1748, Zhang Guangsi, who was responsible for pacifying the Jinchuan war, wrote a memorial to Qianlong for credit, saying that he had conquered more than 50 bunkers in Rongbu Village.
At this time, it has been nearly two years since Zhang Guangsi became the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and has been in charge of the Jinchuan war. For the long-term delay in Jinchuan war, Qianlong has always been dissatisfied with . Now he received Zhang Guangsi's memorial to give credit. His reply to Zhang Guangsi was obviously emotional, saying that this was just a small victory, looks forward to his greater good news.
" said the edict: "This is also a small conquering. Wait for the sound of the sound to comfort the West. "—" Qing History Draft "
In Qianlong's view, the achievements Zhang Guangsi achieved were far disproportionately compared to the large amount of manpower and material resources invested by the court and his trust in Zhang Guangsi. The Qing army's war in Jinchuan was ineffective for a long time, and there was no progress in " to change land and return to the land " . On the contrary, the news of Zhang Guangsi urging military pay and asking for reinforcements became more and more frequent, which made Qianlong very dissatisfied.
Two important officials of the court were sentenced to death one after another
Qianlong claimed to be "the ten-complete old man", which was a very important thing People with face, "changing the land and returning to the flow" was a key promotion strategy of the Qing Dynasty court at that time, and achieved good results in Yunnan and Guizhou. However, this practice that shakes the interests of the chieftains was stubbornly resisted in some areas of Sichuan-Tibet , especially the chieftains of large and small Jinchuan , and the reaction was very fierce.
In Qianlong's view, the Qing Dynasty was very strong, and the rebellion of the chieftains of jinchuan was only needed to send troops to suppress it. As long as the victory of the Jinchuan war was achieved as soon as possible, the comprehensive promotion of "changing the land and returning to the flow" can be guaranteed, and "civilization and military achievements" can naturally be taken into his pocket.
Qianlong specially transferred Zhang Guangsi, who had made outstanding contributions to serve as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, hoping that he could help him to settle the victory of the Jinchuan war as soon as possible. The result was contrary to his wishes. Zhang Guangsi, who had always acted decisively, did not work this time. The Jinchuan war, which Qianlong originally wanted to win as soon as possible, not only did not receive good news, but instead fell into the situation of for a long time but failed. Why did this happen?
? Zhang Guangsi was also very aggrieved . Jinchuan is located in a remote location and the terrain is very steep. After years of operation by local chieftains, it is now a fortress. Builts and forts are everywhere. On weekdays, chieftains will attack each other for their own interests and compete for territory. When the Qing army is in a hurry, they will abandon past grudges and form a group to fight against the Qing army.
Zhang Guangsi is good at using troops. After he took office, he realized at the first time that Jinchuan, the big and small force are not suitable for large-scale use of troops, but they cannot conquer the enemy camps. So he considered to use the contradictions between chieftains to check and balance each other . It is best to maintain the status quo, bring the chaotic situation back on track, and avoid the court investing a lot of manpower and material resources.
Although this practice is effective, it is too slow to take effect. As a result, during the period when Zhang Guangsi led his troops to attack Jinchuan, rare good news came to Qianlong. After Qianlong learned about Zhang Guangsi's idea, he was even more furious. Because even if his approach was successful, it was just equivalent to wandering around in place, and "changing land and returning to flow" was still unpromoted.
In this way, wouldn't all the "civilization and martial arts skills" that Qianlong had expected before? This was a result that Qianlong could not accept, so he wavered in his trust in Zhang Guangsi and decided to send his confidant to investigate the reality and reality. So, He was appointed to serve as a manager in person. At the same time, under the recommendation of Fu Heng , Qianlong activated the Yue Zhongqi , who had been convicted of being implicated, and went to the front line with Naqin.
