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On July 20, the 19th year of Wucheng, and on August 9, 7225, the "Xia-Russia Boundary Delimitation Treaty" was officially signed. In accordance with the provisions of the treaty, the two countries formally established the natural demarcation line of the Middle Line of the Lena River, the Baikal West Mountain Watershed, and the Eastern Sayan Mountains as the border between the two countries, and at the same time established the relevant regulations on population and trade between the two countries.

Although the "Treaty of Demarcation" was signed, it did not mean that the matter was over, and there were still joint demarcation operations and complicated matters for the evacuation of Russian settlers waiting for the two missions: "Your Excellency the Honorary Count, it is now close to winter, so I propose that the two countries demarcate the border again in the spring of next year." In addition, in view of the vastness of the area east of the Lena River and south of the Lena River, and the fact that the Russian population is quite dispersed, we have requested that the time for the evacuation of migrants be relaxed to three years. ”

"The request of your envoy can be agreed to by our court, but the evacuation time of the migrants is only three years, and those who fail to evacuate within three years will be treated as our people." An Wenhua responded word by word. "And within three years, the Rakshasa people who have not yet evacuated must abide by the laws of our court, accept the jurisdiction of our officials, and pay a tax."

"We may agree to allow the Russian people to accept the civil administration of your country during the three-year evacuation period, but since the laws of our country are different from those of your country, it is impossible for the Russian people to understand the laws of your country in a short period of time, so we hope that the Russian laws will continue to be applied to the Russian residents during the three years of the evacuation." In fact, most of the Russian immigrants were poor and illiterate people who knew what was not lawful, so in the rest of Siberia, the Russians followed customary law and barbarian law, except for a few large towns that still enforced the existing Russian judicial system, so it was impossible to get these people to obey the Chinese judicial system. "In addition, due to the inconvenience of collecting taxes and the small amount of taxes, I would like to see your country exempt Russian residents who have not yet been evacuated from one tax payable for three years. Of course, in return for three years, our country can exempt your merchants from all taxes on the commercial activities of their merchants in Russia. ”

The Russians were very scheming, and they believed that it was basically impossible for the Chinese caravans to enter the Russian border for trade within three years, so the so-called conditions of equal tax exemption for three years were actually illusory, but in a certain way, it was difficult for the Chinese side to receive taxes from those Russian settlers who had not yet evacuated, for the simple reason that Eastern Siberia was sparsely populated and the cost of implementation was too high, so it was better not to collect them.

"I can agree to your request." After weighing, An Wenhua still agreed to Count Magnitogor's request, but he asked privately. "I hope your country can provide relevant information about the construction of the captivity."

Since there is no problem with the general direction, Count Magnitogor naturally will not make things difficult in small matters: "There is no problem, I will give you a copy of the report later." However, you need not be too worried, according to the available information, the number of this Tatar army is dwindling due to the harsh climate in the north, and it is not even necessary for us to send troops, the Lord Almighty can rain down frost to punish these devilish enemies. ”

"Don't underestimate these slaves." An Wenhua shook his head. "There is an idiom in China called the trapped beast is still fighting ??????"

"Will the beast that is cornered desperately try?" Count Magnitogor smashed it for a moment and nodded. "It is true, judging by the towns conquered by the Tatars, who killed all the men, took women and children, apparently trying to maintain the development of the whole community, but they were doomed not to succeed, because the Lord was on the side of Russia."

Count Magnitogor's statement that the Mandate of Heaven would not complain about the infidels could not be agreed with by An Wenhua, but now that the remnants of the Qing army had no intention of turning south, he could not cross the line and enter Russia to fight, so he could only watch from the sidelines: "I hope so, but I hope that your country can regularly report on the movements of this enemy." ”

"There's no problem with that." Count Magnitogor promised. "As long as the two countries maintain a long-term peace ??????"

The news of the "Xia-Russia Boundary Demarcation Treaty" and the dying struggle of the remnants of the Qing army in Russia reached Wuchang in November of that year, but compared with the just-ended domestic political and economic turmoil, the news of the "Xia-Russia Treaty" and the remnants of the Qing army was not shocked, and even Zheng Kezhang himself simply let the ceremonial court and the court of judges discuss the merits of An Wenhua, Wang Ying and others, and let the Privy Council staff continue to follow the news of the remnants of the Qing army.

However, Zheng Kezhang thinks that the issue is insignificant, but the Ministry of Military Affairs is unusually big: "Shengshang, the local area is very cold, and the river is only navigable for three to five months, so there are different discussions in the military affairs province about whether to set up an inland river fleet along the Lena River. ”

"What do you mean? The question of how many troops are garrisoned? "Zheng Kezhang understood what was going on as soon as he heard it." It's really troublesome, the border is so long, you have to prevent the Rakshasas from sneaking over, but to set up a fleet, you have to match the strength of a division of the Longxiang army, and the situation in the north is also a huge cost for supplies. Zheng Kezang's gaze fell on the face of Shi Youmei, the left attendant of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Is there a unity of opinion on the Ministry of Military Affairs? ”

"The Ministry of Military Affairs has finally decided to place the First Brigade of the First Division of the Longxiang Army, which was originally scheduled to be reinforced to the upper Heilongjiang Fleet, under the newly established Lena River Fleet, and in addition to the establishment of a separate Beihai Detachment." Whether it is the Lena River Fleet or the North Sea Fleet, the number of ship squadrons under its jurisdiction is certainly too small to be comparable to that of the River Fleet in the South, but even if the fleet is small, its heavy logistical pressure has forced the Ministry of Military Affairs to reduce the garrison in other areas while establishing the fleet. "The 2nd Hussar Division in the North Sea will withdraw to Khalkha."

