Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 115 The Loser Qianlong

Sun Shiyi was stared at by Qianlong, and cold sweat dripped down his back involuntarily.

What is the old emperor thinking?
Or rather, what is he going to do?
Let him do team training?

Do you want to go to the regiment in charge of a province to train troops?
In the Qing Dynasty, apart from the time when it entered the customs, which Han official could control so many troops?
Is this testing Sun Shiyi's loyalty, or... Emperor Qianlong really wants to give up on the South, throwing the South to a bunch of regiments, big and small, to delay Zhu Daohua's progress?
Sun Shiyi can achieve the level of Han military aircraft.

Trying to figure out the meaning is his basic skill.

But this time.

He really couldn't figure it out.

Or
In case of a wrong guess.

That is the fate of death and death.
"Let's talk about it quickly. If local gentry are used as local officials, according to the level of donations, they will be given the official positions of magistrates and county magistrates. In addition, they will be appointed as regiments to train envoys, and the local gentry will be used to prepare and practice village courage. The court will give full power. Will this inspire the local gentry? Defend the village, defend the Qing Dynasty."

Qianlong's words made cold sweat on Sun Shiyi's forehead.

It's already great to use Hanchen to organize group training.

It's not general reuse yet.

Instead, it is necessary to give full power, and even allow the local Hanchen to be officials in the local area, which makes it easier for the local officials below to collude with the powerful to form a separatist regime!
Do it like this.

What is the difference between it and the Jiedushi who directly resurrected the end of Tang Dynasty?
"Your majesty, I think that if you give too much power, you will cause troubles throughout your life, and you may become a disaster."

Sun Shiyi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.

"Is it my fault, or Zhu Daohua's fault?" Qianlong asked back.

Sun Shiyi understood now.

Qianlong had no confidence to defend the south of the Yangtze River.

He even wanted to go back to the north and sit in the north to deal with the White Lotus Sect.

But he was unwilling to just give up the southern provinces like this.

"Can Zhu Daohua give this kind of power?"

Of course I can't
Sun Shiyi thought.

"Your Majesty, at most, it will only take a little time for Ni Ming to take over the southern provinces. After all, the regiment training is not as good as Ni Ming's elite." Sun Shiyi said.

"Then, does anyone in Zhejiang's prefectures want to be a local parent official in Zhejiang?"

"Of course there are."

Sun Shiyi hesitated for a moment and said.

Be an official.

Who doesn't want to.

Those local landlords and old fortunes urge their children to study every day, don't they just want to be famous in the imperial examination, get promoted and make a fortune.

Traditionally, no Chinese person wants to be an official.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high.

why?
Because reading can be an official.

In the past, when you could become an official by beheading people, China beat the surrounding barbarians.

Later, the emperor felt that the gang of beheaded and promoted officials were useful, but they were too dangerous.

If you are not careful, you may be forced to surrender.

Therefore, the upward channel of killing people was blocked.

Make a hole.

Drive the elites to study.

Thus.

Even if you can't read it.

It can only be "a scholar with nothing to use".

It is difficult to pose any threat to the imperial power.

But if the elites of the Han people all go to practice hacking.

It cannot be reused here by the emperor.

If you don't get it all together, this gang of fierce men will start all over again.

Now Qianlong released the official position of a province at once.

Those who flock to him are probably like crucian carp crossing the river.
"That's good. Normally, a county magistrate donates an official for 800 taels of silver. This time, I will sell the entire county's officials and give them full power. A county will receive 3 taels of silver. Is the price fair? "

Understood.
Sun Shiyi sighed in his heart.

Emperor Qianlong must have felt that Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou could not be kept.

So I plan to sell all the officials in these provinces.

It was a normal operation in the Qing Dynasty to buy and sell officials.

speak up.

This donation into the official is still the Qing Dynasty's ancestral system.

This head was opened by Emperor Kangxi Kangmazi, the holy ancestor of the Qing Dynasty.

At the time of the San Francisco Rebellion.

The treasury is empty.

Kangxi made an order.

Those who meet the conditions can become low-level officials such as magistrates and states through donations.

The so-called meeting the conditions, of course, has certain requirements.

The first thing is to have a clean background, otherwise it would be a joke to sell this official position to Wu Sangui.

Secondly, there must be recommendations from serving officials.

That is to say, if the family background is clean and someone recommends you, you can honorably donate a sum of money to the Qing court, and then you can become an official of the Qing Dynasty serving the Qing emperor.

During the Kangxi Dynasty, the gold content of the donated officials was not high, and most of them could only donate small officials of the eighth or ninth rank.

During the Yongzheng Dynasty.

Buying and selling officials is somewhat restrained.

Possibly one of the most diligent emperors in history, the Yongzheng Emperor - possibly second only to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Yongzheng left Qianlong a very solid family background.

But Qianlong was a profligate character.

Going to the south of the Yangtze River, repairing gardens, and wars have been consumed one after another.

to now.

The treasury of the Qing Dynasty was not as thick as it was when Qianlong succeeded to the throne.

So in the middle and late Qianlong Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty began to gradually relax the scope of donations.

Civil officials can donate at most to the doctor of the fifth rank of the Beijing official, and the Taoist of the fourth rank of the local official.

Military attaches can donate from generals to guerrillas.

Even in the late Qianlong Dynasty.

This buying and selling of officials has formed a system.

