If the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in various places are killed in action, they are prohibited from being buried locally.
According to the rules of the imperial court, deceased Eight Banners soldiers were either collected in coffins by their relatives and sent to the capital for burial by themselves.
Or, after cremation, the government pays for the urn to be brought back to the capital for burial once a year.
This was a good policy, but the court deliberately missed one important thing. That is, the relatives of the deceased had to pay for their travel expenses back to Beijing out of their own pockets.
As the saying goes, it's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out.
It’s nearly five thousand miles from Xining back to the capital. We have to pay for food, accommodation, cars and boats all the way, and the travel expenses are not a small expense.
Yuzhu showed mercy and gave him a pension of three hundred taels, which was already very generous.
Relatives of those who died in battle could save more than a hundred taels of silver if they were careful and frugal on the road.
After the meeting ended, Zhang Sheng followed Yuzhu and sat in the third hall together.
Zhang Sheng has been in Xining for a long time, it has been three years.
Naturally, Zhang Sheng also knew the situation of various ministries and banners in Qinghai very well.
"To tell you the truth, Marshal Yu, the Mongol banners and tribes in Qinghai are nominally subordinate to our Qing Dynasty, but in fact, they secretly have many contacts with the Junggar people. Even if they pay tribute, these princes and Taijis do so openly.
, a share in secret." Zhang Sheng took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then said, "The situation in Qinghai is very complicated. The farther west the Heshuote Mongolian tribes are, the more they like to flirt with the Junggar people secretly."
According to Zhang Sheng's introduction, although the Qinghai Mongolian Heshuote tribes are divided into left and right wings.
However, there is no very clear boundary between the enemy and ourselves.
Because, for these Qinghai and Mongolian princes and Taijis, if they have money, they are their fathers, and if they have milk, they are their mothers. Sometimes they are enemies, sometimes they are friends, sometimes they are adverse, sometimes they are favorable, and they will never stop.
In short, the Qinghai Mongolian and Shuote tribes north of the Qaidam River and east of the Mahai Gobi are generally closer to the Qing Dynasty.
The reason is actually very simple. These places are very close to Xining and the transportation is relatively convenient.
Even if they rebelled, the Qing Dynasty would send troops from Xining and they could quickly launch a suppression operation.
The remaining places, including the present-day southern part of the Yellow River, Yushu Goluo and the Mongolian tribes south and west of the Qaidam Basin, did not abide by the rules of the Qing Dynasty.
The nominal leader of the right-wing banners of the Qinghai tribes, Dash Batur, was the concubine of Gushi Khan of the Qinghai Heshuote tribe.
Gushi Khan, the founder of the Heshuote Khanate in Qinghai, had a surname of Borzhijin and his real name was Tulubaihu. He was the 19th grandson of Habtu Hassar, the younger brother of Genghis Khan.
The ancestors of Gushi Khan have been the leaders of the Erut Mongolian tribes in Qinghai for generations.
Dashbatur himself was relatively close to the Qing Dynasty. He made a special trip to Beijing to meet with his Majesty and was canonized as Prince Heshuo by Kangxi.
However, Dashbaatul's son, Luobuzangdanjin, secretly had the ambition to restore the Khan's court and always defied the Qing Dynasty.
Zhang Sheng did not fully understand the situation of the Heshuo Special Department in Qinghai, so he studied it more carefully.
Yuzhu knew very well that the foundation of the entire Heshuote Khanate had always been in Qinghai. As for the large piece of snow-covered plateau, it was just a part of the Khanate.
After Zhang Sheng said goodbye and left, Yuzhu got into the pile of old papers and began to extensively check various files in Xining and Qinghai.
As the saying goes, there are three things a new official needs to do when taking office.
However, there has been little movement since Yuzhu took office.
The officers began to murmur in their hearts, so they gathered in groups to find Zhang Sheng.
Zhang Sheng actually didn't know what Yuzhu Mao was doing in the general's mansion.
However, based on Zhang Sheng's experience, high-ranking officials like Yuzhu who are suddenly rich at a young age are prone to act impulsively and find it difficult to remain calm.
What is Yuzhu doing?
He has a headache!
I went through all the maps and jade pillars in the Jieshuai Hall. However, these military maps, which were regarded as treasures and could only be kept by the general's mansion, were too rough.
For example, where is the fixed water source in the Mahai Gobi? Where is the water source seasonal? Do the roads in the Gobi still really exist?
These are all unknowns!
The terrain is unknown and the enemy situation is unknown, so it is naturally impossible for Yuzhu to act rashly.
Just because he remained calm in the open, it didn't mean that Yuzhu didn't make any moves secretly. He was waiting for professionals to come to Xining.
Maritime navigation relies on a compass, a quartertant and a sextant, and land marches also require them.
Especially when marching in the Mahai Gobi, if there is something wrong with the guide and the army loses its way and cannot find the water source, it will easily be the result of the entire army being annihilated.
According to William Jr.'s introduction, in the early 14th century, the Italian Gioia first connected a direction dial made of paper and a magnetic needle for transmission. This was a leap in the development of the magnetic compass. From then on, ships no longer needed to use it to change direction.
The hand turned the compass.
In the 16th century, Italian Calden made a compass balance ring to keep the magnetic compass level even when the ship was rocking.
Marching in the endless desert without an advanced compass will lead to unimaginable consequences.
Yuzhu is actually waiting for the arrival of Alice and William.
