In the Pingren Hall of the Zhonghua Palace, Lin Zhe, who has long been out of office here, came here early in the morning, and today is the day when his second son Lin Yan officially entered school, and he, who is a father, naturally wants to come in person.

The prince's formal enrollment in school is not an ordinary matter, but a matter with strong political significance.

You must know that two years ago, when the emperor's eldest son Lin Zhan officially entered school, it caused a political turmoil, and a large number of people privately discussed whether Lin Zhe wanted to establish Lin Xuan as the prince.

Later, Lin Zhe had to formally set the rules, stipulating that the prince should officially enter school when he reached the age of seven.

According to this rule, the second son Lin Yan also officially entered school this year.

Since two years ago, Pingrentang (written as Jurentang many times in the previous text, hereby apologize) has been used as the prince's place to study, and some institutions of the palace department have also officially moved out, and later although this Pingrentang is very close to the Xinhua Palace, Lin Zhe has rarely come, and occasionally comes to check Lin Yan's schoolwork!

Early this morning, Lin Zhe brought the second son of the emperor, Lin Lu, over, and at this time, many lecturers in Pingren Hall were also waiting one by one.

Among them is Dong Li!

Now Dong Li has been serving as an attendant in Pingrentang for two years, and he no longer has the same restraint as he did two years ago in the face of the royal family, so today he naturally accepted the apprenticeship of the second prince Lin Lu.

However, the other few new attendants who had just been transferred were a little apprehensive in the face of Lin Yan's apprenticeship, and for the first time in his life, he was bowed by the prince, and ordinary people were naturally difficult to calm down.

When Lin Xuan performed the apprenticeship ceremony, Lin Xuan on the side also watched silently!

Lin Xuan looks much older now than he was two years ago, having been born in the royal family. This has been able to keep up with nutrition since the beginning of school. Physical exercise will not be left behind, although Lin Xuan is only nine years old at this time. But he already looks like an eleven or twelve-year-old child.

In addition, he has been in school for two years, and has often been in contact with the attendants who are ministers, so although he is still only a child, his state of mind is already extremely mature, no less than those who are fifteen or sixteen years old.

Born in the royal family, it is impossible to have any happy childhood or anything like an ordinary child.

Seeing that the second brother was worshipping the teacher, and then looking at the father on the side, who was also looking at the kind advice, Lin Xuan's little head turned rapidly, but the expression on his face was extremely calm. Naturally, outsiders can't see what he's thinking.

After the apprenticeship was over, Lin Zhe, who was busy with green, left Pingren Hall, and Lin Xuan walked to Lin Yan's side: "Second brother, if you don't understand anything in the future, just come to the eldest brother and me, I'm next door!" ”

I also patted Lin Li's shoulder!

And the young Lin Yan smiled, and then nodded solemnly: "Hmm! ”

Looking at this scene of brotherhood and friendship, the group of attendants below had different faces, especially the attendants who taught each other separately looked at each other with jealousy.

Lin Xuan and Lin Xuan are of different ages, and the progress of this study is different. Except for Dong Li and a few people who are special and will teach these two princes at the same time, there are also a considerable number of people who are only responsible for the schoolwork of one of the princes.

And if nothing else, this teaching is at least for several years.

Their career in this life. It's basically connected with Lin Xuan or Lin Luan!

The emperor is not so easy to be, the future benefits are large, but the risks are greater. If the prince he taught ascends the throne as emperor, then everything is easy to say. But if his student did not ascend the throne as emperor, then his future career will definitely not be any better.

The teacher-student relationship is in an empire with a strong Confucian atmosphere. It's still a very heavy interpersonal relationship.

Lin Zhe naturally didn't pay too much attention to the intrigue of everyone in Pingren Hall, these were all trivial matters for him.

During this time, he also focused on another big thing.

That's when the Russians are selling Alaska to the Americans!

Negotiations between the Russians and Americans over the Alaska deal have been underway for a long time, and rumors have been around since last year, and strictly speaking, the Russians are trying to sell Alaska back another decade.

It doesn't matter why the Russians sold Alaska in the original time and space, but in this time and space, there are factors in the rise of the Chinese Empire.

In recent years, the empire and Russia have been in frequent conflict in Central Asia, Mongolia, Trans-Khinganling, and other places, and the two sides have not been able to reach an agreement on the northern border.

However, as the national strength of the empire is getting stronger and stronger, the development of the three eastern provinces is getting stronger and stronger, and more and more troops are being sent to the Xing'an Mountains.

In the years of fighting, the Chinese army has completely controlled the Heilongjiang River valley and controlled the sea power from the Sea of Japan to Beiyang Park, and the Russians have been criticized for hiding inland to resist stubbornly.

After the sea was completely controlled by the Imperial Navy, this Alaska became an enclave, and the Russians simply did not have the ability to send troops to protect Alaska.

