Chapter 700 Qianlong: You know nothing!
[As mentioned earlier, Zhu Houzhao happily took over the "Hongzhi Restoration" stall, but was hit hard by his friends on the grassland.]

[Coincidentally, Yongzheng was also hit by a stick by his friends as soon as he ascended the throne. ]

In August of the first year of Yongzheng's reign (1723), Lobsang Danjin summoned the leaders of various grassland tribes in Qinghai and asked them to give up their titles in the Qing Dynasty.

【Lobsang Danjin called himself Dalai Lama Hun Taiji, demanded to control all tribes, and plotted to split Qinghai.】

[In response to this rebellion, Yongzheng adopted a two-handed policy. ]

[On the one hand, he sent someone to announce the imperial edict to Lobsang Danjin, asking him to stop fighting and make peace. If he did not do so, he would be punished.]

【On the other hand, Yongzheng ordered the Governor-General of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Nian Gengyao, to be prepared and ready to send troops to quell the rebellion at any time.】

[Lobsang Danjin turned a deaf ear to Yongzheng's warnings. He pretended to withdraw his troops and imprisoned Changshou, the minister sent by Yongzheng to Xining City to handle border affairs.]

[In addition, Lobsang Danjin also contacted Chahan Nomen, the great lama of Taer Monastery, hoping that he could support him.]

[Ta'er Monastery is a holy place for the Gelugpa sect, and Chahan Nomen has many followers. His support means a great increase in power.]

【Chahan Nomen chose to support Lobsang Danjin, and suddenly, as many as 200,000 people came to Lobsang Danjin.】

[With the support of Chahan Nomon, Lobsang Danjin was even more powerful, and the rebellion quickly spread to Qinghai, and people in Gansu and Sichuan were also unstable. ]

In October of the first year of Yongzheng's reign (1723), Lobsang Danjin's army launched a large-scale attack on Nanchuan Shenzhong Fort, Xichuan Zhenhai Fort and Beichuan New City around Xining Prefecture.

[Although Xining was not captured, the Qing Dynasty's road to Tibet was cut off, causing shock along the border.]

……

Ming Dynasty - Emperor Wu Period
Zhu Houzhao stroked the heater in his hand, looking puzzled.

"What's so strange about this?"

"If your father attacks the Dzungars, then the people here will surely be terrified and ready to take action."

"It's not like this is a big blow. I didn't lose."

Zhu Houcong, a young man who was called into the palace as a tutor, was hesitant to speak.

Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes and spoke lazily.

"Just say what you want to say."

Zhu Houcong said cautiously:

"Brother, is there a possibility that..."

"The rest of Kangxi's princes are waiting to see the joke?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment.

You know what, it really touched upon my blind spot in knowledge.

"... Such a heavy blow..."

Zhu Houzhao's tone was obviously a little disappointed.

I thought it was no big deal.

Isn't it just that the brothers are eyeing the throne?

it's a pity.

……

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Kangxi frowned.

After Galdan's defeat, Chahan Torohai broke away from the control of the Dzungar Khanate, and each tribe governed independently, in a chaotic situation with no leader.

He then found another son of Gushri Khan, Zhashibatu, and appointed him as a vassal king, making him the leader of the tribes in Qinghai in order to counter the pressure from the Dzungar Khanate in the west.

This Lobsang Danjin is the son of Tashibatu...

"It's time to enfeoff the princes."

Kangxi looked at the golden lotus in his hand and said leisurely:

"To assign assistants, one must also have subordinates."

……

[The alarm reached the capital, and Yongzheng was determined to suppress the rebellion by force. He appointed Nian Gengyao as the General of Fuyuan, Yan Xin as the General of Pingni, and Yue Zhongqi as the General of Fenwei.]

[Yongzheng ordered all ministers, governors, and provincial governors in charge of border defense to obey Nian Gengyao's orders.]

[After receiving the order, Nian Gengyao immediately led his troops from Gansu to Xining.]

