In the late Qing Dynasty, because the country's military deterrence was not strong enough, it caused foreign invasions, which in turn triggered the beginning of humiliation in China's modern history.
However, during the period of several emperors in the early Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was very powerful in both national strength and military strength, and they not only pacified the domestic resistance forces, but also expanded the territory a lot.
Based on this, a large number of outstanding military generals emerged in the early Qing Dynasty, especially during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods. However, if the generals are outstanding, the military merits must be outstanding, and since ancient times, China will lead the army too much, and the merit will be high, and the end will often not be too good.
However, during the Qianlong period, there was a first general, and his life can be described as a legend. Because he not only achieved great merit, but also deeply used by the emperor, and he was able to die well, which is a legend.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" >, heroic teenager, serving the country</h1>
During the Qianlong period, the general who died well was named Ah Gui, a Manchurian Zhenglan bannerman, who was born into a family of official eunuchs, and his father was Shangshu Akdun of the Punishment Department.
Ah Gui has been very intelligent since he was a child, and his learning talent is also very high, and he can have a very deep memory of the newly learned knowledge.
Because of his outstanding learning ability, Ah Gui had a lot of fame in the capital when he was a teenager, and the Yongzheng Emperor also appreciated Ah Gui's learning talent and allowed him to enter the palace to study with the princes.
Ah Gui was also very competitive, and soon came to prominence, and was selected as a deputy gongsheng in the first year of Qianlong, and became a Dali temple under the influence of his father.
Within a few years, Ah Gui was promoted to a military plane Zhang Jing, and his promotion speed was both enviable and eye-catching, but then Ah Gui was convicted of negligence and demoted because of the theft of the national treasury.
Two years later, Ah Gui went to Jinchuan to supervise the crusade, but because the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi failed to enter the army, Ah Gui was impeached and arrested by the Ministry of Punishment, and finally Qianlong was spared from his guilt because of his father's merits.
Although Ah Gui suffered successive misfortunes on his way and almost lost his life, after all, he had a prominent family and had real talent and practical learning, and was re-activated by Qianlong in the second year of his dismissal, serving as a foreign minister.
After entering the court again as an official, Ah Gui also understood the way of being an official, and he hid his sharp edge above the court, and his life was much smoother. Five years later, because of his outstanding merits, Ah Gui was promoted to the position of cabinet scholar and concurrently served as a ceremonial attendant, and became a core member of the imperial power, and gradually became a heavy minister of Qianlong.
When Ah Gui was young, he mainly served as a civilian official in the capital, and although his political achievements were good, he could not reach the influence of famous courtiers, but because of Qianlong's trust and importance to him, Ah Gui stayed away from the capital and made meritorious achievements in the border lands, not only sharing worries for Qianlong, but also achieving his own immortal merits.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > second, slightly military, meritorious master</h1>
The Qianlong Emperor had always hoped to pacify the Mongol Dzungars, and in the twenty years of Qianlong, the opportunity finally came.
At that time, there was civil unrest in the Jungar Department, and Qianlong took the opportunity to send troops to prepare to conquer the Jungar Department in one fell swoop, and Ah Gui, who was a heavy minister, was also sent to the northwest to supervise logistics.
Ah Gui arrived at the post of logistics to encourage himself, worked carefully and cautiously, and his efficient office efficiency was praised by the Mongol prince Chenggun Zabu, and he also wrote to Qianlong many times to praise.
On the recommendation of the Mongol prince Chenggun Zabu, Ah Gui was once again promoted to become a counsellor and a deputy governor of Mongolia.
The Dzungars soon disintegrated under the blows of the Qing forces, but the remnants refused to surrender and tried to flee to Tsarist Russia to seek refuge.
Ah Gui and the Qing army divided into two ways, and surrounded the Jungar remnants before they invaded, at this point, the Jungar department was pacified, and Ah Gui was able to show his first edge on the battlefield.
Unfortunately, as soon as the war in Zungar subsided, a rebellion broke out in Xinjiang, and Ah Gui immediately went to Xinjiang to suppress the rebellion.
Because they were all Qing Dynasty troops, Ah Gui did not attack with all his might during the counter-rebellion, but hoped to persuade him to surrender, so the war was very sticky, and Ah Gui's strategy of only chasing and not fighting also made the rebels tired of running, and soon collapsed into an army, and surrendered, and the rebel leaders were also killed by other tribes after escaping, and the rebellion was put down.
In order to consolidate the rule of Xinjiang, Ah Gui put forward the proposal of Tuntian, which was deeply valued by Qianlong, and in the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong, Ah Gui led an army to Ili to reclaim the wasteland, and in the first year of reclamation, he received a bumper harvest and was praised by Qianlong.
At first sight, Ah Gui was full of confidence, ordered a large number of people to build agricultural tools, and actively taught the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang how to reclaim the land, and at the same time introduced a series of tun tian policies to build a new city, gradually developing Ili into a prosperous city in Xinjiang that integrates military, agriculture and commerce.
Three years after Ili Tuntian, Ah Gui was transferred back to the capital to report for duty, and Qianlong made him a military minister and carried him to shangsan banner.
After becoming the Minister of Military Aircraft, Ah Gui was deeply used by Qianlong, and whenever there was a war, he would send Ah Gui to Pingding, but because he participated in many wars, his military merits were also accumulated repeatedly.
At this time, Ah Gui, who had done too much credit, had already aroused Qianlong's jealousy, but Ah Gui's outstanding military ability was also one of Qianlong's dependents, and his attitude towards Ah Gui was also in an embarrassing situation, and in Gansu, Ah Gui was at odds with his favorite vassal at that time, which also led to He yan always wanting to overthrow Ah Gui.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" >3, save the late festival, and be able to die well</h1>
In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong, Ah Gui ended his administrative affairs in various places and returned to the capital to concentrate on his work, but at this time, Ah Gui had been away from the capital for many years, and there was little old knowledge left, and the power of the court was basically controlled by Hezhen.
Although Ah Gui overpowered He Yan in his official position at this time, because He Yan had full wings, He Yan opposed Ah Gui everywhere, and often said bad things about Ah Gui in front of Qianlong and played right and wrong.
At this time, Ah Gui was over seventy years old, and although he was dissatisfied with Hezhen, he was also powerless to fight with it, but he was just clean and self-righteous, and did not associate with the Hezhen party.
In the sixty years of Qianlong, Qianlong Zen ascended the throne, Jiaqing ascended the throne, and Hezhen gradually lost his favored status, and the henchmen who had once been Hezhen were also dealt with by Jiaqing, and at this time, Hezhen no longer had the power to dominate the imperial program.
Seeing that the Hezhen faction had lost power, Ah Gui was also full of happiness, but he was old after all, and he was unable to enter the court, so he took a leave of absence to recuperate.
In 1787, Ah Gui died of illness at the age of eighty-one, and Jiaqing remembered Ah Gui's loyalty to the country throughout his life, allowed Ah Gui to enter the Xianliang Ancestral Hall, and posthumously awarded the title of Taibao.