Whether it is the Eurasian Railway or the close relationship between Qing and Russia, it is a great threat to the politics, economy and military of the whole of Europe. Disraeli did not shy away from expressing his thoughts, and said frankly: "We cannot miss any opportunity to sow discord between the two countries!" ”

After a pause, he continued: "The independence of Central Asia from the Qing Dynasty is a matter of great happiness for Europe and for our country, and our country must openly support and vigorously support it!"

However, the support of our country alone is far from sufficient, and it is necessary to enlist the support of Russia and Persia, which is connected to the railway with Central Asia, and Persia borders Central Asia, and with the strong support of our three countries, Central Asia can become independent. ”

Salisbury frowned, "Russia will agree?" ”

"No country wants to be a neighbor of an empire with great ambition and military might, not even allies." Disraeli said in a firm tone: "Central Asian independence is more in line with Russia's long-term interests, and the tsar will not be so short-sighted." ”

Salisbury was quite unimpressed with this, but he didn't refute it, and said: "What if the independence of Central Asia is a trap planned by the Qing State?" ”

Disraeli asked rhetorically, "If it's a trap, who is it for?" ”

"The Persian Empire. The Qing state was supposed to be intending to expand into Persia. Salisbury said without hesitation: "Of course, it is not ruled out that there are plans to expand to India. ”

"It's not very likely in India." Disraeli said in a firm tone: "It is impossible for the Qing State to engage in a large-scale war with our country in India, it should be against the Persian Empire."

In short, no matter what the situation is, the Qing State cannot be allowed to gradually encroach on West Asia while consolidating Central Asia, and it is necessary to unite Russia and Persia to support Central Asian independence! ”

United Persia? Salisbury said worriedly: "The situation in Persia is a mess, and I am afraid it is difficult to count on it. ”

Disraeli said: "How do you know if you don't try?" ”

Shanghai, Zhennan Palace. Changle Book House.

Yi Zhengxing walked into the room with a document bag, and said while unpacking the document bag: "This is the Persian intelligence collected according to my father's orders. ”

Yi Zhizu pulled out the information inside, and there were two photos at the top, the top photo was a middle-aged man, with a thick mustache, wearing a black felt hat with peacock feathers, wearing a uniform with dense medals, holding a scimitar in his hand, with deep eyes and an arrogant expression.

"This is the king of Persia?" Yi Zhifen smiled: "How many medals did he award himself?" There must be thirty or forty pieces, right? How narcissistic is this? ”

Yi Zhengxing nodded, "Nasser nails. Shah, the fourth monarch of the Persian Empire, the fourth monarch of the Qajar dynasty, born in 1831 and succeeded to the throne in 1848, was arrogant and arrogant, and during his reign he carried out successive reforms, including military reforms, but the results were not good. ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled, the second photo was a group photo of several people, he thought it was a political dignitary of the Persian Empire, but Yi Zhengxing said: "This is the Nasser nail. Several princesses of the sand ........ ”

Princess? Yi Zhizhi couldn't help but be stunned, these fat people in the photo, obviously still have beards, and they are dressed in a nondescript manner, but they are actually princesses? "This is a woman?"

Yi Zhengxing also couldn't help laughing, "The photo was taken by Russian photographer Anton Shevryukin ten years ago, these princesses with beards, like men and women, are the fashion of Persia, it is said that Persia is beautiful with young people who have just grown beards, and they are also fat for beauty, and the king likes ballet, so the princesses are so eccentric." ”

"The king of Chu loves a thin waist, and he starves to death in the palace." Yi Zhizu sneered, "However, this Persian king's hobby is also too ...... other. ”

Speaking of this, his heart moved, and he groaned before he said: "Photography is now developed, we also have to leave some valuable photographic works for future generations, funded by Yuanqi, set up a photography association, and strive for each prefecture and county to send a professional photographer to record the local social life, such as people, buildings, scenery, clothing, food, customs, etc. ”

Yi Zhengxing really couldn't keep up with his thinking, and when he saw his solemn expression, he said tentatively: "What's the point of recording this?" ”

"It doesn't make much sense to look at it now, but you can't just look at the present." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "Think about it, after decades and hundreds of years, do these photos have any meaning? At that time, these were extremely precious cultural and historical materials, more precious than written records. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, with the improvement of the living standards of the people, the demand for photography will also increase, the prefectures and counties to establish photo studios, and the provinces and provincial cities to establish a photo museum for sorting and collecting, it costs not a lot of money, but it can be regarded as a merit." ”

Yi Zhengxing nodded, "The child immediately ordered to go down and start to prepare." ”

Writing this down in a record book, Yi Zhizhi looked through the information, he had long known about the situation in Persia, but he had been negligent over the years, and now because of the incident in the northwest, it has once again attracted his attention.

The Persian Empire is also a famous ancient civilization, with a long and glorious history and splendid culture, and was once a world-class empire spanning three continents, Asia, Europe and Africa.

After carefully reading the information, Yi Zhishu frowned and asked, "The preliminary estimate is that there are 300,000 regular troops in Persia?" Can't you count it accurately? Our country should know very much about the situation in Persia. ”

"Strictly speaking, there are only 30,000 regular troops!" Yi Zhengxing explained: "Although the Persian army has undergone several reforms, it has basically had no effect, and the Persian army is still composed of four parts, one is a permanent royal guard, one is an irregular cavalry unit composed of tribal troops, one is an irregular infantry unit recruited and supported by the local government, and one is a semi-regular infantry and artillery unit.

Strictly speaking, only the royal guard can be regarded as a regular army, the others are irregular or semi-regular armies, and the shortage of the Persian army is very serious, it is really difficult to count.

The 300,000 regular troops mentioned in the data are not overestimated, but the sum of the strength of the Persian army that has a certain combat power, in short, the number of Persian soldiers who can fight is only 300,000! ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Persian Prime Minister Muhir. Dawley began to carry out military reform in 1871, and for ten years he achieved nothing? ”

"The military reform in Persia is purely a joke." Yi Zhengxing said: "However, it is worth noting that Persia hired the Russians to build a new Cossack cavalry brigade. ”

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