was said to be a wolf cub in the pigsty, Liu Yu didn't know whether to be complacent or to sigh bitterly.

After running to the study and listening to the words of the elders, Liu Yu was really confused.

It was a bit of a surprise to him.

Even if his mother had just finished telling him the story of the former Marquis of Linhuai, at most he thought that he could follow Qi Guogong to the shores of Lake Baikal and participate in negotiations with Russia.

Isn't it beautiful that it's not dangerous, and it's gold-plated?

Who would have thought that he would throw Heilongjiang to himself?

He knows how to shout slogans, and he was still shouting slogans such as "I want to learn from Zhang Bowang and Ban Dingyuan".

Shaking the sky, there are great ambitions.

But when he really asked him to be Zhang Bowang and Ban Dingyuan, he was still a little reluctant.

Zhang Qianbo was sent to the Western Regions and died nine times.

If you let yourself choose a template, if you have the opportunity, Liu Yu naturally hopes to be like Li Ershi and Wei Hussar, relying on the relationship between the eldest brother and the younger brother-in-law in one step.

However, even since it has been decided, the origin of his second son is not allowed to pick and choose.

Qi Guogong is right, the second son is named Xunwei, not casually.

Probably seeing Liu Yu's stunnedness, Qi Guogong encouraged: "Although this matter is dangerous, if it is done well, it will also benefit you in the future." How can it be used without major events? This matter is extremely important, and if it were not for this, His Majesty would not have chosen you to go. ”

These words are not just complete relief. This matter is indeed very important, and it is of great significance to the strategy of the entire Dashun.

Entering the palace today, the emperor talked with the two princes about talking with the Rakshasa while fighting, and mentioned the "Brief Examination of Western Kingdoms" written by Liu Yu, during which he also revealed some worries about the future.

This time the negotiation with the Rakshasa Kingdom may be the first time since the Qin and Han dynasties that Zhuxia has negotiated with a "barbarian country" on an equal footing.

There were no equal negotiations before.

Either war, or an edict between the Celestial Empire and the tributary states.

And this time, I am afraid that it is also the first time that Zhuxia has to use the name "China" to sign the treaty - in the past, it could only be the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, all of which were dynasties, and the whole world was not the king's land, and there was no space for equal treaties under the tributary system.

The new foreign system began to challenge the order of the whole world, and the Dashun court had to find a new way to deal with it, striving to find the right way to communicate in the confusion.

It's an attempt.

The Westphalian system introduced in Liu Yu's "A Brief Examination of the Western Kingdoms" provided a new perspective for the emperor in the palace.

Although I am not very comfortable yet, I have at least a glimpse of the door and a general understanding of the other party's way of thinking.

This negotiation, this war against Russia, is of great significance, and it is more than that.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan of the Erjin family died, and the heirs voted the jade seal of the Mongol Empire to Huang Taiji.

The Mongol Empire officially fell de jure terms, and the Mongol tribes such as Horqin took refuge in the Later Jin, and Huang Taiji was both the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Great Khan of the Mongols.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the Khalkha Department of Mobei Mongolia, the Northwest and even the Warat Remnants on the Volga River jointly formulated the "Khalkha-Oirat Code", and in the face of the threat of Tsarist Russia and Houjin, the betrayal of Monan's relatives, had to huddle together for warmth.

This kind of covenant similar to the "Han, Zhao, Wei and Sanjin Alliance" can be imagined and will not last.

The Dzungar tribe in Warat is getting stronger day by day, and the Khalkha department of the alliance is the first to attack.

Dashun, who had just pacified the Central Plains and Dingding New Dynasty, watched coldly, waiting for the other party to lose both, forcing the Khalkha Department to go south for help, and became a tributary state of Dashun, in exchange for Dashun coming forward to defend the Dzungaria.

Dashun also did not want to see a unified alliance of Warat and Khalkha, so he took advantage of the situation.

The lesson of Tumubao is still not far off, and the Central Plains Dynasty will never want to see a unified Warat Mongol again.

According to the testament of Taizong Li Guo, he learned the methods of the Later Jin, and after Dashun counterattacked the Liaodong Plough Court and swept the holes, he implemented the means of "dividing the feudal system" in southern Mongolia.

Fixed the scope of the pasture, and the nomadic tribes were not allowed to be "nomadic", but only fixed-point animal husbandry, called "barony".

After the Monan Mongol tribes that took refuge in Houjin were crippled, they had to accept that the entire Monan Mongolia was divided into more than 60 barons and more than 60 barons.

The ten barons are then combined into a single viscount, with a five-year period, and one viscount is elected by the ten subordinate baronies, which takes effect after being approved by the capital.

