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"Your Majesty, according to Medvedev's (Sirivistel Medvedev) report," Polotsky said, "the samples of sweet powder and rocket samples provided by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty are as impressive as they said. surprise……"

Chapter 698 Kangxi Khan's Female Oboi!

"Really?" Tsar Fyodor III showed a sad expression, "It seems that the 1000 people brought by Golitsyn can't reverse the decline in the East."

"Ten thousand people are useless!" Polotsky said, "The gunpowder prepared with white sugar is really as legendary as it is in the legend, and it has amazing power! And according to the report of the Governor of Yakutsk, the army of the Ming Dynasty adopted the Tactics similar to the most advanced armies in Western Europe... even better in many ways! And there are a lot of them!"

"A lot?" asked the Tsar. "How many?"

"The standing army may number in the hundreds of thousands!" said Polotsky grimly. "That's the richest country in the world, Your Majesty, and has a population of 5000 to 6000 million. All the sugar in the world, most of it The silk and porcelain all come from the Ming Dynasty! And they also have the hardest steel, and it is said that there is... magic!"

"Magic?" The Tsar was taken aback, "Teacher, is what you said true?"

"I'm not sure," Polotsky said, "but that's what the news from Western Europe says...their magic is called 'natural magic', and it's said that everything in nature has magical powers, and if you find one of them If you keep secrets and use them, you can get magic power. Sweet gunpowder, rockets, and a potion that is said to cure all diseases are all invented based on the principle of 'natural magic'."

"Bao, cure all diseases?" The tsar immediately became energetic when he heard this, "Is this true?"

He is a sick man dying of illness!If there is such a potion, he can grow as thick and strong as his sister, that would be great!

"Your Majesty, there must be such a drug," said Polotsky, "but . . . "

He only spoke half of what he said, because he knew that the Tsar's illness was likely to be among the "all diseases" ... belonged to one hundred and one, one hundred and two.

What a pity!

"Fyodor, I suggest immediately importing sweet gunpowder, rockets, and potions that can cure all diseases from the Ming country, and start negotiations with the Ming country on the border issue of the eastern territories... as long as the Ming country is willing to provide a large amount of sweet gunpowder for free , rockets, rockets and potions, we should give some of the land we snatched from the Tatars to the Ming Dynasty. Then we will take these sweet gunpowder and rockets to grab the Western Ukraine in the hands of the Turks, where is A truly rich place!"

Now it is a dark-skinned, fat and fleshy "female strongman" who is making suggestions to Tsar Fyodor III.She is Sofia Alekseyevna, sister of Tsar Fyodor III... She is the lover of Wei Xiaobao described by the "Golden Hero".

However, the real Princess Sofia is not a fair-skinned and beautiful Rakshasa beauty, but a strong woman with both civil and military skills but an ugly appearance.Princess Sofia is also a student of Polotsky - this Polotsky and his other student Medvedev are the founders of the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy, the first institution of higher learning in Russian history.

Princess Sofia and Tsar Fyodor are also Polotsky's favorite pupils, and the two of them, like their little brother Peter, are brilliant academic masters.However, Tsar Fyodor was a medicine jar because he suffered from scurvy since childhood.But Sofia was born with a big shoulder and a round waist, with great strength.Kangxi, the Mongolian Khan, wants to wrestle with her than Mongolia, and he will definitely get bruised and swollen...

In addition to studying well and having a good physique, Princess Sofia is also a politician with some brains, because her younger brother Fyodor is weak and sick, and does not have enough energy to deal with heavy government affairs.So Princess Sofia, who can't get married, has been assisting her younger brother. Although she doesn't have the title of regent, she is doing the work of regent.

Although the strength and depth of the various reforms implemented by Sofia and Tsar Fyodor during their reign were not comparable to those of their younger brother Peter the Great.However, Raksha Kingdom has also made a lot of progress in all aspects during the two of them's ruling period.

For example, the establishment of the Slavic-Greek-Latin College, the first institution of higher learning in the Raksha Kingdom; another example is the inventory of the land, serfs, and farm labor of the landlords and nobles; and the burning of all the official records kept in the homes of the nobles, and actually partially abolished The practice of determining official titles by birth.

The most important reform measures of Sofia and Tsar Fyodor are still in the military field-zero yuan purchase is the last word!

