When he thought that he and the Mughal Empire of India were facing internal and external troubles and the unfavorable situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides, Aurangzeb, the great Mughal emperor, was about to make a big move!
Although Aurangzeb left a mess to his heirs, he has not yet gone to meet God. His empire has not yet exhausted its financial resources due to the endless Deccan wars. Control of the river basin remains strong.
He still possesses the most evil and most corrupting weapon in the world - money!
Moreover, he also has a capable minister who is best at using money to bribe enemies, and that is Amir Khan, who is kneeling at his feet to plead guilty.
"Amir!" Aurangzeb's cold voice rang in Amir Khan's ears.
Aamir Khan quickly lay down at Aurangzeb's feet, shivering, sweat dripping down the tip of his nose to the ground.
"You go to Mrauk-U," Aurangzeb said sternly, "You must bring His Excellency Yongli of the Ming Empire to our side... Otherwise, don't come back to see me alive!"
Amir Khan quickly replied: "Your Majesty Alamgir, thank you for your trust in me. I will definitely not betray your trust this time. In order to ensure the success of winning over Yongli, I hope you can generously give him one hundred Wan’s meeting gift.”
Aurangzeb snorted: "No, one million is too little... I will give you three million!"
The "one million" and "three million" mentioned by Aamir Khan and Aurangzeb refer to silver rupee coins. A silver rupee coin weighs three cents. Three silver coins are equivalent to one tael of silver or one Ming dynasty silver coin. silver round.
Aurangzeb gave three million rupees at a time which was equivalent to giving one million silver dollars... This was just a greeting gift!
Although Aurangzeb was very stingy about himself, unwilling to eat or wear clothes, he seemed to be a pauper. But in fact he is the richest man in the world in this era! And he is the "richest man" without bubbles. Because the country he rules now has a population of nearly 150 million, and the fiscal revenue exceeds 300 million rupees... Aurangzeb only spent 1% of his annual income to buy "Eternal Calendar" ".
Although the empire ruled by Zhu Heji was much larger than Aurangzeb's country, it was vast and sparsely populated. If Japan was not included, the population was only over 60 million, and the annual fiscal revenue was only 50 to 60 million silver dollars. , almost half that of the Mughals in India.
Although relying on the financial system with Dongyinqian Factory, Dongchang Guanyinhao, Penglai Yinhao, and Nanyang Yinhao as the core, a large amount of funds can be raised in the short term. But those are all borrowed debts that have to be repaid... and the income of just over 300 million rupees owned by Aurangzeb's Mughal Empire is real "hard finance"!
Although Kangxi Khan's invasion dealt a heavy blow to the defense of the Mughal Empire in India, it was very beneficial to Aurangzeb's finances, at least in the short term. . Because Afghanistan, which was captured by Kangxi Khan, has always been a place where money is spent to buy peace. Not only did the Afghan tribal chiefs not pay taxes to Aurangzeb, but they also had to receive subsidies from Aurangzeb.
Now that Kangxi Khan has captured Afghanistan, Aurangzeb naturally does not have to pay subsidies to the Afghan chiefs, which can save several million!
In addition, after Kangxi Khan conquered Afghanistan, Aurangzeb also had to end the Deccan War, which was extremely costly and not worth the gains - just look at the map of India and you will know what the Deccan Plateau is like!
Compared with the oil-rich Great Plains in northern India, the Deccan Plateau located in the central and southern parts of the Indian subcontinent is a bad land with complex terrain and harsh climate. That is, the coastal areas on both sides of the plateau look pretty good.
But what Aurangzeb wanted was to completely conquer the Deccan Plateau, and it would be best to turn all the Hindus living in the Deccan Plateau into Devabha believers. Therefore, the war on the Deccan Plateau was a long, hopeless, and extremely expensive battle. The Mughal Empire in India, which had an income of 300 million rupees, was eventually dragged into bankruptcy by this long war.
Therefore, ending the Deccan War early would be a huge benefit to the finances of the Mughal Empire!
Now that Aurangzeb had real financial freedom, he could use all kinds of money to bribe Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong who had just broken into the Arakan Kingdom.
And just when Amir Khan was heading to Mrauk U, the capital of the Kingdom of Arakan, with three million rupees of evil money, Sir Child, the governor of the British East India Company, had already brought his kilometer and justice. As well as a military contract that Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong could not understand at all, and 10,000 silver coins, they were escorted to the palace in Mrauk-U City.
Yes, he was escorted and tied up, and the wig on his head was torn off, revealing a bald head.
This Sir Child is really unlucky. He did not come to Mrauk-U to contact General Wu under the command of "Yongli Ye". He came to the King of Arakan to discuss sending troops to seize Chittagong - - He had made a good deal with the King of Arakan before. After capturing Chittagong, both parties would manage it together. The East India Company would manage the port and trade, and the rest would belong to Arakan. In addition, the East India Company also promised to give the Kingdom of Arakan 10,000 silver rupees as a down payment.
But when he came back to Mrauk U with the silver rupees, the Arakan Kingdom was gone!
In the blink of an eye, such a big Arakan was gone!
And even Myanmar next door to Arakan is gone!
Both countries were conquered by the army led by "Yongli Ye" sent by the Ming Empire...
And this is not the worst. The worst thing is that the Ming army guarding Mrauk U port did not stop Sir Child's ship when it entered the port. They waited until his ship docked before sending people to collect taxes, and they also had to go up. Ship inspection to see if there is any contraband.
Sir Child didn't know that Arakan had been conquered at the time, so he sternly refused and ordered the ship's gun windows to be opened!
The British East India Company was powerful, and a country like Arakan must learn to abide by the power-based rules set by the company.
As a result, the Ming army guarding the port brought a single-barreled rocket launcher, and then aimed at the armed merchant ship and fired several rockets. With one "bomb", the side of Sir Child's armed merchant ship was blown out. Big hole.
Only then did Sir Child realize that something was wrong, and quickly asked someone to fly a white flag...
So he was treated as a pirate and tied up in front of Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong.
"Hmph, what a reckless pirate. He dares to take advantage of me... Where is the person coming? Take him out and chop him!"
Wu Guogui had never seen any foreign devils, didn't know anything about the East India Company or the West India Company, couldn't understand the foreign-language contract, and had no interest in interrogating them, so he directly ordered the execution.
"Got the order!"
The soldiers of the Wu family who were escorting Child and others responded, then rushed towards them like menaces to drag them out and behead them. This time, Child was frightened, and he quickly shouted in Mandarin Chinese: "Don't kill me, I have money..."
As soon as he heard that he had money, Wu Guogui quickly waved his hand and told his soldiers to kill slowly.
"Tell me, who are you? What are you doing in Mrauk U City?" Wu Guogui asked calmly, "Also, you can obviously speak human language, why did you just talk nonsense?"
"Don't kill me, I have money..."
Sir Child still says this - in fact, he knows this!
This sentence is what all employees of the British East India Company must learn in order to save their lives when encountering the Ming Dynasty's zero-yuan purchase in the South China Sea.
"I know you are rich, but I ask who you are?"
"Don't kill me, I have money..." Child was crying anxiously. He already knew that the person asking questions in the hall was a high-ranking Chinese official - he had been to Guangzhou and Shanghai and had met officials from the Ming Dynasty, but He can speak only one sentence in Chinese and has no answer at all. The armed merchant ship he was on did have a chief executive who could speak Chinese, but the chief executive was on the ship now and had not gotten off!
What should I do?
