On June 23, 1794, the 179th year of Qianlong, on July 26, 1794, the ancient city of Beijing was covered with dark clouds from early in the morning, and heavy pressure on people's heads. Occasionally, dull hidden thunder would roll over the sky, but the rain would not fall.

Two brown sparrows held insects in their arms, spread their wings across the Tube River, flew to the branches of weeping willows on the shore, made a few screams and then flipped over the tall palace walls. When they landed on the golden glass roof of the Ganqing Palace Yangxin Hall, several little sparrows chirped uneasily. In the yard below the roof, the messy footsteps and the chanting of the shamans all indicate that something big is about to happen in this ancient palace.

There was a cluster of fire in the yard outside the hall, and more than a dozen shamans wearing robes and hats were jumping around the fire. Not far from them, there was a "auspicious sedan chair" covered with five-clawed golden dragon and yellow satin, guarded by several eunuchs from the Shouhuang Palace.

(The auspicious sedan chair is specially used in the Forbidden City to lift the body of the emperor and the empress. Because the emperor's coffins are all parked in the Shouhuang Hall in Jingshan, and they are extremely heavy, so you need to use this to carry them over.)

Eighty-three-year-old Aisin Gioro Hongli lay on the imperial bed in the Dongguan Pavilion and breathed slowly. Several concubines stood beside him, their faces swollen and their tears couldn't stop flowing. Among them were both young and old. Prince Jia Yongyan, Prince Ding Mianen, Ministers of Military Affairs Wang Jie, Qinggui, Dong Gao and others were all standing in front of the bed, closely following the old emperor's updates.

Speaking of which, Qianlong was healthy since he was a child. He was skilled in archery, horse riding and shooting when he was in the vassal residence, and he had trained a pair of muscles and bones. Before Beihai Town appeared, he had never had serious illness. However, since the "Battle of Changxing Island", he had been invaded by wind and cold, and sometimes he moaned unconsciously at night. Although many close ministers, including Heshen, tried their best to persuade him to work hard on holidays, he, who was the only one, had no such thoughts.

The idea of ​​pacifying Zhao Xin touched his heart all the time. The Qing Dynasty was outside the pass, Khalkha, Shandong and Xinjiang's retreat had already made him exhausted, and Heshen's betrayal gave him the heaviest blow.

Since he returned to the Forbidden City, he has been holding on, waiting for Yongyan and Fu Kangan to come back. Although he was struggling to speak and had difficulty writing, because Wang Jie, Qinggui and others were accompanied, he could communicate through gaze and nodding. However, when he was fine, what Qianlong thought the most was why Heshen betrayed him.

Heshen ran away without a trace, along with his family and wealth, as well as Princess Hexiao, whom Qianlong loved the most. Because this fact was too embarrassing, the Ministry of Justice did not dare to issue a notice of the arrest of the list, the Ministry of Justice, the Inspectorate and the Infantry Commander's Office kept chasing him to Tianjin and did not find any trace. However, "people leave their names behind, and geese leave their voices behind." As time passed, several veterans of the Ministry of Justice finally found clues at Zhigukou. After Qinggui learned about it, he immediately judged that Heshen was very likely to leave the sea by boat.

Not to mention, it must be a pirate in Beihai! As for whether to go to Anping Port or Jiaodong, we can only send an inquiries to investigate. However, Heshen has always been in charge of Shang Yu's spare parts, and Qianlong cannot speak. For a moment, the Qing Dynasty completely cut off contact with the undercover agents in Beihai Town.

In the capital, with the investigation of Heshen's defection, the fire was finally unstoppable, which caused all civil and military officials to discuss. When Prince Cheng Yongyan, Prince Li Yongen and others, who were responsible for the investigation, saw many shocking prohibited objects such as Nanmutang and Fuzi Stele, they were shocked. In the past, they all heard that the wealth of Heshen's mansion was comparable to the princes, but no one had seen how rich it was. This time, it was a knife that slashed his butt - he opened his eyes!

At this time, He Lin, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, also became an unstable factor and had to find a way to solve it. However, the court had become a mess, and people were in panic, and no one was going to make a decision for a while. Wang Jie and Qinggui had no choice but to fly to Yongyan in a hurry and ask him to make an idea.

Prince Jia Yongyan was shocked after receiving the emergency in the capital. Three souls and seven spirits lost two souls and five spirits. If Dong Gao hadn't begged hard, he would have almost sent someone to Yunnan and Guizhou to take Helin down. Because there were too many civil and military officials in the world who depended on Heshen, if Xingda Prison might have been fine, they would have to rebel. In order to prevent any change, he and Dong Gao were closed and discussed for a long time, and finally decided to keep it secret. At the same time, he sent a secret letter to Fu Kang'an, who acted as the governor of Sichuan, asking him to start the arrangements and shock the Sichuan green camp first.

