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Chapter 938 "Sino-Russian Ili Treaty" ([-])

On the first day of May in the third year of Chengde, the emperor sent Wang Yan, the Minister of Rites, and Zong Da, the Minister of Lifan Academy, to lead the people to Ili to work in the army. The group rushed all the way and arrived at Hongqing's camp on May [-]. A large amount of silver was brought in for the use of the army, and it also brought awards and awards from Emperor Chengde to the soldiers who had made great contributions to the Western Expedition. With such silver tickets and titles flying together, all the three armies were full of joy. His morale immediately swelled to the peak, but no one noticed that there was a hint of bitterness in Hong Qing's seemingly bright smile. There was nothing else, and Emperor Chengde had another moth!
Emperor Chengde was very polite in the edict, he didn't force the negotiation on Hongqing, he used a tactful negotiating tone, it seemed that there was room for discussion, but in reality, it was all fake Just be polite, look, Wang Yan and Zong Da, the two assistants who negotiated with the old Maozi, were sent to the front of the army, and they made it clear that they didn't want to give Hong Qing the opportunity to refuse.

If it's just a matter of negotiation, it's fine, and it's okay to deal with it casually. At this time, the Qing army is the winner of the big victory, and the old man who has just experienced a bloody coup is not willing to accept softness. As for the signed treaty? , Hongqing will not care too much about it in the past, nothing else, but any agreement involving the relationship between the two countries, from the moment it is signed, it has entered a countdown to being torn up, and when it will be torn up depends on the strength of both parties The change in the contrast has nothing to do with justice or not, but lies in the strength or weakness of strength. Hong Qing knows this very well, and she will not pay much attention to the so-called peace agreement. What really makes Hong Qing care There is only one thing, and that is the trickery hidden behind Emperor Chengde's fake politeness!
With Hong Qing's IQ, there is no need to wait for the secret report from the capital, and he can easily figure out what kind of tricks Emperor Chengde will play next. It is nothing more than boiling frogs in warm water. When she was fourteen years old, Hong Qing had already played a trick beautifully, and now, Emperor Chengde actually thought of repaying him in his own way, really some Luban with a big axe in front of his door It's ridiculous, but Hong Qing couldn't laugh, not because she was worried that she couldn't cope with it, but because she was extremely tired of the endless open and secret fights between father and son. In a word, I was tired!
The heart is exhausted, but the things that should be done must not be ignored. Although he disdains Emperor Chengde's careful thinking, Hongqing will not take the strategic plan in advance. This chapter is very important. Quickly, he agreed to the negotiation without hesitation, but he did not forget to make a few small requests in this chapter that are not too much - one is to request that the provinces for building roads be transferred from Henan, Hebei and other four provinces. The province was expanded to ten provinces including Shandong and Fujian; the second was to request that all the more than [-] ordinary Russian soldiers captured in this war be escorted to the interior as laborers for road construction; Victory with less depends on the sharpness of all kinds of new weapons carefully developed by the Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry. I request that the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Industry be rewarded, upgrade the Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry to the Qing Academy of Sciences, and triple the size of the school it belongs to. , focus on cultivating relevant follow-up talents.

As soon as Hong Qing wrote this chapter, even if there was a lot of uproar in the court, it was mostly the noise made by the second elder brother and the third elder brother pushing behind the scenes, strongly criticizing the second item in Hong Qing's request. He declared in scathing words that treating prisoners of war in this way was not in line with the Chinese way of benevolence. He also said that if this was carried out, the Russians might provoke the Russians to fight again, which would not be good for appeasement on the frontier. Even before the meeting was held, Qiankun had arbitrarily agreed to Hong Qing's request, and even issued several verbal instructions, severely reprimanding the few courtiers who danced the most cheerfully, and forcibly suppressed all dissenting opinions from the court. Of course, this is not to say that Emperor Chengde really appreciates Hongqing's three proposals. In fact, Emperor Chengde is very disapproving of the three proposals. She definitely wouldn't take Hong Qing's face off at this moment.

Hongqing didn't care about what Emperor Chengde felt in his heart, all he cared about was the result—Emperor Chengde tried to use this to calm Hongqing's heart, but Hongqing, in the heart of Emperor Chengde At the same time, I did not forget about the future development of the Qing Dynasty. This is where the quality gap between the two lies. If you want to get rich, build roads first. This is not a lie, but a real truth. After several battles , captured nearly [-] prisoners of war, it is not enough to raise them for nothing, and as for releasing them, that is even more inappropriate. It is naturally a good thing to use waste. As for the establishment of the Academy of Sciences and the expansion of the affiliated schools, it seems that Ordinary, but it is the key to Hong Qing's deployment of the future-to become a strong country, it is not just as simple as winning a few battles, but the key is to develop the wisdom of the people. Education also has a solid foundation. Because of this, Hong Qing is quite satisfied with Emperor Chengde's "generosity". As soon as he received the imperial edict, he immediately wrote a chapter of praise, and took a photo of Emperor Chengde The flattery really made Chengde Emperor Longyan very happy.

