The first railway is considered a success, with the nod of the four-color stick, the railway network in the area of Beijing and Tianjin, it can be justifiably laid, although the project has been built, but the order to build the railway, and privately repair the railway are two completely different concepts.

The power of the four-color stick, although it was basically hollowed out by Yang Meng, but the four-color stick still has the need to save zài, and this period of time to save zài is also very long, once there is no Qing Emperor, the three eastern provinces, Inner and outer Mongolia, and even the Ili area may rebel.

Once there is no emperor of the four-color stick, most of the north will become a borderless land, the road to consolidate the north is still very long, the northwest is only a very small part, the three eastern provinces are easy to say, for Yang Meng, the most difficult and the most tricky, is the Mongolian kings.

The Qing Emperor met with the Mongolian kings, a month is obviously far from enough, half a year in advance, some places are only enough to come and go, this time Yang Meng wants the four-color stick to meet the main thing is the Inner Mongolian kings.

The Mongolian kings led by the prince of Horqin in the later period of the right wing of Horqin, the prince of Zhuoliktu, said that the monk Greenqin had some authority in the Qing court, but when he arrived in Mongolia, he was only a fictitious prince, and the real power of the Horqin steppe was Prince Tushetu, Prince Darhan, Prince Bodol Gatai, and several county kings.

The Inner Mongolian kings that the four-color stick and Yang Meng are going to meet this time are only the six Inner Mongolian alliances among the eighteen alliances of Inner Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, and there are not too many Mongolian princes who come, right? But it also includes the six Inner Mongolia Leagues.

With so many Mongolian princes entering Beijing, it should have been a grand event. But the four-color stick according to Yang Meng's meaning, the scene is also a little shabby, as the real power of the Qing Dynasty, the idle prince of Mongolia, Monk Greenqin is also loyal to the Qing Dynasty, he and Yang Meng released their suspicions, and they can be regarded as joining the small group of the four-color stick Xinzhong.

For the shabby welcome scene, for the dissatisfaction of the Mongolian kings, Monk Lingqin also replied, no other. War!

The imperial court still has some strength in controlling Inner Mongolia. Moreover, the kings of Inner Mongolia can also be regarded as having a heart towards the Qing Dynasty, compared with the general Outer Mongolia of the subject country, Inner Mongolia should be regarded as the direct territory of the Qing Dynasty and the holy decree of the Qing Emperor. It is also quite authoritative in Inner Mongolia. But what is it like to go to Outer Mongolia? It's hard to say.

The purpose of this meeting between the four-color stick and the Mongolian kings is actually simple, that is, to let Inner Mongolia come out of the army. To put it bluntly, the imperial court is going to recruit troops in Mongolia!

It is not impossible to let the Mongolian kings enter the king of Guanqin, but it is a little weaker, especially for Outer Mongolia, this recruitment of troops from Inner Mongolia is also an attempt by Yang Meng, there are too many princes and khans in Inner Mongolia! These hereditary khans and princes are undoubtedly a stumbling block to unification, and it is not easy to solve them, not chaotic, I am afraid that it will not be possible!

After listening to the monk Lingqin's statement, the Mongolian kings were also a little surprised, the Qing Emperor asked them to come, is it just to say this? Posing this scene to cry poor, is it to scrape oil from the bodies of the Mongol kings?

"I wonder what His Majesty is trying to say when he invites us here?"

Got up and made a chest salute, and the prince of Darhan, the prince of the right wing of the prince of Horqin, directly asked the reason, although Inner Mongolia was attached to the Qing Dynasty, but the power of these real Mongolian kings in the grassland is not small, although there is no large number of troops, but a certain number of cavalry and horses are still there.

"It's very simple, I want to build a cavalry army in Beijing, and Prince Gong has already gone out to form a new battalion of Eight Banners, with a number of about 500,000.

This time, I want to fight with the British, French, and Yangyi, and the 500,000 in the Beijing division and the 500,000 in the three eastern provinces are not enough, and I want to build a cavalry directly under the imperial court, the number of which is tentatively set at 200,000.

The three major kings of Tibet, the three kings of Tibet, recruited 20,000 cavalry for the imperial court, plus the 50,000 green battalion cavalry of the imperial court, the imperial court already has 80,000 cavalry, plus the Horqin Mongolian horse team of Seng Lingqin, which is barely enough for 100,000.

