Hongyi finally couldn't avoid a small "golden finger" on Father John Tang, predicting a little move by the Holy See in the next few years under Pope Alexander VII, but he always felt sorry for the audience. And John Tong was not exempt from vulgarity after all, and the excitement he showed when he heard that the establishment of the "Apostolic Vicariate" was promising, made Hongyi think that his helpless move was still quite effective.

Even so, let's "turn the page" as soon as possible - Hongyi sincerely thinks.

"Old Mafa, the imperial court is about to use troops against the Rakshasa in the near future, and I think the emperor is already sure of this matter. Now is the time for you to show off your skills! The turn was very abrupt, and Hongyi clearly felt that his heart was empty.

"The old minister is not talented, and he will definitely do his best to help my imperial kingdom sweep away those heretics in the north in one fell swoop!" John Tang's answer was still unequivocal.

"Good! With your words, Xuan Ye first thanked Lao Marfa for the people of Zhongxia! ”

Hongyi got up and made a deep fuss. This gift is indeed for the sake of the suffering that should not happen in the future generations to make a necessary "correction" now and in advance, so Hongyi cannot be serious.

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In fact, if the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia had been able to stage a serious "national struggle" in the Far East in the fifties of the 17th century, China would have had a great chance of winning without any golden fingers from Hongyi. This is because, although China has not yet fully recovered from the turmoil of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, at least the vast areas bordering Siberia in the north, especially the vast Mongol-controlled steppes, have been relatively stable – thanks to the Mongol feudal policy under the "Manchu and Mongolian family" policy. At least Monan Mongolia is absolutely reliable, credible, and usable; In addition, the "Land of Longxing" outside the customs is the foundation of Manchuria, and if the whole country is used to level the Far East, there is great hope!

Coincidentally, at this time, Oros also experienced a so-called "turbulent era in Russia" for almost a decade almost at the same time as China. After the death of Ivanovich [Fyodor I] in 1598, leaving him childless, the Rurik dynasty ended its rule in Muscovy for more than seven centuries and was replaced by the "Normanov dynasty", known to Hongyi: in 1613 Mikhail I was elected the so-called "Tsar", ending this "period of chaos".

That chaotic story. It's so close to the past of China's dynasties. Moscow really deserves to be a good student of the East! Hongyi's thoughts couldn't help but spread-

In March 1584, at the age of 53, Ivan IV died of illness. The throne was succeeded by the son of his first wife, 27-year-old Fyodor. The second son of Ivan IV, the seventh (and last) wife, was named Dimitri. He was only 2 years old. But Fyodor was a weak-willed, intellectually inferior philistine. The people openly called the new tsar a "fool". He wasn't in church all day praying to God to protect him. It is to watch the ministers who please him perform antics and fight with each other, but forget about the affairs of the state. The state was governed by his uncle, Ni? Gauze? Yuriev and his brother-in-law Boris? The Regency Council, consisting of Godunov and other four, was managed.

In May 1584, the Tsar's younger brother Dimitri and his mother Marfa and their relatives were sent to the small town of Uglich. "Tsar's uncle" Yuryev took sole power. In August, Yuryev withdrew from politics due to illness, and power fell into the hands of Godunov, a descendant of the Tatars of noble origin and the "Tsar's brother-in-law". Godunov had some talent and was good at playing with power, he squeezed out the ministers he was not satisfied with, and monopolized domestic and foreign affairs. Although he once brought about a change in Russia's economy and finances, he also issued a decree to strengthen serfdom, which made the oppression of the peasants even deeper.

In May 1591, the frail "Tsar's brother" Dimitri died suddenly, and his throat was severed. Dimitri's mother, Marfa, and some of his followers shouted that Godunov had secretly sent someone to kill Dimitri, thus causing outrage among the masses. The government hurriedly sent Ewa? An investigative commission headed by Prince Shuysky went to Uglich to investigate. According to the results of the investigation, it is said that the cause of Dimitri's death was that he had a sudden seizure while playing the game of "vertical knife into the ground" with several children, fell to the ground and was pierced in the throat with a knife in his hand. Nothing to do with Godunov. Shuysky signed the certificate. Afterwards, as punishment for falsely accusing the regent, Marfa was forced to enter the monastery.

In January 1598, the sick and stupid Fyodor died, and the Rurik dynasty in Russia came to an end. Because he had no children, the Tsar's throne was vacant. At the suggestion of the archbishop, Godunov became tsar.

In 1601, a severe famine that lasted for three years occurred throughout the country, and "a third of the inhabitants of the Muscovite Empire starved to death." "127,000 people died of starvation in the Moscow region alone. Godunov was afraid that the people would rise up and rebelled, so he ordered to open warehouses to help the people, but the monks and lay feudal lords, merchants, officials, and landlords took advantage of the famine to hoard grain, wantonly speculated, and drove up the price of grain, making a windfall. The peasants, struggling on the line of death, launched an armed uprising. In 1603, the rebel army marched on Moscow under the leadership of Khlopko. On the outskirts of Moscow, the rebels were crushed by Godunov's troops, and hundreds of people were hanged in trees. At this time, King Sigimont III of Poland decided to take advantage of the internal chaos in Russia and the hatred of the government by the lower classes to foster anti-Tsarist forces in an attempt to seize power in Russia.

It just so happened that at this time, the famous "political crook" in Russian history, "Pseudo-Dimitri I", appeared in the grand appearance - a 22-year-old young man who claimed to be Dimitry, the youngest son of Ivan IV, appeared in the large estate of the great Polish nobleman Vyšnewiecki. The young man also said that he did not die when he was 9 years old, but was saved. In fact, he was a fugitive monk named Grigori. Overjoyed by this, Sigimont III received Pseudo-Dimitri in Krakow in March 1604 and a deal was soon struck: the King of Poland paid for Pseudo-Dimitri to recruit troops from among the nobility; "Pseudo-Dimitri" promised to cede two provinces to Poland after taking the Russian throne.

In October 1604, Pseudo-Dimitry, with an army of just over 1,000 Poles and more than 2,000 Cossacks, crossed the Dnieper River and invaded Russia. The vast number of peasants and Cossacks hated the oppression of the Godunov government, hoped for a "good tsar" to improve their situation, believed that the pseudo-Dimitri was the son of Ivan IV, and joined the ranks of the pseudo-Dimitri. At the same time, the nobles who hated Godunov, including Va, who had personally investigated the cause of the death of the real Dimitri? Shuysky also fell over to the side of pseudo-Dimitri. Shuysky even went so far as to say that the "Tsar" Dimitri was not dead, but alive.

In April 1605, Godunov, embattled and betrayed, died suddenly in anxiety and grief. He was succeeded by his 16-year-old son Fedor. Godunov's death made Pseudo-Dimitri easily victorious. In May, the main forces of the tsarist army mutinied and fell to Pseudo-Dimitri. In June, without much resistance, Pseudo-Dimitri soon marched under Moscow. At this time, Moscow's craftsmen and merchants staged an armed uprising and sent representatives to welcome the pseudo-Dimitri into the city. Soon after, the Empress Dowager Marfa also arrived in Moscow, accompanied by Polish nobles, and announced that she recognized Pseudo-Dimitri as her own son. On July 21, the pseudo-Dimitri ascended the throne of the tsar, and the pseudo-tsar became the real tsar, known as the pseudo-Dimitri I in history.

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding happy teardrops (to be continued......)