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As a reward, I will give him [-] flintlock guns, [-] catties of military white sugar, [-] catties of fire nitrate, and [-] catties of black gunpowder. "

Escorting a mission and bringing a batch of goods to the Crimean Khanate is nothing more than a piece of cake for Ge Erdan, who has [-] to [-] cavalry. So many munitions, of course, are for the fire!

If Ge Erdan kills Kangxi Khan, then these arms can help him subdue the Kazakh Khanate, and even help him compete with the Raksha Kingdom!

If Kangxi kills Ge Erdan, then most of this batch of arms may be taken away by Kangxi, then Kangxi can use them to pacify Bukhara and Khiva, and even use them to supply Mughals or Persians Look a little powerful...Zhu Heqi also guessed that Kangxi might attack Mughal.

Because there is really nothing good in Central Asia now, Kangxi is likely to pass by, and then either go to Persia, or go to India, which is very rich, and the latter is more likely.

For the situation in India, Zhu and Qi also did research.Now the Mughal dynasty in India seems to be at its peak.Kangxi entered India at this time, and there must be a fight between dragons and tigers.Because India's Mughal dynasty did not enter the "Sugar Age", most of them could not beat Kangxi.

However, with the existence of the "great emperor" Aurangzeb, it should not die too quickly.And the Western powers will definitely not let go of this opportunity to carve up India... If the attention of Western politicians, military strategists, and religious leaders will be transferred to Central and Southern Europe because the Ottoman Empire broke Vienna.Then those capitalists and trading companies in Europe will definitely rush to India because of the collapse of the Mughal Empire.

In this way, it will be much easier for Ming to enter the New World!

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When Anukodun left Yuxi Palace and boarded his luxurious carriage to settle down in the Shunyi Palace, Zhu Heqi's chief attendant led Tu Hai, who had already changed into the Ming Dynasty uniform and the black gauze official hat, to follow suit. Walk into the main hall of Yuxi Palace.

"The Eight Banners of Chen and the Yellow Banner are all in charge of Ma Tuhai, and I respectfully invite Shengan."

Looking at Tuhai who bowed to himself and called himself "Matuhai", Zhu Heqi couldn't help laughing.

Well done!

I don't know how Kangxi would feel when he saw him like this?

"Pingshen, bestow a seat."

Zhu Hexi let Tu Hai sit down first, and then said with a smile: "Tu Hai, have you heard that Kangxi is getting married?"

"No, I haven't heard of it," Tu Hai shook his head, "Plus, General Kangxi has already continued his strings, so why are you still married?"

The General Kangxi he was talking about was Chang Ning.Chang Ning's Fujin was actually taken to Xingqing Mansion by Zhen Kangxi, but isn't Chang Ning pretending to be Kangxi?After Kangxi's empress died, she had no time to stand up again, and the position of empress has always been vacant.

So Chang Ning was also "single", and after settling in Shenyang for a while, he continued.

"It's not this Kangxi, it's that fake Kangxi..." Zhu Heqi felt that it was difficult for him to say what he said, so he didn't want to get entangled, so he waved his hand and said, "What, you know, he wants to marry the princess of the Raksha Kingdom La!"

"And the princess of the Raksha Kingdom?"

Tu Hai thought to himself: "Daqing and Luocha have formed an alliance? But they still can't beat Ming."

He was thinking about it, when Zhu Heqi spoke again: "Tuhai, I want you to go to the Western Regions as a congratulatory envoy..."

"Congratulations?" Tu Hai was taken aback again, "Congratulations for what?"

"Of course it's He Kangxi and Sophia who have been together for a hundred years and have a baby boy!" Zhu Hechi said with a smile, "Now Kangxi is going further and further away, and he is still with Luocha. The reason seems to be that he doesn't intend to be the king of China anymore. In this case , and he and I don't necessarily have to fight to the death... In fact, we can't reach it if we want to fight, so he is no longer my enemy!

Tuhai, you and Kangxi are also regarded as monarchs and ministers, so let's go and be a congratulatory envoy. "

Chapter 709 That Kangxi Marries Maozi, This Kangxi Beats Maozi!

When Tuhai heard this, he knelt down to Zhu Heqi with a puff, and then kowtowed and said: "My lord, I am loyal to you, and I am a traitor to Kang...Xuanye, he is a traitor. I won't let you off!"

