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Volume 313 Biographies 100: Zhao Hui, A Li Gun, Feng Shenge, Bu Yan Da Lai, Shu Hede, Shu Chang

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Biographies 100
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Zhaohui; Ali Gun; Feng Shenge, son of Ali Gun; Bu Yandabai; Shuhede; Shuchang, son of Shuhede
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滿 滿 調 稿 西 西
Zhaohui, whose style was He Fu, belonged to the Wuya clan. A Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner, he was a kinsman of Empress Dowager Xiaogongren. His father Fubiao served as commandant. Zhaohui began as a bitishi on duty at the Grand Council. In seven steps he rose to vice minister of Justice, Manchu deputy lieutenant-general of the Plain Yellow Banner, and commandant of the Bordered Red Banner guards. In Qianlong 13 he was also appointed vice minister of Revenue. Sent to Jinchuan to oversee grain transport, he submitted a memorial on supply lines and said that of the field commanders only Ulden and Hapanlong fought with real daring, while many provincial troop figures were false. The Emperor told campaign commander Fu Heng to investigate. After the army came home, he was told to audit military supplies. He was moved to vice minister of Revenue. He was sent to Shandong to investigate the forged memorial circulated in Sun Jia'gan's name and served briefly as acting governor. In year 18 he was ordered to Tibet to guard against Dzungar threats. In year 19, as war was being planned, he was assigned to help manage the northern front and oversee grain transport. In year 20 he was posted to Uliassutai. When Dzungar taiji Galdan Dorji surrendered, the Emperor had Zhaohui supply him with livestock. That same year Amursana rebelled and took Ili. Zhaohui was shifted to Barkul and put in charge of the Ereen Habiirga relay stations as well. In year 21 the army recaptured Ili. Finding Dingxi general Celeng unequal to the task, the Emperor recalled Zhaohui to Beijing for instructions; before he marched, Celeng was arrested and Zhalafeng'a was stripped of the western deputy generalship, which was given to Zhaohui.
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Amursana had fled north into Kazakh lands; Dingxi general Dardang'a chased him without success, and the Emperor ordered the troops back. Eleuth zaisang in the army plotted mutiny; Choros khan Galdan Dorji told Zhaohui that Bayar had raided his pastures. Zhaohui told Ningxia general Heqi to lead a hundred men and draft Eleuth soldiers to meet the threat, yet Galdan Dorji's nephew Zanagarbu and the zaisang Nima, Kazakh Sira, Dashiceling, and others secretly sided with Bayar, turned on the column en route, and Heqi died in the fighting.
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Zhaohui marched from Ili with five hundred men in pursuit, went by Jierhalang to Ele Zalatu, met Dashiceling in battle, and defeated him decisively. In pursuit he fought at Kutuchi and again at Daleqi, slaying several thousand rebels. In the first month of year 22 he reached Urumqi. Galdan Dorji, Zanagarbu, and the other rebel leaders massed; they fought dozens of skirmishes a day until their horses were almost spent. The troops trudged through ice and snow to Teneger and there were encircled. Barkul commissioner Yarhashan had already dispatched bodyguard Tulenchu with eight hundred men to strengthen Zhaohui. Zhaohui sent officer Yundokdelengche out of the encirclement to tell Yarhashan how the battles had gone; when word reached court the Emperor commended his courage, made him a first-class Martial Resolution baron, and gave him the ministries of Revenue, the Bordered White Chinese banner command, and the inner guard grand ministership.
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Once Tulenchu's men came the ring was broken; reinforced, Zhaohui chased Bayar again to the upper Mulei. Bayar had shifted his herds, so the column withdrew to Barkul. The Emperor, noting that Zhaohui had come a great distance, turned back, and still pressed the chase, gave him an imperial jade archer's ring, purse, and snuff bottle, and told him and Pacification general Chengun Zhabu to cut down the Eleuth on divided lines. Zhaohui soon marched with commissioner Eshi and others from Ereen Habiirga. By then Zanagarbu had murdered Galdan Dorji. Meanwhile Amursana stole horses among the Kazakhs, crept back to Ili, and plundered Zanagarbu's grazing grounds.
