, the purpose was to deal with the aggressive British.

Well, everything is messed up!

But it is one thing to bring Fukang'an back, and quite another to accept the defeat of Khalkha Mongols.In order to find a way to secretly cooperate with Beihai Town politically and avoid criticism from the Mongolian princes of the Left Wing, Horqin, and Khalkha, Qianlong had to put on a stance to fight Beihai Town.

On October 1791, 10, that is, September 1th in the 56th year of Qianlong, Agui, a scholar of economics and strategy of the Qing court, after experiencing a disastrous night attack, suddenly received Qianlong's [-]-mile urgent order.

In this edict, Qianlong told Agui that now the Gurkhas are hiding from the rear and the bandits are being invaded, and it is imperative for the imperial court to send troops, so the generals must do their best to fight back the bandits.

".I understand God's virtue of loving life, but such a cunning person who wants to succeed must not be forgiven lightly. If it is a pity for the world to pass on to future generations, then why should I test the spirit of the emperor's ancestors? The so-called exorcising the front Between Dysprosium. Make the ointment smear the grass and the wild without giving it away. If Zhao Xin does not get it, the world will be restless for a day, and soldiers will be sent to wipe it out. If the generals can quickly capture the leader of the bandit, they will be defeated. The imperial court will also show great kindness to you and others. This battle is to declare the imperial court's majestic precepts, not to confuse the people, to show the people's popularity, and to make all the Mongolian ministries obey (sound the same fold), and everything will be ordered. This has been sent to Lebao, Xingzhao, Songyun and others to know."

When Agui heard it, her head suddenly became dizzy, and she thought she was still fighting?It's not bad if you can keep it!

However, after the eunuch passed the decree, after reading the edict, he asked Ah Gui to withdraw from the commander's tent, saying that he had something extremely important to tell.Although Agui didn't want to hook up too much with the eunuch, he guessed that Qianlong had something to convey alone, so he followed suit.

Sure enough, the eunuch waited for a while, and when everyone in the commander's tent retreated, he immediately stood facing the south, and said in a deep voice: "There is a decree, Ah Gui kneels down and listens."

Agui hastily knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Minister Agui, listen respectfully to the oracle!"

"The emperor said that it is important to fight the Northern Sea Pirates, but it is to protect the country and the country of the Qing Dynasty. , Qianfeng Battalion, Suiyuan and Shaanxi-Gansu troops suffered heavy losses."

What? ! !Ah Guixin said that this is still a joke, if you don't take people's lives, it will definitely be useless!

The eunuch paused for a moment, then said softly: "What the emperor means is that Zhongtang might as well send someone to talk with the opposite party to see if we can have a decent fight, so that the Mongolian ministries can see clearly that the court has also tried its best."

Ah Gui looked at the eunuch passing the decree in disbelief, confirmed that he had heard correctly, and there was a buzzing in his head, and the whole person couldn't fix it.After a long while, he kowtowed and said, "I obey the order!"

Since the disastrous defeat two days ago, the Qing army has never launched a large-scale operation against the Northern Navy inside and outside Zamen Chaher Mountain.Agui has been looking for a way to defeat the enemy, but no matter how hard he thinks, as long as he thinks that the Beihai cannons can reach a distance of more than ten miles or even twenty or thirty miles, and there are even "strange lights" that can illuminate several miles at night. , any tricks are useless.

He is 74 years old. He has fought in the north and south for so many years, and has encountered countless opponents.Bold and rampant like Sha Luoben, treacherous and reckless like Amur Sana, bold and unrestrained like Huo Jizhan brothers.It was so difficult to fight Myanmar back then, but the imperial army was still able to win a big battle in Laoguantun.

But why is this North Sea Pirate so difficult to fight? !Even though the imperial court exhausted all their efforts, they still couldn't get any advantage. On the contrary, they watched Zhao Xin get bigger step by step and had no choice but to do anything about it.

All of Agui's emotions now can be translated into one sentence, that my death today is not a crime of war.However, these words can only be rotten in the stomach, and they cannot be said to others at all.

The only way he can think of now is to use human life to pave a way of flesh and blood.But the problem is that even if he dared, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion of the Eight Banners would not agree. Many of them had been prisoners of Beihai Town, and the lesson was too profound!
The eunuch who delivered the decree left under the escort of two imperial guards. Ah Gui sat in front of the desk and frowned, reading and rereading the edict over and over again.After about half an hour, his gray eyebrows twitched and he finally understood Qianlong's intentions.