After everything was arranged, Yongyan hurriedly rushed back and finally arrived in the capital last night. Then he entered the palace to meet the saint. The father and son had a secret conversation for more than half an hour, mainly Yongyan said, Qianlong listened.

At night, Qianlong's condition worsened sharply and he fell into a coma again. No decoction would be of no use. At seven o'clock in the morning, although the heart of Emperor Qianlong, who had been in charge of the world for 59 years, was still beating unwillingly, his life had come to an end. For the Qing court, the monarch who could not exercise the power of the Nine Five, had no meaning. As the saying goes, "spend everything."

As everyone's sobs, Qianlong, who was staying on the edge of life and death, suddenly moved his fingers gently, as if he had sensed the sound of the outside world.

"The emperor has done it!"

"Ama! Ama!"

"Emperor! Emperor!"

Unexpectedly, Qianlong's throat made a "gurgle" sound, and then he slowly exhaled it in one breath, and his originally undulating chest fell to a standstill. When the imperial physician stepped forward to check and knelt on the ground in frustration, saying the four words "Long Yubin Tian", there was a burst of crying inside and outside the hall.

At this time, a thick lightning flash suddenly broke through the sky outside the house, shaking the vast city of Beijing. After a while, a huge thunder roar shook the sky, and the long-accumulated pouring rain came instantly with the strong wind.

Wang Jie cried for a while, then calmed down and said to Yongyan, who was holding Qianlong's arm and crying bitterly, "Your Majesty, please feel sorry for me. The most important thing now is to summon the kings of Qi. Beile came to Qianqing Palace to listen to the emperor's will. The country must not be without a king for a day!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The word "Daxing" was first seen in "Zuo Zhuan", which originally meant to travel far away; in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the word "Emperor" was added, which was extended to the death of the emperor. Since then, the dead emperors were collectively called "Daxing Emperor" before their posthumous title was established.

Yongyan thought that he would take over a hot charcoal that was hotter than a hot potato, and was likely to be a king of a devastated country. He felt more and more sad and cried with Qianlong's arm. Faced with the situation where the North Navy started fighting together inside and outside the pass, and Shengjing was in danger, Yongyan really didn't want to be this emperor in his heart!

After comforting the ministers for a long time, Yongyan finally stopped crying. The eunuch in charge, Xiao Delu, brought the prepared burial clothes and Dharani quilt, assisted and guided Yongyan to put them on for Qianlong in turn. Then, the eunuchs who were waiting outside carried the auspicious sedan chair into the door of the East Warm Pavilion of Yangxin Hall. Several eunuchs worked together to lift the four corners of the mattress on the bed, and carefully put the dead Qianlong into the sedan chair.

At this time, several eunuchs had already built a ladder with cabinets of varying heights. After obtaining the consent of Yongyan and several princes, Wang Jie climbed up tremblingly and took off the red sandalwood box that was hung under the plaque "Zhengda Guangming" and was fixed with an iron hoop.

The wooden box was placed on the imperial desk in front of the Sumeru throne and opened in front of everyone. Inside was a small golden cabin as big as a Go box; the lid was opened, and a yellow silk cover and gold thread bordered by an edict was revealed.

Wang Jie held up the edict with both hands, signaled to everyone present, and said in a deep voice: "Now read the emperor's will, and all the ministers and officials kneel down and listen!"

This edict uses Manchu and Han characters. Qinggui first reads Manchu and Wang Jie then reads Chinese characters.

“Abkai hesei on be aliha huwangdi i hese…”

Few ministers present understood Manchu. They all looked confused when they listened to Qinggui's gurgling. Fortunately, the content of the edict was not long. Yongyan, who was kneeling on the ground, said a few words in Manchu after hearing this, and then Wang Jie read it in Manchu:

"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun's edict said: The fifteenth son of the emperor, Yongyan, Long Ri Tian Preface, was of great talent and worthy of being a king. Yongyan inherited the throne to succeed the Qing Dynasty. Impressed this! The letter of Huan Yu was written in the middle of December of the 56th year of Qianlong."

(Zhonghuan means mid-day.)

"I will follow the orders of Emperor Daxing!"

No one knows that this edict of the crown prince was actually rewritten by Qianlong, and the earliest one was written in the 38th year of Qianlong.

Originally in the spring of the 43rd year of Qianlong, Qianlong felt healthy and secretly asked the Taoist priests of Baiyun Temple and Zhang Jia Hutuketu to tell him a divination. When he learned that his lifespan could reach more than 87 years, he had the idea of ​​following Yao and Shun and abdicating.