[Afterwards, troops were sent to garrison in Yongchang and the Bulongji River area to prevent the rebels from causing chaos.]

[They also divided their troops to guard Batang, Litang, Huangshengguan and other places to cut off the enemy's passage into Tibet.]

[At the same time, he asked Emperor Yongzheng to have General Fu Ning'an station troops in Turpan to cut off the connection between the rebels and the Junggar tribe.]

……

Period of Jihan and Emperor Huai

Zhuge Liang looked at the defenses in the sky, turned to Liu Chan and said:
"Your Majesty, can you tell what Nian Gengyao is up to?"

Liu Chan knew that his father-in-law was planning to test him again, and he immediately became nervous.

He sat up straight, stuttering:

"Is it... do we want to attack from four locations?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty is smart."

"So is this attack feasible?"

Is it feasible?
Liu Chan looked up and frowned in deep thought.

Then I thought of Sarhu.

"Qinghai is a vast area, and the enemy has no less than 200,000 troops. If the forces are dispersed, they will be attacked from all sides."

"It is better to use inaction as a deterrent, and then send another general to lead a group of elite soldiers to follow the example of the cavalry and attack the enemy directly."

Zhuge Liang smiled with relief.

As expected, Your Majesty simply lacks insight and has a problem with his knowledge.

There is no irreversible damage to the brain.

Fortunately.

At first, he was quite worried about what would happen to His Majesty in the future.

But after looking at the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, he felt that he had nothing to worry about.

……

[In the first month of the second year of Yongzheng's reign (1724), the Qing army defeated tens of thousands of rebels with only soldiers. The rebels surrendered to the Qing Dynasty one after another, totaling more than people.]

[On the eighth day of the second month, General Yue Zhongqi led 5,000 cavalrymen to launch a surprise attack. They marched westward from Xining City for twelve days and captured the main force of Lobsang Danjin in the wilderness at dawn on the thirteenth day.]

[Lobsang Danjin's troops woke up from their dreams, but their horses were not saddled and they were unable to fight. In an instant, the entire army collapsed and fled in all directions. Lobsang Danjin hurriedly changed into women's clothes and slipped away to the Dzungar Khanate.]

[Yue Zhongqi pursued him relentlessly, running 300 miles a day. Two days later, he caught up with him at Sangluohai in the southwest corner of Qinghai.]

[The red willows covered the sky and there was no sign of human life. Yue Zhongqi had no choice but to return with his captives, including Lobsang Danjin's mother.]

[It took Yue Zhongqi only fifteen days from the time he set out to the time he won a great victory, and he completely conquered the Qinghai area of ​​about 600,000 square kilometers and incorporated it into the territory of the Qing Dynasty.]

[This is the most famous battle in the history of the Qing Dynasty, comparable to the Da Tsereng raid on Tibet.]

【Yongzheng said that this victory was a great achievement that had never been experienced in the past ten years.】

[So Nian Gengyao was conferred the title of first-class duke, and Yue Zhongqi the title of third-class duke.]

[Soon after, Nian Gengyao eliminated the remnants of the rebels and submitted 13 suggestions for post-war settlement.]

[He also proposed twelve things to ban Qinghai. Yongzheng thought his suggestions were thorough and effective, so he adopted them all.]

[The suppression of the rebellion, coupled with these follow-up measures, enabled the Qing Dynasty to govern Qinghai more effectively.]

