Chapter 8: External troubles attack

Looking at the telegrams coming from Beijing, there is good news and bad news.

Outside the pass, Zuo Zongtang's troops had retreated to the north of Heilongjiang, or rather, to the front line of Miao Street, where Ye Zhao fought bloody battles with the Russians.

Han Jinchun's troops did not force too much, but began to eliminate the remaining enemies in the territory. At the same time, an infantry regiment entered Vladivostok. According to the emperor's deployment, soon there would be an engineering team, a technical engineering team and a large number of migrant workers immigrants to start building the empire's first estuary in the Sea of ​​***. At the moment, Vladivostok mainly plays a military port.

In the empire map, the *** sea is along the Yuan and Ming dynasties, called "Whale Sea".

After the Russians agreed to negotiate the legal status of the Six Kings Governments, the Chinese infantry regiment under the city of Nebchu withdrew, but between the Julkan River and the Ergun River, in accordance with the Treaty of Nebchu, a land with lush water and grass was selected to start building a city to immigrate.

The new city will be marked as "Shuanghe City" in the latest version of the Empire Map.

The Russians protested fiercely, but they could not stop the Chinese from building cities. In fact, not only did the Russians not want to sign a border treaty recognized by both sides, but Ye Zhao also had the same thoughts?

Whether building a "Shuanghe City" or allowing Zuo Zongtang and the fugitive military and civilians to gain a foothold in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang, this will be a future dispute. The Chinese and Russians can be considered a sympathy in this regard.

But for now, neither side wants to really launch a war against each other. They have their own difficulties and are waiting for the best opportunity. Russia's highest decision-makers have regarded China as a powerful Far East and as an empire that can be on par with it. They have a bloody collision with this huge empire, just like two huge giants meeting on a narrow road. If they are not fully prepared, they will only end up in the defeat.

In Ye Zhao's view, northern Xinjiang may be stable for a period of time.

But the south was quite uneasy. France landed in southern Cambodia, forcing the Phnom Penh dynasty to sign a trade treaty with it and ceded Kampong (Sihanoukville). At the same time, the French declared Kampong a free trade port and solicited merchants to develop it, calling it "Hong Kong in Phnom Penh."

In fact, due to the leap-through economic development of the Southern Dynasties, Hong Kong Island also benefited a lot. The British population of Hong Kong Island exceeded 50,000, which surged dozens of times from ten years ago, and it was even more difficult to count Chinese people.

The French were clearly prepared to establish a sphere of influence in Southeast Asia, and the French in Vietnam became increasingly active.

In the southwest, the British invaded Sikkim and occupied the southern part of Sikkim. They demanded that Sikkim be protected by Britain and redefine the border between *** and India and Nepal.

This telegram just arrived, and the Regent Rezhen Living Buddha asked the Imperial Emperor for reinforcements.

The actions of the British were naturally the actions of adventurers on the Indian border leading a few soldiers. In fact, the benefits gained in South Asia and Southeast Asia were almost all the masterpieces of such adventurers.

Not to mention the British government far away in London, I am afraid that even the Indian Governor Bao Ling cannot fully control these adventurers and are truly aware of it, but there is no doubt that they will adopt a tough attitude to support such risky behavior.

Ye Zhao responded as soon as he received the telegram, appointed Cheng Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and ordered the Royal Military Commission to send military horses to escort the national commander Zhang Jia to Xichuan. Zhao Sanbao Yanping Army then dispatched an army advisor to escort him to Lhasa to study the law. At the same time, Cheng Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was accompanied.

In addition to appointing the Sikkim minister Cheng Yi to negotiate with the British and Indian governments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urgently summon the British Consul General in Beijing, expressing China's serious concerns about the matter and demanding that the British withdraw troops unconditionally.

Neither Britain nor France can be used to save money. As expected, they took advantage of the war between the North and South to start making trouble in South Asia and Southeast Asia. For the sake of the current plan, they can only deal with the moves.

Before the opening of the Suez Canal, the domestic situation must be stabilized, and Qinghai-Tibet and Northwest must be unified. Otherwise, they will be passive at that time.

