Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 148: Important Officials of the Jiaqing Dynasty

"Emergency report from Jiangjin County!"

"Read!"

Jiaqing heard it as a victory report as soon as he heard it. After all, Lebao had mobilized all the Sichuan troops to attack a small bandit rebel group, so there was no way he could lose. The victory report came so quickly, which could only mean that the rebel group was vulnerable.

As for the matter of the Jianrui Battalion, it was naturally the rebels who used despicable means, causing the imperial court to lose such an elite force.

"I, the guilty minister, Rongzhao, the magistrate of Jiangjin County, report that on July 18, the rebels launched a fire attack, killing the Sichuan Governor Feimo Lebao and my father, Zhangjia Nayancheng, the magistrate of Chongqing. All 1,800 bannermen were killed in the battle, and more than half of the Green Camp soldiers were killed or wounded. The rest surrendered.

On July 19, the bandit chieftain Chen Gu led his troops to attack Fobao. The guilty minister Rong Zhao will lead 2,000 green soldiers to defend Jiangjin County. However, Sichuan is short of troops, so I hope Your Majesty will make a decision soon! "

"The whole army is annihilated, the whole army is annihilated!" Jiaqing kept repeating the words "the whole army is annihilated", his eyes gradually turned bloodshot, and finally he roared: "What are Lebao and Na Yancheng doing?
Even if they were nine thousand pigs, it would be impossible for them to be wiped out so easily. It's stupid, extremely stupid. They died cleanly, but what about Sichuan? How will the people of the world see me?"

After Jiaqing vented his impotent rage for a while, he slowly calmed down with heavy breathing, "Call the military ministers to come to discuss matters, and also summon Zhu Gui, Liu Yong, and Bao Ning to the audience!"

"Your Majesty has issued an oral order. All the ministers of the Grand Council are here to see you. Zhu Gui, the Grand Secretary of the Ti-Ren Pavilion and the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince; Liu Yong, the Grand Secretary of the Ti-Ren Pavilion and the Junior Tutor of the Crown Prince; and Bao Ning, the Grand Secretary of the Wu-Ying Palace and the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, are here to see you!"

The eunuchs' shouts could be heard from inside and outside the Forbidden City.

The first to arrive were naturally the military ministers led by the chief Dong Gao. Although they were all part-time counselors, most of their posts were in the six ministries or in the imperial palace. Not only were they easy to find, but they also arrived very quickly.

The other three bosses didn't let Jiaqing wait for long and hurried over.

The first to come was Baoning, a member of the Tibetan clan and the Mongolian Plain White Banner. His position at that time was the Minister of the Imperial Guard, in charge of the Ministry of War and concurrently the Three Treasurys. Moreover, Baoning had served as the General of Chengdu sixteen years ago and later as the Governor-General of Sichuan.

The second to last person to come was Liu Yong, who was already 81 years old this year. After killing Heshen, Liu Yong was given the title of Prince's Guardian, but he was already on retirement because of his old age.

The reason why Jiaqing thought of him was because Liu Yong was smart and experienced, and was very familiar with both the court and the local areas.

The last one to arrive was Zhu Gui. Zhu Gui's ancestral home was Xiaoshan, and he moved to the capital with his father when he was a child. He passed the imperial examination at the age of sixteen, and then served as an official in various local areas. At the age of forty-five, he came to Beijing to teach Jiaqing. He is sixty-nine years old this year.

From the title of Prince Taifu that Jiaqing gave to Zhu Gui, we can see how much Jiaqing trusted him, or even admired him. The highest title is actually Prince Taishi, but that is posthumously awarded to the dead. It is impossible for a living person to be given the highest title.

Although Jiaqing was angry and anxious, when he saw Zhu Gui coming, he still stood up to greet him, calling him teacher, and asked the eunuch to bring a chair for Zhu Gui, while everyone else had stools. Liu Yong, who was already over 80 years old, glanced at Zhu Gui and said nothing.

In fact, everyone knew why Jiaqing summoned everyone together. In fact, everyone knew about what happened in Sichuan a few days earlier than Jiaqing did. But no one dared to tell Jiaqing. First of all, how could you know the information before the emperor?
Secondly, the matter was indeed too big. They were monitoring Lebao, originally just to see whether Lebao's attack on a small bandit would be a protracted war, whether the losses would be great, and whether there was a chance to move to Lebao so as to vacate the position of Sichuan Governor.

As a result, a large number of vacancies will appear in the whole Sichuan Province, and it will be convenient to place some of our own people there at that time.

The Qing Dynasty enjoyed peace for more than a hundred years, and there were simply too many scholars. It was okay for Jinshi, but it was difficult for Juren to get an official position, especially now that officials are only concerned with making money and rarely worry about their work. On the contrary, because they eat and drink well, they all live long, and there are even fewer vacant positions.

Every family has a large number of family members, students and old friends waiting for arrangements, but the world is at peace and one does not know how long one will have to wait before a position becomes vacant.

Things are better now. Chen the Executor has killed two Chengdu generals and one Sichuan governor, which has freed up a lot of positions for everyone.

The downfall of people like Addis and Delentang is not just their own business. The downfall of a big boss often has far-reaching implications. Not to mention Sichuan, even some people in the capital have to give up their positions, otherwise they will die.

Otherwise, Na Yancheng would not have taken his son to Chongqing after Addis got into trouble. He just wanted to investigate the case as soon as possible to reduce the losses to his family.

Jiaqing had Rongzhao's report read to him, and then said, "Sichuan is now in danger of being corrupted. What can you advise me?"

For a moment, everyone pretended to frown and think hard, because they got the intelligence earlier than Jiaqing, so they knew that it was not as simple as Le Bao's entire army was wiped out, but that Jiangjin County had been captured and the 2,000 Green Camp troops in Jiangjin County had been surrendered.

In this way, Chen Gu had a thousand main forces and four thousand Green Camp troops, a total of five thousand soldiers. At this time, the offensive and defensive situation in Sichuan had changed.

Judging from the fighting power demonstrated by Chen Gu, Sichuan is not just a decaying state.

Zhu Gui sighed in his heart and said, "Your Majesty, please first send the two thousand soldiers from Dajianlu back to Chengdu to help, and then mobilize the troops from Guizhou, Shaanxi, and Hubei provinces to enter Sichuan to quell the rebellion."

Everyone else nodded secretly, thinking that although Zhu Gui's method was not amazing, it was a mature and prudent way.

Jiaqing, who didn't know the truth, was stunned. Although he was very annoyed by the corruption in Sichuan, it seemed unnecessary to mobilize such a large army, right?
He's just a small bandit. Even though he's powerful, is it necessary to mobilize the full strength of three provinces to encircle and suppress him?

Moreover, Shaanxi and Hubei have been plagued by rebellions in recent years, Guizhou also has many bandits and local chieftains who refuse to submit to the king. If the troops of these three provinces are taken away, what will happen if Zhang the Executioner, Li the Executioner, or Wang the Executioner becomes more powerful?
Zhu Gui looked at everyone and continued, "Chen Jue is an extraordinary thief. He had Atis before him and Delentai behind him. Now even Lebao with nearly 10,000 troops cannot conquer him, and he ended up dying and his army was defeated.

Once or twice, it can be said to be luck or conspiracy, but if it happens three times, then we really can't underestimate him. And even if it is luck, the court can't let such a person who can ruin the three veterans of the Qing Dynasty continue to develop. "

(End of this chapter)