Dominate the Country

The little people in the background of the great era are pathetic. Everyone's life is a legendary stage play. In the background of the great era, every little person uses their life to write their own script. Millions of scripts form the prelude of this era and converge into this era. Lin Ahai's tragedy lies in his early destined identity, the sadness of being influenced by the times, the helplessness of life, and the friendship between people, which makes people sigh for their experience.

And what is even more tragic is that such a story will only be smashed to pieces by the waves of history without hesitation, forever buried in the surging river, unknown to the public.

This is the world. No one will care about or understand the "hardship" of a small spy.

When Chen Ming was captured in Hanoi, Chen Jie and Yang Zhengjie chose to surrender, and Wu Xiongguang burned down the governor's office and burned himself. This is a very thorough resistance!

Its "heroism" made Chen Ming quite sigh.

What kind of spirit is this?

In an instant, the image of Wu Xiongguang became completely vivid in Chen Ming's mind. He was not the most talented, nor did he cause the most trouble for Chen Ming, but he left a very deep impression on Chen Ming, and he really occupied a place on Chen Ming's enemy list.

To a certain extent, Wu Xiongguang's death sublimated the image of the "Three Heroes". Otherwise, Chen Jie and Yang Zhengjie who surrendered would be too bleak.

Of course, many people do not agree with this. Why make it so tragic when the overall situation has been decided?

Chen Ming was not prepared to kill them all. Chen Jie and Yang Zhengjie surrendered, and they would only be placed under residential surveillance, and they could also be given a part of their property, allowing them to live a stable and prosperous life as ordinary people. Why did Wu Xiongguang do this?

For a time, I don't know how many newspapers criticized Wu Xiongguang, and put a hat of "pseudo-Qing remnants" on his head.

Even Chen Ming didn't have time to go to the organization. Next, it's too late to say anything.

Chen Ming no longer cares about Hanoi's "aftermath". As mentioned before, when the war broke out in Hanoi, he was more concerned about the west.

The Ottomans and Russia may not go to war this year, so what about next year? What about the year after?

Even the current Sino-Russian trade volume is rising straight up, with a very strange growth rate. These Russians seem to have suddenly found a gold mountain, buying rhubarb, tea, raw silk, high-end porcelain and other utensils in large quantities, and also pulling large quantities of leather materials to the trade zone in trucks like dealing with cheap goods.

Why is this so? It's obvious.

This is a reaction to the tension in Russian-Turkish relations, but it is also the sadness of Russia being attacked from both sides. The Ottomans are also allies with Sweden, and they have assured China more than once that once the war breaks out, Sweden will also launch a large-scale attack on Russia, with its troops heading straight for St. Petersburg. In this way, they are attacked from three sides. A large number of Chinese businessmen returned from Russia, and the news they brought also showed that the Russians were mobilizing troops to the east, and they also fully armed the Torghuts.

But no matter what, Emperor Chen's attention has been focused on the past.

Therefore, in the past 12 years of Chengtian/1786, the biggest things in the East and the West were not what Emperor Chen really cared about. Let Frederick II die, Chen Ming is not Peter III, but a die-hard fan of Frederick. So Frederick is certainly a very famous figure in European history, and Chen Ming, who has no feelings for him, does not have any feelings about his death.

Today's Western world is a world with one superpower and many strong countries. The "one superpower" is naturally Great Britain, which has just suffered a heavy blow. Below Britain are France, Austria, Prussia and Russia. As for Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark and other countries, they are inferior.

No matter how these countries fight and kill each other, they are still fighting for internal leadership. In the several wars between France and Britain, they may have really had land claims on the homeland at the beginning, but after entering the 18th century of the Western calendar, they were only fighting for European hegemony.

This time the British fell flat on their face. If France can continue to work hard, it may challenge Britain's European hegemony again, or at least bring Britain down to the same level as France.

Unfortunately, the Gallic roosters themselves are not up to the task and have problems. The huge government debt makes it difficult for them to move forward. In this case, although London lost the previous war miserably, its status as a European superpower is still preserved.

Historically, the French Revolution soon broke out, and it ruined its last chance. In the joint counterattack of European feudal forces and hostile forces, the financially powerful British naturally established their own super position, established their own consolidated hegemony, and severely beat the French into the dust.

Although in that process, the Gallic rooster was as awesome as a phoenix. One country challenged the whole of Europe. It can even be said that even the failed Napoleon laid the foundation for France's position in Europe for the next fifty years, until his descendants lost miserably in the Battle of Sedan. Germany really rose!

But these are all struggles within the European system, and are completely unrelated to the Ottoman Empire and China. As a system, they have an innate instinct to collide and compete with forces outside the Ottoman Empire and China. There is no room for reconciliation, and the end will always be marked by the collapse of the other party.

