Cutting 1719

Chapter 505 Twenty Million Silver Dollars

When the cavalry of the Qing army was completely disbanded, the cavalry of the Fuhan army quickly intercepted the cavalry of Prince Zhuang and others, and directly captured Prince Zhuang Yunlu and hundreds of people from the clan including the queen mother and concubine. He also obtained the wealth of dozens of carts, which is a big harvest.

The battle of Shengjing City ended sooner than expected. Thousands of Qing soldiers directly chose to surrender, and the strong men captured from North Korea were completely disintegrated at the beginning of the war. As for the governor of Shengjing Ma Qi, on the other hand, chose to commit suicide by swallowing gold in the governor's yamen mansion.

Ning Zuyi, commander of the Central Group Army of the Fuhan Army, was overjoyed when he heard that Prince Zhuang and others had been captured. After all, he had captured hundreds of Qing army clans in a row. Except for Emperor Qianlong, the entire Aixinjueluo family can be regarded as a catch.

Except for this good thing, the rest is the wealth seized from the Shengjing Palace, but it surprised Ning Zuyi after entering the city. Gold and silver artifacts, jade jewelry, rare calligraphy and paintings, etc. are beyond imagination. There are dozens of houses filled with precious treasures, and these are the only ones left, and there are dozens of carts of the most precious belongings, which were supposed to be taken to Xingjing by Prince Zhuang, but fortunately they are all stopped now. .

Since there is no relevant professional evaluation with the army, even Ning Zuyi doesn't know how much these things are worth, but after checking and making a list, it is conservatively estimated that the value is more than [-] million silver dollars.

Twenty million silver dollars is almost equal to two hundred million taels of silver. This is an extremely astonishing astronomical figure, but Ning Zuyi was a little taken aback. He looked at the thick stack of registration documents in his hand. , whispered: "Can this be confirmed? Why is there so much money?"

Deng Tianlun, the deputy director of the Military Intelligence Department who was stationed in Liaodong, was in charge of the inventory. He was originally a confidant of Shi Xue, the director of the Military Intelligence Department. In order to withstand the last batch of wealth of the Qing court, the key point is that they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Russians.

Now seeing that the wealth has been withheld, Deng Tianlun breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Marshal Ning doesn't know something. Apart from the accumulation of the Qing royal family and princes and ministers over the years, a large part of the money was looted from North Korea." Here, there is at least more than 4000 million silver dollars, but these should not be all the wealth of the Qing court, there should be some in Xingjing."

Ning Zuyi nodded and said with a smile: "Beijing has detained a batch, and Shengjing has detained a batch. It seems that if Xingjing is copied again, the Qing Dynasty will become a pauper. We have to hurry up." Just do it."

Deng Tianlun nodded, and then said softly: "It's just that this batch of wealth is of great importance at the moment, please send a regiment to escort this batch of wealth back to the capital. Present it to His Majesty."

"Naturally, one of the escorting regiments has been prepared and will leave after we finish our work here."

Ning Zuyi rubbed his chin, looked at the Shengjing city that had gradually calmed down, but in his heart he despised the Qing court, he was so rich, but he was reluctant to spend more on armaments, and now the fight is so weak , it's hard to cheer up.

When the battle in Shengjing was in full swing, Emperor Qianlong returned to Seoul, but his heart was full of fear, just like Li Chang of North Korea who was kneeling in front of him. Both of them had a deep sense of confusion about the future.

Li Xun is 17 years older than Qianlong, and is now 31 years old. He is the fourth son of the former Joseon King Li Chun. In the first 30 years of his life, his life was not very good. He has experienced ups and downs since he was a child, especially in the When Zhang Xibin was still in power, her biological mother, Shubi Cui, assisted Queen Inhyun to restore herself, and single-handedly reported on Zhang Xibin's witchcraft incident. .

It was not until Zhang Xipin was abolished and killed that Li Chong's life was a little better. Later, after Li Yun became the king of Joseon, Li Chong lived in the foreign residence as Lord Yanfeng and Wang Shidi, but he also became a became the focus of factional struggles in the imperial court, and did not live a day of peace of mind.

After the Qing court invaded North Korea, I don’t know why, but Li Chang didn’t keep up with his brother Li Yun’s team in time. Instead, he was captured by the Qing army, and then succeeded to the throne in Seoul in a daze and became the King of Joseon. But for Li Chang As far as he is concerned, he does not want to be this puppet king of Joseon.