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使西 使 使
Zhaohui detected signs of revolt in the Muslim chiefs Burhanuddin and Khoja Jihan; he sent commissioner Fude after Amursana and kept his own force at Jierhalang. The Emperor scolded Zhaohui and Chengun Zhabu for hurrying into the Muslim west while going easy on Amursana—he said they had mistaken what mattered most. Zhaohui marched north behind Fude, sent envoys to admonish the Kazakhs on both flanks, and moved on to camp west of the Emil. Fude reached Tarbagatai, seized the fugitive Bayar and his kin, and sent them to the capital in a cage cart, as told in Fude's biography. Kazakh khan Abulai's envoy brought horses and a memorial requesting an audience; the Emperor answered with a comforting edict. The envoy reported that Amursana was coming in with twenty riders and would meet at daybreak; he was ordered to take the horses and livestock first. Amursana bolted in fright; his nephew Dashicholing and zaisang Qibahan were taken, bound, and sent to Zhaohui, who memorialized; the court ordered them brought to Beijing in a cage cart. Zhaohui sent Tulenchu, Sandabao, and Ailong'a to smash Amursana's bands, received the surrender of chief Namuqi and his son, and forwarded them to court. Zhaohui pushed on, united with Fude, and found that Amursana had taken refuge in Russia. The Emperor ordered withdrawal.
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He was soon appointed Pacification of the Frontier general to subdue Burhanuddin and Khoja Jihan. Zhaohui asked to farm at Urumqi and attack next spring, or if he could not enter the Muslim west yet, to hoard grain and horses and wait—the Emperor called him timid. In the first month of year 23, with tens of thousands of Eleuth still at Shalabole, Zhaohui insisted they be destroyed first before he threw his whole force into the Muslim west. The Emperor named Yarhashan Pacification of Rebellion general and pressed for a quick advance; he told Zhaohui to finish the Eleuth first, then link up on a separate route. He also told Zhaohui: "The Eleuth are treacherous by nature and often kill one another. Do not let their somewhat larger rabble make you over-cautious." Zhaohui and deputy Chebuden Zhabu split into four columns: Zhaohui toward Bolobulgasu, Chebuden Zhabu toward Borotala, Hu'erqi toward Nileka, Dalishan toward Qigete—all converging on Ili. The Eleuth broke and fled in confusion and were wiped out entirely.
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With rebel leaders Kazakh Sira, Ejet, and a dozen others still free, the Emperor urged Zhaohui on. In the fourth month he seized Ejet and sent him to court, writing: "The Dzungar business is nearly done; please let me shift from Ili to strike the Muslim west." The Emperor still faulted him for not taking Kazakh Sira and the rest. He next ordered Zhaohui to look into Kucha and come home, yet the edict had not arrived when the army was already on the road; Yarhashan was investing Kucha when Khoja Jihan broke out and escaped. Yarhashan was arrested and Zhaohui took command. En route Zhaohui wrote: "With eight hundred men I am going to Kucha to fight beside Yarhashan; I will not slink home in disgrace." The Emperor praised his earnest courage and granted a double-eyed peacock plume.
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At the front he learned Khoja Jihan had quit Kucha to defend Yarkand and marched to take him. At Aksu chief Pilate surrendered. Khotan chief Khojasi, who had helped capture Dawachi, joined him too, brought in the Ush beg, and with every stronghold yielding they closed on Yarkand. Zhaohui had only four hundred soldiers; from Ush it was fifteen hundred li and the horses were spent, so he camped at vital defiles. Khoja Jihan sallied thrice, lost thrice, and then shut himself in the city. He sent Ailong'a with eight hundred to choke the Kashgar road against reinforcements and himself formed line along the Congling's southern river. That river was the Kara Usu, meaning "black water," whence men called Zhaohui's force the Black Water Camp.
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Knowing he was too few for a siege, he let it be known the enemy's herds grazed on Ying'eqipan south of Yarkand, then led light horse to ruin those pastures and lure them to field battle. Only four hundred horsemen had crossed when the bridge collapsed; Khoja Jihan rushed out with thousands; they fought waist-deep, dying hard, and in five days and nights cut down several thousand rebels. Generals Gao Tianxi, Eshi, Sange, and Tetong'e were killed. Zhaohui's mount fell twice; face and shins were gashed; he pulled back, threw up walls and ditches, and the rebels threw up works of their own. Burhanuddin came from Kashgar to help Khoja Jihan tighten the siege. Namuzha'er, Pacification of Rebellion general, marched to relieve them, met Muslim troops en route, fought to the end, and was killed with his men. The Emperor had already sent Solon, Chahar, Vanguard, and Shaan-Gan Green Standard troops to Zhaohui's aid; on news of the encirclement he pressed Fude forward and told Ali Gun to pick three thousand remounts for the army. Leaving Aksu, Zhaohui stationed Shuhede to hold it. He now sent word of the siege; the Emperor praised his loyal daring in pushing so far, made him Duke of Martial Resolution and Strategic Courage, first rank, and gave a ruby finial and four-dragon surcoat.
