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With this Portuguese businessman as an interpreter, Wu Guogui could finally have a good talk with Aamir Khan.
Aamir Khan was of course very happy when he heard the words passed to him by the translator, and immediately patted his chest and said: "General, it's great that you are willing to send troops... I assure you, His Majesty Aram Gir is the most generous man in the world." Of course, he is also the richest. As long as you are willing to send troops, the issue of expenses is negotiable! By the way, how many troops are you going to send? When can you send troops?
The current situation is very critical!Kangxi Khan has already captured Kabul, and will break through the Khyber Pass by this winter at the latest! "
The reason why Aamir Khan expects Kangxi to invade this winter is because the temperature in India in summer and autumn is too high compared to Kangxi Khan's army.
For the troops of Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong, the hot climate in India is also a big trouble.
"Can't the Khyber Pass be guarded?" Wu Guogui asked, "Isn't there a checkpoint or castle guarding that?"
"Well, no." Aamir Khan shook his head and said, "That is a fairly open mountain pass... If you want to build a city wall, there will be a considerable amount of engineering. In addition, there are a lot of small roads on both sides of the mountain pass. , a blockade is impossible."
"So that's how it is..." Wu Guogui nodded, thinking to himself: "If it were Daming, you would have blocked it long ago. No matter how big the project is, can it still be bigger than the Great Wall?"
"Then how many troops does Kangxi Khan have now?" Geng Jingzhong began to inquire a little guilty.
His current wife, Ma Jiashi, was originally Kangxi's concubine...the two of them are in a good relationship now, and they have three children in succession, all of whom are strong.If I met Kangxi Khan, I don't know what the three children should call him?
"There are more than 20!" Aamir Khan said, "at least this number, maybe more...According to Kangxi Khan's own claim. It is 100 million people."
"It's only a million." Shang Zhixin said confidently, "[-] troops should be enough for us!"
In fact, Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong collectively owned or commanded no more than [-] troops.It is impossible to send [-] troops, and it would be good to have [-] troops.
But when reporting the number to Aurangzeb, report more, so as to charge more fees.
Wu Guogui also understood this set of rules, so he said with a smile: "Then let's send [-] troops first... This cost is not low!"
His words were translated into Persian.Aamir Khan immediately patted his chest and promised: "If you have money, you will have money, and if you send troops, you will have money..."
Aamir Khan stretched out a slap, "His Majesty Alamgir will give you 500 million..."
When Wu Guogui saw Aamir Khan's slap, his face darkened, as if he was very disappointed.
"1000 million! 1000 million rupees..." Aamir Khan said, "This is only a one-year fee, and you only need to achieve a major victory. His Majesty Alamgir will have an additional reward!"
Ten million rupees may seem like a lot, but the Mughal Empire has always had a tradition of raising soldiers and officials with high salaries. It is really not expensive to hire 1000 elite soldiers who can win battles.
"We still need Chittagong, which originally belonged to the Arakan Kingdom." Wu Guogui said again, "If the situation is really urgent, we can send troops as soon as possible."
His words were translated into Persian by a Portuguese profiteer.
"Okay!" Aamir Khan said, "I can suggest that His Majesty Alamgir cede Chittagong...but you have to help us guard the coastline of Bengal and several important estuaries."
Bangladesh is the granary and money bag of the Mughal Empire, so nothing can happen.
"That's no problem!" Wu Guogui smiled immediately, "Then let's make a deal and make an appointment right now!
By the way, my lord, after you go back, find someone to brag about the fact that we led our troops into Tianzhu.It cannot be said that there are only 5 people, it has to be bigger... let's say that there are [-] Ming troops, led by Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong.Catch Kangxi Khan! "
"Okay, I'll write to report to Alajim right away!"
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"Sweat, sweat, it's not good... Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, Geng Jingzhong and the other three rebels have come to Tianzhu, and they are leading a hundred thousand soldiers!"
In the royal palace in Kabul, Kangxi Khan, who had just had a heart-to-heart conversation with a very cute little Persian beauty all night, was yawning and preparing to go to court early this morning, when he heard the chief executive, Xiao Guizi, getting angry What a bluff!
Chapter 749 Zhu Hexi is the public enemy of the civilized world!
"What?" Kangxi Khan jumped up immediately when he heard this, gritted his teeth and said, "These three rebels dare to come to Tianzhu?"
If Kangxi Khan wanted to choose the five most hated living people in this world, Zhu Heyi would definitely be the first!
