Chapter 784 South Asia (8) cession of territory and compensation
Chapter 784
Dholavila is a small city in the state of Gujarat.
The Mughal Emperor Aurunzeb is now stationed in Dholavila and is anxiously waiting for a reply from the Governor of Goa, Alfonso. Needless to say, Aurunzeb is really filled with fear at this time.
The Battle of Peshawar, which was bound to win, ended in failure.
Immediately afterwards, the defeated army he led was completely destroyed in the small town of Lahar on its way back to Delhi. In the end, only more than a hundred of his followers escaped.
At this time, the Mughal Empire was perhaps the weakest period since its founding, right?
At this time, a prince could kill Aurunzeb and defeat the Mughal emperor without even using the Ming army.
Because of this, Aurunzeb was filled with anxiety and fear. What was anxious was that he did not know whether Alfonso, the governor of Goa, would send troops to conquer the Ming army. What was fearful was whether Alfonso would take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the Moguls.
When the empire was at its lowest, did they put forward various harsh conditions for sending troops?
No, this is not a question of whether it will happen, but it will definitely happen.
The Mughal Empire had only been dealing with the so-called navigators and merchants from the Netherlands, Portugal and even England, who were actually pirates, for only a day or two. It was not very clear about the nature of these Europeans. There was no need to doubt that these Europeans came from Europe.
The robbers were greedy to the core.
When you don't have to ask for help from these robbers, they will make many unreasonable demands.
Now that the Mughal Empire needs help from these bandits, why not go to death to get it?
The final facts confirmed Aurunzeb's worries, and Alfonso opened his mouth.
Two days later, the envoy sent to Goa returned to Doravilla and conveyed Alfonso's terms.
"What? Hand over the customs of the empire to the jurisdiction of the Netherlands?" Aurunzeb couldn't believe his ears, and roared with a livid face, "Is Alfonso crazy? He wants to control the financial power of the entire empire.
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"Your Majesty, this is just one of the conditions." The envoy to Goa said with a bitter smile, "In addition, Alfonso also put forward two other excessive conditions. One is that all towns on the east and west coasts of the empire are open to Dutch merchants unconditionally.
, free trade, the local government must also provide supplies to Dutch merchant ships at an affordable price. The second is to form a Nemo coalition army, and the Netherlands needs to send officers to train the army, and Dutch officers must also be sent to fight.
Come and take command."
"Crazy, Alfonso must be crazy!" Aurunzeb laughed angrily, "Don't mention these conditions, just let him be the emperor of the Mughal Empire, really."
At this time, Moji, who had just arrived with a small force to escort him, said: "Your Majesty, the reason why Alfonso opened his mouth to offer such outrageous conditions is just to put pressure on us. This is a kind of
Negotiation skills do not mean that they really want to achieve such an intention, so the conditions still have to be negotiated."
"The fact that Alfonso dared to offer such conditions is enough to prove that they have no sincerity in forming an alliance." Aurunzeb had a different opinion on this. "He just wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate me and humiliate the Mughal Empire.
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But Moji still wanted to fight for it again: "Your Majesty, why don't you go talk to Alfonso? I promise that I will negotiate the terms of the Netherlands, and they will never be so excessive."
Hearing this, Aurunzeb also hesitated.
Mainly because Aurunzeb had no other choice.
If we don't form an alliance with the Netherlands and don't borrow troops from the Netherlands, once the princes and governors of the provinces know about the situation of the Mughal Empire, the entire empire may fall apart in an instant.
When the time comes, not to mention customs, financial power, or military and command power, even the country will not be able to protect it.
However, just when Aurunzeb wanted to agree to Madhi Ji, another guard walked in.
"Your Majesty! The Ming Empire sent an envoy to Doravila, saying that he wanted to negotiate peace with the empire."
"What, the Ming Dynasty wants to negotiate peace with the empire?" This news was indeed somewhat beyond Aurunzeb's expectations.
To be honest, Aurunzeb really cast a shadow on the Ming army. Hearing the word Ming army makes him want to urinate.
He was even worried that the Ming army would drive him to Colombo.
Because the strength of the Ming army was beyond Aurunzeb's imagination.
And this was also the main reason why Aurunzeb approached the Dutch, because in terms of firearms alone, it seemed that only the Dutch from Europe could compete with the Ming army.
Anyway, the Mughal army would definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army.
But now, the Ming Kingdom actually sent envoys to negotiate peace with the empire?
For a time, Aurunzeb was really surprised and happy. The Ming Dynasty was willing to negotiate peace, so why did it need the Netherlands?
However, Mo Di Ji subconsciously opposed the peace proposal: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has won such a big victory, but it unexpectedly proposed to negotiate peace with the empire. There must be no good intentions. Don't agree."
