Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Lansing was overjoyed and said, "It's like this. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich relied heavily on his teacher Morozov. Under the auspices of Morozov, the Duma passed a new salt tax decree. .

The purpose of this decree was to increase the treasury revenue of Tsarist Russia, and stipulated that high taxes be charged to salt merchants, and the tax rate was 1.3 times higher than the market price of salt.

The salt merchants in Moscow were dissatisfied with this decree, and riots had already occurred. They looted Morozov's house, killed the Duma secretary Kist and the imperial courtier Pleseyev.

This salt tax riot finally ended with Morozov being exiled, and the salt tax was restored to its original level. Morozov, who was recalled to Moshu again, no longer monopolized power.

At the same time Nikon, the abbot of the Kozeozersky Monastery near Arkhangelsk, went to Moscow and was received by Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich.

This Alexeisha is a devout Orthodox Christian, who arranges his diet and daily affairs and handles daily government affairs in strict accordance with the Orthodox canon.

Father Nikon gained his trust. According to the order of the tsar, he went to the Kremlin every Friday to discuss issues with the tsar. At first, it was just religious issues. Later, Father Nikon gradually began to discuss state affairs with the tsar.

In other words, all the decrees of Tsarist Russia are inseparable from this priest. As long as this person is controlled, it will definitely affect Tsar Alexei. "

While quickly recording everything Lansing said on the paper, Liu Xiaoyao hummed, and then continued: "Talk about the specific situation of Tsarist Russia, I want to know their general situation now. "

Lansing said: "Although the current Tsarist Russia has escaped from the era of chaos for 30 years, it is still sluggish and full of hidden dangers.

Externally, there is a powerful enemy in the north, Sweden, which occupies a large area of ​​land north of the Pskov-Novgorod line and along the Baltic Sea coast, and firmly controls the commercial routes leading to Europe;

To the west is the feuding Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, occupying a series of important towns headed by Smolensk, threatening Moscow at all times;

In the southwest is Ukraine, which belongs to Poland, and the Cossack cavalry on the Ukrainian steppe is also a serious threat to Moscow;

To the south is the Crimean Khanate, a Turkish vassal state that has invaded Russia countless times for hundreds of years; only the Don Cossacks on the southern grasslands obey Moscow but are still independent of Tsarist Russia.

In addition, Khmelnytsky has formally submitted a request to Tsar Alexei, asking him to agree to incorporate Eastern Ukraine, centered on Zabarozhye, into Russian territory. "

Liu Xiaoyao was a little stunned for a moment—the spicy chicken tsar who couldn't even handle businessmen in his own country, and someone gave him land?The donkey kicked the head, didn't it?

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Chapter 7: Shelling, shelling!

It’s not that Liu Xiaoyao has never seen people who are rushing to give land to others. If you look closer, there are Myanmar, and if you say farther, there are Ryukyu and North Korea. No wonder.

But looking at the entire history, all requests for enclosing are basically the time when the Central Plains Dynasty was at its peak and oppressive. When the Central Plains Dynasty was in decline, no one was seen enclosing it. Only the flames at the border and the people crying .

Even North Korea, which had already been attached, was only attached when Daming was about to kill Jiannu completely. When Daming and Jiannu were fighting to death earlier, why didn't they ask for it to be attached?

Tsarist Russia and the barbarians of the Cossacks invented a new way of playing - before Tsarist Russia understood it, the scumbags in Eastern Ukraine ran to ask for inclusion?

The barbarians really know how to play - even though he was used to all kinds of messy tricks in Jinyiwei, Liu Xiaoyao had to express his admiration to these barbarians.

But before Liu Xiaoyao passed on the news, Alec Cobham, who came immediately after Lansing, brought another news——Nigel Eyre, one of the seventeen gentlemen of the East India Company. Liss, his eldest son, was arrested in Ireland on charges of arms trafficking.

Before Liu Xiaoyao could fully react, Lansing exclaimed, "That's impossible! The British are crazy! They're just framing them. Little Ellis isn't in charge of the arms business at all!"

Liu Xiaoyao asked in bewilderment, "What the hell is going on with this little Ellis?"

After sorting out his thoughts, Lansing said: "Little Ellis is the eldest son of old Ellis, and the first heir of the Ellis family in the future. Now that old Ellis is old, most of the business It was all handed over to little Ellis.

Little Ellis took over the refined iron business that Ellis was in charge of, and his profits have increased by a full [-]% compared to before. It can be said that he is a major contributor to the entire East India Company.Unexpectedly, now those british guys have blatantly tied up little Ellis. "

Liu Xiaoyao was still a little confused: "What are these English savages trying to do? It's useless to catch a little Ellis alone, right?"

Lansing shook his head and said: "It's not useless at all. According to the rules since ancient times, they caught little Ellis and arranged charges for him, so the Ellis family can only choose to let little Ellis Lisi accepts their trial, or pays a certain amount of ransom to redeem people.”

