Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

"Yes." Zuo Zongtang was confused, not knowing why the emperor suddenly mentioned this.

Guan Xuqing ignored Zuo Zongtang's bewildered eyes, and continued: "It's hard to imagine how a country whose tariffs are still controlled by other countries can develop and become strong, not to mention such a large amount of fiscal revenue, what about such low tariffs?" Protect our own national industry. Even if it’s just for tariffs, there will be a war between China and Great Britain.”

Zuo Zongtang finally understood that the emperor wanted to fight Britain.But now Russia is harassing my frontier!

"What the emperor said is very true, but now that Russia is harassing our frontiers, and Britain has not done anything wrong, how can we start a war with Britain?"

"Hahaha, Zong Tang. Didn't you just say that the competition between Russia and Britain in Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan is quite fierce? There is an old saying: the enemy of an enemy is a friend. If you want to defeat Britain, you must unite with Russia. However, Russia Just like a jackal, if you want to cooperate with him, you must first destroy his wolf ambition. Only when you hurt your opponent can you attract the attention of your opponent. Before that, even if you put the best conditions, you will only be regarded as It's cowardly. Only wolves can communicate with wolves, and there is no possibility of dialogue between wolves and sheep."

Zuo Zongtang finally cleared the clouds and saw the blue sky, and said excitedly: "The veteran thinks that how to grasp the scale of the conflict is the key, so that Russia can realize the strength of our Qing Dynasty, and it will not turn into a large-scale war. Lay the foundation for future cooperation!"

Guan Xuqing looked at Zuo Zongtang with satisfaction. A conversation between a smart person and a smart person sometimes only needs a look.As Zuo Zongtang grew older, he was no longer the fiery old man Guan Xuqing had when he first met him.

"That's right, let the Nie Shicheng troops stationed in Mongolia not only have to guard the thousands of kilometers of border, but also cannot cross the border to pursue the enemy. I also know that this is tantamount to tying their hands and feet, but there is no difficulty, there is no tempering. As the saying goes "The edge of a sword comes from sharpening", and I am forging a peerless sword now." Guan Xuqing said with firm confidence in his eyes.

"I know, I'm going to the Ministry of War to issue an order to Nie Shicheng."

"Well, let's go."

After Zuo Zongtang left, Guan Xuqing walked alone to a 1:2000000 world map hanging on the wall.Looking at Russia on the head of the Qing Dynasty, Russia is the most barbaric and greedy among Western countries, and the Tsarist Russian royal family who controls it also has an almost crazy desire to expand its territory. In 1861, Russia took advantage of China’s failure in the Second Opium War to force China to recognize the legitimacy of the Treaty of Aihui, ceded the land east of Heilongjiang and north of Ussuri River, and inexplicably proposed to re-identify China and Russia Northwest border.In fact, the "Nerchinsk Treaty" signed as early as the Kangxi period clearly stipulated that China and Russia took the Sayan Mountains as the northern border, but Russia used the name of exploring the northwest border to divide the south and east of Balkhash Lake. The land of 44 square kilometers and the land of 17 square kilometers in the entire Tangnu Wulianghai were allocated to the Russian side. In addition to the land north of Heilongjiang and east of the Ussuri River, more than 20 million people were lost in just over 150 years. Square kilometers of land is equivalent to the area of ​​four Japan.If you continue to let things go, you will only lose more land.

But now is not the time to start a war with Russia.The current Qing Dynasty is still unable to compete with Russia, which has more than 2000 million square kilometers of land and more than 200 million standing troops.The Qing Dynasty needs time to become strong, and Russia will inevitably grow old because of its own shortcomings. One day, there will be a big war between the two countries with serious land plots.

But before that, Guan Xuqing didn't intend to provoke Russia, and now his eyes were fixed on the emerald country in southwest China, Myanmar.Myanmar has been a vassal state of China as early as the Qianlong period, but historically in 1886, that is, next year, Britain launched the third Burma war, turning Myanmar into part of the British Indian colony.Guan Xuqing will never allow such a thing to happen again, not to mention that Myanmar is also tied to Guan Xuqing's dream of entering the Indian Ocean.

Mahan said in "Sea Power", "Whoever controls the Indian Ocean will control Asia. The Indian Ocean is the gateway to the seven oceans, and the fate of the world in the 7st century will be decided in the Indian Ocean." In fact, his words are in It came true in the 21th century.Shipping lanes to the Gulf, where more than half of the world's oil is buried, are seen as a country's lifeline.And if China wants to participate in the game of the world's largest colony in Africa, it must also have access to the Indian Ocean.

