The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 287 Killing the Tiger and Scaring the Monkey

By coincidence at that time, hundreds of Mongolian cavalry stationed in Siberia were patrolling the border. According to the usual practice, they patrolled at most a hundred miles. However, the cavalry chased a group of prey and ran for hundreds of miles that day. There are probably hundreds of imperial merchants, but among them there are more than 200 high-quality horses, and the extra horses drag a wooden box more than one meter long.

The most surprising thing is that this group of merchants were all carrying steel knives, and some of them were holding firecrackers, among which there was a military-used militant blunderbuss.

The key point is that the leading merchant stared unscrupulously at the galloping Mongolian iron cavalry, without a trace of panic, obviously confident.

The leading Mongolian cavalry general is a Han general named Luo Qi. He was originally a captain of the Royal Cavalry Regiment. Anyone who imported anything from the Qing would be beheaded if caught, and these people were clearly leading to the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

These thoughts flashed, Luo Qi became more cautious, waved his hand, let the Mongolian cavalry divide into three teams to outflank the opponent, and shouted coldly: "Anyone who dares to act recklessly will be shot!"

The leading merchant's complexion changed slightly, and he told his subordinates not to act rashly, he rode up a few steps to meet him, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the general is here, I have a pass issued by King Horqin, and I only transport some leather goods. The generals are flexible, come here, and give me a hundred taels of gold."

Luo Qi's face turned cold, seeing that there were indeed Mongols in the opponent's cavalry. He had never heard that King Horqin had the right to issue a pass. Thinking of the possible results, he coldly shouted: "Take them all, and kill anyone who dares to change. "

More than a hundred Mongolian cavalry drew their bows to guard, and the rest of the cavalry officers and soldiers rushed forward with their sabers held high.

Some people in the cavalry were eager to try with weapons, and some wanted to escape like headless chickens. The leading merchant was shocked at first, then shouted loudly, and said contemptuously to Luo Qi: "Whoever dares to move, I am Han Da. Cousin of the general, you are just a small deputy commander, do you want to die?"

General Han?Could it be him?He is one of the generals in the army and is currently the chief general of the Jiangning Military Region.

Luo Qi saw that the man said plausible words, took a long breath, and immediately hesitated. The surrounding Mongolian cavalry soldiers saw that the Shangguan was expressionless and did not reply. They were killed, and more than ten people were shot and killed when they tried to escape. Only a dozen or so breaths were disturbed at the scene, and they were completely controlled by the Mongolian cavalry.

Luo Qi's heart was beating wildly: "It seems that this matter is not simple, not only King Horqin is involved, but General Han Yong may also be involved. If I offend them this time, I can't bear to walk around, but I am Jiang Xin single-handedly promoted them, and they should have nothing to do with themselves, and since they are cavalrymen, the appointment and dismissal of captains and above must be appointed by the emperor."

"Deputy Commander Luo, we found several military firearms, most of which are firearms, and there are more than ten revolver rifles among them!" a school captain shouted with a serious expression.

Luo Qi woke up with a start, opened his mouth wide, and felt a huge shock in his heart, because smuggling arms to the Qing Dynasty was a felony. Now, if that imperial soldier loses the gun, then the imperial soldier's future is over.

"Quick, strictly control, return to the camp as soon as possible!" Luo Qi reacted all of a sudden, and shouted, and the cavalry came back to their senses.

Luo Qi was riding a fine army horse, wishing to go back to the camp immediately, and said with an excited smile in his heart: "As long as you report this matter to the emperor, even ten generals can't stand it."

After making such great achievements, his position must be raised a bit.

Luo Qi was also a little worried that the frontier lord would monopolize this achievement or have colluded with these merchants long ago. Otherwise, why are these merchants so unscrupulous?
After he figured it out, he quickly spread out a piece of paper to write down the matter, and summoned a small team of personal guards: "Send it to General Wu Hong in the capital area as soon as possible, and make sure to finish this matter, and keep quiet along the way."

Wu Hong is his old comrade-in-arms, and the current general of the Royal Tenth Lancers. In his capacity, he will definitely be able to submit it to General Jiang Xin, and I believe he will not miss this opportunity.

After finishing this matter, Luo Qi was relieved. However, such a big incident must not be hidden from his immediate superior, Commander Huang Guoying. However, he never thought of taking the credit for this, and as far as he knew, Huang Guoying would not participate in arms smuggling. such a big thing.

