Chapter 342 - The Alba Team (Twenty-Seven)
"Ivan, who are you from Khmelnitsky?" Hongyi looked at Ivan, who was a little excited, flashed his sly eyes, and asked carefully.
"Uhβhe's my uncle...... Oh, it's Uncle Cousin! Not very intimate though. Ivan didn't know whether it was a curse or a blessing, and deliberately made it big.
"I see! This 'Cossack chieftain' liberated your Ukraine from the Polish nobility last year, and then gave it to the Rakshasas. β
Hongyi deliberately used the term "Cossack chieftain" in the original historical expression. Historically, after the Khmelnitsky uprising, he managed to break away from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and formed his own "Cossack Hetmanate", although he called himself "the only ruler of Rus", but officially called himself "Cossack Hetta".
"Yes, sir! The minions had learned the news of this before they entered Umar Castle last year. Because of my little kinship with him, the governor of the Rakshasas at that time also increased my military salary. Ivan found that nothing seemed to be a secret to this little Belle, so he had to report it to the truth.
"Hmmm! The battle report from the general of Dingbei in the north, Jidu Shizi, said that in the eyes of you Cossacks, he may be a hero, but in the eyes of the Jews, what he has done in the past few years is simply a demon. However, in order to achieve great things, sometimes you have to be a little more brutal. Once again, Hongyi gave a seemingly emotionless description, albeit under the guise of Jidu's mouth.
At this time, Ivan was completely convinced that tens of thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Great Qing Dynasty had already entered the Rakshasa country. Even if Ukraine is lifted, it is impossible to say! Otherwise, how would the master know that his distant relative was notorious in the eyes of the local Jews in Poland and Ukraine? No matter how ugly the reputation is, it won't reach the capital of the Qing Dynasty?
Khmelnitsky's role in Polish history is mostly negative. His uprising of 1648 marked the end of the golden age of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, once the largest country in Europe, and began a long and humiliating decline. The federation will only live for another 100 years β the remnants of which will then be divided between Prussia, Austria and Russia. Later generations of Poles accused Khmelnitsky of bringing the Confederation into decline.
As for Khmelnitsky's place in Jewish history, it can be described as notorious. Between 1648 and 1656, many Jews were brutally slaughtered by the insurgents. So much so that in Jewish literature he is regarded as an extremely evil person, and when mentioned, he is often preceded by the modifier "bloody", but Khmelnitsky's original life is almost forgotten.
"Lord Belle, Ivan, I have nothing to do with him. I am a faithful servant of the Qing Dynasty! Ivan hastened to show his loyalty.
"Nope. Ivan! Unexpectedly, Hongyi stood up from behind the table, although the height of his sitting and standing barely changed, it startled Ivan and the others!
No? What is it not?
"Ivan, you must have a considerable relationship with this relative of yours, the Cossack chieftain Khmelnitsky!" Hongyi was in the incomprehensible gaze of everyone. Said firmly.
"Sir. I-" Ivan was puzzled.
"I believe you will be the most loyal courtier of the Qing Dynasty. So one day in the future, I will ask you to return to your hometown, and you will return to your hometown. With a lot of wealth and noble ranks! Hongyi decisively stopped Ivan's words, and continued:
"It's just that before this day, you still have a lot of things to do, and your rank must continue to be promoted from your military exploits. But believe me, that day won't be long! β
After saying that, Hongyi sat down again, no longer bothering the clever nobleman. Since he is a smart person, Hongyi thought to himself, and I don't have to say many things too obviously. After all, you don't know what to do, and your distant relative, His Excellency the Cossack chieftain, "has a short life"!
In real history, at the end of 1648, the 53-year-old Khmelnitsky captured the city of Kiev soon after the uprising and became the commander of all Ukraine. In August 1649, he signed the Treaty of Zborov with Poland, which recognized Ukraine as an independent administrative region and established a de facto independent Cossack principality. In the spring of 1651, Poland broke its promise, the war resumed, the Ukrainian army was defeated, and in September, the Treaty of Whitechapel was signed, and Poland occupied Kiev and regained its rule over Ukraine.