At the same time, the financial situation of the Russian American companies operating Alaska is becoming increasingly difficult, unable to recruit enough immigrants, and Alaska's main output, fur, is becoming less and less, and even a limited amount of fur is often difficult to sell.

Because the skins of the Russian American Company were mainly sold to China, however, because Russia and the Empire had been in a state of conflict, and until now there has been no formal diplomatic relations or any treaty of commerce, the Empire did not completely refuse the trade requests of the Russian American Company, but also imposed high tariffs on these furs.

Taken together, these circumstances have led to serious losses in Russia and America, and if it were not for the support of the Russian government, it is estimated that it would have gone bankrupt long ago.

At the same time, Russia's financial situation has not been very good in recent years, and it has already owed a lot of foreign debts, and it has continued to have territorial conflicts with the Chinese Empire in recent years, which are more than in history, in order to ease the domestic financial situation. The Russians were just starting to plan to sell Alaska altogether.

This kind of direct colonial sale for money is to be placed in later generations, even after the twentieth century. Then it's all quite weird, and no one will accept it at all. But in the colonial era, it was very normal.

A considerable part of the territory of the Americans was bought, Louisian, for example, was purchased from the French, and after the Mexican-American War, Mexico ceded most of the territory, but the Americans paid fifteen million dollars for it and three million 250,000 dollars for the waiver of claims.

Now the Americans are no exception to buy another Alaska!

If this kind of thing was in the original time and space, naturally there would be no objection from outsiders, and the Americans were willing to take the blame and spend more than $7 million to buy the barren land of Alaska, and the Russians were also willing to sell their territory without shame. Naturally, other countries watched the play and laughed at the Americans, as fools.

But for the Chinese Empire in this time and space, this is not a matter that does not concern itself, but is still a major event closely related to the interests of the empire.

Lin Zhe knew that the Americans had purchased Alaska in history, but he naturally did not know the detailed process, and really learned about it, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made an urgent report in the past two days, saying that the Americans and Russians were negotiating the transfer of Alaska.

To this end, Lin Zhe quickly instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is necessary to learn about this matter quickly and in detail, and at the same time prepare to summon the cabinet and military dignitaries to discuss the impact of this matter on the Empire.

"Alaska is just east of our Sakhalin Island. Not far away is the Aleutian Islands, and if the Americans are allowed to intervene in this area, the subsequent will have a major impact on the security of the empire in the North Sea and in the northeast of Japan! ”

The North Sea in the Empire. That is, the 'Sea of Okhotsk' in the Russian population is the mouth of the Heilongjiang and Udi rivers, the North Sea and the Sea of Japan. The Tatar Strait, which connects the two seas, was the main defense area of the Imperial North Sea Fleet.

"And we have sent several expedition ships to Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands, and even as far away as the Aleutian Seas. There is not much Russian military presence in this sea, and if necessary, we can completely control this area! "It was the Admiralty Chief Lin Dabiao who spoke.

This is actually nonsense, now the Russians have completely lost their access to the sea in the Pacific Ocean, and they are simply unable to maintain maritime control in the waters of Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Aleutian Islands, and even Alaska is already difficult to continue to control.

Otherwise, the Russians would not want to sell Alaska more than they did historically, because this area has become an enclave for Russia, and it is difficult to exercise actual and effective control.

"In this way, your navy is sure to control this area, and at the same time, in the event of a conflict with the Americans, will the navy have enough ability to control these areas?" Lin Zhe asked Lin Dabiao directly.

Lin Dabiao said: "As long as Britain does not intervene, with the current strength of the Imperial Navy, it is fully capable of intercepting the US Navy in Alaska!" ”

Hearing Lin Dabiao make such a guarantee, Lin Zhe suddenly felt a little ridiculous, as if he couldn't get along with the Americans in the past two years.

First robbed Hawaii, and now it is attacking Alaska.

And more critically, the Americans can't do anything about it.

As soon as he thought of being able to bully Americans at will, Lin Zhe felt a strange feeling in his heart, this kind of thing was a bit different from his common sense.

But it doesn't matter if it feels weird, the key is to do it.

"In this case, the Foreign Ministry first issued a notice telling the Americans that the Empire will never recognize the transaction behavior about Alaska!" Lin Zhe said: "Tell them that Alaska has been a Chinese territory since ancient times!" ”

Hearing Lin Zhe say this grandiosely, the following group of ministers didn't know what to say, this is unheavenly, and it is estimated that there is no record of Alaska being China's inherent territory even if the classics are turned over.

However, it doesn't matter whether Alaska is an inherent territory of the empire, and it doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not, what matters is that the empire has its eye on Alaska.

As for the evidence, Gai Ming'er asked those historians to forge a few classics, so that there was no documentary record that Alaska was an imperial territory, and by the way, he could secretly throw a few stone pillars into Alaska, and he would engrave whatever script and hieroglyphs for you. The oracle bone inscription can be all over the top, in order to avoid foreigners not being recognized. You can also engrave Latin or something.

