The reason why the Rakshasa Kingdom was called this name was naturally not that the Russians felt that they had anything to do with the Rakshasa in Buddhism. Besides, the Russians believed in the Orthodox Church and worshiped God without shaving their heads and burning incense and chanting Buddha's name.

The so-called Rakshasa is a title from the Ming Dynasty, and it comes from the Kingdom of Ross. In the early years, the Mongols conquered the north and led troops to directly conquer Moscow. At that time, the people who lived there called themselves the Ross people, so the name of Ross became the name of the country that later named himself as the Grand Duke of Moscow.

The name of the Kingdom of Ross was spread to China. Because of the different accents, coupled with the different portraits and lush hair of the Russians in the Central Plains, the Kingdom of Rakshasa was used to call the Kingdom of Ross. Even in official documents and titles, they were directly called the Kingdom of Rakshasa. Anyway, the Russians could not understand Chinese and could not understand Chinese, so they naturally continued.

Now, Tsar Peter defeated the powerful Western enemies, greatly increasing the national strength of the Rakshasa Kingdom and was even given the title of "Emperor". Since last year, Peter officially changed his country's name, changing from the Rakshasa (Ross) Empire to the Russian Empire, opening the curtain for later Russian Empire.

After reading this letter, Zhu Yicheng had to admit that Tsar Peter was indeed extraordinary. In the letter, Peter's diplomatic methods and deception skills were not comparable to ordinary people. If he was an ordinary person, he would probably feel Peter's kindness through this letter and he would feel close to Russia.

In addition, Peter avoided the important things and did not mention the past of his cooperation with the Qing Dynasty. He even used the events of that year to arouse the atmosphere of unity between the Ming Dynasty and the personal charm expressed in Peter's letter, Zhu Yicheng secretly praised in his heart that Peter deserves to be one of the greatest kings of Russia.

No matter how much you praise it, Zhu Yicheng is naturally impossible to believe what is said. Diplomacy is often done by doing one thing. The main reason why Chinese people suffer in diplomacy in previous dynasties is that they pay too much attention to face and have the influence of the so-called Confucian culture.

Looking at the entire Chinese history, are there little such losses? Even in later generations, those so-called "old friends" cheat people everywhere.

Not to mention the distance, I just talk about the recent ones. When Russia and the Qing Dynasty fought, the Battle of Jaxa was clearly the Qing Dynasty won the battle. Even the main Russian forces in the Far East were all captured, and Russia had no ability to continue fighting against the Qing Dynasty in the Far East.

But even so, what is the final result? The Treaty of Nebchu, which was written by some historians in later generations, was actually a humiliating and cede land. In this treaty, the Qing Dynasty, as the victorious party, not only did not win everything from the winner, but instead allowed the defeated Russia to obtain the precious wealth they had not obtained on the battlefield - land.

This reason certainly caused the idea of ​​the decay of the Qing Dynasty and the idea of ​​not feeling distressed by selling the land, but also the mistakes in diplomacy of fixed thinking.

But it was completely ineffective on Zhu Yicheng's side. Zhu Yicheng was not Kang Mazi, and the Ming Dynasty had always had a tradition of not being in harmony, not paying compensation, not cede land, not paying tribute, the emperor guarded the country's borders, and the king died in the country.

Since Zhu Yicheng restored his country, he has only expanded his territory for more than ten years. He followed the actions of others fighting desperately on the ground, and there is a situation where others took advantage of it?

But then again, even if Zhu Yicheng had a bad sense of Russia, he was more vigilant in his heart. Now the Ming Dynasty established normal diplomatic relations with Russia. It is necessary to know that the remaining power of the Qing Dynasty outside the pass, plus the Mongolian tribes, this power cannot be completely resolved in a short period of time. Chengzu fought against Mongolia several times back then, which made the Mongolians flee, but what was the result?

Every time the Ming Dynasty defeated and returned to the army, within a few years, the Mongols on the grassland would rise again like weeds growing again in the spring breeze. This method of treating symptoms but not root causes is destined to not completely solve the grassland problem.

According to Zhu Yicheng's original plan, the first step is to recover Liaodong. At present, the former land of Liaodong is basically in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Then the next step is to consolidate Liaodong and immigrate to Liaodong on a large scale to enrich Liaodong's strength.

This is a long-term work. While this work, we must continue to suppress the remnants of the Qing Dynasty that fled from northeast Liaodong to reduce their living space. At the same time, we should appropriately attack Mongolia and initially complete the deployment by pulling and fighting methods.

By the second step, it is to solve the remaining problems in Liaodong on a large scale and take into account the Mongolian issue. However, this step cannot be achieved in a short time, and it is expected that it will be impossible to do it in a few years or even more than ten years.

The key is not military power. It is not too difficult to directly send troops to sweep Mongolia with the current military power of the Ming Dynasty, but it is impossible to solve it completely.

