Chapter 785 - South Asia (9) - Treaty of Delhi
A quarter of an hour later, Mordiji was carried into the palace hall by two non-commissioned officers.
"How?" This time, Zhu Cijiong walked down directly from the throne, looked down at Mo Diji and asked,
"Is your brain back to normal now? Is it possible to communicate normally? But I didn't expect that Mo Diji was still hard-mouthed.
"You should cherish this opportunity to negotiate peace."
"This is the last chance that the Mughal Empire has given you."
"If you miss this opportunity, you will pay a heavy price." Zhu Cijiong was a little crying and laughing, and said in his heart, what is going on with these people?
It's really rare to be brain-dead to this extent, how can this be reconciled? At that moment, Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said: "Drag it down, beat it again, and beat him until he begs for mercy!" ”
"Yes!" The two non-commissioned officers agreed, and immediately dragged Mordiji down like a dead dog. Soon, there was a snapping sound outside the hall again, accompanied by one scream after another, and it was actually very painful to hit the board, and ordinary people really couldn't bear it.
Xia Wanchun said with some worry: "King Ding, if you continue like this, you will be killed." ”
"Kill to death, how can you negotiate peace with such a fool." Zhu Cijiong snorted and said,
"It's a big deal to stay in the South Asian subcontinent for a long time, and slowly follow these garbage consumption." Li Yan said helplessly: "At present, it seems that it can only be like this." Fortunately, after two meals, Mordiji's brain finally returned to normal.
In the realization of the impossible
"Scared" Mingguo, it is impossible to rely on
After the "mouth cannon" won the advantage, Mordiji finally bent down and finally lowered his head. Moreover, this time the posture is very low.
It is said that the Japanese are the best dogs, but this is not true. The best dog is not a Japanese man, but a South Asian Asan.
Looking at Mo Diji, who was lying on the stretcher and could finally communicate normally, Zhu Cijiong finally smiled: "Too stupid? It's finally possible to communicate normally, right? After listening to the translation, Mo Diji said humbly: "We have fully realized the strength of the Ming Empire, and also understood the strength of the Ming army, our Mughal Empire is willing to show the greatest sincerity, only hope that the Ming Empire can raise its noble hand and allow the continued existence of the Mughal Empire, and other things are easy to say." Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but glance at Li Yan and Xia Wanchun.
The contrast between the front and back is too great, it's like a 180-degree turn. Is this directly leaking out the bottom line of the Mughal Empire?
Then what's so polite, just squeeze it to death. At that moment, Zhu Cijiong smiled and asked, "Only ask to allow the existence of the Mughal Empire?" ”
"Yes, just ask for permission to continue our Mughal Empire, and everything else is negotiable." Mo Diji directly said the bottom line of the negotiation, and there was really no way to understand these Ah San's way of thinking.
But this is really the bottom line of the Mughal Emperor Orenzeb. After a pause, Zhu Cijiong asked again: "How much is the income of the Mughal Empire?" Zhu Cijiong also asked casually, and he didn't think that Mo Diji would tell him.
However, Mo Di Ji replied directly: "Last year's annual income was about 300 million silver rupees. ”
"Three hundred million?" Zhu Cijiong was stunned at first when he heard this, and he was really willing to say such a secret? Are these South Asian Ah San's brains all?
Don't have a sense of secrecy? Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but be taken aback. Three hundred million, such a fortune, is the Mughal Empire so rich?
Li Yan also gasped: "Three silver rupees are equivalent to one yuan of silver tickets of the Ming Dynasty, and 300 million silver rupees are equivalent to 100 million yuan of silver tickets, that is, 100 million taels of silver per year!" Xia Wanchun was also taken aback when he heard this, the Mughal Empire is so rich?
You must know that before the great development of industry and commerce in the Ming Empire, the annual income of the Ming Empire was less than 20 million and less than 30 million silver tickets, which is equivalent to only a quarter of the annual income of the Mughal Empire!
Mother! Of course, the current income of the Ming Empire has exceeded 500 million silver tickets. However, the Mughal Empire did not have the industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty, and it was an exaggeration to obtain a tax worth 100 million silver bills just by relying on farming and trade.
This also shows how rich the South Asian subcontinent is. At that moment, Zhu Cijiong got together with Li Yan and Xia Wanchun and discussed for a long time.
After the discussion, Zhu Cijiong said to Mo Diji again: "Our conditions are: first, the Mughal Empire needs to compensate the Ming Empire for military expenses totaling 5 billion silver rupees, which will be repaid in 50 years, with a total of 10 billion silver rupees in principal and interest, and 200 million silver rupees per year; Second, the narrow area of the Indian Peninsula 50 li wide by the sea was ceded to the Ming Empire, and the Mughals living in this area of more than 10,000 li long and 50 li wide needed to be emptied as soon as possible. ”
"Repay 200 million silver rupees a year?"
