The winter of the fourteenth year of Chengtian is about to pass, and the new year is about to begin.

Of course, Chen Ming could not have returned to Nanjing, he had only now returned to Ili from Lake Balkhash. Walking inside, Chen Ming played with a huge gem in his hand, and he looked at the sunlight at this diamond, known as the 'Mountain of Light', which has been born for more than 200 years and was found in the Koral mine in the Golconda region of India.

At this time, it was not a 'round diamond' familiar to Chen Han's memory, but a charming rose.

But when the envoy of Timur Shah of Afghanistan knelt at Chen Ming's feet and told the origin of this diamond, and then compared its appearance, Chen Ming immediately knew that the diamond that he was playing with at this time was the mountain of light that could be set on the crown of the Queen of England in later generations, and the other red diamond that was presented by the messenger at the moment was the famous Sea of Light.

After its birth, this rare treasure with a weight of 800 carats was said to have fallen into the hands of the Mughal emperor of India, and was preserved in the Mughal palace for nearly a hundred years like the Sea of Light, and was taken to the city of Isfahan in Persia 50 years ago when Nadir Shah [Shah is an honorific title] of Persia captured Delhi.

And just eight years later, the tyrannical and murderous Nader Shah was assassinated by his Praetorian Guard generals who broke into the tent where he was resting.

The Persian Empire at its peak collapsed overnight.

When the city of Isfahan was in turmoil, the Persian nobleman Ahmad Shah Durrani tried unsuccessfully to compete for the throne, and only grabbed a treasure and traveled east to Kandahar, where he became the ruler of Afghanistan. and in Afghanistan began the first independent dynasty in the latter's history, the Durrani dynasty.

After the death of Ahmad Shah, his successor, Timur Shah, ascended the throne. At the same time, the governor of Kandahar at that time established himself as king with the support of the nobles, and Timur Shah raised an army to fight and easily quell the chaos. Timur Shah then moved the capital from Kandahar to Kabul. This is a mediocre king, who has reigned for fifteen years and has not done much.

Now that Timur Shah has entered the old age of his life, the once prosperous Afghanistan has been in turmoil as he ages.

But Chen Ming did not expect that Timursha would suddenly send an envoy to give him a big gift.

A mountain of light, a sea of light. The devil knows how the latter was acquired by Timur Shah, knowing that the Sea of Light in the original plane of time and space has always been kept in the hands of the Persians. When the King of Iran got married in 1958, the "Sea of Light" was once again polished into a 60-carat giant round diamond, set in the middle of the king's crown, and renamed the "Bright Eye".

But now they all fell into the hands of Timur Shah, and the two treasures were sent to Chen Ming by Timur Shah's envoys.

Chen Ming withdrew his gaze from the Mountain of Light, and once again turned his attention to this envoy, this person must be Timurshah's confidant and loyal minister, otherwise Timursha would not let him take these two treasures abroad.

"You Shah have given me a real gift. What does your king want? ”

He who only sent men to pay tribute to himself, but not to be a vassal. Just looking at the posture of the envoy, it doesn't look like he came to be a junior brother, what does this Timursha want to do?

Chen Ming doesn't have a good impression of diamonds, and how many men have been miserable by diamonds in his previous life. And because of his traditional cultural origins, he prefers jade, and jadeite is fine. Although diamonds are not really worthless in his eyes, they are second-class treasures like rubies and sapphires.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, these gifts are a little heartfelt from our Shah, just to show Afghanistan's sincere and incomparable respect for you."

The envoy did not dare to raise his head when he spoke, is this a sign of the taming of Afghanistan? But wouldn't it be better for them to go straight to the table and call themselves ministers?

That place was the land that Chen Ming had always coveted. What is now Afghanistan, no, is Afghanistanstan, which encompasses what is later Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, Pakistan, and the Punjab region of India. That's a lot of territory!

"This Timursha seems to be worried about me?"

Chen Ming turned back to the apse, rubbing the mountain of light and the pink sea of light in his hand, he didn't like it. If it's blue, it's beautiful, pink, Chen Ming is really loveless.

"Your Majesty. Timur Shah was very old, and he had more than 20 sons under his seat, and the battle was fierce. The local tribes have their own tendencies, and once he dies of illness, the sons under him will fight and fight, and the huge Afghstan will immediately fall apart. ”

The reason why Afghanistan has such a large territory is because it has bitten a piece of meat from India. Timursha himself did not have his father's military and political skills, but he was also a master of success. But if the son below him messes up on his own, Afghanistan, which has a vast territory, will be a puddle of mud in the blink of an eye.

This is how Persia ended at the beginning, and it is a lesson for Afghanistan.

And the main thing is that Afghanistan, after the death of Timur Shah, will almost certainly be in chaos.

