Chapter 42 - The Emperor on the Battlefield

After Hongyi was the Lord of Belle, the first time he received the emperor's order was on this battlefield, although it was a drill, he should not be careless.

With the full support of Yue Le, the military department Shangshu Kadahun and Ming Andali, Hongyi took his foreign slave Bekotov and the Rakshasa troops mainly composed of three hundred Cossack cavalry, and quickly drove from the Tongzhou camp to the place called "Qianli Pine Forest" in the northeast of Zhili. [This was once the hunting place of the Liao Emperor, which is near today's Mulan paddock. Hongyi was very decisive in naming this primeval forest and Mongolian grassland with abundant water and grass, breeding birds and beasts, "Mulan Enclosure [1]", the combination of Manchu and Han, which means "sentinel deer hunting place". Even Shunzhi was full of praise when he heard it, saying that this name sounded extraordinarily bright and bright!

Under the emperor's personal arrangement, Tang Ruowang, as the supervisor of Qintian, surveyed feng shui in advance, and came back to report to the emperor that there were hills like turtles in the north of this place, and flowing water like snakes in response to the statue of Xuanwu; Moreover, the first of the seven houses of the North Palace Xuanwu Dousu, also known as the South Dipper, the so-called "South Dou Injection Life, Beidou Injection Death", this place is the place for martial arts, but the Lord lives and dies and then survives, which is a good place. The emperor and the prince, etc., from the Xuanwu Gate of the Forbidden City [that is, the Shenwu Gate of the Kangxi Dynasty, avoided the word "Xuan". ] Go north to fight, invincible, Yunyun. Hearing Hongyi's self-ashamedness, because these traditional Chinese cultures were mastered and used by an old foreigner who has been in China for 31 years!

Thousands of skilled craftsmen and soldiers were selected and transferred by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry by order, as well as hundreds of thousands of square meters of stones urgently mined from the Mongol tribes in southern Mo according to the requirements of Dorobelle Xuanye. According to the drawings of Bekotov and Tang Ruowang, the craftsmen gathered for fifteen miles to build a "square fortress" dominated by wood and a "star-shaped fortress" dominated by stone, and the moats, wooden barriers, and horses outside the two fortresses were also readily available. Only that "trench", Lord Belle had to dig according to his own will, making it winding, and it was very shallow and narrow, and it couldn't stop the galloping war horse from jumping over! Despite this, the craftsmen still worked day and night, and the entire construction period was completed in just over half a month, which made Hongyi, who had been supervising the construction site and did not even return to the Forbidden City during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, be amazed, and have a thorough re-understanding of the architectural level of the Qing Dynasty more than 300 years ago! Of course, on the 16th day of August, Su Mala took the initiative to ask for an order, rode a horse and galloped to the newly built "Mulan Enclosure", and sent a lot of food to the queen mother and the emperor for the little Belle Ye Xuanye......

On August 20, the twelfth year of Shunzhi, the emperor personally led the forward battalion with yellow flags to the Mulan enclosure, accompanied by a group of ministers of the king, six ministries and nine secretaries, Manmeng and Han Shangshu and almost all the ministers around the emperor.

"Xuan Ye, I brought your eldest brother with me!" As soon as he entered the imperial tent, Fu Lin pointed to the outside of the tent and said to Xuan Ye.

"Erchen knows!" Hongyi didn't care that the three bows and nine bows had not yet been carried out, he deliberately got up from the ground quickly, and rushed out of the tent with a smile, pulling Fuquan, who was now just three years old, in. As soon as the two brothers met, they hugged each other and shouted and jumped high, making an emperor walk as lively as a kindergarten. Everyone didn't find fault with them, they all looked at the emperor's face and were happy with their families.

"Ahun, are you going to be a general?" Hongyi took Fuquan's hand and asked seriously.

"Dou Dou, Huang Ama said, let you come first this time, the blessing is to take a look, and I can give you an idea!" Fuquan looked even more serious, and said righteous words.

"Okay, good, our brothers are united, and their profits are gold! Big brother, let's go and ask Huang Ama to fight! The two little Dorobelles, dressed in supplemental clothes, knelt under the throne in a serious manner, and Fuquan spoke first: "Qiyu Emperor Amma, sons Fuquan and Xuanye, please fight to the death with the Minister of the Interior, and see if Baylor, who loves Xinjue Luo, can beat the first Tubaru of the Qing Dynasty with a group of Rakshasa long hair!" This set of rhetoric is naturally the result of the words and deeds of the fourth uncle Yue on the way here. It made the Ao Bai on the side so embarrassed, and he couldn't wait to get away.

"Haha, okay, you two little guys have such ambitions at such a young age, and there are successors to my Great Qing Dynasty! So the two of you, who is the boss and who is the general? Fu Lin's heart blossomed, and he asked half-teasing and half-leading along the topic.

"Back to Emperor Ama, although Fuquan is old, this Mulan exercise is Xuan Ye's idea, and the sons can't take credit, so they are naturally willing to be a deputy marshal!" Fuquan's answer is just right, not to be the boss, not to be a partial general, but a deputy coach!

There was a slight movement in Hongyi's heart, noticing the subtlety of this response. It seems that you can change history, and history will also subtly change the people and things around you. Originally, the Manchu language was just able to deal with it, how could there be these ideas? But whose idea would it be? Emperor? Yue Le? Concubine Dong E's? Or is it...... Empress dowager? If it's Fulin, Yue Le or Dong E, it's normal, but if it's the queen mother, the scheming behind it is complicated, and you have to take precautions early! In addition, Su Mala came over to hug himself and cry his nose that day, so he naturally felt sorry for himself, but he was distressed that he was sleeping in the wilderness, or did he have other intentions...... Let's take note for now, the top priority is still the exercise!

