The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 708 China is about to become a big wet nurse

October 1794, 10. This was the 15nd day of the ninth lunar month, the th year of Emperor Guangzhong's reign in the Great China, the th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty.

After brief communication and bargaining at the border, the Dayu Dynasty of the Seres Empire and the Third Roman Empire signed the Ili Peace Treaty in Ili, where the headquarters of the soon-to-be-established Beiting Protectorate was located.

The treaty stipulates:

1. The Third Roman Empire recognized that the territory east of the North Sea (Lake Baikal) was the traditional and inherent territory of the Seres Empire.

2. The Third Roman Empire agreed to allow the Central Xianbei residents to hold a self-determination to determine whether they would join the Third Roman Empire or the Seres Empire.

3. The Third Roman Empire recognized the Kazakh Left Middle Juz and Right Great Juz as subjects of the Seric Empire, and sent back those who had previously fled to the Russian Empire.

4. The Third Roman Empire agreed to sell the Rome Company and the land explored by the Rome Company to the Seris Empire for two million silver dollars, and at the same time agreed that the employees of the Rome Company would be employed by the Seris Empire.

The Tsar's Russo-American Company is the historical Russian-American Company. This company with a colonial nature completed basic exploration north of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, the Bering Strait, and Alaska.

Many of the places here are named after them or the predecessors of the Russian-American Company who surveyed the land for the Tsar.

Such talents who are not afraid of hardships and difficulties and have a romantic (roaming) and exploratory spirit are precious treasures in any empire. Mozibu has no shortage of Cossacks, but he is very short of such explorers.

So even though the two countries were at war, Mo Zibu had always made use of these people and even deliberately included in the treaty to dispel their last concerns about serving China.

At the same time, after these people belonged to the Seres Empire, all the Eastern and North American information they obtained for the Third Roman Empire would no longer be placed within the territory of the Russian Empire.

Mo Zibu was willing to spend two million silver dollars to buy the Romei Company and Alaska, which was actually controlled by Dayu. In addition to buying people, he also wanted to buy all the related information.

The Russians paid a certain price, and now it is China's turn. In the treaty, the Seres Empire acknowledged:

1. The Lesser Juz of the western wing of Kazakhstan became a vassal of the Third Roman Empire. The Empire no longer accepted the surrender of the people of the Lesser Juz of the western wing, nor attacked the Lesser Juz of the western wing. At the same time, it promised not to recruit the Kalmyks of the Caspian Sea.

2. The Seris Empire will withdraw all armed forces from the city of Jintang/Semipalatinsk Fortress, designate a 50-kilometer area around the city of Jintang as a pending area, and allow the people of the Third Roman Empire to graze there.

3. The Seres Empire agreed to hire officials from the Russian Empire for a fee of one million silver dollars, and asked them to assist the Seres Empire officials in deporting all Russian citizens in Central Xianbei and Eastern Xianbei.

4. The Seres Empire will release all personnel of the Third Roman Empire captured in the war, including but not limited to political officials, military officers, etc., and will return the seized materials, such as firearms.

5. The Seres Empire agreed to impose a minimum tariff of two percent on non-industrial products such as fur, leather, honey, etc. imported from the Third Roman Empire.

At first glance, if we don't count the losses Sha Luo suffered in the war, Sha Luo actually got the upper hand.

But for China, it is worth it.

First of all, it was worth spending one million silver dollars to let Sha Luo relocate all the people they left behind in Zhong Xianbei and Dong Xianbei.

Because there were so many good places in China, no one was willing to come to these places except for criminals being exiled. As a result, the hundreds of thousands of Russian colonists in the Central Xianbei and Eastern Xianbei could not be eliminated.

When the army came, they hid; when the army left, they came out to attack the town. The indigenous people of North Asia had long been frightened by them and were no match for them at all.

The Privy Council and the Ministry of War had originally formulated a plan for clearing out the plunder, and Mo Zibu was overwhelmed when he saw it.

This plan requires 8,000 Beijing troops and elite garrison troops from three directions, with the cooperation of local tribes, and will take at least one and a half years to complete the final cleanup, which is expected to cost 8 million silver dollars.

Of course, you can also spend about one million silver dollars as rewards and cooperate with military operations to make their leaders loyal to Dayu.

But Mo Zibu didn't want these people, so he simply asked the Sharo government to pack them up and send them back to Europe.

Secondly, low tariffs were unilaterally imposed on Sara's non-industrial products, and Dayu did not suffer any loss because Sara did not have much to sell.

The trade volume of furs and other goods that could be sold was only 600,000 to 700,000 a year. After they lost the Central Xianbei and the Eastern Xianbei, it was estimated that the trade volume would shrink by at least half.

