Chapter 391: Old acquaintances in the captive camp
After learning that Wu Xiha and Fan Tong were safe and sound, Lu Shoushan finally felt relieved. Only then did he report to Liu Sheng and Zhao Xin via telegram.
When Liu Sheng learned what happened, he flew into a rage and clamored to send troops to surround the trading city to teach the Shanxi merchants a lesson. However, after Zhao Xin had a phone call with him without outsiders present, Liu Sheng stopped mentioning the matter.
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Zhao Xin actually considered this matter from the perspective of the overall military deployment of the Beihai Navy. His attitude was very clear. Whoever made the mistake should be blamed, and do not involve irrelevant people. It is okay to arrest Tian Tonghe, but we should be polite first and then send troops.
I personally go to the merchant city to negotiate and ask them to hand over the person. If the Manchu Qing does not hand over the person, it will not be too late to take action.
You must know that although there are Shanxi merchants here in Buying and Selling City, these people are not the bosses behind the scenes. They are all part-time workers. Compared with Beihai Town, the merchants in Mongolia have a better understanding of the situation in Outer Mongolia because they have been engaged in trade at the west entrance for a long time.
Compared with the alliance leaders and Zasak of the various banners in Outer Mongolia, the Northern Navy must first find out the situation in Outer Mongolia through these people.
In terms of military strategy against the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Xin's plan was to send troops to Outer Mongolia first after Beihai Town resolved the conflict with Tsarist Russia. The first purpose was to prevent unrest in Outer Mongolia when the Qing Dynasty's military was weak and its border defenses were depleted;
The second is to block the route for the Manchu clan to escape north.
Beihai Town's attack on Outer Mongolia is a big move, and its importance is far more important than within the pass. It cannot be solved by pure military means alone, and must be considered from a political and economic perspective.
What Zhao Xin thinks about most these days is, in another time and space, why did Xinjiang and Outer Mongolia, which were equally important, take different paths in the late Qing Dynasty?
When it comes to governance, the Manchu Qing's ruling system over Mongolia was undoubtedly successful in some aspects.
In addition to the familiar marriage between Manchu and Mongolia and the promotion of Lamaism, the Qing government began to implement the alliance flag system in Mongolia starting from the "Duolun League" in the 30th year of Kangxi's reign (1691). That is to say, from that time on, the Khalkha Mongolia
(Mobei Mongolia) officially became part of the Qing Empire
Future generations may look down on this Manchu and that other Qing Dynasty, but the implementation of the alliance flag system prevented the Mongolian tribes from reuniting and breaking them into parts, which was far more effective than the Ming Empire building the Great Wall to defend against the Mongolian invaders.
To put it simply, the alliance and flag system allows the Mongolians, who were originally free-grazing tribes, to be strictly confined to small territories based on flags. It is impossible to form a unified local government for the whole nation, and it is impossible to create a unified local government for the whole nation.
common leader.
Complementing the alliance flag system is the "ticket system" implemented by the Qing government in Mongolia. Not only do Mongolians need tickets to enter the customs, but also the interaction between banners requires tickets to restrict, eliminating private connections.
possible.
Now that we’ve said the good things, let’s talk about the bad ones.
The biggest problem of the Qing court in Outer Mongolia was that there were too few troops stationed in it, and most of the troops were left to the four Khalkha tribes. In obvious contrast to the relatively generous policy towards the inner Mongolia, although the Qing court was known as "the benefactor"
"Taxes were exempted in Khalkha, but the numerous and heavy-duty military service system made the subjects of the four tribes gradually fall into economic difficulties.
Compulsory military service and long-term conscription of materials have gradually increased the dissatisfaction of the Khalkha tribesmen, increasing their centrifugal tendencies and drifting away from the Qing court. This has laid huge hidden dangers in consolidating border defenses.
It provided an opportunity for the subsequent split of Tsarist Russia.
His eyes turned to Chaktu.
On the morning after the kidnapping incident, Lu Shoushan followed Zhao Xin's order and selected an officer from the regiment headquarters to go outside the north gate of the trading city.
"Stop! If you take one step closer, the arrow will be released!"
On the small tower at the north gate, a Qing soldier raised his bow and took aim, while another Qing soldier shouted loudly.
"I came here under orders to deliver a letter to you, Mr. Wu."
When the soldiers on the tower heard that he was delivering a message, they didn't dare to neglect him and quickly asked the soldiers below to ask the leader. While they were waiting, the two Qing soldiers carefully looked at the officer who delivered the message.
