As the largest "power" in Asia other than the Ming Dynasty, India, to some extent, is similar to the fate of China, both countries once had splendid civilizations, both were conquered by foreign races, and after a brief period of glory, both fell into a long decline.

It's just that, unlike the Ming Dynasty, India ...... He has long been accustomed to being ruled by outsiders. From the Aryan invasion, they were already accustomed to being conquered by aliens.

The Mughal dynasty that ruled India at this time was not an Indian, but a dynasty established in India by Babur, a descendant of the Turkicized Mongol Timur. Despite being alien, they still rule the land with a tiny minority of the population.

On the road leading to Delhi, a team of horses was driving in the direction of Delhi, and Xie Sixin, who was sitting in a carriage, occasionally looked at the fields beside the road, in which many Indians could be seen busy.

“…… Today's India, similar to the situation when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, is also ruled by foreign races, with less service and more, but the vast majority of Indians are willing to rule for it. ”，

Xie Sixin pointed to the Indian outside the window and said with a smile to Wu Yingqi beside him.

In fact, if it is said to be luck, then Babur, the founder of the Mughals, is really a man of great luck. In his early years, after losing the small principality of Ferghana, which he had inherited from his father, Babur and his men wandered around the steppes like "the king on a chessboard moving from grid to square". It wasn't until more than 160 years ago that he was defeated, and then by great luck, he first captured Kabul with 300 of his ragged men. It was from there that after gaining a foothold in Kabul, Babur set his sights on India to the south. About 20 years later, he came to work. Supported by arquebuses and artillery operated by the Ottoman Turks, he miraculously defeated India's 100,000-strong army with a small force of 12,000 men. The Mughal dynasty was founded after the capture of Delhi as his new capital. ”

Sighing at Babur's luck, Xie Sixin continued.

Although Babur died four years after the capture of Delhi. But his children and grandchildren were clearly more gifted as kings than he was. Especially during the reign of his grandson Akbar, the Mughal Empire reached its peak, and its territory expanded from Kabul and Kashmir to central India, and now the strongest people west of the Ming Dynasty are the Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire side by side, both countries believe in the Celestial Religion, but it is very different from the Ottoman Empire, although the Mughal Empire is ruled by the Celestial Religion, but the people are Hindu. Therefore, although the territory of the Mughal Empire is large, it did not implement the county system like the Ming Dynasty or my Ming Dynasty. Instead, it adopted a loose system of military fiefdoms and a hereditary system of chieftains. ”

When Xie Sixin spoke, Wu Yingqi just listened attentively to his explanation, Xie Sixin was his father's most trusted staff, in the past few years, Wu Yingqi has been learning by his side, not only he is learning, Xie Sixin is also learning, learning from the Mughals.

It is for this reason that the Mughals collectively referred to the conquered Indian lands as "halisa", which means the direct territory of the state, which was directly under the emperor and taxed into the treasury. With the exception of the territories directly under the emperor, most of the other lands were given to the nobles as military fiefs according to their military exploits, called "Zajir", and their occupants were called "Zajidar", on the condition that the military service of their lords was met. In India, there were also a number of indigenous tribal chiefs and Hindu maharajas who were not under the direct rule of the empire, but were subject to the empire, as well as tax-bearing landowners in areas under the direct rule of the empire, called "chamindar", meaning "landholders". Not only did they levy rent in kind from the peasants in the areas under their jurisdiction, but they also forced the peasants to do their labour on their estates......"

Referring to Mughal rule in India, Xie Sixin returned to the "Zhou State".

"Childe, the current rule of my Great Zhou is somewhat similar to the Mughals, but it is also different, the biggest difference is that no matter the title, the official position, although there are miners, slaves and maids, but there are no troops in the minions, the so-called Caiyi, in fact, is similar to the Manchurian banner, just a place to collect rent, that's all......"

As one of the formulators of the Great Zhou State System, Xie Sixin knew that the reason for choosing a system similar to the Eight Banners was to stimulate the motivation of the soldiers and make them happy to fight for the country, because the war could bring slaves and land.

And this system also brought a kind of inevitability - the enslavement of the natives by the Han people, there was also a horse staking in the Great Zhou, which was the same as the horse staking in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the enclosed land was distributed to the generals and soldiers, and the people on the land also became their domestic slaves.

"Mr. Xie, I think that the enclosure of my Da Zhou is not a long-term solution after all, after all, if it weren't for the tyranny of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how could he lose the country?"

