Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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"Yes, Your Majesty." Little Peter saluted the Tsar, and then walked up to the Tsar, standing upright.

"You are so tall!" The Tsar glanced at Peter who was wearing a red Tatar-style robe. "You look like an adult... How is your Latin literature?"

The Tsar suddenly spoke Latin.

"I can already say a little." Peter also replied in Latin.

Hearing that his pronunciation was very standard, the Tsar nodded in satisfaction, and still said in Latin: "Very well, well said. When I was your age, I couldn't speak as well as you."

"You have been honored, my lord."

The Tsar smiled and said: "Since you are so good at learning, then you will accompany your sister to the East...there is a lot of knowledge worth learning for you!"

"Your Majesty, do you mean natural magic?"

"You know this too?" asked the Tsar.

"Yes," Peter said, "I have read "The Beginner's Guide to Magicians" by Zhu Hechi."

This book was made up by Zhu Heqi and Charlie Gough back then. Unexpectedly, this book was published in Europe, and it was also taken to the Raksha Kingdom. Peter, who loves learning, has read it.

The Tsar asked, "Peter, what do you think? Do you think there is magic?"

At this time, the Tsar changed to Raksha language again.

Peter also used Rakshasa language: "Your Majesty, I don't know, but I saw that the book "Introduction to Magicians" was accompanied by comments from several famous European scholars, and they all believed that what was described in this book was A high level of alchemy."

The Tsar nodded and said: "It is obvious that the Chinese are far more accomplished in alchemy than any country in Western Europe... It seems that all of us have underestimated them!" He looked at his younger brother, "So, I I hope you can go to the East, see their alchemy with your own eyes, and see the miracles created by Chinese alchemists or magicians. After you really understand Chinese alchemy or magic, come back and lead this country. OK ?"

"Okay, okay." Little Peter nodded earnestly, "I will go to the East, to China, to learn their alchemy, and then come back to help His Majesty govern our Raksha Kingdom."

The Tsar was obviously very satisfied with Peter's answer, and then looked around. At this time, there were still many bearded nobles in gorgeous robes and some Orthodox bishops standing in the Duolingo Palace.The Romanov dynasty was not a dynasty but an elected dynasty, so so far, the power of the tsar is still relatively limited, and it is restricted by the great nobles and bishops in all aspects.

Most of these great nobles and bishops supported Peter becoming the new tsar after Feordo's death, so they opposed Peter's eastward journey.

But now Peter says that he must first learn alchemy before returning to lead the country, and they can’t stop it anymore—only by learning alchemy well can he lead the Rakshasa nation to fight Poland, Crimea, Ottoman, and Sweden ah!

Look, they are all enemies, and they are all very powerful. How can you beat them if you don't learn alchemy well?

Seeing that everyone did not object, the Tsar said to his sister Sofia: "Sofia, Peter will follow you... When he arrives in Tashkent, find a way to arrange the best alchemist to tutor him."

Sofia nodded, "Your Majesty, I have already asked Eunuch Gui. The most outstanding alchemist in Mongolia is my husband, Kangxi Khan."

The Tsar said to Peter's mother, Empress Dowager Naryshkina: "In addition, I will arrange Count Golovin to serve as his aide-de-camp, and I will also let Streshnev, Zotov, Nestero Husband served as his teacher and accompanied him to Tashkent. So you don’t have to worry about his safety and studies.”

Although Empress Dowager Naryshkina was still worried about her son, she could only nod to thank the Tsar.

The Tsar nodded in satisfaction, and said to his sister Sofia: "Sofia, it's time to go now. I wish you a pleasant journey."

……

Federal Republic of the Netherlands, Netherlands Province, The Hague, Regent Palace.

At the same time when Princess Sofia took her younger brother Peter on the journey to Tashkent, Soetu, one of the two ambassadors sent by Emperor Kangxi to Moscow, was in South Huairen (he didn’t arrive in Moscow with Soetu and Xiao Guizi) , but ended some days) accompanied by the tsar's special envoy Golitsyn, walked into the audience hall of the ruling palace.

It was William Hendrick van Orange who defeated Louis XIV in the Franco-Dutch War who was sitting on the throne to meet Soetu, that is, the ruling William III of the Netherlands.In a few years he will become King of England and accept what is known as the theoretical and legal foundation of the British constitutional monarchy, the Declaration of Rights and Liberties and the Succession to the Crown, or the Bill of Rights.

But at this time, William III was having a headache for a dangerous and wrong idea spread from China-the "original monarch" and "original minister" in the original Confucianism.

