Four days later, Zhao Xin took Liu Sheng, Deng Fei, Wu Siyu, Shen, and Huang to board the activated Thor. This time Jiuzang brought a company to accompany the escort.
Their first stop was Ezo Land. After Zhao Xin saw Tuka, the two of them dismissed all their subordinates and held secret discussions alone for a long time.
Zhao Xin only said three things to Tuka: First, do you want to be the king of Ezo? Second, Beihai Town will be responsible for dealing with the Matsumae family's affairs; third, do you want to be the king of the entire "East China Sea"? king?
Before the outer Northeast was lost in the Qing Dynasty, the sea area south of the 35th parallel of Kuye Island and north of the South China Sea was called the "East China Sea".
After hearing this, Tuka, who had recovered from his injury, stared at Zhao Xin for a long time before saying, "Tell me your conditions?"
Zhao Xin's answer was very simple: "I want coal from Yuparo (North Quanzhou), gold and animal skins from Urupu (Defu Island)! I will exchange the gold and animal skins with you for grain, silk and iron. Fair trade, Tong Don't be fooled! As for Yuparo's coal, your people can go work and I will pay fair and reasonable wages."
Tuka thought for a while and said to Zhao Xin expressionlessly: "Are you going to lie to me?"
Zhao Xin pulled out the Buck knife that he liked very much from his thigh with an expressionless face. He held the blade in the palm of his hand with his left hand and quickly pulled it out with his right hand.
"Swear on blood!"
Tuka looked at the blood dripping from Zhao's hand, suddenly grinned, and then took the knife from the opponent's hand...
Two hours later, after Zhao Xin and his people left in a hurry, Tuka summoned the tribesmen and sent out three teams loaded with iron pots and food. They would go to Sapporo, North Senshu (Yubari), and North Qujiang (Ishikari). ) The three tribes started negotiations.
It was just after noon in Beijing, more than four thousand miles away.
A round of daylight has made the bluestone floor in the Forbidden City so hot that it can feel scorching through your boots. At this time, in the duty room of the military aircraft office on the north side of Longzong Gate, except for the eunuchs on duty who were transporting ice cubes, they occasionally came in and out. , several military aircraft officers were hiding in the south side of the room on duty, looking through the windows, not daring to breathe. Ever since the General Administration Department hurriedly sent a brochure at noon, the entire atmosphere in the military aircraft department had changed. In the tea room, the lunches of several military and aircraft ministers were placed on hot water pitchers to heat up, without eating a bite.
Outside the door of the duty room, there is an iron sign with a Huilong border and an undercover iron sign with the words "The Emperor of Heaven carries the decree: All princes, nobles, civil and military officials, and people in the inner palace who trespass on military aircraft will be killed without mercy!" Under the sunlight, it looks even more ferocious.
At this time, in Heshen's duty room, except for the foreman Agui, Liang Guozhi, Heshen, Qinggui, Fu Changan and Dong Gao who were sent by Qianlong to the northwest to suppress the rebellion, they were all sitting together.
Sitting in the first place is the twenty-four-year-old fifteenth elder brother Yong Yan.
Yong Yan coughed twice due to the smoke in the room. She used her hands to disperse the smoke in front of her eyes and asked an old man with gray beard and hair on the left: "Mr. Yaofeng, what do you think?"
Sixty-one-year-old Liang Guozhi was smoking a cigarette, and after a while he sighed: "Fifteenth Master, Fourth Master Fu has suffered a big loss this time!"
Twenty-four-year-old Fu Changan glanced at He Shen, and then said softly: "It is said in the book that the Oros people have sharp guns and thunderous power. When did the Oros people become so powerful? When the Holy Ancestor defeated Yaksa At that time, the people of Hubei were beaten by our Qing Dynasty until they were running away like rats!"
Qinggui has been silent since he read Fukangan's six hundred miles express book. At this time, he said: "This thing is weird inside and outside!"
After hearing this, everyone in the room looked up at Qing Gui.
He Shen rolled his eyes and asked with a worried look: "Mr. Shuzhai, how do you say this?"
After hearing He Shen's words, Fu Chang'an immediately asked, "Did Mr. Shu Zhai mean that what was said in the book is untrue?"
