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Chapter 579 I don't want to run anymore
After the British and French ambassadors left Qingxi Bookstore, Song Enming, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, came in. He had been communicating with Eriksson before. A number of preliminary agreements have already been reached.

"Diplomatic diplomacy is really a great subject, and I have learned a lot from it."

Song Enming sighed a little on his face. Although the war between Chu and Russia was something that had been prepared for, the chain reaction that occurred after it happened still made him a little anxious.

Ning Yu didn't have the unhappy look on his face just now. In fact, he knew the reaction of Britain and France well, so after seeing Song Enming coming in, he said softly: "That's right, our ancestors all knew the truth of a long-distance friendship and a short-distance attack." , since we want to fight the Russians, we can't fight alone."

"We don't have any real allies in Europe right now. Sweden can barely be counted as one, but they will only stand with us on the matter of the Russians. If it is other interests, I am afraid they will not be so supportive. As for The idea of ​​Britain and France is even simpler, they just want to make Ningchu a gun against the Russians."

When Ning Yu said this, he couldn't help sighing, "There is no friendship between countries, only the relationship of interests. When we deal with other countries, we must pay special attention to this. We have to deal with them, but we can't really treat them as so-called Allies."

Song Enming was thoughtful, and said softly: "Then, in our current relationship with Sweden, can we consider further cooperation?"

Previously, Ning Yu did not approve of an actual alliance with Sweden, and it seems that he has no such intention until now that he has started a war with the Russians.

"Cooperation naturally needs to be deepened, but it cannot become a substantive ally."

Sure enough, Ning Yu still opposed the alliance, and he explained immediately: "We not only need to look at the current war, but also look at the future diplomatic interests in Europe, we must not be bound by Sweden, otherwise we will be in a very unfavorable situation in the future. "

In Ning Yu's heart, he is willing to fight against the Russians with Sweden, but he is absolutely unwilling to get involved too deeply with Sweden, because Sweden's goal is always to restore its hegemony before the Great Northern War, and Ning Chu's involvement is not in line with his status. European interests.

You must know that the Great Northern War was not only against Sweden by the Russians, but also against Sweden by other European countries, such as Britain, France, Prussia, Denmark and Saxony. Therefore, a rising Sweden will only be seen by the crowd. rise up and attack it.

Song Enming nodded, and said softly: "Your Majesty's words are very true, but there is one thing that needs to be reported to His Majesty first. The list of our ambassadors stationed in various European countries has been preliminarily finalized. Please have a look at Your Majesty."

While talking, Song Enming took out a finger-wide note from his sleeve and handed it over.

Ning Yu took the thin note, and saw that there was not much information on it, mainly the names of a few people, and behind these names were their positions.

"Xu Wenjun, it seems that he was the second-class in the first imperial examination. I remember him. This person is still very capable. He should be the magistrate in Hunan now. Why did he send him to the embassy in France?"

These words startled Song Enming, he could not be considered by the emperor as the kind of arrogant and domineering minister who stretched out his hand at will, and then hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, it turns out that our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no talents, so the minister They also specially asked for favors to select relevant diplomatic talents among officials across the country, and Xu Wenjun is one of them, especially since he himself is very happy, so he voluntarily resigned from the post of prefect of Baoqing, Hunan."

Ning Yu smiled slightly, then looked again, but there was nothing worthy of his attention in the list behind, so he put it down casually, and said: "The world in the next 100 years will be a world of changing winds and clouds, our These diplomat seeds will directly lay the groundwork for Dachu's future diplomatic situation, we still need to pay more attention to cultivation, and we have to send a ride to the horse!"

"Get on the horse and see you off?" Song Enming felt that this saying was really fresh, but he could also understand the meaning of the words, but he didn't understand what the emperor meant.

Ning Yu said softly: "I think we have to carry out a special training course for diplomats. In addition to cultivating their basic diplomatic qualities, we must also tell them about the world. Don't limit your vision to the country. We can organize a special exam, and those who pass the exam can be promoted to a higher level, our third-level diplomats are only from the fifth rank now, isn't it a bit too low?"

"Your Majesty, at present, among the ministers of the Executive Yuan, there is also the Secretary Cheng, who is also the fifth rank. It is not too small for our third-level diplomats to be the fifth rank."

Song Enming was a little helpless. In the final analysis, the third-level diplomats were at most doing second-hand jobs. Those who could be sent abroad were at least the second-level diplomats, and they were from the fourth rank. It is a first-class diplomat, and the grade of a first-class diplomat is the third grade, which is half a grade lower than the chief envoy.

Ning Yu chuckled, and said softly: "How about this, the ranks of all diplomats will be raised by half a level, and the third-level diplomats will be assigned the official title of the fifth rank."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will never disappoint Your Majesty's expectations."

Song Enming was overjoyed immediately. To put it bluntly, in the various departments of the current Executive Yuan, everyone's grades are about the same. Now that they can be promoted by half a grade, it is more or less elated.

Originally, after the military operation of the Fuhan Army in Mobei ended, the army did not withdraw to the capital. Under the leadership of Dong Ce, 3 people attacked the Jungar Khanate to support the Shaanxi-Ganxi West Road Army. The 7 people in the army were also divided into two parts, of which 3 people were stationed on the Mobei grassland to deter the newly recovered Mobei tribes, while the other 4 people went all the way north along the direction of Heilongjiang. The Russians launched an offensive.

