Chapter 227 The concubine wants to participate in the competition
Jia Liu fell into a misunderstanding, thinking that the Qianlong dynasty was still in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Even though the Eight Banners were a bit bad, the Qing army as a whole still had a basic rule.
In fact, it is lawless.
Exaggerating and lying about military achievements was the basic common sense of the Qing army during the Qianlong Dynasty.
The Qing-Burma War in the past few years was simply a masterclass in lying about military exploits.
From the governor to the general, as long as you are an official, you can add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Liu Zao, the first governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, received the report and reported 60 enemy kills. With a stroke of his pen, he went to the court to report the victory and beheaded 1,400 people;
Yang Yingju, the second governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, received a report of killing more than 200 enemies. He was even more generous and directly reported more than 6,000 beheadings.
These two governors regarded lying about their military exploits as the only way to get rewards. The more they reported their military exploits, the more they killed tens of thousands of Burmese thieves. This made Qianlong panic, thinking that Burma had millions of soldiers.
Otherwise, how could the Qing Dynasty have killed hundreds of thousands of people and still repeatedly invaded the border areas, causing the Qing Dynasty to lose consecutive battles?
The more I thought about it, the more afraid I became. If there were really so many troops in Myanmar, wouldn't the Qing Dynasty want to go back to the outside world to see King Namean take over the Forbidden City? From now on, the children of the Eight Banners would have to work hard to expel the Tartars and restore China.
I was so scared that I couldn't sleep, so I quickly sent Fuling'an to Yunnan to investigate secretly to find out what was going on.
This Fuling'an is Fuling'an's second brother. Fukang'an and Fu Chang'an's elder brother are both consorts like Jia Liu. However, this boy married Qianlong's daughter, who is "much more" than Jia Liu, the consort.
The word "Luo".
If a daughter of the clan is married, the emperor’s son-in-law is called Duoluo’e’s son-in-law;
The prince’s son-in-law is called Heshuo’s son-in-law;
The prince's son-in-law is called E'er-in-law.
If the emperor's son-in-law takes action, he will definitely not be able to confuse his father-in-law.
As a result, the two governors of Yunnan and Guizhou were sentenced to death for lying about their military exploits, and dozens of other officials and generals were executed.
However, the deaths of these officials did not change the Qing army's tradition of lying about their military exploits, because it was so ingrained that no matter how many officials you replaced, it would be useless.
Just like the Jishuitan in Beijing, the entire Jishuitan is already smelly. It's useless no matter how much tap water you scoop into it with a ladle.
Even after Qianlong's favorites Fu Heng, A Gui, Mingrui and others arrived in Yunnan, they still lied to the emperor about their military exploits.
The Manchus are like this, and the Han people are like this.
If there is a major defeat, if there are more than a thousand casualties, the number of casualties will be reported as ten.
One positive and one negative.
Although there were frequent reports of good news, the war could not be won. In the end, the war could no longer go on, and Qianlong could not hold on any longer, so he negotiated peace with Burma.
After fighting for several years, tens of thousands of people died, tens of millions of taels of silver were spent, and finally we returned to before the war started. Do you think this battle was unjust or not?
It's definitely not cheap.
When it was Jinchuan's turn, if the victory reports received by the Ministry of War in the past thirty years were counted, it would be estimated that not one million bandits were killed, but 800,000.
But, people are still fighting.
Neqin, Zhang Guangsi, Yue Zhongqi, Fu Erdan, Altai, Fu Heng, Wen Fu, Agui...
No matter whether it is a corrupt official or a famous official, there is no one who does not lie about his military achievements.
It’s not that they want to do this themselves, but the interest groups headed by them drive them to do this!
If you want to make big money, you have to stand firm.
If you want to stand firm, you must have military merit.
If you want military merit, you have to lie.
Otherwise, what else is there?
Therefore, reporting more military exploits is the only reasonable way to continue to serve the Qing Dynasty.
It is normal to repay ten thousand for killing one thousand enemies. How can you repay nineteen for killing nineteen thieves?
By doing this, Jia Jiashikai became an enemy of the entire Qing Dynasty!
As a veteran, Fulehun, who knew the inside story of the army, could not let Prince Jia Jia's son-in-law narrow the road. He even pointed at this kid to cover him from the emperor's side.