Qinggui shook his head: "Even if the E people's firearms are different from those of Yaksana, the firearms of our Qing Dynasty today are far different from those of the Holy Ancestor. There are five hundred muskets and more than a dozen cannons.
, how come it collapsed at the first touch?! To be honest with you, I can’t understand what’s happening in Hunchun more and more.”
Liang Guozhi knocked the long pipe pot on the spittoon, cleared his throat vigorously, squinted and said: "I can't understand what's going on here. The big ships and fast guns mentioned in the book are as powerful as galloping horses."
, whose cannons are like fierce fire and thunder. Who among you has heard of it? I never heard of it during my years in Guangdong."
(Liang Guozhi, a native of Shaoxing. He was the number one scholar in the 13th year of Qianlong's reign. From the 22nd to the 25th year of Qianlong's reign, he was appointed Chaodaotai in Huijia, Guangdong.)
Among the five people present, Dong Gao was the latest to enter the military aircraft department. He was a civil servant and could not express much opinions on military matters. However, because of his good relationship with Wang Jie, when Dong Gao was promoted to military aircraft minister four years ago, He Shen
He secretly caused many stumbling blocks. Later, when he took over as the Minister of Household Affairs, He Shen was even more jealous.
At this moment, when he heard that the discussion was going in the wrong direction, he quickly said: "The battlefield outside the pass is thousands of miles away from the capital. Except for Mr. Shu Zhai, none of us are familiar with the situation there. Moreover, Fourth Master Fu's family has been favored by the emperor for generations.
, how could it be possible to talk nonsense!"
"Hey, Mr. Zhue Lin, that's not what you mean." Fu Chang'an quickly tried to smooth things over.
Yong Yan interrupted: "Why are you saying these things are useless? The Longevity Festival is just around the corner, but something like this happened! Things in the northwest are in a mess now, Yunyan Gong has not made any progress, who would have thought that the northeast would...
well!"
Since the Gansu Rebellion broke out on April 15, the rebels Tian Wu and Li Kekui's troops have rapidly grown from more than a hundred to a thousand. During the battle of Talachibao, hundreds of Qing soldiers became timid at the sight of battle and collapsed on the spot.
, Gansu Admiral Gangta was wounded by an arrow. If the guerrilla expert Renjie hadn't led his troops to rescue him, Gangta would have confessed on the spot.
Immediately following the battle at the top of Maying Shuizhuang Mountain, Tian Wu's headquarters was severely damaged. Tian Wu was shot in the abdomen and committed suicide.
Later, Tian Wuyu's troops changed their route to the Weima camp and joined Zhang Wenqing's troops. At this time, the leader of the rebel army in Gansu's rebellion had become Zhang Wenqing, Ma Mingxin's disciple.
On the eighth day of May, Zhang Wenqing's troops took Shifengbao in Tongwei County as a stronghold and captured Tongwei County. On the 12th, Xi'an Deputy Governor Mingshan led 1,200 people to attack. Zhang Wenqing designed to lure the Qing army down the mountain to pursue, but Mingshan was shot.
He died, and thousands of Qing troops were killed.
On May 17, the rebels took advantage of the heavy fog to escape from the Qing encirclement and withdrew to Wujiaping.
On May 25, the Jingning Rebel Army gathered thousands of people to attack Jingning Prefecture City. They cut off the main road and completely interrupted the communication from Xi'an to Gansu.
By this time, in Gansu Province, in addition to the previous Yancha, Jingyuan, Anding, Tongwei, Fuqiang, Jingning, and Longde, the Hui people in Huining, Qin'an, Guyuan, Huating, and some prefectures and counties in Pingliang and Gaolan
They were also preparing to attack the castle, and the uprising reached its climax.
Qianlong originally thought that "Tian Wu was killed and the overall situation was decided." Who would have thought that the Hui rebels would suppress more and more people. Since Fukang'an and Hailancha were sent to the northeast to encircle and suppress the "Oros", he ordered the Military Aircraft Department to issue a strict edict.
In addition to the injuries to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Li Shiyao and others, he had no choice but to order the chief military minister A Gui as the imperial envoy, leading two thousand troops from the Jianrui Battalion and the Firearms Battalion to go to Gansu to suppress the rebellion.
