Chapter 207, the king of Pingxi is here, who is Yongli?

Hearing that the three Khan kings confessed very neatly.

Qianlong, who supported and showed that he was still very energetic, breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it is said that Liaodong and Liaoxi have been lost.

In the Central Plains, only Zhili and Shanxi remained, and at most half of Shandong's territory was added.

But Qianlong felt that he still had the capital.

This cost is in two parts.

The first is the regimental training in the hands of the Manchurian Eight Banners and Fukangan.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria did not suffer much blow, the people were still there, and the strength was still there.

As for those regimental training, Qianlong only dared to use regimental training to deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but did not dare to use these regimental training to deal with the Ming army, because it was impossible for those regimental training leaders to surrender to the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, but if the Ming army came, I was afraid that the northern scholars would have to surrender.

But in any case, now he still has two provinces in his hands, and he is still thinking about it after rectifying the grasslands of the south and north of the desert.

I also have to go to Shanxi.

From those old pits in Shanxi, squeeze some three melons and two dates.

In addition, the money of selling officials in the south and speculating on Yangzhou salt merchants before.

Qianlong is not short of money for the time being.

He can use money to cage those regimental training soldiers, separate the regimental training soldiers, and the bitterness of the low-level soldiers can be enveloped with a thick sound, and they will be arranged into the Eight Banners, as for those leaders, they will naturally be the same as the Mongolian tribes Zasak, if they have the right to manage the troops.

In this way, if the green battalions and regimental training of Shandong, Zhili, and Shanxi provinces are integrated, there can be about 100,000 foot soldiers.

Counting 100,000 Mongolian cavalry, 100,000 Manchurian Eight Banners, plus 100,000 Han soldiers.

That's 300,000 troops!

There were 300,000 troops in hand.

This capital is more than enough.

There is also a capital that is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the south.

Now the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been in Henan and has not continued to go north.

Although Dai Quheng, who was sent to liaise with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, did not receive a positive response from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But in Qianlong's view, the fact that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not fight north again shows that they have realized that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing court continue to fight to the death, and the Ming Dynasty is the one who picks up the cheapest.

There is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the south.

There is another 300,000 capital.

It is not surprising that Qianlong felt that he could still make a difference in the Central Plains.

But Qianlong also knew.

Although he has a lot of troops at hand, whether he can fight or not is another matter.

So the retreat still has to be arranged.

As for where is the way out?

Monan grassland?

The Eight Banners of Manchuria don't know how to graze, and this place can't support so many people.

Liaodong and Liaoxi were occupied by the Ming army again, and it was not safe to retreat to Heilongjiang.

Come and think about it.

Qianlong's eyes looked to the west.

To the west, there was also the Western Regions Province.

Dihua and Ili in the Western Regions Province had a large number of Han Chinese in the settlement—this was after defeating Zungar, and Qianlong ordered immigrants from the interior to be reclaimed at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

This was originally a move to strengthen control over the Western Regions.

I didn't expect it to become a retreat for millions of people now.

The total population of Xiyu Province now has more than 600,000, of which about 250,000 are Han Chinese.

There is only such a small population on a territory almost as large as the Central Plains, which can be regarded as a vast and sparsely populated area.

However, in fact, in addition to the vast desert, the Western Regions Province can be used as a place for farming, and the oasis belt at the foot of the mountain along the Tianshan Mountains between Dihua City and Ili is the one that stretches along the Tianshan Mountains.

Due to the abundant sunshine and abundant snow melt in the Tianshan Mountains.

This oasis belt is a very good irrigated agricultural production area, which can be developed equivalent to two Zhili arable land.

The reclamation areas in this area are basically occupied by Han Chinese who have migrated from the interior, and in fact, there is still a large amount of arable land in this area that has not been developed.

Except for the Western Regions.

The area of the Tangnu-Ulianghai Sea on the western part of Uriya Sutai on the border with the Kazakh Khanate and the Russian Empire was also a land that could be exploited for farming.

It is fed by large rivers such as the Yenisei River, with dense forests and fertile land.

There is a lot of farming land that can be developed.

In addition, it is also very rich in mineral resources.

There are large reserves of iron, potash, asbestos, coal and non-ferrous metals.

Surrounded by mountains, the climate and geographical features of Tangnu-Ulianghai are very different from those of neighboring Siberia and Mongolia. Affected by the westerly wind current, there is abundant precipitation throughout the year, and the soil is mostly fertile black humus, which is suitable for growing a variety of temperate food crops and vegetables.

Similar to the Western Regions Province, due to the protracted war, the population here is extremely small, and the land is basically deserted.

But it is still a piece of the Saiwai Jiangnan that can be developed.

"Master, if the Khalkha Mongolian tribes and the Monan Mongolian tribes are included in the Big Eight Banners, then our Big Eight Banners will have 200,000 horsemen, with such strength, where in the world can we go, even if we fight against the Ming Dynasty again, I won't be afraid!"

On the way back to naturalization.

Le Bao and Erle Dengbao, two generals of the Eight Banners, one left and one right, followed Qianlong left and right.

At this time, he was going to be sent to the Western Regions and the western part of Uriya Sutai to be responsible for integrating the local Han Tuntian District and helping the Qing Dynasty to manage the back road of Lebao.

Le Bao served as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu for a long time, and also had the experience of fighting in the Western Regions all year round.