Although he was not crowned, he was the uncrowned king of the Netherlands, a de facto monarch, but at the same time a weak monarch...so he was even more troubled by this theory of weakening the monarch's power.In contrast, Louis XIV of the Ile-de-France next door and Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire didn't care about this.

One of them is "I am the country" and the other is "the shadow of the true god in the world". How could they be bound hands and feet by "Yuanjun" and "Yuanchen"?

In fact, Zhu Hechi's own hands and feet will not be restricted by "Yuanjun", "Yuanchen" and "Daming Treaty".

But William III and his father-in-law, James, Duke of York, the heir to the throne of England, had a headache. The following group of people took these things and yelled everywhere: "Look, that is the way of governing the country from an advanced civilized country in the East. How good and how progressive it is. How civilized! We have to learn from them! We have to manage your kingship..."

Chapter 712 We want to betray our country, Tianzhu!

When William III was thinking about how to deal with the lords in the Great Council, so that they would "donate" two extra money to buy high-priced sugar from the Ming Empire to strengthen the army's armaments, Suo'etu, Nan Huairen and Golitsyn three People had already walked in together and saluted him together.

Among them, Nan Huairen and Golitsyn performed Western salutes, while Suo'etu flicked his sleeves, and came to a thousand salutes on one knee, speaking in Mongolian: "The envoy of the Great Khan, Suoetu, the warrior of Baturu, pays his respects to the Regent of the Netherlands."

William III heard him babbling a lot, of course he didn't understand what he meant, so he turned to look at an interpreter beside him.This interpreter worked for the East India Company and knew six Chinese languages—Cantonese, Chaozhou, Ningbo, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Beijing Mandarin, but he couldn’t understand Mongolian, so he could only stare blankly.

Fortunately, Nan Huairen had been in the court of the Qing Dynasty and had already learned to speak Manchurian and Mongolian, so he quickly explained to William III in Latin: "Your Highness, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty has withdrawn from China, so You can focus on the responsibility of the Mongolian Great Khan, and the Mongolian Great Khan’s envoys have to speak Mongolian. He just said hello to you on behalf of Kangxi Khan of Great Mongolia.”

"Oh, so that's the case," William III understood, "that is to say, the Qing Dynasty no longer exists or has become a claim?"

"It's almost like this," Nan Huairen said. "Considering the strength of the new Ming Dynasty, I think the Qing Dynasty has no chance to return to China."

William III sighed, and said: "Father, you are quite right... If the Qing, oh, the envoys of the Great Mongols came to seek help from the Inter-Provincial Republic in order to restore Kangxi Khan's rule in China, then There's really nothing I can do."

Nan Huairen saw that William III was a little depressed, so he knew something must have happened in the east?He asked: "His Royal Highness, did Daming do something to change the original order of the Eastern world?"

William III nodded, "They conquered Japan...an island country with 2000 million people, it was vulnerable to the attack of the Daming Navy and Army! Now the Emperor of Japan has changed his name to King, and together with their generals, they have surrendered to Daming and ruled separately West Japan and East Japan. Ming also obtained the right to establish Liberty City and garrison troops in Japan... Japan has become a vassal state of Ming!

Now Annan, Myanmar, Siam and other countries are all afraid of Ming Dynasty, and even the native sultans on Java Island are eager to move, wanting to get rid of the control of the East India Company. "

When Japan falls down the street, the whole circle of Southeast Asia is afraid.

Because during the Warring States period in Japan, a large number of ronin who could not get along in Japan went to Southeast Asia as mercenaries... The fighting power displayed by these ronin was simply beyond the imagination of the feudal lords of Southeast Asian countries.

So they all had a high opinion of Japan's military power, and it turned out that such a powerful Japan was given a second by Daming. Are there any countries in Southeast Asia who are not afraid?Not only Southeast Asian countries are afraid, but even Spain and the Netherlands (Netherlands), which are like overlords in the South China Sea, are now in a hurry to die.

Especially Spain!

Daming can let it go, and Spain will be held accountable for killing China in the Philippines. If Spain refuses to hand over the Philippines and pay compensation, they will go to America to kill the Spaniards...

So during this period of time, the Great Council of the Netherlands is arguing every day whether to suspend the alliance with Spain?

If the alliance with Spain is not suspended, then the East India Company will inevitably be involved in the war with Ming... unless they retreat from Java Island and give up control of the Spice Island.

This will cause huge losses to the merchants in the Dutch province!

But once the Netherlands terminates its alliance with Spain, the defense mechanism of the Spanish Netherlands and the United Provinces of the Netherlands will be gone.

