Although Hami was taken down, the news that the Northern Navy sent troops to Tianshan also spread to Yumen Pass.

Twenty days later, a 600-mile memorial issued by the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Lebao arrived in the capital at night and went straight to the Qianlong case.

"The slave Lebao knelt down and reported that in order to ensure the situation of bandits on the east road of Xinjiang, he rushed to urge officers and soldiers to quickly suppress the attack. The reason for the incident was to investigate the large team of pirates in North Hai from Kobdo in mid-August. After entering Xinjiang East Road, bandits still followed, with more than 10,000 people. The ancient city, Zhenxi Prefecture, and Hami were all destroyed. Turpan was in danger, and the post road to Wulumuqi was cut off..."

In the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace, Qianlong, who was sitting cross-legged on the big kang, closed his eyes slightly. Although he looked like an ancient well without waves, he actually felt like he swallowed a mouthful of bitter and strong tea in his heart.

When Heshen finished reading all the contents of the memorial, it took a long time before Qianlong said quietly: "From the Holy Ancestor, Shizong and then to me, I have been pursuing several times, and have been reclaiming for more than 70 years, turning the wilderness into barriers and building barriers to the Western Regions. Now, he has made a wedding dress for Zhao Xin. He has been preparing for Kobedo for two years. I originally thought that I would have to wait until the beginning of spring next year before starting the attack, but I didn't expect that they would choose late autumn!"

At this time, only Heshen accompanied the old Qianlong in the hall. Prince Jia Yongyan took the 5,000 Eight Banners of the Jingying and his family to Xi'an after July 15th. Those accompanied were Wang Jie, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, Dong Gao, the Minister of Military Affairs, Ji Yun, the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Rites, and other Manchu and Han ministers. Heshen's honor and disgrace were all subject to Qianlong. As long as the person in front of him did not move, he could only accompany him.

Heshen pursed his lips and comforted him: "Master, don't worry too much. The slave thought that Zhao Ni would fall into a quagmire this time and would be unable to escape for a while, so he could buy more time for the court."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

"The master knows. Although the slaves do not understand military affairs, they also know some of the geographical situation and people's conditions in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. That plot is larger than Khalkha, and is different from Khalkha. They live together in the Han Dynasty and have mixed people's feelings. There was a white-hat black-hat battle in the past. Now the Kokhan Khanate has invaded again. Although the North Sea pirates occupied Hami and controlled the Taiwan Station Road to the northern border, as long as they enter the southern border, they will have to fight one city and one city. With Zhao Ni's temperament of not giving up in an inch of land, he will definitely go to war with the Kokhan Khanate. He can use the trick of driving tigers and swallowing wolves to force Fu Yaolin and Helin to take southern Tibet and Myanmar for him; the court can naturally do the opposite and let him fight with the Kokhan Khanate and even Aiwuhan. In this way, tens of thousands of troops of the North Sea will be firmly sucked in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, consuming money and food, and the northwest will be temporarily worried."

The more Qianlong heard it, his eyes became brighter and brighter. He didn't expect that Heshen could come up with such a big game of chess, so he nodded and praised: "In a hurry, you can think of this. It seems that you have put a lot of effort into it on weekdays."

"I would like to recommend one person. As long as the master gives him an opportunity in advance and let him sneak back to southern Xinjiang from Qinghai, the southern Xinjiang will be in chaos. Zhao Ni wants to gain a foothold there, but it will not be possible for less than three or five years. In this way, the court will have more buffers."

Qianlong thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Are you talking about Dorobel Hadir?"

"The master's wise candle shines on his candle, and he sees thousands of miles of holes."

Hadil, former Duke Prince of Dorobega, was the fourth son of Hojis. After inheriting the title, he served as the governor of the Mongolian capital of the Enanguinhongqi and stayed in Beijing.

Speaking of the Hojis family, they have been a large family of Baishan Sect in Aksu and Wushi since the time of the Junggar Khanate, and their brothers and nephews are all Burke.

During the process of pacifying the Junggar, the Hojis family changed their minds and saw that the situation was not good. They designed to capture Dawaqi alive, which provided great help to the smooth advance of the Qing army. They even portrayed the Ziguang Pavilion and became one of the "fifty heroes" in pacifying the Junggar.

However, Huojis also had his own small plan. In order to consolidate his sphere of influence in southern Xinjiang, he later asked Amursana in secret, which aroused Qianlong's vigilance. When the Hezhuo rebelled, the Huojis family first became involved with Huoji, and then controlled the two major cities of Hetuo and Yarkand, and the power was almost the same as that of Hetuo. Although they later stood on the side of the Qing army, it had become a hidden danger for the Qing court.

When Hezhuo died of Badak Mountain and the Qing Dynasty unified the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, in order to ensure the stability of the southern border, Qianlong had to consider the first thing he had to do was to let the Huojisi family stay in the capital, and he was very cautious and secretly ordered General Zhao Hui to send him off. So when Huojisi brought his five sons to the capital with his five sons and other Burkes to meet him, they could not go back.