In fact, from a military point of view, it is not rational to attack the Russians in October, because northern Xinjiang is about to enter winter, and a hasty battle will only bring more unnecessary losses. After all, in cold weather, there will be It will test the logistics supply capability of an army even more.

In fact, even in the plan of the Privy Council, the plan to attack Russia will not be launched until the spring of next year, but the problem is that the Battle of Mobei went too smoothly, not only the Privy Council did not expect it, but the emperor did not expect it. Even the Russians didn't expect it, and they cleaned up Zhungeer all at once.

As a result, a problem arose. A large amount of grain, grass and horse fodder prepared in the north before the war were saved, and these grains and fodder could fully guarantee the needs of the tens of thousands of Fuhan troops in the north to fight throughout the winter. The army has prepared a large number of winter cotton-padded clothes, so they can change their clothes to fight as soon as winter enters, and it will not affect their combat effectiveness.

But the problem is that the Russians do not have such confidence. After all, they have just entered the Far East. With the current supply capacity in the direction of Siberia, it is not enough to support too many troops fighting in winter, especially in the direction of Yunchun and Vladivostok. After the construction of the city, the family property that can be taken out is really limited.

Therefore, Ning Yu and the Privy Council also made a bold determination to launch an offensive before the arrival of winter. After the winter, the Fuhan army with sufficient protection will have an advantage over the Russians in any fight.

Of course, the rhythm after the actual start of the fight is not so fast. After all, the Russians are stationed in a wide area. From the entire north of Mobei to the north of Mongolia and even to the north of Manchuria, almost all of them have become the sphere of influence of the Russians, but their strength is very small. Dozens of people controlled a large area, so the Fuhan Army could only spread out its forces and gradually wipe out the Russian forces.

When the Fuhan army advanced in an orderly manner, Yunchun City naturally became the first-line battlefield where the focus of both sides was. Sporadic gunfire began to sound on both sides of the Tumen River. Has begun, and the flames of war are finally rekindled here.

In Yunchun City, the flags of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty finally replaced the Russian flags in the past, and were re-hanged on the top of the city. However, these tattered Eight Banners were only fluttering weakly. When I checked it out from under the box, I never expected such a day to come.

The so-called Qing Empire is actually dead long ago, but it has persisted until today and has not been buried.

Emperor Qianlong sat indifferently in the yamen of Yunchun City. This was a relatively desolate room with only a little sunlight coming through the half-opened door, so he was almost sitting in the shadows.

Just in the past three days, Qianlong had dismissed all the Yingying and Yanyan around him. After more than a year of hard work, he had not been able to make those women conceive children. Now in this precarious situation Under the circumstances, he finally chose to give up completely, and the only ones who accompany him now are some old and young of the Qing court.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the power of the empire in the Far East is relatively limited now, and it must be used where it is truly valuable. Therefore, the army of the empire will not continue to fight against the continuous Han army on the Tumen River. Now it can only I regret to inform Your Majesty that we will abandon Yunchun City, and please Your Majesty follow us to leave Yunchun and go to Vladivostok."

Earl Sara Wula was bathed in the sun, and he still had a warm smile on his face, but the words that came out of his mouth were as ruthless as a sharp sword.

"There is one more thing I need to tell Your Majesty. Your Majesty has a noble status when you go to Vladivostok this time, so you can choose to bring two people as your servants, but you can only bring two people. After all, there is not much food now. We can no longer feed another useless population."

When the last sentence of "useless population" was translated, the eyes of almost all the old and young in the Qing court instantly fell into despair. They did not dare to express their inner anger to the Earl of Sara Wula, and could only look eagerly. Looking at the emperor sitting in the shadows, he dared not say a word.

Since the Qing court completely became a vassal of the Russians, scenes like this are not uncommon. From reducing the expenses of the Eight Banners in all aspects at the beginning, to enlisting the soldiers of the Eight Banners to build bastions, in these processes, the senior officials of the Eight Banners have been from the beginning. There were still objections, but since those opponents were killed by the Russians for various reasons, no one dared to say no again.

At this critical moment, everyone lost the courage to resist. They looked at the emperor in front of them hard, hoping that Qianlong would choose them to leave by themselves, but Zhang Tingyu, who was standing in the corner, was not in a hurry, just Looking at the crowd calmly.

How can you continue to live?
Obviously, at this moment, Zhang Tingyu and Earl Sara Wula almost reached an agreement. In their view, waste is not worthy to continue to live, nor is it worthy of any resources.

Emperor Qianlong neither expressed approval nor disapproval, but just sat quietly, silent.

There was no sound in the whole room, everyone was looking at Emperor Qianlong, waiting for his decision, even Earl Sara Wula, who had always been unreasonable, did not have any intention of urging him at this time, but just waited quietly.

After a long time, Emperor Qianlong spoke slowly, but what he said made everyone feel that the emperor's mind was broken.

"I don't want to run anymore."

Earl Sarawula frowned slightly. He looked at the young man in front of him and said softly: "Your Majesty, do you know what you are talking about? If you don't want to go to Vladivostok, your end will be Will be captured or killed by the Fuhan army, just like your father."

Even the numb old and young of the Eight Banners were still extremely angry when they heard Earl Sara Ula's words suspected of insulting Yongzheng. They glared at the Russian in front of them, and some even began to curse and exhausted everything Vicious language to attack the person in front of you.

However, Sarawula didn't even look at these people, and still stared at Qianlong, saying unceremoniously: "See, what you can rely on now is such a group of people, they even came up to attack me I don’t even have the courage to insult me ​​like a lady!”

(End of this chapter)