Chapter 206: Soldiers Arrive at Ning Ancient Pagoda (1)
He Shen frowned and thought for a while, and decided to stay in the duty room of the Military Aircraft Department and wait for his fifteenth brother Yong Yan to come back, and then report it to Qianlong after he came up with a countermeasure. It was impossible to hide this matter, but Qianlong
He Shen was a little worried when he thought about what kind of reaction there would be.
He casually picked up a memorial on the table, thinking about passing the time. When he saw the cover, it was from Min Eyuan, the governor of Jiangsu. In addition to talking about the renovation of the canal, it also mentioned the Sheyang Lake area in Funing. Someone recently visited
We are recruiting refugees from Henan and Shandong to reclaim wasteland along the coast. According to the investigation, the number of refugees gathered in this area has exceeded 10,000. Among them, people from the White Lotus Sect and the Wuwei Sect seem to be present. We have sent people to investigate.
At this time, Yong Yan was in the west hall of Yanbo Zhishuang Building, talking to Qianlong. It had just rained heavily yesterday, and because of the cold weather, the entire fire wall of Yanbo Zhishuang Building was lit. The charcoal fire started from
The flues in the underground and walls pass through, and the entire palace is warm and cozy.
"Yesterday Ji Huang's memorial said that every time there is a drought, the tenants in the south of the Yangtze River must pour water to irrigate their fields. In this way, the landowners will have to calculate less rent when calculating wages. The tenants are certainly happy. But the local officials
We must set up discretionary restrictions for it. When it comes to transporting and irrigating the fields, everyone should have their own share and not be biased. I deeply believe that."
Yong Yan said: "I will bear in mind what my father said. At present, there is a severe drought in Henan. We cannot just focus on disaster relief. The dredging project of the canal is also a top priority. Now that the middle section of the canal has been completed, a lock should be built at Mao'erwo.
Seat. It's good now. There are no sluices in Shandong to release water, and nothing is left. Now the water from the Yellow River has poured into the canal, and the sediment has blocked it. If I hadn't sent someone to check, I would have been kept in the dark. Sa Zai
The two men, Li Fenghan and Li Fenghan, saw that they could not get through the confusion, so they came up with a detailed explanation. Such high-ranking officials in the border areas are ignorant and careless, and it is hard to blame them."
Qianlong said noncommittally: "How do you plan to deal with it?"
Yong Yan replied: "The purpose of the minister is to hand it over to the ministry for discussion. According to the previous example of demotion of internal and external ministers, they will all be demoted to the top belt of the third rank to show punishment and see the consequences."
Qianlong took a sip of tea, paused and continued: "Since I came to the throne, I have been diligent in asking for anything related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, day and night, for fifty years. It is enough for Sazai and others to report it in time. I just have an insight into the opportunity and respond in time.
In this way, people's livelihood and government affairs will be beneficial. Why should we overdo it and hide it without reporting it? Alas, "Tongjian" said, 'If you are not stupid or deaf, you will not be a writer.' Just draft the decree according to what you just said.
Bar."
When Yong Yan heard this, he quickly stood up and said, "Yes! I obey your order!"
When Yong Yan knelt down and came out, he saw that it was still early, so he went all the way south to the southwest of Songhe Zhai and the nine curved rooms to the west of the bell tower. This was the duty room of the Military Aircraft Department at the Summer Resort. When he entered the room, he saw that
But he saw Heshen sitting in the room.
Yong Yan took off his cloak and said with a smile: "Why are you still here? The emperor asked you just now. Come over quickly."
He Shen and other Sula eunuchs all retreated, and then they said in a low voice with a solemn look: "Fifteenth Master, I have just received the Jilin brochure from the General Affairs Department. After reading it, I feel that it is of great importance. After you have read it,
Get an idea."
"Oh? Is there any result on the battle in the north? The Northeast Road post road leads to Ninggu Pagoda. It's really a problem." Yong Yan sat down leisurely, took the booklet, opened it and looked through it.
"This! This" Yong Yan looked at the first few lines, his face turned livid, and he twisted the jade pendant tied around his waist with the fingers of his right hand a few times before he regained his composure.
After a while, the memorial was folded. Yong Yan looked gloomy, and his face was so red that he was about to bleed. He gritted his fine teeth and said angrily: "It took eight months of preparation, and we mobilized troops from all over the world.
He said that he would try his best to satisfy everything he wanted! But millions of taels of silver were thrown in like water, and more than 20,000 people were attacked in three directions. This is the result! Agui and Fukang'an cannot escape the blame!"
He Shen said: "Fifteenth Master, Mr. Guang Ting made it clear in his confession. The power of the bandits' firearms is really terrifying, and it may not be a crime of war. At present, the whereabouts of Fuyao Forest are unknown, and the bandits have captured Hunchun again. Ninggu Pagoda may be
.How to decide next, please ask Mr. Fifteen to get a charter."
