India's Dashun Empire, Xitian Mansion!
This is a city full of Indian Tianfang religion style, located on the bank of Tongtian River - Tongtian River is the Hooghly River. When Li Jicheng took control of Sadgaon and renamed it Xitianfu, it was also renamed Tongtian River. When the Tongtian River flows to the Xitianfu area, the river has become a bit silted up, and the waterway is not very smooth. Therefore, Xitianfu City (Sade Gang) has also begun to decline. Many merchants have moved to the lower reaches of the Tongtian River, closer to Haikou. , but a large commercial port with agglomeration has not yet formed (Calcutta has not yet appeared).
Because merchants moved away in large numbers, the former commercial center of Bangladesh now seems a bit deserted. There are a large number of vacant houses in the city, which facilitates the entry of the army led by Li Jicheng.
Different from the previous invasions of Tianzhu, this time Li Jicheng did not come to liberate the untouchables of Tianzhu, nor did he come to rob Chaiminda, Jagirdar and Brahmin lords, but came to the West to be the master of the country.
In order to let the nobles and sluts here in Tianzhu know that Emperor Dashun had corrected his evil ways, before Li Jicheng took over Xitian, he also recruited a large number of leading parties, including Persian businessmen, surrendered Rajput warriors and Brahmin castes. Noble person. Oh, we also prepared a dozen elephants and a dozen pairs of old cloth shoes... It's the old rule here in Tianzhu, the elephants carry the old cloth shoes to persuade them to surrender!
After the army entered Xitianfu, Li Jicheng sent more than a dozen teams to lead the party with elephants and old cloth shoes to the cities east of the Hooghly River to persuade them to surrender. At the same time, he also sent troops to deploy along the Hooghly and Ganges rivers, either to garrison surrendered castles, to attack cities that resisted, or to build fortresses in critical places. They were busy until the winter of 1676 AD. Only then did I have a chance to breathe.
Of course, it's just a little breather, because the Dashun Dynasty has not really established a foothold in Bengal, India... because they have not experienced the real test, and Aurangzeb's army on the plains of Bengal Let the decisive battle begin!
"Your Majesty, there is news from Mysore that Aurangzeb withdrew his troops early last month. There is also news from Agra that Aurangzeb did not return to Lahore after withdrawing from Mysore. Arriving in Agra... and also moving the entire imperial court to Agra, it seems that he is going to use Agra as a base, march along the Ganges, and have a showdown with us!"
In a magnificent palace, the person who was informing Li Jicheng of the intelligence he had just received was Jalali, the military advisor of the Dashun Dynasty. He was the Persian businessman who led Li Jicheng when he entered India.
Because of the success of that leading operation, Jalali gained Li Jicheng's trust and became an official of the Dashun Dynasty, responsible for Indian intelligence. This guy is not weak in ability. He used his connections in the Persian businessman circle to establish an intelligence network covering most of India.
Confidential information was unavailable, but Aurangzeb's movements could be roughly ascertained.
After listening to his report, Li Jicheng nodded and turned his attention to his father-in-law Xin Guiyi - he had only arrived in Xitian three days ago and had brought several contacts with the Ming Dynasty.
The negotiations in Yunnan were not going well! Zhu Hexing insisted that the Dashun Army must withdraw from Yunnan before they can negotiate.
Moreover, the Ming army did not stop attacking, but fought steadily and advanced step by step! The progress is not fast, but there is no sign of stopping. Instead, it is pushing forward every day, and it has begun to approach Dali Fucheng!
Luo Hu, on the other hand, is a clever woman who cannot make a meal without rice, and has been trying hard to avoid war. But there are still many unavoidable battles. In the future, the opponent's army will be delayed in advancing towards Dali, and Luo Hu has to command the Yunnan Shun Army to fight. It is a pity that the battles have been unsuccessful and they have been defeated one after another in the past period of time.
The people's hearts in Yunnan are gradually becoming unstable, and they are about to lose their support!
Now that the decisive battle between Dashun and Tamerlane is about to begin, Yunnan can no longer take care of it, so there is no harm in handing it over... I am afraid that the Ming army will make further progress and have to look into Yunnan and Burma, which will be too much trouble.
