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 follow the escort.
Their first stop was Ezochi. After Zhao Xin saw Tuka, the two of them dismissed all their men and discussed in secret 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; third, do you want to be the king of the entire "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 deceived! 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 left hand and quickly pulled it out with his right hand.
"I swear by 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 at noon made the bluestone floor in the Forbidden City so hot that it burned your heart and lungs even through your boots. At this time, in addition to the eunuchs on duty transporting ice cubes who occasionally came in and out of the military aircraft office on the north side of Longzong Gate, several military aircraft Zhang Jingdu on duty on the south side were looking through the windows, not daring to breathe. Ever since the Secretary of General Affairs hurriedly sent a note 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.
The iron sign outside the door of the duty room that read "Heaven is responsible for the emperor's rule of the day: all princes, nobles, civil and military officials, and people in the inner palace who enter the military aircraft without permission will be shot to death!" The sun burned more and more ferociously.
At this time, in Heshen's duty room, in addition to Agui, the foreman of the military aircraft sent by Qianlong to the northwest to suppress the rebellion, Liang Guozhi, Heshen, Qinggui, Fu Changan, and Dong Gao 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 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!"
The twenty-four-year-old Fu Changan glanced at Heshen and said softly: "It is said in the book that the Oros have sharp guns and thunderous power. When did the Oros become so powerful? When the Holy Ancestor defeated Yaksa, The people of Hubei were beaten by our Qing Dynasty until they were running away like rats!"
Qinggui has been silent since he read Fukang'an's Six Hundred Miles Expedited 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, what do you say?"
Fu Chang'an, who followed He Shen closely, asked after hearing this: "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 year of Qianlong's reign, he was appointed Chaodaotai in Huijia, Guangdong.)
Among the five people present, Dong Gao entered the military base the latest. He was a civil servant and could not express much opinion on military matters. However, because of his good relationship with Wang Jie, when Dong Gao was promoted to Minister of Military and Aircraft four years ago, He Shen secretly caused many obstacles. Later, when he took over as Minister of Household Affairs, He Shen was even more jealous.
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 Duke Shuzhai who has been here, none of us are familiar with the situation there. Moreover, the Yaolin family has been favored by the emperor for generations. How can you talk nonsense!"
"Hey, Mr. Zhue Lin, that's not what you meant." Fu Changan 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, and there is no progress in Yunyan Gong. Who would have thought that the northeast would... well!"
Since the Gansu Rebellion broke out on April 15, the number of rebels led by Tian Wu and Li Kekui has 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 Guerrilla Gao Renjie hadn't led troops to help, Gangta would have confessed on the spot.
Immediately following the battle at the top of Maying Shuizhuang, 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 Weima Ying and joined Zhang Wenqing's troops. At this time, the leader of the rebel army in Gansu has become Ma Mingxin's apprentice Zhang Wenqing.
On the eighth day of May, Zhang Wenqing's troops took Shifengbao in Tongwei County as their stronghold and captured Tongwei County. On the 12th, Xi'an Deputy Governor Mingshan led 1,200 people to suppress the army. Zhang Wenqing designed to lure the Qing troops down the mountain to pursue him, but Ming Shan was shot to death 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 retreated to Wujiaping.
On May 25, the Jingning Rebel Army gathered thousands of people to attack the city of Jingning. The main road was cut off, completely interrupting communications from Xi'an to Gansu.
By this time, in Gansu Province, in addition to the previous Yancha, Jingyuan, Anding, Tongwei, Fuqiang, Jingning, and Longde, Huining, Qin'an, Guyuan, Huating, and some prefectures and counties in Pingliang and Gaolan were Hui people. 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", but he didn't want the Hui people's rebels to suppress more and more people. Since Fukang'an and Hailancha were sent to the northeast to encircle and suppress the "Oros", in addition to ordering the Military Aircraft Department to issue an edict to seriously injure the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Li Shiyao and others, they had no choice but to order the Chief Military Aircraft Minister Agui to be the Imperial Envoy, leading Jianrui Two thousand troops from the battalion and firearms battalion went to Gansu to suppress the rebellion.
In addition to sending Agui, the Qing government not only mobilized 5,000 soldiers and horses from Ganliang, Yansui, and Jingbing, but also flew 1,000 troops each from Sichuan Tunbing, Alxa Cavalry, Ningxia Manbing, and Salar Laojiaibing. The total strength of the army has reached 10,000.
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 are in this situation, there is 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 He Shen said this, 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 before making a decision."
"you say."
"First of all, I don't think the chaos in the northwest is nothing. Li Shiyao must be blamed for the current situation! Mr. Yunyan 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 mobilize the North Korean navy, he would not have known how long it would have taken him to return to Hunchun by land! "
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 boat in a fishing village along the coast. Immediately, Fukang'an sent someone to sail a boat to search Lenji Island and contacted the North Korean Navy. Then he 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 the 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 too courageous! He actually encouraged Master Fifteen to help cover up Fukangan's matter.
Dong Gao couldn't help but blurt out: "He Zhongtang, how can 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 saying goes, seventy-three and eighty-four are a hurdle. If Qianlong is angry because of Fukang'an, let alone Wanshou Festival, his conscience will not be able to live with it.
He Shen didn't understand military affairs, and the first two words he said were nonsense, but the last one hit 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 how he said it, no one could compare to him in terms of loyalty to the emperor.
"The Military Aircraft Department sent a six-hundred-mile expedited dispatch and asked Fukang to return to Beijing in peace!"
Dong Hao asked anxiously: "How can I tell the emperor?"
Yong Yan said to Liang Guozhi and He Shen: "Two of you, Zhongtang, let's go see the emperor now!"
An hour later, inside the Yangxin Hall.
Liang Guozhi and He Shen knelt aside. Yong Yan explained clearly the contents of Fukang'an's excerpt and said: "Father, even if we make preparations now and let Jilin Wula Shipyard build ships and transport artillery, it will be ten at the fastest." 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 rush back to Beijing for 600 miles, 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 only heard a "pop!". Qianlong threw a handful of jade Ruyi on the imperial case to the ground and shattered into pieces.
At this time, Qianlong's face turned red, he slapped the table and stood up: "Two little thieves, they harassed the barbarians and bandits, and they actually harmed the general of the DPRK!"
After Qianlong passed the age of 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 and coaxed him all day long, only picking up what he wanted to hear and coaxing him.
Today he was furious, looking around with anger in his eyes. All the people were so frightened that they shrank down, lowered their heads and said nothing, trembling.
Heshen kowtowed to the ground and said, "Master, please calm down. Fukangan's book clearly stated 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 flanked 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 I 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 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.
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, gently 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, Heshen kept chatting with Qianlong to relieve his boredom, and tried his best to comfort the old emperor. He didn't come out from Xihua Gate until the palace gate was closed.
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 also very tired.
While he 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?"
Liu Quan said with a smile: "We are almost ready, but there are still four or five items left. In the afternoon, the Wang family sent someone to send a letter, saying about the pair of red sandalwood inlaid jade cranes and deer hanging in the same spring, and a set of inscriptions and peng engravings The Lanting seal, Song Dynasty porcelain crown and tripod, 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 this errand must be done for me! I will mention it to the emperor again when I have a chance, not 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, Fukangan was defeated 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 Heshen: "Sir, I want to go to Yangzhou. I'm 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!"
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