In fact, the meaning of what Zhu Han told Tang He was to tell Duan Gong not to pursue the same car, track, book and text in his rule in India.
Although Duan Gong was from Dali, he was exposed to many Central Plains ideas. In order to consolidate and facilitate his rule, he would definitely require his subordinates and lords to pursue unification in language and writing.
However, the continent of India is originally a fragmented land. The languages and writings used by the large and small lords are different. If Duan Gong uses his powerful means to knead them together, it will be equivalent to creating a disguised form.
A huge group.
This huge group seemed harmless to humans and animals at the beginning, making Duan Gong's rule extremely smooth.
But people will always change, and thoughts will always exist.
After a few hundred years, people on the Indian continent will one day wake up.
And tens of millions of people using the same language and writing will give them a strong sense of national identity.
At that time, it would be the end of foreign colonial rule in India.
Therefore, Zhu Han was absolutely unwilling to see an Indian continent with unified thoughts and writing.
All forces in the Indian continent must be as fragmented as possible. Although it will make Duan Gong and Ming's rule more cumbersome and inconvenient, it is still very beneficial overall.
After Tang He finished explaining these words, Duan Gong was completely stunned.
He never imagined that the Yingtian Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, thousands of miles away from India, and the British King Zhu Han could accurately grasp the pulse of civilization on the Indian continent just by relying on some rumors and historical records.
Moreover, it is the kind that hits the vital gate with just one pinch.
To be honest, although Duan Gong had expressed his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty before and sent someone to send his son as a hostage, deep down in his heart, he did not have a deep sense of identification and awe for the Ming Dynasty.
Duan Gong only regarded Daming as his backer to gain a foothold in a foreign country. When Duan Gong established a firm foothold in Bangladesh and no longer needed Daming's support, he would kick Daming away without hesitation.
But Duan Gong definitely doesn't dare to have this idea now.
Thousands of miles away, His Royal Highness King Zhu Han has already grasped the fate of the Indians, so he must have guessed the thoughts hidden in his heart.
The so-called East India Company was definitely not an ordinary company.
Once one day he betrays the Ming Dynasty, the East India Company, that is, the British King Zhu Han behind it, will definitely find countless ways to destroy him.
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When Duan Gong thought of this, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
"Brother Duan, let's drink!" Tang He's words made the wine glass in Duan Gong's hand tremble.
Duan Gong immediately smiled and relieved his embarrassment just now.
"Brother Tang, drink, drink!"
Throughout the banquet, Duan Gong couldn't help but regret his previous arrogance. Fortunately, he didn't do anything excessive.
It seems that from now on, I will sincerely show my loyalty to Ming Dynasty.
His Royal Highness the King of England could actually predict the turmoil that might break out on this continent a few hundred years from now. How could he hide his little thoughts from him?
In order to prevent himself from making a big mistake and preserve the last bit of power and blood of the Duan family in Dali, Duan Gong responded to the Ming fleet's requests in the following days.
No matter what requests Tang He or other Ming generals or accompanying merchant ships had, Duan Gongyigai strictly ordered his subordinates to implement them 100%.
Necessities such as water, grain, fruits, vegetables, meat, etc. are of high quality and quantity, with the freshest ones delivered every day.
As for the various spices produced in South Asia, they were also transported in baskets to the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to relieve the homesickness of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Duan Gong also ordered the surrendered Indian lords around him to gather more than 10,000 Indian girls to hold hands with the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the new Dali City to relieve their boredom.
Such a huge number is enough to give every Ming zombie an "Indian outer chamber".
The officers and men of the Ming Dynasty fleet eat well, wear well, and sleep well here in New Dali.
Including Tang He, almost everyone was a little happy and reluctant to miss Shu.
Finally, if the Persian merchant Maru Ali hadn't reminded Tanghe, if he delayed any longer, he would have missed the monsoon and the fleet would have been unable to sail.
I'm afraid that Tang He and his Ming soldiers will have to stay in New Dali for another month.
Finally, under Tang He's order, the Ming Dynasty soldiers said goodbye to their Indian concubines on the dock.