Aurunzeb retorted disapprovingly: "Just now the Governor of Goa, Alfonso, proposed such harsh conditions, but you insisted on negotiating with the Netherlands, but now the Ming Dynasty proposes peace, but you, Modiji,
I firmly object, but I would like to ask you a question, what is the purpose of us negotiating with the Dutch?"
Mo Di Ji said without thinking: "Of course it is to borrow troops from the Netherlands and expel the Ming army."
"But now we can make the Ming army leave without borrowing troops from the Netherlands." Aurunzeb spread his hands and said, "If that's the case, why do we have to endure the harsh conditions proposed by the Netherlands to borrow troops from them?
Soldier? There is no need for that."
Moji frowned and said, "Your Majesty, let's not say whether the peace treaty is true or false. Even if it is true, the Ming Kingdom will definitely put forward extremely harsh conditions."
"Aren't the conditions of the Netherlands harsh?" Aurunzeb retorted, "Not to mention that we still don't know what kind of conditions the Ming Dynasty will propose. Even if it does propose harsh conditions, the empire can still bargain.
Huh? Modji, since you are able to negotiate the terms of the Dutch, you will naturally be able to negotiate the terms of the Ming Dynasty."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Of course, I have such confidence." Speaking of her own abilities, Modiji was immediately full of confidence.
As a Mughal officer who grew up among the indigenous people of Gujarat, Modiji has always been full of confidence in his own abilities. He is extremely confident.
"Well, I'll leave the peace negotiation to you."
Aurunzeb decisively handed over the job to Modiji.
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A month later, Modiji led the negotiation team to Delhi after a long journey, and met Zhu Cijiong in the magnificent and magnificent hall of the Red Fort.
Zhu Cijiong did not participate in the peace negotiation, but only listened.
The entire peace negotiation was organized by Li Yan and co-organized by Xia Wanchun.
"Let me introduce myself. I am the new Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Mughal Empire. I am the new Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Mughal Empire." Modiji held her head high and her eyes were full of confidence. "By the order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Mughal Empire, I am here.
Come to negotiate peace with the Mughal Empire. We, the Mughal Empire, have one and only one condition, that is, the Ming army must withdraw from Delhi unconditionally, and must also pay compensation to the great Mughal Empire of 10 million gold rupees and 100 million silver.
rupee."
Xia Wanchun and Li Yan were stunned when they heard this.
No? What's the condition? Did I hear that right?
How do I feel that our Ming army was defeated in this war?
Seeing the dumbfounded expressions of the two peace envoys from the Ming Dynasty, Mo Di Ji couldn't help showing a proud look on his face. The Ming Dynasty envoy was obviously shocked and even frightened by his "toughness".
That's right, this is the tone that Modiji set for this peace negotiation, which is toughness.
We must try our best to show the tough side to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the Mughal Empire also has strong capital. There are not many countries in the world with a population of hundreds of millions. The Mughal Empire is the chosen country!
As for the defeat that the Mughal army just suffered? No, no, that was not a defeat at all. It was just a tactic of the Mughal army. What tactic was it? It was to frighten and frighten the opponent with the huge number of casualties.
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As people from the Ming Dynasty, they must have never seen an army of more than 100,000 people, right? So when they saw an army of 500,000 or even more than 1 million people, they must have been frightened to death, right?
If one million is not enough, I will give you another million.
If two million is not enough, I will give you five million!
I don’t believe you didn’t kill me until you were weak!
I don’t believe you didn’t kill until you were scared!
When you become weak and afraid, you will turn to us and beg us for peace.
As expected, didn't the Ming Dynasty now beg the Mughal Empire to negotiate peace with them? These Ming Dynasty people were obviously frightened and frightened by such a huge number of casualties.
Modiji is deeply intoxicated by her own logic.
Ah, the Mughal Empire was so powerful, so powerful.
Therefore, only asking the Ming Kingdom to compensate them 10 million gold rupees and 100 million silver rupees was already a lenient punishment for them. If he followed his wishes, he would even ask the Ming Kingdom to cede Tibet.
Don't laugh, I know you must be laughing, but Modiji is serious.
Mo Diji said to Li Yan and Xia Wanchun again: "This is the bottom line of this peace negotiation. The bottom line cannot be compromised. Now you can put forward your demands on this basis."
Li Yan and Xia Wanchun showed expressions of sunken dogs on their faces.
Zhu Cijiong, who was sitting on the "imperial throne", burst out laughing.
Playing with the golden power that originally belonged to the Mughal emperor, Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "What happened to Aurunzeb? Did he send a fool to negotiate peace with us? Isn't he just a fucking fool?"
"This is simply unreasonable." After listening to the interpreter's translation, Modiji was furious.
"I am the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Mughal Empire. You must solemnly apologize to me for your rudeness, otherwise there will be no need for peace talks. You can just wait for the Mughal Empire to mobilize its army to conquer you again."
Zhu Cijiong's face darkened and he shouted: "Pull him down and give him a good beating first, and then talk to him."
