readx;?“ Your Majesty, what do you want your ministers to do in Russia? Zeng Guofan took a breath and asked in a low voice. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info!ybdu!But in his heart, Emperor Zhu should not want the crown prince to marry a Russian princess, right? It's a staggering shift. And the crown prince is going to marry a Russian princess, and the sons born in the future will not be the same as Prince Heng, they are all mixed-race children, right? Will the people of the Ming Dynasty accept such an emperor in the future?

Zhu Jishi said lightly: "Zeng Qing, what I want you to go to is not Russia but Eastern Rome - the Russian Empire. Do you know what the difference between this country and Russia is? ”

Zeng Guofan was stunned again, Eastern Rome - Isn't the Russian Empire Russia? Could it be that Alexander II added himself the title of Eastern Roman Emperor? Upgraded? I'm afraid not many people in Europe will take this Eastern Roman emperor seriously, right?

Zhu Jishi looked at Weng Tongyi, who immediately explained: "The name of Eastern Rome means that Alexander II has turned his direction to the Balkans, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Although it involves the territory of the Turkish Empire, the possibility of conflict with my Ming Dynasty is reduced. ”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean...... Russia, oh, the Eastern Romans are not our enemies? "Zeng Guofan has been in Russia for a while, and of course he knows what the relationship between the Eastern Roman Empire and Russia is. But...... Even if the Russians change the skin of Eastern Rome, they will not forget the blood feud with the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Jishi took a sip of Yulu tea, glanced at Zeng Guofan, who was full of doubts, nodded and said, "The current world pattern is actually balanced. The Ming Empire, the British Empire, France and the Roman Empire were tied for strength. No one has the strength to knock the other two heroes down, and to dominate the world, they must overpower the two heroes...... Zeng Qing. The allusions of the Three Kingdoms, you know better than me, right? ”

Zeng Guofan nodded, already a little understood. The Ming Dynasty and France were ostensibly allies, but in fact the relationship was between Eastern Wu and Shu Han, and the strength of the two countries was comparable to that of the British Empire, the "Cao Wei", so there was no possibility of joining forces to resist Cao. But what does this have to do with Russia?

Seeing that Zeng Guofan still looked like he didn't know the essentials, Zhu Jishi groaned. He also said: "Therefore, the future world will not be so much about the hegemony of China, France and Britain, but as the balance between China, France and Britain." In such a pattern. If I still want to lead the Ming Dynasty to world hegemony, someone needs to jump out and upset this balance. Otherwise, by the time I am in charge of Bintian, a world war may not be able to start! ”

It turned out to be in Zhu Jishi's opinion. The current world pattern is not very different from the pattern before the First World War in history. Although the three first-class powers were divided into two camps, they were engaged in confrontation. But the top three don't have the motivation to fight. There is no shortage of colonies in all three, that is, there is no shortage of markets and raw materials...... If there is no war, the small life of the Three Kingdoms can go on quite comfortably. When it comes to fighting, it is not certain who will kill the deer. This thing is really a bit like a billionaire gambling on his worth, if he wins, he will only double, and if he loses, he will become a beggar.

Therefore, China, France and Britain are not like Germany and Austria-Hungary, but a bit like Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union before World War II. Britain wanted to retain its supremacy. The United States wanted to replace it, and the Soviet Union cried out for the liberation of all mankind. But none of these three countries provoked World War II. In World War II in history, they were allies! The three countries that started the war were in fact poor industrialized countries with few resources and colonies.

And if Zhu Jishi is not willing to be a promiscuous and unscrupulous prince for the rest of his life, then he will have to find another way to start a world war. Leading the Ming Empire to jump out stupidly and fight with the British is definitely not going to be able to do it. The only feasible thing is, of course, to find one or a few poor industrialized countries that may upset the balance of power of the three powers, just like the German, Japanese, and Italian fascists in history, and let them be the first to be shot.

And the countries that could become such great powers are none other than the United States of America, the Eastern Roman Empire - the Russian Empire, the German Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire (Austria has played the brand of the HRE again, but the lining is the Austro-Plenum dualist system), all four of which have a certain industrial base and are not very mixed with the second-class powers.

Needless to say, the United States of America, as long as the British do not show great determination and perseverance to help the United States tide over the difficulties and fully integrate, it will certainly be a source of war in the future - an industrial power without a corresponding market for its products, and there are two "big villages" in British Canada and the Confederate States of America, which are still bullied in the North American war, and the right and left forces in the country are extremely high...... Now there's an American version of Hitler missing!

The situation in the German Empire was a little better, and if the French had been willing to share the colonial interests with them, the Germans probably would not have turned against France. But who knows what the future holds? Just because Napoleon III was able to handle things does not mean that Napoleon IV could also handle them. Moreover, the industry in France and Italy has also grown rapidly in recent years...... I'm afraid that in 20 years, there will not be much market to share with the Germans.

As for the Holy Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman-Russian Empire, look at their names, and consider that they are now stuck in the powder keg of the Balkans, and now the Franz of the HRE. You can see what Joseph is. Moreover, the successor of Alexander II is still "Nicholas II", and if this cannot be fought, the sun should come out from the west. And now, the reason why these two empires with the Roman brand are still superficially friendly is that the Ming Empire is the main force that contains Russia is probably an important reason, right?

Zhu Jishi continued to say: "Actually, the geographical location we occupy in this three-hero competition is still very favorable. Far from the powder keg of Europe, and here in Asia, we are the only one, except that we do not even have a third-class power. Only Russia shares a border with us on the northwestern border, but it is a bitter cold land after all. There's no need to fight for it anymore. Alexander II Jean Olga. That's what Nikolaevna meant when she came to Daming. Alexander II didn't want to fight with us, he wanted to slow down. ”

Olga. Grand Duchess Nikolaevna came to the Ming Dynasty to give Alexander's daughter Maria. Alexandrovna and Zhu Guoxiong were matchmakers. But in fact, this little girl is only 12 years old, and it will be at least four or five years before she can really get married. It's really not suitable for Zhu Guoxiong to be the crown princess, and the relationship between China and Russia is not good enough to this extent. So Alexander II didn't really want to marry his daughter, his purpose was only to express his willingness to reconcile.

He glanced at Zeng Guofan, "I decided to let you go on a trip to Russia and accompany Olga. Grand Duchess Nikolaevna passed from the northwest. Nominally, it was to explain the marriage system of the Ming Dynasty to Alexander II...... The crown prince of the Ming Dynasty must have many wives and concubines, which is the need of Ming politics, so it is not suitable to marry the princess of a Christian country. Also, you have to talk to the Russians about the Mongols. I demand that the Russians immediately stop deporting residents of their territory of Oriental descent into the areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty. ”

The expulsion of the Orientals from the territory of the Russians into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the expulsion of the Russians and Cossacks from the territory of the Ming Dynasty into the territory of the Russian side have actually been going on for two years. The more pure-bred Orientals or Russians and Cossacks were actually expelled long ago. Now it is some mixed race who believe in the True God Religion that is being driven from both sides, the Russians think they are yellows, and the Ming side thinks they are Russians...... In fact, both sides regard this as a form of struggle, which is pure formalism. Because both sides are murderous masters who don't blink much, not for vindictiveness, it's not a big deal to find a place to slaughter these people. Zhu Jishi is now making this small request in order to further ease tensions between the two sides, so that the Russians' attention can be further turned to the west and south. (To be continued.) )