When several envoys of the Ming Dynasty in Europe and wealthy businessmen with special missions were discussing how to stir up trouble for the Europeans, Emperor Zhu's action to "contain Europe" had already begun!

However, he could not have predicted that France would be able to use the "Ming threat theory" and the "blitzkrieg" to deal with the Dutch profiteers, so his operation to "contain Europe" did not start in Europe, but in India.

In Zhu Cihong's view, whoever can get India in China and Europe will be able to dominate the 18th and 19th centuries - didn't the British Empire in history rely on India's wealth and manpower to dominate the world for nearly 200 years, and it was not until the 20th century that it was replaced by the United States, the chosen country?

And from the present situation, it is impossible for a complete Great America with a two-ocean coastline to emerge, because the western part of North America has been occupied by the United States of New Continents, which belongs to the civilization circle of the Celestial Empire. Moreover, the core population of the United States of New Europe is growing rapidly, and it will not be long before the core population of this country will surpass that of the Kingdom of New Spain and rank first in the Americas!

If there is a rise of the United States of America in the future, it is unlikely that this country will swallow a new continental constituency with a territory equal to its own, and a population even a little larger than its own—in the Americas, everyone has a gun, and there are capitalist countries on both sides, and there is an old continent behind it, who is afraid of whom! If we really want to annex each other, we will almost have to move World War I and World War II to the Americas!

In the absence of a rise from the American Empire, India's strategic value is even more important!

Therefore, the Celestial Empire civilization and the Christian civilization will inevitably start a long-term struggle around India and the Indian Ocean...... And in this battle for India, it is not only the Celestial Empire and Christianity that are qualified to play, but also a Celestial Sect civilization - the Celestial Sect has been in India for the longest time, and it has almost become a snake on the ground!

In contrast, the Celestial Empire had the shallowest roots in the Indian Ocean, leaving nothing but a few ports on the west coast of the Malacca Peninsula...... Even the Sultanate of Aceh in the west of Sumatra has not been completely wiped out by the Ming-Sulu coalition - the territory of the Sultanate of Aceh is not small, it is a land of extreme heat and miasma, and the coastline is very long, it is easy to get the support of external forces, plus the Celestial Sect forces on the Malacca Peninsula and Sumatra Island have retreated to the Sultanate of Aceh, so the resistance has become very stubborn.

And those "benevolent and righteous divisions" of the Celestial Empire, because they already had territory, and the losses caused by the malaria epidemic were a bit large, so they did not invest too much force in the western part of Sumatra, but focused on the establishment of the twelve principalities, so the war with Aceh was handed over to the Sulu State, which had limited strength......

Even Sumatra has not yet leveled the Celestial Empire, and of course it is impossible to rush into the Indian Ocean with a strong posture of teeth and claws.

The current Celestial Empire is expanding somewhat too fast, and it needs to continue to invest in all directions such as the Americas, the South Seas, the Northwest, and the Northeast, while maintaining the world's largest army and navy!

And in the mainland of the Celestial Empire, there is still a Great Shun Dynasty that has been fighting against the Zhu Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years, although the Shun Dynasty, which has been trapped in a corner of Sichuan and Yunnan for almost 20 years, has obviously gone downhill, but the confrontation between the two sides is estimated to continue for a period of time before the final victory or defeat can be determined.

In this case, where would the Celestial Empire have the strength to enter India as a conqueror?

Besides, the Timurid Empire of India, which is now the boss here in India, is not so easy to conquer!

Therefore, it was not the Ming expeditionary force sent to India by the Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong, but the "marriage expedition group" headed by Zhu Cixi, the king of Fu.

Zhu Ciqi arrived in Delhi, the capital of Aurangzeb, in mid-August of the 19th year of Hongxing of the Ming Dynasty, and Aurangzeb returned to Delhi a few months earlier than him - when Zhu Ciwei arrived, he was busy organizing an army to counterattack Orissa Province, which was occupied by Li Jicheng, the "One Piece" of Dashun, and also to subdue Golkunda and Bijapur, who rebelled again because of Li Jicheng's invasion.

