On June 25, the eighteenth year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty, the south gate of the Shibao King City of the Jungger Kingdom was already heavily guarded. The two lamas in chain mail stood at the gate menacingly, holding the hilt of the waist knife with their hands on the hilt of the waist knife, and glared angrily at a golden elephant that was approaching.

Elephants are a rarity in Central Asia, and for the Warat Mongols, they are "mythical beasts" that only exist in Buddhist scriptures. Therefore, when I heard that an elephant had come to the Stone Castle King City, many residents of the Stone Castle City immediately poured out to see the excitement.

Most of the inhabitants of Shibao were not the original Dzungar Mongols, nor the Mongols of other tribes of the Warat Alliance, but came from the cities of the Far East or the Yarkand Khanate.

The former believed in Buddhism, mostly from the Eight Banners of Mongolia or the Qing Dynasty with the Green Flag, after the collapse of the Shunzhi and Doni families, of course, the members of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Green Banner were unlucky, and the former was a traitor in the eyes of the Chahar Mongols and the Tumut Mongols. The latter was also lost by the Ming court and the four towns of Daning, Beiping, Anbei, and Shuofang in the north, not only lost their land, but also could not be officials for three generations.

Therefore, these two types of people could only leave their hometowns to make a living, and most of them chose to move west, some moved to the territory of Wu Sangui's Anxi army, and some went further to the territory of the monks. In the Sangha, most of the immigrants from the Green Flag became merchants and craftsmen, and some rented land and started farms outside the castle. And the strong men in the Eight Banners Mongolia are the source of the king's personal soldiers of the monks.

The immigrants from the cities of the Yarkand Khanate were mostly Celestial Christians - the Sangha kingdom of Dzungar of course implemented a policy of religious tolerance, allowing the people to believe in Celestial Christianity, Christianity, Manichaeism and other pagan religions (as opposed to the three religions of Confucianism and Taoism), but the poll tax still had to be paid.

It's the 17th century after all, and everyone is collecting it, so why shouldn't the monk king? And he's still so poor......

And the Tianfang Sectarians from Yeerqiang and the Buddhists from the East are still relatively harmonious here in the Stone Fort King City. Because they are all beneficiaries of the reign of the Sangha King, the Sangha King is a Mongolian king after all, and the "fourth-class people" are indispensable.

Now it is the first class of Jungar (including the people from the Zungar headquarters and the people from the East), the second class of Yeerqiang, the third class of Kazakhs, and the fourth class of people from the river. Therefore, the Yeerqiang people were in a good situation in the Shibao Royal City and the surrounding royal city, either renting farms (the land was publicly owned by the Jungar, and the land around the Shibao Royal City belonged to the royal court, and the first and second class people could rent it at a low price), or they were engaged in handicrafts and commerce in the city.

So both of these groups of people are supporters of the Sangha King – what if they don't? Give back the fertile land to the locals in the river?

The two groups were now acquainted, and they could see that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so they started talking to each other...... Of course, they asked each other in Chinese. The Junggar Kingdom was bilingual in both Han and Mongolia, but since most of the lamas in Chuhe City and Shibao City came from the Huang Temple of the Han Dynasty, and also received funding from the Ming Royal Chamber of Commerce and the Yansheng Mansion, Chinese became a lingua franca.

"What's going on? The prince's army has come out, and there are bayonets stuck in the muskets, what is this for? Why is an elephant so nervous? ”

"Yes, and the two big lamas are also wearing chain mail, and they are also carrying ring knives, is this to kill elephants?"

"Kill an elephant? Where did the elephant offend the king? ”

There were Mongolians from the second ring road of Beijing (the courtyard houses in the second ring road!) They are all well-informed people, and when they hear the discussion around them, they immediately interject mysteriously.

"It's not that the elephant offended the king, the elephant is a good elephant, the owner of the elephant is not good, he offended the king!"

"Who is the owner of the elephant?"

"It is the king of Timur from the kingdom of Tianzhu, the one who is now stationed in Samarkand."

"King Timur is a good man, and he gave us a lot of rupees and silver coins......"

"I'm not here to give silver coins this time, I'm here to deliver slippers!"