Qianlong shook his head slightly, and said: "We can't just start fighting casually now, the most important thing is that more than 1.2 million ancestors can't be trapped in the Central Plains, they all need to move out, some of them will be arranged for naturalization, and some of them will be taken to the Western Regions!" ”

"But it's not enough to just take our Eight Banners, you also have to learn from the bandits!"

"Learn from the bandits?!"

Both Lebao and Erle Dengbao were slightly stunned.

"Master, what can we learn from the bandits?"

Qianlong looked westward, and spit out two words in his mouth: "Coercion!" ”

"Coercion?!"

The two were stunned.

"We, the more than 1.2 million ancestors of the people, have lived in the city for a long time, who will farm now?"

"There are few people in the Western Regions, and they are a mixture of various races, with many colored eyes, which are different from my clan's appearance, so they should not be used lightly! On the other hand, the Han people, the children of the Eight Banners, have all learned Chinese and speak Chinese, and now there are not many people in the Eight Banners who can speak Manchu and write Manchu." Qianlong shook his head slightly, and said: "So coerce a part of the Han people to go to the Western Regions and include them in the Eight Banners, so that someone can cultivate the land and produce grain to feed the people of more than 1.2 million ancestors." ”

Lebao and Erdeenbao glanced at each other.

Of course they understood what Qianlong meant.

If you really want the whole clan to retreat to the Western Regions.

The color races in the Western Regions were different from Manchuria in appearance.

Opposite.

Now the children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria basically speak Chinese and learn Chinese, and their appearance is difficult to distinguish from the Han people.

So to the Western Regions.

The Han people are their own people.

It's the same as when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

to the Western Regions.

Then it is necessary to unite Manchu, Han and Mongolia.

The black-eyed ones are going to bully the ones with colorful eyes.

Only by partnering together to bully others can we unite and truly knead the Big Eight Banners.

In the future, it will be the first-class eight-banner, second-class Menghan, and third-class colors.

"Le Bao, you take 200,000 Eight Banners first, and in addition, Fukangan will also organize tens of thousands of Han people to train and tens of thousands of Han women to go, first control Dihua and Yili, and first organize the Han people who are reclaimed into the Big Eight Banners, and the banner people in the capital will also be pulled out of the customs in batches."

Qianlong explained, he thought about it carefully, and continued.

"In addition, we must bring Kong Qingrong, the Holy Father, and the two living Buddhas from the south and north of the desert together, but we can't let them fall into the hands of Zhu Daohua!"

"Your Majesty, the Tartar Emperor Qianlong was naturalized and coerced the Mongol Three Khans of Mobei Khalkha to agree to Qianlong's Great Eight Banners Plan!"

Qianlong's cold winter and the moon arrived on the grassland, and the action of organizing the Mongolian elite into the Great Eight Banners was indeed unexpected by Zhu Daohua and his ministers.

However, this big eight flags plan made Zhu Daohua couldn't help but be amazed.

This Qianlong is worthy of being an old political turtle who has been in power for more than 60 years.

It's enough to toss!

"Qing Tartar has plans to withdraw from the Central Plains!"

Tao Biquan made a judgment at the first time.

"Where to retreat?"

Zhu Daohua asked.

"Didn't you retreat to Monan Mongolia?"

"What kind of retreat to Monan Mongolia is retreat, let's start from Liaoxi or Yanyun, and the army will be able to sweep the north in Monan in a day or two!"

"Where is that retreating? Push to the north of Uriya Sutai, relying on Tsarist Russia? ”

"Is it to collude with Tsarist Russia?"

For a moment, the ministers of the Ming court stared at the map and began to discuss.

"Xu is going to retreat to the Western Regions!" Right Prime Minister Gu Song squinted his eyes and said, "The Qing court's Manchurian retreat has been broken, the south and north of the desert are all grazing lands, and these more than one million Eight Banners can't survive much by grazing, only the fertile soil at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions can afford to raise so many people!" ”

"To the Western Regions?"

Zhu Daohua groaned.

"It's not impossible to let the Qing court go to the Western Regions temporarily, there are so many ghosts and ghosts in the Western Regions, they are going to be swept away."

Any powerful Central Plains dynasty would seek to take control of the Western Regions.

This is a key area to ensure the security of the Northwest as well as the land trade routes.

Moreover, this is the crossroads of the Eurasian continent, and the situation is very complicated because various forces take turns to appear.

The Ming Dynasty naturally sought to occupy the Western Regions, but the complex ethnic and religious forces in the Western Regions were also a problem for the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, since you want to sweep the Western Regions, it is better to drive the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the Western Regions together, and let the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also go to the Western Regions to sweep it!"

Gu Song said with a smile.

It's about destructiveness.

How can Qianlong be compared to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"It's not bad, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has caused great damage to the place, but after all, it is due to the country and the nation, if Liu Zhixie is willing to surrender, I can still allow them to go west, and it is possible to seal the king of Pingxi."

"King Pingxi"

A strange smile appeared on everyone's faces.

The emperor wants Liu Zhixie to be the king of Pingxi.

So who is the eternal calendar?

Could it be Qianlong?

It is estimated that he will not live that long.

I'm afraid that one of his unlucky princes will be the eternal calendar of the Qing Dynasty.

(End of chapter)