597. Reaction (II)

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On the 13th day of the first month of the 15th year of the reign of Wucheng of China, the second year of Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, the 1713th year of the Western calendar, and the 7221st year after the creation of the Russian calendar, a news was circulating in the city of Nerchensk (Nebuchu), where the Nizhny Baikal overseers were stationed, that all the Cossacks and other Russian residents were shocked - the huge Qing Empire had lost the decisive battle with the Southern Chinese Empire, and the entire Qing Empire had been expelled from China??????

After the shock, the Russians were ecstatic, this was a golden opportunity, and for twenty-four years, the weak Russia had to submit to the Qing Empire and abandon the entire south of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and the Heilongjiang Valley. Now that the mighty Qing Empire no longer exists, the time has come for Russia to regain control of these regions, so the Russian inhabitants and Cossacks who have fallen into a carnival are drunkenly screaming eastward, then eastward, to the Sea of Okhotsk??????

However, contrary to the blind optimism of the lower ranks, the Nizhny Baikal overseer Ivan Federovich Kderient had his own ideas, and the petty German nobleman from Riga wrote in a letter to the governor of Siberia:

“?????? The reliability of this information is unquestionable, and a Tatar minister personally came to negotiate the secondment of reinforcements, but I think that the Qing Empire was a vast empire, and that it would be too blind to say that the Qing Empire would collapse after a decisive defeat, although it had been forced to withdraw from rich China?????? Before formulating and implementing policy, it is necessary to observe whether the war between the Qing Empire and the Chinese Empire is likely to be protracted. If the Qing Empire was continuously attacked by the Chinese Empire, then its forces in the north would inevitably be transferred to the south in large numbers, and then the empire would be able to enter the Amur River (Heilongjiang River) without hindrance, and it would be very easy to control the Jieya River (Jingqili River) and even the Bureya River (Niumanjiang River). On the other hand, if the two empires reconcile in this way, a considerable part of the Qing Empire's forces will inevitably be invested in the colonization of the north, and we will become the target of the other side's attack?????? In addition to the Heilongjiang River, the southern conquest of the Khalkha Mongols was also one of the optional goals, compared to the possible resistance to conquer the Amur River Valley, the Khalkha Mongols were obviously much weaker, and the route through Guò Mongolia could communicate with the Chinese in the south, when the two sides joined forces to destroy the Qing Empire, and it would be a good choice to divide Manchuria equally?????? In any case, it is necessary to be prepared, and although His Majesty is engaged in a decisive struggle with Sweden and is unable to bring in more reinforcements from within the country, I hope that when summer comes, you will send reinforcements of more than a thousand men so that I can defend and cross the Ergun ??????"

After the letter to the Governor-General came out, Ivan Federovich Kdrrient sent someone to convey the news of the defeat of the Qing Empire and some of his own judgments to the Yakutsk Military Region, hoping that the other side would also be prepared, and once it was proved that the Qing Empire was extremely weak, the two Governors would act at the same time and jointly invade the area south of the Trans-Khingan Mountains.

Then Kderient gave another order to his men: "Send heralds to Irgensk, Selengsk, Verkhniy Udinsk, Sredensk, Karemsk, Priegunsk, Krasnokamensk, Oryokminsk and Kararsk at once, conscript local Cossacks into the army, prepare gunpowder and food, war will come soon??????"

After doing this, Kderient summoned a Russian merchant who had a trade with the Khalkhas: "Ivanovich Markaev Brodarsky, I have an important task entrusted to you, please make sure to cross the Khalkha-controlled area to reach China and establish contact with the emerging Chinese Empire??????"

Brodowski responded: "Lord Overseer, I will do whatever it takes for the glory of His Majesty the Tsar, but I wish I had a guard, an official certificate, otherwise the Huaxia will only treat me as a spy and not an envoy." ”

"I can arrange for you to have a Buryatic guard, and send a fifty-man captain (Russian official name) as your guard captain." Krientt said this, slightly hesitant. "But I'm afraid there is a problem with the official document you want, after all, I'm just an ordinary Overseer, and I don't have enough authority??????"

"Lord Overseer, I think you can give me this document in the name of the Governor of Siberia." Brodarski squeezed his eyebrows. "Presumably, this is our first official contact with the Huaxia Empire, and the other party may not know about our situation, and I even hope that Your Excellency can give me orders in the name of the Imperial Minister, but this is too arrogant."

Krientt thought for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Will the European missionaries in Beijing expose this deception?" ”

Brodowski replied confidently, "How can an ordinary missionary know that the Overseers are different from the Governors?" ”

"What you said makes a lot of sense, the higher your status, the better it will be for the contact with the Huaxia Empire." Krientt agreed. "What you want will be ready quickly, and it will take you a few days to get out."

"I also have to prepare some rare goods, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of the Khalkha people on the road in winter." Seeing the Overseer's displeasure, Brodowski gave a time limit. "Rest assured, Lord Overseer, it won't take too long, I'll be out in a week, in a week??????"

Three days after Brodowski's acceptance of Krient's orders, an important meeting was also held by the Qing court in Mukden. At the meeting, Sunu put forward two proposals for moving the capital and rebuilding the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade, which were soon supported by the scholars and scholars of the household department, the scholar of the Ministry of Rites, the scholar of the Ministry of Rites, the scholar of the Imperial Academy, and the Jilin general Jueluo Yangfu.

Although the princes of the Eight Banners, who had only lived a few days of stability in Mukden, were not very happy, they thought that they might face the troops of the Xia army after the beginning of spring, so they were quickly convinced, but the princes had their own opinions about the location of the new capital.

