In June of the fifth year of the reform, the Praetorian Guard led by Ning Yu arrived at the Tianjin wharf, only to see that in addition to the soldiers who could be seen everywhere on the wharf, there were also a large number of Zhili people, who began to gradually get rid of the previous poverty under the governance of Ning Chu, so most of them spontaneously came to meet the emperor.

In the joyful atmosphere, Tianjin Governor Yuan Zhongquan also honestly led the officials, standing in front of the dock to greet the emperor, everyone was full of smiles, this was the first scene that Ning Yu saw after getting off the ship, but it made Ning Yu's brows frown slightly, and then quickly calmed down again.

However, for people in the officialdom, they are often accustomed to observing words and feelings, and the changes in the emperor's expression will naturally not hide from their eyes, and suddenly there are some subtle changes in the atmosphere in the field.

Tianjin Governor Yuan Zhongquan sighed in his heart, and hurriedly said softly: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others have never organized the people to come to greet the holy car, it is really because the people are grateful to the saint and spontaneously come to greet them. ”

Ning Yu showed a slight smile at this time, and said slowly in Huguang dialect: "Since there are extenuating circumstances, I will not blame you." It's just that the people are grateful to the imperial court, and the government also needs to do a good job of guiding, and I have dense exchanges between the two capitals, if every time I greet them like this, it is really a disturbing move to disturb the people, and it is more likely to have a trampling, which should be taken as a reference. ”

"Your Majesty's kindness, the ministers know."

After revealing this small turmoil, Ning Yu also set off towards the Beijing division on the imperial chariot, and the Praetorian Guard division accompanying him will also go with him, and he will rest in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to prepare for the follow-up northern expedition.

Speaking of which, Ning Yu felt a little hasty about this northern expedition, not that he was worried that he would not be able to defeat the Russians or Jungar, but that he was worried that after all, he had only taken Monan Mongolia, and the control of Monan Mongolia had only entered the initial stage.

Not to mention anything else, just the allocation of officials is a big problem, such as Monan Mongolia is divided into three provinces, and the allocation of officials up and down is not a decimal number, and in the future, after taking Mobei Mongolia, it will be divided into three provinces or so, so that more officials are needed, if you think further, once you conquer the Jungar Khanate, then you will need a large number of officials to establish rule.

For Ning Yu, if he only defeated Zhunger, although it can be regarded as a great military achievement, even the court is a voice of praise, but for Ning Yu, it is still a little insufficient, because war is not just a war, whether it is in the economic or political aspects, it needs to be considered.

But the current situation is different, it was originally expected that Arabutan would continue to lead the Dzungar Khanate for one to two years, then in this process, even if the Dzungar Khanate had to fight the three Khalkha tribes, it would not make such rapid progress, and it would also take Ning Chu's reaction into account - but now the situation has changed very rapidly, and the ascension of Galdan Tsering has made the war between the two sides come forward.

Ning Yu also knew in his heart that the situation would not follow his own ideas, and now that there has been a change, it is better to follow the change, as long as he resolutely and completely defeats Galdan Tsering, the situation in northern Xinjiang will still be dominated by Da Chu.

After the carriage arrived at the Beijing Division, the second assistant Li Fu, the privy envoy Ning Zhongyi, Sun Jiagan and others immediately greeted them, and everyone's expressions were a little excited.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Eucharist is well-being."

"I'm there."

Ning Yu waved his hand, then sat on the throne on the Palace of Heart Cultivation, and said calmly: "When I was in Nanjing before, I originally thought that the movement of the Dzungar Khanate would not be so fast, after all, the conspirator Alabutan is already old, no matter how heroic he is, it is difficult to hide the problem of old age. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, they all deeply realized this, after all, the previous Kangxi had proved this, no matter how wise he was, but after all, he seemed so weak in the face of the years, and the conspiracy Alabutan would not be an exception.

Ning Yu only mentioned it casually after all, he understood that what had happened could not be changed, "But since we are going to fight, I will not worry, once this battle starts, then it will be up to us to decide when it will end." ”

"In order to prepare for this war, I asked the cabinet to prepare a military budget of 30 million silver dollars, of which 15 million will be allocated by special military spending, and the other 15 million will be sold for war bonds, and this is only the first military spending, if it is not enough, we will continue to issue war government bonds."