However, this number is far from enough, I want at least 200,000 cavalry, and the Mongolian cavalry is on a par with the Eight Banners cavalry, Prince Durhan, do you know what I mean? ”

These words were basically what Yang Meng said to the four-color stick before, and after the four-color stick said this, the faces of the Mongolian kings obviously showed a look of embarrassment.

This new emperor, many people are seeing for the first time, after listening to the four-color stick some domineering shouting, the Mongolian kings also looked up at this emperor, but looking at it is high, it involves its own interests, and it is not easy to do it without benefits.

"Of course! I will supply Mongolia with the corresponding grain, so be it! Every time you recruit an elite rider for the imperial court, the imperial court will give you a load of grain, and the horses will also be purchased from you at the court's expense!

Such conditions are enough, right? ”

Yang Meng signaled, and the four-colored stick stopped the Mongolian kings before they spoke.

This is actually a business, a large number of people who take away the population of Inner and Inner Mongolia, negotiation methods, Yang Meng is not very good, he does not have a bad tongue, but he has interests in his hands, although a load of food is not much, but compared with the population of Inner and Inner Mongolia, a load of food for a person is an immeasurable number!

The mainland has suffered from frequent floods and droughts in recent years, and Mongolia is comfortable? Not really, as far as this year's weather is concerned, Mongolia is probably ridiculously cold, right?

Too cold is a disaster, I'm afraid it won't be long before Inner and Outer Mongolia will ask the court in the interior for help, and the court also has the duty to help them.

Sure enough, the four-color stick said this, the Inner Mongolian kings who were mainly the prince of Horqin showed an expression of intent on their faces, for the weather of the prairie, they are much more familiar with Yang Meng, this year is a year of great disaster, it has become a foregone conclusion, now it is so cold, I am afraid that at the end of the year, I am afraid that it will be a heavy snowstorm, and now there are still two months before the New Year's Festival, and the time to transport most of the grain to the grassland is enough.

As for those who can ride horses, to put it mildly, they can find a dog on the grassland and stand firmly on horseback, Mongolia is similar to Tibet. The princes and nobles also had a lot of slaves in their hands, and winter was the time to make no effort, so wouldn't it be a suitable deal to give them to the imperial court?

"Tugmore Erberthan, this year's prairie, I'm afraid there will be a big snowstorm, is our cattle and sheep court willing to exchange for grain?"

The so-called kicking the nose on the face is nothing more than that, after exchanging glances, Prince Durhan put forward another condition, instead of letting the cattle and sheep freeze to death in the heavy snowstorm, it is better to sell them to the imperial court for money!

There are practical benefits. This recruitment matter is not a problem. After Yang Meng whispered a few words in the ear of the four-color stick, the four-color stick pretended to communicate with Yang Meng, and nodded reluctantly, which was considered approval.

"It stands to reason. It was wartime. Large quantities of grain should not have flowed into Mongolia. But the Manchurian and Mongolian families are not talking about it, since there is a catastrophe in the Mongolian steppe. Then the court should help to help, no matter how many cattle, sheep and horses, the court will follow.

However, there will not be so much silver, and the cloth, pots, and spirits in the Central Plains are also needed by the grasslands, and most of the cattle and sheep are bartered.

With so many grain and goods, and so many people, it is difficult to reach Jingshi in a short period of time.

With this, from the capital to the grassland, in an instant, its speed is comparable to that of a thousand horses, and it can be transported day and night, and the goods transported at one time are beyond the reach of ten thousand horses, so be it! You follow me to see, take a look, and give it a try.

If you think it's easy to use, then the court will fund you to get this good thing! All you need to do is contribute! ”

Trading population is only the first step, this second step! It is to shorten the distance between Inner and Outer Mongolia and the interior, the distance is constant, but the speed of the means of transportation, but the difference is very different, if there is a railway from the interior to the Mongolian steppe, this Inner and Outer Mongolia is the iron country.

Nowadays, laying railways in this season is obviously against the time of day, but the population of the Qing Dynasty is large, although the fields are being divided! However, in the northwest, Shandong, and Zhili, there are many areas that are difficult for the Yang family to reach, and there are millions of people in these places, in the name of building railways, so that they can drag their families and settle in the Mongolian steppe step by step, which is Yang Meng's strategy for Mongolia.

It takes a lot of time to build a direct railway to Mongolia, and one or two years is not enough, so that the mainlanders can settle in Mongolia little by little, recruit troops through guò, and pull the Mongolians into the interior in batches, compared with the mainland, the population of the entire Mongolia is only half a province, and now Yang Meng or the imperial court, the refugees, disaster victims, and hungry people in their hands can fill two or three provinces, and replace each other, so that the low-level herdsmen in Mongolia can see the living standards and prosperity of the Han people.

