Wild North America 1846

Chapter 512 Policy Change
Who will stop the army of Tsarist Russia advancing eastward?
Now in the ruling and opposition parties of the Tsarist Russian Empire, a new proposal for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway has emerged.

The total length of the planned Trans-Siberian Railway is 9288 kilometers, from Yaroslavsky Railway Station in Moscow to Vladivostok (Vladivostok) Railway Station. The length of bridges and tunnels exceeds 100 kilometers, and the planned cost is 12.5 billion rupees.

As soon as the construction plan of the Trans-Siberian Railway was proposed, it caused an uproar from the Russian court and upper-class nobles. Many people dismissed it as "crazy raving" and "unrealistic visionary".

Is it really "crazy raving"?

The Briton, who is extremely international strategically thinking, doesn't see it that way, but sees the crazy ambition of Tsarist Russia's eastward expansion, and is deeply worried about it.

It can be seen from the plan
This is a meticulous engineering plan that has undergone a complete survey. The detection length of the bridge and tunnel is quite accurate. The total engineering quantity obtained from this is very close to reality, and it is not a "crazy raving" thought up by sitting by a warm fireplace.

No wind, no wave.

Tsarist Russia’s ambition to expand eastward stemmed from the generosity of the Qing Empire. The easy acquisition of 171 million square kilometers of land not only failed to satisfy Tsarist Russia’s greedy appetite, but also stimulated Mao Xiong’s aggressive ambitions, and began to seriously examine the possibility of expansion to the east. .

The Tsarist Russian court not only thinks so, but has already started to implement it.

Emperor Richard paced around the palace with his brows furrowed. Scenes of the changing world in the 19s and 70s flashed in his mind, suddenly appearing and disappearing.

He walked out of the palace, along the winding path beside the rockery, through the moon gate and into the back garden.

It's a clear night with a moon and few stars

The moonlight reflects on the Qiqu covered bridge like water, outlines the beautiful outline of the covered bridge, and complements the sparkling lotus leaf lake under the bridge, creating a beautiful scene on a moonlit night.

The pet beasts who were always by His Majesty's side were sensitive to the master's heavy thoughts, so they quietly lay on the side and followed the tall figure of the master with worried eyes.

Li Cha is not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery at the moment, nor is he in the mood to tease the pet beast.

He stepped onto the Qiqu covered bridge steadily, walked to the center of the covered bridge and stopped, staring at the deep night without saying a word for a long time...

The rapid rise of the Tang Empire in North America has profoundly changed the original historical pattern of the entire American region, and also partially affected the transatlantic relationship, which can be described as far-reaching.

but have to admit;

The rise of the Tang Empire did not affect the original historical trend of the World Island (Eurasia). Even though Fusang, Ryukyu and Lanfang sent envoys to court, worshiping the Tang Empire as the suzerain state and living as a vassal, it did not affect the world. the original historical process.

As island countries scattered around the World Island, these countries had little influence on the historical process of the mainland.

In recent years

The Tsarist Russian Empire made frequent moves to expand eastward. In 1865, it invaded and occupied Tashkent, the important town of the Kokand Khanate. In 1867, it sent a large army into the Bukhara Khanate, forcing it to surrender to Russia.

What happened in history is now being verified step by step.

Next Step

The Tsarist Russian Empire planned to conquer the Khiva Khanate, annexed the Kokand Khanate in the following years, and then invaded Turkmenistan and other Central Asian regions.

The Tsarist Russian Empire also plans to send troops to Ili and support the Yaguba rebellion, with the aim of further occupying Xinjiang and Mongolia and bringing them all into the territory of the Tsarist Russian Empire.

Today's Tsarist Russian Empire is like a barbarian who broke into a porcelain shop. The rampage is almost unstoppable. It is breaking the original order of Central Asia and East Asia. The intention of barbaric expansion has been fully exposed.

The Tsarist Russian bear yelled: "Establishing and expanding Russia's influence in East Asia is the subject of our world domination in the long run."

Beginning in the 50s and [-]s, Tsarist Russia colluded with Western powers and carried out an aggressive policy of partitioning China. It forced China to sign a series of unequal treaties, seized a series of aggressive privileges, and cut off large areas of Chinese territory.

In the autumn of 1848, Nevelskoy, the head of Tsarist Russia's navy in the Far East, led an army to invade China's Heilongjiang River Basin and the coast of Sakhalin Island. In 1850, it forcibly occupied Temple Street in Heilongjiangkou.

On May 1858, 5, Tsarist Russia took advantage of the Anglo-French coalition forces to attack Tianjin and threatened Beijing, forcing the Qing government to sign the "Sino-Russian Aihui Treaty" by force, cutting off more than 28 square meters north of Heilongjiang and south of Xing'an Mountains km of the Qing Dynasty's territory, and the territory east of the Ussuri River was designated as jointly administered by China and Russia.

Two weeks after the signing of the "Aigun Treaty", on June 6, Tsarist Russia induced the Qing government to sign the unequal Sino-Russian "Tianjin Treaty", which seized the trading rights of seven ports including Shanghai, and established consulates and berths in these places. Aggressive privileges such as warships.

