Although they have been talking for a few days, Zeng Guofan is still confused until now.

He and the doctors of this era were complacent and knew nothing about the world, so naturally they could not talk about anything about the Russian envoy who came to the door.

In fact, if he hadn't read the Shengwu Ji, Zeng Guofan wouldn't even know that there was such a Russian Empire in this world, let alone how powerful this empire really was.

Zeng Guofan's whole impression of Russia is almost that during the Kangxi Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty had a big war with Russia, although the Qing Dynasty won a small victory in the end, but it was also very difficult, and after the war, Russia was fortunate to keep a delegation of envoys in Beijing.

As for the other details, Zeng Guofan can be said to know nothing, and he did not know anything about the Siberian Governor who sent the envoy, His Excellency Muravyov, and even did not know about the Crimean War that had just ended.

In fact, the Crimean War, which shocked the entire Western Hemisphere, was fought by these emissaries when they told Zeng Guofan that when they boasted of the strength of their country, their country could hold out for two years in the face of the two great powers of England and France, and the two sides won or lost, and finally ended in peace.

Although this statement is far from the truth, but in Zeng Guofan's mind left this Russian state is actually not very good, more than ten years ago, the British invaded China, and finally after two years of hard fighting, he was forced to negotiate peace with the Celestial Empire, so Zeng Guofan's heart has a contempt for this Russian state.

As soon as there is this kind of Celestial Empire mentality, the talk will not be able to continue, and the envoy asked Zeng Guofan to do the eight points, Zeng Guofan is not willing to do it, but the reason why the talk can be carried out is entirely because this Zeng Guofan is a standard egoist.

That's right, the sage who was promoted by the Qing Dynasty in Tongzhi and Guangxu years is indeed a standard egoist, as long as there is a benefit, he is willing to do anything, so the negotiations can continue.

Zeng Guofan knew that at least one thing was true, no matter what these Russians wanted, and what kind of three-headed and six-armed character the Siberian Governor behind them, His Excellency Muravyov, they had to ask themselves to deal with the red thief Liu Jiehu, so he said directly: "Needless to say, you only need to give me a million Spanish eagles, plus 10,000 foreign guns, then everything is easy to say......

He is not afraid that these Russians will not agree.

And these Russians also feel that this is a forced negotiation, the two sides cannot talk from the beginning, but the common interests force the two sides to withdraw from the half of the table, I do not know what kind of thunder the Governor of Siberia, His Excellency Muravyov, will make when he knows the outcome of the negotiations.

If you talk about the governor of Siberia, then Muravyov is the most suitable candidate, and history is that His Excellency Muravyov cut off more than a million square kilometers of the territory of China in a few years without firing a single shot.

It's just that now Muravyov said with some anger: "What's wrong with Your Excellency the Tsar? Duke Lebed, I must say that if we send two thousand men to Shanghai, it will be very difficult to open up to Heilongjiang. ”

"I understand your difficulties!" Duke Lebed, who spoke, was equally helpless, but he conveyed the will of the tsar and the entire Russian ruling class: "But I must make it clear that it was St. Petersburg's decision to send 2,000 officers and soldiers to Shanghai, and I hope to send 2,000 soldiers to Shanghai as soon as possible." ”

In addition to two hundred years of operation, Russia's forces in the Far East and Siberia are still limited, and the strength of 2,000 troops is almost the mobile force of the entire Siberia and the Far East. ”…,

But Duke Lebed represented the will of St. Petersburg: "Yes, St. Petersburg also thinks so, Heilongjiang will be the Heilongjiang of His Majesty the Tsar, and we will expand to the whole of Asia, but these two thousand soldiers must be deployed as soon as possible No matter what the difficulties, Your Excellency the Governor, you must carry out such an order." ”

"But ......," said Muravyov, with embarrassment, "although the French have already deployed a thousand men in Shanghai and are ready to deploy more, it will be difficult for us to conquer a large empire with such forces." ”

Now that Muravyov had obtained information that was outdated and imprecise, he had now obtained some information about the Rainbow Army, but his impression of the Chinese state was far from the truth.

According to the information he knew, the southern and eastern parts of the Central Kingdom were in the midst of a large-scale civil war, and a group of Christian heretics occupied the southeast, but soon fell into internal strife, and a general known as "Liu Tu Xuan" broke away from these heresies and took control of Zhejiang Province and Jiangsu Province in the eastern part of the Central Kingdom, becoming a new and powerful enemy of the Central Government.

He was a formidable young general with tens of thousands of troops and some initial Western weapons, but the Western weapons in his hands were outdated and ineffective even from a Russian point of view.

