Chapter 381: The Claws of a Polar Bear

Comfortable days always pass quickly, day by day, in a blink of an eye is Yuanzhuo two years of March, this period of time, busy is busy, but Yinzuo's mood is very good - the money method excerpt has been done smoothly so far, banknotes, coin samples have come out, large-scale production equipment is also debugged in place, although the output can not keep up with the needs for a while, but Yinzuo originally did not plan to issue banknotes immediately, but the Ministry of Industry stepped up stocking; The thorough investigation of private banks in various places is also smooth, although this work has not been fully completed, but it will not be too long before it is completed; The training of the firearms battalion has been completed, although it cannot be compared with the modern army that Yinzuo has seen, but in this era, it is already a powerful army, and the brainwashing effect is also very good, at least Yinzuo himself is very satisfied.

The performance of a group of brothers also made Yinzuo very satisfied: the old fourteen was sent by Yinzuo to Tianjin to set up a new navigation school and became the principal, and his performance was decent, without any outrageous remarks and behaviors; The fourth child was busy with the excerpts of the money law, and he worked happily "hard work"; The eighth child was sandwiched by the thirteenth and fourth children, and was knocked by Yinzuo from time to time, and he was very embarrassed; As for the third child, he was already frightened, except for the last dynasty, he was busy compiling the "Kangxi Dictionary" in the Hanlin Academy at other times.

The big and small things in the imperial court are being taken care of by military aircraft, Yinzuo can occasionally steal back to leisure, sleep lazily or go out for a stroll in micro-clothes, these days are really refreshing, but it is in response to the old saying - there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, just when Yinzuo is comfortable, the warning signal from the northwest again, this time it is not that the Jungger Department is making trouble again, but that the Jungger Department has been beaten up, and the Qing Dynasty has come to ask for help - the polar bear's claws have stretched out! Speaking of Russia, this polar bear has to say about one person and one treaty:

Peter the Great, a great emperor of the same era as the old man Kangxi, should be much stronger than the old man Kangxi in terms of merit. It is precisely because of the existence of Peter the Great that a powerful Russia appeared, it was Peter the Great who led Russia on the road to Westernization, and it was the emergence of Peter the Great that Russia embarked on the road of expansion. In 1707 (the 46th year of Kangxi), Russia completely defeated Sweden, a military power at the time, at Poltava, annexed an important territory near Estonia, Latvia and Finland, and began to build St. Petersburg, which later became the capital of Tsarist Russia, on both sides of the Neva River.

The Sino-Russian Treaty of Nebuchu, which was originally signed by Suo Etu on behalf of the old man Kangxi and Russia, was the first time that the Qing Dynasty signed a peace treaty with a foreign country, and the contract demarcated the national boundary between the two sides for the first time, according to the perspective of later generations, this treaty was an unequal treaty signed under equal conditions, for which China lost the territory from the Ergun River to Lake Baikal, but it made it clear that the vast area of the Heilongjiang River and the Ussuri River basin, including Sakhalin Island, were Chinese territory, and it curbed Russia's aggression and expansion to the East. As far as the situation of the Qing Dynasty at that time is concerned, it was actually a last resort - the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories" had just been decided, and Geerdan was ready to move, and the Qing Dynasty had to guard against Geldan and pacify the domestic resistance forces, which would inevitably lose the other, so the Qing Dynasty could only do this at that time. But there was also a secret pact in the treaty, and that was to work together to curb Gurdan's expansionist ambitions.

At the time of the signing of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nebuchu, Peter the Great was still in his infancy, and his sister Sophia was in power, and the internal instability was unstable, so he could not afford to invade the east on a large scale, so he had to accept the advice of the Qing government, and then, Peter the Great has been busy fighting with Turkey and Sweden, and has never looked at the East again, and the two countries have coexisted peacefully for more than 20 years, until Peter the Great defeated Sweden, and suddenly became interested in the East again, at this time, Geldan has already died, On the basis of inheriting Geldan's territory, Arabutan annihilated the Kazakh state and expanded its sphere of influence into the Russian Far East. In the fifty-fourth and fifty-seventh years of Kangxi in the original time and space, Peter the Great twice sent a small army to fight against the Geer Division, but they all failed, but perhaps the appearance of Yinzuo changed the original direction of history, this time, Peter the Great sent not a small team of a few hundred people, but a huge team of 3,000 infantry and 2,000 Cossack cavalry, in the Battle of the Brento Sea defeated the main force of Arabutan, the army advanced to the east in one fell swoop, and Arabutan was unable to resist, so he sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty to pay tribute. and asked the Qing Dynasty to send troops to rescue.

