In the Kremlin, just when His Majesty the Tsar of the Rakshasa Empire was still considering how to catch the hot potato of the Siberian Republic. Yazhikov, the imperial minister who was deeply trusted by the Tsar, quickly walked into the audience hall, bowed to the frowning Alexei I, and then loudly reported: "Your Majesty the Tsar, Chief Minister Prince Miloslavsky and Austrian Margrave Golovin, the governor of Lomborg, asks for an audience."
"What? The governor of Orenburg came to Moscow?" Tsar Alexei I's face wrinkled up, and he felt very anxious: Could there be another enemy who occupied Orenburg first and then attacked Rakshasa? Will the country surrender?
Orenburg is not Nerchinsk! Orenburg is at the foot of the Ural Mountains, geographically speaking it is already European land! If it is occupied by some Tatar Republic, the Rakshasa Kingdom will be in big trouble!
The Tsar shouted, "Let them in!"
"As you command, my Majesty." Yazikov, who was born as a civilian but was extremely capable and knowledgeable, bowed and turned to leave.
The Tsar took a breath, and then said to Stroganov, who was wearing a dervish robe: "Alexander, go back first...wait for punishment!"
Then he said to Lev Naryshkin: "You also go and ask your brother Ivan to come to the Kremlin immediately!"
Lev Naryshkin's elder brother, Duke Ivan Naryshkin, is an important minister of the Tsar, mainly responsible for diplomacy. Not long ago, he visited Western Europe as the Tsar's envoy and was entertained by Louis XIV in the Palace of Versailles. They also brought back many new guns and explosive ammunition produced in France and the Netherlands.
Alexander Stroganov and Lev Naryshkin had not left for a while, but the imperial courtier Yazikov brought the bear-like Grand Duke Miloslavsky and the slender, elegant Golo. Marquis Wen quickly walked into the audience hall.
Seeing that Marquis Golovin was dressed relatively normally, he probably wasn't here to apologize... Tsar Alexei I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Dear Your Majesty the Tsar," Marquis Golovin saluted the Tsar, and then reported loudly, "Due to the drastic changes in the situation in Central Asia, I have to rush back to Moscow day and night in order to report to you face to face.
In addition, envoys from the Kazakhs and the Khwarezmians also came to Moscow with me. By the great grace of God, the Kazakhs and Khwarezmians have made up their minds to become part of the Rakshasa Empire..."
"What? Someone wants to take refuge with us again..." The Tsar of the Rakshasa Empire interrupted Marquis Golovin who was "announcement of good news", his voice was trembling a little, "My Marquis, tell me the truth. , are the Kazakhs and Khwarezm people forced to die by the Jungar people?"
As soon as the Tsar's question came out, Duke Miloslavsky and Marquis Golovin were stunned - how did your majesty become so wise? Could it be that God knew that the Rakshasa Kingdom was facing unprecedented challenges, so he bestowed wisdom and wisdom on His Majesty?
It seems that we must be more careful when committing corruption in the future... we must be less greedy!
"Your Majesty, you are so wise!" Marquis Golovin replied with a wry smile, "The Jungar Kingdom has experienced a revolution in the past year or so... Now this country has become It’s very dangerous!”
"Revolution?" The tsar's eyes almost popped out. Revolution could actually happen in Jungar, Central Asia... Shouldn't this kind of thing only happen in advanced Western Europe?
"How did they become revolutionary?" asked the Tsar. "How did they become revolutionary?"
Golovin said: "After the death of King Sengge, the throne of Zhungeer was vacant for a long time. But now the result has been achieved. Galdan from Chuhe has been elected as the king of Zhungeer!"
"Elected?" the Tsar frowned. "Elected by sword?"
"No, it's not..." Marquis Golovin said, "Although the situation within the Jungar Kingdom was once very tense, at the last moment, all parties chose to compromise. From 140,000 households, two Representatives from a large city and dozens of temples convened the Kuritai Assembly in Shibao City, which not only elected a new king. They also formulated a basic law that restricted the rights of the monarch and established the principle of governing the country with the Kuritai Assembly!
For the Jungar Kingdom, this is undoubtedly a revolutionary change. Although the process is relatively smooth, the changes are huge... The Jungar Kingdom now seems to have become a country like the Netherlands, Sweden, and Poland. Moreover, this country is extremely aggressive and poses a major threat to the Kazakhs and Khwarezm people.
Central Asia now is like a powder keg about to be ignited! "
"Isn't it a good thing to change the Jungle Kingdom like this?" The Tsar muttered in a low voice.
At this time, there were hurried footsteps outside the door of the audience hall, and another uncle of the Tsar, the Foreign Minister, Prince Ivan Naryshkin, hurried in. He heard that Marquis Golovin had arrived in Moscow early this morning, and knew that something big had happened, so he came to the Kremlin from his villa on the outskirts of Moscow, and met his brother Lev by chance at the gate of the palace.
Knowing that the Tsar had urgently summoned him, he immediately came to the audience hall.
Duke Ivan Naryshkin is a very handsome middle-aged nobleman - the Naryshkin family all have good looks, tall but not fat, with regular features, very white skin, and naturally curly dark brown hair. hair. They are much more pleasing to the eye than the stout Miloslavskys... Moreover, this family has good tempers and will not get angry easily.
Seeing the handsome Duke Ivan Naryshkin bowing to him, the Tsar felt much better. He smiled and asked: "Ivan, did you tell me that France's absolute monarchy and England's Is the dictatorship of the protector of the country the best system?”
"Of course!" Duke Ivan Naryshkin replied with certainty. "The Netherlands' defeat by France, the long-term chaos of the Republic of Poland, and the civil war in Germany all show that a strong royal power is the foundation of national stability.
Saying that a dictator is not good in front of a tsar... Who in the Naryshkin family is so brave?
The Tsar nodded, "I think so too!"
He looked at Marquis Golovin coldly again. The Marquis was trembled by his look, and he already understood what the Tsar meant - in the Rakshasa Kingdom, there are always many nobles who want to learn from the Republic of Poland!
Marquis Golovin quickly followed the tsar's thoughts and said: "Your Majesty is wise. In fact, the new king of the Jungar Kingdom, Galdan, was not willing to be controlled by the big nobles, so he united the Koshote Kingdom and the Dai Kingdom. , preparing to launch a war in order to establish authority.
During this time, the Jungar Kingdom, the Heshuote Kingdom, and the Dai Kingdom are making full preparations for war. A large-scale war is expected to break out next spring! "
Alexei I frowned. Central Asia is not Eastern Siberia, let alone the Nerchinsk region that is beyond the reach of the Rakshasa Kingdom... Due to the opening of the trade route with Persia, the Rakshasa Kingdom's operations in Central Asia It is very profitable.
If both Kazakhstan and Khwarezm were destroyed by the Jungar Kingdom, then the Rakshasa Kingdom's trade route with Persia through Qili would be completely cut off.
In this way, the Rakshasa Kingdom has no way to gain from the increasingly prosperous East-West trade. For the financially strapped Rakshasa Kingdom, the income from trade with Persia is still very considerable.
In addition, Persia is also an ally against the Ottoman Empire that the Rakshasa Kingdom must win over - the Crimean Khanate supported by the Ottoman Empire, which poses a major threat to the Ukrainian region of the Rakshasa Kingdom!
"We cannot just watch the Kazakhs and Khwarezmians being wiped out by the ferocious Dzungars!" Alexei I was silent for a while, then looked back at Duke Naryshkin, "Ivan, I think I We can agree to Louis XIV’s request for alliance... The Rakshasa Kingdom will stand with France!"