Without the Spanish Netherlands as a human shield, if Louis XIV of France fights again, what will the Dutch do?

In short, both parties are arguing endlessly, and neither can persuade the other.

In fact, William III had a way to get the best of both worlds—the Netherlands could terminate the treaty with Spain, and then do business with Daming.At the same time, merchants in the Dutch province paid a little more tax so that Regent William could recruit tens of thousands more troops.

With a sufficient army, the Netherlands has no fear of France.

But the problem is that the merchants in the Dutch province have always opposed the expansion of the army. They believe that the army will become a tool for the Orange family to usurp power.If the army of the Netherlands is too strong, the Orange family will change from a consul family to a royal family... I have to say that these businessmen really understand William III's thoughts, and he wants to make progress to become king .

"His Royal Highness, please rest assured that Kangxi Khan does not want to take back the throne of China." Nan Huairen said with a smile, "He has now retreated to Central Asia with a rather large army and conquered the Kazakh Khan country, and is about to marry the Russian Empire."

"Marry with Russia?" William III was taken aback, "Who and whom?"

"The Khan himself and Princess Sophia, the Tsar's sister."

"Oh, so that's the case." William III thought to himself: "It seems that this Mongolian Khan still has some strength, and maybe he can help the Russians deal with the Crimean Khanate."

Thinking of this, William III asked again: "Why did the envoy of the big man come to The Hague?"

Nan Huairen did not answer for Suo'etu, but translated William III's question into Beijing Mandarin.

Suo'etu also knew that the Dutch interpreter could not understand Mongolian, so he replied in Beijing official dialect: "The Great Khan asked me to discuss the traitorous matter with the consul."

"Traitor?" William III was taken aback when he heard the translator's words, and looked back at the translator—did you translate it right?

At this time, Suo'etu added another sentence: "Sell Tianzhu, which is what you call India."

"Sell India?" William III didn't understand. "Is India owned by the Great Khan?"

"Yes, and no." Suo'etu said, "India is a place name, and its country is called Mughal Kingdom... which means Mongolia! In fact, this India is a part of Mongolia!"

"India is part of Mongolia?" William III was taken aback after hearing the translator's words.

"His Royal Highness," it was Nan Huairen who answered the question, "this Mughal really means Mongolia... The Emir Aurangzeb who now rules the Mughal is a direct descendant of Timur, and his Legislation comes from the Timurid Empire.

The legal system of the Timurid Empire came from the Chahar Khanate.So Mughal is indeed a part of Mongolia. "

"Will Aurangzeb recognize Mongolia's suzerainty?"

Nan Huairen handed over this question to Suo'etu.

Suo'etu said: "Of course Aurangzeb refuses, but the Great Khan will abolish his emir position and rule India himself!

If the Netherlands is willing to support the Great Khan... After the matter is completed, Oran is unwilling to give you what the Great Khan will give double!

What Aurangzeb refused to give, the Great Khan was willing to give! "

This is a country that sells others, so I don't feel bad at all!

William III still hesitated, after all, the deal was a bit big.In case of a mess up, the Netherlands will have a difficult life in the Indian Ocean in the future.

Although Aurangzeb has no ability to squeeze the Dutch East India Company out of the Indian Ocean, he can support the English East India Company to squeeze out the Dutch!

Seeing that William III fell silent after hearing the translation, Suo'etu laughed and said, "The Great Khan also knows how to refine sugar!"

"What?" William III was stunned, "Kangxi Khan knows how to refine sugar?"

His words were translated into standard Beijing Mandarin.

"Yes!" Suo'etu said, "The Great Khan also ruled Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang. Moreover, Zhejiang was ruled by the Great Khan for a period of time after the revival of the Ming Dynasty. Did the workers go north? It’s just that after the fall of Zhejiang Province, the source of sugar cane was gone, so it was impossible to make sugar.

But India has plenty of sugar cane! "

Chapter 713 When it comes to carve up India, everyone is interested!

There is a lot of sugar cane in India, and there is a lot of sugar cane in the New World...but the lands under the United Provinces of the Netherlands don't have much sugar cane!

William III immediately thought of an extremely serious problem!

As a sea coachman, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, which controls most of the sugar supply in Europe, does not actually own the production of white sugar. They are only responsible for transporting the white sugar.Not only do they have no white sugar, they don't even have brown sugar and sugar cane!

In other words, the white sugar in the Netherlands, whether it was for military or civilian use, was actually in the hands of Zhu Heqi.He gives it, the Netherlands only has it!If he doesn't give it, the Netherlands won't have it!

