According to the "Shixian Calendar" approved by the Qing Dynasty, it is only the beginning of September. But the banks of Suwu Lake, with its criss-crossed rivers and dense vegetation, are already a beautiful autumn color - patches of birch, spruce and aspen are lined up one after another, densely spread on both sides of the valley of the Selenga River; Herds of goats, reindeer, wild boars, as well as silly roe deer, roe deer, and black bears that are all too familiar to the Manchurian people, will appear in front of people's eyes at any time, which makes the 30,000 Manchu and Mongolian Han troops brought by Jidu from Beijing have rich building materials to camp and enough food to eat.

The autumn and winter seasons in the Far North are earlier than in the Central Plains, and even colder than in the Land of Longxing outside the Guan. But at this time, the shore of Suwu Lake is still warm and harmonious, and it is like a paradise. However, the increasing number of wild ducks and waterfowl are flying here one after another, preparing to spend the winter here, indicating that a harsh winter is coming. But this further enriches the "table recipes" for the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty! For the first winter garrison on the shore of Suwu Lake, it seems that there is no major problem in terms of provisions.

With the court report of the imperial court, Ji Du, the general of Dingyuan, who also served as "Ulan-Ude (Suwu Lake) Angbang Zhangjing", walked out of his Chinese army tent with his hands behind his back and a sad face.

Outside the tent, there is already a busy construction site scene - groups of military men under the leadership of the leader and leader, building their own grand fortress in full swing. The drawings were sent from Beijing by 800 miles, and the style was naturally the "star-shaped fortress" of the old man Tang John, but the raw materials were not stones, but local materials, using birch trees and spruce trees that two people hugged each other in a piece of water. Birch trees are hard and can be used to build the main structure; Spruce is a little softer. It can be used as a façade, even if it is hit by a cannon pellet, it is just hard. This idea, again suggested by the local Buryats, was gladly adopted by Zidu.

Speaking of these Mongols who called themselves "Buryats", as soon as they saw the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, they immediately rushed over fiercely, and when Jidu was preparing to meet the enemy, fortunately the guides in the army stopped them in time, and rushed out of the front and they "chattered" for a while. Soon. The small army of several hundred people on the opposite side changed into an extremely cordial appearance, cheering to welcome the "own people" who came from afar.

After the relay of the interpreter, Ji Du understood: People are treating their Daqing Iron Cavalry as Rakshasa bandits! But how can those Rakshasa bandits have the might of my Eight Banners? Jidu was a little annoyed, but immediately raised his vigilance. Hurriedly asked:

"Oh? Are there Rakshasas nearby? ”

The interpreter hurried to translate the original words. After this back and forth, after asking clearly. Only then did he easily reply:

"General don't worry, these Mongolian brothers said that the Rakshasa bandits generally come here in winter. One overwinters, and the other forcibly collects their native goods. Now that it was only autumn, they thought that those bandits had come in advance, so they fought back. These days, they also asked if they had seen Rakshasa bandits. I guess they're still within a few points of the lake. ”

It turned out that when the Rakshasas arrived here a few years ago, they immediately clashed with the indomitable Buryats. This also made Jidu admire, and immediately rewarded these Mongolian distant branches with famous doctors of the Qing court, and ordered them to guard this place for generations.

In fact, in the official history, after 25 years of war between the Russians and the Buryats, the Buryats were completely subdued and subjugated Russia. But some of them persisted in resisting the Russians to the end, moving south into the territory of the Khalkha Mongols. Another part of the Buryats, when the Qing army defeated the Russians west of the Heilongjiang River, defected to China, and was given the name "Balhu people" by the Qing court, and was incorporated into the Eight Banners and settled in the Hulunbuir region.

After the two sides hit it off at first sight, the Buryats also volunteered to take on the role of "volunteer guides", leading an army of 30,000 to a territory called "Ulan-Ude", which was exactly the same as what the little prince Xuanye said!

"Why is this called Ulan-Ude?" Jidu asked curiously, but he was very satisfied with this boundary located in the valley of the Selenga River - the terrain here is gentle, not as rugged as other places, and the water network is dense, easy to attack and defend, and not far from the big lake, half a day can be reached, it is indeed a good place to build a city and garrison soldiers!

"Back to the general's words, Ulan-Ude is the meaning of 'red gate' in our Mongolian language, red with us, symbolizing affection, happiness and victory. This is the gateway to Baihar Lake, hence the name. This is also the happy place of the entire Great Lake, and it will definitely open the door to happiness for the general! A Buryats replied in their local Mongolian "dialect". After the interpreter's relay, Jidu laughed happily:

"Good! Victory Gate! The door to happiness! Okay, the Daqing Iron has ridden here, and with the help of you, victory over my Daqing is inevitable, and happiness is ironclad for you! Haha......"

