Within the Mughal Empire, uprisings and rebellions took turns, and Emperor Aurangzeb was powerless to suppress them.

More than 200,000 troops marched to Bengal and drained the empire's money and food.

Historically, Aurangzeb had to hand over the coastal ports to the British in order to raise military expenses. Now that China has colonized the lower reaches of the Ganges, how can it be possible to give a piece of the pie to Aurangzeb? The Mughal Empire's finances will only get worse.

As a last resort, Aurangzeb pursued the same policy that had torn the empire apart twenty years ahead of history—delegating power to the governor!

To put it bluntly, it is a script at the end of the Han Dynasty, let Zhou Mu and Haoqiang exterminate the Yellow Turban Army.

The governor is the governor of the state, and the princes of the princely states are the heroes, and they instantly gain greater power. Of course, the effect was immediate, and the small uprisings in various places were quickly extinguished. Large-scale uprisings are also gradually declining, and it is only a matter of time before they are completely suppressed.

As a result, Aurangzeb began to take power again.

How can I get it back?

It directly led to two evil consequences: first, the governors and princes of the princely states were even more dissatisfied with the emperor; Second, uprisings broke out again in various places, and they were always wiped out, and the local real power began to raise their own respect.

It was in this context that the insurgents Sivaji proclaimed the statehood.

He made his capital in the city of Rajgarh and called himself "Chatrapati" (independent king). The 96 Maratha tribes (Hindu) all declared allegiance, and all the pagan lords were expelled.

At the same time, the taxes paid by the landlords and peasants were directly reduced by two-thirds by Sivaji.

This can no longer be described as a light levy, and the finance will certainly not be able to bear it. The main source of income for the emerging kingdom of Maratha was to collect protection money from the Mughals. The surrounding Mughal governors and princes had to give money and food every year so that Sivaji would not send troops to attack.

The governors and princes preferred to pay protection money to their neighbors rather than to be intervened by Emperor Aurangzeb.

Even, the two sides cooperated in acting.

As soon as the emperor intervened in local affairs, the governor said that Sivaji had called, and then began to fight as if it were going to be, by the way, to demand more power from the central government.

Aurangzeb, of course, understood what was going on, and he had to increase his prestige. Therefore, the reason for the declaration of belli was to requisition the whole army to sweep away the southern state of Golconda, which could not be ignored.

The kingdom of Gorkonda, which had been strong for 200 years, was destroyed by Aurangzeb in a battle!

Aurangzeb's imperial prestige reached its peak. Immediately, the country ushered in a wave of uprisings on a larger scale, because the landlord class really could not hold on, and all the war funds were pressed on them.

The princely princes of the surrounding princely states of Bengal even looked at Zheng Sen, hoping to join China en masse and break away from the rule of the Mughal Empire.

The merchants of the Mughal Empire were even worse, and the industry and commerce of the Ganges Valley were destroyed under the heavy taxes of the emperor and the dumping of Chinese goods. In particular, India's cotton textile industry has been completely destroyed and has become China's raw material market and commodity dumping ground.

……

Dhaka.

The new governor of Bangladesh, Xia Wanchun, is handing over work with Zheng Sen.

Xia Wanchun in history, resisted the Qing Dynasty at the age of 14 and became righteous at the age of 16. In the face of Hong Chengchou's personal persuasion, Hong Chengchou was so satirized that he was speechless, and finally died under the butcher's knife of the Qing army.

"Today's Mughals, just like the situation at the end of the Han Dynasty," Zheng Sen said, "the emperor is still very authoritative, and the governors of all parties are loyal to the imperial court, but they have long since taken the emperor seriously in private." Don't directly clash with the Mughal Emperor, your top priority is to do three things. ”

Xia Wanchun arched his hand and said, "Please give me advice." ”

Zheng Sen said: "First, encourage Han Chinese to immigrate; second, to encircle and control the princes of the princely states; Third, infiltrate the Mughals through merchants. ”

Xia Wanchun continued to ask for details, and Zheng Sen said everything he could say.

After the handover of work, Zheng Sen left with Zhao Zhenfang. When he was governor, he did not deliberately loot, but the Bengalis still paid tens of thousands of taels of filial piety. This kind of gray income, as long as it is not excessive, the Nanjing Imperial Court will not investigate and ask for crimes.

Xia Wanchun led his guards to inspect the city, and where the governor's carriage passed, the Bengali people knelt on their knees.

A few days later, some nobles sent slaves, and some even wanted to marry Xia Wanchun.

Xia Wanchun accepted some of the slaves and refused to marry. There was also a prince of Tubang who sent his own daughter to Xia Wanchun as a concubine, and attached a dowry worth thousands of taels of silver.

Because he didn't understand the situation, Xia Wanchun didn't dare to accept it for the time being, and he had to straighten out the various local relations.

At this moment, a cheater came to Bengal.

……

The Fei family slave, who had a good relationship with Zhao Han, developed well in the new dynasty.

For example, "Jiulu", he didn't have much ability, but because he could write and calculate, he began to be an official when the Datong Army recovered Lead Mountain. When he retired due to illness, the "wine spirit" had already reached the prefect, and he had more than ten children and grandchildren.

It's a pity that the family is not well governed, and the "wine spirit" dies of illness on the front foot, and the children and grandchildren compete for the family property on the back foot.

Fei Wenwei is one of the grandsons of "Jiulu", and his grades were too poor to get a middle school diploma. He was sent to the Naval Academy and expelled for repeated violations of discipline.

After that, he completely let himself go and followed a group of powerful people.

A few years ago, his father also died of illness, and Fei Wenwei successfully inherited the family property. Eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, proficient in everything, within a few years, he lost all his floating wealth in his family, leaving only fixed assets such as shops and mines. He was desperate to turn over, was fooled into trading stocks, and mortgaged his store to the bank.

