Regarding the European issue, Zhao Xin's idea was to mess up the water. Compared with Louis XVI's life and death, he cared more about the fact that the British could not dominate the South Asian subcontinent. Let the Qing Dynasty annex Gurkha, force them to enter the South Asian subcontinent, and provide support to the French East India Company, which is the essence of causing trouble for the British.

Since the British East India Company obtained actual domination in Bangladesh in 1785, it has become an ordinary commercial company, but has become a ruling institution with vast territory and powerful forces in the Indian region.

You should know that from the 18th to the 19th century was an adventurous and radical and violent era. The British were unwilling to share India with the French. Their goal was to dominate the Indian economy. The wars against the Mysore Kingdom and the Maratha people were proof of this. In this situation, the request for help in local governance gave Beihai Town the best excuse to intervene.

Zhao Xin’s intervention in India is to let Europeans understand that in the entire East and South Asia, there can only be one co-lord, so that your God can go to hell!

By the way, until the late 19th century, the word "Southeast Asia" did not exist. Europeans collectively referred to Southeast Asia and East Asia as "East", and referred to Siam and Myanmar as foreign India. In order to colonize Southeast Asia for a long time, European colonists have written a large number of "research works" since the early 19th century. In these books, they certainly described geography, climate, customs, products, language, etc. in detail, but the most important thing is that they distort or write off the ancient history of Southeast Asia. They described the indigenous culture of Southeast Asia and the culture deeply influenced by Chinese civilization as low-powered, naive and incompetent, and colonized white people here as moral responsibility - that is, the so-called "bearing of white people".

When Zhao Xin met Peter, he told him that the number of troops dispatched by Beihai Town would be 1,500, of which 1,000 would stay in the local governance, and 500 would go to France with the ship. This news really made Peter mixed. What was happy was that with the help of the Cyris, the defense of local governance would definitely be solid; what was worried about was the arrival of the Cyris would bring to French India and the East Indies.

What surprised Peter was that Zhao Xin was very familiar with the current situation in India.

He told Peter that it was precisely because France did not support the Kingdom of Mysore, and that from weapons to training was not as good as the British, and they played "volunteers" at all times that led to the failure of Tipu Sultan. Once Tipu Sultan was finished, the descendants of those Hindu princes would rise, and no one would firmly fight against the British East India Company. The problem of the French at present is not only the lack of land power, but also the main reason for the navy's inability to compete with the British.

Peter deeply agreed with Zhao Xin's insights, but he was helpless. As far as he knew, Louis XVI's policies on the French East India Company changed, resulting in trade income being good and bad. In addition, the French only wanted to do trade locally in India and were not keen on land taxes and land taxes, so fiscal revenue could not support large-scale military operations.

In a word, hiring natives to train and arm them, and starting a war requires enough military expenditure, but the king invested all his money on the North American continent, so he had no mind to take care of India.

Later, the two talked about the situation in France and the safety of the king. Zhao Xin did not dare to be a charlatan on this issue. In fact, even if he said it, others would not believe it. Peter told Zhao Xin affectionately how noble and approachable His Majesty the King and His Majesty the Queen are, and said that if His Majesty the King of Zhao had the honor to meet with His Majesty the King of Zhao, he would definitely be close friends.

Zhao Xinxin said that he was a ghost confidant! Louis XVI didn’t know what evil he had done in his previous life, so he married Marie Antoinette’s wife. It would be fine if you say that Cixi had the skills. She was obviously a genius in politics, but she still liked to interfere in national affairs.

Originally, the National Assembly just put their family in the Duilary Palace. Except for not being able to go out, the other treatment was still the same and they were not deposed. However, Antoinette, who was ignorant of his death, was eager to restore the country. When she saw that her nephew had become the king of Austria and declared war on France, she passed on the relevant information of France to Austria. In order to realize his "republic" ideal, Robespierre had long wanted to attack the king's family, which gave him a justification.

