In the history of another time and space, the talented Wang Zhenyi was lonely and helpless. In the torrent of the world, she was like a small boat, small and fragile.
In an era when the concept of "men are superior to women" was deeply rooted, although she wrote sixty-four volumes of works to show her talent and learning, Wang Zhenyi was destined not to be accepted by the mainstream cultural circles.
It was popular among the official ladies of this era to start a poetry club, recite poems and paint, with the purpose of marrying better and more decently. And Wang Zhenyi, who was devoted to studying mathematics and astronomy and did not want to get married, how could she be accepted?
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Zhao Xin's eyes became softer and softer, and he suddenly made a bold move, stretched out his left arm and gently hugged Wang Zhenyi's waist.
Wang Zhenyi was startled, with a look of anger and annoyance between her brows, but for some reason, she didn't break free from the embrace of the man opposite her.
"I......"
"Do not talk."
After saying that, Wang Zhenyi turned around in Zhao Xin's arms and looked at the sea in the distance. The two of them stood in silence for a while, until their bodies were covered with snowflakes and the sky gradually darkened.
In fact, as long as Zhao Xin is in Beihai Town, his whereabouts will be watched. So when he was found by his subordinates and returned to the office soon, Shen Xuan learned about the scene on the beach.
The apparent calmness did not mean that Shen Xuan didn't care. She tossed and turned that night and gradually fell asleep almost before dawn. When she saw Zhao Xin the next day, Shen Xuan didn't ask a word, as if nothing had happened.
The next morning, Zhao Xin received a telegram from Kyaktu. In the telegram, Lu Shoushan detailed the results of the interrogation of Tian Tonghe, Pavlov, and Ragutin, and explained that Ushiha had been
The kidnapping was purely a disaster. In addition, he specifically mentioned in the telegram that the use of the "lie detector" was very effective.
Zhao Xin read Tian Tonghe's interrogation records back and forth several times, and he found that this person had an extremely conceited character; generally, such people are either very smart, or they have a higher level of self-righteousness.
Zhao Xin also asked Shen Jingdan what kind of people the Chang family in Yuci were like. Shen Jingdan didn't know much about Shanxi merchants before, but since he took charge of the trade department in Beihai Town, he gradually got to know the situation of some northern business groups.
Among the several Shanxi merchant houses currently engaged in trade with Russia in Kyakhta, the one with the longest operating history and the largest scale is the Chang family in Chewang Town, Yuci. The previous generation owner was named Chang Wanda, who mainly relied on
He became a wealthy businessman only after operating tea. He even participated in Qianlong's "Thousands of Old Banquets" a few years ago. The current head of the family is Chang Wanda's eldest son Chang Huaijue. It is said that this man is good at calculating and negotiating, and has very good negotiation skills. He is also a good person.
It is as deep as a void, with the wind of Duanmu.
The fact that the Chang family can send such an arrogant guy as Tian Tonghe to be the shopkeeper in Kyaktu is obviously not like the latter. This Tian Tonghe seems to have some abilities. Since he started his business by selling tea, his tentacles will definitely spread all over the world.
The internal and external vassals are all over Mongolia, otherwise the Sino-Russian trade alone would have been finished in the past two years.
At present, Beihai Town is still confused about the intelligence of the various ministries of Outer Mongolia. Just checking the information from another time and space is purely exhausting for Zhao Xin. After thinking of this, Zhao Xin asked Lu Shoushan to arrange a good talk with the shopkeeper Tian.
Talk and learn more about the economic and livelihood conditions of various Mongolian ministries. At the same time, if this person is really capable, see if you can use him for your own use.
A few days later, on November 26, 1788, nearly two months after the Northern Navy captured Irkutsk, the Sixth Russo-Turkish War was underway. Peter Alexander, who was in charge of commanding the Ukrainian Army Group
Marshal Lovich Rumyantsev, on the orders of Empress Catherine II, returned to St. Petersburg after a long journey to attend a military meeting chaired by the empress.
The so-called sixth "Russian-Turkish War" was actually a war between the Russian-Austrian Alliance and the Turkish-Swiss Alliance brokered by Prussia. Most of the combat operations this year were conducted by Ochakov, commanded by Potemkin.
In the offensive and defensive battle of the fortress, Rumyantsev's main task was to cover the left wing of Potemkin's Ekaterina Corps from the direction of Bingera.
