Chapter 283 Zhengguo Ben () The Mughal Opportunity
"Will you accept this little brother who came out of nowhere or not?"
In response to the question raised by Liu Xin, Gao Pragmatic did not hesitate at all and immediately said: "Accept it, how can it be possible not to accept it? Since it is originally Chinese territory, is there any reason not to accept it?"
"Chinese territory?" Liu Xin read it again, then suddenly blinked and asked: "Usually you wouldn't express it like this, but would say it belongs to the Ming Dynasty, so now... what's so special about this place?"
Gao Pragmatic snorted softly and said: "The land to the north of Assam is our southern Tibet region, which is what the Indians call 'Arunachal' state. You are studying geography, you shouldn't
I don’t know this. Then on the other hand, as long as the ownership of Assam belongs to China, and southern Tibet has no border with India, it will naturally be more undisputed.”
Liu Xin was startled for a moment and said: "Of course I know about southern Tibet, but I didn't think about it in this direction just now. After all, there is no such thing as India at all now. This Mughal, you also said before, it itself
It means 'Mughal', and essentially it should be a local government established by some of the descendants of the Mongol Empire."
"The...local government of the Mongol Empire?" This time it was Gao Pragmatic's turn to be stunned. Liu Xin's words seemed to bring him some inspiration.
He pondered: "If this statement is to be followed, if this year and next we take care of Chahar Buyan Khan who fled west to Yarkand, then from a legal perspective, we can claim to have inherited...
No, it is not inheritance, it is the acquisition of the legal authority of the Mongol Empire. So theoretically speaking, we can also claim to be Mughal, because according to the legal system, the Mughal fiefdom in its early years was just a prince-consort territory of the Mongol Empire."
Liu Xin said in astonishment: "Is this necessary? You always say that the Mughal Empire is the descendant of the Mongols, and now you say that they were originally a prince-consort. How can this be the case?"
Gao pragmatically said: "The predecessor of the Mughal Empire can be traced back to the Timurid Empire. Do you know this?"
"I know this...but I only know a rough idea, and I don't think Timur is a Mongolian, right?"
"Who says it's not the case? Timur himself was born in the Baluras family of the Turkic Mongolian tribe in Central Asia. Probably in the late fourteenth century, the Chagatai Khanate declined and split into the Eastern and Western Chagatai Khanates.
The Baluras family controlled the power of the Western Chagatai Khanate.
When Tamerlane appeared, he forced the Black Dier Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to marry him a princess from a golden family, thus acquiring the status of consort. The founder of Mughal Babur was Timur.
The direct descendant of Mu'er, Babur's mother was the daughter of Yunusi Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and also had the blood of the Golden Family.
It can be seen that the paternal lineage of the Mughal Empire royal family can be traced back to the Timurid Empire, itself a Mongolian; as for the maternal lineage, it comes from the golden family of Genghis Khan. At that time, as the last heir of the Timurid Empire, Babur
His country was destroyed by Shaibani of the Uzbek Khanate, so he was forced to flee to South Asia and establish the Mughal Empire.
As you just said, Mughal is the transliteration of the word ‘Mongol’ in Persian, and can also be called ‘Mughal’, which more directly shows the connection between the two.”
"So this is what you mean by the Prince Consort?" Liu Xin said with a wry smile: "Then according to your calculation, the Tamerlane Empire, which was so big back then, was just a Prince Consort in your eyes?"
"So what if it's big? Legally speaking, Tamerlane was just the consort of the Mongolian Golden Family from the beginning, and he even got this status by force himself." Gao Pragmatic snorted: "In terms of reputation.
, in terms of status, Hannaji is much nobler than the current Mughal Emperor... to be precise, 'Padisha'."
"What is Pardisha?" Liu Xin asked.
"It's 'King' or 'Khan'. However, later the British needed an emperor's name, but Europe has legal systems. In theory, the European emperor's title - whether it is called 'Augustus' or 'Caesar'
', only the legal traditions passed down from the East and West Rome will be recognized.
At that time, Tsarist Russia claimed that its throne came from the Eastern Roman Empire. Regardless of whether it was far-fetched or not, as long as Europeans refused to admit that the Ottomans had seized the imperial authority of the Eastern Roman Empire, they could only recognize that the imperial authority of Tsarist Russia was valid.
As for the emperors of Germany and Austria, they essentially claimed to be emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, which was the inheritance of the Western Roman Empire. It was just that they were in a mess within Germany and experienced the Napoleonic War in the middle, so they made a book
Bad debt.