Since then, no matter whether in the court or in the people, anyone who proposed to establish a crown prince would be severely dealt with. For example, in September that year, a scholar named Jin Congshan from Jinzhou, who submitted a speech beside the Imperial Road during Qianlong's eastern tour. The first one was to request the establishment of a crown prince, which made Qianlong furious.

The poor Jin Xiucai originally wanted to follow the ancients' advice in order to seek a background and glorify his ancestors. As a result, he was beaten to be a rebel and was killed.

That month, Qianlong issued an edict to declare his intentions to the government, the country and the outside world. That is, if God blessed him, he would wait until Yimao in the 60th year of Qianlong, when he was 85 years old, he would pass the throne to a prince and return to power and retire. He also said that the newly built Ningshou Palace was for the purpose of enjoying the future.

The problem is that Zhao Xin, a "monster", was born in this time and space. So in the 57th year of Qianlong, Qianlong, who felt that his health was getting worse, wrote a secret edict again.

After reading the photos, the ministers present performed the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows to Yongyan. King Jiaqing finally sat on the Sumeru throne in the Ganqing Palace.

After that, he wanted to set the temple name for Qianlong and the year name for Yongyan himself. According to the discussions of Yongyan, Wang Jie, Qinggui and others, Qianlong's temple name was named "Gaozong", and his posthumous title was "Fa Tian Longyun, the true sincerity, the first aware of the body, the first realization of the body, the first realization of the body, the true name of the body, the first realization of the body, the true name of the body, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the Emperor, the

Needless to say, the new king's reign title is, since it is named Prince Jia, it is naturally used "Jiaqing" just like another time and space. As the new king succeeded to the throne, a Qianlong imperial edict, which was compiled by Wang Jie, Dong Gao and Qinggui, and approved by Jiaqing, was also drafted late at night and promulgated the world the next day.

"I only have the emperor who has fulfilled the destiny of heaven and enjoyed a long life. I must have the sincerity of being careful and acting with heaven and earth, and then I will never return my virtues and be blessed forever. Therefore, I work diligently, without laziness and despair, and I will take the throne for one day, and think about enjoying the heart of heaven for one day, and I will know the difficulty of maintaining the prosperity and maintaining peace, and be cautious as the beginning and not easy.

I am begging the Gods for their blessings and sages to make plans. Since I was in my old age, I was very fond of the Emperor's ancestors. I carefully selected Yuanliang and put them into the realm of the world. Since I ascended the throne, I have been careful to think about the virtues of the ruler. I only respect the heavens, the ancestors, diligently work, and love the people. But this number is not the difficulty of knowing or the difficulty of doing things. For decades, I have been afraid of the emperor, but I have never been more pious. Whenever I meet the grand sacrifices of the suburbs, I have personally demonstrated my best skills and bury them. I do not have the age of high spirits and have a little leisurely leisure...

My body is strong, and I have never had any disease. I felt the last year and felt the wind and cold, and I was cured. My energy was slightly worse than before. The new year's lunar calendar was still congratulated by the Emperor Ganqing Palace. The diet decreased day by day, and the audio-visual video could not be as normal as usual, and my old age increased. The emperor was filial and sincere, and he was treated with all prescriptions in a hope of recovery. My life was high, and it was probably not possible for medicine to work... "

The news of Qianlong's funeral reached the North Navy Intelligence Bureau the next morning. Not long after, Zhao Xin, who was in Kaiyuan, also knew about it. He felt a little sorry that he had never seen Qianlong before! If it weren't for the tingling security monitoring of the Forbidden City in another time and space, he would have come to the Forbidden City for a night's visit, and swept the treasures of "Sanxitang" by the way.

Alas? Slowly! It seems that Qianlong, in another time and space, buried many treasures with him, what did he do? He had to check it out quickly.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Zhao Xin was turning his eyes to think about the things that were there. Deng Fei pushed the door and walked in, raised the telegram in his hand at him, and said with a smile: "The East India Company has signed an agreement!"

"oh?"

Zhao Xin took the telegram and saw it read: "The General Staff of the North Navy, I have governed the Governor's Office locally today, and signed a preliminary armistice agreement with the plenipotent representative of the East India Company with the three parties of French India and Mysore. In addition, the text of the treaty has been slightly changed. Ding Guofeng, July 26."

It is said that since the rainy season in South Asia entered May, although Mysore, Marata and Hyderabad were in a state of decline, Ding Guofeng was not idle. After Dundas, the colonial affairs officer of the East India Company, left, he once again ordered Guo Xuexian's South Asian squadron to head north, implement a maritime military blockade on Madras and Kolkata, forcibly inspect all merchant ships entering and leaving the Bay of Bengal, and made Cornwalis brains explode.