Yang Qilong was ranked second - after having Confucianism and sticky poles, Kangxi Khan's eyes and ears were finally well-informed, and it turned out that Yang Qilong and Yang Xiuqing were alone.
And the third, fourth, and fifth of Kangxi's most hated people are undoubtedly Shang Zhixin, Geng Jingzhong, and Wu Guogui.
Among them, Shang Zhixin not only made the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu popular, but also helped the third prince Zhu and the third grandson survive the most difficult period at the beginning of the army because of his self-respect.In addition, he also participated in the Burni Rebellion with Geng Jingzhong!He and Geng Jingzhong are Burni's internal counterparts in Beijing!
In addition to participating in the Burni Rebellion, Geng Jingzhong really wanted to be emperor - this matter was also found out by Li Guangdi, the great spy of Confucianism!Geng Jingzhong really wanted to rebel, but fortunately he was exposed by Sun Yanling and Liu Jinzhong, and was suppressed by Fuquan.But Fuquan died because of him, and Kangxi Khan "lost his head" because of this, and he has been plagued by bad luck ever since!
As for Wu Guogui...Kangxi didn't regard him as one of the most hateful people at first, but this guy actually colluded with Zhu Heqi to set up a fake fire to burn Chibi, killing most of the main force of the New Eight Banners led by Yue Le.It's really hateful!
These three villains actually came to Tianzhu together, how could Kangxi not grit his teeth?He wished he could swallow these three thieves alive!
Kangxi gritted his teeth for a while, and suddenly remembered something, and turned around and asked: "No... how did the three rebels come to Tianzhu? Could it be that they came from the Straits of Malacca by boat? The East India of the red-haired people What does the company do for food?"
"Long Live Lord," Xiao Guizi said, "They didn't come from the sea, they came from Burma. It is said that the three of them followed, followed..."
"Follow what? Tell me!" Kangxi saw that little Guizi was hesitating, so he knew something was wrong, and immediately urged him.
"Long Live Lord," Xiao Guizi said, "It is said that they followed Yongli to come to Burma..."
Sure enough, something strange happened!
"Yongli? Zhu Youlang?" Kangxi Khan asked again.
Xiao Guizi nodded, "The news from the recruiting spies from the Back to the Eight Banners at the sticky pole said that Yongli defeated Burma... Now the biggest king in Burma is King Gui."
"King Gui?" Kangxi Khan frowned, "Could it be that Yongli is not dead? The one who was strangled to death by Wu Guogui was a fake Yongli?" He stomped his feet, "No wonder Wu Sangui and Wu Guogui, the two rebels, dared to fight against Zhu Heqi together. I'm clear!"
"Big Khan!" Xiao Guizi hurriedly delivered a compliment, and then said, "The spies sent to Delhi also reported that Wu Guogui seized an armed merchant ship of the British East India Company in the city of Miaowu in Arakan. Sir Childe, Governor of the British East India Company was also detained for a while, and finally the armed merchant ship and all the goods on board were confiscated!"
Kangxi Khan's eyes lit up: "Is this true? This is good news!"
Xiao Guizi didn't understand, "Long Live Lord, this slave doesn't understand..."
Kangxi laughed and said, "According to the laws of all nations of Westerners, what Wu Guogui did is declaring war on England! And England has signed alliances with many Western countries, and it affects the whole body! This is really good... Although Ming is powerful, the Western countries are not weak together! Even if they don’t directly attack Ming’s homeland, as long as they can interrupt the trade, and then send strong ships with sharp guns to attack Ming’s merchant ships at sea, it will be enough for Zhu. He Qi, the traitor, has suffered.
Xiao Guizi, quickly send someone to invite the English ambassador William Hughes to the Khan Palace!I want to have a good discussion with him! "
"Whoo!"
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William Hughes was the last governor of the British East India Company. He planned to unite Arakan to attack Bengal and completely open up the Indian market for the British East India Company.
However, he failed to personally implement this clever plan, so he was transferred to Kangxi Khan to act as an ambassador. This is not a semi-official or even a consul that fully represents the interests of overseas Chinese, but an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary appointed by King Charles II of England. , the status is quite high.
After the great Mongols seized Afghanistan, the ambassador came to Kabul via Persia and became the general representative of the entire Western European civilization here in Kangxi Khan.
Before Xiao Guizi sent someone to invite him to the Khan Palace in Kabul, he actually knew what happened to Sir Childe in Arakan. Two months have passed since Hong Kong, and the news has already reached William Hughes.
Of course, he was very angry about such a thing... This is simply a brutal violation of public international law, a robbery in the name of the country!
