Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 53 Zhang Geer Across the Western Regions

It is said that Changling told the family, and the family said: "Cao Zhongtang is too scheming, we don't have to worry about him now."

Chang Ling said: "Who is not stupid, why bother with him, the superiors trust him."

Wear the court clothes as you want, enter the court to thank you, and choose to leave the capital on the third day of the first month.When relatives and friends got this letter, they were busy preparing wine for farewell.The chief general refused all of them because of the embarrassment of border affairs.This time when I left the capital, I didn't follow the station. I chose to ask for a training time and there was a secret order, so I rushed day and night, but I didn't expect to arrive in Yili.

Zhangger's soldiers and horses are already very powerful. The four major cities in the Western Regions, Kacheng, Yingirsha, Yarkand, and Khotan, have all been lost.It turned out that Qingxiang had taken over the post of South Road Counselor, so he asked the secretary to summon Burke Abdullah.This Abdullah was originally from Yili, full of cunning, but Qing Yang believed him!You should ask him about everything, no matter how big or small.At present, the officer called Abdullah and met Counselor Qing.Qingxiang then asked, "How many people does Zhang Geer have under his command? Do the Hui people everywhere obey him? You always know."

Abdullah said: "Responding to the counselor's words, Zhang Geer and Li Geer are all fabricated by good people. After Huo Jizhan brothers, size and Zhuo were wiped out by Badak Mountain, his grandson Braden Captured by the army and taken to the capital, He Zhuo's descendants have long since been wiped out, and they are old. Now, Zhang Geer and Li Geer came out to pretend to be He Zhuo's descendants."

Qingxiang said: "According to what you said, there are no descendants left in Nihui?"

Abdullah answered "Yes".Qingxiang said: "Why did Aqimu King Nusi report to the former counselor Yongqin and say that Zhang Geer is indeed He Zhuo's descendant? Doesn't Aqimu King know more about it than you?"

Abdullah said: "That is a false report from King Aqimu, Counselor Yong's false belief, misrepresentation and misrepresentation, and this time, the Counselor should never believe him again."

The staff at the side also helped him speak, Qingxiang believed it was true, so he didn't make any equipment.On the one hand, the revised version impeaches the king of Aqimu, Nusi, for the crime of falsely reporting that the rebellious descendants had children.

Not a few days after the impeachment and worship, a shocking report came, saying that Nihui Zhang Geer led a crowd of 80 Brut in Andijan to rush from Kaiqi Mountain Road to Huicheng to worship the tomb of his ancestor He Zhuo.Qingxiang was shocked, and hurriedly said to the left and right: "He Zhuo's tomb, which Huizi calls Maza, is only [-] miles away from here. When Zhang Geer arrives there, he might come to rob the city."

Suddenly, Shu Erhashan, the co-organizing minister, and Wu Ling'a, the leader of the team, were reported to see him.Qingxiang hurriedly called for an invitation.

When the two of them entered, Shu Erha said kindly: "The counselor mistakenly believed in the words of the traitor, so there is no equipment. Now Zhang Geer is crying and offering sacrifices to the tomb, and he is very likely to attack the city of Ka. If there is a mistake, the superiors will ask, how to answer it?" ?”

Qingxiang said: "This matter is all Abdullah's fault, isn't it that brother will deal with him severely when he is free?"

Wuling Ajie asked: "Does the counselor still want to punish him? He is afraid that he will worship Hezhuo with Zhang Ge in Mazali at this time."

Qingxiang was surprised: "Why is Abdullah and Zhang Geer together?"

Shu Erha said: "It turns out that the counselor didn't know that Abdullah and Zhang Geer were originally in the same line, so he insisted that He Zhuo had no descendants."

Qingxiang said: "Don't talk about the past, but how can we think of a way to save the emergency now."

Wu Ling'a said: "To strike first, let's lead an army first and go there to search for them. God is sorry, we can win a battle by luck and keep Kacheng safe."

Qingxiang said: "For this matter, we have to rely on the two of you."

Shu Erha kindly said: "Everything is done for the country's affairs, what is said is that it should not be borrowed."

Qingxiang said: "How many soldiers do you two want to bring?"

Wu Ling'a said with a smile: "How many troops are here? I've taken them all away, and it's hard to defend the remaining empty city counselors. Randomly draw thousands or hundreds of people, and we will go to battle, and we don't care about the number of soldiers."