But no matter what, the legal system of East and West Rome could not be matched by the British, so they gave their queen the title of Indian Emperor and called her the Queen of India...Humph, it is also a joke in itself.
If there is a so-called imperial line in Mongolia, then after Kublai Khan defeated Ali Buge, the imperial line returned to the Yuan Dynasty. As long as we completely destroy the Chahar tribe of the residual Yuan, the imperial line will be robbed by the Ming Dynasty.
Already.
Of course, the imperial line in China itself is different from other places. Once the imperial line of the Yuan Dynasty is destroyed, I, the Ming Dynasty, will definitely not care. But what you just said reminded me... not caring is one thing, being available for use is another.
The same thing."
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "This is all a mess. I think the Mughal Empire...you see, they call themselves the empire. How can they admit it and how can they care?"
"It doesn't matter whether he admits it or not. I just want a teacher to be famous." Gao pragmatically said: "What does it mean to be famous as a teacher? To be famous as a teacher is to serve the emperor in order to get disobedience... First, let's define Mughal as a 'disobedient'
, the momentum is reduced, and it is easier to convince the inside."
Liu Xin was too lazy to argue, but thought for a while and said: "I remember you once said that the current Mughal Emperor... uh, that 'Padisha' seems to be quite powerful?"
"Akbar is very powerful, so I originally planned to wait another six or seven years, that is, until Akbar's death, before taking action against the Mughals."
Liu Xin nodded, seeming to be talking to herself, but also seemed to be saying to Gao Pingshi: "To make you miss him so much, and even deliberately avoid his edge, he must be really capable, right?"
"Indeed." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "Akbar, the third generation of Pardisha of the Mughal Empire. His full name is so long that I can't even remember it. This man was born in Austria, Sindh.
Malgud was the eldest son of Humayun. During his reign, the Mughal Empire expanded to three times its original size in terms of territory and wealth.
Akbar established a powerful military system and effectively carried out some political and social reforms. For example, he abolished the poll tax imposed on people of different faiths, appointed non-believers to high-level administrative and military positions, and was the first Indian to hold the title of
A Mughal emperor whom the local people trusted and loyal to.
I think he was a very pragmatic ruler, so he realized that a stable empire was related to the cooperation and goodwill of his people, so he translated Sanskrit literature and actively participated in various domestic celebrations. It can be said that it was during Akbar's rule that
Later, the foundation of the multiculturalism of the Mughal Empire was established."
Liu Xin said thoughtfully: "So, he is an excellent Shoucheng king?"
"Keeping the status quo? No, he both maintained the status quo and also pioneered." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Akbar's father Humayun inherited a military empire from Babur that was huge but extremely unstable. Because under Babur
After his death, the Mughal Empire immediately fell apart.
In 1540, the nineteenth year of Jiajing, Humayun was defeated by the Afghans in Bihar and was forced to retreat westward. Two years later, while passing through Amarkot (in present-day Rajasthan, India), the Afghans
Keba was born.
It is said that Akbar had an unattractive appearance, about 1.7 meters tall, with long arms and curved legs, a thin waist and broad shoulders. He was full of heaven, but his head was turned to the right and he walked with a slight limp. Humayun had been exiled at that time.
Akbar was fostered in his uncle's home in Kabul. Akbar did not receive a good education when he was young, but he developed a strong physique.
In 1555, the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, Humayun regained the lost throne of Delhi, declared Akbar as the legal heir, and appointed him as the governor of Punjab, with minister Bairam Khan and others as his protectors. The following year
In January, Humayun died and Delhi was captured by the Afghans Himmu.
In February, with the help of Bairam Khan and others, Akbar held a coronation ceremony in a garden in Kalanaur. Akbar, who was only thirteen years old, became the Mughal Padishah. However, this
Pardisha was only in name, and the actual power was in the hands of the patron Bairam Khan. Moreover, at this time, most of northern India was still under the rule of the Sur dynasty of Afghanistan.
In the same year, Akbar and Bairam Khan marched towards Delhi in an attempt to destroy Himmu's army. At that time, there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides: Himmu had 50,000 cavalry, 1,000 war elephants, and 51 cannons; the Mughals
The army only had 10,000 cavalry, but the Mughal army had a cavalry team composed of excellent archers.
