While several Ming Dynasty envoys in Europe and wealthy businessmen with special missions were discussing how to disrupt the situation for the Europeans, Emperor Zhu's action to "contain Europe" had already begun!
However, he could not have predicted that France could use the "Ming Threat Theory" and "Lightning War" to defeat the Dutch profiteers. Therefore, his action to "contain Europe" did not start in Europe, but in India.
In Zhu Cixiang's view, whoever between China and Europe can get India will dominate the 18th and 19th centuries. In history, the British Empire relied on India's wealth and manpower to dominate the world for nearly 200 years. It was not until the 20th century that the United States was dominated by the United States. Chosen Nation alternative?
Judging from the current situation, a complete Great America with two ocean coastlines is no longer possible, because the western part of North America has been occupied by the United States of New Zealand, which belongs to the Celestial Civilization Circle. Moreover, the core population of the United States of New Zealand is growing rapidly. Soon, the core population of this country should surpass the Kingdom of New Spain and rank first in the Americas!
If there is a rise of the United States of America in the future, it is unlikely that this country will swallow up a United States of New Zealand with a territory equal to its own and a population even slightly larger than its own. To get around in this corner of America, it will take a lot of people. People have guns, and there are capitalist countries on both sides, and there is an old continent behind them. Who is afraid of whom? If we really want to annex each other, we will almost have to move World War I and World War II to the Americas!
In a situation where the rise of the American empire may not necessarily happen, India's strategic value becomes even more important!
Therefore, the Chinese civilization and the Christian civilization will inevitably start a long-term competition around India and the Indian Ocean... In this battle for India, not only the Chinese and Christian civilizations are qualified to participate, but also the Tianfang Sect civilization—— The Tianfang Sect has been in India for the longest time and has almost become a local snake!
In comparison, the Celestial Empire has the shallowest foundation in the Indian Ocean. Apart from a few ports on the west coast of the Malacca Peninsula, it has nothing... Even the Aceh Sultanate in the west of Sumatra has not yet been fully established. It was wiped out by the Ming-Sulu coalition - the Aceh Sultanate's territory is not small, it is also a land of scorching heat and malaria, and the coastline is very long, so it is easy to receive support from external forces, plus the Malacca Peninsula and Sumatra All the Tianfang Sect forces in the world retreated to the Aceh Sultanate, so the resistance became very tenacious.
Since the "teachers of benevolence and righteousness" in China already had territory, and the losses caused by the malaria epidemic were quite large, they did not invest much effort in the western part of Sumatra, but focused their main efforts on establishing Above the Twelve Principalities, the war with Aceh was left to the Sulu Kingdom with limited strength...
The Celestial Empire, which has not even settled Sumatra for the time being, will certainly not be able to rush into the Indian Ocean with all its teeth and claws.
The current Celestial Empire is expanding somewhat too fast. It needs continuous investment in the Americas, Southeast Asia, northwest, northeast and other directions, and it also needs to maintain the world's largest army and navy at the same time!
Moreover, in the mainland of the Celestial Empire, there is still a Dashun Dynasty that has been fighting against the Zhu Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years. Although the Shun Dynasty, which has been trapped in a corner of Sichuan and Yunnan for almost 20 years, has obviously gone downhill. However, it is estimated that the confrontation between the two sides will continue for some time before the final winner can be determined.
Under such circumstances, how could the Chinese Empire still have the strength to enter India as a conqueror?
Besides, the leader here in India now is the Indian Timur Empire which is at its peak, and it is not that easy to conquer!
Therefore, it was not the Ming Dynasty's expeditionary force that was sent to India by Ming Emperor Zhu Cixiang, but the "marriage inspection team" headed by Fu Wang Zhu Cibing.
Zhu Cibing only arrived in Delhi, the capital of Aurangzeb, in mid-August of the 19th year of the Ming Dynasty. Aurangzeb returned to Delhi a few months before him. When Zhu Cibing arrived, he was busy organizing an army to counterattack. Orissa Province, which was occupied by Dashun "Pirate King" Li Jicheng, also had to subdue Golconda and Bijapur, which rebelled again due to Li Jicheng's invasion.
