Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 742 Xu Dayong first arrived in Lianzhou

Although Deng Fei wanted to take down the map on the screen immediately, he had to hire a professional to do the unraveling, and besides, the headquarters was packing up and moving, so we had to wait until the work was over.

With the progress of the battle, the location of the Eastern Front Command is constantly changing. It was previously located at the old side station sixty miles west of Shengjing, but now the new location has been chosen at the Falun Temple outside the Xiaobei Gate of Shengjing City. , it is less than six miles away from the city gate, and it will be convenient to move into the city in the future.

If you look down at Shengjing City from the air, the whole city is like a mandala mandala with multiple structures surrounded by squares and circles.Such an urban structure is unique among ancient Chinese cities.

The center of the whole city is the Shengjing Imperial Palace. The courtyard where the Phoenix Tower and the Harem are located is at the highest point, which is the first floor inside the mandala; the approximately square city wall encloses the inner city. Mansion, Chengde County Government and many palaces constitute the second circle; outside is the approximately circular outer city wall and a large number of dwellings, which is equivalent to the outer courtyard of the mandala, and the eight roads connecting the inner and outer cities form a huge "well". "; outside the outline are four pagodas and four lama temples, of which the North Pagoda Falun Temple is the largest.

When Huang Taiji built the four pagodas and four temples, he hoped to use the power of religion to strengthen the "Mandate of Heaven" of the Qing Dynasty and prolong his life.As a result, he died before he finished building.

Zhao Xin chose Falun Temple on purpose.Through this move, he wants to tell his subordinates and the people of Shengjing that the rise and fall of a dynasty has never had anything to do with religion.In the contest of flesh and steel, even if the sky is surrounded by gods and Buddhas, whether you can't hold it or you can't hold it.

The headquarters was set up in the front yard where the Hall of Heavenly Kings was located. There were three rooms in the east and west, all of which were requisitioned, and two tents were set up in the yard.The front and rear doors of the Hall of Heavenly Kings were all locked, leaving only the side door leading to the second courtyard open.The lamas all stayed in the huts in the backyard. They should do their homework and homework. If they wanted to go out, they could go through the back door.Now that the fighting in the city has just subsided, the common people stay behind closed doors, and no one comes to offer incense and worship Buddha.

Two days later, as the troops played the "Rules for Entering the City" repeatedly through loudspeakers, the order in the city gradually calmed down.Although there are few pedestrians on the street, the common people have to buy food and vegetables after all, and various shops are opening for business one after another.

The guard company hired a calligraphy and painting shop owner from the city who is proficient in mounting. After working tremblingly for more than two hours, he finally removed the map on the screen, and the official documents of the Ming Dynasty that were used as the background were also restored. In this world.

Deng Fei leaned on the table and carefully studied Qi Jiguang's handwriting that had just been mounted.This is a piece of official document paper with a length of 77 centimeters and a width of 62 centimeters. On the right side is the Shen Wen written in teeny lowercase letters, and on the left side is Qi Jiguang's comments, with a total of 62 characters.On the top of the comment, there is also a big black seal of "Preparing the Japanese Capital Commander Qi Pi".

Deng Fei asked Zhao Xin before, why did the official documents of the Jiajing era come to Liaodong?

Zhao Xin's explanation for this was that Kong Youde feared that Jin would not have enough bargaining chips after the surrender, so in addition to the artillerymen trained by the Spanish, he also hijacked a large number of official documents from Dengzhou.He thought that these were all good things, but who knew that Hou Jin had no interest in these old official documents, but instead used them as the backing of the screen because of the lack of paper.More official documents were cut with scissors and used as pads between the cloth layers of the letter card bag; it was a large number of things similar to cigarette purses that Zhao Xin asked Chai Rugui to take away with him.

Deng Fei admired it for a while, then checked other official documents, and finally carefully rolled up the mounted authentic work and put it into a cowhide document tube.He decided to put a glass frame on it when he got back, and hang it in his study.

Zhao Xin has promised to give him Qi Jiguang's original work.I can't take this thing back home, there is another time and space that is exactly the same, and it is kept in the museum.

