After Pan Xiucheng scolded him and lost his temper, he told Monk Zhou that the military department had called and asked him to report before nine o'clock tomorrow morning. After the training, Monk Zhou felt confused and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Good thing!"
At around 8 a.m. the next day, several sturdy Don horses carried Monk Zhou and the guards, whose faces were oily and sweaty, into the military compound outside Baiber City. A young staff officer who had been waiting here took Monk Zhou to wash his face and tidy up his military appearance. Monk Zhou felt that the bandage on his ear was too ugly, so he took it off, and then followed the counselor to the door of a room.
The young staff officer knocked twice and the door opened. He then motioned to Monk Zhou to go in himself. Monk Zhou entered the room and saw that Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and Fan Tong were all there.
By the way, Fan Tong's current official position is political commissar of the Baikal Military District of the Northern Navy.
"Report, Commander Zhou Heichuang of the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment has been ordered to report for duty!"
"sit down!"
Monk Zhou was a little worried. Pan Xiucheng said there was a good thing, but what good thing was it?
Liu Sheng first chatted with him for a few words about the night drills, and then nodded to Fan Tong. Fan Tong looked at Monk Zhou expressionlessly, opened a folder, cleared his throat, stood up and said, "Zhou Heichuang!"
"arrive!"
"By order of the Northern Navy Command, Zhou Heichuang, commander of the second battalion of the third regiment, is hereby appointed as the acting commander of the 12th regiment of the Northern Navy. April 11, Xuanyuan 4488."
"What?! Captain?" Monk Zhou, who had been struggling all night and for a long time, finally heard the news that surprised and delighted him. His dark face turned red with excitement. He even ignored Fan Tong's last words about Xuanyuan. Chronology.
After the train opening ceremony, Wang Zhong and Duan Yucai approached Zhao Xin specifically about the matter. Wang Zhong told Zhao Xin that they had already verified the year of the Yellow Emperor's Era, and suggested that Zhao Xin implement it in Beihai Town as soon as possible to clarify Zhengshuo.
Beihai Town had been using the Western calendar before, but when Wang Zhong found out that the so-called Western calendar was the "Christian Era" of Westerners, he denounced it as absurd. Wang Zhong thought that although Zhao Xin did not want to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, Beihai Town still had to have its own calendar. Wang Zhong admired the pre-Qin rules and regulations. He believed that since Beihai's currency used the portrait of Xuanyuan Huangdi, it would be better to use the "Huangdi Calendar" as the calendar. This idea was also agreed by Duan Yucai, Hong Liangji and others.
After careful research and textual research on the "Emperor's Century", "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", "Huang Ji Jing Shi", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and other books, coupled with the help of Wang Zhenyi, an arithmetician who is proficient in astronomical calendars, It took Wang Zhong more than a year to organize people, and finally designated the "Year of Guihai" when the Yellow Emperor ascended the throne as the first year of the Yellow Emperor.
Because the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong, that is, 1791, was the year of Xinhai, ranking 48th among the stems and branches. According to historical records, counting the above 74 stems and branches, we will get the first year of the stem and branch calendar, which is when the Yellow Emperor ascended the throne and established the stem and branch calendar. , that is, 2697 BC.
In fact, Zhao Xin increasingly felt that in order to embark on the process of industrialization after the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, China must also invigorate the national spirit; and the traditional culture represented by the respect for the Yellow Emperor is also a kind of national spirit. Before coming to Baiboer City for the meeting, Zhao Xin signed an order for the use of the new calendar, stipulating that the Xuanyuan Calendar would begin on the first day of the fourth lunar month this year, which is May 1 of the Gregorian calendar. Compared with the private sector, the North Navy moved faster internally. They almost replaced all the personnel the day after Zhao Xin signed the order.
For the people under the rule of Beihai Town, the familiar zodiac signs and the lunar calendar have not changed, but they will no longer see the Christian era on notices.