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Just like that, Jiang Xin personally confronted the emperor behind his back. Only then did Jiang Tao know that he was horrified. The law of the country, after thinking about it for a moment, realized that it was not that simple. It must be the result of the cooperation between Manchu spies and the remnants of Manchu forces left in the empire.

Once the army was in chaos, the empire couldn't compete with the Eighteen Nations Alliance. At this moment, Jiang Tao couldn't afford to think too much. He first ordered people to control King Horqin's family, and then secretly arrested Han Yong.

As the civilian guards tried their best to interrogate the cavalry members, they found that the leading merchant was indeed Han Yong's cousin, Han Jun, but Han Yong was not involved in this matter. Han Jun was just an ordinary person in the empire, but because of Han Yong Because of the great general, the influence of the society has increased dramatically, and the prefects and local garrison generals all pay more attention and tolerance to him. As a result, he was favored by the secret agents of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he vigorously bought him.

In front of the huge amount of gold and silver treasures and beauties, the Han army was completely defeated. Western countries learned that the imperial weapons were sharp, and Kangxi wanted to get the new imperial weapons. He bid 100 million taels to buy the new muskets of the Dahua Empire.

Under the flickering of the Manchu spies, Han Jun was very itchy, and then acted like a tiger, repeatedly intimidating and buying off the generals in charge of logistics in the Jiangning Military Region, and finally colluded with each other.

To be on the safe side, they transported them in batches, and the rest were transported by the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Only the group responsible for the Han army was caught.

Originally, Han Jun was going to make a fortune and not come back, but he was arrested unexpectedly, and Han Yong regretted it to death. This cousin has been doing nothing, and he should arrange something for him so that this will not happen. Now because In this matter, he will definitely not be able to take the position of a high-ranking general, and it will also arouse the suspicion of the emperor, and he will definitely be suppressed in the future.

However, King Horqin was a staunch supporter of Kangxi. A few years ago, he was unable to stop the Great China Empire from annexing the prairie, so he had to pretend to surrender, but secretly acted as an eyeliner for Kangxi.

The truth came out, and the matter hit the headlines of the Empire Monthly.

The commoner guards and the police force followed the clues and uncovered hundreds of Manchu spies, all of whom were beheaded.

Among them, all the royal families and nobles of the Horqin tribe were sacked, and the tribes were annexed by other Mongolian tribes.

The general Han Yong was demoted to governor of Gansu, the duke was demoted to marquis, all the generals who knew the law and violated the law also acted in accordance with the law, and a group of Han Yong's trusted generals were implicated.

Because of this, Luo Qi was promoted to three ranks, from a small deputy commander to a general of the 15th Lancers, and most of the other meritorious personnel were also promoted to a rank. Ten thousand silver dollars and one hundred bolts of silk.

However, the revolving rifles still flowed into the Qing Dynasty. Presumably European countries would be able to imitate them, but Jiang Tao was not worried about this, because they did not know the craftsmanship of thunder mercury, so it was difficult to imitate it in a short time. Without thunder mercury, It is impossible for their muskets to be as advanced as the empire.

Regarding Han Yong's treatment, Jiang Tao also knew that it was too severe, but politics is like this, there is no turning back when you open the bow, once you offend the other party, you must choose to defeat the other party, and do not give others a chance to fight back. Although Han Yong is still a provincial The governor, however, is under the monitoring of the empire. If he dares to troublesome, he will be punished for several crimes.

Moreover, Jiang Tao also wants to kill tigers and scare monkeys. The top officials of the empire may not have the time or opportunity to harm the local area, but their relatives and friends are pretending to be powerful, and some local officials are mostly afraid of the forces behind them. Dare to say, there are not many officials who dare not be afraid of power, so these people have great influence in the local area.

This is not allowed by Jiang Tao, and the functions of the state cannot be out of control because of these people.

Sure enough, when Han Yongyi was demoted, these people disappeared immediately, but Jiang Tao was even more worried, because he knew the truth that a chicken and a dog can ascend to heaven if one person attains the Tao.

However, he did not overthrow the old account, but only announced a new decree: "If the people of the empire go to the capital to sue the imperial court, if there is a real incident, the empire will reimburse the expenses of traveling, horses and food, and give certain material rewards. Officials of the original local government and the accused will be dealt with according to law.”

For this reason, Jiang Tao selected some Qingzheng officials to deal with imperial documents in the capital, and this department was directly under the jurisdiction and supervision of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)