The second is to unite the local Brahmans. Although the Brahmans will have some obstacles to the Ming Dynasty's control of India, they are less serious than the Tianfang believers, and they can be relied on for the time being.
The third is how to treat the Han people who moved there. Of course, the Han people must rely on them, but Bangladesh is densely populated, and the number of Han people will be far less than the locals in a few decades. We must not make the local Brahmans dissatisfied by relying on the Han people. So we must
Implement the Han and Seal system, but the policy is superficially equal.
The so-called Han-separation system means that Han officials are appointed to manage the Han people, and Brahmin officials are appointed to manage the Brahmans. If there is a dispute between the Han people and the Brahmans, it will be handled by officials from both sides.
Superficial equality means that, at least legally, Han Chinese and Brahmans have equal status, and the Han people who moved to Bangladesh also practice the caste system on the surface. Of course, the caste system is only implemented on the surface. In fact, it is still the original system of the Central Plains, and generally does not hold any responsibilities.
Farmers and ordinary soldiers in any official position are Sudras, merchants and craftsmen are Vaishyas, generals and civil servants are Kshatriyas, and clan members are Brahmins. Except for the 'Brahmin caste', other 'castes' can be transformed into each other, and soldiers perform meritorious services.
One can become a Kshatriya by being promoted to a general, and a farmer can become a Kshatriya by passing the imperial examination and becoming a civil servant.
'Wen, India is no less densely populated than the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty currently has a small population and fewer people can move to India. I am afraid that throughout your life, there will be fewer Han people in your fiefdom than the local people. Therefore, on the surface, the Han people practice the same system.
It is very important that the local people have the same caste system. This can make the local Brahmins and Kshatriyas think that you have continued the local tradition and it is easier to rule the Brahmans. But you must remember that you must not really implement the caste system among the Han people.
'
'You may ask, if this is the case, why not classify all Han people as high castes, such as Kshatriyas or Brahmins? Anyway, the Han people are small, even if they are all Kshatriyas or Brahmins and do not produce, it will not be forced
The local people cannot survive. This is because as the Han people gradually migrate to India, sooner or later the number of Han people will be very large. If they are all high castes, they will only force the local high caste Brahmans to lead the low caste people to rebel;
Moreover, if all the Han people were not engaged in production but relied on others to support them, they would be like the Mongols who moved to the Central Plains during the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. They could no longer even ride a horse, but were defeated by the rebellious farmers and were eventually driven out of the Central Plains. In order to make
If people after you can continue to rule Bengal, it will definitely not be like this.' Yun wrote at the time.
In fact, when writing this, what comes to mind is the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The Eight Banners did not engage in production at all and were supported by the court. The original intention of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was probably to allow the children of the Eight Banners to not have to worry about food and clothing, and to devote themselves to studying literature and martial arts to serve the court.
, but the final result is that 90% of the Eight Banners disciples dare not do anything all day long, and they can only brag about their ancestors. Even if they are forced to go out to fight, although their loyalty is not a problem, their combat effectiveness is not at all. There are examples like the Eight Banners in the past.
, of course he could not let all Han people become high-caste Brahmans. But he could not explain this example to the text. He could only take the Mongols who moved to the Central Plains as an example.
While Wen was recalling Yun Xin's words in his mind, he listened to Lan Zhen say: "Your Highness, I think you can divide and rule the Tianfang believers. Although the Tianfang Sect claims to be equal within the religion, it is not as equal as they claim to be.
, people like the Shah who rule the country are very wealthy, well-clothed and well-fed, but even in the city of Dhaka there are Tianfang believers who are not fully clothed and have no food to eat. It is said that one does not suffer from scarcity but from inequality, and does not suffer from poverty but from poverty.
Uneasy, these poor believers may not be resentful to the Shah and others. His Highness can use the banner of equalizing wealth and poverty, kill the wealthy Tianfang believers and distribute part of their wealth to the poor Tianfang believers, thus dividing the Tianfang believers.
The two categories make the poor Tianfang believers not oppose the heavenly soldiers, and are even willing to help His Highness seize the city, so as to pacify the entire territory of Bengal as soon as possible. As for suppressing the Tianfang religion, we can wait until Bengal is pacified and then slowly concoct them. What does Your Highness think?"