The sun sets close to the horizon, and colorful clouds pile up on the horizon. The blue sky is like a piece of blue velvet, trimmed with gold edges.
Zhao Xin, who came out of the military headquarters, was touched by the beautiful scenery at this moment. He stopped the carriage, jumped on a black Don horse, and walked briskly towards the headquarters of the third regiment. He planned to watch another night drill of the Third Regiment today and return to Pingshi City tomorrow.
When it was dark, a group of people arrived at the Third Regiment's station. Zhao Xin didn't let anyone notify them in advance. He didn't want to make a big fuss every time he left the army. Unexpectedly, before he entered the courtyard of the regiment headquarters, he heard someone in a courtyard diagonally opposite singing a ditty at the top of his voice. There was also the sound of pushing cups and changing cups and making fists. Zhao Xin's face immediately dropped.
"Sister was combing her oily hair in the room. She met a lover and walked out of the window. She hurriedly went to the embroidery building and put her hands on her shoulders. Why did she lose my letter yesterday? She had a shy face and was not shy. She came to beg and beg again~~ ~ Holding the gold hairpin in hand, throwing the tooth comb on the table, holding the dark clouds around a lot, leaving the romantic~~~ Hand in hand, hand in hand, leaving the romantic, the romantic came back and combed her hair, not caring about the oil on her hands~~~ "
"Okay! Lao Zhou's singing of this ditty is really good! I say, let's give him another drink!"
"Don't let him drink, otherwise the monk will get drunk!"
"Bah! I won't get drunk even if you bastards lie down..."
With a "clang", the door of the house was suddenly kicked open from the outside. Zhao Xin's guard walked to the door and said to everyone in the house: "Everyone! Come out!"
At this time, all the officers in the room were drunk and were very unhappy when they were suddenly interrupted by a stranger. One of the company commanders couldn't help but opened his mouth and cursed: "Asshole! I drink some wine, who do you think you are?" Well......"
Before he could finish his words, a big hand immediately covered his mouth. A figure flashed at the door, and Zhao Xin walked in with a smile on his face. It is said that now the Beihai Navy has Zhao Xin's portrait from company headquarters to regiment headquarters. For the founder of the North Navy and a mythical figure, although it cannot be said that he "asks for instructions in the morning and reports in the evening", his face is known to everyone.
Seeing this sudden appearance, everyone hurriedly left the table and stood up, but most of them were too drunk to stand still; especially Monk Zhou, who was swaying a lot and actually had a tube stuck in his ear. A wild flower.
Zhao Xin found a stool and sat down, looked around, and said with a smile: "Haha, please introduce yourselves."
"Bei, Captain of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Beihai Navy Regiment, Li Chunsheng."
"Shang Xuewu, commander of the second company of the third regiment, second battalion, and second company."
...
"Third regiment, second battalion, second company, first platoon, third squad, Kang Youcai." Kang Youcai saluted and knocked the wild flowers from Monk Zhou's ears with a handful.
"Zhou Heichuang, commander of the 12th Regiment."
After hearing this, Zhao Xin nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Masters, please take a seat."
The words were spoken softly, but in everyone's ears they were no different than Huang Zhong Dalu. Two people's legs suddenly went weak. If there was no wall behind them to block them, they would collapse on the ground.
"Bang!" The dishes and bowls on the wooden table were shaken and rattled. "Look at that image of yours!"
Zhao Xin's tone rose, and the irritation in his voice became more obvious: "I want to ask, are you officials from the Manchu Qing Dynasty or are you from the Northern Navy who conquer the world for the poor?"
Everyone stood still and didn't answer.
"Of course you have to be happy when you become the leader of the regiment. It's okay for you old subordinates to celebrate him. But I didn't expect to be so happy! Look at each of you, how much you drank, and you still look like soldiers. Oh! Especially you, Monk Zhou! You even sang lewd lyrics and erotic songs. Is there any commander in the Beihai Navy who looks like you! Does this still look like a military force? It’s almost like a brothel!"
