"President, Qi Bin is willing to walk across the northern grasslands to meet the Living Buddha in Kulun. As long as the Living Buddha is willing to surrender to China, the Renaissance Army will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort by entering the grassland.
Qi Bin is right, the living Buddhas on the grassland control the temples, and the temples control the herdsmen.
Huai Haijun had already dealt with these great monks at Ulan-Ude by the Moon Lake.
It can be seen that these great monks do not like Russians, mainly for religious reasons.
No one wants to build a church next to their own temple. But the Han people are different. They can worship at Taoist temples and temples, and they are not picky at all in their religious choices.
In today's grassland, those princes and nobles provide protection for temples and thus gain the support of living Buddhas.
If the Renaissance Army can provide them with the same protection and allow the Buddha's light to shine further, then it is very likely to gain the support of the Living Buddha.
The Rakshasa people believe in Orthodox Christianity. After the power of Tsarist Russia penetrated into the Kazakh grasslands, Orthodox Christianity also penetrated there. The true bishops of the Bukha people and the Aiwuhan people are also a huge threat to Buddhism.
Living Buddhas cannot fail to see this.
The Chinese people are relatively tolerant towards religion, and this has always been the consensus of everyone.
"Qi Bin, the climate on the grassland is harsh, is your body affected?"
"Thank you, President, for your concern. Qi Bin's health is getting better. This is thanks to Master Kang Ping's help."
Dong Shuheng nodded, it turned out that it was through Master Kang Ping's mastery. Apparently, Dong Shuheng gave him a chance when he kidnapped him to China last time.
"Qi Bin understands that the president must have realized that Qi Bin was about to die soon, so he brought Qi Bin to China so that Qi Bin could receive the master's treatment." Qi Bin thanked him again.
"Okay, Qi Bin, then you can go and I'll ask the Lifan Yuan to send people to go with you. Some of them know the situation in Ulia Sutai in more detail."
"That would be great. Thank you very much, President."
The two talked for a while, and Dong Shuheng recognized Qi Bin's ability more and more.
Dong Shuheng gave Qi Bin the title of Counselor of the Presidential Office so that he could do things for him. Although it was not a specific official position, his actual status was very high.
Today, the two of them did not talk about the Japanese issue, but only talked about Ulia Sutai. Qi Bin felt that this was a test given to him by Dong Shuheng.
Only when you have done this well can you talk about other things.
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At midnight on February 18, 1855, the first month of the lunar calendar, Nicholas I simultaneously sent a message to Moscow, Kiev, and Warsaw: "The Emperor is dying and bids farewell to all humanity."
This ominous telegram announced the death of the Tsar. The official statement given by Tsarist Russia was that "he died of a severe cold that led to ineffective treatment of pneumonia." However, the information obtained by Dong Shuheng said that the Tsar probably committed suicide.
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Why did the Tsar commit suicide? British tabloids said it was because of the tremendous pressure brought about by successive defeats on the battlefield.
Regardless, this news is of great significance to China.
This means that the war in Crimea is coming to an end.
This is exactly what happened.
In January of the Chinese lunar calendar, St. Petersburg was still in the harsh winter, and the funeral of Nicholas I was over soon.
Because there were hundreds of thousands of troops still fighting on the front line, the funeral went very quickly.
At the same time, Tsarist Russia's treasury was empty due to the war. Therefore, Nicholas I's funeral was relatively simple.
Soon the new emperor Alexander II succeeded to the throne. He was the eldest son of Nicholas I and an outstanding heir.
This new monarch of Tsarist Russia was destined to become Dong Shuheng's important enemy throughout his life.
Dong Shuheng ordered the intelligence agency to collect a large amount of information on the tsar.
It is said that at the age of nineteen, Alexander mastered four foreign languages (English, German, French, Polish) and many subjects, including mathematics, physics, geography, history, Orthodox theology, political economics, law, etc.
It can be said that compared with all previous Russian emperors, Alexander received the best education.
In 1829, young Alexander traveled to Moscow, Warsaw and Berlin with his parents.
At the age of 11, he commanded a company.
At the age of 14, Alexander served as an officer for the first time and once led a platoon. He then received further military training.
In 1837, after completing his studies, Alexander, accompanied by Zhukovsky, began traveling throughout Russia as Crown Prince.
He not only traveled through most provinces in the European part of Russia, but also visited the remote northern alpine areas.
This Alexander II seems to be much better than President Dong Da, who was born as a salt merchant and has only half-knowledge.
Time goes back to the beginning of Tsar Alexander II's accession to the throne.
The Tsarist Russia that Alexander II took over was a country full of crises.
Although the fighting in Crimea continues, Tsarist Russia has been in a passive state.
First was the Balkan Peninsula, where Tsarist Russia retreated from the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia and returned to its original starting point.
