Li Junwei always likes to make various requests to Fazo. Then Fazo realized that the young imperial prince in front of him accepted himself as an envoy of the Ottoman Empire and placed him by his side, not just to solve the problem of fighting against Tsarist Russia. All the contradictions between the two countries he wanted to resolve seemed to the prince's opinion that the trade issue on the Indian Ocean coast was more important than the war against Tsarist Russia.

Fazo was not unhappy when faced with Li Junwei's complaints, but was willing to discuss these issues with him. Gradually, he found that the system of this country far away in the East was completely different from that of the Ottomans. Fazo was especially interested in the military system and tax system of the empire. Money and the army were the country. This was Fazo's understanding, and Li Junwei was also willing to know some things about the Ottoman from the Ottoman nobles.

However, not everyone can feel the relaxed and pleasant chat during the winter of the seventeenth year of the empire. At least Tsar Feodor, far away in Moscow, was not so pleasant.

Like most of his siblings, Tsar Fedor was weak and sickly since childhood. Although he had sepsis, his legs and feet were not quick, and although he could not get out of bed for half a year, Fedor still felt glad for a lot of time. At least he was still alive, and only a few of his dozen brothers and sisters survived. In addition to Peter's strongness, he also had a fool brother.

When Milokravsky walked into the Tsar's dormitory, he found that the information about one person he placed on the table was missing. The imperial courtiers Yakikov and Likhachev were moving in a huge shelf with a silk red cloth covering it. Miloslavsky came to report to the state affairs, but seeing this posture, he knew what the Tsar might have done today.

The last time the emperor left this dormitory was two months ago. His health was getting worse day by day. The last time it was the news of victory from Ijium that caused him to hold a state banquet to entertain his ministers.

"Your Majesty." Miloslavsky saw the Tsar being held back by his servants and bowed to the bed.

"Duke, you are here. Is there any news about the war in the content you want to report? If there is, report it. If not, it will be postponed this time. Let's discuss some other things." Fedor sat up, obviously a little weak, but he still waved to Grand Duke Miloslavsky.

Miloslavsky nodded slightly: "It is all about the division of land and serfs and hired farmers, and there is no war affairs."

"That's good, Grand Duke. It seems that the time is more than I imagined. If it involves the reform plan we have formulated, please consult Grand Duke Vasily, and report to me if there is a result." Fedor said.

Miloslavsky nodded, and Fealdo waved to the two imperial courtiers. The two pulled up the red silk cloth on the wooden frame. A huge map was revealed in front of Miloslavsky. This was a map of Russia, but the western and southern borders that were crucial to the empire were marked very sloppy, but the land west of the Ural Mountains was marked in detail. They also divided different blocks from east to west with different colors. Each block marked the time, and the color became darker the west. The earliest one was in 1640 AD, and the latest one was last year, which was marked on the northern part of the Kazakh Grassland and on the Ural River. Russia lost several small fortresses.

"In the past two months, I have been sorting out the news about Siberia and China, and let Yakikov and Likhachev find out all the information about the era of the late emperors, and then summarize the various falls and failures, and make this map. Grand Duke, you may not have thought that in the past forty years, we have lost so much land.

Not only the land, but the fur tax has been reduced from one quarter of the finance to one-seventh, which is incredible! Do you know, I didn’t make a map of this continent, because I wouldn’t help but mark China’s land and sphere of influence, but that would scare some timid people to death.” Fedor said with an ugly face.

Grand Duke Miloslavsky nodded slightly. He still remembers the first time he heard about China was at a dance, where his mistress and several noble ladies complained that they had not received good fur for two consecutive years. It was twenty-seven years ago. When he heard about Siberia, his successor Grand Duke assisted the emperor and listened to the representatives of Duma from Siberia talking about China's threat to Siberia. At that time, the Dumas and the emperor agreed that the Qing Dynasty established by the Tatars resisted those guys.

By the time he took over the State Council and became a trusted minister of the late emperor and looked at it from a global perspective, the Qing Dynasty established by the Tatars was already in decline and began to retreat to the grassland. Miloslavsky authorized several Siberian governors to use the Tatars to establish isolation belts with the newly emerging opponents, but refused to allocate a silver coin for Siberia. After several quarrels, he authorized to recruit more Cossacks.

The focus of fighting with Poland, dealing with the Cossack uprisings, and preventing the Crimean Tatars is the external focus, while suppressing the peasants and the Cossack uprisings internally and carrying out religious reforms is nothing more important than some of Siberia's nothing.

Until the Qing Dynasty was completely destroyed, Miloslavsky did not invest a penny in Siberia, and continued to cooperate with the Tatar exiled regime to drive more serfs and Cossacks to Siberia to strengthen their strength. It was the only support for Siberia. When Siberia's urgent request for help was constantly sent, both Miloslavsky and the Tsar realized that this could not be solved by sending a Cossack. On the border between Russia and China, there were cavalry counting tens of thousands of people everywhere.

"But we are thousands of miles away from them, and the Kazakh barbarians will teach them a lesson."

"They provoked the Turks, in the river, farther away than the Kazakhs."

These are all what the Tsar said at the Duma Conference. It was only two years since the closest remarks. In the spring of this year, the information brought back by merchants was that the Kazakh Khanate no longer existed. The grass that made Russians headache was full of Chinese cavalry holding golden dragon flags, and then there were depressed news.

The Cossacks of the Don River began to migrate eastward and fell into China's arms. Monks from Tibet appeared in the tribe of the Turguts. A prince from China occupied Xiao Yuzi, and no longer needed to send them to Shenjing for any negotiations. The Cossacks of the Ural River area refused to go to the Dnieper River. The Turguts withdrew the cavalry involved in the battle against Crimea, and they had a unilateral truce with Crimea. Those active on the border were no longer cavalry and slave captive teams, but caravans.