"Tu Hai, don't be afraid, I will not let you die in vain, and I will not let any of my subjects die in vain." Zhu Heqi smiled, "In the past two years, I have treated you who understand the Eight Banners. Is it thin?"

"It's not thin, it's not thin, the Holy One has treated me very kindly, and I'm so grateful to you."

Tu Hai said so, but his heart was very bitter!

Because Zhu Heqi's policy towards the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty was actually "tie it up for their own use".It is necessary to use it, but the binding rope is getting tighter and tighter, and there is no relaxation at all.

At the beginning, Zhu and Qi also divided the territory around Shenyang to the Ming Eight Banners and asked them to set up several guards.

However, after the Ming Eight Banners sent [-] troops to expedition to Japan, the Ming Taishang, who was in charge of supervising the country, jumped out to be a villain. He first removed the Saurons and Barhu people from the Ming Eight Banners' organizational system, and established an independent Ming Eight Banners. The left and right banners of Sauron and the left and right banners of Baalhu, and the cavalry of Sauron and Baerhu were taken as the personal soldiers of the Son of Heaven!

Then, Emperor Zhu Datai ordered to reorganize the Eight Banners of Ming Dynasty.The original Ming Eight Banners was a collective term, and the internal divisions were not clear.

According to Zhu Taishang's order, the Ming Eight Banners were also divided into two yellow, two white, two red, and two blue flags according to the flag colors of the Qing Eight Banners.There are five participating leaders and 25 assistant leaders under each banner, and each assistant leader has 150 households.There are only 750 households left in one banner, and only [-] households left in eight banners.Moreover, Zhu Taishang issued an imperial decree that a household in the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty could only have five people at most, and all the "Qiyu" in the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty were given the status of Han households.

For such an edict, the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty originally wanted to resist, but they found that their elite had followed Zhu Heqi to Japan.Now there is no way to contact people who are far away across the ocean, and there are less than [-] strong men left in the family. How can you still rebel like this?

So he could only grit his teeth and obey.

But in this way, the population that the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty could control was greatly reduced to only 15, and their self-sustaining ability was also weakened at the same time, so they had to rely more on the supply of food and salaries from the Ming court.

At the same time, Zhu Heqi, who was far away in Japan, selected a bannerman from the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty who followed him on the expedition, and the troops of the Ming Dynasty in the same town would be stationed in Nagoya and Ezo Island together, enclosing land and farming.

After Zhu Heqi returned to Beijing, he transferred two banners from the remaining seven banners of the Ming Eight Banners to Heilongjiang, plus one banner already stationed in Jilin (the former subordinate of General Ningguta), and the soon-to-be transferred One flag heading to Vladivostok, now only three flags are still stationed near Shenyang.

And Tu Hai knew that these three flags would be transferred soon!

Because the Pingbei General Kangxi is now waiting outside the Qianming Gate on the east bank of Taiye Pool to be received by Zhu Heqi...

"Okay, it's good that you know that I treat you well." Zhu Heqi smiled and said, "Tuhai, the reason why I said that Kangxi would not kill you is because I will appoint you as the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty in Moscow. Ambassador, I want you to be in charge of the border negotiations between Ming and Raksha. Even if Kangxi wanted to kill you, his new wife Sofia would not agree."

Does Sofia disagree that it works?Tu Haixin said: "Kangxi can still be afraid of his wife? No way!"

Seeing Tu Hai's sad face, Zhu Heqian smiled and said, "And I will use the method of coercion and kindness when negotiating the boundary in the Raksha Kingdom...Kangxi will not dare to touch a hair of your hair."

Wein and do?What kind of spellcasting?Tuhai stared at Zhu Hechi in a daze.

Zhu Heqi laughed and said: "While negotiating, I will also send General Kangxi to lead the soldiers and horses of two yellow, white and three banners, plus Sauron cavalry, Barhu cavalry, Mongolian cavalry from Burni, and an artillery from Liaoyang. The battalion and an engineer battalion went to attack Irkutsk, north of the North Sea.

The navy will also send expedition fleets to go north along the sea outside Ningguta, looking for the mouth of Heilongjiang, and then build a fort there. "

Tu Hai guessed right!