This is a seemingly grand clause, but in fact it does not cost much. Even if you suffer a little loss, it is still worthwhile. It is also like giving Sharo a sip of milk to recover some blood.

In order to make Catherine II's son Paul I and grandson Alexander I more resolute in their fight against Napoleon.

In addition to the Ili Peace Treaty, the two countries also signed a series of cooperation terms in Nanjing, such as formally dispatching ambassadors to each other, setting up commercial agents, sending scholars to each other for exchange and study, etc.

Overall, this treaty complied with all the requirements of Catherine II, who was running out of time. The famous female Caesar hoped that nothing would go wrong in the last few years of her life.

For example, the Seris Empire should not capture Tyumen or instigate the Kalmyks to rebel and reach the Black Sea. Although the probability is very small, the female Caesar does not want even any possibility.

Because if such a thing happened, it would be a huge blow to the reputation of the female Caesar. All her contributions to the Tsarist Russian Empire for most of her life and all her achievements would be tarnished, which was something Catherine II could never allow.

As for Seris, the Tsarist Russian Empire needs to be eliminated to ensure that Europe will not be unified. Although the probability is very small, it is also something Mo Zibu absolutely does not want to see.

Even the fact that Napoleon and the French Republic spread the revolutionary spirit to other countries, causing a certain degree of psychological and cultural unity among them, was something that Mo Zibu wanted to completely eliminate.

. . . .

Meanwhile, the Indian Ocean, local governance.

During the same period in history, local governance was an insignificant and poor thing abandoned by the French government. It was not until the following year, 1795, that it was taken seriously.

However, this time and space is relatively more important because France has an annual trade volume of tens of millions of silver dollars with China.

In particular, the net profit of three million silver dollars from the spice trade was once an important source of income for Louis XVI and is also an important source of income for the current new French government.

At the same time, the Seris Empire showed no signs of particular opposition to the French Republican government, even though the Republican government had already fought a bloody battle with Prince Mo Zirong of Lu.

Therefore, this transit station is governed locally and remains prosperous, with more than 10,000 French people living there all year round.

But at the same time, the atmosphere here is very delicate, because everyone knows that the Seris Empire cannot support the French Republican government.

Not to mention that the emperor would definitely oppose such a revolution, let me just say that Princess Charlotte of France was engaged to the Crown Prince of China.

In this case, the Chinese Emperor, at least on the surface, would never allow what is happening in France now.

The governor, who is in charge of local governance, is even more troubled by this.

Because Princess Charlotte traveled across the ocean to govern the local area, if the Governor accepted the princess, he would definitely be blacklisted by the Republic fanatics.

Even if the laws of the Republic did not kill him, those fanatical revolutionaries had long been disgusted with old aristocrats like him and would definitely kill him.

Oh, by the way, the Governor suddenly remembered that the laws of the Republic became meaningless after the establishment of the Revolutionary Tribunal. If he refused to accept it, then the prosperity of local governance was entirely due to the support of the Seris Empire. If the Governor refused to accept it, he might be arrested and brought to the Seris Empire for trial.

Being bullied by both sides, the Governor sighed. Family was important, but he hadn't received a letter from them for a long time, and he didn't know whether they were alive or dead. But he himself needed to stay alive.

So the Governor quickly decided to accept Princess Charlotte and brought people to the dock to greet her in person.

After almost a year's voyage, Princess Charlotte was extremely tired. Two of the three maids she brought from France had died of illness and one was pregnant, so the princess basically had to take care of herself for the rest of the journey.

As for the eunuchs of Dayu, these people are very snobbish. Everyone knows that Princess Charlotte has become a bandit and is no better than a chicken.

And looking at her like this, there is no way she could compete with Wang Zhenyi, the Crown Prince's first love and best sister, a scientist whom even His Majesty the Emperor admired as being as capable as any man.

Therefore, it would be good enough if they could provide Princess Charlotte with basic food and other treatments. Don't even think about expecting them to serve her.

The first bitter meal in her life was so cruel that Princess Charlotte's last pride was almost completely crushed.

So much so that the British envoy Earl Macartney who went to Dayu with her was very surprised. He thought that such a simple, sensible and patient princess was unlikely to be the child of the fool Louis XVI and the madwoman Marie Antoinette.

As for why Count Marconi arrived so quickly, it was because he was in South Africa, or to be more precise, at the Cape of Good Hope.

After the Dutch lost Batavia and the spice trade, their domestic economy basically collapsed, and their overseas colonies naturally became the target of major powers.

The British were eager to take over this place as a fortress to restrict Dayu from traveling to Europe through southern Africa.

"I've heard that Mr. Ambassador is a renowned China expert. You understand the Eastern Seris Empire better than many Europeans. I wonder if you have any good advice for someone like me who has lost both my parents and my country."