Yong Yan's eyes were dark and he didn't say a word. He didn't like Fukang'an, and he hadn't liked him since he was a child.
It is said that because of Empress Fucha's relationship, Fukang'an was raised in the palace by Qianlong during his childhood. In terms of study, food, clothing, housing and transportation, he was not inferior to the other princes, or even worse. When he was a child, he was raised in the palace.
When playing with the princes and elder brothers in the palace, they would not give in to anyone at all. Yong Yan was six years younger than Fu Kang'an and had been squeezed by him since childhood. Among Fu Heng's children, he was the only one of the same age.
The relationship between Fu and Changan is good.
For all the princes and elder brothers, how can anyone not be jealous that Fukangan was so favored by the Emperor at such a young age and with so little merit? There were even private rumors that Fukangan was the illegitimate son of Qianlong.
Moreover, Yong Yan was introverted and lived a simple life, so he despised Fukangan from the bottom of his heart. The Fulongan brothers were arrogant, arrogant, extravagant and extravagant.
Although Fukang'an's defeat was not a good thing for the court, it still made Yong Yan feel bad in his heart. He looked at He Shen and asked, "What do you think?"
He Shen sighed and said: "I believe that the land of our ancestors cannot be lost at all. This battle must be fought no matter what. It seems that it will be a battle of the size of Jinchuan!"
Yong Yan frowned and felt a little scared. The Jinchuan and Jinchuan battles lasted for nearly thirty years. The court spent more than 70 million taels of silver on this, and there were more than 10,000 casualties. The price was too high!
At present, Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, and even Jiangsu and Zhejiang are all experiencing severe drought. The Ministry of Household Affairs has successively allocated several million taels of silver and transferred grain from various places, but the disaster has not been alleviated. Yong Yan even listened to his subordinates
He said that some places in Henan and Shandong that were seriously affected have already lost their lives!
It starts to get so cold outside the Pass in October that you can't even stretch out your hands. How can we fight? It won't be until the spring of next year if we want to send troops. Besides, even if we continue to fight, outside the Pass is no better than inside the Pass. Han people have always been strictly prevented from leaving the Pass to make a living. Now everywhere
There is no shortage of Green Camp soldiers and horses, and there are plenty of them in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan, but the problem is that it will be troublesome to send these people out of the customs. Isn't this clearly telling the world that the land of Longxing is unstable!
The more Yong Yan thought about it, the more headache he got. He rubbed his temples and said slowly: "First of all, we must ensure that nothing happens to Jilin Wula, and secondly, we must find out the whole story. The origin of Zhao Xin is too suspicious! Let's not talk about Sun Shiyi's side.
According to rumors, it was mentioned in the previous excerpts about Agui and Naqitai that this person speaks Beijing Mandarin fluently and can even speak the dialects commonly used by us Manchus. This situation is suspicious!"
He Shen also found it strange that this guy named Zhao Xin seemed to appear out of thin air. Previously, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Admirals of the Nine Sects had sent people to check every house in Beijing based on the shadow patterns provided by Na Qitai. What?
The result is no. Sun Shiyi's statement has no basis at all and cannot be taken seriously. Even if Zhao Xin is really a descendant of the former Ming Zhao King, why should he?! The Qing Dynasty has been in the country for more than a hundred years, and the people of the world are against it.
This is no longer the case when I first entered the customs.
Thinking of this, He Shen replied: "What the Fifteenth Master said is that Ning Gu Pagoda must be defended no matter what now. Guang Tinggong's excerpt said that Ning Gu Pagoda's military strength is only over a thousand at the moment.
As part of the transfer from Beijing, the food, grass, baggage, and military pay are also quite different. I want to think of a way to free up 500,000 taels and send them over quickly."
Yong Yan just read the report from the Ministry of Household Affairs a few days ago. In the past few years, the imperial court's annual income has been nearly 50 million taels, of which the land tax is 30 million, and the salt tax and customs duties are more than 10 million, which consumes
The sum of money and donations is more than 3 million yuan each. The other zeros and zeros add up to more than 2 million yuan. It seems like a lot, but the fixed expenses are more than 30 million taels a year. This does not include war.
Fukang'an sent out troops this time, and tens of thousands of people needed food and grass alone, which cost 160,000 jins of food a day, equivalent to 5,000 taels of silver. From April to now, food and grass alone have cost 500,000 taels; this is still
Not counting military pay, equipment, artillery, warships, and horses, the imperial court had already spent more than five million taels.
This year, due to the use of troops, the Lianghuai salt merchants repaid more than 4 million taels. Although there were disasters in various places, it was still enough for other places. As Yong Yan thought about it, something suddenly moved in his heart. He finally understood why He Shen
So positive.
