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Chapter 1129 Shah Jahan

But at this time, it was still the seventh year of Chongzhen, [-] in the Gregorian calendar. Although Shah Jahan had conquered southern India, he was still using troops in Afghanistan.

At this time, in the extremely luxurious palace in Delhi, Shah Jahan was on the throne, and an old man with one arm was kneeling under him, his voice sounded young, and he was talking to Shah Jahan.

"Honorable Khan, the situation is like this. The cunning Mingren used despicable means to occupy the land of Dongwu. As long as the Great Khan can send troops to drive away the Mingren, I am willing to dedicate Dongwu to the mighty Mughal Empire. Willing to become a subject of the Great Khan!"

This person is the original King Dongwu Talong who was sent to Delhi by the Governor of Bengal.When talking about Mingren, his eyes were full of hatred.When he finished speaking and looked at Shah Jahan, he was hopeful again.

Shah Jahan listened, stroked his mustache, and did not speak for a while.To be honest, he also knows something about the Ming Empire.In the past, the reason why they didn't continue to fight Dongwu after taking Bengal was because Dongwu was a consolation envoy of Ming Dynasty.

His ancestor, the former Timur Empire, was an extremely powerful empire. The famous powers around him were all defeated and conquered. The territory of the empire was much larger than that of the Mughal Empire.The ancestor of Timur was also a great Khan with great talent and strategy.But even so, the Timurid Empire at that time was forced to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty as a sign of submission.

Of course, this is a shame for Timur ancestors.Finally, when he was old, he detained the envoy of Ming Dynasty and led the army to prepare for a decisive battle with Ming Dynasty.But on the way to the expedition, he died of illness.Then, as the second great Khan, Shah Ruh immediately paid tribute to Ming Chengzu to show his surrender.Afterwards, the Timurid Empire no longer had the courage to show hostility to Ming.

Babur, the sixth grandson of Timur, led troops southward to establish the Mughal Empire when the country was subjugated.The once glorious Timurid Empire no longer exists, but the Ming Empire still stands in the rich east.

Although Shah Jahan now feels that his empire is powerful, and even though he still wants to expand the territory of his empire, he still has no confidence in letting him and Daming compete for hegemony.

Seeing Sha Jahan's expression, King Talong immediately realized that Sha Jahan was afraid.Thinking about it, Shah Jahan and his ancestors have always been suppressed by the Ming Dynasty. It would be strange if they had no scruples in their psychology.

Fortunately, King Long also considered this.Therefore, when he saw Shah Jahan contemplating, he opened his mouth to play again: "Honorable Khan, the Ming Kingdom has been established for nearly 300 years, and it has long been decayed, and it is no longer as powerful as before! Stand alone and make yourself king."

"Honorable Khan, you don't know that before, our Dongwu army invaded the territory of the Ming Kingdom, and we didn't see the Ming Dynasty send an army to attack..."

Hearing what he said, Shah Jahan frowned, interrupted without hesitation, and asked him, "Huh? Didn't you have been destroyed by Ming Dynasty? Why do you say that again?"

Shah Jahan's courtiers also questioned him and threatened him that if he dared to lie to their Khan, he would be cut into pieces!
"Honorable Khan, I didn't say anything. It has been more than ten years since the Ming Kingdom sent troops this time, and I, Dongwu, attacked Yunnan of the Ming Kingdom. Think about it, if the Ming Kingdom is strong enough, why didn't it come then? Conquering me, Dongwu, has been delayed until now. Therefore, these two things are not related." King Long Long quickly explained.

Seeing that Shah Jahan was still frowning, he quickly added: "To be honest, Dongwu is closer to the Ming Kingdom, so we know more about it. The Ming Kingdom is no longer as powerful as it used to be. In the northeast of China, a Jurchen tribe rose up, and they defeated the Ming Dynasty, and finally lost their entire Liaodong. The Liaodong was several times bigger than Dongwu, and the Jurchen tribe directly threatened the capital of the Ming Dynasty. , it is impossible!"

Hearing this, Shah Jahan's eyes lit up. He believed that King Long would not dare to tell lies about such things.However, he is not such a foolish person, so he immediately asked: "If Daming is as bad as you said, why did Daming still have the strength to take down your Dongwu? He even gave it to a feudal king and established a feudal state." ?”

His courtiers were also staring at him, King Long, to see how he would explain it?