It is true that Zhu and Qi will not "let go" of General Pingbei, Kangxi—General Pingbei, of course they have enough north to go, Shenyang is not enough north, and the north of Lake Baikal is almost the same.

In history, the Siberian Railway passed through Lake Baikal. If Ming Dynasty controlled Lake Baikal, it would be very difficult for the Raksha Kingdom to build a large railway that traverses east and west after the Industrial Revolution.

As long as the Ming Dynasty builds the railway from Lake Baikal to Beijing, it will be able to send a large number of troops to Siberia, and then use the water transportation hub of Lake Baikal to transport troops north along the Lena River and the Yeseny River with steam ships. .

At that time, if there is a war between Ming and Luocha, it will not be difficult to eat half of Siberia.

As for taking the banks along the Lena River (Yakutsk) now, that is not very realistic.Because the transportation line of the Raksha people to East Siberia was not paved by land, but by the Arctic Ocean in summer, and then entered the Lena River and the Yeseni River... The cost of water transportation is already low, and Siberia is simply There is no way, so it is a problem for a slightly larger army to leave the waterway to eat, let alone fight.

Historically, the Raksha people, who had the convenience of navigation in the Arctic Ocean, would bypass the Bering Strait and the Kamchaga Peninsula until they reached the mouth of the Heilongjiang River.And once they occupied the entrance of Heilongjiang, it would be difficult for the Qing Dynasty to defend the Outer Northeast and Sakhalin Island.

So Zhu Heqi doesn't want to get entangled with the Raksha people in the direction of the Outer Xing'an Mountains at all. His goal is to take over Lake Baikal, control the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, and in the future take down the ice-free port on the Kanzanjia Peninsula... as long as he seizes For these three key points, East Siberia will be in the bag sooner or later-it is impossible to be too early. Before the railway reaches Lake Baikal, the cost of taking East Siberia and holding it is too high.

Zhu Hexi continued to explain to Tuhai: "Tuhai, don't worry, I don't have high requirements for the northern land, and my bottom line is around the North Sea (Lake Baikal) and the outer Xing'an Mountains... If we can talk It would be even better to go down to the coastal areas of the mainland east of the Xing'an Mountains.

As for the west of Lake Baikal...there is temporarily beyond my control, so there is no need to negotiate. "

Zhu Hexi paused for a moment, and then said: "In addition, I have benefits for the Raksha people! As long as the eastern border issue between the two countries is settled, I can find suitable locations around the North Sea to build commercial ports and develop Trade... All military products, including military white sugar, rockets, bazookas, high-grade black powder, and military crucible steel, can be traded!

With these good things, is it possible that the Raksha Kingdom will not be able to defeat Sweden, Poland, and Lithuania? "

When Tu Hai heard this, he finally felt a little relieved—what he lost was Daming, and what he got was the West!

Compared to that corner of Siberia, the land in the west of Raksha Kingdom is much more fragrant.As long as the Raksha people are not brain-dead, they must know how to choose.

So he no longer shirked, and kowtowed to accept the will.However, Zhu Heqi did not let him resign, but gave him a secret mission: "Tuhai, I have a secret mission for you... You have to contact the Crimean Khan for me." The envoy of the country, and delivered a batch of food purchased from me by the sultans of the Ottoman Empire to the Khan of Crimea."

"Food?" Tu Hai was taken aback, "What food?"

"White sugar!" Zhu Hechi said, "20 catties of white sugar!"

Chapter 710 I am Peter, I am not yet the emperor

"My minister Tong Changning respectfully invites the Holy One to be safe."

Chang Ning, the Great General of Pingbei, who had been waiting tremblingly outside the Qianming Gate for a long time, finally followed an attendant into the splendid and magnificent Yuxi Palace, and bowed respectfully to the Son of Heaven sitting on the throne .

He is no longer called Aixinjueluo Changning, but instead uses the surname "Tong".This "Tong" surname is actually the Chinese surname commonly used by Nurhachi.Before Nurhachi rebelled, he went to Beijing to pay tribute eight times, and the surname he used was "Tong".In Nurhachi's letter to the King of Korea, the name "Tong Nurhachi" was also used.

So after Chang Ning returned to Ming Dynasty, he changed his surname to Tong, and he also asked the old Manchurians and Mongolians of the Eight Banners who followed him to change to Han surnames.After years of war consumption, coupled with the chaos in Beijing caused by Burni, the Eight Banners have suffered heavy losses!