Qingxiang was speechless.

At present, Wu and Shu ordered more than 200 soldiers, equipped with horses and equipment, and set off with palm signals.Leaving Kacheng, he went straight to Maza.This Maza is the tomb of Hezhuo. There are more than five miles around and three layers of walls. The situation is quite dangerous.The two ministers marched quickly, with wind and rain, and arrived in only half a day.When Zhang Geer heard the news, he gathered the Hui people and gave a speech: "My Hui brothers have heard it, and you must know that Maza is not the private tomb of Zhuo and I, but the holy tomb of our Hui family. The Tartars are arrogant and dare to invade the holy tomb. , we can see that there is no Hui people in their eyes. If we fail to protect the holy tomb, the spirit of my ancestor Mohammed in heaven will be furious. There is a saying in Huiji: killing demons is to defend the way, and those who die to defend the way will be ascended to heaven Our brothers must work hard to defeat the solid foot and defend the way. If we die in battle, we will ascend to heaven. My Hui brothers all died in bloody battles. I know Hui Zu Mohammad will greet him with a smile in heaven. Since the fall of Huo Jizhan, The Tartars abused our people, enslaved them to beasts and beasts, and hardly regarded them as human beings. My Hui people have a deep sense of resentment and anger, which reaches the sky. The Hui ancestor Mohammed has learned from it for a long time. This time, I firmly believe that I will return The ancestors will definitely take care of them in heaven, and there will be victories and no defeats, which can be asserted."

Hearing what he said, the Chao crowd suddenly became tenfold more courageous and indignant, each and every one of them was gearing up to swallow the Tartars and wiped out all the people.At this moment of agitation, the two ministers of Shu and Wu ordered an attack. Zhang Geer led the crowd and rushed out through the wall like a group of fierce tigers.Those who meet are always dead.Thousands of two hundred banner soldiers, but within half a day, almost the whole army was wiped out.Shuerhashan was killed in battle, and Ulinga fled back to Kacheng with more than a dozen defeated remnants.Qingxiang's face turned pale with fright.It was Wuling'a who had an idea, and offered a plan to dispatch the bannermen of each battalion to Kacheng to guard.Qingxiang said: "I've lost my mind now, let my elder brother mediate all matters in the camp.

" Wu Ling'a said: "Official matters must always be sent by the counselor, otherwise, how can they be transferred?" "

Qingxiang said: "Brother, go and discuss with the old master."

A few days after the official dispatch, all soldiers and horses have been transferred.

At this time, Huizi from all the cities had responded, and tens of thousands of people gathered within ten days.Zhang Geer also sent people to make an appointment with Aohan, asking him to send thousands of people from Andiyan to meet him quickly. He asked him to send a total of centimeters to the children and silks of the four cities after his work was completed, and he also wished to cede Kacheng to him.Seeing Zhang Geer's behavior, the audience was very puzzled.Zhang Geer said: "Although there are many bitter troops, they are ferocious and good at fighting. They must be caught by others. As the saying goes in the Western Regions, a hundred returning soldiers are not as good as one in Andiyan. Although there are not many Tartars in Kacheng, they are afraid of the arrival of reinforcements from the North Ili Road. We are bound to suffer."

There is nothing to say when returning to the audience.Zhang Geer marched very cautiously. Before the brigade, he sent a team of cavalry to spy on the enemy's situation, and flew reports from time to time.On this day, I received a military report and knew that there was no reinforcements on the North Yili Road. Outside Kacheng, there were three camps, Wuling'a on the left, Mukdenbu on the right, and Counselor Qingxiang defending himself in the middle camp.Along the Hun River, there are already enemy sentry teams.Zhang Geer said: "If I had known that there was no reinforcements on the Yili North Road, Aohan would not go to the alliance."

Suddenly it was reported that Aohan led [-] people from Andiyan.Zhang Geer was surprised: "How fast is Aohan marching!"

I asked him to come, so I had to line up to meet him.When the two heroes met, they talked and looked up.Ao Han was very blatant; Zhang Ge hesitated, and his words were full of suspicion.Aohan said: "Ben Khan received a letter from Zun's office asking for help, so he dispatched his troops overnight. Firstly, he came to avenge the shame of our Hui people, and secondly, he came for Zunyue's children who were about four centimeters away, and the city of Kacheng, which was cut off. things."

Zhang Geer said: "That's the original sentence, but now, the situation has changed, so we can't make that appointment anymore.

