Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

But before Li Yu took a few steps, he saw Xiao Anzi coming up and saying.

"Godfather, let me go!"

When Xiao Anzi said this, his attitude was very firm.

I want to help my godfather fight against this thunder!

When Li Yu heard this, he just shook his head and said.

"No!"

"This is a funeral announcement, not a good news announcement. You can't go!"

"I'll be the godfather!"

If today's news is good news, then it goes without saying that Li Yu would not mind letting his godson show his face in front of the emperor.

However, since today's news is not good, Li Yu will not let Xiao Anzi take the risk.

Because if it was Li Yu who reported the bad news, Qianlong would not do anything to Li Yu even if he was in a bad mood.

Li Yu would only receive a few scoldings at most!
After all, he had served Qianlong for decades, and there was still a master-servant relationship.

But if it was Xiao Anzi who went to retaliate, then it's hard to say whether Xiao Anzi, who was so gentle, would be affected by the emperor's anger.

In the palace these days, maids and eunuchs are not considered human beings. Let alone the emperor, even a slave like Li Yu will be killed if asked.

No one dares to plead for mercy!
When Xiao Anzi heard this, he didn't force it.

He just spoke with concern.

"Godfather, please be careful!"

Li Yu nodded and continued walking forward.

Soon, Li Yu returned to the palace, came to Qianlong's imperial couch, took a deep breath, and called softly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Wake up, Your Majesty!"

Qianlong fell asleep and was woken up by Li Yu.

He opened his eyes, first glanced at the sky outside the palace, and found that it was already dawn.

Qianlong rubbed his brows, frowned, suppressed his sleepiness, and asked.

"What time is it now?"

Li Yu answered.

"Returning to the master, it is now three o'clock in the morning."

When Qianlong heard this, he rubbed his eyebrows and yawned.

"At three o'clock? This is not the time for me to get up on weekdays, right? Why are you calling me now?"

Although in the Qing Dynasty, there was a rule that the emperor should get up at the beginning of every morning, but Qianlong had been the emperor for decades, and he was too old to get up in the morning.

You have stopped following the rules for a long time!

Except for the early morning dynasty, when he gets up at the beginning of the Mao hour, he almost doesn't get up until the end of the Mao hour or the beginning of the Chen hour. (Around seven o'clock in the morning)
Li Yu said with a slight uneasiness in his heart.

"When I return to the emperor, Mr. Li Shiyao from the Military Aircraft Department and Mr. Chatai from the Jianrui Camp in Xishan are all outside asking for an audience."

"Tongtong Chatai brought back bad news from Jiangnan. Jiangning fell. Shu Hede, Gao Jin, Chongchun, Chang Qing and other great men were almost all martyred..."

After Qianlong heard this, he was not as furious as Li Yu imagined.

Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and showed a relaxed look on his face.

"That's it!"

Qianlong nodded to show that he understood, and then spoke.

"I know!"

"Li Yu, go and tell Li Shiyao and Cha Tai to wait in the imperial study room first, and then inform all the military masters to go to the imperial study room to prepare for the discussion. I will be there soon."

When Li Yu heard this, although he didn't understand why Qianlong was not angry, he still spoke.

"Cha, the slave understands!"

After saying this, he turned around and sent the order.

He would never question Qianlong's orders, but would obey them all.

This is also the reason why Qianlong trusted Li Yu.

After Li Yu left, Qianlong also sat up from the bed, and then asked the young eunuchs to help him change clothes.

Qianlong was not angry about the defeat in Jiangnan.

In fact, it was not because Qianlong didn't care about Jiangnan, but because after the news of Huguang's defeat came, Qianlong already knew that sooner or later Jiangnan would not be able to defend it.

He already had psychological expectations for this!

Now that he finally received the news that the imperial army was defeated in Jiangnan, Qianlong would naturally not be surprised.

If you are not surprised, why be angry?

For Qianlong, the bad news coming from Jiangnan was not so much bad news as the second boot that fell upstairs.

The news of Jiangnan's loss finally arrived, and Qianlong felt relieved.

……

Li Shiyao and Chatai arrived at the imperial study. Not long after, Yu Minzhong, Liang Guozhi, He Shen and others also arrived one after another.

In addition, Qianlong's latest promotion to the military, Shangshu Feng Shengquan, also came to the Imperial Study Room.

The group of people waited in the imperial study room for a while, and then heard an announcement coming from outside.

Li Yu shouted at the top of his lungs.

"The Emperor is here!"

After hearing this, several people knelt on the ground.

"Slaves/minions, please see your Majesty, long live my Emperor, long live, long live!"

Everyone's foreheads touched the ground, buttocks raised high, waiting for Qianlong to come in.

Soon, Qianlong walked into the imperial study room with Li Yu's support.

Sitting down behind the desk, Qianlong glanced around coldly before speaking. "Chatai, the imperial army was defeated in the Battle of Jiangning, and the Xishan Jianrui Battalion suffered a complete loss. You, the Xishan Jianrui Battalion, can't stand up to Shu Hede, Gao Jin and others to die for the country in Jiangning." , how did you have the nerve to come back!"

Qianlong was not surprised that the war situation in Jiangnan was ruined, but this did not mean that he was not angry.