Later, except for the honest and dull third son Toktosopi, who was sent back to Aksu to be responsible for cemeteries for the family, the other four sons either inherited titles or served as ministers or guards. In short, they were high-ranking officials who were well-paid and well-paid, and it was absolutely impossible to return to southern Xinjiang.

Qianlong could imagine that once the Hadir brothers returned to southern Xinjiang, they would definitely collude with the Khanate of the Kokhan Kingdom, Tianshan South Road would definitely fall into a chaotic situation again, and the internal struggle between Baishan and Heishan would also start again. He felt that even if necessary, General Yili could cooperate and completely mess up the situation in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

Although doing this would burn his years of hard work, making the ten martial arts he once proud of became a dream of Huang Liang, and even countless people were displaced, for Qianlong at this time, as long as he could delay the pace of the Northern Navy entering the pass, he would not care about any means of the three routes.

Now, with the large number of Manchus moving westward, in order to raise enough food and funds to gain capital to gain a foothold in Tibet and Gurkha, the Qing court also adjusted its taxes. The main method was to increase the taxes of land tax and salt and tea taxes, most of which came from Heshen's idea.

For example, the land tax in Liangjiang and Huguang areas was originally entitled to one tael of silver per land tax. In addition, because Qianlong deeply hated that Wang Zhong and eight others had invested in Beihai Town and the Cao family in She County had a treason leader who could not find out the origin, he specially issued an order to impose an additional "mu donation" on the four places of Huizhou, Yangzhou, Changzhou and Taizhou; donating money between 200 and 400 yuan per mu, which made the local people complain.

In terms of salt tax, the price increase in salt farms in various places is particularly serious. For example, Huai Salt is transported from Yizheng to Yichang Prefecture, and the taxation is set up at all levels, resulting in the wholesale price after each (200 kilograms) of tax payment is as high as 20 taels.

As for the tea tax, it goes without saying that the loss of Khalkha made it difficult to investigate the situation where Shanxi merchants sold tea north to Beihai Town. So, after Heshen's approval, in addition to receiving three liang of regular tea, all teas would be subject to an additional tax of one liang of each place to be introduced. If Zhangjiakou was found to be transported to Chahar, then one liang of silver would be required.

In addition, Heshen also asked the Baoquan Bureau, located in Jinan, to cooperate with Liu Yong to place a large amount of small official and private money into Dengzhou Prefecture through private money tables and money shops. The main thing is to make a lot of money, but the focus is on destroying the economy under the rule of Beihai Town.

Isn’t you going to carry out land reform in Beihai Town, and divide the land of the gentry to the poor, so that the gentry will not lend us high interest? Then we will use private money to regain the losses. As long as private casting is popular, even if farmers can get a bumper harvest through high-yield seeds or water conservancy transformation, it will be useless to make farmers’ harvests better, and once prices, including grain prices rise, can also plunder the lower-level farmers.

Qianlong thought for a while, and finally made up his mind to say to the eunuch standing beside him: "Transfer an order to send Dorobel Hadir, and the Minister of Inner Hudaibaldi will hand over a sign to meet him tomorrow."

"Yeah!"

The matter in Xinjiang was almost over, and Qianlong remembered something again and asked: "Have you received the list of scholars participating in the Beihai Town Imperial Examination?"

Heshen hurriedly bowed and said, "I am not good at doing my job, I beg my master to punish me. Since the fall of Ula in Jilin, our contact with Furdan City has been broken."

"Where is Anping Port?"

"The slaves went there twice, but they didn't get along. I'm afraid there is a lot of luck."

Starting five years ago, there were three main channels for the Qing Dynasty to spy on Beihai Town. One was to use Jilin Wula as the core, radiating to Heilongjiang City, Ningguta, Furdan City, Boli and other places; the second was to use Anping Port as the core, and to install spies among merchants who traded and traded to inquire about information; the third was to Huining Mansion, Li Chao, which was separated from Hunchun, which was closest to Beihai Town.

In addition, there is Jiaodong, but many of the news about Beihai Town there are rumors and must be verified with the previous information.

However, with the loss of Jilin Ula, the Northern Navy's troops reached the willow wall. In addition, the Northern Navy in Hunchun suddenly crossed the Tumen River before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two main information transmission channels of the Qing Dynasty were severely damaged, making the timeliness of obtaining intelligence more and more delayed. Many of the situations reported by Shangyu's backup office are all about the summer.

Qianlong sighed helplessly, knowing that this matter was in a hurry. The "black security police" in Beihai Town is now famous, with elusive methods, which made countless secret spies fall into the hands of the other party. He said hatefully: "I have no lord and father, and have formed bandits in secret, and they are all restless bastards. The crime should be punished by the nine clans!"

"Don't be angry, don't get angry."

