Dara Shikoh and Murad Bakshi's expressions changed immediately after hearing the Western General's translation.
What Sony raised is a very troublesome legal problem!
Does the Mongol Emperor of India recognize the All-Mongol Khan of the East?
Before answering this question, there is still a difficult problem to solve, that is, is the "Timurid Empire of Hindustan" a member of all Mongolia?
If he is a member of all Mongolia, then not recognizing Erzhasak Khan, that is, the young emperor Shunzhi, as the Great Khan of all Mongolia, means that the descendants of the "Chagatai Clan" will challenge the throne of Khan! Shah Jahan couldn't even deal with the Uzbeks, so he still wanted to go on an expedition to Mongolia? Isn't this crazy?
But Shah Jahan couldn't go to Mongolia, which doesn't mean Shunzhi Khan couldn't come to India!
Theoretically, the Great Khan of Shunzhi could travel here as a nomad...
If it is denied that the "Timurid Empire of Hindostan" is a member of all Mongolia, will the Shunzhi Khan be thunderous and angry?
The Mongol Empire in India is known as the Mongol Empire, and the whole world knows it. It is too late for Shah Jahan to admit it. Will Shunzhi Khan send troops to India on the charge of "splitting Mongolia"? Isn’t this asking for a beating?
But if Shah Jahan recognized the "Timurid Empire of Hindustan" as a member of all Mongolia, and recognized Shunzhi Khan as the Great Khan of all Mongolia, wouldn't Hindustan become a vassal of the Great Mongolia? Is it the same relationship as the Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate, Ogedai Khanate, Ilkhanate and Great Khanate in history?
From now on, the "Timurid Empire of Hindustan" will have to become the "Timurid Khanate of Hindustan"...
This issue was complicated. Even Dara Shiko, who was the crown prince, did not dare to make an independent decision. He had to let his brother Murad Bakshi escort the "Great Mongol Mission" to Agra slowly while he took the lead. Rush back to Agra to discuss countermeasures with dad.
After learning about the request of the Great Khan of Shunzhi, Shah Jahan was also a little depressed. How come there is an extra "Mongolian father" in a good place? Do you recognize it or not?
It's easy to admit that he is shorter than the Great Khan of Mongolia for no reason - paying tribute or something, but it is still uncomfortable to be legally shorter than the Great Khan of Mongolia!
If you don't recognize this father, there might be a war!
Isn’t it true that when people live in India, disaster comes from the grasslands?
Moreover, India has always been most afraid of all kinds of barbarians coming from the Khyber Pass in the northwest! Even if they can't conquer India, they can still plunder it, go back happily, and come back after a while...
This is how the Timurid Empire of Hindustan itself began!
"Father," Dara Xiko thought for a while and already had some idea, "We have not heard about the revival of the Great Mongolia from the Uzbeks. Instead, we heard the news from the sea, which shows that the Great Mongolia is not enough for the time being. Not to us. And I also asked the merchants in Surat about the situation in China. At least a year ago, the Chinese empire still existed. They only lost part of their territory, but they did not perish."
Shah Jahan asked: "You mean, we do not recognize the Timurid Empire of Hindustan as a member of Mongolia?"
"We neither admit nor deny it." Dara Xiko said, "We should avoid this issue and at the same time send an envoy with a rich gift to Dadu to meet with the Great Khan of Mongolia, and by the way investigate this great Mongolia The real situation is that if they are really powerful, we might as well surrender to the Khan. If they are just relatively powerful, we might as well become friends with the Khan.
It is always good for our Timurid Empire to have a powerful friend in a distant place. Maybe... we can use the Great Khanate to deal with the Uzbek Khanate. "
"Let the Great Khan Empire deal with the Uzbeks?" Shah Jahan had a headache when he thought of the Uzbeks.
In the war from 1646 to 1648, Shah Jahan's army performed well in a dignified formation, using matchlocks and light artillery to repel the Uzbek Mongolian army.
However, the Uzbeks, whose equipment was an era behind them, used the old method of clearing the country with strong walls and attacking the logistics line, causing Shah Jahan's 60,000-strong army to suffer heavy losses, and finally had to retreat to the deserts and mountains of Central Asia.
Dara Shiko suggested: "If we can let the army of the Great Khan Empire loot the river ruled by the Uzbeks, we may be able to get Samarkand and Bukhara after the army of the Great Khan Empire returns with full load."
