Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 384 Fuquan, vote for Mao Xiong! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
1678 2 Month 1 Day.

The first month of the 18th year of Kangxi.

In the city of Tashkent, outside the palace where the Great Khan of Mongolia Aixinjueluo Wu Xuanye resided, there were layers upon layers of white-armored Ba Yala, who were tall and dressed in cotton armor of various colors.

Today's white-armored soldiers are no longer the guards and soldiers who only know how to mess around, but Kangxi refers to the old rules before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and selected from the eight banners of the "United Great Qing" The most capable vest warrior out there!Although the total number is only one thousand, all of them are macho men with outstanding martial arts skills. Once they stand here, they show an astonishing momentum.

In this "Four-Country Joint Western Expedition", Kang Mazi's thousand Baijiaba Yala soldiers formed a cavalry battalion and were incorporated into the Great Qing Western Expeditionary Army. Together with the Musketeers led by Anukdun, they will serve as the vanguard of the whole army!
In addition to the thousand Ba Yala white armored soldiers, there are a total of [-] "Mongolian iron cavalry" who were "shown" by Kangxi, Galdan, and Sima Yi today!Among them, Kangxi Khan belonged to the ten garrison brigades belonging to the Western Expedition of the Qing Dynasty. Although these ten brigades did not sound like elite soldiers, they were actually elite soldiers. Elites selected from the Eight Banners Army and the Green Battalion.

The so-called "unification", in layman's terms, means that the soldiers are the generals, the land is the generals, and then everyone joins together to form a country, which is called the United States.

After Kangxi barely defeated Fuquan and returned to Beijing, which was loyal to him, he did not seek to restore the centralization of power—if he really sought to centralize power, the Qing Dynasty would have to fall apart at that time.Fortunately, Kangxi recognized the reality in time and chose to go back to the "Hezhong System" similar to the early Qing Dynasty.

Of course, the current situation is no longer the same as it was in the early Qing Dynasty, so the legality of this "United States" is also different.

The "people" of "Hezhong" in the early Qing Dynasty were mainly members of the Aixinjueluo family. At that time, the masters of the Niulu of the Eight Banners were all Nurhachi's nephews, so the "Hezhong Daqing" at that time was basically a family business.Even later there were many Eight Banners Han troops, Eight Banners Mongols and Green Battalions.But the real power is still a group of major shareholders named Aixinjueluo "Rubafen".

But in the Kangxi Dynasty, most of the Aixinjueluo old Eight Banners were put down by Duoama and Shunzhi, and although they became a little bit stunned later, their power was not as good as before.So after Kangxi defeated Fuquan, there was an "asset reorganization", which not only reorganized the Eight Banners, but also reorganized the Green Camp and Tuanlian.After sorting out the flag army, green battalion, and regiment training under the Qing Dynasty, they were all assigned to military leaders, large and small.

Among them, Zuoling is the smallest unit in the Eight Banners, while the battalion is the smallest unit in Green Camp and Tuanlian.

After reorganization, the total number of subordinates of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han Army reached 1200, and the number of subordinate leaders of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han Army reached as many as 400!Although the number of subordinates increased greatly, the number of people under each subordinate dropped from the 200 prescribed in the Huang Taiji period to 150.In addition, the wrappers and collars no longer exist, and the original wrappers of each flag have been carried into the eight banners.The person who opened the account and the other person also became a regular member.

Under this kind of "slave door wide open" operation, the total quota of the Eight Banners reached an unprecedented 18!
Of course, the full volume of these 18 banners can no longer be compared with the full volume of banners in the early years of Kangxi.

Among the 18 full quotas of the Eight Banners, which is not very high, only three-eighths, that is, 6.75 belonging to the Two Yellow Banners and the Zhengbai Banner, need Kangxi to solve the food and wages.These more than 8000 people are the direct descendants of Kangxi Khan.

As for the other 11.25 Eight Banners Zhengding, their respective big and small banner owners will find a way from their territories.

After the reorganization, there are 400 battalions in total for the green battalion and regiment training, each battalion has 500 troops, and the total number of troops is 20!
Among them, 50 battalions, with a total of 2.5 soldiers, are directly under the jurisdiction of Kangxi.