If it was porcelain and jade, when Zhao Xin sold it, he could fool people into saying that it was originally a pair.However, such things as celebrity handwriting have always been unique, and once there are two identical ones, even greater troubles will follow.For example, in Sanxitang’s "Boyuan Tie", it cannot be said that Wang Xun had the same feelings back then, and wrote two identical letters, and even Dong Qichang and Qianlong stamped identical stamps on the two authentic works. ?This Nima is too ridiculous!

Deng Fei returned to the war room contentedly, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Xin sitting at the table, flipping through two telegrams.He was in a good mood now, and asked casually with a smile, "Who is the telegram from?"

"He Xiwen."

"How is it going with him?"

Zhao Xin handed over the telegram and said, "Yulin has just been captured, and ships will be built when Beiliu is captured. Guangxi's land transportation is really a headache. If a point in the middle of thousands of miles of waterways is unstable, the supply line will be cut off. Too much trouble!"

There are many mountains in Guangxi, and the roads are narrow and rough.The post station system of the Ming and Qing courts in Guangxi did not even have horses, and it was useless to have them. They all relied on human feet to deliver official documents, commonly known as "thousand-mile horses."Therefore, He Xiwen and the others wanted to enter Nanning through the post road.

In the battle plan he reported to the North Navy's staff, after the troops landed, they would first go to Lianjiang and Liujiang, then enter Xunjiang from Teng County in Wuzhou Prefecture, then transfer to Yujiang from Guiping in Xunzhou Prefecture, and then go straight to Nanning Prefecture.Although the thousands of miles of waterways are a bit convoluted, it is much better than drilling [-] mountains.

"Hearing your tone, you want to be the logistics captain again?"

"I'll leave after Xingjing is taken down. It's just a matter of these few days." Zhao Xin asked his staff to get an enlarged map of Guangdong and Guangxi, circled several positions with a red pencil, and explained: "If you want to ensure the supply line, Beiliu , Rongxian, Tengxian, Guiping, Guixian, Hengzhou, and Yongchun, these seven points must be firmly controlled. He Xiwen only has [-] soldiers, and if they are sprinkled, they will become pepper noodles. Although Luo Fangbai and Heshun There are also people on the side, but these people can deal with the natives of Borneo, but they may not be effective against the Qing army."

Deng Fei looked at the map for a while, and said in a deep voice: "It's too hasty to go to Guangxi, neither the traffic nor the people are familiar. This is raw food!"

Zhao Xin shrugged and said, "Who asked He Shen to do that. We are not old Americans, we have to be trustworthy in doing things. 5000 million, how many things can be solved! Otherwise, I wouldn't even dare to repair the reservoir."

Deng Fei smiled and said, "By the way, He Zhongtang is still living in Anping Port?"

"No." Zhao Xin lit a cigarette, took two puffs leisurely, and said, "Didn't he send Ma 83 to inform Helin? Now that the Manchu Qing has controlled all the post roads and waterways leading from Yungui to the outside, even if The news will not come out for a while. So he went to find Xu Dayong a few days ago. He insisted on going to Guangxi, so I let the Thunder God take him to the south. Counting the days, I will arrive in Lianzhou in two days gone."

"There won't be any trouble, will it?"

"Don't worry, Xu Dayong is watching him."

On September 1794, 9, the blue and white Thor broke through the waves and arrived at Bailong Harbor in the south of Lianzhou Prefecture.This time, the Thunder God came to deliver military supplies. Although He Xiwen's troops were invincible in several battles, the inventory of shells dropped rapidly.

No way, the North Navy's 75mm gun fires too fast, one shot in a few seconds.In the previous landing battle against Lianzhou, Zheng Wenxian's fleet used hundreds of naval guns to carry out saturated shelling on the forts set up by the Qing army at Daguan Port, Guantouling and Bazishan, and razed all three forts to the ground. .The bombardment scene at that time was so powerful that it directly destroyed the resistance of Lianzhou City.

Xu Dayong came out of his cabin, came to the door of the cabin where He Shen was, and knocked on the door.After a while, the door opened, revealing Liu Quan's old face.

"Mr. Xu is here? My master is waiting for you."

Because of the lack of reading, Xu Dayong likes Liu Quan calling himself "Mr." This sounds much more pleasing to the ear than "Director".

