Today, the imperial palace of the Han Empire located in Zhongnanhai is becoming more and more majestic. Since the Emperor's accession to the throne, the Lee's cabinet and the Emperor have allocated a large amount of money every year for the expansion and maintenance of the Imperial Palace and its annexes. However, compared with the previous Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial palace of the Han Empire is obviously beyond the traditional pattern, and there is a trend of developing in the direction of diversification, the architectural model of the Forbidden City has made a significant breakthrough in the Lin and Han dynasties, and the traditional Chinese-style civil palace group is actually faintly mixed with the shadow of Gothic architecture, especially the defensive "sex" building built by the palace guards for the special "gate", the Europeanized model is particularly serious, and it looks very strange in a piece of cornice arch wall.

However, if you want to investigate the reason for this matter, it is not surprising at all, because in the design and repair process of the palace, the "Oriental Theological Academy" presided over by Nan Huairen played a very important role in it, especially the Academy of Fine Arts, many teachers and students have even served on the construction site, so it is normal for someone to suddenly see a few birdmen with wings or monsters with hideous faces and horns next to the relief of the two dragons playing with pearls.

In fact, what is happening in the Lin Han Empire is difficult to explain in words, the changes in Beijing city in the past ten years can be described by the word incredible, every time there is a big competition, the scholars from other provinces will be a little overwhelmed, in addition to the Gongyuan can find a lot of blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing Confucian shirts, holding folding fans, curly 'hair' on the head of the "same year", the streets and alleys can always encounter some standard Beijing red ' Mao's merchants, and the shops on both sides of the street are getting more and more weird and bizarre.

What's even more terrifying is that today's Ouchi 'guards' are also full of a large number of barbarians. According to the latest statistics of the General Staff, at present, the total number of naturalized people serving in the army of the Han Empire exceeds 27,000, of which about 18,000 are in the naval fleet, and there are more than 7,000 in the army, which fill all corners of the imperial army, and the foreigners in the artillery are simply overflowing.

The same is true of the Guards system, Lin Feng's own personal guards have swelled to more than 11,000 people, which can almost fill an army, and there are more than 700 foreigners in this army, which is more than enough to form a full battalion, so if there is a meeting in the court, most of the officials from other places who come to Beijing will be startled beforehand, so the Beijing officials next to him will look at him with eyes full of superiority, and explain pityingly: Don't be surprised, Lord XX, the black-haired man is a Portuguese soldier; That one with a long nose...... It's German...... Short ...... It's Spaniard...... It was the English who carried the axe, the Dutch, and a few black charcoal heads like the gods of the 'gate' - this is needless to say, everyone knows that this is the legendary Kunlun Nu.

In short, there are always countless forests, a large number of multinational troops often appear in front of the noon 'gate', wearing the big red 'color' guard uniform, wearing the traditional Chinese style of Mingguang armor, everyone looks cold, the face is serious, the hand presses the waist knife, starting from the Qianyuan Palace 'door', along the white 'jade' railing, through the square, standing in two rows of neat vertical columns like nails, regardless of the wind and snow, awe-inspiring and immovable, people suddenly admire.

No one feels that there is anything wrong with this matter or does not conform to the ancestral family law, because the chief leader of the Guards is a serious red 'Mao' Fan, ranked fifth among the famous generals of the Han Dynasty, and is one of the few heroes in the world. General Rachel should be as famous as Jin Riyan of the Western Han Dynasty and Ashina Sheer of the Tang Dynasty, and is listed as one of the three Chinese ministers to return to the Han Dynasty.

I am afraid that even some emperors will not be able to enjoy such an honor.

Imagining the heroic deeds of that general, Marquis Ihonovsky was both extremely jealous and extremely admired, it was really a life like a legend, and a person like General Rick, even if he was a knight of the Round Table of King Joseph, I am afraid there is no way to compare with him, right?!

After waiting for about half an hour, a tall officer hurriedly returned from the inner court, Ihonovsky turned his head to look, a few strands of blonde hair faintly 'exposed' under the officer's helmet, and a pair of clear blue eyes shrouded in the 'shadow' of the helmet, making the whole face a little blurred, and it was impossible to tell where he was from.

He bowed slightly to Ihonovsky, and retracted the small cloth bag he handed over into his breastplate, "Your Excellency, Your Majesty agrees to summon you!" ”

"Thank you very much!"

The Guards officer turned to lead the way, and the Marquis Ihonovsky followed closely. As the permanent ambassador of a country, or because of festivals, or because of big banquets, he has to come to the imperial palace almost a dozen times a year, so he is not very unfamiliar with here, this officer came in from the side of the palace 'door', walked towards the Qianyuan Palace Square for about ten minutes, and then suddenly turned around, bypassed the pond, and walked in the direction of the inner court, it seems that the emperor is not ready to summon himself in the main hall.

