In fact, while Zhao Xin was talking to Elizabeth, Degene was also talking to Leclerc. Counting this trip, it was the third time he came to see him.
"Your Excellency, Governor, what should we do? Lady Elizabeth and the Crown Prince are still waiting for news from me!"
"The current situation, whether I leave or they come, is not the right time."
Governor Leclerc, who was standing in front of the window, had a gloomy expression on his face, and the hand on his side was clenched hard, revealing his inner anxiety.
The flames of the French Revolution have finally reached the French colonies. Leclerc's tenure as governor over the past few years has been quite smooth. The top and bottom are harmonious, and everyone should make money. But precisely because of his aristocratic background, the restless French businessmen in the city began to jump up and down.
.They secretly instigated a colonial congress and elected a chairman and a mayor, clearly intending to seize power.
Making money is nothing, I want democracy and freedom, overthrow the royal family and nobles who collect taxes, long live the French Republic!
Well, to put it bluntly, I still don’t want to pay taxes…
The people making trouble are all those who came to the local government in recent years. They have no idea how the British East India Company dealt with them more than ten years ago.
In fact, noble status is really nothing. Those who can engage in Eastern trade in these days must have at least one noble relative in their family. Condorcet was still a marquis, and he also became a member of the National Convention and drafted a constitution.
The key lies in whether you look down on the third estate and whether you support the royal family's monopoly on Eastern trade.
Fortunately, Leclerc joined the army at the age of 16, participated in the American Revolutionary War, fought against the British in the Caribbean, and served as a regimental commander on Bourbon Island. He was even a military commander before taking over as the governor of local governance.
With great prestige among the military officers and the support of the church, the opposition forces were barely suppressed.
The arrival of Deguigne allowed him to understand the domestic situation ahead of everyone in the city. When he learned that the National Convention had declared war on the British, Leclerc's heart sank. He knew that he had no time left to prepare.
too much.
Ten days ago, an order sent by the National Convention via Bourbon Island arrived at the local governance, causing a huge stir and surprising the president and mayor of the convention who were bent on seizing power. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Convention appointed a man named Daniel Rice.
The Civil Affairs Commissioner of Calliers is coming to replace Leclerc.
This is too much! Knowing that the British East India Company was eyeing the war and war could break out at any time, the National Convention actually sent a guy who knew nothing about military affairs, clearly intending to give away the French colonies in India!
To make matters worse, the local Tamil Catholics also started to stir up troubles. They demanded to emancipate the slaves and participate in the management of public affairs in the colony. This made Leclerc a little confused. You must know that most of the lower-level soldiers in the local army are composed of
It is composed of Tamils. If these guys get into chaos, his control over the army will be ineffective.
Leclerc was worried that the change in the situation would harm his family, so he sent his wife and a pair of children to the southern Beihai Town territory the day after Deguine arrived. At the same time, he also began to make preparations to wait for the man.
The arrival of the Civil Affairs Commissioner.
If it had not been for the arrival of Louis Charles, Leclerc would have resigned and gone home to play with his wife, just like in the history of another time and space... Bah! The family returned to France to settle down, and then died of illness four years later. The problem is
Beihai Town really rescued the little prince, which gave Leclerc a goal to continue fighting.
He paced back and forth in the office, and after thinking for a long time, he said to Deguine: "Chretien, you will take the boat back to Batavia tomorrow."
"What do you want me to tell Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"Just tell her the truth about the situation here. I believe she and the Crown Prince will understand my difficulties." Leclerc frowned and said: "I will write two letters later, one to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the other
Leave it to His Highness the Prince."
After Deguine arrived for local governance, he reported Zhao Xin's situation to the governor. Leclerc was dumbfounded and shook his head. If Deguigne hadn't been a witness, he wouldn't have believed it even to death.
The monarch of a large land in East Asia could actually do such a crazy thing.
It can be said that Louis XVI was worried about the American War of Independence, but His Majesty the King did not end it personally.
"In the current situation, we must ask for help from the Chinese. Otherwise, if they are so troublesome, the British will have to surrender as soon as they come."
De Guigne said anxiously: "Haven't the cannons that the Chinese brought previously arrived? With these cannons, I think the British should be easy to deal with, right?"
"It's useless." Leclerc knew that the man in front of him was a stick in the military, so he patiently explained: "When the people are confused, the combat effectiveness will be gone, and no matter how advanced the weapons are, they can only become decorations. Who knows what those Tamil people will do?
