The eight countries of Great Mongolia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of England, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Papal States finally came together because of the continuous rise of the Great Ming Dynasty. The alliance to surround and contain the Ming Dynasty began to take shape step by step from the end of 1685 in the Western calendar.
However, these days, there are no telegraphs, telephones, and it is impossible to hold any video conference. Therefore, it is not only extremely difficult to form a cross-continental alliance, but also takes a very long time... From La It takes more than 10,000 miles to travel to Western Europe from Lahore, and it takes three or four months to travel hundreds of miles a day. If the mission stays in Western Europe for a few months for negotiations, it will take another three to four months to return to Lahore. , maybe even for a whole year!
As for such a big thing as forming an alliance against the Ming Dynasty, the European kings, governors, popes, regents, etc., shouldn't they be taken into account? After all, the Ming Dynasty is too powerful, so don’t look back. The Ming Dynasty has no counterattack. The strong ships and cannons of the Ming Dynasty navy are coming to sign an unequal treaty... and you will be burned!
Therefore, if the Eight-Nation "Printing" Alliance wants to develop into the Eight-Nation Anti-Ming Alliance, it will be impossible to succeed if it takes only a few years to slowly bargain and make repeated calculations.
And in this process, it was even more impossible to keep it secret... In fact, Emperor Kangxi had no intention of concealing this matter at all, so while he was organizing the Eight-Country Anti-Ming Alliance, he still let Tu Hai The Ming Dynasty delegation led by Ming Dynasty stayed in Lahore.
Not long after Emperor Kangxi's (Emperor of the Indian Empire)'s mission left Lahore, Wu Guogui and Geng Jingzhong, who had retreated to Agra, learned about this from Tu Hai who came from Lahore.
"What? Tu Linzhou, what are you talking about? That kid Kangxi wants to collude with the foreign barbarians to rebel against our Ming Dynasty?"
"Hmph, how many foreigners dare to join forces with him after eating Bear Heart Leopard? Aren't they afraid that our soldiers will come to their territory of Europe to settle accounts with them?"
In a mansion near the Agra Palace, the dusty Tuhai met Wu Guogui and Geng Jingzhong who were enjoying the decadent life of Indian princes.
Both of these guys were wearing thin cotton gowns, with bald heads and no hats. They were sitting on lounge chairs one by one. There were three or four beautiful maids in colorful clothes beside them, fanning themselves and feeding them fruits. They were living a happy life.
Although they were "defeated" and gave Kangxi a small setback, Wu Guogui and Geng Jingzhong were still confident. They didn't take Kangxi Khan's army seriously at all, and even threatened to fight. Go to Europe.
Of course, their confidence is not without reason. Their defeat in Lahore was not a loss at all!
On the one hand, Aurangzeb gave them a "down payment" of five million silver rupees. On the other hand, the main force of Kangxi Khan's "May 8th Banner" did not fight them after Kangxi Khan led the cavalry to leave, but was just a "gift" They retreated towards Agra.
In addition, after Wu Guogui and Geng Jingzhong withdrew to Delhi, they not only moved away all the Mughal treasury in Delhi and the treasures left in the Delhi palace, but also found a grandson of Aurangzeb named Jahandar's dandy sons were brought to Agra together, ready to be established as the next emir of Hindustan... Although Hindustan has lost its northwest half, the remaining southeast is generally not too big. An stable, many princes of the princes were already ready to take action after learning about the defeat in Lahore.
But Wu Guogui and Geng Jingzhong are still confident that they can put Jahandar in power, and at least they can control a large area of extremely rich Indian territory... Even if they can only firmly capture one Bangladesh, it will be enough for them to make money. I will enjoy endless wealth in the next few lives.
So they spoke big words casually and were not afraid that Kangxi Khan would chase them to Bangladesh to settle accounts.
"Linzhou, apart from the Eight-Nation Alliance, what has Kang Mazi been busy with these days? Is he also busy eating, drinking and having fun?"
