Chapter 282 Guidance inside and outside the palace (Yuan Si)
Seeing Gao Pingshi's brows furrowed and looking troubled, Liu Xin felt a little distressed and advised: "Now it's just a sign, don't be too anxious to get angry, there is still time to slowly think about the solution, why bother
In a hurry?"
Gao pragmatic glanced at her and nodded, but said nothing.
Liu Xin knew that he didn't really listen to the advice, so she added: "Even if this matter is serious, it is not urgent after all. Isn't the most urgent matter now the national dispute?
You think, although the emperor is still young, according to you, he still has about twenty years to live. However, the war over the country has reached this stage, and conspiracy struggles at the level of assassination have begun to appear. Who knows whether this will happen?
What happened?
In my opinion, you should focus on this matter first and stabilize the position of the crown prince before talking about other things. As for Southern Xinjiang, even if you think their aggression is almost unstoppable.
, I think it actually doesn’t matter, just let them go find trouble with the Mughal Empire first.
Didn't you say before that the Mughal Empire is now in a period of rising national power. I think even with the strength of Southern Xinjiang, it is not that easy to completely defeat them. It is still more difficult than defeating Philippines... Luzon or something like that.
many.
In this way, the aggressiveness in southern Xinjiang will be released, and the time will be delayed for a long time. Moreover, even if the Mughal Empire is defeated, there are still many large and small kingdoms, princely states, and kingdoms in the central and southern parts of the Indian Peninsula.
You have to take the trouble to win them one by one, who knows how long it will take?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while, nodded slightly, and felt that this was a solution. At the very least, it would prevent those people in southern Xinjiang from being idle and thinking all day long about how to encourage me to rebel.
Gao Pragmatic's demeanor became a little more relaxed, and Liu Xin asked again: "Hey, by the way, I remembered a question: How long did it take the British to conquer India?"
Gao Pingshi was a little curious and asked: "Why are you suddenly interested in this?"
"Don't we also have to march into India?" Liu Xin spread her hands and said: "I suddenly remembered that when we were studying, we usually only said that India was colonized by the British. It was not until the decline of the British after the end of World War II that India took the opportunity.
We achieved independence, but the textbooks seem to seldom explain in detail how the British succeeded in colonizing... Could it be that I am not paying attention to the lectures?"
Gao Pragmatic was amused by her and said with a smile: "I don't remember exactly what the textbook said, but you seem to be right. At least my textbook at that time probably only wrote about the establishment of the East India Company and the establishment of the Indian Empire.
The uprising and the like did not describe much about how the British completed colonization. Basically, what I know about these things are other related materials that I read later because of my own hobbies."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "I think so. After all, you are not from the history department, but your historical knowledge is much richer than mine. So, can you please give me some advice from Teacher Gao, so that I, the secretary-general, can make a rough estimate?
, let’s see how long it will take for Jinghua to capture India?”
Gao pragmatic recalled it and said: "There is a very common saying in later generations, saying that India was never a country in ancient times. It was the British who kneaded India together. But in fact, this statement is only half correct at most. India was in ancient times
It is true that there was basically no unified period, but just before the arrival of the British, a basically unified Mughal Empire had emerged in India.…
The Mughal Empire was a conquest dynasty that entered India from Central Asia in the 16th century. Its ruling family was somewhat related to the mixed descendants of the early Mongol conquests who stayed in Central Asia, so the regime it established was called the Mughal Empire.
It means 'Mongol Empire'..."
"Ah?" Liu Xin was very surprised: "Mughal actually means Mongolia?"
"How is it? It's a surprise, isn't it?" Gao Pragmatic chuckled.
"It's a bit unexpected, but...you go on first." Liu Xin waved her hand and looked like she was listening attentively, making Gao Pragmatic smile again.
However, Gao Pragmatic still fulfilled her wish and continued: "At its peak, the Mughal Empire covered an area of nearly 4 million square kilometers, which basically covered all the territories of later India and Pakistan, except for a small area at the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula.
Moreover, the Mughal Empire was also a centralized empire that effectively ruled all parts of India. The financial, taxation and civil affairs of each province were directly responsible to the central government. Therefore, it was the Mughal Empire that truly unified India.
Not Britain."
Liu Xin nodded, but did not interrupt this time.
"In modern times, India's economic level is relatively backward, which makes some people think that India has been like this since ancient times. But in fact, this is a misunderstanding. In ancient times, India was actually one of the more economically developed regions in the world for a long time.
