Tuoyong, who succeeded Iletu, a member of the wealthy party, as Minister of War, was a little incredulous. He really could not understand how the map stored in the map room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs disappeared.
This Duke was born in Xianghuang Banner in Manchuria. He was an official in the early years and later served in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. When he was the governor of Guangxi, he also organized the Green Battalion to go to Yunnan and enter Myanmar to reinforce the Agui battle. He was considered to have battle experience. Later, he served in the Ministry of Industry
During his tenure as minister, he was impeached by the imperial censor for corruption and retired early, and has been living leisurely in the capital.
When there was chaos in the palace and ominous events all over the city, Tuoyong's family happened to go back to their hometown outside the customs to worship their ancestors and escaped disaster.
This time the emperor returned to the throne. The former minister of the Ministry of War, Yiletu, and the minister of military affairs, Fu Ming'an, were both backbones of the wealthy party and could not stay in office. Therefore, it was necessary to have a senior official who was familiar with military equipment to take charge of the Ministry of War.
However, there was no such figure in the court. Finally, Qianlong thought of Tuo Yong, who had served as governor of Guangxi. Tuo Yong, who had retired for seven or eight years, suddenly became the Minister of Defense of the Qing Dynasty.
This imperial meeting was convened by an urgent order after the emperor returned from prison in the Ministry of Punishment.
Except for one minister who was left on duty at the Military Aircraft Department, the rest of the military aircraft ministers and officials from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry all went to the Yangxin Hall. In addition, all the ministers in the squad and the imperial ministers went to the palace to discuss the report in front of the king.
The standards are so high that they have never been seen before when an emperor returns to the throne.
This shows the urgency of the situation.
After all the ministers were ordered to enter the palace urgently, they found out that the content of this imperial meeting was to send troops to fight against rebellion.
What is "reverse"?
Yang Jingsuye, Governor of Zhili!
Soon, the content of Zhili's treacherous telegram became known to all the ministers. It was like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves. All the ministers were frightened, but no one dared to speak. For a moment, the silence in the palace was suffocating.
Suolin, the head military minister, broke the silence and said that Zhili is an important area in the capital. Since the beginning of the Republic of China, more than 40,000 Banner and Han troops have been stationed. Now that the governor of Zhili is openly plotting rebellion, the court must quickly suppress it with thunder and capture Yang Jingsu.
The rebel party headed by the rebel party, otherwise the capital, which is surrounded by the rebel party in the capital, will surely be trapped by it.
If internal and external separation is severed, the imperial court cannot be protected and the emperor is in danger!
Wang Jie, the former censor of the right capital, who had just come to Beijing from his hometown to serve as Minister of Military and Aircraft, was listed. He first expressed his hatred for the rebels, and then said that the situation must not be allowed to escalate. Otherwise, if another province responds to Zhili, the imperial court will be extremely upset.
passive.
In particular, Yang Jingsu's counter-electricity openly supports the national traitor Guiziliu. If Yang's arrogance is not suppressed, it will have unpredictable consequences for the Huguang front line. Then Guiziliu is very likely to use Yang Jingsu's counter-electricity to make a big fuss and call himself anti-customer.
He is the one who represents the legal system of the Qing Dynasty.
After all, until now, the imperial court had not received any news of the success of the three tigers from Prince Lu.
The opinions of all the ministers were very unanimous, and it was urgent to send troops to fight against the rebellion.
But how to send out troops cannot be drawn by everyone's hands. It can be said with words. There must be a detailed plan, which requires detailed maps.
As a result, the news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was that the complete map of the Qing Dynasty, which was a national treasure, had disappeared!
This shocked all the ministers, and Qianlong was even more furious. He was so angry that he smashed the purple jade pipe he had been smoking for more than ten years.
Since he ascended the throne, Qianlong attached great importance to maps and spent a lot of money to draw maps of the country. The national maps stored in the map room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were made of brass because they could be preserved for thousands of years.
This comprehensive map of the Qing Dynasty, which cost a lot of money and countless people's efforts, is unprecedented in history. It includes the trends of mountains and rivers in various provinces, all dangerous passes, and even county rivers are marked.
It can be said that with this detailed map, the imperial army's rebellious army was able to point out where to attack as if they had opened their eyes.
The problem is, no more!
In anger, Qianlong ordered Yuan Shoudong to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to look for it again, but Yuan Shoudong said that he had rummaged through the map room warehouse and could not find the complete copper plate of the Qing Dynasty.
