Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

On July 19th, 7225th year of Wu Cheng, and August 8th, 9 in the Russian Genesis Calendar, the "Summer-Russian Border Treaty" was officially signed.According to the provisions of the treaty, the two countries formally established the natural boundaries of the two countries, such as the middle line of the Lena River, the watershed of the Western Baikal Mountains, and the watershed of the Eastern Sayan Mountains, and at the same time established the relevant regulations on population and trade exchanges between the two countries.

Although the "Boundary Demarcation Treaty" was signed, it does not mean that the matter has come to an end. There will be joint demarcation operations and complicated evacuation of Russian settlers waiting for the missions of the two countries: "Honorary Earl, it is now Winter is approaching, so I suggest that the two countries conduct border demarcation in the spring of next year. In addition, in view of the vast area east of the Lena River and south of the Lena River, the Russian population is also quite scattered, so our country requires that the time for evacuation of immigrants be relaxed for three years."

"My court can agree to your envoy's request, but the evacuation period is only three years. Those who fail to evacuate within three years will be treated as my court's subjects." An Wenhua responded word by word. "And within three years, the Raksha people who have not yet evacuated must abide by the laws of our court, accept the jurisdiction of our court officials, and pay a due tax."

"Our country can agree to allow the Russian people to accept your country's civil administration during the three-year evacuation period, but because our country's laws are different from your country's, it is impossible for the Russian people to understand your country's laws in a short period of time, so our country hopes that within three years of evacuation Russian laws continue to be enforced for Russian residents." In fact, most of the Russian immigrants are poor people who can't get along with the local people, and they are illiterate, so they don't know what laws are illegal. Therefore, except for a few large towns, which still implement the existing Russian judicial system However, in other parts of Siberia, Russians follow customary law and barbaric laws, so it is almost impossible to convert these people to abide by the Chinese judicial system. "In addition, due to the inconvenience of tax collection and the small amount of tax, I hope that your country can exempt Russian residents who have not yet evacuated from the tax payable within three years. Of course, as a reciprocal return, our country can pay your businessmen in Russia within three years. commercial activities are exempt from all taxes."

The Russians have very good calculations. They believe that it is basically impossible for Chinese caravans to enter the Russian border trade within three years. Therefore, the so-called three-year equal tax exemption conditions are actually illusory. However, to a certain extent, China On the other hand, it is also difficult to receive taxes from those Russian settlers who have not yet evacuated. The reason is simple, because Eastern Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, and the implementation cost is too high. Compared with it, it is better not to collect it.

"I can agree to your country's request." After weighing, An Wenhua still agreed to Earl Magnitogor's request, but he asked in private. "I hope your country can provide relevant information about Jianlu."

Now that there is no problem with the general direction, Earl Magnitogor will naturally not make things difficult for small things: "No problem, I will give you a copy of the report later. But you don't have to worry too much, from the existing information Look, because of the harsh climate of the north, this army of the Tartars is dwindling in number, and it is not even necessary for us to send troops, and the Almighty will send frost to punish these devilish enemies."

"Don't underestimate these Jian slaves." An Wenhua shook his head. "There is an idiom in China called "a trapped beast will still fight"

"Will the beast that is 'forced' to a dead end go all out?" Earl Magnitogor smacked for a while and nodded. "It is true. Judging from the towns captured by these Tatars, they killed all the men and took away the 'women' and children. Obviously they wanted to maintain the development of the entire ethnic group, but they were destined not to Success, because the Lord is on Russia's side." [

Earl Magnitogor's statement that the Mandate of Heaven would not complain about heretics did not get the approval of An Wenhua, but now the remnants of the Qing army have no intention of turning around and going south, and it is not easy for him to enter Russia to fight on his behalf, so he just Can stand on the sidelines: "I hope so, but I hope that your country can regularly report the movements of this enemy."

"That's no problem," Earl Magnitogor promised. "As long as the two countries maintain long-lasting peace"

It was already November of that year when news of the "Summer-Russia Demarcation Treaty" and the news of the remnants of the Qing army struggling in Russia reached Wuchang. The Russian Treaty and the news of the remnants of the Qing army seemed calm. Even Zheng Kezang himself simply let the Court of Etiquette and the Court of Appeals discuss the merits of An Wenhua, Wang Ying and others, and the Privy Council Fang Si continued to follow the news of the remnants of the Qing army and put the matter behind him.

However, what Zheng Kezang considers to be the most important issue, the Ministry of Military Affairs has an unusually big head: "My lord, the local area is extremely cold, and the river is only navigable for three to five months. Whether to set up an inland river fleet along the Lena River, there are different opinions in the Ministry of Military Affairs. talk."

"What do you mean, Qing? The question of how many troops to garrison?" Zheng Kezang understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. "It's indeed troublesome, the border is so long, we have to prevent the Rakshasa people from sneaking in, but to set up a fleet, we must match the strength of a division of the Longxiang Army. Given the situation in the north, the supply is also a huge expense. .” Zheng Kezang’s eyes fell on the face of Shi Youmei, the left servant of the Ministry of Military Affairs. "Is the opinion of the Ministry of Military Affairs unified?"