After Naqin and Yue Zhongqi arrived at the front line, they quickly wrote a memorial to Qianlong and impeached Zhang Guangsi. The reasons were " teacher's salary ", "raising enemies to cause trouble" , and there were also unfavorable military use and poor employment of people, which led to the leakage of military aircraft.The two secret comments were so consistent that Qianlong felt that his previous suspicion had been confirmed. In anger, Zhang Guangsi was escorted back to Beijing and he would be questioned in person.
The emperor personally interrogated important officials of the court, which was a very rare thing. Qianlong not only interrogated himself, but also punished Zhang Guangsi . Such a thing was really unheard of in the Qing Dynasty.
Why was Qianlong so angry? Because Zhang Guangsi felt that he was not wrong, he spoke rudely to Qianlong and contradicted him. Qianlong was in a sad period when lost Empress Xiaoxian . Qianlong, who was in a bad mood, was furious after being contradicted and ordered the punishment of Zhang Guangsi, but Zhang Guangsi refused to bow his head and admit his mistake and kept defending himself.
Zhang Guangsi felt wronged and hoped that Qianlong could uphold justice, but forgot that Qianlong was not an emperor who was brave enough to admit his mistakes. Whether right or wrong or not, he would not allow anyone to contradict himself. In order to maintain the emperor's majesty or to maintain his own face, Zhang Guangsi of was executed by Qianlong.
"Guangsi said it was wrong, and his destiny was punished, and he could not tell it."
In fact, Qianlong had a certain understanding of the authenticity of what Zhang Guangsi said. As the emperor, he had a strong control over the army, which can be seen from his empowerment and deprivation of military power. Moreover, Qianlong had a spy in the army. The main reason for Zhang Guangsi's death was that he committed the crime of "great disrespect" .
Although Neqin was an important official in the court, he was not good at commanding troops. After he took office as the governor, he was defeated one after another and was not completely unresponsible. Qianlong knew all these things. In order to give an explanation for the unfavorable war in Jinchuan, Zhang Guangsi was executed shortly after Qianlong ordered Fu Heng to take over as the governor, and sent someone to escort Neqin back to Beijing and sentenced him to death.
"E Shijian Ne's relatives arrived at Banlan Mountain. When he heard the order of the next generation, he killed Ne's relatives." - "Draft History of Qing Dynasty"
At this point, in the first battle of Jinchuan , two important officials of the court were sentenced to death by Qianlong one after another, and Yue Zhongqi made great contributions to exposing the first and leading the army to attack the enemy later. She was not only innocent, but was commended by Qianlong. Judging from the records in the "Draft History of Qing Dynasty", both Neqin and Zhang Guangsi were executed because they committed a serious crime. However, a literati of the Qing Dynasty had a different view. He believed that there was something strange about behind this matter .
"Jinchuan Yaoji Zhi" records a chieftain princess who is deeply related to this matter. The name of this literati is unknown, but a book he wrote records related to the Battle of Jinchuan. The title of the book is "Jinchuan Yaoji Zhi" .
It turned out that during the Battle of Jinchuan, one of his staff members had been following the army and wrote a note, recording all his experiences and hearings during his time with the army. Because the matter is secret, this aide has never dared to show the notes. It was not until an anonymous literati accidentally saw this note at a friend's house in Yunnan that he wrote "Jinchuan Yaoji Zhi" based on the content recorded in the notes.
Since the book is based on the notes of a staff member Zhang Guangsi, it has certain historical value. Later, was compiled and printed by the Jinchuan County Local Chronicles Office and was regarded as Jinchuan County local Chronicles information.
In "Jinchuan Yao Ji Zhi", some content that makes up for the missing history is recorded. The princess of one of the chieftains Akou is almost interspersed in the whole thing , which is related to the successive death of Neqin and Zhang Guangsi by Qianlong.
Akuo is the daughter of Dajinchuan toast Sha Luoben . She has a very beautiful appearance and many suitors. She is called "Yu Guanyin" by the locals.
