mesbooks Chapter 276 Optimism is a good thing, but blind optimism is not
Chapter 276 Optimism is a good thing, but blind optimism is not
Kangxi also strongly agreed with his view.
After all, they are all kings, who doesn’t know the importance of heirs?
Thinking back to last year when he first heard Yinzhen's inner thoughts and knew that the crown prince had been appointed and deposed twice, and that the nine princes were fighting for the throne and the brothers were at war with each other, wasn't he furious and almost went crazy?
It's just that the problem lies within the organization. When you think about it carefully, we are all responsible.
It is impossible to examine it in detail.
The only way is to reconcile with each other, remember the lessons and resolutely not make the same mistakes again.
Like Tsewang Arabtan...
Then he would probably just take revenge, and spare no effort to do so until there was nothing left to do. By that time, the army led by Baoqing should have successfully cut off his retreat and trapped him, right?
Kangxi smiled, his eyes full of anticipation.
result……
It's like too much joy leads to sorrow.
The Eighteenth Prince was lost in thought when he looked up and saw his father and brothers laughing and toasting each other. The atmosphere at the banquet was so joyful that if you didn't know better, you would have thought that the army had completely conquered the Dzungar Khanate.
"Well!" The Third Prince smiled and took a sip of his glass: "Isn't this just a matter of time?"
Yin Xuan was shocked: "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"
"That's the Dzungar Khanate, the entire Western Region plus Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and other places! It's hard to kill them, not to mention the Russian Empire that's eyeing them covetously."
"I think even if victory is not far away, we should not let down our guard. We should be especially careful of the Russian Empire trying to take advantage of the conflict between the two countries and profit from it."
[No matter how poorly I study world history, I know that Peter the Great lived in the same period as Kangxi's father! He and Catherine II lived in the same period as Qianlong's nephew, and they were both very powerful. If I don't watch out, will I be bullied like in the original history?]
[The Treaty of Aihui ceded 600,000 square kilometers of land north of the Heilongjiang River and south of the Greater Khingan Range to Tsarist Russia.]
[The Treaty of Beijing, the Treaty of Northwest China, the Treaty of Ili and other unequal treaties, alone ceded 1.5 million square kilometers of land, almost as large as the entire Western Regions!]
[In addition to the land, there was also a huge indemnity. The Ili Treaty alone required the payment of 5 million taels of silver to Russia.]
The ceded territory was not much smaller than the entire Western Region, and the compensation was five million taels...
After hearing all these things, Kangxi felt dizzy and the princes were furious.
That is, they have experienced too many similar blows and have relevant experience. This is why they can suppress their anger and heartache without showing any signs.
After sending Yinzhen away, we held a secret meeting.
Kangxi was the first to slam the table: "How dare you, you bastard, insult the Qing Dynasty to this extent!"
"One million and a half square kilometers, almost as large as the Western Regions!" Just the mention of it made the prince extremely sad: "Damn it, the Russian Empire later became the world's largest territory. Did they steal it from the Qing Dynasty?"
The Thirteenth Prince gritted his teeth and said, "Need I say more? It seems that everything is just as Sister Kejing expected. That Tsarist Russia is one of the eight families!"
"That's good." The Fourth Prince smiled. "We have identified another enemy, and the direction of our efforts is clearer. If the Russian Empire doesn't come this time, it's fine. But if it does, we can tear up the Treaty of Nerchinsk."
"Take back the land that was given up before, and make all the unclear boundaries clear one by one!"
As for the Treaty of Nerchinsk, it did not cede any land, but only allocated to them some unowned land occupied by Tsarist Russia during the Ming Dynasty?
Ha ha.
The past was before and the present is now.
Ever since they learned that the land area of Central Plains would only account for the third largest in the world in a few hundred years, Kangxi and the other princes had been feeling uncomfortable.
Everything on the historical line cannot be changed. All they can do is start working hard now. Try to make the world like a chess game with new games. At least in this game, they can do the best they can.
and so……
The Fourth Prince, who knew the least about military affairs and had kept silent on this matter since Yinzhen's inner thoughts were exposed and the defeat at Tongbo, could not help but suggest: "Send more troops, Khan Ama!"
"While we are recovering the Western Regions in one fell swoop, we will also give Tsarist Russia a hard time. We will invalidate the Treaty of Nerchinsk and sign a new one, and we will also make them cede territory and pay compensation!"
Yeah.
The Thirteenth Prince actively agreed: "That's what it means. Give them what they have given you. Let's try to make them taste the pain that our Qing Dynasty has suffered in history."
Don’t you like to make others cede land and pay compensation?
Then just hand over some land and pay some compensation first!
As for what Yinzhen just said, how powerful is Peter the Great?
Kangxi said that at most he should be more careful and prudent and try his best to avoid underestimating the enemy.
We must fight.
After confirming that the old neighbor was one of the eight families, there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two parties.
It would be best if the Russian Empire didn't want to take advantage of the situation this time, otherwise...
Kangxi sneered and personally wrote a reply to the Fourteenth Emperor, telling him that if the Russian Empire did not make any move, then it would be fine, but if they dared to show up, they would be dealt a head-on blow.
Then let Lao Ba think of a way to write the national letter so that we can take the initiative.
Try to give people a good beating and make them unable to find fault with it.
On the other hand, he offered all kinds of compensation in the form of gold, silver, and jewelry, begging for forgiveness this time.
After receiving this urgent message from the Fourteenth Prince, he said:
I don't understand what made Khan so crazy. Myna only told him to be vigilant and beware of the Russian Empire taking advantage of the situation. But he wanted to drag them down and beat them up, and then ask them to pay compensation and apologize?
It's a bit fanciful indeed.
After reading the letter, the Eighth Prince understood: "Look at the iron-drawing and silver-hooked words of Khan Ama, and you can tell how angry he was at that time."
"It's a rare letter, but it didn't mention the war in the Western Region. Instead, it emphasized the bad neighbor. Apart from the fact that this neighbor is also one of the eight families and is on the number one revenge list, I can't think of any other reason."
pat!
The tenth prince's hand shook as he picked up the teacup to drink tea, and the teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces. He was unaware of it, and just stared at his eight-year-old brother: "My brother just complained that he didn't get the great achievement of beating Galdan Tsering to death, and now something even bigger has happened?"
"Hehe, God really treats us well!"
After laughing foolishly for a while, he said, "Since we have to drag another one into the water, we can't win this battle too quickly, nor can we win too easily, at least not on the surface. Even the snipe and the clam have to hold out for a while before the fisherman takes action, so we can't rush things."
Fourteenth Prince and others: ???
Optimism is a good thing, but blind optimism is not!
When Galdan Tsering was injured, Tsewang Arabtan went crazy. He wanted to send more troops, and he wanted to send all the elite troops to fight them to the death.
He has already sent out an express message of 800 miles to request the court to send more troops, and you are still dreaming of a quick victory?
Ah.