When the news of the defeat of the Zhun Ge Department came, there was a chorus of joy in the Manjing Division, and there were all kinds of applause, as if Lao Maozi had helped the Qing Dynasty by beating the Jun Ge Ministry, and only a few sober people understood that the Russian polar bear was a more ferocious beast than the Jun Ge Ministry, but the voice of such sober people calling for troops to help the Jun Ge Department was pitifully weak at all, and it was completely drowned in a voice of applause for Russia.

, What's the matter, Lao Maozi doesn't come early or late, and we come to mix the sand when we're happy, it's really *** unlucky! Yinzuo has a kind of disgusting like eating flies, without him, now Yinzuo's ass has just sat on the throne, and when he sees that various affairs are about to unfold, he suddenly makes a Peter the Great come out, which really makes Yinzuo hate itchy, if it takes some time, when the battalions of the Eight Banners are replaced with rear-loading guns, Yinzuo also plans to attack the Zhun Geer Department, but now it's good, the original enemy has come to ask for help, and Yinzuo's firearms battalion hasn't had time to perform, and the costume change is even more shadowless, and Yinzuo wants to take those who carry big knives and spears." The indigenous "army went to fight against the firearms troops, and Yinzuo was not so stupid, but everyone has hit the doorstep, can it be done if it is not fought?"

Yinzuo wants to fight, but the question is how to fight, who will fight, how to convince the courtiers, and how to be famous, right? If this series of problems is not solved well, it will be very difficult to fight this battle. For several days, Yinzuo was thinking about this issue, and for this reason, the "Sino-Russian Nebuchu Treaty" was thoroughly translated, and finally Yinzuo thought of a very "earthy" method - a diplomatic note.

The Russian Embassy, as the name suggests, is the Russian Embassy, and only Russia has an embassy in the Qing Dynasty's Beijing Division, and the birth of this thing is also very interesting to say - in the thirty-second year of Kangxi, Russia sent envoys to Beijing to meet and ask for trade, because its envoys bowed three times and bowed nine times, Emperor Kangxi was very happy, and specially allowed Russia to build a "Russian Pavilion" in Beijing, and every three years can send 200 caravans into Beijing to stay for 80 days, and other countries are not allowed to enjoy this treatment. The current Russian envoy is a tall, stocky middle-aged blond man with a loud Chinese name called Jin Li.

Jin likes to say that it is really flattering, a fat round face always with a smile, Jin who has been stationed in Beijing for many years likes to be full of crisp and loud Beijing films, and the volume of laughter is like a big bear singing, and he has always been meticulous in kneeling and bowing, saying that it is three bows and nine kowtows, then it will definitely not be discounted, no, as soon as he saw Yinzuo's face, he immediately fell to the ground, respectful like a pug, and he did not forget to ask for a word in his mouth: "Foreign minister Jin likes to see the great Qing Dynasty Emperor His Majesty, The little one is sorry for you. ”

"Well, get up, Jin likes, it's not the first time I've seen you, well, you've gained a lot of weight, and if you get fatter, you'll be a ball." When Yinzuo was engaged in "Fuyuan Ji", he had confessed to this Jin like, but that was many years ago, when Jin liked to be just a young man, very thin, more than ten years have passed, and Jin like has already been blessed.

"His Majesty the Emperor still remembers the foreign minister, this is the blessing of the foreign minister, hehe, the foreign minister is all thanks to His Majesty's blessing, hey, the water in the capital is good, the food is good, and it is difficult for the foreign minister not to be fat." Jin likes to flatter Yinzuo with a grin, and his attitude is very good.

"That's good, hmm, Kim likes you haven't been back for a few years?" Yinzuo asked casually.

