Xinshun 1730

Chapter 269 Russia needs a wise king

Long-sleeved diplomacy is an important step for Dashun to break the Celestial Empire and become China.

Although this time the layout of Russia is actually not very useful.

But Liu Yu wants the emperor to think that this is useful, pretending that diplomacy is effective, so that the court will pay more attention to such matters as diplomacy.

Whether Hannibal returns or not, Elizabeth will succeed in seizing power.

Russia is now under the control of the Germans brought by Anna, and the traditional Russian nobles are also quite dissatisfied. If it weren't for these coups, the Russian court might have to speak German.

But now to pretend that after Hannibal's return, Russia will have a coup d'état and expand westward with all its strength, so as to create an illusion that diplomacy is useful, Liu Yu has to spend some trouble.

Hannibal also heard some rumors about Petersburg and Moscow, knowing that Elizabeth and the current Queen Anna are not dealing with each other.He is also impatient here.

Now he has the most worthless baronial title of Yidi in Dashun, and he doesn't have to worry about the impact after returning. The titles in the court are recognized by each other. There are a lot of nobles in Russia who have titles in Shinra. The crown of China is now Portions are still heavy.

"Master Liu, I don't know when I can go back?"

What Liu Yu thought was that before the military reform is completed and the battleships are built, you will definitely not be allowed to go back.The reason for asking you to go back is to convince the Russians that there is no hope of going east, and they can only do their best to improve the relationship with Dashun and work hard to go west.

But it can't be too late. If you wait for Elizabeth to succeed in the coup before going back, it will not even count as icing on the cake - this is not for the Russians, but for the court of Dashun, pretending to be of great significance.

"Even if you want to go back, now is not the time. What I promised you will naturally be done. You can just wait at ease. At that time, some captured Cossacks will go back with you."

"But before you go back, I want to hear your opinion on the cis-Russian relationship."

Hannibal didn't even think about it, and said very honestly: "As Emperor Peter said, the future of Russia lies in the west. After the Dashun military reform, Russia has no power to gain any advantage in the east. I have lived here so much For a long time, I saw something that many people can't see. Dashun's management of the bitter cold land in the north depends only on whether His Majesty the Emperor is willing; and if there is a conflict in Russia's eastward advance, it will instead arouse Dashun's determination to go north."

"Siberia is too cold and too big. Russia can only maintain a team of 5000 people on the border. After the Dashun military reform, these people can no longer achieve any results, especially after your siege tactics are promoted, Bastion It also lost its effect."

What he said were all sincere and truthful, and Liu Yu reckoned that his thoughts were similar.

What Russia needs right now is a smart, savvy, diplomatic person at the helm; not one after another of those with cerebral palsy who can't even speak Russian but only German.

It is necessary to prevent fools from coming to power in Russia.

The balance of power has changed, and smart people will make rational judgments and formulate rational policies.And idiots tend to make decisions that people can't figure out even after ten days and ten nights of thinking.

A rational tsar with normal IQ should go west, west, west with all his strength after facing this change in Dashun.

The choice that is beneficial to Dashun is that Russia needs a wise king with a clear head to end Russia's chaotic era since Peter's death.

"If you are interested, you can choose to go back by boat. Perhaps, you can stop in Africa, and you can go and see the hometown you left when you were young."

This suggestion is also not very well-intentioned. Liu Yu has no interest in Hannibal visiting his hometown. However, letting a Chinese sailing ship arrive in St. Petersburg and passing a great success to Russia's navy has also undergone a Peter military reform. The signal is of great significance.

Even if Russia still had the idea of ​​seizing an ice-free port in the Pacific Ocean, it would give up this idea under the shadow of this sailing ship.

As long as the person at the helm has a normal mind, he will understand that even if he captures a Far Eastern seaport, it cannot be defended without a navy.

In addition, he did not give up the idea of ​​making money at all.It is definitely not possible to send a ship directly to Russia for trade, but in the name of sending Hannibal back home, carrying a large amount of goods, this semi-official form of diplomatic visit, Russia will also choose to eat the goods on the ship.

Hanni was not very interested, and just said: "I don't have much impression of my hometown. As long as I can go back to Russia, it doesn't matter whether it's by boat or by sleigh from Siberia. So, when can I go back? "

Liu Yu thought to himself, of course you will be allowed to go back after declaring war on Japan and Holland.

By the way, this strategic deception will be lifted, and the diplomatic goodwill change towards Russia will be completed, so that Russia will not have to worry about fighting on two fronts, and will go westward with all its strength.

Liu Yu no longer needs to talk too much to Hannibal about the disadvantages of going east.Once the military reform is completed, Russia's eastward advance will have no chance of winning.

Hannibal is also very clear. Liu Yu also said at the beginning that for Dashun, he hopes that Russia will come to power with a monarch who will practice Peter's westward policy.

This is the prerequisite for cooperation between the two parties.

Elizabeth, as Peter's daughter, may be the only living Peter's blood at this time, and is undoubtedly regarded as a totem by the Western Party in Russia.

