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A winter snow, by the night of the effort, in Nanjing fell, the winter snow that has been raised, although it is not big, but also dyed the land south of the Yangtze River into a piece of white, as for the palace on the small red mountain outside the city, this will be hidden between the winter snow, the rows of well-trimmed extremely integral shrubs will become snow pillars, snow walls, only look extremely beautiful, although the temporary palace of the small red mountain is Chinese, but its garden is Western.

In this Western-style garden, Tang Haoran walked silently, after finishing his morning run, his brows furrowed again, since he realized that problem yesterday, he has been thinking about the solution to this problem.

What about Russia?

What he really cares about is not the fate of Russia, but in the future world war, where Russia should expand, to the west, which is its ally, to the east to China, and to the south to Turkey.

It can be said that the future Russia has completely lost the direction of expansion.

And this situation will inevitably lead to another situation that Tang Haoran is not happy to see -- whether they will start a war with China in the name of shame; although Tang Haoran is not worried about war, a war with Russia will inevitably lead to China becoming the enemy of Germany, Austria, Russia, and Turkey, and thus losing the opportunity to take advantage of the collapse of Britain to take advantage of the fire and robbery.

Instead of taking advantage of the fire, they will even have to face challenges from the Quad Alliance in all directions. That's the real disaster.

Taking advantage of the danger of others, but putting himself in danger, this is undoubtedly not what Tang Haoran wants to see, or this is not in China's interests at all!

No way! It must not come to that level.

But is there any alternative?

Choice, is there any other option?

With frowning brows, Tang Haoran once again pondered the situation in Russia in his heart. To the west is Deao, to the south is Oto, and to the east...... Here's the key!

The most fundamental reason why Russia lost the direction of its expansion was that China occupied Siberia and Central Asia!

Siberia has reached the Pacific Ocean, and they have no direction to expand again, but what about Central Asia?

What is Central Asia to the south?

Persia, British India......

While thinking about the sphere of influence south of Central Asia, Tang Haoran drew a simple map on the snow with his fingers, which only he could understand, but what he saw was an opportunity! More precisely, a future, a future like never before!

"If Russia had gone south from Central Asia, they could have occupied Persia first, and then Pakistan, no, it was the ...... of northern British India."

Drawing a line on the map, Tang Haoran seems to see millions of "gray cattle" attacking southward, toward the Indian Ocean, when Russia's power will be unleashed, and not China will be seen as an enemy because it cannot be used.

Of course, the more important point is that China will be faced with the same Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and even the Pacific Ocean, which are completely open to China.

When German soldiers defeated the French in the trenches, when the German fleet fought a decisive battle with the British, when Russian soldiers attacked the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean through backward Persia. Millions of Chinese troops will attack Southeast Asia by land and sea, and it will only take a few months for them to occupy the whole of Southeast Asia, just like the Japanese army sweeping through Southeast Asia in another time and space. Then they can attack all the way to India, Australia, and even Africa, and most importantly - no one will stop them!

The power of England was pinned, as for France, which might have been defeated by then, and Germany, Germany, naturally, was happy to see the power of England "pinned", as for Russia...... Blame me, who made you go so slow!

It wasn't a battlefield, it was a parade! Or rather, a reception! Victory big receiving! As long as the opportunity is seized, it is even possible for China to take over half of the colonies of the British Empire! And then became the biggest beneficiary of that world war, and paid the least price.

Of course, in order to achieve all this, there must be a premise, that is, Central Asia must belong to Russia, and Russia must be allowed to see the opportunity for expansion, so that China will not be caught in the situation of fighting Russia in that war.

If possible, perhaps China should become an "alliance of three emperors". No, it should be said that it is a member of the "Four Emperors Alliance", and at least it should be a friend of Russia and normalize relations with Russia, and it should not be an enemy of Russia.

"Central Asian ......"

Reading these words, Tang Haoran couldn't help but feel a little reluctant, after all, it was an extremely vast land, not only vast but also extremely rich in resources, including oil, minerals, and ...... Well, there are tens of millions of greens, and a lot of deserts. Compared with the barren lands of Central Asia, Southeast Asia is undoubtedly more fertile, and even if China enters Southeast Asia as a liberator at that time, it can use the power of capital to turn Southeast Asia into Chinese plantations, providing China with rubber, coffee, rice, and a variety of other tropical cash crops.

As for India, it was also possible to enter as liberators, turning India's princely states into kingdoms - "independent" kingdoms under the administration of the Chinese Empire's "Lifanyuan". Yes, China is not a colonial ruler, China will bring liberation to Asia, freedom and even freedom and liberation to the Middle East in the future, of course, after the break with Russia.

Yes, there is also Australia where there are fewer people and more land. The people living there are all whites, and they naturally don't need emancipation, and since they don't need emancipation, then let's annex Australia to China! Of course, it was not a colony like the Philippines, but as a province of the empire, like Japan.

And the premise of all this is Central Asia!

After repeated trade-offs, Tang Haoran finally made a choice!

Perhaps, Central Asia should be abandoned!

Polar bears shouldn't be cut off from expanding!

Instead, it should be like the polar bear in another time and space, using the way of leading the water south to allow Russia to expand to Iran and the South Asian subcontinent!

"It seems that this negotiation is definitely going to suffer!"

After making this decision, Tang Haoran sighed with pity, for the sake of long-term strategic considerations in the future, it is acceptable to sacrifice some immediate interests......

"No way!"

We can't be so soft-hearted, Central Asia doesn't want it, but we must get more reparations. But if the terms of the treaty are too harsh, will it lead to another outcome?