Because he is the lord of the shoucheng, many of the concubines in the harem have backgrounds, and the remaining sons of those concubines all have roots. Several of them had a large army in their hands, and they had the support of the tribe behind them, so how could they bow down and obey the new king?

"You mean Timursha, you want to ask for an insurance policy for his descendants?"

"Your Majesty, the Mountain of Light and the Sea of Light originated in India at the hands of Nadir Shah, and are now world-famous treasures. Timur Shah dedicated these two treasures to His Majesty, then he left a little affection, if his descendants come to a time of danger, there is a request for our court, how can Your Majesty turn a blind eye. ”

The Mountain of Light and the Sea of Light are very influential in India, especially the former. Even the Hindu scriptures have this passage: "Whoever has it owns the whole world." Whoever owns it will have to suffer the calamities it brings. Only God or a woman who has it will not suffer any punishment. ”

Wang Huizu is a hundred unbelievers, and they are all bullshit.

He wondered if it was deliberately made up by those gods in India to fool people. Although looking at the ins and outs of this Mountain of Light, it is indeed quite bluffing at first glance.

More than 200 years ago, Pabar, the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, became the first monarch to own the "Mountain of Light". When he obtained the "Mountain of Light", he hid it in the peacock throne, a symbol of power, and announced to the world that he had received a priceless treasure that was "equivalent to a day's ration for all the people of the world."

However, shortly after receiving the "Mountain of Light", Babel's own son staged a coup d'état, threw Babel into a cage, and ascended the Peacock Throne himself, becoming the first king to suffer bad luck after receiving the "Mountain of Light".

As time passed, Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor known for his Taj Mahal, became the new owner of the "Koh-i-Noor". From then on, the palace became a battleground for power, with more than a dozen of Shah Jahan's sons fighting each other for the throne and the priceless diamond. The final victor forced Shah Jahan down from the peacock throne with a blade stained with his brother's blood. Shah Jahan was then placed under house arrest in the "Red Fort" in Agra, the old capital of the Mughal dynasty, where he did not see the light of day.

Then there was the Persian ruler Nader Shah, who had robbed him of the jewel, and only eight years later, he had a tragic fate.

But under careful consideration, this legend is simply nonsense.

Babur died of malaria in Delhi, but it was not his son who killed Lao Tzu. It's just that because he died too quickly, he left room for the people to make up their minds. This is the same as the throne of Yonglaosi is the fourteenth, and it is the same as the allusions of 'passing on the fourteenth son' and 'passing on the fourth son'.

Facts have proved that this speculation on the secrets of the court, the fabrication and spread of a rumor, and the disrepute of people are not only the unique talent of Chinese scholars, but also such people everywhere. It's just that the identity of the initiator is different.

And Shah Jahan, the king of the Mughal Empire at its peak, was not a fool. But fate was not good, and before he could pave the way for his eldest son and crown prince, he fell ill with a serious illness that was almost fatal, and he lost his rights because of it.

There are also special reasons for this.

Including Nadir Shah, watching its ending, it is also self-defeating. Feeling that his nephew was rebelling with the Persian generals, and that he was motivated by the element of faith, Nadir summoned his Persian generals to assemble in Mashhad, and at the same time privately made an agreement with the Uzbeks, Turkmans, and Tatars to massacre the Persian generals. Isn't that foolish?

If the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers, and if the ministers are not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, he will become harmful.

How can these things happen in China?

No one would compare the able-bodied, 'overseas fiefdom' emperor with the above emperors.

Each of those countries has its own reasons, and on the whole, faith has mixed up a lot of things. But in China, many factors are gone.

So, if the negative effects of the Koh-i-Noor gem are removed, will the positive influence of this gem be helpful for China's entry into India?

Wang Huizu, including Liu Wu, Chen Ding and others, didn't know how the emperor gave India the nickname 'Ah San', and they didn't know what this nickname meant. However, the Ah San are very firm in their beliefs, and how this 'Mountain of Light' can be combined with China's strong strength, these confidants and ministers who are very aware of Chen Ming's eagerness to enter India cannot but think on the bright side.

Chen Ming didn't think this thing was meaningful.

Wang Huizu: Do they think that the 'Mountain of Light' is the jade seal of the trumpet? That's impossible.

However, for a king of a country of faith, he could not easily pay tribute to a pagan in such a complicated place. So, did Timur Shah only pay tribute and not be a vassal?

The Mountain of Light was casually thrown to Chen Ding by Chen Ming, who sat on the big chair in the center, turning a wrench on his thumb in his hand, and after thinking about it in his head, he couldn't remember the specific modern history of Afghanistan.