With the change of the situation, those who supported Anna in the first place also had to face the helplessness of the Russian Tsar relying on the Germans to rule the country, and Peter's daughter was also regarded as some kind of totem of orthodox Russia.

The rare heir supported by both the Western Party and the Conservative Party also made the current Queen Anna very hostile to the princess.

Interactions between major powers are bound to be interest-oriented.Hannibal also believed that what he saw and heard proved that Russia's eastward advance would be a mistake in the future.Even if he could understand Liu Yu's intentions, he would not feel that he was being used.

It's just that Liu Yu didn't give him a clear reply for a long time, which made him feel as if he could go back tomorrow, or ten or even twenty years later. This kind of feeling of hanging every day is not good.

Liu Yu also couldn't give a specific time, according to the estimate, it should be within three years.When the shipbuilding plan was completed and the battleship promised by France was on the berth, it was time to quickly adjust the diplomatic strategy.

Facing Hannibal's questioning over and over again, Liu Yu could only say haha, prevaricating and saying soon, soon.

Hannibal thought to himself, "quick" and "immediately" in the Chinese vocabulary are really amazing.

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Not long after Liu Yu visited Hannibal, the Russian envoy came to Hannibal's mansion worriedly.

From some channels, the Russian envoy received a very vague message.

The Dashun appears to have a new type of rifled gun that has the same reload speed as a smoothbore flintlock, but with far greater range and accuracy.

This news was learned by accident, and the first reaction of the Russian envoy was that France provided Dashun with the technology of this new firearm.

When this Russian special envoy came to Dashun for the first time with a delegation, he was not a full-time envoy. He witnessed the matchlock guns in the capital camp in less than ten years. He would not believe that this was developed by Dashun himself. .

Dashun's attitude towards the border demarcation issue in the northwest suddenly became tough.

This tough timing worried the Russian envoy.

After the negotiations between China and France were completed, Dashun's attitude immediately became extremely tough, almost overturning the previous negotiation conditions, and adding some conditions that were impossible to accept under the bottom line of Russia.

Around the several fortresses on the Irtysh River, the tributary states surrounding the rest of Central Asia are Dashun, and other issues, and pressure is being exerted step by step.

The constant pressing has touched the bottom line of the Russian special envoy. He no longer has the right to reply. He can only choose to return to Russia and report the changes that have occurred here, so as to obtain a new bottom line for the court.

The diplomatic time between Shun and Russia is based on two years as the basic unit.

Before deciding to return to Russia, I heard that Liu Yu went to see Hannibal a few days ago, and the Russian envoy hoped to get some news from Hannibal.

Hannibal didn't say that he was going back to Russia, but repeated Liu Yu's frown when he talked about "artisanship and cheap industry" that day, and said that the Swedes would return to Sweden by boat, and Dashun would send a boat to send them to Russia. The matter of these people returning to Sweden.

Sweden, France...

Reminiscent of Dashun's previous hospitality specifications for the French envoy, the Russian envoy panicked.

"The Chinese want to open up relations with Sweden? If they just let Renat and others return to China, they can find ships back to Europe in Macau or Guangdong. Sweden also has the East India Company. Why did they send ships to Sweden?"

Hannibal thought of an idiom.

"Communicate with distant countries and attack nearby countries. There is such a proverb in China. Liu Yu told me that he just sent people to learn the distillation technology of wood tar. This is a reasonable reason."

The Russian special envoy shook his head and said: "It is plausible, but it is not sufficient and it is not credible. The war between Russia and Turkey is still going on, and the Swedes are indeed vulnerable, but if Sweden, France, Turkey and China reach some kind of alliance against Russia Woolen cloth?"

This is a very dangerous signal.Once this alliance against Russia is reached, Russia will be in a very difficult position.

Russia used to be able to be a double-headed eagle. Since the conquest of the Siberian Khanate in Yermask, Russia believed that the eastward advance could be accomplished without the need for a regular army, relying on Cossacks and self-organized fur hunting teams.

The huge benefits of Siberian fur and Heilongjiang sable fur can not only fill the treasury, but also use almost no money in the treasury.

Now, things have changed.The Mongols are finished, and all the buffer zones are gone. If you want to expand eastward, you can only use the regular army.It is irrational to rely on the Cossacks to challenge the army after the Dashun military reform.

Russia has to make a choice: is it going east?Or go west?Or go south?
Enmity with the Swedes, war with the French for Poland, blood feud with Turkey, border disputes with Dashun, and extremely poor relations with Persia... This foreign policy of taking one step at a time and looking at one step at a time must be adjusted. .

Dashun and France's high-level diplomacy, escorting Swedish prisoners of war back to China... These two things came together, which made the Russian special envoy make a shocking judgment: the content of the secret agreement between China and France was aimed at Russia.

I am afraid that Russia must send a mission of sufficient level to come to the capital of Dashun again and make concessions in the northwest.After Dashun put down the rebellion of the Zhunbu, a permanent and effective border contract must be signed.

The Russian special envoy thought this way, thinking that he might have to send a special envoy above the earl level.

(End of this chapter)