"Fifty miles by the sea will also be ceded to Daming?" Hearing this, Mordiji couldn't help but look embarrassed. Zhu Cijiong patted Mo Diji on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, the Ming Empire will not do things like killing chickens and eggs, as the saying goes, take people's money and eliminate disasters for others, since our Ming Empire has taken the compensation given by your Mughal Empire, it will naturally bear the corresponding obligations, for example, if the Mughal Empire rebels, or suffers from the invasion of Europeans, the garrison sent by our Ming Empire will settle it for you, and you don't have to worry about it." After a pause, he added: "In addition, there is a great benefit. ”
"The great benefits?" Mordiji's heart pounded,
"What's the benefit?" Zhu Cijiong smiled and said, "How are you Mughal Empire not human? You can sell slave labor, we are in urgent need of a large number of slave laborers now, we can buy it at the price of ten silver rupees for one slave laborer, so you Mughal Empire don't have to worry about not having money to pay the indemnity at all. ”
"A slave is worth ten silver rupees?" Mordiki was overjoyed when she heard this, and this was really good news.
"How?" Zhu Cijiong asked with a smile,
"The Ming Dynasty is merciful enough, right?"
"Yes, yes, the Ming Dynasty is indeed merciful." Mordiji nodded in agreement. Zhu Cijiong said: "Mo Diji, right? If you don't have any objections, then sign the agreement. While speaking, the two non-commissioned officers had already brought two copies of the text, one was written in Mongolian, and the other was written in Chinese characters, Zhu Cijiong first signed his name, and then stamped his own big seal, and Mo Diji also signed and stamped the sheet, and then exchanged texts and then signed and sealed, and the agreement was officially effective.
This agreement is known as the Delhi Treaty. …… When the telegram was sent to Chongzhen, Chongzhen was already in Manraka, or Malacca.
After completely annihilating the main force of the expeditionary fleet in the Netherlands, the Daming Naval Division never encountered any challenge in the South Seas, whether it was the Portuguese Far Eastern Fleet, the Spanish Far Eastern Fleet, or the English pirate fleet, they could not stop the attack of any detachment of the Great Ming Naval Division.
In view of this, Chongzhen also decisively decided to divide his troops to attack. The three fleets were divided into six task forces by Chongzhen, which were responsible for attacking the colonies of Ayutthaya, Manraka, Batavia, Ternat, and Ambon.
Chongzhen personally led a task force and an army regiment to attack Manraka. The Portuguese defenders stationed in the fortress of Malacca were no match for the Ming army at all.
Under the combined attack of the Ming navy by sea and air, hundreds of defenders in the fortress soon raised white flags and surrendered, and the Ming army occupied Malacca without blood.
Immediately a regiment of the 3rd Army Division went ashore and took control of Malacca. In the future, the regiment will also fight against the Kingdom of Johor on the Malay Peninsula and the Kingdom of Aceh on the island of Sumatra, and continue to expand into the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
At this point, the expedition came to an end. Although the three major fleets of the Navy can continue the expedition, the strength of the 3rd Army Division has already been exhausted.
If you want to continue to go further to Burma, Australia, or even Africa and the Americas, you must once again draw the army from the Ming Dynasty, if there is no army coordination, the navy alone, at best, can only follow the practice of European countries, establish a colonial base on the coast of each continent, and then slowly expand, but this is too inefficient.
Therefore, Chongzhen decided to temporarily suspend the expedition, and the current Ming Dynasty has successively opened and annexed Wadi, Korea, Outer Mongolia, Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, and the territory has expanded more than twice, which is enough to digest for a while, at least before the population has not doubled, there is no ability to recolonize.
Colonization requires a huge population as a foundation. Chongzhen had just defeated Malacca, and Zhu Cijiong's telegram was also sent.
After reading the full text of the Delhi Treaty, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a little emotional. This is really a change of time, the Ming of this world has finally become a great power, and it is also a cliff-like super power, and any other country is a younger brother in front of the Ming Dynasty.
Jiang Tianyi also smiled and said, "This is the king who can finally get his wish." ”
"Wish?" Chongzhen smiled and said,
"What can he wish?"
"Of course, continue to lead the army on an expedition to West Asia." Jiang Tianyi said with a smile,
"You should attack Persia next, right?"
"I'm afraid he won't have a chance to fight Persia." Chongzhen shook his head and said,
"At least there is no chance for a short time, and he has no chance to expedition to Persia until the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty reach Delhi."
"Huh?" Jiang Tianyi asked in astonishment,
"The strength of the two cavalry corps is not enough?"
"I'm afraid there are no more troops for the two cavalry corps." Chongzhen Dao,
"At most, there are two cavalry divisions left, yes, the two cavalry divisions that remain in Central Asia." Jiang Tianyi finally reacted at this time: "What does the Holy Lord mean? ”
"yes, that's what you mean." Chongzhen Dao,
"The continent of India is poisonous, whoever goes in will be wasted, if I am not mistaken, the five and a half cavalry divisions that followed King Ding and Li Yan into Delhi, 110,000 soldiers, have lost their enterprising spirit, they will no longer be willing to fight on the battlefield, they just want to return to Daming or ask to stay in India to be a rich man."
"A total of 10 billion silver rupees in compensation, equivalent to 3.3 billion silver dollars, and so many gold, silver and jewelry were robbed along the way, how can there be 5 billion silver dollars in total, and 30% as a bounty is taken out, that is a full 1.5 billion silver dollars."
"According to the calculation of 1.1 billion, each of the 110,000 soldiers who hit Delhi can get 10,000 silver dollars!"
"Although a large part of it will be paid in installments over fifty years, the first bounty is at least six thousand silver dollars, and with so much money, who would be willing to live a life of licking blood with a knife?"