You Gong and Jiansheng donated 600 taels to Langzhong, 8000 taels to Yuanwailang, 620 taels to principals, 360 taels to the prison and military officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and 480 taels to the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades from Manchurians. two;
Yougong and Jiansheng donated 400 taels to Taoists, donated 200 taels to magistrates, donated 2000 taels to salt transportation department Yun, donated 620 taels to county magistrates, and donated the rest from Jiupin, who did not enter the stream, only 180 taels.

Therefore, selling officials to raise money is the traditional art of Qianlong.

But as it is now, it is really...too exaggerated to sell all the real officials of one province. No, it is the real officials of several provinces.

However, if Qianlong can really sell it.

It is estimated that the province of Zhejiang alone raised tens of millions of taels of silver.

Some local tyrants in Zhejiang gave money to buy officials.

"Sun Shiyi, you have a very high reputation in Zhejiang. The leader of the scholars has responded to everyone. If you come to be the governor of Zhejiang, you will surely be able to summon [-] Zhejiang soldiers and mobilize Zhejiang gentry to contribute money and effort. If you defend Zhejiang with [-] Zhejiang soldiers, even if you can't hold it , if Ni Ming wants to attack, he has to think twice, right?"

Qianlong's calm words sounded like a thunderbolt in Sun Shiyi's ears, exploding in his ears.

The reputation is very high, and the leader of Shilin has responded to everyone.

That's not a good word
Sun Shiyi hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, how can I have this ability. I will never be able to take care of this Zhejiang matter."

"I said you can bear it if you can bear it." Qianlong waved his hand and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you heart-to-heart words. The southern provinces are about to fall into the hands of rebels. Before that, I also We must find a way to raise enough military expenses and expand the Coating Army, only in this way can we wipe out the sect bandits, repel the Ming Dynasty, and protect our Qing Dynasty!"

The ministers heard this.

They all quietly raised their heads to look at Qianlong who had just woken up from a coma.

Ah Gui almost burst into tears.

This is the glorious Qing Dynasty.

Now it has come to such a point.

If the south does not guard, it will teach bandits to make chaos.

The emperor had no choice but to implement this strategy, exchanging the official position of a province for tens of millions of silver as military expenses!
This is all for the Qing Dynasty, for the wealth and honor of these Eight Banners children.

"Your Majesty, are you really going to sell the entire south to the Han landlords?"

After Sun Shiyi and others retreated.

The Heshen, Helin, Fukang'an, and Agui who stayed behind are all important ministers of the Manchus.

After all, Fukang'an and Qianlong are still blood relatives.

So now that the ministers are leaving, Fukang'an can't wait to ask.

"In the battle of Ganzhou, in just two or three days, a strong city that had been in operation for more than half a year was brought down. With muskets, artillery, and even hand-to-hand combat, the Eight Banners and the Packed Army were all at a disadvantage." Qianlong said in a heavy tone. , "How can this fight go on?"

If there is no teaching bandits to make trouble.

Qianlong would not make such a decision either.

but now.

Qianlong really did not intend to entangle with the Ming army in the south.

"Yes, this battle. The performance of the Packed Army and the Jianrui Battalion is not without bravery. However, Niming's guns are sharp, and grenades are used in close combat to cooperate with the battle array. The morale is also high, and the battle is also brave. Our army is brave. , and it would be difficult to force the enemy head-on. If it weren't for the large number of cavalry in our army, the Ming army would not dare to pursue them."

Think of the Battle of Ganzhou City.

Agui repeatedly shook his head and said.

The Qing Dynasty even recruited its most elite troops.

Although it is true that it caused the biggest casualties to the Ming army since the Ming and Qing battles.

But it is still obvious whether it can be played.

Artillery, people have a longer range and greater power.

The musket is also sharper than that of the Ming army.

In hand-to-hand combat at close range, the bravery of the Ming army surpassed that of the Qing army—even from Agui’s point of view, the bravery of the Baoyi Army and the Jianrui Battalion, if it is used to deal with an army like the Green Battalion , One can count as ten, but when facing the Ming army, they are still retreating steadily.

It is not as good as people in equipment.

Bravery is not as good as human beings.

How else can I fight?
"Nanming has 15 elite soldiers. After another round of military expansion, there may be [-]. And I heard that Shuiming is building a railway from Nanxiong Prefecture to Nan'an Prefecture. Once the railway is completed, it will be transported by train. , It is said that the logistics of hundreds of thousands of troops can be transported here." Fukang'an said with emotion.

"Railway? Train?" Qianlong frowned.

He'd heard of it too.

Although the intelligence system of the Qing Dynasty was crotchless, it was not enough to not even know about the things that were being built with great fanfare in Guangdong.

"Is it true that a train can pull hundreds of carriages of goods?" Qianlong asked.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, no one had seen this before.

Qianlong sighed.

He is not just the kind of emperor who is ignorant of the technological progress of the West.

At least compared to his grandson Daoguang's old fool in later generations.

Qianlong was not old and foolish, but old and shrewd.

But now, he also had to admit it.

He defended himself against efforts to prevent the Han Chinese from acquiring technologies that could pose a great threat to the rule of the Manchu Qing court.

Already failed.

Efforts to hold the south also failed.

Now Qianlong has calmed down his mentality.

Consider yourself a loser.

Since it is a loser.

Then it's time to take stock of the chips you own and wait for the next time you go to the poker table.

(End of this chapter)