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Khoja Jihan had drawn a long cordon around the imperial force and the standoff ran for months. The rebels tried to flood our camp from upstream; we ditched downstream and let the water run off. Our walls stood against thick woods; enemy shot lodged in the trunks; we cut firewood, dug out the balls, and shot them back so powder never failed. Short of water, we drank what they channeled toward us; every well we sank found a spring. We opened a hundred and sixty buried granaries and rounded up over a thousand horses and camels on forays. By year's end the ring had held three months; rations were almost gone; soldiers boiled harness leather, and some robbed Muslim civilians to eat. Unable to break the siege, Burhanuddin and Khoja Jihan were distracted when Kyrgyz raiders struck Yengisar; that same day Zhaohui burned their lines and killed far more than he lost, so they thought he had plotted with the Kyrgyz and sent envoys to treat for peace. Zhaohui answered by arrow-letter that surrender meant an audience at court; the two chiefs shot back asking to lift the siege for talks. Zhaohui did not answer again, and their assaults grew weaker.
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In the first month of year 24 Fude brought his column to Hurgan, met Muslim forces, and battled five days and nights. Ali Gun arrived with horses; united, they fought on. Burhanuddin sallied, took a musket wound, and withdrew to Kashgar. At the Yarkand river Ali Gun and Ailong'a held the right, Fude and Shuhede the left, and they pushed the enemy back inch by inch. Inside the ring Zhaohui saw fires for ten li and dust from horse and camel herds, knew help had come, broke out with what men he had left, met the relief, and fell back to Aksu. The Emperor wrote the "Black Water Campaign" to mark the feat. Zhaohui tried to decline the new title and robes; the throne told him to accept and, as his mother was aged, sent agents to visit her.
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退 滿 西
Khoja Jihan's allies struck Khotan; the Emperor, seeing Zhaohui and Fude join up and retreat quickly, said Fude must not think aiding Zhaohui finished the war and that Zhaohui, as commander trapped and awaiting rescue, above all should not have withdrawn so soon. He pressed Fude toward Khotan and told Zhaohui to drive hard with what troops he had and complete the victory. Zhaohui sent his generals on divided columns; Burhanuddin quit Kashgar and Khoja Jihan fled Yarkand with him. Zhaohui entered Kashgar and settled the people; Fude held Yarkand; they fixed borders, tribute, coinage, and Manchu-Chinese garrisons. Fude pushed on, caught Khoja Jihan, and fought at Aletuer and again at Yixihur Lake. Burhanuddin and Khoja Jihan slipped into Badakhshan, and the army went after them. Badakhshan khan Sultan Shah first reported Khoja Jihan shot dead and Burhanuddin captured alive; he later said both leaders were dead and sent Khoja Jihan's head. The throne raised Zhaohui to imperial-clan duke rank, gave him court harness, and made his son a bodyguard. Zhaohui settled the four Kokand cities and the Qilik, Edegena, and Aq Bibi peoples, and asked for divided garrisons at Yarkand, Kashgar, and the rest. He also set the rotation under which city begs would attend court. In the second month of year 25 the army came home; the Emperor went to Liangxiang and held the suburban welcome south of the town. Zhaohui was received in audience, given court beads and a horse, and rode back to Beijing with the Emperor. At the victory feast he received silver cash. His likeness was painted in the Hall of Purple Splendor.
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In the seventh month of year 26 he was made associate grand secretary and put in charge of Justice. Soon he was sent with Grand Secretary Liu Tongxun to deal with the Yangqiao River break. In year 27 he again surveyed the Jiangnan Grand Canal with Tongxun. In year 28, after Zhili floods, he inspected the estuary and dredged channels in Tianjin, Jinghai, and neighboring counties. He was again paired with Liangjiang governor Yin Jishan to dredge the Jingshan Bridge section. He died in the eleventh month of year 29. The Emperor came to his funeral, posthumously named him Grand Tutor, and gave the temple name Wenxiang. In the eleventh month of Jiaqing 1 he was ordered a share in sacrifices at the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
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His son Zhalantai married Princess Heshuo Ke of Gaozong, inherited the rank, and became an imperial son-in-law.
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祿滿 西
Ali Gun, styled Songya, of the Niohuru clan, was a Plain White Banner Manchu, Yinde fourth son and Neqin younger brother. Early in Qianlong he went from second-class bodyguard to head of the Imperial Household. He became a vice minister and passed through War and Revenue. In year 5 he and censor Zhu Bikai were sent to Shandong to check Governor Shuo Se crop reports. He wrote: Lanshan and Tancheng were hardest hit—defer old and new taxes and refill the community granaries from the treasury. He was sent again with canal director Gao Bin to Jiangxi to prove Governor Yue Jun bribery; Jun was removed.