Sha Roben loves his daughter very much, but he has to use her to complete a marriage. In the end, Sha Luoben chose Toshi Zewang, who is Xiao Jinchuan , as his son-in-law for Akou. Zewang's status matches Akou, but 's ugly appearance is not worthy of Akou's beauty , which makes Akou's fantasy of love shattered the moment he married Zewang.
The love that Agu longs for is to hope that he can marry a handsome Han Han high official. Yue Zhongqi was a general who led the army at that time, and was kind to Sha Luoben. She often had contacts with Sha Luoben's family, which basically met all Agu's expectations for the "Prince Charming" in his mind.
Akue was dissatisfied with his marital status and decided to confess his love to Yue Zhongqi. Akou has always been very confident in her appearance, but Yue Zhongqi's reaction was beyond Akou's expectations. Yue Zhongqi rejected her because she was already married.
From then on, Ah Kou poured all the dissatisfaction in his heart on his husband Zewang's head, and his attitude towards him was very bad. Although Zewang is ugly, he is Xiao Jinchuan's chieftain after all, so he is naturally unwilling to be bullied by a woman. His attitude towards Agu gradually changes, and he even beats her.
Agu told his father truthfully about Zewang's beating her. When Sharobin found out, he was furious and sent someone to tie Zewang up, snatched his toast seal, and deprived Zewang of his toast status. As a result, the quarrel between the couple actually developed into a conflict between the chieftains of Jinchuan, which immediately became tense.
After learning about this, Sichuan Governor Ji Shan was very dissatisfied with Sharoben's approach. He did not want to see the situation worse, so he asked Sharoben to put Zewang back. Although Sharoben was reluctant, he still let Zewang go, but he still held his chieftain seal and refused to return it. Agu refused to return it. The conflict between the big and small Jinchuan was formed, and laid the groundwork for the subsequent chaos.
was able to get rid of Zewang's Akuo, and planned to boldly pursue his love and look for Yue Zhongqi. But at this time, Yue Zhongqi was no longer in the border because of the Nian Gengyao case, and Agu failed to do so. Sharoben hoped that she would marry another toast, to change her daughter's home, and to continue to help him get closer to other toasts.
Among the candidates for Aku's remarriage, there were two people who made Saroben more satisfied. One was the toast Mingzheng that he highly recognized, and the other was the toast Gebuzashi , which was full of affection for Aku.
These two toasts became strong competitors to marry Akuo, and they were still stalemate. What the two did not expect was that Akuo did not choose in the end, but came together with Zewang's handsome and handsome younger brother Liangerji, which made Toast Mingzheng and Toast Gebuzashi feel very humiliated.
Tushi Mingzheng,Tushi Gebuzashi andTushi Zewang are both people in the world. Three men abandoned by Agu decided to join forces and send troops to fight against the chieftains of Dajinchuan to avenge their previous shame.
So far, caused a war between 4 toasts because of Agu's love . But the three young people were still too impulsive because the three of them joined forces and failed to defeat the powerful Sharoben. Instead, Sharoben took advantage of the situation to seize their land. Sharoban's strong military strength made him expand his ambitions. After defeating the three, he actually tried to get involved in Dujiangyan.
Sharoben caused trouble one after another, and completely angered Jishan , so Jishan sent troops to suppress it. The military operation was under the responsibility of Deputy General Yang Xing. Without sufficient understanding of the enemy, he formulated a plan to use conflicts between chieftains to defeat Sharoben, intending to use Mingzheng and Gebuzashi to help him attack Sharoben.
Yang Xing’s idea is good, but he doesn’t understand the relationship between the toasts too much. If there is no external force, most of the chieftains will fight, but when there is external force intervention, they will abandon past grudges and safeguard common interests. In this case, Yang Xing, who was unprepared, was suddenly hit by Ming Zheng and Ge Buzashi, resulting in a crushing defeat to .
It was precisely because of Yang Xing's failure that attracted the attention of the Qing court and regarded Jinchuan's actions as rebellion. Zhang Guangsi was also highly expected by Qianlong and sent to quell the rebellion. In Qianlong's eyes, Zhang Guangsi was far better than Yang Xing, so he was naturally able to capture it, which was a big difference from the later situation where the Qing army failed for a long time.