China's current ports are all located along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To enter the Indian Ocean, it must pass through the Strait of Malacca. After the British exchanged colonies with the Netherlands in 1819, they occupied Malaysia and Singapore, which is equivalent to controlling the Strait of Malacca.That is to say, in the event of a conflict between China and the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom can close China's gate to the Indian Ocean at any time.

History has changed, and now even Guan Xuqing himself can't predict what the world will turn into in the end, so Guan Xuqing can only try his best to fight for the best situation for the Qing Dynasty.If the British were allowed to annex Myanmar, the British would build up a thick line from the Pamirs in the north to the Malay Peninsula in the south, and the three southwestern provinces of China would be completely exposed to the British.Historically, even though the Himalayas were several thousand meters high, the British still cut off 9 square kilometers of land in Tibet, but did not encroach on the southwestern part of China because it was designated as a sphere of influence by France, and the power of the two countries was between A delicate balance has been reached here, but now this balance has been broken by Guan Xuqing himself. He has expelled all French influence on the Indochina Peninsula. After Britain occupies Burma, it will be able to enter Southwest China without any scruples.Therefore, regardless of whether there is a war in Burma or no war, China will face the British empire on which the sun never sets. If there is a war, the flames of war will burn outside the country.

Rather than sit and wait to die, it is better to fight to the death.

But if you fight to the death, you have to judge the situation. Blind fighting is definitely not the opponent of the empire on which the sun never sets.Beginning with the victory over Spain's "Invincible Fleet" in 1588, Britain experienced three centuries of overseas colonial expansion, especially after the Industrial Revolution. In the middle of the 3th century, when Queen Victoria reigned, Britain's national power finally reached its peak.By 19, its industrial capacity was equivalent to 1860% - 40% of the world's, alone accounted for 45/1 of the world's commercial volume and 5% of the world's manufactured trade volume, and more than 40/1 of the world's merchant ships were flying on the topmast. The Mi Ziqi...an unprecedentedly large colonial empire is presented in front of the eyes of the world——"North America and Russia are our granaries; Canada and the Baltic Sea coast are our forest farms; Australia and West Asia have our pastures; Argentina and North America have our pastures. The fields are our cattle, and Spain and France are our vineyards; the Mediterranean is our orchard; we have long possessed the cotton fields of the American South, and are now extending it to all the warm regions of the globe..."

Lions Wake Chapter 73 Draft

To play against such a giant, one must fight wits and courage with him.To unite all forces that can be united, it is obvious that Russia, which has conflicts of interest with many British colonies, is the best candidate.At this time, if you hurt him and offer some preferential terms, you should be able to win over this giant to fight against Britain with you.

Guan Xuqing was staring at the map in a daze when Wang Shang hurried in.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, all the beautiful women in the Summer Palace have arrived. I want the Emperor to choose in person." Wang Shang said while smiling like a flower.

I really don't know a eunuch, why are you so excited about this kind of thing?

"Understood, let's drive to the Summer Palace." Guan Xuqing turned around and walked out.

In the Summer Palace, a group of eunuchs were maintaining order.Shouted: "Go, drive over there. Girls line up."

"Go inside, don't stand there, the emperor will come soon."

The girls who passed the primary selection lined up neatly and walked towards the Hall of Tihe in the imperial garden.

There is a pavilion by the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace. There is a row of colorful sheds on the platform, and huge red candles are lit. The hall is brightly lit and festive. There is a brocade box with very exquisite workmanship. In the brocade box in the middle is a gold inlaid jade ruyi. The brocade boxes on both sides each contain a pair of red satin purses embroidered with exquisite cross-necked mandarin duck patterns.Princess Gu Lun, Prince Jin, Fujin, Prince Gong, Prince Fujin, and Baylor were all sitting at the long table. The Hanlin editors in the South Study Room had already drawn up a congratulatory edict, and all the ministers of military aircraft were waiting at the military aircraft.

"The emperor is here." A little eunuch screamed.

After getting off the sedan chair, Guan Xuqing hurried to the long table. He had never even seen this kind of talent show on TV in his previous life.How to choose this?

"Good luck, Your Majesty." Everyone fell to the ground.

"Flat body."

