Beijing Forbidden City
Inside the Qianqing Palace
At three o'clock in the morning, morning
"Go to court. If you have something to report, leave the court if you have nothing to do..." With the shouts of the chief eunuch, the morning court time of the day officially began.
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor..." At this time, the officials inside and outside the Qianqing Palace unanimously shouted to Qianlong kneeling on the dragon throne.
"I love you all..." Qianlong said calmly while looking at the officials kneeling on the ground.
"I would like to thank the Emperor for his grace..."
"Dear dear friends, can you submit the memorial?" Qianlong asked as usual.
"The servant Shu Hede, the Minister of the Ministry of War, has a copy of the memorial." At this time, Shu Mulu Shu Hede, the Minister of the Ministry of War, came out to present the report and said.
"What did you tell me?" Qianlong continued to ask.
In fact, how could Qianlong not know what Shu Hede wanted to report? He just asked as usual.
Since Yongzheng established the Military Aircraft Department in the Qing Dynasty, important events were usually submitted to the Military Aircraft Department for the emperor to review, and then the emperor and the military aircraft ministers had a general understanding and discussion before proceeding to the court.
"Back to the emperor, I have just received military information from Yunnan. Burma has declared war on the Qing Dynasty on the pretext that its rebellious chieftains have hid in Yunnan, our country. Now, King Yong Ji Ya of Burma has personally led dozens of The Ten Thousand Burmese Army suddenly launched an attack on Yunnan, our country, and successively attacked several cities in Zhenkang, Mangshi, Yingjiang, etc. in Yunnan. The situation in Yunnan is precarious and cannot be optimistic. Please make a clear decision." Shumulu Shuhede knelt down to Qianlong again and said .
At this time, Qianlong threw away the memorial handed to Shu Mulu and Shu Hed from the eunuch, and cursed angrily: "The Burmese vassal state refuses to accept the king's rule, and dares to be ambitious. It simply doesn't want to conquer me." Take it to heart, it’s really hateful. I wonder how you, my dear friends, would respond to this wolfish behavior in Myanmar?”
Since Qianlong's intentions were not clear for a while, the ministers in the court who were suddenly questioned by Qianlong all looked taciturn and waited to see what would happen. All they did was kneel down and apologize.
"Okay, I don't want to listen to your nonsense. I just want to ask you what you think." Qianlong said.
The ministers kneeling in the court remained speechless.
"Fu Sen, get up and tell me your opinion." Qianlong called by name.
"Hey, I obey the order and thank you, Your Majesty." At this time, Niu Hulu and Fu Sen slowly stood up and stood out of the queue after finishing speaking.
"I think the reason why Yong Jiya rashly launched an army against the Qing Dynasty is that he was deceived by others. We can send an envoy first and issue an imperial edict to order him to lead his troops back immediately."
"If he was just temporarily deceived, he would definitely understand that the Qing Dynasty is not something he can mess with in Myanmar, and he would take his army back. In this way, our two countries can also avoid large-scale wars, which will cause the lives of the people in both countries to be devastated. .”
When Niu Hulu Fu Sen said this, he secretly observed the expression of Qianlong sitting on the dragon throne with his eyes, but saw that he nodded slightly.
Yes, Qianlong was not willing to go to war with Burma if he could. After all, although the war between Junggar and Gansu has been largely settled, there are still sporadic wars in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan that need to be settled.
Especially the big and small Jinchuan, which had been stable in the past few years, now showed its fangs again. And if the Qing Dynasty continues to be in turmoil, problems may easily arise in Tibet.
Therefore, as long as Burma could withdraw its troops and make Qianlong look good, Qianlong could turn a blind eye to the people massacred by Burma and the property plundered by the city.
After all, the strength of the Qing Dynasty has been greatly reduced since the bandit suppression army occupied the prosperous south of the Yangtze River. Today, Qianlong is grateful from the bottom of his heart that Yongzheng left him a rich treasury. If it were based on the treasury money that Kangxi left to Yongzheng, his Qing treasury would have been able to escape the rats.
Moreover, if the Qing Empire continues to be consumed, when will the Qing Dynasty have the energy to regain the southern half of the Qing Dynasty? Qianlong never forgot to go to Jiangnan again after he went to Jiangnan once in the 16th year.
At this time, Niu Hulu Fu Sen saw that his words were affirmed by Qianlong, and his nervous heart relaxed a little. After he took a breath, he continued to speak.
"However, since Myanmar is already invading, we cannot rely solely on an imperial edict from the Holy Spirit to make Myanmar turn around and push back its army."
"Therefore, we, the Qing Dynasty, must also mobilize the army to fight back against the invading Burma, and let them understand that the strength of our Qing Dynasty must not be ignored. If not, how will other vassals view our Qing Empire?"
When he said this, Niu Hulu Fu Sen, who was also the Minister of Rites, could not help but think of the rebels who were occupying the southern end of the Qing Empire and had declared the founding of the country as "Yi".
Originally, the court thought that even if the two sides took time to negotiate, they could use the Annan army to invade Guangxi to hold back the rebels, but they did not expect Annan to be so unbearable. In just one month, they were completely defeated by the rebels.
Now there is more news that Annan has abandoned the Qing Dynasty and recognized the Yi Dynasty as his suzerainty. Even Cambodia and the disappeared Champa have announced that they recognize the Yi Dynasty as their suzerainty.
This is simply a slap in the face to the Qing Empire.
However, the Qing Dynasty was still not peaceful at home, so what could it do to these foreign vassals?
If the Qing Empire could not repel the similarly powerful Burmese army this time, how could the Qing Empire have the face to issue orders to other vassal countries?
Therefore, the problems that Niu Hulu and Fu Sen could see could naturally be seen by Qianlong.
At this time, Qianlong couldn't help but nod his head, looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground and said: "My dear friends, please be free!"
"Minions (minions), please thank the emperor..."
After an instant, the ministers in the court stood up from the ground one after another.
"Gang, Fu Sen is right. I wonder if you ministers have any other additional opinions?" Qianlong said.
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"Shuhd..."
"Back to the Emperor, I completely agree with Master Fu's views and have nothing to add." Shumulu Shuhede, who was named by Qianlong, quickly returned.
"What about the other adults?" Qianlong asked again
"My servant, I agree with Master Fu's opinion and have nothing to add."
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"In this case, Fu Sen, you will soon select an envoy from the Ministry of Rites to be sent to Burma to announce the decree." Qianlong looked at Niu Hulu and Fu Sen ordered.
"This slave obeys the order." Niu Hulu Fu Sen saluted.
"Shu Hede, you are responsible for the deployment of the military department. Are there any candidates for this expedition?" Qianlong turned to Shu Mulu Shu Hede and asked.
"I thought that Master Zhang Jia A Gui had outstanding military achievements and could take on this important task." Shu Mulu Shu Hede returned.