Among the [-] households in the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty, those born in Old Manchuria and Mongolia in the Eight Banners together accounted for less than [-] households.Therefore, the Manchurian dialect could not be spoken for a long time, and the Manchurian attire gradually disappeared after the Eight Banners were changed, and now only the eight-color cloth face armor and gun helmets have not been changed.It's not that they don't want to change themselves, but that Zhu and Qi don't want them to change.

If the cloth masks and gun helmets are gone, how can they prove that they were once the mighty Eight Banners soldiers?

They are the proof that the world is invincible!

"Pingshen, bestow a seat."

Zhu Heqi raised his hand with a smile, pointed to the chair that Tu Hai had just sat in very kindly, and asked Chang Ning to sit on it.

Chang Ning didn't dare to sit still in a big way, but sat on half of his buttocks, with his hands on his knees, as if he was listening to the teachings wholeheartedly.Then look at his neatly dressed purple narrow-sleeve military officer court uniform and a black gauze hat, looking like a loyal minister and general of the Ming Dynasty.

"Chang Ning, I want your three flags to be moved...you don't agree?" Zhu Heqi asked with a smile.

"No, of course not." Chang Ning nodded again and again—although 120 people in his heart were unwilling to give up Shenyang, but considering the problem of his head, he still had to follow Da Mingzi's wishes!

Zhu Hechi smiled and asked again: "Do you know about Beihai?"

"I know," Chang Ning said, "I once went to the south coast of the North Sea with Burni, and had conflicts with the Raksha people there."

"Who won?" Zhu Heqi asked.

"It's the minister and Burni who won the battle," Chang Ning said. "The Luocha soldiers in the Beihai area are not strong. The infantry only has matchlock guns, big axes and small copper cannons, which are vulnerable. The Cossack cavalry is okay, but the number is too large." However, at that time, Chen and Burni were still thinking about sending Master Huang to Moscow through Irkutsk, so they didn't lay down the defense, and only killed a dozen of them. Dozens were arrested, but they were all released later.”

"You did the right thing." Zhu Hexi nodded approvingly, "But this time I want you to take Irkutsk! Not only do you want to take Irkutsk, but you also want to defend Irkutsk. And around the North Sea! Not only must we guard the North Sea, but we must also build a city around the North Sea and graze...and turn the North Sea into a place where our Ming Dynasty trades with their Raksha Kingdom, where people and goods gather!"

Chang Ning's heart sank while listening to Zhu Heqi's beautiful vision.

Beihai, the place where Su Wu herds sheep!

He is going to Suwu's sheep herding land to herd sheep for generations... If Emperor Ming didn't exile him further north.

But Zhu and Qi are serious about developing Beihai.Because before the opening of the Arctic Ocean route that bypassed the Bering Strait, the North Sea was indeed the best hub for trade between the Ming and Rakshasa countries.

The distance from Beihai to Beijing is only more than 3000 miles. If the official roads and commercial stations across the Mongolian plateau are built and the security along the way is well maintained, the cost of trade can be borne.

The North Sea is connected to the Yeseni River and the Lena River, and Chinese goods can be transported to Europe by water.

Although the operating cost of this land route plus inland river plus Arctic ocean shipping is not low, it is definitely profitable, and it can also break the monopoly of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company on the East-West waterway.

Once Beihai can develop as a trade center city, the Beihai-Beijing railway will definitely become a national key project in the future, and the water transportation of the Yeseni River and the Lena River will develop independently.

This is extremely beneficial for the future Ming Dynasty to march into Siberia!

In addition, the Beihai-Beijing line will also be driven by the emergence of the Beihai trade center, allowing Ming to firmly control the Mongolian plateau.

Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi smiled and said to Chang Ning: "General Pingbei, don't think that Beihai is far away and bitterly cold... Beihai is only three thousand miles away from Beijing, which is not much farther than Shenyang to Beijing. In addition, the Supreme Emperor is also very close." He is optimistic about the future of North Sea trade, and he intends to invest in building a North Sea Heavenly King City on the coast of the North Sea after you recover Irkutsk and other places!"

Zhu Tianwang's Tianwang City is now clearly showing the trend of "chainization" and "corporation".This Liberty City is becoming a chartered trading company, but there is still a difference between Tianwang City and the East India Company.

