Great Qing Dynasty talker

Li Yu was in a good mood, looking at the vast Caspian Sea.

laughed:

"Pass the order down. Send out 1 Fuso people, 1 Korean people, 3000 bannermen, 1000 Siberian Tatars, and 40 steam warships. Go by land and sea to attack up the Volga River. Take down any city or town along the way and wipe out any stubborn resistance."

"Your Majesty, what is their goal?"

"We must reach Kazan before the ninth month of the lunar calendar and collect military food and supplies on the spot. The large livestock we get must be sent back to the camp. It's March now, so they have half a year~"

"As ordered."

The order was conveyed on the same day, preparations were made the next day, and the march officially started the day after tomorrow.

……

This is just one of the ways.

When the main army was building a new city in Volgograd, Li Yu once again sent out a detachment.

"Celing Namjale pays homage to the Heavenly Khan."

"Get up~"

Li Yu took a look at this heroic young man in his 20s and made an imperial promise:
"Your loyalty will be rewarded most generously. I will give you and the Mongols the area north of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, south of Volgograd, west of the Volga River, and east of the Don River. From now on, you are the Governor of the Caucasus."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Celingnamuzhaer was so excited that he almost jumped up. He kowtowed three times and then left the military tent.

Outside the tent
Someone will tell him that the Governor-General of the Caucasus is not part of the imperial official hierarchy and is not subject to day-to-day jurisdiction.

However, they had to pay tribute to Suzhou every three years, send 3 noble children to Suzhou Prefecture for education, and were obliged to contribute troops to the empire.

Celing Namjale naturally agreed.

From then on, the sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump.

Isn't this a hundred times better than being a prince or marquis in the Western Regions?
……

Li Yu kept making moves and was aggressive.

Using Volgograd as an outpost, he sent a troop of 8 vassal troops westward to raid the Cossacks' lair.

At this time, the main force of the Cossacks was still carrying out plundering missions in the Ottoman Empire, and they did not dare to return without orders from St. Petersburg.

Heaven is good to reincarnate.

The vassal armies also loved to plunder.

The Japanese like to set a fire before returning with a full load.

The Koreans were good at digging deep into the ground to uncover hidden treasures.

The Eight Banners vassal army was as keen on killing people as ever.

The quiet Don River is burning!

……

April, May, June~
The vassal army was like a swarm of locusts, killing all the way to the Dnieper River basin.
Rakshasa is shocked, Europe is shocked!
Winter Palace
Catherine summoned the envoys of various countries and told them clearly:

If other countries still want to stay out of it, Wu Jun’s five-color American flag will sooner or later be planted in Paris, London, Berlin and Vienna.

The Saxon envoy stated on the spot that he would provide free support of 5 flintlock rifles, 1 barrels of gunpowder, and 50 cannons.

The envoys of the Habsburg Monarchy stated that if the Wu army crossed the west of the Dnieper River, they would send troops to directly participate in the battle.

The Prussian envoy stated that he was willing to join forces with Russia and the Habsburgs to attack the Polish-Lithuanian Confederation located between the three countries, and the three countries would divide and make up for the losses.

The other envoys remained silent.

……

The city of Dnepropetrovsk is located on the east bank of the Dnieper River.

When the Wu army arrived at the city, they fired 2000 rockets as usual, and then used their breech-loading guns to fire powerful picric acid shells.

Dnipropetrovsk only held out for half a day.
The city walls collapsed and a fire broke out in the city.

The defenders did not surrender, but organized street fighting.

In the street fighting, 2700 of the vassal troops were killed and 300 of the Wu army were killed.

After the war, Wu's army escorted more than 3 prisoners to the Caucasus region to dig coal and cut trees.

Along the way, everyone was amazed at the abundance of resources.

Coal, iron, wood, arable land, whatever you want is available.

Officials, merchants, craftsmen, and servants worked together. Wherever the army went, the farmers followed, mining, reclaiming land, and cutting down trees.

Farmers are responsible to merchants, and merchants are responsible to the court.

The empire is equivalent to Party A, the merchant is the first-level contractor, and there are second-, third-, and fourth-level subcontractors under him.

Farmers are the lowest level of subcontractors, working in teams with fellow villagers as the hub.

And the responsibilities are very clear.

……

50 miles south of Volgograd city.

Smoke rose from dozens of makeshift wooden houses, and a few farm dogs suddenly barked.
On the river, the steamboat towed a dozen hastily built wooden barges and slowly stopped.

"My fellow countryman, it's time to pay the emperor's grain."

"okay."

Dozens of young farmers carried bags of grain, led cattle and sheep, and trotted back and forth to carry the goods.

On the shore, the manager took out the account book.

"According to the rules agreed upon in advance, each person must hand in 500 kilograms of grain, 300 kilograms of meat, 50 cubic meters of wood, or 1000 kilograms of coal every year."

"You are the 1449875th cooperative team. Calculated by headcount, well, this year's mission has been completed. Load the food onto the ship."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

He bowed hurriedly.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

The manager would make a tick on the account book with his pen, and the team leader would press a red handprint, and the matter would be settled.