In November of this year, a fierce battle broke out between the two armies in Panipat, one hundred and eighty miles north of Delhi (Note: 90 kilometers, pragmatic people usually say 'miles' instead of kilometers.). Because thirty years ago
, Akbar's grandfather Babur once defeated the Afghans here, so this battle was called the Second Battle of Panipat.
At the beginning of the battle, the Mughal army seemed a little panicked due to the fierce impact of Himu's war elephants, but the Mughal army's flank attack method quickly took effect, and the cavalry also played a great role.
In short, the result of the final battle was that Himmu's army suffered heavy casualties, and Himmu himself was shot by an arrow and captured. It is said that when Himmu was brought to Akbar, Bairam Khan requested that he be killed, but Akbar refused.
Agree. So, Bairam Khan directly drew his sword and chopped off Ximu's head."
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk!" Liu Xin shook her head and snorted softly: "I guess this 'minister who cares about life' will definitely die in a disgraceful way in the future."
"Hehe." Gao Pragmatic smiled, but did not express his position immediately. Instead, he continued: "The victory of the second Battle of Panipat greatly boosted the power of the Mughal army. However, although Akbar took advantage of the situation and captured
Delhi, but at this time the power of the Mughals was still limited to the two cities of Delhi and Agra and parts of Oud.
Since you just guessed the outcome of this 'life-seeking minister', let me talk about him first. Akbar's protector Bairam Khan did make great contributions to Akbar. However, he was authoritarian and arrogant.
He brutally persecuted courtiers of different faiths and was opposed by the ministers. As he gradually grew up, Akbar became increasingly unwilling to be bound by him.
In 1560, that is, in March of the 39th year of Jiajing, Akbar took decisive measures and announced the dismissal of Bayram Khan from his position as prime minister, forcing him to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, while he personally took control of the power. However, when Bayram Khan passed by Gujarat
At that time, he was assassinated by an assassin. The following year, Akbar took office."
"As expected, little Pardisha's methods are indeed good." Liu Xin shook her head and said, "I'm just saying that this man will definitely die an ungraceful death."
Gao pragmatically smiled and did not explain much. In fact, the assassin who assassinated Bairam Khan was from the Patan tribe, and his father died in a battle commanded by Bairam Khan five years ago.
At least on the surface, there are not many signs that this assassin was ordered, and more of it was to avenge Bayram Khan for killing his father. Of course, whether there are other legendary stories in it, Gao Pragmatic also
It's just not clear.
Since Gao Pangshi didn't comment, Liu Xin just took him as his acquiescence, so he asked: "What happened next? This Abak's path to power will not be so smooth, right?"
"Of course there are a lot of troubles, but you guessed wrong. Generally speaking, Abak's path to power has been relatively smooth." Gao Pragmatic continued: "After all, he was very young at the time and had to appoint a group of old colleagues.
Nobles and Hindu officials managed the administration and military. Due to the great conflicts between these two groups, the palace struggle was fierce in the years after Bairam Khan was deposed.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, Akbar skillfully handled the battles between the nobles and gradually developed his own power. Two years later, he began to personally handle the administration and military affairs.
This event established his dominance as an absolute monarch."
"Hey, you are quite capable of solving an internal problem with such a careless writing." Liu Xin frowned slightly, raising her evaluation of Arbuckle to another level.
"After sorting things out internally, we have to deal with the outside world." Gao Pragmatic sighed with emotion and said: "After Akbar consolidated his dominance, he began to conduct large-scale conquests of surrounding areas. He had a famous saying:'
An emperor should concentrate on conquest, otherwise his neighbors will raise troops to attack him.' Historically, this sentence has been the guiding ideology of the foreign policy of the Mughal Dynasty in subsequent generations.
At that time, Akbar's main enemies were the Rajputs in Rajasthan in western India. He used a two-pronged policy of gentleness and military conquest to deal with them. Akbar adopted various policies against the Rajputs who were willing to surrender to him.
More enlightened policies, such as exempting them from poll tax, respecting Hindu temples, and abolishing the bad habit of Rajputs sending brides to the Mughal harem. Such policies won over a large part of the Rajputs."
"Sending the bride to the Mughal harem is the so-called right of first night, right?" Liu Xin frowned, and then said with some certainty: "Akbar is not bad, this bad habit has been abolished."
Gao pragmatically smiled and continued: "In the same year, the Rajput prince Bihari Ur of Ampel (today's Jaipur, India) surrendered without a fight, so he and his two sons were attacked by Akh.
