Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

In the 15th year of Wucheng in Huaxia, the second year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, 1713 in the Western calendar, and the 7221st year after the creation of the Russian calendar (Note: Russia used the creation calendar at that time) on the [-]th day of the first month, Nerchensk (Nebensk), the garrison of the Lower Baikal Warlord Chu) A news that shocked all the Cossacks and other Russian residents was circulating—the huge Qing Empire failed in the decisive battle with the southern Chinese Empire, and the entire Qing Empire was expelled from China

After the shock, the Russians were ecstatic. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Russia, which had been weak for 24 years, had to succumb to the Qing Empire and gave up the entire south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains and the Heilongjiang River Basin.Now that the powerful Qing Empire no longer exists, the time has come for Russia to regain control of the above-mentioned areas. Therefore, the Russian residents and Cossacks who are in the carnival are screaming eastward, then eastward, until the Sea of ​​Okhotsk

However, unlike the blind optimism of the people at the bottom, Ivan Fedorovich Kdrient, the governor of Lower Baikal, has his own ideas. This little German nobleman from Riga wrote in a letter to the Governor of Siberia:

"There is no doubt about the reliability of this news. A Tatar minister personally came to negotiate the secondment of reinforcements, but I think that the Qing Empire is a huge empire. A decisive defeat forced it to withdraw from the rich China, but It is obviously too blindly optimistic to say that the collapse of this empire is too blindly optimistic. Before formulating and implementing policies, we must first observe whether the war between the Qing Empire and the Huaxia Empire is likely to last for a long time. If the Qing Empire is continuously attacked by the Huaxia Empire, then A large number of its troops in the north will inevitably be transferred to the south. At that time, the empire will be able to enter the Amur River (Heilongjiang) without hindrance, and it will be very easy to control the Zeya River (Jingqili River) and even the Buleya River (Niuman River) Conversely, if the two empires reconcile in this way, a considerable part of the power of the Qing Empire will inevitably be devoted to the colonization of the north. At that time, we will instead become the target of the other party's attack. In addition to Heilongjiang, conquering the Khalkha Mongols in the south is also one of the optional targets. Compared with the resistance that may be encountered in the conquest of the Amur River Basin, the strength of the Khalkha Mongols is obviously much weaker, and through the Mongolian line, they can communicate with the Chinese in the south. At that time, the two sides will join forces to destroy the Qing Empire and divide Manchuria equally It will be a good choice. In any case, it is necessary to be prepared. Although His Majesty is in a decisive struggle with Sweden and cannot send more reinforcements from the country, I still hope that when summer comes, Your Excellency can Send reinforcements of over 1000 men so that I can defend and cross the Ergun River”

After the letter to the governor was sent, Ivan Fedorovich Kdrient sent someone to the Yakutsk Warlord District to convey the news of the defeat of the Qing Empire and some of his own judgments, hoping that the other party would also be prepared. The Qing Empire was already extremely weak, so the two warlord regions acted at the same time and jointly invaded the area south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

Then Kdrient ordered to his subordinates: "Immediately report to Irgensk, Selengosk, Upper Uginsk, Sredensk, Kalymsk, Priergunsk, Krasno Kamensk, Olyokminsk, and Karalsk sent messengers to recruit local Cossacks to join the army, and then prepare gunpowder and food, and the war will come soon.”

After finishing all this, Kedrient recruited a Russian businessman who had trade with the Khalkhas: "Ivanovich Markayev Brodarsky, I have an important task for you. Please be sure to cross the Khalkha-controlled area to reach China and establish contact with the emerging Chinese Empire"

Brodarsky responded: "Lord Overseer, for the glory of His Majesty the Tsar, I will do anything, but I hope to have a guard, an official certificate, otherwise Huaxia will only treat me as a spy rather than an envoy. "

"I can arrange for you a Buryat guard, and send a 50-man commander (Russian official name) as your guard captain." Kdrient said this, hesitating a little. "But I'm afraid there may be something wrong with the official document you asked for. After all, I'm just an ordinary warlord, and I don't have enough authority."

"Master Overseer, I think you can give me this document in the name of the Governor of Siberia." Brodarsky winked. "Presumably this is our first formal contact with the Huaxia Empire. The other party may not understand our situation. I even hope that Your Excellency can give me orders in the name of the former imperial minister, but this is too presumptuous."

Kdrient thought for a while, then asked, "Will the European missionaries in Beijing expose this deception?"

Brodarsky replied confidently: "How can ordinary missionaries know the difference between the warlord and the governor?"

"What you said makes sense. The higher your status, the better for your contact with the Chinese Empire." Kedrient agreed. "What you want will be ready soon, you need a few days to go."

"I also need to prepare some rare goods, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of the Khalkha people when I go on the road in winter." Seeing that the warlord was a little displeased, Brodarsky gave a time limit. "Please rest assured, Lord Overseer, it won't take too long. I will set off within a week, within a week."

Three days after Brodarsky accepted Kedrient's order, the Qing court in Fengtian City also held an important meeting.At the meeting, Sunu put forward two propositions of moving the capital and rebuilding the Eight Banners, which were quickly supported by Fadu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Dan Dai, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, E Jier, Minister of the Lifan Academy, and Jue Luoyang, the general of Jilin. Fu's support.

Although the princes of the Eight Banners who had only lived a stable life in Fengtian for a few days were not very happy, they thought that they might face Xia's army after the beginning of spring, so they were quickly persuaded. However, regarding the location of the new capital, The princes insisted on their own opinions.

