Xinshun 1730

Chapter 84 Please Don't Die

"Great joy! Great joy, Duke!"

He rushed into the tent in a hurry, bringing out a big gust of wind.

Fortunately, Qi Guogong didn't pray for the seven-star lamp there, but was there with a female slave sent by a Mongolian nobleman, and he could tell from his appearance that he was really suffocating.

Seeing Liu Yu rushing in, Duke Qi made a loud clap and told the woman to leave.

"Why are you so happy?"

"The mentality of the Russians has collapsed! They were dragged down by us! The blame! The new one is the blame!"

Excited words were a bit awkward to say, but Qi Guogong keenly heard the familiar word "take the blame".

Immediately asked people to guard the tent, not allowing anyone to approach, and asked: "What's going on?"

As soon as Liu Yu explained the general situation, Qi Guogong immediately regained his spirits.

Although it is difficult to remember the tongue-twisting names of the Raksha people, there is not much difference between the East and the West in court politics, and it is indeed "universal".

As a prince, he naturally understood the key point.

Listening to Liu Yu's introduction to Peter, Qi Guogong was also quite impressed.

"It seems that Song Shenzong reformed the law, so that the new law will not be abolished, and even made a will: whoever abolishes the new law will not be able to succeed. For this matter, Peter himself beheaded and killed his own son? Would he rather have a woman ascend the throne? This Peter...is indeed a Lord."

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Whether he is the hero or not, this person is already dead. The one who takes over from Sava now is the one who captured the father of the little Rakshasa King back then, and he also pronounced the death sentence. Let him come here The meaning of ... the Duke is still not clear?"

"Hahahahaha! Couldn't be more clear!"

Qi Guogong laughed out loud, thinking that this kind of thing is simply obvious.

It's just waste utilization. Anyway, this old man must not be able to get along anymore, and he is getting old, so he just came to take the blame.

If not, Sava will definitely be allowed to continue talking here.

"Boy! That's right. Your Majesty did not choose you wrongly. If not, I don't understand the internal affairs of Luocha. A veteran is on the front line."

"The 200 taels of silver were spent, not wronged, but a big profit. If someone else lacked understanding of Luosha, they would never know that there was such a big mess inside Luosha because of the change of generals."

"Then can this continue to be delayed? The longer it is delayed, the better for me?"

Qi Guogong was overjoyed, thinking that His Majesty really chose the right person this time, and replaced someone else, how could he seize such an opportunity?
But Liu Yu shook his head when he heard Qi Guogong said that he would continue to procrastinate, and said, "I thought, if you procrastinate, you should stop procrastinating. Let's just talk about the business. Procrastinating will be very harmful to me."

"Ok?"

Liu Yu frowned and said, "This old man is over 80, and if he has been delayed for too long, I'm afraid he'll die. If he dies of anger, what if no one is willing to take the blame for Raksha?"

Qi Guogong thinks about it, it is true, people in their 80s, negotiating in this kind of place in the winter, it seems that they are definitely ready to give in, and it is very likely that they will die of anger.

"There is another thing. Now Luo Sha is in power, it is a power minister with a bad reputation. The power minister sent this old man to take the blame. What I am worried about now is that the power minister will not be able to sit still. Once the power minister steps down, I am afraid it will be difficult to talk about it. gone."

"Look, my lord, if we talk about it now, then the old man surnamed Tolstoy is the one who is supposed to be responsible, but when the powerful minister dies, the real one is the powerful minister Menshikov. In this way, Luo King Sha is also good-looking: I am not a traitor to the country, but a powerful minister is traitorous to the country. I am not a traitorous king, but a traitorous minister."

The issue of face is still very important to the monarchy.

Duke Qi nodded, his expression turned serious, and he asked, "Are you sure that Menshikov can't sit still?"

Liu Yu thought that history proved that he just couldn't sit still.

However, if you count this kind of thing, it is easy to be regarded as a magic stick. You still have to present the facts and reason, and prove that you are "strategic and exhaustive".

"Duke, don't worry. He can't sit still. It's hard for this man to accomplish great things."

"Didn't I say it before? Peter killed his own son in order to reform the law, changed the inheritance law, and would rather let his daughter take over. The Raksha Queen who just died was his second wife. Peter, his ex-wife and some daughters of."

