Emperor Jiaqing's meaning, Fukangan understood very well that he wanted to let the Qing army outside the customs to help him quell the Guotai rebellion. www.biquge.info But Fukangan couldn't be sure if this was Jiaqing's own meaning or the instructions of the Tang people. Therefore, Fukangan bypassed this section and proposed: "Although the rebel Guotai is opposed, the army is not strong, and the people are not convinced, so it is difficult to achieve great things, so it is a disease of ringworm and scabies." His Majesty can issue an edict ordering the troops stationed in various places around him to attack Shandong together, and the rebellion will be quelled only in the evening. ”

Looking at Fukangan's expression, Jiaqing immediately understood what he meant, nodded, and did not speak again. This time the court meeting discussed several issues without being salty, most of them were reports from cabinet ministers to Jiaqing, some of which Jiaqing didn't understand very well, but they all sounded more reasonable, so he nodded.

After the meeting, Jiaqing stayed in the Yangxin Palace, and the rest of the ministers dispersed by themselves.

Jiaqing retreated left and right, Fukangan made a kneeling bow to Jiaqing in a proper manner, Jiaqing looked at him and couldn't help but have a little moist eyes at the corners of his eyes, Fukangan said sadly: "The criminal minister is not doing well, and he failed to relieve the siege of the capital, and the crime deserves death." ”

Jiaqing helped him up with his own hands, and he also lamented: "If you can't repel the Tang army, you deserve death, and I'm afraid that no one in our Qing Dynasty will be alive." ”

Jiaqing pulled Fukangan to his side, sat on the couch together, showing his favor to Fukangan, and asked: "Fushangshu, you and I tell the truth, is this Tang army really invincible with one enemy and one hundred?" ”

Fukangan lowered his head and said: "It's because the minions don't have the ability, the Tang people are good at building skills, and the firearms and cannons are far better than my Qing Eight Banners and Green Camp, and the minions are all using the flesh to resist." Even if the benefits of letting go of firearms are not mentioned. As Wei Chen saw. The Tang people do have a hand in military training. Orders are forbidden, discipline is strict, although there are few Tang soldiers, but they are all elite. Moreover, among the Tang army, there are not a few good generals. On the contrary, the Tang army had a great advantage over this person, god, and weapon, and it was difficult for our army to be the enemy, and it was defeated in successive battles. ”

Jiaqing clapped his hands and said: "Fushangshu really hit the nail on the head. That's a lot of heart. People, gods, and weapons, our Qing army is indeed losing to these three. Now I ask you, if you are in charge of the military department and I fully support you, will you be able to train an elite army, comparable to the Tang army? ”

Fukangan also said honestly: "It's difficult, but you can give it a try." This Tang people re-established the military system for my Daxin Army, I don't know what Ande has in mind, but the minister thinks that it is indeed a good opportunity. Although the Tang people may not necessarily teach them all the methods of army building, as long as they can learn seven, seven, eight, eight. No matter how much I am the main and self-reliant, it is not difficult to build a strong army. The Tang people have their own faction in the art of war, and our Qing people need to humbly seek advice, and the ministers hope that the internal generals of our new army can be brave and courageous, lie down and taste courage, take the Tang people as teachers, and learn their methods of training soldiers and battle formations. In addition, it is also necessary to obtain the sharp firearms of the Tang people. The minister foresaw that in the future, there would be no use for swords, guns, bows and arrows, and long and short firearms would be completely dominated. The Tang people will equip my new army with firearms, but they may not be the most sophisticated, and as for the ironclad chariot of the Zhenguo artifact, it is impossible to give it to me. Therefore, on the one hand, our dynasty needs to exert all its efforts to study the methods of dealing with the Tang army, and on the other hand, what the Tang people have, we should also have. We should send craftsmen to learn the Tang people's method of making muskets, cannons, and chariots, because our Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population, and the Tang Kingdom is just a small land, and the population is sparse. If I can get so many uses from the Tang people, the troubles of the Tang people can be eliminated. ”

After hearing this, Jiaqing excitedly said: "Master Fu is worthy of being a talent in the world!" I am blessed with adults, comparable to Liu Bei and Wolong. It's just that there are many people in the court, who vainly discuss the change of the law of the imperial court, and even say that they take strange skills and tricks and change the law of their ancestors, which is a great disrespect, what does Lord Fu think? ”

Fukangan sneered: "Forgive the ministers' foul words, it's just a group of foolish ministers and corrupt Confucianism's nonsense, if their ancestors' laws are really immutable, then there will be no Qing Dynasty today, if we don't change the Manchurians, there will be no grandfather who founded the Eight Banners, those who read the Han people, the books are all read in a roundabout way, they can't see the situation clearly, they are thinking by themselves, and they can only be slaves after all." We are full of people, and everything that is great must be learned. The Mongols were very good at riding and shooting, and we learned from the Mongols; The Han people will make armor knives and guns, and we learned from the Han people. Today, the Tang people are powerful, and we all have to learn from them. And those Han officials are just selling their reputations, and if they really dare to make trouble, they will clean it up ruthlessly. When the minister was outside the customs, he heard that some nerds who didn't open their eyes committed the taboos of the Tang people, and they were all sent overseas. ”

Jiaqing felt that he was very close to Fukangan, and said: "That's right, although this change was influenced by the Tang people, but it is really good for my Daqing, if any guy is arrogant or resists the change, then there is no need to be a courtier of this court." ”

