The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 87

Because there had been no news from the imperial court for a long time, the Naigangza tribe seized the Tibetan Khenpo Lama and the tribute horses and clothes that the lama carried in the Chaidanmu area, and spread the word that if they were allowed to surrender, they would let the Khenpo Lama enter. Beijing, otherwise the Khenpo Lama will be killed. At that time, deputy general Zhao Yujian was hunting bandits in Bayan Rong. After receiving a complaint from the escaped lama, he wrote to the province and asked Naxun Agula how to deal with it. Naxun Agula asked me to forward the letter to Yue Du. Yue Du was furious and said, "If this group is willing to surrender, why do they want to rob the tribute? Do they want to use this to hijack the imperial court? If I didn't pity their lives, I would He immediately led his troops to exterminate them. "After hearing this, I laughed that Ledu knew nothing about anything other than drinking and driving, and he had never experienced anything in the military. Who did he want to scare by deliberately saying such big words?

Naxun Agula resigned and returned to Xining Mansion, and the governor gave him some advice. Soon, Naxun Agula came to report: "I have sent an order to the leader of the Fan people, denouncing him for being unreasonable. The Fan people have now handed over Khenpo's tribute horse. The official said: 'If Khenpo comes back, the court cannot clearly surrender. We still won’t let him go to the tent.” The so-called Red Hats are the Hui people from Tibet. They come to Xining for trade every few years. In the year they come, they benefit a lot from Xining's tax revenue. This time they were robbed by gangsters and went to the government to accuse them. After interrogating the surrendered Yeban, they refused to admit that they had done it, and only agreed to find the culprit on their behalf. Now they finally took out the stolen goods, but when asked who was leading the robbery, they said they didn't know, it was probably them.

[1] "Burke": a unique official name for the Uyghurs in the Hui tribe of Xinjiang in ancient times. With Aqimu Beke as the leader and Ishhan Beke as the deputy, there are various levels of bekes under him. The Qing Dynasty appointed them respectively, and they were generally called Burke.

1858, the eighth year of Xianfeng's reign

In February, the Imperial Envoy He Chun and Jiangnan Admiral Zhang Guoliang restored the Jiangnan camp. Hunan Army generals Li Xubin and Peng Yulin regained Jiujiang.