Won't they rebel on the spot? If the Chinese don't help us, this city won't be able to stop the British at all."
"Then I'll go to the port and tell the captains to get ready." Deguigne stood up suddenly, walked to the door and then stopped and asked: "Your Excellency, Governor, if the situation in the colony is irreversible, what are you going to do?"
"I will lead my subordinates who are loyal to me and Bishop Adlan to retreat to Pazayarai and seek asylum from the Chinese. After the British capture this city, we will find a way to take it back! So you must fight with that prince.
Your Highness, please explain clearly the predicament here."
With Degene's speed, he was destined not to see Zhao Xin. Because he left Bacheng on the third day after talking to Elizabeth. Since the general affairs of Kalimantan Island and Bacheng have basically
Sure, the most important thing for him right now is to go back to Beihai Town for that meeting.
Deng Fei will be almost done with training in one more week. He and Wang Yuanfang will take the Thunder God back. However, Liu Sheng, Fan Tong, and Liu Zheng, who have traveled far and wide, are all in Khalkha Mongolia. Zhao Xin wants to
It will take at least seven or eight days to bring these three pieces of materials back to Beihai Town.
His plan was to go to Ulaanbaatar first, then take a small plane to Ulyasutai, then drive to Khovd to pick up Fan Tong, return to Uliasudai and take Liu Sheng with him, and the three of them would return
Ulaanbaatar, he brought Liu Zheng back and the four of them returned to Beihai Town together. In addition, he had to make separate trips to Cao Peng and Kong Shaoan to pick them up, so...it was quite a hassle!
No one likes to have monopoly power and have the final say in everything. But Zhao Xin still hopes to establish a balanced system of mutual restraints to control the desire for power in his heart that grows like a weed.
It can be seen from this plan for Kalimantan that with a random thought, he can overturn the long-established meeting plan and successfully postpone it without anyone objecting.
In fact, Zhao Xin is not mentally prepared to manage a country with hundreds of millions of people, nor is he fully equipped to manage a huge country. No ruler would put himself in danger as often as he does, just to satisfy some of his own needs.
A desire for curiosity.
Even though so much of Siberia had been captured, his psychological burden was not heavy. Beihai Town has been engaged in immigration in recent years, and the total Chinese population in Eastern Siberia is only 30,000. As for the ordinary people of Tsarist Russia...
..He doesn’t care whether he loves you to death or not!
Since he made the determination to expel the Manchus within three years, he would often wake up from nightmares in the middle of the night. If he could say what was his biggest gain from becoming a disciple of Wang Zhong in the past few years, it was nothing more than two words: Shendu. That is, self-control.
The old monk Chengche passed away two years after he returned to Wuya Temple. Before he left, he asked his apprentice to bring a letter to Chen Qingsong, whom he had met once, and asked him to pass it on to Zhao Xin.
There was only one sentence in that letter: If you think of a good thing in life, good luck will follow even though you haven’t done it; if you have an evil thought in life, even if you don’t do evil, bad luck will follow you. Be careful and avoid it!
Zhao Xin later asked Wang Zhong for advice. Wang Zhong said that this sentence comes from "Tai Shang Ying Pian". The original text is "The husband's heart originates from good, and although the good is not done, good fortune has followed; or the heart originates from evil, and evil
Although I haven't done anything, the evil spirit has already followed."
It means that if you have good thoughts in your heart, before you do any good deeds, the auspicious gods will already be following you; if you have evil thoughts in your heart, before you do any bad deeds, the evil gods will already follow you.
To control improper behavior and thoughts is to say that "a gentleman must be careful about what he does alone." Zhao Xin thinks that he does not have such a high level of moral cultivation, so he must control his desire for power through the system and political structure. Otherwise, he will
I am really worried that one day I will lead everyone into the abyss without hesitation.
A gentleman is careful to be independent and does not bully the secret room; a ruler is careful to be independent, works hard day and night, and does not waste his achievements in vain.
This is not a company. If you make a wrong decision, you will lose some money at most. At most, the company will break up and each will find another job. Today's Beihai Town has millions of people under its command. Any wrong decision may lead to frequent man-made disasters. Facts
This is the biggest reason why Zhao Xin has been hesitant and dare not go south to enter the pass.
The problem is that now that everything has been said and the flag has been set, Zhao Xin can only put a halter on himself before he is blinded by power. And this is what he proposed to Yu Deli to hold this meeting.
original intention.