In the past, the Northern Navy was in Kyaktu City, which was more than a hundred meters away, and they could only watch from a distance; this was the first time that they were so close and could see so clearly.
I saw that this person was wearing a fluffy thick cotton hat with ear protection hanging down on both sides; he was not wearing a robe, but was divided into two pieces; he was wearing a pair of black gloves on his hands, and a pair of black gloves on his feet.
Black leather boots, but the waistband of the boots is covered in the trouser legs.
In the eyes of the Qing soldiers on the tower, this outfit was really weird. They thought to themselves that the outfit and the hat looked quite thick, but why did it have to be dyed green? There were khaki spots on it.
What about a little bit?
It must be because the dyer did it too often and the color faded after just a few washes!
The Qing soldier holding the bow loosened the bow string, paused for a few moments, and then pulled it open again, thinking to himself: "Hey, where do you think they got this fabric from? I don't think the old cotton we are wearing has been worn.
Woolen cloth!"
The Qing Bing holding a knife next to him said: "No. My clothes have been in the water ten or eight times, but you see, the color has not faded at all. The Chang family's fabrics are strong."
After that, he looked at the officers of the Northern Navy not far away and said with disdain: "Look at them, their nice hats have to be dyed green. This is too shabby!"
"No, look at the fluff on his hat. It's actually green too. If it were my life, I'd never wear these clothes again."
The two of them chatted on the tower and chuckled from time to time. Yu Jinshui, who was walking back and forth not far away with his hands behind his back, couldn't understand Mongolian, but he knew that the two of them must have failed to hold their shit in.
He was talking about his military uniform.
If you don't look at the military ranks on the shoulders of the standard military uniforms of the North Navy, it is actually difficult to distinguish officers from soldiers. After all, they are all the same style of camouflage uniforms. This thing is actually P cotton cold protection that Zhao Xin ordered from a factory in another time and space.
The biggest advantage is that it can withstand the extreme cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Let alone the Qing army, even when he saw the military uniform he was issued when he first joined the army, he had a look of reluctance. Like other Henan fellows, he had expressed strong dissatisfaction.
It's okay to say that the clothes are green, but why is the hat also green? If my family and neighbors knew about this, they would laugh to death.
Faced with the overwhelming anger from the recruits, the instructors at the training base had their own method. They only used one method to resolve the recruits' misunderstanding, and that was hide-and-seek.
Don't you like the green military hat? Come on, we have the black hats of the security police here. Wear them all, and you will understand them after walking around the mountain.
When Yu Jinshui was held down several times by veterans wearing the black hat of the security police, he learned from the instructor that the green military hat issued to him was called a "camouflage hat" and its purpose was to better protect him when fighting in the mountains and forests.
Hide yourself.
In addition, from top to bottom of the Bei Navy, whether it was Wang Yuanfang, Liu Sheng, Wu Siyu, or even Zhao Xin, who sometimes wore a green camouflage cotton hat and walked around, the discussion among the soldiers slowly subsided.
Yu Jinshui waited outside the door for about twenty minutes. Dai Peng (Dapeng, Manchu), the garrison leader of the Buying City, came to the tower in a hurry. He raised his fists at Yu Jinshui below, feeling a little out of breath.
asked: "May I ask your surname?"
Yu Jinshui looked up and felt that this Qing army general looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. Then he raised his hand and saluted the Northern Navy's military salute, and said loudly: "My surname is Yu, and my name is Yu Jinshui! Please give me the honor.
Captain Bu Lu ordered us to negotiate with you. Here is a letter from Captain Lu, which needs to be delivered in person to Wu Yi, an official of your vassal council."
"How presumptuous! Mr. Wu's name is also given casually! In fact..."
"Snapped!"
Before Qing Jun finished speaking angrily at Jin Shui, he felt a hot slap on his face, blocking his next words. He covered his face and looked again, and saw the angry eyes of the leader.
Open your eyes.
"Bastard! Do you have any right to speak here? Are you treating me as a mere decoration? Get out of here!"
After teaching his subordinates a lesson, Dai Peng showed some apology and said to Jin Shui: "Master Wu is an official of the imperial court. Well, there may be something wrong with this interview. If you can trust me, how about I transfer it to you?"
Yu Jinshui thought for a while and felt that this was the only way. So he said to Dai Peng: "Okay, but you have to give me a receipt."
After hearing this, Dai Peng bowed his hands, asked Yu Jinshui to wait for a moment, and then walked down the tower to the nearest shop. He called the shopkeeper and asked him to write down: "Business and purchase on a certain day and a certain month in the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign."