……

{So Yongzheng's martial arts are also quite interesting. Don't worry about whether the Qinghai campaign was a lucky break, but it did contribute to the expansion of territory.}
{Then it is true that if you earn wealth beyond your cognition, you will throw it away beyond your cognition.}
{An inexplicable balance was reached between expansion and loss of territory.}
{Yue Zhongqi, it seems like there aren't many serious things to say?}
{Because this person has maxed out his buff points, he is a descendant of Yue Fei and in the Qing Dynasty, he was the General of Ningyuan, the last general who was not a member of the royal family.}
{He held the military power of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Eight Banners obeyed his orders. He turned from civil officials to military officials, launched a blitzkrieg, drove out the Zunghars and Tibet, pacified Qinghai, and frightened the troublemakers, calling him the Demon King. He made great contributions to the expansion of territory, but unfortunately Yongzheng gave him a bad ending. He was beheaded and imprisoned, and everything was taken away from him. When he came out again, it was Qianlong who pacified Jinchuan.}
{Thirteen riders entered the Jinchuan Tusi camp and restored the prestige of the Duke, but he died a few years later, on the way to the victory of suppressing the rebellion. Qianlong called him a giant of the three dynasties and listed him as one of the five meritorious officials.}
{When talking about Yue Zhongqi, the first thing that comes to mind is why he, as a descendant of Yue Fei, did not rebel against the Qing Dynasty...If he had been born 70 or 80 years earlier, it would have been possible.}
{Born 70 or 80 years earlier... that would be around the 40th year of the Wanli reign... he just happened to grow up and met the Chongzhen reign...}
……

Southern Song Dynasty Xiaozong period
Zhao Shen was really wondering how Yue Fei's descendants would serve the Hu Lord?

When I saw that I had been born seventy or eighty years earlier and had lived through Chongzhen, I immediately felt that it was better this way.

"It would save us from another false accusation."

……

Ming Dynasty·Chongzhen period
wry smile.

Zhu Youjian had no other expression except a bitter smile.

Taizu and Chengzu solved the Liaodong issue for him, but he himself was still unable to tell the difference among the many officials in the court.

"I don't have the ability to judge people."

……Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Kangxi found that he was not angry at all.

If it were in the past, I would definitely call the fourth brother over...

He looked at the sky, then at the golden lotus in his hand.

“…Is this what immortality means?”

He felt that he was now very calm.

Like everything can be solved...

Because he has plenty of time in the future.

……

Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Period
Yongzheng got angry for a moment.

Although I am narrow-minded and serious, I still have to admit some things.

I am indeed no match for my father in terms of martial arts.

But how come he couldn’t even beat Hongli?
and……

"You are called Qianlong..."

Yongzheng glanced at Hongli.

In terms of timeline, the next emperor after him was Qianlong.

That’s Hongli.

Hongli nodded slightly, suppressed the arrogance in his tone, and said with a smile:
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a son."

What a surprise...

Yongzheng snorted softly.

The confidence is evident in his words.

"Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, you will be the Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty."

Hongli's smile froze on his face.

……damn it……

Don’t let me know which son gave me the high grade!
Otherwise, I will strangle you to death!
……

Qing Dynasty and Qianlong period
"Now is the time for you, Mafa, to trust Nian Gengyao."

Qianlong fanned himself and sighed.

Nian Gengyao was a very honest official and was not a cruel and corrupt general as rumored.

But he should never have taken the emperor's favor seriously.

The emperor never tells the truth to his subjects.

Otherwise, the stories of Emperor Zhaolie of Han and Zhuge Liang would not have been passed down for thousands of years.

"When you are an emperor, only one thing is most important."

"Help people."

The reason why Lao Long began to lecture Yongyan and explain the whole thing in detail was because he suddenly had a very bad idea in his mind.

According to the words in the sky, after I officially closed the country to the outside world, something unprecedented and drastic must have happened.

This reminded him of the Anshi Rebellion.

And Yongyan's intelligence is obviously not as good as Tang Suzong and Tang Daizong...

“On the one hand, the Qinghai rebellion was to solve the problem of the Qinghai Mongol rebellion, but Qinghai was adjacent to Tibet, which stabilized Qinghai and also helped the governance of Tibet.”

"The successful resolution of the Qinghai rebellion was certainly due to the contributions of Nian Gengyao, Yue Zhongqi and others, but it was also inseparable from your wise decision-making."

"Let me ask you, the remaining power of Qin Fen VI swept the world, so what did the previous six generations of monarchs do?"

Yongyan didn't understand why this conversation had to do with the Qin State, so he could only bite the bullet and say:
"It laid the foundation for the first emperor to unify the world."