Do you think the Governor-General is so full that he wants the prince-in-law to go into the water?
You are just adding insurance to your official head!
How did Liu Zao and Yang Yingju, the two governors-general, die?
It's not like Fuling'an was the one who killed him!
Now there are two princes-in-law in Jinchuan.
One is the left deputy general of Dingxi, Heshuo, the consort-in-law, Feng Shengquan, and the other is the leading minister, the consort-in-law, Jia Jiashikai.
Feng Sheng's position was too high, and Governor Fu could not win over him, so he could only focus on Jia Jia's consort.
Speaking of which, at least half of the credit for Mr. Jia Jia's success is due to the wealthy governor.
It's just that the governor wanted to save the face of the defeat and set an example, so he just believed in Fu Sheng'a, Bo Qing'e and others without asking for proof, and helped him pay the money.
But he really didn't expect that this model he created would be so attractive to the emperor. When he went there, he was still a small Han Army forward school, and when he came back, he became the prince-in-law of Batulu, with a dazzling eye!
But this is better, especially after there was news in the middle hall of the capital that this son might be responsible for the "secret investigation" of Fuling'an back then, the governor became even more happy.
After receiving the report that Jia Jia's consort had collaborated with the enemy, the Governor was no longer happy, but as ecstatic as if a great treasure had been sent from heaven.
To hold on to this prince-in-law is to save his own head.
So, everyone is lying about their military exploits. Why are you, a prince-in-law, so honest?
Who will repay this victory?
It’s him, Fulehun, the governor of Sichuan!
As long as he is here, my brother-in-law, you can carry him even if the sky falls.
The premise is that the consort must first protect his wealthy governor from losing his head.
How to protect it is something everyone knows very well.
As the old saying goes, even if the emperor doesn't know, everyone will be loyal ministers and good generals.
Wang Taoist was also moved by Jia Jia's brother-in-law's sincerity: "If everyone was as honest as his brother-in-law, Jinchuan would have been settled long ago."
Jia Liu thought to himself that I was the innocent one after all the hard work. In other words, I was just a stick, and I was still begging for food even though I was holding a golden rice bowl!
Taking advantage of the fact that the governor was having a heart-to-heart with him, he took advantage of the situation and reported the one-stop funeral service project for the fallen soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and focused on explaining honor and dignity.
This idea immediately received praise and support from the Governor-General, who said that if this matter is done, it will not only allow the fallen soldiers to die in dignity, but also greatly stimulate the morale of the military, which is a great thing that benefits the country, the people and the army.
But the specific details need further study.
Of course Jia Liu understands the meaning of research, and the clear point is how to divide it.
After sorting out my thoughts, I wanted to discuss my thoughts with the Governor in detail. Unexpectedly, the Governor suddenly brought the topic to a very important matter.
That's a waste.
Taking advantage of Agui's illness, he killed him.
What the Governor meant was that the Emperor was already suspicious of Agui, so he should take advantage of this opportunity of Fu Chang'an's "visit" to uproot the Agui Group so that it would never stand up again.
The specific method was to collect evidence that Agui's group had collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and then secretly handed it over to Fu Chang'an by Jia Jia'e's consort to take back to the capital.
"I?"
Jia Liuyi was startled, knowing that the old rich man was using him as a weapon again. If he didn't agree, the funeral industry would definitely hit him.
"My lord, as far as I know, Agui is very loyal to the emperor..."
Although this is what Jia Liu hopes, he doesn't want to be on the front line. He likes to shoot behind the scenes.
And he did it himself, but he was driven to do it by the old fox Fuller Hun. Although the purpose was the same, the nature changed.
"Agui is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, are we just rebellious officials and traitors?"
In order for Jia Jia'e's consort to be able to use the sword well, the governor threw out a bait, and the deputy commander-in-chief, Du Erjia, blew up the camp and took off his official uniform to let the Hou court deal with him.
So, can Jia Jia’s son-in-law be able to compete for the candidate to lead this army?
In all aspects, Jia Jia's son-in-law has great advantages.
"There is news from the court that the emperor intends to establish a general in Chengdu. My son-in-law is young and promising. We still have to fight for what should be fought for."