Hearing Ning Yu's words, everyone nodded, they had already tasted the sweetness through the previous war treasury, especially after the end of the Northern Expedition, a large amount of loot and land made a large number of treasury bonds enter the repayment stage, so that many people have made money, so the issuance of treasury bonds will be more acceptable to the people.

Ning Zhongyi was naturally overjoyed after knowing the emperor's determination, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the army has been prepared at the moment, and the Monan Zhubu has also sent many clansmen to participate in the Fu Han Army, and it is currently incorporated into the independent First Cavalry Division, of which the division commander is served by the son of Jin Gendun, the deputy division commander Wang Musheng, and the chief of staff Dong Yuhe, and the tentative full number of people is 8,000 people. ”

A smile appeared on Ning Yu's face, it doesn't matter how the combat strength of this division is, but at least it can show that in the past six months, the tribes of Southern Mongolia have begun to gradually integrate into Great Chu, and this also fully explains the results of the previous Southern Mongolian countermeasures, which is of great significance for the subsequent recovery of Northern Mongolia and Western Mongolia.

"Okay, with this move, it can show that the people's hearts are going north, and we already have an eighty percent chance of winning this battle!"

Just when everyone was excited, Sun Jiagan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, there is still a strategy that has not been used at the moment, if Your Majesty can use it, there should be a 10% chance of winning." ”

"Oh? Is there any good plan that Sun Qing can't achieve? Ning Yu had a slight hesitation on his face, while Li Fu, the second assistant on the side, showed a knowing smile.

Sun Jiagan nodded lightly, and then said softly: "Your Majesty currently only has one queen and one concubine, although there is the style of the ancient saints, but after all, the harem is withered, which is not good for the country." At present, it is the time of the personal conquest of Mongolia, and His Majesty is also invited to choose a concubine in Mongolia, first, to enrich the beauties of the harem, and secondly, to win the hearts of Mongolians. ”

Ning Yu's face suddenly became a little gloomy, he had always opposed involving state affairs with his own private affairs, but this Sun Jiagan didn't seem to know, and he still offered such a strategy with a big grin.

Of course, Ning Yu knew in his heart that making peace with Mongolia was a very good policy for the Qing court to be able to encircle Mongolia, and it almost ran through the entire early and middle periods of the Qing court.

Later, after the Qing court entered the customs, in order to better encircle the Mongols and control their actions, the Qing court still maintained a marriage with Mongolia, like Shunzhi and Kangxi, in fact, they all had peace with Mongolia.

And now Sun Jiagan is also out of this psychology to offer himself the policy of harmony, no matter what, he can't be blamed, it just makes Ning Yu feel a little uncomfortable.

"Sun Qing, I think that the affairs of the back court and the affairs of the previous dynasty should not be too deeply involved, so forget about this plan." Ning Yu's expression was still relatively pleasant, and he didn't want to suppress this capable minister for this issue.

However, before Sun Jiagan could speak, Li Fu spoke again, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Sun said is very true, as for what His Majesty said about the court, it is also a matter of the world, if you can promote the relationship with the Mongolian tribes through the policy of harmony, why not?" I believe that the reason why the Khalkha Third Department hesitated was because of the lack of His Majesty's personal statement. ”

Ning Yu was slightly stunned, he wanted to refute, but his words were difficult to say, after all, what Li Fu said was not unreasonable, in this era, if you want people to believe in the sincerity of the other party, that is, to be relatives with the other party, whether it is a relationship or a marriage, it is a strategic countermeasure.

"Okay, Sun Jiagan, you can go to Monan and Mobei, and tell them that I am going to choose a concubine in Mongolia, and then send troops to Mobei to defeat Jungar!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Sun Jiagan's face was overjoyed, with this will of the emperor, in the future battle of Mobei, I am afraid that more tribes will stand on the side of Dachu.

........

Yunchun City, where the nominal capital of the Qing Dynasty is now, but there are more blond Russians who appear here, which has to be said to be a great irony.

In the center of Yunchun City, it is the location of the current Emperor Qianlong of the Great Qing Dynasty, and this so-called imperial palace is just a simple quadruple courtyard, which is not very conspicuous, and among the few small houses next to the palace, there are Xu Yuanmeng, Zhang Tingyu and other clan ministers who live in the pillar of the Qing Dynasty.