Princess Charlotte indeed abandoned most of her so-called princess reserve. Shortly after the cocktail party began, she came to Macartney in person to ask for advice in the surprised eyes of a group of French people.

Macartney was indeed an expert on China, both historically and now.

At a time when Europe was generally beginning to be wary of the Seres Empire, Macartney did not diminish his love for China.

"I want to say that the Seris Empire is a perfect existence. Six hundred million people all agree on their own identity and recognize an emperor to rule them. All capable monarchs in history have taken unification as their responsibility. Their cohesion and centripetal force are so strong.

So the Seres Empire was different from the Roman Empire. It was greater than the Roman Empire and never split for a long time.

The rulers of this great empire have always sought unity, something that Europe lacks.”

Macartney first praised enthusiastically, and finally said to Princess Charlotte, who was still asking for advice humbly:
"What I want to say, Your Highness, is that a king who can rule such a powerful empire must be a ruthless political machine. It is almost impossible for him to show mercy or impulse.

The citizens of this great empire are certainly not the gullible country bumpkins in Europe. They will all realize that traveling thousands of miles to Europe to interfere in France is not a good option.

Therefore, when the princess arrived in China, the best thing to do was to "hide one's capabilities and bide one's time" as the Chinese idiom goes, and not to worry about any specific political affairs, but only to care about what you can bring to the empire.

When one day, your merits grow day by day and you are recognized as a virtuous person by traditional Chinese scholars, then your chance for revenge may come."

Just as others have warned, you should first gain sympathy by using your identity as an exiled princess. When you first arrive in the Seris Empire and they are most nervous about you asking for help in restoring their country, you should suppress these desires and bring benefits to China first. When the time is right, your revenge will be possible.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Earl Macartney looked at her back, stroking his chin and thinking carefully.

The Seris Empire has actually made its position clear, which is to absolutely support France, otherwise it would not take such a big risk to rescue Princess Charlotte.

In this case, Macartney felt that China would definitely make concessions on the issue of India.

This was indeed the case. As they continued eastward, Mo Zibu had already decided on the matter of India.

At least until the end of the war, this land must and can only belong to the English, as long as they do not seek to expand towards Burma.

Just when Dayu was about to show weakness to England in order to strengthen its will to fight against France, the French revolution became even more crazy.

When Robespierre released a simplified version of the Revolutionary Tribunal, under the conditions that the revolutionaries could almost say whoever was guilty, convict and execute them immediately, the internal struggle over the lines in France became more intense, and the Revolutionary Tribunal became the focus of competition among various factions.

At this time, the Jacobin Club was divided into three main factions.

Jacques Hébert's radicals were looking for evidence everywhere all day long, hoping to eliminate all their political opponents and achieve the most violent revolutionary output.

The moderates, led by Georges Jacques Danton, advocated slowing down the export of revolution and solving internal problems first, but they also advocated a certain degree of compromise with the old forces.

Robespierre belonged to the centrists. They were not as radical as Hébert, nor did they advocate compromise like Danton.

In this chaos, Robespierre was extremely smart. He chose to solve the people's livelihood first and then engage in political struggle.

You know what, this extremely bloody revolutionary was quite capable. Robespierre enforced price ceilings for commodities in the city and cracked down on profiteers who hoarded goods.

In rural areas, he encouraged the restoration of production, but also strictly regulated the direction of food sales, giving priority to ensuring supply to cities.

Finally, the Decree of the Concubine was issued, which confiscated all the assets of the old nobility and high-ranking clergy, regardless of size, and used the assets of these enemies of the people to provide funds needed to maintain the government and curb soaring prices.

These three measures are only temporary solutions, but they are sufficient for now. Robespierre cannot think that far ahead for the time being.

Then, a good opportunity came to him personally by Dandong.

It turned out that the radical Eberl had gone completely insane. He madly attacked anyone who disagreed with his ideas, putting everyone else in danger.

So, with the support of the moderates, Robespierre quickly controlled the prosecutor and passed the trial at an extremely fast speed. On March 1794, 3, Robespierre sent Hébert to the guillotine.

Then he cleverly took advantage of people's dissatisfaction with the compromiser Danton and quickly fabricated a series of charges against Danton in the National Assembly, accusing him of corruption and indecision.

A few days later, on April 4, the moderate Danton and his allies and followers were also sent to the guillotine.

At this point, Robespierre had dealt with his biggest rival, but he did not expect that he would soon be executed by guillotine.

Because around the time when Hébert and Danton were executed, or even earlier, a large number of French people were executed for all kinds of reasons, so that everyone was in danger.

Everyone, even many bigwigs in the National Convention and the Committee of National Salvation, began to fear that they would become Robespierre's next target. As a result, a larger wave of opposition was brewing.

　I have a cold, a high fever, and pain all over my body. That’s all I’ve written. Please bear with me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)