In order not to delay the important event, I asked several staff from the map office to hand-draw a map of Zhili based on their impressions.
Although it is incomplete and contains errors, it is better than nothing.
Let's put it together.
Qianlong said angrily: "These dog slaves really deserve to be killed. According to my decree, I will kill all the dog slaves in the map room!"
Seeing this, Suo Lin stepped forward and said that maybe during the palace chaos, a thief broke into the Ministry of Internal Affairs and stole the map. Or maybe the rich thief put the map elsewhere when he was in power, but someone could find it again. So let's leave it at that.
All the servants in the map room were killed, which may not be a bit harsh.
Another meaning is that it is not stated clearly. It is probably because Your Majesty has just been released from prison and it is time for you to behave. You cannot be the same as before, otherwise you may have to go in again.
Qianlong calmly waved his hand and asked Yong, the Minister of War, to formulate a plan to fight against the rebellion.
The Ministry of War had detailed information on the troops stationed in Zhili, and a chief of the Ministry of War used a pen to barely mark the locations of the men and horses that Yang Jingsu could use on the map.
The ministers were also horrified when they saw it. If the Ministry of War's mark was correct, then the capital was completely surrounded by the rebels.
Qianlong didn't care about these details and only asked the ministers who could lead the army to fight against rebellion?
But no one responded.
After a while, the military minister Liang Guozhi reminded the emperor, where should the rebellious army be used?
"Um?"
Qianlong paused and frowned, as if he really didn't have any troops to use right now.
Half of the main force of the Beijing camp was brought to Huguang by Guiziliu, and half of the remaining soldiers were controlled by Sehentu. The other half were soldiers of the rich thief Lehun. Although these soldiers are currently obeying him as the emperor, he has allowed them to leave the capital.
Are you still loyal to him?
It was really a big problem.
Fortunately, Wang Zhongtang, who was born in Zhuangyuanlang, pointed out the hope to the emperor, which was to immediately mobilize the Eight Banners soldiers outside the pass to defend the capital and at the same time bring down the Zhili rebels.
"Customs?"
Ministers, you look at me and I look at you, and they all think it is feasible.
Although all the main forces of the Eight Banners entered the Pass at the beginning of the Republic of China, a certain scale of Eight Banners troops remained outside the Pass, including 18,600 from General Shengjing, 9,900 from General Jilin, and 11,000 from General Heilongjiang.
The total number of Eight Banners soldiers under the three generals reached more than 30,000. Although their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the early days of the Republic of China, they were much stronger than the Eight Banners soldiers in the pass.
Therefore, if the Eight Banners soldiers outside the Pass can enter the Pass in time to defend the capital, it will be a big bargaining chip for the emperor and the court.
At present, they all seconded the proposal to mobilize the Eight Banners soldiers outside the pass to enter the pass.
Qianlong agreed and ordered the Military Aircraft Department to prepare a decree and send General Hongxiang of Shengjing, General Fu Chun of Jilin, and General Fu Yu of Heilongjiang. After receiving the decree, the three generals mobilized the main force of their flag troops to enter the pass.
"General Shengjing's headquarters can arrive in the capital in seven days at the fastest. In this way, Zhili rebels are not a worry. The opinion of the Ministry of National Defense is that once the Zhili rebels are defeated, the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai can be the main force to reinforce Huguang and solve the Jia thief world.
Kai defeated the Huguang bandit army at the same time."
The words of Lord Tuoyong, Minister of the Ministry of War, can be summed up by saying that the advantage is still in the court.
However, the bad news coming from outside the palace made the Minister of Defense, who had just blushed, suddenly turn yellow again.
“Shandong Governor Cathay received electricity!”
"Governor of Shanxi E Bao gets electricity!"
"Henan Governor Xu Yucheng electrified the country!"
"Shaanxi Governor Bi Yuan electrifies!"
He Shen, who was left on duty at the military aircraft office, ran all the way, his heart almost jumping out of his throat.
"What do you say to your lord, the governors of the four provinces!"
Ansai, the minister at the gate of the palace, helped Heshen who was about to fall.
He Shen ignored his breath, swallowed his throat and looked at the emperor with a look of sorrow and anger: "The governors of the four provinces jointly sent a telegram to the court, asking the emperor to leave the country and live in Tianjin!"