Europeans in history did this, and then they started fighting among themselves, and added a rapidly rising Japanese devil.

The results of World War I, World War II, and the subsequent Cold War all proved this point.

The bloody law of the jungle has always divided people into "life and death", until the earthlings lit up the skill of "growing mushrooms". The power of two small mushrooms made it impossible to overturn the table.

The center of Europe will always be in Europe itself, and America is just a sideline. Chen Ming and China can only control the Ottomans now, although the Ottomans are now only involved in Russia and Austria.

Chen Ming's grand ambition is to build a "world" with Chinese as the main body. Since it is a world, it cannot be confined to the original one-third of an acre, and it is necessary to come up with its own set of rules of the game. This requires a prosperous economy, powerful military force and strong culture. The difficulties are huge and the process is difficult to describe. Maybe he will never see this day in his life, and he will not see the scene of China swallowing America until the moment he closes his eyes, but no matter how difficult it is, he has to do it, right?

To achieve this, we must first lay a solid foundation. In Chen Ming's view, if there are still unconvinced traitors around an empire and there is still a threat of war around it, then it is not a real empire.

Unconsciously, Chen Ming himself has changed his mentality.

In the past, he would not take the initiative to attack Annan. He would have to wait until there was a problem that he could not solve, and then take the opportunity to attack. This is different from taking advantage of the ups and downs of the European war to show his covetousness to America.

After all, the latter is against the entire world of one god, and its comprehensive strength is not weaker than China, while the former is facing only a small Annan.

Before, Chen Ming was more of a person who took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the fire. This is a development route based on his "foresight" as a time traveler, but it is not majestic and domineering enough.

Now Chen Ming not only wants to attack Annan, he is also unwilling to wait for Ryukyu, and there are also problems with Gurkha and Tibet. He has changed from a "thief" to a blatant robber.

He had already told the Mongolians frankly that the Mongolian princes were grateful for Chen Ming's "intentions" and wanted to kneel on the ground and call him daddy. Even if there were a few people who were reluctant to leave their hometowns, they were powerless to resist in the face of this rolling trend.

The issue of setting up prefectures and counties in Mongolia will be the focus of the third cabinet.

Chen Ming wanted to deal with Tibet in one go, as well as a series of small countries around Tibet and the hidden danger of Gurkhas.

Even if Gurkhas did not invade Tibet now, what would happen?

In this era, the bigger the fist, the truth. As long as the iron fist of the National Defense Force can knock Gurkhas down in one fell swoop, Gurkhas can become a loyal dog of China.

The Gurkhas who came out of the Himalayas are brave and good at fighting, fearless of life and death. Because they have experienced poverty, they can wholeheartedly grasp the straw that changes their destiny - joining the army.

After the Gurkhas surrendered, Chen Ming would also want to recruit a group of mountain people from them like he did with the Japanese.

The Gurkha mercenaries of later generations are famous, I hope he will not be disappointed.

Selim bin Mohammed Murad came to China again. As the special envoy of Abdul Hamid I, it is obvious why Selim came here.

While the Russians were quietly preparing for war, the Ottomans were not idle either. They came to buy arms and also to discuss cooperation in the war that was bound to break out.

Selim had led a delegation to visit China before, and this time he was appointed as a special envoy by Abdul Hamid I again.

Now many people in the world of Arabia and the world of monotheism know that the Chinese are nostalgic and pay attention to human feelings. White hair is as new as new, and the old friends are still good. Friends are still old friends.

Therefore, whether it is Britain, France, Sweden, or the current Ottoman Empire, they try to use old people as much as possible when dealing with the Chinese. Haven't you seen that the envoys of Britain, France, and Sweden have not been replaced until now?

Robert, who initially jumped from the East India Company to the government system, has been steadily rising.

After Selim landed at Xiaguan Wharf, he was respectfully invited to the State Guesthouse to rest temporarily. The waiter served each person a few cups of Jianai coffee. The decoration in the hotel room is very Tianfang style. It is not only full of religious atmosphere, but also magnificent and unexpectedly neat. There is also a fragrance that Selim is very familiar with.

Incense is a talent point for the Tianfang world. The nobles of the Tianfang world cannot do without incense in their daily life.

Although a large part of the agarwood discovered in the East has entered the Chinese market, the Tianfang world's love for agarwood has also made the Tianfang world the second largest agarwood market in Indochina.

The Tianfang people infiltrated agarwood slices into jasmine and sandalwood oil to reduce the strong smell of agarwood. Or soaked in amber and citrus essential oils to add a refreshing smell to the rising steam. The nobles and rich people there are accustomed to burning incense wood to entertain guests, and ordinary people use spice residues to make incense balls to entertain guests.