Akbar also married his daughter to maintain friendly relations with the Rajputs.
As a result, many Rajput chiefs surrendered to Akbar and became the 'Mandarsha' of the Mughal Empire - a kind of military leader. Since then, one-third of the Mughal Empire's cavalry
One is the Rajputs, which illustrates that Akbar's enlightened policies turned tough enemies into his most loyal warriors.
Of course, some Rajputs resisted tenaciously. Two years later, Akbar conquered the Kingdom of Gara Katanga, but the resistance of those stubborn Rajputs did not end.
Although Akbar was an orthodox Arab, he had no prejudices on religious issues. In 1565, the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, he abolished the poll tax levied on believers of non-believers, and his court also
Many Hindus were employed.
Two years later, Akbar attacked Chittu Fort, the fortress of these Rajputs. The siege lasted for four months, and Akbar showed a high degree of commanding ability in this battle.
He dug a deep trench around Qitu City to shelter the soldiers; he ordered each of the soldiers to hold a revolving shield to block the enemy's arrows; he built a very tall building outside the city to overlook the whole city and direct the battle.
Finally, the Mughal army bombarded the castle with artillery fire. Akbar personally shot the guard general Chamar to death and captured Chittu. All the Rajput soldiers guarding the city were killed. Akbar was angered by this stubborn resistance and marched
After the city, non-combatants were massacred on a large scale.
In 1570, the fourth year of Longqing's reign, Akbar captured two other Rajput fortresses, basically eliminating the threat of the Rajputs.
In 1572, the sixth year of Longqing, civil strife broke out in the western Mughal Kingdom of Gujarat (today's Gujarat, India). Akbar used the incompetence and chaotic management of the king Muzaffar Shah III as an excuse to seize control of another faction there.
At the request of leader Intimad Khan, he personally led his troops to conquer Gujrat.
The following year, the first year of Wanli, Gujrat came under the jurisdiction of Morel. However, a rebellion broke out here soon after. Akbar, who was thousands of miles away, immediately led 3,000 cavalry back to quell the rebellion, defeating it in one fell swoop.
Tens of thousands of rebels.
In 1575, the third year of Wanli, Prince Daoud of Bengal declared independence from the Mughal Empire. Akbar rushed to Bengal to put down the rebellion. In the same year, Bihar was recovered, but the army stationed here mutinied soon after.
It took Akbar three years to suppress it once."
"It turns out that Bangladeshi resistance has a tradition..." Liu Xin suddenly said.
Gao pragmatic asked: "What do you mean?"
Liu Xin smiled, shook her head and said, "First finish talking about his history of conquest, and then I will tell you what I meant by what I just said."
Gao Pragmatic looked at her for a moment before continuing: "The next year, Akbar sent General Raja Mann to defeat the Western Rajput coalition in the Battle of Haldighati and suppressed Raja.
Stan area.
In the same year, Akbar adopted the suggestion of Minister Fazil and built a chapel in Fatpur Sikri, which was actually intended to be a temple of faith, and then selected representatives of various religious thoughts to hold debates here. Akbar also
He personally presided over the debate.
Three years later, Akbar declared himself 'Sultani Adil', meaning the King of Justice, and the supreme interpreter of the laws of his sect, which gave him the supreme power to solve all problems of the sect.
In 1580, the eighth year of Wanli, the year I reached the top of the gold list, Akbar hired Christian pastors to preach. These practices aroused dissatisfaction among the nobles of his faith, and he became the leader of the religious nobles in Bengal and Bihar that year.
The main cause of the rebellion. Akbar resolutely suppressed the rebellion while continuing to pursue a tolerant religious policy.
From 1585 to 1587, that is, from the 13th to the 15th year of Wanli, Akbar annexed Kashmir. In the same year, the Afghans in the northwest region harassed Kabul, and Akbar sent troops to attack them. As a result, the entire army was annihilated. Akbar made another
An army was sent to destroy them.
In 1591, the nineteenth year of Wanli, Akbar invaded southern Sindh on the pretext of settling internal disputes. Three years later, he recaptured Kandahar from the Persians, greatly consolidating his rule in northwestern Hindustan.
Basically, the current Mughal Empire stretches from the Brahmaputra River in the east, to the Godavari River in the south, to Kabul in the west, and to Kashmir in the north. It has become a huge empire."
