It is now the late autumn of the 36th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in Great Mongolia. For Emperor Kangxi Khan, the ninth emperor of Great Mongolia, this is undoubtedly a very comfortable season.
There is no annoying heat and humidity in Pingtian Mansion in Nanjing this season, and Queen Sofia, who is as huge as a hill, has almost reached the territory of Rakshasa Kingdom - now no one can stop him from playing with the beauties in the harem! His two filial sons, Yinzhen and Yinzhen, who had no ambitions, had reluctantly gone to the Summer Resort and Kaitian Mansion in Beijing to serve as left-behind ministers. His elder brother Sanji Gyatso has returned to the snowy plateau, and should now be preparing to go to Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing during the Ming Dynasty to have a good talk with Emperor Zhu... about how to carve up the world!
As for Kangxi Khan himself, his main business during this period was two things. One was to discuss with his second senior brother Galdan how to further revive Buddhism in India. Revival of Buddhism is not just about building a Nalanda Temple and finding a group of armed monks to wander around. It also has to open up Buddhist doors widely, expand the number of monks, and win over a group of people who want to embrace Buddhism without overly irritating the Tenfang believers and Hindus in India. The princes of the feudal states who fell into the lap of Kangxi Khan took refuge in my Buddha...
Kangxi and Galdan discussed starting from the Deccan Plateau, because the life of the princes there was particularly difficult. Unlike the princes of the northwestern India who were protected by Kangxi Khan, the princes of the northeastern India were protected by the Ming Dynasty. Indian Trading Company Protection. On the one hand, these princes on the Deccan Plateau were oppressed by the two empires in northern India, and on the other hand, they were bullied by the Western colonists occupying the southern coast of India. They were in urgent need of a thick and strong thigh! It was now inconvenient for Kangxi to go out and argue with the Western colonists, so he asked Galdan to play the role of a Buddhist religious fanatic and support him in organizing a Buddhist 10,000-word army to go to the Deccan Plateau to help the princes of the feudal states oppose the Western colonists.
The second important thing for Kangxi was to discuss how to carve up the world with Hugo Leonardo and Degas Magala, two representatives of Western colonialism! Well, Kang Mazi Khan was also a colonist! He has long been a colonizer of Mongolia.
As a great colonizer, Kangxi Khan and representatives of Western colonialism certainly had many things in common!
There was a "pop" sound, and the sound of banging the table was heard again in the South Study Room of the Forbidden City in Pingtian Mansion, Nanjing, followed by Kangxi Khan's angry roar: "Haha, the Pacific Ocean is the Pacific Ocean of the Ming Dynasty, and the Atlantic Ocean is the Atlantic Ocean of you Westerners. This Mongolian Ocean is of course the Mongolian Ocean of our great Mongolia...Why do you Westerners want to share the Mongolian Ocean with me? If you want to share it with me, then you should send a fleet to the Mongolian Ocean to fight the Ming Dynasty Navy. Now, what kind of logic is it that our Mongolian navy is pushed to the front to fight with the Ming Dynasty navy, while you hide behind and make money?"
Kangxi Khan's words were spoken in a mixture of Mongolian and Latin. Most of them were in Mongolian, and only "Mongol Ocean" used Latin.
The so-called Mongolian Ocean is, of course, the Indian Ocean.
But that was a thing of the past. Now the Indian Ocean no longer exists and was changed to the Mongolian Ocean by Kangxi Khan.
"Great Khan," French Foreign Minister Hugo Leonard looked very surprised after listening to the words of Kangxi Khan relayed by the interpreter. "When did we admit that the Pacific Ocean belongs to the Ming Dynasty? According to internationally accepted rules, the sea area under the jurisdiction of a country should reach The horizon as far as the eye can see... Of course, some people argue that if people sailing on a part of the sea can be forced by people on the shore, then this part of the sea belongs to this piece of land. In short, except for a very small part Outside the region, the vast Pacific Ocean does not belong to any person or country, it is a sea shared by all countries!"
"Nonsense!" Kangxi knew Latin, so Xiao Duozi didn't have to speak as a translator. He immediately scolded him, "You said that the Pacific Ocean is publicly owned, so why don't your Western naval warships dare to Going to hang out in the Pacific? Even your armed merchant ships of the Indian Trading Company have to get a pass from the Daming Strait Customs if they want to pass through Malacca!"
