Even if the price of survival is to be a traitor, no one cares.
At least, Ambedahl didn't care.
As a member of the Shudras, although his social status is higher than that of the untouchables, it is not much higher. He earns a living by farming, but he does not have enough food and clothing.
After the war between the Mughal Empire and Wu Zhou broke out, his originally stable life, although hungry and poor, was shattered.
The roaring Wu and Zhou cavalry killed the Kshatriya masters in the village, wiped out the entire family of the Kshatriya masters, and robbed all the food in the village.
Facing the tall horses of Wu Zhou's army, Ambedahl and others did not dare to resist with muskets and swords. They could only kneel on the ground and tremble, watching helplessly as Wu Zhou's cavalry took away the food they needed to survive.
Even before leaving, he killed many people, raped many women, and even a newborn baby was beaten to death in public for fun.
But even so, no one dared to resist.
He could only bury his head deeply in the mud and raise his buttocks high to express his surrender.
It wasn't until the cavalry of Wu Zhou Army had killed enough, robbed enough, and vented enough, and Shi Shiran left, that they dared to raise their heads and looked at the ruins around them in confusion.
Having lost the food they needed to survive, they had no choice but to embark on the road of exile in order to make a living.
In the process of exile, many people starved to death, many died of diseases, were killed by bandits, and were eaten by wild beasts. Many people even became food in the mouths of their companions...
After learning that Wu Zhou was giving porridge, they didn't care that Wu Zhou's cavalry had robbed them of the food they needed to survive, and moved in groups towards Wu Zhou's ruling area.
After more than half of them died due to various reasons on the way, the remaining people finally arrived at Wu Zhou's ruling area.
Andabel stood in the open space, holding a wooden bowl filled with hot porridge in his hand.
Smelling the aroma of the porridge in the bowl, he couldn't help but tears welling up from the corners of his eyes.
Amberda didn't care about how hot it was, mixed the porridge water in the bowl with tears and snot, and swallowed it in big gulps.
Even if his throat and mouth were burned with blisters, he didn't care.
Because he has been hungry for too long.
"Get out of the way, don't block the road!"
Just as Andabel was eating porridge and water, he was suddenly kicked.
Turning around, he saw a Wu Zhoubing with a sword on his waist leading a group of refugees towards the porridge shed. The reason why he was kicked was because he blocked the opponent's way.
Facing this Wu Zhoubing, who was rough in action and arrogant in attitude, even though Andabel was kicked, he didn't dare to say anything or even feel resentment. He just stepped aside obediently.
After eating the porridge, Andabel and others were taken to the river to take a bath, get a haircut, and check up on their health.
Then, Andabel was screened out.
Looking at the other people who were also screened out, Andabel couldn't help but feel worried.
The reason is very simple. Most of the people identified are low-caste men with dark skin and strong bodies who often do farm work.
There is even a group of untouchables here, that is, untouchables!
"What is this going to do?"
"Why are we being singled out? Are you trying to kill us?"
"Why? Is it because we are from a lower caste?"
"..."
A group of people couldn't help but talk about it, and Andabel also subconsciously joined in.
However, they were whipped immediately and someone yelled at them to be quiet.
The leader, an officer from Wu Zhou, glanced at the group of people who had been screened out, nodded with satisfaction and said.
"Not bad, not bad!"
"At first glance, these are people who are honest and willing to work. They are in good health and will be able to recover after eating a few good meals."
"Send them all to prepare military camps!"
This Wu Zhoujun officer was a Han nationality, so naturally he spoke in Chinese.
Although Andabel and others could not understand Chinese, there was someone on the side who was responsible for translating, which ensured that communication would not be a problem.
Andabel and others were relieved when they heard that they were going to be sent to a military camp to farm.
The uneasy feeling of eating for nothing has also disappeared.
They just said, where in the world does a free lunch come from? How could someone feed them and drink for free?
Isn’t this right!
They are either low-caste Asans or untouchables, and they are destined to suffer when they are born.
As long as it allows them to survive, who should farm the land for?
Wang Lishu looked at the group of honest-looking Asans in front of him, cleared his throat and continued.
"Since you have eaten my food, you must work hard for me."
"Now go to the military camp first. After you have cultivated the land for a few years, you can be recruited into the army."
"It doesn't matter that you are all of low caste now, and you are even untouchable, but this is only temporary."
"As long as you can obey orders and achieve military merit in the army, you can use your military merit to upgrade your caste and obtain a life and enjoyment that even upper castes cannot get."
