Chapter 339: Team Training
The cause of the matter is a letter from Li Shuyao, the governor of Liangguang, since the Heaven and Earth Society began to make chaos in Liangguang, Li Shiyao's life is not easy, although he held Guangzhou and other big cities, but because the elite of the Liangguang Green Battalion was destroyed by the Red Flower Society in Fujian, the remaining troops were unable to clean up the Tiandi Hui in those countryside, so that the Heaven and Earth Society slowly developed and expanded, and even laid down two counties in the poor areas of Guangxi and northern Guangdong, and he finally had no way to be a turtle with a shrunken head.
The imperial court is not enough troops, so it has to find a way from other aspects, the Hakka people and the locals in the Liangguang area are full of contradictions, many big families themselves have a certain amount of armed forces, if these people are integrated, use their local forces to clear the heaven and earth society, it is definitely more convenient than the imperial court to send troops! And all the court has to pay is some nominal official positions and a small amount of silver, how can this account be calculated!
I made up my mind, discussed it carefully with my staff, and sent a letter to the capital with an expedited channel of 800 miles, but I didn't expect that this letter called "Clearing the Field and Inviting Discussion" caused an uproar in the court.
In the eyes of Han officials, this is a good opportunity to expand their strength, they are powerful people in the countryside, the family is powerful, as long as the emperor approves this letter, then their family can recruit troops and buy horses in the name of running a regimental training, if they make military merits, those children in the clan who cannot pass the imperial examination can also use this to enter the officialdom, and they can get a real shortage by spending some money, this business is definitely done! As a result, all the ministers expressed their willingness to devote all their wealth to recruit troops for my Qing Dynasty and run the regimental training!
And for the Manchu and Mongolian officials, it is not so gratifying, the Manchu and Han disputes in the court have a long history, in the past, when the Manchus were peaceful, they could use their background to firmly suppress the Han officials, and now the Han people have the opportunity to expand their power, doesn't that mean that their territory will shrink! This is a must-not! Besides, the Manchu people can suppress the Han people, who are more than 100 times their own, to rule this fancy world. It's not because the force is controlled in the hands of the Manchus, but now that the Han people have the opportunity to control the forces on a large scale, the Manchu people are in danger! So they spoke out against it!
Especially the Minister of Military Aircraft Lai Bao, despite his eighty years old, he changed the habit of not saying a word in the court in the past, and refuted Li Shiyao's twists and turns with a blushing face and a thick neck. He even scolded Li Shuyao's father, Li Yuanliang, the head of the household department, saying that he wanted to dig up the foundation of my Manchurian country, Li Yuanliang argued that he and Li Shuyao were both people with yellow flags in the Han army, and they were banner people! How could he dig his own country, but he was spit on his face by Laibao, saying that he was just some slaves who carried the flag, and he still wanted to be on an equal footing with the masters! The people of the Han Army Banner were originally one level lower than the people of the Manmeng Eight Banners, but they were scolded by such a red fruit in the court, and Li Yuanliang brushed his blood and got his head. I fainted with a thud.
Li Yuanliang's health has been bad recently, and he was scolded by Laibao again, and he was embarrassed and angry, even if Qianlong immediately called the imperial doctor for first aid, he didn't survive for long, and he died that night.
After the incident, Bao not only did not apologize, but puffed out his chest and said that he was planning for the Manchurian country, so Li Yuanliang died of guilt in his heart! The Manchurian people also immediately stood up to support Laibao, and for a time Laibao became a big hero among the Manchurians. Even Qianlong didn't dare to touch him easily! had to pay some money to Li Yuanliang for funeral.
Laibao scolded a court member to death in the court, and he only received such a small punishment. On the contrary, Li Yuanliang was not only angry to death, but also his son Li Shuyao wanted to ask to resign from the post of governor of Liangguang because of Ding Wei. Comparing the two, just scold people and give some money, the Li family's Laozi loses his life and his son loses his official! For a time, the Manchu and Han relations in the court became more and more tense.
The Han officials did not dare to confront the Manchu officials head-on, but they did not have much ability to do the right thing. There are a lot of ways to play small means, and I have firmly grasped the key at the moment, as long as the group training is done, it will be a big victory, so I began to continue to build momentum for the team training. Even Liu Tongxun, the head of the Han ministers in the court, was extremely concerned about this matter, and asked Qianlong several times to discuss this matter, of course, he valued this matter to save a lot of money for the imperial court and eliminate the reason why the Red Flower Society rebels.
In fact, Qianlong was also very tempted by this matter, and there was no clearer understanding of the details of the Qing Dynasty than him, Fu Heng's military expenses when he went out on the expedition had emptied the treasury of the Qing Dynasty, and even the silver and silver he had accumulated for the crime were almost consumed, plus the pension silver after the defeat of the army, the armor and food salaries of the newly recruited army, etc., whether it was the treasury of the imperial court or his own treasury, he could starve the rats to death, Li Shiyao's method just happened to solve these problems, if it wasn't for the opposition being too strong, he wanted to play directly.
After Chen Jialuo got the news, he immediately arranged for the Red Flower Society in Beijing to break up and release the news, and the issue of Qianlong's life experience once again became a hot topic of discussion in Beijing, but this time it was replaced by Qianlong who wanted to take the opportunity of holding a regimental training to establish the Han armed forces under his control, and then launch a mutiny when the time was ripe to kill all the people!
As soon as the news spread, the mansions of the Manchurian military ministers such as Laibao, Aligon, and Fude became even more lively, except that Aligon was familiar with military affairs and knew that there was no way to exterminate the Red Flower Society by relying on the strength of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, and did not stand up to openly oppose the regimental training, Laibao and Fude both strongly expressed their opposition, although Aligon did not oppose it, but did not dare to express support.
As for Fude, he was still fighting Mu Zhuolun in the northwest with Aligon, and it stands to reason that he is not a person who does not know how to war, so why is he strongly opposed to this? In fact, he has been persuaded by the cronies left by Prince Zhuang to believe in the question of Qianlong's background, and of course he must strongly oppose this kind of thing that can strengthen Qianlong's strength.
Lai Bao didn't expect that he could have such a beautiful time when he was eighty years old, he now has no pursuit of his official title, and now he wants to leave enough contacts for his descendants, and now there are so many people who are sought after, and he immediately incarnates as if he was beaten with chicken blood, no matter what reason the Han officials come up with, he is an attitude, you people are not well-intentioned, they are all big traitors, resolutely oppose your conspiracy and tricks, and the group training must not be done!
In this way, the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong passed in the quarrel, and the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong, that is, 1762 AD, quietly came. (To be continued......)