“…… The signing of the Treaty of Frankfurt certainly ended the Franco-Prussian War, but we need to take into account that the terms of the treaty were very harsh, which made the defeated France and Germany grudge and caused French revanchism, which is also the fundamental reason why France continued to get closer to Russia and enveloped Russia through loans and other means in the following three decades! ”

In the face of the demands of some young officials in the northeastern part of the cabinet for as much as 2 billion rubles, Tang Haoran very rationally put forward a reality -- the Franco-Prussian War and the formation of the Franco-German feud caused by Bismarck's policy of "squeezing" France.

If it was before that, he would undoubtedly support squeezing Russia as much as possible with military victories and thus weakening this enemy, but the lessons of Germany and France are something he has to consider. Germany annexed Alsace and Lorraine in France and demanded five billion francs in war reparations in an attempt to weaken France geostrategically, but in fact it did not really weaken the other side. On the contrary, Germany and France formed an insoluble enmity. It is true that France did not have the strength to fight Germany on its own, but a strong sense of revenge drove France to be ready to form an alliance with any country hostile to Germany. As a result, Bismarck lost room for manoeuvre in French foreign policy, and it can be said that it was the defeat of German policy in the Franco-Prussian War that led to the First World War and the defeat of Germany.

And this situation is exactly what Tang Haoran needs to avoid.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know anything about diplomacy......"

Follow behind His Majesty, wearing a Han-style dress Zhang Zhidong, his expression looks extremely respectful, as the prime minister of the empire, well, it should be said that he is the prime minister, he has undoubtedly reached the most glorious apex of his life, of course, he took this position, also shocked the world, so that the world really felt the strength of the Hongwu Emperor beyond the reach of others, the seven governors of that year were the princes of the country who retired with the country, and the most "stubborn" opponents were not exiled or elevated, but were placed in such a high position, Don't say that it is someone else, even Zhang Zhidong also shouted with tears in his eyes when he accepted this appointment, long live my emperor, the king makes the ministers courteous, and the ministers are loyal. Now Zhang Zhidong is fulfilling his duties with all his heart and soul - acting as a springboard between the old era and the new era.

"But the minister knows that we have to forgive people and forgive people, since we have won the war, and we have gained so many places, there is no need to be like foreign devils, what to ask for compensation, if we want compensation, we have spent more than a billion yuan in military spending, and there will be a lot of pensions in the future, these money have to be given to the Russians, but the Russians can't take it? Just like a neighbor, if you occupy someone's yard and let someone tear down their own house to build a house for you, the people on that side will definitely hate you and hate you in their bones......"

Zhang Zhidong's analogy made Tang Haoran nod thoughtfully, Siberia is not the courtyard of Russia, a full 12.76 million square kilometers of yard, got Siberia, China not only expanded more than twice the territory, more importantly, with the development of Siberia in the future, Siberia's oil and mineral resources will become the driving force behind China's development, of course, Siberian fields can also be used to house retired soldiers.

More importantly, Siberia will provide China with unprecedented strategic depth that will give China an advantage in a potential confrontation with Russia, which could threaten Russia's most prosperous Europe at any time, while Russia could not pose a threat to China's core region.

"And, Your Majesty, since you have decided that in the future we will repair relations with Russia, and even propose to them in negotiations that we can send troops to assist them, why are you so short-sighted in demanding more reparations?"

"However, what they said also makes sense, after all, we have returned Central Asia to them!"

Although Central Asia has not eaten at all and has already made a decision, Tang Haoran still feels extremely sorry that someone will propose an increase in the indemnity of one billion rubles, which is not so much a reparation, but rather a non-ceding of the indemnity to Central Asia.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that not only can we not ask for any compensation, but we should be generous......"

Noticing His Majesty's demeanor, Zhang Zhidong tried to say.

"Even if the Russians want us to release the prisoners of war to suppress the rebels in the country, and we do intend to do so, then why can't we return the weapons that we captured them, anyway, the current army is not so poorly armed, after all, the army will always be disarming in the future......"

Zhang Zhidong poured down and told the truth, the army is not inferior to those broken copper and iron, this army has swelled to nearly four million people, after the end of the war, there will always be large-scale disarmament, and after the disarmament, there will inevitably be a large number of weapons left, and those Russian weapons will naturally no one can look down on.

“…… Therefore, the minister thinks that we can be more generous and return all the weapons we have seized to them, which can be regarded as a way for us to show our sincerity! After all, there are very few people who send charcoal in the snow from ancient times to the present! ”

"That's good!"

Looking at Zhang Zhidong in surprise, as if he was surprised by his suggestion, Tang Haoran suddenly smiled.

"Xiangtao, your suggestion is very good, I think not only can the captured weapons be returned to them, but we can also approve a special loan to Russia, after all, this is more than a million troops, even if Mikhail gets help from Germany, they can't provide enough logistical support for this legion, so what?"

After a slight pause, Tang Haoran continued.

"We can provide them with logistical support, more than a million troops! That's enough for us to consume almost all the remaining supplies from this war......"

War surpluses, which cannot be avoided in any war, can now be sold at a high price for these surplus materials that would have been disposed of at extremely cheap prices, and can not only dispose of these materials, but also make huge profits from them, and of course, more importantly, this will open the door to the normalization of Sino-Russian relations.

"100 million yuan!"

Spit out this word, Tang Haoran said in an extremely calm tone.

"I don't think there is a need to insist too much on the issue of reparations, and at the right time, we can tell them that we can provide them with a credit loan of 100 million yuan for the purchase of our commodities and for the support of the army's operations, and of course, if necessary, another 100 million, of course, these loans can only be used to buy our goods!" (To be continued.) )