Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 217 Arrival with adults

The next morning, when Zhao Xin went to the barracks to meet Wu Siyu, the other party complained to him that, except for the arrest of Qing army scouts a few months ago, he was almost growing hairy in the past few months.

Zhao Xin said with a smile: "It's not easy. Next year we will go to the island country, and you will take two battalions to follow."

"Who are you going to hit?"

"The Hagi clan and the shogunate must be cleaned up."

"Hagi Fan?"

"It's the Changzhou clan of later generations. We have to settle an old debt with them. As for the shogunate. Hehe"

Wu Siyu's eyes lit up.For him, fighting the Qing army was somewhat awkward, after all, they were all Chinese; he didn't have any psychological burden to fight the island country.But next, Wu Siyu mentioned one thing, which made Zhao Xin a little dizzy.

"What do you think of Tang Xiao?"

Zhao Xin said in surprise: "Huh? I don't have any opinion."

Wu Siyu said: "She has already approached Chen Yin'er several times, asking around about you."

Zhao Xin was a little puzzled, and asked, "Why is she asking me?"

Wu Siyu let out a "hey", showing an expression that you don't want to play dumb with me anymore. "Back then in Yangzhou, I picked a thin horse, and you were the one who went to see her."

Zhao Xin suddenly realized: "I said it!" He finally understood why Tang Xiaolai delivered the food yesterday.But Zhao Xin didn't intend to continue this topic. He asked gossipingly, "How are you and Ms. Chen doing? When are you going to get married? I'll give you a big gift."

Now it was Wu Siyu's turn to be embarrassed, and his own affairs were also quite disturbing, far from being as beautiful as he had imagined.Although Chen Yin'er washed all the lead for him and used a plain spoon, the problem is that the two don't have much in common unless Wu Siyu changes his career to music.But Wu Siyu decided to slap his swollen face to pretend to be fat, and resolutely refused to speak.

One afternoon later, Zhao Xin returned to Fuldan City.As soon as he returned to his residence, Guisheng burst into tears when he saw him. He wiped his tears and complained, saying why did you leave me alone, sir? .

After Zhao Xin patiently listened to Guisheng's chatter, Guisheng then mentioned that a caravan came to the city yesterday, bringing dozens of horses and a lot of goods.

Zhao Xin said: "Boy, we're only talking about such a big thing now." Gui Sheng stuck out his tongue, bowed his head and went out to fetch water.

Chunlai, who was waiting outside the door, saw Guisheng coming out, hurried up to take the water bottle from the other party, and said flatteringly, "Brother Guisheng, I'll come."

Guisheng glanced back, and after he walked more than ten steps, he handed the kettle to Chunlai, and said, "If the master sees this, you have to blame me." When he saw Chunlai looking at him eagerly, he patted the other person. Shoulder said: "Chun Lai, don't worry about this matter. The master is usually too busy, I have to find a chance to mention it to him."

Chunlai smiled and said, "Then it's all up to Brother Guisheng to help."

On Zhao Xin's side, after Guisheng left, he picked up the phone and called Liu Sheng; he didn't expect that the person who answered the phone was Wang Yuanfang.He told Zhao Xin that Liu Sheng had gone to inspect the prison camp.Zhao Xin asked about the caravan, and Wang Yuanfang said that there were more than a dozen people, and the leader was a Hezhe man named Saimar, who said he had bought matches from us last year.Liu Sheng didn't see them, so he let Seldan and his son stay with them for the time being, saying that they would formally meet again tonight.

Zhao Xin hung up the phone and decided to ask Seldan first.After a while, the door slammed, and Guisheng came in with a kettle, and then heated it on the stove.Zhao Xin asked, "Guisheng, do you know where the caravan that came yesterday lives?"

Guisheng said: "I know. Master Liu let them live in two newly built wooden carvings in the south of the city."

Zhao Xin said: "Oh. Then you go there and call Serdan over there, and say that I have something to ask him. Don't let other people know."

