6 million Chinese immigrants!

No Russian official can ignore the fact that over the past four years, in St. Petersburg, there have always been mentions of the number of new Chinese immigrants in Binhai, Hung Yen, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Four years ago, there were only a million indigenous people, but now there are more than six million Chinese living there, compared with only about one million Russians in Siberia, which is the number of Russian immigrants in two hundred years.

Population is Russia's biggest weakness in Siberia, and the Chinese will continue to migrate there, millions of Chinese appear in Xinjiang, Mongolia and other places, although only exiles, but it is certain that there will soon be yellowed by the Chinese, just like China's inland provinces, ten or twenty years later, it will become not much different from the Chinese mainland provinces.

But what about Siberia in Russia?

Despite the large amount of land in Siberia, the Russians were reluctant to move there, and most of the permanent settlers in Siberia were neither prisoners nor forced colonists, but peasants who voluntarily emigrated there to escape the bondage of creditors, military service, religious persecution, and especially serfdom. However, the nobility did not migrate to Siberia, which did not possess an attraction comparable to Moscow and St. Petersburg.

And Siberia is not rich, cold and drought are exactly what immigrants to Siberia have to face. It is not even suitable for human survival there.

But even so, one thing is still certain -- until the Siberian problem is completely resolved, there can be no eternal peace between Russia and China. Especially Eastern Siberia.

"No one will ignore this, and for Russia, we are equally worried that at some point in the future, Siberia will be flooded with Chinese immigrants!"

Alexander is more worried about Siberia being yellowed, after all, for the Siberian authorities, they are more eager to emigrate, even if the immigrants are Chinese.

"There is no way around it, after all, China is facing too much demographic pressure, and our people have to move around in order to live."

Of course, this kind of relocation is not voluntary, but more forced, just like the migration of millions of people in northern Shaanxi, Gansu and other regions, and the government has forced them to move to Xinjiang, and even to Tangnu Ulianghai, Binhai and Hung Yen through coercive orders. The criterion for forced relocation is that the local environment is unsuitable for survival, and the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi and the arid regions of Gansu Province meet this criterion, as well as the mountainous areas in the southwest.

According to the plan of the Imperial Ministry of Civil Affairs, as many as 150 million people will need to be relocated in the next 50 years, of which more than 80 million will live in areas unsuitable for agriculture, in addition to the African and Pacific colonies, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xing'an, Binhai and Beihai are all new provinces of migration.

Of course, Xinjiang and Mongolia are no exception.

"Therefore, the acquisition of land for the surplus population in the country is a matter which the imperial government of China must take into account, and therefore we cannot make any practical concessions on the question of Eastern Siberia!"

Zeng Jize's answer did not surprise Alexander, and there was a consensus in St. Petersburg that it was almost impossible for the Chinese to peacefully spit out Eastern Siberia, and similarly, China's desire to control it for nothing was not acceptable to Russia.

"Russia cannot take over the Chinese occupation of Eastern Siberia! There is the territory of Russia! This is the unanimous opinion of the whole Russian Empire! Mr. Ambassador! ”

Alexander reminded that perhaps Russia was not willing to go on an unsuccessful expedition to Eastern Siberia, but that did not mean that Russia would abandon it.

"So why can't we look to the future and learn from Alaska's solution to solve this problem?"

Zeng Jize looked at Alexander and put forward his proposal, and the reason why he made this proposal was very simple - Russia was short of money, and it could even be said that it was very short of money.

Russia's military expenditures, as well as economic losses, amounted to more than 500 million rubles during the Crimean War, which had a significant impact on the Russian economy. It can be said that Russia, which had finished the war at that time, was very short of money. Therefore, it was forced to think of selling the territory. Alaska, for example.

However, 5.5 million Chinese dollars, but only equivalent to more than 10 million rubles, is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for Russia, which is very short of money. So Zeng Jize was ready to write a check that the Russians could not refuse.

"You mean to buy East Siberia?"

Alexander's body leaned forward slightly, revealing his true thoughts of interest.

"Of course not!"

first denied it, and then Zeng Jize said again.