Zhang Guangsi After taking office, he decided to stabilize the situation first, so he immediately communicated efficiently with Zewang and Liangerji. He learned that Zewang wanted to return the toast seal that was stolen by Sharoben, and Liangerji hoped to be with Akou forever.In Zhang Guangsi's opinion, these two things were not difficult to deal with, so he agreed to them, with the condition that Agu would persuade his father Sha Luoben to withdraw his troops and continue to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
The cunning Sha Luoben saw that Zhang Guangsi took the initiative to ask for peace, so he wanted to test the Qing army's background. While he took the initiative to reply to Zhang Guangsi, he said that he was willing to surrender, and told Zhang Guangsi that his nephew was in Guar Cliff and refused to surrender, and he could do nothing.
Gar Cliff is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are many bunkers built there. Due to the steep terrain and narrow roads, it is difficult to take advantage of the attack facing Gar Cliff. Zhang Guangsi saw through Sha Luoben's intention to test, and knew very well that this battle of must be clean and neat to shock the various toasts.
Zhang Guangsi originally planned to attack Gar Cliff with an army of 30,000 to defeat the enemy with thunder to achieve a shock effect. But before the plan was implemented, a man named Wang Qiu met Zhang Guangsi and spoke a plan that made Zhang Guangsi feel moved.
Wang Qiu believes that the hatred between the chieftains was all caused by Akou. As long as Zhang Guangsi put Akou under house arrest, he could implement the strategy of driving tigers and swallowing wolves. ordered Sha Luoben and Liangerji to send troops to attack Garya , so that only military supplies and material support could be provided, and the Qing army did not need to mobilize the troops and maintain a chance of victory.
At the same time, Wang Qiu also considered Qianlong's determination to "change land and return to flow", so that after Zhang Guangsi was conquered on Gar Cliff, he killed Liangerji and took Agu as his concubine, so as to narrow the relationship with Sha Luoben, and then use this relationship to gain support from Sha Luoben to carry out "change land and return to flow".
In the long run, Wang Qiuzhi's plan was very clever, and Zhang Guangsi decided to act according to the plan. He secretly made an appointment with Sharoben and Liangerji to attack Garcliff, and then put Agu under house arrest and drank with her every day. But when Zhang Guangsi did all this, he did not take care of Qianlong's mood. Just as Zhang Guangsi was vigorously advancing the Jinchuan war, Qianlong's patience was exhausted and he sent Neqin and Yue Zhongqi to the front line.
Qianlong's arrangement to send Neqin and Yue Zhongqi to the front line was made on the premise of losing trust in Zhang Guangsi, so Zhang Guangsi was not notified in advance. When Neqin and Yue Zhongqi arrived at Zhang Guangsi's military camp, Zhang Guangsi was drinking and having fun with Akou. The three of them met for the first time.
Although Neqin served as the strategy, he did not know how to use troops. After he arrived at the front line, Neqin, who knew that Qianlong was eager to win, gave Zhang Guangsi the first order that must launch an attack on Garjay within three days .
Zhang Guangsi's original plan has already come to light. In these few days, Sharoben and Liangerji will be dispatched to attack Gar Cliff. If the Qing army attacked Gar Cliff at this time, it would inevitably cause chaos. Therefore, Zhang Guangsi advised Neqin to send troops later. First, Neqin's trip was originally intended to investigate him, so naturally he would not listen to his explanation. Second, Neqin was very dissatisfied with him when he saw him drinking and having fun with Akou, so he refused his request.
Under the arrangement of Neqin, the Qing army divided into two groups, one led by Zhang Guangsi and rushed straight to Gar Cliff; the other was led by Yue Zhongqi and took a shortcut to launch a sneak attack on Sharoben's village. At that time, Sha Luoben had already led his troops to advance to Gar Cliff as planned. The troops in the mountain village were very empty. If Yue Zhongqi successfully launched a surprise attack, by chance, he would definitely be able to seize the first prize.
