Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

He led the team to Daming this time to discuss cooperation with Daming.

For the sake of the great Tsar and the interests of the empire in the east, Gesimov was prepared to endure it.

Well, after all, we are living under someone else's roof now, and the dark muzzles and shining bayonets all around us cannot be faked.

If he dared to harm the people of Ming Dynasty in public outside the capital city of Ming Dynasty, then there would be no need to discuss this cooperation.

Let’s all start a war!

Gesimov could still understand such a simple truth.

Soon, without letting the Tsarist Russian envoy wait long, an official from the Ming Dynasty came to Gesimov and others, speaking in a very gentle and polite tone.

"Everyone, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has agreed to meet you in the Old Summer Palace. Come with me!"

After Zhang Xiang said this, he motioned for Gesimov and others to follow.

But when Gesimov and others walked up to him, his expression changed obviously. He subconsciously took two steps back, covered his nose and said.

"What does this smell like on you? Could it be that you fell into a manure pit?"

"You should take a shower first, change your clothes, and then go to see His Highness the Crown Prince, so as not to offend His Highness with your body smell."

Hearing this, Gesimov looked at the actions of the Ming officials in front of him, his face turned pale again, and he felt that he had been offended.

The more people lack something, the more they care about it.

He knew that his body odor was obvious, which was why he was offended by Zhang Xiang's reaction.

If he had no body odor, why would he care about Zhang Xiang's actions?

However, when he thought about the big things he still had to shoulder, Gesimov finally decided to endure it and gritted his teeth.

"it is good!"

"I'd like to thank you for your arrangements."

After Zhang Xiang heard this, he nodded and said.

"Very good. If that's the case, please come with me!"

……

Soon, Zhang Xiang took the delegation to the post house outside the capital, and then arranged for them to wash and change clothes.

While everyone in the envoy was washing and changing clothes, a group of Ming soldiers began to take advantage of this opportunity to pick up the weapons carried by the envoy and began to study them.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.

Although the weapons and equipment of the mission cannot represent the overall military strength of Tsarist Russia, they also have certain reference value.

"The Rakshasa's muskets are very crude. They are far inferior to the quality of the English and French muskets."

"Such quality cannot pass the quality inspection of arms factory here in Daming."

A Ming army officer with considerable war experience picked up a musket, looked at it carefully for a while, and then commented.

The other officers also spoke one after another.

"But the caliber of their muskets is larger than that of European countries such as Britain and France, so they should be quite powerful!"

"And this, the quality of their bayonets is not very good. They are brittle overall. Not to mention steel, they are not even fine iron, they are just ordinary iron materials."

"Well, their muskets don't have rifling yet. Is it because the processing accuracy can't be improved? Or do they just don't have this idea at all now?"

"The quality of gunpowder is also worrying. Some are very good, while others are very poor. Their gunpowder is probably produced by hand in small workshops, and there is no unified standard."

"..."

A group of people were busy discussing, taking notes with paper and pen while discussing.

Soon, they stripped off all the underpants of Tsarist Russia’s active weapons.

In the eyes of these officers of the Ming Army, the level of Tsarist Russia's weapons was very poor, even inferior to that of the Qing army after the reform. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the army in Siberia is not the elite of the Tsarist Russian Empire's army.

Most of Maozi's troops in Siberia were pioneers, exiled prisoners, and nomadic cavalry such as Cossacks. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were a mob.

It is true that these people dare to fight and fight. Mao Zi, a fighting nation, everyone must understand.

But many times, those who dare to fight are not necessarily elites. They may also be cannon fodder and death squads.

Their weapons are really not that good!

At this moment, a Ming army officer asked.

"You said that His Highness asked us to study the weapons and equipment and military level of the Rakshasa people. What are you going to do?"

As soon as the man finished speaking, another Ming army officer spoke.

"If you don't know something you shouldn't know, stop asking and just do what you're doing."

"We will know when it's time for us to know."

Even though they said this, most of these Ming army officers had some guesses in their minds.

The news that the Rakshasa Empire took advantage of the Qing court's empty troops in Mobei and occupied Kulun was not a secret among the Ming army.

In the eyes of the Ming army, since the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were destroyed by them, the Ming Dynasty would naturally inherit all the Manchu and Qing territories.

At this time, Rakshasa invaded Kulun, not only the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

They didn't believe that the imperial court could swallow this breath!

Now the imperial court asked them to study the weapons and equipment of the Rakshasa army, obviously preparing for war...

……

Soon, Gesimov and his party finished washing and changing clothes, and were taken to the Old Summer Palace to meet Zhu Jing'an.

Zhu Jing'an met with Gesimov and his party in Qingyan, Jiuzhou.

Sitting on the main seat, next to Zhu Jing'an, Ming army officers in military uniforms stood with their hands behind their hands, their eyes full of sharpness.

Inside and outside the main hall, stood a Ming soldier who stood tall and straight like a pine or cypress.

Wearing red armor makes them look more handsome.

The sharp bayonet reflected the cold light under the sunlight.

After many rounds of notifications, Gesimov and others finally arrived in front of the main hall.

Several soldiers standing at the door of the hall saw this and said loudly.

"The envoy from Rakshasa Kingdom comes to see you, kneel down!"

Seeing this, Gesimov and others knelt down on one knee and held their breasts in salute.

Zhu Jing'an didn't care about this.

Unlike the Manchus who were born barbaric and had low self-esteem in their bones, they needed to gain self-confidence by making others kneel down.

Ever since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has not paid much attention to kneeling.

Except for important occasions such as worshiping heaven and ancestors, and large court gatherings, where ministers need to perform a grand ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, the general ceremony is to bow down before an audience.

Moreover, after bowing down and bowing down, the ministers will be given a seat.

The ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the kowtowing insects of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are two different things.

However, the fact that his own ministers and people did not need to kowtow did not mean that Zhu Jing'an could accept foreign envoys to still perform salutes according to the rules of their own country after they came to the Ming Dynasty.

What is at issue in this matter is not the issue of kowtow or not, but the issue of the right to speak.

There is an old saying in China, that is, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

When foreigners come to the Ming Dynasty, they must abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty and cannot continue to act according to their rules.

This end, they must knock!

Not negotiable! (End of chapter)