Tsarist Russia is the one with the deepest conflicts among the seven countries. In addition to having sovereignty disputes between the two sides, they also have more than one million square kilometers of territorial disputes, so negotiations with Russia have been slow.

Although both China and Russia know that territorial disputes will eventually be resolved by force, both sides smiled in front of the media and said that the two countries will not break out in war, and both sides are willing to resolve these differences peacefully.

Both sides tacitly use this to appease public opinion and the people at home and abroad, which is nothing more than worrying that once the signal of war is sent, it will lead to a large-scale withdrawal of foreign capital from the two countries, and domestic businessmen will also transfer a large amount of funds and assets abroad, which will have adverse effects on the national economies of both countries.

Both the Beiyang government and the Tsarist Russian government are trying their best to hide the possibility of a war between the two countries, but they are actively preparing in secret.

Russia continues to increase its troops to the Far East. At present, the Russian army's strength in the Far East has reached 200,000, of which the front-line forces have reached 150,000, and another 50,000 are engineering infrastructure troops.

This force was specially sent to build various strategic and tactical bases for the Russian army in the Far East, including supporting the construction of Siberian railway projects.

Since the Qing Russian War, the Tsarist Russian government, which suffered a great loss, plans to complete the Siberian railway construction project of 10,000 kilometers in the next ten years. However, the harsh weather and permafrost in Siberia made it difficult for the construction team to build railways. The original budget of the railway was only 200 million rubles, but after eight years of construction, the budget has risen to rubles, equivalent to 164 million British list or 8.22 Yilong coins.

Such a huge amount of road construction expenses is equivalent to the Russian army's military expenditure for ten years. In addition to natural reasons, this result is more of the corruption of Tsarist Russia. Witt is in charge of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport, and his officials took advantage of the opportunity of railway construction to make a lot of money, which led to such a situation.

The Beiyang government under the leadership of Wang Chenhao is also actively preparing for the Ministry of National Defense and General Staff on the boundary river at the junction of the three northeastern provinces and Russia, relying on the Yalu River.

The Ussuri River and Heilongjiang River were defensive. They formed a Ranhe gunboat with more than 60 Ranhe gunboats.

The Northeast Inland Inland River Defense Fleet consisting of destroyers patrolled the river surface and confronted the river surface many times with the newly formed Amur River Defense Fleet in Russia to safeguard China's national sovereignty and interests.

Since Wang Chenhao became the Chief Minister of the Cabinet, as various departments of the Beiyang government operated, many things no longer need to be done by Wang Chenhao. Wang Chenhao only needs to deal with some important national affairs, and other matters are left to the subordinates of various departments to handle. However, Wang Chenhao has never relaxed his control over the military, especially the soundness of the intelligence department, Wang Chenhao can understand any movement and know who supports him and who opposes him.

In the General Office, two major intelligence departments from the government and the military, Li Bing, Director of the Homeland Security Bureau, Li Guodong, Director of the Central Intelligence Bureau, both of them are from Wang Chenhao's shiguzheng. Wang Chenhao trusts them the most. Now they are entrusted with important tasks and serve as the highest officials of the two major intelligence departments.

The Ministry of Homeland Security and the Central Intelligence Agency are both intelligence departments, and they are responsible for collecting domestic and foreign intelligence, involving all walks of life. However, the Ministry of Homeland Security is mainly responsible for domestic security, eliminates domestic and foreign espionage organizations, cracks down on domestic and foreign forces that intend to pose a threat to government departments and personnel, and safeguards national security. The Central Intelligence Agency is mainly responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, and has set up intelligence stations to collect intelligence and handed over to senior government officials to provide decision-making basis.

Both major intelligence departments are directly controlled by Wang Chenhao, but they are not subordinate to each other. The advantage of this is that the two major intelligence departments will not restrain each other and cannot control one side. However, the disadvantage is that the intelligence between the two sides does not share, resulting in overlapping and wasting of some capital.

But for Wang Chenhao, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages at the moment. He wants to ensure his absolute power and consolidate his rule, and the necessary waste is worth it.