"Money, food, wine, everything you need, even if it's a Brahmin or Kshatriya woman, you can grab one and take it back as your wife, and you can do whatever you want with it."
Wang Lishu's words were very vulgar, but to a group of illiterate Asans, you can only be vulgar.
If you want them to work for Da Zhou, you can only use naked monetary interests to bind them.
Otherwise, they won’t understand!
What Wang Lishu didn't expect was that he had just said that as long as he achieved military merit, he could upgrade the class of low-caste untouchables like them.
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Some of those untouchables mustered up the courage to stand up and refute.
"No...it won't work!"
"We are all low-caste untouchables. We are born to suffer. We must not enjoy it, and we must not offend upper-caste adults, otherwise we will go to Shiva Hell after death."
After the man finished speaking, others stood up and echoed.
"Yes, caste is innate. It is determined at birth and cannot be changed."
"We are of a lower caste in this life because we enjoyed blessings in our previous life, and we are here to pay off our debts in this life. Only by paying off our debts in this life can we enjoy blessings in the next life."
"By the grace of Lord Shiva, we must not offend the upper caste adults."
"..."
Wang Lishu's face turned dark as he listened to the translator's translation.
He felt helpless, these untouchables really couldn't hold up the wall.
They didn't want the chance that Dazhou gave them to improve their class and change their destiny. They had to look forward to the afterlife...
How foolish!
Haha, this is so funny, will they still be them in the next life?
However, although Wang Lishu was contradicted, he was not angry.
Because during this period of time, he has been contradicted many times by those untouchables.
Basically the same rhetoric!
Although he hated the ineffectiveness of these people, Wang Lishu had to admit that such obedient people were really the best governed obedient people in the world.
The smooth rule of Zhou Dynasty in India was not unrelated to the obedience of these untouchables.
However, not being angry does not mean that Wang Lishu will not kill people.
He now represents Da Zhou in front of these untouchables. If they dare to contradict him, they are contradicting Da Zhou.
This wind can't be broken for long!
And to establish authority, the simplest and most effective way is to kill people.
Wang Lishu waved his hand and ordered.
"Select the most dancing among these people and send them to the next life in advance to enjoy happiness."
Andabel watched helplessly as several untouchables who most upheld the caste system were dragged out and then beheaded in front of all of them...
It is worth mentioning that the people who uphold the caste system the most are basically the untouchables from the lowest origins.
On the contrary, the two lower castes, Vaishyas and Sudras, do not maintain the caste system as much as they imagined.
To put it bluntly, it is still a question of the cost of silence.
These untouchables, untouchables, suffered too much in the first half of their lives. They worked the hardest and most humble jobs, and their incomes were extremely meager.
The reason why they grit their teeth and live is because they hope to be reincarnated as a high caste in the next life and enjoy happiness.
But now someone tells them that the caste system is fake and there is no afterlife. Naturally, they cannot accept it.
Therefore, they are the ones who uphold the caste system the most.
Although the Vaishyas and Sudras did not live a good life, they were much better off than the untouchable untouchables.
Their cost of silence is naturally less than that of those untouchables.
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Outside Xinshan Customs City!
John looked at the majestic Guancheng in front of him, as well as the densely packed bastions, forts and other buildings surrounding Guancheng that provided cover for the city. He couldn't help but open his mouth.
The city built by Wu Zhou at the Khyber Pass was stronger and more majestic than the fortress built by the British in Bombay.
Throughout Guancheng, the gun emplacements are very obvious.
The black muzzle protrudes from the gun emplacement, which is full of deterrence.
Most of Wu Zhou's heavy artillery that was inconvenient to be transported to the Lahore front line were deployed at Xinshan Customs.
Used to consolidate city defense!
In order to build this city in a short period of time, a total of hundreds of thousands of Indian untouchables worked on it.
So far, at least tens of thousands of people have died from exhaustion on the construction site of Guancheng.
A mass grave not far from Guancheng was already filled with countless corpses.
Most of them are workers who are exhausted to death!
However, no one cared at all.
Wu Sangui was originally worried that these untouchables would resist if he oppressed him like this.
After all, if Wu Sangui dared to do this in the Central Plains, war would have been all over the place.
Wasn't it the prelude to the demise of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty that was started by the millions of people who built the river on the Yellow River construction site?
After all, large-scale construction projects have been prone to trouble since ancient times.
