Chapter 789 A sudden turmoil arose in the south of the Yangtze River
Although there was nothing insulting in Li Rui's reply, the tone between the lines was cold and tough. The time and location were directly given, and he did not wait for the time.
Jiaqing could only secretly sulk about this. The most important thing at the moment was to determine the candidate for negotiation. Moreover, this trip was not only for negotiation, but also to go to Shengjing to visit the imperial mausoleum on his behalf.
In fact, he had already thought about the candidate, and the first one on the list was Prince Yi Yongxuan.
To be honest, Yong Xuan's behavior on the day of He Shen's rebellion made many people look at him with admiration. No one expected that this prince who usually indulged in wine, sex, and surly behavior would have such courage and skill. Obviously, Yong Xuan and others
Everything Nian did was just a show of keeping a low profile and biding time.
When people were in panic and confusion, he, as the prince and the minister in charge of the bodyguard, killed several eunuchs with his staff and quickly stabilized the order in the Forbidden City; he dared to resolutely force the use of the Military Aircraft Department's seal to mobilize troops for escort without an imperial edict.
Although Yong Xuan was given a plea deal afterward, and except for entering the palace to cry in front of Qianlong's coffin as required, he stayed behind closed doors at other times, but Jiaqing was still wary of his 14-year-old brother. He once
Ask yourself, if you were there at that time, you may not be as resolute as Yong Xuan.
After Jiaqing succeeded to the throne in a hurry, the brothers had a private conversation. After confirming that Yongxuan had no ambitions, Jiaqing immediately issued an order to the Jin Dynasty to confer the title of Prince Heshuoyi, and ordered the prime minister to manage the ministry and eliminate Heshen's gang members.
The second in the list is the 42-year-old Minister of Military Aircraft and Minister of Household Affairs Songyun. This man was once the minister of affairs in Kulun. He negotiated with Tsarist Russia on the interruption of trade for many years and did not fall behind. He was highly praised by Qianlong.
The third one is Fu Jun, a cabinet bachelor and the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. This man is from Zhenghuang Banner, Mongolia, and is 45 years old this year. He was a translation scholar in the 44th year of Qianlong's reign and stayed in the Lifan Academy for several years.
The translator Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty was a special group, originating from the Eight Banners scientific examination in the early Qing Dynasty. It was established in the early years of Yongzheng. Only Manchu and Mongolian scholars from the Eight Banners were allowed to participate. It was also a three-level scientific examination system for children, townships, and general examinations.
Because the Manchus were heavily sinicized and there was a shortage of talents who were proficient in Manchu. In addition, the content of the examination was all in Manchu and Mongolian. As a result, there were very few people who passed the imperial translation examination in each session. Sometimes there were thirty or forty people, and as few as a dozen
indivual.
Translators are usually highly valued. They are usually sent to the Lifan Yuan to practice for a few years, and then enter the cabinet, becoming the cabinet secretary or the secretary to the cabinet, responsible for transcribing cabinet files in Manchu and Mongolian characters; and then they are sent to serve abroad.
They are ministers of affairs, garrison generals, ministers, and even high ranking bachelors in the cabinet.
The last person is Yubao, the minister of the Ministry of War. This man is also 42 years old, Zhenghuang Banner, and was a Jinshi in the 46th year of Qianlong's reign. He is very knowledgeable in military affairs.
Do you see that? The people Jiaqing was looking for were all young and powerful Manchu and Mongolian ministers, and there was not a single Han Chinese. Now except for a few people such as Zhu Gui, Dong Gao, Wang Jie, Liu Yong, etc., he basically no longer trusts other Han ministers. Now
Even if there are Han people in the feudal officials in various places, they are from the Eight Banners Han Army.
This matter is actually very simple. The Manchu Qing Dynasty is fleeing to the west. How many Han officials are willing to abandon their families and careers to follow them? Instead of believing in these people, it is better to believe that the old sow can climb the tree.
Just like Ji Xiaolan, the Minister of Rites, although he is seventy years old, he can still eat more than ten kilograms of meat every day, and his physical strength is quite good, but can the Hejian Ji family follow the imperial court and move westward?
Then there is Liu Yong. Of course Jiaqing does not doubt Liu Yong's personal loyalty, but what about the Liu family in Zhucheng? Not long ago, Shangyu's backup office received a secret report from Shandong saying that the first batch of people received by the Northern Navy after taking Qingzhou Prefecture
Among the local gentry, there were members of the Liu family.
When Qianlong was alive, he mentioned Jiaqing's message many times with great sincerity. We must not forget that the Eight Banners of Manchuria are the foundation of the country, and beware of the Chinese people's sinister, cunning, and long-standing habits. The Han people can use it, but there must be checks and balances, and they must be promoted at all times.
The Qing court knew very well how absurd and uninhibited Zhao Xin's title of "Pre-Ming Zhao King" was, but this name still had a great influence on the Han people, especially the Jiangnan Shilin people. In the final analysis, it was those people in Wang Zhong who constantly replaced him.
He advocated endorsements and spread rumors everywhere.