According to regulations, Li Guodong and Li Bing will go to the General Administration every Friday afternoon to report their work status to Wang Chenhao over the past week.

Today, the two brought the latest information.

"Reported by General Secretary, the CIA has obtained exact information. The Russian government has changed the route of the Siberian Railway. The newly formulated railway line is close to the ancient border line of the outside world. The length of the changed is about 3,000 kilometers, which is slightly longer than the previous railway line, but the difficulty of construction has decreased by two-thirds." Li Guodong's report surprised Wang Chenhao. The progress of the Siberian Railway project directly affected Tsarist Russia's strategic attitude towards China. The middle section of the Siberian Railway has changed the route, although it has been extended by 700 yuan.

But the construction difficulty is reduced by two-thirds, which means that the construction period of the middle section of the railway is half ahead of the previous expectations.

Wang Chenhao frowned and said, "Are the Russians crazy? Build railways near our borders. Once the war breaks out, we can easily destroy their railways...

Wang Chenhao still didn't believe it and then asked, "Is the news reliable?" Li Guodong nodded and said, "Don't worry, sir, the news is absolutely reliable. After our intelligence personnel intercepted the information, they repeatedly confirmed it."

Wang Chenhao suddenly laughed and said, "That's great! God can still live a life of evil, but the Russians are digging a grave for themselves!" Li Guodong agreed, "I also think so. However, I think that although the officials of the Russian Ministry of Transportation are corrupt, this proposal was approved by the Russian General Staff.

No matter how stupid the Russians are, they cannot make such low-level mistakes...

Wang Chenhao said: "This Russian is very arrogant and cannot rule out their arrogant mentality, but there may be some hidden tricks."

At this time, Li Bing said: "I think the Russians should be having some tricks."

Wang Chenhao and Li Guodong looked at Li Bing at the same time. Wang Chenhao asked, "Tell me what you think."

"Yes!" Li Bing took the order and said: "On the surface, the Russians built railways on our borders were a military taboo. Not only would we laugh at the Russians, but even those with a little military knowledge in other countries would say that the Russians were seeking death."

Wang Chenhao nodded, knowing that Li Bing still has something to do.

Li Guodong said anxiously: "Speak quickly, don't keep it a secret!" Li Bing smiled slightly and continued: "The Russian railway is close to the ancient border of our country. Everyone knows that once a war breaks out between China and Russia, our army can quickly send troops from ancient times to destroy the Russian railway transportation line. In this way, the Russians will not get reinforcements and supplies. There will be no suspense in this war and we will definitely win. But the Russians did this and make us all think that their heads are in water and relax their vigilance."

Wang Chenhao asked: "Are you saying that the Russians are secretly building a plank road?"

Li Bing nodded and said, "As expected, I have received frequent security reports from Kulun and other areas of ancient foreign banners. It said that many princes and ministers in the ancient ancient ancient times are dissatisfied with your position as the general minister and are worried about the situation of Emperor Guangxu. I was worried that these ancient royal ministers would collude with the bannermen and remnants of the bannermen and were not good for the adults, so I went inward to the sixth alliance for the forty-nine banners and the eighty-six banners.

A large number of security personnel were sent out again. During the accident, the security personnel interrogated a batch of plans... and found that many ancient princes and ministers had recently been very close to the Russians. The Ministry of Security of Kulun conducted an in-depth investigation and found that the Russian Consul in Kulun secretly planned... to rebel against the méng Guzhebuzundan (Méng Gunn) Bahutuktu, among which Prince Handadorji, the great lama Chelin Qimit and more than a dozen people were suspected of rebellion.

Wang Chenhao frowned and asked, "Is there any evidence?" Li Bing shook his head and said, "There is no direct evidence yet."

Wang Chenhao quickly thought about the ancient and the Qing dynasties. But now the Guangxu has become a famous emperor. The bannermen have lost their actual rule over China. They will naturally not be willing to be with the ancient mankind. Since Wang Chenhao did not reform the ancient, many ancient princes and princes still have military power, which has brought opportunities to a group of dissatisfied people.