If Zhu Heqi can’t come up with a solution that satisfies England—including compensation for losses, dealing with those responsible, guaranteeing never to commit another crime, and sending someone to Europe to apologize to the King of England—then he will become the public enemy of the entire civilized world !
"Your Majesty the Great Khan, the civilized world will never condone the banditry of Zhu Heqi and his subordinates! If he cannot offer a compensation and apology plan that abides by the rules of the civilized world, he will become the public enemy of the civilized world!"
In the Khan's palace in Kabul, William Hughes, who has been given a seat, is telling Kangxi Khan in fluent Latin how to become the public enemy of the civilized world!
"What? You expect Zhu Heyi to compensate and apologize?" Kangxi Khan almost amused William Hughes, "How could he apologize? How could he compensate? He will never apologize and compensate you... Because he really has black magic!"
"He really has black magic" is a proverb about Zhu Hechi, which is used to describe those cowards who speak fiercely when encountering a strong enemy, but can't get rid of it when the trouble comes.
Didn't Zhu Heqi hijack an armed merchant ship of the British East India Company to attack Macau in the early years?This will stab the two big hornet's nests of England and Catholicism.
The Kingdom of England, the Catholic Church, and Portugal, which has less than half its life left, were bragging about going to war at first, but after careful research, it was found that Zhu and Qi really had "black magic"... Maybe it wasn't magic, but they definitely had abilities A weapon that makes imperialism suffer!So the Kingdom of England, the Catholic Church, and Portugal were all persuaded.Not daring to start a war, but instead sent a mission to find out the basics.
After finding out the bottom line, I became even more timid... because Zhu Heqi is getting stronger and stronger!
Kangxi looked at William Hughes and said: "If you don't want to be humiliated by him, and you don't want to be led by the nose by him, you have to make up your mind to break with him... Even if you don't go to war, you must resolutely stop the trade, and you can no longer use gold and silver Feed the public enemy of the civilized world!"
William Hughes frowned. As the former governor of the British East India Company, he certainly knew the strength and growth of the Ming Empire... Power is not scary, and growth is not scary, but a great empire that is both powerful and capable of growth It was just too scary.
However, it may be very difficult for European countries to immediately stop the trade with Ming Dynasty and unite to contain Ming Dynasty.Because the European countries are not a unified whole, they are a mess, each has its own ghosts, each has its own interests... Cutting off trade with Ming Dynasty is not in the short-to-medium term interests of England and the Netherlands, two European countries that rely on trade to establish themselves.And because France and the Holy Roman Empire did not have enough interests in the East, they had little interest in containing the Ming Dynasty.
As for Spain, they are very contradictory. On the one hand, they already feel the threat from Ming, but on the other hand, they are afraid of angering Ming... This will cause the immediate loss of the Philippine colony!
Thinking of this, William Hughes had no choice but to take a deep breath, and said to Kangxi Khan: "Khan, Sir Childe, the governor of the East India Company, has gone to Daming to negotiate... When he returns, the coalition forces of our European countries should also We have arrived in India. If Da Ming is still unwilling to abide by the rules of the civilized world, then after conquering India, Da Ming is the next target!"
Chapter 750 Although we sent troops to Tianzhu, we are still neutral!
On the second day of February in the sixth year of the Great Duke of Ming Dynasty, Beijing, the imperial city.
After several months of boating from Madras in India all the way to Dagu in Tianjin, and then to Beijing by land, Sir Chard was trying to suppress his anger that was about to burst out, and Together with his translator, Qiongsen, he walked in the Xiyuan of the imperial city surrounded by mountains and rivers with Nalan Xingde, the attendant of the Ming Emperor.
The reason why Sir Chard felt extremely angry was not because of the humiliation he suffered in Miaowu City, but because when the armed merchant ship he was on was docked at Ningbo Yongjiang Port, he was in the camp outside the Zhaobaoshan Fort near Yongjiang Port. On the Internet, I saw a large number of Japanese soldiers who had put on the dark blue uniforms of the Ming army and started to grow their hair were training in formation!
Moreover, Sir Chard's translator, Poor Sen, also told him that around the training grounds of those short Japanese samurai soldiers who had not yet grown their hair, there were many embroidered words "Tape down Luzon", "Expel Banners with the words "Nanman" and "Shou Feng Zhi Xing"!