The reason is very simple. Li Chong's teacher Shen Wan told him that if the king dies, he will inherit the position of the king of Joseon at that time, and there is no need to do anything else-but now, although he has become the king in advance, he still has no choice. He became a captive in the hands of the Qing people, and if he was caught by the Fu Han army later, he might not end well.

Therefore, when Li Chong saw the young man in brocade clothes in front of him, the first thing he felt was deep fear, and the second was despair for the future, so he knelt on the ground all the time, not daring to speak out.

Relatively speaking, Emperor Qianlong received a relatively complete royal education, and he basically established the status of prince since he was a child, so his temperament was very graceful and luxurious, which was very different from ordinary people. Therefore, although he was young, his temperament But it is firmly above Li Zhang.

"King of Joseon, how are you doing these days?"

"Xiao Wang is still good, thank you for your greetings, Your Majesty."

"King of Joseon, have you ever complained since you surrendered to the Qing Dynasty?"

"Xiao Wang would never dare to have the slightest complaint. If it weren't for the emperor, Xiao Wang would have died in the chaos."

The two sat and knelt, and said some polite words to each other, but Emperor Qianlong was young after all, and he quickly said in a worried voice: "Chu Ni has entered Liaodong now, and maybe he will come to fight North Korea at some point. What do you think about it?"

But Li Yan sighed in his heart, it would have been better if Ning Chu's army could have come earlier, why did thousands of people in North Korea suffer so much cruelty?Although the Qing people made him a great king, it doesn't matter if he is the so-called great king.

Of course, Li Chang never dared to say these words directly. He sighed in a low voice: "Xiao Wang thought that with the emperor of the Qing Dynasty in North Korea, the peace of North Korea would be guaranteed."

Qianlong curled his lips, and he simply said bluntly: "Of course, my Daqing is irreconcilable with Chu Ni, and the King of Joseon has to understand this now. Your brother is still on Jeju Island. Come to Seoul and kill you—so you have to understand that if you want to save your life, you have to cooperate honestly with Da Qing."

Li Wei nodded blankly, and said: "Since the emperor said so, it is natural to have this reason, but Xiao Wang can't fight the enemy, but can't get off the horse to comfort the people, but he doesn't know how to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty."

Qianlong smiled slightly, but called Zhang Tingyu and Xu Yuanmeng, and said: "Cooperation is also simple. From now on, Mr. Xu will be the minister of the North Korean leader, Shen Wan will be the minister of the right, as for Mr. Zhang, he will be the minister of the left, and Liu Cao judge All the books are drawn up by the ministers of state affairs, and I will make the decisions. As for the two departments of the government, follow the same example."

At this moment, Li Chang understood. Emperor Qianlong’s practice was to put almost all the important official positions in North Korea in his hands, such as leading the discussion, the two divisions, and even the six Cao’s verdicts. And his teacher, Shen Wan, was just a nominal minister of the right, that is to say, his puppet, Li Tong, was actually a real puppet.

However, Li Wei did not dare to say a word of no. After all, right now he doesn't even have his own royal guards, and everyone around him is sent by the Qing people. As for the matter of words, Li Chang could only kneel down on the ground and thank Zunzhi.

In the days that followed, Seoul also initially recovered from the flames of war, but a new "Hair Shaving Order" was also issued from the official residence of the leader. In addition to the issuance, several orders, including the "Law of Escaping Persons", "Land Enclosure Order", "Investment Law", and "Massacre Order" were also issued, which can be said to be almost replicas of those years.

In the face of these evil policies, the Eight Banners naturally included the greatest benefits, and even those Han Chinese who followed the Eight Banners to North Korea also got a lot of benefits. After all, in the current North Korea, there are also five classes of people. That is, the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the second-class people are the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the third-class people are the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the fourth-class people are the Eight Banners of Korea, and the fifth-class people are the lowest-level Korean people.

Under the blessing of these evil policies, today's North Korea is still Lee's North Korea on the surface, but in fact it has been reduced to a puppet under the control of the Eight Banners. It is "expulsion of the Tartars, recovery of Jeju", that is, to restore the entire North Korea under the leadership of King Li Yun on Jeju Island.