However, the result proved that Wu Sangui thought too much.
Let alone resist these untouchables.
He didn’t even have the intention to resist!
They even enlighten themselves that the suffering they are suffering now is for the sake of enjoying happiness in the next life...
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After that, Wu Sangui exploited these untouchables and no longer had any worries.
It is precisely because of the hard work of these untouchables that the Guancheng of Xinshanhaiguan can be built to such a scale in just a few years.
John and his party went directly to Xinshan Customs, and then went to ask for a meeting with Wu Sangui.
After a long period of conditioning, Wu Sangui's physical condition has begun to gradually improve.
Although he still can't work hard to deal with government affairs, it's okay to take time out to meet with foreign envoys.
John and others came to see Wu Sangui under the banner of Britain.
John and others were taken into the city and headed all the way to the Anxi Palace located in the city.
It is said to be a palace, but in fact it is just a slightly larger landlord's compound.
Wu Zhou was now facing great pressure from the war, and Wu Sangui had no intention and inability to overhaul the palace.
Just build a large courtyard that can barely accommodate you.
John was brought to the main hall of the Anxi Palace. When he looked up, he saw an old man sitting on a dragon chair, his beard and hair were white, and he was obviously a little depressed.
Although this old man is a little depressed, he has a tall frame and a very impressive aura. At first glance, he looks like a big shot who has been in a high position for a long time.
"John, the British envoy, pays homage to His Majesty the King!"
John bowed down respectfully and finished the kneeling ceremony.
Wu Sangui raised his eyelids slightly and looked at the yellow-haired and green-eyed Yi below. Although there was disdain and contempt in his eyes, he still spoke.
"Ahem! British envoy?"
"I wonder why your Excellency the special envoy came to ask for an audience?"
After hearing this, John spoke.
"Your Majesty the King, I am on this mission to your country for the sake of peace."
"With respect to Aurangzeb Khan, I hope that the UK can mediate between your country and the Mughal Empire and bring precious peace to both parties."
After John's words fell, Wu Sangui's expression did not show, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
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Otherwise, the Mughal Empire would not have asked Britain to mediate.
However, although Wu Sangui was moved in his heart, he did not show it on the surface.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, narrowed them into a long and narrow slit, and spoke.
"Haha, peace talks?"
"Why do you want to negotiate peace with Aurangzeb?"
"On the current battlefield, I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, have the overall advantage."
Negotiation, that’s it!
Now that we finally had the upper hand, we naturally had to take advantage of it.
If nothing else, it's definitely okay if you don't let go now and try to get some benefits for yourself.
After hearing this, John just continued to speak.
"The war has progressed to this point, and it has become a huge burden for both your country and the Mughal Empire."
"Although your country temporarily occupies the advantage on the battlefield, it is still unable to break through the city of Delhi."
"And the Mughal Empire can continue to recruit troops and horses from the south at any time to defend the safety of the city of Delhi."
"And, with the wealth of the Mughal Empire, the respected Aurangzeb Khan could hire more mercenaries to join the battlefield at any time."
"It's not easy for you to break through Delhi!"
"Rather than let the war continue, let the brave soldiers die in vain on the battlefield, and let countless civilians die in the flames of war."
"How about peace talks in the name of God and using negotiation to resolve disputes."
"This is something that will benefit both you and the Mughal Empire!"
When Wu Sangui heard this, he just sneered and said unceremoniously.
"So what?"
"We, Dazhou, are a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. The emperor of Ming Dynasty has agreed to sell a batch of heavy siege artillery to me, Dazhou."
"As long as the heavy siege artillery is in place, the city of Delhi...hehe, it will definitely fall in one go."
"As long as the strong city of Delhi is gone, will any Mughal army dare to engage in a large-scale field battle with me, the Great Zhou?"
"Even if Delhi cannot be captured, our cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty can still march straight into the Ganges plain, unstoppable."
"We, the Zhou Dynasty, have all the advantages now, so why should we give up our advantages and negotiate peace with the Mughal Empire?"
Of course, what Wu Sangui said was not a lie. The Ming Dynasty really agreed to sell Wu Sangui a batch of heavy siege artillery.
Now the Ming Dynasty is undergoing a small-scale replacement of breech-loading cannons, especially in the fortresses around Nanjing City. Many heavy artillery have been replaced by breech-loading cannons with superior performance.
As long as Wu Sangui could afford the price, Ming would naturally not mind selling a batch of heavy artillery to him.
