Chapter five hundred and twentieth Qing's firefighting captain
Yu Wenyi, the governor of Fujian, and Debao, the governor-general, sent an urgent message about Taiwan almost to Beijing.
After learning that tens of thousands of people had gathered in the Taiwan Heaven and Earth Meeting, and that most of the government, four counties, and three offices had been lost, the old man who presided over the provisional military government could not sit still. He quickly put aside the matters at hand and hurriedly summoned relevant officials for discussion.
The meeting had two propositions.
The first is the policy of "all-out appeasement of Taiwan" proposed by Iletu, Minister of the Ministry of War.
Iletu believed that he should send out important ministers to mobilize the Manchu and Han soldiers from Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian and even Guangxi, and also transfer back the Fujian Second Battalion, which was previously transferred to General Dingxi, and order the officers and soldiers from the four provinces to cross the sea platform, known as the 100,000-strong army.
The power of thunder can level the world in one fell swoop and the rebels will rebel.
Regarding who could be the commander-in-chief of the army, Yiletu suggested that he should be given the title of Admiral of the Nine Gates, and Jia Jia Shikai, the right minister of the Ministry of War, should go to Fujian with the rank of minister to control the Manchu and Han officers and soldiers in three (four) provinces.
Of course the old rich man knew his brother-in-law's purpose of removing Jia Shikai, and in his heart he also wanted to get rid of his six sons and wise brothers, so that no one would hinder his "change of dynasty."
However, the war in Huguang is currently fierce. If another large army is mobilized to attack Taiwan, not only the national treasury will not be able to bear the financial burden, but also the large number of troops will be withdrawn, which will destabilize the southeast, giving anti-Qing elements an opportunity.
Moreover, it seems impossible for Liu Zixiandi to agree to go to Taiwan.
The proposition put forward by Minister of Military and Aircraft Qinggui is relatively more feasible.
Qinggui believed that the Taiwanese rebels were nothing more than a ragtag group and there was no need to make a fuss about it. He only needed to dispatch troops from Fujian Province to cross the sea, and the rebels would definitely flee.
There are three specific deployments.
First, the governor of Fujian Yu Wenyi agreed to the request to open Taiwan Town, with Fuzhou garrison Chai Daji as the chief military officer, leading a battalion of 2,000 soldiers to cross the sea for reinforcements;
Second, Huang Shijian, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, was ordered to lead 2,000 troops from Xiamen by ferry to Luerkou;
The third was to order Ren Chengen, the admiral of Fujian Green Camp, to lead 2,000 troops, and the deputy general of the Min'an Association, Xu Dingshi, to lead 1,000 troops, and set out from Min'ankou to Lu'erkou to join Huang Shijian's navy.
After the three troops arrived in Taiwan, they announced to the outside world that the imperial court would send a large army to Taiwan in the near future, thereby causing psychological pressure on the Heaven and Earth congregation and disrupting their deployment.
At the same time, we must support the large gentry in Taiwan who persist in resisting the rebels, either by sending people to advise them, or by providing them with money, food, and weapons.
Qinggui's plan was limited to Fujian Province, and the mobilization of troops and money and food were obviously much less than sending a large army to cross Taiwan. Fujian itself could barely support it.
After much deliberation, the old man agreed with the Qinggui plan, and in the name of the emperor issued an order to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the governor of Fujian to handle it.
He also instructed the Fujian area to recruit and employ people, tolerate those who are rebellious, and send people who are familiar with thieves to serve as conspirators.
I tell the people of Taiwan, "If you can capture and bind the leader of a thief, if you come to present the thief's eyes, you will be rewarded more generously, and if you use the humiliation of being promoted to an official position to alienate his followers, it will be easier for him to get the leader."
Qinggui's plan soon reached the ears of Jia Liu who was in Jingling, and he ordered Shuan Zhu to copy the plan and send it to Yang Yuchun and Liu De before the imperial decree.
"Tell Xiao Chunzi, no matter how many ways the Qing troops in Fujian cross Taiwan, they just need to watch and fight for me all the way to ensure control of the Tainan area."
In my impression, the Battle of Platform was fought by the firefighting captain Fukangan, and the reason why Qianlong sent Fukangan was because the Fujian authorities could not deal with Lin Shuangwen, so they gathered tens of thousands of troops to attack Taiwan.
And this battle was listed as the last of the "Ten Complete Martial Arts".
Now that the third son of the Fujian family has gone to heaven, Fujian's provincial troops can only use a few thousand people at most, so there is nothing to worry about. Just let Yang Yuchun train.
