"Let's just leave it like this in Xinzhou..." Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "I'll discuss it with Gao Zi later. As long as he has no objections, you don't have to worry about Old Ten and Old Thirteen in the future. !”
Zhu Cihong's tenth son and thirteenth son are both considered sons of Xu Gaozi. The reason why they are "both counted" is because the tenth prince Zhu Hejing is Xu Gaozi's biological son, while the thirteenth son Zhu Hexing is the son of Takada Miho. Because Takada Miho entered the palace as Xu Gaozi's maid and was then adopted by Zhu Cihong, the son she gave birth to was also named in Gaozi's name.
Xu Gaozi also treated his two sons equally, took great care of them, and did his best to arrange the best education and future for them.
However, the intelligence of these two sons is quite different. The emperor's tenth son, He Jing, is very smart. He was admitted to the Army Lecture Hall. Now he has graduated and is leading troops in the army. The thirteenth son of the emperor, Zhu Hexing, was a bit stupid and a scumbag. He failed to pass any exams after graduating from middle school... But his martial arts was very good, despite his short stature (he was the shortest among Zhu Cixi's sons). ), but he has a talent for martial arts, is good at all kinds of martial arts, and is very good at horse fighting. He is a good man who charges into battle. He may be able to create some situations in the New World.
After Zhu Cihong arranged for his two sons, he brought up another matter that has been discussed a lot by courtiers recently, which is supporting the Timurid dynasty in India.
The Timur Dynasty in India has been in a miserable state recently, because Zhu Cihong chose to give in in Malacca and let bandits from the four countries of "France, Shun, Netherlands and Portugal" surround and fight!
In fact, the current strength of the Timurid Empire in India is not weak, and it is enough to fight against the armies of the four countries of "France, Shun, Netherlands, and Portugal" around India.
However, Timur of India is a family man, while the four countries of France, Shun, Netherlands and Portugal are here to grab money. Timur of India could only take a beating but could not fight back - where could he fight back?
The Dutch territory was on the island of Ceylon, which Aurangzeb could not reach.
Goa, the Portuguese stronghold in India, is now occupied by King Alfonso of Portugal, and Alfonso is an ally of the Ming Dynasty and can also be regarded as an ally of Aurangzeb.
As for Burma, Arakan, Chittagong and other places controlled by Dashun, they are not good places now, and there is no money to fight there. And is the Dashun army easy to mess with?
France's territory in India consisted of several strongholds on the Coromandel Coast and the Mabala Coast. The Indian Timurid Empire was also out of reach. Aurangzeb's territory was separated from the Coromandel by Gorkon. Da.
Speaking of Golconda, Aurangzeb was really on the verge of tears...
It turns out that the Sultan of Golconda was destroyed by Aurangzeb himself two years ago, and by the way he swallowed half of Golconda. The remaining half of Golconda became the fuse that ignited the war between the French, Dutch, Portuguese and Indian Timurid Empire!
Because this half of Golconda was occupied by Dashun Li Jicheng who had a colony in Coromandel while Aurangzeb captured the other half.
How could Aurangzeb, who was determined to unify India, be willing to do so? So he sent troops to compete with Li Jicheng for territory, which resulted in an endless all-out war.
Li Jicheng's skill in using troops is actually not very good. He is unwilling to fight in a dignified formation, but his skill in robbing money is high! That is a good craft passed down from great-great-grandfather Li Zicheng. Four generations have been bandits! And he’s still a bandit!
How could he be willing to fight Aurangzeb in Golconda? Aurangzeb now owns the entire Afghanistan and part of Central Asia, and has also opened the "Xiaoge Old Trade", so there is no shortage of troops.
And how many loyal and loyal people did Li Jicheng have in his hands? How can you compete with Aurangzeb?
So he took advantage of Aurangzeb's main force to go south, and successfully invaded Bangladesh with the help of the French, French, Dutch and Portuguese fleets. Li Jicheng's army marched north along the Hooghly River, not only burning, killing and looting, but also defeated an army of Aurangzeb in Bengal. This forced Aurangzeb to give up going south and led his main force to fight back to Bangladesh by land.