To the Timurid Empire of Hindostan, the wealth of Central Asia was nothing. Shah Jahan only needed the two territories of Samarkand and Bukhara to prove his greatness. Even if he only got two ruins, Shah Jahan didn't care.
Shah Jahan thought, "But will the Great Khan Empire covet the wealth of India after occupying the land in the river?"
"Maybe," Dara Xiko frowned, appearing thoughtful, "but we should still unite with them to eliminate the Uzbeks... because the Uzbek Khans can also have a relationship with Genghis Khan. They are The descendants of the Golden Horde, the real golden family!
Therefore, they are also one of the Mongolians in the world! "
"Indo-Mongolia" and "Qing Mongolia" are actually Xibei products. The emperor of Indo-Mongolia only had a thin trace of the golden family lineage, and it was inherited from the maternal line. The Shunzhi Khan was not a descendant of Genghis Khan at all, not even on the maternal line.
However, the Shaban family that established the Uzbek Khanate was the golden family of Miao Zhenggenhong, whose ancestor was Jochi.
The Astrakhan dynasty that currently rules the Uzbek Khanate is a descendant of Kuchuk Mahama, Khan of Kipchak, and of course is a descendant of Jochi.
This Astrakhan dynasty originally had its own khanate in the lower reaches of the Volga River and the South Caucasus grassland. Later, the khanate was destroyed by Ivan the Terrible, and the rulers of the khanate fled to Bukhara, the capital of the Uzbek khanate. One of the princes married the daughter of Iskander Khan of the Shaban dynasty, but Iskander Khan had no sons, and the throne of Khan was finally passed to this prince.
Shah Jahan did not understand his son's words for a moment, "Dara Shiko, do you think the Astrakhan Dynasty will compete with Erzhasak Khan for the position of Great Khan of Mongolia?"
"No," Dara Xiko shook his head, "They will most likely surrender to Eyelzasak Khan...and then use the power of the Great Khan's Empire to attack India!"
No one has the ability to make up for this.
Shah Jahan thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, we should strike first! Dara Shiko, go and prepare a generous gift for the Khan immediately. Don't be stingy with money. As long as it can destroy the Uzbek Khanate, It doesn’t matter how much you spend!”
In fact, it doesn't matter how much money it costs to ask the Mongolian Khan to help. It's expensive for Jahan to send troops directly from India!
Shah Jahan's army was no longer a nomadic army, but an army composed of "Jajir" military nobles, that is, landlord soldiers. They could not drive cattle and sheep to graze while fighting, and had to rely on Indian merchants. Logistics transfer.
Even the extremely wealthy Timurid Empire in India felt heartbroken at the expense of 60,000 troops for two years!
...
"You want to send envoys to give gifts to the Great Khan? Okay! The Great Khan will be happy!"
In the city of Agra, Sony, who had been arranged to live in a magnificent mansion by his Mongolian compatriots in India, heard a piece of news that made him overjoyed from the crown prince of Mongolia in India.
He originally came to India with the intention of fooling around, but he didn't expect that he was actually fooled!
Caballero, who was accompanying him at the side, quickly reminded him in blunt Chinese: "Minister Suo, the Qing Dynasty should seek an alliance with the Indo-Mongol Empire! The two great Mongol empires should join forces to deal with the enemies of Mongolia. "
Sony was right, this matter must be struck while the iron is hot!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince," Sony quickly said to Dara Xiko in "Japanese", "The Great Khan sent us to Tianzhu just to unite the Tianzhu Mongol Empire and fight together against the most ferocious enemy of Mongolia!"
"Who is the most ferocious enemy of Mongolia?" Dara Xiko asked.
"Of course it's Mingguo!"
"Only the Ming Kingdom?" Dara Xiko asked again.
"And the Rakshasa Kingdom!"
"Is there any more?" Dara Xiko asked again.
"Japan too!"
"Any more?"
"temporarily unavailable."
"Then can we mention an enemy?" Dara Xiko asked with a smile.
"Okay, you can bring it up."
"We believe that the Uzbek Khanate is also the enemy of Mongolia!"
"Okay! Then add this thing..."
The Uzbek Khanate is also unlucky. It is obviously a descendant of the Golden Family, but it has become the enemy of Mongolia!