Divide the feudal system, disassemble and reorganize, pull one faction and fight another, whoever takes the lead will be beaten, whoever is disobedient will be beaten, and whoever does not cooperate will not benefit.

found the descendants of the Erjin family, sealed a puppet-like county king, and circled it in the capital.

The duke was selected to build a town guard in Chifeng.

Take back the Hetao area, build a city in the Hetao, and put a border army general to defend it.

Mongol in southern Moxi is no longer a threat, and the Khalkha department in Mobei has to pay tribute because of the threat of the Dzungar department.

It seems to stabilize the situation, but in fact it is full of dangers.

Before the war with the Khalkhas, the Dzungar tribe briefly paid tribute and asked for mutual trade.

Someone keenly sensed the problem, in the former Ming Dynasty, the iron pot that was regarded as a good thing by the Mongol tribes was no longer needed by the Dzungar Ministry.

Or, the Mongols no longer need to use iron pots; Or, the Dzungar Ministry is not just nomadic, but can smelt iron and spin pots.

Obviously, this answer is the latter.

Coupled with trade with Safid Persia in Central Asia, the Mughal Empire in South Asia, and Tsarist Russia in Northwest China, the level of firearms in the Dzungar Department increased rapidly.

After the Khalkha tribe in Mobei took refuge in the south, its subordinate Buryat Mongols also grazed on Lake Baikal, where the Buryats pasture.

Tsarist Russia has been expanding eastward and southward for many years, and the Buryat Mongols have been constantly oppressed, but the Khalkha Ministry has been unable to support, and the Buryat Mongols can only send people south to find the help of Dashun.

The Russians were to collect a fur tax, to force them to do military service, to force them to be Orthodox.

Relatively speaking, the tribute of Da Shun will not be exploited like this.

Moreover, the plateau Buddhism they believe in and the Orthodox Church are less than in the same pot, but there is a great lama with the title of King Daqing in the Dahuguo Temple near Liu Yu's house.

However, in recent years, the situation has changed abruptly, and the relationship between the Dzungar Ministry and Tsarist Russia has become more and more stiff.

The constant fighting between the two sides, coupled with the Turkut tribe on the banks of the Volga River, made Tsarist Russia extremely uneasy, after all, the Turkut tribe was also a tribe that participated in the "Khalkha-Oirat Code", and the Volga River was even more against the heart of Tsarist Russia.

As soon as the relations between Jungar and Tsarist Russia stiffened, some people in the Khalkha and Buryat ministries began to take the lead at both ends.

In the past, the Dashun tributes were actually secretly connected to Tsarist Russia, and they were waiting and watching - who is a really powerful backer?

The advent of gunpowder and muskets brought an end to the golden age of nomadism.

In the past, you couldn't beat it, but you could run. Run away, recuperate for a few years and come back.

What now?

Times have changed.

There is the sworn enemy Dzungaria in the west, Tsarist Russia in the north, Liaodong Jiedu envoy of Dashun in the east, and Dashun in the south, which is thriving soon after the founding of the country, and there is nowhere to go.

There is only a side to choose a side, and there is only a backer.

Or, Surrender.

Or, vote for Russia.

The benefits of surrender to Shun, Dashun has the Celestial Empire, the treasury is rich, there are great benefits, and there is no need to change religion.

The advantage of joining Russia is that you can be the vanguard of Tsarist Russia, cooperate with Russia, go south to Monan to grab the best pastures, and cooperate with Tsarist Russia's southern invasion to fight the autumn wind.

Of course, there are pros and cons.

Therefore, Mobei Mongolia is still waiting to see who is the strongest in Northeast Asia at this time - if Dashun wins, he will take refuge in Tsarist Russia, and he will bear the brunt of the attack, not to mention being beaten if he does not get benefits; If Tsarist Russia wins and takes refuge in Dashun, then Tsarist Russia will still bear the brunt of the southward movement and will still be beaten.

Monan Mongolia has been enshrined in more than 60 baronies, constantly mixed with sand, and can no longer be regarded as an independent political force.

Only Mobei Mongolia still has the capital of wait-and-see, and the capital of choosing sides.

The Dzungar tribe fought them though easily. But the Dzungar Ministry can't beat Tsarist Russia, and it can't beat Dashun, as long as you choose a side, you can have no worries.

Therefore, this battle is extremely important, and Dashun cannot afford to lose.

Not only can't afford to lose, but also play very beautifully.

It is necessary to let the Khalkha Ministry and the Buryatia Ministry see the military strength of Dashun and let them recognize a reality: Tsarist Russia is strong, but its projection ability to cross Siberia is limited; Although Dashun is slightly weaker in military technology, it is huge, at least in Northeast Asia, it is stronger than Tsarist Russia.