After the signing of the "Aigun Treaty", Tsarist Russia continued to invade the area east of the Ussuri River, occupied Vladivostok as a naval base, and changed its name to Vladivostok, which means "control the East", which fully exposed Tsarist Russia's encroachment on China , the ambition to dominate the Far East.

It was during this series of policies to expand eastward that the upper ruling aristocrats of Tsarist Russia proposed to build the Trans-Siberian Railway. How can this be regarded as "crazy ravings"?

Once the Trans-Siberian Railway is completed, countless "gray cattle armies" will continue to flock to East Asia to occupy the three northeastern provinces, Mongolia, and Xinjiang, which are inaccessible and rich in natural resources, and realize the dream of ruling the East.

The upper-class nobles of Tsarist Russia have proposed that they want to make Dalian the future capital of Yellow Russia. Is this also "crazy nonsense"?
Richard knows;

No, this is the real idea of ​​the ruling class of Tsarist Russia, but it was not realized because of the failure of the Russo-Japanese War.

The rise of Fusang after the Meiji Restoration did restrain Russia's strategic attempt to expand eastward.

It's just that after the beast was released from the cage, it lost control under the temptation of crazy military adventures, and then ravaged the entire Chinese mainland, bringing serious disasters to the Chinese people...

The corrupt and cowardly Qing Dynasty was bullied by everyone, and everyone in the world wanted to rush up and take a bite. Tsarist Russia was a bandit, Fusang was a bandit, Britain and France were also bandits, and the Tang Empire was not a bandit?
The logical thinking of robbers is to crowd out others and monopolize the greatest benefits for themselves. This is exactly the source of Queen Victoria's worries.

Tsarist Russia and Britain are not on the same path, Tang is an ally.

think about it
Li Cha sighed heavily, and decided to continue to maintain the current East Asia policy, but would not further support the Tokugawa shogunate.He hoped that after the shogunate army won the civil war, they could carry out thorough reform and revitalization of the current Fuso society and further strengthen the country.

If it is really rotten wood that cannot be carved, then you can only give up.

The situation in Northeast Asia has reached a bad state after the Second Opium War.

Most of the territories that the Qing Empire could cede were ceded out, and Hong Kong and Macau were also leased out.The coastal ports should be opened up, and the banks of the Huangpu River have become a paradise for foreign adventurers. How bad can the situation be?

It is now the beginning of 1868, and it is the 7th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty.

This year, the Taiping Rebellion, which once spread across the entire southeastern half of the country, was completely destroyed, and the Nian Army Rebellion in the Northwest was also in its last madness on the eve of its demise, and a relatively stable "Tongzhi Zhongxing Period" will follow.

if history doesn't change

There will not be any major changes in Northwestern Xinjiang, Mongolian territory, and the three northeastern provinces in the past two or three decades. The big deal is that in a few years, Zuo Zongtang's troops who secretly supported the army and entered the Communist Party of China, after completing the suppression of the Aguba rebellion in Xinjiang, Continue westward to take Kazakhstan in one fell swoop.

As long as the money is given, the army led by Zuo Zongtang is not short of manpower.

Forging iron still needs to be hard.

As long as the Tang Empire's economy develops rapidly in the future and the Royal Navy is further cultivated, it will be able to control the regional situation and control it within a tolerable range.

Due to its inherent shortcomings as an island nation, as long as the development of its navy is restricted, the Fusang Islands are much less likely to lose control than Tsarist Russia, and it is easier to check and balance.

In another ten or twenty years of development, the Tang Empire's own economic scale will surpass that of the United Kingdom, and thus become the world's largest economic power. The population will also exceed the 20 million mark, thereby establishing the status of the world's top power. Discourse power and influence are not the same.

At that time, it will be more calm on the issue of curbing the eastward advance of Tsarist Russia.

As long as the planned Trans-Siberian Railway is not completed for a day, the power that Tsarist Russia can invest in the East will be limited after all, and this is the most important point.

Li Cha had made up his mind, but his brows were not much relaxed.

He looked at the dark lake with deep eyes, and a sense of urgency for development grew in his heart, hurry up, hurry up, and the empire will be stronger...

Now the Tang Empire is enough to control the situation in the Americas, but it is not enough to project its power to the world, especially the power of the Royal Navy cannot keep up with the demand.

In view of this
In the next 5 to 10 years, actively developing a [-]-ton ironclad ship has become a real demand, and the empire's military development policy needs to be adjusted.

In order to avoid triggering Britain's sensitive nerves, Richard has intentionally or unintentionally suppressed the Royal Navy's equipment development plan for more than ten years, and will not release any ironclad ships of 7000 tons or even tens of thousands of tons.

This approach has indeed received a positive response from the British side, but it also limits the development of its own armaments.

Queen Victoria did not expect that a letter of her own would lead to a change in the Tang Empire's military development policy, and instead began to actively develop the Royal Navy.

Knowing such a result, Queen Victoria would rather not have written this letter.

With the current strong industrial support level of the Tang Empire and the world-class shipbuilding industry, it has all the conditions to develop a world-class navy, and the threat is much greater than Tsarist Russia.

(End of this chapter)