In Paul. Petrovich was worried that his position as heir to the throne might well be threatened by his eldest son, Alexander.

Crown Prince Paul, with a sad face, saw Mikhail Mikhail, the governor of Eastern Siberia, who had also come to the river port to greet him. Kutuzov.

After the defeat at Vladivostok, Mikhail chose to shrink in full force, shrinking most of his forces back to Irkutsk, and suggested to Moscow that the Russian Empire should make diplomatic overtures with the Ming Empire in an all-round way, so as not to direct the eyes of the Ming Empire on him.

It's a pity.

His proposal was seen by Moscow as weak and incompetent, and some questioned whether Mikhail had taken advantage of the Chinese.

And Empress Catherina, who also wanted to start a big war, also took the opportunity to dismiss Mikhail. Kutuzov's position as governor of Eastern Siberia deprived him of his command, and he successfully exiled the crown prince, whom she did not like very much, to Siberia on the grounds that "a commander of sufficient weight was needed".

For Catherine.

Crown Prince Paul. If Petrovich could lead the army of the Russian Empire to win this war, it would prove that he was capable of becoming the emperor of the Russian Empire, and the victory of this war would also be a great boost to the prestige of the empress herself.

And if Paul. Petrovich was defeated.

It's even simpler.

Deprive Alexander of the crown prince's throne, support Alexander's ascendancy, and then send a large army to the east to find the field!

As for defeat again

Ekaterina didn't even think about it.

Because in her opinion, the most powerful thing about the Russian Empire lies in . The resilience of war!

And as long as the war continues, her position will continue to be strengthened.

Therefore.

The ongoing war with the Chinese did not have much reason for Catherine to hesitate.

The lives of Russian soldiers?

Is this also a reason?

Everything will be lacking in this world, but the only thing that will not be lacking is the Slavic serfs.

Anyway, this war is far away in Siberia, are the Chinese still capable of coming to Moscow?

Of course.

The nominal commander of this war was Crown Prince Paul. Petrovich, but the actual command was General of the Russian Imperial Army Nikolai Vasilyevich Lepnin.

Walking down the river port with Crown Prince Paul one after the other, he saw Mikhail with a gloomy face at a glance. Kutozov, the general of the Russian Empire, who had commanded several Russian-Turkish wars, couldn't help but ask: "Mikhail, are you scared by the Chinese?" ”

"General, I am indeed jealous of the strength of the Chinese, they are too strong, we should not provoke this war!" Mikhail. Kutuzov said.

Admiral Lepnin snorted coldly: "It is the enemies of the empire that should be feared, not us!" ”

Mikhail shook his head when he heard this and said: "General, even if you think that I am a coward who insults the honor of Russian soldiers, I still want to remind you that the Chinese are not the Tatar natives of Siberia, they are a civilized country that can be compared with the whole of Europe, do you think the empire can fight with the union of all European countries?" It's impossible, we don't have the ability. Blind war will only lead to destruction. ”

"How is this possible? The Ming Empire is just a country, and as far as I know, the size of their army is not large, only thirty-five brigades, less than 200,000 people, and their borders are so long, how much troops can they use in Siberia? ”

"General, you miscalculated, they really only have thirty-five brigades directly under the army. But as I just said, the Ming Empire is a civilized country comparable to Europe, in addition to their own strength, the power of those vassals of the Ming Empire is also something that the Ming Empire can directly mobilize, for example, they have incorporated the remnants of the original Qing Empire, with a population of hundreds of thousands, and can mobilize tens of thousands of troops to the limit, as well as their Pingxi Domain in Central Asia and the alliance of princes in India."

When Mikhail gushes.

Crown Prince Paul and Admiral Lepnin were somewhat unimpressed.

They saw Mikhail as excuse for his defeat at Vladivostok and portrayed his enemy as too strong.

"Let's talk about this later, General, do you think the Chinese will fight with us in this direction?"

The crown prince asked his general.

"It's too far from the core of the Chinese, we can be replenished by river transport from the Yenisei River, and the Chinese need to cross the Mongolian plateau. Therefore, we have forced the Chinese to accept a defeat in Irkutsk. ”

Lepnin said confidently.

Can you really win?

Crown Prince Paul muttered in his heart.

However, this Admiral Ponin is the most capable general in the Russian Empire.

He was so full of faith.

That this battle. Is it really possible to win?

At this time, Zhu Daohua was still dealing with various matters related to the development of the Northeast.

One thing the Russians are right.