Chatai, who escaped from Jiangnan alone, became the first to be punched.

Upon hearing this, Chatai quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head.

"I know I'm wrong! I know I'm wrong!"

"Slave sin deserves ten thousand death!"

"But please, Master, give me a chance to redeem my merits..."

Chatai knows that it is useless for you to deny it in front of the emperor.

If you deny it, you may anger the emperor and be punished with an additional penalty.

It’s better to admit your mistake and seek leniency!
Therefore, he admitted his mistake very simply, and then kowtowed in apology.

Not long after, blood stains appeared on the floor of the imperial study room, and blood flowed from the wound on Chatai's forehead.

Red blood flowed all over his face.

Chatai looked extremely embarrassed now.

When Qianlong saw this, he snorted coldly.

"Hmph, I can give you a chance to redeem your merits, but who can give the Eight Banners athletes who died in Jiangning a chance to redeem themselves?!"

"Since the Xishan Jianrui Camp has been completely lost, what are you doing here, Commander-in-Chief?"

What Qianlong was most angry about was not the defeat of Jiangning and the ruin of the war in Jiangnan.

It was Chatai's escape from the battlefield!
Although Chatai only broke out and escaped after the war became impossible, Qianlong didn't care about this.

In his opinion, under the premise that almost all the Xishan Jianrui battalion died in battle and martyred the country, Chatai, the commander-in-chief, escaped from the battlefield alone, which was an escape from the battlefield.

It was a betrayal of Xishan Jianrui Camp.

It was also a betrayal of the Qing Dynasty!

This is the most unacceptable thing for Qianlong!
Chatai did not dare to quibble, because he knew that the more he quibbled, the angrier the emperor would be and the worse his end would be.

Therefore, what he is doing now is just kowtow desperately and beg for mercy.

In addition to Qianlong's angry shouts, the only sound in the imperial study room was Cha Tai's kowtow.

Seeing this, Qianlong was about to speak and order Chatai to be dragged out to be punished in a canonical manner, and to give an explanation to the bannermen who died in the battle of Jianrui Camp in Xishan.

Fengsheng'e on the side stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, I feel that the Qing Dynasty's conquest of North Korea is about to begin, and it is the time when our country's generals are needed to go to the battlefield and contribute to the country."

"Although Chatai was wrong, his abandonment of the army in Jiangning to break out was a helpless move when the war situation was irreversible. The emperor might as well give him another chance to make atonement for his sins."

"To comfort the souls of the Eight Banners athletes who died in Jiangning!"

The Qing Dynasty wanted to conquer North Korea, which was an urgent matter.

However, the biggest problem facing the Manchus now is not actually the conquest of Korea itself.

North Korea is a weakling. It is easy and enjoyable to fight. There is no doubt about this.

There will be no problem!

The real problem facing the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually the withering of talents among the nation's generals.

As the detailed battle report of the southern war situation came, along with it came the news that large areas of Han generals in the green camp led their troops to surrender to the Ming thieves.

Because of this, the Manchu Qing Dynasty now has almost no trust in the Han generals in the court.

It is precisely because of this that Qianlong did not want to use Han generals in this battle to conquer the dynasty, but urgently needed the help of Eight Banners generals.

And this also gave Chatai a way to survive!
If some high-ranking officials were willing to plead for Cha Tai, Qianlong might have given Cha Tai, a defeated general, a chance to make a difference.

Because, although Chatai is a defeated general, how many people in the current Qing Dynasty dare to say that they are 100% sure of victory against the Ming thieves?
No matter how bad Cha Tai is, he still has valuable experience in bloody battles with Ming thieves on the front line.

The experience of defeat is also experience!
This alone is incomparable to 80.00% of the banner generals.

After Feng Sheng'e finished speaking, Li Shiyao, He Shen, Yu Minzhong and others on the side also began to persuade Qianlong and asked Qianlong to give Chatai another chance.

When Qianlong heard this, he could not help but look thoughtful, but he did not make a decision on the spot.

Instead, he waved his hand and said.

"Publish the decree to remove the commander of Jianrui Camp in Chatai Xishan from his post, and then put him in a prison to wait for his fate!"

Qianlong was prepared to keep Cha Tai alive for the time being.

Wait until you are sure that he will no longer be needed before killing him!

Seeing this, Chatai continued to kowtow.

"Slave thank you Lord Ron!"

"Slave thank you Lord Ron!"

"..."

Since the emperor did not kill him on the spot, but just threw himself into the prison, it meant that there was still room for change in the matter.

You can still continue to have relationships and find people to intercede!
In order to seek an opportunity to make a difference!

How could Chatai not be excited?
Two imperial guards came forward and dragged Chatai out, one on the left and one on the right, whose face was covered in blood.

Chatai was still thanking him.

After Chatai was dragged away, Qianlong continued.

"Jiangning has fallen, and the war in Jiangnan is a foregone conclusion!"

"Subsequently, bad news will come from Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces."

"The Qing Dynasty's state affairs are nothing but a joke!"

After saying this, Qianlong took a deep breath and continued.

"Since the situation in Jiangnan is irreversible, it is useless to say more."

"The most important thing for the court now is the war to conquer the dynasty. What do you think of this?"

"Who do you think can be the chief general and take on this important task?" (End of this chapter)