This afternoon, after Monk Zhou returned to the regiment headquarters to handle the handover, a group of officers from the Second Battalion who had learned the news decided to have a dinner together to celebrate Monk Zhou's promotion.
Originally, everyone just wanted to have fun and have a drink each. Unexpectedly, Monk Zhou was in a very high mood, so everyone gradually relaxed and went back to their residence to take out their inventory. The one who wished Gaosheng had a drink, the one who wished for great achievements had another drink, and some who wanted to follow Monk Zhou to the 12th Regiment had a drink with him... Just like this, one cup after another, Monk Zhou didn't come. Refuse. Because the exercise of the second battalion had ended, there was nothing much going on in the past two days, so the other officers gradually drank too much. After drinking until he got carried away, Monk Zhou sang a ditty that he had not sung for many years.
At this time, Monk Zhou seemed to have sobered up from his drunken state. His red face turned sallow, and he looked at Zhao Xin with shame.
Zhao Xin's tone calmed down, and he squinted his eyes and said: "Since there is nothing to do, I will give you something to do! Within three days, everyone in your second battalion, from the platoon commander to the company commander, must write a summary of the exercise , find out your own shortcomings, no less than a thousand words, and send it to the regiment headquarters! Send a copy to me too! If I find out that any of you dare to find someone to write for you, then congratulations, the prisoner of war camp in Usolye is We’re short of manpower!”
"yes!"
Kang Youcai said that he was the squad leader and this matter should not be his fault. Unexpectedly, after Zhao Xin finished speaking, he looked at himself and said with a smile: "Squad leader Kang, right? Could you please write a 500-word summary? Just from the perspective of the squad leader, collect and summarize the opinions of your soldiers. "
"Ah?!" Kang Youcai suddenly became bitter. Five hundred words could kill him.
After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he stood up and walked out, saying: "Okay, everyone, get out!"
There were stars in the dark night. When Zhao Xin, led by two staff officers of the Third Regiment, arrived at the exercise command post, a full moon hung on the hills in the east.
Two days later, Zhao Xin frowned and read the summaries submitted by Monk Zhou and others one by one, including one from Pan Xiucheng. The embarrassing incident of his subordinates gathering to drink was caught by the boss of the Northern Navy, and Pan Xiucheng felt that he was to blame.
"Take a look, what these people wrote is all about two words, arrogant!" Zhao Xin handed a stack of paper to Liu Sheng.
In the exercise summaries submitted by the officers, and even in the opinions of the soldiers below collected by Kang Youcai, everyone believed that the results of the exercise were not important; as long as there were artillery support, machine gun firepower, and even armored vehicles during the battle, No one can stop the Beihai Navy, and anyone who catches him will be destroyed.
Some military officers even suggested in their summary that the intensity of daily training, especially the daily five-kilometer run, should be reduced to half. Be it the Qing army or the Russian army, no one trains like this every day.
After leading soldiers for so many years, Zhao Xin knew that the army must be bloody and arrogant, but it must not be arrogant. Since ancient times, there have been too many examples of arrogant soldiers being defeated. He led this team along the way, always being outnumbered and unable to lose every battle, forcing him to follow him every time and be a "logistics captain".
Liu Sheng had already read part of it. He took it and put it on the table. He sighed and said: "The weapons are too advanced, we have never been defeated, and the battle loss ratio is too low. It's not surprising that there is such a general sentiment below."
"We have to pour some cold water on these people, otherwise they will easily suffer big losses." After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he said to Liu Sheng and Fan Tong: "The training cannot be relaxed, and it must be tightened. In addition, instructors should be sent to the troops above the company as soon as possible. , the batch of political workers trained by Lao Yu will arrive in another half month, and ideological work must be grasped. Strategically despising, tactically paying attention, these words will never be outdated. "
Fan Tong nodded helplessly, saying to himself that I don't want to be involved in political and ideological work at all, and you, the rich man Zhao, insist on forcing it on me. Well now, it's all my own business.