"Ao Han asked why, and Zhang Ge said: "The Tartar soldiers in Kacheng, I think I can still eat and live in my own strength, and there are no Tartar soldiers on Yili North Road, so I don't have to rely on it anymore. "

Ao Han said: "We believers in Islam, how can we repent of what we have said?"

Zhang Geer said: "I haven't made an oath, and I regret it for a while, and I don't care!"

Ao Han said angrily: "You have to repent, let you repent, I don't have time to argue with you. I have [-] people in Andijan, if you don't give Kacheng to me, I will take it myself."

Just gather people and horses, surround Kacheng on all sides, and attack as much as possible in one go.Unexpectedly, the guards in the city were very powerful with their guns and bows. After three or five days of attacking, they didn't break a single gate.Suddenly got the military newspaper, Zhang Geer ordered troops and sent generals, looking like a surprise attack.Ao Han was startled and said, "If this is the case, our army will be under the enemy's back and forth."

Then a secret order was issued, but when it was dark, the three armies all returned to their headquarters.At the first watch of the night, Aohan led the Anjiyan people, pulled up the stronghold and headed back to the headquarters.After walking for five or seven miles, a drum sounded in the woods, and the group of returning soldiers rushed out, the leader of the group shouted: "Aohan leave his head and go back!"

It's none other than Zhang Geer who was writing books and begging for help.Aohan was furious and sent his troops to fight. Although Andiyan was fierce, he had no choice but to turn his heart like an arrow.Zhang Geer took him as his own soldier, and then returned the crowd to attack the city.

It was also the luck of the thief. The lead nitrate in the city was used up to defend against Andiyan, and he took advantage of it to enter, and even broke the four major cities. Wulinga and Mukdenbu fought hard in the Hunhe area. die.This was all before Chang Ling took office.

At present, Changling told Xuanzong about the military situation in the Western Regions and revised the book.Xuanzong was depressed, so he secretly summoned Cao Zhenyong for advice.Zhenyong said: "Yang Yuchun, governor of the Shaanxi-Gansu Administration, has quite a lot of experience in military affairs. If he is asked to lead the people of Shaanxi and Gansu to Hami, and join the army to fight against Zhang Ni, the clown, it may not be difficult to wipe out in one fell swoop. .”

Xuanzong said: "Yang Yuchun is indeed brave. The two troubles of the Bailian Sect and the Tianli Sect are mostly due to him alone. You protect him, I believe it very much."

Then he ordered Yang Yuchun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, to be the imperial envoy, and to command Shaanxi and Gansu, only five thousand starred nights, to go to Hami to gather all the troops to attack.The remaining governor of Shaanxi and Gansu is the acting governor of Shaanxi, Eshan.He also ordered Lu Kun, the political envoy, to act as the governor of Shaanxi and go to Suzhou to manage the affairs of grain and Taiwan.Ordering the general to be a teacher, managing and planning, spent a lot of thought, but still no idea worked, Yi Zong was very anxious.

On this day, after returning to the palace, the internal eunuch in charge of the palace presented a large number of chapters, most of which were military newspapers from the Western Regions.Xuanzong frowned and said: "The little loach is making big waves, how long will it take to do the work here!
"I took the Zhu inkstone as ordered, read it as I liked, and read it all day. After dinner, I held a candle to review it. The eunuch Ao, who was on duty, didn't stay at night. He stood on both sides and fell asleep. Xuanzong Don't blame them, stick to the ink pen alone, and review each book.

I read one, but it was General Yili's long-term invitation to soldiers.If you look carefully, the general purpose says, "The rebellious chieftain has occupied his lair, and the whole situation is mobilizing. Kacheng is two thousand miles away from Aksu, and there are many deserts in the village in all directions. It is impossible for the 5000 reinforcements from Ili and Urumqi to overcome it. Kindness quickly dispatched four soldiers. Wan, with 5000 people divided into grain guards, and [-] people going into battle, the military will be sure." He shook his head and said: "Long age is too ignorant. How much is the daily salary for transferring these many soldiers? ?”

He wrote and meditated, and planned to write several strategies, instructed the border ministers, wrote one or two, and then deleted and revised them.

At this time, the clock on the wall rang, and the morning report was two quarters.A eunuch rushed to the crowd and said: "The imperial concubine and empress please rest in peace."

