Zhongnanhai, Ziguang Pavilion, a grand banquet is being held, and today is my Qianlong's 80th birthday banquet.

But in fact, according to the Manchurian custom of talking about a false year, last year was Qianlong's 80th birthday.

And he had already done it last year, specially firing the Wanshou Wujiang Bowl, and there was a special record.

But it wasn't the king of Annam at that time, and the current king of Song hasn't arrived, so my Qianlong is also celebrating his 80th birthday this year.

Well, according to the first birthday, Qianlong was born in 1711, and he can indeed live his eightieth birthday in 1791.

"The former king of Annam, the new seal is attached to the king of the Song Dynasty, King Ye Yankai, to congratulate the saint on his birthday!"

An old eunuch raised his voice and shouted, The original King of Annam asked to enclose it, this is the most important 'dish' on my 80th birthday of Qianlong.

Ye Sheng, who had long been accustomed to this scene, was wearing the same Manchu pro-dynasty dress as the crown prince Jia, who was later Emperor Jiaqing, and slowly walked towards Qianlong, and behind him, there was a eunuch holding a thick tribute book.

Of course, when Ye Sheng went north from Jiaozhi, he didn't bring so many tributes at all, and Ye Kai himself was almost too poor to open the pot, where did he get so much money to pay tribute to Qianlong, so he just got an ordinary one.

Now many of the things in this luxury gift list were purchased by He Shen and the adults out of their own pockets, and almost added a tribute of nearly 150,000 taels of silver.

What do you think? In order to make my Qianlong more happy, I bought a tribute of more than 100,000 taels of silver from the merchants who sold southern goods out of my own pocket.

This is about figuring out Qianlong's intentions, so that Qianlong has money and face, and no one dares to call him the first when he is the second with adults.

Qianlong, who is 81 years old this year and 80 years old, sat at a golden dragon banquet table, and the seat was a head higher than the others, in order to highlight the supremacy of the Manchurian emperor.

On the birthday banquet table of Emperor Qianlong of Wanshou, there are rich and colorful delicacies, mainly Manchu and Han dishes.

There are 20 hot dishes, 20 cold dishes, 4 soup dishes, 4 side dishes, 4 fresh fruits, 28 dried and fresh melons and fruits, 29 pasta dishes such as dim sum, cakes, cakes, etc., a total of 109 products.

Ye Sheng skillfully hit a thousand, and then knelt down and shouted.

"Ye Shuwu, the newly crowned king of the Song Dynasty, knock on His Majesty the Great Emperor, the Great Emperor has a long life!"

After shouting, he took a few steps on his knees more skillfully, and came to the front of Qianlong, who was sitting upright, and hugged his knees.

The so-called knee hugging ceremony is an old Manchurian custom, one person sits upright on the stool, and the other person half-kneels to hug the calf part below the knee of the person who sits upright.

At that time, Chahar's various Taiji went to Shenyang to seek refuge in Huang Taiji, which was this kind of knee hugging ceremony, which was the etiquette of the younger generation to the elders, and the horse boy to the leading big brother, vulgarly speaking, it was called hugging the thighs!

Don't think that this is a simple etiquette, and the meaning revealed afterwards is revealed, but Qianlong admires Ye Sheng very much, and he sees Ye Sheng as his own son and nephew.

Ordinary envoys and kings want to hug my Qianlong's thighs, that's impossible, let you look at it from a distance is a blessing!

Moreover, Ye Sheng has been in Beijing for two years, with food and clothing, and honor guards, which is at the same level as the current Jiaqing.

When Ye Sheng saw the ceremony, my Qianlong's Changbai old face smiled one after another white chrysanthemums, and after the knee-hugging salute, he helped Ye Sheng up with a smile on his face.

"The King of Song is loyal and commendable, and in the future, he must be diligent in the land of Tiannan and love the people, and pay light and meager endowments, so that the people and the gentry and businessmen can work in peace!"

Ye Sheng, who lowered his head, pursed his lips gently, along the way, he had seen the miserable scene under the flowers and brocade of the Manchu Dynasty and the burning fire.

After Nanzhili, the further north you go, the more the residents have a dish, and although the magistrates try their best to cover it up, on both sides of the Grand Canal, poor mountain people who don't even have pants can often be seen.

However, fortunately, it was me who came, and if my brother came, I don't know what chaos would happen!

In the past two years, he has kowtowed more than he has seen in the past ten years, but he is complaining in his heart, but he is shouting respectfully in his mouth.

"Little Wang obeys the teachings of the Great Emperor!"

Looking at the king of Annan prostrate at his feet, my Qianlong is really happy, this emperor, I am the only one, in the eyes of ordinary people, the so-called mellow wine and beauty, delicacies of the mountains and seas, gold and silver mountains are all like that, and it is also a matter of being attached to the front and back, and holding the power is also a proper thing.

But this king of a great country with tens of thousands of armor is prostrate at his feet, this is not something that ordinary emperors can have!

"Chuan Xu is enshrined!" As soon as Ye Sheng got up, a eunuch beside Qianlong began to give orders in time.

After a while, an old man with almost white beard and hair, but in good spirits, wearing a five-rank official uniform, came over with extremely fast steps.

