Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 262 Daming If You Don't Desperate, You Can Win?

When Paul Petrovich was worried that his position as the heir to the throne might be threatened by his eldest son Alexander.

Crown Prince Paul, who was frowning, saw the Governor of Eastern Siberia Mikhail Kutuzov who came to greet him at the river port with the same dignified expression.

After the defeat in Vladivostok, Mikhail chose to shrink in an all-round way, retracting most of his power back to Irkutsk, and suggested to Moscow that the Russian Empire should make diplomatic overtures with the Ming Empire in an all-round way so as to Avoid directing the eyes of the Ming Empire on yourself.
Unfortunately.

His proposal was considered weak and incompetent by Moscow, and some people questioned that Mikhail had taken advantage of the Chinese.

And Empress Ekaterina, who also wanted to start a big war, also took the opportunity to remove Mikhail Kutuzov from the position of Governor of Eastern Siberia, deprived him of his command, and successfully said "need a Commander with enough weight to sit in the command" exiled the crown prince she didn't like very much to Siberia
For Ekaterina.

If Crown Prince Paul Petrovich can lead the army of the Russian Empire to win this war, it will prove that he has the ability to become the emperor of the Russian Empire, and the victory of this war is also a huge blow to the empress's prestige. promote.

And if Paul Petrovic loses.

That's even simpler.

Deprive the throne of the crown prince, support Alexander to the throne, and then send an army to the east to regain his position!

As for losing again
Ekaterina didn't even think about it.

Because in her opinion, the most powerful aspect of the Russian Empire lies in its resilience in war!
And as long as the war continues, her position will continue to strengthen.

therefore.

The ongoing war with the Chinese presented no reason for Catherine to hesitate.

The lives of Russian soldiers?

Could this be a reason too?

There will be a lack of everything in this world, but the only thing that will not be lacking is the Slavic serfs.

Anyway, this war is far away in Siberia, do the Chinese still have the ability to march to Moscow?

Of course.

The nominal commander of this war was Crown Prince Paul Petrovich, but the actual commander was General of the Russian Imperial Army Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin.

Walking down the river port with Crown Prince Paul one after the other, I saw Mikhail Kutozov with a gloomy face at a glance. The Russian Empire general who had commanded several Russian-Turkish wars couldn't help asking: "Mikhail, are you scared out of your wits by the Chinese?"

"General, I am indeed afraid of the power of the Chinese. They are too powerful. We should not start this war!" Mikhail Kutuzov said.

Admiral Repnin snorted coldly: "It is the enemies of the empire that should be feared, not us!"

Mikhail shook his head when he heard the words and said: "General, even if you think I am a coward who insults the honor of Russian soldiers, I still want to remind you that the Chinese are not native Tatars of Siberia. Compared with civilized countries, do you think the empire can fight against the union of all European countries? This is impossible, we do not have this capability. Blind war will only lead to destruction."

"How is this possible? The Ming Empire is just a country. As far as I know, their army is not large, only 35 brigades, less than 20 people, and their borders are so long, how big can they be?" of the troops in Siberia?"

"General, you miscalculated. They really only have 35 brigades directly under the army. But as I said just now, the Ming Empire is a civilized country comparable to Europe. Apart from their own strength, the vassal states of the Ming Empire Power can also be mobilized directly by the Ming Empire. For example, they incorporated the remnants of the original Qing Empire, with a population of hundreds of thousands, and can mobilize tens of thousands of troops at the limit. There are also their Pingxi Fan in Central Asia and the princes in India. Allied Forces"

When Mikhail was eloquent.

Crown Prince Paul and General Repnin disagreed.

They believed that Mikhail was shirking his defeat in Vladivostok, describing the enemy he faced as too powerful.

"Let's talk about this later, General, do you think the Chinese will fight us hard in this direction?"

the crown prince asked his general.

"It's too far from the core of the Chinese. We can resupply through the Yenisei river, and the Chinese need to cross the Mongolian plateau. So, we have to force the Chinese to accept a defeat in Irkutsk of."

Repnin said confidently.

Can you really win?
Crown Prince Paul murmured in his heart.

But General Repnin is the most capable general in the Russian Empire.

Since he is so confident.

Can this battle really be won?

At this time, Zhu Daohua was still feeling good about handling various matters related to the development of the Northeast.

There is one thing the Russians are right about.