Originally in July, Rumyantsev had led his troops across the Dniester River, entered Moldova, and marched toward the lower reaches of the Prut River in an attempt to find the main force of the Ottoman army for a decisive battle. However, due to the conflict between the Tsarist Empire and its ally Austria,
Mutual utilization is greater than cooperation, so there is a lack of close strategic coordination, and the results on land are not great.
Just when Rumyantsev had reached an agreement with Austria, promising to jointly deal with Prussia after the war with Turkey in order to extend the alliance between the two parties, Rumyantsev was greatly shocked by the news brought by the Queen's messenger.
Suvorov, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front Army who was responsible for commanding the war against the Qing Empire, was defeated and captured. It was a disastrous defeat!
In accordance with the Queen's order, Rumyantsev handed over to Repnin and hurried back. When he saw the Queen, the marshal was deeply surprised by her old face.
Catherine II, who is nearly sixty years old, can no longer spare the time to take care of everything as she once did - not only enjoying the fun of love with her new love Mamonov, but also handling every major national event.
Unlike many people's imagination of wearing a crown, the Queen wore a very ordinary home-made hair cap. The hair cap set off her round, wrinkled face, making her look like a kind old nun.
, or a highly respected grandmother in a citizen's family.
Despite all the well-known weaknesses, she is good at identifying and valuing people who are talented and able to do things. Her reuse of Rumyantsev, Suvorov, Hrabovich and others is proof of this. But recently, she
That love affair showed that the queen, who was over sixty years old, had fallen into illusions and delusions. With an unprecedented innocence and childishness, she believed that a person who was more than thirty years younger than her would have true love for her.
"Alexandrovitch, is the battle going well ahead?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Everything is fine, my Majesty." Rumyantsev bent down to salute, then leaned forward and kissed the back of Catherine II's hand.
"Gentlemen, let's talk about the army that defeated Suvorov."
As soon as the Queen finished speaking, General Springel stood up and recounted to the members of the Military Council the news he had received from the "Governor of the Broken Hand" Ivan Jacobi.
When he heard that the army defeated Suvorov in two days at the end of August and captured Irkutsk a month later, Rumyantsev showed an expression of disbelief and said in amazement: "This
How is that possible?! Did they have wings and fly there?"
He first turned to the page of the defense map of Yaksa City in the folder, looked at the star-shaped fortress on it, and thought that if he led his own troops, it would be impossible to attack such a fortress in two days without three hundred cannons.
Besides, the journey from Yaksa to Irkutsk, which is thousands of versts, took only a month to arrive? The enemy must have sent a force to bypass Yaksa and attack Nerchinsk, taking advantage of the lack of troops in the rear to launch a sneak attack.
Only in this way can it be explained.
General Springer said: "Due to the weather, the reconnaissance personnel we sent to Eastern Siberia have not yet sent back any information. However, I believe that accurate information will be sent back before Christmas at the latest."
Rumyantsev asked: "How is Count Jacobi's injury?"
The queen's secretary Hrabovich said: "The count's right hand was indeed chopped off, but he has recovered well and is no longer in serious trouble."
It is said that after Ivan Jacobi had one of his hands chopped off by Zhao Xin's guard Yin Bingwei, the accompanying North Korean military doctor treated him. In order to prevent the wound from becoming inflamed and eventually leading to septicemia, he died on the way back to St. Petersburg.
Then, he was injected with allicin developed by Hong Tao.
After seven or eight stitches in a row, the already desperate governor found that his wounds had recovered well, but the smell of garlic on his body was too strong, and even when he yawned, he could spray out a smell of garlic.
At this time, the Empress asked Rumyantsev: "Alexandrovitch, what do you think of this strange army?"
Rumyantsev suddenly received so much information that was a bit unbelievable to him, and he couldn't say anything for a while. He needed to go back and study the information carefully before he could make a correct judgment. However, he was very optimistic about Suvorov.
, and felt that only this person could inherit his military ideas and carry them forward.
So he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Vasilyevich and the others must try to rescue them. I think it is better to resolve it through negotiation first. After all, the current weather in Siberia is very unfavorable for troop mobilization. It will definitely be difficult for our troops to cross the ice and snow.
Subsequently, the logistical difficulties are also very great. All artillery, ammunition and explosives need to be transported from the west of the Ural Mountains. As for the enemy's troops..."
