Perhaps he had done too many evil things since he entered the pass, causing heaven to punish him.
In 1755, the 20th year of Qianlong, a natural disaster swept across the entire Yangtze River.
Snow, drought, and locust plagues, which were even more terrible than the Chongzhen years, broke out in the north. It was the same in the south. Floods continued in the summer and it was extremely cold in the winter, causing the grain production to decrease by more than 60%.
The people who were already heavily burdened by taxes could not eat at all. In just two years, more than 10 million people died of unnatural causes such as starvation, illness, freezing, drowning, and other natural disasters.
For a moment, the Qing Empire, which had just begun to improve, was on the verge of collapse.
That was because the people who could not survive had rebelled.
Fortunately, Qianlong didn't care about the lives of the commoners and was ruthless enough!
The one million new soldiers were divided into five groups, pushing from north to south in Zhili, and the law of joint punishment was implemented very thoroughly.
Someone in this village was a traitor?
Slaughter!
There was a rebel leader in this county?
Slaughter!
This state has the most rebels?
Slaughter!
The Eight Banners New Army brandished the guns and bullets bought from the foreign powers at a high price with the hard-earned money of the common people. They grinned hideously and pulled the trigger on the unarmed common people.
In half a year, more than 10 million people were executed for the crime, which was one-third of the casualties in the First World War.
Such a vicious method not only scared the common people into obedience, but also let the West see how cruel the Qing court established by the barbarians was.
"Hehe, Zhu Lingye, are you a descendant of the Zhu royal family of the previous dynasty?”
Seeing that the Emperor had finally spoken, Aligon heaved a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, according to our investigation, Zhu Lingye was the only son of Zhu Henghong, a wealthy businessman from Lianzhou Prefecture. Two months ago, Lianzhou Prefecture Governor Ge Qingyun cracked a rebellion case and Zhu Henghong was involved because Zhu Henghong was the descendant of Zhu Ciyao, the prince of Xianmin who disappeared in Yanjing.”
"After confirming that Zhu Henghong was a remnant of the Ming royal family, Ge Qingyun immediately exterminated Zhu Henghong's entire family. Including the others involved in the rebellion, a total of 14920 people were executed.”
"Zhu Lingye escaped because he was visiting relatives in Qin Province…"
"Five days ago, a rebel army called the Yan Huang National Defense Army appeared outside of Ginkou. The commander of the Ginkou City Defense Battalion, Ning Youcai, led his troops to encircle and suppress them, but they were completely annihilated by Zhu Lingye's artillery.”
"After that, the rebel army entered Qinzhou City. Zhu Lingye gave the order to leave the braids, not the head, and not the braids, in an attempt to force the people in the city to cut off their braids and rebel.”
"The commoners didn't listen and most of them left Ginkou. Zhu Lingye was so angry that he ordered to search for those who didn't cut their braids and execute them on the spot.”
"After the urgent report of Ginkou being occupied by rebels reached the capital, this subject discussed it with First Class Loyalty and Bravery Duke Fu Heng, Grand Tutor Lai Bao Lao Da, and a few other ministers.”
Hearing this, Qianlong frowned.
"Why don't I know?"
Err...
Aligon was depressed. You were the one who approved the memorial back then. Otherwise, would we have dared to send a message to ask Aliman to send troops?
"Emperor, the approval memorial is still in the Military and Political Affairs Office.”
"No need."
Looking at Aligon, who wanted to say something but hesitated, Qianlong remembered that he had indeed approved the dispatch of troops.
At that time, he didn't look closely and casually used a red pen to mark it.
There had been too many rebellions in the past few years, and the scale was too small. He didn't even bother to take a closer look.
"Aligon, what do you think of that Zhu Thief's strength?”
"Your Majesty, according to our investigation, the Zhu bandits are equipped with a large number of advanced large-caliber cannons. The firearms they use are even more advanced than those of the foreign countries.”
"Fortunately, the Zhu bandits only have ten thousand soldiers. As long as the imperial court sends a general to mobilize fifty to one hundred thousand soldiers to surround them, the Zhu bandits will definitely be destroyed!”
Hearing this, Qianlong narrowed his eyes.
"Where did Thief Zhu's weapons and equipment come from?”
Aligon shook his head." I don't know. The superpowers don't know either, because they don't have such sharp cannons and firearms.”
Don't know?
Qianlong smiled, his eyes full of disdain.
Over the years, he had seen too many ugly faces of the foreign powers.
Even a fool wouldn't believe that Zhu Lingye didn't have the backing of a superpower!
However, now was not the time to study who was backing him. He had to eliminate Zhu Lingye as soon as possible. Otherwise, when he grew up, it would be dangerous.
" Order the new army generals stationed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Sichuan to lead half of the new army to Gui Province to encircle and suppress the Zhu bandits. As for the generals…"
"Pass it to Fu Heng!"
……
Three days later, Shangsi State.
After the war in Qinzhou, Zhu Lingye personally led the 1st Division of the National Defense Army to hunt down Ali Man.
Unfortunately, when they reached the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Aliman plunged into the mountains and disappeared without a trace.
Zhu Lingye didn't want to waste time searching for him, so he led his army straight into Gui Province and prepared to capture Shangsi City, where Shangsi Prefecture was located.
Shangsi City only had one city defense unit. When they heard that the 30,000 soldiers of the Southern Garrison Army had been wiped out outside of Ginkou, the battalion commander Yu Gan, the magistrate Li Shu 'en, and the other officials immediately packed up their belongings and fled with their families.
The National Defense Forces took down Shangsi without bloodshed. Their next target was Nanning!
However, a telegram from Lianzhou completely disrupted Zhu Lingye's plan.
Princess Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of King George V of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets, and Deputy Prime Minister Gregg had already arrived at Lianzhou from Indo via a transport plane.
Zhu Lingye was puzzled. Good heavens, so fast?
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