The emperor's residence is surrounded by lakes and is peaceful.
Princess Nesa followed Zhu Cibing and Grand Duke Luo onto a painted boat and slowly walked through the lake. Emperor Zhu spent countless sums of money on this picturesque lake in the east of Wuchang over the years. Today, you can see pavilions and pavilions everywhere, and from time to time you can see several exotic buildings dressed in white. , standing on the bow of the boat, looking around, admiring the delightful scenery here, suddenly seemed to see something, and smiled in surprise. architecture. princess nyssa
"Princess, that is the Red Castle that Your Majesty specifically invited Persian masters from Tianzhu to build. It is completely in the style of Timur's Empire in Tianzhu."
Zhu Cibing pointed to a red building built on the Moshan Peninsula in the southeast of East Lake and built on the northern slope of Moshan. It has pointed arches, a large dome, a small dome pavilion and other components. The exterior is red and white in two tones, mainly dark red, and is a castle-like building constructed of red bricks and white granite.
"Did His Majesty give this to me?" Princess Nissa asked excitedly.
Looking at this woman who seemed to be in love, Zhu Cibing sighed: "This is the Red Castle built by His Majesty to celebrate you becoming his concubine. There is another one on the hillside of Laoshan in Yingtian Mansion."
"Really?" Nessa showed a bright smile, "Then will His Majesty receive me in this Red Castle?"
Zhu Cibing nodded: "Her Royal Highness the Princess will meet Your Majesty in the audience hall of the Red Castle and bow down, followed by a banquet. After the banquet, you will rest overnight in the Red Castle. You will receive the first and second sessions tomorrow afternoon. Assessment... Philosophy and mathematics are tested. The day after tomorrow you will take the third and fourth assessments, which will test Chinese and military studies. The day after tomorrow you will take the martial arts test in the afternoon, that is, horse riding, archery, and swordsmanship. Then you will also have to take a test on music Choose one of the three arts, painting and dancing, and dedicate it to Your Majesty."
Of course, the content of the exam arranged for Princess Nisha is slightly different from others. Other candidates do not need to take a separate assessment of Chinese (including writing, reading, and speaking), but will incorporate the Chinese assessment into the Confucian (philosophy) assessment.
After all, Princess Nisha is a princess of Tianzhu, and her Chinese proficiency may not be very high, so Zhu Cixiang allowed her to take the philosophy test, mathematics test and military test in Arabic (if she was willing to use Chinese), and also arranged a Chinese test. .
In addition, Princess Nisha has never studied French, so she will not take this exam. And all the girls he takes the exam must take the French exam.
According to Zhu Cibing's report, Princess Nisha has very good martial arts skills and is good at riding horses, archery and machete, so the requirements for her martial arts test are also relatively high. Horse riding, archery, and machete all have to be tested!
Zhu Cibing also said that Princess Nisha is also proficient in music, painting and dance... In short, she is a talented, sentimental woman, and very beautiful.
So Zhu Cihong added an optional subject for Princess Nisha! The assessment of Princess Nissa ended up being six exams in three days... The full score for each exam was 100 points, and the total score for the six exams was 600 points.
There are also 60 interview points. Today's interview and banquet are actually an interview.
If Princess Nisha performs perfectly in this exam, which is actually 7 tests, then Zhu Cixiang will make her his concubine.
After listening to the content of the exam, Princess Nesa already showed a confident smile, "It doesn't sound difficult, and I also read Taixue's Confucianism and mathematics textbooks along the way. I believe I will be able to pass the exam well." A result that Your Majesty is satisfied with.”
Zhu Cibing nodded and thought to himself: How could it not be difficult? That was a paper written by the emperor's brother himself, and it was not based on the entrance examination standards, but the graduation examination standards. If you can do well in the exam, you can probably become a female teacher in a women's university...
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"My concubine, Nisha, respectfully wishes the Great Emperor to be safe and sound."
In the Indian-style audience hall of the Red Fort, a female academic from India was paying homage to Emperor Zhu.
"I beg you, may I offer you a seat." Zhu Cixiang, who was sitting on a soft sofa chair imported from the Ottoman Empire, looked at the man in front of him who had a slender figure, white skin, and beautiful appearance. He also looked quite smart (his forehead was relatively large). The woman in white couldn't hide the smile on her face.
Of course, Zhu Cixi was not lewd. He was recognized as a wise man, so how could he be lecherous? He beamed with joy when he saw Princess Nisha because he valued the friendship between Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire of India.