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In year 6, after Liang Shizheng urged frontier farms for bannermen, he and Grand Secretary Zhalanga surveyed Fengtian. He listed arable tracts: Lalin and Aertuke northeast of Jilin Ula; Feiketu east of Aertuha; Hulan southeast of Qiqihar; Heiersu and Shuayan southwest of Qiqihar; Bajiazi to Denggeerzheku east of Baidunai—all fertile; east of Hulan, Fotexi Susu has good timber though the ground is uneven. Moergen is too cold, Qiqihar too stony, Jilin Ula too full, Ningguta too steep, Wusuli ginseng country—all poor for farming. The council took his advice and opened farms from Lalin and Aertuha.
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In year 8 he went to Hunan on Xu Rong charge against intendant Xie Jishi and cleared Jishi. He was made acting governor and served Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong. In year 14, after Neqin execution, he was told to help pay Neqin fine. Soon the court ruled brothers should not share guilt and released him. Before a Wutai tour he asked for a palace at Taihuai and extra rooms at Taiyuan; the Emperor said no. He also pushed Major Fu Qian, Fu Heng brother; the Emperor scolded him and issued a sharp edict. In year 15 he became governor-general of Huguang. Hubei governor Tang Suizu had been ousted by ex-governor Yongxing; Ali Gun showed Suizu took no bribes and Yongxing fell. In year 16 he moved to Liangguang. Dongguan Mo Xinfeng rose in revolt; Ali Gun put it down. He soon went into mourning for his mother and returned to Beijing. He became Revenue vice minister, then minister through Punishments, Works, and Revenue, and Bordered White Chinese lieutenant-general.
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In the fourth month of year 21 he was put on the Grand Council. The Emperor was pressing generals to catch Amursana; Dingxi general Dardanga took the western road. In the fifth month Ali Gun was told to aid Dardanga with rank above the column leaders. In the ninth month the army reached Yarlai and beat the enemy twice. In the tenth month he and Dardanga were recalled to Beijing. In the first month of year 22 Chengun Zhabu became western left deputy; armies met at Barkul and Ali Gun kept his senior post. In the second month Dardanga was stripped for losing Amursana; Ali Gun was cut to Revenue vice minister, then Plain White Manchu deputy lieutenant-general.
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Then Great Khoja Burhanuddin and Lesser Khoja Khoja Jihan held Yarkand and Kashgar, and Sharas and Mahus nomads joined them. In the ninth month Ali Gun and Manfu went from Ashanbulak and Hoshtok to Karashar, hunting rebels in the hills. They pushed to Tabun Shunghur and Namuga and took over two hundred captives. In the twelfth month Manfu was ambushed and killed by Guodok Hasha; Sharas and Mahus fled toward Kucha. Ali Gun moved on and camped at Korla, southwest of Karashar. In the first month of year 23 he chased the enemy to Mount Hurktak and seized Mahus Demuqi Ermugen and others. In the fourth month he pulled back from Lukqi to Barkul. Beg Suerma said Ali Gun was rounding up Mahujin and turning back, but Ali Gun wrote he was bound for Mount Hurktak; the Emperor blamed the delay, stripped his vice ministership, and kept him on as demoted vice lieutenant-general.
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In the sixth month Yarhashan besieged Kucha; Khoja Jihan relieved it, held the city, then fled to Yarkand. Yarhashan was removed; the Emperor pushed Zhaohui through Aksu toward Yarkand. In the eleventh month he was told to send Zhaohui three thousand horses and seven hundred camels. Zhaohui failed at Yarkand, made camp on the Black Water, and Khoja Jihan penned him in. On news of the siege Fude became western right general and Ali Gun commissioner to save Zhaohui. That month he was told to inherit a second-class dukedom. In the twelfth month he became War minister and Plain Red Mongol lieutenant-general. In the first month of year 24 Fude reached Hurgan; Khoja Jihan fought five days and four nights without decision. Ali Gun came with pack animals, divided into night wings, and hacked the line, taking a thousand heads. Burhanuddin was hit and fled with Khoja Jihan. They broke Zhaohui out and brought the whole force back. For timely horses, timely muster, and heavy kills he received a hereditary Cloud Cavalry Captaincy and a step up in rank. In the seventh month Khoja Jihan fled to Badakhshan; Ali Gun and Fude followed and took over twelve thousand surrenders. He blocked the passes west of Yixilekur Lake with five hundred, sent columns south, seized families and baggage, and took two thousand more. He picked two hundred more to cross the ridge after them. Badakhshan soon submitted and sent Khoja Jihan head. When rewards were given he received a double-eyed peacock plume.
