The current Rakshasa Kingdom, also known as Tsarist Russia, is the Romanov dynasty to be precise. The emperor is relatively weak and the powerful nobles are in charge.
This is similar to the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
However, something different is that Emperor Wanli did not willingly delegate power to the scholar-bureaucrats, but used a soft violence method to resist.
At this time, the Russian Czar Mikhail took the initiative to delegate power to the great nobles.
However, the great Russian nobles were not happy to see the Ming Empire's westward expansion, and even tried to make them give up their interests in Siberia and even east of Siberia.
Because now the great Russian aristocracy relies on the export trade of expensive furs and timber plundered from Siberia to obtain a lot of profits from Europe.
Therefore, the great nobleman Morozov also echoed: "Your Majesty is saying that these arrogant, arrogant and ignorant Easterners should be punished by justice!"
"Siberia and even the east of Siberia should be the territory of our Rakshasa Kingdom! And the barbarians in the east should also accept our rule!"
The great nobleman Jebelita also echoed.
"We should immediately hold an all-Russian gentry conference to discuss military operations to send troops to the east, recover Yakutsk and even annex the entire east! Because our current customs revenue depends entirely on furs supplied by natives from Siberia and east of Siberia. and timber, we cannot just watch this Eastern Empire invade us."
"In addition, we cannot accept the existence of unbelieving Eastern barbarians in our territory. We should drive them out of our territory, kill them all, and use them as fertilizer!"
The great nobleman Vasily followed.
"But according to Andre, their firearms are very advanced and they have already prepared for us. I think even if we want to launch a war, we should be more cautious and consider whether we are their opponent."
The great nobleman Kutuzov couldn't help but say something at this time.
"Andre just had fear because of his defeat. Will God favor a group of unbelieving barbarians? I don't think so! Even if they may have the best muskets, they can't be as powerful as Russia. Don't forget Now, we are a big country in Europe! Although we suffered a disastrous defeat in the battle with Poland a year ago, it does not mean that we have lost the ability to teach the barbarians a lesson."
Morozov said something at this time, and added: "That's it! Convene an All-Russian Gentry Congress! Decide on sending troops."
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"The Rakshasa Kingdom needs a large amount of furs and wood in exchange for a lot of profits, but our Ming Dynasty also needs a large amount of furs and wood. After the people of the country become rich, the demand for furs is increasing day by day, and the demand for gardens and mansions is also increasing day by day. This does not include various industries. Why should the wealth of the entire Beishan Mountains and even Siberia be surrendered to these greedy and barbaric foreigners if they use nourishing medicinal materials such as ginseng and bear paw?"
After the Ming Dynasty annexed the city of Yakutsk, the tsar of the Rakshasa Kingdom and the nobles in the court naturally did not know about the Ming Dynasty's westward march so quickly.
Although the previous article described in advance the reactions of the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Tsar, and the great nobles in the court, the Ming Dynasty was actually dealing with this conflict between the two countries that was personally provoked by the Ming Dynasty earlier than they did.
Therefore, Assistant Minister Zhu Xieyuan also mentioned in the Privy Council meeting that he would continue to compete with the Rakshasa Kingdom for interests in Siberia.
At the same time, after Mao Wenlong occupied the city of Yakutsk, he swept through several cities built by the Rakshasa people. In mid-August, after leaving more than 500 people in Yakutsk and nearby cities, He personally took 500 people back to Huo City, which was built by the Ming Dynasty in the Okhotsk area in later generations.
According to the order, Zhang Pan, the chief instructor of the Beishandu Command and Envoy and the Left Chief Envoy who was stationed in Yakutsk, became the military and political officer of the Ming Dynasty here.
According to Zhu Youxiao's edict, Zhang Pan needed to establish the Ming Dynasty's ruling system here with his more than 500 Ming officers and soldiers.
The first is to establish a tax system and a trading system. The Ming Dynasty came to Yakutsk this time and hired a group of indigenous people as a missionary team, allowing them to use their advantages of being of the same race to declare the Ming Dynasty's policies to these original inhabitants.
When the Ming Dynasty, the original inhabitants here, paid much lower taxes than the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the Ming Dynasty did not enslave them, but only made transactions with them, and the taxes collected were only used to protect their safety, educate them, and get them out of trouble, But he was also very willing to accept the rule of Ming Dynasty.
Although they did not truly believe that the Ming Dynasty collected their physical taxes in order to have money to protect them and help them, they had to admit that the Ming Dynasty was indeed much more civilized than the Rakshasa Kingdom. At least it did not restrict their freedom of labor and did not forcibly abduct them. Their women and children were made slaves.
Secondly, according to Zhu Youxiao's request, some cultural symbols should be used to show that this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
According to the decree, Zhang Pan will perform rituals of worshiping heaven and earth here, just like Huo Qubing sealed the wolf to live in Xushan in history, and use some Chinese etiquette to influence the local people and let the original residents here see what the great China is. The gift.
Of course, this is not enough. Zhang Pan also wants to erect a monument here to record this matter, so as to show that this place has been owned by the Ming Dynasty and give future generations a place to look up to.
In addition, according to the edict, Zhang Pan also erected statues of Emperors Yan and Huang and Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Ming Dynasty here.
The former is the ancestor of China, and the latter is the current master of Ming Dynasty.
It declares that this is the land of China and the land of Ming Dynasty.
As a symbol of Chinese heritage.
In addition, it is the construction of the Memorial Hall of Outstanding Chinese Figures and the Confucian School.
The former is to popularize Chinese culture, and the latter is to spread Confucianism, both of which are to transform the primitive residents and serve as the base of Chineseization for these primitive residents.
These projects naturally require the participation of original inhabitants in their construction.
However, the Ming Dynasty is now more civilized. In order to ensure the increase in the income of these primitive residents and promote the development of the Ming Dynasty's commodity economy, workers are paid when they are hired, and the salary income is directly related to labor efficiency.
Now, the original residents of Yakutsk were not directly captured by the Ming army for work, but were hired to build corresponding projects.
These original inhabitants were not active at first because they did not realize that this could bring them income, and they had no sense of money. After all, many of them made a living by fishing and hunting and had no sense of trading.
It wasn't until the first batch of merchants from the Ming Dynasty came here with their goods and asked to only accept Ming Dynasty silver coins for trade that they realized that the silver coins earned from working could be exchanged for many high-quality and cheap goods, many of which they had never seen before. of.
As a result, the number of primitive residents who were willing to work began to increase. These people also began to be affected by the commercial civilization of the Ming Dynasty, and gradually accepted the rule of the Ming Dynasty from their hearts, and gradually began to identify with the culture of the Ming Dynasty unconsciously.
When the statues of Emperors Yan and Huang and Zhu Youxiao were erected, these people really began to kneel down and worship these people like gods.
After all, they have to admit that their quality of life has indeed improved since the Ming people came, because they can already exchange for many goods through their own labor.
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