Regarding the foreign barbarians helping the thieves to attack our officers and soldiers, Liang Guozhi advocated that Li Shiyao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, send a note to the Portuguese authorities in Macau, asking them to assist the Qing Dynasty in investigating the details of the foreign barbarian soldiers recently operating in Taiwan.
"Whether it is British-Barbarian, French-Barbarian, Dutch-Barbarian, Western Barbarian or other countries, if they really send troops to help the thieves, Guangdong Customs will be asked to cut them off from trade and expel their merchants and priests."
To put it bluntly, Liang Guozhi's intention was to put the foreign barbarians who were colluding with the thieves into the trade blacklist, and to use trade pressure to force the foreign barbarians who interfered in the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty to wake up and evacuate their people from Taiwan.
It is indeed the national condition to have one "barbarian" in each mouth.
In the Qing Dynasty, all Western countries were called "Yi", and all affairs related to the Yi were called "Yi Wu".
Most of the time, relevant "barbarian affairs" are handled by the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi, and there is no need to report unless necessary.
Therefore, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was more like the foreign minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he also had the power to make final decisions on barbarian affairs.
At that time, the English businessman went to Dagu, Tianjin to file a petition. It was because Guangdong did not give him a chance to visit, so he had no choice but to go north to Tianjin.
In the end, each received fifty votes.
There are many reports on the details of various countries. Although they are general, they also let the Qing court know that there are so-called English and French countries thousands of miles away.
However, in the opinion of the military officials, the most powerful country in the Western countries is a foreign country called Sweden, because this country's artillery and guns are very sharp, and many of them are copied by the Yangxin Palace Building Office.
Back then, with a population of less than one million, the Junggars were able to compete with the Qing Dynasty for decades and defeated our Qing armies several times. This was all due to the fact that the Junggars received support from Sweden, and their army even hired Swedish officers for training.
In the battle with Tongbo, we lost 60% of the Qing army, and 80% of the generals above the deputy capital commander were killed. After this battle, the late emperor had to negotiate peace with Junggar, and he could no longer negotiate peace with Junggar until his death.
In addition, I heard that this Swedish country also defeated the Rakshasa country that forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the "Treaty of Nerchinsk", and it can be called a first-class powerful country in Europe.
Therefore, compared with Sweden, France and England are small countries and not worth mentioning.
Liang Guozhi's opinion was unanimously approved by all the senior officials of the Military Aircraft Department.
Fujian's request for help could not be ignored. In the end, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs ordered the former Fujian army to be transferred to Jinchuan. Now Huguang participated in the encirclement and suppression of the enemy bandits, Changfu and Luoyuan's second battalion were transferred back to the province. In addition, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and Fuzhou general Changlin were selected.
Fujian garrisoned 1,500 Eight Banners soldiers and crossed the sea to provide reinforcements.
This was also an expedient measure. Fulehun wanted to wait until Huguang was pacified and if the chaos in Taiwan could not end, he would ask Feng Sheng'er to lead the army to Fujian and wipe out the Tiandihui gang of rebels with thunderous force.
This resolution was also passed unanimously.
The logic is obvious. If we really force the rebuilt Eight Banners from Beijing to go south, or cobble together troops and horses from other provinces to go to Fujian, the money and food expenditures of the imperial court will be unimaginable, and it is simply unaffordable with the current revenue of the national treasury.
Moreover, it is unknown whether the Eight Banners in Beijing are willing to go south to quell the rebellion.
After all, the Eight Banners in Beijing are now not only complex in composition, but also belong to different forces.
Whoever goes and who doesn't go is enough to make it difficult for the military and the military. If it's not done well, people will think that Fu Zhongtang is trying to kill people with a borrowed knife.
Now we can only ask Fujian to find a way to deal with it. The soldiers of the second battalion of Changfu and Luo Yuan who were transferred back are the main force of the Fujian Green Battalion. With the Fuzhou Eight Banners suppressing the formation, even if the chaos cannot be quelled, it is not difficult to temporarily contain the rebel offensive.
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In particular, the Fuzhou Eight Banners were the second largest garrison after Jiangning. As the saying goes, raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a short time was now the time for them to repay the Qing Dynasty. We couldn't let the imperial court support them in vain.
Official documents were issued one after another quickly. At this time, the sun was already high, and it was almost time.
"You have stayed up all night with me, and you should go back and rest first. Your efforts will be needed for the national affairs in the future."
Fullerhun called Qinggui, Liang Guozhi, and Yuan Shoudong went back to rest first, while he continued to be on duty at the military aircraft department.
Liang Guozhi kindly persuaded Fu Zhongtang to go back and take a rest, but Fu Zhongtang looked like the country was like this, and how could I, the foreman, rest.