"I heard from King Rakshasa's adopted son that this Menshikov and Peter grew up together, roughly similar to the former court Lubing? Anyway, when Peter killed his son, this person was the first to support him. The reason why he Helping Peter's grandson to the throne, because he has a daughter, and wants to marry her to Peter's grandson, the current little king of Rakshasa, and his grandson will become the tsar in the future. But the elders of the previous dynasty were all involved in Peter's killing and deposing of the son... ...So most of the elders still support Peter's daughter to take over, fearing that Peter's grandson will liquidate them after taking over."

Hearing this, Qi Guogong was so stunned that he almost choked on his own saliva.

Still want to learn Cao Cao at this level?
The reasonable choice at this time is obviously to support Peter's daughter to come to power. After all, you have blood on your hands.When a woman comes to power, her position is not stable, and she must ask you, and your position as a powerful minister can also be stabilized.

In the struggle between old and new parties, you should use the new party as your aid.The new party has the blood of the ruined son in its hands, but you have supported the blood of the ruined son to power, really...

The power is really blinding the eyes. If you do this, your ambition is obvious, and where will you put the old ministers who supported the killing and abolition of the son?

If your grandson can inherit the throne in the future, what about the rest?If you have no friends, how can you be a powerful minister?

I couldn't help shaking my head, thinking that the level of the Raksha Kingdom Palace is very average.

"Well, as you said. This person is really a short-sighted person. You are right, this person will not last long. We must talk quickly. One cannot let this old man die, and the other must be in that Burmese Talk to Shikov before stepping down. Give King Rakshasa a step."

Duke Qi made his own judgment. Judging from what Liu Yu said, this Menshikov will definitely not last long.

As Liu Yu said, once this Menshikov steps down, no one will be willing to take the blame for losing power and humiliating the country.

If it can be signed now, this Menshikov can take the blame as much as possible. The Raksha Kingdom does not raise troops now, and it will not raise a large army in a short time.You can also clean up Menshikov's remnants by the way.

Judging from Qi Guogong's years of experience in taking root in the court, this is probably the case.

Liu Yu saw that Qi Guogong also recognized his "inference", thinking that Qi Guogong also knew it in his heart, and if he fought Dashun for a long time, he might not be able to take advantage of it.

Taking advantage of this matter, he laughed again: "So the terms of the negotiation are different. I have to ask the Duke one more thing."

"Tell me."

"The Duke of the state, please write a secret document and report on this matter. Please allow your Majesty to sign a secret agreement: take out 3 taels from your majesty's internal funds every year, and give it to the Raksha people, and keep it secret for a period of ten years. With the 30 taels, The redemption fee is to redeem a fortress and a small stronghold of the Raksha people from the Shilka River to the Selenge River. There is no time to capture it, so it is better to buy it. If it continues, once Menshikov steps down, no one will be able to accept the new minister and new king. If you refuse to take the blame, it will be difficult to make concessions. If the fight continues, 30 taels will not be enough."

"What can I get back?"

"The entire river basin of Heilongjiang. All the tributaries are the land of the state. Including the Jingqili River on the north bank. 30 taels of silver, ten years, in exchange for a million miles of land on the east line, the Shileka River and the Onan River. In this way, the map does not have to go The straight line can be directly bounded by the peaks of the watershed. The watershed flowing to Heilongjiang and Jinghai belongs to us; the watershed flowing north belongs to them.”

Taking out the map on which a straight line had been drawn before, Liu Yu pointed to the Waixing'an Mountains and other mountains on the north bank of Heilongjiang, and stated the requirements for this negotiation.

Taking the mountains as a watershed, claiming the entire Heilongjiang tributary basin, this is the courage that Luo Sha will bring to Liu Yu.

The purpose of exchanging money for a small fort on the Shileka River is to complete the contract as much as possible before the Chinese New Year this year. Otherwise, if there is another coup in the Raksha Kingdom, I am afraid that no one will take the blame.

Such an opportunity is simply rare.

Qi Guogong is also a person who knows the importance, and the 30 taels bought the Shileka River.

Originally, it was possible to take it without buying it, and it would be possible to take it after a while, but now that there are changes in Luosha's country, it is not appropriate for Dashun to delay any longer, lest there will be long nights and dreams.

Whether you agree or not is up to the emperor.Although there was a bottom line before, but now the incident happened suddenly, but this kind of thing cannot be decided on the fly.

"Okay, I'll write a note right now and ask someone to send it back quickly. If this is done, you will be the first to do it!"

Liu Yu smiled, and Qi Guogong said again: "After this incident, the diplomatic affairs in the future will really change. Someone needs to be stationed abroad, and once there is any situation, it is easy to know. If it is not you this time, so A good opportunity is here, and it would be useless if it were replaced by others. You go prepare, and I will explain it myself."