During the reign of Fyodor III, the Raksha State carried out important military reforms, began to distinguish between civil servants and military officials, implemented a military rank system, and equipped and trained troops according to European standards.

Therefore, during the reign of Fyodor III, the strength of the army of the Raksha State has been greatly improved, and it can finally wrestle with Poland-Lithuania, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire.

Not so long ago, the First Russo-Turkish War, which lasted for five years, just ended in a draw, and the Ukrainian land east of the Dnieper River was saved—Ukraine was divided up by the Ottoman Empire and the Raksha State before that Yes, the Raksha State acquired the Ukrainian land on the east bank of the Dnieper River in 1667, and Ottoman snatched the Ukrainian land on the west bank of the Dnieper River from Dabobo in 1672.

Of course, Ukraine at that time was not as big as Ukraine later. The large tracts of land along the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov in the Black Sea belonged to the Crimean Khanate, and the western part of Ukraine still belonged to Poland.

At that time, after the leader of Western Ukraine defected to the Ottoman Empire, he attempted to rely on the power of the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate to seize Russian Eastern Ukraine, which caused a war.

Although the result of the war did not add any land to the Raksha Kingdom, they defeated the mighty Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate after all, and kept Eastern Ukraine.Such a result, of course, greatly encouraged the young and vigorous Princess Sofia, who was very belligerent.Historically, during her reign, she sent troops to attack the Crimean Khanate twice, but both ended in failure.These two failures have dealt a blow to her authority, and turned her into a female version of Oboi—both were overthrown by the young monarch who relied on child soldiers, and the two were about the same size...

But the current "female Oboi" may have a chance to change her fate against the sky!

Not only because she is likely to become the queen of Kangxi Khan of Great Mongolia, but also because the Great Ming Dynasty in the East is also preparing to export military sugar and rockets to the Raksha Kingdom!

In Zhu Hechi's calculations, the Ottoman Empire, which had obtained enough military sugar and rocket technology, could become a nightmare in Central and Western Europe after it captured Vienna.On the other hand, the Rakshasa Kingdom can become a big trouble for the Ottoman Empire after getting Ming's sugar and rockets... As long as the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire fight each other, the chaos in Europe can be maintained forever, and Daming can take the opportunity to seize more There are many overseas zero-dollar purchase markets.

Tsar Fyodor III nodded, and said weakly: "If they can provide enough sweet powder and rockets... Of course we can sell some benefits in the East. But we can't give up Irkutsk and Yas Kutsk... In addition, there must be a treaty to ensure commerce. Siberian fur needs a market, and we also need to establish a trade route connecting East and West."

Polotsky, who was in charge of diplomatic negotiations, hurriedly stood up, bowed to the sick Tsar, and then withdrew from the Tsar's convalescent palace together with Sofia, the "female Oboi".

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When the "female Oboi" left the Kremlin, her "true son" Kangxi Khan was saying goodbye to Golitsyn, Xiao Guizi, and Soetu outside Tashkent.

Kangxi is now the master of Tashkent!

After the Kazakhs guarding Tashkent saw the head of Touk Khan, they immediately opened the city gate to welcome the Mongolian Khan into the stone city loyal to him (Tashkent means stone city)!

While obtaining Tashkent, many Ulus leaders of Kazakhs also surrendered to Kangxi, and the entire grassland almost fell under the feet of this Mongolian Khan!

Chapter 699 Kangxi, imitate a big Mongolia!

"Suoetuan replied, Xiao Guizi, I have inquired carefully with Special Envoy Golitsyn about the situation of the Western Rakshasa Kingdom, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire in the past few days... It seems that this Rakshasa Kingdom is not as good as our original one. I think it is so powerful, but it is still being bullied by the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire. For us, this is an opportunity!

You must convince the Raksha Tsar that the Great Mongol Kingdom has really recovered, and that Kangxi Khan of Great Mongol is going to conquer India and Persia, and prepare to compete with the Ottoman Empire.In this way, the tsar of the Raksha Kingdom may accept the title of Golden Horde Khan, and marry his sister to me as the queen. "

Kangxi Khan of Great Mongolia is of course the person who is teaching Suoetu and Xiao Guizi outside the north gate of Tashkent.

