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Chapter 936 Emperor Chengde's Careful Thoughts ([-])

On April 12th of the third year of Chengde, Hongqing led [-] Qing troops to wipe out more than [-] troops of the Junggar Khanate and the Russian coalition forces in the First Battle of Gedeng Mountain, and captured the Junggar Khan Tsewang Arabtan and the Governor of Russian Siberia alive. Grand Duke Gagarin, however, did not stop marching. First, the First Cavalry Division and Min's Division and the Second Division of the Second Army Li Mingliang's Division chased the fleeing Cossack Cavalry Army, and defeated the Cossack Cavalry Army again on the shore of Yamesh Lake. The remnant army, Khmelnytsky, head of the First Russian Cossack Cavalry Corps, led more than [-] remnants to flee on horseback, but the Qing army still refused to let it go, and went north along the Ob River, connecting dozens of Russian fortresses, Razed all the fortresses to the ground, and drove all the Russians to the north where they passed. After hundreds of miles into the Russian border, they stopped marching, but they did not stay in the garrison, but let the Kazakhs The Khanate sent troops in.

On April 21st of the third year of Chengde, the special envoy of the Turghut Khanate arrived at the Qing army camp on Gedeng Mountain, and performed an audience ceremony as a vassal state, and expressed that Turghut Khanate Ayuqi wanted to return thousands of miles east. In this regard, Hong Qing did not agree, but warmly encouraged the Turghut Khanate to gain a firm foothold on the shore of the Caspian Sea, and generously allocated three points of the Russian weapons and ammunition seized in the First Battle of Gedeng Mountain. One of them was given to the Turghut Khanate, and it promised that the Qing Dynasty would not sit idly by when its country encountered Tsarist Russian aggression. Formed an alliance with the Kazakh Khanate, stating that the Qing Dynasty would give long-term support to the two Khanates in terms of commerce, trade and arms. This is the origin of the "Gedeng Mountain Alliance" in history.

On April 27, the third year of Chengde, the news of the disastrous defeat of the Russian army at Mount Gedeng reached St. Petersburg. Peter the Great, who was sick in bed, died of grief and indignation that night. Civil strife broke out in the Russian inner court due to the succession dispute. After a bloody night, Thanks to the full support of the Second and Third Armies of the Guards, Empress Alexei Yevna was able to succeed to the throne as the Empress, that is, Catherine I. However, he did not forget to order the dispatch of envoys to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty in an attempt to seek peace.

On April 28th of the third year of Chengde, the battle report of Mount Gedeng's great victory and the chapter of Hongqing's performance were sent to the capital. , and now, the country was finally destroyed in the First World War, and even a hundred thousand old men were wiped out along the way. This is a rare victory since the founding of the country, but Xiao is not a person with ulterior motives. Civil and military courts came to celebrate, but Emperor Chengde seemed a little depressed. The reason was simple, Hong Qing was coming back, and this was not what Emperor Chengde liked to see.

One year, only one year, the battle of Xijiang has come to an end. The swiftness is beyond Emperor Chengde's expectation. Originally, Emperor Chengde thought that even if Xijiang could be pacified, It would take three to five years at least, especially since he has done a lot of tricks in secret, this war should be able to drag on for a little longer, but never expected Hong Qing to be able to do so. Having achieved a decisive victory in such a short period of time, Emperor Chengde was unavoidably a little dissatisfied with this. Without him, in the days when Hongqing was not in power, Emperor Chengde had a better life than a true emperor. Addiction, government orders are unimpeded, as long as there is a purpose, the court will be diligent in doing things. Now, such a good situation is very likely to disappear with Hong Qing's return. How can Emperor Chengde be happy? What bothered Emperor Chengde even more was that the reorganization of the new army at Fengtai Camp was far behind schedule. So far, only [-] new troops have been trained, compared to the more than [-] troops in Hong Qing's hands. In terms of power, such a little power is really not enough. The originally expected arrangement of forcing Hongqing to submit is obviously unsustainable. past hurdles.

"My dear friends, I am very pleased that this battle in the western border was fought beautifully and countless enemies were wiped out. However, this war involves Russia, but it should not be ignored. If it invades again, I am afraid that the border war will reignite. I don't know what your loves think about this?"

Kan is difficult, but he has to face it after all. Emperor Chengde was not prepared to be an ostrich in this regard. After a few days of meditation, he finally had some ideas. Those who dared to judge the world arbitrarily, then recruited all the ministers of military affairs, and after the ceremony was over, they immediately turned to the main topic. Although the words were questions, they were full of hints.

Of course there is an opinion, but all the ministers of military affairs do not want to say it out loud, there is no one else who can gather in this Hall of Mental Cultivation, who is not a shrewd person, how could they not listen The hint in Emperor Chengde's words was nothing more than his intention to trap Hong Qing and his subordinates in the frontier, and this was obviously an extravagant hope. If someone dared to mention it in public, then Hong Qing would be completely offended. Go ahead, if it can be done, maybe there will be no serious problems, the problem is that the possibility is too low, even if Emperor Chengde forcibly issued an edict, it may not be effective, and Hong Qing may be aroused Leading an army to revolt, how can anyone in the world be able to stop Hong Qing's soldiers?Even if it is possible, the world will inevitably fall into chaos. Who would dare to take such a risk easily.