Zhao Xin told Peter that the fleet of Beihai Town planned to set off in late March 1792, staying for local governance for up to one month, and will arrive in France at the latest by the end of July. Peter was overjoyed when he heard this and expressed his gratitude without any trouble.

Before sending away the travelers who had returned home for the New Year, Zhao Xin, as usual, had to meet Liu Zheng, who came back from the island country to report his work, and learned in detail about the situation in the island country over the past year. So when a fat white man weighing more than 180 kilograms walked into the house with panting, Zhao Xin was stunned for several seconds before he realized.

"Damn it! Why are you so fat?"

"Oh! Boss Zhao's style is still unabashed, but I think why you have become a little darker?"

"Bah! I stayed with the troops in Outer Mongolia for several months before I came back." Zhao Xin pointed to his face that was blown by the wind and said, "You think everyone is like you, you are a genius, extravagant and lewd, and you can see that you lack exercise."

"The conscience of heaven and earth! I have been running back and forth between Edo and Sendai this year, and I have been there twice. How can I do it!"

"You have gained weight twice after just running like this. If you hadn't sent a telegram to report your itinerary every time, no one would believe it. It seems that you are eating a lot of eels."

"Hehe, I really let you talk! Guess what, Shinsan Shinsan sent me a cook, and the eel was roasted, and it was gone!"

Zhao Xin shook his head and said, "There are high calories, so if you eat too much, you will get three highs."

The two of them talked for a while and then started to talk about the main business. Liu Zheng first talked about the situation of the island country this year. Basically, the three years of Kuanmasa were still stable, and the impact of "dark famine" finally ended. Whether it was the Tokugawa Shogunate or the Sendai Alliance, both sides were busy restoring agricultural production. Last year, the annual tribute income of the Shogunate increased from 1.3 million shi in the early years of Kuanmasa to 1.8 million shi, a large part of the reason was the use of various new agricultural tools from the town of Beihai.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Since the Shogunate and Sendai Fan have exported a large number of labor to Beihai Town in recent years, domestic labor has decreased, and a large number of women at home have gone to the ground to work. The manual seeders, manual double-row transplanters, and foot-stitched threshers used in some areas of Beihai Town have also been introduced to the island country with the return of laborers. After studying the internal structure of these new agricultural tools, the craftsmen of the smart island country quickly imitated them. Some wealthy landlords and daimyos began to use them one after another, and the effect was surprisingly good.

For example, the threshing machine before the island country was a wooden board with dense iron teeth arranged on it, and there was a bucket of rice collecting grains below. When the peasant women thrust the millet, they would threshing handfuls on it. In fact, it was not only the island country, but also the same south of the Yangtze River. The people called this threshing machine that relied on manpower to be beaten is called "beating a house bucket".

Beihai Town's "pedal-pedal threshing machine" originated from another domestic invention in the 1970s, using a gear transmission structure; except for a few iron gears, all other wood is used. Whether it is rice or wheat, two regular laborers, plus three or four weak laborers, can collect more than three acres a day, and the labor intensity is greatly reduced; if an electric motor or diesel engine is installed, you can collect more than ten acres a day.

Almost two years ago, the Trade Department of Beihai Town has promoted threshing machines through the Songjiang Caogang people along the canal; each unit is sold for 600 yuan, and each unit sold by Caogang can be 50 yuan for a commission.

Liu Zheng told Zhao Xin that although Song Ping Dingxin created a "Ban for the Rigid Political and Different Studies" and strongly praised Zhu Zi's theory, this person actually had a strong interest in foreign knowledge, especially the research of Beihai Town, and paid great attention to military-related knowledge. He even asked someone to collect previous combat materials from Beihai Town and compiled a "Book of Beihai Military".

After saying that, he took out a thread-bound book from his bag he carried with him and handed it to Zhao Xin, saying, "I really can't get used to reading ancient books. Basically, I feel sleepy after reading two pages. I usually use hypnosis if I have nothing to do."

