For the Russians in the Far East, they did not attach much importance to the Chinese, nor to the Chinese, including the Qing court, with whom they had fought before, and Ning Chu, with whom they had not—there did not seem to be much difference between the two in their senses.

According to Sara's only military knowledge, even if Ning Chu will send 100,000 troops, it can really be used in the direction of Yunchun and Vladivostok, and there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people in the sky, after all, logistics can't support too many people, and in terms of the current defense of Vladivostok, 10,000 or 20,000 people can't pose a threat at all.

It only takes another month for Vladivostok's defense system to begin to take shape, and in another three months it will be quite perfect, when the defense system, built using the Vauban Fortress method, will be able to show its terrifying fangs, and it will crush all enemies who dare to attack in an extremely efficient way.

With a smile on his face, Count Saragula looked at Zhang Tingyu's expression, as if he had seen a fat hen, and said meaningfully: "Lord Zhang, I believe that by now you should be able to understand that if it weren't for our Russian Empire, the Great Qing Kingdom would have perished long ago, and there would be no possibility of restoring the empire, so since the Russian Empire has provided such valuable support to your Great Qing Kingdom, how should you repay the Russian Empire and Her Majesty the Empress?" ”

A wisp of inexplicable irritability emerged in Zhang Tingyu's heart, what else is there in the current Qing Dynasty? Even the last Eight Banners soldiers were used as cattle and horses by the Russians, but this damn old man is still trying to get benefits!

Speaking of which, since the Eight Banners dealt with the Russians, when they saw that the other party had strong body hair, they took a nickname and called Lao Maozi, which spread widely, and even Qianlong once said it as a joke, but it made Zhang Tingyu angry at this time, and he also scolded angrily in his heart.

It's just that no matter how unhappy he was in his heart, Zhang Tingyu finally maintained a little calm on his face, and he said coldly: "Now that the Qing Dynasty has fallen to this, even if there are still some things, when they entered Yunchun City, they were all given to the Russian Empire and Her Majesty the Empress, and there is really nothing more." ”

Although Count Savaura heard the deep dissatisfaction in Zhang Tingyu's tone, he didn't care in the slightest, but smiled and said: "Lord Zhang, you have to understand that if the Qing Dynasty wants to restore the country, you can't rely on us alone, don't you have any hole cards?" Or rather, a sum of money that can be restored? ”

The sarcasm on Zhang Tingyu's face couldn't bear it anymore, he stared at the brazen man in front of him, and said word by word: "No, nothing, it is impossible for the Qing Dynasty to restore the country!" ”

The idea of the impossibility of recovering the country has been hovering in the minds of the Qing monarchs and ministers, but they have never dared to face it, and they have not even dared to think about it.

Finally, Zhang Tingyu breathed a long sigh of relief, Xu Yuanmeng's death and the persecution of Count Sara Shula made him really start thinking about this question, and soon got an answer - that's it, don't think about those illusory things anymore, and even he doesn't want to be an official of the Qing Dynasty anymore, he just hopes to be able to return to the countryside.

Count Sara Tura looked at Zhang Tingyu in front of him, and finally fell silent, he always thought that these people in front of him were just despicable clowns, cowards who lost their country, but now he also realized a problem, when people really fell into despair, the outside world could no longer affect them, as if he could no longer force Zhang Tingyu to do anything.

"Hmph, think about it, don't make yourself unhappy."

After dropping a threatening last word, Count Sara Hura finally left, as if he didn't want to face Zhang Tingyu anymore.

Looking at the departing Count of Savoyura, Zhang Tingyu didn't react too much, he stood in place for a long time, and finally sighed, and walked in the direction of Qianlong's palace, although Qianlong was only a nominal emperor, but it was still the soldiers of the Eight Banners who guarded the gate of the fourfold small courtyard.

When Zhang Tingyu slowly walked to the gate of the courtyard, he saw two energetic Eight Banners soldiers standing there, their faces were red, and they were carrying a musket on their shoulders, and the bayonet with a slight smell of blood was inserted in his waist, but Zhang Tingyu was stunned, it turned out that the soldiers of the Eight Banners were not so useless.

It's just that it's too late to say anything now, even if the Eight Banners soldiers standing at the door can show the temperament of elite soldiers, but they are useless in the overall situation.

