There is no such thing as the Kangxi and Qianlong eras

Chapter 102 Give the order to go south!
In mid-April of this year, Mr. Fukang Anfu, the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace of the Qing Dynasty, the first-class Jiayong Zhongrui Duke, the hereditary Beile, the Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou, the most famous general of the Qing Dynasty's foreign relatives, and the commander-in-chief of the 100,000 Qing troops in Xiangxi, finally died of illness in the army due to overwork.

Well, Fukangan died of illness, at least that’s what was said in the memorial submitted, a month earlier than the date of his death in history.

He Lin, the deputy commander of the army, obviously knew better. Fu Kang'an did die on his sickbed, but he did not die of illness, but died of poisoning.

Don't get me wrong, Heshen and Fukang'an had conflicts, but even if he had the guts, he wouldn't dare to poison Fukang'an in the military camp and harm the powerful Fukang'an.

The actual situation was that Fu Kang'an received an imperial edict from Emperor Qianlong, urging him to wipe out the rebels in western Hunan as soon as possible, and then march north to wipe out the White Lotus rebels in Hubei.

This sudden imperial edict completely disrupted Fu Kang'an's plans. According to his predetermined strategy, he should have used both suppression and appeasement, slowly eliminating the enemy. Xiangxi was unlike other places, with its rugged mountains and forests. Although the Qing army had a hundred thousand troops, in the natural dangers of Xiangxi, a hundred thousand was no different from a ten thousand.

But the imperial edict had already come down, and all plans were useless. Fukang'an didn't have that much time to waste on the battle with Miaozi.

Therefore, Fukangan, relying on his past military power, decided to take a risky move and personally led the army to raid the Wanshancong Miao Village (Beiziyan), wiping out the remaining Miao forces in one fell swoop.

after that……

As expected, the Qing army was ambushed by the Miao people and suffered a devastating defeat. Even the commander-in-chief, Fu Kang'an, was hit by several arrows. The rest of the arrows were blocked by the cotton armor, and only one arrow hit his arm joint.

Unfortunately, the Miao people like to poison their arrows, and the poison they use is a homemade one.

There was no Hua Tuo among the Qing army doctors, so when faced with Fu Kang'an who came back stabbed like a hedgehog, they could only watch him die of the poison.

Fukangan died of illness (died in battle)!

The news was not strictly blocked, but instead spread widely within the Qing army. Not only did it become known to everyone, but even the Miao people in western Hunan heard the news.

It's easy to guess that He Lin, the deputy commander of the army, must have been behind this.

Since Helin was Heshen's younger brother, Helin's coming to Xiangxi to follow Fukang'an and pacify the Miao people was a concession made by Heshen to Fukang'an so that his brother could gain military merits later. He also wanted to see if he could find some evidence against Fukang'an, or at least make friends with him.

Now, Fukangan was killed in battle because he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. Even if it was not his own doing, it would inevitably lead to attacks and suspicions from the hostile factions in the court against their "He Family Army".

In this case, let’s do it thoroughly first and get all the benefits.

He Lin's approach was very simple. He first reported that Fu Kang'an died of illness due to overwork in the army, and concealed the fact that Fu Kang'an died at the hands of the Miao people, so as not to give political enemies in the court a reason to attack them and their family.

Moreover, He Lin is only the deputy commander of the army now. Even if he is on the battlefield, he must obey the orders of the Emperor and cannot mobilize troops at will.

The Qing army remained motionless, their commander Fu Kang'an was killed in battle, and the news was deliberately not blocked. Even the dumbest seedlings in the mountains would come out and make a move.

The Miao people in western Hunan have revived. As long as Emperor Qianlong is not too old and foolish, he will not change his generals in the middle of the battle. Then Helin will naturally become the commander-in-chief of the 100,000 Qing troops.

One link after another, one link after another, to strive for the greatest political benefits!

As for the White Lotus rebels in Hubei?

A group of cult leaders who only know how to fool the people, no matter how big a fuss they make, is just a minor problem. Compared with the power and wealth of them and their family, it is nothing.

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Yuezhou City in May, the General’s Mansion.

"Fukangan died of illness?"

Nie Yu was a little surprised. He knew Fu Kang'an would die, but he didn't expect him to die so soon. This was almost a month early, right?

