In the Caucasus, due to its proximity to the Black Sea, the climate was not as harsh as in northern Russia, so after the sudden surrender of the British army, the Russian army fell into domestic chaos at that time, and the tsar transferred a large number of troops to the north to suppress the rebellion.

The Ottomans took advantage of the situation to occupy the Crimean peninsula, but were not interested in other lands that they could not obtain, and the Chinese army landed from the Black Sea coast and quickly occupied other places. When Speransky arrived here, he didn't actually fight much, and it was only because Speransky didn't want to see the chaos cause more damage. He actually knew that this place had been lost.

According to the agreement, Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) was a territory that could be preserved by Russia in the future, and it was also the southernmost large city, so Speransky wanted to control it as a base for establishing power in the north.

However, the Tsaritsyn defenders refused to surrender, and although Volgograd was not as cold as the interior of Kazakhstan and Siberia, the temperature at this time was also around minus 10 degrees, and it was not easy to use weapons at this time to fight. Speransky only sent a small number of cavalry to communicate, and did not intend to actually start a battle.

When the defenders refused to surrender, Speransky could only sigh, believing that continuing the war would only increase casualties and shed more blood of the Russian nation, and there was no other point in that.

In the Caucasus, Speransky was not without success, and he began to recruit people on a large scale in the cities of the Black Sea coast to reserve administrative officials for future governments. As a coastal port city with a relatively developed commercial culture in Russia, there are relatively many educated industrial and commercial middle classes, and these people are also suitable for working as bureaucrats.

As a result, Speransky recruited a large number of talents, including a significant number of Greek expatriates and even a number of Jews. These talents quickly enriched Speransky's regime and became the first middle- and lower-level officials of Speransky's regime. The top officials were the politicians who followed Speransky into exile in China or were exiled to Siberia by the Tsar.

The coldest January in the Vogar region quickly passed, and the two sides still did not reach a consensus on the territorial question, by which time the Chinese army in the Caucasus was ready to move, the Manchu army was invited into the area, and the Ottoman Empire decided not to take military action for the time being.

Before the end of winter, in fact, China could take the lead in launching an offensive in southern Russia, and Speransky had been trying to avoid this from happening, and his efforts finally came to fruition, and the Russian top brass sent people to contact him, and the tsar was willing to invite Speransky to Petersburg to govern, but hoped that Speransky would end the war.

This was the best Speransky could think of, and he immediately agreed, and as for the Tsar's proposal, he hoped that Speransky would do his best to fight for the interests of Russia and end the war in the way that best suited Russia's interests, which was also in line with Speransky's wishes.

So in early February, Speransky took a large number of his officers and troops to the north, and the Russian troops who were ordered by the tsar to let them go along the way.

In Petersburg, Speransky met with the Tsar, the new Tsar.

The Tsar was no longer Nicholas I, and after suffering a major military defeat in the surrender of two million men, he chose to retire and declare that he would be succeeded by his son, Alexander, as Alexander II.

In his meeting with Alexander II, Speransky was pleased to find that the new tsar was also in favor of the abolition of serfdom and was willing to support him in carrying out a comprehensive reform of Russian politics. At the end of the meeting, the Tsar signed a decree appointing Speransky as Prime Minister of the Russian government.

Speransky also announced in Petersburg that he had accepted the appointment and announced the names of a new cabinet that would be fully responsible for negotiations with China.

Everything seems to be going according to the Chinese design, which is the most ideal result that Zhou Lang can think of. However, there is also a slight regret, the change of the Russian tsar, the lack of authority of the new tsar and the fact that Alexander II is indeed a monarch who vigorously promoted the reform of serfdom in history, obviously Zhou Lang believed that the tsar was serious about letting Speransky form a cabinet, so there was no need to continue military operations, and he could not enter Moscow and Petersburg, the two Russian capitals, Zhou Lang just regretted, but the army felt very depressed, after fighting for so long, victory was in sight, but he could not attack the enemy's capital.

Speransky's government accepted all the demands, but there were slight changes in the procedure, which were also negotiated between Zhou Lang and Speransky. For example, part of Russia's territory in Asia was ceded to China, that is, east of the Ural Mountains and south of the Ural River, and these areas are now basically in the Chinese-occupied areas, and there are not many Russians, so they are directly ceded. But the territory west of the Ural Mountains, east of the Volga River, and the North Caucasus was purchased by the Chinese government for 150 million taels of gold, or nearly 800 million pounds.

The reason for this arrangement was to reduce the pressure on Russia to pay reparations. After all, Russia has to bear a billion pounds in reparations, which is almost unbearable for them, and with the current state of Russia, it is estimated that it will not be easy to repay the money. In this way, Russia only needs to compensate 50 million taels of gold, which is equivalent to more than 200 million pounds, and the Russians will still pay it back, and they will pay it back slowly.

In this way, the agreement between Britain and the government of Nicholas I to block China's expansion into Europe collapsed, and the British could not stand alone, either continuing the war with China or acquiescing to the status quo. China is not France, the Chinese government does not implement a blockade policy, and Britain is willing to restore relations through a peace agreement if it cannot block Chinese influence into Europe. Of course, if China does not trade with Britain, and the British Navy can suppress the Chinese Navy around the world, the British will not be at peace and will continue to fight this war.

Everything came according to China's conception, so there was no need to insist, after the knot of Russia was untied, all parties quickly signed various treaties, and finally all parties signed the "Final Protocol of the Nanjing Conference" together, and the second Nanjing system was established.

At Speransky's request, Zhou Lang ordered the release of the Russian prisoners as soon as possible, the spring ploughing would be almost here, and if it was delayed any longer, the Russians would really starve to death. China also quickly began to enter the stage of demobilization and resumption of production, after all, China's economy has also been greatly affected, although the reduction in rural production is not as terrible as in Russia, but it has also decreased by one-tenth, which has a great impact.

While other countries have followed normal procedures and completed the renewal process, Russia has been slow to do so.

It turned out that the tsar refused to sign the treaty of cession of territory, and when the international treaty had been formed, the tsar repented and made the last legal formalities unable to be completed, and China had already begun to enter the post-war stage, and even released a large number of Russian prisoners, and then remobilization would cause chaos.

I didn't expect Zhou Lang, who had played politics all his life, to be put on the table by the tsar in politics.