Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Xiao Letian's analysis hit the nail on the head. The current Tsar Russia's financial crisis was already very serious, ever since she ascended the throne of Alexander II in 1855, he had been planning her domestic policy of crippling slaves.

Everyone knew that although the Russia was also one of the European countries, he still maintained his primitive and barbaric slave system. At that time, 90% of the population of the Russia were all serfs of the landlords, without any right to personal freedom at all.

Alexander II was not a useless playboy who was raised in the palace. On the contrary, when he was young as the crown prince, he had traveled to most of the regions of the Russia and personally observed the hardships of the people.

Furthermore, he had spent an entire year traveling around Europe, personally witnessing how powerful the industrialized countries were, and was envious of the strength of the powerful countries such as English and French.

The young Alexander had already made up his mind to follow the example of the English and French and carry out a comprehensive reform of the backward Russia.

In 1861, after six years of preparation, Alexander II finally issued the order to cripple a slave. It was worth mentioning that the order to cripple a slave was two years older than the order signed by President Lin Ken of the United States.

Alexander was a very smart and pragmatic Sovereign King, he would not impulsively force the landowner class to give up his own interests. He knew that if he did that, the would fall into chaos, and there would even be a civil war.

So he replaced the radical revolution with moderate reforms, with two central points in his abolitionist edict.

First, the system of serfdom was abolished, and all serfs were granted personal freedom, including migration, marriage, change of occupation, ownership of property, contracting, and so on.

The second is to stipulate that all the land shall be owned by the landlords, and that the peasants shall, in accordance with the regulations, purchase a small piece of land for ransom. The amount of the ransom shall be two or three times the actual price of the land.

On one hand, this system allowed the landowner class to get two to three times the land premium, which greatly reduced their resistance towards it. On the other hand, the state provided paid loans to the serfs, which also gave the destitute serfs the opportunity to change their fates.

The only drawback was that the financial pressure on the country was too great. Although they had paid the landlords in the form of repaid bonds instead of cash, the size and size of the Russia was simply too big. The interest on the bonds alone was an astronomical figure for the country.

No one knew how high the debt of the Russia's treasury was, because it was the highest secret of the Russia. Maybe the Alexander II was afraid that the true financial situation would scare the Bankers, so they decided to announce their financial deficit.

However, anyone with a discerning eye would be able to see that right now, the Russia was at a standstill even for such a great matter as changing into military equipment. One could imagine just how poor this empire was.

In order to resolve the crisis in front of him, Alexander II had chosen to advance eastward through a strategy. He had to tear off the weaker Qing Nation and Central Asia Khan's bodies to replenish herself.

The strategy for advancing to the east could be subdivided into two strategies, which were civil and military. In terms of military power, they were the war that had been going on for the past few years, the pacification of the Caucasus, the expansion of the Central Asia's power, the ceding of the Far East Region's power, and the rebellion in support of Yaqub in Xinjiang.

In real history, the great Siberian railway that ran through Eurasia had started construction in 1891. It seemed like it was very early, but Xiao Letian was very clear that for such a grand project, just the preparation for exploration would take over ten years and twenty years.

With the completion of the railway line, all the stages had been advanced. In advance, he had to prepare a large amount of sleepers and rocks, as well as the casting of the railway lines. All of these had to be prepared in advance. In fact, in the middle of nineteenth century, when Alexander's father was still alive, Russia had already begun to prove and research on this railway.

Xiao Letian himself did not know that it was due to his sudden emergence in Asia that the Alexander II felt a serious sense of danger, especially when the plan that Xiao Letian had pushed forward to the Industrial Zones made it difficult for them to eat and sleep.

If Qing Nation continued to be weakened like usual, then Russia could have continued to advance in her plans to build the Siberian Railway. However, with Xiao Letian's brilliant appearance on the stage, especially his stunning performance at the Poo War, the Tsar felt that Xiao Letian was in grave danger.

The gathering of information for the new army of the Ryukyu and the Tanggu Industrial Special Zone had always been the main focus of Ulangeli's diplomatic work. Especially after Xiao Letian transferred the Kaiping area to the Industrial Zones at the beginning of the year and prepared to build the first railway line of the Qing Empire, the Moscow side could no longer sit still.

How did Qingguo suddenly wake up? Once the coal and iron resources of the Kaiping area were linked to the Special Zone by rail, it was as if the Special Zone had been given wings.

Not only that, when the Qing Empire discovered the benefits of this railway, but once the Qing Empire forcefully carried out the construction of the national railway, then all the resources of the empire would be mobilized.

With the railway in Daqing, the resources and manpower in the east, south, west, and north could be rapidly shifted to battle. At that time, with China's huge population advantage, who could defeat them?

The Alexander II obviously overestimated the intelligence quotient of the officials of the Manchu dynasty, but no matter what, this possibility was worth worrying about.

Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway was imminent, as Moscow needed cheap resources from the Far East Region to replenish the empire's financial crisis, while European troops needed railroads to move quickly eastward.

There was not much time left in the Tsar's eyes, and the original strategic plan had to be changed.

Xiao Letian, who had thought through everything, took a deep breath and sighed, "Prepare for battle! There's going to be a fight next spring! The old setae was determined to eliminate the loyal army, otherwise the construction of the Haishenwai's railway would not be able to proceed. That is their country's grand strategy, and he will not hesitate to pay any price! "

"Generate information from the Dragon Lord, don't let him die. Let him nurture the war by fighting, and encourage the Far East Survivor by winning time and time again. Next spring, he must expand his army to over ten thousand!"

"Where is the Zhiyuan Warship? How long until she came back? Having delayed laozi's battle, I'll kill that bastard Xiang Ying alive … Prepare for battle! Everyone, prepare for battle! "

"Pass a conscription order to the Mu Clan, tell him that I want to expropriate another ten thousand wild warrior s as my Mercenaries! Didn't they want to get on my chariot? Then, I shall use my blood and life to prove my sincerity! "

Within the Jun Prefecture's Heaven's Tower, Xiao Letian's roar sounded out! The hidden dragon roared, and the entire East Asia shook!