After nearly a year of war, the British East India Company not only failed to take advantage, but also carried huge military expenditures. In addition, the regular maritime blockade of the North Navy fleet led to a large amount of cargo backlog, and the prices fluctuated, causing heavy losses to merchants.

Correspondingly, French India followed the Bourbon royal family and Beihai Town and took the ride-hailing East Asian trade. In the past six months, they replaced the Dutch and happily transported Borneo diamonds and Guangzhou tea back to local management, and sold them to Hong Kong merchants, making a big profit. With huge interests and the North Navy's military guarantee, French Indian merchants became firm royalists in a blink of an eye. They even proposed to Leclerc to build a gorgeous palace in local management and invite Prince Louischar back.

After many discussions, the Bangladesh Senate finally reached an overwhelming opinion that the damn war must be ended, otherwise the company would have no other way except bankruptcy. So under the detailed instructions of Governor Cornwalis, Dundas came to local governance again in early June 1794, accompanied by some members of the Senate and military representatives, as well as representatives from Beihai Town, French India, and the Kingdom of Mysore, Prince Ali, the son of Tipu Sultan, to start four-party negotiations.

It was said to be one-on-three, but the East India Company delegation knew very well who was the boss at the negotiating table, and the other two were purely embracing their thighs. If it weren't for the Beihai Town, the French would have been ravaged by them thousands of times, and Mysore would have had to continue to survive.

By early July, the difficult written negotiations finally made progress, and all parties jointly drafted a preliminary agreement. After approval by the Bangladesh Senate and Cornwalis, representatives of the four parties signed the preliminary agreement at the Governor's Office, which was governed locally on July 26, and decided to announce it the next day. As for the formal agreement, Cornwalis, who had stepped down as governor, returned to the UK to report his duties, and it will not be signed after approval by King George III. It is expected to be completed within 15 months.

This year, a large number of international agreements signed by European countries were written in French, and English was not at all possible, so the treaty text was written in French and Chinese, with the main contents including:

1. The British East India Company recognizes the existence of Beihai Town in India and respects its legal rule over its territory. It recognizes the sphere of influence of Beihai Town in the east of the Strait of Malacca. The above areas include and are not limited to Java Island, southern Sumatra Island, Kalimantan Island, Malay Peninsula, Kuril Islands and other areas.

2. As a legal regime that will rule China in the future, Beihai Town will vigorously develop cotton trade with the British East India Company. From 1794, the annual amount of cotton to the shore will not be less than 150,000 bags. British merchant ships are allowed to dock in Malacca and Bacheng to replenish supplies, and British merchant ships are allowed to trade at Anping Port.

3. After the signing of the formal agreement, the British East India Company will withdraw from India's Negapatan area and Penang in the northern Malay Peninsula. The above two territories belong to Beihai Town. The company shall not sell opium to the area east of the Strait of Malacca. Beihai Town's customs have the right to detain British merchant ships that privately sell opium on the basis of sufficient evidence, and will trial and punish the ship owner and cargo owner in accordance with the laws of Beihai Town. The British government and company have no right to interfere.

4. At the latest no later than the end of 1794, the British East India Company will return part of the Mysore territory ceded after the "Third Indo-Med War" in 1792, namely the Mysore Malabar coastal area between the Kingdom of Travangol and the Kali River and the Salem area.

5. The company, on behalf of the British government, recognized and supported the French Bourbon royal family represented by Louis Charles, maintained its rule over the French colonies, and made every effort to support Louis Charles' return to the French throne.

In general, the agreement between Beihai and Mysore is the biggest beneficiary, and the cowardly French people have not benefited from the British. However, Ding Guofeng privately told Leclerc that they would sign a secret agreement with Mrs. Elizabeth to transfer the local Negapartan region in the south to the Bourbon royal family. This move is also telling the French that Beihai has no intention of expanding its dominance in India.

Another issue is Tranquiba. After the signing ceremony of the agreement, Ding Guofeng and Dundas came outside the house to breathe. When he intentionally or unintentionally mentioned his opinion on the Danes' territory, Dundas's pupils shrank suddenly and he immediately understood. He began to pray silently for the Danes. He then said with a calm expression that the company had no intention of interfering in any affairs in South India, except Ceylon.

Ding Guofeng smiled after hearing this. During the days he participated in the negotiations, he had already understood that Dundas was a pirate in his bones. Unless all these people were eliminated, he would always treat himself as an opponent. You should know that China under the small peasant economy did not need British industrial products, and when Beihai Town completed the Unification War and established a new regime, it did not need the rough industrial products of Europe.
Chapter completed!