Who would dare to say that Alaska is not an inherent territory of the empire at that time?

What, everybody says no?

Alas. Whether you say yes or no, anyway, I say yes yes!

What the? You still say no, tell you not to be serious, if you are more serious, I will beat you!

This kind of logic that seems to be like a bandit is the logic that a big country should have!

A powerful empire, especially one of the nineteenth centuries, is the territory of the empire!

And this thinking is also extremely in line with traditional Chinese thought, that is: the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

This sentence magnifies. In fact, the whole earth and even the whole universe, including the lands and people of all planes, belong to the emperor.

So when you are strong, there is no need for any evidence to prove that such and such an area is the inherent territory of China, it is enough to move this sentence directly, our ancestors have set the tone for future generations thousands of years ago.

Of course, whether others recognize this or not is another matter.

For example, now, after receiving a claim to the sovereignty of Alaska from the Imperial Foreign Ministry, whether it is Russia or the United States, or Britain and France. All of them were dumbfounded.

I've seen shamelessness, but I've never seen anything so shameless.

You have to say that Sakhalin is Chinese territory, well, although China has not actually controlled this island since ancient times. But the footprints of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have reached the Tatar Strait in the past, and it is barely plausible, but you have to say that Alaska is an inherent territory belonging to China. Why don't you say that the whole earth is China's inherent territory?

However, those foreign diplomats were dumbfounded or despised by them, but they were completely untaken by the officials of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Because the diplomats of the Reich's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not expect the countries to recognize that the Reich only needed such a voice. And then it will be enough to let the Americans have some scruples.

The whole world knows that the empire is at war with Russia, and the empire is fighting with Russia for territory in the Far East such as the Trans-Khingan Mountains, which is also known to civilized countries.

At this juncture, Russia is actually going to sell Alaska, isn't this trying to sell the fat meat of the empire's imminent sin?

Although at this time, many imperial officials knew that Alaska was there, and no Chinese ships or Chinese people had arrived in Alaska, but it did not prevent them from treating Alaska as the Empire's bag.

If the Americans had not intervened, the empire, relying on the advantage of distance, would sooner or later be driven out by Russia in the Far East, and then Kamchatka and Alaska would naturally fall into the hands of the empire.

But now the Americans have suddenly appeared, this is the plan to disrupt the empire, to snatch meat from the mouth of the empire.

For many high-ranking military and political dignitaries of the empire, if it is the British, well, this is the world boss, we can't afford to provoke it for the time being, maybe we will pinch our noses and admit it.

But you, the United States, a colonial country that is not even a third-rate country in the world, dare to compete with the empire for meat, don't you want to die.

While the empire proclaimed its sovereignty over Alaska, it also publicly announced that it had sent a fleet to cruise the Aleutian Seas, and at the same time established a so-called 'Chinese Alaska Company' to build a trading post in Alaska and engage in the fur business.

Of course, the above-mentioned Chinese Alaska company is a typical leather bag company, there are not even a few people, and it is the navy that really makes a move.

But it is unlikely that the navy will really send the main fleet over, in fact, it is just two naval exploration ships, they are going this time, they are going to the Aleutian Islands and Alaska to erect a few sovereign stone monuments, as for the real immigration development, the empire is not idle, how can it be at this time to develop such a barren land.

The strong intervention of the empire has made the negotiations between Russia and the United States full of uncertainties, and Russia naturally wants to continue to sell.

But the Americans have to take into account the serious conflicts and contradictions between Alaska and China, and if they provoke the Chinese, what if Alaska causes the two countries to go to war at that time?

The war that broke out in Hawaii has just stopped for about half a year, and this will be because Alaska is fighting with the Chinese, which will be difficult for many Americans to accept.

After the end of the American Civil War, the mainstream of the United States was disarmament and the development of people's livelihood!

At least for the next twenty years, there is no desire for another large-scale war, otherwise the opposition of the common people will be very great.

At the same time, in the current United States, there is also a lot of opposition to the purchase of Alaska, believing that it is a big loss than a deal.

What's the use of spending more than seven million dollars on a barren land?

Historically, after the United States made a deal, it was ridiculed by many people, and it also aroused serious opposition in the United States, and Seward, who was in charge of the matter, was extremely ridiculed, and people said that Seward was a fool who spent more than $7 million to buy a super refrigerator for the United States.

In this matter, in contemporary terms, the Russians have earned and the Americans have lost.

As for the Russians' regrets, it was after the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska, and when the Americans deployed nuclear missiles directly here after World War II, the Russians completely regretted their deaths.

But this is all for the future, and now, Alaska is still a barren land for everyone, from an economic to a military point of view, it is worthless, and Alaska is not connected to the mainland of the United States.

Spending more than $7 million for such a barren piece of land, and also having to risk the wind of war with the Chinese Empire, for a while, public opinion in the United States was boiling! (To be continued.) )

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