In addition to sending Agui, the Qing government also mobilized 5,000 soldiers and horses from Ganliang, Yansui, and Beijing, and flew 1,000 soldiers from Sichuan, Alxa cavalry, Ningxia Man soldiers, and Sala Laojiao soldiers.
The total strength has reached 10,000 people.
However, Agui had not yet arrived in Xi'an at this time, and Li Shiyao suffered another consecutive defeat. The leaderless Qing army could only retreat to various prefectures and cities, allowing the rebels to attack everywhere.
He Shen thought for a while and said slowly: "Fifteenth Master, I have something I don't know whether to say or not?"
Yong Yan said: "Now that we're in this situation, there's nothing else we can say. If you have any good ideas, let's discuss them together."
"I feel that Fourth Master Fu cannot be considered defeated this time!"
As soon as Heshen's words came out, everyone in the room was stunned.
Yong Yan said: "What you said sounds really strange. Even Hai Lancha died in the battle, is it still considered a defeat?"
He Shen said: "Fifteenth Master, please listen to what I have to say and then make a decision."
"you say."
"First of all, I don't think the chaos in the northwest is nothing. Li Shiyao cannot be blamed for the current situation! Yun Yangong is good at military affairs. Once he arrives, he will be able to break the situation within a short time.
Secondly, I think the matter in Hunchun is still an issue where the enemy and we are unclear. The Xila River is too far away from Hunchun and Ninggu Pagoda. If Fourth Master Fu had not had the foresight to recruit the North Korean navy, he would have retreated by land.
Hunchun still doesn’t know how long it will take!”
Fukang'an made it very clear in the book. After retreating westward from the mouth of the Fuljiaha River, he gathered more than 200 deserters who had fled, and found a small boat in a fishing village along the coast. Then Fukang'an sent someone to sail the boat.
I went to Soulengji Island and contacted the North Korean navy, and then I was escorted back to Wula, Jilin.
He Shen continued: "We might as well let Fourth Master Fu come back first, and let's listen to what he has to say. Even if this servant bleeds and grits his teeth and endures the pain, he will cut out the silver to build a warship and help Fourth Master Fu regain this place."
"Thirdly, the Emperor's Longevity Festival is coming soon. If for no other reason, we must let the Emperor have a comfortable birthday, right?"
After hearing this, everyone in the room had different reactions.
Liang Guozhi was filled with contempt when he heard this. He Shen was so courageous! He actually encouraged Master Fifteen to help cover up Fukangan's matter.
Dong Gao couldn't help but blurt out: "He Zhongtang, how could such a big thing be covered up?!"
Yong Yan did not refute at this time. What he was thinking was that Qianlong was already seventy-three. As the folk saying goes, seventy-three or eighty-four is a hurdle. If Qianlong is angry because of Fukang'an, why not
It's the Longevity Festival, but I can't bear it in my conscience.
He Shen didn't understand military affairs, and the first two words he said were bullshit, but the last one struck a chord in Yong Yan's heart. He Shen had a reputation for greed at this time, and Yong Yan had always looked down upon him; but no matter what he said,
When it comes to loyalty to the emperor, no one can compare to him.
"The Military Aircraft Department sent a six-hundred-mile expedited dispatch and asked Fukang An to return to Beijing after being punished!"
Dong Hao asked anxiously: "How can I tell the emperor?"
Yong Yan said to Liang Guozhi and He Shen: "You two, let's go see the emperor now!"
An hour later, inside the Yangxin Hall.
Liang Guozhi and He Shen knelt aside, and Yong Yan explained clearly the contents of Fukang'an's excerpt, saying: "Father, even if we make preparations now and let Jilin Wula Shipyard build ships and transport artillery, the fastest time will be ten
The army can only go to the sea in a month. The South China Sea will freeze in November and will not thaw until April of the following year. The minister has ordered Fukang'an to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and plans to transfer 2,500 troops from Shengjing.
The troops will go north, and Heilongjiang will mobilize 1,500 people to guard the Ninggu Pagoda and Hunchun areas; we will launch a large army to suppress him in the coming year." After that, he bowed respectfully to Qianlong and listened quietly to his orders.
Qianlong moved uneasily and murmured: "Hailancha actually died in the battle?"
After a moment of silence, the three of them heard a "pop!" sound. Qianlong threw a handful of jade Ruyi on the imperial desk to the ground and shattered into pieces.
