Fukang'an pondered for a moment, and there was no good way for him. He simply didn't want to, and asked An Lu to go back first, and then asked the captain of the soldiers to tell Jilin Deputy Capital Tong Saichong'a and Hulunbuer Deputy Capital Tong Chuningjin. See.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person walking outside the flower hall out of the corner of his eye. After entering, he slapped himself and said loudly: "Commander, we can't let Shaanxi soldiers enter the city again!"
Fukang'an's eyebrows jumped when he heard this and said, "What's going on?"
The visitor is Yimin, a member of the Jilin Department and a member of the Zhenghong Banner of Manchuria. He previously served as a household doctor in Shengjing, and is now responsible for all banner people inside and outside Jilin City in negotiating human life theft cases, criminal charges, money, grain and miscellaneous taxes.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the Northeast was sparsely populated and a restricted area, so it was always governed by military generals and civilians. However, with the immigration of a large number of exiles and their families, both agriculture and commerce developed in the Northeast.
In the context of the increasing number of people, there are also more and more civil disputes between banners and Han people. Faced with such a complicated situation, it was difficult for the garrison military attaches with military backgrounds to deal with it, so starting from the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign, civilian officials were regularly selected to handle commercial and civil affairs in Jilin. In the twelfth year of Qianlong's reign, Emperor Qianlong promoted Yongji Prefecture to the Jilin Department, and set up a director with the rank of Tongzhi, a fifth-level official, to assist the Jilin generals in handling civil affairs.
However, because the Northeast is still a forbidden area and Han people are not allowed to enter and exit at will, even the civil officials are Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners officials, and ordinary Han officials would never even think about it.
Yi Min said with a serious face: "The commander-in-chief asked the emperor to transfer 20,000 people from Shaanxi Green Camp to help them resist the Beihai pirates, not to let them enjoy the blessings in Jilin City. From the afternoon to dinner, plainclothes are here I looked around the city and saw that Shaanxi soldiers were everywhere in Cuihua Hutong, North Street, West Street, and Henan Street. Many of these people were smoking pipes and pots all the way, and sparks were flying everywhere. In addition, there were teahouses to listen to. There are storytellers and theatergoers, people who go to brothels to drink wine, and officers and businessmen who eat and drink in Fuchun Garden. This is so unbecoming!"
Jilin City in this era was not very big, with the city wall being only over 4,000 meters long. The Cuihua Hutong mentioned by Yi Min is very narrow, less than one foot to seven feet wide and less than a mile long, but it is crowded with large and small businesses. All the main streets in the city are made of logs or paved with wooden boards, and the gutters on both sides are all inlaid with wooden boards. Houses in urban areas also use wooden boards as walls, and the roofs are covered with bark or grass. Large amounts of firewood are usually stored in the courtyards, making the fire hazard extremely high.
From the seventh year of Qianlong's reign to the present, there have been four major fires in Jilin City. The smallest one burned down more than a hundred rooms. There is even a proverb among the people now, so-called "dog bites Fengtian, fire burns the shipyard, and the wind blows Bu Kui (Qiqihar)".
Fukang'an has always been in a high position of power over the years, and he has always focused on the big and let go of the small in government affairs. He has never paid attention to ordinary civil disputes or even city affairs, and he has never paid attention to them. After listening to Yi Min's words, his face suddenly became solemn. You must know that there are tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder alone in Jilin City, among other things. If a fire breaks out, it will be over without the need for the Bei Navy to invade!
At this time, the two lieutenants followed the captain of the soldiers and walked in. Just as they were about to salute, Fukangan waved his hand and said: "No salutes, you two sit down and wait for a while!"
He turned to Yi Min and said, "What do you think?"
"Starting from tomorrow, all active military personnel will not be allowed to enter the city!"
Fukangan took out his pocket watch and saw that it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. This kind of thing cannot be postponed. Once trouble occurs, it will be a big trouble. He immediately said to Sai Chong'a and Chunning who were sitting next to him: "We will discuss our matters tomorrow. It's hard work for both of you today!"
"Don't dare! Commander, please give the order!" Jilin Vice-Capital Tongsai Chong'a has long disliked those Shaanxi soldiers. Not only did these Green Camp soldiers make the city a mess, they even dared to fight with the Eight Banners garrisoned in the city. Starting a fight is totally outrageous!
Fukang'an spoke as coldly as ice: "Sai Chong, you go back to the Yamen immediately, point out your men, and attack the whole city immediately! Chunning, you go too, and take my personal troops with you! Mom! You guys only sleep two hours a day, but they are lucky enough to still have the time to drink wine! Regardless of their rank, everyone who visits brothels, plays with whores, or goes to the theater and eats wine, all of them are taken and taken to the city. School field, listen to me!"
