It's paradise!

Although they don't know what heaven looks like, for Russians such as Habaguev, when they come to Zhongdu, there is only one thought left in their hearts - heaven is nothing more than that.

In fact, for any Europeans who came to the Ming Dynasty from Europe in the 17th century, they will always come here with a sense of worship, in their eyes, this is "the holy place that makes people wonder", and it is also the most civilized and ceremonial country, the Ming Dynasty people are the most well-behaved people they have ever seen, every move is related to etiquette, and every word and deed is self-affectionate.

After many Westerners came to the Ming Dynasty, they would always show their admiration for the Ming Dynasty, their admiration for the strength and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and their appreciation for the high culture of the Ming Dynasty.

Just like Habaguev, almost after he came to Daming, he was constantly in shock, when he first came to Daming, he also had a kind of pride as a "civilized country", and after entering Zhang Heng and entering the hinterland of Daming, that pride has disappeared.

Thousands of miles of canal road, I have seen the vastness of Daming, and the cities along the way have seen the richness of Daming. And now the central capital has made Habaguev, and the whole person has completely put away his contempt. A paradise that can amaze the missionaries of Western Europe is for the "farmers" of Eastern Europe. Everything here is a miracle of God. Because of this, in front of the officials who received him, Habaguev became more and more cautious and respectful. With 400,000 musketeers! With hundreds of warships! With tens of millions of citizens...... All of this shocked Habaguev, who seemed to be a more powerful country than Ottoman Turkey, and the only thing he was glad about was that it was far enough away from Russia, and that there was a desolate Siberia between the two, but on the other hand, he seemed a little worried, because from the meeting of the reception officials, he had already realized that there was a problem—the Ming also set his sights on Siberia. For Habaguev, who was in the central capital, after his arrival in Nanjing, he was amazed by what the city had to offer, but he also did not forget his duty, and in the course of his meetings with the reception officials, he repeatedly expressed his wish to see His Majesty the Emperor. However, when the officials of Honglu Temple asked whether to wreck the letter of state, Habaguev obviously could not give the Tsar's letter of state, and he only had a letter from the governor of Irkutsk to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. But even so, the news of the arrival of Khabaguev, the Russian envoy, was still played from the Honglu Temple to the palace, perhaps, the Chinese people of this era do not know about Russia, but Zhu Mingzhong clearly knows where Russia has come now. “…… The expedition of the Russian Stepanov continued to burn and loot along the Heilongjiang River, while the Manchu Ningguta general Shaerhuda was at the request of the border people and transferred Korean archers and bird soldiers to attack the Russian expedition. In the twelfth year of Yongli, he was intercepted by the Manchus at the mouth of the Songhua River and was killed on the spot, and his subordinates were either killed in battle or fled. This Russian expedition, which has been rampaging in the northeast for 8 years and stained with the blood of border people, has finally come to a deserved end! Zhu Mingzhong, who had retired from the court, was in the imperial study, discussing the Russian issue with his subordinates. Compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after the establishment of the Northeast Governorate, he deliberately ordered the military department to collect intelligence, and at the same time ordered the army to strengthen its control over the northern region, especially the area north of Heilongjiang. "After Stepanov's expedition was completely annihilated by Sharhuda, the expansion of the Russians from Yakutsk to the south and east was temporarily stopped. Last year, after the surrender of Bahai, I had ordered the Governor of Northeast China to send a battalion of troops into the Yaksa region, which had been abandoned by the Russians a few years earlier, and built a new city there, namely Bei'an, where there are both Bahai's surrendered troops and land, as well as a small number of exiled prisoners...... "A very important reason for accepting Bahai's surrender is that their father and son did not have the blood of the Han Chinese, and his father Sha'er Huda once defeated the Russian expedition in the Songhua River, which can be regarded as a credit to the country." Almost as soon as Zhu Mingzhong's words fell, Shen Yanqi, who saw the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, immediately praised loudly. "Your Majesty's reputation, if it weren't for the will of Your Majesty that day, how could I expand the land to the north for thousands of miles, cross the Xing'an Mountains, and reach the Aldan River." Maybe it's because Shen Yanqi knows that he is from the Min Zheng Ministry of Servants, so most of the time, he will maintain consistency with His Majesty, in fact, this is also a kind of "atmosphere" in the Ming officialdom now, and "ministers and dead admonitions" are just talking about it in many cases. For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, they will never forget the words of His Majesty two years ago, in the Forbidden City in Beijing, when His Majesty had not yet ascended the throne, "Under the whole world, I am the only one, and I have made up my mind, why not!" ”。 