Chapter 1052 Qinghai urgent report (Part 2)

Everyone agreed and retreated.

After leaving the Yangxin Palace, everyone saw the Thirteenth Prince waiting there with relish. Just as he was about to come forward to pay his respects, an eunuch had already come out to spread the Thirteenth Prince.

The Thirteenth Prince did not care about ceremonies with everyone, so he hurried into the Hall of Peaceful Heart.

Cao Yong looked at the back of the Thirteenth Prince and was amazed. It was the first time he had seen him look so anxious in his life for many years. What big thing happened?

Cao Yong recalled what he knew. In addition to Yongzheng rectifying the administration of officials and implementing the new policies of the three important model governors, he knew very little about the matters of the Yongzheng Dynasty...

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In the East Warehouse, Yongzheng had changed his face after hearing the Thirteenth Prince's words: "Yanxin sent someone to report urgently? Could it be that there was another change in Cewang Alabutan?"

Since last year, the court and Cewang Alabutan have been instructing each other to start a peace talk. However, because there is no need to discuss the conditions that both sides are satisfied with, it has not been finalized in the end.

The Thirteenth Prince presented Yan Xin's urgent report with both hands and said, "Emperor, although I have been ordered to temporarily handle the Ministry of War, but the urgent report is blocked with encryption, and I still cannot find out the details."

Since it is encrypted, this urgent report is a secret copy. Although the Thirteenth Prince is still entitled to the Prime Minister’s Affairs, he is temporarily in charge of the Ministry of War, but he has not surpassed it.

Yongzheng looked at the Thirteenth Prince and seemed to be very satisfied with his approach. It is true that he valued the Thirteenth Prince, but it is definitely not the same thing that he gave the Thirteenth Prince rights and actively involved in the power with the Thirteenth Prince.

He took the secret letter, opened it and looked solemn.

Seeing this, the Thirteenth Prince was worried that if Ce Wang Alabutan re-emerges the army, life for the court would be even more difficult.

Yongzheng handed the letter to the Thirteenth Prince, his expression changed from solemnity to anger, and he slapped the table hard and said, "The Mongolians are indeed unfamiliar wolves!"

The Thirteenth Prince took the letter and understood the reason for Yongzheng's anger.

The Mongols rebelled. This time it was not the juggar Mongolia of Cewang Alabandan, but the Erut Mongolia of Qinghai.

Unlike the Junggar Mongolia, which has always been outside the court, Qinghai Mongolia surrendered to the Qing Dynasty as early as the reign of Emperor Taizong and has surrendered to it for a hundred years.

Like Inner Mongolia, Qinghai is regarded as an inner vassal.

Now, Gu Shikhan's grandson Robuzangdanjin summoned Qinghai Erut Mongolian Geji to join forces with the alliance in Chahan Torohai, and ordered all tribes to restore the Khan's name and incite the rebellion against the court. Because the tribe did not follow his will, he had already launched a war and provoked war. Looking at his intention, he wanted to unify Qinghai first and then confront the court.

Qinghai is different from Junggar, bordering Gansu and Sichuan. Qinghai Mongolia is not still nomadic like Junggar Mongolia, but has settled in Qinghai for a hundred years.

They were in chaos. On the surface, the imperial army could pacify the enemy as soon as it was pressed down, which was far from being as difficult as Junggar Mongolia; but in fact, the impact was greater than that of Junggar's rebellion.

The Thirteenth Prince couldn't imagine that if the Qinghai Mongolia was in chaos, would there be a tribe that would echo the Khorchin Mongolia and Khalkha Mongolia? If the Mongols spoke and spoke, the Qing Dynasty would be in danger.

Now that the Northwest Army is being maintained, the court has lost its burden. Where can the court have money and food to start a war on both sides?

The Thirteenth Prince immediately broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

"Thirteenth brother, according to your opinion, what should I do?" Yongzheng asked.

The Thirteenth Prince said carefully: "Suppress the war quickly, and it is not advisable to delay the war for a long time."

Yongzheng nodded and said, "I have the intention. But you are in the Ministry of War, so you should know the details of the Northwest Army. There is insufficient money and food supply. If you want to dispatch a large number of troops, you have to rest for several months."

After hearing this, the Thirteenth Prince knew what Yongzheng meant.

Before the autumn harvest, I am afraid that the court would not have food and grass to support the army to dispatch.

But it is only June now, and there are three or four months left before the autumn harvest. The court cannot allow Luobuzang Danjin to unify Qinghai.

He had already had some conspiracy in his mind and told Yongzheng his advice.

It was nothing more than a delaying strategy. While sending ministers to make peace in Qinghai, supporting other tribes in Qinghai, preventing Luobuzang Danjin from unifying Qinghai Mongolia and consuming his troops.

After hearing this, Yongzheng was very satisfied, but his anger towards the Mongols was not diminished and said, "Thirteenth brother, I don't plan to fight the Mongols three times and four times like the Emperor Ama. The court kept them to let them be guard dogs, not let them be hungry wolves. Is there any news about the Seventeenth brother? Where has he arrived? The opium planting in Yunnan will be expanded three times. I don't expect to use this to earn foreigners' money. As long as the Mongols can be settled, I will remember great merits for him!"

"When I wrote a few days ago, I said that I had arrived in Wuhu. Now I will calculate my days and it's time to go to Jiangnan." The Thirteenth Prince replied.

"The journey is too far. If I had known this, I wouldn't have let my seventeenth brother go to Guangzhou first... I'd better order Li Wei to prepare in Yunnan first..." Yongzheng frowned.

He was also a straightforward king, who did what he said, and then wrote a secret decree to Li Wei himself.

Seeing this, the Thirteenth Prince was a little hesitant.

Although the Mongols need to be guarded against, it must be said that the Mongols are also ally of the Manchus. The Manchus have a limited population. If the Central Plains are unstable, the Manchus will be aliens for the Han people after all. At that time, what Manchus can rely on will be the Mongols who are also nomadic peoples.

If the opium plan is truly implemented, it will destroy the combat effectiveness of the Mongolians, causing the court to no longer worry about the Outer Mongolians, but it will also lose its arms.
Chapter completed!