Walking into the house, He Shen, who was wearing a moon white robe, was sitting at the table making tea.The tea is high-quality Wuyi rock tea, and the tea set is a rustic-looking purple sand pot.He Shen smiled and beckoned him to sit down, and asked Liu Quan to pour him another glass.After Xu Dayong drank the fragrant tea in one gulp and praised him, he asked, "Brother Xu, when shall we disembark?"

"Another half an hour."

"If that's the case, let's have another cup of tea." Although He Shen was smiling and looked cheerful, his cheeks were obviously thinner than before, and a lot of white hair appeared on his shiny black braid.

In early August, the Heshen family, who were eating, learned of Qianlong's death and Jiaqing's succession from the noon broadcast.Not to mention that Fengshen Yinde's wife He Xiao fainted on the spot, and He Shen also wailed loudly, as if mourning a concubine, for several days he didn't think about eating or drinking.Although he was the direct murderer who caused Qianlong's death, the friendship between the two monarchs and ministers for nearly 8 years was not simply used and used.

As the ruler of a huge country, politically Qianlong needed a powerful helper after Liu Tongxun and Fu Heng, and the spiritual world also needed a bosom friend who could sing with him.

For Heshen, without Qianlong's appreciation and promotion, he could not reach the No.1 position under the emperor.Qianlong's favor for him is rare in ancient and modern times, and he once hoped to devote himself to being a famous minister like Liu Tongxun.The problem is that the officialdom in the Qing Dynasty was too bad, and it was not easy to be an upright official. He Shen slipped deeper and deeper in the abyss of desire, from simply wanting to let his family eat better and wear better clothes, until finally his desire was hard to fill.

In grief, He Shen set up an incense table in his residence to worship, wrote a sacrificial oration himself, and burned it.Perhaps only in this way can he make up for the guilt he felt towards Qianlong.Man, that's how hypocritical!

Since that day, Qianlong's daughter and Princess Xiao have never spoken a word to her father-in-law except for the routine greeting every morning.He Shen knew that he was sorry for this daughter-in-law, so she let her go too.

Since the temporary pier set up by the Beihai Navy at Bailong Port was unable to dock such a large ship as the Thunder God, He Shen and Xu Dayong could only go ashore on a cargo ferry.When He Shen and a few of his men saw the nearly ruined Bailong Walled City after landing, they were secretly shocked by the fierce artillery fire of the Beihai Navy at that time.

Afterwards, the group switched to a cargo boat and walked along the coast from the mouth of the Lianjiang River into the inland river.It was already dusk when we arrived at Ximenjiang Wharf.Before the boat docked, He Shen couldn't help but be amazed that it was so bustling when he saw the noisy scene of people on the river bank.

What he didn't know was that although the Qing Dynasty implemented a sea ban on one-way trade, because Lianzhou and Qinzhou were too close to Annan, it was difficult to ban non-governmental exchanges and exchanges, and smuggling transactions had always been carried out under the noses of the government.The development of maritime trade has also driven local commerce and trade, and those commodities from Annan also entered the inland of Guangdong and Guangxi along the Nanliu River.

Lianzhou Mansion is located on the coast, and has heard all kinds of news about Beihai Town for a long time.Back then, Bei Haijun dealt with Mo Guanfu and Chen Tianbao, and then attacked the Xishan Dynasty, and the rumors of merchants have long since spread the uproar.After experiencing the bleakness in the first few days, with the announcement of Anmin everywhere, the prosperity of the past was quickly restored.

The person He Xiwen sent to greet him had already hired a few silk and bamboo sedan chairs in advance, and then took He Shen and his men to the Yin Hotel in the east of the city to settle down, while Xu Dayong came to the General Military Office in the west of the city alone. .Unlike Zhao Xin and his fellow travelers who were unwilling to live in the city, after He Xiwen captured Lianzhou, he set up his headquarters in the General Military Mansion to the south of the Fuya.

"Brother Xu, I have admired your name for a long time!"

"Commander He, brother, I have heard of your name from time to time in Beihai Town, and I really admire you so much. I never thought I would be lucky enough to meet you today!"

