Memoirs of the three generations of Qianlong Dynasty officials with different surnames (2).
When I first returned to my homeland, I was named the general of Jilin by the imperial court, which was the first time I was an official in my ancestral hometown of Longxing, and it was also the first time I served as a feudal official. In the place where my ancestors once lived, I deeply felt the tenacious and simple spirit of the children of the Eight Banners here, which was completely different from those of the Eight Banners in the capital who could only carry cages and fight crickets.
I used to go hunting and check the border security. However, a year later, I was transferred to Shengjing as a general of Shengjing, and these did not change much for me, it was still a routine, hunting, and handling government affairs.
Life was quite leisurely, and I spent two years there living a free and easy life. After that, the imperial court transferred me to Yunnan to serve as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, a position that was much more important than that of General Sheng Jing.
1.I have fought in the land of Yungui for many years, and I am very familiar with this place. Although the scenery here is beautiful, the four seasons are like spring, the climate is pleasant, and it is much more comfortable than outside the Guanwai, but there are many ethnic minorities in the area, and with the remnants of the battle of Jinchuan, I must always pay attention to their dynamics.
In addition, there are other vassal states on the frontier that are adjacent to us, and it is very difficult to get along with them. 2.In the land of Yungui, I have experienced many years of baptism of war, and I am very familiar with this place.
The scenery here is beautiful, the four seasons are like spring, and it is more pleasant than outside the gates. However, there are many local minorities here, and the remnants of the Great and Small Jinchuan battles are often present, and I must keep an eye on their dynamics.
In addition, it was difficult to communicate with other vassal states in the frontier. 3.I have fought for many years in the land of Yungui, and I know this place well. The scenery here is beautiful, the four seasons are like spring, and it is more comfortable than outside the gates.
However, there are many ethnic minorities in the area, and the remnants of the Great and Small Jinchuan battles are often active, so I must always be vigilant. In addition, there are other vassal states on the frontier that are adjacent to us, and it is not easy to get along with them.
When I first arrived, I noticed that there was a problem in the local copper casting industry, and some people were trying to cut corners and be corrupt. Therefore, I strongly advocate that the method of copper casting in the copper factory should be detailed, and the employment should be sincere, so as to prevent cheating, ensure the unity of currency, and severely punish the behavior of privately minting copper coins.
After that, I successfully handled diplomacy again. The following year, the Nam Chew (Laos) vassal state paid us a few elephants, which was a common thing, and we only had to send the elephants to the capital.
However, the envoy sent by Nanzhang offered to exchange it for the Qing artillery.
During the Qing Dynasty, a ** was appreciated by the emperor for refusing to exchange a few elephants for a cannon. Soon after, he was transferred to the position of governor of Sichuan and general of Chengdu, responsible for guarding the land of Sichuan and Shu, an important region of the Qing Dynasty bordering Dzungar Mongolia and which had been unsettled.
During this period, he devoted himself to suppressing the bandits, and soon cleared up the bandits in Sichuan.
In just ten years, I won the favor of Lord Qianlong with my military exploits, and I was repeatedly promoted and became an important member of the imperial court. I am so proud and grateful to Amma for her nurturing grace. Although my aunt has passed away a long time ago, I am deeply honored that my uncle has always nurtured me.
In the years that followed, my wife and I had many children. Among them, my sister and daughter had the privilege of marrying the son of the prince Baylor. My two sisters, one married my uncle's son and became the prince Yongchen and became the princess.
The other married a descendant of Prince Rui and also became a princess. They all come from prestigious families. And my two daughters, one married the Iron Hat Prince Zheng Prince Wu Ergonga and became the princess.
The other tied the knot with the descendants of Prince Yi and also became a princess. At this time, our family became more prosperous than anyone else.
In the 46th year of Qianlong, uprisings broke out again in Gansu and Qinghai. The local Muslims opposed the old religion, and if they did not quarrel among themselves, the court would generally not intervene.
But this time, the situation was out of control, and the imperial court could only send troops to suppress it. In April of the 49th year of Qianlong, the Hui Protestant imam Tian Wu and others led his subordinates to revolt again at Shifeng Fort in Tongwei, Gansu.
Mingshan, the deputy capital of Xi'an of the imperial court, led his army to fight them, but due to the terrain and the light enemy, he fell into an ambush circle, and more than 1,000 people of the whole army were annihilated, and Mingshan was also killed.
When the news reached the imperial court, the emperor was shocked, immediately reorganized his troops, ordered me to be the minister of the Qin mission, went to Gansu to suppress the popular rebellion, and granted the post of counselor minister, and was jointly responsible for the matter with the general A Gui.
We have been partners for more than ten years, and we are very familiar with each other.
In the course of the march into Gansu, I was appointed governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. After arriving, Uncle Gui and I used various means to besiege Shifeng Fort. The Hui leader Ma Sigui tried to break through the siege, and Uncle Ah Gui ordered General Hailancha to set up an ambush at a key point to intercept the Hui army.
I oversaw the battles everywhere and destroyed thousands of enemy troops. In July, I successfully broke through Shifeng Fort, executed Ma Sigui, and captured Zhang Wenqing and others. After the incident, I was made Marquis of Jiayong and promoted to the title.
Considering that the Hui people in Gansu advocated the use of force and there were few literati, I proposed to Qianlong Ye and proposed a plan to "teach the Hui people" to deal with the aftermath, and set up a school in the Xunhua Department to educate and guide the Hui people, which was approved by Qianlong Ye.