"You can't act rashly without direct evidence." Bei Zhi understands!"

"I remember when Congress reformed, I had ordered the transfer of all the ancient princes and princes to Beijing to serve as members of Congress. Why are they still making trouble in the ancient times?" In order to undermine the rights of the original officials of each province, Wang Chenhao transferred all the major officials of each province to Congress as members of the Senate and Representatives when carrying out the reform of the political system.

There are many ancient princes and princes who acted as members of the capital, including the former ministers of Khalkhasaiyin Noyan Zhasak, the son of Khalkhasaiyin Noyan Zhasak, the eight banners commander, the deputy chief of Khalkhas Amurlinggui, the deputy chief of Khalkhas Amuerlinggui, the Tumotezak Bezi Saka, the son of Khalkhas Nayantu, the son of Khalkhas Nayantu, and the son of Khalkhas Gongsang Noelbu, the prince of Khalkhas Gongsang Noelbu, the prince of Khalkhas Gongsang Noelbu,

King Dorji Paramu of the Khanate of the Khalkhachechen, King Chuksulon of Korchin Zazakbintu, King Zhagar of Balin Zazak, King Suzhukto Batu, and King Naimazak of Naimazak.

Most of these people chose to default to the fact that Wang Chenhao controlled China, and some even supported Wang Chenhao's various reforms. Among them, Prince Amurlinggui and Gongsang Nolbu were the ancient princes and princes who were famous for their business reforms, and Parata was the first ancient nobles to join the Beiyang Army and study in Beiyang Army University.

However, Li Bing explained to him that some ancient princes and ministers did not enter Beijing, and some also secretly left the Capitol because they claimed they were sick.

Wang Chenhao nodded, turned around and went to the wall on the left, and reached out to pull open the curtains.

On the wall behind the curtain is an extremely huge world map, more than four meters high and more than eight meters long. There are detailed geographical maps of countries around the world on it.

Wang Chenhao's eyes were staring at the territory of China and Russia. A red line in the middle went straight from Moscow to Vladivostok, which was the Siberian Railway.

Wang Chenhao's eyes turned to the middle section of the Siberian Railway, which happened to be the junction between the ancient and Tsarist Russia.

"If the Russians rebel, then the Russians don't have to worry about us attacking their railways. In turn, the huge strategic depth of the Méng Gu is a natural barrier for us, and the same is true for Tsarist Russia."

Li Guodong said: "After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, all the fortifications of the Central Plains against the Central Plains were abolished. Over the past two hundred trade channels have been established in the Central Plains and the Central Plains region. Once the Russian army rebelled, the Russian army could go south from any trade channel to attack our hinterland from the south. If we lose the strategic depth of the Mégurquoise, we will fall into a huge passive situation, because we need at least one and a half million troops to defend against a front line of 5,000 kilometers."

"Yes! You are right!, Wang Chenhao seemed to see through the Tsarist Russian plot and said, "Since the Russians have decided to modify the Siberian Railway route, it means they have enough confidence to convince the ancients."

Li Bing and Li Guodong immediately asked nervously... Sir, should we take action?"

Wang Chenhao waved his hand and suddenly smiled mysteriously, saying, "Since the Russians are secretly experiencing Chencang with us, then we will give him a trick. Don't disturb the ancient princes and ministers for the time being, just monitor them. Let the Russians build railways on the ancient border. When they have almost completed the construction, we will do it again." Li Bing and Li Guodong looked at each other, and then understood Wang Chenhao's purpose. The latter immediately praised: "Sir, this plan is very clever." The Siberian Railway is very expensive, and the Tsarist Russian government has paid huge financial expenses for it. The Siberian Railway has been one day

If the Tsarist Russian government did not have money to fight. Wang Chenhao's strategic purpose was like the original intention of Japan and Japan to launch the Russo-Japanese War. Japan, then, took advantage of the Siberian Railway in Tsarist Russia's sudden declaration of war on Russia, so that the Tsarist Russian Far East was in a passive situation from the beginning. It was not until Tsarist Russia worked overtime to complete the last 300-kilometer railway, forcibly opened the railway, and continuously transported the European and Russian troops to the Far East that the war situation was stabilized. This caused the Russo-Japanese War to end in compromise, rather than the complete defeat of Russia as expected by Japan.

