Daming Crazy Emperor

When Zhaisangbo was still breezy, Wuzhong City was already covered with ice and snow.

Surprisingly, the weather here is not as cold as in Siberia. In November, it is roughly ten degrees below zero.

The weather here doesn't seem to be as cold as Liaodong, and even Mobei is much colder than here.

Cao Bianjiao has been fighting outside the Great Wall for the past few years, so he naturally doesn't feel how cold it is, and he can even gallop outside.

The soldiers of the Peking University Camp have long been accustomed to this kind of weather. They practiced as usual and stood guard as usual, without being affected at all.

Cao Bianjiao glanced at the watchtower of the three-story bastion in the city, and then sighed slightly: "It seems that the Tsarist Russians should know the weather here very well, which is extremely bad for us.

Alas, if only the weather could be colder, we can sit back and relax in winter.

Otherwise, you have to be on guard day and night, which is very troublesome. "

You don't think it's cold enough!
Zhang Zhiji couldn't help trembling and said: "Can they still send troops in this weather?"

Cao Bianjiao looked at Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen shivering from the cold, shook his head slightly and said, "Zhiji, Yunzhen, it's time for you to exercise.

This weather is nothing to us soldiers of the Peking University Camp. Do you think they can send troops? "

Zhang Zhiji said in embarrassment: "We are civil servants, shall we?"

Xu Yunzhen nodded again and again and said: "Yes, yes, Mr. Cao, it's too cold up here, we really can't bear it, or else, let's go sit in the house."

All right, don't freeze these two precious bumps raised by the emperor.

Cao Bianjiao nodded slightly, and then led Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen down the watchtower, to the warm spring-like temporary governor's mansion, and served a pot of hot tea.

Zhang Zhiji quickly poured a cup for each of the three, and then took a few sips of teacups, and then said comfortably: "The emperor is really amazing, he thought of using a boiler to burn steam to keep warm, this room is so comfortable."

Cao Bianjiao nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, the emperor's method is really good, the soldiers don't even need to burn the kang at night, they can just sleep directly, it is very warm.

It is really troublesome to burn the kang, not to mention getting all black, and always have to add coal.

It's much better now, as long as two people are assigned to take turns in the boiler room, the heating problem for thousands of people can be solved. "

Xu Yunzhen was rather curious: "Master Cao, what do you think Morozov will come today?"

The reason why they ran up the watchtower was actually to see if the Tsarist Russian team had come, because the date of negotiation agreed by the two parties was today.

It's a pity that the two of them couldn't hold it anymore after staying for less than a quarter of an hour.

Now they can only sit in the house and wait for the news.

Cao Bianjiao said without hesitation: "They will definitely come. They are still afraid that we will fight there. Dare you not come?"

Sure enough, not long after, the general in charge of the sentry came in quickly, bowed his hands and said, "Report, Lord, the Tsarist Russian team is here, and they are less than five miles away from the west gate."

Cao Bianjiao nodded slightly, and then asked: "How many people are they here?"

The general in charge of the sentry said without hesitation: "It's still the same as last time, with more than a thousand cavalry guarding several carriages."

Cao Bianjiao waved his hand, then stood up and said, "Zhiji, Yunzhen, let's go, let's go to the conference room on the first floor."

They waited in the conference room on the first floor for a while before Morozov brought someone in.

But this time Morozov brought not only an interpreter, but also a strong man with a beard.

This burly man was very burly, but he seemed to be very afraid of the cold. He was still shivering after entering.

But he soon stopped shivering, because there was also a heater inside, and it was very warm.

He looked around in surprise, and then sat down with Morozov.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhiji couldn't help asking curiously, "Who is this?"

Morozov quickly introduced: "This is Kopru Pasha of the Ottoman Empire."

Pasha is a position in the Ottoman Empire. It is somewhat similar to the governor, but the power is greater than that of the governor. Generally, a pasha can lead a vassal state.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen naturally knew this, after all they would specialize in negotiating with others, and they must know the situation of each country.

Xu Yunzhen quickly introduced it to Cao Bianjiao.

The last time they were just negotiating, they didn't translate for Cao Bianjiao, which made Cao Bianjiao confused.

This time they have already discussed it. One person negotiates with others and the other person is responsible for translating for Cao Bianjiao. If Cao Bianjiao has any opinions, he can tell them.

Morozov gave a brief introduction to Koprupasha and the negotiations began.

Zhang Zhiji was the first to say: "What did your Majesty the Tsar and your sultan say, how about giving us the Astrakhan Khanate?"

Well, this is naturally impossible.

Although the Astrakhan Khanate is not as large as the Siberia Khanate, its area exceeds that of many countries in continental Europe.

More importantly, the Astrakhan Khanate is just on the coast of the Caspian Sea, with quite a lot of river systems and relatively fertile land.

Tsarist Russia and the Ottomans have been fighting for such a good place for several years, how could they give it up to the Ming Empire.

Morozov said cautiously: "Well, His Majesty the Tsar said that both sides did not go to war, so why should they cede land and pay compensation?"

Hey, you guys finally came to your senses.

Question, does it work?

Zhang Zhiji straightened his face and said forcefully: "Do you mean that we must send troops to fight with you before we are willing to cede the territory?
We also want to fight. After the fight, we don't need to talk to you about ceding land.

We can take back the Astrakhan Khanate, the Kazan Khanate and the Crimean Khanate by ourselves! "

Don't bully people like this, okay?
Morozov said weakly: "We have signed the armistice agreement, you can't just fight like that, can you?"

