When Luo Zhichen brought his mission and gifts with Zhu Cihong's Indian brother-in-law, ****, to Delhi, the capital of the Timurid Empire in India. Shesta Khan and the envoys of the Dashun Empire, Gu Conglong and Xin Guiyi (the same Singer who surrendered to Li Jicheng in Orissa Province, was given the surname Xin by Li Jicheng and changed his name to Guiyi) arrived first.
The ransom note brought by Gu Conglong and Xin Guiyi was written in Chinese and Urdu, so Aurangzeb himself could understand it.
It goes without saying that the content is of course threatening war and asking for a seemingly modest amount of wealth from the war-loving Aurangzeb - rice or flour worth four to five million rupees.
Four to five million rupees is certainly not a small amount, equivalent to more than one million taels of silver.
However, for the empire ruled by Aurangzeb, it was not a big number for Bengal, which Li Jicheng threatened to invade in his letter.
After returning from Central Asia, Aurangzeb, who had greatly increased his power, significantly increased taxes. Agricultural taxes were increased from one-third of the harvest to half of the harvest (this was only half in theory. In fact, the Timurid Empire The taxing ability cannot be that powerful)!
In addition, Aurangzeb also significantly increased the customs duties for non-Tibetan merchants (not only import and export duties, but also taxes through customs within the empire).
By increasing taxes, his empire's annual fiscal revenue increased from about 200 million rupees to about 300 million rupees, which is equivalent to 100 million taels of silver (of course, all the actual revenue obtained cannot be silver, and it also includes a large amount of food)!
As the richest province in Aurangzeb's empire, Bengal Province contributed tens of millions of rupees in tax revenue.
If Li Jicheng was really capable of invading Bangladesh and plundering it, how could it be possible with only three to four million rupees? He should ask for at least 10 million rupees…
The wise and wise Emperor Aurangzeb already realized something was wrong after reading Li Jicheng's blackmail letter!
The greedy robber Li Jicheng wanted too little... so little that it was unreasonable!
If it’s unreasonable, then there must be a conspiracy! Emperor Aurangzeb quickly figured out the content of Li Jicheng's trick - the bandit king must have wanted to paralyze himself first, and then launch a surprise attack.
Wearing an old white robe, holding an exaggeratedly large-looking sword in both hands, the Emperor looked gloomy and a bit scary. He looked at the two envoys of the Dashun Empire with cold and penetrating eyes, as if he was about to kill them.
Gu Conglong was not afraid at all, and stood there looking at Aurangzeb in a dignified manner.
Not so with Xin Guiyi, Aurangzeb was his old master. Although today was the first time he met Aurangzeb, he had already heard about Aurangzeb's cruelty... This was the devil who forced his father to kill his brother and his brother!
Moreover, Xin Guiyi is a traitor... He feels guilty!
Now when Aurangzeb glared at him, everyone started to tremble.
There is indeed a conspiracy!
Seeing Xin Guiyi trembling, Aurangzeb already knew it.
The bandit king Li Jicheng is playing tricks again!
"Go back and tell that robber king," Aurangzeb said in urgent Urdu in a menacing voice, "I will not give him a grain of rice or a pinch of flour... Timur Although the empire is rich, it will not give any property to the robbers.
The only thing I can give to Li Jicheng are slippers, my slippers! "
Princess Nisha’s slippers have been given away, and all that remains are the old slippers of Emperor Aurangzeb... In the past few years, with the new Central Asian army at his disposal, there have been many small states in India. I received the slippers!
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"Your Majesty, do you really want to go to war with the bandits in the east?" The bandit king's envoy was driven out of Aurangzeb's court, but Shasta Khan, the governor of Bengal, did not follow him.
Glancing at the worried Shasta Khan, Aurangzeb sighed softly and whispered: "**** is bringing the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to Delhi... This time the envoys of the Ming Dynasty are bringing In order to express the sincerity of the alliance-a large number of new muskets and cannons, as well as the latest explosive ammunition of the Ming Dynasty.