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In year 25 he was recalled to Beijing. In the sixth month, between Kashgar and Yarkand, he heard Mailamu was saying Amursana had returned to Aksu and the country was rising. He swung back to Kashgar, took eight hundred to Beshiklemu, and when Mailamu met him with a thousand men he smashed them. They shut themselves in the city; he encircled it; at the fourth watch the people begged to yield and Mailamu fled. The Emperor praised his quick handling and made his son Baitang-a Fengshenge a blue-plume guard. He soon sent Mailamu to court; Fengshenge rose to third-class guard and second son Weixinge got a blue plume. In the tenth month he came home, became inner guard grand minister, and joined the Purple Splendor portraits. In year 28 he was made Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent. In year 29 he became Revenue minister and associate grand secretary.
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退 使 貿沿
Burma was in revolt and the southern frontier had seen years of war. In the spring of year 31, as Ming Rui advanced deep, the Emperor made Ali Gun commissioner and rushed him to the front. In the second month Ming Rui fell at Mengla; Fu Heng took command; Ali Gun and A Gui became deputies; he also acted as Yunnan-Guizhou governor at Yongchang. Court debate said: Strike next year. This autumn and summer, when fever fades, take the small tribes outside Puer and Simao first. Ali Gun wrote: All thirteen frontier banna obey except Zhao San, Zhengbei, and Mengyong, who follow Burma. As war began, Shuhede at the front and Governor Eshi secretly urged peace. In the sixth month a Burmese envoy sued for peace; Ali Gun refused and reported. The Emperor told them to ignore it and scolded Shuhede and the rest. In the seventh month he asked to stop Burma trade, fix the Yunnan–Yongchang road, soothe chiefs, and lend grain for seed and cattle—all granted. In the twelfth month A Gui came; they crossed the border but withdrew without a deep push.
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In the second month of year 34 the Emperor, citing Mingde memorial, blamed weak army horses; the ministry wanted rank stripped but mercy was shown. In the third month Fu Heng arrived; they planned to cross the Jiayu, hit Menggong and Mengyang, and march on Ava. Ava was Burma capital. A flank would reach Mengmi, descend both banks, and build boats at Manmu. In the seventh month the army moved. He had had ulcers; a doctor cured him, but now they returned severely. Fu Heng told him to remain at Yongchang for treatment, but Ali Gun insisted on going forward. The column moved on, yet Burmese forces stayed in cover. In the tenth month Fu Heng fell back to Manmu, struck Laoguantun again, and camped at the Jiayu mouth. Burmese came by land and water; Fu Heng and A Gui fought east of the river, Ali Gun west. The enemy walled a camp; Ali Gun hit it with seven hundred; a hundred rebels fled. Sergeant Yao Zhuo slew the foe and took their flag; the troops rushed on and four hundred more ran. Another clash followed; at dusk the enemy broke and left. Three camps fell and over five hundred were killed. Fu Heng grew ill; generals argued against going on; Ali Gun said Laoguantun had beaten Erdenge the year before. It lies only one march away—if we fail to take it, how do we answer the throne? He rode ahead; Fu Heng and the others followed; the camp was tough and the assault failed. Though desperately ill he rose to command, always standing where fire was heaviest. Fu Heng, fearing for him, put him in charge of the boats and kept him off the walls. He died in the twelfth month; posthumous name Xiangzhuang; enshrined among worthy ministers. Fengshengge Jinchuan service raised the house to Duke of Fruit Resolution and Continued Courage. His sons: Fengshengge, Weixinge, Sekijingge, Buyandabai.
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Fengshengge rose from third-class guard to first-class duke, inner guard grand minister, acting War minister, and Bordered Blue Mongol lieutenant-general. In the eighth month of year 35 he joined the Grand Council. Jinchuan flared again; Wen Fu commanded and impeached Wu Dai. The Emperor sent Fengshengge to investigate and made him commissioner. In the fifth month he feigned retreat at Dongma, rushed the stockade with Foluntai and Fuersai, blasted with Shendasu cannon, drove the foe over cliffs, and took Dongma. In the sixth month he struck the Gubuji ridge. At Seerqu he sent Ushihada and Basantai against both flanks. Fengshengge took the center and knocked down the blockhouse with cannon. Ushihada came out under the cliff; Fengshengge met him on the path; the enemy ran. In the seventh month he took Seerqu great blockhouse and a hundred posts. The posts were enemy sentry lines. He joined Wen Fu; in the tenth month Ludingzong, Kamuseer, and other camps fell. They took Douwu ridge and neighboring camps. In the eleventh month Boergen mountain and Majuewu great camp were taken. They took Mingguozong and ninety-odd posts below. They burned Jiaba scripture hall. See Wen Fu biography. In the twelfth month he became deputy general.