Zhang Zhiji snorted coldly, "If it wasn't for the sake of the armistice agreement, would we be so polite?

We want an Astrakhan Khanate, but you got the Kazan Khanate and the Crimean Khanate for nothing. You are not satisfied with that. Aren’t you forcing us to do it? "

What do we mean by nothing?
That's what we worked so hard for, right?

It seems that it is impossible not to cut some meat.

No way, this guy is unreasonable!
Morozov said helplessly: "The Astrakhan Khanate is not so big, and our people have lived there for many years. If we ceded it all to you, our hundreds of thousands of people would not be able to survive. "

Whoops, I started to pretend to be pitiful again.

We don't care how your people survive, you gang of colonial robbers!
Have you ever cared about how other people survive?
Zhang Zhiji simply snorted coldly and stopped talking.

This means that he is going to sing the red face, and he will sing the bad face, so it is naturally impossible to make concessions to others.

Seeing this, Xu Yunzhen smiled like a peacemaker, "Why don't we take the Volga River as our boundary, the west of the Volga belongs to you, and the east of the Volga belongs to us."

Then we have a fart left!
Less than a hundred miles to the west of the Volga River is the Crimean Khanate, a little to the north is the Kazan Khanate, and to the south is the area we used to compete with the Ottoman Empire, and it has not yet been determined.

Morozov shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, there is not much land left to the west of the Volga River, and it is simply not enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people."

It seems that you still prefer to drink fine wine.

Xu Yunzhen pretended to shake her head helplessly, and fell silent.

Zhang Zhiji immediately said viciously: "This will not work, and that will not work, do you want to try our Ming Empire's million iron ride?"

You don't want to start a war at every turn, okay?

Morozov didn't know what to say, he could only helplessly look at Koprupasha at the side.

What he means is, don't just sit still and say nothing, we are allies, okay? Let's fight against the Ming Empire together!
Koprupasha is suffering, because the Ottoman Empire is in rapid decline at the moment.

Originally, their strength was very strong, and even the Habsburg Dynasty could compete with them in Europe.

It's a pity that their navy was defeated by the Spanish Armada at the time, and their army lost again and again in battles with the Holy Roman Empire, Tsarist Russia, Poland and other countries.

What is even more deadly is that Murad IV, who led them to revival, died young at the age of 27. Not only did he leave no heirs, but he also left a younger brother with a mental problem.

This brain problem is not a curse, their current monarch Ibrahim I really has a brain problem.

Their current monarch, Ibrahim I, is just like a child. He knows how to play in the harem all day long, and doesn't ask about the government at all.

After Ibrahim I came to the throne, a courtier once described it this way: "The sultan fell into the hands of his confidants and companions in the harem, the baoru, the dumb, the eunuchs and the women, and together they made a mess of everything!"

Now they are struggling, how dare they provoke such a powerful enemy as the Ming Empire.

Koprupasha frowned and thought for a while, then said carefully: "How about we discuss it again?"

Did you hold back such a fart after holding it in for a long time?
Morozov was disappointed when he heard this.

Hearing the words, Zhang Zhiji saw a clue, this guy seemed to be afraid of offending them.

That's fine, just get Morozov out of the way.

He simply said to Morozov coldly: "Then where do you think we should use as a boundary?"

You want me to say that it is naturally best to use the border of the original Astrakhan Khanate as the boundary.

However, he knew it was impossible.

Morozov hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "How about we take the Ural River as the boundary?"

He can't help it, because the Ural Mountains are controlled by the Ming Empire, and there is basically no danger to the east of the Ural River.

If the Ming Empire launched an attack, it would take the east of the Ural River within a few days.

They might as well use the Ural River as the boundary, which is better to guard.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiji couldn't help but secretly happy, because they thought so too.

However, he didn't say a word.

Because he is playing a bad guy, let Xu Yunzhen do this kind of thing that seems to be a good guy.

Xu Yunzhen pretended to hesitate for a while, then slowly nodded and said: "It's not impossible to use the Ural River as the boundary, but you have to agree to one condition."

Does this work?

When Morozov heard this, he couldn't help being surprised and said, "Tell me, what are the conditions."

Xu Yunzhen said seriously: "You must ensure that all ships are not allowed to enter the Caspian Sea."

Ugh, this one is a little too much.

However, it is also understandable that people must be afraid that they will use ships to transport personnel and supplies for sneak attacks.

After all, the east coast of the Caspian Sea is now almost all the territory of the Ming Empire, and such a long coastline is simply impossible to defend.

All right, let's make things easy for them. Anyway, they don't have any ships in the Caspian Sea. Even if their ships enter, they don't know.

Morozov thought about it, and then said to Koprupasha, "What do you think?"

I think it's okay, anyway, our ships are all in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and there are no ships in the Caspian Sea.

Koprupasha nodded without hesitation, "I think it's okay."

Morozov immediately said without hesitation: "Okay, that's it, we will use the Ural River as the boundary, and we guarantee that ships will not enter the Caspian Sea."

This guy thought that Daming's ships would not be able to enter the Caspian Sea either.

Xu Yunzhen said again solemnly: "This is something to be written into the agreement. If your ship enters the Caspian Sea, we will sink it without hesitation when we find out. Don't blame us then."

Hey, how could we drive the ship around your fortress.

Morozov nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, no problem."