Duke Lebed told Governor Muravyov: "Now is the best time to intervene in the civil war of the Navy, the army of the government has lost most of its cavalry in one battle, and the army of Liu Tu is sweeping the whole of the country, but he has only some troops of old weapons, and if we land in the eastern part of the country, we will be able to deal him a fatal blow very quickly, and our French friends are willing to help!" ”

"French friends?" Muravyov's tone cooled down: "We just finished a Crimean War, and 600,000 Russians died at the guns of French friends, besides, how many troops can Napoleon III come up with to fight this war against China?" We can come up with two thousand men, and how many troops can they put in the Far East? Four dry people? ”

In fact, for a large country such as the conquest of China, even if the number of troops invested by France were doubled, the number of troops on both France and Russia would not be enough to reach 10,000 troops, after all, like Russia, the French Empire also lacked bases and invested troops.

But Lebed was very happy to tell Governor Muravyov: "Not four thousand, not eight thousand!" It's a whole 40,000 people, and His Majesty the Emperor is willing to support the war against China with the same zeal as he supported the Crimean War! ”

Muravyov was keenly aware of the flaw: "The French Empire will not invest 40,000 troops in the Far East, and if it were to commit 40,000 troops in the Far East, the Emperor Napoleon will find that his finances are bankrupt......".

"Even 10,000 people can change the outcome of this war!" Duke Lebed, however, was very pleased to give the unanimous answer of the bigwigs in St. Petersburg: "For Russia, this is the best opportunity!" ”

"We will take Heilongjiang and raise the eagle flag there!" Muravyov replied: "Isn't that enough? ”

"If Liu Tu kills and gains the Chinese country, we will inevitably face a war with him, and now we are just advancing this war, and it is more important to ",..."

Duke Lebed smiled and said, "For the Empire, this is the best opportunity. ”

"The best chance?" Muravyov did not understand: "Isn't the lesson of the Crimea enough?" ”

"Because of the Crimean War!" Duke Lebed's idea was completely different from that of Muravyov: "So we must intervene in the civil war between China and Russia. ”…,

"Why?"

Duke Lebed expressed St. Petersburg's thoughts with great joy: "Because of this damned war, not only those honest minions are trying to rebel, but even many of the cornerstones of the empire have terrible thoughts ....... ”

The Crimean War proclaimed the death penalty for serfdom in Russia, but the bigwigs in St. Petersburg did not see it that way: "In this case, we must get a major foreign victory to appease the violent feelings at home." ”

Muravyov already understood a little, but he objected to it: "Even with the victory in the war against China, serfdom is still irresistibly moving towards the death penalty, does St. Petersburg want to ......?"

He thought of a terrible possibility, and Duke Lebed told him that his conjecture was not wrong: "If a new empire is acquired, then all the terrible emotions in the country will be appeased, and this territory will be ......".

"Yellow Russia!" Governor Muravyov unceremoniously announced the new name of the territory: "Or, rather, the perished state of China, but what St. Petersburg wants to use to support the ...... war against China." ”

He said angrily: "My current forces are extremely limited, and now if I am required to transfer two thousand precious mobile troops to the eastern part of the Central Kingdom, then we will be forced to be on the defensive in the Far East and Siberia." ”

"St. Petersburg will give you the most comprehensive support to ensure that we can conquer the whole of Yellow Russia" ,...

Lebed had already depicted a new great empire on the map, and Muravyov was taken aback: "The territory of the Central Empire north of the Great Wall? ”

"That's right, St. Petersburg has reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Paris, the land north of the Great Wall will belong to Huang Yan Russia, and the territory of the Chinese Republic south of the Yellow River will belong to the French Emperor, so the territory north of the Yellow River and south of the Great Wall will be a buffer zone between our two empires!"

"We lacked sufficient manpower support, and the Crimean War brought our development to a complete standstill." Muravyov pointed out the difficulties in reality: "In one battle, we can only throw in a maximum of 2,000 soldiers. ”

Duke Lebed happily pointed out what St. Petersburg had seen: "Soon it was completely different, and six thousand deserters, criminals and volunteers of the Crimean War had already set off from within Russia ......".

"In the next period of time, you will have the most support in the country, you will only send 2,000 soldiers to the eastern part of the country, and the country will send 6,000 soldiers, and the final number will probably exceed 20,000 ......."

Lebed said in a concluding tone: "Your Excellency Governor Muravyov, please remember that this is the decision of His Majesty the Tsar and St. Petersburg!" ”。 ）

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