The city garrison officers and soldiers received a letter from Jiaktu and forwarded it to Mr. Wu Zhenyu of the Lifan Academy." Then he ordered someone to open the north door to reveal a gap for one person to enter, and he walked out with the receipt.
Yu Jinshui read the receipt, took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to the other party, when he suddenly saw a flattering smile on the face of the man opposite him, and whispered to himself: "Monitor Yu, long time no see."
"Huh?" Yu Jinshui was stunned and thought to himself, "This person actually knows me?"
When Dai Peng saw Yu Jinshui looking at him in surprise, he reminded him in a low voice: "Squad leader Yu, the prisoner camp outside Fuldan City two years ago..."
"Oh!" Yu Jinshui patted his head and finally remembered who this person was, and said with some surprise: "Zhenglan Banner Mongolian Co-leader Dapeng! Why are you here?"
"Uh, it's Dai Peng." When Dai Peng spoke, his back was to the city gate, so the Qing troops on the city tower couldn't see him speaking at all. He nodded slightly and said softly: "Young man, you didn't ask someone to move you here.
Well, I thought there would be a lot of money here, but who knew... Oh, it’s hard to describe in words!”
Yu Jinshui smiled and said: "What? Are you afraid that we will come over?"
Dai Peng said: "Squad leader Yu, you also know that I am just a small co-leader, and it is not my turn to intervene in military and national affairs. But please remember our previous friendship. If you really want to take action, I hope you will inform me in advance.
I will never dare to be an enemy of your department!"
"Okay." Yu Jinshui rolled his eyes, picked up the receipt, opened it, pretended to look at it, and said, "You saw what happened yesterday, right?"
Dai Peng said: "I only saw that your army went westward at Shenchu time, and then returned to the north of the boundary river at night. I don't know what happened."
Yu Jinshui sneered and said: "Some people don't know whether to live or die and think they can get revenge and take credit by tying up one or two people."
Dai Peng was startled and said quickly: "Here, where do you start talking about this?"
Yu Jinshui said: "We are old acquaintances, and I won't hide it from you. Tian Tonghe, the shopkeeper of Heyuanji, colluded with Rakshasa officers and profiteers to kidnap my family members of the Beihai Navy..."
"What?! Tian Tonghe?" Dai Peng's mouth opened wide, thinking that there really are people who don't want to die. He quickly clasped his fists and bowed slightly: "Don't worry, Mr. Yu, I will find out the situation and report it to Mr. Wu.
, be severely punished.”
"No, I'm here today just to ask you to hand over Tian Tonghe."
"How, how does this happen?"
"Yes, of course." Yu Jinshui raised his hand to Dai Peng, then turned around and walked back, saying: "Go back and have a good discussion with that Wu Yi. If you don't hand it over after noon, we will go to the city directly.
Arrested."
"ah!"
Half an hour later, they were in the yamen office of the Lifanyuan of Buying City.
With a "pop!", Wu Yi slapped the letter on the table. He was so angry that he trembled all over and said angrily: "What a good thief! How dare you be so unreasonable!"
Dai Peng cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Wu, it's nothing to just be angry. The other side said that if you don't hand over the person after noon, the troops will be sent in to arrest the person!"
"Fart!" Wu Yi pointed at Dai Peng and said angrily: "They have guns. Isn't the musket in your hand a fire stick?"
Dai Pengxin said that you are really right, then it is really a fire stick. In the past, it was okay to scare the Rakshasa, but against the Northern Navy, even ten times more men and horses would be of no avail.
He organized his speech and then said to Wu Yi: "Master Wu, I once followed Marshal Fu in a fierce battle with Zhao Ni's rebels in Fuldan City for several days. Their firearms were so powerful that they could fire seven times in a row in an instant.
Eight blunderbuss, and they can hit extremely far, we are really no match for our small number of people and firearms!"
Wu Yi had no choice at this time. He sat behind the desk dejectedly and began to complain to Dai Peng.
If he just handed the person over so obediently, he would never get any good results once Songyun, the Minister of Affairs of Kulun, found out. For the position of Jiaktu Secretary, he bribed Heshen a full 150,000 taels.
Money. If I really lost my hat over this matter, I would really have to pay it to my grandma’s house!
But the problem is that if we want to handle border affairs in accordance with the previous negotiation methods, let alone wait for the Lifan Yuan to issue the document, the day lily will be cold.
