Shahni returned to the yard where he lived, and immediately found his assistant Grigori and shared the news he received at General Dingbian's mansion with his most trusted companion. After hearing this, Grigori said, "Shahni, it's too risky to promise this fact. Although your explanation to General Chen Ping makes sense, our Cossacks will not be given up so quickly, but Lord Shahni, at some point in the future, someone may use your head to solve the trouble caused by this man."

"You are right. On the whole Cossack issue, I believe in the sincerity of the empire. In my personal safety, I believe in the character of General Chen Ping. He has always been fair and not a person who betrays his friends at will. Of course, the inside of the empire, especially the bureaucrats of Shinkyung, can let me be a scapegoat without hesitation, but so what? Grigori, my brother, this opportunity is really rare. If you lose it, you will never be able to do it again." Shahni said.

"Opportunity, what opportunity?" Grigori had no idea what Shahni was talking about.

Shahni smiled and said, "The last time I went to the imperial capital to meet the great emperor, I contacted many senior officials of the empire. Most of the senior officials didn't even know the existence of our Cossacks. And a few people who knew it actually thought that our Cossacks were a nation. This is really ridiculous, isn't it?"

Grigori forced a smile. It was indeed true. Even in the internal definition of the Lefanyuan, the Cossacks were also a national definition. In fact, the Cossacks were not ethnic attributes. They belonged to the Slavs. The name Cossacks was a free person in Turkic language. Most of the Cossacks were actually Ukrainian or Russians. However, unlike the same ethnic group that settled in agriculture, the Cossacks lived a nomadic life in the early days, and later gradually became semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural. Because of this, they were skilled in bows and horses and were good at various technologies.

Seeing Grigori smile, Shahni held his arm and said, "Cossacks are not a nation, but why can't we really make it a nation?"

"This is impossible..." Grigori was a little incredible.

Shahni said: "How is it impossible? So what about the Manchu tribe? A hundred years ago, it was just a tribe in the wilderness. After annexing many Jurchens, Mongolians and even Han people, it formed a new nation. Now this nation still annexes all kinds of tribes without restrictions. They are our best role models.

Grigori, we have been under the command of the Great Emperor for many years. Compared to being oppressed in our hometown and being driven in Siberia, our current life is like being in heaven. I hope every free Cossack can get the current life. Don’t you want it.”

"You convinced me, Shahni, that's right. We should really plan for it. Compared with our personal honor and disgrace, it is greater for the Cossacks to seek a higher status and living space." Grigori bowed slightly and paid tribute to Shahni.

Shahni held Grigori and said solemnly: "Okay, we each do our own things. This time, you follow the empire's mission westward to establish contact with the Cossacks distributed everywhere, let them know what we are here, and give all the desperate Cossacks a new hope, we need more Cossacks."

"Shahni, I actually hope to fight side by side with you. Although General Chen gave us space for freedom this time, it is equivalent to us dealing with the challenges of Manchuria alone. The situation is actually very serious." Grigori looked at Shahni with some concern. After all, this guy is too old.

Shahni was not worried at all and said, "It is not so difficult. General Dingbian will provide us with the most firm support. The unlimited supply of gunpowder, guns and horses, allowing us to monopolize some trade on the Kazakh grasslands, secretly authorize us to annex some tribes that do not participate in the trade alliance. In view of our becoming a fence to defend Kazakhstan, I believe that the Kazakh Khans are willing to cooperate with us. Moreover, our work is to destroy, not to fight the Manchus."

Grigori then felt relieved and sat down to discuss more about the resettlement of his subordinates and the allocation of troops with Shahni. He did it very carefully, which is why Shahni always valued him very much.

Manchuria, the tent of the khan.

