Malacca Fortress, Admiral of the Nanyang Army.
"Your Excellency, Commander of the Corps, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, it is an absolutely wrong and dangerous idea to liberate India and then transform India according to the successful experience of the Ming Dynasty. This is a wrong strategic goal. Although the Ming Dynasty has the most powerful army and army in the world, Navy, enough to defeat any enemy on the battlefield.
Not to mention Britain, even if the entire West joined forces, Ming Dynasty would still have the power to defeat them. But having the power to win does not mean that you can win, because to win, you must first have a practical strategic goal.
If you choose your goals incorrectly, victory becomes out of reach. Even if you can barely win with strong power, the price you pay will make the victory worthless... For example, Emperor Napoleon tried to force Britain to surrender through the continental blockade and the invasion of Rakshasa and Spain. Just chose the wrong target.
France, whose navy was much inferior to Britain's, had no way to achieve the big goal of blockading Britain and forcing Britain to surrender through land war in an era when international trade was mainly conducted by sea.
And now, it is impossible for your Ming Dynasty to liberate India, a vast, complex, chaotic, and populous country, through military means. Although the Ming Dynasty and India are both ancient civilizations, the national conditions and histories of your two countries are so different. Many things that seemed natural to Ming Dynasty were completely unthinkable to India...such as equality, averageness and unity! "
The person who was analyzing the domestic situation in India for Mu Zhongjun and Zheng Guoxian was Colonel Humphrey... He had already recognized the reality and was ready to cooperate with the Ming Empire, Britain's old enemy, if possible.
Han Fulai's condition was, of course, to make sure that the two big figures of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Zhongjun and Zheng Guoxian, would really listen to his good advice - of course he knew how prominent the two surnames "Mu" and "Zheng" were in the Ming Dynasty.
If these two big shots and another big shot who is probably using a pseudonym can really listen to his words, maybe the Ming Dynasty can really make a lot of money in India. And he can make a fortune together regardless of his conscience!
Zhuge Weidao is also the admiral of the Nanyang Army today, and he is still wearing the uniform of the army - he is here to help his two comrades, Mu Zhongjun and Zheng Guoxian, as a translator. Both of them are in the army, so they don't speak English. Great.
"Colonel Humphrey," Zheng Guoxian frowned slightly after hearing Humphrey mention the three political correctnesses of the Ming Dynasty: "equality, equality, and unity." "A unified India is not the goal we are pursuing. "
Zhuge Weidao translated Zheng Guoxian's words into English, and then added: "Colonel, our goal is to help some vassals of the Indian Empire regain their independence, and to establish about 20 independent countries on the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor William. , these independent countries will be headed by princes, princes from the Ming Dynasty, or someone from Japan, and will implement social reforms that are conducive to India's progress."
Humphrey nodded and said: "It is certainly a wise choice to divide India into dozens of states and rule them... But what I don't understand is, why do you think you have the ability to promote the reform of Indian society? You Do you know how difficult that is?
India is not countries like North Korea, Annan, and Japan. They are your secondary civilization. As long as you are ahead of them, they will treat you as their teachers and learn from them humbly. If you are willing to help them, they will be very happy.
But India is not your secondary civilization. It has a long and unique history, and has a completely different outlook on life, values, and worldview from yours.
In their eyes, everything you believe in is wrong and has no value. You cannot convince them... No one can really convince an Indian, they are very good at logic and argumentation. "
This Humphrey is indeed an old colonist! He has a very clear understanding of the conflict between two different civilizations.
And Zhuge Weidao also understood this. The countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia on this timeline, as well as the Kingdom of Jin, have been looking up to the Ming Dynasty.
Even Japan, which once fought against Ming Dynasty, only had to fight because it could not find its own place in Ming Dynasty's system for a period of time.
Once Ming Dynasty can give Japan a good position, Japan is still willing to follow Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, Japan is also very willing to learn from Ming Dynasty. Even if they are not willing to learn Ming Dynasty's "equality" and "equality" for a while, they will still agree from the bottom of their hearts that this is right.
But there is no such identity between India and the Ming Dynasty. For India, the Ming Dynasty is even worse than the British Empire... The latter is at least white-skinned, and its citizens look like Brahmins and Kshatriyas. The Western order dominated by the British Empire was also based on caste to a certain extent.
"Let's not talk about reform for now. We'll talk about it later." Zheng Guoxian didn't want to discuss the topics of "equality" and "average" with Humphrey. "Colonel Humphrey, we hope to avoid the possibility of destroying Masi Island as much as possible." The casualties of the British and Indian officers and soldiers are unnecessary. Can you help us? Our Ming Dynasty, our Zheng family has always treated our friends very favorably!"
The Ming Dynasty also has a reputation as a good friend. Back then, the Bourbons were in such misery that the whole world abandoned them. Only the Ming Dynasty did not abandon them and spent a lot of money to support them every year until they were restored.
The friendship between the Zhuge family and the Romanov dynasty of the Ming Dynasty also has a long history. Although the two sides fought in the era of Peter the Great, they have become better for more than a hundred years. Not long ago, when Nicholas I was in trouble on the battlefield of Adrianople, The arms ships of the Ming Dynasty kept passing by!
He also sent troops to the Persian Gulf and encouraged Ali Pasha to raise troops to split the Ottoman Empire.
After Zhuge Weidao finished translating Zheng Guoxian's words, he added: "Chief of Staff Zheng is an official of the Zheng family... He will not treat you badly."
Humphrey laughed and said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I am very willing to contribute to saving the lives of the defenders of Danmaxi and the attacking Ming-Japanese coalition forces.
It is obvious that Danmasi Island has fallen into isolation and helplessness, and failure is inevitable. Some drastic defensive measures are also unnecessary.
And in my opinion, the Indian soldiers' fighting will is very weak, and the war supervisory team can only bring them limited courage. If you can use some targeted propaganda, you should be able to easily break their fighting spirit. "
Good stuff is coming!
Zhuge Weidao immediately translated these words into Chinese, and then asked in English: "Colonel, what exactly is the targeted propaganda you are talking about?"
"Of course it's about conquering India and recruiting Indian traitors." Humphrey said with a smile, "The Indians on Damasi Island are all Indian traitors...otherwise, they wouldn't work for us British.
For them, your liberation means blocking the way to become a traitor! "
I see! Everyone hopes to be a traitor to the country and lead the way, but the Ming Dynasty did not want to conquer India, but wanted to liberate India. Doesn't this mean destroying other people's jobs?
Humphrey added: "Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is notorious for being too fond of equality and averageness... For those high-level Indian traitors who were born in high castes, you are much more evil than Emperor William's British master."
It's fine if you don't want to be a traitor, but you still have to divide people's property and deprive them of their superior caste. This is simply not giving them a way to survive!
Humphrey said with a smile: "This is why no Indians in the prison camps are willing to cooperate with you Ming Dynasty."
After listening, Zhuge relayed Han Fulai's words to Dao. Zheng Guoxian and Mu Zhongjun already showed expressions of surprise. They looked at each other, and then Zheng Guoxian said to Han Fulai: "Mr. Hu Fulai, welcome to join Ming Dynasty! From now on, you are our own member of Ming Dynasty. Damn. Daming will never treat you badly!"
