Alexei returned to Moscow and made a special trip back from the Minsk frontline.

Since he "taken power" at the age of 18, he has personally led the army to carry out the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom in the west.

After several major wars, although there were wins and losses, in the context of the empire's eastward strategy, concentrating resources to the west and eroding the territory of the Polish Kingdom was a established strategy. As for the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, after taking over St. Petersburg, the empire did not have enough power to provoke the Swedes, and could only accumulate strength to wait for the future.

Historically, the first division between Russia and Sweden and Poland is about to begin.

Before he returned from the Minsk front, he asked the Duke of Grigori Romodanovsky (hereinafter referred to as Grigori) to command the Russian troops in the Minsk region. At this time, the Russian troops had occupied most of Minsk and ransacked Minsk. The Swedes also took advantage of the situation to invade Lithuania's Baltic coastal areas, and the Polish-Lithuanian alliance was about to disappear.

After returning to Moscow, Alexey prescribed a fast for three days in the Assumption Cathedral of Our Lady, "to cleanse the dirt on the soul caused by the war with the lowly Lithuanians." During those three days, he spent most of his time praying.

On this day, his ordination minister and intelligence chief Salticov reported to him a piece of news.

"The people of Daxia are coming soon!"

Golden Hall.

Alexey, 22 years old this year, is different from his father, Mikhail, who often appears in front of the world as a weak and sickly image. He is tall and strong (1.83 meters) and is good at hunting. He has two hundred falcons of different breeds from the Caucasus, Siberia, Arctic, and Scandinavian, and three hundred eagle slaves who specialize in serving falcons.

He also spent a lot of money to invite up to two thousand officers from England, France, the Netherlands and Germany from captains to generals, and three hundred were directly with him. The leader was Samuel Collins, an Englishman, who was a colonel and also served as his imperial physician. Of course, Collins had no special means except for using a knife baked on candles to treat the Tsar with bloodletting.

(Samuel Collins, real person)

But the young and strong Alexey seemed to enjoy the brief dizziness brought to him by the bloodletting treatment, because at that moment he seemed to be with God.

In addition to hunting, he was proficient in artillery and was also very knowledgeable about Taoism. Some later generations said that his son Peter the Great was just a copy or enhanced version of him.

After experiencing the war with the Poles and Swedes, as the real founder of the great Romanov dynasty in later generations, he quickly realized that the Daxia people in the east were his real enemy, and the Swedes were already very powerful in his eyes. However, compared with the Swedes, the Daxia people were the most terrible existence, especially when Salticov reported to him that the Daxia people used the "black, panting, black smoke, and a rough voice, long and long, with a carriage full of ore-filled ore walking freely on the ground."

"A terrible country"

Alexey was a real Tsar who "opened his eyes to see the West". He used a large number of craftsmen, soldiers, doctors from Western Europe, and kept in touch with Jerusalem and Rome, and knew the power of the "Western". However, after he led the army to Minsk and fought with the Polish army ranked among the top in the European continent at this time, he understood.

"The West is not a problem, the East is."

However, for him, Dongfang was too strong and could not be easily provoked until he did not have enough strength.

"For Russia, the east is a black bear weighing a ton, while in the west is a moose of the same ton."

This is the judgment of the young tsar. This tsar, who was not significant in Russian history, actually achieved extraordinary achievements and was deeply admired by the last Russian tsar, made the correct judgment.

Therefore, when he learned that the Daxia people's mission was about to arrive, he gave up leading the army that conquered Lithuania into the Arc de Triomphe of Moscow to welcome the cheers and worship of the citizens. Instead, he brought back a horse with three hundred foreign mercenaries and two hundred personal guards composed of the Boyar nobles.

At present, he was sitting in his father's position, holding the steel scepter that symbolized the power of the former Liurik dynasty. Ivan Thunder Emperor used it to kill his son - a scepter that made the current Moscow powerful people frightened. He had only ascended the throne for several years, but the nobles who died under this scepter had reached twenty eagle slaves!

(If the Romanov dynasty and the Liuric dynasty are maternal, they are actually the same dynasty, but if they are just paternal lines, they are two dynasties)

Even so, he still firmly controlled the fate of the empire. Yes, now he can directly call the empire. Not long ago, the Christian Patriarch Paseos from Jerusalem called him "King David, Constantine the Great, and New Moses."

With this title, in an instant, he actually had the intention of launching a jihad and defeating the Catholic Church and the Tianfang Church. Of course, it goes without saying that Russia's current strength could not be done. As a result, the two nobles who died in the "Thunder Emperor Steel Staff" replaced the jihad impulse, allowing him to rest for the time being.

Under the empty golden hall, except for Alexei, who was sitting high, all the important officials around him were listed one by one. Due to the emergence of the Great Xia Kingdom, the two important officials around him, Molozov and Nikon, were sent to Arkhangelsk and the other to Siberia. Otherwise, if these two people continued to stay in Moscow, Alexei would definitely not have the energy to free up his hands to deal with Poland.