However, Li Jicheng rushed away with the looted property before Aurangzeb arrived. Later he invaded Orissa Province, also captured a lot, and also returned fully loaded before the arrival of Aurangzeb's army.
Not long after this attack ended, Li Jicheng sent troops from South Golconda to attack North Golconda.
Aurangzeb's army continued to run along the eastern coast of India and was exhausted long ago. Therefore, he was unable to come back for help and had to give up the half of Golconda he had managed to get.
But how could Aurangzeb be willing to lose the opportunity to unify India? At that time, it happened that the Ming Dynasty's special envoys Zhu Cibing and Zhu Henry arrived in Lahore, Tianzhu, after all the hardships. So Aurangzeb went to meet with them in person and proposed that the Ming Dynasty attack Yunnan, and that India's Tamerlane attacked Gore. Kunda's proposal for joint operations.
This proposal was written in a memorial by Henry Zhu and sent all the way to Laoshan Palace in Yingtian Mansion, and then reached the hands of Emperor Zhu.
"Father," Zhu Hexing knew that Zhu Cixiang was deliberately testing himself with this question, so he took the question and answered, "It is also time for us to regain Yunnan... Yunnan is the land of our ancestors, and it is always taken by rogue bandits. What is it? I would like to supervise the army to attack the rogue bandits in Yunnan!"
Zhu Cixiang was noncommittal and turned to look at Ding Yuying - to be a good empress dowager, you must have an international perspective!
"Father," Ding Yuying said, "didn't we come up with a plan for India to support the Ottoman Empire in attacking Vienna? If Vienna can be broken, wouldn't Aurangzeb's crisis be solved?"
Emperor Zhu smiled and said: "Prince Fu and Henry talked about this with Aurangzeb... However, Aurangzeb did not agree or object, but proposed a joint attack on the rogue bandits. "
Ding Yuying thought for a while, "Father, maybe Aurangzeb doesn't want the Ottoman Empire to grow bigger? The Tianfang Sect today is the largest among them, right?"
Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "Maybe...but if Aurangzeb's Timur Empire wants to survive for a long time, this is the only way!"
The Prince of Good Luck on the side interjected: "That's not the case... I am 80% sure that I can win Yunnan!"
"Only 80%?" Zhu Cixiang shook his head, "Less... I'm 100% sure! Good luck, I'm sure you can take command to pacify Yunnan! Good luck, I'm sure you can take command to ping Yunnan! This is your meritorious service A good opportunity to accumulate prestige. You are the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, so you should have a truly illustrious achievement to back it up."
Prince Luck immediately stood up and saluted: "I thank you, my father!"
Zhu Cixi smiled and waved his hand, signaling him to sit down quickly, "But Aurangzeb can't beat Li Jicheng!
Because the French and Dutch are standing behind the rogues... robbing India is a good deal for the three companies to join forces!
If Aurangzeb wanted to ensure long-term stability for his country, he had to attract the attention of France and the Netherlands back to Europe. "
"Father," Zhu Hexing said, "My sons also know this truth... As long as the three bandits are profitable, Aurangzeb will never have peace. But can Ottoman's westward march to Vienna really succeed?"
Zhu Cixiang shook his head and said with a smile: "As a father, I don't know. It just depends on your brother Henry's ability."
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When Zhu Cihong and Zhu Hexing talked about the possibility of the Ottomans' westward expansion, King Henry Zhu Henry had already been in Lahore for some time.
His diplomatic mission was quite boring to say the least. At first, it was an endless rush. In addition to rushing, he was still rushing.
After walking more than 10,000 miles, perhaps 20,000 miles, we arrived in Lahore. Here, he became Aurangzeb's guest again. He could often visit the court in Lahore and hold talks with dignitaries from India, including Aurangzeb.
But Aurangzeb didn't seem to have much interest in territory outside India...but he didn't gain everything. He made a lot of friends here with Aurangzeb, and he was also very familiar with the Portuguese king who was exiled in Goa and the king's newly married queen!
