Chapter 151 (15) Western clock enthusiasts

The next day, when Fukang'an and Hailancha fell into despair and were relatively silent, several figures suddenly appeared in the distance. Who is it? Two Gurkha messengers and one Chinese. When he got close, the Chinese knelt down: General, my name is Wang Gang, and I am an instructor sent by the imperial court to Longji to train Tanggu special forces.The former Gurkhas broke in suddenly, captured me, and dragged me to a prisoner-of-war camp to graze cattle.Now they let me back and ask the general to surrender. surrender?Fukangan and Hailancha were dumbfounded: What did you say?Let us surrender?

No, Wang Gang explained: It was Gurkha who surrendered to our Celestial Army. They surrendered...but this...Fukan'an and Hailancha looked at each other, and suddenly realized. In the bloody battle of two days and one night, more than half of the expeditionary troops of the Qing soldiers were killed, and they were completely disabled.But the little Gurkha couldn't bear it even more, and was also beaten to the point of destroying the country. Thinking about it now, how old is Gurkha?How many war resources are there?Even if there is no end to the end this time, and endless killings of Qing soldiers, it is absolutely unbearable.Therefore, war is just the attitude of the Gurkhas, and the final result is that they have to surrender.

How could Fukang'an, who knew he had won a big victory and was in ecstasy, miss this opportunity?Immediately offer a sky-high price: Surrender is not impossible, but the condition must be: Let their king... what is his name?And the regent Batur Saye, personally came to our camp to surrender, and handed over the war criminals and the looted property. Unless our conditions are met, we can only go straight to the royal city. How could Batur Saye agree to such an embarrassing condition, and immediately sent a group of envoys who could speak good words, pleading hard, bargaining, and finally the two sides reached an agreement: Shamarpa who provoked the incident had died of illness, Kuo Erka handed over his bones, and handed over the previous contract with Daxueshan for 300 ingots of gold ingots per year.Next year, the King of Gurkha will personally lead the tribal leaders, bring five elephants, several horses, several peacocks, and twenty-nine kinds of other tributes to Beijing to meet Emperor Qianlong.The last condition was Qianlong's favorite.

So Fukang'an led his remnants and defeated generals, and returned home happily. He presented the contract of 300 ingots of gold ingots seized by the admiral of the Golden Palace, and Qianlong was elated. Qianlong said: I am very happy. I have been emperor for fifty-seven years and have enjoyed the best wealth.If I had been emperor for 60 years like my grandfather Kangxi, then I would retire and let my son take over the work of the whole country.Of course, I'll still get on the horse and see you off. Shiquan martial arts, although the quality is uneven and many are counterfeit and shoddy, the quantity is still very satisfactory.

I have everything I want, how about some more icing on the cake? As soon as he said it, Guo Shixun, the acting governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, played and sent another earth-shattering good news to Emperor Qianlong.Attached to the memorial was a letter of credence from England, which said: The leader of the British Kingdom, the head of the trade lark: I would like to express my gratitude to the Lord of the Celestial Dynasty, Junan.Our king is also in charge of three places, and he has traded with barbarian merchants in Guangzhou, and he has always been in the emperor's benevolence.Today, I heard that the great emperor of the Celestial Dynasty lived a long life in his 80s, but he failed to send an envoy to Beijing to pay his respects. My king was worried and uneasy.Today, our king ordered his trusted ministers to elect Macartney, a tribute envoy, to come here, and bring valuable tributes to the emperor to show his admiration for obedience.May the great emperor be kind to Yuanyi, and allow him to be in good terms forever...

Seeing this letter of credence, He Shen cried, and so did the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.Your Majesty, you are so wise and powerful. Look at England, how far a country is, their king is panicked because he failed to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday.Your Majesty, do we want to comfort the King of England, but don't let him panic and commit suicide... Qianlong said: "It's not necessarily suicide, but Yingjili came to pay tribute to the court. It's best to bring a few more clocks for me."I am a clock enthusiast, and I like collecting Western clocks the most.

Qianlong was not lying. He was indeed a strange fan of Western clocks. He often wrote letters to Guangdong officials, asking them to meet Western businessmen and get more clocks.The old man has no other hobbies in his life. One is that he likes bad luck for others, the other is that he likes to make things difficult for normal people, and the third is that he likes listening to the ticking of the clock. The decree was passed, and the scholar He Shen was ordered to entertain the envoys from Xiyi and teach them how to pout and kowtow correctly.Then Emperor Qianlong got up and went to the Summer Resort for vacation.

All the officials were in high spirits, busy arranging the etiquette for the audience of the British envoy.In this harmonious atmosphere, no one could have imagined that there was a huge conspiracy behind Macartney's coming to China. What conspiracy?