At this time, Khmelnitsky, unwilling to be defeated, asked Russia to send troops to fight against Poland. In January 1654, Khmelnitsky and the Russian delegates signed a treaty on the union of Ukraine with Russia in Pereyaslav, and on January 8, the decision on the union was adopted and announced at the Ukrainian Cossack Congress (Grand Rada).
Later, however, diplomatic relations deteriorated dramatically as Khmelnitsky sought the help of the Swedes, Russia's sworn enemy, against the Poles, and for a time became disliked with Moscow. In a few years of internal and external difficulties, the Cossack chieftain would be paralyzed by a cerebral hemorrhage and soon die.
These are all possible histories, and God knows if the arrival of Hongyi will change everything, so there is no need to explain it in detail to Ivan. So, he turned to the Liupinxiao riding school next to him and said:
"Anton, Nikolai!"
"The minions are here!" Hearing this, the two hurriedly saluted.
"The two of you are brave in battle, and your daily training is mainly based on Alba Niulu's drills, and you have brought your subordinates well!"
"Huh!"
"Yuri!"
"The minions are here!"
"You're well-educated, and the one called Nikolai? Together with the guys in Nuberly, they went to report to the Firearms Research Institute, and obeyed the dispatch of Tang Lao Mafa, so that they could specialize in teaching students in the future! β
"Huh!"
"Sergey!"
"The minions are here!"
"You stay in the army for the time being, and listen to my orders when you transfer!"
"Huh!"
After some arrangement, Hongyi waved his hand and signaled that a few Xiao riding schools could retreat, but he left Bekotov alone.
Hongyi deliberately made enough momentum in these smooth arrangements, just to show them his true talent and learning. Sure enough, several people secretly praised themselves - the task arrangement and personnel arrangement are not complicated, but don't forget, the one who gave the order was Xiao Belle Xuanye, a three-year-old nurse who has been talking about it in the city recently!
Hongyi watched everyone retreat one by one, then got up, said "You come with me" to Bekotov below, and then entered the east wing. According to the rules, Mara and Liang Gong can only stand by outside the door of the wing room.
Bekotov couldn't help but be excited when he had this treatment-he seemed to have become this master's confidant, otherwise he would not have the honor of "secret room interview"!
"Bekotov, sit!" Hongyi himself "climbed" to the seat first, and then waved his small hand to give rain and dew.
"Thank you, master!" Bekotov did not be too polite, and sat down respectfully and obediently.
It's strange to say, half a year ago, how could he never believe that he would be so deferential to a two- or three-year-old doll! But people's adaptability is very strong, when he knew that he was graced to confess Stepanov's accumulated crimes to save his life The idea was that of this young master, and then he was protected by the young master at Xi'an Gate, and later sometimes gave his brothers Zhang Luo a wife and children, all of which were by no means ordinary nurses. As a result, Bekotov has long since thrown out the "idle people's gossip" who had not experienced these things in his heart.
Could it be a demon? Whoever loves to believe it will believe it, anyway, he Bekotov doesn't believe that there will really be any evil in this world. As an Orthodox Christian, he was so religious in his early years that he believed in the products of the union of Orthodox and Rothstonicism, such as "saints" and "dried corpses". But after coming to the Far East and accompanying Stepanov to do all the evil things, he had a heartfelt incomprehension of religious beliefs, and then he became less religious.
On one occasion, in particular, when he slaughtered three natives of the Heilongjiang River valley with his own hands, including a nursing toddler, he looked at his blood-stained hands and began to wonder if God really knew what he was doing. If you become God's "chosen people" as a believer, then why can you survive without any repentance after committing so many crimes? Is it simply because they are infidels? Did faith have to be based on bloodshed and death for these pagans?
As a result, the aura of God gradually receded in Bekotov's heart, leaving only the pleasures of the world, and only the skin of the weekly religious ceremony. If there is no God, how can there be evil? In this world, there are many things that are not clear, and he slaughtered so many people with his own hands without being sent to hell, why can't he accept an extraordinary master?
What are the people who are evil, have you really seen demons? Let me tell you, when I slaughtered innocent civilians on the banks of the Amur River, when I was ordered to infiltrate their villages, burn, kill, commit adultery, and do all kinds of evil, I am the real evil! At least our master is doing some good deeds for the benefit of one party, at least, that's what I, the Rakshasa descendant, think!
(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......)