Liu Xiaoyao nodded and said, "Then how will old Ellis make a decision? Since we all know the news, then old Ellis must have gotten the news earlier than us. I don't know how he will make a decision? "

Alec Cobham said: "Old Ellis decided to give in and pay the fine. I hope little Ellis can come back safely."

After finishing speaking, Cobham continued: "However, I can understand the mood of old Ellis. After all, among his sons, little Ellis is the most up-to-date one. Compared with little Ellis, it is really too far behind, and as for his illegitimate children, there is no hope at all."

After Liu Xiaoyao nodded, he planned to ignore this matter.

Even if something happened to Cohen's son, he would still have a headache. As for little Ellis and old Ellis, it has something to do with him?

But Cobham clearly has something to say: "Those who were arrested by Little Ellis, there are also two businessmen from Ming Dynasty, and they will face the same charges as Little Ellis.

Now I have to ask the adults to make a decision, whether to pay the ransom to redeem the person?Or let them be directed?

Of course, now Ellis has decided to pay the ransom, so the ransom of the two Ming businessmen can also be borne by Old Ellis, presumably he is also very happy. "

Liu Xiaoyao's face immediately changed.

Liu Xiaoyao will never forget the words that Emperor Chongzhen said when he rescued him: "I am late!"

Just such a sentence, Liu Xiaoyao intends to sell himself, including the lives of his descendants and grandchildren, to Emperor Chongzhen, because following such an emperor, he feels at ease!

Hehe sneered, Liu Xiaoyao opened the drawer in front of him, took out a booklet, and said, "Little Ellis' full name, time of birth, place of birth, detailed names of parents, and what he looks like, tell me all of them." Captain of the school."

Cobham finished talking about the situation of little Ellis one by one, and Liu Xiaoyao quickly wrote something on the pamphlet. After finishing writing, he sneered and said, "Go tell old Ellis, just Said that his son's affairs are now out of his control.

If his family has too many silver coins to spend, he can use them to do good deeds, or donate the silver coins to the Son of Heaven, these are his freedom.

The captain of the school guarantees that not a single hair of his son will be lost, because from this moment on, his son Ellis has legally owned Daming's household registration.

Of course, the rest of the Ellis family couldn't obtain the Daming household registration, because this incident involved a businessman from Daming, so it was a special case, only this time, not an example. "

After Cobham took down Liu Xiaoyao's order and left in a hurry, Liu Xiaoyao wrote the information with a cold face—it doesn't matter to little Ellis, the businessman of Ming Dynasty is involved, this matter is absolutely impossible Finished.

The speed of the carrier pigeons was very fast, coupled with the fact that the merchant ships of the East India Company had two lines to transmit the news, within a few days, Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, received the information.

Liu Wenbing, who had just received the information, almost jumped up from the deck chair—finally he didn't have to continue basking in the sun here as a salted fish!

He is his mother!This damned Osman has been working as a supervisor since he came here, except for digging the river, he still digs the river, until the river is dug, he still wants to stay here?

Where did that cousin go?Is that how you treat your cousin?Could it be that my cousin deserves to die?

Well now, those English savages are courting their own death, it’s not me who framed you, right?All the generals came to your door, if I don't accept it, wouldn't it hurt your heart?

After calling his confidant, Liu Wenbing directly ordered: "Notify the squadron of the South China Sea Fleet stationed in the Suez Canal, and start to enter the combat readiness immediately, and send a message to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, saying that the situation is urgent, and this Marquis will personally lead the troops to expedition .

In addition, let the secretary in charge inform Motley, the consul of Cairo, that this incident was first provoked by the barbarians in England. The Marquis had no choice but to use the canal waterway to go out, and the taxes that need to be paid, etc., and I will talk to him after the Marquis returns. settlement. "

After giving a series of orders, Liu Wenbing took the rest of his confidantes and hurried to a squadron of the South China Sea Fleet left behind as an escort in the Suez Canal.

According to the usual practice of the surface fleet, the commander of the squadron is Qianhujiang Navy, because the size of a fleet is far from the size of a Qianhusuo, but the commander has the rank of Qianhu.

After Jiang Haijun read the information that Liu Wenbing handed over, he was about to burst into tears: "Since Lord Hou is going to lead an expedition, it's nothing to say, and the humble job will follow all the way!"

Jiang Haijun never dreamed that he would get such a good thing. The reason why Zheng Zhilong left his squadron in the Suez Canal was firstly for escort, secondly for emergency needs, and more Intimidate other countries to ensure the safety of Ming people.

But after staying in the Suez Canal for a long time, Jiang Haijun, who was almost rusty, didn't find any chance of fighting. It seemed that all the barbarians were very good?

Now he finally jumped out and took the initiative to seek death. If he didn't follow Xin Lehou to kill these savages, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself until he died!