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Chapter 703 King Qin is too close
In the spring of the eighteenth year of Jianwu, Wang Li, the Duke of Zhenguo, died of illness in his hometown of Dehua County, Quanzhou.

The emperor decreed that he be posthumously named Prince of Kuaiji County and given the posthumous title Wenzhong.

The title of the Duke of Kuaiji is not hereditary. His son will still inherit the title of Duke of Zhenguo, and he will be hereditary with reduced rank after three generations.

Granting Wang Li the title of king after his death was not only an explanation to the civil servants, but also a deliberate attack on those generals.

Before Wang Li died of illness, it was impossible for him to be awarded the title of king at will. Even his second assistant, Xuan Guogong Liang Wenxuan, the second-in-command in the civil service, died of illness before him, but he could not get the title of king after death. .

However, after conferring posthumous titles to Wang Li, Emperor Zhu still issued an order to posthumously confer some honorary titles to Duke Xuan, and also wrote a posthumous title for him himself.

Of course, this posthumous title was drawn up in advance by the Ministry of Rites, and when the two elders died of illness, the emperor would give it to him posthumously.

Sometimes, just such a small attitude as a posthumous gift is extremely important to win people's hearts.

Over the years, the first batch of civil servants and generals who followed the emperor to raise armies have either retired due to illness or taken the initiative to serve.

The proportion of veteran ministers in the court has become smaller and smaller, and young officials from various provinces have gradually begun to rise to prominence.

Especially after the imperial examination system was restructured several times, overseas officials began to appear in the imperial dynasty of the capital, not to mention those ministers in the cabinet.

Although some of these overseas officials immigrated from the interior, and generally their grades are not high, after all, it is normal for them to be there at that time.

But this is still of great significance, which means that the structure of imperial officials is gradually accepting new blood adapted to the transportation of overseas territories.

In the same year, the emperor issued an order to promote Chen Hongmou, the left governor of Liaoning, to return to Beijing, and Liu Tongxun, the right governor, took over as the left governor.

The civil servants all knew it well and knew that the emperor was preparing to train him to join the cabinet.

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In the nineteenth year of Jianwu, nothing major happened.

Tainan Prefecture was added to Taiwan Island, and Yilan, Taitung, and Hengchun counties were officially established along the coast of Taitung.

The entire island of Taiwan has been completely digested by the immigrant Han people. The headhunters in the Taitung mountainous area were either killed by the Han immigrants who were farming and fighting, or they fled into the Taichung mountains and returned to the primitive way of eating hair and drinking blood.

Most of the next headhunters in mountainous areas should be gradually digested by Han immigrants from east to west, north and south, and cultivated on all sides, while a small number will gradually integrate into Han immigrants.

Twenty years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Xicheng, the governor of Yecheng, had been holding back for several years and finally couldn't help but take action.

In the early days of Zhang Xicheng's administration as governor-general, he first took the initiative to establish rapprochement with the Sultans of Yogyakarta and Solo, and actively attracted Han immigrants from all over the island to cultivate new lands.

In just two years, the newly expanded land was cultivated into mature land, and Han immigrant villages were spread throughout it, making it difficult for even the local Javanese nobles to compete.

Just this year, Zhang Xicheng pretended to attack Guo. He first reprimanded the Sultan of Solo and attacked the Sultan of Surabaya without authorization, and wanted to send troops to punish him. The Sultan of Solo was so frightened that he quickly sent an envoy to admit his mistake, and was willing to cede territory and ask for forgiveness from the heaven.

Halfway through, the army suddenly turned around and attacked the city of Yogyakarta.

The Sultan of Yogyakarta, who was once considered a powerful figure on the island of Java, was so confused that he was destroyed by Zhang Xicheng.

The Sultan of Yogyakarta suddenly died and his country was destroyed. The Sultan of Solo was frightened and stunned. After repeated weighing, he immediately requested to offer Nalong.

He no longer wants to be the Sultan. He just wants to be a chieftain in the Celestial Empire. Even if he is not a chieftain, he can be given a hereditary noble title so that he can continue to enjoy the glory and wealth.

Seeing that Sultan Solo was so understanding, Zhang Xicheng did not refuse and took advantage of the situation to annex the Sultanate of Solo.

The Sultans of Yogyakarta and Solo were destroyed, and the army of the Coconut City Governor's Palace was directly bordering the Sultan of Surabaya.