On the ships are the mighty men of the Ming Dynasty, and on the shore of the pier are Indian beauties draped in saris. The two sides look reluctant to part, much like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl parting in the sky.
In fact, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were okay in their hearts. Most of them were scumbags with ruthless characteristics. Maybe there would be more beautiful women waiting for them at the next stop of the journey.
But these Indian women who were crying were different. They were really sad, and they were really afraid that these Ming soldiers would not take them away when they came back.
Because these local women are basically from lower castes.
After Duan Gong reached cooperation with the local Brahmans, Brahmanism as an upper caste has always claimed that these rulers from the east are also divine creators and are an upper caste on the same level as Brahman Kshatriya.
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These lower caste women usually have no chance to climb to the top of the upper caste.
Now, almost everyone has been assigned a high-caste Ming man. Not only themselves, but their families have also benefited from this.
After Tang He led the Ming fleet to leave New Dali, Duan Gong immediately announced that all indigenous families who were married to Ming soldiers would be exempted from the poll tax, and their daughters would also obtain the status of Ming people, just waiting for the Ming soldiers to return.
After arriving in New Dali, they will be taken back to the distant, wealthy and civilized Ming Empire.
Duan Gong's strategy was not only to show goodwill to the Ming soldiers in the fleet, but also to use this matter to continue to divide and disintegrate the local indigenous people.
These middle and lower castes who benefited from the marriage with the Ming Dynasty soldiers will inevitably become different because of the special preferential treatment, and Duan Gong can continue to use his methods to win them into his camp in the future.
After all, if you want to consolidate your local rule, it will be difficult to establish a solid rule just by relying on the top Brahmin nobles. You must have as many people as possible attached to your own camp.
Disintegration and forming cliques are the best methods for Duan Gong.
Since then, there have been more than 10,000 "quasi-Ming people" who are envied by everyone in New Dali City.
It must be said that the officers and men of the Ming Dynasty's navy were all very powerful, and their fighting power was absolutely superior. After a few months, 70% of the Indian beauties became pregnant one by one.
When these middle- and lower-caste indigenous beauties think that they have noble Ming blood in their bellies, they think about those Ming husbands day and night.
At this time, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who followed the Indian Ocean monsoon and headed southwest, had no time to think about the fruits of their romantic marriage.
Because, the strange Indian Ocean finally revealed its ferocious face at this time.
Although sailing under ocean currents and monsoons was very fast, the storms and high temperatures along the way made these Ming soldiers suffer a lot.
Moreover, the Indian native gates along the way were all on alert for the sudden appearance of a huge fleet, and all kinds of trade and trade were not very harmonious and smooth.
Fortunately, although the Indian continent was rich, the purpose of Tang He's voyage to the West was not mainly for business. After understanding and mapping some basic geographical data, Tang He led the fleet to continue moving forward, towards the final destination of Persia.
, set sail again.
Before Tang He's fleet headed for Persia, he sent some of his men to return to the Ming Dynasty on board the Persian merchant ships they encountered.
A lot of knowledge and information have been accumulated along the way, and they must be sent back to the court as soon as possible. Otherwise, no one knows when they will have a chance to return to the Ming Dynasty after going to Persia.
After more than a month of wandering at sea, several crew members of the Ming Dynasty fleet finally arrived in Guangzhou on Persian merchant ships.
Then they took the imperial court's speedboat in Guangzhou and returned to Yingtian Mansion.
As important information about Ming Dynasty's first voyage to the West, officials from Yingtian Mansion immediately reported it to the emperor and the King of England.
Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty personally received him at Fengtian Hall.
After learning about Duan Gong's respectful attitude towards Daming, he also showed a happy smile.
Later, in accordance with the usual practice, he rewarded and expressed condolences to the soldiers who had returned after such hard work.
When the ministers dispersed, elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang immediately pulled Zhu Han and said.
"Qiwu, is Tang He bragging when he reports here? Are there so many people in India?"
Naturally, such secret reports could only be shown to the Ming emperors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han.
The memorials announced to the public in the court were only mainland goods.
Zhu Han read the secret report in his hand and said to his brother with a smile.
"Tang He is an honest man and won't brag. Everything he says here is the truth!"
Brother Zhu Yuanzhang was even more surprised.