Jilin Ula was the first to be eliminated, and the reason was naturally that it was too close to Shengjing and not safe enough.Ninggu Tower, the former residence of General Jilin, was also eliminated because it was too partial.Heilongjiang City and Aihui were too far to the north, and the princes of the Eight Banners who moved to the capital could no longer bear the bitter cold.

Heilongjiang General Jue Luo Meng Eluo proposed to move the capital to Qiqihar; University Scholars Boding and Minister of Criminal Affairs Alana suggested that Butha (Sacrifice) Yamen be stationed as the new capital; ; But at this time, Mu Dan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, poured cold water on everyone who was discussing.

"My lords, no matter where you move to, the palace needs to be built, the mansions of dozens of princes and Baylor need to be built, and the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty may not all live in shacks in the wild. Big, it took several years or even more than ten years for my Qing Dynasty to be at its peak, and it’s even worse now.” Mu Dan knew that once the location of the new capital was settled, the Ministry of Industry would bear great pressure , so he wants to put his ugly words up front. "Speaking of a thousand words and ten thousand, these places are all wilderness lands with a small population. There are no people, and they can't even gather the materials, let alone build a new capital?"

All the princes and ministers were dumbfounded. Indeed, is there anyone in the north?Of course there are people, let alone hundreds of thousands of New Manchuria, but these hundreds of thousands of Xibe, Balhu, Daganer, Oroqen, Sauron, Feiyaka, Ewenki, Qiyakala, and Hulkha are distributed in an extremely vast area. On the northeast land, it is impossible to get together.

Of course no one does anything nonsense. In this regard, Minister Yin Tebu of the Ministry of Finance further elaborated: "There is still food, how to solve the food supply to Xindu? How to solve the food for the front battle?"

Prince Yu Yunyu asked back: "Lord Yin, now that you are the chief minister, what do you think you should do?"

Yin Tebu looked at Prince Zhuang Bo Guoduo and Prince Xian Yanhuang, and gritted his teeth to make a suggestion that shocked the audience: "The current plan is to imitate the previous emperor's old plan of moving the people in the pass to the Northeast, and transfer the people inside and outside Fengtian City. All the people moved to the surrounding areas of the new capital to cultivate land."

"Bastard!" Yan Huang roared. "Intebu, who ordered you to dare to break the foundation of this king."

He and Prince Yunyou took a step forward calmly: "Prince Xian, is the emperor still there? Don't be rude."

Looking at Emperor Tongzhi's ashen face, Prince Lu Yunxuan also tried to persuade him: "Prince Xian, you can't keep anything if Haini hits you. It's better to move to the north, maybe you can still save it."

Yanhuang was still waiting to refute, but Prince Zhuang Boguoduo shook his head at him, and Yanhuang, who was helpless, could only retreat to the side angrily.Yanhuang didn't hold back anymore, and the other princes of the Eight Banners who lived in Fengtian could only calm down, but judging from their expressions, they were obviously not convinced by Yunxuan's explanation.

However, Yin Tebu continued regardless: "In addition to moving the people of Liaodong to the new capital, the imperial court also issued an edict to raise all the flags and the people, and abolished the original payment regulations for the bannermen, and issued them to the new capital." The land is allowed to be cultivated by themselves, and the imperial court only collects [-]% of the grain every year, and those who have soldiers in their families will be exempted from the land tax."

Now, except for the princes and princes outside the pass, the rest of the princes of the Eight Banners also began to get angry. At this time, I heard Yin Tebu say: "The imperial court has to formulate a system to grant land to the clans and meritorious officials below Baylor. In addition to defending in the south, please go deep into Mongolia to conquer if you can't, and distribute the plundered population to the kings and below as slaves."

This sounds acceptable, but the key is that the Qing army wants to block the Xia army south of Fengtian, so Bo Guoduo looked at Su Nu and said, "Mr. Blocking the Xia army in the south, and sending troops into Mongolia to fight, does the imperial court still have such great power?"

Sunu said dryly: "A year ago, the imperial court conscripted a total of 6 soldiers from New Manchuria, plus [-] soldiers from the bannermen who fled to Fengtian, adding up to almost [-] soldiers. There are at least [-] people in the Eight Banners who are forbidden to travel, and at least [-] people are required to enter Mongolia, and less than [-] people are left. "

Speaking of Yunti, the people found that Yunti did not come to the court meeting. Now everyone panicked, and asked Prince Yunyou: "Can the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade be edited less, because there will be more soldiers and horses on the southern front?" Be sure to block the sea reversal."

"It's not that the slaves must detain these soldiers." Sunu explained casually. "The Raksha people in the north know that the Qing Dynasty has been defeated, and they might take advantage of the fire to loot them." Sunu was actually deceiving everyone, but he didn't think he had hit the point. "So I have to keep a hand."

Everyone in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay. At this time, Prince Lu Yunxuan said: "Since Eros may turn his back on him, I think that the new capital may be located near Sanxing (Yilan County)."

"Slave seconded the proposal." Prince Yu Yunyu also agreed. Although there is no ready-made city, there is enough land along the Songhua River for arable land. More importantly, this place is far enough away from Russia and Huaxiadou. "The servant also proposed to completely abolish the mink fur tax of Butha Eight Banners and change the tax to military service in order to expand the imperial court's military strength."

Dashi Boding added: "If the Butha Eight Banners give up hunting, the imperial court can also allocate land near the new capital and give them tax-free treatment."

E Jier, Minister of Lifan Academy, said: "Everything must be done quickly."