This conversation can actually be regarded as a verbal confrontation between Wu Sangui and John.
John said that the Mughal Empire had Europeans standing behind them, and they could send mercenaries to fight.
Wu Sangui said that I, Da Zhou, also have a backer.
Your mercenaries may join the war at any time, but the heavy artillery sold to us by Ming Dynasty can be deployed immediately.
John's face didn't look very good when he heard this, but he continued.
"I hope His Majesty the King will think twice and make some small concessions for the sake of peace."
"I believe that countless people will remember your achievements."
Wu Sangui just snorted coldly and said.
"Look, it's you British who want to mediate peace talks, right?"
"Take a pee and look in the mirror, are you worthy?"
"If you want me to negotiate peace with Zhou Dynasty, unless Ming Dynasty comes to mediate!"
"The Zhou Dynasty was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it only accepted the mediation from the emperor."
Obviously the British are biased towards the Mughal Empire.
Wu Sangui would not negotiate for peace under the mediation of the British. Besides, hadn't he already written to the emperor requesting mediation?
I believe there will be a reply from Daming soon.
He really doesn't care about the British.
When John heard this, his face also looked a little ugly.
A kind of slighted humiliation came to his mind, but he quickly suppressed this unwillingness.
Because he knew that he was unable to make Wu Sangui pay the price.
If this is the case, then no matter what he says today, it will not have any weight.
John took a deep breath and spoke.
"Does His Majesty the King mean that your country will agree to peace talks only with the mediation of the Ming Dynasty?"
Wu Sangui nodded slightly and said that was it.
When John heard this, he nodded to show that he understood.
Then, he bid farewell to Wu Sangui!
Although his trip failed to achieve the purpose of mediating the peace talks, it could be regarded as getting an accurate answer from Wu Sangui, so it was not without gain.
At the very least, when I go back, I can explain to Governor Wells...
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Soon, Governor Wells received a reply.
Then, he forwarded the news to the Mughal Empire.
After Aurangzeb Khan learned the news, he immediately summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.
After discussion, they decided to send a mission to the Ming Dynasty to ask the Ming Dynasty to mediate the situation in the subcontinent.
In any case, the Mughal Empire did not want to continue fighting.
The mission from the Mughal Empire set out from Delhi and headed towards the plateau.
Prepare to cross the plateau and enter the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty also laid telegraph lines on the plateau.
After the Mughal Empire's mission arrived in Lhasa, Lhasa reported the situation to Nanjing by telegram.
Also accompanying him to Beijing was the translation of the Mughal Empire's credentials and telegrams.
The news was quickly sent to Nanjing via telegraph.
Zhu Hongyu also looked happy after receiving the news.
Originally, he was still thinking about how the Ming Dynasty should choose the opportunity to mediate the situation in the subcontinent.
Now it's good, not only Wu Zhou sent letters of credence to Ming Dynasty requesting mediation.
Even the Mughal Empire expressed its hope that the Ming Dynasty would end!
In this way, it would be justifiable for Ming Dynasty to mediate again.
Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while and then ordered.
"Send the order and send a telegram to King Anxi and the Mughal Empire, asking them to send envoys to Beijing. The Ming Dynasty will provide them with a venue for peace talks in Nanjing City."
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Zhu Hongyu wanted to take this opportunity to increase the weight of Nanjing City.
It also enhances Ming’s status in the world!
Due to the existence of telegrams, Wu Zhou quickly received the imperial edict from Ming Dynasty.
Wu Sangui immediately ordered the establishment of a mission and sent his son Wu Yingxiong to lead the mission to Nanjing to prepare for peace talks.
Of course, Wu Yingxiong could not go here just for peace talks.
Going to Hajj to the Emperor is the most important thing!
Although there was no telegraph from the Mughal Empire, to be honest, Lhasa was actually not that far from the Mughal Empire's Delhi city.
After the Ming Dynasty issued the imperial edict, it took three or four days to delay before the Mughal Empire received the imperial edict from the Ming Dynasty.
Although Aurangzeb was unwilling to hold peace talks in the Ming Dynasty's Nanjing city, this matter was not his final decision.
In order to end the war as soon as possible, he could only order the establishment of a mission and prepare to set off.
The other side contacted the British, hoping that the British could participate in this mediation.
Wu Zhou was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. During the mediation, the Ming Dynasty would definitely favor Wu Zhou.