"If it is true what Tang He said in the secret report, then there is no winter here in India, so wouldn't it be possible to grow crops all year round?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a farmer, so he naturally knew the importance of temperature for farming.
"Most of India doesn't have winter, but they have dry and rainy seasons. If the water conservancy projects are not built, there will be no way to farm even if there is good weather. But generally speaking, the conditions in the heavy land are much better than in the Central Plains."
Zhu Han said.
The magical Indian subcontinent is definitely the most fertile in the world.
In modern society, India's agricultural technology is lagging behind China's by several steps, but with such vast agricultural technology, it still feeds more than a billion people, and exports large quantities of grain every year.
The reason for this is besides the fact that low-caste untouchables are livestock and do not deserve to eat food.
Another important reason is that India has huge land and water conservancy advantages.
"Not only is the land fertile, Tang He also reported that it produces high-quality iron ore, and the swords made there can be extremely sharp without having to carefully select them!" said my elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Utz steel makes swords that are both tough and sharp. With such a good ore, you don't need high technology to make a magic weapon. This is also a major advantage of India." Zhu Han also had to help.
exclaimed.
"And the local area also produces gems, gold, and spices! Such a fertile land was given to Duan Gong at such a cheap price. It really makes us feel bad!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with some pity.
"It's not cheap. He occupied the area of Bengal, which is not the most fertile and rich. India's Jinhua area has to go further to the northwest, which is now the territory of the Delhi Sultanate. In the future, my Ming Dynasty will explore and go to the West
After building the sea route and building strongholds along the way, we can continuously send out large armies with fleets to conquer India!" Zhu Han made no secret of his ambitions for India.
Historically, Britain was able to become an empire on which the sun never sets, and successfully won World War I and World War II. Among them, the Indian colonies provided a steady stream of financial, material, and manpower.
Such a dazzling pearl is right next door to the Ming Dynasty. If Zhu Han doesn't get it for the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be a serious crime.
However, it is really difficult to transport troops across thousands of miles of ocean, and annexing India can only be done step by step.
"Brother, I have already thought about it. If we want to annex India, we will first use merchant ships to establish strongholds, and then divide and disintegrate the local indigenous lords. When they fall into civil strife, the Ming Dynasty's army can officially enter. As long as they
If India enfeoffs several princes and kings, and controls some important seaport cities, it will take less than two hundred years at most, and the entire Indian continent will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
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"Is the first step the East India Company you mentioned before?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked quickly.
"That's right, let's build an East India Company first. This company can not only do business, but also have the power to tax and recruit troops in India. I have made a rough calculation and only need fifty warships and an additional 10,000 standing troops.
, you can control millions of land and tens of millions of people in India, which is equivalent to having the wealth of another Zhili!"
In fact, Zhu Han still underestimated the cost of ruling India.
According to the Indian tendency to kill those who do not resist once they surrender, in fact they may not even need a standing army of 10,000.
During the historical period of British rule in India, when the regular army had the smallest strength, there were only a few thousand people, but the entire Indian continent did not move at all.
"That's great. In this case, the more we fight, the richer we will be!" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but admire.
According to the Confucian officials in the court, the Ming Dynasty had expelled the Mongols and began to let the people recuperate. If they continued to use troops to fight, the court's finances would be stretched.
However, in the past two years, this view has gradually disappeared.
Because under the auspices of Zhu Han, Ming Dynasty's pace of conquests has not stopped at all, but the national treasury is getting fuller day by day. Although the savings are not much, after all, there are more and more places to spend money.
"If you don't make money, why fight?" Zhu Han laughed.
"Brother, our Ming Dynasty's East India Company will be the most profitable in the future."
“So this most profitable business cannot be done alone, it must allow more people to participate!”
Zhu Han's words made Zhu Yuanzhang smell an unusual smell.
"Qiwu, please tell me what you have in mind?"
"Brother, our Ming Dynasty's East India Company, I plan to turn it into a joint-stock system!" Zhu Han said seriously.
"Joint-stock system? What is a joint-stock system?" Lao Guo Zhu Yuanzhang was full of curiosity and confusion about the new and emerging vocabulary.