Therefore, in order to avoid being attacked from both sides, Li Jicheng still wanted to make peace with Ming Dynasty as soon as possible...
"Lao Xin," Li Jicheng said to his cheap father-in-law, "Well, I still have to let you work hard and go to Nanjing... The princes of Lao Zhu's family are not easy to talk to, so it is better to talk to their emperor. Bar!"
"Your Majesty," Xin Guiyi has been going back and forth very hard these days. He has lost weight due to fatigue. Now his face is wrinkled and he looks like a hardworking grandfather. "Well, I am not afraid of hard work, but Zhu I'm afraid the prince of the family is not so easy to talk to! Aurangzeb's daughter Princess Nisha is the favorite concubine of the prince of the Zhu family..."
Zhu Cixiang likes smart women, and Princess Nisha's IQ and talent must be the highest among his harem... so Zhu Cixiang has always liked her. The two have given birth to a pair of children in recent years, plus the previous "A San'er" already has three love fruits.
"Isn't she just an Indian beauty?" Li Jicheng waved his hand, "Give him 10 Indian beauties...pick the most beautiful ones!"
"Your Majesty," Song Yaowen reminded, "I'm afraid this matter can't be solved by sending a few beauties..."
"Then what are you going to give?" Li Jicheng frowned, "Gold and silver treasures?"
"Your Majesty," Chief of Staff Jalali interjected, "It's not gold or silver... What the Zhu family's Emperor wants is probably for them to sign some kind of "Treaty for the Protection of Neutrality and Freedom" Draw a pledge!"
"Oh...who are neutrality and freedom?" Li Jicheng asked, "What are they?"
"Your Majesty, neutral means a neutral country, that is, a country that does not help anyone when two sides are at war. Freedom means free trade among neutral countries..." Jalali explained, "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is I want to ask you not to rob neutral merchant ships passing by in the Bay of Bengal."
"What are you talking about?" Li Jicheng said with a straight face, "Um, we stopped robbing things a long time ago... Um, we just collect protection fees!"
Dashun has learned well now and knows that you can't always rob. It's a one-time deal. If you rob too much, people will either not come, or they will upgrade their weapons so that you can't rob! So collecting protection fees is a long-term business...
"Your Majesty said yes..." Jalali smiled, "So we can sign this treaty."
"That's enough!" Li Jicheng said to Xin Guiyi again, "Old Xin, thank you for your hard work... just go to Nanjing in the name of the envoy of the Dashun Kingdom of India."
"Your Majesty," Song Yaowen said again, "I'm afraid this name won't work... The Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family has always called Dashun the puppet dynasty."
"Then what should we do?" Li Jicheng frowned, "You can't change the country's name, right?"
"That's not necessary," Song Yaowen said, "Why not just name it after Xitianfu!"
"Xitian Mansion?" Li Jicheng smiled, "That's okay! Just go there in the name of the envoy of the Emperor of the West... and tell Zhu Cixiang that from now on, the West will belong to his forehead, the East will belong to him, and the two wells will Don’t let the water touch the river!”
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Ming Dynasty, Yingtian Mansion, Laoshan Palace.
Emperor Zhu spent the night again at Princess Nessa's Red Castle last night. It was very pleasant! It's almost 3 o'clock today, I just got up, finished washing up, and am enjoying an Indian-style breakfast, including pancakes, sheep's trotter soup and cream dumplings... It's a bit greasy, and I'm getting older, so I'm starting to prevent myself from getting sick. Emperor Zhu did not dare to eat more, but just gnawed on a sheep's hoof.
Princess Nisha also doesn't dare to eat and drink too much. She has to maintain her slender figure. Although Emperor Zhu likes her talent, he is also greedy for her body. If she really becomes a fat woman, she can still count on the emperor's favor. ? So after eating a cream dumpling and a slice of pancake, she stopped eating and began to read a memorial to Emperor Zhu.
"Huh..." When she opened a memorial sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she was surprised before she read it.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Cixiang asked.
"Long live my lord," Princess Nesa said with a smile, "The memorial from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that people are coming from the West!"