Zhao Xin opened the book and searched it. He found that it recorded all the major and large wars of Beihai Town from 1784 to 1790 according to the year, and analyzed in detail the number of troops sent by both sides of the war, tactics, and results. However, some of the numbers were wrong at first glance. Zhao Xin probably either came from the rumors among the people, or was inquired by Lan scholars from the island countries.

As for Liu Zheng himself, his life is still very good. The two women Ishikawa Murakami gave him had given him a son and a daughter. Considering that the medical conditions in the island country were too poor, he brought them all back this time.

After hearing this, Zhao Xin nodded with satisfaction and said, "I did a good job! Liu, the organization decided to give you a difficult task."

When Liu Zheng heard Zhao Xin's tone, he immediately shuddered and thought to himself that he was planning to let me change the territory. His mind quickly turned around a few times, then showed an indifferent expression and said, "Brother Zhao, are you planning to let me go to Nanyang or Annan? We must obey the organization's arrangements."

"I'm very enlightened!" Zhao Xin showed his habitual treacherous smile and said, "Congratulations, you guessed wrong, go to Kulun!"

"What! Mongolia?!"

"Yes! No matter how much the island country is making trouble, it's all. We still have to take back our focus. How about going to Khalka to be the governor of a few years? Stop eating eels, change the taste, roasted lamb waist is a big tonic."

"No, Brother Zhao, Boss Zhao!" Liu Zheng smiled bitterly, "I admit that we have been a bit arrogant and extravagant in the past two years, but this is not a reason to give me a slap, right? Let Zhang Jingxuan go, he has been in East Siberia for two years and is experienced."

"I'm thinking too much, right?" Zhao Xin looked up and looked out the house, then explained softly: "Zhang Jingxuan is still a deputy, but he may have to be a chief officer for a few more years. I asked him to go to Irkutsk before to pick up the generals. I want him to go to Khalk, and I guess there will be no bones left that can be eaten by those lamas and princes."

"Then where are you going to transfer him?"

"Let him come back and be his deputy to Old Chen."

Letting Liu Zheng go to Khalkha was the result of Zhao Xin's careful consideration in the past two months. Khalkha Mongolia is too big and the transportation conditions are poor. Liu Sheng and Fan Tong can manage Sanyin Nuoyan, Zasaktu Khan tribe and Tanu Ulianghai tribes well. And Kulun, because of its importance, is not far from Chaktu, and he must put a heavyweight figure over.

In other words, Liu Sheng's status was like the "Dingbian Left General" of the Qing Dynasty, who ruled the entire northern desert; Fan Tong was like the "Kobdo Minister of Service", managing Kobudo and Tanuwulianghai; and Liu Zheng was the "Kulun Minister of Service", managing the entire eastern part of Khalkha Mongolia.

Judging from Zhao Xin's selfishness, the reason why he did this has also played a role in check and balance, and no one can think of being the only one.

Compared with Liu Sheng's iron wrist and Fan Tong's soft knife, the people in Kulun must first be good at communicating and be able to deal with the complex political relationship between the Khan tribes, Zhazaks and Lama banners, so that the Mongolian tribes that have assimilated to the Qing regime will once again assimilate into the regime of Beihai Town and become loyal to Beihai Town.

In the past two years in the island country, Liu Zheng has been able to easily intervene in the two major samurai groups, the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Sendai Alliance, and even the ministers in Kyoto have had contact with each other. Such experience is almost rare among the travelers.

In addition, Beihai Town is different from the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty needed to keep Outer Mongolia and borders in the border areas, as the Pingfan of the Qing Empire and Tsarist Russia. But now the entire East and West Siberia has fallen into the hands of Beihai Town. Except for the Tanu Ulianghai and Kobdo areas in the west, other areas have lost their role as a barrier. In this way, the "integration of military and civilian" military system can be declared over.