Zhang Tingyu finally stopped stopping, but walked towards the courtyard, when Xu Yuanmeng died, almost all the ministers here were headed by him Zhang Tingyu, plus a few idle shells in the clan, the big guys all counted on Zhang Tingyu to get ideas.

However, before he walked into the courtyard, Zhang Tingyu had already heard a burst of noise from inside, it seemed that there were both men and women, and when he walked a few steps, he saw that the young Qianlong Emperor was following several palace maids and eunuchs to laugh and play wantonly, but the scene was extremely unbearable.

"The old minister Zhang Tingyu visited the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live!"

Zhang Tingyu seemed to have long been accustomed to this scene, he knelt on the ground and respectfully bowed a few times.

Emperor Qianlong glanced at Zhang Tingyu, and then said indifferently: "It turns out that Master Zhang is here, and I don't have anything good here to entertain you - so let's do it, Master Xu is dead, and you will replace him in the future, just let you call the shots, I still believe in Master Zhang after all." ”

Zhang Tingyu sighed softly, and then waved his hand, only to see that the palace maids and eunuchs retreated one after another, and Emperor Qianlong didn't seem to want to stay at all, sitting on the chair and returning to his former calm.

The courtyard became very quiet for a while, only occasionally the sound of birds could be heard outside, and the two people standing in the courtyard seemed to have no desire to speak anymore.

Finally, Emperor Qianlong raised his head and looked at Zhang Tingyu, opened his mouth, but the young voice became a little difficult.

"Master Zhang, you said that if I die in the future, do you still have the face to go to see the emperor's grandfather and father?"

The Emperor finally showed his inner sense of vulnerability and loneliness, and this feeling was completely different from the two emperors in the past, for him, all this was so irresistible.

Like Emperor Kangxi, although he was younger when he first became the emperor, he finally took over a relatively stable empire, and whether it was to eradicate Aobai or destroy the three feudatories, he had plenty of time to strategize for him.

When Emperor Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, although he lost half of the south of the Yangtze River, the overall situation was still in hand, and he had several years of painstaking management.

Only he Hongli, when he succeeded to the throne, it can be called a real life-and-death crisis, first Yongzheng died on the battlefield, and then completely lost the land inside the Guan, and the outside of the Guanai is also in danger, in this environment, he can choose to conquer Korea first to open up the situation, it is already very commendable.

It's a pity that Ning Chu's speed was too fast and his movements were too fast, so that Qianlong had to abandon his ancestral business and chose to flee to Yunchun, relying on the influence of the Russians, and he could no longer see any hope.

Zhang Tingyu seemed to be able to understand the other party's thoughts very well, and he smiled bitterly: "Why did the emperor say this? If there is no such change in my Qing Dynasty, the emperor will definitely become a prosperous monarch in the future and continue the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty! ”

Yes, how good it would have been if there had been no such accident, Emperor Qianlong silently thought in his heart, if there had been no such accident, how could he face such a grim situation after becoming the emperor? How did he end up in this situation?

It's just that the world is unpredictable, Emperor Qianlong finally shook his head, seemed to throw away some distracting thoughts in his mind, and then said softly: "Master Zhang, what did the Russians say when they called you there today?" ”

A trace of worry appeared on Zhang Tingyu's face, and he said solemnly: "Your Majesty, today the Russians called the old minister, in addition to the news that they were going to start a war with Ning Chu, that is, they wanted to help me restore the Qing Dynasty, so that the emperor could continue to be the emperor of the whole of China, and they only needed the Far East.......

"Is that serious?"

Emperor Qianlong was suddenly excited, and he was now unwilling to let go of any possible opportunity.

"Naturally, it's fake."

Zhang Tingyu smiled bitterly, "The meaning of the Russians when they say these words is nothing more than to take the secret of our last wealth from the mouth of the old minister, but there is not much money in the first place, the old minister thinks about it, and thinks that it is still not cheap for the Russians, or leave it for the emperor's survival in the future, and I think it can also let the emperor live a good life." ”

The so-called last wealth of the Qing Dynasty is actually just an exaggeration, this money was quietly hidden by Xu Yuanmeng and Zhang Tingyu and other old ministers, and it was not originally used for the restoration of the country, and the amount was not beaten, just to give the descendants of Aixin Jueluo the last guarantee.