After entering the city of Tashkent, Kangxi Khan quickly figured out the main question - who is a friend?Who is the enemy?

Rakshasa must be a friend!

Because the main expansion direction of the Raksha Kingdom is to go south to the Black Sea to capture the seaport and the fertile and relatively warm black land, and their ultimate goal is to capture Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and rebuild the Roman Empire.

Although the Raksha people don't think too much land - no one thinks too much land these days!But as long as Kangxi Khan left a certain amount of power on the Kazakh grasslands, he would be able to ensure the friendship with the Raksha people.

After all, the Raksha Kingdom has only this strength, and it is impossible to ignore the main direction and run to the grassland to fight a powerful Mongolian tribe.

And the Ottoman Empire must be the enemy!

Because Kangxi had to expand southward, no matter whether his final destination was Tianzhu or Dashi, it would make the Ottoman Empire feel dangerous.

After all, there was a Timur in Central Asia in history, and he beat the Ottoman Empire so badly that it almost disappeared.

In addition, Kangxi must also hold high the banner of the Great Mongolian State, only in this way can he obtain the righteous name needed to quickly establish his rule.

Because such a large piece of land in Central Asia is now called "Mugstan" by the local ruling nation, which is the territory of the Mongols.Whether they are Kazakhs, Bukharas, or Khivas, they all think that they are Mongolians who have converted to Tianfang religion.So the countries they established are all called Khanates - Kazakh Khanate, Bukhara Khanate, Khiva Khanate, not the Sultanate or Emir.

The Mongolian Khan ruled the territory of the Mongols, of course it is justified!

However, there are also close religious ties between these countries and the Ottoman Empire under the banner of the Caliphate... Kangxi Khan of the Great Mongolia is their suzerain in the secular world, and the Ottoman Caliphate is the belief of these Mongols who believed in the Tianfang religion leader.

In order to maintain his own basic foundation, Kangxi had to adhere to the belief line of Yellow Sect plus Confucianism—Kangxi’s basic foundation was roughly the Qing Eight Banners who believed in both Yellow Sect and Confucianism, and believed in Confucianism but did not reject the Yellow Sect. , the Mongols who believed in the Yellow Sect but did not reject Confucianism.

Without their support, it would have been impossible for Kangxi to establish any "Xiqing" or "A Sanqing", so it was impossible for him to throw away the Yellow Sect and Confucianism, and then switch to Tianfang Sect.

In addition, the two Mongolian Khanates, the Junggar Khanate and the Heshuote Khanate, also believed in the Yellow Sect.Kangxi still cannot do without their support.Without them blocking Zhu and Qi, Daming would have come to the Western Regions.

Therefore, Kangxi must safeguard the interests of the Yellow Sect and Confucianism everywhere.

But in this way, the conflict between him and the Ottoman Sultan became even more irreconcilable.

For similar reasons, Kangxi and the Safavid Dynasty in Persia must also be rivals, not to mention the Mughal Dynasty in Tianzhu... That is, there is Aurangzeb (the boss of the Mughal Empire) without Kangxi, and there is Kangxi without Kangxi. Aurangzeb!

Since there are no friends but deadly enemies in the south, Kangxi Khan can only go to the north to find friends... and the one in the north and Kangxi Khan also have a common enemy-the Ottoman Empire!

After explaining the matter of coaxing the Raksha Tsar to accept the Golden Horde Khan, Kangxi said to Suo'etu again: "Suo'etu'an replied, after your mission in Moscow is completed, don't return to Tashkent, but go to Western Europe."

"To Western Europe?"

Kangxi nodded and said: "Our ties with the Netherlands, Spain, England, Portugal, and the Holy See are all broken now, and we have to continue. If we conquer Tianzhu in the future, we have to do business with them! Maybe we can still do business with them." It needs the support of the Netherlands, Spain, England, and Portugal... I heard from Nan Huairen that Aurangzeb of Tianzhu Kingdom is arrogant and arrogant, and he is very anti-Christian, comparable to Zhu and Yi.

In addition, you tell those Westerners... that I know how to purify sugar at low cost, as long as I enter India, they will have enough sugar for military use in the future! "

Of course Kangxi knew how to refine sugar!When he figured out the secrets of sugar medicine, the white sugar producing area in Zhejiang hadn't been lost yet, and he was able to tie up sugar workers!

