New Shun 1730

Since Dashun did not intend to use Indian manpower at all - or in other words, if European colonists came to fight Dashun, then India would be a good place to provide cannon fodder; but on the other hand, if Dashun wanted to fight Europe, it would be better to learn from the French and find the black uncle, because there was basically no difference between transferring troops from India and transferring troops from Malacca, Ceylon, Java, and Guangdong for the distance of fighting in Europe - so, after the battle of Diamond Bay, the Ceylon soldiers should go home.

The earlier they disbanded, the earlier they could save military pay, and the earlier they could not miss the farming season.

At home, you don’t get military pay for land grants, but when you go out to fight, you have to pay military pay, distribute food, and ensure that they don’t starve. After all, Dashun basically knows a very difficult to understand truth: the emperor does not need hungry soldiers.

Since the ruling class of Dashun knows so many profound truths such as the emperor cannot send hungry soldiers, must pay military pay on time, and cannot bury soldiers alive because of a few complaints from soldiers, then the war in India has come to an end in the past two years.

The battles that followed were all good enough to be fought even if someone else was in charge. The Dashun soldiers were well fed and paid, and those seaside fortresses without naval support would basically surrender if they were surrounded.

The cavalry should stay in Calcutta, the engineers should be transferred to Gibraltar during the last monsoon, and the government soldiers should hurry back to Ceylon to harvest rice and coconuts. A new batch of soldiers similar to those recruited from disaster victims in the Northern Song Dynasty will soon become the main force for rotating garrisons in India.

The key to the Bengal matter is to wait for the professional surveying team from the Dashun side to complete the land survey in Bengal before continuing to implement the next policy.

Although land survey is a boring process, and mapping is boring, it is the basis of rule.

It is the premise for turning a distant and obscure colony into accessible information.

Siraj's restoration is no longer difficult. Dashun stationed 2,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry and some artillery in Calcutta, which was enough to help Siraj clean up those opponents and betrayers.

Today's conversation in this tent was just to give Siraj a reassurance.

After Siraj returned to his own tent to rest, Niu Er also took out the order of the Privy Council, handed it to Du Feng and said: "Brother Du still needs to prepare a company. I have to go to the Kingdom of Nibala. The court specially transferred lamas, translators and some people familiar with the situation there from Lhasa. I will send someone to contact them there."

"The Privy Council asked me to send someone to draw a map of the Kingdom of Nibala as soon as possible, and to clarify the road and trade situation from Rajshahi to Kathmandu."

"And how many people there are in the country and how many princes there are."

"According to the story of the previous dynasty, during the time of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Because of its vast territory and wild people, we want to divide its power and kill its strength so that it will not be a threat to the border. In addition, they all eat meat and rely on Chinese tea for their lives. If we use some tricks, we can respect China together and make them feudal but unable to get one. "

"As for Myanmar, the court is not in a hurry. But this side is very urgent. My people will go there after Siraj returns to Rajshahi in a few days."

"From the map, Rajshahi to Kathmandu is only as far as Hangzhou to Nanjing. If the Bengal issue is settled, we should first settle the north, and then go south. "

Although Du Feng knew that he would most likely be transferred back to the capital after fighting this battle, but now his successor has not come yet, so for a long time, he still has the final say in military affairs in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

He still has a lot of things to prepare. If the successor does not come next year, he will have to besiege Mumbai and clear out the British troops in several castles in the south.

Fortunately, for these sieges, we can rely on a small number of elite soldiers and a large number of conscripted soldiers. There are three rounds of rotation. We definitely cannot use soldiers during the harvest season, but there is still a lot of time left.

As for going to Nepal, we definitely cannot rely on conscripted soldiers. Although there are not many people, the number of a company, we will go there to pick up people from Lhasa, and we will also have to do some things such as surveying, investigation, communication, and burying nails. This company still needs to be stronger.

After reading the order from the Privy Council and thinking about the battle plan he was going to make later, Du Feng said, "Let's do this. More soldiers are better. I will transfer all these scattered soldiers over. I can squeeze in some things here."

"After this battle, the remaining battles are all time-consuming battles. Send some soldiers to surround Pondicherry. The key to Mumbai is just hijacking ships. They are all painful battles. Lhasa, on the other hand, does need to be prepared in advance."

"I had dinner with those captured British officers a few days ago. From what they said, they have sent people to go there."

"It's really too close, only as far as Hangzhou to Nanjing, so it's better to prepare early."

Du Feng did not feel any urgency about the next few battles.

In fact, at this point in the battle, even if the emperor went crazy and sent a lapdog in the palace to be the main general, as long as the staff fought rigidly according to the drill manual, it would make no difference.

The British Indian fleet has been annihilated. For at least two years, no British warships will appear here.

Without warships to control the sea, the Persian and Red Sea trades that Dashun had been competing with Britain for before can basically be controlled.

The people on the Ottoman side especially like white cotton cloth. The cotton cloth war between Dashun and Mumbai is very fierce.