But I don't know why, this news seems to have leaked, so that Sara Gula didn't know that he had never heard it, and then took the opportunity of this time to fight with Ning Chu to take away the money, of course, the Russian Empire naturally didn't care about this money, but he Sara Mula cared, and he thought about using this money to climb up in the future.

After listening to Zhang Tingyu's story, the last hope in Qianlong's heart was also extinguished, and he said fiercely: "I knew that the Russians were so wolf-like, and they should never surrender to the Russians before, so now they are in a dilemma." ”

Zhang Tingyu said in his heart that if he hadn't surrendered to the Russians at that time, now your Qianlong's head should have been taken off by Ning Chu as a urinal, why do you turn your head and regret it now?

However, Zhang Tingyu also understood Qianlong's thoughts, so he could only follow his tone and say: "When the Russians were in the Kangxi period, they had already invaded the land of our Qing Dynasty, and they were the most shameless, and later they still wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob ....... It's just that it's useless to talk about it now, Your Majesty, we still have to think about the way forward. ”

"But...... But I really don't know what to do right now, so I ask Master Zhang to solve my doubts. Emperor Qianlong let out a long sigh, with a bit of pleading in his expression.

Zhang Tingyu looked left and right, making sure that there was no third pair of ears around, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, we can't continue to stay in Yunchun now, the old minister has asked someone before, Ning Chu has been fighting hard for more than a year, and sooner or later they will fight to the north, and Yunchun will definitely be unstoppable at that time, and the Russians' minds are to retreat in Vladivostok with all their might...... And they won't let us stay in Vladivostok. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tingyu was quite worried: "What's more important is that even if they let us stay in Vladivostok, it's hard to say whether they can stop the Fu Han army at that time, and if the city is broken at that time, it will be too late for the emperor to run." ”

Qianlong was shocked in his heart, "This Russian is so unreliable?" Didn't they often boast about themselves, claiming that this place would never be captured by the Fu Han army? ”

Zhang Tingyu had a wry smile on his face, "Your Majesty, these Russians have never seen Ning Chu's strength, let's just say this war, the old minister has followed the Holy Grandfather and the First Emperor to the battlefield, this Fu Han army is getting stronger and stronger, and the firearms are getting stronger and stronger....... The emperor thinks about it, our Qing Dynasty city has not been able to be saved, let alone this small city with only a few thousand people! ”

Qianlong also took the soldiers and horses to conquer North Korea in person, and he agreed with it at the moment, no matter how you look at this Seoul, it is better than this Yunchun, but under the attack of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, it has not collapsed once? And now Ning Chu's soldiers are superior, but the city is much weaker, and the final result seems to be self-evident

But Qianlong was still a little hesitant in his heart, "Then where are we going?" We can't run away at the moment, not to mention that the Russians are closely guarded here, and in this bitter cold place in the north, it is better to stay here if you run casually, so you can still eat and drink! ”

Zhang Tingyu saw that the emperor was relieved, and finally a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy off a Russian officer, and he will transport the emperor to Vladivostok at that time, and then take advantage of the chaotic situation in Vladivostok, take a boat from Vladivostok to North Korea, and then take a boat from North Korea to all the way south to Taiwan, and it just so happens that Taiwan is also very chaotic now, and then you can secretly take the emperor to Manila, and then you can take the Spanish ship to Europe.......

Hearing Zhang Tingyu Luoli say a lot, it is North Korea and Taiwan, and finally he has to go to Manila or even Europe, how did Emperor Qianlong think that this trick was unreliable, he hesitated: "Master Zhang, I think this is a bit too hasty, and now Ning Chu has not yet called, we can't panic, and when the time comes, we will be passive." ”

Qianlong made it clear that he would not run such a far, which made Zhang Tingyu sigh softly, he could only choose to stop there, after all, the emperor did not agree, and it was impossible for him to force Qianlong to run away, so he could only take one step at a time.

When the two monarchs and ministers were plotting, Ning Chu finally chose to send troops to Mobei, and the soldiers pointed directly at Zhunger.