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In the first month of year 38 he, Wen Fu, and A Gui split columns toward Galayi as planned. Fengshengge marched via Zhanggu and Chuosijia; Shuchang garrisoned and helped take Lewuwei. He garrisoned Yixi, opened a grain depot, and planned forward. In the fourth month he received Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent. Wen Fu pushed hard; in the sixth month he reached Muguo wood. A Gui took Danggaerla too. He was told to hit Daban Zhao; before word came Muguo wood collapsed and Wen Fu died. After defeat he was sent from Dangba and Sanzagou to Barangla to aid A Gui. When A Gui rallied at Wengguerlong, Fengshengge was kept at Yixi as flank.
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He had not moved yet and posted men on Zhigu mountain for the rear. A Gui as Dingxi general pacified Lesser Jinchuan in the eleventh month. From Yixi he took Shabashan posts to split the enemy. In the twelfth month A Gui took Guga himself and sent Fengshengge at Kailiye. In the first month of year 39, with five thousand men, he held Saierchieoluo south peak and Mengbaila ridge. A Gui added Namuzha with two thousand. On the last night of the second month he crossed Darzak north slope through snow. At dawn next day they stood at Kailiye foot. Peaks were sheer, each crowned with a blockhouse; as the troops neared, shot and stone hailed down. He charged the center; Zhangai and Mingren took the second peak; Marzhan and Yidali the third; Wudai camped below. Victory news came; the Emperor kept Wudai on the peak and moved the main body to Guga with A Gui.
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A Gui spies said Digalamuza lay beside Moermin beyond Darzak. Holding it would let the army turn Kailiye rear and pinch the foe. He seized Moermin; the enemy severed his lines yet lost Digalamuza. He soon shifted to Guga as ordered. In the sixth month Sebengpu fell and eleven blockhouses went. In the seventh month Gaibudashinuo great blockhouse fell. In the tenth month a side path took Mogeer west peak and two hundred works—half of Kailiye ridge. Merit was recorded; he received sable hat and jacket. In the eleventh month Geluguyakou fell, Dangba opened, and Lewuwei was pressed. In the first month of year 40 he cleared Jiaernazangbu posts. In the fourth month Gaerdan monastery and seventeen palisades fell. In the fifth month eight stone forts and four timber forts at the pass fell. He advanced and razed Xunkeerzong works. The throne praised his drive and added Continued Courage to his rank. In the seventh month at Zhangga a triple-moated blockhouse stood behind a timber wall. Hailancha hit the center; Fengshengge flanked with Guandase and Renhe, tore the palisade, filled moats, climbed the wall crown, and took the timber fort beside it. In the eighth month he and A Gui took Lewuwei. In the ninth month he pushed on Galayi. In the twelfth month Gelonggu Kebuqu ridge fell. In the first month of year 41 Margudangga ridge fell. All Jinchuan was pacified. During the Galayi siege he was raised one step to first-class viscount; Buyandabai inherited the dukedom. He soon became Revenue minister with a double-eyed peacock plume. In the second month chief Suonuomu surrendered and went to court.
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In the fourth month the army came home; he received imperial horses and a Purple Splendor portrait. In the tenth month of year 42 he died; posthumous Grand Guardian Chengwu.
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Buyandabai rose from third-class guard to Armory director. Under Jiaqing he became Revenue minister, Plain White lieutenant-general, and Left Vanguard acting commander. In year 5 he died; posthumous Grand Guardian Gongqin. His daughter became Xuanzong consort and, as Empress Xiaomu in Daoguang 1, raised the clan to third-class duke.
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Shuhede, styled Borong, Shumulu clan, Plain White Banner, was Xu Yuanmeng grandson. He rose from bitishi to secretariat secretary, censor, and Grand Council clerk. In Qianlong 2 he wrote: Eight Banner numbers grow daily. Fengtian, Heilongjiang, and Ningguta have arable soil. He asked to move idle bannermen to frontier farms. He also urged public treasuries, banner-only tax posts, redeeming pawned banner land, and giving official plots to landless bannermen. The plan was to phase it in over ten years. The Emperor rejected banner-only taxes, saying Shuhede saw banner poverty but not that customs exist to stop smuggling, not to enrich clerks. I daily preach integrity and still fear disobedience—how guide them to profit? Provincial taxes were never Manchu-Han split; honest bannermen were often appointed. A ruler aids subjects by urging loyalty, diligence, and frugality; subjects should toil early and late in service and enjoy state nurture forever. Only that is long-term planning. Thickening livelihood is wise; encouraging greed as favor harms bannermen instead of teaching them. Under Yongzheng Beijing had a government rice office for banner pay rice. Shuhede asked to restore it and the court agreed. In five steps he reached War minister, then Revenue.