If Yun were here, he would definitely complain: "This is replacing religious contradictions with class contradictions. Such an advanced idea, Lan Zhen, you didn't come here through clothing, did you?" But Wen didn't know what class contradictions were, and he felt that Lan Zhen
His idea made some sense, but he felt that something was not quite right. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Zhu Gaoxu say: "General Lan, Wen, we should be cautious about this matter. If we use the banner of equalizing wealth and poverty, not only the Tianfang believers, but also the local
The Brahmins will also be frightened and uneasy, which may not be conducive to pacifying the entire territory of Bengal."
Translated into modern language, what Zhu Gaoxu means is that you cannot raise the banner of nationalism to one nation and the banner of class struggle to another nation, especially when the two nations are still mixed together. Either you can implement complete
It is impossible to implement both policies at the same time by using nationalism to completely push another nation into opposition, or completely using the banner of class struggle and labeling the upper echelons of both nations as villains.
"Uncle Wang is right." Wen said, and then said to Lan Zhen: "General Lan, how to pacify the entire territory of Bengal as soon as possible and how to deal with Tianfang believers really need to be considered in the long term, but this cannot be done."
"What His Highness said is that the official was negligent for a moment." Lan Zhen said.
"What General Lan said does have merit, but the details still need to be considered." Wen was worried that Lan Zhen would have a grudge because his suggestion was rejected, so he hurriedly added. Zhu Gaoxu also offered some words of comfort.
"Your Highnesses, there is no need to comfort the official." Lan Zhen said with a smile: "My late father once taught the official that manpower is exhausted and it is impossible to be proficient in everything. The official's job is to lead troops to fight and govern. It is not the official's original job to pacify the place.
It is perfectly normal for me to have some imperfections in my thoughts when it comes to the errands I should be doing, and I will not be upset because of this."
"It's best for General Lan to think this way." Wen breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"And I think that General Lan's strategy can also be implemented. After the city is conquered, the wealth of the wealthy Tianfang believers can still be distributed to the poor Tianfang believers. However, the banner of equalizing wealth cannot be openly used, and the generals who lead the troops must be ordered to
We must not divide the wealth of the Brahmans," Wen added. It is not possible to use two banners publicly, but it is possible to change the banner privately. Of course, the effect is definitely not as good as raising the banner publicly, but it will cause fewer problems.
"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu spoke again: "Just like when I was on Sumatra Island, although I always claimed that the Han people had equal status with the local indigenous people, in fact they would of course favor the Han people. Although the local people knew it, they were only slightly dissatisfied.
There will be fierce opposition.”
"Okay, let's do it this way." Wen combined Yun's ideas and the suggestions of Lan Zhen and others, and made the final decision: "After all the soldiers and horses arrive in Majedi City, 30,000 troops will go north to threaten Dhaka.
The rest of the troops attacked other cities in Bangladesh in several groups, captured the city, occupied the village and ransacked the city. The homes of the wealthy Tianfang believers in the village were distributed to the poor Tianfang believers. But for the wealthy Brahmans, unless
Oppose Gu's rule, otherwise we will not do anything, and we will appoint the most submissive among them as county magistrates and governors."
"After seizing most of the cities in Bangladesh, the main force will be assembled to attack the city of Dhaka and completely destroy Bangladesh. Naturally, all soldiers in Bangladesh will be executed, but the Shah cannot be executed publicly. He can be given preferential treatment on the surface, but he will be
He was placed under house arrest and moved to South Hadiya Island, where he died of a sudden illness a year and a half later."
"What Your Highness said is very appropriate. I have no objections. What you said is very good. I have nothing to modify." Lan Zhen and Zhu Gaoxu said.
The three of them discussed for a while, and then called the Chinese deputy general Cao Xing, the left army auxiliary Xu Zengshou and others who had arrived at Majedi City. They discussed it together and still thought there was no problem. Wen finally said: "Okay, since
Uncle Wang has no objections to General Lan, General Cao, and General Xu, so let’s do this.”
"If you act like this, Bangladesh will definitely be destroyed easily." Cao Xing joked: "It seems that the right army led by His Highness King Min will not win the battle, because by the time the right army arrives in Bangladesh, the entire Bangladesh has already
It was pacified."
"How can it be so fast?" Xu Zengshou also smiled and said: "Bangladesh is not small, bigger than Zhili. We only have 70,000 to 80,000 troops. How can we pacify the entire Bangladesh in such a short period of time? Especially the northeast and deep into the interior.
