"Your Majesty, Tong Changning, respectfully bids you peace."

Pingbei General Chang Ning, who had been waiting tremblingly for a long time outside Qianming Gate, finally followed an attendant into the splendid Yuxi Palace, and respectfully bowed to the Emperor of Heaven who was sitting on the throne. .

He is no longer called Aixinjueluo Chang Ning, but instead uses the surname "Tong". This surname "Tong" is actually the Han surname commonly used by Nurhachi. Before Nurhachi's rebellion, he went to Beijing eight times to pay tribute, and he used the surname "Tong". His surname is "Tong". The name "Tong Nurhaci" was also used in Nurhaci's notice to the King of North Korea.

So after Chang Ning surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, he changed his surname to Tong, and also asked the Ming Eight Banners Old Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolians who followed him to use Han surnames - in fact, the number of Old Manchurians and Eight Banners Mongolians under Chang Ning's command was not very large. Years of war consumption , coupled with the chaos in Beijing caused by Bourne, it really caused heavy losses to the Eight Banners!

Among the 30,000 households in the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty, those born in Old Manchu and Mongolia in the Eight Banners together were less than 3,000. Therefore, the Manchu dialect has long been no longer spoken, and the Manchu costumes gradually disappeared after the Eight Banners were changed to the Ming Dynasty. , and now only the eight-color cloth face armor and gun helmet have not been changed. This is not because they are unwilling to change, but because Zhu Heji does not let them change.

If even the cloth face armor and gun helmets are gone, how can we prove that they were once arrogant Eight Banners soldiers?

They are proof that tomorrow is invincible!

"Stay flat and give me a seat."

Zhu Heji smiled and raised his hand, pointing very kindly to the chair where Tu Hai had just sat, and asked Chang Ning to sit on it.

Chang Ning did not dare to sit down in a grand manner. Instead, he sat halfway up his buttocks with his hands on his knees, as if he was listening to the teachings attentively. Look at him again, wearing a purple narrow-sleeved Ming Dynasty military attache court uniform, neatly wearing a hat. The black gauze hat is worn neatly, like a loyal minister and good general of the Ming Dynasty.

"Chang Ning, I want your three flags to be moved... You won't disagree, right?" Zhu Heji asked with a smile.

"No, of course not." Chang Ning nodded repeatedly - although he was unwilling to give up Shenyang in his heart, but considering the problem of his head, he still had to follow the wishes of the Emperor of Heaven!

Zhu Heji smiled and asked again: "Do you know Beihai?"

"I know," Chang Ning said, "I once went to the south coast of the North Sea with Burni and had a conflict with the Rakshasa people there."

"Who won?" Zhu Heji asked.

"I and Burni won the battle," Chang Ning said. "The Rakshasa soldiers in the Beihai area are not strong. The infantry only has matchlock guns, big axes and small bronze cannons, which are vulnerable. The Cossack cavalry is acceptable, but the number is too large. With so few, they could not stop Chen and Burni's cavalry attack. However, at that time Chen and Burni still wanted to send Mr. Huang to Moscow through Irkutsk, so they did not defend and only killed a dozen of them. Dozens of them were arrested, but they were all released later.”

"You did the right thing." Zhu Heji nodded approvingly, "But this time I want you to capture Irkutsk! Not only must you capture Irkutsk, but you must also defend Irkutsk. And around Beihai! Not only must we guard around Beihai, but we must also build cities and graze around Beihai... We must also turn Beihai into a gathering place for passengers and goods for trade between our Ming Dynasty and their Rakshasa Kingdom!"

Chang Ning's heart sank while listening to Zhu Heji's beautiful vision.

Beihai, the place where Su Wu shepherds sheep!

He is going to the Suwu sheep herding land to herd sheep for generations...if the Ming Emperor doesn't banish him further north.

However, Zhu Heji was serious about developing the North Sea. Because before the opening of the Arctic Ocean route bypassing the Bering Strait, the North Sea was indeed the best hub for trade between the Ming and Rakshasa countries.