Furthermore, there is a treaty waiting for me to sign, a covenant we cannot refuse! "
It turned out that Aurangzeb had received a report from the Communist Party and knew that the Ming Emperor wanted to form an alliance with the Timurid Empire of India.
"Covenant?" Shasta Khan was a little surprised, "Is it a covenant to deal with the Eastern bandits together?"
"Of course not," Aurangzeb said. "The rogue bandits in the East may be a trouble to us, but they are nothing to mention to the Ming Dynasty... What the Ming Emperor wants to fight with us is the Westerners, France and the Netherlands. , and maybe Portugal!
In addition, he also hopes that I can continue to exert influence in Central Asia and recruit more warriors to India in order to reduce the pressure on the Jungar and Heshuote people. "
It turns out that the three Ming Dynasty vassal kingdoms, the Jungar Kingdom, the Heshuote Kingdom and the Dai Kingdom, have not been doing too well in Central Asia in the past two years.
On the one hand, they encountered the stubborn resistance of the Central Asian Tianfang believers supported by the Rakshasa Kingdom; on the other hand, conflicts arose within the three Ming Dynasty vassal states over the issue of land distribution!
Zhu Cijiong's Dai Kingdom and the Heshuote Kingdom that moved westward occupied the territory that the Junggar Kingdom had worked so hard to conquer. How could there be no conflict between the three?
In addition, after being expelled by Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu, the Heshuote tribe of Uzang took the great lama and ran to Anxi. Now they have arrived in Kashgar and are about to enter the Western Region.
This makes the already complicated situation in the Western Region even more complicated!
Zhungeer Kingdom, Heshuote Kingdom, and Dai Kingdom all wanted to get the great lama. The Ming court hoped that the great lama would stay in Anxi and not go anywhere...
At the same time, Zhu Cihong was also worried that the struggle between Zhungeer, Heshuote and Daiguo would cause drastic changes in the situation in Central Asia, so he planned to send people to Central Asia to mediate.
He knew that the conflicts among the three parties in Central Asia were ultimately caused by insufficient distribution of territory. If you want to completely solve it, you can only start from an incremental perspective.
And if you want to get more land, you can only ask Aurangzeb for help... As long as he can send people to recruit thugs in the territories of Zhungar, Heshuote and Dai, the three vassal states of the Ming Dynasty It would be easy to get mixed up - if Aurangzepur removes one of his thugs, wouldn't there be one less enemy in Central Asia to oppose the Ming Dynasty's "Three Domains"?
"Your Majesty, if we recruit a large number of Central Asian warriors to India, Central Asia may completely fall into the hands of the Mongols in the east!" Shasta Khan reminded in a low voice.
Aurangzeb nodded and said with a wry smile: "I know, but this matter is actually good for us!"
"Benefits?" Shesta Khan was stunned, "Your Majesty, but I don't see the benefits?"
"Shesta Khan," Aurangze preached, "how come you have forgotten the origins of the Ghulam warriors and the Mamluk warriors?"
After being reminded by Aurangzeb, Shasta Khan understood Aurangzeb's thoughts - Aurangzeb wanted to buy slave boys from Central Asia to train his Sudanese Guards!
Aurangzeb smiled bitterly and said: "Long history has shown that only slave warriors trained since childhood are the most reliable weapons in the hands of monarchs like us who believe in the true God! Gulam warriors, Mamluk warriors, Ganeshari Aren’t the sources of the (Sudanese Guards) soldiers all slave warriors trained since childhood? Aren’t the Central Asian regions that were not completely ruled by Tianfang Sect the main source of these slave warriors?
The Ottoman Empire can still remain strong today, isn't it because it still has a few areas where Christians can recruit Scouts? If the Ottomans forced the Christians there to convert, thereby losing the possibility of recruiting slave soldiers (the Tianfang religion theoretically does not allow the buying and selling of Tianfang believers as slaves, so once the Balkans are greened, the Ottoman Empire will lose the source of slave soldiers), the Ottomans The empire is long gone!
Shaesta, now do you know why I am happy to see those Buddhists return to Central Asia? Because only when they return to Central Asia can we have a reliable source of soldiers. With slave soldiers, we can rule the whole, at least most of India! "