He held Fukangan's hand and said: "This is the time to endure humiliation and burden, if you want to expel Tang Yi, you must build a strong army." I have the heart to build the Praetorian Guard, with my Eight Banners and righteous men loyal to my Qing Dynasty royal family as the backbone, with 30,000 posts, regardless of military salary, equipment, and treatment, they are the best among the best. I regard this Praetorian Guard as my greatest hope, and Fushang Book must take this as the most critical matter and build the army as soon as possible. ”

Fukangan hurriedly got up and bowed to Jiaqing: "Fukangan will live up to its mission." ”

Jiaqing helped him up again, arranged to sit down, and Fukangan said again: "With 30,000 Praetorian Guards, it may still be insufficient to fight against the Tang people." In addition to the garrison, not to mention, although the Wuwei Army was paid for training by the Tang people, the officers and soldiers among them were all from our Qing Dynasty, and it was not impossible to predict if they could encircle the Wuwei Army and defeat the Tang Army with one blow. ”

Jiaqing's eyes lit up and said, "That's right, the Wuwei Army can also fight for it." They are all nominally my courtiers, and as long as they operate properly, they can take the money of the Tang people and raise our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty! This matter is also quite important, if you can win the Wuwei Army and the future Wuyi Army, then plus the Praetorian Guard, I will have 100,000 strong soldiers with pure firearms in the Qing Dynasty, and the Tang Army is not worried! ”

"Exactly."

Jiaqing seemed to have seen hope, and he said, "Master Fu, everything will be handed over to you." However, now, the imperial court still needs to borrow the power of the Tang people. For example, Guotai and the like, fearing that the world will not be chaotic, take advantage of the fire to rob at this time, thinking that they can achieve something, and Shandong is close at hand, absolutely intolerable. Lord Fu, can't my Eight Banners Army outside the customs really be mobilized to deal with Cathay? ”

Fukangan said: "Back to Your Majesty, my Eight Banners Army was defeated through Shanhaiguan, and now the strength is only more than 10,000 people, and Your Majesty intends to build a Praetorian Guard, these more than 10,000 people will be the seeds of the Praetorian Guard in the future. I'm afraid that the Tang people also have the intention of taking this opportunity to consume our Eight Banners troops. It is better for the emperor to borrow troops from the Tang people and let them send troops to Shandong. ”

Jiaqing Dao: It's not impossible, but if the Tang people send troops to Shandong, it will obviously be another raid. The Tang people had no face and no skin, and they came to the capital, and they didn't know how many silver treasures they had taken away, and if they were allowed to go to Shandong, they didn't know what kind of trouble they would cause. ”

Fukangan said: "I heard that the military discipline of the Tang army is extremely strict, and there is almost no nuisance to the people, and the people in Beijing often have rumors that the Tang soldiers will help them. ”

Jiaqing said: "This is not fake, the Tang people don't bully the people, but they target us Manchurian." I'm afraid that this Tang army will go to Shandong and exile tens of thousands of Manchurians, which will be a big blow to us. ”

Fukangan said: "As far as the ministers can see, even if Your Majesty does not ask the Tang people to send troops, they will send troops." The Tang people came to my Qing Dynasty from thousands of miles away, and they did two things, one is money, and the other is people. On the one hand, this money is that they robbed me of all the Qing Dynasty, and on the other hand, it is to reopen the sea trade of the Tang and Qing Dynasties, and on the human side, the minister thinks that it is no less than money. The Tang people needed a large number of people, just like before the Eight Banners entered the customs, they repeatedly invaded the customs and plundered the population. As long as the imperial court actually controls a province, it is equivalent to the hand of the Tang people reaching into a province. The Tang people will use our government to recruit displaced people on a large scale and use them for their own use. The Tang people's current power is only half of that of Zhili, and they have already acted aggressively, this time they will inevitably invade Shandong, there are many Dingkou in Shandong, and there are not a few landless people, and their idea is clearly to fight on this. ”

Jiaqing suddenly realized, and asked again: "What Aiqing saw, how to deal with it?" ”

Fukangan said: "If the Tang people are willing to fight, we will let them fight." Because the imperial court did not have much to do at this time, it was equivalent to Shandong being under the control of the imperial court, at least in terms of finance and taxation. However, the imperial court also needs to leverage its strength. The Cathay rebels are known as 100,000, and the Tang people do not dare to underestimate the enemy too much, and they must also need reinforcements, so we will send reinforcements, but we will have to pay for the Tang people, and this battle will be fought, Shandong will also have it, the majesty and dignity of the imperial court will also be there, and a batch of ordnance of our new army will also be prepared, although the Tang people will also get what they want, but at least the imperial court will get more. ”

Jiaqing was very satisfied, but asked again: "But where is the imperial court now able to use soldiers?" ”

Fukangan said: "At this time, the imperial court has been established, and many places still respect the orders of the imperial court and mobilize green camps from all over the country, and it is conservatively estimated that there are tens of thousands of people. The imperial court could take advantage of this opportunity to form a new army. The Eight Banners outside the gate can send 3,000 people, but the emperor needs to make them not suffer too much damage, because these soldiers are the seeds of our Praetorian Guard. There are still tens of thousands of Mongol cavalry on the side of the princes of Inner Mongolia, so we will let them walk around, but the Tang people may refuse to let the cavalry of the Mongol princes enter the pass because they are cautious. ”

"Great goodness, great goodness, in this way, there are indeed soldiers available." Jiaqing was very satisfied with Fukangan's questioning, thinking that although Fukangan was not very old, he was full of ability, and he was still a man, a nobleman from generation to generation, and he was a courtier he could rely on. (To be continued.) )