This meant that Tsarist Russia had failed on the Western Front.
Although the main battlefield of Crimea on the center line, Sevastopol Fortress is still in the hands of Tsarist Russia, it may be lost at any time under the siege of the coalition forces.
The Black Sea Fleet, as the main force of Tsarist Russia's navy, has become history. The artillery on the warships has been moved to the fortress. The warships have also been sunk in the port.
The loss of the navy distressed Alexander II the most.
Tsarist Russia continued to send reinforcements to Crimea, but this seemed to be a fueling tactic. Apart from huge losses, it had no effect.
Alexander II had to make a temporary change and recalled Prince Menshikov and replaced him with Prince Mikhail Gorchakov. The latter was obviously reused by Alexander II after his failure on the Danube.
Only Alexander II knew that he wanted to end the war.
But as the new king, it is not good for him to say it directly, otherwise others will think that he is a cowardly king.
The second thing Alexander II did was to actively engage in diplomatic activities.
He authorized the Russian ambassador in Vienna, Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, to consider the possibility of peace.
On March 15th of the Western calendar, negotiations began in Vienna. The third person in the Gorchakov family appeared.
Alexander Gorchakov was a cousin of the two previous Gorchakov brothers and he was an outstanding diplomat.
In later history, this man was the only diplomat in Bismarck's era who could compete with Bismarck.
On the battlefield in the East Caucasus, Russia successfully captured the important fortress of Kars and entered Armenia, while the Turkish army retreated into the south of the Caucasus Mountains.
Defeating the native dog did not give Tsarist Russia much sense of accomplishment.
What put Alexander II under the greatest pressure was Tsarist Russia's failure in the Far East.
Tsarist Russia claims to be a two-headed eagle, but now one of its eastern heads has been chopped off. This makes Tsarist Russia very embarrassed, although only a little bit of the easternmost part was chopped off.
When Nicholas I was in power, he felt that this was something Britain and France did to support the Qing people in the Far East.
He accepted the suggestion of East Siberian Governor Muravyov to organize the East Siberian army to attack through the Amur River.
However, I did not expect that not one of the more than 50,000 people sent came back, and a large area of land east of Lake Baikal was lost. Even Yakutsk, an important stronghold in Eastern Siberia that had been operated for more than 200 years, was robbed by the Chinese.
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Now Tsarist Russia simply does not have the ability to send troops to the Far East to punish this thief.
In Alexander II's view, the Chinese were like thieves who stole their land in the Far East while Tsarist Russia was at war with Britain and France.
He also didn't want to think about how Tsarist Russia got here, and how clever were their methods?
Alexander II has ordered people to gather 50,000 troops from Western Siberia and concentrate them towards Lake Baikal. When the weather warms up, he will teach the Chinese people a lesson.
In addition, they also caused some trouble for China in the northwest region of China. Tsarist Russia has always coveted the Tangnu Uryanghai area and has already penetrated there.
Alexander II ordered the Tsarist Russian army there to directly annex Tangnu Ulyanghai this time.
There is a large area bordering Tsarist Russia and China, and there are many points that can be attacked. For example, the border with Kazakhstan in the west can also be used as a fuss.
Although most of the Far East is desolate land, not an inch of land in Tsarist Russia is redundant.
After arranging matters in the Far East, Alexander II continued to return his sights to the Crimean Peninsula.
"Your Majesty, Director Tymochenko wants to see you."
At this time, an attendant came to Alexander II's office to report.
This Ji is also a spy chief. Here we would like to introduce an original department of Nicholas I.
The main purpose of all government activities of Nicholas I was to consolidate centralized power and capture all power in his own hands as much as possible.
For this reason, Nicholas I issued an edict to establish the emperor's personal confidential department, which consisted of six departments: one department was responsible for drafting and sending and receiving the emperor's documents, the second department was responsible for the judicial work of the Russian Empire, and the third department was a secret police agency with a huge
The leader of the three offices also serves as the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The fourth office is responsible for the work of Russian schools and charitable institutions, the fifth office is responsible for peasant issues, and the sixth office is responsible for Caucasian affairs.
This confidential information has now been passed into the hands of Alexander II. I have to say that this organization is very easy to use.
This can effectively prevent the Tsar from being deceived by those ministers.
Director Ji is a Ukrainian with a tall and thin build, dark gray hair, a narrow nose, a high bulge, and a pair of brown eyes that seem to be able to penetrate everything.
Tymochenko was deeply respected by the late Emperor Nicholas I, and he was the kind of person who could be entrusted with his own safety.
"Join Your Majesty!" Tymochenko walked in gently after the attendants exited.
"Hello, Minister Tymochenko, let's do it." Alexander II was very polite to the old ministers of the late emperor.