After walking for a while, turning a remote corridor, the palace 'maids' and samurai on duty on both sides gradually moved away, and the Marquis Ihonovsky coughed lightly and accosted: "Captain, may I ask what is your name?!" ”

The captain of the Guards didn't turn around, and said slightly sideways, "The First Guards Infantry Army, the commander of the third company of the 48th Battalion of the 1st Brigade," perhaps for the sake of the small cloth bag, he turned around and smiled at the Marquis Ihonovsky: "My name is John?" Wolfgang? Feng? Cartman, Marquis of Brandenburg, Duchy of Prussia, it's a pleasure to meet you! ”

"Germanic?!" Ihonovsky's face was stunned, "Aristocrats?!" ”

"Yes," seeing that Marquis Ihonovsky was a little surprised, he shook his head with a wry smile and explained, "Like your Tsar, we are also at war with the Turks, and eight years ago, in order to rescue the Habsburg Emperor in Vienna, I was ordered to leave Prussia with my infantry and archers, so I met a large group of Tatar cavalry on the banks of the Danube, and finally ......" he shrugged his shoulders: "...... In the end, as you can see, I had nothing but life, and then I went to Portugal and took a boat to India, and then I heard that there was a big man in China who was recruiting officers, so I got here! ”

"I'm sorry for touching your unpleasant memories!" Ihonovsky said with relief, "I am here today precisely to fight the Tatars, and I hope that your newly loyal Emperor His Majesty will not disappoint me!" ”

"As far as I know, Your Majesty is a military strongman and has never been weak to anyone! ......" Cartman looked around, suddenly smiled strangely, and whispered, "...... Except, of course, our grumpy Her Majesty!! ”

Passing through a small 'flower' garden, a two-story Chinese-style palace comes into view, and the steps and corridors on both sides of the main 'gate' are full of Guards soldiers, all motionless, like sculptures of wooden fish. Hearing the movement here, an officer shouted from afar: "The royal car is here—stop!" ”

Cartman saluted, "By the Holy Commandment, summon the Rakshasa Oros envoy Ihonovsky for an audience!" ”

The officer nodded, glanced at Ihonovsky from a distance, the Russian envoy was also a celebrity in the capital, most of these guards knew each other, turned around and walked into the palace, and after a while, the samurai on the steps passed through the layers and shouted: "Summons - envoy Ihonovsky to meet you!" ”

Ihonovsky walked into this tall palace, at this time Lin Feng was wearing an ordinary Guards uniform, but he did not wear any rank mark on the shoulder neckline, he was lying on the desk, drawing circles on the music one by one, and when he heard the footsteps, he didn't raise his head, "Lord Yi is here?!" Throne! ”

When Ihonovsky's clumsy prostration, and having just sat down, he finished drawing the last circle and instructed with a cinnabar pen: "Got it! "Hand it to the palace 'girl' next to her, "Send it to Mr. Li of the cabinet!" ”

Turning his head to look at Marquis Ihonovsky, he smiled and said, "Lord Yi, I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you have time to come to me today?!" ”

"Your Majesty, the foreign minister does have a very important matter to report to you!" Marquis Ihonovsky tried his best to emphasize the minister of the Han Empire, and said cautiously, "If it has caused inconvenience to Your Majesty, the foreign minister is very sorry!" ”

Lin Feng had a look on his face that wanted to laugh but was not funny, and nodded, "Master Yi, don't be restrained, you can say whatever you want, we are all old acquaintances, you know, I have always regarded you as a friend!" ”

"The ministers don't dare!" Ihonovsky looked serious, took out a letter from his coat pocket, and presented it to the palace lady next to him with both hands, "Your Majesty, our Majesty Tsar Peter has sent you a letter!" ”

"Oh?!" Lin Feng was taken aback, and took it, the envelope was a tough parchment, with two rows of twisted Russian letters on it, and a Chinese annotation next to it, but unfortunately, this Chinese character was too clumsy, and he smiled and said, "Lord Yi, are you sure this is a letter, not a national letter?!" ”

He knew that Ihonovsky was a very hard-working person, but Chinese language and literature was really a very advanced knowledge, and I am afraid that he would not be able to fully learn it in a few years.