……

The imperial grain has been paid, and the next step is to purchase the remaining grain.

Simply put, the Wu army paid all the farmers who followed the soldiers out of the country for their extra produce through merchants.

"Sir, please come this way."

Go to the back,

Several foreign women were washing clothes with their heads down.

Next to them, a few perceptive Oriental pastoral dogs were wagging their tails vigorously.

The manager couldn't help but laugh and scold:

"You're living a good life, where did this woman come from?"

"I picked them up on the road. Their family members died and I felt sorry for them so I brought them back." The leader of the team nodded and bowed. "It is all thanks to your majesty that we can live this kind of life."

"You are a good talker. One stone of rice is one dollar, and ten catties of livestock is one dollar. Weigh them now. But~ I can only pay with paper money~"

……

The team leader looked embarrassed, secretly pulled the manager aside, and whispered:
"Master, can you give me silver? Copper coins are fine too."

"Boy, are you doubting the imperial currency?" The steward's face darkened.

"No, no, the main reason is that we have no place to spend the paper money here. Europe is not the same emperor as us, and they don't recognize this money."

The manager sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I understand. Life outside is too good. You don't want to go home."

"After ten or eight years, I don't want to go home."

"I'll give you half in paper money and half in copper coins. By the way, let me tell you that in a few years, there will only be one emperor in the world."

"Our emperor wants to be the emperor of the whole world?"

"Hey, that's about the idea."

"Oh, that's so beautiful."

……

Everyone waved goodbye to the departing steamship fleet, divided the money, and looked forward to the future.

A young man held the money and said excitedly:
"I think life is good, except that one wife is too few and there are too few large animals."

Everyone laughed.

The young man added:
"I think it would be best to marry a Chinese woman as the first wife and a foreign woman as the second wife."

"Forget it, this is a foreign country, where are the Han women?"

The team leader spoke:

"I think foreign women are pretty good. They are white, plump, and don't ask for a dowry."

"What's good? I can't understand anything you say, I can only gesture."

"It's just life. What's wrong with not understanding? It won't affect heating the bed or having a baby."

Everyone nodded, as if this was the truth.

In the distance, the foreign woman who was washing clothes suddenly looked up and gave a blank smile.

……

Everyone burst into laughter again. Along the way, everyone followed the military master to pick up the leftovers.

The timid ones only dare to come out and look around after the war. After all, they can pick up anything except the land.

The brave ones heard the gunfire stop and immediately rushed over to clean up the battlefield.
The weapons, gold, silver and seals found must be handed over to the public, and the rest will all belong to the individual.

Broken swords, broken uniforms, broken flags, broken houses, broken horses, broken shoes, anyway, everything was classified as broken.

Later on, I became bolder and bolder.

Start picking up living people.

Picking up foreign women is just the first step, many groups have already started picking up slaves.

The black soil along the way was too vast to be cultivated. Seeing such good land lying idle, these simple farmers felt sad.

Sin~
If this happened in my hometown, my ancestors would open the coffin with heartache.

……

suddenly,

The team leader said:
"Let's pool our money and buy some guns, shall we? The manager just said that there will be a fleet passing by in a few days, and the price is fair. You can buy a musket for 5 yuan. If we want to live a good life here, we must have some powerful weapons."

Everyone nodded silently and took out a one-dollar bill from their hands.

The team leader counts.

The total is 35 dollars.

"Buy six muskets, and use the rest as gunpowder. Work hard, and each of us will earn a hundred taels next year. In ten years, we will return home in glory."

Everyone nodded excitedly.

After traveling tens of thousands of miles from his hometown to Europe, even the most honest farmer is not so honest anymore.

They have accepted a simple truth: this world is created by robbery.
……

Although Luosha's economy is sparse, its mineral resources are extremely rich, including coal, iron, wood, copper, and everything else.
Merchants chose local locations, opened wartime factories, simplified processes, and produced muskets, iron tools and copper coins of slightly inferior quality.

The empire paid farmers' wages through merchants, purchased their surplus production, and sold locally produced tools and guns to farmers.

Turn war into an economic activity with an extremely long chain.

Tens of millions of farmers left Alashankou and realized for the first time how big the world is.

Propaganda slogans such as "A tree that is moved will die, a person who is moved will live" were posted all the way from the Yimeng Mountains to the Dnieper River.

Li Yu tried to use this expedition to tell everyone not to stay at home and guard their own little piece of land, but to take a longer-term view.

……

Saint Petersburg, Winter Palace.

Catherine II's condition deteriorated and she fainted several times.

The royal physician diagnosed that the Queen's current health condition is worrying and dangerous, and she urgently needs rest!
A gloomy haze shrouded St. Petersburg.

In fact, Li Yu was also puzzled as to why the Rakshasa army of one million had not yet arrived. What was going on?

Because the strong woman in charge fell ill.

No one is in charge.

Everyone is busy responding.

……

Crown Prince Paul partied day and night in his bedroom, dancing with his maids.

