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Chapter 341 This is Mr. Prime Minister's

Premier Jia Jia's PPT report is very detailed and pragmatic.

Comprehensive analysis from various angles such as the strength of the enemy and the enemy, the deployment of troops and horses, the supply of money and food, the right time and place, the unity of the people, etc., coupled with the font that imitates everyone, is more pleasing to the eye than the champion examination paper.

All the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department said that the Prime Minister of Shandong's military affairs plan to suppress bandits was something they had never seen in their years of being officials.

The Minister of Rites, Quini, who happened to be working at the Military Aircraft Office, watched the bandit suppression PPT, and couldn't help but praise: "Wen has Heshen, Wu has Shikai, the prosperity of the country is just around the corner."

Basically, the Military Aircraft Department agreed with Premier Jia Jia's policy of "siege first, attack second" to suppress bandits, because this policy is indeed the safest.

If the strong attack fails again, if the religious bandits run out from Linqing, it will not be possible for the more than [-] soldiers and horses in the two provinces to stop it now.

At that time, it is not yet known how much manpower and material resources will be mobilized to suppress the bandit chaos.

The Qing Dynasty is now an eventful season, since the Jinchuan bandits protruded from Sichuan and entered Huguang, there has been no good news.

The latest news from Hubei is that the Fan Army that rushed out of Sichuan was renamed the "Xinghan Army" and launched two consecutive attacks on Yichang Fucheng, but they failed because of the city's preparations, so they turned and rushed into the Dangyang area of ​​Jingmen.

General Shang Jianbao of Jingzhou was ordered by Huguang Governor Chen Huizu to lead [-] Eight Banners garrison troops, together with more than [-] Green Battalion soldiers who were urgently transferred back to the province from Sichuan, to encircle the Fan Army in the Dangyang area.

Under the command of Shang Jianbao, more than [-] main forces of the Qing army, together with nearly [-] township braves from all over the country, set up eleven camps, lined up and set up camps. As a result, the Fan army circled to the rear to hide and ambush, and the green camp soldiers were unaware.

When Shang Jianbao issued an order to attack the Xinghan army in Dangyang City from the front, the rear ambushes rose up and set fire to the Qing army camp.

The Qing army was shocked, and they were attacked by the enemy one after another. They fled one after another. The deputy general Guo De, the guerrilla Ma Qi, and the prefect Cai Wenliang were killed.

Participating general Zheng Tai fought hard against the bandits, and he was hit by several arrows, but he did not retreat. Only then did he stop the entire army from collapsing, and Shang Jian was guaranteed to return to Jingzhou.

Afterwards, more than [-] officers and soldiers were lost in this battle, including more than [-] Eight Banners soldiers.

Shang Jianbao didn't dare to fight the Xinghan army again, so he could only gather the remaining soldiers and retreat to Jingzhou City.

After the victory in the Battle of Dangyang, the momentum of the Xinghan Army was the same for a while, and many unscrupulous people were affected by its "expelling the Tartars and restoring China" and "everywhere is uneven, and everyone is full and warm. The world is full of people, and the world The catchphrase "people work together" was bewitched, and fellow villagers joined in collusion, making the number of Xinghan Fan Bandits grow to more than [-].

Chen Huizu, governor of Huguang, made a secret report that a large number of demagogic slogans of the Xinghan Army appeared in Wuchang City, and even Tiandihui and other associations organized riots in various places, attacking government and army officials and robbing military supplies and equipment.

All of a sudden, the whole province of Hubei fell into panic.

The seriousness of the situation in Hubei led Qianlong to issue three decrees in a row, urgently ordering Dingxi General Feng Sheng'e to quickly dispatch [-] elite soldiers to encircle and suppress Hubei.

Bo Qing, the left deputy general of Dingxi who was recuperating in Chengdu, wrote to the imperial court, please imitate the old system of Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties, and set up a regiment training in Huguang, so that the squires can recruit village braves to guard the land and the people, or cooperate with the green flag soldiers to guard the important areas, and follow the battalion. The horse is not in a hurry.

He also said that the reason why the Fan thieves entered Huguang was to encircle Wei to rescue Zhao and relieve the siege of Jinchuan and Jinchuan. Therefore, if the imperial court drew troops from Jinchuan, it would be the trick of the Fan thieves.

