It is said that the Mughal Empire is in chaos throughout the country because of the food crisis, will they be like the Ming Dynasty of the Chongzhen Dynasty and collapsed by the peasant uprising?

This is naturally impossible, as mentioned earlier, the reign of Shah Jahan was the most powerful period of the Mughal Empire, and the number of troops reached a terrifying 600,000, so it was natural to deal with small rebels.

At the beginning of the turmoil, the peasant revolt had not yet formed a large scale, and it was easy to extinguish it, Shah Jahan only sent the third prince Aurangzeb to lead 200,000 ordinary troops to sweep all the way through, and then the chaos was almost cleaned up, as if this turmoil was not enough to shake the rule of the Mughal Empire.

You may wonder why the third prince Aurangzeb always leads the army?

Here we have to talk about the administrative system of the Mughal Empire, the Mughal Empire to a certain extent followed the management method of the Mongol tribes, the implementation of quasi-military management, the officials of the entire empire are divided into 33 levels, all government officials who provide military service services for the empire have a rank, that is, Mansab, and the officials who get this level are called Mansabdar, the level is distinguished by the number of cavalry commanded, from the lowest "ten commanders" to the highest "ten thousand commanders", however, there is one point, the rank of more than 7,000 is limited to members of the royal family.

That is to say, with an army of 100,000, there are only a few princes who can be commanders except Shah Jahan, and Shah Jahan's favorite is his eldest son Dara. Shik, the main army is generally composed of him or Darla. Commander Shike, and among the other princes, only Aurangzeb has the most military talent, so the general ordinary army gathers more than 100,000, and the commander is basically Aurangzeb.

There is no big problem with this system itself, anyway, the commanders and above are all members of the royal family, everyone is a blood relative, a family, and there is no possibility of the imperial power falling, but there is also a bad point, that is, it is easy to cause a bloody struggle for imperial power.

Like Aurangzeb killed all his brothers in history, put his father Shah Jahan under house arrest, called himself Khan, and ascended to the throne, but now Aurangzeb has almost no hope of competing for the throne, and the Ming Empire has risen strongly because of the arrival of Zhu Cijiong, and has pointed the finger at the Mughal Empire.

Of course, these are all later words, skip it for the time being, it is said that Shah Jahan sent the third prince Aurangzeb to lead an army of 200,000 all the way to sweep, seeing that this turmoil is about to be calmed down, but a huge crisis is quietly coming, fighting, Shah Jahan found that the army's grain and grass are almost unsustainable!

This is also to blame these lords and nobles in power, including himself, who are too greedy for money, and don't want to die when they make money, desperately loot, desperately loot, and sell almost all the grain that can be scavenged.

Of course, Shah Jahan is not a fool, the main reason why he didn't care about the food problem at the beginning was that the Mughal Empire had not been blocked, and it really didn't prove that grain and grass could be bought. But now he really can't buy food if he has the money!

The Dutch, British and French were able to mobilize a lot of grain to sell to him, but the sea route had been blocked by the Ming Empire, and the merchant ships of the Dutch and British and French could not reach the Mughal Empire at all, so he could not count on buying grain from the sea.

There is no sea route, so let's come by land, but, looking around, he really has nowhere to buy food!

To the south are Goa and Mysore, which are occupied by Portugal and the Ming Dynasty, and if you want them to sell grain, it is a dream, Zhu Cijiong just wants to cut off his grain, how can she sell it to him.

Don't think about it in the east, Bengal Province of the Mughal Empire is further east of the Donghu Empire, which is already the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to sell grain to them.

The west side doesn't even need to think about it, it's the Persian Empire that has been fighting with them for decades, it's good if you don't come to beat them, and sell them grain, don't dream of doing it.

As for the north, under the conditions of the time, the mountains several thousand meters high were impassable moats, which could not be crossed by man, except by gods.

What should we do if the south, east, west, and west, including the sea, have been cut off from the means of buying grain?

Shah Jahan did not despair, he set his sights on the south, of course, he did not want to buy grain from Portugal and the Ming Empire, but to grab it directly!

The city of Goa is full of grain, he knew this a few months ago, almost all the grain of the Mughal Empire was bought by Portugal and the Ming Empire, and he also knew it, but he didn't care much about it at the time, food or something, since he ascended the throne, the Mughal Empire has not been lacking, and people have made it clear that they want to send him money, why should he refuse?

The reason why he never attacked Goa and Mysore was not that he was afraid of Portugal and the Ming Empire, he believed that the little army garrisoned by Goa and Mysore could still be defeated with the main army of the Mughal Empire, but that would cost a huge price, in order to recover the three inconsequential princely states, cripple his main army, as long as he was not a fool, he would not do this.

He has been waiting for the opportunity, maybe Portugal and the Ming Empire will have conflicts because of the distribution of interests, maybe the Ming Empire will in turn snatch the Portuguese colonies, maybe the Ming Empire's troops will suddenly withdraw, etc., these are all possible, as long as there is an abnormal situation in Goa and Mysore, he will not hesitate to pounce and overturn Portugal and the Ming Empire, and he will not lose a lot at that time.

Of course, this is all because he doesn't know how iron the relationship between the Ming Empire and Portugal is, and if he knew that the two countries are good honey and oil, he will not be delusional.

However, now, no matter what he thinks, he must attack Goa, because the food crisis is imminent, and the grain of the army of 600,000 is not a small amount, and only by taking Goa, which is piled up with grain, can this crisis be solved, and as for the problem of heavy losses, it is no longer up to him to think about it.

At this time, the secret agents in Mysore came with a great news that the army of the Ming Empire had really retreated, and there was not a single one left, and now there were only one or two thousand Portuguese defenders left in Mysore!

Soon, news came from the port of Goa that all the troops of the Ming Empire had really been picked up by warships, and there was no one left!

Then what is there to hesitate, taking Goa not only solves the food crisis, but also takes Mysore, Goudakang and Birjar and the entire South Asian subcontinent is unified, which is a great feat that has not been completed by successive Mughal emperors!

So, Shah Jahan did not hesitate to order the eldest prince Dara. Shike led the main army of 200,000 to Goa!