Well, when Jiaqing thinks of Wang Zhong, Liu Taigong, Hong Liangji, Jiang Fan and the others, he becomes extremely angry. By the way, Yuan Mei and Zhao Yi are now added to the list.
In mid-September, Jiangsu Inspector Buyan reported something in Mizheli that aroused Jiaqing's high alert, that is, Yuan Mei and Zhao Yi actually disappeared for a period of time in July and August last year.
Although Yuan Mei later announced that she and Zhao Yi were traveling to Huangshan with their disciples, the strange thing was that both of them arrived at Huangshan but did not go to She County to visit Cao Wenxian who was at home. Even though Yuan Mei did not like Cao Wenxian as a person, Zhao Yi was the one who once and
Cao Wenqian worked together in the Hanlin Academy, so there was no reason why we would go to someone else's property without taking a look.
Furthermore, several of Yuan Mei’s disciples have not shown up since then. For example, Sun Yuanxiang, the son of the late Lu’an magistrate Sun Hao, and his wife Xi Peilan, who was famous for her poetry and painting. The Buyan faction’s men secretly investigated, no matter what
There is no news about Sun Yuanxiang in either Zhaowen (Changshu) or Jiangning, and he has not returned to his hometown of She County for many years.
Thinking of the imperial examination held in Beihai Town in August last year, Jiaqing concluded that Yuan and Zhao most likely went to Beihai Town, and several of their students must have participated in the imperial examination in Beihai Town.
In anger, Jiaqing first summoned Prince Mian'en, and after some discussion, ordered him to carry the imperial edict and the royal flag to go south in disguise. Then he sent a 400-mile expedited expedition to Fu Ning, the governor of Liangjiang, and Buyan, the envoy of Jiangsu.
Secret decree. His order to Mian En was that as long as Yuan Mei and Zhao Yi colluded with Beihai Town to verify the truth, they would be placed under house arrest and await orders.
In fact, Jiaqing made the decision to put himself under house arrest after repeated consideration.
He had long heard that Yuan Mei's Xiaocangshan Suiyuan was full of guests all day long, who were either scholars or people from the officialdom; and Zhao Yi was a professor at Yangzhou Anding Academy, with colleagues, friends and disciples all over the officialdom.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Locking and imprisoning these two people may cause turmoil in the entire Jiangnan Shilin; and once the news reaches Zhao Xin, given his temperament, he will definitely
They would not sit idly by. When the Yangzhou Prefecture captured Jiao Xun and Zhong Huai, someone came to rob them of prison, causing the Qing government to lose face.
The problem is that it is not okay to let these two people continue to stir up trouble. Now the Qing government has more than 6,000 Eight Banners troops stationed in Jiangning and Zhenjiang. Counting the pen posts, family members, and servants, the total number is less than 40,000
.If one day this group of people and the North Navy come to cooperate with each other inside and outside, these Eight Banners soldiers and their families will be in tragedy. I am afraid there will be rivers of blood and mountains of corpses.
The Northern Navy knew that it would not kill the Eight Banners prisoners Jiaqing, but he also knew very well what the Qing army had committed in Jiangnan when they entered the customs. Then there were the literary prisons set up in these years, which killed many people in Jiangnan scholars and destroyed countless families.
Including Zhao Xin's wife.
In fact, the reason why the Qing Dynasty still retains tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers south of the Yangtze River is to ensure that taxes and rice from the south are continuously transported to the north, so that the imperial family after fleeing westward will be richer. In addition, if the Northern Navy wants to sail from the coast
Attack, the Eight Banners stationed in various places will immediately board the ships that have been prepared and enter the two lakes and Sichuan to make a strategic retreat.
On November 16, the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, at dusk, in the study room of the Xihua Hall of the Liangjiang Governor's Office.
"Slave Funing (Buyan) respectfully wishes the Holy Annunciation!"
"Holy Holy Gong!"
"Long live, long live!"
After three kneels and nine kowtows, the two people in the study stood up and knelt down again to salute, saying in unison: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"Please get up! This time I am going south on an errand, and the matter is very important, so I have to rely on you two."
The 47-year-old Mian En is tall and has long arms. He wears a brown robe, a Batulu vest, and a pair of deerskin boots. His head is shaved to a smooth finish, and he has three long strands of beard under his chin.
He was ordered to leave Beijing on October 25th and arrived in Jiangning on November 15th. In addition to personal servants and more than a dozen imperial guards, the entourage also included several veteran investigators transferred from the Ministry of Justice.
People traveled from Huanghuayi to Jiangning by water. The whole journey was more than 2,860 miles and took 21 days.
Yuan Mei has many old stories in Jiangning's official circles and their relationships are complicated. For example, the current governor of Jiangsu, Qi Feng'e, has a very good relationship with him and even asked his biological son Yuan Chi to recognize him as his adoptive father.
Therefore, in order to deceive others, Mian'en deliberately chose the evening to secretly meet with Funing, the governor of Liangjiang, and Buyan, the inspector-general of Jiangsu, in the name of a visit from an old friend from the capital.
At this time, there was a faint thunder from outside. Mian En sat down steadily, glanced at the three of them, and asked: "Have you done what was mentioned in the edict on the 15th of last month? Arrange eye spies for surveillance.
