On the three days of the Longevity Festival, the old emperor lived happily amidst the songs of praise and virtue. However, a letter asking for help from Shah Jahan, the former emperor of the Mughal Empire in India, made his good mood disappear.
India was called Tianzhu in ancient times. After Xuanzang learned the scriptures, he transliterated it as India. Shah Jahan was also a hero in the past. He put down the rebellions in the Deccan principalities; drove away the Portuguese in Bengal; and annexed two Rajputs in the west.
Kingdom; competing with the Safavid Empire of Persia for Afghanistan?? He just turned India into a big empire. But since the death of his beloved concubine Taj Mahal, he built the magnificent Taj Mahal, and looked at the mausoleum and lamented every day
, who had no interest in government affairs, was usurped by his son Aurangzeb and was placed under house arrest in Agra Fort.
The 74-year-old former Indian emperor complained to Emperor Guangwu that he was thirsty and wanted to drink water, but his traitor Aurangzeb actually made him drink ink.
Damn it! It’s so abominable! It’s extremely unfilial to betray your father with your son!
Seeing the tragic experience of the old Indian emperor, the seventy-year-old Ming emperor felt sympathy for him. He was a few years younger than Shah Jahan, and he was also reluctant to hand over power in advance. The difference was that Shah Jahan did not control power.
, and he has always firmly held the power. No, the power must not be handed over to his son in advance, otherwise Shah Jahan will be my end!
"You rebel! How dare you disobey your own father!"
Zhu Hengjia cursed Shah Jahan's son Aurangzeb, known as "Alamgir" (conqueror of the world), but the genial face of the Crown Prince Zhu Ruoji emerged in his mind. Although that face always had a
The smile is like the masterpiece "Mona Lisa" from later generations, making the old father unable to see what is behind the smile.
No, my son is well-educated, well-behaved and docile, and will never do anything disobedient like the unworthy son of the Indian Emperor!
While comforting himself, the old emperor thought of sending troops to help Shah Jahan recover. It would be best to capture Aurangzeb and cut him to pieces in the vegetable market, so that the world could see the consequences of disobeying his own father.
It's a pity that the Rakshasa raiders emptied the national treasury. Not only did they have no money, they also owed a huge amount of national debt.
After hearing Emperor Guangwu's unreasonable idea, Guan Shouzhen, the chief minister of the cabinet, was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I can't make money even if I die. The country is in danger because of the militancy! Please give me death!"
When the talk came to this point, it should have been given up, but Zhu Hengjia didn't know what was wrong. He insisted on sending an army to India to capture Aurangzeb, who betrayed his father with his son, to Nanjing and cut him to death with a thousand swords.
Tianxiajie.
Heart ailments still need heart medicine. Zheng Feng understood the old emperor's thoughts and smiled slightly, "How can your majesty help one traitor deal with another traitor?"
"Eh? Zheng Qing, what do you mean by this? What does it mean to help one traitor deal with another traitor?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know that Shah Jahan himself is a rebellious son. He once raised an army to rebel against his biological father, Jahangir. Now his son Aurangzeb is just following his example. If you send troops to help Shah Jahan deal with Aurang
Zebu, isn’t he helping one treasonous son to deal with another treasonous son?”
"What! There is such a thing!"
Hearing Zheng Feng say that Shah Jahan was also a rebellious son who rebelled against his father, Zhu Hengjia was very embarrassed and gave up the idea of expedition to India. He mocked himself and said: "These barbarians do not learn from the articles of Confucius and Mencius, and do not talk about the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Rules. Therefore, their father cannot
Father, son does not have son, and the son rebels against the father, the law of heaven cannot tolerate it! It is better for us to have a great Ming Dynasty, and the famous religion is prosperous, so that the world can be peaceful!"
Zhu Hengjia did not know that when Shah Jahan's letter was delivered to him, Shah Jahan himself had already died of old age and illness in Agra Fort. Fortunately, no troops were sent, otherwise his work would have been in vain.
However, being interrupted by the foreign emperor, Emperor Guangwu suddenly thought that I had sent Franzbekov, the right servant of the Concierge House, to lead a 300-member mission to a foreign country. I wonder how his mission went?
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Franzbekov led Dong Xuan, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, Li Shouzhi, a foreign minister in the concierge, and three hundred attendants. They set out from the port of Cedar City (Mangazea), passed through the Kara Sea and the Barents Sea, and embarked on the journey
The vast journey to visit Europe.