"Slippers? Why? ”

"Persuasion, this is the rule of Timur's family, before the war, let the elephant carry the king's slippers to persuade to surrender, if the other party treats the slippers as the king and invites them into the palace, it is equivalent to surrendering. If they refused to surrender, they threw away their slippers and killed the elephant...... Then we'll have to fight! ”

"What a strange rule! Why didn't they sneak up? Isn't this a way for people to be on guard? ”

"That's right! And if there is anything wrong with the elephant, kill it......"

While the people were talking about what was wrong with the elephants, a worried elephant had staggered to the gate of the Stone Castle Dynasty and stopped obediently in front of two angry lamas and a group of soldiers with spears.

The elephant carried a small house on his back, and in the small house sat a man holding a box in his hand. At this time, the elephant knelt down, sat in the small house, and got out, and then slipped down the elephant's back and fell to the ground, stood firmly, and then walked towards the Pearl Grand Lama and the Three Treasures Grand Lama with a smile.

The two great lamas were also stunned when they saw this person, this person was Shesta. Khan!

Why is this old man so kind? Haven't you heard of the Chopping Messenger? The elephants are dead, but are you still alive?

"Pearl Lama, Three Jewel Lamas," Shesta. Khan didn't have the slightest sense that he was about to die, and greeted the two lamas with a smile, "Good news, His Majesty Aramgil has agreed to marry his daughter Princess Nissa to the eldest son as a concubine!" ”

What the? Didn't you come to persuade you to surrender?

The two lamas were stunned for a moment, and the Mingzhu Lama asked with a calm face, "You didn't come to persuade you to surrender?" I have heard that Aurangzeb has sent his slippers to our king! ”

Shesta. Khan was stunned when he heard this, "This is a rumor, it's a rumor...... Didn't you persuade you last time? What's the point of persuasion? There was one slipper, but it was not His Majesty's Ramgil's, but the golden slippers worn by Her Royal Highness the Princess. Please see ...... for both of you."

As he spoke, Shesta. Khan had already opened the box he had brought in his hand, and there was indeed a golden slipper that looked a little slender and inlaid with many jewels—it looked like a woman's shoe, and it was very expensive, certainly not the shoes of Aurangzeb, who was reluctant to eat or wear.

"What do you mean by giving slippers?" The Mingzhu Lama frowned, "Through, doesn't it stink?" ”

"It doesn't stink, it definitely doesn't stink...... Our Majesty Alamgil heard that the Ming Emperor liked women's slender and petite jade feet the most, so he asked me to send the princess's slippers to prove that Her Royal Highness's feet were slender and petite. In addition, I brought a portrait of Her Royal Highness the Princess...... There is also a collection of poems copied by the princess, and the poems in it are all written by Her Royal Highness the princess herself. ”

It turned out that Aurangzeb Jean Shesta. Khan has changed the slippers!

When he left Samarkand, he was in Aurangzeb's slippers, and halfway through the slippers of Princess Nissa...... Portraits and poetry collections were also added.

This Shesta. The lives of the Khan and the elephant were saved!

The two great lamas took the slippers and the elephant and took Shesta. Khan was invited into the palace. The Sangha King has returned from Ferghana...... The battle in Ferghana did not go well, and the rebels did not go headlong into the mountains instead of confronting the monks.

Of course, the monk king didn't want to see Princess Nissa's portrait and slippers, so he asked directly about the war.

"Wazir, what do you mean by Alamgil? To fight or not to fight? ”

Shestahan smiled: "Of course we have to fight...... This is the Holy Battle, and Aramgir must take part. ”

"In that case," said the king of the monks with a cold face, "then let's make an appointment with a place and a time, and the two sides will gather their men and horses to fight to the death!" ”

"Okay!" Shesta. Khan nodded, "Where does the king want to go to war?" ”

"Just outside Samarkand!" Monk said, "This king will lead 100,000 Mongolian iron horsemen to fight Emperor Timur to the death!" ”

What the? Shesta. Khan was shocked, Aurangzeb has been busy for so long, doesn't he just want to ask for a cheap position to watch white dramas? How did this monk find Samarkand?