Zhao Xin added: "I don't go out with the Eastern Front troops this time because I want them to know that in the vast desert of 1.8 million square kilometers, once you are used to using modern weapons and equipment, if the logistics are not good, what you have in your hands will They all have to be turned into fire sticks, and cannons are worse than scrap metal.”
Liu Sheng said: "Don't worry, the Beihai Navy will still fight without bullets, and the enemies who have to be killed even with bayonets will run away."
Fan Tong asked Zhao Xin with some confusion: "Are you really not going to follow me this time?"
"I have to guard the Yenisei River. Just wait and see, Tsarist Russia just hastily signed a temporary armistice agreement, and they will definitely not be willing to accept it. Even if there is no war now, there will definitely be constant small moves."
As expected, Zhao Xinyan confirmed the matter, and Tsarist Russia had already begun to take action.
On March 15, the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, that is, April 15, 1791 in the Western calendar, Prince Cheling Ubas of Heboksali Turghut in northern Xinjiang reported to the Minister of Counselor of Tarbahatai Techeng. According to reports, in mid-August last year, a lama named Samailin under the Taiji Azanla banner left home for Karen but did not return, and now he suddenly returned.
According to the confession of this Samalin, he said that he was captured by the Kazakhs on the border in Karen last year and then handed over to the Russians. The Russians took him to Tomsk, detained him for a month and then released him. They also asked him to send a message to the Manchus and deliver a letter to the Qing Dynasty.
Tsarist Russia asked Samalin to report back that the Northern Navy was likely to send troops to Khalkha Mongolia in the near future, reminding the Manchus to respond early.
Talbahatai borders Khalkha Mongolia to the east, Kazakh nomadic lands to the west, and Tsarist Russia to the north. After hearing Samalin's message, Cheling Ubash feared that the Russians were deceitful, so he informed his men to guard the Karens everywhere and strengthen their defenses. At the same time, he detained Samalin to Talbahatai along with the letter.
At this time, General Baoning of Yili went to Beijing to see his Majesty but did not return. The post of general of Yili was taken over by Counselor Yongbao of Talbahatai, and the leading minister of Urumqi, Te Chengqi, took over the post of Counselor of Yongbahatai.
After Techeng'e took over the matter, he first interrogated Samalin several times. Since no one in Talbataiha could translate Russian, Techeng'e sent someone to send the Russian letter to General Ili for preparation. The interrogation will be held after translation.
As the highest military and political officer of Tarbahatai, Te Cheng'e immediately took measures to deal with this. The first is to strengthen patrols in Karen, with a focus on Karen on the border with Russia, in order to collect news. Second, in addition to General Yili of the Advisory Council, the Counselor of Khovd, Wu Miwusun, and Dingbian Left Deputy General Hengrui were also transferred.
After General Yongbao of Ili received Te Cheng'e's message and learned about this, he immediately wrote back saying that no one in Ili could translate Russian and asked him to present the original text to the emperor. At the same time, he believed that Samalin should be sent to the capital quickly. His attitude was extremely The amount is much more decisive.
Seven days later, Qianlong, who was in Old Summer Palace, received an urgent memorial of six hundred miles from Yongbao. Qianlong's first reaction was not to believe it, mainly because Beihai Town had just fought a war with Tsarist Russia in Siberia last year and gained a huge territory. If he were the Russian Tsar, he would definitely not give up.
Moreover, the matter with Tsarist Russia has not yet been resolved. The envoy from Annan asking for help has already left Zhennanguan, and Ruan Guangping's memorial has been delivered to Beijing before the envoy. In that memorial, Ruan Guangping told in a tragic tone how the Xishan court was bullied by the Northern Navy, and begged the emperor to send troops to help.
Now Tsarist Russia is saying that the Northern Navy is preparing to send troops to Khalkha and Mongolia. If they are so aggressive, is that "dog thief" Zhao Xin not afraid of dying? !