That is, it is indeed impossible for Zhu Daohua to go on an expedition, and he sent a large army to Siberia to die with a broken heart.

But even if it is a partial division of the Ming Empire. Whether the current Russian Empire can withstand it or not, it is really two words.

So for Zhu Daohua.

The priority of the war against Tsarist Russia was after the four events of "opening up the Northeast," "establishing a trading port in Hawaii," "driving the king of the West to the west," and "fighting in India."

The Ming Empire is undoubtedly the largest country in the world.

Zhu Daohua is now the emperor who ruled the most populous empire, and his Ming Empire had a population of 40,000 proper, which may have exceeded 50,000 if you count the vassal states of Korea, Annam, Burma, and Siam.

But for Zhu Daohua, what he pays the most attention to is still the matter of "opening up living space for China".

Today's Zhu Daohua really feels very good.

Because he knows.

He's done something earth-changing!

He saved the fortune of the country and the nation before it was completely destroyed, although this change required some bloody sacrifices.

However, this price is less than one percent of the price paid by the Chinese nation in history.

What's more.

It's only 1794!

It was a time when the First Industrial Revolution was in full swing.

The Ming Empire will catch up with the dividends brought by this wave of industrialization and lead the first and even the second industrial revolution!

At the critical juncture of human history, the Western countries that firmly occupy the upper reaches of the ecological niche - the Western countries in history, not by virtue of the achievements of the first and second industrial revolutions, have eaten the most fertile fruits in the upper reaches of the industrial chain, so they can concentrate most of the world's wealth in their own countries, so they can achieve extreme material development, so the vagabonds in their countries can get more living materials than ordinary people in third world countries!

So for Zhu Daohua.

The war with Russia, the war against India.

It's just a small thing in the long history.

There are only two real keys:

1. Unswervingly promote industrialization!

2. Occupy more living space and geopolitical high ground!

Industrialization and immigration.

This is the most important "stability maintenance work" related to the long-term stability of the Ming Empire.

What is needed to promote industrialization is policy encouragement and educational support, and this is urgent.

And immigrating to the Northeast is an imminent matter, and this matter cannot be delayed!

It was supposed to be as planned.

Before the arrival of autumn, Zhu Daohua wanted to go south to the central capital and go to Hunan and Hubei to inspect the situation of autumn grain.

But he canceled this plan, and instead stayed in the northern capital, personally supervising the development of immigrants in the northeast.

There are even plans to go to Liaodong and Vladivostok in person before winter.

In order to show everyone the emperor's resolute attitude to promote the migration of the northeast.

Firm confidence for all investors.

In fact, there is really no shortage of silver in China in this era.

For hundreds of years, trade surpluses have allowed most of the world's gold, silver and precious metals to flow into China.

This is not the era that later carried out the Westernization Movement or the era after which the name could not be named.

China at that time.

The financial lifeblood and the right to issue money were controlled by imperialism.

Therefore.

The capital deposited in the private sector cannot be fully utilized

The compradors from above, supported by imperialism, are in power.

Compradors naturally want to suppress national capital and national industry.

And in the current Ming Dynasty.

If you don't become an imperialist and control the customs of other countries, you can be considered a good person.

So financial sovereignty is definitely mine.

Moreover, the current Ming Dynasty has also established a relatively complete financial system with complete autonomy.

After the Daming Royal Bank de facto became the central bank of the Ming Dynasty, it withdrew from the basic savings and lending business, so as to be fully responsible for the issuance of the Ming Yuan.

And after Daming Royal Bank withdrew from this part of the business.

All kinds of banks and money banks have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

The vigorous development of the financial industry also soon led to the activity of China's private capital, and the "dead money" buried in the backyard of large households was excavated, turning from dead money into living money full of vitality to look for profits.

Under the guidance of Zhu Daohua.

The development situation of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty is not a small good, but a great good!

Therefore.

In such a good situation.

Emperor Zhu soon raised almost 20 million Ming Yuan as start-up capital for the development of Northeast China.

And with the funds, the recruitment of immigrants, the establishment of collective farms, and other grass-roots organizations can also begin.

It's really a lot of things.

The cabinet, the local government, the military, and the business community all need to cooperate vigorously.

If someone else does it, it will definitely not be able to gather the strength of all aspects together, if it can be done, no matter how magnanimous Emperor Zhu is, I am afraid that he will not be able to tolerate this person!

It is also the emperor Zhu Daohua who is qualified to gather all forces together to complete this major event.

(End of chapter)