Dmitry Messelsky, fifty years old, Daboyal, mayor of Moscow;

Miroslasky, forty-six years old, the Tsar's father-in-law, deputy mayor of Moscow, and tax officer;

Ivan Salticov, fifty-one years old, Ordnance Arkans and Intelligence Manager, the Tsar's uncle, Grand Duke Samara;

Bogdan Hitrovo, thirty years old, Boyal, the favorite minister of the Tsar and the Minister of the Interior;

Nikita Trubetskoy, Daboyal, Speaker of the Noble Parliament, forty;

Ivan Howansky, Boyal, thirty years old, the cousin of the Tsar, and the commander of the new Moscow army;

These people sat half-sitting in fear. In this hall, after the Tsar took office, there were several nobles of all sizes and big and small under the steel scepter in his hand. Not to mention anything else, the Tsar's father-in-law had experienced the blow of the scepter with the "Wrath of the Thunder Emperor".

In fact, in addition to these people, the empire also set up four governor-general areas in the northwest, west, east and south of the country. To the northwest, it was next to Sweden, and was served as governor-general and army commander by Novgorod Grand Duke Yuri Romodanovsky.

Ximen, as I said just now, Gregory, the Governor of Minsk and another Grigori from the Romodanovsky family served as the commander.

To the south, Nikita, the uncle of the Tsar, served as the governor and commander.

To the east, Siberia was served as governor, chief of the Tsar's religious teacher Nikon.

"Burn them to death! Use your steel rod!"

Bogdan Hitrovo, the favorite minister of the Tsar, had the title of "Whisperer", which means that he often said involuntarily in public, cursing all the messages he thought were obliged to convey to the Tsar. At present, he had an outstanding position in the palace. He was only thirty years old and was already above all the ministers. He had an imitation of the small steel rod, and even the infamous Salticov had learned the power of his steel rod.

(Have you seen the Lord of the Rings? Hitrovo is the "Guru" who often mutters to himself)

The tall and strong Tsar heard Hitrovo's murmur. He did not care about his disrespect, but asked, "According to your wishes, arrest all the missions of the Daxia people? But why do you burn them and beat them to death? Instead of throwing them into the cold Moscow River?"

Upon hearing this, several of them quickly pulled their clothes tightly. Several of them were thrown into the Moscow River by His Majesty the Tsar in the middle of winter and then fished them up. When they thought of the biting cold, these people naturally shivered involuntarily.

Hitrovo did not stand up, but continued to roar: "They are all pagans! Of course they will be burned to death! Ivan's steel rod is powered by Satan, and it is just right to deal with them!"

"No!"

Salticov stood up, shook his black robe, revealing the black robe with velvet inside. He happened to sit next to Hitrovo. When the whisperer heard this, he couldn't help but be furious. He picked up the small steel stick beside him and was about to hit Salticov.

At this time, the tall Tsar, wearing a three-color wool cloak of gold, red and white, ran down from the throne. He hit Hitrovo's face with the authentic steel rod passed down from Ivan's Thunder. Hitrovo's face suddenly burst into flesh and blood.

"Damn Bogdan", the Tsar continued to point at Hitrovo with his Ivan steel rod and said, "If you hit my minister with a steel rod in the hall, I will strip you naked and throw it into the ice hole!"

"Alexey!"

This was the first time that his favorite minister Hitrovo was beaten, which was very rare. He also jumped up and shouted the name of the Tsar.

"Collins!"

The Tsar also called out another person's name, which was the name of the Tsar's personal guard leader and imperial physician from the countryside of London, England. When he called out this name, there was only one meaning, and his guards would rush out from the dark to fulfill the commands of His Majesty the Tsar.

Collins appeared, a forty-year-old soldier wearing a red military uniform and a triangle hat. There were two people beside him, and everyone was a little confused. These three people didn't just appear suddenly in the hall from somewhere.

Seeing this, Hitrovo surrendered rarely. He crawled on the Tsar's boots and kept kissing, and naturally continued to mutter to himself.

"Alexei, Mikhainovic, my dear baby"

The sound was very small, only the Tsar could hear it, but Salticov, who was close to it, still understood it. When the Tsar heard it, his anger disappeared completely.

"Sit down, stop talking today, Ivan, keep talking"

Salticov nodded and continued, "I have been in Siberia for five years, God, five years... Ahem, my Majesty, that is a powerful kingdom, and there are only five legions in the territory they call the Governor General of Ansi and the newly obtained from the Crimeans."

"Your Majesty, do you know how many people there are in their legion? God, there are 12,000 people! Among them, there are 9,000 cavalrymen and nearly 4,000 infantrymen! This is more than 60,000 people! And our country..."

Salticov secretly looked at the Tsar, and saw that there was still no expression on his face, he continued: "The total number of new troops was only 50,000, plus 10,000 cavalry, and a total of 60,000. Of course, if those lowly spearmen were added together, the total number could reach 200,000, Your Majesty..."

Alexey returned to the high seat and seemed not to hear Salticov's slightly exaggerated tone, but muttered to himself like his favorite Hitrovo.
Chapter completed!