At that time, Yue Zhongqi was not aware of this and still designed tactics according to the heavy defense of the hamlet. In order to increase concealment, he kept leading the army to follow difficult paths, which resulted in a large number of soldiers being infected with miasma and causing the army to lose its combat effectiveness. In desperation, Yue Zhongqi had to send someone back and ask Neqin for reinforcements.
On the other side, Zhang Guangsi's attack was not smooth. Because Gar Cliff is easy to defend but difficult to attack, Zhang Guangsi was willing to embarrass Neqin. During the attack, he was not strategic and was fiercely counterattacked by the enemy, losing nearly 5,000 Qing soldiers. Even the general Ren Ju died in this battle. After the defeat, Zhang Guangsi fled back to the military camp.
This failure made Neqin realize the difficulty of the task. When Zhang Guangsi accused him of incorrect command, although Neqin was unwilling to admit it, she did not dare to continue to act recklessly.When Yue Zhongqi's request for reinforcements arrived, Neqin asked Zhang Guangsi about his suggestions.
Zhang Guangsi knew very well that Yue Zhongqi would definitely be able to win the first prize if she arrived at Sha Luoben's village successfully, so she dissuaded Neqin from sending troops to him. At that time, Neqin was already a frightened bird and did not dare to continue using troops. He planned to implement the plan formulated by Zhang Guangsi to drive the chieftain to attack Gar Cliff. Therefore, did not send reinforcements to Yue Zhongqi, but sent someone to notify him to return as soon as possible. After Yue Zhongqi returned, she learned that it was Zhang Guangsi's dissuasion behind her back, and she was furious.
Originally, Yue Zhongqi was very angry when she saw Zhang Guangsi and Akou drinking together. After all, Akou was beautiful and admired him very much back then. Although he refused Akou because of Akou's marriage, he still couldn't stand Akou and Zhang Guangsi getting so close. This time, Zhang Guangsi directly damaged his chance to make contributions, which made him even more angry. The hatred of for Zhang Guangsi deepened.
Faced with Zhang Guangsi's obstacles, Yue Zhongqi did not intend to give up. He secretly found Neqin, saying that Zhang Guangsi and Akou were drinking and talking, and colluded with chieftains. If it was spread to Qianlong, it would be difficult for Qianlong to blame Neqin for being lax in the military. At present, Qianlong is eager to see the record. If the delay is delayed for too long, things may change. It is better to take Akou over and control it immediately. forces Zhang Guangsi to implement the plan as soon as possible, so as to give Qianlong an explanation.
Yue Zhongqi's plan is very obvious, which is to retaliate against Zhang Guangsi. Although Neqin is not good at using troops, as Qianlong's confidant, it is not difficult to see Yue Zhongqi's intentions clearly. Neqin has already coveted Agu’s beauty . If he could take the opportunity to bring Agu to his side and please Qianlong, why not do it? Therefore, Neqin adopted Yue Zhongqi's advice and ordered Zhang Guangsi to send Agua over.
After receiving the order from Neqin, Zhang Guangsi immediately understood his intention. Zhang Guangsi was a very smart person and did not choose to wait for death. Instead, cunningly sent Akou to Yue Zhongqi's camp.
Zhang Guangsi's move directly hit Yue Zhongqi's vital point. Akou and Yue Zhongqi, whom he admired in the past, met again. The two of them had a rekindled relationship. Yue Zhongqi immediately changed her mind and wanted to keep Akou by her side. Yue Zhongqi knew that she could not change Neqin's thoughts, so she sent Akuo into the mountain to hide it and falsely accused Zhang Guangsi, saying that after he sent Akuo over, she sent someone to snatch Akuo back.