Maritime chartered trading companies such as the East India Company and Nanyang Trading Company are actually mainly engaged in zero-yuan purchases and monopoly free trade, and they belong to trading companies.

And Tianwang City provides a safe home for bad guys who engage in zero-dollar purchases or other evil activities to collect, sell, and live a peaceful life incognito... This is a real estate company.

Chang Ning finally felt better when he heard that Tianwang City was going to open to the North Sea... At that time, he would be able to make his home in Tianwang City. Of course, he would not use the name Tong Changning. Dogs are fine, anyway, it's wrong to be Tong Changning.

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Peter Alexievich, who had just finished his confession, and his mother Empress Natalia Naryshkina walked out of the Uspensky Cathedral, and then received foreign envoys to the Tsar Go to the Polygon Palace.

Although Peter is only ten years old this year, he has already grown tall and strong. If it weren't for that immature face, he would have looked like an adult.His appearance is much higher than his three older brothers and sisters, which probably has something to do with his mother, Natalia Naryshkina.Although the Rakshasa Empress Dowager was blessed and became a Russian old lady, she could still tell from her facial features that he was once a beauty... Otherwise, the widowed old Tsar Alexei would not have married him !

When Tsar Alexei got married for the first time, he needed to find a daughter from a famous family who could support him, but when he got married for the second time, he was already in power, and he had to find a beautiful woman.

So Peter also had the opportunity to inherit his mother's looks and became a handsome blond boy.But today the handsome boy and his mother Naryshkina looked gloomy.Because little Peter has just been sent on an errand by his sickly brother Tsar Fyodor - he has to marry his sister Sofia!

It didn't matter at all, little Peter was in good health, and it was fine to travel far away, and Patriarch Joachim had already promised the empress dowager to accompany Peter to Tashkent to ensure his safety.

But everyone knows that this sending off is a conspiracy of Miloslavski and Sofia——Czar Fyodor is in very bad health now, and the potion he got last time has also been used up (if there is no potion, he is already dead by now. dead), most likely will die soon.

If Peter was still in Tashkent when the Tsar died of illness, then Sofia only needs to find some reason to detain him, then the nobles of Moscow and the Orthodox bishops can only accept Peter’s brother Ivan as a stupid Tsar. Will be able to monopolize the power...

Chapter 711 Learn spells and go to the East!

Although she knew of Miloslavsky and Sofia's conspiracy, Empress Dowager Natalia Naryshkina was submissive and still did not dare to confront them.Besides, the current tsar is Fyodor after all, although he is a sick man, but with the victory in the first Russian-Turkish war (actually undefeated), no one can shake his authority in Rakshasa.

After all, the Ottoman-Turkish Empire in 1681 was still majestic. When the Sultan was angry, the whole Vienna would tremble.It took five years for the mighty Ottoman Empire to fail to snatch the left-bank Ukraine from Rakshasa. Doesn’t that just show that Tsar Feordor was wise and great, and loved by God?

Moreover, the nobles and people of Rakshasa like the emperor who can lead the country to victory... Later, Catherine II usurped the throne in a coup as a queen and became the queen. He won the love and affection of the Rakshasa people.What's more, Feordo is still the Romanov of Miao Zhenggen?

When Empress Dowager Natalia Naryshkina led Little Peter into the Duolingo Palace, the Tsar, Miloslavsky, Princess Sofia, and the welcoming envoys Xiao Guizi and Tong Guowei sent by the Great Mongolian Kingdom It's all here.

Xiao Guizi came with Suoetu and Golitsyn, and now Suoetu has slipped off to Western Europe to engage in diplomacy, leaving Xiaoguizi to bear the thunder.And Tong Guowei was sent by Kangxi Khan after learning that Princess Sofia agreed to marry him, and brought a lot of gifts.But when he saw Princess Sofia's face, he always had a frown - could this look be good when he went back?

When Tong Guowei was worried about Sofia's poor appearance, Empress Dowager Naryshkina and Little Peter walked into the main hall of the Duolingo Palace amidst the attendants' roll call.

The Tsar, who was troubled by the disease, couldn't help sighing when he saw his brother, who was as strong as a bull and had an outstanding appearance. He was as tall as a boy of fifteen or sixteen at a young age.

"Peter, come here."

The Tsar waved at his younger brother feebly.