Although the Zhou state appeared to be righteous and resolutely refused any official contact with the Manchus. But in reality, it's just a show.

I've acted here, and I've finished acting over there. Before expelling these Manchu officials, the state minister of Zhou naturally wanted to be righteous. Of course, Ling Ran naturally had to perform this righteousness in person.

In this way, it is natural and inevitable that the two sides will meet each other. And this is exactly what Tong Guowei and his entourage need. As for what the two sides will say when they meet, I'm afraid only the two sides present will know.

"Lord Tong, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this ...... You know, it's not that the king doesn't want to see you, but because the Ming Dynasty is close at hand, even if the king has the heart to see you, he can't see you openly, so, no, the king specially ordered to see you here. ”

Facing Tong Guowei and his entourage, Xie Sixin, the state minister of Wu Zhou, looked very polite, smiled extremely humbly, and did not have the slightest arrogance. There is no longer the righteousness Ling Ran who rejected the other party before.

However, everyone in Wu Zhou knows that he can never think that this person is easy to get along with because he has a smile on his face, in fact, even when he kills, he will also smile.

Hiding a knife in his smile, he is talking about him. He even laughed and talked with the natives about the scriptures while ordering the natives in the city to be killed. When the Turen scripture and others went out, they found that the city had become a dead city. And then those people were also killed.

The man was more frightening when he laughed than when he was angry, except that no one seemed to see him angry. Perhaps everything that has been seen has become dead.

"Oh, the minister of state is polite, the minister of state is polite! It's because we didn't think it through, and we thought differently, which made the king embarrassed! ”

Tong Guowei hurriedly saluted, without the slightest arrogance, the Great Qing Kingdom is not the Great Qing Kingdom of the past, as for Wu Zhou...... It's not Wu Sangui back then. The Wu family is now the king of a country.

If you talk about life, people are much more comfortable than the Qing Dynasty. Even the national strength surpassed that of the Great Qing Dynasty, whose population was no more than one million, while Wu Zhou was a large country of tens of millions of people.

No matter how you say it, if you ask him now, the Great Qing Kingdom can't put on a shelf of a superior country, let alone where the Great Qing Kingdom is now. It's just a matter of lingering there.

Actually, they're all the same. They were all driven out of the Central Plains and survived in a foreign land, but the life of the Zhou Kingdom was more comfortable.

"Hey, it's like this, it's like this......"

Xie Sixin didn't hide it in the slightest. He even said it directly.

"The Ming Dynasty is powerful, and small countries such as us can only survive, lest they offend the big countries and lead to the destruction of the country. So it's not for us to be cautious and careful. ”

With a "sigh" in his heart, Xie Sixin's answer made Tong Guowei realize the difficulty of this trip, I am afraid that Wu Zhou will not want to get anything.

Maybe this side. It's the only thing the other party can do.

"Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China, this fearful words are like a tiger, but it is detrimental to the morale of the Great Zhou."

Tong Guowei's temptation made Xie Sixin laugh.

"Afraid of the light like a tiger? This tiger is not a sick tiger, it is a tiger that can swallow Wu Zhousheng alive with one mouth, he is not afraid, he will lose his life, even if he has the heart, he is not gut! Sometimes it's better to be timid than bold, and being bold will always suffer in the end. ”

Looking at Tong Guowei, Xie Sixin said with a smile.

"Thinking about how embarrassed the first king was back then, leading 100,000 troops to flee into Tianzhu in a hurry over the mountains and mountains, how difficult it was to create the foundation of today's Zhou State in this foreign land? If you can't recognize yourself clearly, but still have unrealistic dreams, how can you have today's Zhou Kingdom? ”

Xie Sixin, who had a solemn expression, stared at Tong Guowei and continued.

"It is precisely because of this sober understanding that my Zhou Kingdom will be willing to take small things big, even if the Ming Dynasty does not recognize my Zhou Kingdom, my Zhou Kingdom is still willing to do big things, why is this so? There is nothing more than to exchange obedience for a glimmer of life in Wu State. If you don't measure yourself, the time to regret it is close at hand! ”

Xie Sixin's lesson made Tong Guowei's heart feel bitter.

The Qing Dynasty also wants to do big things, and the Qing Dynasty also wants to be partial to foreign lands, and also wants to be obedient to the Ming Dynasty. But the problem is that Da Ming won't give them a chance at all.