Xuanzong said nothing.The eunuch asked again, Xuanzong nodded.The eunuch retreated, and came to urge him again after a while.Xuanzong frowned and said, "Understood."

The eunuch said: "It's cold and the night is short, please let me drive. I'm afraid that the imperial concubine will invite you by herself."

Before the words were finished, I heard the sound of clothes being undone, and a gust of fragrant wind. The imperial concubine had already helped the two maids in and walked in, and said with a smile: "It's late at night, what are you still doing?"

Xuanzong put down his pen and said, "What are you doing here? You should go to bed too.

"The imperial concubine said: "I'm serving the master. If the master doesn't sleep, how can I sleep soundly alone.

Xuanzong said, "don't pester me. I have something to do." "

The imperial concubine said: "Is there something difficult to handle tomorrow?"

Xuanzong said: "wait for a while, I will sleep with you after I have drawn up the decree."

This imperial concubine was used to pampering her parents, and she was a fool by nature. Seeing that Xuanzong failed Chunxiao, she stretched out her exquisite jade wrist, snatched the chapter, and tore it into strips of paper. Son.Xuanzong blamed all the eunuchs for not coming to stop him, and was so frightened that all the eunuchs pleaded guilty.The next day, an edict was issued to send the imperial concubine out of the palace.Later generations chanted the epic poem: "It's too late to hold the inkstone and tune Zhu Yu, and it's too stupid to split the silk before the emperor."

Talented people don’t wear incense halls, and the moon and sheep carts are dreams.

The emperor's daughter-in-law was deposed for a crime, and Xuanzong went to Qichun Garden to report to the empress dowager.The Empress Dowager said: "Yi Ling's girl Niu Julu, I think she is very promising, so let's promote her.

"Xuanzong led the decree. It turns out that this Niu Kulu family is the daughter of Chengen Gong Yiling. She has a beautiful heart and is very sensitive. When she was young, Yiling was an official in Suzhou. Suzhou customs, playing in the boudoir, prevailed. It's a jigsaw puzzle. Concubine Niu is smart and smart, and she made a new one with her own label. She made a few small wooden pieces and spelled out the words "Liutongchun". : Hui Zhilan has no heart in the world, and Chui Piao once remembered Gusu.

Composed into six contract spring characters, it is absolutely better than Xuanji brocade.

Concubine Niu accepted her grace and was conferred the title of imperial concubine, and the holy family was grand.In a few years, she was given a decree of kindness, ordering her to take charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces. This is all a later story.

But Xuanzong watched Changling's request for soldiers, and was disturbed by the imperial concubine, so he couldn't draw up the strategy himself, so he called the military plane to discuss.It was decided to order Wulong'a, the governor of Shandong, to lead 3000 cavalry teams from Jilin and Heilongjiang on business trips to assist in the suppression. Changling was specially appointed as General Yangwei in charge of military affairs, and General Deying'a was appointed as General Yili.Cao Zhenyong said: "When military affairs were established in all dynasties, the shortage of grain and Taiwan has the most disadvantages. Like Qianlong's time, the development of Xinjiang included military expenses. I don't know how much it cost."

Xuanzong said: "How can the current treasury money be so bold compared to the Qianlong period, I can't bear it."

According to the order, Zhenyong drafted an edict, saying: "Xinjiang was created and expanded during Qianlong's reign, so he used the example of going to foreign regions."At the beginning of Jiaqing, the military supplies in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Chu had not yet been established, so there was a lot of waste.It has been more than [-] years since I returned to the territory of Xinjiang, and the castle station is known to be the same as the mainland, so I can't return to my hometown.This is it.

He also ordered the Ministry of Households to submit a map of the Western Regions to check the various roads for transporting grain and entering the army.Xuanzong said: "I don't know the terrain, and all the actions are wrong. Look at Jiaguguan in Suzhou, which is more than 5000 miles away from Aksu. Now there is only one general grain platform in Hami. How can it be managed comprehensively?"

Cao Zhenyong said: "The emperor clearly saw Wanli, so he ordered the mechanism in the cave. Now the grain in Urumqi and the grain bought in Yili are all transported from the interior of Aksu Province. It is the ordnance, gunpowder, etc., all of which are transported out of the interior. Things are also changed to Urumqi North Road, crossing the ice ridge, and turning to Aksu. It is much more convenient than the aquatic plants on Turpan Kunan Road.”