Although the matter of the negotiation has been settled, when it will be held is still undecided, nothing else, God knows when the Russian envoy will come, no matter how wise Hong Qing is about this, there is nothing he can do, just He could have waited patiently in the big camp, and while training troops, he did not forget to send troops around to wipe out the horse bandits. The appeasement was just incidental, and the more important thing was to mobilize the troops to maintain their combat power.

Waiting and waiting, the Russian mission finally arrived in Ili on June [-]th. The mission consisted of more than a hundred people, including Grand Duke Alexei Peter Petrovich, Minister of the Privy Council of Russia, as the principal envoy and two deputy envoys. , namely Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov, Commander of the Second Guards Army, Archbishop Lev Palov Sibirsky, Deputy Speaker of the Orthodox Supreme Council, and the rest are followers and interpreters .

As soon as the Russian mission arrived in Ili, they asked to meet Hongqing, saying that they wanted to submit their credentials and that they wanted to explain the misunderstanding between the two countries. Hongqing ignored this and did not meet the Russian mission. It was just that Ding Song came forward, placed the Russian envoy outside the camp, and sent a regiment of soldiers to "protect". Hong Qing didn't say a word about the meeting request of the Russian envoy, but he agreed to the Russian envoy's request. The envoy's request for condolences to the prisoners of war, of course, the prisoners of war that the Russian envoy could see were only military officers at all levels. As for the more than [-] Russian soldiers captured in the First Battle of Gedeng Mountain, they were sent by Hong Qing long ago. They were escorted to Zhenyuan City and imprisoned, and they were about to be transported to the inland one after another. There was only one destination, and that was to join the Waixieersu prisoners of war in the booming road construction project.

"My lord, those old men are here again, clamoring to see you outside the gate of the camp."

Even though he accepted the task of reaching a peace agreement with the Russians, Hong Qing was not in a hurry for success, and endured the Russians for a full ten days like an eagle. At first, the Russians were not in a hurry. Most of them ran to the officers' prisoner-of-war camp, firstly to express their condolences, and secondly, to take this opportunity to collect intelligence on the Qing army so as to seize the opportunity in the next negotiation. Waiting for Hongqing's summoning, but after waiting and waiting, I didn't see any invitation from Hongqing, and then I realized that something seemed wrong, and I dare not take it lightly. From the fifth day on, it was almost every morning So I asked to see him outside the Qing army's camp, but unfortunately I couldn't even get permission to enter the camp, let alone see Hong Qing. Ding Song walked in from outside the tent with a smirk on his face again, bowed towards Hong Qing, and reported with a smile.

"Heh, you boy, you have gained a lot today, huh?"

Just looking at Ding Song's expression, Hong Qing knew that the kid was having a good time, but he didn't care, he just let out a grunt out of necessity.

"Ha, thanks to the lord, the old man's gift is getting heavier every day. No, today he has already risen to five big yellow croakers. In a few days, it will be enough for the general to marry the second wife again. concubine."

Hearing that Hong Qing made fun of himself, Ding Song immediately made a grimace and joked about himself with a smile, never concealing the seriousness of the Russians' bribery.

"Hey, the old man has money, so you can knock hard, you don't have to be polite, but I'm afraid your kid's concubine won't be able to marry, go ahead and call those old men in, the king will see you soon See you soon."

Accepting bribes is not a good thing, but what, if the old man doesn't take his money, he won't take it for nothing. Ding Song's earning extra money is something that Hongqing has allowed. He will not be harsh, so he just laughed and cursed.

"twitter!"

After hearing Hong Qing's order, Ding Song didn't dare to smile any more, and hurriedly bowed to the promise, and hastily withdrew from the camp of the Chinese army. After a short while, he was already accompanied by several tall Russians Walked in from outside the account.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ren, the Minister of the Privy Council of the Great Russian Empire, Alexei Peter Petrovich, would like to pay high tribute to you on behalf of Her Majesty Empress Ekaterina I of our country."

Russia is making Alexei Peter Petrovich extremely burly, at least two meters tall, wide and strong, walking like a wall of flesh is moving, but, obviously not People with strong limbs and simple minds, although they have been treated coldly by Hongqing for several days in a row, seeing that Hongqing sat down steadily in the copywriting, and did not show any sign of getting up to greet him, it is obviously not in line with the so-called diplomatic etiquette in the West. But he didn't protest, nor did he show the slightest dissatisfaction. He just bowed his hat respectfully and took off his hat, and said a diplomatic scene, regardless of his demeanor or bearing. Quite remarkable.

(End of this chapter)