Over the years, they have sent people to Daming. Why send someone? It is to be through the confession of guilt. In exchange for a chance to survive.

But what about Da Ming?

In fact, Zhou Guo is not necessarily much stronger than them. Over the years, the Zhou State has not been less flattering to the Ming Dynasty, but for the Ming Dynasty, the Zhou State is still a non-existent country.

What did they get in exchange for their groveling?

"What the Minister of State said is very true, over the years, the Minister of State has worked hard! If there is no state minister, I don't think there is a Zhou country today, and the Zhou country is thriving today, thanks to the ...... of the state minister."

For Tong Guowei's compliments, Xie Sixin did not refute it, as a powerful minister of Zhou State, he has indeed done his best to manage state affairs over the years, and he has indeed made great contributions to Zhou Guo's ability to have today, and even the current king has ascended to the throne because of his support.

Because of this, his influence in the Zhou State is far greater than the outside world imagines, it is not just a simple minister, he can directly influence many decisions of the Zhou State.

But now any compliments are clearly meaningless. The person in front of him could never have been because of two compliments. and pressed the national fortunes of the Zhou State.

"I don't know what Lord Tong is here for this time?"

Xie Sixin did not continue to be polite, but said directly.

"If Lord Tong is for the purpose of purchasing arms, he can consider one or two things, but if it is something else, I'm afraid he can't help him."

Compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the past 20 years, the Zhou State has been imitating the Ming Dynasty to produce guns and artillery, as early as more than ten years ago, a group of Ming craftsmen were hired through various channels, and later the steam engine was introduced.

Of course, Wu Zhou produced muskets and flintlock pistols, in addition to their own use, they would also export, such as exporting to the southern countries of Tianzhu to support them against the Mughal Dynasty, which was the national policy of Wu, and the resistance of the southern Matala and Sikhs directly led to the inability of the Mughal Empire to stop the attack of Wu, so Zhou defeated Aurangzeb many times and forced it to cede large tracts of land.

Because of this, in the face of Tong Guowei, Xie Sixin directly told the other party that it was okay to buy arms, and he would not object, it was just business. But the rest is not to be discussed, and he also knows very well that the Qing State does not need the arms of the Zhou State, and they can also produce flintlock pistols and artillery themselves.

"Thank you for the generosity of the Prime Minister, but the Qing Dynasty is not extensive, the required ordnance is really limited, although the production is not as good as your country, but at present it is still enough, there is no need to buy from your country, but the Prime Minister's feelings, my Qing monarchs and ministers will not forget, if there is a need in the future, you will definitely consider your country first."

As Xie Sixin guessed, Tong Guowei directly refused to buy arms, and Xie Sixin only smiled slightly at this before continuing to talk with him. asked about Emperor Tiancheng's body, and then asked about the situation in the Qing Kingdom, and after the two sides chatted for a while, Tong Guowei slowly said what he meant.

"This time the emperor sent me down, in fact, it's not for anything else, the minister of state knows, I border Afghanistan in the Qing Dynasty, and some troublemakers fled into Afghanistan, so we need to enter Afghanistan from time to time to clean up rebellion, and because of this, we got a piece of information related to your country from the local side, and after the emperor learned about it, he specially sent him to inform your country."

"Oh? Afghanistan? I don't know what the adults are referring to? ”

Xie Sixin looked at Tong Guowei and asked rhetorically.

"The Prime Minister should know that a considerable part of Aurangzeb's strong fighting forces come from Afghanistan, and except for the local mountain people, the cavalry under his command will be withdrawn to the valleys of Afghanistan to escape the summer during the hottest months of the year, so as to ensure that his horses can regain their combat effectiveness."

When Tong Guowei mentioned this, Xie Sixin only nodded slightly, this is not a secret, since the Mughal Dynasty conquered Afghanistan, the Afghan mountain people are an extremely important force under their command, those mountain people from the mountains are savage and not afraid of death, and even have the courage to block ten on the battlefield, but ...... In the current era of firecrackers and artillery, in the face of firecrackers and artillery, personal bravery does not have much meaning, and Aurangzeb's cavalry retreats to Afghanistan every year, not only to recuperate and restore horsepower, but also to deter the local mountain people. Of course, after hundreds of years of rule, the former is more important, just like the war horses of the Zhou State will also withdraw to Assam and other places every year for summer vacation, which is nothing more than because of this reason.

