Chapter 619 Imitation
Speaking of Lao Thirteen, we must not mention Lao Thirteen. Lao Thirteen looks ordinary, but as a brother, how could Emperor Jianxing not know that his fourth brother is a sloppy person? Lao Thirteen could easily go to Mongolia. Emperor Jianxing must have the shadow of Lao Thirteen, but he did not catch any evidence. In addition, Lao Thirteen, Prince Yong, has been extremely unrestrained since he ascended the throne. Every day, he studied Buddhist scriptures in his palace, and seemed to be addicted to Buddhism and wanted to be a monk.
These days, Emperor Jianxing has been sending people to stare at the fourth child, but he never noticed any abnormality. But the more this happens, Emperor Jianxing is less at ease.
At present, he only hopes that Longkodo can bring him good news about the Battle of the Central Plains, and he also hopes that Ortai can find Lao Thirteen in Mongolia and bring this guy to his side.
Also, that is, the cooperation between Ortai and the Rakshasa Kingdom. Not long ago, Ortai reported that the cooperation with the Rakshasa Kingdom had begun. The firearms and combat power of the Rakshasa Kingdom were indeed extraordinary, and they did not lose at all when fighting with the Ming army. In this regard, Ortai proposed to fully launch cooperation with the Rakshasa Kingdom. If the Qing army can complete the firearm equipment like the Rakshasa Kingdom's army, then it will never be at a disadvantage against the Ming army. It is not difficult to defeat the Ming army and regain the lost land.
However, it is not easy to achieve this level. In addition to the source of the firearms, there is also training. Nowadays, the firearms made by the Qing court are far from meeting the technology, quality or output. Sharp firearms can only be obtained from the Rakshasa Kingdom. If they want to copy them, they cannot succeed in one or two days. The training is slightly better, so the people from the Rakshasa Kingdom can help the Qing army train, but these are secondary, and the key lies in the conditions proposed by the Rakshasa Kingdom.
Although Emperor Jianxing had long known that cooperation with the Rakshasa Kingdom was not so easy, the other party would definitely put forward some conditions, but he did not expect that the other party's appetite was so big that he not only wanted a large piece of Mongolian grassland, but also turned his target to Liaodong, trying to swallow most of Liaodong in one bite for reward.
This is simply a tiger's trick! It can't help but make Emperor Jianxing very angry. It's fine to have the Mongolian grassland, after all, it's the territory of Mongolian princes. Although the Qing Dynasty controlled Mongolia, the Mongolian tribes were actually still in charge. The relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia was just a relationship between the leader of the martial arts world and the masters of various martial arts world.
Therefore, it is still acceptable to Emperor Jianxing to give the Mongolian grasslands privately as bargaining chips. Then he will pay more gold and silver. This is no problem, but the Rakshasa people have to get involved in Liaodong, which is unacceptable. You must know that Liaodong is the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty and the land of the ancestors. How could Emperor Jianxing be willing to sell?
Furthermore, the same was true for the war between Kangxi and Rakshasa Kingdom. As the successor, if he gave up Liaodong, how would the whole world view him as the emperor? Even the Qing Dynasty would inevitably cause trouble. Those royal relatives and nobles who were dissatisfied with their rise would definitely attack this time. Can the Qing Dynasty still withstand such torture?
Therefore, Emperor Jianxing kept biting this matter and refused to agree, but only asked Ortai to continue to talk with the Rakshasa Kingdom that other interests could be transferred, but Liaodong must not be! This is also one of the main reasons why Ortai has been holding its troops and failed to launch an active attack east of Shanxi.
However, Ortai did nothing. While negotiating with the Rakshasa Kingdom, the search for the whereabouts of the Thirteenth Prince continued. Judging from the secret memorial, he had arranged for people to go to the Tuxitu Khan tribe in Mobei. As long as the Thirteenth Prince was in Mobei, he would definitely not be able to escape his eyes and ears.
In addition, Ortai also put forward his views on the solution to the Tushetu Khan tribe. Emperor Jianxing has agreed to this. In addition, there are two divisions, the Zasaktu Khan tribe and the Chechen Khan tribe. Once the Tushetu Khan tribe is solved in the northern part of the Mo, these two divisions are also the goal of solving them.
Even Emperor Jianxing instructed Ortai. After dealing with the three tribes in Mobei, he could not only divide the population, cattle, sheep and wealth in a small way, the court took most of the tribes, and each Mongolian tribe was given one point. As for the grasslands of the tribes, in addition to being distributed to other Mongolian tribes, they could also be used as bargaining chips for negotiations with the Rakshasa Kingdom. It should be no problem to use this in exchange for their conditions for Liaodong.
At the same time, Ortai also sent Emperor Jianxing the firearms and other objects from the Rakshasa Kingdom for the purpose of making samples. Emperor Jianxing had already handed over this matter to the eldest prince Yinzhi, which is now the Prince Zhi. The work of developing firearms was handled by Prince Zhi.
The loss of Beijing, coupled with Kangxi's sudden death and Jianxing ascended the throne, the number of talents available to the Qing court was getting less and less. Moreover, due to the rumors about the third brother, many officials in the court had some concerns about this, and not many people really made Emperor Jianxing trust.
Although in his early years, Emperor Jianxing won many people as the "Eight Virtue Kings", Emperor Jianxing was very clear in his heart that not many of these people were truly on the same side as him, especially those royal relatives and nobles. Many of them only had their own interests in their eyes and could not accomplish anything major.
As for his brothers, they were divided into several factions to fight for the throne, and they looked down upon each other. However, when Emperor Jianxing came to power, Kangxi died so strangely that they had to think more.
The only ones that can be used are only a few brothers from the trusted ones. After thinking about it, only Prince Zhi is barely available. In any case, Prince Zhi completely lost the right to fight for the throne in his early years, and was even banned by Kangxi. After experiencing this series of experiences, and being old, he now has no competitive mentality in his early years and has become much more calm.
Especially before Beijing fled, Emperor Jianxing used the power of the crown prince to release him and at the same time restored his original title of prince. After some negotiations, Prince Zhi expressed his willingness to defect to Emperor Jianxing. In the subsequent military positions and a series of events after Kangxi's death, he stood on Emperor Jianxing's side.
Now, although Emperor Jianxing has not given him actual military power, among the brothers, except for Lao Jiu, Lao Ten and Lao Fourteen, Prince Zhi is a relatively valuable prince. Emperor Jianxing specially handed over the task of developing firearms to him, and he has been working hard and doing quite well.
Not long ago, Prince Zhi entered the palace to meet Emperor Jianxing and told him that in addition to the red cannons and ordinary muskets, he had completed the imitation of the Ming army's Fran cannons. Although the Qing army has always used the Fran cannons, the Qing army's Fran cannons are not as powerful as the Ming army's Fran cannons in both structure and power. The Fran cannons that were successfully developed and copied this time have reached more than 80% of the power of the Ming army's Fran cannons, and the speed of the crash filling has also increased greatly, which made Emperor Jianxing very happy.
Chapter completed!