In the end, the old mother was half angry with him, and the two brothers took him to court.

Fei Wenwei had to go away, and the remaining poor family business was divided by his two brothers, and the old mother was also handed over to the brothers to take care of.

After a year in Coconut City, Fei Wenwei didn't starve to death by cheating on food and drink. I heard that Bengal was easier to mix, so I came by boat again, and when I met people, I said that my grandfather was the emperor's hair.

Even when Zheng Sen and his family left Dhaka, Fei Wenwei also saw each other with his tail.

"Madam, there is a son of the Han family, who asks to see him alive or dead, and claims to be an old man."

"Bring him here."

When Zhao Zhenfang saw Fei Wenwei, she asked with some doubts: "Which old man are you?" ”

Fei Wenwei knelt down when she saw her and asked, "Does my aunt still remember the wine?" ”

Zhao Zhenfang was pleasantly surprised: "But the Fei family's wine brother? I haven't seen each other in thirty years. ”

Fei Wenwei said: "That's the grandfather below. My grandfather often mentioned my aunt and grandmother when he was alive, saying that when he was in Goose Lake, his aunt and grandfather had a very good relationship. Even when my grandfather was dying, I also thought about the benefits of my aunt and grandmother......"

As she spoke, Fei Wenwei looked sad.

Zhao Zhenfang sighed and said: "The old man is no more, it is really sad." Come near, let me take a closer look. ”

Fei Wenwei hurriedly ran over.

Zhao Zhenfang looked carefully, and the young man in front of him did have a bit of a "drunk" appearance, so she asked, "Why did you come to Bangladesh?" ”

Fei Wenwei said half-truths and half-truths: "When my grandfather died of illness, several uncles fought over the family property. My father didn't like to fight with others, so he got a small share of the property, and then he lost money in business, and he was so angry that he couldn't afford to get sick. I just wanted to fight for my breath, so I didn't continue to go to secondary school and used the rest of my family's money to go into business. Can...... But I was young and ignorant, and I was deceived in my business, so I had to entrust my mother to my younger brother to take care of me, and go to sea to fight for some wages. ”

This guy has been cheating for a living all year round, and he even deceived Zhao Zhenfang.

Zhao Zhenfang felt pity in her heart, and remembered the feelings of the old man, so she said: "Follow me back to China, and find you a regular businessman." ”

Fei Wenwei straightened her waist: "The husband should be self-reliant, I really accept my aunt's kindness, but don't pity me." I'm here in Bangladesh, and I'm going to be able to make a career! ”

Zhao Zhenfang nodded approvingly: "But he is ambitious." If you want to do business, then I will pay 500 taels of silver, which can be regarded as a stake in your trading company. ”

"Thank you aunt and grandma for your trust!" Fei Wenwei was overjoyed.

At that moment, Zhao Zhenfang took 500 taels of silver dollars, wrote another letter, and introduced it to the new governor Xia Wanchun. Even, he assigned a few of his henchmen and slaves who were going to be brought back to China to Fei Wenwei as his entourage.

Fei Wenwei behaved extremely filial, always following Zheng Sen and Zhao Zhenfang, serving them wholeheartedly, and serving them until they boarded the ship.

Next, Fei Wenwei took a few Bengali slaves and took the letter from the eldest princess to see the governor Xia Wanchun.

Xia Wanchun did not doubt that he had him, and immediately wanted Fei Wenwei to be a petty colonial official - the governor had the right to promote local officials and a small number of Han officials.

Fei Wenwei did not agree, nor did she refuse, only saying that she did not want to stay in Dhaka to enjoy, and wanted to go to a farther colony to educate and manage the indigenous people for the imperial court.

Xia Wanchun admired this and praised Fei Wenwei's ambition, so he made this product Rajshahi's liaison adjutant.

Rajshahi, a large city on the lower reaches of the Ganges River, is located on the western border of Bengal.

The liaison officer is responsible for conveying the governor's decrees and supervising the local princes.

Fei Wenwei arrived at Rajshahi in a hurry, ran to report to the driver's boss, and revealed that his grandfather and the emperor were young when they were drinking. The boss was taken care of, treated him with respect, and then the goods went to the prince of the Tubang to fight the autumn breeze.

In just half a year, the entire Bengali aristocracy of Rajshahi knew that Fei Wenwei was a world friend with the Chinese royal family.

This guy is not corrupt, and can even be called incorruptible.

However, all kinds of white took the benefits of the local nobility, and even married four wives in one go, all of them beautiful daughters of princes of the princes, and each wife brought a large dowry.

The princes who gave their daughters also felt that they had taken a big advantage, and boasted that they were relatives of the Chinese aristocracy.

Immediately, Fei Wenwei became a big landlord again.

Some of the land was a dowry, while some of it was forcible occupied. Those princes of the princely states took the initiative to help him occupy the land, and by the way, they also took a piece of the pie.

In just three years, Fei Wenwei has a group of wives and concubines, slaves everywhere, and sits on more than 2,000 acres of fertile land.

Wealth does not return to the hometown, just like a brocade night walk.

He first resigned from his position as liaison adjutant and handed over the property to his henchmen and slaves, and then returned to China by ship with his wife and concubine, and wore silk and satin to show off in his hometown in Lead Mountain.

happened to meet Fei Yinghuan and his wife who returned to their hometown to care for the elderly.

(Father, mother, wife, the three bigwigs in the family are all yang, and it is estimated that Lao Wang will only be in the past two days.) Take care of yourself, everyone. ）

(I recommend the book "I Am Inventing at Hogwarts", if you like this kind of thing, you can check it out.) ）

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