As the youngest son of Wu Sangui, although Wu Yingqi did not have the right to inherit, but to the court is also a prominent position, he once led Ma Bao and other generals to fight in various places, three years ago, it was for the Great Zhou to lay an outlet to the sea from Arakan, so that the Great Zhou can open up ports and trade with various countries. It also made them use the long-lost Celestial Empire object again.

However, in terms of governing the country, Wu Yingqi has his own views, he does not agree with the current enslavement of the locals, and has repeatedly advocated in the DPRK and China that relations with the natives should be eased, instead of enclosing people's land and plundering people as slaves.

"After all, I am equal to serving the land outside the country and serving more with less, so it really can't last long, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the end, wasn't it still driven away by my Han people?"

"Childe really thinks highly of these Indians!"

Xie Sixin sneered.

"Childe, you see, these Indians, for thousands of years, have long been accustomed to being ruled by foreign races, just like their caste, the so-called high-caste, but just white-skinned outsiders, low-caste, most of them are as black as ink, high-caste to low-caste, so oppressive, they are still acceptable, let alone us? Just like the Mughals, they can rule over tens of millions of Indians with a mere number of more than 10,000 people, and even if there are princely states in the south who rebel, their country is generally very stable and ......."

"That's because of religion, Mr. Xie, the Mughals were only a few thousand people back then, but in India, there are probably no less than 10 million Tianfang followers, and they are native believers who use Tianfang to serve them. It was not with more than 10,000 people led by Babur to rule India. ”

Directly interrupting Xie Sixin's words, Wu Yingqi unceremoniously pointed out a fact that was overlooked.

"The Mughals ruled by the power of religion, as was the case with the Indians themselves, and the reason why the former taxed the pagans was to force the natives to convert to the Heavenly Religion, and this is what led to the insurrection of the natives from time to time."

Xie Sixin continued while agreeing.

"Therefore, in the eyes of someone Xie, this Mughal, which seems to have millions of troops, is vulnerable, not to mention that the lords and generals who lead the troops in various places have different thoughts, it is its internal instability, and it is also beneficial to my Great Zhou, the reason why we came to Delhi this time is to explore the reality here."

Perhaps, this empire, which claims to have millions of troops and is quite well-equipped, makes people dare not underestimate. But in the Zhou Kingdom, they did not look down on this opponent at all, the so-called "Alamgil" (meaning the conqueror of the world) Aurangzeb, this powerful empire, but only built on the beach empire, its foundation is not as strong as imagined.

Now that Da Zhou has gained a firm foothold here, the next thing that needs to be done is to observe carefully, and when the time is right, completely solve the Mughals, which is the future of Da Zhou.

Although on the surface, Da Zhou seems to be befriending the Mughals, but in fact, for this seemingly powerful opponent, Da Zhou is eyeing it, Xie Sixin knows this, Wu Yingqi is also very clear, and once again looked at the endless fields on both sides of the road, Wu Yingqi said with some hesitation.

"But...... Mr. Xie, there are envoys of the Ming Dynasty in Delhi, and I am worried that even if in the future, my Great Zhou wants to annex the Mughals, how can the Great Ming sit idly by and watch my Great Zhou occupy India? ”

A few years ago, when Wu Sangui and others had just come here, another group of adventurers from the Ming Dynasty entered India from another side - they appeared in the south of India, signed agreements with the princely kings in Hyderabad, Maratha Kingdom and other places, leased their coastal wasteland, just like the Europeans, little by little encroached on the land of those countries, and established port cities on the coast.

And they did not forget about the most powerful country here, they sent envoys to Delhi. The presence of the Zhou delegation in Delhi this time inevitably required the presence of a delegation from the Ming Dynasty, and although the Zhou State had been in contact with the Ming through merchants many times in the past few years, there had never been any real official contact. Even to some extent, Da Zhou was avoiding contact with Da Ming.

Perhaps, the Mughal Empire is weak, it is strong from the outside, but the Ming ...... No one will think that Da Ming is strong from the outside.

"This ...... That's a problem! ”

Xie Sixin sighed, everyone thought that as long as they escaped from the Ming Dynasty, there would be no problem, but who knows, even if they fled to India, they would have to face the existence of the Ming Dynasty in India, and even in the south of India, there was also the "Tianya City" that the Ming Dynasty snatched from the Dutch.

Daming ......

In any case, it is an unavoidable problem. With a long sigh in his heart, Xie Sixin looked towards Delhi City in the distance, and then said.

"Da Ming, since we have no way to avoid them, then one day we need to contact them, this time...... I guess it's also an opportunity! ”