"Your Majesty, it's all my fault. Maybe I should pay attention to the threat from the East early." Miloslavsky whispered, his voice a little hoarse.

Fealdo shook his head slightly: "Duke, I have no intention of blaming you. If I need someone to be responsible for this matter, I will find you, but it is not yet that time. Most of you and I have many people in this country who really take the threat from thousands of miles away to heart. I still remember when I first ascended the throne, I was still a teenager. When I asked a grand duke about China's threat, the man told me that maybe it was a threat to drive the Swedes to Moscow.

But now they are already threatening. The Chinese cavalry appeared on the banks of the Ural River. I don’t know how many there are, but we know how many Kazakhs are. Some people once exclaimed that if the Kazakhs cannot maintain the division of the Kazakhs, there will be 100,000 cavalry rushing to the city of Moscow. Now this is going to come true."

Miloslavsky said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there is a large amount of slave trade in some eastern cities. Kazakh men are the main commodity. These people come from the grasslands. Many people buy them back as serfs to avoid my scrutiny. I sent someone to investigate. Although it is bad news in internal affairs, I got a good news from military affairs, that is, most of the Kazakh men were exiled or sold privately by the generals. There are no 100,000 Kazakh cavalry, Your Majesty."

"Oh! Grand Duke, this is the best news I have heard in half a year! There is nothing more pleasant than this." Feodor breathed a sigh of relief and said excitedly to Miloslavsky, and the two servants were also overjoyed.

Miloslavsky said: "But there is bad news that Black Mustafa expelled the diplomats we sent to Istanbul, and on the banks of the Dnieper, they killed many Cossacks and hung their heads by the river. The Ottomans have not been so tough for two years, and something must have happened!"

"If you don't want to talk, you can only start a war." said the Tsar. This was not his will but a Polish proverb. The Tsar learned Polish since he was a child and was very familiar with this near enemy.

The Tsar said: "Yakikv had a bad premonition. I thought he was thinking about it. After hearing your bad news, I felt that his premonition was about to come true."

"What?"

Yakikov said: "For Russia, the most dangerous thing is the enemy's union. What if China unites with the Ottomans? From the Dnieper River in the west and to Siberia in the east, we have a border line of thousands of miles in full. I originally thought it was just a bad premonition, but Mustafa, who had been in a truce for nearly two years, suddenly expressed his toughness. Grand Duke, this is definitely not good news."

"No, how could an Eastern country unite with the Ottomans so quickly? The land in the river and the Kazakh Khanate they had just destroyed were both vassals of the Ottomans." Miloslavsky said with a frown.

"At this time, I will not make any more optimistic judgments. I hope my country and my subjects have not. Isn't we been harmed by optimism enough in the past forty years?" Fedor said to Miloslavsky seriously.

"Maybe I should send someone to test the mission from China, who are still in Moscow," Miloslavsky said.

"Is that so? They have been here for a long time, maybe two years." The Tsar was puzzled.

"No, it's not that I've been here for a long time, but I've been stationed in Moscow. We once applied to me to ask for a piece of land outside Moscow City and build an embassy, ​​but I refused. But they rented half a street and contacted us while doing business. You want peace with the merchants, so I allow it." Miloslavsky explained carefully.

The Tsar nodded slightly. There must be bribery and transactions. But he no longer cared about it anymore. What he cared about was China's attitude. Fealdo thought for a while and said, "No, Grand Duke, let Yaqikv do this. Maybe I should meet the Chinese messenger. I heard that their emperor was also a young man, and we young men should have more common topics."

"If this is the case, I can arrange that just one month ago, they came with a new messenger named... Sorry, Your Majesty, the Chinese name is difficult to describe, and I can't remember it. This man is a descendant of the Tatars. His father followed the father of the Chinese emperor in the country to fight and was also the heir of a duke. At the same time, he also served as the personal bodyguard of the two emperors for many years." Miloslavsky said.

"Well, Yakikv, please bring him." said the Tsar. Seeing Miloslavsky hesitate, the Tsar said, "It's better to bring him now, and I will meet him with the Grand Duke."

Wu Yifeng was found in a yard in Moscow City. The one who slept with him was a charming Russian girl. When Yakikov saw that face, he chose to bow his head. He remembered that it was an earl's wife. He never thought that the strong man in front of him would seduce the recognized socialite in Moscow City so quickly.

"His Majesty the Tsar asks you to come, Mr. Messenger." Yaquikov said to Uyifeng solemnly.

"No, I have been to Moscow for a month. I have been looking for your Majesty to meet you, but he has left me for a month. Well, from now on, I will see him again in a month." Wu Yifeng said without hesitation in his pants.

Yakikov thought he had heard it wrong and said loudly: "Please be careful, it is His Majesty the Tsar who invites you!"

"I said it too, see him again in a month!" Biakickv, who answered by U Yifeng, was loudly speaking. He was in Polish, which is the official language in Russia now. I never thought that this guy would say, no wonder he could get out of the bed with the count's wife.

Yakikov said: "Emister, if you are angry, you will regret it."

"It's better to expel me. I really can't stand this dirty and boring city. You can only go back if you expel me." Wu Yifeng said loudly. He didn't want to spend the winter here.

"You must have suffered some grievances. Well, Mr. Messenger, please tell me what terms do you have. I believe the Tsar will solve it for you. It doesn't matter whether it is about Lord Miloslavsky." Yakikv said in thought of something.
Chapter completed!