Of course, King Long had thought about this question, and without any hesitation, he immediately replied: "Honorable Khan, this is the cunning of the Ming Kingdom. They think that the strength of their empire is dragged down by the domestic vassal kings, so they want to Then seal their vassal kings out of the country."

Speaking of this, he paused, and then explained: "Honorable Khan, think about it, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are all hereditary. It has been nearly 300 years. How many vassal kings will there be in their country? There are too many clans to count, and they can't even pay the salaries of these clans. Therefore, they think that as long as all the vassal kings are sealed off and the Ming country is no longer dragged down, then the Ming country will recover and be able to defeat The Jurchens of the North!"

One thing, Shah Jahan is also clear.On their side, the royal families will fight each other, but on the Ming side, except for one person who can be the emperor, the others are vassal kings and will not attack each other.Calculated in this way, there will indeed be a lot of vassal kings in nearly 300 years.

He, King Long, struck while the iron was hot, and continued to lobbied, "In order to achieve their goals, the Ming Kingdom targeted my Dongwu. That's why I said that the Ming Kingdom's attack on me, Dongwu, has nothing to do with Dongwu's invasion of Yunnan before." This time, it is related to whether the Ming Kingdom can restore its national strength, so they used all their human and financial resources, and even used conspiracy to take Dongwu away..."

As he was talking, he was also observing Shah Jahan and his courtiers. He felt that he had made it clear that the Ming Kingdom was no longer strong, but these Mughal Empire monarchs and ministers still seemed to have some scruples.He probably guessed in his heart that these arguments would still be difficult to convince these Turkic Mongols.

Therefore, King Long did not wait for Shah Jahan to express his position, and continued to say: "Honorable Khan, the Ming Kingdom has already tasted the sweetness in Dongwu, so we will do our best to make their vassal kings outside the country." .I heard that their next step is to continue to seal the vassal king, and their vassal state is in Bangladesh!"

"What?" When Shah Jahan heard this, his expression was shocked, he leaned forward slightly, and shouted sharply, "What did you say?"

"Honorable Khan, the Ming Kingdom has changed Dongwu into the Tang Dynasty, and further south is the sea, so there are only two roads to go, east and west." King Long analyzed solemnly, "There are so many vassals in the Ming Dynasty. Wang, even if you go all the way to the east, you won’t be able to seal a few vassals. Therefore, the Ming Kingdom can only continue to divide the land to the west. The next door to Dongwu is Bengal, and the situation is as simple as that!"

King Talong was able to leave a reputation in the original history, naturally he had his ability.Just from the matter of Dongwu, we can roughly analyze Da Ming's strategy. I have to say that he has a good vision!

At the same time, he knew how to move Shah Jahan. After his analysis, as he saw before him, Shah Jahan couldn't sit still.Standing up, just in front of the throne, walking back and forth, frowning and bowing his head in thought.

And his courtiers were all thinking about this matter, and for a while, no one said anything.

Or because they couldn't stand the atmosphere, one of the generals turned to Shah Jahan and yelled loudly: "Khan, rather than waiting for the Ming army to strike first, it is better for us to strike first!"

A civil official on the other side heard this, and hurriedly said: "Khan, absolutely not, this is just his one-sided words of King Long, if the Ming Kingdom does not have this intention, and if we attack the Ming Kingdom first, wouldn't it be necessary?" It's not right to fight on both sides!"

"That's right, Khan, what if the Ming Kingdom is still strong? If we take the initiative to provoke, even if the Ming Kingdom didn't intend to come to the west, it will come to the west!" Another civil servant also looked worried. play road.

Shah Jahan's military generals also insisted on their own opinions, and retorted: "Even if the Ming Dynasty is strong, how many troops can be sent so far away from us? The Portuguese are powerful, and they were defeated by us in Bangladesh." !"

At this time, the Portuguese forces were actually at dusk.

In the original history, the Portuguese began to colonize the world as early as the fifteenth century, and then Spain followed closely, competing with the Portuguese for colonies, and succeeded in many places.For example, many colonies in Nanyang were snatched by the Spaniards.

At this point in time, the Dutch rose strongly again, and after jointly defeating the Spanish Armada with Britain, they began the global road to grab colonies.This is also the reason why Hongyi, a senior member of the Ming Dynasty, always regards the Fulang robot as an enemy.