Half an hour later, Seldan came.After the two gave a military salute, Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Sit down and chat. Where did the caravan come from?"

Seldan said: "This man's name is Saimar, he is from Hezhefei Yaka, and he is the Huo Jihui who went to Beihai Town last year. This time he brought twelve people and thirty loads of goods. In fact, he was looking for us to do business because he was ordered by Na Qitai, the deputy governor of Ningguta, to come to inquire about the news."

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "Manchurian son-in-law. How does he treat us?"

Seldan smiled and said, "I'm so respectful. Compared with last year, I'm a different person."

Zhao Xin said: "What is their purpose?"

Seldan took out the cigarette pouch habitually, and said while holding the cigarette: "They brought a lot of things this time, such as buckskin, fur, and turquoise, but what surprised me the most was ginseng and Dongzhu. The racehorse Er said that he wanted to change matches, food, clothes, shoes and hats, oh, and ironware. But he has been asking me about Fukang'an and Duerjia today. I said that I was not clear, and he didn't ask again gone."

Zhao Xin fixed his eyes and asked, "Why do you find it strange?"

Seldan struck a match, took two puffs, and said, "Your Excellency, you don't know that ginseng pearls are not allowed to be touched by outsiders in the imperial court. They have always been under the control of Buthaura, and all the pearls they pick are sent directly to you. Jingli."

Zhao Xin suddenly asked: "Is But Haulah just a sacrificial Ullah?"

Seldan said: "My lord, you really know a lot, it's Dasao Ula!"

Dasheng Ula is "Butha Ula" in Manchu, "Butha" means Yu Lie, and Ula is Jiang.Dasheng Ula represents a regional concept, which can be called the land of rivers, fishing and hunting.Its geographical scope is roughly in the later counties of Yongji, Shulan Jiutai, Yushu, Jiaohe, and Shuangyang in Jilin City, and the perimeter of the area under its jurisdiction is about 560 miles.

In the history of the Qing Dynasty, there were four major tribute institutions, namely Jiangning Weaving, Suzhou Weaving, Hangzhou Weaving and Dashang Ula Yamen.Different from the three major handicraft production institutions of Jiangsu, Ning, and Hangzhou inherited from the Ming Dynasty, Dashang Ula is a production method of collecting fishing and hunting, and all the tributes collected are produced in the Northeast region; and the collection of tributes must not only satisfy the royal family’s sacrifices, rewards and In addition to self-enjoyment, the needs of princes and nobles for Northeast products must also be taken into account.

Since the 14th year of Shunzhi, the Qing court established the Dashang Ula Yamen, which is directly under the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.The mountains, rivers and rivers in the area under the jurisdiction of Dasang Ula are designated as Gongshan and Gongjiang, and the special products produced are transported to Beijing as usual.Both Gongshan and Gongjiang sent troops to patrol and guard, and it is strictly forbidden to cut down forests, open up wasteland, hunt and live.

What Zhao Xin thought of at this time was that Na Qitai was just the deputy governor of Ningguta, and it was impossible for him to have the power to mobilize the tribute materials for Dashou Ula; even General Jilin did not.So how did Semal manage to get the ginseng and dongjoo?
"Could it be Ah Gui?" Zhao Xin quickly denied this person.Agui has a lot of power. He is also the foreman of the Minister of Military Affairs and a Bachelor of Economics.But even so, he didn't dare to touch the things of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and touched Qianlong's personal pocket.

"Damn it! Did he go to Ninggu Tower?!" Zhao Xin slapped Seldan on the shoulder with a "slap", startling him.

The answer is ready to come out, the "he" Zhao Xin said is currently in charge of the Minister of Internal Affairs, he has won the trust of Qianlong, and only he dares to do so.

Seldan asked a little confused: "My lord, who has come to Ninggu Pagoda?"

Zhao Xin put down his hand and said, "I just have a guess in my mind. By the way, a lot of refugees have arrived at the port recently, and we don't have enough iron tools now. Give him a little bit of appetite first. If he wants a bowl Just give him the plastic ones. You tell him that by next summer, we will have a surplus of ironware here, and we can change it at that time."