"Zicheng."

Emperor Chengde waited for a long time, but he didn't see anyone coming forward, so he couldn't help but look a little embarrassed, but he didn't want to act rashly, so in desperation, he could only frown slightly and look around the group All the ministers, their eyes finally fell on Li Minquan, apparently hoping that Li Minquan, who had betrayed Hongqing, could say what Emperor Chengde wanted to hear.

"Wei Chen is here."

Hearing Emperor Chengde's roll call, Li Minquan didn't dare to be negligent, hurriedly flashed out from the side, and answered the promise loudly.

"Let's talk about it, what should happen in the western border, huh?"

Emperor Chengde gave Li Minquan a meaningful look, and then let out a grunt.

"Your Majesty, I believe that this matter must be treated with caution. Although the overall situation in the western borders is safe now, people's hearts are still uncertain, and the Russians have ulterior motives. It is indeed necessary to guard against it."

Li Minquan didn't want Hong Qing to come back at first, he didn't say anything before, but he didn't want to be the first bird, now, since Emperor Chengde asked, he was happy to take the opportunity to give Hong Qing some eye drops.

"Well, what Zicheng said is very true, and I am also worried about it. Since the 30th year of Kangxi, the western border has always been a border problem for my Qing Dynasty. Now that it can be overcome with one action, it is necessary to find a solution once and for all. , Zicheng thinks how to arrange it?"

Seeing that Li Minquan is so knowledgeable, Chengde Emperor Longyan was overjoyed, but seeing him nodded approvingly, stretched out his hand to stroke the long beard on his chest, and continued to ask questions with a look of sympathy said a word.

"My minister thinks that one is to station troops to secure the border, and the other is to see how the Russians react, and then make a calculation. If we can sign a peace treaty with the Russians on the border issue, the appeasement of the border may be guaranteed."

Li Minquan's careful thoughts on Emperor Chengde are very clear, if he wants to please him, he will not disobey Emperor Chengde's intentions, but after seeing him pretending to ponder for a while, he immediately said Chengde The words that God most wants to hear.

"Well, Zicheng's words are reasonable. I think it should be feasible. What do you love ladies think?"

Although Emperor Chengde was extremely satisfied with Li Minquan's two proposals, he did not make a decision on this, but pretended to throw the question to the silent military ministers, obviously intending to play It's a trick to manipulate public opinion.

If it's something else, Emperor Chengde has already made his words so clear, even if the ministers of military and aircraft have other ideas in their hearts, they dare not say more, praise is an inevitable move, the problem is this matter The relationship is really too big, not to mention Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and other mature and prudent people, even Lang Erheng, the Minister of Lifan Academy who has always followed the lead of Emperor Chengde, did not dare to speak indiscriminately, but at this moment, Emperor Chengde At the moment of excitement, all the ministers of military and aircraft did not dare to speak out against it at will. In desperation, everyone could only keep silent, and all stood with their heads bowed, just like a wooden sculpture made of clay.

"Since you have no objection, let's make a decision first."

Regarding the lack of cooperation from the military and aircraft ministers, Emperor Chengde was obviously a little annoyed, and his face immediately became gloomy after he had just cleared up, but he didn't speak out to reprimand everyone.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say."

Seeing that Emperor Chengde was going to do whatever he wanted, the impatient Ma Qi could no longer hold back, no matter how ugly Emperor Chengde's face was, a brisk step came out from the side, and interrupted loudly road.

"speak!"

Seeing that it was Ma Qi who jumped out, Emperor Chengde's already ugly face immediately became more gloomy. He wanted to leave in a rage, but in the end he still didn't do so, but seeing his face sinking to death After staring at Ma Qi for a long time, he squeezed a word out of his teeth impatiently.

"Your Majesty, I have learned that the old minister thinks that it is right to station troops in the western borders. However, how many troops should be stationed and how to arrange logistics and supplies must be done carefully. As for the talks with the Russians, there is no need to worry. My lord The Qing is the winning side, and it should be the Russians who are eager to discuss, so the old minister suggested that it is better to listen to the opinions of Prince Ren before making a decision on these two matters."

Among the scheming military ministers, Ma Qi is the most upright one. When he speaks, he doesn't embellish too much. Even though he knows that Emperor Chengde doesn't want to listen, he still tells the harsh words out.

"Your Majesty, I think what Master Ma said is true. There are many things involved in the matter of stationing troops, so we must be more cautious."

Zhang Tingyu didn't approve of Emperor Chengde's rash decision at all, but he didn't intend to oppose it in public, but thought of reminding Emperor Chengde in a secret book later, now, since Ma Qi took the lead , he was naturally happy to follow the words and give advice.

"Let's discuss this matter!"

Ma and Zhang are two of the highest-ranking ministers of military affairs, and they are both veterans of the court. They have a lot of weight in the court. Since they both spoke out against each other, it is really difficult for Emperor Chengde to say "no "Yes, but I don't want to back down on this matter, and when I get upset, I don't want to continue to discuss, but seeing him wave his hand, he groaned in a cold voice, and he flicked his sleeves, so he turned to I went to the apse...

(End of this chapter)