When meeting with Wells in Tianjin, Ye Zhao also asked about the situation of the Suez Canal. Since the British and French coalition forces failed to win an overwhelming victory in China in 1955, the Suez Canal Company was established immediately. It has been nearly ten years since now. It is estimated that the Suez Canal will be open to navigation within two years.

As for Ye Zhao's efforts to join the Suez Canal Company in the name of Shenghexing, it was put into trouble. Wells said that the canal company holder Pashaseid and the Frenchman Viscount Resaibo did not want outsiders to intervene, and there was no room for negotiation.

In less than two years, Ye Zhao knew what the opening of the Suez Canal meant. The distance between Eurasian continent was almost reduced by half, and the British and French navies traveled to and from the Far East easier and faster, and the invasion of Asia would become more severe.

The Russians in the north are building railways, while the Chinese are digging canals. The distance between the East and West worlds is getting closer and closer, and they are always racing against time.

Ye Zhao sighed deeply.

Of course, there is also good news for the British invasion of Sikkim, which is that they have no choice but to recognize the central government's jurisdiction over it. Ye Zhao also sent a telegram to Zhao Sanbao, asking him to help him send the letter to him, and asked him to go to Beijing to meet him. At that time, the *** and the Panchen Lama would be re-enthroned. Of course, the so-called Zhao Sanbao's letter must be a trouble for the army.

I touched the tea cup, but it became a little cold.

Looking at the empire territory map in my hand, it can also be said to be the first version of the empire territory map. The new dynasty was established and the map was soon printed and sold to the whole country. In fact, it was the first time that many Chinese people saw the national map.

This map marks the entire territory of Siberia as a yellow, which is a disputed place. Although this move has attracted strong protests from the Russian consul, it has no choice but to do anything. If the Chinese refuse to recognize the Treaty of Nebchu, the Siberia area is indeed a land of unlimited land.

In the northwest, Lake Balekesh is also within the territory of the empire, which means that it is hundreds of thousands of square kilometers more than later generations.

However, the situation in the northwest is worrying now. The Emperor's team has been sent to Lanzhou and is still suppressing the rebellion. Most of the northwest Gansu has not yet been decided, let alone the ***.

Recently, I heard that the Central Asian Khanate of Huarazmum has become Russia's protector, and the Bukhara Khanate also surrendered to Russia. Going further east, it is the Kokhan Khanate bordering the ***. It is said that the Russian forces have entered and support pro-Russian factions to attack the leaders of the traditional Uzbek clan.

During the Qianlong period, the Khanate of Kokhan briefly surrendered to China, but soon became stronger, invaded the *** many times, expanding to the northeast to the south of Lake Balkash, which is within the territory of the current empire map.

The Russians seemed to have changed their strategies and accelerated their pace of conquering Central Asian countries. As a result, they would inevitably infiltrate *** and Outer Mongolia from the northwest.

If a war broke out with the Russians in the northwest, it would be far less relaxed than outside the pass. The Russians were in Orenburg, a major military city in Kazakhstan, but the distance from the Kokhan Khanate was similar to that from Ili to the Kokhan Khanate. Of course, the Russians had not conquered the Kazakh grassland for a long time, and the Russians were still digesting how to truly and effectively rule the Kazakhs.

Overall, if China and Russia break out in the northwest, it will be roughly difficult for both sides to send troops.

Therefore, we must speed up the pace of unification of the northwest. If the Russians take the lead in annexing the three Central Asian countries, the empire will unify the northwest and purging the *** will become extremely difficult. It is impossible for the Russians to not intervene in trouble.

The northwest and southwest are all places where heavy troops are needed to be guarded, but Ye Zhao looked at the map and stared at the territory of Qinghai. If Qinghai is not peaceful, it would be like a fish bone was killed between the two places. When the war between the two places changes, if you catch a cold and cough, the fish bone will appear, and the disaster will be very small.

This Lu Yueting just causes problems for people!

Ye Zhao walked out of the hall and slowly lit a cigarette.

This is the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall at the back of the palace, "There are "siege around Xiuling and ten miles of Chenghu Lake, which makes you feel refreshed". The bedroom is surrounded by the lake on three sides, with blue waves overflowing, and it is so beautiful.