Because the peace talks with the empire were completed, Manchuria had to change its titles and the country names, and the entire Manchuria had to change its titles. The original titles had changed their names, but the real power was still there. At this moment, the powerful people of the Eight Banners were quarreling endlessly because they received new news that the vans who sent the vanguard to expedition to Kazakhstan were ambushed by the Cossacks. Not only did they stolen Kazakhstan slaves and spoils they stolen, but they also lost more than 400 people.

There were all things in the discussion. Most people advocated fighting immediately and exterminate the Cossacks, but some people advocated contacting the Dingbian General's Mansion, holding the empire accountable, and asking them to punish the Cossacks. Everyone wanted to take revenge, but their ideas were completely different, which gave Xuanye a headache. In the end, he chose the most common option and drove most of the powerful out, leaving only Sony and Fei Yanggu, the two most trusted ministers, to discuss.

"Do you think this is an accident or does the Cossacks intentionally?" Xuanye threw a letter on the table and asked directly. The letter was sent by Shahni, who expressed his apology. He regarded the retreating Manchu army as the invading Kazakhs, so he ambushed him. Not only did he apologize, Shahni also sent the bodies of the fallen Manchu soldiers, their horses and combat equipment, and sent an envoy to discuss how to return the captured Manchus.

However, only the Manchus and their own things could be returned, and Shahniti, the trophy that these people desperately obtained, did not mention.

"This must be a conspiracy. The Cossacks were making trouble. When we were Taizong, we had conflicts with the Cossacks in the Heilongjiang area. We were considered a feud with the Cossacks. When we seized this land, we also killed many of them. They must be revenge!" Fei Yanggu waved his fists and shouted loudly.

"General Fei Yanggu, the master means that if this is a conspiracy, is it related to General Dingbian's Mansion?" Sony reminded in a low voice, stopping Fei Yanggu's roar.

"How is this possible? The Cossacks are Zasak, a subordinate of the Lifan Yuan, and belong to the Dingbian General's Mansion. They deliberately ambush us as a violation of the agreement. How could Chen Ping do this......" Fei Yanggu's first feeling was that it was completely impossible, but then he thought about it and added: "But it is not impossible. Chen Ping could not sit idly by and watch us conquer the Kazakh grasslands and specially authorize Cossacks to stop us. It's shameless!

But this is also a good thing. We can ask General Dingbian to give us an explanation, either by Chen Ping's instructor or by Cossacks acting without authorization. We can ask for compensation for the former and let the Cossacks withdraw from the Kazakh grassland. If it is the latter, we can make Chen Ping declare the Cossacks a rebellious armed force, so that we can take revenge openly."

"But Chen Ping would choose to procrastinate because of the reason being investigated. This method has always been used by the Han people." Sony said lightly.

Fei Yanggu was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't know what to do. He was a powerful general, but he was completely inferior to the two people in the field of politics.

Xuanye sighed and said, "You sit down first, let's discuss it carefully. The situation is really bad for us. If I had known that it would be the ending, I would rather make up my mind to move westward and go with Galdan to find the Turkuts on the Eastern European grasslands."

Fei Yanggu had a bitter face and did not dare to say anything more. The current situation has indeed deteriorated completely. After the empire controlled the North Road of Tianshan, Manchuria's soft waist and abdomen and retreat to the west were completely under the threat of the imperial army. Manchuria gained some advantages in the tribute trade negotiations, but then the empire established a mainland trade alliance and seized most of the market in Manchuria by dumping at a low price, making the advantage taken in the tribute trade meaningless.

Now it seems that this trade alliance is still evolving towards the political and military alliance. If it is allowed to develop, Manchuria will be in a doomed place.

"I have thought about it carefully. Now there is only one way to do it, but I can't make up my mind and want to listen to the opinions of you two." Xuan Ye said in a straight voice, and as he waved his hand, everyone in the tent was gone out. Two Manchu guards sat cross-legged at the door and put down the curtain. Obviously, what they were going to talk about next was extremely secret.

"I have thought about it, either the hero cut off his arm, and we will take advantage of the lush grass and trees in summer and autumn to migrate westward directly to completely decouple from the empire..." Xuanye whispered.