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The old Count Tolstoy could not speak Chinese.

If so, he must have wanted to say that by now.

"Zhuzi! Insufficiency and strategy!"

His 80-year-old body is aging rapidly in the severe cold of the Mongolian plateau, and his coughing has never stopped since he passed Irkutsk.

The old earl knew that his life was not long, and he might have to bear the infamy of losing power and humiliating the country.What's even more hateful is that Menshikov, who is incompetent and scheming, is simply dazzled by power, fame and fortune.

You, Menshikov, were the first to sign the execution of the deposed prince Alexei back then. You are so courageous, just to make your daughter a queen and your grandson a tsar in the future, and even let the son of the deposed prince be enthroned. Do you dare to do anything?

Do you really think you know that the first person you signed to agree to execute the deposed prince is dead?

Most of the old officials hoped that Catherine I's daughter Elizabeth would be on the throne, because the old officials were worried that Peter II would clean up when he came to power, especially many old officials in the case of abolishing the prince.

The idiot Menshikov disagreed, so he dreamed that his grandson or granddaughter would be the tsar, thinking that at least he could deceive his daughter into marrying Peter II.

Tsarist Russia has a tradition of secret police. The old Count Tolstoy was the leader of Peter the Great's secret police and Peter the Great's "commander of the royal guard".

This kind of poisonous snake in the shadows, of course, will stay behind.

The old Tolstoy was sure that Menshikov would fall soon, but unfortunately he might not see that day himself.

Even the infamy of losing power and humiliating the country, I have taken it upon myself.

All the veterans of the imperial court believed that the war with China could not be expanded.This is especially true after learning that there are French officers on Dashun's side and that Dashun adopted a French-style siege method.

Although Russia is big, it is not capable of facing the tripartite alliance of France, Turkey and China.

The interests of the Far East rank behind the Black Sea and Poland. Expanding the war against China at this time is tantamount to giving up the shame of the third Russo-Turkish war and the possibility of regaining Crimea; it is more likely to be on the issue of the Polish throne A backstab against China.

They used to think that the eastern empire knew nothing about the outside world.But now it seems that this is not the case. Not only is it not ignorant, but even the timing of the war is deliberately chosen when Peter died and the government was in chaos.

Menshikov didn't want to bear the reputation of losing power and humiliating the country. He was not Peter the Great, and he couldn't defeat several times and still firmly control the government.Therefore, this matter of being blamed, the old Tolstoy who had lost power was finally found from the waste pile.

The 13 troops left by Peter the Great have already ruined Russia's finances, and [-]% of the annual income is thrown into the army.

Now there is no financial resources to support a war of tens of thousands of people, and it is even more urgent to resume trade with China to obtain tea, rhubarb, and raw silk in exchange for enough money to feed the army that made Russia a European power.

Dashun's advancing speed in the east was too fast, and several fortresses did not stop them at all. I heard that the emperor of Dashun came to the front line in person, which was like Peter's visit to the front line in Sweden, declaring that Dashun must retake Heilongjiang.

At least, most of the veterans in the DPRK and China think so: the cunning Chinese chose to start the war when Russia was at its weakest, and their French and Turkish allies must eagerly look forward to the continuation of the war between China and Russia .

Coughing, the old Tolstoy looked at his negotiating opponent sadly, and sighed in his heart.

It could be seen that it was the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man who actually presided over the negotiation.

He is full of vigor, like the sun at seven or eight o'clock, hot and red, with a smile on his face all the time, but when he smiles, his eyes are as sharp as a poisonous snake, constantly using insinuations to gain momentum.

But he is like the sun that is about to set, holding on as much as possible and wanting to set later, it is very painful for his body to sit upright, not to mention the continuous coughing that makes every word of him lack momentum.

His Latin background when he was studying naval technology in Venice was suppressed by a young man and he was unable to utter a complete rebuttal.

The duke who was drinking tea leisurely on the opposite side put even more pressure on old Tolstoy.

When the first Latin version of Dashun's official negotiation conditions was delivered, the old Tolstoy glanced at it and couldn't hold it anymore.

Out of breath, he coughed again and again.Terrified, Liu Yu flipped over the table and jumped to the side of the old earl, patting his back to make him catch his breath.

I thought to myself: Don't die yet, wait two months before you die.Now that you are dead, who will bear the blame?

(End of this chapter)