By land, transportation is not as convenient as in the south, and the right army commanded by His Highness King Min is coming from there, so we can still attack a few cities. But we will not be able to gain any great achievements."
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"The Ming army actually did this!" After reading the reports from various places, Shah shouted in anger and fear.
He originally thought that after the Ming army had won a complete victory at Majedi City and defeated them in Bangladesh, they would send troops to pursue the victory and go north to attack Dhaka City. In order to defend Dhaka City, after returning from Majedi City, he immediately went to the city
The Tianfang cultists recruited soldiers, bringing the total number of troops in the city to more than 50,000, and prepared many rolling stones in advance. In his opinion, although the newly recruited soldiers were not strong in combat effectiveness, their morale was high, and there would be no problem in defending the city.
And he has enough food to feed hundreds of thousands of people for a year. He can definitely hold the city of Dhaka until the Ming army is very exhausted before suing for peace, and the Ming army will most likely agree.
But what he didn't expect was that the Ming army did send troops to pursue the victory and go north to attack Dhaka, but they only sent 30,000 troops. The rest of the soldiers were scattered to attack other cities. Among the 50,000 troops in Shah's hands, they could be used
There were only 20,000 people fighting in the field, and the remaining 30,000 horses would be easily defeated by the Ming army, and they would be defeated if they went out to fight in the city. This left him to only work in the city and watch the Ming army attack cities and seize territory in Bengal.
That's all. The most terrible thing is that after every city or village occupied by the Ming army, they ransacked the homes of wealthy Tianfang believers and distributed the money to the poor Tianfang believers. This greatly reduced the hostility of Tianfang believers to the Ming army.
, the Ming army is progressing more smoothly, and it won't be long before the entire Bengal is pacified.
If the Ming army occupied the entire Bangladesh, no matter how well the city of Dhaka was defended, the Ming army could never break the city. What was the point? The Ming army would definitely not withdraw from Bangladesh because it could not capture this city. In the end, it would still be unavoidable.
Subjugation of the country.
Thinking of this, Shah couldn't help but become anxious. He walked around the room several times, and finally said to the waiter: "Please call Mansoor, Maher, Enis and others quickly. I have something to do."
You need to discuss it with them."
The waiter took the order and left. After a while, Mansour and others came in, saluted and asked: "Sultan, what matters do you want to discuss when you called us here?"
"You guys take a look at this first." Shah suppressed his anxiety and handed the information to Mansour and others.
"The Ming Army actually did this!" Ennis only glanced at it a few times before exclaiming: "The Ming Army is so shameless, actually doing such a despicable thing!"
"Yes, the Ming army is so shameless. They actually distributed the wealth of the rich Tianfang believers to the poor Tianfang believers! How could they do this! All the wealth of the Tianfang believers was given by God, and those poor Tianfang believers just haven't received it yet.
The wealth given by God will definitely be obtained in the future, how can they share the wealth of the Muslim brothers for their own greed, especially when it was given by God!" Maher also said.
Only Mansour, although his expression was also very surprised, he just kept frowning and didn't say much.
When Maher and Anis were no longer so surprised, Shah asked: "Do you have a way to defeat the Ming army? Drive the Ming army out of Bengal?"
"This," Maher and Enis looked at each other without saying a word. Not only do they not have as many soldiers as the Ming army, they are also not as elite as the Ming army. They can't think of any way to crack the Ming army's method of "fighting the local tyrants". They are completely
There was no way to drive the Ming army out of Bengal, so they could only keep silent.
Shah glanced at them, slightly disappointed, and turned to look at Mansour. Mansour had been silent just now. Shah felt that he should have something to do, or at least hoped that he would.
Under the gaze of the Shah, Mansour slowly raised his head and said: "Sultan, there is no other option at this time, only the last resort." He then whispered a few words in the Shah's ear.
"This." Shah hesitated for a while, and finally said: "That's it, since I can't hold Bengal anymore, why not give it back!" But then he said worriedly: "Even if they are, they will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army.
Drive the Ming army out of Bengal?"
"They will definitely be able to." Mansour said firmly: "They will definitely be able to repel the Ming army, and they will never make peace with the Ming army."
"In that case," the Shah said, "Mansur, when I appoint you as an envoy, you must invite reinforcements."
"I will definitely invite reinforcements." Mansour promised loudly, then turned and left the room.
"Whether I can survive depends on the outcome of your trip. I hope he can be as you said." Shah murmured softly.