The sound of clogs is heard, and you don’t have to look back and know that it is Aizuki Iori coming.

"Have your new friend gone?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

Weiyue Yiori nodded and said, "She said she wanted to kowtow to the emperor, but she didn't dare to see you. She will pray for you every day after she goes back."

The two of them were talking about Zheng. In the end, Zheng realized that it was Gao Qianhu who killed her family, and it was even more involved in the governor. If the emperor had not visited him in person, even if he could sue Zheng Sanzi, she would be wronged for the rest of her life. I don’t know who the big enemy was.

But she naturally did not dare to thank the emperor and the Empress. Today, she still plucked up the courage to bring some local specialties to visit the Empress.

Three days have passed, and I think that newspapers and magazines in various places have already been overwhelmed. Ye Zhao wanted this effect. He also sent a power to the News Bureau of the Royal Family and the Ministry of Clan Office to inform and coordinate the newsprint. The report focused on promoting the rule of law of the empire reflected in this case, without too much emphasis on his own private visits to eliminate evil and punish evil.

"Sir, will you go back to Beijing tomorrow?" Jingjing stood in front of the mahogany railing and looked at the blue waves, Aiyue Yiori asked.

Ye Zhao nodded, put out the cigarette butt, and said, "Let's go and have a meal."

Weiyue Yiori gently took the cigarette butt from Ye Zhao's hand, bit it curiously, and then wrapped it in the small cloth bag and prepared to throw it away, which made Ye Zhao smile.

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After dinner and washing up, Ye Zhao came to the west warm pavilion of Yanbo Zhishuang Hall. This was his dormitory with magnificent furnishings, with more than a hundred pieces of gold, silver, jade, magnetic, clocks, antiques, and hanging screens from various generations, and the pictures are full of them.

Seeing that Aiyue Yiori had just made the bed for her and was about to go out, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Let's stay here tonight."

Weiyue Yiori nodded and went to open a sandalwood cabinet to carry the bedding and hit the floor. In fact, a few days after coming to the palace, Weiyue Yiori was going to sleep in the West Warehouse at night, but every time he was driven out by Ye Zhao. Of course, it was just Ye Zhao who said that he would go to the east wing to sleep, Weiyue Yiori would naturally follow his instructions.

Seeing Aiyue Yiori embracing the bedding, Ye Zhao smiled and pointed to the extremely gorgeous red tent, saying, "Just sleep on the kang." Tonight, I want to talk to someone.

Ye Zhao had already changed into bright yellow satin pajamas and pants, kicked off his slippers and went to the kang, which was soft and soft, as if in the clouds, and it was quite comfortable in the red brocade tent.

When I turned around, I saw Aizuki Iori unbuttoning the circles of brocade ribbons elegantly, and the colorful blue pink kimono, beautiful and dignified. It was a great enjoyment to see the beautiful kimono take off her clothes.

Ye Zhao coughed dryly and turned his eyes away. After a while, the sound of wooden clogs, Ai Yueyi wearing a snow-white long jacket walked to the bed and placed a neatly folded set of light yellow and fresh kimono with a board, a waist button, a velvet, a foot bag and other items on the cabinet next to the bed. Naturally, he changed his clothes tomorrow morning, and even a pair of black underwear. Ye Zhao was stunned and quickly turned his eyes away.

Aizuki Iori had gently removed the white cotton socks he had changed into, and knelt on the bed, saying, "Sir, do you want me to dance?"

Ye Zhao almost said "Okay". He really wanted to see her snow-white Haozu danced on the ground on the bedside, but then waved his hand and said, "Lying down and talking."

Wei Yue Yiori said oh, and then lay gently beside Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao stretched out his hand, gently held her delicate and slender jade hand, and placed it on his chest, and knew that Aiyue Yiori was looking at him quietly. For some reason, his heart was extremely fulfilled, and the feeling of loneliness gradually dissipated.

Isn’t it a great blessing to have such a beautiful and quiet woman by your side?

"Iori, what kind of person do you think I am?" Ye Zhao closed his eyes and asked lightly.

