Chapter 318: Chaos in the capital

The fall of Fujian was a very huge blow to the Qing court, since the rebellion of the three feudatories, the imperial court has not experienced such a big loss for nearly a hundred years, in the past, all kinds of wars were either in the border or only limited to a few state capitals, and now in the hinterland of the imperial court, a whole province, tens of millions of people all fell into the hands of traitors, and the entire imperial court was in an uproar!

In the midst of the uproar, another news slowly spread under the spread of well-intentioned people, Su Chang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Dingchang, the governor of Fujian, Xinzhu, the general of Fuzhou, and thousands of Manchu soldiers and their families were all captured by the Red Flower Society, and their lives and deaths were only in the thought of the imperial court! But the current emperor doesn't seem to care about their life or death, and then think of the legend that the emperor was born in the Han people, the families of those Eight Banner soldiers in Beijing became more and more uneasy, for their own families they began to frequently run to the homes of the major Manchu nobles in Beijing for help, these Manchu nobles also seemed to sense that this was an opportunity to expand their own rights, and they also began to secretly connect with each other.

"Lose your teacher and humiliate the country! I didn't behead their whole family, which is already magnanimous! How dare they coerce the imperial court to ransom their families! In the Forbidden City, Qianlong smashed the teacup to the ground for the third time today.

"Your Majesty is angry!" , Now there are not many cronies around him, only a few diehards such as Fu Heng and Shen Baizhen remain, and even Liu Tongxun has been isolated from secret discussions because of his identity.

The reason why Qianlong was furious was because the sudden action of the Red Flower Society caught him off guard. The governor of Fujian, Dingchang, was quietly sent to the capital under the cover of the Red Flower Society, and yesterday he appeared outside the Forbidden City in an open manner, and it was clear to the officials who came to the early dynasty that he brought the documents of the Red Flower Society to ask for ransom, and the court was greatly shaken by this matter.

If he had known that the Red Flower Society was going to send an envoy, he could also let Bai Zhen lead someone to intercept and kill him, and if he had secretly entered the capital, he could also take advantage of the fact that people had not found out and killed people, but Dingchang suddenly appeared in front of all the important members of the imperial court, and the matter instantly spread throughout the capital, and those Manchu families whose relatives had fallen in Fujian suddenly became excited.

Qianlong, who was hit by this sudden attack, was at a loss. There was no point in wanting to kill him, so he had to reprimand Dingchang for a few words and told him to go back to Yeergen Jueluo's house to think about it behind closed doors and listen to the fate, and he called his cronies to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the Honghua Society asked Yang Tingzhang to extort hundreds of thousands of taels of silver last time, we can't take out so much silver right now!" , He Shen, who was in charge of the property of the Qing Dynasty, replied profusely that if this sentence was spread. The door of his house is about to be smashed by the families of the captives who have swarmed him! But he certainly had no money here.

"Fu Heng! How many people do you need to recover Fujian! How long will it take to get it together! Qianlong knew that the first task now was to destroy the Red Flower Society. If Fujian can be recovered in a short time, the problem of prisoners will no longer be a problem!

"Your Majesty! The minions were already counted when they came! Fu Heng gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to completely exterminate the Red Flower Society, you need at least 150,000 elites!" If you want to gather this force, you have to work together with the whole country! ”

"150,000 elites!" , Qianlong was taken aback by this number, now the Qing Green Battalion has about 500,000 troops, plus the total number of cavalry in the Eight Banners and Mongolia is about 800,000, and now Fu Heng wants one-fifth of the country's troops as soon as he opens his mouth. How can this be done in a short period of time?

"At present, the defenders in the northeast should not move lightly, Jindi should guard against Mongolia, there is chaos in Ludi and Henan Province, and if you want to collect troops, you can only find a way from the south, there are 90,000 green battalions in Liangguang, 40,000 green battalions in Huguang, and 110,000 in Fujian and Zhejiang. Now there are only more than 50,000 people left, plus more than 70,000 people in Liangjiang, and the remaining troops around Fujian add up to 2.56 million, from which 100,000 elites are drawn, plus 30,000 are drawn from the Jianrui Battalion and the Shenji Battalion in Beijing, and finally 20,000 iron horsemen are mobilized from the Mongolian princes. Attacking Fujian from three sides at the same time, great things can be accomplished! Fu Heng has led the army for many years, and he knows the military reserves of the Qing court well, and quickly gave his own solution, "It's just that mobilizing so many troops can't be done overnight, and it will take a year to prepare anyway!" ”

"One hundred and fifty thousand troops!". He Shen quickly calculated the silver needed to mobilize these troops, and the city's face turned pale and sweating profusely, and now the Manchu Qing's financial resources wanted to support the transfer of so many troops, which was really a little difficult, and hurriedly reminded, "Your Majesty, now that there are successive wars, I'm afraid the imperial court won't be able to get this silver!" ”

"If you wait for the safflower to finish digesting, Fujian should enter Zhejiang! When the time comes, Cao Yun will be isolated! At that time, it cost several times more than it does now! After all, Qianlong has been the emperor for more than 20 years, and he quickly sorted out the gains and losses, "No matter what, we must do it before the Red Flower Society digests Fujian!" Heshen, the problem of money is left to you to solve! If you can't, I want your head! ”

"Fu Heng, you are going to mobilize the soldiers in Beijing and the Mongolian iron cavalry, and lead these two teams to wipe out Wang Lun of Ludi and Ma Chaozhu of Yudi first!" At this moment, Qianlong's strategic vision has finally awakened, it will take a year to mobilize 150,000 soldiers, but it is easy to mobilize the troops of the capital and Mongolia close by, just use them to solve Wang Lun and Ma Chaozhu, and when the peace is restored in these two places, more troops can be drawn, "When the time comes, plus the hundred battles of elite soldiers in these two places, I will give you 180,000 people, and next year I will have the heads of all the leaders of the Red Flower Society!" ”

"The minions obey! Even if the slave is broken, he has to do this for the master! This is close to a quarter of the strength of the Qing Dynasty, if the problem of the Red Flower Society cannot be solved, then the prospects of the Qing Dynasty will not be good.

"Fu Heng, I've worked hard for you this time." , Qianlong changed his tone and said gently, "I'm afraid you won't have time to spend the Chinese New Year in the capital this year, so you can rest assured to do things!" I'll take care of your family! ”

Do you want to take care of my wife? Fu Heng said in his heart, he made up his mind that he must meet which Gege when he left, and hurriedly made a look of gratitude in his clothes, "The master is so gracious, the slave is really beyond repayment!" ”

"Alright, let's go down and do something!" , and after a few more words of appeasement, Qianlong waved his hand to let Fu Heng retreat and prepare to mobilize troops.

Seeing Fu Heng retreat, He Shen boldly asked again, "Your Majesty, how to deal with the news that Dingchang sent back?" The family members of those who are greedy for life and afraid of death are asking around, if they don't handle it well, I'm afraid there will be a big mess in Beijing! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation vote, your support is my biggest motivation ......) (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )

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