"This, this is a unilateral violation of international public law by the Ming Dynasty. Such behavior will definitely be despised by the international community..." Hugo Leonard had no choice but to explain.
"Stop, stop," Kangxi Khan was not used to the envoy of Frank Louis the Great. He interrupted him rudely before the other party finished speaking, "What nonsense is this? What kind of international society? Who is there? Now the West Over there, you, Emperor Louis the Great, have been following his words for a long time, so what kind of international is there? As for the Tianfang Sect, they have now formed an Eastern Alliance, which is to fight against Emperor Louis to the end! Hugo, the international you are talking about includes this one Eastern Alliance?”
The establishment of the Eastern Alliance was something that made Kangxi Khan a little unhappy.
The Ottomans and Persia were originally feuding, but now they were brought together as allies by Huang Zhisheng, the young minister of Honglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the alliance between Persia and the Ottomans was also forced out by Kangxi Khan.
With such a big Mongolia squatting on the edge of the Persian state, how could the Persians not think of the Ilkhanate founded by Hulagu? If the Mongols were to attack, they would be a hundred times more terrifying than the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire thought of Emperor Timur the Great...that ruthless man who once captured the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire! Moreover, they were as ruthless in killing people as the Mongols of Hulagu's generation. Who knows whether Kangxi Khan will become another Timur?
Therefore, facing the common threat of Kangxi Khan's Great Mongolia, the Ottoman Empire and Persia finally put aside their previous differences and joined forces to keep warm. The Hindustan Empire, which was beaten to the ground by Kangxi Khan, had a blood feud with the Great Mongolia, and naturally wanted to join the alliance.
So looking at the map, Mongolia is now surrounded by the Ming Dynasty, Ottoman, Persia, Hindustan and other countries!
The envoy of the Holy See, De La Magala, saw that Kangxi Khan was a little angry, and Hugo Leonard was speechless for a while, so he had to smooth things over: "Great Khan, since you have mentioned the Eastern Alliance. , then you should know that the three countries that make up the Eastern Alliance are all countries around the Indian Ocean...and our Western countries also have some colonies in southern India, the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Africa, so this Indian Ocean is indeed not Mongolia's .”
Hearing Dramagala speak openly, Kangxi Khan stopped messing around. He put away his anger and said calmly: "Bishop, you are right...but you The Westerners still control thousands of miles of Pacific coastline. The Ottoman Empire's vassal Sultan Alawi of Morocco also owns some Atlantic coastline. The newly restored Aztec Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty's vassal Shangfang Kingdom also occupy Most of the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. But the rules of the Pacific are still determined by the Ming Dynasty, while the rules of the Atlantic are determined by Westerners. So in the Mongolian Ocean...should we Mongolians have the final say?
Hugo, Archbishop, I love Xinjueluo. Are Xuan Ye and you Westerners the same group? If I were to look after the territory of the Indian Ocean, would I be able to treat you Western friends badly? I will definitely turn to you when the time comes! If I can't control the affairs of the Mongolian Ocean, then who will control the Mongolian Ocean? To be jointly managed by Mongolia, Ming Dynasty, Eastern Alliance and you Westerners? Are you willing? "
Of course I don’t want to!
Letting Ming participate in the management of the Indian Ocean would be "introducing Ming into the house"! If the Ming Dynasty participated in the management of the Indian Ocean, wouldn't the fleet of the Ming Dynasty navy be able to sail to the Gulf of Aden and the Persian Gulf in a legitimate manner?
Who else can stop Ming's military aid to the Ottomans at that time?
Kangxi continued: "I also heard that the Ming Dynasty is discussing with the Ottoman Empire to dig a Suez Canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea... If this canal is dug, the Ming Dynasty navy can sail directly from the Mongolian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. !”
When Kangxi's words were translated into Latin, Hugo Leonardo and Degas Magala turned pale.
This Suez Canal must never be dug!
Once the Suez Canal is dug, it will not be the Ming Navy entering the Mediterranean, but the Ottoman Empire directly returning to the era of subversion!
Although the Ottoman Empire captured Vienna more than ten years ago, everyone knows that that does not mean that the Ottoman Empire's national power has returned to its peak. In fact, it was just an illusion created by the Ming Dynasty's military aid and France's betrayal... The real strength of the Ottoman Empire was still declining. Even if Vienna was captured, it could not stop this trend.