That is, it is really impossible for Zhu Daohua to send a large army to Siberia to fight with his muscles and bones on an expedition.

But even if it is the partial teacher of the Ming Empire. Whether the current Russian Empire can stand up to it is really two things to say.

So for Zhu Daohua.

The priority of the war against Tsarist Russia was ranked after the four things of "opening up the Northeast", "establishing a trading port in Hawaii", "driving the Western King to the west", and "war in India".

The Ming Empire is without a doubt the largest country in the world.

Zhu Daohua is now the emperor with the largest population. His Ming Empire has a population of [-] million. If North Korea, Annan, Burma, Siam and other vassal states are included, the population may exceed [-] million.

But for Zhu Daohua, what he is most concerned about is still "opening up living space for China".

Today's Zhu Daohua really feels very good.

Because he knows.

He has completed a major event that will change the world!
Before the country and the nation completely sank, he restored the luck of the country and the nation, although this change required some bloodshed and sacrifices.

But this price is less than one percent of the price paid by the Chinese nation in history.

more importantly.

It's only 1794!
It was the period when the first industrial revolution was in the ascendant.

The Ming Empire will catch up with the dividends brought by this wave of industrialization and lead the first and even the second industrial revolution!

At a key node in human history, firmly occupying the upper reaches of the ecological niche—the Western countries in history, did not rely on the achievements of the first and second industrial revolutions to eat the most luscious fruits at the upper reaches of the industrial chain , That's why they can concentrate most of the world's wealth in their own country, so they can achieve extreme material development, so the homeless in their country can get more living materials than ordinary people in third world countries!
So for Zhu Daohua.

War with Russia, war with India.

It's just a small thing in the long river of history.

The real key is only two points:
1. Unswervingly promote industrialization!
2. Occupy more living space and geopolitical high ground!
Industrialization and immigration.

This is the most important "stability maintenance work" related to the long-term stability of the Ming Empire.

What is needed to promote industrialization is policy encouragement and educational support—there is no rush in this regard.

However, immigrating to the Northeast is an imminent matter, and this matter cannot be delayed!

It was going according to plan.

Before autumn comes, Zhu Daohua will go south to Zhongdu to inspect the situation of autumn grain in Hunan and Hubei.

But he canceled this plan, but stayed in the northern capital, and personally supervised the immigration development of the Northeast.

There are even plans to go to Liaodong and Vladivostok in person before winter.

In order to show everyone that the emperor is determined to promote immigration from the Northeast.

Give all investors firm confidence.

In fact, there is really no shortage of silver in China in this era.

Hundreds of consecutive years of trade surplus have allowed most of the world's gold, silver and precious metals to flow into China.

Now is not the era when the Westernization Movement was launched later, or the era that could not be named after that.

China at that time.

Both the financial lifeline and the right to issue currency are controlled by imperialism.

therefore.

The capital deposited in the private sector cannot be fully utilized

The compradors backed by imperialism are in power again.

Compradors naturally want to suppress national capital and national industries.

And in the current Ming Dynasty.

If you don't become an imperialist and control the customs of other countries, you will be considered a great benevolent person.

So financial sovereignty is definitely in my hands.

Moreover, the current Ming Dynasty has also established a relatively complete and completely autonomous financial system.

After the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty actually became the central bank of Ming Dynasty, it withdrew from the basic savings and lending business, and was fully responsible for the issuance of Ming Yuan.

After Daming Royal Bank withdrew from this part of the business.

All kinds of banks and money houses have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

The vigorous development of the financial industry has also quickly led to the activation of private capital in China. The "dead money" buried in the backyards of wealthy families has been unearthed, and it has changed from dead money to full of vitality, looking for profits everywhere.

Under the guidance of Zhu Daohua.

The development situation of capitalism in Ming Dynasty is not a little good, but a great one!

therefore.

In such a great situation.

Emperor Zhu quickly raised almost 2000 million Ming Yuan as the start-up capital for the development of Northeast China.

With funds, grassroots organizations such as recruiting immigrants and establishing collective farms can begin.

This is really a mess of things.

The cabinet, the local government, the military, and the business community all need to cooperate vigorously.

If someone else did it, it would definitely be impossible to gather all the strengths of these aspects together. If Emperor Zhu could do it, no matter how magnanimous he was, he might not be able to tolerate this person!
It means that the emperor Zhu Daohua is qualified to gather all forces from all sides to complete this great event.

(End of this chapter)