But Kangxi had a strong sense of "intellectual property rights". He knew it but didn't tell the Westerners.Of course, even if he told the foreigners, they didn't build sugar production capacity so quickly.

Because sugar production is too hard, it is still a technical job, and there is no sugar cane in Europe...

Kangxi paused for a moment, and then said: "Suoetuan, you can talk to the Dutch and the English... As long as they are willing to give me strong support, I can jointly govern the East India Company with their two companies. Tianzhu!"

"I understand that I will not disgrace my mission."

Kangxi nodded, and finally walked to Golitsyn, took a very exquisite wooden box from a guard beside him, handed it to Golitsyn himself, and said with a smile: "Special envoy, here is a bottle of The perfume produced by the Perfume Palace and a bottle of garlic medicine produced by Nanjing Public Medical Hall...the perfume was given to Princess Sofia. Garlic medicine is the kind of potion that can cure all diseases. It is a bragging, but it can Many diseases were cured, and this was given to the Tsar.”

In order to catch up with the "female Oboi", Kangxi still put his mind to it!

Golitsyn took the box, but a fine layer of sweat had already appeared on his forehead... It was cold sweat!

He didn't dare to tell Princess Sofia that she looked like a big bear... If Khan saw a real person, would he be furious?Forget it, after this matter is settled, I will find a way to get a job as an ambassador to Western Europe, and it will be safe to hide far away.

……

Kangxi has already returned to the Khan's Palace in Tashkent - this is an ancient palace in the style of Tianfang religion.

Although Kangxi has won the head and palace of Toukhan, it is still too early for him to become the master of the Kazakh grassland, let alone eat the Bukhara Khanate and Khiva Khanate in the river...

And if you want to eat the Kazakh grassland, of course you have to continue to pretend to be a Mongolian sweat!

Oh, it can't be counted as pretending.Kangxi said in his heart: "I am a profusely elected Khan at the Kuritai Conference! How can I pretend?"

However, the last Kuritai Conference did not include Kazakh Khan, Bukhara Khan, Khiva Khan, Yeerqiang Khan, and the emirs of the Mughal Empire, nor did their envoys participate... This gold content is still a bit insufficient ah!

Kangxi pondered for a while, and said in his heart: "It seems that I have to hold another Kuritai meeting!

This time at least people from the Kazakh Khanate and the Yeerqiang Khanate must be invited, as well as representatives from the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate... In addition, Horqin, Heshuote, Junggar, and Tumed are indispensable. , Ordos, Alxa, and Turhute are representatives of Yellow Sect Mongolia.

By the way, people from Xueyu Holy See and Daming also need to be called... Teachers and those surnamed Zhu must know that I, Kangxi, is Mingjun, and I am 'Ming' everywhere!

But what reason should be used to find them all? "

Kangxi thought about it for a while, and his eyes lit up. A smug smile appeared on Ma's face: "Isn't it a ready-made reason for me to marry Princess Sofia of the Golden Horde? Let everyone look at my newly married Meijiao." mother!"

Chapter 700 Kang Mazi, female Oboi, I wish you happiness!

The territory of the Kazakh grassland and the Raksha country combined is really huge and boundless!The straight-line distance from Tashkent to Moscow is [-] miles!

Golitsyn, Suo'etu, Xiao Guizi and others rode horses against the cold winter wind in order to hurry, but they still traveled for more than two months before arriving in Moscow, the capital of the Raksha Kingdom.

When they arrived in Moscow, the wheel of time had rolled to January 1682 in the Western calendar.It was the coldest time in Moscow, the whole city was frozen like an ice cube, and it was covered with ice and snow everywhere.The streets of the city are very deserted, with few pedestrians—although Moscow is also the capital of a big country at this time, it has nothing to do with prosperity and prosperity.In terms of population, let alone comparing it with Beijing, even compared with Tashkent, the stone city in Central Asia where Kangxi is now, it is still in the middle.

No matter who sees this city, it is difficult to associate it with a vast and populous empire.

The army of the Raksha Kingdom didn’t look very good. In order to welcome the envoys of the Great Khan of Mongolia, the Tsar ordered the shooting army stationed in Moscow to line up on the square outside the Kremlin—this army said that it had already started " "Europeanized", but looking at their equipment and queues, we know that not only have they not entered the "sugar age", but they can't even fight well in line for shooting.