Zheng Kezhang pondered for a moment, and asked with some anxiety: "After the demarcation of Xia and Russia, there is no need to keep too many garrisons in the Beihai region. But if it is a large place, it is appropriate to hand over all the defense to half of the First Division of the Longxiang Army? ”

Shi Youmei responded: "The Mongolian Volunteer Army will also station five or six regiments of troops in Beihai. ”

Zheng Kezhang stood up and walked to the big map to look at it carefully, of course, the big map about the north of the Beihai region is actually blank: "Xuan Ke will see you immediately." ”

Soon, the judge of the court, who was a waiter in the Ministry of Rites before the restructuring, appeared in front of Zheng Kezang: "The minister knocks to see the saint." ”

"Is the Lingbei Metropolitan Protectorate in the port of Beiyan (Okhotsk)?" Xuan Ke replied in the affirmative. "The north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains is not considered to be the jurisdiction of the Longjiang Metropolitan Protectorate." Xuan Ke replied in the affirmative, Zheng Kezhang picked up An Wenhua's piece and found a geographical term in it. "Where is the Olyok River?" Seeing that everyone couldn't answer, Zheng Kezhang frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything, just mentioned it. The Rakshasa envoy had explicitly mentioned this place, and it was associated with the Outer Khing'an Mountains, which was obviously also a clear geographical dividing line, so that the east of the river and the north of the Outer Khing'an Mountains were included in the Lingbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and the seat of the Lingbei Metropolitan Protectorate was moved to the banks of the Lena River, so as to facilitate the management of this land. As for the east of the Zhugjur Mountains and the Northern Yangang, it was reassigned to the Far North Protectorate (located in Kamchatka). ”

Lingbei and the extreme north are sparsely populated and wild places, and the adjustment of the division of the two involves a very narrow area, so Xuan Kewei is very obedient to the order, and when Shi Youmei is left again, Zheng Kezhang said: "After the boundary is surveyed and the administrative office of the Lingbei Metropolitan Protectorate is moved to the banks of the Lena River, the office of the Lena River Fleet will also be placed in this place, and in addition, four to five cavalry regiments of the Mongolian Volunteer Army will be retained in Lingbei, so that the border may be safe." ”

"I understand." Shi Youmei knew that Zheng Kezhang had accepted the withdrawal plan of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and replaced the expensive 6,000 cavalry with the naval division and the Longxiang army, which combined with less than 6,000 men. "Chen, let's go back and start preparing."

"There's no hurry." Zheng Kezhang stopped. "I just thought about it for a while, and I think that the system of the 6th Division may need to be changed again." Shi You's eyebrows froze, and he said in his heart, Holy Lord, why haven't you tossed enough, but he couldn't say this in front of Zheng Kezang, so he could only listen to Zheng Kezang's words with a wry smile. "I think the restructuring of the cavalry army and the Longxiang army from the third brigade and the ninth regiment to the second brigade and the fourth regiment has done a good job, and the rest of the infantry army may try to follow suit."

Shi Youmei replied distressedly: "Shengshang, the change of the third brigade and nine regiments to the second brigade and the fourth regiment has not only reduced the strength by nearly half, but also eliminated a lot of officials at all levels. ”

"Disarmament? When I said that I was going to disarm, I was afraid that I would understand it wrong. At the incomprehensible Shi Youmei, Zheng Kezhang explained. What I mean is to expand the strength of the current regiment from more than 600 to nearly 1,000, and to increase the number of baggage and other units, and to change all the white regiments into grenadier regiments, and to appropriately reduce the strength of each division under the condition of strengthening firepower and baggage. Zheng Kezhang then reported a number. At present, a division has about 11,000 men, and the reduced division has about 9,000 men, so that each division can save 2,000 soldiers and horses, and these 2,000 soldiers and horses are placed in various places to enrich the Zhenrong force and the town army of the newly established provinces. ”

Shi Youmei understood that Zheng Kezang might mean that a new province was going to be established, so in order to increase the troops in time, he had to reduce the field troops in advance: "After the minister returns, he will arrange a specific plan." ”

Shi Youmei thought for a while and asked, "Is the setting of the local town army also going to change?" ”

"It has to be changed," Mr. Zheng replied. "Isn't the town army subject to a rotation system, since it is possible to be charged to the front line, it is natural to maintain a unified establishment with the first-line infantry division??????

Shi Youmei retreated, Zheng Kezhang returned to the big map, pointed his finger at a certain point in Nanyang, and ordered: "Pass the decree, Lingyamen, Phuket, Bhatuo Longya (Langkawi) and other places set up Zhaonan Left-behind Mansions, and Coconut City, Cirebon, and Surabaya set up Nanhai Left-behind Mansions??????"