The Mongols and the Qing Dynasty fled north were both nomadic peoples, and the Mongolian and Liaobei were not within the pass. The land was vast and sparsely populated, and the enemy was riding horses. In addition, there was no fixed city. It was extremely difficult to directly capture the opponent's main force and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

This is also the reason why Chengzu won several great victories back then, but could not be completely changed. Because as soon as the main force of the Ming Dynasty arrived, these guys fled in scattered ways. Even if the Ming Dynasty forced a few unlucky guys to catch, it was only a small part of the whole.

The Ming army naturally has to go back when it comes. The Ming army cannot stay on such a large grassland for a long time. Even though the Ming Dynasty is rich in financial resources today, if this tactic is implemented, the money will be almost like flowing water.

Not only that, but the inefficiency of doing so is also the main reason why the Central Plains dynasties in history have no choice over the northern nomadic peoples.

However, Zhu Yicheng had already thought of a way to completely solve the problem. One was to take Liaodong as the foundation mentioned above, and the other was to adopt erosion measures and use large-scale immigration to press forward step by step. The third was to win over Mongolian tribes close to the Ming Dynasty, implement Mongolian governance, and at the same time solve the disasters left by the Qing Dynasty.

But no matter which method is used, it requires long-term arrangement. Another important point is that the railway built by Daming is only directly laid under the eyes of the Mongolians and Liaobei Manchu and Qing dynasties. Then Daming will not be under the pressure of logistical concerns, so he will calmly attack them one by one.

Under such circumstances, Russia's existence is to be discussed. As a Western power, although Russia's strength in the Far East is not strong, it is not weak after all. And what is important is that Russia has great potential for war, and once it pushes the other side to the Qing Dynasty and the Mongols, it is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty was not the Qing Dynasty, which was closed to the country. If that country was disliked, the necessary diplomacy would still be carried out. This is also a common example of international exchanges between countries. It is inevitable that the Ming Dynasty would truly go to the world. This is also the reason why Zhu Yicheng deliberately divided the powers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites last year and added the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have made the idea that since the other party's Tsar is so sincere, the Ming Dynasty naturally cannot refuse. Moreover, Russia is a Western power and is now close to our Ming Dynasty, so it is impossible not to deal with it." Zhu Yicheng put down his letter and said to He Xianzu in this way.

"So this specification..." He Xianzu asked hesitantly.

"With the same laws as the United Kingdom, Portugal and other countries, we cannot favor one and the other. In addition, we will spread the news these days." Zhu Yicheng said casually.

He Xianzu understood the previous words, but the following words made He Xianzu stunned. But he was also a clever person and immediately realized that Zhu Yicheng meant to use this matter to see the reactions of other countries that had diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, so as to take the initiative in future interactions with various countries.

At present, Britain and Portugal have set up embassies in the capital. The Kingdom of Dutch has requested to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty. This was allowed by the court. The embassy area that was also designated before the capital has left a place for the Netherlands for the other party to set up.

Even though the Spanish Kingdom of Luzon was lost in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it not long ago contacted the Ming Dynasty through channels, intending to imitate the examples of Britain, Portugal and Netherlands. Although the European overlord France, the Sun King Louis XIV, has passed away, it is still a world power. However, after the consumption after the European war, France's strength has shown signs of decline. However, the lean camel is still bigger than a horse. With the continuous expansion of the Ming Dynasty, France also noticed the rise of the Ming Dynasty and began to send envoys to contact the Ming Dynasty. However, this was just the beginning and had not yet reached the point of truly establishing relations.

"I obey the order." He Xianzu woke up and responded quickly.

Zhu Yicheng then asked: "How did the people I told before do what I did?"

"When I returned to the emperor, since Nanjing, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue have rebuilt the yellow book according to the order. Every time I went to the Ming Dynasty, I sent officials to sort out the yellow book, which was the top priority of the local government. At present, the yellow book of the imperial court is divided into two categories, one is the local area, and the second is the military. The latter is not mentioned for the time being, but the yellow book of the local area is now basically complete. According to the summary statistics of the Military Affairs Office and the amount reported from various places, the entire Ming Dynasty, including Xinming, Luzon, Ryukyu, Johor, etc., has now exceeded 34 million!"

Speaking of this, He Xianzu congratulated Zhu Yicheng: "Looking at all dynasties, although the population of our Ming Dynasty was not large, it could grow very well. You should know that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national population dropped sharply, with only less than ten million, and when the Qing Dynasty was in power, the highest population was only 19 million."

"Now my Ming Dynasty has returned to China. Apart from the population of the Qing Dynasty and areas that have not been completely recovered, the population has reached such a large number, and its growth rate is extremely gratifying. In addition, the yellow book registration I mentioned earlier does not include North Korea. If North Korea is added, it may be close to about 36 million."

Listening to what He Xianzu said, Zhu Yicheng nodded slightly. From a literal perspective, the population of the Ming Dynasty is no longer small, and the predictions of North Korea should be similar.

North Korea has a 3,000-mile territory, but its actual population is not very large due to poverty and low medical standards. Nearly a hundred years ago, North Korea's population was less than 1.5 million, but now it is only about 2 million at best.
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