"The Ministry of Military Affairs finally decided to place the [-]st Brigade of the [-]st Division of the Longxiang Army, which was originally scheduled to be strengthened to the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang Fleet, under the newly established Lena River Fleet. In addition, a separate Beihai Squadron will be established." Lena Whether it is the River Fleet or the North Sea Squadron, the number of squadrons under its jurisdiction is definitely small, and it cannot be compared with the Southern River Fleet at all. At the same time reduce the garrisons in other areas. "The Second Division of the Beihai Hussars will withdraw to Khalkha."

Zheng Kezang pondered for a moment, then asked with some concern: "After the demarcation between Xia and Russia, there is no need to keep too many garrisons in the Beihai area. But if it is a large area, the defense will be handed over to half of the First Division of the Longxiang Army. Is it suitable?"

Shi Youmei responded: "The Mongolian Volunteer Army will also station five or six regiments in Beihai."

Zheng Kezang stood up and went to the big map to look carefully. Of course, the big map is actually blank about the north of the Beihai area: "I will see you right away when I announce it."

Soon, Zheng Qing of the trial court who was the minister of the Ministry of Rites before the restructuring appeared in front of Zheng Kezang: "I kowtow to the Holy One."

"Is the Lingbei Governor's Office located in Beiyan (Okhotsk) Port?" Xuan Ke answered in the affirmative. "The north of Waixing'anling is not the jurisdiction of the Longjiang Governor's Mansion." Xuan Ke gave another affirmative answer. Zheng Kezang picked up An Wenhua's memorial and found a geographical term in it. "Where is the Oryoke River?" Seeing that no one could answer, Zheng Kezang frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything, he just mentioned it. "The envoys of the Rakshasa have clearly mentioned this place, and it is connected with the Outer Xing'an Mountains. Obviously, this is also an obvious geographical dividing line. In this way, the east of the river and the north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains are included in the Lingbei Dufu. The government office of Lingbei Duhufu was moved to the banks of the Lena River, which is also convenient for managing this land. As for the east of Zhuge Zhuer Mountain and Beiyan Port, it was transferred to the Extreme North Duhufu (located in Kamchatka).

Both Lingbei and Extreme North are sparsely populated wild places, and the adjustment of the two divisions involves a very narrow area. Therefore, Xuan Ke followed the order very obediently. When Shi Youmei is left again, Zheng Ke Zang Zaicai said: "After the border survey is made and the government office of the Lingbei Dufu is moved to the bank of the Lena River, the office of the Lena River Fleet will also be placed there. The cavalry regiment of the rebel army may be able to keep the borders well."

"I understand." Shi Youmei knew that Zheng Kezang had accepted the military withdrawal plan of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and replaced the expensive 6000 cavalry army with a navy and dragon army with a combined force of less than [-]. "The minister will go back and start preparing."

"No hurry." Zheng Kezang stopped talking. "I just thought about it for a while, and think that the system of Master Lu may need to be changed again." Shi Youmei hesitated, thinking that you haven't tossed enough, my lord, but he said this in front of Zheng Kezang , so he could only listen to Zheng Kezang's lecture with a wry smile. "I think the Cavalry Army and Longxiang Army have done a good job in the transformation from the Third Brigade and Ninth Regiment to the Second Brigade and Fourth Regiment. The rest of the infantry may try to follow suit."

Shi Youmei responded distressedly: "Your Majesty, changing from the Third Brigade and the Ninth Regiment to the Second Brigade and the Fourth Regiment not only cut the strength by nearly half, but also a lot of officials and assistants at all levels were abolished. If we increase the numbers because of this, I'm afraid it is not in line with the Holy Majesty's disarmament plan." meaning."[

"Disarmament? When did I say that we were going to disarm, I'm afraid you misunderstood it." Zheng Kezang explained to the puzzled Shi Youmei. "What I mean is to expand the strength of the current regiment from more than 600 to nearly a thousand, and increase the number of supplies and other departments. All the white soldiers will be changed to throwing soldiers. In the case of strengthening firepower and supplies, the strength of each division will be appropriately reduced." Zheng Kezang then reported a number. "At present, a division has about 1000 people, and the streamlined division is controlled at about 9000 people. In this way, each division can save [-] soldiers and horses. These [-] soldiers and horses are placed in various places to enrich the forces of the town and the new provinces. Town Army."

Shi Youmei understood that Zheng Kezang's intention might be to set up a new province. In this way, in order to increase troops in time, the field troops should be reduced in advance: "I will arrange a specific plan after I return."

Shi Youmei thought for a while and asked: "Does the setting of the local town army also need to be changed accordingly?"

"It needs to be changed," Zheng Kezang replied. "Isn't the town army a rotation system? Since it is possible to fill the front line, it is natural to maintain unity with the first-line infantry divisions."

Shi Youmei retreated, Zheng Kezang returned to the big map, pointed his finger at a certain place in Nanyang, and ordered: "Pass down the decree, Lingyamen, Phuket, Potuolongya (Langkawi), etc. Zhaonan left-behind mansion is set up in the local area, and Nanhai left-behind mansion is set up in Yecheng, Cirebon, and Surabaya."

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