Xuanye said while observing the expressions of the two. When talking about moving westward, Fei Yanggu looked sad. Although Sony looked as usual, he shook his head firmly. Although the amplitude was very small, he was still keenly caught by Xuanye.

"Sony, do you think it's not possible?" Xuanye asked.

Sony nodded: "Master, moving west is not a hero who cuts his arm, it is a PUBG Battlegrounds. The Manchu banners have been in peace over the years and have new land and property. Especially this time, I have gained a lot of money when I intervened in Tianshan North Road. Is it a great deal to enjoy the fruits of victory. At this time, I gave up everything I finally got and moved westward. I wonder how many people will leave Manchuria. Master, now, what is the situation between the empire and our border? You don't know. We have just obtained peace and are about to embark on the road of blood and tears. It is really something that ordinary people cannot understand. If we move westward, it will be severely damaged at the least. After several years of hard work, the whole Manchuria will collapse and no longer exist."

Xuanye immediately understood Sony's concerns. On the current border line, among the banners that confronted the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Empire, there were many more Manchuria banners migrated from the White Mountains and Black Waters. They usually used one subordinate or one subordinate as a unit, ranging from a hundred households to three or four hundred households. These people were placed on the border line, not for demonstrations, but for demonstrating the empire's morals.

Compared with New Manchuria, the fellow tribes from the ancestors of the Manchus lived better. They had more and more plump cattle and sheep, lived in warm tents, and used many things that New Manchuria could not have. More importantly, these Manchuria flag sects were all directly under the jurisdiction of the inner vassals, rather than the outer vassals, which meant that they had no master oppression, and had their own private property and considerable legal status. A border line was free and rich on one side, and poor on the other side, but they were all named as a nation, which directly exposed the lies that were popular among the people of New Manchuria.

The Manchus in their hometown did not exterminate the clan, nor were they all slaves. They had a free status and a happy life. If the New Manchus wanted to have it, they just had to step through that invisible boundary line and could do it.

Xuanye was silent for a while, and then said, "If the westward movement cannot be done, there is only one way to go. To form an alliance with Li Jundu, advance and retreat with him."

"Ah, Li Jundu, the eldest brother of the Emperor of the Empire, Li Mingxun's eldest son, that guy!" Fei Yanggu exclaimed, and then asked carefully: "Do you want to make a plan to disagree with the Emperor of the East Fan and his brothers, let them fight within and relax their encirclement and suppress us, right?"

Xuanye said: "If we can train a new enemy for the empire and share our pressure, then this is best, especially if this enemy is still our enemy's brother and son!"

"But this is not easy. Other servants dare not say it. Just talking about Li Mingxun, as long as this guy doesn't die, there will be no more accidents." Fei Yanggu said carefully.

Sony waved his hand and said, "It's not that there is no chance. I think that Li Jun's young hero is not much inferior to his father. He has fought in the south and north since he was a child, and has made great achievements. But it was because he was not a legitimate son and could not inherit the throne. He ran to this remote place to explore. How could such people be able to eliminate the fire in their hearts? Even if they cannot seize the throne and return to the Central Plains, they will break up the territory here, and call themselves lonely and widowed, and eat for generations of blood. It is still easy.

No matter what, Li Jundu is the eldest son of Li Mingxun and has royal blood. As long as he raises his arms in Western Xinjiang and becomes king and dominates the emperor, he is no less than a threat to the emperor of the empire."

"So, Sony, do you agree with me?" Xuanye asked.

Sony focused on the key points. He had no other way to agree. When Xuanye looked at Fei Yanggu, Fei Yanggu said: "I dare not object. It's just that the slave has no talent, and I have no confidence in persuading Li Jundu. Please choose another talent!"

Sony said: "I am willing to go there, but I don't know, what can we use to convince Li Jundu?"
Chapter completed!