After everyone left, Fukangan sat back on the chair and pinched his forehead with his hands. After a while, I felt a little calmer, so I opened the relevant secret reports about Beihai Town on the desk and started reading again. He just flipped through the pages at a glance, not paying attention to the contents of the secret report at all. What he was thinking about was Qianlong's secret order.
Fukang'an understood Qianlong's worry. He was afraid that after the Northern Navy captured Kulun, they would not attack Ulia Sutai and go all the way south. However, based on his understanding of Beihai Town, Zhao Xin may not do this. If you want to take the capital directly, you can land at Dagukou after conquering Changxing Island two years ago. There is no need to delay until now. What's more, for Beihai Town, the coast of the Qing Dynasty is full of holes, one after another. If the Beihai Navy cuts off water transportation, the world will immediately be in chaos. ． ． ． ． ．
Wait! Fukangan seemed to suddenly see a glimmer of light in the pitch-black night. He stood up suddenly, startling the captain of the soldiers standing beside him.
"Commander, what are you doing?"
Fukang'an ignored the other party's concern and said sternly: "Go to the table where you sign the mortgage room... Forget it, I'll go by myself!"
A quarter of an hour later, when Fukangan rummaged through the signing room and found several secret reports about Beihai Town, and after reading the contents from beginning to end, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"I'm so confused!" Fukangan slapped his shiny forehead.
At this moment, he felt that he had finally glimpsed Zhao Xin's thoughts. In his opinion, Zhao Xin was afraid that the Northern Navy would directly seize Jiangnan or cause chaos in the capital, so he did the opposite. Whether it was with Russia or causing trouble in Annan, he always planned to establish the frontier first, frighten the barbarians, and then gradually devour the world from north to south. As long as Zhao Xin annexes Khalkha, Beihai Town will no longer have any worries and will definitely send its troops south, and the first one to bear the brunt will be Jilin Wula!
For a long time, Zhao Xin's random playing cards were like falling into the clouds to the Manchu monarchs and ministers. In the past few years, Zhao Xindong had been hitting things with a stick and a hammer, and he was not sure where he would do it. This made Qianlong and his military ministers confused and couldn't guess what he wanted to do next.
It was clear that troops were approaching Dagokou. As long as troops were sent ashore, the monarchs and ministers in Beijing would have to pack up and run away. But he refused. He had a serious talk with the court, asked for hundreds of thousands of refugees, and then walked away!
He led his troops to cause chaos in Yangzhou City twice. It was clear that he could cut off the water transportation and seize the south of the Yangtze River, but what did he do?
The first time he robbed a bunch of thin horses, and then killed a salt merchant to vent his anger on his father-in-law; the second time he stormed into the government office, and even fought with the fort at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and after a long struggle, he robbed two Scholars and their families.
How the hell could this be something a normal person would do?
If Zhao Xin had not led his troops to attack the imperial court several times, and even invaded Tsarist Russia to expand its territory thousands of miles away, Emperor Qianlong and his ministers would have thought that this troublemaker who made him uneasy day and night and brought trouble to the Northeast was a big fool!
Who has conquered the world like this since ancient times? ! Before, Qianlong thought that Zhao Xin was imitating Emperor Taizong, but Fu Kang'an knew that Emperor Taizong entered the pass several times in the past, in order to seize the population of the Ming Dynasty and plunder gold and silver to strengthen himself. What did Zhao Xin take from the pass? So far, in addition to the small population of Rongcheng and Wendeng and the 500,000 refugees given by the court later, there are also 150,000 taels of gold that were extorted from the court like kidnapping.
But when Fukang'an explained it with the words "a rat-throwing weapon", everything made sense! The inside of the pass is not the vast and sparsely populated area outside the pass. If the world is in chaos, even if Zhao Xin wins the world, he will have to use ten or twenty times his strength to clean up the mess.
Thinking of this, Fukang'an immediately asked someone to sharpen his ink and prepare to write a memorial to Qianlong. He made a draft first, revised it several times, and then began to copy it on the notebook.
"In order to obey the imperial edict and secretly report the matter, I secretly followed the imperial edict to negotiate with the Beihai pirates and respectfully recited the memorial. I received the divine grace and was promoted to the important position of General Dingbei for more than two years. However, I was ignorant and failed to see through it. The traitor has attempted to commit rebellion, and I request him to be punished. According to the secret report..."
In this memorial, Fukang'an first gave a detailed explanation of Zhao Xin's intentions, and then he suggested that due to the vast area of Khalkha, the court could divide the people from all walks of life into several groups, just like the ten fingers of a hand, followed by The opponent circled the mountains and deserts, wearing down the Northern Navy, and then looked for opportunities to encircle and annihilate them one by one.
Of course, attacking the court like this will definitely result in the loss of many people. However, as long as you give up the Cullen, preserve your strength, wait for opportunities to find favorable positions on local battlefields, and use the narrow and complex terrain of Hangai Mountain, you can offset the powerful firearms power of the Northern Navy, and then accompany the firearms troops and large-scale cavalry to achieve victory over the masses. Ling Wu can definitely win a great victory.