Jilin Ula was eliminated first, naturally because it was too close to Shengjing and not safe enough. Ningguta, the former garrison of General Jilin, was also eliminated, and the reason was that it was too biased. Heilongjiang City and Aihui are too north, and the princes of the Eight Banners who have moved to Beijing can no longer bear the bitter cold.

Heilongjiang general Jue Luo Meng Oluo built yì moved the capital to Qiqihar; The scholar Boding of the University and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Alana, built yì with the Butha's (beating livestock) Yamen as the new capital; Dandai and Sunu advocated the former Heilongjiang general's residence in Mergen; But at this time, the Ministry of Works' Shangshu Mudan poured cold water on the people who were discussing the excitement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, no matter where you move to, this palace will be built, the mansions of these dozens of princes and Baylor will be built, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty may not all live in wild shacks, these seven, seven, eight or eight add up, the amount of work is huge, even when my Qing Dynasty was at its peak, it would take several years or even more than ten years, and now it is even more enough." Mu Dan knew that once the location of the new capital was decided, the Ministry of Industry would be under great pressure, so he had to say ugly things in the front. "Say a thousand ways and ten thousand, these places are all wilderness places with a small population, no people, and even the materials can't be scraped together, let alone build a new capital?"

The princes and ministers were dumbfounded, indeed, is there anyone in the north? Of course, there are people, not to mention hundreds of thousands of new Manchuria, but these hundreds of thousands of Xibe, Balhu, Dagan, Oroqen, Solon, Feiyaka, Evenki, Qiyakara, and Hulka are distributed in the extremely vast northeast land, and they cannot be gathered together at all.

Of course, no one is doing anything nonsense, in this regard, Yin Tebu, the head of the household department, further elaborated: "There is still food, how to solve the problem of supplying the grain to the new capital?" How to solve the problem of food for the front battle? ”

Prince Yu Yunyu asked rhetorically: "Lord Yin, now that you are the Great Si Nong, what should you do?" ”

Yin Tebu looked at Prince Zhuang Bo Guoduo and Prince Xian Yanhuang, gritted his teeth and put forward a proposal that shocked the audience: "Today's plan is only to effectively imitate the old plan of the first emperor to move the people in the Guannei to the northeast, and move all the people inside and outside Fengtian City to the periphery of the new capital for reclamation. ”

"Bastard thing!" Yan Huang roared. "Inteb, by whom are you instructed to break the foundation of this king?"

Prince He Yunyou quietly took a step forward: "King Xian, is the emperor still there?" Don't lose your time. ”

Looking at the face of Emperor Tieqing of Tongzhi, Prince Yun Yi also persuaded him: "Prince Xian, you can't keep anything if you come back to fight back, it's better to move to the north, maybe you can still save it." ”

Yan Huang was still waiting to refute, but Prince Zhuang Bo Guoduo shook his head at him, and Yan Huang, who was lonely and unable to speak, had to retreat to the side angrily. Yan Huang is no longer hard topped, and several other Eight Banner princes who live in Fengtian can only stop fighting, but judging from their expressions, they are obviously not persuaded by Yun Ying's explanation.

Yin Tebu continued regardless of it: "In addition to moving the people of Liaodong to the new capital, the imperial court will also issue an edict to raise all the banners of all the clothes and people, and abolish the original salary regulations of the banner people, and give the land for them to cultivate and grow by themselves. ”

At this time, except for the princes outside the Guan, the rest of the princes of the Eight Banners also began to be angry, and at this time, they heard Yin Tebu say: "The imperial court also has to determine the system to grant the land to the clans and meritorious titles below the kings and beylers, and the imperial army must not only resist all the way to the south, but also go deep into Mongolia to conquer and refuse, and the plundered population will be distributed to the kings and below as slaves??????"

It sounds acceptable, but the key is that the Qing court's army wants to block the Xia army south of Mukden, so Bo Guoduo looked at Sunu and said: "Su Ge Lao, this is to train the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade, to block the Xia army in the south, and to send troops into Mongolia to fight, does the imperial court still have such great strength?" ”

Sunu said dryly: "A few years ago, the imperial court recruited a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses from New Manchuria, plus 2,000 soldiers recruited from the banner people who fled to Fengtian, adding up to almost 60,000 people, the forbidden brigade Eight Banners here are less than 10,000 people, and it takes at least 10,000 people to enter Mongolia, leaving less than 40,000 soldiers, whether they can withstand the soldiers and horses of the sea rebellion, it depends on the ability of the general Wang." ”

Speaking of Yunyu, everyone Yunyu did not come to participate in the court meeting, and now everyone was a little panicked, and Prince Yunyou asked: "Can the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade be made up a little less, and the more soldiers and horses on the southern front will be more sure to block the sea rebellion." ”

"It's not a minion, you have to detain this bit of soldiers and horses." Sunu explained casually. "The Rakshasas in the north know that the Great Qing Dynasty has been defeated, and they may take advantage of the fire to rob it." Sunu actually deceived everyone, but he didn't think that he had already said it. "So I have to keep a hand."

Everyone in the palace looked at each other, and at this time, Prince Yun Yi said: "Since Oros may also turn his face, the servants think that it may be possible to set up the new capital near the third surname (Yilan County)." ”

"The minion seconded." Prince Yu also agreed, although there are no ready-made cities, there is enough land on the banks of the Songhua River for arable land, and more importantly, this place is safe enough from Russia and Huaxiadou. "The servants also proposed to completely abolish the mink tax of the Eight Banners of Butha and change the tax to military service, so as to expand the strength of the imperial court."

The scholar Boding added: "If the Butha Eight Banners give up their safaris, the imperial court can also allocate land near the new capital and settle them, and they can also be given tax-free treatment. ”

The Shangshu of the Lifan Yuan said: "One qiē must be ?????? quickly"