Rumyantsev stood up and studied the map hanging on the wall for a moment. Everyone's eyes were focused on him, and he only heard him say slowly: "If we only make assumptions based on the current intelligence, this is an extremely powerful force.
A force that is good at field battles and attacking fortresses. If Yaksa really fell in two days, then I judge that their strength is at least close to 100,000, equipped with hundreds of cannons. To support such a large force in external operations,
I estimate that its logistics strength should be 300,000 people."
General Springer nodded and said: "That's what I judged too. Now it seems that we had too little information about this army that was hostile to the Qing Emperor."
Rumyantsev said: "The intelligence brought back by Count Jacobi is not enough to judge the opponent's strength now. After all, the Count is not a soldier. So I think the negotiating team should set off as soon as possible. When they see Suvorov,
Everything will be revealed. On this basis, we can formulate corresponding military deployments."
By the late Catherine II, the total military strength of the Tsarist Empire reached 500,000, and military spending accounted for half of the national expenditure. The Ukrainian Army Group under Rumyantsev alone had more than 50,000 people, and the most elite
The number of Yekaterina's Army was more than 80,000.
Although the battle in the Heilongjiang Basin suffered heavy losses, it was actually not a traumatic event for the entire empire. After the news of Suvorov's defeat came back, many people, whether it was the Privy Council or the Army Academy, judged that
Lost due to insufficient numbers of artillery and cavalry.
However, if a negotiating mission is to be sent, who should be sent? Besbroko is obviously not suitable. As the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he is also responsible for work in Europe.
Everyone waited for a moment and saw the Queen setting her sights on Earl Mujin. Earl Mujin quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the team to Irkutsk, but I have a request. I hope
Can you allow Miller of the Royal Academy to serve as attaché to the mission?"
He was just a sixth-grade civil servant, and the Queen happily agreed.
Prime Minister Besbroko, who had been silent for a long time, then said: "Your Majesty, I think we should send someone to contact the Qing Dynasty's Lifan Yuan now and explain to them that what happened on the Amur River was actually a misunderstanding."
Earl Mu Jin said: "Your Excellency, I don't think there is any need to explain. As long as we can eliminate the Qing rebels, the Amur River will still be in our possession."
Besbroko said: "Now we don't even have Kyaktu, and the annual tariff losses are at least one million rubles. If we can't defeat that army, there must be a way out, right?"
Earl Mu Jin stood up and shouted loudly: "This is impossible!"
"No! This is very possible." Catherine II spoke. The defeat in the Heilongjiang battle was beyond her expectation, and her premonition failed again. The old lady, who was deeply aware of the impermanence of the world, understood that all successes and
Honors are uncertain.
The Queen has said so, and Count Mujin does not dare to object anymore. However, considering that the two main border cities for communication between the Qing and Russia have been lost, if you want to contact the Qing Empire in the south, you can only go through the western city of Kras in Eastern Siberia.
Noyarsk went south to the Sanyin Noyan tribe in Outer Mongolia, and established contact with the Qing Dynasty from there.
Besbroko suddenly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for the offence. It would be best if you could write a letter to the Emperor of the Qing Empire."
"What's the reason?"
Besbroko explained: "Since the army that defeated us was also the enemy of the Qing emperor, can the two sides cooperate on this matter?"
"I'm going to think about it again."
The Queen felt that the meeting was almost over, so she finally said: "God bless, who will not encounter several major turning points in his life? The greatest people also stumbled when they failed. Didn't the late King of Prussia also suffer a major turning point in his life?
Did you become a great monarch only after you failed... Gentlemen, we have conquered the north and south and won countless victories. We cannot win by just showing contempt for the enemy, but we must assess the situation and be flexible.
In order to change, we must move forward courageously.”
The Tsarist monarchs and ministers present here did not know where the current of the war in Eastern Siberia was sweeping them.
Since Peter I, after the Tsarist Russians tasted victory in their first foreign war, they fell into a craze for war. Even Catherine II, who once advocated foreign peace, also followed
In order to annex Poland, Prussia embarked on a path of violent expansion.
When a monarch no longer considers the way he rules, nor the so-called fairness and prudence, greed and recklessness become the mainstream to please the monarch.
Although the Amur River was defeated and Eastern Siberia was lost, Catherine II still firmly believed that she could overcome all obstacles and all impossibilities.