Under the advice of Han officials, the Sultan of Surabaya took the initiative to surrender and surrendered his sultanate title. From then on, it was merged into the Celestial China. However, the Celestial Ming Dynasty could not send officials and garrison troops to Surabaya City.

Zhang Xicheng also did not refuse. Anyway, he won Yogyakarta and Solo, and he had already swallowed 80% of Java Island.

These new territories were enough for the Ming Dynasty to digest in the next few years, and it was impossible for the Sultan of Surabaya to make any waves.

The canonization edict of the Surabaya Xuanwei Division was quickly issued, and the island of Java was nominally unified.

However, the Sultan of Surabaya, who became the ambassador of Surabaya, should not have been around for a few years. With the pace of land reclamation and immigration by the Javanese Han people, sooner or later he would have to focus on the last piece of Surabaya City.

If Han immigrants are not targeted, the next governor-general will be.

In the past twenty-one years, there have been no major events in Nanyang.

On the other hand, the Governor-General of Bengal in the west began to mobilize a large army. They wanted to cooperate with King Qin's army and go to the city of Delhi to assist the Mughal king in resisting the invading Persian army.

The heroic ruler of Persia, Nader Shah, defeated the Ottomans and Afghans, reached an agreement with Tsarist Russia, and recovered a large area of ​​​​land that had been annexed by Tsarist Russia, Ottomans, and Afghanistan. Finally, he could not help but be rich and weak. The Mughal Empire took action.

In history, in this invasion war, the Mughal Empire lost even its pants to the Persians.

The 300,000 Mughal Empire troops, plus thousands of war elephants, such a strong force, were easily annihilated by only 50,000 Persian troops.

The Persian army beheaded more than 2500 people, and the remaining Indian troops trampled on each other with countless casualties, while the Persian army itself suffered more than casualties.

In this battle, Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire, was almost burned to the ground. The Persians plundered more than 2000 million rupees of property, and also took away Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne, and later the "Light of Light" inlaid on the crown of the Queen of England. The two diamonds "Mountain" and "Sea of ​​Light" are also the national treasures of the Mughal Empire.

It was thanks to this plunder that Persia achieved short-term prosperity and prosperity, and also alleviated the financial burden caused by the war.

But now it is different. In the early days, it was similar to history. The city of Delhi started to fight among itself, and then the 300,000 troops sent out to stop it were easily defeated by the Persians.

When the Mughal emperor heard the news of the defeat, he was frightened and fainted. The first thing he did after waking up was to send an envoy to ask the Chinese Governor of Bengal and the closer King of Qin to send troops to rescue the city of Delhi. As a condition for requesting to send troops, he was willing to surrender to China and become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Fengjun, the governor of Bengal, had actually known about the Persian invasion for a long time. He was ready to see the situation first, but he didn't expect these Indians to be so good. An army of 300,000 people could not defeat 50,000 Persians. The leader of the army, Mo Are all the generals like pigs?

Weird things are weird, but they still have to send troops. As the governor, Xu Fengjun has the right to decide most affairs in North India, not to mention that there are still other countries that want to intervene in North India, which is a colonial possession of Ming China.

Although the colonization has not yet been fully developed, even the Mughal emperor is still there, but this time it happened to solve all the problems at once.

The most the Mughal emperor wanted was to surrender to the Chinese emperor and become a vassal state of China, but Xu Fengjun wanted more. He directly asked the Mughal emperor to immediately remove his title of emperor and from now on he could only be called king.

Moreover, the Mughals must bear all the money, food and military expenses for the Ming army. In the future, Chinese merchants doing business in North India will also list a series of commercial privileges, including even the most evil consular jurisdiction.

No, it cannot be regarded as consular jurisdiction. Strictly speaking, consular jurisdiction can only be used in the consular area, but what Xu Fengjun wants is the jurisdiction of all India.

As long as Chinese people break the law in India, they can only be tried and dealt with by the Chinese officials themselves. The Indian officials are not even qualified to arrest people.

The Mughal emperor had no choice but to agree to such a clause that was "a loss of power and an insult to the country".

Because there were Persians outside who had just won the battle, and the Ming army had been invited into the city of Delhi as reinforcements, Xu Fengjun directly negotiated the terms with the Mughal Emperor face to face in the city of Delhi.