It is now rumored that He Shen and Fu Chang'an are as rich as the enemy. However, due to Qianlong's preference for protection, even several inspections have not touched them at all. Yong Yan guesses that what He Shen wants now is a chaotic situation and military pay.
Expenditures are transferred from the coastal provinces, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry. The accounts are so messed up that it is impossible to check them.
The more Yong Yan thought about it, the more he felt that they were inseparable, but his face remained calm. He said in a deep voice: "First, let Qinggui come to Chengde quickly and listen to his opinion on the troop deployment. On the emperor's side,
When the news from Jilin is clear, we will report it. Let the General Affairs Department keep an eye on the information from Jilin and send it over as soon as there is news."
"Yes, I understand."
Yong Yan walked to the window and looked to the northeast, feeling worried.
"Ninggu Pagoda must not be thrown away! Otherwise it will be unthinkable."
On September 17, nearly two thousand people from Beihai Town crossed the old city westward and camped two miles away on the south bank of the Hulha River, across the river from Ningguta City.
At this time, Na Qitai, the deputy commander of Ninggu Tower, was patrolling around the city with a few soldiers. Agui could slap his ass and run away, but he is the deputy commander here. If he really abandons the city and flees, the court will
He won't let him go. For the sake of his family in Beijing, Na Qitai can only stay here.
There are only more than a thousand armored soldiers in the city. Counting the recruited bannermen and Han people, the total number can be more than 5,000. But Na Qitai knew very well that even the more than 20,000 people in Fukang'an were attacked.
If you don't win, let alone your weak soldiers and generals.
The city wall of Ninggu Tower was surrounded by pine trees, and the middle was filled with earth and rocks. Na Qitai felt that such a city wall could not withstand the continuous iron cannons of Beihai Town, so he requisitioned the goods of a stone merchant and used three
Hundreds of feet of red sandstone surrounded and reinforced the inner city on three sides. As for the outer city, he could no longer care about it.
At the dock outside the south gate, countless bannermen and Han people want to escape by boat to escape the war. Just kidding, even Marshal Fu’s tens of thousands of people have been killed without leaving any trace, how can ordinary people like me
Can it be blocked? But unfortunately, no ships are coming at this time. The cannons on the bows of the several Yaksa warships parked on the river have taken off their gun jackets and are ready to fire at any time.
Those Han people who were exiled here were not very happy. They either evacuated with their banner masters, or they took refuge in the mountains with their few belongings.
Not many Han people believed that Beihai Town could stand here, so the scene of thousands of people coming to surrender that Zhao Xin had imagined before never happened. Only a few ginseng-picking slaves who really couldn't survive took advantage of the chaos to escape across the river and found Beihai Town for help.
Eat with a full mouth.
"What's your name?" Guisheng asked curiously as he squatted on the ground. In front of him was a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old. The hair on his forehead was several inches long. He was wearing a torn cotton coat and a singlet on a cold day.
pants, and the cloth shoes on the feet also exposed the toes.
This young man was holding a large bowl of food in his hand, holding a spoon and swallowing hard.
"Uh, my little one's name is Chunlai." This young man named Chunlai had a drake voice, which made Guisheng stunned.
"Eat slowly, don't choke. I'll serve you a bowl of porridge." Although Chunlai smelled bad, Keguisheng felt that they were very compatible at first sight. When he came back with the porridge, Chunlai was already licking it.
There is oil in the rice bowl.
"What did you commit that brought you here?"
Chun Lai took the bowl of porridge and hesitated for a moment, without saying anything, and started to drink it with a grin on his face. After he finished the porridge with a sip, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve and felt that he was alive again. Then he hesitated.
He said to Guisheng: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
"Eunuch?!" Zhao Xin was surprised after hearing Guisheng's report. He didn't expect that the first people who could not survive to come to Beihai Town were a few eunuchs.
Guisheng said: "Master, in spring, all of them were sent here. He was the last to come in spring, coming last autumn. The others have been here for several years."
Zhao Xin thought for a moment and said, "Bring him back and I will ask him personally."
Guisheng responded and was about to go out when Zhao Xin stopped him again: "Take them to the river to wash up and find some clothes to change into."
More than half an hour later, Zhao Xin endured a stink and started chatting with Chun Lai.
"Where do you live from?"
Chunlai stared at Zhao Xin with big eyes, and looked at Zhao Xin in surprise, then bowed and said: "Sir, my family belongs to Hejian."
Zhao Xin frowned, and Guisheng on the side said hurriedly: "Don't call yourself a slave, we don't have these rules here, the master will be unhappy if you say that."
Zhao Xin continued to ask: "Why were you sent here?"
Chun Lai said: "Last year when the Emperor was on tour to the south, I served him tea, but the water was too hot and burned him."
"It's your uncle!" Zhao Xin cursed Qianlong in his heart and said smoothly: "Well done, you should burn him to death."