1825 My New Daming

"What? Come, come to Bombay?"

Hearing Charlie Elliot's report, Emperor William immediately became anxious, and immediately asked Nelson with his eyes wide open: "Marquis, didn't you say that we still have 18 months? Didn't you say that the Chinese need at least 6-12 months?" Can they occupy Malaya? But they have already bypassed the island of Ceylon, and they will arrive in two or three days at most. But there is only one old ironclad warrior in Mumbai! What should we do?"

Nelson was calm and composed. Although he and Emperor William were both Marshals of the Royal Navy, Nelson’s Marshal was born and had truly seen the world. The "battlefield" of Emperor William during the Napoleonic Wars was in the House of Lords of the British Parliament.

"Your Majesty," Nelson laughed, "first of all, we should announce our victory and tell the Indians in Bombay that we blocked the Chinese main fleet in the Strait of Malacca and caused them heavy losses.

Secondly, we also want to announce that a small group of Chinese warships slipped through the blockade and entered the Indian Ocean when they used our large fleet to attack the main force of the Ming Navy.There were no troop carriers in this small fleet, but a few fast battleships, so it was possible for them to attack Bombay and cause panic with long-range bombardment.

Thirdly, Your Majesty the Emperor, you should declare your return in triumph, and personally sit in Mumbai to lead the Indian army and civilians to defend the capital and repel the invading navy of the Ming Empire."

"What?" Emperor William looked at Marquis Nelson in surprise, "Marquis, do you mean that I, the emperor who personally conquered me, have triumphed to the point of defending the capital?"

Marquis Nelson nodded, "That's it. And you will successfully hold Bombay! So you will prove to all the Indian elite that you are capable of defending this rich, peaceful, and civilized country from the barbaric Oriental regime Slavery of the Empire!"

"Freedom from slavery?" Emperor William said with a wry smile, "Marquis, do you mean that the abolition of the caste system, the equality of all men and the land to the tiller are slavery?"

"Of course!" Marquis Nelson said, "It's like the enslavement brought by the French Order! When we were young, didn't we fight against the greatest soldier in the world for more than ten years to overcome this enslavement?"

The Chief Minister of the Indian Empire, Amershid, immediately took up the topic and said to Emperor William: "Your Majesty, we must let the members of the parliament understand that you are defending their interests now! If the Ming Empire becomes the master of India ,then there will be no castes in India and no Qaidamir landowners. At that time, all Indians will be born equal and the land of India will be equally divided among every Indian who is born equal !"

Kaiser William muttered: "My Prime Minister, I think you have redefined slavery!"

"My lord," said Amherst, "actually, the British Empire has never changed the standard for 'slavery'. That is whether the leader of a certain country is a friend of the British Empire. Yes, then he is a subject of slavery." An enlightened and progressive monarch loved by the people. No, then he is a tyrannical devil who enslaves the people! And every member of the upper and lower houses of the Indian Parliament will not welcome the Ming Empire’s attempt to destroy the caste system and make everyone India is an evil country where all people are created equal!"

"But this time they didn't announce that they want to abolish the caste system or divide the land equally." Emperor William was still a little worried that the Indians under him would fall to Daming.

Amishde shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the people of insight all over the world know what they are going to do? They are now deliberately downplaying the abolition of caste and the division of land, but once they gain power, they will still implement these policies in India. They are in India What happened to all the vassal states! Recently, they are redistributing the land of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and they have implemented the law of equal creation in the Hawaiian Islands! Even Japan has recently been studying how to achieve equality and equal land.”

The Great Ming Dynasty is like this. The "equality" and "equal land" of the citizens have long been sanctified by King Zhuge Wuzhong, and they are considered to be the law of long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty!

In Daming, except for the emperor who was actually emptied and a small number of important members of the royal family, everyone (citizens of the Ming Dynasty) is equal. equality!Just more equal, not superior!
Although "more equal" things are very common among the middle and upper classes of the Ming Empire, no one can deny that in today's world, the performance of the Ming Empire in terms of "equality" must be outstanding.

As for "equal field" (including limited field), it is also the sacred value of Ming Dynasty!Even if it is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to equalize the land (restrict the land) on the "skilled land". Daming's own capital can only obtain the "long-term use right" of the land by reclaiming the "raw land".

By the way, the alternate vassal of Ming Dynasty belongs to Japan. During this time, because he has performed very well in recruiting and organizing samurai divisions to help Daming fight, he has also begun to study "equality" and "equal fields" with the help of Ming experts. problem.
So no matter what Ming said now that he would not abolish the caste system and engage in land equalization and land restriction after taking over India, no one would believe it.

William also knew that the Ming Empire was a very principled and evil country, so those upper-middle-class people in India who could "open their eyes to see Ming Dynasty" must all love Great Britain and oppose Ming Dynasty.

Convinced that the Indians would support him, Emperor William relaxed a little and asked his Minister of War, Hugh Goff, "Minister of War, can we repel the Ming army in Bombay?"

"No problem!" Hugh Goff said with certainty, "There are fifteen thousand Royal Guards in Bombay, two-thirds of them are white mercenaries.

In addition, we built seven coastal batteries in Bombay, each with a twin 7-inch armored turret and a large caliber gun without armored turret protection.

So we will definitely be able to defeat the invading fleet of the Ming Empire in Mumbai! "

In fact, Emperor William also knew that Mumbai would definitely be able to hold on - Daming hadn't annihilated the Indian fleet yet!Under such circumstances, it is unrealistic to land on the mainland of India. At most, their fleet will shoot a few shots at Mumbai to scare the Indians.

But he could not let the fleet of the Ming Empire hang around the port of Mumbai all the time. Because Mumbai is the largest trading port of the Indian Empire, and it is also the industrial, commercial and financial center of India.If the Ming Navy's fleet is blocked for a few months, the economy of Mumbai and even the entire India will be in trouble.

In addition, although the Indian Empire has become independent in name, its industry is still a link in the industrial chain of the British Empire.If the Ming Empire blocked the routes between India and Europe, then the industrial chain of the British Empire would also be disrupted!

Although India has its own "internal circulation", it can be completely self-sufficient and can even develop better after breaking away from the industrial chain of the British Empire, but the Indian military industry, which is completely controlled by the British, has no way to leave the British mainland. Components and raw material supply.

Once the line of communication between Britain and India is interrupted for a long time, the local military industry in India will run out of spare parts and key raw materials in stock after two or three months, and then stop production!

Thinking of this, Emperor William said to Marquis Nelson: "Marquis, I can lead the Indian army and people to defend the gate of Mumbai. But the navy must also come up with a plan to drive or annihilate this fleet, and it must be implemented as soon as possible!"

Marquis Nelson replied: "Your Majesty, the Second Indian Fleet has arrived at the Andaman Islands, and its main force will return to Mumbai later. As long as they arrive, we will have enough power to expel this Ming Fleet.

In addition, the Ministry of the Navy has ordered the First Indian Fleet in the Gulf of Oman to block the entrance to the Persian Gulf with mines. After completing this work, the First Indian Fleet will also return! "

Emperor William nodded, "After the confluence of the two Indian fleets, we will definitely be able to drive away the Ming Navy fleet that invaded the Western Indian Ocean!" He considered for a while, and then said, "The cabinet will announce the victory. Tomorrow, I will hold a triumphant return." Ceremony, I will return to Mumbai victorious!"