Regarding Zhu Youjian's counterattack, the Donglin people were immediately at a disadvantage.
And as time went by, the Donglin Party members finally became a traitor party.
Let’s not talk about the overt and covert help in establishing slaves. Let’s talk about how many of these officials are truly upright officials?
Very few, very few, less than one tenth.
After all, being an official for thousands of miles is about making money, and it would be good to have one-tenth of the honest officials.
While I was busy working with Jin Yiwei to check on these Donglin Party officials who had been arrested,
A secret message was delivered to Zhu Youjian.
After reading the secret letter, Zhu Youjian not only had a smile on his face.
Without him, the people he sent sneaked into the position of the first adviser to Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire.
With the help of his own people, Shah Jahan completed the annexation of the Ahmednagar Kingdom one year ahead of schedule.
Although it aroused resistance from several forces, Shah Jahan gained an absolute advantage under the covert manipulation of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the deception of his men, Shah Jahan decided to hand over Samarkand to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for the Ming Dynasty's support. Then Shah Jahan could use the power of the Ming Dynasty to directly conquer the west. After annexing the west, he would return to the Ming Dynasty and eat it. Relive the glory of the Mongols.
But he didn't know this was a plan of Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian wanted to rebuild the Silk Road.
Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia and an important hub city on the Silk Road. Capturing it will help the Ming Dynasty rebuild the Silk Road.
In order not to cause a counterattack by the Mughal Empire, this plan to secretly assassinate Chencang was formed.
Of course, this plan is more than that. In order to obtain the Ming Dynasty's advanced weapons, the Mughal Empire has sent envoys to Beijing.
According to the secret letter.
The other party will not only buy Ming Dynasty's weapons at high prices, but also sell Ming Dynasty's rice worth 1 million shi at a low price every year.
When the time comes, these 1 million shi of rice will be able to relieve the food pressure of the Ming Dynasty on the one hand, and the financial pressure of the Mughal Empire on the other. On the surface, it can be regarded as a win-win situation.
But in fact, Daming benefited much more.
This is not because Zhu Youjian was afraid of the Mughal Empire. In fact, a severe drought in Chongzhen was imminent, and Zhu Youjian did not have the energy to deal with the challenge from India.
Exaggerating the threat from the West and allowing the Mughal Empire to march westward was the most beneficial move for the Ming Dynasty.
The most important thing for the Ming Dynasty now is to make money and store food, and take the opportunity to occupy Australia, which later generations will be called a country sitting on a mine cart" and a "country riding on a sheep's back".
After all, in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Spanish navigator Luis Vaez de Torres's ship sailed through the strait between Australia and New Guinea;
In the same year, Dutchman William Janes's Duyfken set foot in Australia and was the first recorded real landing of aliens in Australia, naming the place "New Netherlands".
Historically, it was not until 1770 that the British navigator Captain James Cook discovered the east coast of Australia, named it "New South Wales", and declared that this land belonged to the United Kingdom.
There are only some indigenous people in Australia now. It would not be difficult to annex Australia according to the strength of the Ming Dynasty and bring these indigenous people into civilization.
Waiting for the severe drought in Chongzhen, we can use this to force industrialization and make Ming Dynasty an industrialized country as soon as possible.
How could a large industrialized country be worried about the threat of the small Mughal Empire at that time?