However, given that Zhao Xin repeatedly acted out of common sense, Qianlong immediately took a series of countermeasures.
The first was to adjust the officials of the Khalkha Mongolia. Ili General Baoning was transferred to Dingbian Zuo Deputy General to replace Hengrui, who was old and sick, and took office within five days. Baoning was born in the army and served successively as General of Chengdu and Governor of Sichuan. He participated in the Jinchuan and Jinchuan battles and quelled the rebellion in the northwest. He fought bravely and was considered to have rich combat experience among the Eight Banners generals.
The ministers of Kulun affairs, Songjun and Yunduan Dorji, were ordered to strictly guard the Kulun front line in Kulun, and asked all Zhasaks to be on alert, to detect the movements of the Northern Navy, and to remove all the horses and camels from the official racecourse north of Kulun. Transfer to Cullen. The fourth Jebtsundampa and Luobu Zangtu Patan Wangshuk were ordered to go to the capital to have an audience.
Yongbao was promoted to general of Ili and led 5,000 musketeers from the Tianshan Banner Camp north to Tarbahatai so that troops could be dispatched to Khovd for support at any time. General Suiyuan was ordered to Xingzhao, and a total of 25,000 people from Shanxi garrison Eight Banners and Green Camp were mobilized to go north to Zhangjiakou.
On the second day of April in the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, the Russian letter that arrived in the capital was quickly translated. This letter stated that the Torgut Mongols had always been on good terms with the Tsarist Russian Empire, so after discovering that the Kazakhs had captured Lama Samailin, they ransomed him and asked him to bring a message to the Manchus. According to the secret report obtained by Russia from Irkutsk, the Northern Navy is gathering a large number of troops on the southern shore of Lake Baikal. It is likely to make major moves in the near future, and may be targeting Khalkha Mongolia. As the common enemy of both sides, Tsarist Russia is willing to send 20,000 troops to help Khalkha Mongolia resist the invasion via the Tangnu Uliang Sea.
Based on Samalin's oral confession and translated Russian letters, the Qianlong emperor and his ministers repeatedly conducted sand table deductions on the possibility of raising troops in Beihai Town. However, because there were many parties involved in the matter, and some key information in Samalin's oral confession could not be reviewed, no conclusion could be drawn. clear conclusion.
Due to the invasion of Heilongjiang and the seclusion of Kyakhta, the relationship between the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and Tsarist Russia was relatively tense in recent years. The Qing court had always taken Russia as a precaution, so Qianlong believed that Samalin's messages and letters were Russian ploys. , Jiaqing Wang Yongyan and He Shen also had the same view. What's the excuse to use Tangnu Wulianghai? It's clearly a wolfish ambition! What should I do if I put it in and refuse to leave?
However, Minister of Military and Aircraft Agui and co-organizer Liu Yong believed that it was better to believe that it existed than to believe that it did not exist. They suggested sending a message to Russia as soon as possible to find out the facts.
However, in the middle of May of the lunar calendar, the reply letter from Russia had not yet arrived. An urgent report from the Kulun Minister of Affairs Songyun and Yunduan Dorji reached the capital.
Information obtained by Mongolian spies sent north of the Kyaktu River confirmed that the Russian news was probably true. The Northern Navy has already assembled tens of thousands of troops in the area between Irkutsk and Kyaktu, with constant gunfire and drills day and night.
Qianlong immediately issued an order, ordering the Zasaks in Khalkha to assemble all the troops of each department and recruit all the archers to prepare for the battle no later than early June. General Suiyuan Xingzhao was ordered to lead his army north to Kulun. He must guard the Taladolan Platform, the key point of the north-south military platform line, and ensure that the north-south transportation line is not lost.
In addition, he sent an urgent message of six hundred miles to Fukang'an, who was in Jilin, to start negotiations in Beihai Town as soon as possible, and tried every means to avoid war.