Find out the whereabouts of those two people last August, as well as the whereabouts of their disciples?"
Buyan sat on the chair and bowed and said: "I personally arranged for the people from the patrol office to handle the matter of the spy. There are people watching at Xiaocangshan from morning to night. In addition to the servants in Suiyuan, every morning
The people who deliver rice, noodles and vegetables to the garden also have spies. The guests who come in and out every day are recorded, and the list can be obtained that night."
Fu Ning, the governor of Liangjiang, said: "This is where the trouble lies. Those two people have too many old friends. If there is any disturbance in the yamen, it will definitely spread to their ears. Previously, my servant sent people to Shexian, Zhaowen and Yangzhou to investigate.
He is also from the patrol office. The slaves at Anding Academy deployed manpower two months ago, and Zhao Yunsong's residence is also being watched. Prince, you can rest assured."
Mian En stood up and rushed to the north, cupped his hands, and said solemnly: "Before leaving, the emperor repeatedly warned that if you are not careful in this matter, it will be a huge disaster. A few scholars are nothing, dealing with them is like squeezing an ant to death, but you
Don’t forget who is supporting them!
The king doesn't know anything about tracking and catching thieves, but he has been in charge of military affairs for many years, otherwise the emperor would not have sent me here. The patrols of Youying, Chuansha and Wusong camps in Langshan Town cannot be relaxed. Once Beihai is discovered on the sea
The thieves' ships must be alerted immediately, and beacon towers everywhere must be manned day and night. The forts in Chongming and Jiangyin must be on heightened alert. Gunpowder and cannon must not go wrong! The hundreds of cannons purchased by the imperial court at a huge expense cannot be used as decorations!
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He took a sip of tea, paused for a moment and then told Funing, the governor of Liangjiang, "You can think of a reason. In the past few days, call Songtai Dao, Tongzhou General Soldier and Su Song General Soldier to Jiangning. I want to
Deploy it yourself. Damn it, half of Jiangnan has to go through trouble for these two immortal guys, and we can’t let the North Sea pirates know!"
"yes."
While talking, the glass in the study room crackled, heavy raindrops fell with the cold wind, and there was a sound of mountains outside the flower hall.
"That's it for today. I'm temporarily staying at Pilu Temple, which is not far from here. Everyone is here. Send someone to deliver a message to me. If nothing happens, don't look for me."
"yes."
Early the next morning, after breakfast, Mian En took two guards to Mancheng in the east of the city.
In May of the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Prince Duduo of Henan led his army to capture Nanjing after a bloodbath in Yangzhou, and then designated a large area in the east of the city, including the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty, as a garrison. After that, the Qing government successively dispatched Eight Banners armored soldiers southward.
The Eight Banners Garrison in Jiangning was formally established.
In the sixth year of Shunzhi, the Qing government transformed the Ming Imperial City into Mancheng and built a "city within the city" within the city. It took two years to complete.
In the 16th year of Shunzhi, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan attacked Jiangning. Although they failed in the end, the victory of 200 armored soldiers annihilating 800 Eight Banners armored soldiers frightened the Eight Banners garrison at that time. In order to strengthen Jiangning's garrison strength, in the 17th year of Shunzhi, the Qing Dynasty
The imperial court also expanded the city of Jiangning to the east and south.
After reconstruction, Jiangning Mancheng became the largest area among all direct provinces. It is slightly rectangular in shape, with a length of 961 feet from north to south, a width of 677 feet from east to west, a circumference of 3412.5 feet, and an area of 6.25 square kilometers, which is the size of 14 Tiananmen Squares in later generations.
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The Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented closed management of Manchu City garrisoned in various places. It was very difficult for Han people to enter Manchu City. Ordinary people would be kicked away if they stayed at the gate of the city, let alone going in. The three of Mian'en came to the west wall on the north side of the west wall.
In front of the Hua Gate, the guard guarding the gate saw that the three men were dressed like ordinary Han people. Just as he was about to scold him, the accompanying Ouchi guard showed his waistband. The soldier was so frightened that he trembled all over and immediately slapped him.
Just let it go.
After entering the city, the three of them went straight to the General's Mansion in the northwest corner. Mian En's trip was to meet Jiangning General Qinglin.
It is quite interesting to say that in the history of another time and space, the general Jiangning in this time period should be Na Qitai. Yes, it was the Ning Guta Commander who first dealt with Zhao Xin. In this time and space, the leader
The whereabouts of the man who stationed the army in the Li Dynasty is unknown after the Northern Navy broke through the Tumen River defense line.
The Qing court thought he had died in the battle, and Qianlong even decreed that he be posthumously titled "Hou Zhongmin". However, no one knew that our father had already boarded the last ship to the New World this year with his wife and children. Zhao
The new arrangement for him is to form a mounted police force to protect the security of Lushui Town and the mining area.
What was supposed to come did not come, so today's General Jiangning became Qinglin. This man is the younger brother of the Minister of Military Aircraft Qinggui. He had been working in the "Shangyu Standby Office" before, and later he became an official and paid homage to Tang A. He was a proper spy.