Many modern studies believe that around 1600 AD, which is now, the GDP of the Mughal Empire should account for about 22% of global GDP, ranking second in the world after the Ming Dynasty, and its total GDP exceeds the total of Western Europe.
.So India right now is one of the relatively wealthy regions in the world."
Liu Xin looked happy and said with a smile: "That's good, those guys in southern Xinjiang should still be interested enough in conquering such an area."
Gao Pragmatic was noncommittal, and Liu Xin immediately restrained her joy, pretending to smile apologetically, and said, "Teacher Gao, continue, I won't interrupt."
Gao pragmatic rolled his eyes: "Can you please stop calling me Teacher Gao, otherwise I will always think of Gao Yuliang."
Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, then she couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Oh, that Teacher Gao...not to mention, you look a bit like him when you are talking serious nonsense."
"You're just talking nonsense. At least I'm not that old." Gao Pragmatic stared, waved his hands in disgust, and said, "Don't you listen to the old British colonial history? If you don't, you will be put down."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Oh, don't be so stingy, you are going to be the prime minister. The prime minister can hold a boat in his belly, how can he be the same as me? Say it quickly, say it quickly." Liu
Xin urged again.
Gao pragmatic rolled his eyes again, put on a reluctant look, and shouted: "As I said just now, when the British colonists arrived in India, they actually faced a country with considerable national power.
, a huge empire with a good economy.
In this case, the British certainly had no way of being forceful, so the British East India Company was established under this background, an entity that used trade as a cover and colonization as its real purpose.
In 1608 AD, ships of the British East India Company arrived in the Surat area on the west coast of India, and in 1611 AD they obtained official approval from the Mughal Empire to establish a trading point in Surat. Three years later, the British
The people established a second trading post at Black Sulipadham on the east coast of India.”…
Liu Xin frowned and said she didn't want to interrupt, but she still couldn't help interrupting and commented: "Then they don't move very fast."
"This is normal. Britain is always too far away. Moreover, Britain still has many involvements in Europe at this time, and it cannot fully colonize. In my opinion, they are just trying to fight if they have any chance at this time.
Working on it."
"Okay, then what?" Liu Xin asked.
Gao Pragmatic said: "The East India Company quickly sent a mission to Agra, the capital of the Mughal Empire at that time, to request Mughal Emperor Jahangir's approval for its trade."
Liu Xin laughed and said: "This is a bit like Macartney's mission to the Qing Dynasty, but I don't know whether the emperor of the Mughal Empire and Qianlong are of the same temperament."
"That's really not true." Gao pragmatically said: "This mission was led by Thomas Rowe, the special envoy of King James of England, and arrived in Agra in 1616. Afterwards, Thomas lived in Agra for three years and met many times.
Arrive at Jahangir.
Some records even say that Thomas brought many boxes of red wine on this trip, and Jahangir liked the red wine very much, and later even became drinking buddies with Thomas. As the two exchanged glasses, the British continued and expanded trade in India.
The request was successfully approved by the Mughal officials."
Liu Xin was slightly surprised, but after frowning, she didn't say anything this time.
So Gao Pragmatic continued: "In this way, the British had the earliest stronghold in India. And with the official permission of the Mughal Empire, the East India Company continued to expand its trading presence. By 1647 AD, its presence in India
The number of trade points it owns has reached twenty-three.
But soon, the British built castles around these trading points and turned a considerable number of trading points into military fortresses. During this period, the British had already used these fortresses to carry out a series of military operations.
However, in the early days, these military strikes were mainly targeted at other European countries that were also colonizing in the name of trade in the surrounding areas, such as the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. This also made the British East India Company quickly become the most powerful European trade company in India.
company'."
Liu Xin was surprised and said: "Didn't the Mughal Empire respond to this?"
"There is a response." Gao Pragmatic nodded: "These military actions did arouse the Mughal Dynasty's high vigilance. In 1689 AD, the Mughal Dynasty once sent a fleet led by General Sidi Yaqub to attack East India.
Bombay, where the Company was entrenched, launched a siege.
The East India Company surrendered after resisting for a year, and they immediately paid a large indemnity to the Mughal Empire and promised to act prudently and abide by the law in the future, in exchange for the Mughal Empire's withdrawal from Bombay."
"Is there such a thing?" Liu Xin was surprised again: "I thought the British were always suppressing the Mughal Empire in fighting, but it turned out that they were taught a lesson in turn?"