The reason why Zhu Hexi is willing to pay now is because the Netherlands is willing to pay a high price. In recent years, because the armies of various European countries have been "sweetening", the business of exporting military white sugar has almost become profitable.

The second is because he did not want to tear himself apart with the Netherlands. Although the Dutch East India Company has been supporting the Qing Dynasty, the Dutch East India Company simultaneously transported boatloads of gold and silver to Daming, and then shipped away silk, porcelain, sugar, Tea, ironware, cotton cloth, perfume, and alcoholic beverages greatly promoted the handicraft production of Daming.It also allowed Zhu Heqi's court to get sufficient war funds!

The third is because he does not yet have a sugar transportation line that can bypass the sea power of the Netherlands.

However, none of the above three reasons can guarantee that the Netherlands will have enough white sugar to make sweet gunpowder during wartime, especially in a war against Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the "sugar-free" in the Netherlands, Spain, which has the American sugar-producing area, can at least guarantee the supply of brown sugar.

Although the purity of brown sugar is not as good as that of white sugar, the sweet gunpowder produced is not as good as sweet gunpowder made with ordinary white sugar, and much worse than sweet gunpowder made with military white sugar (with catalyst and binder added) produced in Ming Dynasty.

But "sugar" is better than "sugar-free"!

Although England does not have a colony rich in sugar cane, they can purchase Indian brown sugar through the shops of the British East India Company all over India, so they can also maintain the supply during wartime.

Seeing William III's face, Soetu knew he had a trump card in his hand!

So he said slowly: "If... you, the Netherlands, don't want to do this business, then the Great Khan can teach the English and Spaniards how to make sugar! Even the Great Khan can teach the method of making sugar Pass it on to the Mughals, as long as they can pay tribute to the Great Mongol Kingdom!"

This is to engage in "sugar diffusion" ah!

At that time, England, Spain, and even the Mughal Dynasty in India will have plenty of white sugar, and the Netherlands is still like this?If I don't have one, why don't I hug Daming's thigh and recognize Ming's father as a dog for Daming?

Thinking of this, William III finally made up his mind, nodded heavily and said: "Well, the Federal Republic of the Netherlands is a good friend of the Great Khan... and the Republic also recognizes the Mughal Empire as part of the Great Mongol Kingdom!"

His words were translated into Mongolian by Nan Huairen, and Suo'etu finally showed a relaxed smile, and he asked with a smile: "Your Highness, your East India Company has been operating in Tianzhu for many years, so you should know the reality of Tianzhu. Right? How about we discuss it now, how should we fight? How should we score? Should we bring England and Portugal to fight together?"

When it comes to how to carve up India, William III, who is in power in the Netherlands, is also in high spirits.

Now India is a good place to be rich!

Chinese silk, porcelain, Indian cotton cloth, and spices are all key products that dominate the European market.Therefore, most of the silver produced in the New World flowed into China, while most of the gold in the New World flowed into India—Europeans still played the role of gold and silver porters in this era.

In the original history, the conquest of India can be said to be an important turning point in European history!

After conquering India, Britain gained a huge market and a source of raw materials at its own disposal, and it could also formulate textile trade rules that were favorable to itself.

This allowed the UK to use administrative means to promote the transfer of India's cotton cloth industry to the UK mainland, thus accelerating the rise of the UK's machine textile industry, and at the same time pushing India's cotton textile industry into the abyss.

If there is no market and cotton provided by India, even if the British textile industry has machines, there will not be enough market capacity to digest it, nor enough cheap raw materials, and it will be difficult to form an industrial scale in the end.

For example, in history, the United Kingdom had no way to use its cotton cloth to break through the market of the Qing Dynasty, which was closed to the outside world...

William III thought for a while, and then asked Suo'etu: "Mr. Special Envoy, can you tell me how many troops the Great Mongol Kingdom can send out for the expedition to India?"

His words were translated into Mongolian by Nan Huairen, and Nan Huairen himself added: "Suo Zhongtang, you have to tell the truth about this...the Dutch have been operating in Tianzhu for many years, and they know the inside story of Mughal very well. Yes, there are many soldiers and few soldiers, they all have a way."

Suo'etu nodded: "To tell you the truth, I, Great Mongolia, suffered a great loss in the Central Plains. There are not as many soldiers and horses as before. Moreover, the newly conquered Kazakhs and the land in the river that will be conquered also need to leave some defenders ...but one hundred thousand people can still take it out!"

His words were translated into Latin by Nan Huairen.

"The 10 people are the Khan's own people?" William III asked.