Xiao Letian's analysis hit the nail on the head, the current financial crisis in Tsarist Russia is indeed very serious, and since Alexander II ascended the throne in 1855, he has been planning the abolition of slavery in the country.

As we all know, although Russia also belongs to one of the European countries, it still maintains the primitive and barbaric slavery system, at that time 90% of the population of Russia were serfs of landlords, and there was no right to personal freedom at all, and as we all know, slavery is the lowest productivity of all social systems.

Alexander II was not a waste of wood kept in the deep palace, but in his youth as crown prince, he traveled to most parts of Russia and personally examined the suffering of the people.

And he spent a whole year traveling all over Europe, seeing with his own eyes how powerful industrialized countries worked, and envious of the great national power of Britain and France.

As a young man, Alexander had already made up his mind to follow the example of Britain and France in carrying out a comprehensive reform of backward Russia, and the first thing to bear the brunt of it was the most backward and criticized serfdom.

In 1861, after six years of preparation, Alexander II finally issued the abolition order, which was two years before the abolition decree signed by US President Abraham Lincoln.

Alexander was a very intelligent and pragmatic king, and he would not force the landlord class to give up their own interests in a hurry, knowing that that would inevitably lead to turmoil and even civil war.

So he replaced the radical revolution with moderate reforms, and there were two central points in his abolition decree.

The first is to announce the abolition of serfdom, and all serfs will be granted personal freedom, including migration, marriage, change of occupation, ownership of property, and conclusion of contracts.

Second, it is stipulated that all the land is owned by the landlord, and the peasants redeem a small piece of land in accordance with the regulations, and the ransom amount is two or three times the actual price of the land, and the peasants pay a part of it, and the government pays the rest in the form of repaid bonds, and the peasants must repay the principal and interest within 49 years.

On the one hand, this system allowed the landlord class to receive two or three times the premium on land, which greatly reduced their resistance, and on the other hand, the state provided paid loans to the serfs, which also gave the destitute serfs the opportunity to change their fate.

This was a mutually acceptable condition, and the only drawback was that the financial pressure on the state was too great, and although it was said that the landlords were paid in the form of paid bonds instead of cash, the entire Russian land area was so large that the interest on the bonds alone was an astronomical amount for the state.

No one knows how high the debt ratio of the Russian treasury is, because it is Russia's top secret, and it is possible that Alexander II was afraid that the real financial situation would frighten the bankers in Europe, so the announced fiscal deficit was not high.

But anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see that now that Russia has come to a standstill even such a top priority as the replacement of weapons in the army, one can imagine how poor this empire is.

In order to defuse the immediate crisis, Alexander II opted for an eastward strategy, in which he tore flesh from the weaker Qing and Central Asian khanates to replenish himself.

The eastward expansion strategy can be subdivided into two sets of strategies, civil and military, in terms of force, which has been going on for many years, pacifying the Caucasus, expanding the power in Central Asia, ceding the Far East of the Qing state, and supporting the rebellion of Agubai in Xinjiang.

In the real history, the Trans-Siberian Railway that runs through Europe and Asia began in 1891, and it seems that it is still very early from now, but Xiao Letian knows very well that such a grand project, just in advance exploration and preparation, it will take more than ten or twenty years.

The finalization of the line, the various stages go hand in hand, a large number of sleepers and stones are prepared in advance, and the casting of the rails must all be prepared in advance. In fact, in the mid-nineteenth century, when Alexander's father was still alive, Russia had already begun to demonstrate and study the railway.

Xiao Lotian himself did not know that it was precisely because of his sudden rise in Asia that Alexander II had a serious sense of crisis, especially the special industrial zone plan promoted by Xiao Letian made it difficult for the Russian side to sleep.

If the Qing state continued to be weak as always, then Russia could have slowly advanced the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, but Xiao Letian's shining appearance, especially his stunning performance in the Austro-Prussian War, made the tsar feel dangerous.

The intelligence gathering work of the Ryukyu New Army and the Tanggu Special Industrial Zone has always been the most important part of Ulangeli's diplomatic work, especially after Xiao Letian included the Kaiping area in the special industrial zone at the beginning of the year and prepared to build the first railway of the Qing Dynasty, Moscow could no longer sit still.

How did the Qing Dynasty suddenly wake up? Once the coal and iron resources in the Kaiping area are connected to the SEZ by rail, it will be equivalent to giving the SEZ wings.

Not only that, when the benefits of this railway in the special zone were discovered by the Qing State, once the Qing State vigorously carried out the construction of the national railway, then the resources of the entire Qing Empire could be fully mobilized.

With the Qing Dynasty having railways, the resources and troops in the southeast and northwest can move quickly to war, and when the time comes, with China's huge population advantage, who can beat them.

Alexander II apparently overestimated the intelligence of the princes of the Manchu court, but in any case the possibility of this is a cause for concern in Russia.

The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway was urgent, because Moscow needed cheap resources from the Far East to make up for the empire's financial crisis, and on the other hand, European armies needed the railroad to move quickly to the east.

In the eyes of the Tsar, time was running out, and the original strategic plan had to be changed.

Xiao Letian, who had figured everything out, took a deep breath and sighed: "Prepare for war! There will be a battle next spring! Lao Maozi is determined to destroy the volunteers, otherwise the railway construction work in Vladivostok will not be carried out...... That's their national grand strategy, and he'll absolutely do whatever it takes!"

"Send a telegram to Long Ye, don't let him be a cat winter, let him fight with war, and use victory after victory to inspire the remnants of the Far East, he must expand his army to more than 10,000 next spring!"

"Where is the Zhiyuan? How long will it take to come back? After delaying Lao Tzu's battle, I will kill Xiang Ying's rabbit cub...... Prepare for battle! Prepare for battle!"

"Send a conscription order to the shogunate and tell him that I will requisition another 10,000 wild samurai as mercenaries! Don't they want to get on my chariot Xiao Lotian? Then prove their sincerity with blood and life!"

In the castle tower of Junfu Castle, Xiao Letian's roaring voice sounded! The hidden dragon roared, and East Asia shook!