Xu Da's identity as an intelligence bureau is a secret even in Beihai Town. Except for the 29-member committee, not many people know about it.His public identity for these years has been the deputy director of the trade department, under the direct leadership of Shen Jingdan.The main task of accompanying Heshen to the south this time is to wait to receive the copper mine in Dongchuan and inspect the products in Guangxi.

"Come on, let me introduce to brother Xu first. This is my chief of staff Huang Zhongtong, this is Liang Wenying who is in charge of the servant army, and this is Wei Chao, the head of the Hui'an camp."

It is said that the so-called "Hui'an Camp" is just an early establishment, and now it has developed into a regiment, but everyone is used to it and has not changed it.Nearly 30% of the troops in this regiment are from the Minh Huong community in Hoi An, and the other [-]% are from the security team in Ba Thanh.The head of the regiment, Wei Chao, is not yet [-] years old. He studied for a few years when he was a child, and then practiced martial arts. After joining the Beihai Navy, he trained very hard and was also very brave in previous battles.After attending several officer training courses hosted by Zhao Xin in Bacheng, he was promoted to be the head of the regiment.

Today's northern navy is divided into two factions, the north and the south, and the northern faction is currently the most powerful.It's not that Zhao Xin and the others don't want to transfer northern military officers to serve in the south. It's really difficult for most northerners to adapt to the southern climate and soil.Although malaria is no longer a problem, the huge difference in diet makes many northerners shy away.

The only exceptions were those in the Special Operations Battalion. They were led by Wang Yuanfang, a descendant of the Northeast, to do a lot of targeted training, and they also ate food separately.

After some courteous greetings, Xu Dayong followed He Xiwen to the backyard, where a sumptuous banquet had already been set up, and he was going to welcome him.The reason why He Xiwen wanted to entertain him personally was because he knew that Shen Jingdan, the person in charge of the trade department, was Wang Zhao's father-in-law.Xu Dayong must be very capable to be the deputy of the "Head of the State" in the future. He has a bright future in Beihai Town, so he must establish a good relationship.

The five people stated their ages and sat down to drink according to their seats.Everyone talked and laughed, and had a few rounds of wine, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.Seeing that the heat was almost ready, He Xiwen gave Huang Zhongtong a wink.The latter understood, and suddenly slapped twice while talking.

At this time, someone in the next room seemed to knock on the sandalwood board, and then the quiet sound of Guzheng sounded slowly.Xu Dayong didn't know what to do, so he heard a clear and melodious female voice begin to sing: "Dream into Yanshui Road in the south of the Yangtze River, travel all the way to the south of the Yangtze River, and never meet people. There is nothing to say when you sleep, and you feel melancholy and misunderstood. This love letter is plain. Floating geese and sinking fish, there is no evidence for the end. But relying on slow strings and songs to break the thread. Breaking the heart and breaking the Qin Zheng column."

After the song was sung, the lingering lingering sound continued, Huang Zhongtong said with a smile at this moment: "Miss Ping'er, come out and toast Mr. Xu."

As soon as the words were finished, a person came out from the next room, causing everyone's eyes to brighten up.But I saw her with two slender willow eyebrows, white and tender jade cheeks with light powder and daisies; a jasper hairpin on her head, and two pearl earrings the size of mung beans; she was wearing a red embroidered satin jacket, Wear it with a light green floral crepe skirt, which is radiant.

The woman named "Ping'er" walked over gracefully, first performed a blessing ceremony, got up and filled a glass of wine, brought it to Xu Dayong with a pair of jade hands, smiled at him, did not speak, just took The two eyes looked at him sparklingly, as if they contained a thousand kinds of tenderness and affection.

Rao Xu Da used to travel all over the world in these years, he has seen a lot, and he was a little crazy for a while.He has been separated from his wife for a long time, and has been looking at He Shen in Anping Port. Although he occasionally goes to the Fengyue place, how can the Li Chao official prostitutes on Jeju Island compare with the southern beauties in front of him?

Under the light, Ping'er saw that Xu Dayong took the wine and didn't drink it, but stared at him blankly, a blush came to his cheeks, and he turned his head slightly, showing a bit of shyness.Seeing this, Xu Dayong felt that this woman was like a delicate peony in full bloom, her bones were brittle.

(End of this chapter)