Qianlong:......

What are you doing here?

Suppressing his anger, Qianlong said in a firm voice:

"Duke Xiao of Qin carried out reforms to strengthen the country, which gave Qin the capital to compete for the world."

"King Huiwen of Qin broke up the alliance of the six kingdoms, giving Qin a chance to catch its breath."

"King Wu of Qin, take Yiyang of Han State, so that Qin State can send troops out of Hangu Pass."

"King Zhaoxiang of Qin led his army out of Hangu Pass, annihilated a million soldiers, and destroyed the six kingdoms."

"King Xiaowen of Qin was in office for three days without any achievements or mistakes, so let's not talk about him."

"King Zhuangxiang of Qin conquered the Eastern Zhou and eroded the Three Jins."

"It was not until the First Emperor of Qin that he was able to conquer the world in ten years."

"After this wise ruler, it was the efforts of Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Gan Mao, Bai Qi, Lu Buwei, Li Si and others."

Qianlong really felt tired, this statement couldn't be more plain.

He held his forehead and said:

"You, Marfa, wanted to solve the problem through peaceful means at first, but it didn't work, so you insisted on using force."

"He entrusted power to Nian Gengyao, while giving Yue Zhongqi full autonomy."

"Yue Zhongqi once reported to you, Mafa, saying that military situations are ever-changing and requested that we do not need to consult Nian Gengyao before taking any action."

"Your Mafa replied that with Nian Gengyao and you two in the west, you can rest easy."

"If you, Mafa, hadn't fully delegated power and trusted people like Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi, the rebellion wouldn't have been suppressed so smoothly."

"understand?!"

Yongyan nodded.

Qianlong closed his eyes and pinched his brows.

"If you come to power, how will you deal with He Shen?"

Yongyan said bluntly.

"kill him."

Qianlong paused with his brows pinched, and sighed tiredly.

"You know nothing..."

……

[Although the Qinghai rebellion was quelled, the Dzungars became restless again.]

【After Tsewang Arabtan died, his son Galdan Tseren succeeded him. 】

[Galdan Tsereng threatened to send back the two sons of Lazang Khan who were abducted during the reign of Emperor Kangxi.]

【Yongzheng decided to solve the Dzungar issue in one fell swoop.】

【In Yongzheng's view, Tibet and Dzungaria had a very close relationship.】

[As long as Junggar is stable, there will be no trouble in Tibet. ]

[If Dzungaria is not peaceful, Tibet will also be turbulent.]

[Yongzheng was determined to seize the opportunity and send troops to Dzungar while Tibet was pacified and Tsewang Arabtan died.]

[He asked Yue Zhongqi to prepare and divide the troops into two groups to attack the Dzungar Khanate.]

[But the Dzungars are a nomadic people, good at cavalry and very mobile, so it has always been difficult to defeat them.]

[If the Qing army wants to fight them, it must have strong cavalry. ]

[For the Qing Dynasty, it was easy to find cavalry, but how to ensure military supplies was a problem.]

[The frontline is too far away from the inland areas, and most of the area is desert, so the food can be easily intercepted by the enemy.]

Yue Zhongqi put forward his own suggestion. He proposed the method of chariot warfare. The specific idea was to combine transportation and combat into one, and use the vehicle body as cover.

【According to Yue Zhongqi, the chariot was five feet long and two feet wide, with one person pushing it and four people protecting it, and everyone took turns pushing it. 】

[There are five people in one chariot, five chariots make a squad, five squads make a vehicle, four vehicles make a team, and ten teams make a battalion.]

[Military supplies were placed on carts, and when stationed, everyone used the carts as camps.]

[During a battle, two teams would charge forward, three teams would follow closely, and the remaining five teams would surround the camp and block any enemy troops that rushed into the camp.]

[Yongzheng accepted this suggestion, ordered the construction of chariots, and secretly ordered the governors of each province to select some soldiers to serve as grain transport soldiers.]

(End of this chapter)

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