The oppression of the Mongolian princes has become an intolerable thing, whether the people are Manchurian or Mongolian, Hui Han, almost the same, not suffering from poverty but suffering from inequality, let the Mongols solve their inheritance of several generations of Khan, Wangye, Baylor, and then Wuzhuang Grange will take over the local bottom power, step by step erosion of Inner and Outer Mongolia, as long as there is enough time, this thing will be done.

Moreover, Yang Meng has a backhand here! Outer Mongolia borders Tsarist Russia, Inner Mongolia has a trade route from the mainland to Tsarist Russia, with the start of the war in Beijing and Tianjin, Tsarist Russia will also fall into the war step by step, Tsarist Russia invaded from the north, except for the northeast, they have no goal in Mongolia, if this railway connecting the mainland and Mongolia high-speed Tsarist Russia, presumably they are also very interested, right?

It is also quite a good choice to expand the scale of the war, involve Inner and Outer Mongolia in the war, and quickly integrate through the guò war.

These two plans to erode Mongolia need to be implemented, and these two sets of plans, Yang Meng uses the same means, that is, interests!

Outside the noon gate, the group took the golden luxury train, obviously the bump of the train, for the Mongolian kings is pediatrics, sitting on the comfortable spring sofa, watching the drills of nearly hundreds of thousands of people in the left of the Beijing Division, for the strength of the imperial court, the Mongolian kings also have an objective understanding.

There is also heating on the special train, and the warm carriage will be bone-chilling and cold wind, blocking the huge glass window, exuding temptation. The aroma of the human wine, the steaming roast whole sheep, is definitely a rare treat for the Mongolian kings.

After a day of train riding, when he got off, Yang Meng could see the longing in the eyes of the Mongolian kings.

For these princes and nobles, how much enjoyment this new thing can provide them directly determines their acceptance of this new thing.

The train is definitely a good thing for the Mongolian kings, with this thing, they can patrol their territory anytime and anywhere, not afraid of winter and summer, and can live on the train, such a good thing, the attraction of the Mongolian kings, absolutely can not be ignored.

The powerful Qing court, with money and food, all they needed was Mongolian cavalry, and such a deal was absolutely acceptable conditions for the kings of Inner Mongolia.

After seeing the elite army of the Beijing division and taking the luxurious train, the four-colored stick took the Mongolian kings and took a look overnight at the official warehouse of the household department that was stockpiling grain.

In a month's time, the household department built ten new official warehouses in the capital, which can produce 3 million quintals of grain, and the amount of grain in the official warehouses is something that the Mongolian kings have never seen, and the grain is like a mountain!

With such a strength on display, shouldn't the Mongol kings support the Qing Emperor? Absolutely as it should be.

"In view of the need to accept a large number of Mongolian cattle, sheep and horses, the 100,000 cavalry I agreed on before seems to be insufficient, 500,000!"

The figure of 500,000 came out of the emperor's mouth easily, and the smiles on the faces of the Mongolian princes became even bigger, which is a good thing! It's a good thing to let the kings of Inner Mongolia suppress the kings of Outer Mongolia!

Inner Mongolia pressed Outer Mongolia, it was Yang Meng who said to Monk Greenqin, Inner Mongolia can't take out 500,000 strong cavalry, but Outer Mongolia can do it, although 500,000 strong men are also a lot of numbers in Outer Mongolia, but, in the face of interests, these Mongolian khans and princes will care more about their population? Don't forget that this year's Mongolian steppe may have a catastrophe!

When the loss is coming, people think most about how to make up for these losses, and now the means of the Qing Dynasty are undoubtedly the best remedy for the Mongolian kings, and when they find that the Mongolian steppe population is insufficient, I am afraid that it will at least have to wait until the next year, at this time, a large number of road builders will be stationed in Mongolia, and it will be logical to settle in.

These measures are all Minghu and Xu Ziwei's staff group, and they have demonstrated in depth that even if the Mongolian kings understand such a conspiracy, they will not stop it, as long as they have no intention of rebelling.

And Inner and Inner Mongolia, which has been torn apart by several generations of kings of the Qing Dynasty, is obviously not enough to support some people's ambitions, so there is no resistance to the two major strategies of the Yang family. (To be continued......)