"Sir, I am a lonely person." Aizuki said quietly.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Is that true?" But he opened his eyes and turned to look at Weiyue Yiori's gorgeous and delicate face. He was so beautiful. I was afraid that few men could look at her so close and unscrupulously. If he changed to the second person, he would have lowered his head in shame. His beauty was so beautiful, but it was really not just a saying.

Weiyue Yiori stared at Ye Zhao without blinking, saying, "Yes. But the gentleman is also the most powerful man, a man who can destroy the world."

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I still like your first comment, loneliness, so I need you, a beauty, to accompany me." As he said that, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand, pinching Weiyueyi's pink cheeks, his thumb stroked her delicate red lips. His hand immediately became soft.

Aiyue Yiori seemed to have no idea of ​​the meaning of such a man's conquest and teasing, and said gently: "Iori is not a beauty. Iori is very lucky to meet a gentleman."

Ye Zhao smiled, retracted his hand and said, "What's the lucky thing? I'm a super pervert."

Obviously, Aiyue Yiori didn't understand Ye Zhao's meaning very much. He blinked his beautiful eyes and said, "That's great too."

Ye Zhao laughed, and after a while, he asked, "Iori, are you usually lonely?"

Aiyue Yiori shook her head.

Ye Zhao said: "How could you be alone in a foreign land and have no friends. Even if I am your friend, you may not be able to meet you for ten days and half a month. Don't you miss home?"

Aiyue Yiori looked at Ye Zhao's side face with beautiful eyes and said, "Iori used to be alone. When he was free, he would watch the clouds in the sky and often could watch them all day long. After coming to China with his husband, Iori was so stupid. When he was free, he thought about his husband's appearance, how could he be lonely?"

Ye Zhao was stunned, then grabbed her little hand and kissed her mouth, saying, "I really hope I can have the same state of mind as you."

Aiyue Iori shook her head and said, "In the mind of Mr. I have millions of people. It is like poor people like Sister Zheng. Only with Mr. Iori can they live a peaceful life and be with her. Iori is really happy and lucky. As long as the Mr. Iori doesn't mind Iori being stupid, Iori will always be with her."

Ye Zhao held her hand tightly and nodded.

Weiyue Yiori said again: "I was really happy to sit next to my husband in the court that day, but I was a little worried. I was worried that the Chinese high-ranking officials would feel that the woman wearing strange clothes sitting beside him was not in line with Chinese etiquette."

Ye Zhao smiled: "What strange clothes are you? How beautiful the kimono is, I like to watch it."

Aizuki Iori was a little happy and said, "Yes, I think it's beautiful too. It's best if you like it."

Ye Zhao remembered what happened that day and said, "Iori, tell me, did I deal with it that day right?"

If the second woman was replaced, she would not comment on the right or wrong of the emperor, nor would she talk about political affairs casually. Aiyue Iori said, "What Mr. did is naturally right. The strangest thing about Iori was that Mr. allowed the head of the Justice Department to summon the head of a province to interrogate the head of a province. But later Iori thought about it carefully. If the whole world could do this, the people would not be afraid of being bullied. Those who were in charge of the case could not control the people, and those who were in charge of the case could not control the case, he could not deal with the people casually. It was a good idea."

Ye Zhao smiled and patted her hands: "You understand it a little more immature, but your vision is pretty good. What is the countenance summoning the governor? If the Dali Court can summon me to testify, then I would be so happy. Unfortunately, the royal family has judicial immunity and royal members are exempted from going to court..."

Speaking of this, Ye Zhao shook his head. In fact, even in later generations, British royal family members also enjoy judicial immunity, immunity to appear in court, and cannot be prosecuted, etc. The king has the right to pardon prisoners, stop punishment, stop litigation, etc. If this is the case in later generations, let alone the present.

Now, according to the Imperial Code, the imperial royal family is inviolable. The imperial emperor commands the national armed forces, controls the power of declaring war, and other military powers. He can appoint and remove the Prime Minister of the State Council, grant titles, and have the right to convene the Council and dissolve the Council. The land of the country is nominally belongs to the royal family. The imperial emperor is the supreme leader of all religions in the country, the incarnation of the leader of the gods in the mortal world, etc.
To be continued...