Of the three Yuz, only the little Yuz, which is closest to Russia, has been able to escape the control of Jungar, and it is willing that they have taken refuge in Russia, but the price of being protected by the Russians is very heavy. After gaining the allegiance of Xiaoyuz, from the 1730s, Russia began to focus on infiltrating the steppes, sending troops to occupy the mouth of the Ori River, and by the 40s, Orenburg was built.

From this base, Russia successively built a series of fortresses in the territory of Kazakh Xiaoyuz, close to Russia, which became the front line of Russia's armed attack on Central Asia. The head of the Orenburg expeditionary force of Tsarist Russia, Tatyshev, asked the younger Yuz Abul Khairkhan to come to talks. During the talks, Abul Khairkhan's second pledge of allegiance to Russia and the subsequent agreement with Russia marked the completion of Russia's annexation of the Kazakh Lesser Yuz.

In 1792, Russia occupied Zhongyuz by force, and soon Dayuz also became a Russian colony.

Although Russia controlled the Kazakh steppe through the relationship of the fortress chain, it was powerless to change the traditional social structure here, and the Kazakhs were still nomadic in the vast steppe in a large and small tribal situation, and the relationship with Tsarist Russia was limited to paying them taxes every year, and one person paid four sheepskins or one cowhide, which was the traditional tax rate on the steppe.

The Manchu government never recognized Tsarist Russia's control over Kazakhstan and turned a blind eye to the status quo, and until the last time it sent a representative to Beijing, Tsarist Russia never mentioned the matter to the Qing government.

Now that the administrative center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has moved to Ili, the status quo of Tsarist Russia's control of Kazakhstan cannot be ignored, and representatives of Tsarist Russia have already arrived. The two sides are required to determine the boundaries and not invade each other.

Having lost the land of Guannai, Jiaqing and his ministers were finally able to put aside the arrogance of the Central Plains Dynasty and begin to negotiate with the Russians on an equal footing. But it was still difficult for them to recognize the belonging of Kazakhstan to Russia.

They put forward a condition, that is, Tsarist Russia sent troops to help the Qing Dynasty recover the old land, and then they could cede Kazakhstan to Tsarist Russia.

The governor of the steppe of Tsarist Russia could not make the decision on this matter, and hoped that they would negotiate with Moscow, and after contacting Moscow, the tsar invited Jiaqing to send representatives to Moscow for talks.

During the Yongzheng period, because of the infiltration of Tsarist Russia into Central Asia, representatives were sent to Moscow, and through the war with the Russians such as the Battle of Yaxa, the Qing Dynasty people have always recognized the combat effectiveness of Tsarist Russia, so they put forward a request for Russian assistance.

This kind of bad idea is not put forward by ordinary people, but Jiaqing's teacher Zhu Qi put forward, Zhu Qi believes that if the emperor only wants to favor Ili, then the existing power in his hand is enough, but if he intends to recover the Central Plains, then he must rely on the power of Tsarist Russia, he believes that the reason why Zhou Lang is a traitor is powerful, is from the Yi people where they learned the skill of shotguns, Tsarist Russia is also accustomed to using shotguns, if you can invite Russian shotguns to help, there is hope to recover the Central Plains.

At this moment, Zhu Qi and other ministers have not given up the idea of recovering the land in Guannei, and it is becoming more and more intense, unless they don't want to return to their roots and bury them in the ancestral grave after death, they must fight back.

Jiaqing accepted the teacher's suggestion and proposed that Tsarist Russia should aid 100,000 shotguns, and the Qing Dynasty would recognize the request that Kazakhstan belong to Russia.

Zhu Jue took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that he wanted to cry for the Russian court and must ask to come to Russia to rescue the soldiers.

Then there was a lot of busy work, and I collected a group of interpreters who could speak Chinese and Kazakh, Mongolian and Chinese, Mongolian and Russian, and Kazakh and Russian, but unfortunately I didn't find a translator who could speak Chinese and Russian, otherwise I wouldn't have to be so troublesome, and I was ready to stop, and then set off for Moscow.

Along the way, I found that important cities, including all towns, have fortresses built by Russians, and everyone has to pay taxes to the Russian government. Does long-term peace and stability really depend on the hearts of the people, or on the fortresses of the Russians?

The journey to Russia is not as far as everyone thinks, it turns out that they are so close to the foreign country of Russia!

Zhu Qi has done a lot of homework, although there is no detailed information to check, he relied on his memory, reviewed the exchanges between the Qing Dynasty and Russia since Kangxi, and confirmed that there was no big conflict, except for the Qing Dynasty occasionally used trade to teach these foreign countries a lesson, there was no frontal conflict. Therefore, Zhu Jue thinks that since there is no army, it is a friendly country, and as for trade, the matter of goods and goods, presumably the Russian emperor will not care.

It's not a shame to borrow troops from a friendly country, and the Tang Dynasty also borrowed big food soldiers. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the literati in Jiangnan also thought about going to Japan to borrow troops. Thinking of this, Zhu Jue became more and more sad, and fell to this part, he also didn't know how to save the Qing Dynasty. In the vast wilderness of Russia, one can only sigh and obey the destiny of heaven!