"Is there anything I can do for you? Your Majesty!" A smile appeared on Tymochenko's face, which seemed a little stiff. It was obvious that he did not smile often.
"Yes, how about the thing I asked you to check before?"
"Your Majesty, you are referring to the weapons used by the coalition forces," Tymochenko confirmed. He had too many things to investigate recently.
"Your Majesty, a new type of gun has appeared on the battlefield recently. It is different from the rifled gun they used before. This gun is still a front-loading rifled gun, but they use a percussion cap to fire. However, the bullets they use are still Miner bullets.
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"Very good, you have done a great job. Our arsenal has begun production of the sample guns we obtained earlier."
War is the fastest way to spread technology. Only after people experience blood and fire on the battlefield will they have greater motivation to pursue new technologies.
Dong Shuheng has always paid great attention to the confidentiality of his scientific and technological achievements. He only showed the new rifle in front of the Russians on the battlefield in the Far East. In the Far East, the Russians fought a war of annihilation, and the probability of losing weapons was very low.
Foreigners can only operate in a few ports in China and cannot enter the interior at all, which also allows the secrets of the Ba'ath Army's weapons to be kept.
Firearms are secondary, smokeless gunpowder is the most important secret.
Breech-loading guns are not that difficult. Europeans can basically make them now, but they are not willing to use them.
The performance of the Enfield 1853 currently used by the British is already very good.
He can shoot at groups of enemies within 500 yards, and the final kinetic energy is enough to kill enemies at about 900 yards.
And it can fire a bullet in just ten seconds.
Dong Shuheng is no longer worried about the leakage of guns, he is worried about the leakage of gunpowder.
Without the technical barrier of smokeless gunpowder, the weapons generation gap maintained by the Renaissance Army would soon be equalized.
Although Russia's industrial capabilities are not as good as those of Britain and France, they have begun to learn from Western Europe very early. Therefore, although their technological level is not advanced, Tsarist Russia is very large.
Since 1820, the machinery and equipment imported by the Russians from Europe has doubled every year.
A large number of factories were built, and their products were sold to the Arabs on the Mediterranean coast and the Persian Gulf, creating competition with the British.
Moreover, the Russians also introduced a tariff protection policy.
This is one of the reasons why the British accompanied the French to fight against Tsarist Russia this time.
"Your Majesty, we discovered that among the coalition's reinforcements there was a Qing army of 8,000 people. But these people are a little different from the Qing people we know. They don't have braids, their military uniforms are different, and the guns they use are similar to those used by the coalition.
, also a muzzle-loading rifled gun.”
"According to what we learned from elsewhere, they called this army the Huai Haijun, and it seemed to be a newly rising warlord in the Qing Dynasty."
"Do you have anything to do with that group in the Far East?"
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, there is too little information sent back from the Far East. In a place like that, if you lose the battle, it will be difficult to escape back."
"Tymochenko, send someone to the Tatars to learn about the situation in the Qing Dynasty." Alexander II tapped his fingers on the table and added an order to Tymochenko.
Since Britain and France imposed a maritime blockade on Tsarist Russia, Tsarist Russia's access to information from the outside world has been cut off.
This war was not limited to the road. In addition to the Black Sea, the British and French forces also sent navies to blockade Tsarist Russia's White Sea and the Gulf of Finland.
They even forcibly seized Tsarist Russian merchant ships and attempted to attack Tsarist Russia's capital, St. Petersburg, from the Gulf of Finland.
Although the coalition's attempt to attack St. Petersburg failed, the blockade caused huge losses to Tsarist Russia and almost cut off contact with the outside world.
"Your Majesty, our people also discovered that since last year, many Qing people have arrived in Europe, and most of them have entered various universities to study."
Prince Albert of Prussia went to the Qing Dynasty last year and seemed to have reached an agreement with the Qing Dynasty's Huai Navy Governor.
After he returned to Europe, he took great care of those Qing people.
When the Prussians were mentioned, Alexander II felt a burst of anger in his heart.
This time they launched a war with Britain and France, and both Prussia and Austria broke their promises of the Holy Alliance.
They are all villains.
"Hmph, are the despicable Prussians low enough to be friends with the Qing natives? It's really an embarrassment to the white race." Alexander II said bitterly.
"In addition, Your Majesty, this group of Qing people in Europe has a leader named Wang Tao. He is very active in Europe. He is currently trying to participate in our negotiations in Vienna on the grounds that they are also a member of the coalition, and even this person
Proclaiming everywhere that they had achieved a major victory in the Far East battlefield."
Alexander II knew that the British had always been wary of Tsarist Russia's access to the sea in the Far East, and they were afraid that this would affect British interests in the Pacific.
A few years ago, British whaling ships sailing from Canada tried to force their way into the port of Petropavlovsk.
Unexpectedly, the backward Qing Dynasty helped them do what the British could not do.