Chapter 46: The Pure Love Party Thinks About the Oriental Harem System
Peter walked boredly, looking at the maid's clothes for a while, thinking about waiting for the butler to come back and taking advantage of the fashion trend to change the women's clothes.
They don't feel tired wearing so many layers.
Peter the Great could change his clothes and levy beard tax and clothing tax on those who did not meet the regulations. Who said he couldn't?
Then I admired the scenery of the palace, thinking about the situation in Europe and the East at the same time.
It is now 1744, the first year of Qianlong is 1736, and it should be the ninth year of Qianlong over there.
Peter sighed, time traveled... and could never go back...
He thought that as early as the Yongzheng period, that is, in 1729, the Qing Dynasty had sent people to visit. At that time, the Manchu minister Tuo Shi was sent to meet Peter II to celebrate his accession to the throne. Yongzheng was preparing to use troops against the Junggar tribe.
, the purpose is to hope that Tsarist Russia will remain neutral in this war.
This was also the first time that the Qing Dynasty officially sent a diplomatic mission to a foreign country.
At that time, the relationship between Russia and other countries and the Qing Dynasty was different. For example, Vietnam (Annam) and the Qing Dynasty had a tributary relationship, and countries such as Vietnam were vassals of the Qing Dynasty.
It had commercial relations with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These Western countries were trading partners of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing government traded with them with a gentle and far-reaching attitude.
In other words, allowing these distant people to obtain supplies from the Qing Dynasty was a favor to them.
But it was different for Russia. Russia and the Qing Dynasty were "Russian States", and they were the only "Russian States" recognized by the Qing Dynasty. Qianlong himself said that both sides had equal status and were true state-to-state relations.
This diplomatic relationship is based on the war, and the result of this war is the "Treaty of Nerchinsk" and the "Treaty of Kyaktu".
The premise for the Treaty of Nerchinsk was the Battle of Yaksa.
In the 16th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Yakutsk governor Golovin sent Boyakov to lead 132 troops down the Lena River to invade southward. In the winter of that year, they crossed the Transoxingan Mountains and invaded the east.
In November, after these people arrived at the territory under the jurisdiction of Doptiur, the Daur headman in the middle reaches of the Jingqili River, they looted and killed the Daur people everywhere. They were called "man-eating demons".
In the early summer of the following year, after the Jingqili River thawed, it broke into Heilongjiang, the largest inland river in the northeast of the East, and was resisted by people of all ethnic groups along the way.
Later, because the Hou Jin Dynasty was at war with the Ming Empire outside the customs at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they had no time to take into account the covetousness of Tsarist Russia in the Heilongjiang River Basin, which led to the outbreak of the Battle of Yaksa.
From the end of Shunzhi to the beginning of Kangxi, Tsarist Russia took advantage of the Qing Dynasty, which was busy reunifying the country and pacifying the San Francisco Rebellion, and occupied territories such as Nerchinsk and Yaksa, and built fortresses and fortifications there.
Kangxi sent envoys to negotiate and warn many times, but all failed.
In September of the 22nd year of Kangxi, the Qing army sent people to order the Tsarist Russian invaders in Yaksa and other places to evacuate quickly. The Russian army leader ignored them and instead sent people to Aihui to plunder. Sabsu defeated them and took Heilongjiang
All the strongholds established by the Russian invaders downstream were burned down, leaving Yaksa as an isolated city.
This was the first battle of Yaksa.
The strength of the Qing army at that time was mainly 1,500 Ningguta soldiers led by Sabusu, plus 500 Shengjing soldiers, and 500 additional Tengpai soldiers, totaling about 2,500 people, while the number of the Russian army was about 450.
In the autumn of the 24th year of Kangxi's reign, Moscow sent 600 troops to reinforce Nerchinsk. When it was learned that the Qing army had withdrawn, Tolbuzin, the leader of the invading army, led a large number of Tsarist Russian troops to Yaksa again.
At the beginning of the next year, Kangxi received the report and immediately ordered a counterattack.
In 1686, the second Battle of Yaksa broke out, with more than 2,000 Qing troops and 826 Tsarist troops.
The result of this battle was that the Tsarist Russian army was besieged and many died of illness and disease. In the end, only 66 of the 826 soldiers were left.
In power in Russia at that time was Regent Sophia, the sister of Peter I.
Sophia hurriedly asked the Qing Dynasty to withdraw from the siege and sent envoys to negotiate the border, and the Treaty of Nerchinsk was born.
The main content is to delineate the eastern border between China and Russia and establish Sino-Russian trade relations.
That is to say, after the war, Russia felt the power of the Qing Dynasty, and the threat of the Mongolian Erut tribe still existed, and it was unwilling to antagonize the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Empire realized that Russia had a vast territory and bordered it on land, so it could not be treated as a vassal state.
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Subsequently, the two sides began equal trade in Kyaktu and other places.
In 1729, Yongzheng sent someone to visit for the first time.
At that time, I originally planned to meet Peter II, but unfortunately the journey was too far, so I walked for more than a year, and it was not until the spring of 1731 that I arrived in Moscow, the winter capital.
At that time, Peter II had died of smallpox and was succeeded by Empress Anna. The mission of this trip was immediately changed to congratulating Anna I.
Anna held a grand welcome ceremony and gave a grand reception to the arrival of the mission. After the reception, the mission and Russian officials reached an agreement on the Junggar Department, which can be regarded as establishing a preliminary friendship.
Relations between the two countries began to improve. In addition to providing tax exemptions for Kyakhta trade, Russia was also allowed to set up a warehouse in Beijing, which was unimaginable in the eyes of other countries.
In the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign (1793), the British envoy Macartney visited China and made a request to Emperor Qianlong to set up a British warehouse in Beijing following the Russian precedent. However, Emperor Qianlong directly rejected the request on the grounds that it was inconsistent with the Chinese system.
This is differential treatment.
Peter lamented that before the steam engine was invented, the steam locomotive was not born, and there was no railway built in Siberia, sending people to visit or invite people would have to be several years in advance.
He wanted Qianlong to send people to popularize the harem system here.
Otherwise, what will Volontsova do in the future?
It is very likely that he will not only have Yeka and Vorontsova in his life. The reason why lovers are called lovers is that they can be married, and he cannot stand this.
After all, I just love the party.
Therefore, as long as he ascends the throne, the harem system must be established.
After thinking about it, Peter glanced at Vorontsova who was following behind him. Vorontsova looked so pitiful and trembling now. He felt a little apologetic, so he smiled at her, took her hand and started walking around.