Sometimes on horseback, sometimes by boat, after a month's trip, Moscow appeared in front of me.

The Russian wilderness feels like a spacious, completely devoid of the Chinese scenes of interconnected and smoked, but the city of Moscow is quite majestic.

The walls of the Russians, the palaces of the Russians, and the buildings of the Russians are still unique. It's just that the houses are built of stones, and the materials are geometric, so it's no wonder that the Russians like to travel thousands of miles to China to do business, and the cost of living is so expensive that only the wealthy businessmen can afford to live.

The tsar was very enthusiastic and held a grand banquet to welcome them, but Yingying Yanyan was always enthusiastic to hug and kiss their Russian women, so that Zhu Jue was not comfortable.

The tsar was also very anxious, the official talks began the next day, and he couldn't talk to the tsar directly in person, which made Zhu Jue feel very disappointed, the other party sent a professional diplomat, and the translator directly translated Russian into Chinese, it seems that the other party has also made sufficient preparations, and Zhu Jue was worried about not being able to communicate before he came.

The other side is very clear that military assistance can be provided, but a treaty must be signed.

It's just that the other party's tone made Zhu Jue unaccustomed to it, and he actually said that he was willing to provide protection to the Qing Dynasty, but he just borrowed troops, and he couldn't talk about who would protect whom. The other party also proposed to ask for free business in the Qing Dynasty, and sure enough, it was a Yiren, and they talked about everything. The most extreme thing is that they even demanded 2 million rubles per year.

After agreeing to these conditions, they were willing to send 20,000 troops to help in the war, and made more demands. First, the Russian commander-in-chief commanded the Russian army and the Qing army; Second, the Qing army would be trained and directly commanded by military advisers sent by Russia; Third, Russia will provide at least 100,000 rifles to equip the Qing army.

Zhu Qi Qiangren angrily listened to these requirements, it is not impossible to talk about doing business, although Huayi has been in contact with the Chinese people for a long time, it is inevitable to be contaminated with perverse habits, but this is not a big deal, strict prevention is enough, besides, the Central Plains has fallen, if the Central Plains is not recovered, these are empty talk; As for protection, it's just a matter of face, and when they say protection, then protection. When I returned to the country in the Qing Dynasty and had a million soldiers, they knew that protection was just a joke, and they themselves would be embarrassed to mention it again; It doesn't matter what they say, the Qing Emperor didn't reward Fanbang in which year, since they were willing to degenerate into the habit of Fanbang, how could the Qing Dynasty be stingy with money. Didn't the Great Song Dynasty also give the Jin Dynasty, Khitan and Western Xia coins every year? As long as the country can be restored, these are acceptable.

The only thing that is unacceptable is that they said that they would just come to help train the soldiers, and they would also command my Qing soldiers and horses, which is really unreasonable.

Zhu Jue argued with reason, but was at a stalemate over the question of the command of the army, and finally preferred to raise the age of the army rather than let the Russians command the Qing soldiers and horses.

In the end, the two sides gave up their own step, and the Russians gave up their commanders of the Qing Dynasty and instead commanded their own troops and horses, and sent representatives to plan the battle together.

The Russians insisted on sending advisers to help with training, and they thought that the Qing army was too weak, which Zhu Jue did not want to admit it, but knew it. With a little persistence, he gave up. Maybe it's good to let the Russians help train the soldiers, because he has made all kinds of attempts, and the soldiers he has trained are invincible to the bandits.

After only three days of talks, Zhu Jue boldly agreed to the Russians' request, and then the detailed terms provided by the Russians, Zhu Jue only read them slightly, and then decisively signed on behalf of the emperor.

If they can't understand it, only the civil officials of the Qing Dynasty dare to sign, because they are used to tearing up promises at any time.

Just when Zhu Jue went to Russia to move the rescue troops.

The Great Zhou Dynasty went out of the Great Wall, entered the steppes of Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia is different from Outer Mongolia, there is no independent hereditary Mongolian prince here, each banner is headed by the deputy capital, the minister or the general manager of the ranks, etc., and the Qing government directly set up the staff leader, the assistant leader, the Xiao Cavalry School, the Guardian Military Academy, the Forward School and other officials to lead.

For example, the Eight Banners of Chahar, Rehe Dutong, Suiyuancheng, Heilongjiang, Uriya Sutai, Counsellor Kobdo, Minister in Tibet, General Yili, and Counsellor Tarbagatai belong to the soldiers stationed in the Eight Banners.

However, at present, the Great Zhou can only enter the Inner Mongolian Banner Land outside the three Great Walls of Chahar, Rehe, and Suiyuan, and the others are too far away to reach the whip.

Mainly based on the lobbying of the Mongol princes, supplemented by military operations, most of the Mongol banners were willing to surrender, and the civil and military positions of each subordinate remained unchanged.

With these three Mongolian ethnic groups that had been domesticated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Great Zhou quickly recruited 30,000 Mongolian cavalry and trained them formally, and the problem of war horses and standard-bearers, which had always affected the mobile strength of the Great Zhou, was fundamentally solved.

As for the rest, there is no major action, and the whole country is recuperating.

However, Zhou Lang's overseas operations did not stop.