Qiongsen also told Chard that "Luzon" refers to the Philippines, and "Nanban" in Japan is not a native of Nanyang but a white colonist of Nanyang. Later, in Ningbo, I found an official of the Shibo Department who was responsible for receiving foreign envoys and businessmen. After asking, I found out that it turned out to be the meaning of fiefdom!The meaning of these three slogans together is to seize the Philippines from the Spaniards, and then reward a part of the Philippine land to the Japanese soldiers who have done meritorious service.
Obviously, Ming Dynasty is about to go to war against the Spanish Empire!
And it is also blatantly and undisguisedly mobilizing and preparing for war... This is simply contempt for the Spanish Empire!
Although Ming, an unscrupulous invader, has successively invaded Korea, Qing, Japan, Zhou, and Burma in the past few years, and also captured several castles of the Raksha Kingdom in Siberia.But this is the first time that a Western country (in Childe's view, Rakshasa does not belong to Western civilized countries) has been openly invading an Eastern colony that has been operating for many years!
And if there is the first time, there will be the second, third, and fourth time... In Childe's view, Ming's attempt to take advantage of the Ottoman Empire's capture of Vienna to attack the Spanish colony meant that he had already left. On the line of confronting Western civilization by force.Moreover, Ming's goals are definitely not limited to Luzon, and will not stop even after seizing high-value colonies such as Batavia, Malacca, and the southern Spice Islands.
The goal of the Ming Empire is likely to completely subvert the world order dominated by Western civilization!This means that the Ming Empire will eventually march towards the cornerstone of the triumphant rise of Western civilization and successfully dominate the world - the New World of America!
In fact, the Philippines, like Japan, is a springboard from the Asian continent to the New World.Japan is the springboard for departure to the New World, and the Philippines is the springboard for returning to the Asian continent from the New World-the fleet that transports people and supplies to the New World cannot just go and not return!The route between the Philippines-Japan-the northern west coast of the New World is a large triangle route.Go along the ocean current all the way, saving time and effort.If you use a Western-style soft-sail ship, it will take at most two months to travel from Japan to the west coast of the New World, and it only takes [-] days to travel from the west coast of the northern New World to the Philippines.And the section from the Philippines to Japan can pass through Ningbo and Shanghai. Immigrants from the Ming Dynasty can board the ship in these two places, and they can reach their destination within three months at most.Because it is possible to rest and replenish supplies in Japan halfway, each ship can carry a lot more goods and personnel.
If the warships and privateers of Spain or other Western European countries that supported Spain wanted to attack Ming’s colonial fleet, they could only use the Philippines, Japan, and the northern west coast of the New World as bases for their activities.Japan is now controlled by Ming. If the Philippines falls into the hands of Ming again, only the west coast of North America will be left to be used... However, the development of the northern and central parts of the west coast of North America is extremely low, and it is impossible to support the fleet or even privateers. long-term residence.Starting from the port near Mexico City, it is too far to go to the northern and central coastlines of the west coast of North America, and it is inconvenient for the fleet and privateers to be placed there.
And without the interference of Western warships and privateers, Ming can immigrate to the west coast of the North American continent at a fairly fast speed... If they are determined enough, the Chinese in the New World may surpass the whites in at most 30 to [-] years up!
While walking, Sir Chard, who was wondering about Zhu and Qi's intentions, had followed Nalan Xingde to a building at some point. On Xingde.
When I looked up, I realized that I had arrived in front of a magnificent oriental palace.
The destroyer of the civilized world summoned him here?
Nalan Xingde turned his head and glanced at him, and whispered in Latin: "You only have 10 minutes!" Then he nodded at a guard standing outside the main hall of Yuxi Palace, and said, "Please report, It is said that Nalan Xingde brought the English envoy Chard and his colleague Poong Sen to see him."
"Just wait." The guard turned around and strode into Yuxi Palace, walked out after a while, and said to Nalan Xingde: "Minister Nalan, the Holy Spirit sent you in."
"Thank you." Nalan Xingde just thanked him, and then led Chard and Qiong Sen into the Yuxi Palace—these guards of Zhu Hexi were all graduates of the Army and Navy Academy and active duty at all levels. Officers take turns to serve, and not everyone has the qualifications. Being able to become one is equivalent to plating gold on the resume, so you have to perform well. The bad habit of door bags does not exist at all.
Contrary to Childe's expectations, the lighting in the main hall of Yuxi Palace is quite good.He turned his head and looked at the window, and found that the window was actually made of glass with extremely high light transmittance, and it looked very pure!
"Hurry up and salute!" Nalan Xingde's voice sounded again.