At this time, Qianlong's face turned red, he slapped the table and stood up: "Two little thugs, they brought barbarians and pirates together and actually harmed the general of the DPRK!"
After Qianlong turned seventy, he relied on Yong Yan to take charge of all government affairs. Normal matters would not come to him at all; only important matters would come to him. And He Shen stayed with him all day long, coaxing him.
, only picked up love and heard about it.
Today Qianlong got up in anger and glanced around with anger in his eyes. Everyone was so frightened that they shrank, lowered their heads and said nothing, trembling.
Heshen kowtowed to the ground and said, "Master, please calm down. Fukangan's book clearly states that the E people's guns are extremely sharp, far superior to our firearms. This is a weapon inferior to a human being, not a crime of war! Besides, Hailan Chao led
The warrior side attacked the bandits and almost killed them. However, the bandits' firearms were able to fire continuously, so they sacrificed their lives for the country."
Liang Guozhi also kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have been in Guangdong for many years and have never heard of such terrifying guns and ships! Although the people of Hubei are cunning and insidious, they can only win for a while with the power of guns and guns. I look up to the sky with great majesty.
When the army arrives, the thieves will be defeated! I ask your Majesty to take care of the dragon body."
The red glow on Qianlong's face had subsided at this time, and he sat back on the throne tremblingly. His face turned pale and blue, and the sound of breathing out of his nostrils became louder and louder; his eyes that were originally filled with anger dimmed, and the corners of his mouth began to tremble.
Start shivering.
Suddenly, the three people in the hall felt that Qianlong was really old, and he was like a candle in the wind, jumping and struggling feebly.
After a long time, Qianlong sighed dejectedly, lightly punched the handle of the chair with his fist, and said: "How could this happen? How could this happen..."
After a while, Yong Yan and the others only listened to Qianlong's sad words: "Call Fukang'an back first, I want to hear what he has to say. And Hailancha... let's go to Zhaozhong Temple!"
After that, He Shen kept chatting with Qianlong to relieve his boredom, and tried his best to enlighten the old emperor. He did not come out from Xihua Gate until the key to the palace gate was handed down.
Back at Shichahai's house, He Shen made do with a few mouthfuls and then had dinner. After a day of exhausting work both mentally and physically, he was very tired.
While I was drinking tea and thinking about something, Liu Quan walked in.
"What's up?"
"Master, I want to tell you about the gift list for the Emperor's Longevity Birthday."
"I wanted to ask you about it at noon, but I was delayed. How are the preparations going?"
Liu Quan said with a smile: "It's almost done, there are still four or five items left. In the afternoon, someone has been sent to the Wang family to send a letter, saying that there are a pair of red sandalwood and jade inlaid cranes and deer hanging in the same spring, and a set of orchid pavilions with inscriptions and peng.
The seals, Song Dynasty porcelain crowns and tripods as well as Zhao Mengfu's "Eight Great Enlightenment Sutras" and Arhat paintings will be shipped from Yangzhou next month."
(Wen Peng, the son of Ming Dynasty painter Wen Zhengming, a master of calligraphy and epigraphy.)
"Wang family, is that the salt merchant? I remember last year he wanted to donate a salt ambassador. How much did he give you?"
Liu Quan said with a smile: "Three thousand taels."
He Shen rubbed his forehead and said slowly: "Tell him later that he must handle this errand for me! I will mention it to the emperor again when I have a chance. I won't be able to do it in the next few days."
"Master, what's wrong?"
He Shen winked at Liu Quan, and Liu Quan immediately understood and kicked out all the servants in the room.
"I'm telling you, Fukang'an suffered a defeat this time, and even Hailancha died in the battle!"
"Ah?!" Liu Quan was so frightened that he almost shouted.
"You are not allowed to tell anyone about this, do you hear me?!"
"Don't worry, sir." Liu Quan said with a smile. After a while, he said to He Shen: "Sir, I want to go to Yangzhou. I am still worried about the Wang family's affairs. I want to personally escort the goods back. "
"When do you plan to go?"
"Let's leave in just a day or two."
He Shen thought for a while and then said after a long time: "Okay, I feel relieved if you go there in person. But remember, don't give me any trouble!"