Xuanzong said: "Since this is the case, an order will be issued to allow it to set up additional stations, and stop sneaking around."

Cao Zhenyong said: "The military is the most difficult to raise wages. I looked at the map and saw that there are a lot of copper mountains in Xinjiang. Why not use red copper to cast Pu'er money for military use? Let's look at the breeding farm in Uliasutai, Yili. , Over the past few years, we have bred a lot of camels, oxen and horses, and we have never used them. Now that we are using soldiers in the Western Regions, these camels, oxen and horses are very useful things, why not choose tens of thousands of them?"

Xuanzong was overjoyed and said, "It's better that you can think of a way for me."

He sent out the decree as ordered, and asked him to write up several military strategies and send them out together.After these two decrees were sent, the request for payment is not as urgent as before.Helplessly, Xuanzong was more eager to put down the chaos than anything else, and there were always three or five decrees sent to the Western Regions every month to urge them.Although the military newspapers of the Western Regions are also in an endless stream, the military information reported is always unpredictable, and the interests are different.Xuanzong said: "The military has not improved, and it is mostly because the punishment and reward are unknown."

Sui Yuchangling inspected the ministers who had served as the counselors and leaders of the Huijiang Counselor. Some of them were corrupt and corrupt, and those who had bad deeds were arrested and imprisoned, and those who died were pursued.So Binjing, Sepuzheng, Ebayantu and others were all convicted.One day, the eunuch sent a report to the Western Regions. When he disassembled it, it was just a change of strategy. Detour out of Kacheng from the Wushi Grassland, and stop fleeing. But beyond Ushikalun, it goes straight to Yarkand. The valley is narrow and narrow, and the Gobi is hundreds of miles away. But the solitary army went deep, and the officers and soldiers stayed in Aksu for four thousand, Wushi for four thousand, and Kuqa for five hundred. Before they arrived, Yansui Xichuan soldiers were five thousand, and the number of infantry and cavalry in their advance and suppression was only [-]. Like two roads Divide into, go to more than [-] stations, there is no sound, and there are hundreds of thousands of ugly people in Kacheng. However, there are [-] cards of foreign barbarians on the border of Kacheng, fearing that the thieves will go back to Kayue to invite them because of their failure. .

Just when Cao Zhenyong saw it, he asked: "Sheng Rong is happy, I hope there is good news from the Western Regions.

"Xuanzong said: "if Changling can adapt to the situation so much, the day of peace is not far away.

"Zhenyong said: "The prime minister above the age, will have tens of thousands of people, play this clown, never expected that he will last so long. "

Xuanzong said: "You are so short on him, it is better than him to send you back to Xinjiang."

Zhenyong met and said: "Because I want to rule too much, I don't realize that my words are too much, and I am ignorant and taboo when encountering sages."

Xuanzong said: "Who blames you, but I just have a happy idea in my heart, but you come to recruit me again, and you think about it yourself, should you?"

Zhenyong kowtowed and said a few other words before quitting.

Returning to the private house, he said to his wife, "I have been an official for many years, and it is the first time I have run into a wall."

His wife said: "The boss is not happy, if the master bumps into it, it will naturally hit a wall."

Zhenyong said: "The superiors like it very much."

Let me tell you what happened just now.His wife said: "You have to let go and let go, you have to forgive others and forgive others. The master can't make a dead enemy with him."

Zhenyong said, "I'm very easy-going."

Without saying a word, Na Yancheng's business card was thrown on the door.Zhenyong was surprised: "When did he come to Beijing? Why didn't I know anything about it?"

His wife asked "Who?"

Zhenyong said, "Na Yancheng, governor of Zhili."

As soon as I wanted to wear my clothes and hats, I hurried out to meet guests.It was time to have a meal before he came in with a smile on his face.His wife asked, "Why does the master like it?"

Zhenyong said: "You don't know why you came here?"

His wife said, "How do I know?"

Zhenyong said: "He wants to make military exploits in the Western Regions."

His wife said: "Do you dare to entrust the master to protect him?"

Zhenyong said: "Lao Na wants to make military achievements, and he is afraid of war. Discuss with me, it's better to wait for Chang Ling to finish [-]% of the work and [-]% of the work. If there is a chance, he will take over and deal with the aftermath. You know him. , scheming is good or bad?
"Speaking, a family member rushed to someone and reported that "there has been a change in the palace". Zhenyong was shocked, and wanted to know what happened, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.

(End of this chapter)