The Eight Banners, Green Battalion, and Regiment Training are added together, and the total number of troops is 38. However, the 38 Eight Banners, Green Battalion, and Regiment Training are all the number of troops in the army book, not the number of field troops.

As for the establishment of the field troops of the Qing Dynasty, it is now similar to that of the Zhou and Ming Dynasties - they all copy homework from each other!However, due to the large number of army heads in the Qing Dynasty, the Banner Army now rarely becomes a two-level organization of "army" and "town". Instead, it prefers the "standard" and four-battalion system The "journey".

The "Western Expedition Army" led by Kangxi on the Western Expedition was actually a "town"-level unit, and the Tuntian Brigade was composed of ten banner army commanders plus three green battalions and regimental training battalions. force.However, those who were selected by Kangxi to come to the "open base" in the Mughal area were all commanders or battalions who were more able to endure hardships and had relatively strong combat effectiveness. The flag troops among them all originally belonged to the Eight Banners of Chahar and were later organized into The Mongolian banner army that entered the Eight Banners of Mongolia.The three green battalions selected from the 50 green battalions directly under Kangxi were also recruited from northern Zhili and Datong Prefecture. Everyone can ride a horse and wear Mongolian leather robes. Armed with scimitars, bows and arrows, and matchlocks, they are exactly the same as other Mongolian musketeers.

At least Yazikov, the envoy of the Rakshasa Kingdom, and Ibrahim Pasha, the envoy of the Ottoman Empire, met them, but they couldn't tell who was the real Mongolia and who was the pseudo-Mongolia.

When they entered the overwhelming Tashkent camp with Nan Huairen and Portuguese bannerman Luo Dongni sent by Kangxi to entertain them, they looked at the Mongolian cavalry lined up on both sides of an open straight road for cavalry to enter and exit the camp. Both have produced the views of "pretty powerful" and "outdated".

The tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry here are of course powerful!Not only do they look strong, but they are all Musketeers!
This would have come decades earlier. When the extinct heirs of the Rurik dynasty and the Poles took advantage of the void to ravage the land of Rakshasa, these tens of thousands of Mongolian musketeers would come in, and maybe they would join forces with Poland. The Raksha country was divided up.

But now, the Rakshasa Kingdom is not afraid of these long-outdated musketeers - these musketeers are also equipped with flintlocks, which are somewhat useful, but they all carry matchlocks on their backs. How can they be used on horseback?If you really want to shoot, you have to dismount and become an infantryman.This kind of gameplay has long been outdated in Europe, that is, there are still people playing this way in the backward East.

In addition, Yazikov and Ibrahim Pasha saw more than a dozen small-caliber sub-cannons carried by camels outside Kangxi's palace.

This kind of artillery has a very short range because the sub-gun is easy to leak air.Moreover, the caliber of the mother and child guns carried by this kind of camel is very small, and they are usually loaded with shotgun, but they can't hold much, and the firepower is very weak.The only advantage is that the gun can be replaced, and the rate of fire is slightly higher than that of the front-loaded gun.

These dozens of sub-cannons were brought here to fire salutes. When Yazikov and Ibrahim Pasha arrived at the gate of Kangxi's palace, more than a dozen sub-cannons began to fire.The sound of the cannon was booming, and black smoke was ejected from the muzzle—obviously, the quality of the gunpowder was not high, and there were a lot of impurities, which would further reduce the range of the small cannon.

It seems that the artillery of this Mongolian Western Expedition Army is just a decoration. If it encounters the artillery of the Rakshasa Kingdom's shooting army, it will be for nothing.

After the salute was over, the Great Khan of the Great Mongolian Kingdom did not appear immediately, but instead came a group of Mongolian officials and a handsome deputy Khan.I don't know if these people are afraid of fighting against the mighty Raksha Kingdom, because they all have sad faces and seem to be preoccupied.

Spafali Milescu, the deputy envoy of the Rakshasa Kingdom who accompanied Yazikov, knew the Khan, so he quietly told Yazikov in Russian: "Mr. Ambassador, that handsome Mongolian is Dzungar." The leader, because he took refuge with Kangxi Khan in time, was named the Golden Horde Khan!"

"Khan of the Golden Horde?" Yazikov snorted, "What a big ambition!"