Everyone's persuasion failed, so they had no choice but to return home first.
After all his colleagues left, Fulehun picked up his tea bowl and took a sip, then called his confidant Zhang Jingnamutu: "Who has gone to Guiziliu's place?"
"Let's talk back to the central hall. Many people from the Han army have gone there."
Namutu sent a lot of spies in Xiliu Hutong, so it was clear who went to him.
"Han Army?"
Fulehun knew that the Han army group was close to the Japanese army, so he sneered: "These are just useless people, wait until I can free up my hands to deal with them one by one."
After saying this, he asked Namutu who else went to the court besides the Han army.
Namutu said that the Abe Hall of the Ministry of Personnel and the Kuibutang Hall of the Ministry of Rites also went, and they did not go alone, but brought many officials from their respective departments with them.
"Asha is incompetent and useless, and Queenie is begging for mercy. These two are nothing to worry about."
Fuller Hun really didn't take Guizi Liu's two dogs seriously. He didn't even need to take action to defeat Guizi Liu. I'm afraid the two dogs would have to go to his own door to plead guilty.
Asked who else?
Namutu quickly said that Prince Xin had also gone.
"King Xin is Guizi Liu's brother-in-law. If he doesn't go, there will be ghosts."
Fulehun smiled and asked Namutu to go down first. If anyone else was there in Xiliu Hutong, he would come and report it as soon as possible.
"嗻!"
Namutu bowed and exited the check-in room, and met Suolin, the Manchu minister of military aircraft.
Master Suo is on duty today. He just went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to discuss with Shangshu Yonggui how to melt the gold bricks from Jingling and transport them back.
Regarding the fact that the Jingling gold bricks were secretly transported back to Beijing, very few people knew about it. After all, it was really embarrassing for the court to spread this matter.
But the matter must be urgent, and the court cannot let the frontline soldiers starve.
Yonggui is also a person who understands the general situation. He has ordered the relevant units of the Ministry of Revenue to melt the gold bricks and exchange them privately with the Beijing Bank. It is scheduled to be shipped to the Dingxi General at the beginning of next month for the distribution of military pay and the purchase of food and weapons.
After Suolin briefly reported the matter to the foreman, and after reading the urgent delivery from Fujian yesterday and the handling opinions drawn up by the Military Aircraft Department, she asked the foreman about adding more nominees.
Just as he was talking, Namutu hurriedly came to report that He Shen, the minister of household affairs, had gone to Xiliu Hutong.
After hearing this, Fullerhun did not get angry, but nodded lightly and continued to discuss the nomination with Solin.
The reason why he was not angry was that he knew that Heshen had a relationship with Guiziliu. The Guiziliu family was originally going to give birth to a banner. Later, Heshen's wife's grandfather Yinglian gave the emperor advice to add Baitang'a, which gave Guiziliu a chance to pass the exam.
Baitang'a went to Jinchuan.
To be honest, that boy He Shen is a nobleman of Guiziliu.
Now Guiziliu is hosting a full-moon banquet for his brother. If he and Shen don't go, it will be very suspicious.
In fact, even if there was no such relationship, Fulehun would not touch Heshen.
Because he discovered that He Shen is really capable, at least he is an expert in making money. In the past few months alone, he has collected several million taels of criminal banknotes, and he has also taken care of several other plots against the palace's shop industry.
It was very organized and solved a big problem for him, the leader of the military aircraft.
Talents are rare and the country is in troubled times, so it is impossible for Fulhun to touch Heshen.
"Increasing nominations does not mean that these people will become the hat kings of my Qing Dynasty. I still choose according to the original decision, but they must look presentable on the surface. I intend to nominate a wider range of clans, and they must have yellow belts and red belts.
There should also be some."
While Lao Fu and Suo Lin were exchanging opinions, Namutu hurried over again, this time his face was obviously more anxious than before, even panicked.
The old man raised his head and glanced at the panicked Namutu, and said calmly: "What are you doing in such a panic? Even if the emperor goes up, the sky will not fall."
After all, after being the top leader of the imperial court for more than half a year, Lao Fu is obviously a few percentage points better than when he was the governor of Sichuan, both in terms of city government and ability to change things.
When Suo Lin heard this, she was startled for a moment and lowered her eyelids calmly.
"Zhongtang, it's not the emperor, it's the fifteenth elder brother! Mr. Jia Jia, the devil, had someone pick up the fifteenth elder brother from Changchun Garden!"
Namutu was anxious and panicked.
"who?"
"Brother Fifteen!"
"It's broken! Get the sedan ready quickly, no, get ready the carriage quickly, what a bastard, that bastard wants to go alone!"
The sound of Lao Fu slamming the table startled Sorin, and before he could react, Fu Zhongtang's fat body flew out from in front of his eyes like a ball.