Chapter 31 The Eight Banners are the Eight Banners of the Han Army
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? You haven't even seen Lord Dutong yet!"
Wang An from the Horse Riding School took the lead in saluting, and all the juniors also quickly followed suit and knelt down on one knee, all with their heads lowered and not daring to raise their heads.
Jia Liu knelt down and secretly glanced at Fu Dutong. He knew that this boy was Fu Chang'an who, like his brother Fu Kang'an, had won Qianlong's favor and included his Jia family in the list of bannermen.
The commander-in-chief of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army is Hailancha, and Fu Changan is only the deputy commander-in-chief. Only now that Hailancha is leading the army, the affairs of the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner are actually in charge of the deputy commander-in-chief Fuchang'an.
In this way, these officials naturally had to respectfully call Fu Chang'an the Governor of Fu.
Jia Liu called the calligraphy teacher Deputy Director Ma for the Ma Bureau, which has the same nature.
A Hong Kong and Taiwan TV series I watched in my previous life said that Fu Chang'an later became He Shen's old friend. When Qianlong was about to die, Fu Chang'an led troops in Shandong to suppress the anti-Qing uprising.
He Shen thought that Jiaqing did not dare to touch him.
Unexpectedly, Fu Changan betrayed Heshen, and Jiaqing tried his best to kill Heshen immediately. As a result, Heshen was easily killed by a piece of white silk, and his family property of 800 million taels was confiscated, leaving "Heshen fell,
The folk proverb "Eat enough during Jiaqing".
Jia Liu didn't know whether this was the case, but Fu Chang'an, who had become a second-rank official at the age of eighteen, really made him jealous.
However, Jia Liu, who had no choice but to kneel there with everyone else, was thinking not that he could replace him, but that he could kill him.
The group of Manchu descendants in the Qianlong Dynasty who were in high positions at a young age, especially the group of heroes whose portraits entered Ziguang Pavilion, were destined to be Jia Liu's enemies.
"Everyone, get up."
The young man on the horse was Fu Chang'an, the deputy commander of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army. The young man jumped down directly without using a stool to dismount. His skills were very strong. He looked much stronger than the ordinary bannermen's children.
It is the result of Qianlong's deliberate cultivation.
A group of guards in yellow mandarin jackets also stood up and dismounted. These guards belonged to the Tiger Spear Battalion of the Forbidden Army. They were all descendants of the Three Banners of Manchuria and were personally assigned by Qianlong to guard Fu Chang'an.
There are not many people in Beijing who receive this kind of treatment.
After throwing the riding crop to the guard, Fu Changan went straight up the steps and asked the group of officials from the Dutong Yamen who had already stood up: "Have the official documents from the Ministry of War arrived?"
"Replying to Master Dutong, Xiangwu has just arrived." The person who answered was Baozhu, a third-grade associate director of the Manchuria Printing House. His surname was Fucha, like Fu Changan.
Fu Chang'an nodded and said: "The front line is in a hurry. You can't let things go wrong. If anything goes wrong, everyone will be blamed. I can't protect you."
Baozhu said hurriedly: "The lower officials know that the matter is serious and do not dare to slack off in the slightest. The Ministry of War has laid out all the matters and assigned people to take care of them."
"That's good,"
Fu Changan, who was about to enter the Yamen, stopped, pointed to the group of disciples standing next to the carriage below, and asked Baozhu: "Are they them?"
"Yes. There are a total of thirty-four disciples from this banner who are eligible to join the Baitang'a. They have just completed the classics examination and are now preparing to go to Deshengmen Campus..."
Baozhu asked Fu Changan if he wanted to summon these disciples to encourage them.
"No need, I will go to the school grounds in the afternoon, and someone from the Military Aircraft Department will also go there."
Fu Changan glanced at the group of young men who were preparing to be replaced, and went directly in surrounded by Baozhu and other Manchu and Mongolian officials.
After Fu Dutong and others disappeared, Wang An, the riding school master who was responsible for sending the replacement students to Deshengmen, ordered everyone to get on the bus.
There were five people in one car, eight cars in total. In addition to the backup disciples, there were also several officials from the Dutong Yamen who followed to make arrangements.
Jia Liu was pulled together by Chang Bingzhong. There were three other people in the car, whom Jia Liu didn't know. It was only after Chang Bingzhong introduced him that one of them turned out to be Zu Yingyuan, the great-grandson of Zu Kefa, the adopted son of Zu Dashou, the former Ming Dynasty general.
After Zu Kefa was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was assigned to the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army. Later, Zu Zeqing, the fourth son of Zu Dashou, was implicated in participating in the San Francisco anti-Qing Dynasty, so he was moved from the Zhenghuang Banner to the Zhenglan Banner.