Milescu, who once served as an envoy to the Junggar Ministry, said with a smile: "It's not because of Galdan's great ambitions, but because that Kangxi Khan was beyond his control. He is an outdated figure."

At this moment Yazikov turned his head and asked Nan Huairen in Latin: "Father, have you been following that Mongolian Khan?"

"Yes," Nan Huairen smiled. "When he was a child, I was assigned as his teacher, responsible for teaching him Latin and mathematics."

"He still understands Latin?" Yazikov asked, "Then he should know about things in the world. He should know the power of Rakshasa!"

"Uh" Nan Huairen smiled awkwardly, "Mr. Ambassador, with all due respect, the information about Raksha that the Great Khan can get through Latin all shows that Raksha is a backward country."

"This" Yazhikov was speechless by these words.

But what they said is right, foreigners who can reach China and can speak Latin, who would think that Rakshasa is a powerful country?
At this time, Milescu reminded: "Ambassador, this shows that the Mongolian Khan does not understand our Rakshasa, and he underestimates the enemy!" Yazikov nodded.

The feeling of Rakshasa to Westerners is indeed a bit backward. But this is very beneficial to the Rakshasa army to defeat the Mongols!
These Mongols probably thought they were fighting the internally divided Kievan Rus, right?
Yazikov and Ibrahim Pasha waited outside Kangxi Khan's palace for a while, but Kangxi Khan still didn't arrive.

The two of them were a little anxious to wait, and Ibrahim Pasha's patience was relatively poor. He turned his head and asked Nan Huairen and Luo Dongni in Latin: "Father, Vice Minister (Minister of the Lifan Academy), where is the sweat? Why?" Haven't shown up yet?"

Portuguese-born Rotoni: "The Great Khan and His Brothers"

"Cough! Cough!" Nan Huairen coughed twice, interrupting Luo Dongni who almost told the "truth".

At this moment, a man with a drake voice suddenly shouted in Latin: "Ambassador Yazikov of the Rakshasa Kingdom and Ibrahim of the Ottoman Kingdom are welcome!"

Nan Huairen and Luo Dongni made an auspicious gesture together, and then led the way ahead, inviting Yazikov, Ibrahim Pasha, and their deputy envoys into Kangxi's palace.

The atmosphere in the palace was very depressing, the courtyard was full of guards wearing yellow jackets and waist knives, and Kangxi was sitting on a chair covered with tiger skin placed outside the door of a big house. He looked ashamed and furious, and he didn't know who offended him?

Both Yazikov and Ibrahim heard Rotoni mention the "brother of the Great Khan" just now, so they both guessed that the Great Khan of Mongolia must have had a conflict with his brother.
When the two were wondering if there would be a civil strife in the Great Mongolia, the ashen and furious Kangxi had already spoken, but in Latin: "Which of you is the messenger of the Raksha people?"

"Your Majesty the Great Khan, I am Yazikov, the emissary of Tsar Rakshasa."

Kangxi nodded, and before Yazikov could finish his sentence, he interrupted very impolitely: "Go back and tell your tsar to let his people withdraw from the Siberian Khanate and the Kipchak Grassland immediately! Otherwise, his country will be destroyed. It will be completely destroyed by my Great Mongolia just like Kievan Rus!"

"Your Majesty, you are so unreasonable. This is no longer the 13th century! Our Rakshasa Empire is not the fragile Kiev Rakshasa Principality. We have already destroyed your Mongolian Golden Horde!"

"Bold!" Kangxi roared angrily, "If you Raksha people want to fight, then come to fight! The current Great Mongolian Kingdom is not afraid of any enemies, especially the Raksha people!"

While talking, Kangxi pointed at Yazikov again, and roared: "Go out and take my letter of war to meet your tsar, and tell him that I am waiting for him in the Chincha Grassland. If he does not dare to come before the end of summer If we don’t fight, then I’m going to capture Chengji-Tula!”

Chengji-Tula was the former capital of the Siberian Khanate. It was three or four thousand miles away from Tashkent in the later Raksha State of Qiumen Prefecture. Even if Kangxi Khan wanted to send troops to fight, he would have to walk steadily for several months.Considering the climate of Siberia, it is impossible for him to get his hands on Chengji-Tula in the few years before he can develop steadily and steadily to the north.