"Okay, then I will tell him what an adult means."

"Also, tell that Saimar that I will meet Master Liu at the barracks in Juergen City at night. Whether it's publicly or privately, let's talk about it together."

"Ah Choo!" In Ningguta City thousands of miles away, He Shen sneezed loudly as soon as he reached the door of the signing room.He took out his handkerchief and wiped his nose, wondering if any woman in the family missed him.

The door curtain was raised, and an old man in his fifties hurriedly said: "Master, it's too cold, you have to be careful not to freeze. If you don't go back, the wives will blame me."

"Quan'er, is that Semal back?" He Shen lowered his head and entered the room, a gust of hot air rushed over his face.

"I heard from the adult that it will take 20 days anyway."

This 50-year-old man is Liu Quan, the housekeeper of Hefu, who is 17 years older than Heshen.When Heshen's father, Chang Bao, died in Fujian, Liu Quan took on the responsibility of taking care of nine-year-old Heshen and five-year-old Helin, always by his side and never leaving.Until He Shen became famous, Liu Quan finally came to the fore.

The ground dragon in the signing room was burning hot, Liu Quan helped He Shen take off his fur coat, and said, "My lord didn't sleep well yesterday. Nothing will happen right now, you'd better go back to the backyard and sleep for a while."

"What are you squinting? The emperor is very anxious. We have been here for more than ten days, and there is no news at all." He Shen took the hot towel handed by Liu Quan and wiped his face, saying in his mouth: "Mo Mo, I want to write a memorial."

Liu Quan responded, took the towel and handed it to the servants, and sent them out.Walking to the table, he rubbed ink and said, "My master's thoughts are only understood by the slaves. After this matter is over, you will show your face if you show your face. Long live Lord will be the first one. Qian Feng and Wang Jie see who they are How dare you prick me!"

It is said that ever since Heshen and the eighth elder brother Yongxuan left Beijing, Qianlong almost made an order every day, urging to inquire about the progress.After the two arrived in Ula, Jilin, they first took off Agui's yellow jacket and asked him to write an essay behind closed doors.

At present, the morale of the troops in various parts of Jilin is scattered, and Mingliang is a new recruit.So He Shen and Yong Xuan asked Qianlong to let Agui temporarily sit in Ula, Jilin, to help Mingliang clean up the morale of the army and stabilize morale.Qianlong agreed to the request of the two, but he kept urging him, and even issued several secret decrees to severely reprimand him.

After several discussions with Yongxuan, He Shen proposed to let Yongxuan sit in Jilin and go to Ningguta City by himself to be responsible for the specific negotiation matters.Anyway, the road from Ningguta to Jilin is only more than 600 miles away, so we can know what happened the next day.

As soon as he came up with this idea, Yongxuan burst into tears with excitement, and said that Zhizhai did not expect you to go deep into the dangerous place, and you are really a hero of the Qing Dynasty.

He Shen returned with a smile: "The eighth master is too modest. A slave works for the emperor, what danger is this little?"

However, the reason why He Shen dared to do this was that he was deceived by Na Qitai's secret letter to Qianlong, and the second was that it involved political wrestling between various factions in the court.

First of all, that sealed seal from Na Qitai.

Regarding the siege of Ninggu Tower, Na Qitai didn't dare to tell the truth.If he dared to say that the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty could not beat Zhao Xin at all, Qianlong would slap him to death directly.So his statement became that he led all the soldiers and civilians of Ninggu Tower to fortify the wall and clear the field, retreat to the city, and vowed not to surrender to the death.Fortunately, because of the inconvenience of road transportation, Zhao Ni's men and horses only came to attack the city with bursting muskets instead of heavy cannons.Furthermore, the weather was cold and the thieves were short of food and grass. With a greedy face, Zhao Ni hurriedly withdrew after asking for a sum of money.Then he followed and chased all the way, and recovered Hunchun.However, the traitors still occupied Karen, Mongolia, and sent heavy troops to guard the main roads; only then did they retreat.