Xu Fengjun felt that he was already very kind, after all, he hadn't even asked for the Peacock Throne yet!
After the Mughal "traitorous" treaty was signed, the Ming army did not blindly defend the city. Instead, it joined forces with the army sent by King Zhu Boyu of Qin. Both sides gathered 3,000 cavalry each and took advantage of their mobility to directly attack the plains. First, stop the attacking Persian army.

Nader Shah had just defeated the 300,000 Mughal Imperial Army, and it was a time of great satisfaction. Moreover, the army had been exhausted from fighting for days.

As long as the Mughals in history can retain a few surprise troops, not to mention turning defeat into victory, at least defending the city of Delhi should not be a big problem.

Fifty thousand tired and arrogant Persian troops suddenly encountered three thousand elite dragoons in the plains.

The Ming army's dragoons in India were no worse than those in northern Xinjiang. Not only did the three thousand cavalry have one person and two horses, they also carried many grenades.

Without any skills, just throw the grenade, run away after it explodes, and continue to explode in another place.

No matter how fierce Nader Shah was, how could he have ever seen such a battle?
Being able to punch the Ottomans and kick Afghanistan, even Tsarist Russia had to give in and spit out the Persian territory it had invaded during the time of Peter the Great.

The so-called "Napoleon" of Central Asia was immediately stunned when he faced the Ming Army's dragoon raid.

The Persian army also had firearms, but the only thing that stood up to the sky were some matchlocks and a few small cannons.

After all, the homeless dogs that were swept up in East Asia immediately turned into tigers when they arrived in Central Asia. You can think about how "strong" the combat effectiveness in Central Asia is.

What's more, the Ming army was completely overwhelmed by technology, and it was an elite versus a tired army. The timing was perfect.

The Persian army had just experienced a victory over a large number with a small number, with 50,000 defeating 300,000. In the blink of an eye, it was defeated by 3,000 cavalry and was defeated again.

Nader Shah wanted to regroup, even if he couldn't counterattack, he still wanted to restore the army's structure as much as possible, but unfortunately the Ming army did not give him this opportunity.

After using grenades to blow up the Persian army into chaos, whenever the Ming cavalry saw a Persian army trying to gather, they would rush over and shoot and throw grenades. If that didn't work, they would use cavalry to kill them.

After several waves, the Persian army's structure completely collapsed. The battlefield was full of fleeing Persian troops. The large and chaotic troops even impacted Nader Shah's own troops.

Nader Shah tried several times to no avail and knew that he could not win. He did not fight with the three thousand Mingqi and decisively withdrew from the battlefield with his own troops who were not affected by the riot.

This battle was not fought easily. Even the Ming cavalry who came to attack felt a little incredible.

Is this too easy?

When the news of the battle was sent back to Delhi, General Zhang Guangsi, who was sent by the King of Qin, and Xu Fengjun, the Governor of Bengal, who came to take charge in person, were both a little confused as expected.

First, the 30 Mughal army was defeated by the 5 Persian army. The actual result was less than 2500 soldiers.

Then, these 5 Persian troops were defeated by 3000 Ming army cavalry in one battle.

Too abstract!

Regardless of Persia or the Mughals, these two countries are too abstract.

Calculated based on this result, wouldn't it be equivalent to 3000 Ming troops, which is greater than 30 Mughal troops?

If he had known that the fight would be so easy, there would be no need for Zhang Guangsi to make a special trip with his troops.

But now that it's here, all the previously agreed conditions have to be fulfilled, and many additional terms have been added.

For example, the Mughal cotton purchase rights can only be purchased by Chinese merchants in the future. The cotton here can no longer be sold to local Mughal merchants, and all Chinese goods cannot be taxed when they come to the Mughal. China can Establish port factories in all regions

With such overbearing terms, the Mughal emperor... No, he is the king now, and he has no right to refuse.

Because to the east of him was the Qin Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army cavalry could easily defeat the Persian army, and naturally it could also defeat hundreds of thousands of Mughal troops more easily.

It is said that heaven is too far away and Qin is too close.

The Mughals completely became a colonial vassal state of Ming China. However, Nader Shah, who was repulsed by the Ming army in the west, returned to Persia safely with his remnants.

However, his original expedition to the Mughals was to plunder goods and alleviate the country's financial crisis caused by successive wars.

Nowadays, the goods have not been grabbed and the troops have been lost. It is hard to say what will happen next.

(End of this chapter)