And if he wants his side to adopt the strategy of "encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao", then in order to save Khalkha, he can only launch an attack across Jilin to attract the attention of the Northern Navy and force Zhao Xin to mobilize troops to return for reinforcements. However, it is difficult to say whether this will be effective. After all, it is thousands of miles from Kyaktu to Ninggu Pagoda; and once Jilin is lost, Shengjing will be in danger.
Since the fiftieth year of Qianlong's reign, Fukang'an and Zhao Xin had fought repeatedly for so many years, and he felt that he knew this opponent well. If he only had contempt and fear for Zhao Xin at the beginning, now he has a bit more admiration.
This person dared to challenge the huge Russia with a small territory and a population of less than one million, and he also successfully expanded the territory to thousands of miles. Among the famous generals in ancient times, only people like Wei Zhongqing and Ban Dingyuan could compare! It is a pity that such a character can only be an enemy but not a friend.
After Fukang'an finished writing the memorial, the captain of the soldiers came to report that Chunning was back.
Hulunbuir Deputy Commander Chunning came with Fukang'an's personal guards. After entering the detention room, he quickly slapped Qian'er and said: "Commander, those bastards have been escorted to the school grounds. How many of them are there?" A high-ranking general and deputy general wants to see you. Do you see him or not?"
"How many people were taken?"
"Two hundred and seventy-eight."
After hearing this, Fukang'an curled up his lips slightly and said with a gloomy face: "Regardless of official position, each person will receive eighty military sticks! Those who stay with prostitutes can ask for Wang Mingpai to be punished directly, while those who drink and listen to the theater can be shackles on North Street. For three days, let them write a confession and have their thumbprints pressed! Anyone who dares to resist and refuse to write will be beheaded on the spot!"
Chunning took a breath of air and muttered: "This..."
"how?"
"Do you think the punishment is too harsh? Right now..."
A gust of night wind blew over, and the window paper of the security room was blown up by the wind. Fukang'an said: "This is Jilin, not the customs. I am in charge of the military and political affairs! The current war situation is very chaotic, the young and the big are about to be mourned, and people are still free to go..."
Seeing Chunning's confused look, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, you can't understand this. That's it, just go ahead and do it!"
"嗻!"
Chunning accepted the order and went with the captain of the soldiers holding the royal life card. Fukangan was the only one left in the room at the moment. Although the soldier at the door had been busy all night, he still stood upright.
I don't know how long it took, but a whistle blew at the door, and three thunderous cannon shots were heard from the direction of the school ground, followed by silence.
Wulong, who lived in Bingyi, was woken up by a knock on the door when it was still dark. Ma Sixi asked the Yiding to come over and call him, saying that he would leave for the city early so that he could have time to wander around the city.
After washing up and eating a few steamed buns, and carrying dry food, Oolong on horseback and five escorting soldiers escorted the ten "spies" on the road.
Sixty-five miles is not close or far, even though we set out early in the morning, it was already afternoon when we arrived at the Great North Gate of Jilin City. When he was still one mile away from the city gate, Wulong saw many people outside the city gate. When I got closer, I saw, what a guy! There were about twenty wooden stakes erected outside the Great North Gate, each with a human head hanging on an iron ring.
Such a sight made Oolong's face suddenly turn a little ugly, and he began to feel anxious.
No matter how brave and careful he is, he is still only fifteen years old. Although he had seen the Beihai navy shoot Rakshasa before at a public trial in Heilongjiang City, they were blocked by people from a long distance and could not be seen clearly. Moreover, this was the first time he had seen such a thing as beheading.
Although Wulong could understand the notice posted at the city gate, he did not dare to push forward. Instead, he grabbed a man who looked like a bannerman and asked in Manchu: "What happened?"
The Manchu of the bannerman was not very good, but when he saw Wulong's appearance, he knew that the other party was a "bannerman", so he did not want to be scorned, so he said in Mandarin: "Commander Fu kills the green camp soldiers to establish his authority. This gang The bastard Shaanxi soldiers made the city a mess. Now they are all honest! From now on, no matter how big or small the Shaanxi soldiers are in the military, they are not allowed to enter the city without the order of the commander-in-chief!" After that, he even added fuel and jealousy to the whole city last night. Told it once.
When Oolong heard this, his hanging heart finally fell to the ground. It seems that this matter only targets the Green Camp and has nothing to do with myself as the "banner leader". Meanwhile, Ma Sixi and others' faces turned pale at this moment, and their lips could not help but tremble. I was worried. If I had come out a day earlier, my head might have been on these wooden stakes.
"Master!" Ma Sixi walked up to Oolong and said with a sad face: "We are not allowed to enter the city. I will go over there and hand over the criminals and then go back to my life. I wish you the best to Mr. Princes and lords will rise higher and higher step by step!"