This sentence is telling everyone what His Majesty's bottom line is, he will never be at the mercy of others, let alone for officials, and if it goes against his will, then the price must be heavy. The Zhu family is affectionate! This is not talking. "Your Majesty, as far as the information currently available, Russia has only a few tens of thousands of Cossacks in Siberia, scattered among hundreds of fortresses, while the Russians in Yakutsk are only a few hundred, nothing more than a civil fortress. As long as His Majesty agrees to send troops, the army of our Celestial Empire will be like crushing an ant to death in an instant, and the Russians will disappear from Siberia forever. Zheng Tai, who is the secretary of the military department, said proudly. In his opinion, there was no reason for the imperial court to allow Russia to control there, but instead it should immediately send troops to Siberia, so that the barbarians would understand that they were nothing more than an egg and a stone in front of the Celestial Empire. There is no good end to going against the Celestial Empire. On the other hand, the reason why Zheng Tai will show this attitude is actually a lot to do with his situation, he is born in Fujian Zheng, is Zheng Chenggong's cousin, although under Zheng Jing's will, the Fujian system returned to Huai, so that there is now the world of the Ming Dynasty, but the situation of Fujian officials is very delicate, after all, they were all retainers of the Zheng family, and Zheng Tai's status happens to be the highest status among the old ministers of the Min family. Of course, this secretary of the military department seems to have a noble status, but in fact, he is just an ornament in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, representing the interests of the military in the DPRK and China. As the ear of a deaf man, he could not only hear, but also say, in many cases, to fight for the interests of the military. Just like now, Jung Tae is advocating an attack on the Russian stronghold in Siberia precisely because he knows what the army is thinking. The army needs war, because officers need the merits brought by war, and then with this title of marquis, "non-military merit is not marquis", under this principle, to become a noble with the country, military merit is the only choice. And the soldiers also need military merit, and they need military merit to get more land. It is precisely because of this that the army is eager for war. As the secretary of the military department, he must make this voice clear and tell the generals in the governor's mansion of the five armies that he, the secretary of the military department, has not forgotten their duties. "General Zheng don't underestimate the Russians, those Cossacks can spend more than a hundred years, from Europe to Asia, defeat one by one Mongol khanates, with less service, naturally have their advantages, this is what we need to learn, compared to the Ming Dynasty, they are indeed not strong, but Siberia is white mountains and black waters, the land is vast and sparsely populated, if the army is dispatched, even if it can win a momentary victory, it is difficult to last, now, Your Majesty has decided to contact it, in fact, it is also preparing for the future through Siberia." Zhu Daxian, who was on the side, analyzed sharply, as a group assistant, he naturally knew His Majesty's attitude towards Siberia. "If you are afraid, you are afraid, the Russians are not enough to swallow elephants. If we stop, will they continue south? Even if our army could repel them at any time, if we stopped and watched them occupy Siberia, would we not recognize their rule there. "After living in the dynasty for two years, Zheng Tai has already figured out his position, and he also knows what to say in order to speak to His Majesty's heart." General Zheng's concerns do have some merit. But our goal now is not to solve the problems of Siberia, but to solve the internal problems. "Although Zhang Huangyan, who is the first assistant, did not speak out, but the words of the second assistant Gu Yanwu are undoubtedly equivalent to setting the tone, and Zheng Tai, who was only meant to show his attitude, naturally no longer insisted, he is just a microphone." What Gu Gexiang said was very true. However, back then, Jiannu was just a plague of ringworm scabies, if the Russians were allowed to sit on the throne, it would inevitably threaten my Ming, Your Majesty, I don't know what Your Majesty plans are in Russia? Wu Youcai, the secretary of the ministry, asked the emperor respectfully. As a minister, Wu Youcai naturally knows that no matter what the issue is, it needs to be decided by His Majesty in the end, and as for the dispute between the ministers, it is just to provide an angle to look at the problem and provide some suggestions. That's what it takes to be a minister.

It is precisely because of this that he will be very interested in correcting his position, after all, he knows that the majesty in front of him is different from many emperors of the Ming Dynasty, he is more like Emperor Gao, and the minister is just a staff member for him, and cannot control the government, if anyone has this kind of thought, then the result will inevitably be disastrous. When the time comes, the death of the clan is the lightest, when Emperor Gao was in the past, wasn't it just that someone didn't know his identity, so that the prime minister became history?

For this point, Wu Youcai is naturally firmly in mind.