So Yazikov didn't panic when he heard Kangxi threatened Chengji-Tula. This Mongolian Khan doesn't seem to know how terrible the terrain and climate of Siberia are!
At this time, Rodoni interrupted his thoughts and whispered: "Go quickly, go quickly and don't make the Khan angry! The Khan is in a bad mood today."

Yazikov looked up at Kangxi Khan again. This is a somewhat ugly man with bumps on his face, which is a bit scary, so don't mess with him.So he saluted Kangxi again as a routine, then turned around and left with his deputy and followed Luo Dongni.

"Your name is Ibrahim?" Kangxi asked again, staring at Ibrahim Pasha, who hadn't spoken much just now, "Aren't you Ottoman-Turks fighting against the Raksha country? Why are you here with me now? Don't you?" beated?"

"Your Majesty the Great Khan," said Ibrahim Pasha, "we, the Ottoman Empire, have signed a peace agreement with the Rakshasa Empire, and there will be no more wars."

"Oh." Kangxi nodded, "Then I don't want to fight with you Ottomans either. In addition to recovering the Qinchai Grassland and the Siberian Khanate this time, I want to open up land trade routes to your Ottoman Empire. Silk, tea, porcelain, and spices from the East can be transported to the West by smooth and safe land without going through the sea. I wonder what the Ottoman Sultan would like?"

Ibrahim Pasha replied: "Of course His Majesty the Sultan will not refuse trade, but he is the suzerain of the three Central Asian Khanates of Kazakhstan, Bukhara, and Khiva. Your war against these three countries is a war against the Ottoman Empire." Offended!"

"What?" Kangxi was angry again, "The three Khanates of Kazakh, Bukhara, and Khiva all came from Uzbek Ulus, and Uzbek Ulus came from the Golden Horde Khanate. It is Batu Khan's younger brother Yue Jibie Ulus was developed, when did it become a vassal of the Ottoman Empire?"

"Your Majesty the Great Khan doesn't know something. His Majesty the Sultan is also the caliph of Tianfang Sect. He is the leader of the Muslim people, and he is the shadow cast by Allah on the world. Therefore."

"Shut up!" Kangxi continued to be furious, "What is the shadow of Allah? I am still the son of Changshengtian! You go back and tell your sultan that if he is willing to do business, then we will make a fortune together. If he wants to fight, we Mongols I will accompany you to the end!"

While speaking, Kangxi waved his hand again and sent the Turks away, while he himself stood up and left in a swaggering manner under the protection of a group of guards.

And Ibrahim looked at his back and said to himself: What a violent monarch, his brothers must be living in fear and will be killed at any time, right?I don't know what will happen to the brother who offended him?
Fu Quanku was sitting in the lamasery, waiting for the eminent monk Galdan brought with him to shave him. After the tonsure, he would be a monk who could see through the world of mortals!And I will go to the West soon.
Kangxi must have wanted to kill him for a long time, but in order to avoid the panic of the "number of ministers" who surrendered, he kept him until now.

Now that Kangxi's power should be stable, it's time to get rid of him and Fuquan!
"Squeak!" There was a soft sound.

The door of the meditation room where Fuquan was located was pushed open. It's time to shave!
Fuquan sighed, stood up and clasped his hands, wanting to pray to the eminent monk, but he saw two priests coming in from the door. One of them was Nan Huairen, and the other was a Portuguese priest who was originally under Rodoni. , is now Nan Huairen’s assistant.

"Master Nan, aren't you a monk? Why are you? Does the emperor want me to be a priest?"

"Fuquan." While talking, Nan Huairen beckoned his assistant to close the door, "The emperor wants your life. Do you think you can really die in a temple in the snowy area?"

"I, I..." Fuquan burst into tears, "What should I do? What can I do?"

"You can escape!" Nan Huairen lowered his voice, "Now is an opportunity. The Rakshasa people's envoy has been driven away by the emperor. It's a great opportunity for you to sneak in, leave with them, and flee to the Rakshasa Kingdom for refuge! "

"I, I'm going to Rakshasa?" Fuquan was taken aback, "Then I'm not a traitor to the Qing Dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)