"Xu Xianfeng, please paint a portrait of the King of Song, it will be named the statue of Ye Shuwu, the king of the newly sealed Song Dynasty, and I will treasure it in the Purple Light Pavilion."

I, Qianlong, said lightly, Xu Feng is a court painter, named Xu Yang, Qianlong entered the court in the sixteenth year.

After the death of Lang Shining, Jin Tingbiao, Yao Wenhan and others, he was the only surviving master of court painting!

"Little Wang, thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Ye Sheng could only kneel down again, people gave you such a big face, so that your portrait can be treasured in the Purple Light Pavilion, don't you hurry up and thank you for the sobbing kowtow?

"Hearing that the Gurkha barbarians have dared to invade the Celestial Empire recently, Xiao Wang is extremely indignant, this thief dares to invade Tibet on His Majesty's 80th birthday, it is simply bold!

It's just a pity that Jiaozhi does not border with the Gurkha, otherwise there is no need for His Majesty to send troops, Xiao Wang will capture this subordinate into Beijing and hold it in front of His Majesty!

But fortunately, the Governor of Fukangan of the Celestial Empire is a famous general who is not born in the world, and he has been rampant for less than a few days.

However, Tibet is high and dangerous, and it is not suitable for large soldiers to recruit and suppress it, because the soldiers are strong rather than too many, and the equipment should be better and better.

There are still 500 Western spontaneous firearms, thousands of catties of gunpowder, and tens of thousands of lead in the arsenal of the Song Kingdom. ”

Ye Sheng's words were explained by Ye Kai before he left, although Ye Sheng was also extremely shocked that the eldest brother could predict the Gurkha invasion in advance, but since it was ordered by the eldest brother, Ye Sheng still did it one by one!

And the blood of 500 brown basses and gunpowder and lead was sent out in order to transfer Fukangan to Beijing as soon as possible.

Fukangan This guy is a top Manchurian noble, and ordinary bribery does not work at all, because Ye Kaiming is thinking of playing Liangguang, Fukangan will never relax his vigilance against Jiaozhi even if he collects money, there is such a big Buddha pressed in Liangguang, and it is really inconvenient to suck the blood of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In fact, not only Ye Kai, but also the profiteers and gentry, corrupt officials, and Hongmen bigwigs in Guangzhou City, are also looking forward to Fukangan leaving quickly, as long as he leaves, everyone can make a big profit.

So these 500 brown basses are definitely worth it, and Ye Kai has thought about it, this gun must be sent!

This Gurkha invasion seems to be the former minister of affairs in Tibet, Yamantai, who secretly invaded Tibet for the first time in 1786 with the Gurkha king Bagadur. Shah and the aftermath left behind.

But it was actually the British colonizers who were behind the back, and they were using the Gurkhas as pathfinders in their quest to seize Tibet.

It is necessary to fight back fiercely, otherwise when Ye Kai is in the Central Plains in the north, there will definitely be a big problem in Tibet.

In the second battle of Gurkha in history, the Manchu Qing fought extremely beautifully, or it can be said that this was the most beautiful battle fought by the Qianlong Dynasty.

Fukangan led Hailancha and Zhu Shudou and other fierce generals to forcibly climb over the Great Snow Mountain, and pushed it to the city of Kathmandu in less than a month.

The so-called Gurkha mercenaries who blew to the sky in later generations knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, keeping Tibet safe for at least 80 years.

And this has a special benefit, that is, why Fukangan died a few years later in 1796, at the age of 42, in fact, it was during this war against the Gurkha that he fell ill on the snowy mountains.

To say that the current Manchu Qing Dynasty famous generals, Fukangan is definitely the first, not only does he have the capital to be a famous general, but Qianlong trusts him wholeheartedly.

As the top nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, local officials, big and small, are not all Manchu or Han officials obedient in front of him.

With such a person, the difficulty of the Northern Expedition will definitely be a lot greater, so Ye Kai Yeba looked at Fukangan and hurried to fight Gurkha, it is better to be infected more seriously than in history, it is better to go to see the Buddha earlier!

"His Royal Highness King Song! This is the occasion of His Majesty's holy birthday, how can he speak the words of the army? ”

Hu Shijie, the big eunuch on the side, shouted angrily with a solemn face, but Ye Sheng knew that this big eunuch who had received a lot of money from him was for his good, afraid that he would anger Qianlong.

But Qianlong was pleased, "It's rare that King Song is so loyal and righteous, and he will give five hundred of the best Su weaving tribute from Suzhou Mansion!" ”

Just like Ye Sheng said, the Tibetan soldiers are not many soldiers, but the soldiers are excellent, these five hundred Taixi spontaneous fire guns, the Manchu Qing Dynasty really used them, and it also highlights that this Song King is sincerely attached.

For a while, Qianlong was relieved, and everyone's faces bloomed with joy!

Only in the distance, a short man wearing a three-grade official uniform of the Ming Dynasty was smiling on his face, but he snorted fiercely in his heart.

"It's a shame to have changed into the court clothes of Manchurian Donglu so quickly, and the clothes are degraded! This Chinese authenticity, sure enough, in my Ming Dynasty! ”

This person is the North Korean birthday envoy Xu Haoxiu!