Jin liked to be stunned for a moment and said: "The foreign minister just went back last year, and he also brought a letter of greeting from our emperor to His Majesty, but the foreign minister handed it over to the Ministry of Rites, is it ......?"

"Oh, that's right." Yinzuo nodded noncommittally and said: "Jin likes, as a Russian envoy, you should know the rules, the emperor once sent someone to sign the "Sino-Russian Nebuchu Treaty" with your country, which clearly stipulates that your two countries are good-neighborly and friendly, and the two sides must not fight again, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes, my Great Russia has always been friendly with your country, and I have communicated with each other, His Majesty the Emperor means ......" Jin liked not to understand the meaning of Yinzuo's sudden question, and his fat round face was full of questions.

What do we mean? Hey, we mean you, what else can we have? Yinzuo smiled secretly in his heart, but his face was very serious, and he said calmly: "Jin likes, I ask you, what is the reason why Emperor Peter of your country suddenly discharged a large army to invade my subject country of the Qing Dynasty, is he planning to start a war with my Qing Dynasty?" Well? ”

"This ......" Jin liked to be dumbfounded, and said in a daze: "Your Majesty the Emperor forgives the sin, the foreign minister really doesn't know what His Majesty is talking about?" ”

"Oh, you don't know? It seems that I blamed you by mistake, well, the emperor of your country has sent 5,000 troops to attack my Qing vassal state of Jungar, I am very angry, I called you here today to ask you to give me an explanation, if not...... Hum! The threat on Yinzuo's face gradually thickened.

Brentohai's war Jin Xi really didn't know, but the Qing Emperor didn't need a reason to kill him, but he was clear, at this time, seeing that Yinzuo's face was getting darker and darker, his heart couldn't help but feel a little empty, he couldn't stand still, he trembled and knelt on the ground, and shouted: "The foreign minister really doesn't know, His Majesty the Emperor forgives the sin......

"That's enough." Yinzuo coldly interrupted Jin Like's pleading, and said with a dark face: "I didn't call you here to listen to you cry out for injustice, I just want you to go back to China and lie down, and tell your emperor what I mean, saying that I am very angry, let him withdraw immediately, otherwise I will send a large army to conquer it." ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the foreign minister, the foreign minister has a question...... Jin likes to cry and mourn, peeked at Yinzuo's face and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Jungar Department is the common enemy of your and our countries, even if our emperor sends troops to suppress it, it can't be regarded as an invasion of your country, right?" ”

"Hehe, you're talking about the old emperor's calendar, the delusion Alabutan has been subordinated to my Qing Dynasty, and it is a subject country of my Qing Dynasty, what your country has done has violated the interests of our country, and I can't sit idly by as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so let's think about the traditional friendship between your and my two countries, I will give you a chance, I will send someone to send you to the Brento Sea immediately, let your army stop first, and wait for you to return to your emperor, you and I can sit down and have a good talk, right?" Yin Zuo suddenly laughed and said, that smile was as cute as the big bad wolf coaxing the little white rabbit.

Although Jin likes to say that he is an ambassador, he is actually a businessman, and he has never been proficient in national policy, and he is actually just a commercial charge d'affaires in Beijing, and fighting a war is a huge loss of money for him.

"I have prepared a letter of state for you here, and you will be on your way immediately, and I will send someone to escort you. When I am tired, kneel down. Yinzuo commanded very calmly, and Jin liked to retreat, but he sat silently in the rocking chair and pondered.

The diplomatic note is actually not very useful, there is no friendship between countries and anything like that, only the big fist is loud, Jin likes this to estimate that it can be delayed for a while, as for how long it can be delayed, I am afraid it is not easy to say, the battle that should be fought is still fought, but Yinzuo doesn't care much about the war, what he wants is an excuse to send troops and precious time to reorganize the army - the excuse for sending troops is very simple, as long as Russia does not stop attacking, you can put a hat on it that defies the Qing Dynasty, With this first diplomatic note in the history of the Qing Dynasty made by the Ministry of Rites, Yinzuo can become famous, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to convince those courtiers, as for how to reorganize the army, it depends on Yinzuo's performance......

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