"It's a letter!" Ihonovsky nodded affirmatively, "It was written to you by His Majesty the Tsar in the name of a 'private' person - Your Majesty, I am very sorry, because neither you nor the Tsar know the languages of the two countries, according to the request of His Majesty the Tsar, the foreign minister himself translated it in Chinese," he pointed to the envelope in Lin Feng's hand, "The Chinese text is on the top, and the original is on the bottom, you can check it!" ”

"Peter the Great, this little boy is really naughty, and he likes to 'mess around' some ghosts and 'tricks'!" Lin Feng smiled helplessly, but he didn't think it was too much, the youth 'spring' period...... If you don't send 'spring', can it be called the green 'spring' period?! Open the envelope, 'draw' out the letterhead, the handwriting on the letterhead is simply miserable, deep and shallow, thick and thin, it is obvious that the person who writes must not have fully mastered the correct use of the writing instrument of the 'brush'.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Empire: As you know, I have been in your country for almost half a year, and I am deeply remembered by your beautiful and rich country, and I thank you for your generosity, as far as I know, in any other country in the world, my actions would probably be considered to be guilty of espionage, which is in any case an unseemly thing for the Romanovs, and your generosity and generosity have made it a pleasant trip, and before that, my officers and my guards were worried about the detention, Neither the internment nor the other took place, and I and my ministers could not help but feel admiration.

Fortunately, I returned to Moscow at the beginning of September the year before last, and when I relayed these things to my ministers, your' Your heart and personality have won the admiration of all, and there is no doubt that you are a great king, and that there is no one who surpasses you among any of the great monarchs of antiquity known to me and my ministers, and this is not a courtesy to you, but in fact I was always ready to take up the little room which you had arranged for me during those days in Peking, including all my loyal guards, and I was ready to pay the price for this remarkable adventure of mine, only to be proved in the end nothing more than a false alarm- I hope you can bear with my rambling, I am now in the Kremlin, and when I write to you, I am still reminiscing about those interesting days in Peking, and at that time I even wondered if my swordsmanship could be superior to that of your loyal Guardsmen...... Seeing this, Lin Feng couldn't help laughing, suddenly laughed, turned to Ihonovsky and asked, "How old is Little Peter this year?!" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Tsar of our country is eighteen years old!!" Glancing at Lin Feng, Ihonovsky added, "However, our monarchs and ministers all believe that His Majesty Tsar Peter, although young, is an outstanding king who can surpass the previous emperors!" ”

I agree with that. Lin Feng nodded, opened one, and continued to read: ...... I am sure that I have found a way to make Russia rich and strong, and that the astonishing power, orderly rule, and splendid and colorful culture of your country have given me a great notice, and that my country and I need to make a major adaptation to this, and I am honored to inform you that we have begun to introduce the law of civil examinations in Russia, and I firmly believe that the strength of the Han Empire was not due to advanced muskets or cannons, nor to those huge naval warships, but to the impeccable imperial examination system. In this way, all members of my empire, including the nobility, the commoners, and even the serfs, could unite and I saw a Russian tomorrow in which truly talented people, whether nobles or commoners, could contribute to the country by changing their destiny through Russia's new civil service...... Lin Feng opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a long time, then suddenly stood up with a "Teng" sound, and asked loudly to the Marquis of Ihonovsky, "Peter has done the imperial examination in Russia?!!! ”

"Yes, my honorable majesty," Marquis Ihonovsky nodded proudly, "thank you for your generosity, under the influence of the Han Empire, Russia has also begun to select talents throughout the country!" ”

Lin Feng 'touched' his chin and said incredibly, "You also take the Bagu Wen test?!" ”

"Oh! God," the Marquis Ihonovsky shook his head regretfully, "the eight-strand essay of your country is a little too difficult for the Russians, and we are replacing it with poetry!" ”

"Poetry?!" Lin Feng laughed and said, "What about other than poetry?!" ”

"There are many, Your Majesty, I'm very sorry, I wasn't in Russia when this law was introduced, so I didn't know much about it," Ihonovsky frowned, feeling that this matter didn't seem to be a state secret, and it didn't matter if it was 'exposed' or not, "As far as I know, the content of this kind of exam is very broad, including politics, history, geography, trade, military, etc.!" ”

Lin Feng was a little annoyed, fuck, this kid was really taken advantage of by Peter, if he had known, he shouldn't have let him stay in Beijing longer, he should have been allowed to stay in some port factory, even if it was a leak of military secrets, it was worth it!

He flipped through the letters in his hand, and most of the back piles were about his views on the imperial examinations and his outlook for the future relations between the two countries, until he reached the end of the letter, and then he got to the main topic of the letter: ...... In accordance with the land agreement reached between the two countries, and after some military reforms in comparison with the Han Empire, I have given an order to send two corps of Cossack cavalry to the Far East, and I believe that when you read this letter, they are already waiting for your order in the rear of the Tatars, and this army of 24,000 men will fight against the Tatars under your command, and after the extermination of the Tatar tribe called "Korqin", the Russian and Chinese countries will be able to survey the border according to the agreement, and the Marquis Ihonovsky will be authorized, Conduct specific negotiations and consultations with your ministers.