He only knows about the three Anglo-Afghan wars, as well as Lao Maozi's troops in Afghanistan, and the grapevine said that on the night of the coup, the Afghan president's family of more than 30 people was killed, leaving only a little granddaughter, and the coup troops also massacred the former presidential guards, police forces and other security forces who were captured or surrendered, and the conservative estimate is no less than 2,000 people.

At the same time, many high-ranking military and political officials were killed.

So, a question arises, when was the king of Afghanistan deposed? Then the king is still not a son of Timur Shah?

Chen Ming thought about it again and again, but he still couldn't think of it. In front of him, a group of civil and military ministers were standing respectfully and solemnly.

"In this way, I feel a little hot when I take this gift." But he didn't want to take it. Doesn't this mean that he has ambitions and intentions for Afghanistan? This was something he had just thought of.

Hemp eggs! He had a feeling that he had fallen on it.

Today's Afghanistan is dominated by the Sunni faction, and although there are certain Shiho believers, the Sunni faction has a great advantage. Moreover, Afghanistan is in a sense the leader of the Celestial Sect of the generation in the Transoxiana region.

The original Kokand Khanate had turned to Afghanistan for help, and the latter was now emaciated with a camel bigger than a horse, and had a certain connection with Habra, Khiva, and Kokand, because they were separated from the Ottomans by a Persian. People in Persia play the Ten Leaves.

Pull one to start the whole body. Chen Ming can't show his ambition for these territories, and now he really can't help but accept this gift.

This Timursha really gave him a problem.

So much so that Chen Ming wondered if this Timursha was deliberately trying to test him. But did Timurshah, such a mediocre lord, have such profound political wisdom?

Compared with this sudden problem, the Sino-Russian war and domestic problems were easier to solve.

Liu Dezhao reported the matter, Chen Ming agreed. 50 million, he Emperor Chen is rich and doesn't care. The French helped him a lot.

War reports from the northwest and northeast also came one after another, with good news and bad news. The good news, of course, is the good news that has just been received from Guriev. The Mongols and the Kazakhs could spoil the Russians in the Ural River Valley, and Guryev's Russian army could defend the city and fight field battles, but it was not possible to fight mobile warfare and movement warfare.

The Kazakhs and Mongols, avoiding the real and attacking the weak, do not play hard, only take advantage and do not suffer losses. Got a lot of good things from outside the Guryev fortress. Just doing business with a labor export company can make them a lot of money.

The defeat was another attack by the Northwest Army on Omsk, with the loss of more than 300 people, which was naturally a failure. In addition, the Northwest Army sent a battalion of cavalry across the Ob River and entered the west bank of the Ob River to conduct reconnaissance, but the army was almost wiped out.

Even if they killed the Russians as many as they did themselves, if 500 men went in and came back less than a third, it would be a real defeat.

"Rumyantsev is not to be underestimated." Chen Ming only made this comment on this.

"Is there anyone willing to surrender?"

"I said that as long as they are willing to surrender, I will never kill them."

Chen Ming also seemed to know that what he was talking was completely boring, so he waved his hand and shifted the topic to Ceylon. In addition to the empire's control and development in Ceylon, he asked about the spread of Middle-earth Buddhism in Ceylon.

As a place that cannot be ignored in the history of Buddhism, Ceylon, an island nation on the edge of the subcontinent, can be said to be a gathering place for major faiths in the 21st century. All major faiths are spread there all over the world. Of course, Buddhism will be the main faith there in the future, and three-quarters of the country's population will believe in Buddhism.

But who knows that this place can be called a Buddha country, and Amitabha Buddha was once unheard of in history. Historically, in the late 16th century, King Raja Sihe I unified most of Ceylon, converted to Shivaism in India, and went all out to destroy the temple scriptures and kill monks, so that there was not a single monk left in Ceylon. Subsequent kings tried to revive Buddhism, but they did not achieve success.

When the Dutch replaced the Portuguese, they ordered the people here to convert to monotheism. It was not until more than 30 years ago that Buddhism was transmitted back to Ceylon by the Thai elder Yuboli and others. But this Thai system of Buddhism only interacts with the aristocracy and the wealthy. As a result, another group of monks inherited the Burmese Buddhist system and established a separate order.

Chen Han is more familiar with the situation in Ceylon, because Chen Han has been eyeing it for many years. Therefore, as soon as Ceylon was transferred from the Dutch to Chen Han, Middle-earth Buddhism also entered Ceylon in a big way.

How's it going?

Belief in this thing has been very meaningful from ancient times to the present. Even in the 21st century, the influence of faith cannot be ignored in the problems of world politics.

Chen Ming did not expect China to rule Ceylon forever, nor did he intend to turn it into a summer, but if Middle-earth Buddhism could penetrate Ceylon society on a large scale with strong support, it would be very helpful for Chinese colonization.