What exactly happened in Xiangxi? It can’t be the butterfly effect that caused Fukangan’s immunity to decline, right?

Nie Yu was certainly not that narcissistic. He felt that he was the son of destiny and even God was helping him. He quickly confirmed, "Is the news true?"

The person responsible for reporting the news was not a Han soldier sentry, but a middle-aged businessman wearing coarse cloth. He had a rat-tail braid on the back of his head. It was obvious that he was not a merchant under the rule of the Han army, but came from other places.

Hearing Nie Yu's question, the middle-aged businessman nodded rapidly. "In reply to the general, I have received information that the commander-in-chief of the imperial army in Xiangxi... er, the Qing army, Fu Kang'an, has indeed passed away due to illness. It is estimated that he has been dead for more than half a month. This matter is almost known to everyone in Xiangxi. Moreover, I have a friend who has some business dealings with the military camp and has also obtained some inside information. It seems that the commander-in-chief Fu Kang'an did not die of illness, but died in battle..."

Nie Yu didn't care how Fukang'an died. The problem now was that Fukang'an was dead, really dead, really dead. It was not a rumor, and it was impossible that someone bribed businessmen to deliberately deceive him.

Because he had historical records to prove that Fu Kang'an died of illness during this period, the time was very close. In addition, he also caught the merchant by chance, which can't be said to be a capture, but it just happened that the other party ran into bandits.

In order to practice their combat capabilities and restore law and order in the territories under their rule, the Han army has been sweeping away bandits and robbers in various places. This merchant is one of the surviving merchants who were rescued during the sweep.

Nie Yu waved his hand to let the businessman leave, then thought about it again and again and decided to call civil and military officials to a meeting.

Yes, the meeting of civil and military officials is no longer a small meeting with the Secretariat, but all the teams currently set up are summoned to the General's Mansion to discuss matters.

Soon, the Han army civil and military officials in Yuezhou City arrived one after another.

The Han army currently has a total of 10 offices, including the Secretariat and the army.

There were more people coming from the Secretariat and the Army Department, because the former was the personal secretariat of General Nie Yu, and the latter was the main purpose of this meeting, and all the people who came were senior military generals.

The heads of other government offices (equivalent to the Shangshu) and their deputies also arrived. Fortunately, Nie Yu's general's mansion was built on the basis of the original prefectural government office. It had been expanded and merged to a certain extent, and a large number of servants and hired workers had been laid off, so it was still able to accommodate so many people.

All the civil and military officials were summoned, some even came on horseback from the military camp, and no one knew what had happened.

Nie Yu didn't keep anyone in suspense and immediately told everyone the new news.

"Fukangan is actually dead!?"

The most shocked among all the ministers was Feng Xiuyong, as he was the only one who was most sensitive to Fu Kang'an's identity.

Chen Younian looked at everyone else in amazement and couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Mr. Feng, who is Fu Kang'an?"

There was no way. He was one of the few rough guys here. He had no idea who Fukangan was and had no way of contacting or hearing about him.

Feng Xiuyong was not surprised at all. He patiently explained Fu Kang'an's identity and background, as well as his various glorious military achievements in the past, from suppressing the Jinchuan Rebellion in the 37th year of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, suppressing the Hui Muslim Rebellion in Gansu in the 49th year of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, suppressing the Lin Shuangwen Uprising in Taiwan in the 52nd year of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, attacking the Gurkhas in Tibet (Nepal) in the 56th year of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, and annihilating the Miao people in Guizhou and Guizhou in the 60th year of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, and continuing to march eastward to assist in suppressing the Miao Rebellion in western Hunan...

After seeing these achievements, even the rough man Chen Younian couldn't help but admire him: "To think there is such a powerful figure among the Qing dogs? Fortunately, he is dead now, hehe!"

"That's right! Master Fukang Anfu, the famous general of the Qing Dynasty, the only one who could suppress the 100,000 Qing troops in western Hunan and intimidate those arrogant and powerful generals, is dead!"

"Good death!"

As soon as Feng Xiuyong finished speaking, he stood up and stepped out of the line, saying solemnly: "General, this is a God-given opportunity. It's time to swear an oath and march south!"

　Chapter 100, let me reward myself with a break.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)