In a small house, it was a gloomy and bleak scene at this time, Xu Yuanmeng, a scholar, was lying on the bed with a pale face, and there was almost no undulating movement on his chest, only two eyes that were still turning, but he was telling everyone that he Xu Yuanmeng was not dead.

Zhang Tingyu was sitting in front of the hospital bed at this time, his face was also extremely gray, he held Xu Yuanmeng's hand with both hands, and tears were almost about to flow out, after all, without this scholar, the Qing Dynasty would probably be even more decadent.

"Good Changgong, the Russians have just sent someone to say, they are going to prepare for war, and when the time comes, they will fight with Chu Yi, and ask us to go to war as well - hey, this house leak happened to rain overnight, and you lay down again, what should the Qing Dynasty do?"

Xu Yuanmeng tried hard to raise his head, but he felt that it was very difficult to go up and down, and finally he chose to give up and muttered in a low voice: "Can't ...... Can't hit ........ Russian wolf ambitions...... Unreliable ......."

Zhang Tingyu felt sad in his heart, and sighed: "No, this Russian just wants our people to be cannon fodder for them, who cares about the life and death of our Qing Dynasty at that time?" It's just that at the moment, our military power is in their hands, and although there are a few leaders who can still listen to us, their situation is not good........ I don't know what the emperor thinks......."

Speaking of the emperor, Xu Yuanmeng sighed softly, and Zhang Tingyu also sighed, the reason is that the current emperor of the Qing Dynasty no longer wants to think about the mess of the Qing Dynasty at all, so he borrows wine every day to drown his sorrows, and then has fun with a few palace maids all day long.

Xu Yuanmeng closed his eyes lightly and muttered: "Hengchen, I don't want to revive the Qing Dynasty, if you have a chance in the future, you will vote for Ning Chu........ As long as I can save the emperor's life, I will be ........"

Hearing Xu Yuanmeng spit out such words, it made Zhang Tingyu a little stunned, he shook his head slightly, and a miserable look appeared on his face, "Right now, Emperor Ning can't wait to kill the lower officials, how can he accept the subordinate officials?" The benevolent grandfather was really joking. ”

It's just that at this time, Xu Yuanmeng no longer had any life, he finally died in Yunchun, but his eyes were always open, and his face completely lost his blush, almost turning into a thin and small dry firewood.

When Emperor Qianlong learned of Xu Yuanmeng's death, he didn't express too much sadness, but he just confirmed one thing with Zhang Tingyu, that is, Ning Chu would not call for a short time - he continued to devote himself to the great cause of reproduction and descendants, and he seemed to have completely hidden the grief of the death of the country in his heart, and would never show it again.

However, just after Zhang Tingyu buried Xu Yuanmeng, Count Sara Hura sent someone over and invited Zhang Tingyu over, but Zhang Tingyu was naturally powerless to refuse, and followed a Russian officer to the highest castle in Yunchun City.

Count Savaura seemed to be in a good mood, and when he saw Zhang Tingyu come in, he greeted him quite warmly, and asked Zhang Tingyu to make a cup of warm black tea.

"Master Zhang, we have good news and bad news right now, which one do you want to know?" Count Sara Ulla even began to make such a little joke with Zhang Tingyu.

Zhang Tingyu was not used to Count Sara's jokes, and he sighed softly, "Bad news, isn't it going to fight with Chu Yi?" ”

"No, that's good news."

Count Savaura laughed loudly, and then said meaningfully: "Only by fighting can we get everything we want, for the Russian Empire, of course, it is the ruling power of the East, and for your Great Qing, it is the former land, of course, excluding the Far East." ”

Zhang Tingyu no longer had any expectations for the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, even with the help of the Russians, he didn't think that he could defeat Ning Chu, but now that he was sending people under the fence, it was naturally difficult to express clear opposition, but he just squeezed out a shriveled smile on his face.

Count Savaurabi didn't seem to care about Zhang Tingyu's thoughts, but continued to his own thoughts: "As for the bad news, it's not so bad, Ning Chu has more power than we imagined, and according to the news from the old rivals of the Jungar Khanate, it seems that they will have at least 100,000 people in this battle. ”

Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on Count Savaura's face, "Of course, it's only a mere 100,000 people. ”