It can be said that the Siberian Railway is crucial to the Far East War. Although the future Sino-Russian War is different from the Russo-Japanese War, Wang Chenhao can learn from the experience of the Russo-Japanese War. At that time, Japan could not attack the Siberian Railway of Tsarist Russia, so that Tsarist Russia forced the railway to restore the defeat and ended the war with compromise. Now the opponent has been replaced by China. More than half of the lines of Tsarist Russia's Siberian Railway are close to the border of China, which gives Wang Chenhao more tactical methods to deal with Tsarist Russia.

In Wang Chenhao's plan... Lihua first let the Russians complete the Siberian Railway happily, so that the Tsarist Russian government's huge funds would be spent on the railway, leaving Tsarist Russia without money to develop its domestic economy. Once the war begins, Wang Chenhao will cut off Tsarist Russia's Siberian Railway and cut off the supply of Tsarist Russian troops. The Chinese army does not need to take the initiative, as long as they guard the trenches and play attributable wars with the Russian army, they can defeat them.

Of course, this is just that the strategic distance in Wang Chenhao's mind is still far from being truly implemented.

"Is there any movement in Guangxu?" Surveillance of Guangxu was Li Bing's mission, and only listened to Hua Hua said: "Recently, Guangxu was very honest on the surface, but he secretly discussed with a group of royal family members such as Prince Rui County Zaiyi. Most of the people involved were bannermen and powerful people. Moreover, Guangxu seemed to have eased their relationship with Cixi. Ronglu often entered and exited the Foxiang Pavilion with Guangxu."

Wang Chenhao smiled faintly. Guangxu was unwilling to be the bare emperor. As expected, Guangxu and Cixi walked back together, Wang Chenhao was a little surprised. But Wang Chenhao was not too surprised, because Guangxu and Cixi were imprisoned and the other was undermined, which was a pity. The battle between Guangxu and Cixi was the direct cause of Wang Chenhao taking advantage of the situation. If it weren't for the internal struggle between them, Wang Chenhao would not have been called the dictator of China so quickly and smoothly.

"Correspondence them closely, unless there is enough evidence, no wars are allowed." "Yes!" Li Bing took the order. Li Guodong said at this time: "Sir, I think you should destroy Guangxu quickly. This world belongs to us Han people. Let the bannermen occupy it for hundreds of years in vain, and it is time to return it to us!" Wang Chenhao said: "If we defeat the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, then we will definitely agree with the people of Guangxu now. But we won that war, and the subsequent war against Russia and Spain.

We have won the war, so the Chinese people will inevitably have some favors for Guangxu. At this time, as a minister, I will definitely lose the hearts of the people." Li Bing also understood Wang Chenhao's situation at this time, so he asked, "But you can't waste it, right?" Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "Don't worry! Guangxu will not endure it for a long time, we will have a chance!" Then, Wang Chenhao convened the main officials of the Ministry of National Defense to discuss Russia's possible military actions against China.

At the meeting, officials from the Ministry of National Defense and General Staff made reports on the issue, and finally Wang Shizhen summarized it.

After research, the Beiyang government decided to establish three major military regions in the north to deal with the Tsarist Russian military invasion from the north. The three major military regions are Fengtian Military Region, Beijing Military Region and Lanzhou Military Region.

Among them, Fengtian Military Region directly governed Shengjing, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, controlled the troops of the three provinces, unified dispatch, and made defenses against Amur Province and North Korea. The military region base was located in Fengtian and had 500,000 reserve troops. The Beijing Military Region expanded from the original garrison area, namely the Jingji area, to a directly governed province, with military affairs in the four provinces of Méng, Shanxi and Henan, and shouldered the strategic and tactical tasks of defending the surrounding areas of Beijing and Méng. Among them, Méng, as the northern gate of the Beijing Military Region, was responsible for resisting Tsarist Russia.
Chapter completed!