Now the Ming Dynasty is the richest man in the world, and the Timurid Empire of India is the second richest man in the world. They were both truly wealthy countries in the 17th century, and they were also great powers.
If Mingyin can marry and form an alliance, support each other, coexist and prosper together, then the future world will definitely be dominated by the Mingyin Alliance!
Princess Nisha has already sat down opposite Emperor Zhu, with an elegant posture and a smile on her face, as if she is waiting for the interview.
"Nisha," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "I am very happy that you traveled thousands of miles to come to me, because I saw the sincerity of the Timur Empire of Tianzhu in its willingness to establish a strong friendship with the Ming Dynasty. In today's world, the Ming Dynasty is the first A prosperous and powerful country, the Timurid Empire is the second prosperous and powerful country. If our two countries can further establish an alliance, we will jointly dominate the future world."
Of course, Zhu Cihong did not really think that India was the second largest country in the world, but he also did not regard India as a candidate colony that could be easily conquered. After all, it was Aurangzeb, the strong man, who now dominated most of India's land.
In addition, with the rise of the Celestial Empire and the rise of France in Europe. The future world is likely to see competition between the Chinese Empire and the Christian world led by France.
And India, this magical land, will undoubtedly be an important weight in determining the outcome of the competition between the East and the West!
It can be said that whoever owns India will own the future!
To own India does not mean to immediately send an army to invade with bared teeth. Aurangzeb is still there, and he even dragged a group of thugs from Central Asia back to India, and conquered Afghanistan along the way... India today is not a weakling without the ability to resist.
Therefore, it is more pragmatic to get married and make friends first, and then think of ways to conquer them.
Princess Nisha smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, there is no need to praise my motherland. Although my motherland is the second richest country in the world, it is not the second most powerful country in the world. The Timur Empire of Tianzhu is just a rich but not strong country, so I My father never wanted to dominate the world...Although he was called the conqueror of the world in Tianzhu, the only thing he wanted to conquer was Tianzhu."
Quite self-aware!
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said, "Nisha, can you tell me how big Tianzhu is in your father's heart?"
Princess Nisha said: "The Tianzhu in my father's mind includes the entire Afghan plateau to the west. It reaches the Western Ocean to the south, and ends at the borders of Bengal Province and the Kingdom of Ahom and Arakan to the east. To the north, it ends at Snow Yu Gaoshan... My father no longer has any thoughts about Samarkand, and also hopes that your Majesty's vassal, the Dzungar Kingdom, can curb its ambitions and not march south of Samarkand and Bukhara."
The war in the Western Region continues endlessly!
This is the rhythm of wars these days. Either we don’t fight, or we fight, it’s likely to be endless!
Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded: "I will give an order to the Jungar Kingdom and the Heshuote Kingdom so that they will not invade the borders of the Timurid Empire. However, the Timurid Empire should also restrain the border tribes of Afghanistan so that they cannot support them. Rebels in the Kingdom of Jungar and the Kingdom of Heshuote.”
During this time, the territory in the northwest changed again. First of all, the Beiting Heshuote tribe was ordered to move west to Bukhara. Although Bukhara's territory is not as large as Beiting, its wealth is incomparable!
Secondly, the Jungar Kingdom handed over the Chuhe Mansion to the Tianshan Kingdom where Zhu Cijiong was the king, and at the same time moved the people from the Chuhe River to fill Samarkand.
Furthermore, the Fergana Basin was temporarily separated from the rule of the Jungar Kingdom and was ruled by Anusha Khan of the Khiva Khanate. At the same time, a khan king also appeared in the Khiva Khanate itself. Nusa Khan had a son named Ishaq.
In the end, the coalition forces of Rakshasa and Kazakhs still had the upper hand in Zhongyuzi, forcing the nomadic tribes of the Jungar Kingdom to retreat southward to the Chu River Basin and the Ili River Basin.
However, Aurangzeb had no intention of returning to Central Asia. His purpose of going to Central Asia had been achieved.
Princess Nisha smiled and said to Zhu Cixiang: "Your Majesty, my father will move as many Tajik tribes in the north of Afghanistan to India as possible, thus forming a vacuum zone."
"Very good!" Zhu Cixiang said, "In this way, there will be no possibility of conflict between our two countries...Princess, let me see your wisdom and talent now!"