But today, even if I see that the city defense of Ulan-Ude in front of me has begun to take shape, although the surroundings cannot look at each other, but the dotted and orderly military camps have long been vigorous, and Jidu still can't laugh; Even if a small group of people scattered out for more than a month, under the leadership of the Buryats, they successively uprooted more than a dozen small Rakshasa strongholds on the shore of Suwu Lake and captured nearly 100 Rakshasas, Jidu is still not happy...... It's just because among the captured Rakshasas, there are actually people with the edict of the Qing Emperor!

Yes, it is indeed an imperial letter issued by Emperor Fulin of the Qing Dynasty himself! But how could the will of the Qing Emperor be in the hands of a Rakshasa? It's just that the content has been tested and seen a long time ago, and it is for the lord of the Rakshasa country! Although the emperor's imperial book has long been enshrined in his Chinese army's big tent, Ke Jidu is puzzled, so he is not irritable!

"General Qiqi!"

A soldier ran over from afar, knelt on the ground and shouted a report.

"What?" Jidu turned around in annoyance. The people of the military are straightforward, and it is normal to be so loud, regardless of the general's state of mind at this time.

"General, the captured Rakshasa is clamoring again, saying that he is the emperor's honored guest, let us release him as soon as possible, and he can return to them with the emperor's holy decree...... Moscow reinstated. "The pro-soldier was concise and to the point, without a word of nonsense.

"Resurrection? Hmph, he went back to his life, aren't we here a trace of self-violence? Forbid! Jidu said angrily.

"General, but what he said was conclusive, and he also said that the Li Fan Yuan also knew about it......" The pro-soldiers were a little sitting, but they still reported the truth.

"Rifan Yuan? Don't use those birdmen to scare Lao Tzu! He Shajidara is the secretary of the Lifan Academy, why didn't he know to communicate in advance about this matter after I left Beijing? I think he is simply old and wise, and he has simply mistaken the emperor! I'm going to impeach him when I go back!" Let him return to his home sooner! Jidu finally got a little impatient, and took the people who were thousands of miles away to vent his anger.

The general was angry...... "The soldiers were helpless, but they didn't know where to start to comfort their masters.

"Forget it, go back to the big account!" Jidu waved his hand, turned around and left.

"Huh!" The soldiers hurriedly got up and walked with the other guards.

Ji Du returned to the big tent and retired a cadre of people, but after three bows and nine bows, he once again "invited" the infallible edict from the imperial case, and studied it carefully-

"Fengtian carries the emperor and sends an edict to the first-class prince of the Rakshasa country: The country is far away in the northwest and has never reached China. Today, I am sincere and oriented, and I am very happy to send tribute. Special gifts, that is, to make people return, Zhao Zhen Rou far away. Erqi admired, always loyal and obedient, with a vice-favor. Chin this. May 20 of the twelfth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Whether it is the "edict" format used in the edict to the foreign vassals, or the "dragon pattern yellow paper [1]" used for the edict, and the bright red "Treasure of the Edict of All Nations" at the inscription, they are all accurate! Jidu was once again convinced that this edict was not a fake! According to the analysis of the legal "transmission route" of the emperor's edict, although it is generally sent by the chief and deputy envoys of the King James with the edict, or handed over to the military department post station for forwarding, after all, it can also be handed over to the envoys of the vassal states in Beijing and brought back to their own countries. But why did this edict come at such an inopportune time, and it was not mentioned in the court newspapers? There must be something strange in this! Analysis and analysis, Jidu still doesn't dare to make up his mind-

If you recognize the authenticity of this edict, you must also prepare a yellow satin umbrella, a bright yellow cloud satin pin, a golden dragon flag, a number of Qincha cards and a number of solemn cards, together with a full set of imperial guards to send to the border respectfully! But in this way, the Rakshasa people who were captured by themselves have become the Lord of the Chincha, which is simply unreasonable!

If you ignore the edict, you can ignore it, and continue to detain those so-called "envoys" of the Rakshasas as you have done your own thing, even if the East Window incident happens one day, you can prevaricate in accordance with the method of "the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected". But the edict was issued in May, and he had already left Jingshi, and he had already arrived in the north of Mobei Mongolia, and the news was inconvenient, could it be that the imperial court had any new intentions? His own success or failure is small, but the court's intentions are big......

How is it good?

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding tears of joy

[1] The paper silk used for court writing in the Qing Dynasty was handed over by the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Sanweaving to be produced according to the court style. There are a variety of paper varieties, mainly refined rice paper, Korean paper, wallpaper, sprinkled gold powder wax paper, magnetic blue paper, imitation Xuande paper, imitation Jinsu Mountain Tibetan scripture paper, plum blossom jade paper, imperial Chunhua Xuan paper, imitation Mingrendian paper and other processed paper. Among them, according to the use can be divided into calligraphy and painting paper, writing paper, book paper, daily life paper, etc., such as the annual New Year to give "blessing" must use vermilion cloud dragon pattern bucket square silk paper, the emperor and queen court clothes are generally used to paint silk, the palace test list special list paper, the edict or the edict special dragon pattern yellow paper, writing couplets, horizontal drape and so on have specific specifications of special paper. (To be continued......)