Now it’s good, no need to maintain a superficial peace like before. At Aachen, Britain laughed at Dashun for its anti-piracy convention and anti-privatizing convention, saying that eunuchs wanted to close down brothels, and now it can be said that it started and ended with this.

As for Du Feng personally, after this battle, he will take Pondicherry and Mumbai step by step; if the court chooses to declare war on Portugal together, or if the diplomatic pressure on Portugal by China and France does not work, then he will fight Goa by the way; if Denmark also stands on the side of Prussia to fight Sweden on the European battlefield, then he will fight Tranqueba by the way. Obviously, counting the number of heads and the area occupied is enough to count the military merits and confer titles.

Of course, whether the emperor is satisfied with the title at the time of the title has nothing to do with military merits at this time.

War has a purpose.

For the bourgeoisie of Dashun, this is an aggressive war, an aggressive war to incorporate India into the market and raw material base and the Songsu capitalist system. And it is a standard modern sense of aggressive colonization, because it involves the transformation of production relations.

For the Dashun royal family, this was a war of conquest in the classical era, a war of conquest that was purely based on collecting taxes and conducting certain degrees of conquest, and did not involve changes in productivity and production relations.

The one who could confer a title on Du Feng and ensure that Du Feng's descendants would be born superior and close the gap between their births and Liu Yu's when they met in Heilongjiang when they were young was naturally the emperor.

If Bengal could provide Dashun with more than 10 million taels every year as soon as possible... there is no need to demand more than 10 million taels immediately. Even if it can reach a direct tax revenue of 4 or 5 million taels per year, the emperor would be very happy to confer titles.

In addition, the emperor is not a pure businessman who only knows how to count silver. He also has to consider geopolitical issues.

For example, the religious lines of the snow mountains, the Western Regions, and Mongolia.

For example, the chieftain lines between Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Yunnan.

If these things are done well, they will naturally add points when conferring titles.

Because even if they are all conferred for merit, this is not the kind of marquis who are actually considered old soldiers at the founding of Dashun, but the fifth-class marquis, and there are also divided into flowing and hereditary titles, and whether the descendants should be given more titles.

If Lhasa is doing well and collecting taxes well, and the feudal states of Nepal pay tribute to the emperor in extreme cases, and Bengal provides 10 million taels of silver and saltpeter every year, and provides daily supplies for the troops stationed in India, etc., then the emperor will be very pleased and will definitely make the title of nobility hereditary, and give the eldest son the remaining title, which is also very normal.

Therefore, in Du Feng's view, military merit is the bottom line for the title.

And the politics and rule after the war, as well as the handling of surrounding geopolitical issues, highlighting the strategic value of Bengal, are the plus points for the title.

Because the war has reached this point, the subsequent siege of the fortress, the siege of Bombay, Trankui Basurat, Goa, are not plus points.

The more valuable Bengal is, whether it is silver or geostrategic position, the more valuable it is, the more plus points his title will have.

After seeing through this, he would definitely have to calculate the number of troops to be used in the future, and during the interval of the rotation of the Dingfu soldiers, he would allocate more troops to Niu Er and let him send people to Nepal to cause trouble.

Although Niu Er did not receive more military orders from the Privy Council, he guessed that Du Feng might have many elite troops under his command, and the skirmishers were considered to be a very special unit. At this time, he could dispatch the skirmishers, which showed his thoughts.

Then he smiled and said, "Brother Du, don't be impatient. As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. When I was in Java, I also lay dormant for a long time before I understood the situation in Java. There is no need to rush to deal with the affairs of the Kingdom of Nibala."

"This time, I am just testing the waters. I need to draw maps, survey and find the way, not to learn from Wang Xuance. Or to follow the methods of Xingguogong to attack Japan and cause disputes between city-states."

"The court means not to be impatient. If you can gain a foothold in Bengal, it will be easy to talk about it there."

"Besides, now you also know the mood of the group of people going to sea. It's okay in the army, but anyone with the gold medal of "acting at your own convenience" will think about provoking border conflicts and seeking great achievements. If you try hard, you may succeed?"

"So, one company is just right. If he really has the ability, he can do such a big thing with one company. That's his ability. If you think There are too few soldiers and the situation is unclear. Don't lose more than you gain. Since there is only one company, they will probably just do some surveying and mapping and come back. "

"That's what I'm afraid of. I heard that Nibala, a small country, now has 36 city-states, fighting each other without a unified leader. Those who are thinking about gaining merit on the frontier will take the opportunity to do something."

"So, one company is just right. Don't transfer all the scattered soldiers. With a sharp blade in hand, the killing will arise. Everyone thinks that Xingguo has made a good start. He got credit for being flexible and maneuverable in Japan, and you Niu Er got credit for being cheap in Java. Why can't I do it?"

"When I was in Java, I was thinking about doing some big things. It's still right what Xingguogong said, the butt determines the head. Now the butt has moved, I don't want the people below to learn from me and do big things by taking advantage of it..."