Because most of the musketeers are still using the old-fashioned arquebus, and they are equipped with a big ax that can be used as a musket stand... plus their beards, red hats, and red robes (it looks a bit like Santa Claus) , in the eyes of the uninitiated, it is quite powerful.

However, from the perspective of Suo'etu and Xiao Guizi, who have been through battles for a long time, this is just an army that is outdated, and there is nothing to worry about.

The Tsar himself did not appear on the square outside the Kremlin. The Tsar’s chief minister, Grand Duke Miloslavsky (also the Tsar’s grandfather), a sad old man in a Turkic-style robe, greeted the Mongolian Khan’s envoy on behalf of the Tsar. minister.

When he heard that the envoy brought by Golitsyn actually represented Kangxi Khan of Great Mongolia, he was very surprised.But he still received the Mongolian envoys with enough politeness, and sent them to stay in the state guest house temporarily, waiting for the reception of His Majesty the Tsar.But when he said this, the sadness on his forehead couldn't be wiped away.

After Suo'etu, Xiao Guizi and other Mongolian envoys had settled down, that Golitsyn immediately entered the Kremlin with the garlic medicine and perfume given by Kangxi. In Princess Sofia's room, I met Grand Duke Miloslavski and Princess Sofia.

"Grand Duke, princess, is your Majesty the Tsar quick..." Golitsyn looked worried—he was the backbone of the faction of Grand Duke Miloslavski and Princess Sofia, and he had an affair with Princess Sofia!

Of course he knew that the tsar was not in good health. Today was the visit of an envoy from the Great Khan of Mongolia. If the tsar could hold on, he would always show his face.

It doesn't look good if you don't show up now.

And Tsar Feodor has no sons who can ascend the throne. Once he dies, only two younger brothers can inherit the throne of the Tsar.The elder of the two brothers is named Ivan Alexievich, and the younger is Peter Alexievich...that is, Peter the Great in history!

According to the principle of "standing chief", Ivan would of course inherit the throne of Tsar after Fyodor's death.But the problem is that this Ivan is an idiot - I don't know how the old Tsar Alexei I gave birth to a baby?Three extremely smart "beetles" (born cow babies) paired with an imbecile...

Of course, an imbecile should not be the tsar, so the great nobles in the country all supported Peter, the youngest son of Alexei I, as the new tsar.

In fact, as early as when Fyodor was crowned and crowned, many nobles wanted to support Peter, who was only four years old, to the throne.Although Peter was still a baby, he was very strong and beautiful-looking like a little angel.

In contrast, brothers Fyodor and Ivan are sick, imbecile, and ugly... They don't look like czars!

And this Peter and Sofia, Fyodor, and Ivan were not born by the same mother.The mother of the three siblings was Miloslavskaya from a famous family, and Peter's mother was Nalyshkina, the housekeeper of the old tsar.

And this Naryshkina is still alive now, and there is a Naryshkin family behind her, and she is also supported by the Orthodox Church.

If Naryshkina's son, Peter, who is only ten years old this year, becomes the tsar, then she will be the queen regent... and Grand Duke Miloslavsky and Princess Sofia, who have suppressed the Naryshkin family before There must be no good fruit to eat.

So the two of them sighed when they heard what Golitsyn said.

Sofia said: "Now we're waiting for the Ming Kingdom to send the potion...but the Ming Kingdom is too far away, and it won't be able to deliver it in six or seven months!"

"Potion?" Golitsyn immediately pulled out two very beautiful bottles from his pocket as if by magic, one was a crystal glass bottle and the other was a milky white porcelain bottle.

"What's in these two bottles?" Grand Duke Miloslavsky was a bumpkin and didn't recognize him at all.

"It's so beautiful! Vasily, does that glass bottle you're holding contain perfume? What a big bottle!"

Sophia recognized the crystal glass bottle containing the perfume at a glance.

For she had also been given a small crystal glass bottle of perfume—not from anyone, but bought at her own expense from a Jewish profiteer.

But now Golitsyn brought a big bottle!

Princess Sofia is a little moved...

"The glass bottle is for perfume," Golitsyn said, "the porcelain bottle is for potions..."

"God!"