Liu Xin nodded and said: "It is indeed a lifetime of fighting. What's more rare is that there is no partiality in civil and martial arts. I don't think he can get the title of 'Great Emperor' in the history of India, right?"
"That's natural." Gao Pragmatic said frankly: "So I always wanted to wait until he was dead before taking action, because although his son Jahangir was also good, at the beginning of his succession, his domestic conflicts were worse than Akbar's.
Times have become more intense.”
"Then you don't have to wait, now is a good opportunity." Liu Xin said unexpectedly.
Gao Pragmatic said in surprise: "Why?"
Liu Xin smiled slightly and explained: "Yuan'er's flying pigeon biography said that Assam provided several important information. On the one hand, it said that the Bengalis now have a leader named Yinsa Khan. This person
Roughly united the resistance forces in Bengal, agreed to join forces with Assam to fight against the Mughals, and was even willing to seek our support.
On the other hand, Akbar also had internal problems. One of his sons, Salim, was very ambitious and organized a new court in Allahabad during Akbar's southern campaign a few years ago, and used the emperor's
Issue edicts in name.
After hearing the news, Akbar quickly returned to his army. Although the rebellion was nominally eliminated, Salim had many supporters, and they were all direct Mughal nobles. Therefore, Akbar could not do anything to his son.
He was canonized to the Bihar and Orissa regions near Bengal.
In this way, Assam, Bangladesh, and Salim have reached a consensus on opposing Akbar. Both Assam and Bangladesh are willing to accept our support and are even willing to pay some price.
Please ask us to directly send troops to assist.
Salim's side has not expressed its position on this yet, but Yuan'er thinks that he can fight for it. However, Yuan'er is still young after all, and still feels undecided about some things, so why don't I write you a letter quickly to ask you to make a decision?
"
"It turns out that there are so many variables in the matter..." Gao Pingshi pondered for a moment, and suddenly said quietly: "Xin'er, do you know who this Salim is?"
Liu Xin was surprised and said: "Didn't I tell you that he is Akbar's son... Is there any problem with this identity?"
Gao pragmatic waved his hand and said: "It's not that there is anything wrong with this identity, but that he will have another name in the future. Do you know what it is?"
Liu Xin shook her head: "How do I know? I don't know anything about the history of the Mughal Empire."
"He is the successor of Akbar I just mentioned, the fourth Mughal Pardisha: Jahangir."
"Hey, how could this happen?" Liu Xin said in astonishment: "This guy has already attempted a rebellion, how come he ended up becoming Pardisha?"
Gao Pragmatic chuckled and said: "Remember what I said just now that the Rajput prince Bihari Ur surrendered to Akbar without a fight, so he and his two sons were highly used by Akbar, and Akbar also
Marrying his daughter to maintain friendly relations with the Rajputs?"
Liu Xin suddenly said: "You mean..."
"That's right." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "The daughter of Bihari Ur whom Akbar married is Jahangir's biological mother, and 'Jahangir' is not his real name, but the successor to the throne.
It was later changed and his real name was Salim."
Gao Pragmatic chuckled twice and said: "The Rajputs accounted for one-third of the Mughal Empire's cavalry. Although Salim's grandfather is dead now, his two uncles are both powerful
The one in control.
These two men not only hold heavy troops, but also sit on one side, and are important pillars of Akbar's great cause. Just based on the background and power of this maternal uncle's family, Salim has a reason not to die.
What's more, he was Akbar's eldest son, and his stepmother - well, according to our Ming Dynasty, it should be called 'mother', that is, the main queen - also supported Akbar.
At the same time, didn't I just say that Akbar's religious policy is freedom of belief, which leads to the fact that the nobles of the same faith can only place their hope in Salim, so it is impossible for Akbar to kill Salim.
, otherwise the huge Mughal Empire would immediately collapse internally.
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Under such circumstances, Salim was granted the title of Bihar, and Orisa was naturally still dishonest. Therefore, Akbar always wanted to abolish Salim's right to be the heir to the throne. Unfortunately, he fell seriously ill before he could implement it.
.
After Akbar fell ill, there was a fierce struggle in the palace over the issue of heir. Since most of the nobles supported Salim's succession to the throne, Akbar, who was exhausted and almost exhausted, had to give in. Half a year later, Akbar died of illness, and Salim
He ascended the throne and changed his name to Jahangir - 'Conqueror of the World'."
"World conqueror?" Liu Xin laughed dumbly: "What a big name, it's really resounding. I just don't know what great conquests he has accomplished on the basis of his father? I remember, the Mughal Empire from the beginning to the end
In the end, we didn’t completely conquer the entire South Asian subcontinent, right?”