"How about I keep emphasizing that the Mughal Empire at this time is on the rise and is not a shabby house that will fall down at a push?" Gao pragmatically shook his head and said: "This was until the beginning of the 18th century AD because the Mughal Empire
Despite the existence of a powerful central government in the empire, the East India Company still did not have the guts to directly conduct military expansion in India…
However, this situation changed fundamentally in 1707. In March of that year, Emperor Aurangzeb, who had ruled the Mughal Empire for 49 years, died. Just two months later, the Mughal army was conquered by northern India.
The Hindu rebel forces (the Mughal royal family believed in a certain religion) were defeated by the Maratha alliance.
After that, some military generals of the Mughal Dynasty were dissatisfied with the new emperor Shah Shah and launched a rebellion. The Mughal Empire was divided and divided. This made it difficult for European colonial forces, including Britain, to
I quickly saw an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
In 1717, the British East India Company seized the power of taxation in Bengal, and the East India Company's colonization of India began to accelerate significantly after that."
When Liu Xin heard this, she sighed: "You are right, civil strife is still unavoidable. Once the country is in civil strife, it will easily create opportunities for external enemies to take advantage of."
Gao Pragmatic nodded and continued: "In this context, the Carnatic region in southeastern India became an important starting point for the British to control India. The British and French East India Company quickly fostered different local
warlords and went to war with each other.
This war was very brutal and lasted for decades. It is said that a total of about 1 million local people were killed. The military strength of the British East India Company also increased sharply in the process.
Beginning in 1756, Britain and France fought for colonies around the world and broke out in a full-scale war known as the Seven Years' War. The Carnatic War also expanded rapidly during this period and soon spread to the entire South India and Bengal regions.
On June 23, 1757, the troops of the British East India Company defeated the local prince Daura supported by France at the Battle of Plassey in Bengal and achieved hegemony in Bengal. After that, the British were convinced that they had the power to overwhelm the Mughals.
The strength of the empire quickly launched a head-on challenge to it.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In October 1764, the East India Company sent 17,000 troops to attack 40,000 Mughal troops in Buxar, northeastern India. After two days of fierce fighting,
The British army defeated the Mughal army and in the next year forced the Mughal Empire to agree to transfer the administrative rights of the three states of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company.
This failure brought the Ganges River Basin, which plays a central role in India, completely under the control of the East India Company, and the East India Company began to become the dominant force in the entire India. In 1772, the British official Hastings was appointed as the British
The first Governor-General of India.”
Liu Xin asked: "From now on, India and Britain will always have the final say?"
"That hasn't happened yet, it's even far away, but the Mughal Empire is indeed in bad luck." Gao pragmatically said: "The Mughal Empire, which suffered a heavy blow, lost all authority in India.
The Te and Sikh ethnic groups launched rebellions one after another, and neighboring Afghanistan also took the opportunity to invade.
Although the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam reformed the army and established a new army, his government soon fell into civil strife, and Alam himself was imprisoned. On October 2, 1788, the Hindu rebel force mentioned earlier
The Maratha League captured Delhi, and Alam became a puppet controlled by the Maratha League."
"Let me guess, the British old man defeated this Maratha alliance?" Liu Xin asked.
"Yes." Gao Pragmatic nodded: "Further civil strife in the Mughal Empire gave the East India Company the opportunity to grow further. Therefore, by 1801, the East India Company annexed three states in northwest India. Two years later,
They launched a fierce attack on the Maratha alliance and captured Delhi in September of that year. After that, the Mughal royal family became a puppet controlled by the East India Company and became a tool for its further expansion in India.
In the following fifty years, the East India Company, which "held the emperor to order the princes" in India, launched a series of wars, which not only destroyed the Mattala Union, but also destroyed Assam, Sindh, Punjab and Kashmir.
Waiting for the annexation of the provinces and states of India and Pakistan. By around 1850, the East India Company had basically completed the conquest of major areas in India."
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "The British entered India around 1600, and it was not until around 1850 that they basically completed the conquest. It actually took about two hundred and fifty years... Let me tell you, this colonial efficiency is really not very efficient.
How about it."
Gao Pragmatic glanced sideways at her and asked, "What does the Secretary-General think?"
Liu Xin pondered for a moment and said resolutely: "We can't delay. Since we want to fight, we must win a decisive victory. If one battle doesn't work, then fight a few more times. But in the end, we can't give the Mughal Empire a chance to win."
A breather.”
Gao pragmatic smiled and asked: "What's the reason?"
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