After Yi Xinwan gathered the Green Camp Army, Lao Piao led a thousand soldiers to capture the government office.

Yuan Bao led other troops to camp outside the city, and immediately wrote a military report and sent it back by express horse, asking Chen Gu to send officials from various departments of the Huaxia tribe as soon as possible.

The next day, after receiving Yuanbao's military report, Chen Gu couldn't help but feel a headache.

The Huaxia tribe developed too fast. In order to protect the interests of ordinary people, it did not have the support of the gentry, so there was a shortage of officials. Even though many poor scholars came to join them, there was still a big gap in officials.

After all, the rule of the Huaxia tribe extends down to the grassroots levels of towns and villages.

Chen Ju handed the armament to Zheng Ming beside him and said, "Look, Lao Piao has already captured Xunyang County. It will only take a day or two to capture the entire Jiujiang Prefecture. The progress over at Yunhua will also be smooth. In addition, we need quite a few officials here!"

"This is simple. The new policy has been implemented in Sichuan for almost two years. Even if ordinary people cannot read many words, they have already gotten used to the new policy. Grassroots officials can be promoted from among the ordinary people.

Then if we promote the existing officials, we should be able to mobilize a lot of manpower!" Zheng Ming said with a smile.

This would indeed allow for the transfer of many officials. After all, Sichuan was a large province with nine prefectures, twelve states, and more than one hundred counties, and there were thousands of towns and markets under them.

Even if half of the grassroots officials were transferred, there would still be tens of thousands of people.

"That's fine too. Send another 10,000 joint defense teams to Lao Piao, and give Yunhua another 10,000 joint defense teams. Other things are fine, but the joint defense teams in each town must be formed as soon as possible. Power can only be maintained by force!" Chen Gu sighed.

A letter was sent back to Chongqing by express horse, and then grassroots officials from various departments sent it down one after another.

The fall of Jiujiang Prefecture shocked the world. It meant that the Huaxia tribe had not only officially left Sichuan, but also broke through the blockade of Wuhan and began to attack the south of the Yangtze River.

What's even more terrible is that the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi are occupied by the Hua Xia tribe, and the people of Guangdong and Fujian are in full swing of rebellion. Now the Hua Xia tribe has broken through the blockade of Wuhan, which means that Jiangnan may be in the midst of war at any time.

The entire area south of the Yangtze River, and even the areas along both sides of the river, will be out of the control of the Qing court.

You have to know that these places are the richest in the world, and they are superior to the north in terms of population and economy.

It can be said that the Qing Dynasty was about to lose half of the world.

"How could this be? How could this be?" Jiaqing was so angry that he smashed everything in the imperial study. "Song Jun ruined the country. It was all Song Jun's fault. One battle destroyed my one year's hard work, and the enemy army got a big advantage.

Summon the ministers of the Grand Council to discuss the matter!"

Soon, Dong Gao came with the ministers of the Grand Council. Looking at the messy imperial study, Dong Gao could not help but sigh.

Jiaqing usually paid the most attention to his appearance and etiquette. Under Zhu Gui's guidance, Jiaqing could be said to be a complete Confucian scholar.

And now Jiaqing no longer cares about matters of etiquette, which shows how corrupt the situation has become.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty was indeed in a precarious situation.

Jiaqing narrowed his eyes and looked at the military ministers kneeling on the ground. He did not call them to stand up, but said directly: "The bandit chieftain Chen Gu has occupied Wuchang, and two other detachments are wreaking havoc in Jiangxi and Hunan, one of which has already captured Jiujiang.

Moreover, the Guangdong Tiandihui started an uprising in Boluo, and it has spread to Huizhou, Dongguan and other places. There is also a pirate Cai Qian leading more than 200 warships and more than 30,000 pirates to attack Fuzhou. Everyone, tell me, at this time of storm, what should I do? "

Dong Gao thought for a moment and replied, "Now that we are at war, your majesty should gather all the troops in the world and wipe out all the rebels with a thunderous force as a top priority!"

"Gather all the troops in the world!" Jiaqing couldn't help but sigh and said, "Even if we gather all the troops in the world, can we definitely wipe out all the rebels?
It's okay for others, but the so-called Huaxia tribe may not be so easy to wipe out. I spent 100 million taels of silver and spent a year to build the military equipment, but it didn't even make a splash.

Why is the other party so strong? "

Dong Gao could only smile bitterly. He actually wanted to say to Jiaqing that it was not that the opponent was too strong, but that we were just too weak.

Although everyone knew these things, they could not tell Emperor Jiaqing.

Looking at the group of military ministers, all of whom looked submissive, Jiaqing couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Everyone, please leave. Each of you go back and write a memorial. You don't need to put your name on it. Submit it together tomorrow."

Jiaqing not only asked a few military ministers to write anonymous memorials, but also asked all civil and military officials in the court to write an anonymous memorial.

There are no specific requirements. You can say anything, whether it is offering suggestions or pointing out the shortcomings of the court. You can say whatever you want.

Jiaqing was desperate and wanted to try every possible means to see if someone would dare to offer some different suggestions if he forgave the man's crime first.

Of course, if you are confident enough and think your method is good, you can also write your own name.

Originally, Jiaqing just wanted to give it a try, but after the memorials were collected, he just casually read a few of them. The content of one of the memorials was simply shocking to him.

Putting aside the insults he received in the book, the descriptions of various forms of official corruption and the various methods used to snatch money from the treasury simply shocked Jiaqing.

If it was just one letter like this, Jiaqing would definitely not believe it. However, Jiaqing then specifically looked for such letters and actually found quite a few.

Some of the memorials even listed evidence, while others pointed out that even at this critical moment, there was actually no one around Jiaqing who could be absolutely trusted.

"That's too much. Others may not be trustworthy, but my Bordered Yellow Banner can be absolutely trusted!" Jiaqing muttered to himself, and then he pondered for a long time while tapping the table.

The Eight Banners were divided into the Upper Three Banners and the Lower Five Banners. The Upper Three Banners included the Plain Yellow Banner, the Bordered Yellow Banner and the Plain White Banner, which were led by the emperor himself. The Bordered Yellow Banner was the first of the Eight Banners. The Qing emperor himself was listed as the first of the Bordered Yellow Banner.

In other words, Jiaqing was actually the leader of the Bordered Yellow Banner.

In the end, Jiaqing still planned to verify what was said in certain memorials, and the first place to be investigated was the Military Equipment Inspectorate.

After all, the Bordered Yellow Banner does not participate in the manufacture of military equipment, so there should be no problem using it to investigate the Military Equipment Inspectorate.

Moreover, Jiaqing was cautious. He did not directly arrange for the generals of the Bordered Yellow Banner to investigate. Instead, he selected a group of young generals from among the descendants of the Bordered Yellow Banner to conduct a secret investigation.

The result shocked Jiaqing!
(End of this chapter)