As for whether he should succeed Fukangan and become the firefighting captain of Da Qingqing, Jia Liu is also considering it.
It depends on whether the Qing Dynasty will give him a chance.
"Master, this Iletu is very bad. He always wants to drive you out of the capital. Have you checked what poems he has written against the Qing Dynasty and the emperor?"
It's been a while since Shuan Zhu wrote about crimes, and his hands are a little itchy.
"Forget it, this guy is the brother-in-law of Fu Zhongtang. He doesn't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face. Don't touch him for the time being."
Jia Liu really didn't want to break up with the old rich man now. If he touched Yiletu, he would touch the old rich man.
In the next few days, on the surface, everyone in the capital was working on the burial of the Empress Dowager, but in reality, several major actions took place, all of which were personnel changes.
Mainly candidates for ministers.
Cai Xin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was punished by the Ming Dynasty for colluding with the rebels. His vacated position as Minister of the Han Dynasty was taken over by Zhou Huang, the former minister of the Ministry of War.
According to the resume of important officials of the Qing Dynasty compiled by Shuan Zhu, this Zhou Huang not only served as the minister of the Ministry of War, but also served as minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment for one year respectively, and then went to Zhejiang for two years to serve as the admiral of academic affairs.
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And this Zhou Huang also had friendship with Lao Fu.
In May of the previous year, this person went to Sichuan to investigate several cases with Yongde, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, and was similar to a special inspector sent by the imperial court.
Zhou Huang stayed in Sichuan for nearly a year and developed a working friendship with Lao Fu, who was the governor of Sichuan at the time. Jia Liu did not know whether he later became a member of the Fu Party or a member of the mutual aid association.
But it is certain that Zhou Huang succeeded Cai Xin as Han Shangshu of the Ministry of War, which was definitely the beginning of Lao Fula's gang.
Yiletu, the Manchu minister of the Ministry of War, was the brother-in-law of the old rich man. Then there was Zhou Huang, and the Ministry of War was actually completely in the hands of the old rich man.
That is to say, apart from the fact that Lao Fu could not command the Eight Banners and Green Camp troops garrisoned in the capital, he could also mobilize the banner and Han soldiers and horses outside the capital through the two ministers of the Ministry of War.
Gradually, he is no longer a low-status figure like Boxer.
The Minister of Punishment, Ying Lian, begged for leave because of his illness. After the Military Aircraft Department received his petition for retirement, the old man drafted an imperial edict in the name of Qianlong, ordering Ying Lian to return home to support his illness.
For the sake of Jia Liu's face, the old rich man also used his integrity to serve in the Han army. He had been co-organizer for many years and filled the vacancy of scholars in the Han University.
That is to say, Ying Lian was given a deputy state retirement package.
After receiving the decree, Yinglian wrote a letter requesting to return to Shengjing, citing his ancestral home in Shengjing.
Of course, this petition was definitely not written by Ying Lian himself, but was submitted by his grandson-in-law He Shen on his behalf.
The old rich man wished that Ying Lian, the minister of political affairs, would go away, so he didn't tell Qianlong and just told Ying Lian to pack up his things and get out.
The person who succeeded Yinglian as Man Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was Jia Liu's second cousin, Se Kexi, who was also the younger brother of Se Hentu, his cousin.
The Han minister of the Ministry of Justice, Liang Guozhi, concurrently served as the minister of military aircraft, and the Han minister of the household ministry, Yuan Shoudong, concurrently served as the minister of military aircraft of the Han Dynasty.
This move shows that Liang Guozhi and Yuan Shoudong, two Han military ministers, have become wealthy, lustful and treacherous party backbones.
Qinggui, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, succeeded the rebel Chuo Ketuo and also took charge of the Ministry of Industry.
Yonggui, the Minister of Household Affairs, was not implicated in the relevant incidents because his son Yijiang'a had a good relationship with Jialiu.
When it came time to divide the cake, Jia Liu couldn't be idle. Jingling sent at least three waves of fast horses to the capital every day.
Jia Liu's request is that Kuini, the minister of rites, succeeds the old rich man as the minister of rites;
Retain He Shen, Minister of Household Affairs, and Minister of Internal Affairs;
He retained Asiha's position as Minister of Civil Affairs and joined the Military Aircraft Department.
In addition, Zhou Yuanli, the governor of Zhili, was appointed as the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the post of governor of Zhili was taken over by Yang Jingsu, the chief envoy.
In other words, official Yang was reinstated to his post.
Jia Liu insisted on the four demands and refused to give in to any of them.
The old rich man obviously had other ideas, so the two brothers spent a long time focusing on Jia Liu's four demands.