Yue Zhongqi's approach was not very clever. When Neqin found Zhang Guangsi to ask for someone, Zhang Guangsi immediately guessed that Yue Zhongqi hid Akuo into the mountain, and sent Liangerji, who was familiar with the nearby terrain, to help find it. Sure enough, he found Akuo in the mountain and sent her to Neqin's camp.
In this confrontation, Yue Zhongqi was obviously at a disadvantage, which led to Neqin's disgust with him. He secretly reported to Qianlong and impeached Yue Zhongqi to fail to command, resulting in defeat. Qianlong punished Yue Zhongqi for this, but still gave him the opportunity to remain in office and make meritorious service. Why was Qianlong so tolerant to Yue Zhongqi? Because Yue Zhongqi is behind him, Fu Heng , with this backer, Yue Zhongqi has not been defeated this time.
Yue Zhongqi was very frustrated after being punished. When he returned to the camp, he learned that Agu was robbed by Liangerji. He thought that Agu had been robbed by Liangerji and returned to the mountain village, so he angrily took people to ask for people, but was caught by Jinchuan soldiers and almost lost his life. Fortunately, he carried the money with him and was able to save his life in a mess by bribing Jinchuan soldiers.
Neqin, Zhang Guangsi and Yue Zhongqi were disagreeing, and they kept fighting in the middle of a woman, putting the war in Jinchuan again and again. These incidents came to the court and caused a lot of controversy, which made Qianlong angry. Qianlong's intention to deal with this matter was learned in advance by Fu Heng. Because Fu Heng had a deep relationship with Yue Zhongqi, he informed Yue Zhongqi of the news in advance on .
Yue Zhongqi heard the news and decided to take the initiative to attack in order to protect herself and be able to deal with Neqin and Zhang Guangsi. So, Yue Zhongqi wrote a memorial to cater to the will of Qianlong, impeaching Neqin and Zhang Guangsi, saying that they had sex with their daughters, raised the evil spirit, and valued the traitor Wang Qiu, which led to frequent leaks of military operations. This is the reason why the Qing army in Jinchuan has never made any achievements.
Shortly afterwards, Neqin and Zhang Guangsi were successively sentenced to death by Qianlong, and Yue Zhongqi was escaped with the secret help of Fu Heng. Fu Heng took over as the manager and took office and killed Wang Qiu, Akou and others, which was a statement given to Qianlong.
In fact, whether it is Neqin or Zhang Guang's death, they are just a scapegoat for Qianlong. They may have the fault of improper command, but Qianlong could not refuse to blame. He ignored the reality and insisted on launching the Battle of Jinchuan, which led to the Qing army being in a dilemma. In the end, he paid a huge price to barely win and fulfilled his reputation as " ten-full old man ".
Although Neqin does not understand the way of using troops, he also has a certain understanding of the situation in Jinchuan. He once said, "The matters in Jinchuan are difficult to deal with, and they cannot easily raise troops, but there is no way to talk to Qianlong about this." Qianlong seemed quite dissatisfied after hearing this. He believed that he and Neqin had been intimate for thirteen years and could not say anything.
"Fucheng and secluded Ne's relatives' words, 'The Jinchuan incident is in great trouble, and you must not be cited. You dare not report this statement." - "Draft History of Qing Dynasty"
No matter what, Yue Zhongqi was the one who laughed to the end. After Neqin and Zhang Guangsi, two important officials of the court, were sentenced to death by Qianlong, Yue Zhongqi became a person that Qianlong relied on. Qianlong praised Yue Zhongqi for many times. He once called Yue Zhongqi " the giant military officials of the three dynasties " , which shows how much he valued him.
The military minister of the three dynasties, and Zhong Qi was a giant.
Through "Jinchuan Yaoji Zhi" , we can see that behind the death of two important ministers, Neqin and Zhang Guangsi, is closely related to the chieftain princess Akou. If this book hadn't made up for the shortcomings of the correct history, who would have thought that the beautiful Agu would have such a chaotic entanglement with the first battle of Jinchuan?
Reference materials: "Draft of Qing History" "Jinchuan Yao Ji Zhi"