There was no other way, so Alice and Yuzhu's eldest daughter had no choice but to come over slowly by land along the official road.
Alice was a foreign woman, and she gave birth to a daughter. In Kangxi's eyes, she had no value at all as a hostage.
As of this year, Yuzhu is only eighteen years old, and he is still two years away from his prime.
At the time of his Majesty's speech, Kangxi once hinted to Yuzhu that he might not be able to be transferred back to the capital in a short period of time.
Besides, there was still more than a year before Yeshe Gyatso, who was supported by Lhasang Khan, was recognized by the Qing Dynasty, leading to a complete break between Dash Batur, Chahan Denzin and Lhasang Khan.
Yu Zhuming knew that sooner or later, a snowy war between the Qing Dynasty and Junggar would break out. So, his top priority must be to find out the detailed roads and water sources in the Qinghai area and the snowy areas from Golmud.
While Yuzhu was waiting for the arrival of William, bad news suddenly came from Qinghai.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Civil strife broke out in the Kalkanan Right Banner south of Kukunao'er (Qinghai Lake). The banner owner was killed, and his son Bor was only a few pounds.
Yaku, supported his troops and established himself, claiming the title of King Khan.
Yuzhu knew very well that this was aimed at him.
There was no civil strife sooner or later, but as soon as Yuzhu took office, there was a drama about the rebellious son killing his father and seizing the throne.
If it's not a trap, it's called a ghost.
To put it bluntly, it is rare for the Mongolian banners and tribes in the Qinghai region not to fight over issues such as pasture distribution and slaves.
Yuzhu was not Zhao Kuo. When the terrain was unknown and the enemy's situation was unclear, he would definitely adopt the most conservative strategy, that is, to stand still.
However, after Yuzhu's memorial was delivered to the capital, it caused an uproar.
The current empress dowager also has the surname Boljijin, which is also the surname Borjigit.
That's all, because the empress dowager lives in a deep palace and never gets involved in political affairs. She only spends her days pretending to be ignorant.
But the problem is that the emperor's sixth daughter, Princess Heshuochunci's nephew, Borzigit Seren, a Mongolian beggar from the Khalkha tribe, happens to be in the capital.
The trouble is that the prince who was killed was Ce Leng's biological uncle. Ce Leng's uncle inherited the throne of the county because he became the heir of the old prince through adoption.
Ce Leng's uncle was killed, so he naturally refused to give up and went directly to Kangxi.
Yuzhu's memorial clearly states that the time is not yet ripe and there is no need to act rashly.
Isn't it stupid to go into it even though you know it's a trap?
However, considering the overall situation and considering that Celeng was the most important pillar in the fight against the Junggar Khanate within the Chahar Xianghuang Banner, Kangxi gave Yuzhu an order to lead his army into Qinghai to quell the rebellion.
You will be outside, and your orders will not be accepted!
After Yuzhu accepted the order, he delayed it for another half a month, using the excuse of lack of food and grass.
It wasn't until William arrived in Xining with French craftsmen, Dutch gunsmiths, Swedish gunsmiths recruited from Europe, and various compasses, quadrants, sextants and other measuring tools that he purchased that he officially gave the order to prepare.
Entered Qinghai to quell the rebellion.
After the military order was issued, the entire Xining City immediately entered a state of comprehensive martial law, with no entry or exit allowed.
Currently, there are more than 1,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Xining, more than 2,000 Green Battalion soldiers, 300 Volunteer Battalion soldiers, as well as more than 500 Wuwei battalion soldiers brought from the capital by Yuzhu, and more than 100 artillery troops.
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The total force Yuzhu has at his disposal is only four thousand.
According to rough records in the archives of the General's Mansion, there are only more than 3,000 households in the Kalkanan Right Banner.
According to Zhang Sheng's calculation, these more than 3,000 households could only have 1,000 soldiers at most.
Judging from past battles, the green battalion soldiers armed with blunderbuss and light artillery only needed to send out more than 500 troops to crush the rebels.
When Yuzhu heard that Zhang Sheng only mentioned the Green Camp soldiers, but not the Eight Banners soldiers at all, he couldn't help but feel funny.
I'm afraid that the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Xining have lost the courage to fight and dare not follow Yuzhu to send troops to quell the rebellion, right?
In fact, Yuzhu never counted on the decayed Eight Banners soldiers.
However, when entering the Qinghai area to fight, relying solely on the infantry of the Wuwei Battalion and the artillery troops of the Firearms Battalion, even if the rebellion is successfully suppressed, the results will not be very great.
Because of that, Yuzhu's military guard camp must be equipped with elite cavalry units so that when they defeat the rebels, they can smoothly pursue them and expand the results of the battle.
Green camp soldiers, even if they are equipped with firearms, are all infantry.
The cavalry troops Yuzhu needs can only be selected from the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners garrison.
However, what surprised Yuzhu was that after the news spread, the backlash from the garrisoned Eight Banners soldiers was unusually loud.
Zhang Sheng bravely came to Yuzhu to plead for mercy.
"Shuai Yu, this... this... our soldiers... that..." Zhang Sheng's face turned red and he couldn't say a complete sentence.
Yuzhu understood as soon as he heard it, hey, the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Xining are completely hopeless.
"The imperial court has been supporting the Eight Banners for a thousand days, but it can't use its troops for a while. Lord Zhang, I am really disappointed." Yuzhu had already known this in his heart, but he wanted to try to suppress Zhang Sheng.