The fall of Orissa Province was actually an accident. The Timurid Empire in India is not that bad now, just because Orissa Province has been a peaceful area since it was conquered by Emperor Akbar. Moreover, there are no strong enemies around that can threaten the rule of the Timur Empire, so it has never been an area heavily defended by the Timur Empire.
In addition, before Aurangzeb left India, he also conquered the Golconda Sultanate located in the south of Orissa Province (it is said to be a conquest, but in fact it was not complete control, it was to force the Sultan of Golconda to surrender and pay tribute), Therefore, all the troops originally stationed in Orissa moved into Golconda, leaving Orissa province very empty.
Moreover, Orissa Province is an area where Hindus make up an absolute majority, and there is no loyalty to Aurangzeb who fanatically believes in Devabha. Even those Jagirdars who were enfeoffed in Orissa by Emperor Akbar are not loyal to him. Because of the weakening of the Jagir system, feudal warriors turned into Hindu tax merchants - how loyal can Hindu tax merchants be to the emperor of the Tianfang religion?
Collecting taxes for whom is not collecting taxes? Why should we be loyal to the Timurid Empire? Besides, what various households in India are fighting over is the "right to contract tax", and everyone has to use the tax contractor...
In addition, Aurangzeb's expedition abroad also shook the people of Orissa, Bengal and Golconda Sultanate to a certain extent, which made Li Jicheng's conquest very easy.
After Li Jicheng made a big mistake, the Sultan of Golconda, who originally surrendered to Aurangzeb, also changed his mind and immediately sent an envoy to Orissa with generous gifts, inviting Li Jicheng to send troops to Gorkon. Da, helped expel Aurangzeb's army.
Of course Li Jicheng would not refuse such a good thing - in his opinion, Tianzhu's army was very weak and was no match for Da Shun Tianbing!
So Li Jicheng, who had received the money, immediately sent troops and joined forces with the Sultan of Golconda to successfully drive the panicked Indian Timurid Empire's army out of Golconda!
Later, the Bijapur Sultanate, which was next to the Golconda Sultanate, also sent people to ask Li Jicheng to send troops, and also offered a large reward as usual... So when Aurangzeb took the three After 400,000 "River Master Refugees" returned to India, his empire in India has lost three large pieces of territory!
What made Aurangzeb even more anxious was that the immigrants from the East were trying to snatch India's "taxation contracting rights" from him...and this group of immigrants from the East were the defeated generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Do they want to imitate Emperor Babur? After suffering a loss in his hometown, he ran to India. Want to conquer India and build an empire?
Aurangzeb was frightened when he thought of this, and his mood, which had improved due to his successful "defeat" from the river, suddenly became extremely gloomy.
Just when he was preparing to reorganize his army and counterattack Orissa, Golconda, and Bijapur, Zhu Cibing's "Marriage Inspection Group" arrived in India.
"What? What did you say?"
In the plainly furnished palace in Delhi, Aurangzeb didn't understand what the visiting Zhu Cibing said - Zhu Cibing spoke in Arabic. Of course Aurangzeb could understand it, but he just didn't understand what the relationship between marriage and exams was. ?
Do you Chinese like exams that much? You have to take an exam to get a wife...if you fail, why don't you take it?
"Your Majesty," Zhu Cibing actually felt a little strange, but he still had to complete his mission, "this, this is the custom of our celestial dynasty, we all have to take the test... Princess Nisha is a talented woman, she will definitely be able to take the test Up."
"Then, what's the test?" Aurangzeb asked with a frown.
Zhu Cibing said: "Only the four subjects of mathematics, literature, Chinese, and martial arts... In addition, we also need to examine the appearance of Her Royal Highness the Princess. It is not difficult, please rest assured, Your Majesty!"