After Qianlong received Na Qitai's secret report, he deeply believed it.Although I hated him for paying the ransom fee to the rebels, but I think his merits and demerits will be offset by recovering Hunchun and Karen along the road.And He Shen soon received this secret manuscript.And the adults saw it, oh, it turned out to be the case.Done!But if he knew the real reason why Zhao Xin didn't attack Ninggu Tower, he wouldn't dare to come if he was killed!
As for the political struggle between the DPRK and China, it has now become very clear.

The military attache faction headed by Ah Gui has been defeated!After such a big defeat, Agui, the leader of the military plane, might not be able to secure his position.Fukang'an said he was alive, but he didn't know if he was injured or not.Now that he is defeated and captured, even if he is redeemed, let's see how he will go crazy with himself in the future.Liang Guozhi in the Qing school is already old, and Dong Gao is too young.As for Fu Chang'an, that is He Shen's close comrade-in-arms!

Now that everything is in order and there is no danger, if I can go to Ninggu Pagoda to handle the matter of ransom, the credit will be too great.Not to mention being able to be the foreman of the military plane, even the fifteenth elder brother has to think of his own good.So after he invited Qianlong and was praised, He Shen brought [-] soldiers to Ninggu Pagoda to negotiate.

He Shen can't do war.When Su 43 rebelled, Emperor Qianlong feared that Lanzhou would not be safe, so he ordered He Shen to go to Gansu as an imperial envoy to quell the rebellion.At that time, He Shen arrived at the Hailancha Department and found that the Hailancha Department had defeated the rebels, so he ordered a four-way march.However, the Fourth Route Army was dissatisfied with Heshen, the chief who started from flattering, so only Hailancha and Tuqinbao went out.As a result, Hailancha marched around the mountain and wiped out the enemy's ambushes, while Tuqinbao was besieged and died; Agui almost beheaded him afterwards.After the battle ended, more than [-] generals, including Agui and Hailancha, wrote a letter asking Emperor Qianlong to prohibit Heshen from leading the army again.This made He Shen lose all face, as the saying goes, the harm is not great, but the insult is extremely strong!He and Agui's Liangzi also forged in this way.

Knowing this well, Mingliang sent three generals he brought back from Yili to assist him, all of whom were capable of recruiting and fighting, so He Shen was relieved a lot and set out on the road with peace of mind.

On the second day after he arrived at Ningguta, he was just in time for Saimar to bid farewell to Naqitai and prepare to leave.After careful questioning, He Shen felt that since Zhao Ni is a gang of greedy people, it is better to bring more pearls to lure the greedy Zhao Ni to cooperate with Saimar's spying.

In this way, Saimar waited for some days.After receiving the secret order from He Shen, the minister in charge of the internal affairs office, Dashang Ula Yamen did not dare to neglect, and braved the wind and snow to send a batch of high-quality fur, ginseng, Dongzhu and turquoise.Saimar hurried on the road now, and he has been walking for ten days.

He Shen frowned after hearing what Liu Quan said, took a sip of hot tea calmly, walked over to watch Liu Quan grind his ink, and said slowly: "Liu Quan, I have told you several times , you are now helping me manage the Chongwenmen tax customs. You are an official of the court, a person with fame and status. How can you speak so presumptuously? Our men do things aboveboard! I hope I will show my face in front of the emperor, this idea That's right, but what are you talking about other people!"

"Yes! Master taught me the right lesson!" Liu Quan was stunned, and immediately restrained his smile, and returned to his honest and docile appearance.

There is no news yet, so the content of the memorial written every two days is still the same.

"Chen Heshen is here to ask for an order. According to Na Qitai, the deputy governor of Ningguta, it has been more than ten days since Saimar and others went to Fuerdan City in Wuketun, Huoji, Qihechen Township. There has been no reply yet. It has snowed heavily recently and the roads are difficult to navigate. I fear that there will be another [-] days before we hear any news."

(End of this chapter)