On May [-]th, Ning Yu, who was in the capital, got good news from two aspects. On the one hand, it was naturally the news of the Battle of Shengjing and the seizure of property worth [-] million silver dollars; Since marching westward in spring, they finally fought a battle with Nian Gengyao's army in Qinzhou and won a big victory.

In fact, during the entire Northern Expedition, Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi's troops in the northwest had conceived of aiding the Qing court. Although they didn't have much loyalty to Yongzheng, they also understood the reason why their lips were dead and their teeth were cold. , they also ushered in the day of perdition.

However, since the Dayi Army blocked Shaanxi, Nian Gengyao's attempts to launch several attacks failed to achieve results. Instead, he lost a lot of troops. However, at this time, the Northwest Qing Army still maintained an advantage over the Dayi Army.

Until the Fuhan Army started the Northern Expedition, Ning Qianqiu provided considerable support to the Dayi Army under the instruction of Ning Yu. More than 150 bird guns and more than [-] old-fashioned artillery were sent to Xi'an. Forty thousand troops were compiled and trained, and with these [-] troops, the offensive and defensive positions of the two sides have also changed.

Under the leadership of Chen Daoxian, after handing over Xi'an to the Fuhan Army, he led an army of nearly 8000 rebels and directly attacked Gansu, fighting against Nian Gengyao's [-] Qing army in Qinzhou. Successfully beheaded more than [-] people from the Qing army and captured more than [-] people from the Qing army, which can be regarded as completely maiming Nian Gengyao's troops.

At this time, Yue Zhongqi's department in Qinghai only had more than [-] people, and there was no way to intervene in it, so they could only sit back and watch the defeat of Nian Gengyao's department.

Ning Yu smiled, and said: "Chen Daoxian can do this, and it's not a waste of the original assistance, but what is the Privy Council's plan for the situation in Gansu?"

Yu Zhijing, deputy director of the General Staff Department, said softly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Second Division, the Seventh Division, and the No.19 Division will go directly south from Yulin, Suide, and Kunzhou, interspersed with Qingyang and Guyuan. Coordinating with Chen Daoxian's Great Rebel Army, on the other hand, is also a warning to him, telling him to enter Qinghai honestly."

"That's right, only Qinghai-Tibet is the way back for the Uprising Army."

Ning Yu stood up, looked at the marching route map on the map, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid there will be a preliminary conclusion to the Mongolian affairs this year. At that time, whether it is fighting or peace, there must be an explanation—— Before that, we must control the situation in the northwest, and there must be no major disturbances."

"I want to talk to the Raksha people." Uji Jing began to guess, and he was somewhat worried.

"No, I won't fight the Russians in a short time, at least not yet."

Ning Yu sighed slightly, "The privy envoy will arrive in Kunming before June, and the long-planned Burmese campaign will start. We have to pull out the thorn in the south first."

Uji Scenic Spot nodded. He knew about this matter. Originally, in the Privy Council, he had drawn up a plan for conquering Burma early on. Ning Zhongyi personally rushed to Kunming to sit in the township, in order to be able to steadily advance the first war in Burma.

North Korea, Mongolia, and Myanmar, these three places have now become the top priorities of Ningyu. The key point is that these places are not suitable for long-term wars. Unfavorable, so Ning Yu hopes to solve it cleanly.

Among them, North Korea focuses on politics and supplements military affairs, while Myanmar focuses on military affairs and supplements politics.As for Mongolia, it is relatively more complicated. To solve it properly, Ning Yu has to make more plans.

But fortunately, Ning Yu was a little overjoyed by the wealth of [-] million silver dollars he got from Shengjing. Compared with Ningchu's annual income of three years now, once he has this money, even if the Fuhan army opens up two or three battlefields at that time, it will not feel particularly difficult.

It's just that some process is still needed to truly transform these wealth into silver dollars.Among them, gold and silver are easy to talk about, and gold and silver coins are cast directly at discounted prices, but the really difficult ones are those antique calligraphy and paintings, and jade playthings, whose prices are difficult to really define.

Ning Yu thought about it, but came up with a solution that was not a solution, that is to organize a royal auction, directly put all these things in the name of the royal family, and then directly include the money obtained from the auction into the treasury management.

One thing in particular is that there are more royal certifications. I dare not say anything else, and the price will definitely not suffer too much.

Thinking of this, Ning Yu is still a little proud. It seems that he really has some business talents. If he hadn't become the emperor, he might have made a fortune long ago.

(End of this chapter)