After the Battle of Vienna in 1684, the war between the Ottoman Empire and Christian civilization began to lose more than it won. After Louis became the Frankish emperor, the Ottoman Empire never won a field victory, and only relied on Vienna's city fortifications to repel several Frankish attacks. However, on the battlefields in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and the Black Sea coast, the Ottoman Empire has fully demonstrated its decline. It is retreating everywhere, and it looks like the building is about to collapse.
The main reason why the Ottoman Empire was so miserable was of course poverty! The reason why the Ottoman Empire became poor is that after the new shipping route around Africa was opened, the Ottoman Empire lost the right to collect tolls, and since then it has been living a "Osultan" New Year, with each year becoming worse than the last.
As for the lack of hard work, lack of reform, and the fact that the Sudan family no longer "raises worms", there are of course some reasons, but they are not the main ones. Because after the changes in the East-West trade route, it was not only the Ottomans who were defeated, but also the "king of the sea" in Italy, the Republic of Venice... How hard Venice worked! Many of the rules of modern capitalism were pioneered by the Republic of Venice!
The most effective way to solve the problem of diversion of trade routes is to dig the Suez Canal!
However, the Ottoman Empire itself did not have enough financial resources, nor did it have the technology to carry out large-scale projects in this area, so it could only be helpless with the canal project.
But the Ming Empire’s mission has recently been promoting this matter, planning to establish a canal company jointly owned by the Ottomans and the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will pay for it, the Ottomans will provide the land, and then hire Egyptian laborers, plus master craftsmen from Europe and the Ming Dynasty. A canal with a total length of nearly 400 miles connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
If this deal is completed, the Ottoman Empire will become developed again!
"Your Majesty, are you telling the truth?" Hugo Leonard still didn't believe it. "The Ming Dynasty really wants to dig the Suez Grand Canal? This is a very huge project!"
Kangxi waved his hand: "It's nothing, just a 400-mile canal. The total length of China's Grand Canal is 3,500 to 4,000 miles. It was dug a thousand years ago! And the Chinese even competed with the Yellow River. After more than a thousand years of hard work, it is as close as the Huaihe River for hundreds of years, and it is best to dig rivers and build dams. These days, the Ming Dynasty also dug a new river channel for the Yellow River to enter the sea, which is hundreds of miles long! You will know after you arrive in Ming Dynasty and take a look."
In fact, it’s not that difficult to dig a canal that is hundreds of miles long…it’s just digging the soil! It's just that after the collapse of the Roman Empire, there were no giant countries in Europe (not counting Rakshasa). Naturally, there were few such huge projects. All their energy in engineering projects was spent on building fortresses and churches. Only the Dutch built barriers. The sea wall is magnificent.
Kangxi Khan saw the faces of the two Westerners, smiled and said: "As long as the Frank Empire and the Holy See can support Great Mongolia as the protector of the Mongolian Ocean... I will try to prevent the excavation of the Suez Canal."
Hugo Leonard looked at Emperor Camazi and said, "Your Majesty, can you really stop the excavation of this canal? What can you do?"
Kangxi Khan smiled and said: "I can send the navy to occupy Sotra Island, guard the entrance to the Red Sea, and station troops there for a long time!"
His solution only told half of the story. The other half was, of course, allowing armed merchant ships carrying arms to enter the Persian Gulf...
"This is a way." Leona thought for a while and put forward another condition, "But we are worried that your Mongolian navy is not enough to complete the task of controlling the Indian Ocean... Your navy can stop the Ming Dynasty's navy Fleet? So we hope to form a joint fleet headed by the Mongolian Navy Fleet, with the participation of the navies of Frank, England, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and other countries, to carry out the mission of protecting the freedom of navigation and trade in the Indian Ocean!"
Kangxi smiled and said: "Hugo, if we really make such a request, it is impossible for the Ming Emperor to accept it, because Zhu Heji regarded the Mongolian Ocean as a buffer zone between Nanyang and Europe... But We can stipulate in the secret treaty that ships from the navies of Frank, England, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and other countries can fly the flag of Great Mongolia and join the Great Mongolian naval fleet to jointly carry out the mission of protecting that freedom!"
Leonard thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay... let's arrange it this way! So, have our positions in the negotiations with Ming been completely unified?"
Kangxi Khan laughed, and without waiting for Longkoto to translate, he directly replied in Latin: "After reunification, we will advance and retreat together in the future, and discuss this method of carving up the world with Ming Dynasty!"
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