"If you ask the Ministry of War monk Yu to send additional staff to the spare department, you must get the list, and no one on it can be spared!"

“Yes, yes!”

When talking about scholars, Qianlong remembered something again and asked: "How was the matter of the Confucius family in Qufu? When did they plan to set off for Xi'an?"

Heshen was stunned. The Kong family had already said the day before yesterday, why did he ask again today? He didn't have time to think about it and replied: "Master, Kong Yangyuan can't get out of bed. The imperial physician had already gone to his house to see a doctor the day before yesterday. He was indeed very sick, and I'm afraid he can't stand the end of the year."

Kong Yangyuan was Kong Xianpei, the 71st generation of Yansheng Gong of the Confucius Mansion. This queen adopted Kong Qingrong, the son of his younger brother Kong Xianzeng as his queen. But the problem is that the child is only six years old now. Moreover, if Kong Xianpei had a few shortcomings, Kong Qingrong would definitely have to support his spirit and return to Qufu for burial, and he would not be able to leave for a while.

Qianlong was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, but there was no good idea. He pondered for a moment and said, "How is the matter in Quzhou?"

Heshen said: "Ji Qing is still thinking of a solution. The slave has told him that he will be asked to hand over the statue of Kaimu by the end of the year and send it to Xi'an by the Fufa soldiers and horses."

Qianlong shook his head and said, "Although Jiqing is a royal family, he is too loyal and pedantic, so he can't do this. This matter is of great importance, so let Wu Lana, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, secretly handle it. I will issue a secret decree, and you can ask the people from Shangyu's spare parts to cooperate."

"Yeah!"

What the two said was the statue of the Kaimu of Confucius and his wife enshrined in the Confucius Temple in Quzhou, which was a family heirloom of the Confucius family. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin army invaded the south. At that time, the then Yansheng Gong Kong Duanyou fled to Hangzhou with the Kaimu statue and later settled in Quzhou. Nankong has since grown up. Although it has been through the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the Kaimu statue has remained in the Confucius Temple in Quzhou.

Although it was just two wooden statues, it had great appeal to scholars all over the world. Qianlong felt that as long as he got the wooden statue and Yansheng Gong, Beihai Town would not be able to surrender to scholars all over the world, and the orthodox Confucianism was still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

"Master, there is something else to do with the slave. The Ministry of Rites has formulated the posthumous title of A Zhongtang and respectfully requested the sage."

"The court lost another beam..." Qianlong got up and got off the kang, walked around the hall, looked at the ground with a faint look, then turned to look at the heavy snow outside the window, and said for a long time: "What did you settle for?"

"Wenxiang."

Two years ago, Agui led his troops to Khalkha to fight Fan Tong. After returning to Beijing, he was bedridden. After more than a year of treatment, Qianlong sent imperial physicians to the outpatient clinic many times, and it had improved slightly. This year, he was still in the palace with his grandson to thank him. Qianlong wanted to wait for him to recuperate for a few more days, and then sent to Xi'an to assist Yongyan.

Unexpectedly, when news that Zhao Xin forced the court to take southern Tibet and Myanmar again came out, Agui immediately bleeded and couldn't get sick. He followed Fu Heng to expedition to Myanmar, and knew how dangerous it was. When he thought that the Qing Dynasty was forced to survive, he felt both hatred and angry.

Only more than a month later, this Qianlong dynasty who had been on horseback and dismounted the horse to govern the people and painted four portraits in Ziguang Pavilion could not survive and died two days ago at the age of 76.

The posthumous title of "Wenxiang" is no longer low. The so-called virtue of land and armor is called "Xiang". Agui led the army to fight in the east and west during his life, including Jinchuan, pacifying Hezhuo, Myanmar, and supervising the rebellion of Shaanxi and Gansu. Of course, he fought two games with Beihai Town, but he returned home in a big defeat, which became an undisguised stain for his whole life.

Qianlong pondered for a moment and felt that it was still too light. He immediately said, "Prince Wenzhong. Agui's ability is not only martial arts, but also concerns that the country is forgetting his family, and integrity is fair, so he can afford it!"

As Qianlong said, he walked slowly to the desk, picked up his pen and dipped it in cinnabar and wrote it on paper, and then handed it to Heshen.

Heshen took over with an expressionless face, feeling a little uncomfortable. You should know that since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, only two people have received the posthumous title of "Wenzhong", one is Sony, the old minister of the Shunzhi Dynasty, and the other is Fu Heng. What kind of virtue is Agui, who is actually comparable to Fu Heng in Qianlong's mind.

But soon he felt relieved again. The two of them had been fighting openly and secretly for more than ten years, but now they are gone. It is really unnecessary to be entangled in the posthumous title. The key is to quickly gather the plate left by A Gui.

"Get up and have a good time! Let's go and see Yancheng, and teach him not to come over to thank him. I will talk about it when the funeral is over."
Chapter completed!