"Your Majesty, sit next to me. My sister will choose a good one for you!" Princess Gu Lun still had her usual hippie smile.

"Oh, don't I need to go down to see? I can't see clearly from such a distance." Guan Xuqing asked doubtfully.

"Your Majesty is a daughter of gold, how can you go down and see them? Wait a while, they will come up one by one and come to the Emperor. There are number plates on their waists, the Emperor just needs to remember the number on the plate." Princess Gu Lun said.

"Your Majesty, this Ruyi is for the queen. These two purses are for a concubine." Prince Jin explained.

"What? Didn't we only choose the queen today?" Guan Xuqing looked puzzled.

"The emperor will choose one empress and two concubines for the first time in the draft, and he will be able to draft again every year." Prince Jin said patiently.

"Since you have chosen, let's choose a few more this year. Isn't it bothersome to choose every year?" He said to Wang Shang behind him, "Go and prepare a few more purses for me, I will choose a few more concubines today. "

Prince Jin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Princess Gu Lun's loud cry: "Your Majesty, look, look, those girls are coming over."

At this time, Guan Xuqing was sitting in front of the stage, and the beautifully dressed girls reported their names and walked past him one at a time.Although every girl's heart is like a deer bumping around.But there was still no panic on the surface.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of this? He is tall and looks good." Gu Lun said.

"It's not bad, but the skin is too dark. Look at that face, it looks like it hasn't been washed all year round." Guan Xuqing frowned and said.

After hearing this, Gu Lun laughed loudly and said, "Look at what the emperor said."

At this time, two beautiful-looking women walked by Guan Xuqing. They were the two daughters of Jiangxi governor Dexin Nalan, sisters Qing and Lan.They were outstanding in appearance, and they walked around in front of Guan Xuqing with affectionate eyes, trying to attract the emperor's attention.

"Hey, the two girls of the emperor are really juicy." Gu Lun said loudly again.

"Well, these two are okay. Wang Shang wrote down their brands." Guan Xuqing looked at them while talking.

Another group of girls came over, and one of them stood out among the many beautiful girls.It's not because of her good looks, but because of her height which is higher than other girls.The girls in this draft are generally only between 13 and 15 years old, and there are really a few who have such a height.Guan Xuqing stared at the woman from afar.

After walking in and seeing clearly, Guan Xuqing froze.The shock it gave him was too great, his mouth opened wide in astonishment.leaf?Isn't this my girlfriend from my previous life?How come here?

Seeing the emperor's gaffe, Princess Gu Lun thought it was the young Chunxin who was ignorant.He hurriedly asked the eunuch to write down the girl's brand name, but he didn't take it to heart.Guan Xuqing was no longer interested in the next draft, he was eager to find out if the woman who just walked past was his girlfriend in his previous life, and whether he also traveled to this era like himself.

The draft is still going on, but Guan Xuqing is not in any mood anymore.After getting up, he said loudly: "It's almost there, the rest are too small. The long ones are not outstanding, so let's all kneel down."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The girls said.

The girls walked out of the Summer Palace under the leadership of the eunuch.

"Wang Shang, bring me the three women you just wrote down." Guan Xuqing said.

"twitter."

After a while, the three girls stood in front of Guan Xuqing together.

Guan Xuqing didn't hesitate, and directly handed Ruyi to the girl who looked like his girlfriend from his previous life.He threw the other two purses to the sisters Qing and Lan next to him.

When Guan Xuqing saw Ruyi, who continued to symbolize the identity of the queen, a panicked look flashed across his face, and he was already sure that she was not his girlfriend from his previous life.If it was his girlfriend from the previous life, he would definitely use that Ruyi as a weapon to attack him, "You still dare to marry you as a concubine, are you capable?"

It's a pity, but there is a hint of joy in the disappointment.It's not my girlfriend from the previous life, which made me excited for nothing.But luckily it wasn't, otherwise I still wouldn't be able to marry ten or eight.Oh!The draft is over? ?Damn it, why didn't I look at the other girls more.If it wasn't for announcing the end by myself, I really want those women who left not long ago to come back and have a look.

Soon, Guan Xuqing's marriage was settled like this.Weng Tongsu, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the University of the Wuying Temple, presented the pre-drawn congratulatory edict to Guan Xuqing, and saw that it read:... I have selected the daughter of the vice capital, Longduo, Erqiqi, Duanli Shuxian, to write Li Shuxian. for later.