In order to avoid the harassment of Tsarist Russian soldiers, they sailed all the way on the sea and did not dare to land at Tsarist Russian ports. Although it was not the ice period when they set off, the cold wind and ice on the sea still made them miserable.
The three big fortune ships were riding the wind and waves. Suddenly, a strong wind blew up on the sea, blowing the ships at high speed. After the wind cleared, a large port appeared in front of them.
"You see, Minister, the flag flying on this port is not the double-headed eagle flag, but the cross flag. Could it be that we have arrived in Sweden?" Dong Xuan, the doctor in the Ministry of Rites, asked Franzbekov in surprise. The mission of this mission is not only to communicate with
European countries established diplomatic relations, attracting merchants from various countries to trade in Cedar City (Mangazea). The most important ones were with the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the Kingdom of Rumi (Ottoman Turkey), and the Crimean Khanate.
Form alliances with countries that have bad relations with Tsarist Russia to contain Tsarist Russia and ensure the security of the northwest frontier of the Ming Dynasty.
As a German, Franzbekov knew the situation of the Western countries very well. Looking at the cross flag, he shook his head and said with a smile: "This is not Sweden. The Swedish cross flag is blue, and
This flag is red. Mr. Dong, we have arrived at the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. This is a famous big country in the north of the West!"
The map of Northern Europe in this era is completely different from that of later generations. Of the five Nordic countries in later generations, there were only two in this era. Finland belongs to the Kingdom of Sweden, Iceland is a dependency of Denmark, and Norway and Denmark form the United Kingdom, and the King of Denmark is also the King of Norway.<
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In fact, they were originally one country. During the "Kalmar Union" period, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden formed the United Kingdom, and the King of Denmark was also the King of Norway and Sweden. Later, the Swedish nobleman Gustav Vasa led an uprising and was
As the King of Sweden, Northern Europe was divided into two countries: the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. Although they were divided, they had the same culture and race after all. The national flags of the two countries were the same, both were cross flags. The difference was that Denmark was red and Sweden was blue.
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They are born from the same roots, why rush each other!
After Sweden split from Denmark, wars between the two countries continued in order to compete for the hegemony of Northern Europe. From 1563 to 1570, the Northern Seven Years' War broke out; from 1611 to 1613, the Kalmar War broke out; from 1655 to 1660, another war broke out.
Northern War.
The latest war broke out suddenly. Tsar Alexei sent Russian troops to invade the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania. King Karl
It was too big, and was jointly opposed by the Pope of Rome, the Holy Roman Emperor, Denmark, and the Netherlands, and had to retreat. During the retreat, he felt that he could not return empty-handed, so he turned to attack Denmark.
He chose a good time. The king of Denmark at this time was elected by a meeting of nobles. Although he nominally owned a vast territory, he could not effectively control the nobles everywhere. Karl X took advantage of the severe cold in the winter of 1657 and the opportunity of freezing the Sund Strait.
, in January 1658, they used 12,000 cavalry to cross the ice and made a surprise attack on Copenhagen. At that time, there were only 6,000 soldiers and 30,000 citizens in the city, and there was a shortage of food and water.
At this critical moment, almost all ministers advised King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway to escape. The old king burst out with amazing courage and uttered the famous saying that has been passed down to future generations: "I will only die."
"In my homeland". After that, he organized a defense, resisted desperately, and waited for Dutch reinforcements to turn Copenhagen out of danger and win high prestige in the country.
This war hit Denmark hard. Denmark was forced to sign the Treaty of Roskilde with Sweden, which included Skåne, Blekinge, Halland and Bornholm in Denmark, and Trøndelag and Bohu in Norway.
Sri Lanka was ceded to Sweden.
This war made the king of Denmark successful. After the war, Frederick III used the high prestige gained in the war to start reforms. He ordered local taxes to be handed over to the central government; he sent "counties" to directly manage local administrative affairs; officials were no longer qualified.
Subject to the nobility of the country, the king is free to choose talents and talents, civilians, priests and even foreigners. The new constitution was adopted, establishing the divine right of kings, abolishing the previous elective monarchy and changing it to a hereditary monarchy. From then on.
, the kings of Denmark and Norway no longer need to be elected by nobles, but are passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson, with endless descendants!