Chapter 731: It's Time to the Mongol Empire
Just when the Ming Dynasty and the Great Shun were busy "carving up" the Indochina Peninsula, a Spanish sailing ship carrying the Qing delegation had arrived at the port of Surat, the largest port in the Mongol Empire.
It is an inland port, located on the right bank of the mouth of the Taputi River, and is a port city with a very long history and abundant products.
As one of the five ministers visiting Europe, Sonny was standing on the front bow of the sailing ship at this time, looking at the exotic city in front of him, and asked Caballero beside him in stiff Japanese (Japanese Bania): "Justice, are we in Europe?" ”
He's been floating at sea for months!
Spain has too many enemies in this world empire, and it would be better if it went to the Pacific Ocean, where there are no other European powers for the time being. Caballero, however, arranged for the five ministers of the Qing Dynasty to travel to Malacca into the Indian Ocean, where they were colonized by the Dutch and Portuguese. A Spanish ship had to be careful, or it might be sunk by the black-hearted Dutch and Portuguese.
Therefore, they did not come to the shore several times along the way, and they did not dare to stay for a long time after docking, so they continued on the road after replenishing fresh water and food.
The five ministers who have never been to sea like this have all suffered, and the worst is Fan Yongdou, he is already an old man, where can his body and bones withstand the toss? Now I'm lying flat and about to die!
Sony thought of Lao Fan, and sighed: But fortunately, it's finally here......
"No, no, this is not Europe." Caballero said, "This is the port of Surat in the Mongol Empire. ”
"Mongol Empire......" Sonny was stunned, and "Japanese" was not spoken, "Mongolia? Mongolia, you say? ”
Caballero also followed Sony to learn Chinese along the way, and he could speak a little, nodded and said, "Yes, it's Mongolia!" ”
"Genghis Khan's Mongolia?"
"Yes, yes, this is Mongolia!" Caballero nodded earnestly, "We're in Mongolia!" ”
Finished! Sonny said: This day the Ishbanians are seasick and dizzy...... Where did Mongolia come from?
"This is really the Mongol Empire!" Caballero looked at the expression on Sony's face and said with a smile, "If it weren't for the fact that I came to the Mongol Empire, I would have let this sailing ship go to the Pacific Ocean."
Minister Suo, do you think there is only one Mongolia in the world? ”
Sonny was stunned, "Is there a second Mongolia?" ”
Caballero nodded, pointing to the busy port in front of him: "This is the Second Mongolia!" It was founded by Timur the Great's sixth grandson, Babur the Great, after conquering northwestern India 120 years ago. This Babur the Great named the country he founded the Mongol Empire! ”
Sony: They have arrived in what would later be known as the Mughal Empire...... However, "Mughal" is actually Persian Mongolia, so the correct name of the Mughal Empire is the Mongol Empire!
It was only later historians who used the name of the Mughal Empire in order to distinguish this Mongol Empire in India from the Great Mongol State.
But Caballero deliberately highlighted the "Mongol concept" of the Mughal Empire, for the simple reason that the Shunzhi Emperor was the Mongol Eyer Zasak Khan!
And Sonny and the other five ministers, that is, the Great Khan of Mongolia, sent an embassy.
Now the envoy of the Great Khan of Mongolia came to the Mongol Empire, and the emperor of the Mongol Empire, Sha. Can Jahan be entertained?
Shunzhi was the Great Khan of Mongolia, Sha. Jahan is the emperor of Mongolia, and everyone is a "descendant" of Genghis Khan, a relative. So far away Mongolian relatives sent someone, Sha. How happy Emperor Jahan is!
And between the two Mongolias, should there be a relationship of friendship and mutual assistance? You don't have to look at the face of Allah, you have to look at the face of Genghis Khan!
Once the two Mongolias are friendly, then the Spanish Empire, which is a bridge between the two Mongolias, will of course be able to gain two friends...... If we can go one step further and bring about an alliance of the three empires of the Spanish Empire, the Mongol Empire, and the Qing Empire, then the momentum of Spain's decline may be reversed.