"Not just in Eastern Siberia, our idea is the area east of the Yenisei River, and of course, in terms of price, Alaska as a participation is undoubtedly extremely inappropriate, so we can accept ......"

Zeng Ze's words paused slightly, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, this is the price of the imperial capital, compared to the purchase of land in Alaska by the royal family, then the purchase of land in Siberia is borne by the imperial government, and the imperial government is ready to pay a huge amount of money for it.

“……”

The moment he took the piece of paper and saw the numbers on it, Alexander couldn't help but gasp, he even looked at Zeng Jize with some surprise, and even said in a tone of disbelief.

"Is China really ready to pay such a huge sum?"

Then he made a point of emphasis.

"You know, if Russia agrees, this can be a sum of cash!"

That's a lot of money for any country. Especially if such a huge sum of money is taken out at once, even the United Kingdom may not be able to come up with such a sum of cash at one time.

"Your Excellency, the treasury of the Chinese Empire is abundant!"

Zeng Jize said in a relatively calm tone, 400 million people, 1.3 billion acres of arable land, so that China has the world's largest tax base, through the sorting of the field endowment, now only the field tax is levied more than 10,000 yuan per year, plus a huge amount of salt tax, customs duties and industrial and commercial taxes, nearly 30,000 yuan of tax revenue per year, so that the imperial government has enough financial revenue to be proud of any other country. It is for this reason that the Imperial Government was able to write such a check.

"As long as Russia agrees, we can make the first payment within two months!"

All right!

That's a lot of money!

For Russia, which is in financial trouble, Alexander has to admit that China does have its deep pockets. And what is Russia in comparison?

The Crimean War was not so much a defeat for Russia as it was for Russia to exhaust its financial resources and have to end the war. But the effects of the war are lingering, and the reforms that Russia is pursuing require a lot of money, and the rearmament of Russia also needs money, but where does the money come from?

And now, just looking at such an offer, Alexander, as Foreign Secretary? Mikhailovich? The thought crossed the mind of Duke Gorchakov - no sane Russian would refuse this deal, because it would undoubtedly be a disaster for the Russian Empire.

It may even radically change the fate of the decay of the Russian Empire!

Will the tsar refuse?

Alexander did not have much confidence in this, but he was sure that the Tsar would be interested in this matter, after all, the Chinese opened the article is undoubtedly extremely rich, and it can even be said that it is far beyond people's imagination.

He could even imagine what the nobles of St. Petersburg would have when they learned of this news - the Chinese were crazy!

"Of course, taking into account some special reasons, we hope that the first payment does not exceed 40% of the total amount, and as for the final payment, it can be paid at the rate of 10% per month, and the full payment can be completed within 6 months, Your Excellency Minister, what do you think."

Alexander's expression changed, so that Zeng Jize knew the impact of this number on him, this figure is a figure proposed by the Imperial Intelligence Service based on the intelligence collected in St. Petersburg, that is, China can afford the number, and it is also something that Russia cannot refuse, it should be said that most Russians will not refuse this number, because it is an extremely good deal.

Moreover, in St. Petersburg, in the last few years, there have indeed been similar statements by some nobles in favor of the sale of Eastern Siberia to China, and their offer is even less than the current offer of the Empire, of course, because the Empire wants to buy more land.

"It seems that Mr. Ambassador is already full of confidence in this deal."

For the other party's self-confidence, Alexander was a little uncomfortable.

"It's not full of confidence, but I think that whether it's for China or Russia, it's the best option, there is no need for war between us, if we solve the problems between the two countries through war, then it will take more than hundreds of thousands of casualties, it will also deplete our wealth, and then the British, the French, they will laugh out loud, because our war between them will free up their hands to carry out their expansion around the world!"

Once again, Zeng Jize took aim at Britain and France, and he once again took advantage of the hostile attitude within Russia towards Britain and France after the Crimean War.

"So, in this case, we prefer to resolve the issue between us through peaceful means, and we believe that through this resolution, it will be beneficial to the future of our two countries, what do you think? Your Excellency? ”

Although the sale of the territory made Alexander feel a little uncomfortable, he did not have much emotion for Siberia, so he nodded in agreement.

"It is true, but you must understand that this ultimately requires the consent of His Majesty the Tsar!"

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