Zu Yingyuan's father, Zu Jianchang, was a second-class viscount and a first-class Yunqiwei (from the first rank), and he was the highest among the five knights in the same car.
However, Zu Jianchang had six sons, and Zu Yingyuan ranked fifth. This Shiye must have nothing to do with him, so this time of worshiping Tang A to supplement Zu Yingyuan is also very important, and this boy looks quite stable.
, was the third to last submission.
The other two were named Liu Heyi and Wang Fu. Their ancestors were not very prominent. They both followed the trend of Shangguan and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and were incorporated into the Han army.
"When we get to the school grounds later, brothers, we need to show off our skills. Don't let others underestimate us, the Zhenglan Banner disciples of the Han Army!" Wang Fu was gearing up, looking like he was good at riding and shooting, which made Jia Liu feel a little panicked.
"We must show our skills, so as not to keep those bannermen from saying that we, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, are not true bannermen and can't do anything just by eating hard food."
Chang Bingzhong pulled his arms back very forcefully, but because his clothes were too thick, he couldn't show off his powerful tendons.
"Manqizi" is the name given to the children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria by the Han military flag. Because the Manchus are higher in rank and the Han are lower in rank, this title does not have much positive connotations.
Glancing at Chang Bingzhong, who was full of confidence, Jia Liu thought to himself that you are not as good as me. Last time I just started, you were already finished.
Liu Heyi, who was opposite Chang Bingzhong, laughed: "According to me, the Manqi group may not be like us. If our ancestors had not sacrificed their lives to conquer the country, would the Manqi group be where it is today?"
These words made Jia Liuyi, who was sitting next to him, startled: Brother, I don’t want to say this.
Unexpectedly, Chang Bingzhong actually followed up and said: "Well, if you really look into it, the Qing Dynasty's country must be half as big as our Han army flag. If the Holy Ancestor hadn't pushed our Han army flag forward with all his strength, hey, the result
I'm afraid it's hard to say... If you ask me, these Eight Banners should be the Eight Banners of our Han army. Why is he so arrogant if he has so many flags? He still looks down on us, bah!"
Hiss!
Jia Liu moved his butt to the side: "Old Chang doesn't want to say this, it's too damn punishment."
"Hey, is something wrong?"
Chang Bingzhong saw the nervous look on his little brother Jia Liu's face, and burst out laughing, "We are all brothers within the banner, and there are no outsiders. What are you afraid of? Break the bones and connect the tendons. The Eight Banners of the Han Army are one family."
"That's right, if the imperial court hadn't always asked our Han army to raise flags, these Eight Banners would have been our Han Army's Eight Banners in the future!" Wang Fu said "hehe".
This involves the current policy of the Qing court and the prevention of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. It is a bit far-reaching, a bit deep, and even a bit taboo.
Jia Liu quickly interrupted and said: "Okay, just say a few words...it's a mule or a horse. We'll find out when we meet on the school field. Don't be overwhelmed by people's flags and you won't be able to find your face."
After saying that, he glanced at Zu Yingyuan from the corner of his eye, who had been silent since getting in the car. The other person's face was still expressionless.
After Jia Liu said this, Chang Bingzhong and Wang Fu stopped saying anything stupid.
This is because the two of them are used to being stupid and don't know the seriousness of the relationship. The older one would definitely not be able to say this.
It can also be seen from this that the gang of dandies in the Eight Banners of the Han Army are really inferior to each other.
In the carriage, it became quiet for a moment, and you could hear the creaking sound of the wheels turning.
Deshengmen Campus is located in Jishuitan in the north of the imperial city. The place was originally called Xihaizi, and the Royal Horse Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty had a horse factory here. It is said that Wei Zhongxian, the great eunuch during the Tianqi period, did horse washing in Jishuitan before he became successful.
During the Chongzhen period, the Ming Dynasty general Mangui also fought a fierce battle with the Qing army at Deshengmen.
As the carriage at the front stopped, everyone finally arrived at the school grounds.
Someone in front was shouting: "Get off the car and gather, don't run around, just wait behind the sign!"
Jia Liu was the third one to get out of the car. As soon as he jumped out, he saw twenty-four wooden signs standing side by side from east to west.
On it are written the names of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
Outside the school wall, an Eight Banners soldier from the Jianrui Battalion stood every ten steps. The wall was also covered with Eight Banners military flags, which looked strict and orderly.
Some of the people behind each flag sign were not yet there, and some were already lined up.
"Dong dong dong!"
Just as Jia Liu was looking around, drums sounded, and immediately someone shouted: "The Han army is arriving with the blue flag!"
The sound of drums and the scene in front of him made Jia Liu think of a song: The long road is long with you, with courage and enthusiasm.