The distance from Beihai to Beijing is only over 3,000 miles. If official roads and commercial posts across the Mongolian Plateau are built, and public security along the way is maintained, then the cost of trade can be borne.

The North Sea connects the Yesenyi and Lena rivers, allowing Chinese goods to be transported to Europe through water transport.

Although the operating cost of this land, river, and Arctic ocean shipping trade route is not low, it is definitely still profitable, and it can also break the monopoly of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company on the east-west waterways.

Once Beihai can develop as a trade center city, the Beihai-Beijing railway will definitely become a key national project in the future, and the water transportation on the Yesenyi and Lena rivers will develop independently.

This will be extremely beneficial to the future Ming Dynasty's march to Siberia!

In addition, the Beihai-Beijing line will also be driven by the emergence of the Beihai Trade Center, allowing the Ming Dynasty to firmly control the Mongolian Plateau.

Thinking of this, Zhu Heji smiled and said to Chang Ning: "General Pingbei, don't think that Beihai is far away and bitterly cold... Beihai is only three thousand miles away from Beijing, not much farther than Shenyang to Beijing. In addition, Beihai is only three thousand miles away from Beijing.

, The Supreme Emperor is also very optimistic about the future of North Sea trade, and he plans to invest money to build a Beihai King City on the coast of the North Sea after you regain Irkutsk and other places!"

King Zhu Tianwang's Tianwang City is now clearly showing the trend of "chaining" and "corporation". This free city is becoming a chartered trading company, but there are still differences between Tianwang City and the East India Company.

Maritime chartered trading companies such as the East India Company and the Nanyang Trading Company are actually mainly engaged in zero-dollar purchases and monopoly free trade, and they are trading companies.

Tianwang City provides a safe home for bad guys who engage in zero-yuan shopping or other evil activities to collect dirt, sell stolen goods, and live a peaceful life incognito... This is a real estate company.

Chang Ning finally felt a little better when he heard that Tianwang City was also going to open to the North Sea... Then he could settle down in Tianwang City, and of course he wouldn't use the name Tong Changning.

A cat or a dog is fine, but I don't want to be Tong Changning.

...

Peter Alexeevich, who had just finished his confession, walked out of the Uspensky Cathedral together with his mother, the Queen Mother Natalia Naryshkina, and then met with the tsar to receive foreign envoys

Walk to the Polygonal Palace.

Although Peter is only ten years old this year, he has grown tall and strong. If it weren't for his childish face, he would look like an adult. His appearance is much higher than that of his three brothers and sisters.

This probably has something to do with his mother-in-law Natalia Naryshkina. Although the Rakshasa Empress Dowager gained weight and became a Russian aunt, she can still tell from her facial features that he was once a beauty.

Son...otherwise the widowed old Tsar Alexei would not have married him!

When Tsar Alexei got married for the first time, he needed to find a girl from a famous family who could support him. But when he got married for the second time, he already had great power and was secure, so of course he had to find a beautiful woman.

So Peter also had the opportunity to inherit his mother's appearance and become a handsome blond boy. But today, the mood of this handsome boy and his mother Naryshkina looked quite gloomy. Because little Peter had just been killed by his sick child.

His brother, Tsar Feodor, has been sent on a faraway mission - he has to get his sister Sofia off to get married!

It didn't matter at first. Little Peter was in good health and it was okay to travel far away. Moreover, Patriarch Joachim had promised the Empress Dowager to accompany Peter to Tashkent to ensure his safety.

But everyone knows that this wedding delivery is a conspiracy of Miloslavsky and Sofia - now Tsar Feodor is in very poor health, and the potion he got last time has been used up (if there was no potion, he would have been

dead), it is very likely that he will die soon.

If Peter was still in Tashkent when the tsar died of illness, then Sofia only had to find some reason to detain him, then the Moscow nobles and Orthodox bishops would have no choice but to accept Peter's brother Ivan as a stupid tsar. By then Miloslavsky
Chapter completed!