If Aurangzeb did not want to suffer too much, he could only find ways to introduce external forces.
As for the Mughal Empire, it also surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty...
To be honest, Aurangzeb had not thought about this choice.
But he was quickly denied by himself!
He, Aurangzeb, is a descendant of Genghis Khan. Although he has become green, he still believes that he is the orthodox place of Great Mongolia.
As the orthodox seat of Mongolia, how could I surrender to the Ming Dynasty?
If he chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the Mongol nobles within the Mughal Empire might even rise up and try to overthrow his rule.
After all, the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols was overthrown by the Ming Dynasty.
Faced with Aurangzeb's request for the British to participate in mediation, Wells agreed after some consideration.
Then he was going to send someone to contact the British Ambassador in Nanjing...
At this time, more than half of the six years after the liberation had passed, and the weather was about to enter autumn.
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Meanwhile, continental Europe!
The Third Anglo-Dutch War has broken out in full force and entered a fierce stage.
In March 1672, the British took the lead in attacking the Dutch fleet without declaring war.
Then defeated!
The reputation of the Dutch maritime coachmen is not just blown. After years of trade between the East and the West, the Dutch have obtained advanced munitions from the East, such as cannonballs, gunpowder, artillery, etc., in quantity far exceeding that of Britain, France and other countries.
In this war, the Netherlands relied on its large number of ships and the large amount of arms purchased from the Ming Dynasty to suppress the British at the beginning of the war.
In history, the Netherlands actually won naval battles even without the massive arms purchases from the East.
However, the Dutch did not have time to be happy that they had repelled the British invasion again.
King Louis XIV of France also declared war on the Netherlands and sent the French army to advance deep into the Netherlands.
Soon, within a month or two, 60% of the Netherlands fell.
Immediately afterwards, the Dutch defended Amsterdam in order to prevent the French from continuing to attack.
They brazenly dug up the seawall, released seawater into the Dutch lowlands, and used water as a substitute for troops to defend Amsterdam.
William III, Prince of Orange, was appointed to take power and take charge of the defense of the federal provinces.
At the same time, the second naval battle between Britain and the Netherlands broke out.
The Netherlands once again won the victory, which boosted the morale of the Dutch people to fight to the end.
After William III became the governor of the United Provinces, he began to use diplomatic means to mediate the war and brought Spain and Austria to the same front as the Netherlands.
But at the same time, France also completed its union with Prussia.
The situation in Europe is in chaos!
Britain, France, Prussia, Hosio and other countries stood in different camps and made a mess...
At almost the same time, the Tsar also made a decision to send more troops to Siberia, preparing to recapture Siberia that had been recovered by the Ming Dynasty.
And in Central Asia and Central Siberia, they competed with the Ming Dynasty.
During this year, wars broke out almost everywhere in the world.
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At the end of the sixth year after the Ming Dynasty was restored, there were several back-and-forth negotiations between the Ming Dynasty and the Tokugawa Shogunate.
After the Tokugawa shogunate backed down and allowed the Ming Dynasty to jointly participate in the development of Iwami Ginzan, the Ming Dynasty also agreed to take over the big trouble of Emperor Reigen.
Of course, this big trouble was only for the Tokugawa shogunate.
Zhu Hongyu didn't care.
He doesn't mind having a dwarf among the members of his Heavenly Group of Subjugated Kings.
In fact, for Ming Dynasty, taking over Emperor Reigen's family was a good thing.
First, the Tokugawa shogunate gave in and allowed the Ming Dynasty to participate in the joint development of Iwami Ginzan.
The benefits are obvious!
As the Ming Dynasty's industry and commerce continued to develop, it was the time when a large inflow of gold and silver was needed to stimulate economic development and prevent the occurrence of "money shortages."
Although there is blood-sucking trade between the East and the West, even the Ming Dynasty itself is preparing to develop the gold mines in San Francisco in the New World and the Australian continent in the south.
But having one more stone makes a huge difference is a great thing.
At its peak, Iwami Ginzan's output could produce 30% of the world's total silver production every year.
This scale is already quite impressive.
Of course, the concession made by the Tokugawa shogunate was only to allow the Ming Dynasty to invest in Iwami Ginzan and jointly develop it, but had no intention of ceding Iwami Ginzan.
The importance of Iwami Ginzan to Japan is self-evident.
Without Iwami Ginzan, Japan would not have been able to purchase so many arms and primary industrial products from the Ming Dynasty relying solely on human trade and exported labor.