...
When Zhao Xin arrived in Khovd, the place had just experienced a strange cold snowstorm, which lasted for three days and three nights. The snow in the city was no more than knee high.
The grassland experienced a storm, just like a person suffering from a serious illness; although the illness recovered, the body was still very weak. Under Fan Tong's order, Khovd soldiers and civilians mobilized to clear away the snow. In addition, the Military Control Commission also had a
The most urgent task is to count the losses of various houses inside and outside the city.
In the past, when encountering this kind of situation, the faces of the herdsmen were tense, and every household was silent. Men and women wiped their tears secretly, and the children did not dare to laugh or play anymore. Although the Manchu and Qing court would send relief, but
That small amount of charity is like a drop in the bucket compared to their own losses. The herdsmen must either borrow money from loan sharks or directly become slaves of the rich man's family.
However, the most worrying thing at the moment is not the poor herdsmen. The Military Control Commission of Khovd City has just posted a notice to calm the people. All local herdsmen, except the rich, can take the skeletons of frozen cattle and sheep to Beihai Town in exchange for winter food.
As soon as the news came out, all the poor herdsmen showed smiles, while the Taijibayan gentlemen sighed. The Beihai Navy had done them a terrible job this year, so much so that some people gathered together in groups all day long.
Drinking and playing with women.
"There's no point in taking care of those animals. Maybe one day the navy will come to join forces with the North and they will arrest us and give us a soybean to eat! Go to hell! We can be as happy as possible while we are still alive.
Oh my god!"
Although the snow stopped, it was still very cold at night. The snow that could be shoveled easily yesterday turned into ice lumps overnight.
Fan Tong woke up a little early today. It was just dawning outside, and his wife Polya hadn't woken up yet. He was stunned for a while, then he fumbled to light the lantern, put on his thick cotton clothes, and added firewood to the stove in the house.
, and then boil water to wash up. By the time he got dressed and was about to go out for a run, Polya had already gotten up and started preparing breakfast.
"Honey, I'm leaving."
"It's too cold outside, dear, don't go if you can't."
Fan Tong hesitated for a moment after hearing this. When he saw Polya's increasingly plump breasts, his throat trembled a few times. But when a long wake-up call came from outside, he resolutely opened the door and went out.
"For the sake of my family Polya, I am so stupid!"
The wind outside was very cold, and there was a biting coldness in the air. Fan Tong jogged a few steps and felt that the ground was still a little slippery, so he slowed down and walked towards the playground not far away. He did not live in Manchuria.
Kobdo worked in the yamen, but lived in a military camp outside the city. Although the back house of the yamen had a warm fire kang and a large step-down bed, he always felt that it was not as practical as living in a military camp.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As he passed several neat rows of yurts, Fan Tong's face couldn't help but light up. When he thought of the Mongolian warriors living there, he felt something in his heart
An indescribable pride.
These Mongolian soldiers are local herdsmen recruited last year. Each squad lives in a yurt, and the total number of soldiers is one battalion. Compared with when they first arrived, they already look like soldiers. They go out for drills every morning, practice horses during the day, and train at night.
I learned Mandarin Chinese and sometimes learned military songs.
Fan Tong would give these soldiers a political class every week and tell them many new and interesting things about Beihai Town. The soldiers gradually fell in love with this chubby-faced leader. However, because they could not pronounce Chinese correctly, these soldiers were unable to speak Chinese correctly.
When he came to Fantong, he was called "Jingwei".
He was walking on the trail, thinking about the lecture content he had planned last night, and thought that he would give you something more interesting today. How did humans evolve from monkeys? Fan Tong hoped that through this lecture, Mongolia
The tribal warriors understand a truth: Man is not created by any Buddha, but by labor.
At this time, on the large playground in the military camp, the uniform chants of drill slogans began to fill the sky, one after another.
"One, two, one..."
"one two three four......"
After staying in the military camp for a long time, Fan Tong liked this atmosphere more and more. As he worked hard, he also liked the Beihai Navy group more and more, and he felt more and more that his original choice was the right one. He did not go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Ministry of Civil Affairs was right next to him.
While walking and thinking, an officer on duty ran towards me.
"Report to the political commissar! There is a man at the gate who wants to see you. This is his ID."
Fan Tongyong didn't react at the time. He was stunned for a moment, took the red-skin ID card handed over to him, opened it, and thought to himself, "Damn it! Why is Boss Zhao here so early?"