In my opinion, the establishment of schools is to better manage the population, and at the same time, it has also had a practical effect on cultural education in remote areas.
In July of the 50th year of Qianlong, I returned to the capital and served as the secretary of the household department, and the following year I was promoted to the secretary of the ministry and the assistant university scholar. I was trusted by my uncle and given important powers.
In order to promote the development of the local economy, I proposed to build various canals in Ningxia to promote the development of water conservancy undertakings, which is also conducive to local stability.
Not long after I returned to the capital, another big incident happened. There was another uprising on the island of Taiwan, and the rebel Lin Shuangwen called on the people with the teachings of the Heaven and Earth Society, forming a powerful force.
I originally thought that the Heaven and Earth Society had been dead for a long time, because during the time of the Holy Ancestor Kangxi, the activities of the Heaven and Earth Society were very frequent, but at that time, the Qing Dynasty had just been unified, and there was the resistance of the Zheng clan and the three feudatories in Taiwan, so it was normal.
But now, a hundred years have passed, why do these people still use the name of the Heaven and Earth Society**? My uncle couldn't stand it anymore and sent me as a general to cross the sea to fight in Taiwan with General Hailancha, the Counsellor Minister.
In November of that year, our group took a boat to Luzai Harbor and attacked the peasant army that was besieging the city of Zhuluo (present-day Chiayi, Taiwan).
We fought for a long time with each other, and the local peasant army resisted in the bamboo fence. I ordered the army to stay put, and personally led the Baturu guards to charge into the enemy army, which resulted in the defeat of the enemy.
Subsequently, the army of the imperial court captured more than a dozen villages including Yu Chang, and the inhabitants of these villages were forced to evacuate Zhuluo. We pursued as far as Dapaizhu, broke through the stream to cross the soldiers, and burned the enemy's camp.
In the Battle of Zhuluo, I managed to turn the tide of the battle and lift the siege, so I was awarded the title of First Class Jiayong Gong, and was rewarded with a ruby hat and a four-regiment dragon supplement in recognition of my outstanding performance.
In December, the imperial army continued to encircle and suppress the rebels. I also led the army to search from the inner mountains to the Tieliao Societies, and divided the troops to intercept the Haikou and the key passes.
In order to prevent Lin Shuangwen from committing suicide while being chased, I secretly ordered ten Baturu guards and hundreds of tun training soldiers to change their outfits and go deep into the mountains and dense forests. Finally, in the first month of the fifty-third year of Qianlong, we successfully captured Lin Shuangwen in Lao Quqi.
After the failure of Lin Shuangwen's uprising, I continued to supervise the troops to suppress the remnants of the peasant army, chased them to Langqiao, the southernmost tip of Taiwan, and captured Zhuang Datian, the leader of the rebel army on the southern route, by land and water.
At this point, the rebel army in Taiwan was completely suppressed, and I successfully completed the mission and returned to the division in triumph. This time, I was given a yellow belt and a golden coral pearl, and the imperial court also ordered Taiwan County and Chiayi County to build a shrine for me.
Uncle Qianlong also painted the image of "the top 20 heroes of pacifying Taiwan" in Ziguang Pavilion, and I ranked fourth, second only to Uncle Gui, He Shen and Wang Jie. Although I was a little unhappy about being ranked after Wang Jie and He Shen, my uncle Qianlong Ye wrote a poem for me: "Jinchuan has become famous for leading the army.
Several places were sealed, and the officials were in power. Break the siege and capture the rebellion, but the capable cannot. Honorable knights, Jiaer loyalty. "I had to accept the result.
In the 53rd year of Qianlong, I was transferred to the post of governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, responsible for handling the aftermath of Taiwan. However, due to the defeat of Sun Shiyi, the governor of Liangguang, at Annam, and the defeat of Li Weiqi, who supported the Later Li Dynasty, it led to the occurrence of chaos.
For this reason, the imperial court once again transferred me to the governor-general of Liangguang and was responsible for handling the affairs of Annam. In February, I arrived in Xinghua Province and proposed a strategy of military deterrence to force Nguyen Hue of the Tay Son Dynasty to surrender and Doldon, which was strongly supported by my uncle.
Subsequently, I went to Zhennan Pass in accordance with the holy decree, and succeeded in getting the puppet king of Annam, Nguyen Hue, to surrender several times, and finally the imperial court decided to call off the army and allow peace. However, during this time, He Shen's younger brother He Lin participated in Li Tianpei, the envoy of Hubei, and exposed the smuggling of timber by the Huguang grain ship, and learned that I had asked him to help buy timber.
When my uncle learned about this, he was very angry and asked me to impeach myself. At his request, I was impeached and fined by the Governor for three years, reduced by ten years, and dismissed from office.
I immediately went to the court to plead guilty.
My uncle who was a first-time offender opened the net, and this time I have a deep memory. During my time in power, my life has also changed dramatically, giving me a sense of fluttering.
However, my lavish life also became a major drawback for me. While I was indulging in this, some people took advantage of the situation and went around deceiving me in my name. They took advantage of the fact that many magistrates knew that I was pampered, and tried to slap me.
However, these people were so stupid that I believed everything they said, and even some magistrates suspected that I was not in good health and could not see visitors, and I believed them. However, one of my subordinates saw through their plan and brought him to justice.
He wrote to me reminding me to be vigilant. This experience made me cherish my current position and power even more, and to pay more attention to my actions and image.
Soon after, I received another order to go on an expedition, targeting the neighboring Gurkhas, and this time they began to cause chaos again.