This helps them to see the reality and pick the right side.

In the same way, this is also good for Dashun - if the Khalkha Ministry chooses a side and recognizes Dashun as the suzerain, then the Dzungar Ministry is a traitor who violates the "Khalkha-Oirat Code", and all the ministries will fight against it.

Dashun, as the suzerain of the Warat tribes, pacified the Dzungar tribe, that is, the suzerain helped the younger brother to quell the rebellion, which is justified since ancient times.

Now that the descendants of the Erjinjin family are in the capital as a carefree county king, the legal system of Mo Nan has been obtained, and the means of dividing the feudal system to fix the pasture seem to be very effective, and the Dashun court thinks that this is the time to solve the Mongolian border troubles in one fell swoop.

But if you lose......

I am afraid that there will be no more peace in the northern frontier.

The Cossacks of Tsarist Russia were Tatars.

The stability and brainwashing and assimilation effect of the Orthodox Church is too strong. Religious Tatars could also become Cossacks, and the Orthodox Church was the strongest bond between the Tsar's "little father" and the Cossacks.

At that time, a Baikal Cossack military district and an Amur Cossack military district will be pressed on top of their heads, and they are afraid that they will repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty again.

The stakes in this, Qi Guogong Tian Suo believes that Liu Yu can understand.

As long as you understand the stakes involved, you can understand how important it is to go to the Northeast this time.

How he talks about Tian Suo depends on how well the Northeast fights; How well the Northeast fights depends on how well Liu Yu and the Children's Army do in the Northeast.

Bitterness is a little harder, and it is more difficult, but it also shows the emperor's hope. If it weren't so important, Liu Yu wouldn't have been directly given the title of a guard. Give a guard, if there is no such thing, it is so generous that people can't understand it, and so generous that rumors spread in the Yiguo Mansion that Liu Yu might attack the lord.

"As the saying goes, there is a specialization in the art industry. This time you go to the bank of the Songhua River, you should be familiar with what you do and what you need. If you need anything, come to me directly, and I'll solve it. ”

"When tomorrow passes, there will be a formal decree issued, only saying that you will serve in front of the army and cover people's eyes. It's August, and by mid-September, we're going to go. ”

"It's bitterly cold there, and you should be prepared. This matter is related to the future, and it is also related to the trouble of my north, which is not a trivial matter, and must be done well. ”

"Your Majesty will allow you to act cheaply, and will also give you embroidered spring swords, honor and guard brocade clothes, and the name of a patrol slave to do the tribe in the forest. Tomorrow, as soon as mid-autumn passes, someone will cause you to camp outside the city. The matter has come to this point, there is no way back, if you have the intention of retreating at this time, your life will be ruined. ”

Tian Suo waved his hand and told Liu Yu that the retreat had been sealed. Liu Sheng watched coldly, without saying a word, until the end he said lightly, "What Qi Guogong means is what I mean."

Liu Yu didn't think about quitting at this time, his brain didn't rust, he quit at this time, and used Tian Suo to tell him that his life would be ruined?

After sending off Qi Guogong, Liu Sheng felt that there was nothing to say to Liu Yu anymore, so he let him go back to his small courtyard.

The maids in the house, who were frightened in the morning and surprised in the afternoon, were poignant and asked him about going to the border army to serve.

Liu Yu also felt that the future was uncertain, and the ghost knew if he could come back alive, so he simply made a play with the two maids, vented, and slept at midnight. One by one, they are too far away from the women in the party, and their skills are jerky, which is quite unsatisfying.

On the second day, the soft-footed shrimp got up like a shrimp, and it was a nightmare for most of the day, and it was time for the family banquet in the evening.

The gossip in the house disappeared with the family banquet, and Liu Shengyi praised Liu Yu for being able to serve the country early; The second key point mentions the small courtyard to be opened for Liu Yu.

Serving the country or something, my brother and sister-in-law don't care.

Opening up a small courtyard, that's what they really care about.

After these words, he was happy, brothers, friends and brothers.

After there was no interest relationship, the true feelings were revealed, and the eldest brother shed a few tears for Liu Yu's upcoming trip.

After mid-autumn, I went to Wude Palace to take a formality, and invited those classmates to have a drink, and the official will of the emperor also came down.

This time I went north, it was not good to bring too many families, so Liu Yu brought a steamed bun that had followed him since he was a child, was literate and hyphenated, and could ride a horse and shoot a gun.

Wearing the imperial guard brocade suit, with an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, and a small man with steamed buns, he swayed to the military camp outside the city.

As soon as they entered the barracks' door, the officers who came to greet them took a look at Liu Yu, and the two of them were stunned.

"Is that you?"