"Xuan Ye, you don't speak, but you don't want to?" Fu Lin saw that the kneeling second elder brother was a little silent, thinking that he had something in mind, so he asked.

"Erchen is not unwilling, Huang Ama, Erchen is thinking, if our two little princes lose to Lord Aobai, please ask Huang Ama to judge fairly, don't embarrass our first Baturu!" Hongyi's eyes rolled and he bought a well-behaved one.

"Haha, I really think that the two of you will definitely lose!" Fu Lin and the full house of Wenwu laughed together, Ao Bai also followed haha, but he had more attention to this second elder brother who had not had much contact before, at a young age, he had such a mind, dared to take care of things, was good at finding steps, and was willing to give favors, only these three, he would have great achievements in the future! I have to be careful to serve myself in this martial arts, as for losing or winning, naturally it is still strength to speak! It's just that you can't let these two little Belles lose too facelessly! Originally, the dignified second-class prince of the Qing Dynasty, the minister of the interior, and Batulu Aobai, accompanied the two princes to perform martial arts in the newly formed Mulan paddock, and everyone thought it was just a big game......

The next day, the emperor ascended to the imperial court, and the ministers served.

Ao Baishuai commanded a thousand forward battalion cavalry, quietly escaped, not knowing where he was. The two little Belle Lords, led by Hongyi, led three hundred Rakshasa troops, and first came to kneel in front of the royal platform to thank God. These 300 Cossacks had long been persuaded by Hongyi's "foreign coat" Bekotov, and they all knew that only by truly showing their highest ability in this military exercise would they win a chance to live and return to their hometown after a long absence. If you can really win a big victory, it is possible to make a living in this rich Bogda Dynasty! Look at the expedition leader Bekotov, who has turned into a serf of the most important son of the Bogda Emperor, and even the Chinese soldiers who held him in prison have laughed and been polite to him, where can you still see that he was a prisoner with everyone a few months ago!

Bekotov is very arrogant now! Because his master, Dorobelle Xuanye, had patted his chest with him, saying that after the end of this military exercise, he and those Rakshasas and Cossacks in the future would be allowed to naturalize as a coat, as long as they swore allegiance to the Qing Emperor, they could retain their Orthodox faith, and they could also be incorporated into the army under the yellow flag, and they would become the seventeenth leader of the fourth staff of Manchuria, from the rank of five, and these Cossack cavalry under them were called "Rakshasas", and they were awarded the rank of six to seven ranks. Enjoying the same preferential treatment as the banner people, they received the same housing from the state, received living expenses and were allocated to cultivated land like the Chinese officers and soldiers, and single Cossacks could also be given to Chinese widows as wives, but now they did not have their own churches for the time being, and could only visit the South and East Churches of the Catholic Church. So what's the matter, you know, this is a treatment that the Russian Imperial Janissaries don't have! I have already agreed with the leaders of the Cossacks under my command that not one or two are willing to go back and continue to be serfs for the Tsar, but to stay in the Qing Dynasty as an officer!

Hongyi, who was very cordial before getting on the horse, nodded slightly to Bekotov, which made the newly naturalized foreign slave very excited, and hurriedly learned the customs of the Manchurians to salute his master. Hongyi secretly said in his heart, Bekotov, you are much more blessed than the Albazins of later generations[2], and you can show a little hand when you first come......

[1] The magnolia paddock was a primeval forest and a vast Mongolian steppe during the Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, the court ordered the felling of the primeval forest of the Mulan paddock. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the primeval forests had been cut down. After the liberation of the country, in 1962, the state decided to build a large-scale mechanized forest farm here. After decades of hard work by forest farm workers, the Magnolia paddock has now become the largest forest plantation in the country, and the vast forest has regained its vitality.

[2] Albazin, a group of Russian descendants among the Chinese. They are descendants of Russian Cossacks who emigrated to Beijing in 1685 and now number about 250 people, mainly in Beijing and Tianjin, with a small number living in Heilongjiang. Some sources believe that they are classified as ethnic Russians within the Chinese nation, while others believe that they are Manchus. In the 40s and 80s of the 17th century, Yaksa came to the stage of history, and the meaning of Yaksa in the Tungusic language is a bay formed by the erosion of rivers. It was the domain of the Daurs of the Sauron. In the fifth year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1640 AD, Huang Taiji conquered the Sauron Department and burned down the original Yaksa wooden city. Later, Albasi, the leader of the Daur people of the Sauron tribe, built a new city on the site. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, the Russians captured the city, and then named it "Albazin" in the name of Albasi. In the 22nd, 24th, and 25th years of Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty sent troops to suppress it many times, and finally occupied the city. During this period, many Russian prisoners and Cossacks surrendered to Chengcheng and were sent to Beijing. The Russians are called "Albazin". In 1685, the Chinese army captured the Albazin fortress (Yaksa) on the Amur River, and 45 prisoners were escorted to Beijing, thus beginning the history of Russian life in China. Emperor Kangxi treated the Albanians with great mercy, let all the Albanzans live in an alley in Dongzhimen, and organized them into the army, subordinate to the Yellow Banner, and organized them into the 17th Commander of the Fourth Staff of Manchuria, called the "Russian Team". And they were awarded the rank of four to seven ranks, enjoyed the same preferential treatment as the banner people, received state housing, received living expenses and were allocated to arable land like Chinese officers and soldiers, single Cossacks were given Chinese women as wives, initially, the Albanzans did not have their own churches, and the Albanzans visited the Catholic South Church. Later, the Guandi Temple was transferred to the Albazins. At first, these Cossacks were allowed to marry widows left behind by local decapitated criminals. Their descendants married local Chinese, and although they no longer spoke Russian, their Orthodox faith was preserved.