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In year 13 he followed Fu Heng against Jinchuan as commissioner with Grand Guardian rank. In year 14 he stayed behind to settle military accounts. He inspected troops in Yunnan, Huguang, and Henan and surveyed Jinsha copper routes. Shuhede said downstream copper moved freely but forty upstream rapids still required land haul. Governor Zhang Yunsui claimed both reaches open—false. Guyizhou commandant Ha Shangde sought to move the city after floods; Shuhede was sent to survey. Shuhede urged draining the city instead of relocating. In the tenth month he returned to War minister. In year 15 he wrote: Regulations allow two vacancies per hundred troops as name-ration funds for public army costs. Weapon repair and patrol costs often ran short. Cavalry suit the northwest, not the southeast, and could be trimmed. Rattan-shield troops were useless. He proposed raising name-ration pay in cavalry and rattan units. The court approved. In the twelfth month he surveyed the Jiangsu sea wall. In year 16 he inspected Yongding River works. He also went to Zhejiang on bribery charges against Hangzhou general Erden.
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In year 17 he and Vice Minister Yubao guarded the northern route against Dzungars. In year 18 Dzungar unrest led to withdrawal and recall. He was sent to seal the Zhangjia Malu breach on Tongshan. Dawachi regained power; Torghut taiji Cheleng and others submitted. Zaisang Mamute and Wusunhai Demuqi Zhamcan and Hutuke chased Cheleng across the passes. Shuhede went to Erkun; Yubao, Nusan, and Saral aided Chengun Zhabu. In spring of year 19 Daqinga lured Mamute in; the court first ordered a cage cart, then released him when he came willingly. Later Saral and Nusan took Zhamcan and Hutuke; Shuhede again asked for cage carts. The Emperor said Mamute was lured but Zhamcan was captured in chase, rebuked Shuhede, and kept the prisoners in camp. Rumor said Dawachi sent Zanagarbu with five thousand to raid. Chengun Zhabu wrote Dawachi explaining the border arrests. The Emperor called it timid and lectured Shuhede. The court meant to recover Wusunhai and rely on Mongol chief Saral to win tribes. Shuhede said Dawachi revival made Wusunhai hard to win and told Saral to wait at Zhuokesuo. The Emperor scolded Shuhede for cowardice that tied Saral hands. Princes Elinqin and Gonggeleke Bambile were punished for delay; Shuhede asked mercy for zeal at the front. An edict rebuked them; stripping rank was recommended but waived. At Rehe the Emperor summoned Shuhede for strategy. He soon replaced Chengun Zhabu with Celeng as general.
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In the seventh month Amursana submitted. Shuhede and Celeng kept Amursana in camp and moved his kin to Sunite. Amursana brother was Mamute prisoner; he begged grain to rescue; Shuhede refused. The Emperor wanted Amursana to catch Dawachi; he raged at moving Amursana kin far south and breaking their hearts. Dzungar strife offered a chance to win tribes by kindness forever. Celeng and Shuhede got everything backwards! Both lost office, served as penitents, and their property and sons suffered. In the first month of year 20 Amursana was told to aid Bandi against Dawachi. Amursana moved herds to Uliassutai with permission. Zhaohui garrisoned there; Shuhede assisted as clerk. In the sixth month, after Ili fell, an edict noted their front service. Celeng already held commandant rank at Barkul. Shuhede letters showed no complaint but Han-style diaries and poetry. He was told to repent and stay a clerk at Uliassutai. The Emperor split Dzungar lands among Four Oirat khans. Amursana sought overall rule, was refused, and rebelled. His family at Uliassutai was sent to court by Shuhede and Zhaohui. In year 21 Qinggun Zhabu rebelled and posts were cut. Chahar sheep convoys arrived; Shuhede posted them along relays and restored reports. On the Nuoduimulun line he protected Eleuth subjects. Wusunhai horse thieves fled to Russia; he demanded them back. The Emperor praised his sense of occasion, recalled him, and made him Plain Yellow Chinese deputy lieutenant-general.