The fall of Orissa was actually an accident, and the current Timurid Empire of India is not so unbearable, but because Orissa Province has been a peaceful region since it was conquered by Akbar the Great. And there are no strong enemies around that can threaten the rule of the Timurid Empire, so it has never been a heavily defended area of the Timurid Empire.

In addition, before Aurangzeb left India, he also conquered the Sultanate of Golconda located in the south of Orissa Province (said to be a conquest, but in fact it was not fully controlled, that is, it forced the Sultan of Gorkunda to pay tribute), so the troops originally stationed in Orissa marched into Gorkunda, causing Orissa Province to be very empty.

Moreover, Orissa Province is a region with an absolute majority of Hindus, and there is little loyalty to Aurangzeb, who is a fanatical believer in Celestialism, and even those Jagildar, who were divided into Orissa by Akbar the Great, have changed from feudal warriors to Hindu tax-merchants because of the weakening of the Jagir system - how much loyalty can Hindu tax-merchants have to the Emperor of Celestialism?

Who is collecting taxes for not collecting taxes? Why die-hard loyalty to the Timurid Empire? Besides, all kinds of households here in India are fighting for the "right to issue tax contracts", and everyone has to use the tax contractor......

In addition, Aurangzeb's expedition also shook the hearts of the people of Orissa, Bengal and the Sultanate of Golconda to a certain extent, making Li Jicheng's conquest very easy.

And after Li Jicheng picked up a big leak, the Sultan of Golkunda, who had originally submitted to Aurangzeb, also had a different heart, and immediately sent a messenger to Orissa, and also brought rich gifts, inviting Li Jicheng to send troops to Gorkunda to help expel Aurangzeb's army.

Of course, Li Jicheng would not refuse such a good thing - in his opinion, the army of Tianzhu Kingdom is very weak, and it is not the opponent of Dashun Tianbing at all!

Therefore, Li Jicheng, who received the money, immediately sent troops and joined forces with the Sultan of Gorkunda to successfully drive the army of the panicked Indian Timurid Empire out of Gorkunda!

Subsequently, the Bijapur Sultanate, which is next to the Golkunda Sultanate, also sent people to Li Jicheng to send troops, and also offered a large amount of remuneration as usual...... So after Aurangzeb returned to India with three or four hundred thousand "old refugees in the river", he already lacked three major pieces of territory in India's great empire!

And what makes Aurangzeb even more anxious is that the foreigners from the East are going to compete with him for India's "tax contracting rights...... And this group of outsiders from the East is the defeated commander of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Do they want to learn from Babur the Great? After suffering a loss in his hometown, he ran to India, wanting to take India and build another empire?

Aurangzeb's heart jumped at the thought of this, and his mood for the better, because he had successfully "recovered" from the river, suddenly became gloomy.

Just as he was preparing to reorganize the army and counterattack Orissa, Gorkunda, and Bijapur, Zhu Cixiong's "marriage expedition" arrived in India.

"What? What did you say? ”

In Delhi, in the plainly furnished royal palace, Aurangzeb didn't understand the words of the visiting Zhu Ciwei - Zhu Ciwei spoke Arabic, and of course Aurangzeb could understand it, but he just didn't understand what marriage had to do with exams?

Do you Chinese like exams so much? You have to take an exam to get a wife...... Don't you want to fail?

"Your Majesty," Zhu Ciwei actually felt a little weird, but he still had to complete his mission, "This, this is the custom of our Celestial Empire, and we all have to take the test...... Princess Nissa is a talented girl and will definitely be admitted. ”

"So, what's the test?" Aurangzeb asked, frowning.

Zhu Ciwei said: "Take the four subjects of mathematics, literature, Chinese, and martial arts...... In addition, it is necessary to inspect the appearance of Her Royal Highness the Princess. It's not very difficult, please rest assured, Your Majesty! ”