After changing the question, Wu Guogui sat upright in the recliner and waved to an Indian beauty with shiny jewelry on her nose and navel. The beauty put her hands together, bent her legs, saluted Wu Guogui, and then said hello The other maids all retreated.
Tuhai smiled and said: "He is not that carefree... He also has Queen Sofia who is like a bitch and a bear! This woman arrived in Lahore a few days ago and brought the child she gave birth to for Kangxi. Son, I want Kangxi to make this son the prince."
Geng Jingzhong smiled and said: "Didn't Kangxi also have Tongzhi? This is really noisy."
Tuhai said: "Kangxi still had a way... He wanted to make Tongzhi the prince of Mongolia, and the son born to Sophia to be the prince of the Indian Empire and the prince of Kabul."
"What? Two princes?" Wu Guogui chuckled, "Then why don't we fight?"
Tuhai smiled and said: "It will be a matter of the future to fight. Now we can finally be stable. When I left Lahore, Kangxi was preparing for the enthronement ceremony."
"What? The enthronement ceremony?" Geng Jingzhong said with envy, "How many times has he been enthroned?"
"This is the fourth time." Tuhai said, "The first time I was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and then I held two Kuritai Conferences, and I was the Mongol Khan twice. This time I was the emperor of India... He became emperor again, which is unprecedented!"
He paused and then said: "He should continue the ceremony in the past two days... After that, he has to go to Samarkand to hold the Kuritai Conference to elect his son Yinfeng as the Mongolian prince. When he comes back from Samarkand, he will conduct the imperial examination in Lahore!"
"What? Do you still need to rely on the imperial examination?" Wu Guogui asked with a look of surprise, "Is there anyone here in India who understands the eight-legged essay?"
Tu Hai shook his head, "That's unknown... General Wu, that's all I know." As he said that, he took out two more memorials, "This is the title book and the excerpt I wrote. , please send someone to hand it over. It is a trivial matter for Kangxi to be emperor several times, but the Eight-Nation Alliance cannot be underestimated."
"Okay," Wu Guogui patted his chest and said with a smile, "It's all on me... I happen to have some generous gifts to send up, and we happen to be on the same journey."
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Lahar Castle, Palace of Mirrors.
Emperor Kangxi I of the Great Mongolia and Emperor of the Indian Empire was standing in front of a bronze mirror, looking at himself wearing a bright yellow court robe with four clouds and dragon patterns...and a man next to him who was wearing an oversized dress. Sofia in bright yellow royal robe.
Today is a good day for Kangxi to ascend the throne for the fourth time. Although it is not the first time he has become emperor, his mood is more exciting than when he first ascended the throne as a child. Because when he first became emperor when he was a child, the throne was passed down from his father Shunzhi, and he became the emperor because of the pockmarks on his face. It's like a picked-up throne that you don't know how to cherish!
As for the Indian emperor he wants to be today, he fought hard with all his strength after destroying the Qing Dynasty... It's really not easy to think about it now!
Sofia, who was standing with him, looked at herself in the mirror and smiled widely... The super-rich Queen of the Indian Empire!
This is much better than marrying some shabby grand duke in Europe!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help laughing.
Kangxi looked back at Sofia. Although she was a little uglier, she still belonged to Wangfu... and it gave him a sense of security. He looks like Ao Bai in body shape! He vaguely remembered that when he first ascended the throne as emperor when he was a child, the one who protected him was Oboi!
"Your Majesty, Queen, the auspicious time has come."
When Kangxi was thinking of Obai from Sofia, the voice of the chief steward, Eunuch Gui, rang out.
Kangxi smiled and said to the female Ao: "Ao... Queen, the time has come. We should go out to accept the May Eight Banners and the Brahmans, Tianfang sect leaders, and Sikh gurus and sages. We still have to pay homage to the princes who are loyal to us. After we are done, we still have to worship the Immortal Heaven, Brahma, the True God, Confucius, and our ancestors!"