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In the first month of year 22 Chengun Zhabu pursued Amursana; Shuhede became commissioner. He soon became War minister and Bordered Yellow Chinese lieutenant-general. In the third month solo memorials from camp cost him the ministry. In the seventh month a memorial on Sharas nomads was read as wanting to quit; he was warned sharply. In the twelfth month an edict blamed Shuhede for Chengun Zhabu failures despite early instructions. At the front he missed every chance. Winning Kepite and Ulute nomads he should have taken their horses; instead he let them stay in hills and they rebelled after troops passed. Only after imperial rebuke did he dodge about, wasting horses on useless marches. That alone showed he planned nothing. It came of not passing the imperial will to Chengun Zhabu. He deserved death; Chengun Zhabu merit spared him. He was cut to soldier rank to redeem guilt in camp."
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In year 23 he received first-class bodyguard rank and garrisoned Aksu. In the tenth month Zhaohui pursued Khoja Jihan deep and was trapped. Fude was sent to relieve him; Shuhede met him at Barchuq. Shuhede said Aksu guarded the Yarkand and Kashgar road and needed posts. The Emperor praised him, made him Personnel vice minister, then Works minister with a peacock plume. In the twelfth month he rushed Aksu elites to Zhaohui. In the first month of year 24 he and Fude broke the siege and won a hereditary Cloud Cavalry Captaincy. In the seventh month he was shifted to Yarkand, then kept at Aksu. He fixed Muslim tribute, relay begs, and Aksu coin with four parts public and six for locals. Civil and military officers were placed at Aksu, Kucha, Karashar, Ush, and Khotan. All were approved by edict. When the Muslim west was pacified his portrait joined Purple Splendor. In year 28 he became Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent.
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In year 29 he investigated Xiamen trade abuses; Yang Tingzhang and others fell. In year 31 he acted as Shaan-Gan governor-general, then Revenue minister. In year 32 he tried Hunan and Hubei cases. In year 33 Ming Rui campaigned in Burma and died in defeat. Fu Heng took command; Shuhede went first to Yunnan to plan. Shuhede secretly urged peace against the throne. Stripping rank was recommended; he served as commandant commissioner at Ush.
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In year 36 Ubashi returned from Russia; Shuhede vouched for him and pacified Ili as general. In the eleventh month he became Revenue minister. In year 38 he became Grand Guardian and Military Glory grand secretary. In the ninth month he supervised Laobaokou Yellow River dikes in Jiangnan. Wang Lun rebelled at Shouzhang and took Linqing; Shuhede crushed him and Lun burned himself. He received double-eyed peacock plume, restored Cloud Cavalry Captaincy, sable cap, and black fox jacket. In year 41 his portrait was placed in Purple Splendor after Jinchuan peace. When Shuhede was Ili general, his son Shuning killed two slaves in Beijing and was sent to Ili for his father to discipline. He was also sued in Shandong over a coal mine; Shuhede sent Shuning to Punishments and asked for sentence. Stripping rank was recommended; the throne was lenient. In the fourth month of year 42 he died; posthumous Grand Tutor Wenxiang; enshrined among worthy ministers.
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His son Shuchang started in the guards. When Shuhede fell for moving Amursana family, Shuchang lost rank and went to Heilongjiang as a soldier. When Shuhede returned as deputy lieutenant-general, Shuchang became third-class bodyguard. When Shuhede failed again with Chengun Zhabu, Shuchang went back to Heilongjiang. In the second month of Qianlong 23 he was released and returned. He rose to commandant of the Bordered Blue Banner guards. In year 37, during Wen Fu Jinchuan campaign, he became commissioner. When Jinchuan fell his portrait joined Purple Splendor among the first fifty ministers with Shuhede and son. At Shuhede death he returned to mourn and became Works vice minister. He served as Guizhou governor, then Huguang and Liangguang governor-general. He became Works minister in the capital. He acted as Jiangxi governor, then Huguang governor-general again. After the Jingzhou Han River breach he lost rank and became first-class bodyguard. He became left censor-in-chief, then Bordered Yellow Mongol lieutenant-general. Early in Jiaqing he acted as Punishments and War minister. He died and was given the posthumous name Kejing.
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The historians say: Zhaohui was enfeoffed twice from within a siege and finished the war once relief came; yet Yarhashan before and Fude after both broke the law and could not finish. At Neqin death Gaozong said Celeng and Dardanga fought ashamed while Ali Gun alone doubted and shrank. Celeng and Dardanga lost their titles in failure; Ali Gun kept martial honors through Fengshengge to later heirs. Shuhede began blunt as censor, was often called timid on campaign, punished twice, yet reached the highest offices. Fortune turning at the end seems heaven work too. Yet loyalty and prudence are plainly the heart of it—is that not clear?
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