I hope that you will be able to pay attention to the fact that, in accordance with our previous Far East territorial agreement, our country has sold part of the Far Eastern territory to the Han Empire in exchange for the weapons and equipment of a 20,000-strong army, and my generals have made a request to me, which should be: 40 'large-caliber front-loading cannons', 180 'field artillery pieces with trailers', and 6,000 Han-made half-body cavalry' Breastplates and helmets, 12,000 Han-style sabers, 10,000 new Chinese-made flintlock pistols, 100 four-horse towed carriages and 300 two-horse towed carriages for transportation, and the corresponding weapons, ammunition, and ammunition, food, cloth, etc., I hope that you will once again open your arms and send a contingent of about 400 military instructors to my army, and teach them how to use these new weapons and equipment, so that they may better fight the greedy Tatars.

Your most sincere Peter? On October 12, 1690, Alekseevich closed the letter in the Kremlin Lin Feng, slowly smoothed the letterheads, and carefully put them back into the parchment envelope, if he guessed correctly, this letter will be absolutely worth a few hundred years, and there is no problem at all in selling it for a few million, in fact, in order to increase its value, he is also ready to write a few words on it and stamp it, and then 'hand' it to his son Lin Xuan to pass it on, and when the Han Dynasty perishes, the children and grandchildren who have no food can save them or something.

Of course, now he has other valuable things on hand, such as the saber he used, the 'jade' stone paperweight on the desk, the short firecrackers that he often plays with, etc., all of which have to be sealed when they are finished, and any auction house they will send in the future will definitely be sky-high. Marquis Ihonovsky couldn't help but cough lightly before he came back to his senses.

"Oh...... Ahem, ahem......" Lin Feng waved his hand and said embarrassedly, "So, the heroic Cossack cavalry of your country has arrived?!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, they are in Nuergan at the moment, and according to the order of General Ma Ying, the Governor of Nuergan, they are temporarily stationed in the Heilongjiang area!" Seeing Lin Feng frowning slightly, Marquis Ihonovsky hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, as you requested, they have no other equipment except for war horses and a small number of self-defense weapons!" ”

"Very good," Lin Feng nodded, and raised the envelope in his hand, "I see that the matter of Han and Russia inspecting the border can be carried out now, and I will 'hand' over to Li Guangdi and send relevant ministers to negotiate with you in detail!" - Who is the general you are leading the team?! ”

"Your Majesty, the commander of our Eastern Expeditionary Force is General Bihafsky."

"Can you give me a brief introduction?!"

"It is a great honor, Your Majesty, General Bihafsky is a famous military commander of our country, he joined the army at the age of fourteen, served in several armies, during the time of Tsar Ivan, he led the army to repel the attacks of the Swedes and Turks, and also assessed several rebellions, and was an excellent officer with extensive experience in warfare!"

"Good!" Lin Feng nodded.

"But...... Weapons and equipment thing ......"

"You don't have to worry about this, my General Staff has already arranged everything, these arms and supplies will be shipped to Liaodong and go to the Yalu River," Lin Feng glanced at him and suddenly raised his voice, "Lord Marquis Ihonovsky!" ——”

Ihonovsky was taken aback, hurriedly stood up, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"I would like to convey to you Your Excellency General Bihavsky, Commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Force, that, in accordance with the agreement between the two countries and the instructions of your Tsar Peter, I now formally issue an order to him: From this moment on, the Eastern Expeditionary Force of the Russian Tsarist Empire is officially included in the battle sequence of the army of the Han Empire, under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Governor of the Nurgan Prefecture, and under the command of the Imperial Governor of the Nurgan Prefecture, Lieutenant General of the Army, and General Ma Ying, and from the moment of the issuance of this order, I will regard this Russian army as my army, There will be no preferential treatment, there will be no discrimination, the Han Empire will realize all rights and fulfill all obligations to the Russian Tsarist Empire in accordance with the agreement between the two countries, and if this army violates the agreement or disobeys orders, etc., I will regard it as a rebellion and exterminate it at all costs!! ”

His expression was cold, his voice was categorical, and he looked at Ihonovsky fixedly, "Master Yi, did you hear clearly?!" Is there a problem?! ”

Ihonovsky stroked his chest with his right hand, bowed slightly, and solemnly responded: "Your wish will definitely come true!" ”