As mentioned before, there were many military service jobs served by the four Khalkha Mongolian tribes for the Qing Dynasty, and they were forced to be levied according to the number of people in the archery, which was similar to the historical service and tax service. However, without the exploitation of the Lords of Zhazak and the Lama Banners, the lives of herders would not be so tragic.

You should know that after the Qing Dynasty pacified the Junggar, the biggest beneficiaries were the princes and nobles of the Khalkha and the upper lamas; the most direct thing was that the pastures of the Junggar tribe were all divided by the Khalkha nobles and various Hutuktus.

This is also the main reason why Qianlong killed Elinqindoerji during the "Inspector Retreat" period. He gave you such great benefits, but he actually colluded with Amursana!

Therefore, Liu Zheng’s task is not only to deal with the nobles and lamas, but also to mobilize the masses through a large number of working teams to fight against the local tyrants and let the majority of lower-class herdsmen change their lifestyles. We must know that these talents are the powerful pillars of the Beihai Town regime. As for those working teams, they will be the cadre team accumulated by Beihai Town for going south in the future.

After hearing Zhao Xin's explanation, Liu Zheng suddenly realized and finally felt relieved. He thought that Boss Zhao still regarded himself as a brother, after all, we are also a veteran established by Beihai Town!

Zhao Xin's last suggestion to Liu Zheng was to unite the middle and lower classes in the princes and nobles and the six major lamas, weaken the upper classes, and attack the diehards. In short, in one sentence, Khalkha is the Khalkha of Beihai Town, not the lord or the great lama!

"Then do you think in the four Khalkha tribes, who should be suppressed and who should unite?"

"You need to analyze this yourself." Zhao Xin didn't want to tell Liu Zheng the answer directly, but he added: "Whoever has the largest grassland and whoever has the most disputes with each department will be the one who will take action!"

Before leaving, Liu Zheng walked to the door and hesitated for a moment, turned to Zhao Xin and said, "There is something... forget it, maybe I'm too worried."

"Say something if you have something to do."

"Before I boarded the boat from Ishimatsu Port, I met the owner of Murataya on the dock. He told me that one of his subordinates was in Gion Katsube more than two months ago. He accidentally saw Hirataya Katsuyama Takama, and a relative of the Komme family drinking at home. He also called the most famous courtesan."

Zhao Xin frowned, then spread it again, nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Half an hour later, Heita sat respectfully opposite Zhao Xin and began to talk endlessly about the progress of last year.

Since the fire in Kyoto, Wanshiyi's family has suffered heavy casualties, but those who survived by chance seem to have realized something. Basically, the door is closed and rarely go out. Miyagi Miyagi took several side rooms in one breath, and his daily business is to create villains.

As for Emperor Mitsugu, who continued to compete with Edo with the support of the Sendai Basilica, it was still about giving his father a title. Since this person did not show up at all and was devoted to ceremonies in the palace, it was difficult to have any chance to start.

After hearing this, Zhao Xin refused to comment. He knew that such a thing was too anxious. It would be great to complete it in five, six, seven or eight years. Sometimes the opportunity comes in an instant, and once you miss it, you don’t know when the next time will be.

After the serious matter was finished, he chatted with peace and peace for a while. He pretended to be unintentional and said casually: "After the fire in dawn, Gion will not be affected, right?"

"Fortunately, I recovered a year later."

"Hey, I really want to go there to drink some flower wine and find a few men."

Heita looked fascinated and sighed: "Although I have been there, Taifu never dared to find it. Gion is all beautiful people on earth, and the appearance fee is expensive."

Zhao Xin laughed and said, "Okay! I'll be busy after the Chinese New Year, so I'll find an opportunity to go to Kyoto to see each other."

However, when Zhao Xin smiled and watched Pingtai walk out of the yard, he returned to his seat, his face was gloomy and gloomy. After thinking about it, he called Xu Funan, who was the confidential secretary, in.

"The secret line of Ishimatsu Port is enabled to let them thoroughly understand the situation of Hitachi and Katsuyama Chuansan in the past two years!"
Chapter completed!