The so-called joint development, to put it bluntly, means that the Ming Dynasty provides funds and technology, the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Mori clan provide manpower and mines, and the three parties share the profits equally.
As for how to get the Mao Li family to agree to the Ming Dynasty's entry to divide Yinshan's interests...
Well...how should I put it, this is not an issue that Ming Dynasty should consider.
The Tokugawa Shogunate will take care of it!
Although Iwami Ginzan was controlled by the Mori clan, didn't the Mori clan still have to submit to the Tokugawa shogunate?
Iwami Ginzan's annual output and profits are so large that one Mori family cannot handle them.
What the Tokugawa shogunate ate was the real big head.
If the Mao Li family didn't know how to step back and divide their money, just the crime of "preserving a treasure" would be enough to destroy the Mao Li family.
One-third of the world's annual silver production is not something that a small Maori can keep.
To be honest, to a certain extent, Ming's entry this time is actually a good thing for Mao Li.
It is common sense that triangles are stable.
At the very least, after the entry of the Ming Dynasty, the Mori clan no longer has to worry about being squeezed out of their living space by the Tokugawa shogunate...
Well, after the Ming Dynasty entered the scene, it was time for the Tokugawa shogunate and the Mori family to get together to keep warm.
For Ming Dynasty, apart from Iwami Ginzan's interests, taking over Emperor Reigen was Emperor Reigen himself.
When the Ming Dynasty controlled Emperor Reigen, it was equivalent to having one more chess piece that affected the situation in Japan and controlled the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Still an important chess piece!
If the Tokugawa shogunate disobeys one day, Ming Dynasty can support the restoration of the emperor.
For example, the military could directly land on the Japanese mainland under the banner of restoring the emperor...
By then, everyone in the Tokugawa shogunate will be dead without a burial place!
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu certainly doesn't mind taking over Emperor Lingyuan.
After the two parties finalized the matter, Tokugawa Ieki also sent people to send Emperor Reigen to the Ming Dynasty.
At the beginning of the seventh year after the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Reigen's royal ship arrived in Shanghai.
Then, he took the train to Nanjing.
It is worth mentioning that after several years of construction, trains to Nanjing and Shanghai have been opened to traffic.
Although the speed is not fast, the opening of this train also symbolizes that Daming's transportation development has entered a new stage.
In just one day and night, Emperor Reigen took the train from Shanghai to Nanjing.
If this speed were recorded in future generations, it would be no different from a turtle speed, and I would probably be scolded to death.
But if it were placed in this era, it can be regarded as unparalleled.
After Emperor Lingyuan entered the capital, he was summoned by Zhu Hongyu.
After being taught some etiquette of pilgrimage to the emperor, he went to the first imperial court meeting in February of the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty's restoration.
At the same time, Wu Yingxiong also arrived outside Nanjing with Wu Zhou's delegation!
Starting from Xinshanhaiguan, the current temporary capital of Wu Zhou, the group traveled through Central Asia, passed through the Western Regions, and then to Gansu and Shaanxi, exited Tongguan, turned south from Henan, passed Xiangyang, arrived at Wuchang, and finally turned to the waterway.
Go down the Yangtze River.
After spending about half a year in total and traveling through half of the Eurasian continent, Wu Zhou's envoy finally arrived in Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
The Mughal mission received the news a little late, and they had to contact the British and cross the plateau to reach the Ming Dynasty, so the journey was slower.
Therefore, his mission has just arrived in Chongqing and is preparing to take the waterway and go down the river to Nanjing.
It is estimated that it will take less than half a month to arrive in Nanjing.
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The first day of February in the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty's restoration!
Great meeting!
Now the Ming Dynasty Conference has become a pure formalism.
Basically, it is held once every ten days, which is regarded as a summary meeting of government affairs.
Apart from summarizing government affairs, it is almost useless.
Really important national policies will not be mentioned in such a big meeting. They are usually decided in a small meeting of the cabinet.
Zhu Hongyu didn't pay much attention to such a formalistic meeting.
The reason why it is held every ten days is just to prove to the world that he, Zhu Hongyu, is not slacking off in politics.
Generally speaking, Zhu Hongyu would rarely deliberately hold a court meeting if nothing happened.
Of course, if there are important matters that need to be announced on a grand occasion, Zhu Hongyu would not mind holding a temporary meeting.
Well, Zhu Hongyu is very flexible when doing things.