Qianlong agreed with Bo Qing'e's opinion, but he did not agree with Huguang's group training. As long as Huguang Governor Chen Huizu and Hubei Governor Zheng Dajin tried their best to organize it, they blocked all key points and "kept Changmao trapped in Hubei."

It is also secretly decreed that Feng's quota can be raised again to start peace talks with Dajinchuan so that troops can be sent to Hubei to aid in the suppression.

There was chaos in the west, and another major event happened in the east, and the princes in the military aircraft department were also in a state of desperation.

There is no problem with Jia Jiashikai's encirclement and suppression strategy, but two problems are in front of the leaders of the Military Aircraft Department.

Without solving these two problems, the eight-character policy of "siege as the main focus and offense as the supplement" cannot be implemented.

The first question is where the money and food will come from.

The construction of the Hebei Camp mentioned in Premier Jia Jia’s plan book, encircling and suppressing the salaries of officers and soldiers, artillery materials, bows and crossbow defenses, and eating and drinking vegetables and rice, etc., will cost at least 1 million taels in supplementary steps.

This does not include pensions for officers and soldiers, silver rewards before the battle, recruitment of civilian husbands, etc.

The second problem is that Linqing is an important canal town, and the capital can still sustain the suspension of water transportation for a month or two. It will take a year or so without interruption.

Wasn't the reason why the emperor was shocked at the beginning because the members of the Qingshui sect broke the canal and cut off the lifeline of Daqing with a single blow?

Sichuan uses silver, Huguang uses silver, northwest uses silver, capital uses silver, and Shandong uses silver.
The financial lifeline of the Qing Dynasty depended entirely on the canal. If the problem of dredging the canal was not solved, it would be useless to build a strong Hebei Daying.

Regarding these two questions, Qianlong did not make arbitrary decisions, and ordered to ask Prime Minister Jia Jiashikai, Shandong Governor Guotai, Zhili Chief Envoy Yang Jingsu and others.

Soon, the prime minister and governor on the front line rushed the supplementary plan into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Shandong Governor Cathay, Zhili Chief Envoy Yang Jingsu, and Tianjin Governor Xu Ji all expressed their support for Prime Minister Jia Jia's eight-character policy. As for the preparation costs, Shandong is willing to bear 400,000 taels, Zhili is willing to bear 300,000 taels, Tianjin is willing to bear 100,000 taels, and the remaining 200,000 taels The two are resolved by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War.

This solves the problem of the bulk of money and food.

Regarding the canal issue, Jia Jiashikai pointed out that although the religious bandits occupied the old and new cities of Linqing and threatened the canal passing through the west gate, the north and south sections of the canal were still controlled by the government and the army, and it was only the Linqing section that had problems.

Therefore, Caoliang can be ordered to "abandon the ship and replace the car" in Liulinji, south of Linqing, and detour eastward for a hundred miles to the Jiama operating river ferry in the northern section before shipping.

In this way, although it takes a lot of effort and increases losses, it can ensure that the grain can arrive in Beijing in time.

The Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, Yonggui, is a serious, pragmatic and careful leader, and immediately asked the Ministry of Accounting to organize professionals to evaluate this hundred-mile transportation plan.

In the end, it was concluded that although the transshipment loss was between [-]% and [-]%, it was unacceptable in the long run, but acceptable in the short term.

There is no better solution.

The plan was approved by the court.

In order to prevent the frontline generals from arbitrarily intercepting the grain transportation, Yonggui wrote to the emperor carefully, asking to send officials from the household department to Linqing to check the grain transportation matters.

Qianlong agreed.

In Linqing, Hebei Daying, which is under construction, has initially taken shape.

On the side of the Grand Canal, inside a temporary tent surrounded by cloth curtains.

Jia Liu ordered someone to bring up a big cake specially made according to his request.

He drew a piece first and handed it to Shandong governor Guotai: "This is from Brother Guo."

Draw another piece and give it to Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin: "This is Mr. Xu's."

Draw another piece and give it to Yang Jingsu, the chief minister of Zhili: "This is Mr. Yang's."

Looking at the remaining cake on the plate, the three provincial senior officials laughed unanimously: "This is for the Prime Minister."

(End of this chapter)