Sonny also understood, "Justice, are you asking us to visit the Mongol Emperor of Tianzhu Kingdom in the name of the envoy of the Mongol Great Khan?" ”
Caballero smiled: "Isn't the emperor of the Qing Dynasty the Great Khan of Mongolia?" In the West, two countries can reign together...... I suppose you should go to meet the Mongols in India in the name of the Great Mongol Eyer Zasak Khan and an envoy of the Qing Emperor. ”
"Yes, yes, yes, write a national letter in Mongolian!" Caballero said, "Minister Suo, do you know Mongolian?" ”
"Yes, of course I do!"
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Sony's knowledge is very large, proficient in five languages: Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Japanese! Writing a national letter or something in Mongolian is, of course, a piece of cake.
But the problem is that here in India, the Mongol Emperor Sha. Jahan did not know the Mongolian script......
The capital of the Mongol Empire in India, Agra, the majestic and palatial Jahangir. In the Mahar Palace, the shadow of the Mongol Emperor and Allah on earth. Jahan, is gazing through a window at the unfinished Taj Mahal, the white and graceful mausoleum stands just a few steps away from Jahangir. Mahal Palace is not far from the plains.
Ever since the Taj from Persia. Mahal died of puerperal fever, and Sha. Jahan often stood in front of the window where he could see the Taj Mahal construction site, and watched as the mausoleum, which is said to be the most luxurious in the world, was built.
Of course, he was just infatuated, and he did not waste government and military affairs because of this.
Taj. Mahal died in 1631, 19 years after that. During these 19 years, Jahan continued his aggressive military expansion. Not only did he expand his territory in India, constantly attacking the power of the Hindu princes, but he also engaged in a long tug-of-war between Afghanistan and the Safavid dynasty of Iran, and in 1638 he captured Kandahar. In 1646, he even went crazy and launched a war against the Uzbek Khanate, seizing Badakhshan and Balkh in northern Afghanistan. Jahan's targets were Samarkand and Bukhara, the homeland of his ancestors in Central Asia.
However, the war ended in 1648 with a stalemate and a crushing defeat due to the inability to maintain logistical supplies.
Subsequently, Iran's Safavid dynasty took the opportunity to counterattack and recapture Kandahar at the time of the new defeat of the Mongol Empire in India.
Suffering from defeat in the sand. Jahan did not give up and launched a counter-offensive against Kandahar in 1649, but was defeated again.
The sand that is not willing to fail. Jahan, who is now preparing for a second counteroffensive against Kandahar......
"Father! Father! The Mongol envoys arrived in Surat. ”
Sand. Jahan's ears rang with the words of his son, Murad. Baksh's voice. When he looked back, he saw his fourth son, Murad, who had served as the Naval Governor (Commander of the Mongol Empire) in Surat. Baksh was standing behind him in the dust, holding a silk scroll in his hand.
"What did you say?" Sand. Jahan asked.
"The Mongol envoy has arrived in Surat."
"Mongolia? Isn't that someone else miscalling us? ”
Murad. Bakshi smiled and said, "It's not us, it's the Great Mongolia in the northern steppe!" The Great Khan of the Great Mongol State heard that there was another Mongol Empire in India, so he sent envoys from far and wide. ”
"Isn't the Great Mongolia already ......" Sha. Jahan was a little unsure.
"Father, the envoy of the Great Mongolian State said that the Great Mongolian State had been revived, and that it had re-invaded the capital six years ago, and now ruled over half of China, Eastern Mongolia, Mongolia proper, and Western Mongolia."
"Is this true?" Sand. Jahan was a little incredulous, he knew that this son of mine was a bit silly and easy to deceive, so he asked, "You're not going to be deceived, are you?" ”
"No," Murad. "They also sent me a letter of state, which I have read, and it is written in Mongolian." ”
Sand. Jahan was stunned, "Do you know the Mongolian script?" ”
"Get to know a little bit...... I know all nineteen letters. ”