Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Dog countryman?

Zhao Hu and Old Master Wang looked at each other.

The surprise in his eyes was so obvious.

The two of them slapped their thighs in unison...

The sun is right!

How come I forgot about this man in the army!

These people from the Dog Country live in the cold north.

Their hometown is much colder than here!

Dog people have a special way to resist the severe cold.

Especially the igloo, which can keep the indoor temperature around zero degrees!

The construction method of this thing is described in the military training manual issued by the emperor to the army.

Even after they were ordered to follow Gong Yonggu to Nurqian, it became a mandatory training subject in the military.

Your Majesty, the Emperor, has already considered how to deal with the extremely cold weather!

Zhao Hu hurriedly pulled the Dog Kingdom soldier and asked carefully:

"With the quality of our army, how long will it take for a team of soldiers to build an igloo like yours with all their strength?"

The igloo cannot be built too big. There are exactly 12 people in a team including the leader.

If it is crowded, an igloo is barely enough.

After all, this is a life-saving means to deal with extreme weather. It is not a military camp, and it must be rational.

The sled dogs can provide a large source of calories to the soldiers.

"Um……

Our tools are much better than those of our tribe, so the efficiency will naturally be higher. "

The soldier thought for a while:

"If it is built on site near the river, it should be completed in two hours."

Old Master Wang was overjoyed and reached out to pat the dog soldier on the shoulder:

"Thanks for your hard work!"

The soldier's face was filled with an uncontrollable smile:

"Instructor, your words are serious. Your Majesty treats us, the people of the Dog Kingdom, just like the people of the Han family.

It is the responsibility of our dog country soldiers to serve His Majesty. "

Zhao Hu smiled and asked the soldiers to return to their sleigh.

He and Old Master Wang looked at each other, and they both said in unison:

"Hurry up!"

"go!"

"Keep going!"

Zhao Hu and Old Master Wang gave the order to set off.

……

Nerchinsk.

Since the Mongol Empire was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, Tsarist Russia, which was originally a cycle of sons of sons of sons, lost control.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow, the predecessor of Tsarist Russia, was just a small village in the 12th century.

In the Mongol era, absolutely no one knew about the Grand Duchy of Moscow!

In fact, no one even knows about this so-called "country" even the Basiha people who are specially used to collect taxes in the Mongolian Empire!

(The Basiha system was the garrison system of the Ming Dynasty—that is, officials were dispatched to local areas to enforce tax collection and other rights.)

In 1147, Yuri Dolgoruky built a small courtyard with wood on a mountain near today's Kremlin.

This is where Moscow comes from.

Later, wooden courtyards were gradually built on the six surrounding hills with the first courtyard as the center.

These seven small wooden courtyards are the original form of the Principality of Moscow.

At best, it can barely be regarded as a village.

At that time, no one thought that such a little person would become the "fighting nation" in later generations...

Maozi's ambition for territorial expansion has been evident since the establishment of Moscow.

After the Mongolian Western Expedition, due to the superior geographical location, the area around Moscow gradually became a cargo distribution center.

Moscow, as a local leader, is also gradually becoming rich through official actions.

During the period when the Basiha policy of the Mongol Empire was maintained, officials were appointed to directly rule this place.

With the support of policies, the area around Moscow has become increasingly important.

A rising tide lifts all boats, and Moscow has gradually accumulated strength.

Later, with the establishment of Mongol rule in the Central Plains (Yuan Dynasty), the Mongol Empire split.

Moscow belongs to the Golden Horde, one of the four khanates - subordinates, subordinates, subordinates...

During this period, the Four Khanates lost the support of the central government and their local rule gradually declined.

In the face of endless resistance, they had no choice but to cooperate with local powerful people.

The Basiha system was gradually banned.

After the central government's right to directly collect taxes was abolished, just like the Yuan Dynasty, the four major khanates began to implement the tax farming system.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow, with heavy bribes, obtained the right to collect taxes.

Until the thirteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Moscow was still similar to a guardian in China.

Maozi, who will be famous in later generations, at this time - is just a city the size of a village.

During the 200 years since its establishment, Moscow has always been an inconspicuous little thing.

By the fourteenth century, as the internal resistance within the Yuan Dynasty became more and more intense, the connection between the Yuan Dynasty and the Four Khanates was further weakened.

Without China's blood transfusion, the four khanates gradually began to perish.

The Golden Horde was naturally no exception.

At this time, Ivan I, then the principality of Moscow, seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation.

He bribed the Golden Horde with large sums of money, and with the help of the Mongolian power, he used the power of the fox as the tiger, and intimidated him from all sides. The Principality of Muscovy became the hegemon among the many principalities in Russia.

Later, it gradually annexed other principalities.

Especially during the reign of Grand Prince of Moscow Dmitry Donskoi.

From 1360 to 1380, in just 20 years, the Golden Horde changed 14 Khan kings as if they were watching a lantern.

There were internal divisions in the Golden Horde, internal fighting occurred one after another, and the national power was greatly reduced.

Dmitry Donskoi continued Moscow's established policy of bribing those in power in the Golden Horde with heavy sums of money.

Then he used the tiger skins of the Golden Horde to conquer cities and territories everywhere.

It laid a solid foundation for the expansion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

See the red dot inside the red circle? At that time, the Grand Duchy of Moscow could not even be shown on the map.

100 years ago, after Ivan IV Vasilyevich succeeded to the throne, he began drastic reforms.

In 1547, Ivan IV used various means to defeat his political opponents and move toward dictatorship.

The nobility became the ruling machine of the country.

That is, the feudal serfdom system that accompanied Tsarist Russia throughout his life.

From 1547 to 1552, Tsarist Russia destroyed the Kazan Khanate (also called the Kazan Siege) (one of the four subordinate countries of the Golden Horde Khanate flag of the four major khanates of the Mongol Empire) during the expedition.

This is a major turning point in Russian history!

This incident marked that from then on, the power of Tsarist Russia was stronger than the power of the khanates that split from the Golden Horde.

(After the mid-15th century, the Golden Horde officially split into several regimes:

Kazakh Khanate, Kazan Khanate, Crimean Khanate, Astrakhan Khanate, Siberian Khanate, Nogai Khanate, etc.)

The annexation of the Kazan Khanate cleared the way for Tsarist Russia to cross the Ural Mountains and annex the vast Siberia.

From 1554 to 1556, Ivan IV defeated and annexed the Astrakhan Khanate through a series of wars. (This was part of the Golden Horde.)

After another 100 years of continuous expansion, Tsarist Russia extended its tentacles into the Far East by exiling the losers of internal strife.