According to the provisions of the "Buliansqi Boundary Treaty" and "Chakhthu Boundary Treaty" signed by the Qing and Russia in the early Yongzheng Dynasty, when encountering such a thing, Wu Yi must first report to Songyun, the Minister of Affairs of Kulun, and Songyun would then report to
The Lifan Yuan in the capital reported the matter; after the Lifan Yuan reported to Qianlong for approval, he sent a letter to the Kulun Minister, who sent a letter to the Russian Governor of Siberia.
Moreover, even if the Chinese committed a crime, there was absolutely no reason to hand it over to the Russian side. They would execute the law directly at the place where they were captured.
After listening to Wu Yi's complaint, Dai Peng said: "Master Wu, if this were still the case before, let alone Tian Tonghe, just the people like Pavlov and Ragutin mentioned in the letter are also beyond comparison.
If someone crosses the border armed with a weapon, it will not be unjust if he is directly hanged!"
He changed the subject, sighed, and continued helplessly: "But that's not the case now! The people on the other side are not Rakshasa soldiers. I think Zhao Ni's people are more fierce than Rakshasa soldiers. If we really want to let
They rushed into the city to arrest people, and when the news reaches Cullen, you and I will be dead!"
Wu Yi heard something in Dai Peng's words, so he leaned forward and asked, "What do you mean?"
Dai Peng looked around, Wu Yi understood, and signaled his officers to retreat. After everyone had left, Dai Peng came over and whispered: "I am humbled by my position, so it is better to handle it like this..."
After Wu Yi heard this, he twirled his beard and thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Just after noon, a man wearing the uniform of a government official walked into the "Heyu'anji" in the third courtyard on the west side of Beimen Street. When the shopkeeper saw it, he was personally accompanied by Mr. Wu, the administrator of the Lifanyuan.
Walking into the yard, he asked a store clerk who came up to him with a kind face: "Xiao Shui, where is your shopkeeper?"
"Back to Mr. Wu, our shopkeeper Tian is settling accounts in the main room at the back. Please ask the shopkeeper to come out."
The trading city was not big, and the soldiers and civilians in the city looked up and down, so they were all very familiar with it.
"Well, the master sent me to invite shopkeeper Tian to the government office to discuss something important."
"Master Wu, please sit down for a moment. I'll go ask the shopkeeper."
"Go quickly, go quickly."
Every shop in the shopping city has a courtyard layout with a front store and a back hall, which are generally similar. No matter which door you walk in, you will see the furnishings of Eurasia and Bi. The furnishings in the front yard are simple, but very neat, and they are tidied up like a festival.
Similar. The rooms behind the vestibule are quite elegant, and some even have European-style fireplaces installed.
The waiter Xiao Shui walked outside the main room in the back hall and coughed. The sound of the abacus crackling in the room suddenly stopped, and then someone asked: "What's the matter?"
"Sir, Mr. Wu from the Lifan Academy has sent someone to invite you to come over. He said he has something important to discuss."
"Let him sit down for a moment, and I'll be right over." As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of abacus sounded again.
In the main room, the walls are surrounded by large plank beds, covered with thick felts and blankets. A Russian mirror is hung on the wall, and there are several watercolor paintings from Europe as decorations. On the east side, there is a bed against the wall.
On a wooden bed, a middle-aged man in his early thirties was sitting cross-legged in front of the kang table, with a thick stack of accounts in front of him.
I saw this man fiddled with the beads on the abacus with his left hand, and kept writing on the account book with a pen in his right hand. He was doing two things at once, without stopping for a moment. After about a stick of incense, he almost finished a page.
Everything is written down, and the calculation on the left hand side has the results. When comparing the two sides, it turns out that there is nothing wrong.
This person is none other than Tian Tonghe, the shopkeeper of "He Yuan Ji" who was ordered by the Beihai Navy to arrest the traitor.
Tian Tonghe collected the account books and pen and ink in an orderly manner, then put on his shoes, hat, and sea otter skin mandarin jacket, and walked slowly to the vestibule.
The personal attendant sent by Wu Yi was already waiting impatiently, but when he saw Tian Tonghe, he still said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Tian is really busy, please come with me."
Tian Tonghe smiled, clasped his fists, and saluted, saying he was sorry. Then he walked to an old clerk, took a bunch of keys from his waist, and said, "Old Huang, this is from the account book cabinet in the back room.
Keep the key. If you don't come back, give it to brother."
"Shopkeeper, what are you doing?" Lao Huang was slightly startled, wondering how he could keep this thing for me?
He was about to ask again when he heard the official say impatiently: "Shopkeeper Tian, it's not too late to come back if you have anything to do. Mr. Wu is already waiting impatiently!"