The butterfly effect of Emperor Chongzhen's time travel has only affected a part of the surrounding areas of Ming Dynasty, and the global colonial situation has generally remained unchanged.At this time, the Dutch colonial power was the strongest.

The Portuguese are really dying. They were expelled by the king of Dongwu before in Dongwu, and their governor was nailed to death on a wooden frame by the order of the king of Dongwu.In Bengal, the Portuguese were also expelled by the Mughal Empire.It is also because of the extreme disadvantages everywhere that Portugal wants to gamble on Annan's side.

But there is one thing, whether it is the Portuguese, the Spaniards, or the Dutch who are in full swing, or the Britons who are beginning to show their sharpness at this time, in the eyes of the Easterners, they are all Westerners.The people of the Mughal Empire regarded them as powerful forces, and being able to expel Xiyi was a manifestation of their strength.

Shah Jahan heard them arguing, so he stood up, turned his head to look at his courtiers, and did not speak for a while, obviously he was also thinking.

When King Long saw him, he quickly said: "Khan can send someone to ask. The Ming army is not very powerful at all. To defeat Dongwu, it was the chieftain army. The Shizhu chieftain army in Sichuan, known as the Baigan army, is An elite group of chieftains, the Ming army is no stronger than the white pole army. But this army was also transferred back to Yunnan last year. I heard that there was another chieftain rebellion in Yunnan. We can rely heavily on this chieftain army."

Speaking of this, he raised his voice, as if to remind him sincerely: "Honorable Khan, there are many domestic turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, and now is the opportunity to strike first to be strong, and then to suffer disaster. If the civil strife is quelled by Ming , if the army is regrouped to fight over, it will be difficult to fight!"

He patted his chest with the remaining hand and said: "As long as the Great Khan sends troops to fight against Dongwu, and my people are willing to respond internally, I will use the method of the Ming Dynasty to rob me of Dongwu, and dedicate Dongwu to the noble Khan. Then , I am willing to guard Dongwu for the Great Khan, if the Ming Dynasty comes to fight again, unless I die in battle, I will never disturb the Mughal Empire."

Hearing these words, Shah Jahan was still a little hesitant.His courtiers were also divided into two factions who fought and those who did not fight. After a noisy meal, Shah Jahan finally decided to let him live in Delhi temporarily, and he sent someone to the east to find out whether what he said was true. of!
At the same time, it is naturally impossible for Emperor Chongzhen, who went south in micro-service, to know about the Mughal Empire far away in India.At this time, he was sitting on the boat, listening to Concubine Tian Gui who was beside him introducing the scenery along the way and some cultural allusions to the curious maids.

After listening for a while, he felt a little bored.It was around this time last year that I went south with Weibo, and the scenery I saw was naturally similar.At that time, it was fresh for a while, but now I look at it again, and the interest is less.

So, Emperor Chongzhen entered the chat group to read the news, and a private chat caught his attention.

The news was sent by Yang Sichang, the governor of Baotou, saying that the roads are better. He received an envoy from Oqiertu Khan in Western Mongolia, saying that he would purchase Ming's flintlock guns again, and the quantity was a bit large.This time, the price given was no longer just cattle and sheep, but also a lot of gold, silver and furs.After Yang Sichang's inquiry, he said that Oqier Tuhan had won several victories, even defeated a westward army from Tsarist Russia, and intercepted a lot of spoils of war.

Others may not know it, but Emperor Chongzhen understood that this army returning from Tsarist Russia probably happened to meet Oziertu Khan's army when walking back after plundering a large amount of supplies from Siberia.Hehe, it was such a coincidence that Tsarist Russia was unlucky enough!

Thinking of Siberia, he thought of Li Zicheng who had been away for a year.Now the army of Ming Dynasty has basically controlled the eastern part of Siberia and expelled the forces of Tsarist Russia to the west.If Ming wants to continue to control Siberia, it must also establish a stronghold and declare its sovereignty just like Tsarist Russia.The best way is to choose a good location to build a city, and then develop a train as soon as possible, even if a train is opened once a month for traffic, that is good.

As for the steam train, although Bingzhanju is already developing it.The locomotive is basically not a big problem.The key is the steel rails that trains must have, or rails, anyway, no matter which rails they are, they need a lot of steel.As for the track of other materials, although the upfront cost will be lower, the maintenance cost is too high, which is very unrealistic.

(End of this chapter)