The host of Selim was Huang Song, who was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time. It was noon, and the waiter quickly brought them a sumptuous lunch. The staple food was a kind of flatbread, several pieces of which were stacked on a tin plate. The side dishes were quite rich: shrimp, fish, chicken, grilled meat, eggs, vegetables, sweet soup. The host took their beliefs into consideration and made special arrangements for meat.

It is prepared by the hh chef of the State Guesthouse. Because of their beliefs, Muslims not only forbid eating pork, but also do not eat ugly and unclean things, such as turtles and crabs, and do not eat dead animals. When hunting game, the hunter quickly cuts the throat of the prey before the blood coagulates, otherwise it cannot be eaten.

These rules can certainly be met in the State Guesthouse.

Selim has an important responsibility on this trip. He does not need to consider the local customs and people here, nor does he need to consider China's national strength. The two sides have been allies for several years. If Selim still needs to inquire and observe these issues, the Ottomans should go to bed as soon as possible.

Today's Ottoman Empire is no longer the Ottoman Empire that once beat all of Europe. Compared with the giant China, it is only China that despises the Ottoman Empire, and there is no Ottoman Empire that despises China.

Talking about topics and continuing friendships at the dinner table is also a Chinese habit. Selim is very adaptable to local customs.

He came here to take care of two things. One was to buy arms. In the short term, the Ottoman Empire was not short of funds, and it would not come to Nanjing to beg for alms before the war even started. The second was to discuss the military cooperation between the two sides.

In this war against Russia, the Ottoman Empire was ambitious and wanted to reverse the decline shown in the previous war. And this must be supported by Chen Han. How much effort can the Chinese make on the Eastern Front?

"The three tents of Kazakhstan are the traditional sphere of influence of our country. However, the pseudo-Qing Dynasty was remnant inside and tolerated outside. It was extremely hateful and shameful to watch the Russians invade the Kazakh grassland without taking any action. This is what the emperor of our dynasty cannot tolerate."

Huang Song held his fists in front of his head and said nonsense seriously. Selim was not unaware of China's history. The three tents of Kazakhstan were China's traditional sphere of influence. He felt a little ashamed for Huang Song on the opposite side.

Counting the history of ancient China, except for the Han and Tang dynasties, which were separated by hundreds of years, which involved Central Asia, the Song and Ming dynasties did not know what Central Asia was. In the early Ming Dynasty, Timur, who occupied that area, raised troops from Central Asia to threaten the Ming Dynasty. However, the army encountered heavy snow on the way, and the soldiers and horses died. Timur also suffered from malaria and died on the way.

This is the only thing that can be called a connection between Zhu Ming and the Kazakh region.

The dynasty that was conquered and ruled by foreign races twice in China did have influence in Central Asia. Unfortunately, China now denounces the Qing Dynasty as a pseudo-Qing Dynasty, and the Mongols are also greatly denied.

But Selim would not sneer at China for this. On the contrary, Huang Song's words revealed a meaning to him-the Chinese want to get the Kazakh steppe.

The Russians do not have too many interests in the Kazakh steppe. This is because the prosperous and developing Russia has focused its main energy on Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire, and has not had time to attack Central Asia.

But the end of the Kazakh steppe is the Ural River, which is not far from the Don River Basin, the Russian hinterland granary. The Russians will never sit idly by and watch China seize the entire Kazakhstan.

Hearing that China has such an "ambition", Selim's heart immediately became clear.

China wants to plot the whole of Kazakhstan, and its border can cross the Caspian Sea and the Ural River, which will definitely touch the bottom line of the Russians.

With this contradiction between the two sides, Istanbul does not have to worry about the Chinese only talking but not doing, and just coping.

That afternoon, accompanied by Huang Song, Selim came to a dock, where two large Western-style sailing ships were docked, all of which were three-level battleships with 74 guns.

The war is about to break out. Not only the army of the Ottoman Empire will face the challenge of the Russians, but the navy is also under threat. The Russians have newly established the Black Sea Fleet, which is a deadly threat.

The arms mission that Selim is responsible for this time is not only guns and cannons, but also warships.

In addition to China, the Ottoman Empire has another ally called Sweden, but although the relationship between China and Sweden is good, there is no direct alliance. Once the Russo-Turkish war breaks out, Sweden will join the war, but the Austrians will also intervene. They cannot sit back and watch Russia's "Lu Bu fighting three heroes". Otherwise, Russia will be attacked from three sides, and the Russian army of this era cannot afford it.

In short, the war that will break out soon, the next Russo-Turkish war, will involve China, the Ottoman Empire, Sweden, Austria and Russia, and will be a five-nation power across the Eurasian continent.