"In fact, Jahangir did not complete any conquests worth mentioning. The problems he faced were to some extent similar to Kangxi... No, it should be similar to Qianlong."
"How do you say it?" Liu Xin asked.
Gao pragmatic pondered: "Similar to Kangxi, Akbar had nominal power to rule at the beginning of his succession, but he could not say that he had great power. He had to get rid of Obai first, then conquer the local powerful factions in the country, and then continue to expand.
, using military achievements such as defeating Galdan to deter domestic forces with strange intentions.
During this period, as a foreign military ruling group, their combat effectiveness was relatively strong, and they also had a deterrent effect on some local surrenders. They could coerce these people to carry out military operations together, so they still had the momentum to expand.
By the time of the Qianlong period, that is, the third and fourth generations like Jahangir, due to the rapid degradation of military strength and the deepening of localization at the ideological level, the momentum for expansion had basically exhausted, and it would be good to be able to maintain the situation.
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, at least when there is a step in front of him, he will take the initiative to step down instead of insisting on provoking trouble, which was evident in the second battle of Surat."
"The Second Battle of Surat?" Liu Xin shook her head and said, "I know where Surat is, but I have heard of the Second Battle of Surat."
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and asked: "Do you know about the Battle of the Bay of Cambay?"
Liu Xin shook her head.
Gao Pragmatic simply explained: "This battle took place in 1612. At that time, Thomas Best, the general of the British East India Company, defeated the Portuguese fleet led by Da Cunha in a naval battle, allowing them to obtain the ancient Mughal Empire.
Favored by Sadr Khan, the Governor of Gilat.
At this point, the British began to come to India for trade, breaking the Portuguese monopoly, which aroused strong dissatisfaction on the Portuguese side, and even had thoughts of revenge, which led to the Second Battle of Surat.
The battle itself was a mess, and I don’t want to describe it in too much detail. In short, the Portuguese conducted harassing operations along the coast, and even sank the Laxmi, a private merchant ship owned by the Empress Dowager of the Mughal Empire.
Jahangir was furious because of this and vowed to give the Portuguese a good look. As a result, the Portuguese Governor of Goa simply dismissed General Luis, who was commanding the attack on the Laxmi, from his post and wrote a letter to Jahangir to apologize. Jahangir immediately
Poxialu said he accepted the apology and the two sides have restored 'friendship'."
Liu Xin said in surprise: "This is too easy to talk about. Is there any story in it?"
"The story is that the Mughals wanted to unite with the Ottomans at that time. Both sides attacked the Safavid dynasty of Persia from the east and west sides. At the same time, they also needed trade with Europe and pilgrimage to Mecca by sea.
These three main reasons made the Mughals unable to bear the consequences of the sea route being cut off, so even though they knew that the Portuguese had little strength on land, they did not dare to completely break up with them."
Liu Xin was moved in her heart and said: "It turns out that although the Mughal Empire was founded by the descendants of the Mongols, it was so dependent on sea roads? If that's the case, if we join forces with the Portuguese..."
Gao pragmatic glanced at her and said: "Why do I need to join forces with the Portuguese? Can't I handle it myself?"
Liu Xin was startled. She didn't know why Gao Pragmatic was obviously resistant, so she had to explain: "It's not that the fleet can't handle it, but doesn't it need to go to the west coast of India? We don't have a port there. If there are Portuguese
With assistance, at least we will have more ports to call at.”
But Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Never believe that European pirates can be trustworthy allies. We must solve the port problem ourselves. But we are not in a hurry now. We must first solve the problem in Bangladesh. In the South Asian subcontinent,
Northeast China will gain a firm foothold. As long as this goal is achieved, the next things will be much easier to handle."
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ps: Mughals, Assam, Bengal Sultanate, etc. It is really difficult to find relevant information about these places, and after searching, I have to research which places can be used in this book, so yesterday I
I was in a daze until one o'clock in the morning and couldn't come up with anything special, so I had to do a two-in-one today.
Some readers may think that there is no need to go to so much trouble and that the Spring and Autumn style of writing can be brought over at once. I have also thought about it, but this is inconsistent with the conventions of this book, because I have checked the information on Cambodia and written it in detail, but I did not check the Mughal writings before writing.
If I can't explain it myself, I'm sure I won't be satisfied.