If you want to make a big fight, you have to retreat with reason and evidence, so that the Mongolian ministries can't speak.After understanding the key point, Ah Gui called his personal soldier, Captain Geshha, and gave him instructions in a low voice for a long time.

In the evening of the same day, a Qing army composed of ten forward battalion armor soldiers rode out of the camp.The armored soldiers who were in charge of guarding the gate of the camp thought they were a small team going out to spy, and thought they were really warriors.After verifying their badges and passwords, the team galloped towards the northeast and quickly disappeared over the horizon.

In the early morning of the next day, the team came back fully intact, but each of them looked extremely ugly.The half-night stay in the Beihai camp was too shocking for them.

The company commander of the Beihai Navy who greeted them specially took ten armored soldiers around the artillery position for half a circle. Under the light and shadow of the night, more than 100 long and thick artillery barrels made the livers of the armored soldiers tremble.

In addition, they had a supper in the camp of Beihai Navy. After listening to the muttering of the cooks, they learned that Beihai Haijun had a supper at night in addition to eating three meals a day.

Fan Tong, who was in charge of meeting them, heard the message from Captain Agui's personal soldiers, and then said with a smile: "This matter is simple! Let you rest assured! Is it enough to give him three days to prepare? Not enough Just five days! After five days, we will dispatch in the morning, and then you can run away."

The captain of the personal army was so angry that he was so angry that he thought he had never seen such a bully!But the Beihai Navy just can't beat it, how can it be reasonable?
On the morning of October 10, after Agui received the news from the captain of the soldiers, he had a secret talk with Le Bao, Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, General Xingzhao of Suiyuan, and Song Yun, Minister of Kulun Affairs, and then ordered an increase in the account. A military meeting was held.

Three trumpets sounded, drums sounded in front of the commander's tent, and the flag officer of the Chinese army stood outside and sang loudly: "The commander-in-chief is promoted!"

All civil servants and military generals arrived one after another, and they all signed up loudly. When they entered, they saw the royal blue Wangming flag and the red Wangming card placed in the middle of the handsome table, and two black lacquered screens were placed behind the seats.

When Ah Gui was wearing a first-class python suit and a winter cap with colorful eyes, and walked into the tent with heavy steps, the civil and military officials who participated in the military meeting had already stood in line on the left and right, waiting quietly and silently.In the courtyard outside the hall stood a circle of soldiers from the Firearms Battalion holding blunderbusses, all of them were silent, with a chilling air.

Ah Gui went straight to the seat and stood up according to the case.A group of civilian and military generals "slapped" the horse's hoof sleeves, and hundreds of people inside and outside the hall beat Qian'er together, and the sound shook the hall.

"Greetings, Bachelor of Economics!"

"Stand up, everyone." Agui said dryly with no expression on her face, "Please sit down, all three!"

People seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Le Bao, the general of Suiyuan Xingzhao, and the minister of affairs of Kulun, Song Yun, bowed upwards and sat down with their hands on their knees.The rest of the civil and military assistants returned to their posts and stood with hands down, peeking at the handsome case from time to time. Ah Gui also sat down, and turned his face to tell the flag officer: "Roll the roll!"

After the roll call was completed, Ah Gui habitually gave a light cough, and the triangular eyes under the gray eyebrows scanned everyone in the tent.Everyone felt the majesty from this light cough, and held their breath even more, not daring to look up.

Agui slowly opened his mouth and said: "It has been more than 170 years since the founding of the country by Taizu. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has devoted himself to making a living for the world and benefiting Li Yuan for decades. Since the 49th year of Qianlong, the North Sea bandits have killed our officers and soldiers, seized our ancestral land in the Qing Dynasty, and repeatedly invaded the sea and borders, becoming more and more arrogant. Now they invade the land of Khalkha, and they are like a lot of eggs. The Zhao bandits are stubborn and vow to fight It is really hateful for the heavenly soldiers to fight against each other!"

In the solemn atmosphere in the tent, although Agui spoke impassionedly, her heart was full of bitterness.

At this time, more than 20 generals from the firearms battalion in the tent heard Agui talking angrily, and they were all thinking in their hearts, saying that Dajunmen was planning to fight the North Sea pirates to the death?God!This guy won't be insane, right?With the cannon and quick guns on the opposite side, it's useless to go to many people!

(End of this chapter)