"It doesn't seem like a big deal."

Xie Sixin replied, making Tong Guowei smile.

"It's really not a big deal, but what if I tell you that Aurangzeb's cavalry didn't make it to Kabul this year?"

Kabul was the foundation of the rise of the Mughal Empire, from where Babur launched his invasion of India.

"Didn't make it to Kabul?"

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Xie Sixin said.

"Well, maybe it's because the resistance of the southern matala is too fierce, and the Sikhs. After all, Aurangzeb now faces too many enemies. ”

Under Aurangzeb's rule, especially after he forced Hindus to convert by imposing heavy taxes on Hindus and destroying monasteries, more and more people began to rebel, and the Jats, Sikhs, Marathas, and even Arrogyaphs rose up one after another.

The current Mughal Empire seems to be powerful, but in fact it is full of dangers, and even the Zhou State can gain a foothold in India, which is also in the interests of this. Therefore, Xie Sixin preferred that Aurangzeb's troops did not withdraw from the south.

"Prime Minister, before I came here, Aurangzeb's recruiters recruited 150,000 mountain people as mercenaries in Afghanistan! Now, this army of mountain people is gathering in Afghanistan and other places, and I don't think the Marathas in the south are worth such a big fight! ”

150,000 people!

The information brought by Tong Guowei made Xie Sixin's brows tighten suddenly, and he had many conflicts with Aurangzeb, so that Xie Sixin, who was the minister of Zhou Guoguo, knew this opponent very well, although the Mughal Empire had more than 440,000 troops on paper, and if you add nearly 200,000 troops from all walks of life, the troops under its command could be mobilized more than 600,000, but for many years, the strongest combat effectiveness in the Mughal army was the Afghan mountain people's troops, but in the past, even at the most, it was only 50,000 people.

They didn't need much mountain dwellers in the past, for the Mughal Empire. Mountain people from Afghanistan. It is the best candidate to suppress the southern Tianzhu people.

There is a principle that with the help of one side, rule and suppress the other. It is to actively create contradictions. So they will use the Tianzhu people in the south to fight the Afghans. The same will be done with the Afghans to suppress the Tianzhu people.

Now they have conscripted so many Afghans at once.

150,000 ......

"150,000 people, this time Aurangzeb has made a lot of money."

Looking up at Tong Guowei, Xie Sixin said with a smile.

"The population of Afghanistan is only more than one million, and since they have now been conscripted more than 100,000 people, it can be said that the strong men of the entire Afghan tribes have not been conscripted, isn't this your chance?"

Staring at Tong Guowei, Xie Sixin's voice became cold, and there was even mockery in his tone.

"Not to mention what Aurangzeb wants to use when he recruits so many mercenaries, seeing that Afghanistan is so empty, I guess your country will definitely not miss this opportunity!"

Of course, Tong Guowei did not refute this, and even said with a smile.

"The minister of the country is wise, but if we use troops against Afghanistan, don't we just share the pressure for your country, after all, only your country can make Aurangzeb spend such a large amount of money, so the emperor sent me to inform your country, hoping to work together with Da Zhou to deal with Aurangzeb."

Facing Xie Sixin's gaze, Tong Guowei continued.

"Tianzhu is not inferior to the Central Plains, and the Great Zhou has a strength, even if it is undefeated against Aurangzebu, but that's it, if our two countries join hands, when Aurangzeb sends troops to the Great Zhou, I will take Kabul in the Qing Dynasty, and then the two countries will join forces to capture Delhi, so, Aurang Zebu will be defeated, when the time comes, the Zhou and Qing countries will divide Tianzhu equally, and they will forever be brothers, so, I don't know what the country thinks?"

Although Tong Guowei's suggestion seems quite feasible, the current Mughal Empire seems to be strong, but it is impossible to hold out under the siege of three opponents. After all, the Mughal Empire was full of problems as long as they suffered a major defeat on the battlefield. There is a good chance that their reign here will end.

But Xie Sixin didn't agree, but narrowed his eyes into a slit and said coldly.

"What about Mingguo?"

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