The twenty-second year of Qianlong's reign
May
Thirty-one
The Qing army's bandit suppression camp in the south of the Yangtze River
Aixinjueluo Yongqi, who had been out of contact for nearly a day, appeared again at the Qing army's camp. He was accompanied by more than a hundred cavalry from the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner Xiaoqi Battalion and the team that brought the corpse back.
"Fifth Brother, you are finally back. You worried me to death. Where have you been during this time?" Looking at Aixinjueluo Yongqi who came back in front of him, Niu Hulu Fu Sen finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked. road.
Fortunately, Aixinjueluo Yongqi appeared in front of Niu Hulu Fu Sen safely at this time, otherwise Niu Hulu Fu Sen would not know how uneasy he would have been.
Fucha Fu Heng had only lost the third prince Aixinjueluo Yongzhang who was not valued by Qianlong before, and he had already received Qianlong's anger. You must know that Fucha Fu Heng had always been Qianlong's favorite minister. .
If he, Niu Hulu Fu Sen, dares to lose Qianlong's favorite fifth prince Aixinjueluo Yongqi, you can imagine Qianlong's anger. He dare not think about anything else and move his head. It is the most merciful.
"It's Yongqi's fault that General Zhennan is worried. Let's go back first and talk about it first!" Aixinjueluo Yongqi replied, hugging his fists to Niu Hulu Fu Sen who came out to greet him.
"Well, yes. Please come..." Niu Hulu Fu Sen nodded and responded.
In fact, looking at the teams following Aixinjueluo Yongqi, Niu Hulu Fu Sen knew that Aixinjueluo Yongqi must have experienced something, but Aixinjueluo Yongqi would not say it now. , indicating that the matter is big.
Soon, Aixinjueluo Yongqi and Niu Hulu Fu Sen returned to the coach's camp. After sending away all the concerned people, only Aisinjuero Yongqi and Niu were left in the camp. Hulu and Fu Sen.
"Fifth Brother, just come back. Don't think about anything. You should be tired too. Go back and rest first!" Niu Hulu Fu Sen said to Aixinjueluo Yongqi with some pity.
Aixinjueluo Yongqi's biological mother, Yuguifei Keliyete, was the daughter of Yuanwailang's Mongolian Ergitu. The family status is average, and there is no help for Aixinjueluo Yongqi.
The reason why Aixinjueluo Yongqi was favored by Qianlong was more due to his own efforts and intelligence.
He has been practicing horse-riding and archery since he was a child, and he is quite skilled in martial arts. He is a learned and versatile man who is proficient in Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian, and is familiar with astronomy, geography, calendar, etc. At the same time, he was also good at calligraphy and painting, and fulfilled his filial piety, which Qianlong valued.
It is precisely this way that even if Aixinjueluo Yongqi's biological mother's family was mediocre, and even if the fire in the Kyushu Qingyan Hall of Yuanmingyuan on the fifth day of May in the 28th year of Qianlong's reign had not happened, it still did not affect Qianlong's love for Aixinjueluo Yongqi. Qi's love.
What certainly helped Aixinjueluo Yongqi was that in April this year Qianlong gave him a kiss for his wife, Ertai's granddaughter.
However, after the Hu Zhongzao case in the 20th year of Qianlong's reign, Ertai's spiritual tablets were all removed from the Xianliang Ci by Qianlong's order, so Ertai's influence on the court was also minimal.
"No rush, General Zhennan, I have one more thing to confess and discuss with you." Aixinjueluo Yongqi looked at Niu Hulu Fu Sen and said firmly.
"Is it finally here?" Niu Hulu Fu Sen couldn't help but feel shocked.
"What is the fifth brother going to say?"
"I met the leader of the rebel bandits, Zhang Rui." Aixinjueluo Yongqi said.
At this time, Niu Hulu Fu Sen's hands couldn't help but tremble slightly, and then he asked unnaturally: "Really? Then how did you..."
"He said he wanted peace talks..." Aixinjueluo Yongqi didn't seem to "aware" of Niu Hulu Fu Sen, and just continued on his own.
"Peace talks?"
Niu Hulu Fu Sen, who originally wanted to ask Aixinjueluo Yongqi whether he had been captured by the bandit suppression army, lost interest in the matter, but what Aixinjueluo Yongqi said was Shocked.
"Yes, the rebel Zhang Rui wants to negotiate peace with us!" Aixinjueluo Yongqi nodded again and affirmed.
"The rebels want us to arrest them?" Niu Hulu Fu Sen became a little excited.
Even if the conditions for the rebels are more stringent, as long as they are willing to accept the imperial edict, I believe His Majesty will not refuse.
After all, others don't know the current situation of the Qing Dynasty, how could he, Niu Hulu Fu Sen, not know. If the Qing Dynasty continued to confront the rebels, it might fall apart.
Only those who have actually fought against the rebels will know that it is very difficult to defeat their current army, let alone encircle and suppress them, which is impossible. Unless the gods rained down sacred stones to kill them all, Niu Hulu Fu Sen would not dare to think about annihilating them.
"No, they want to establish a country. Let us recognize the land they currently occupy." Aixinjueluo Yongqi shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
Aixinjueluo Yongqi once proposed to Zhang Rui that as long as Zhang Rui could admit his submission to the Manchu and Qing court and leave the court with a face, Aisinjueluo Yongqi could even agree to make Zhang Rui king on behalf of the court and admit that The territory occupied by their bandit-suppressing army was "zoned" to Zhang Rui as a vassal territory.
"Fifth elder brother is confused! This is betrayal of the country, do you know it? As long as you dare to say it in the court, the admonishers in the court will definitely harass you and curse you for betraying the country and forgetting your ancestors." Niu Hulu Fu Senyi The deputy shouted heartbrokenly.
"I'm not afraid of them, I just don't know what my emperor Ama means." Aixinjueluo Yongqi replied calmly.
"Forgive me for inferring, the Holy Emperor probably wants peace talks, but the court cannot afford to lose face, so there is no other way." Niu Hulu Fu Sen said quietly after sighing.
"Fifth elder brother may not know that since these rebels, wars have continued in other parts of the imperial court. Moreover, the border is not very peaceful. Apart from the remote Burma, there are also faint movements among the red-haired barbarians outside the Longxing Land. The situation. Since the northwest war is almost over, the imperial court must give priority to supplying them with military rations. However, due to the flood in Xuzhou, it is very difficult for our army to raise military rations now."
"Our Qing Dynasty is currently experiencing various natural and man-made disasters. It would be the best thing if we could stop the pace of the rebels in front of us. Therefore, there is no reason for the Holy One to disagree with the peace talks."
"However, peace talks require a suitable opportunity. The best excuse for this opportunity is that the rebels are subject to the imperial edict of our Qing court. Otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve this."
Having said this, Niu Hulu Fu Sen sighed again. It is conceivable that this matter must be quite difficult.