Is there a prince who can be a prince for 30 years in this world?

I can't express my anger.

The dance was in full swing, and Paul, who had been suppressed for decades, suddenly rushed to the terrace and roared loudly.

"I am the Tsar~"

The palace guards were all silent.

The mother and son had been apart from each other since childhood, had different political views and were almost enemies. This was no secret and was known to everyone in St. Petersburg.

……

The conflict between Yeka and her son is not uncommon. On the contrary, it is very common within the royal family.

There are no fathers and sons in heaven.

The relationship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao is purely the imagination of netizens.

The relationship between Zhu and his son is probably good, but it is definitely not as close as the online rumors say, "They are ready to ascend the throne at any time."

We can infer that Zhu Yuanzhang had long since determined in his heart that Zhu Biao was the first-line heir to the empire.

But, if Zhu Biao tried to get his hands on the imperial power in advance.

Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely abolish it with lightning speed without hesitation for a second.

……

Don't say that Zhu Yuanzhang was a founding emperor who rose from the bottom.
Even a self-made businessman knows this:
Human nature cannot withstand a major test. You cannot completely trust anyone, even if that person is your wife, son, or parents.
Anyone who hands over all power to his sons, wife or parents when he is young and strong has a higher than 9% chance of not being able to secure his old age.

What is given out can never be taken back.

In the face of huge interests, emotional ties are insignificant.

Li Yu and Ye Ka understand this principle, but netizens who think that the Zhu father and son are "as close as one family" do not understand it.

……

Once you are in a high position, there is no trust.

Li Yu chose to lead the army himself to guard against Lin Huaisheng.

He brought his eldest son Li Yuanzhen with him to prevent himself from becoming the emperor emeritus.

He chose to take away Yang Fei's son Li Jing and his beloved concubine Wang Zhenyi in order to prevent them from being attacked during his expedition.

By leaving the Queen's father, Finance Minister Hu Xueyu, in Suzhou, he could suppress other ministers, such as the Fan family.

Hu Xueyu has no sons, so generally speaking, he would defend his grandson's inheritance rights.

If he had any ulterior motives, the queen, who commanded the Imperial Guards and two newly recruited infantry regiments, would not agree.

……

Therefore,
Such an arrangement.

Li Yu was not worried that anyone could shake his throne.

The young princes who stayed in Suzhou could not shake his power, so the son who had the most potential to ascend the throne early followed him.

The probability of military rebellion in various places is very low.

Because Li Yu's prestige was great enough and he had invested a lot of money in winning him over.

The mere fact that "both officers and soldiers can receive a lifetime pension after 20 years of service is enough to make the military loyal to the royal family" (the money is paid out by the Royal Assets Company).

……

There is another purpose for bringing Li Yuanzhen along to the expedition, to let him see the real battlefield, and even to personally go to the battlefield when it is not so dangerous~
Such experience will be of great benefit to him when he ascends the throne in the future.

In a word,

It’s both prevention and use. Trust and experience are two different things.

Some people may ask, what about the navy?

The navy in the south is not restrained at all. What if they come to establish a country overseas?
First of all, a large proportion of the officers in the navy came from wealthy families, and their families were all within the empire, so they had no reason to commit treason.

Secondly, the navy has a great external impact and poses little internal threat.

In any era and in any empire, if there was a mutiny that successfully changed the ownership, it must have been done by the army!

Can those huge ships of the navy and air force go ashore, arrest people, or blockade cities?

The Marines, who are so flashy, really dare to go ashore. They are definitely no match for the old Lu. If he orders the port to be closed, the logistics will be cut off, and the navy will be at a loss.

……

Li Yu understands the above, and Saxon understands it even better.

Frank actually understood it, but there was nothing he could do.

Paris always has spring, half because they have the strongest army in Europe.

London has remained gloomy and peaceful for hundreds of years, largely because its army is shockingly weak, a typical example of "strong sea and weak land".

Not only that, they also created a "strong police and weak mainland".

Although this has a lot to do with the geographical environment of the island country being surrounded by the sea, the above-mentioned "anti-mutiny" considerations are indeed behind it.

The Saxons suffered greatly in this regard.

So even at this time, they are still seriously expanding the navy and marines, and are still reluctant to relax restrictions on the army.

In terms of the degree of misery in life, the people in East London are actually much more miserable than those in Paris. They are so miserable.
London is afraid because of the lesson of Paris.

To put it bluntly, the gentlemen in London would rather die at the hands of Wu's army than at the hands of a mob.

……

The Great Wu Empire was a traditional landlocked country, similar to the Franks. If it wanted to survive, it had to build a strong army to intimidate its neighbors.

Now, over 7% of the empire's elite field armies, over 7% of its brave generals, and more than half of its military and technical personnel have accompanied the emperor on the Western Expedition.

Strength + prestige + measures.

Li Yu was not afraid at all, even if he would be away from the country for more than 5 years.

No one can stop me from leading a million-strong army to attack~
No one~(End of this chapter)