Childe and Poor Sen hurriedly stood at attention, and then bowed to a big man sitting on the throne, wearing a yellow robe, with a big beard, who was looking down at an unknown book.
Child said in Latin: "The envoy of His Majesty King Charles II of England, the Governor of the British East India Company, Charles and the Taipan Poor Sen, send their greetings to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming."
The man on the throne is none other than Zhu Hechi. He is concentrating on reading a book called "Principles of Arithmetic of Natural Taoism". This book is co-authored by Zhu Hechi himself and Leibzny. What he was reading was only the first volume.The so-called "natural Taoism" is actually physics and chemistry, and this "Principle" is to combine them with mathematical methods to build a complete set of "Taoism" (physics), "magic" (chemistry) ) scientific theory system!
If this work can be completed, then the theoretical research of "Natural Taoism" will have a mathematical tool!
The significance of this to the development of Daming's "Taoism and Law" cannot be overemphasized!
Zhu and Qi closed the books in their hands, and seemed to be in a good mood. They glanced at Chard and Poor Sen who had straightened up, and said with a smile, "You are negotiating for Wu Guogui and the others to send troops to Tianzhu, right?"
Of course, Childe's intention to come has been reported to the Honglu Temple Secretary long ago.
In fact, the officials of the Honglu Temple Division could answer him, but Zhu Heqi saw that he came so far away and was looted by Wu Guogui, it was pitiful, so he mercifully summoned him in person.
"Yes." Childe replied very simply, "I would like to remind Your Majesty that the armies of five world powers are currently besieging India, and if the Ming Empire does not want to be enemies of so many world powers, it should remain neutral cautiously. "
Although Zhu Heqi could not speak to Childe in Latin, he could speak and understand Latin (he and Bei Jiaxin had studied Latin), so he replied directly in Chinese without waiting for others to translate: "It's eight... The Pope of Rome, Sweden, and Rakshasa joined the team to invade Tianzhu! And my Ming Dynasty's position on the Tianzhu war is neutral from the outside. Although we have sent troops to Tianzhu, we will also provide Tianzhu with weapons and equipment. But we are neutral!
Also, we are going to declare war on Spain soon... because Spain has massacred our expatriates in Luzon many times over the decades, which is unforgivable!But we still hope that Western countries, including England, that recognize justice and axioms will remain neutral! "
Chapter 751 I know that there are public laws of all nations, but Ming Dynasty is an exception!
Nalan Xingde translated Zhu and Chi's words into Latin, which made Sir Chard dumbfounded!
How can there be such brazen people in the world, no, it is a country of brazenness!You send troops and give weapons, but you are still neutral!
Not to mention, you still want to attack the Philippines, a colony occupied by the Spanish Empire for more than 100 years, and you still use the massacres that happened decades ago as an excuse to not allow Western civilized countries to interfere. This is too shameless and overbearing, right?
"Your Majesty, I don't think you understand the system of international law..." Sir Child also wanted to explain to Zhu Heqi what public international law is and what sovereign equality is.
But Zhu Heqi didn't have the time to talk nonsense with him, so he interrupted him directly in Chinese: "I know your Westphalian system, I also know the public law of all nations, and I agree with its content. But... Da Ming is an exception! Da Ming It is a celestial dynasty with privileges, and it is an exception to the public law of all nations! This public law of all nations restricts you Westerners, and my Ming Dynasty is not restricted."
Speaking of this, Zhu Hexi's tone has already softened, "You don't think that a small England can be an enemy of the Chinese Empire, do you? Once the Chinese Empire is angry, although England itself can avoid disaster with its distance, but with the military power of the Chinese Empire, it can still be defeated." Aren’t you afraid that the British Empire and the East India Company will be defeated in Tianzhu? Don’t say it’s unpredictable!”
After Zhu Hexi finished speaking, the great translator Nalan Xingde started to translate: "The Great Emperor knows your laws of all nations, but these are the public laws that you must abide by, not the public laws that I will abide by tomorrow. Because The Great Tomorrow is invincible in the world, and of course it is an exception to the public law of all nations."
exception?Can exceptions be made?Child was stunned and stunned, "How can you do this? Is this going to fight against the civilized world?"
Nalan Xingde snorted, and said again: "It is not the world that dares to confront the Great Ming Dynasty now, only you, England!
The great emperor also said that if the little England dares to be an enemy of the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire will not be able to reach your homeland for the time being.But it is still possible to defeat your English army in Tianzhu and make your East India Company go bankrupt... If you are not afraid of bankruptcy, just wait and see! "
This is not a harsh word, but a real truth!