Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 330: Nine sons compete for the throne, times have changed!
Moved to Yongling.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard took action again. Based on the atlas of powerful families in the world obtained from the Chen family library, they quickly compiled the first list of people to be relocated to the tomb and announced it to the court.

The seven elders of the cabinet, Gao Gong, Hu Zongxian, Chen Yiqin, Wang Chonggu, Li Chunfang, Hai Rui and Zhu Heng were all present.

Hai Rui did not meet the requirements for moving the mausoleum, but he voluntarily requested to register, setting an example for the world.

Under the cabinet ministers were the ministers of the six ministries and nine departments, including the Minister of War Tian Le, the Minister of Punishments Pan En, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate Yan Jing, and the Minister of the Supreme Court Shen Yikuan.

The actions of the cabinet ministers and the ministers of the six ministries and nine departments made countless officials in the six ministries and offices lament. These leaders did not take any action, so how could they do anything?

The left and right assistant ministers, doctors, deputy doctors, the chancellor of Shuntian Prefecture, the chancellor of the Imperial Clan Prefecture...more than 400 officials of all ranks in the capital were included in the first batch of names to be moved to the mausoleum.

In accordance with the emperor's will, the cabinet immediately allocated one million taels of silver as compensation for the above families to move into Yongling.

The list has been finalized and money has been collected. If it is still not decent, the Jinyiwei will help to make it decent.

In early winter, the weather was getting colder, but the hearts of many Beijing officials were colder than the weather.

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Mughal Empire, Malwa.

All in all, the Ming Dynasty had ten treasure ship fleets and nearly 300,000 navy officers landed on the South Asian subcontinent to participate in the "hunting" of the ashes of the Mughal Empire.

During these months, the Ming Dynasty's front line continued to advance, and the number of fallen ashes troops exceeded three million.

When the emperor gets angry, millions of people die and blood flows everywhere.

Even with the huge population of the Mughal Empire, one person would fall out of every fifty.

But this was far from the limit of the Mughal Empire. Mughal Emperor Akbar and Brahman high priest Varna could have created more Ashes Army to stop Wang Chonggu's army. However, a major change occurred in Delhi, the royal city.

The throne of the Mughal Empire changed.

Moreover, it happened twice in a row!

Salim, the crown prince of the Mughal Empire and the son of Akbar, was originally one of the supporters of his father Akbar and was proud of his father's great achievements.

But his father had been in power for too long, and the crown prince inevitably became impatient, so he began to think about usurping power.

What's even more terrible is that Salim's eldest son and Akbar's eldest grandson have also reached the age to inherit the throne. A group of nobles who are ready to make a move even want to skip the crown prince and support the crown prince.

With his father, a stubborn defender of the throne, in front of him and his son, who is eager to cut in line, behind him, one can imagine what life will be like for Salim. Forced into a corner, Salim began to challenge his father's authority.

Perhaps it was because the habits of the grassland had not changed and challenging the alpha wolf was not an unforgivable thing. Akbar was not really angry about Salim's rebellion. Although he punished his usurpation several times, he did not teach him any major lesson.

After two slaps, Salim turned around and became lively again, continuing to torment him.

But in the past few months, facing the counterattack of the Ming army, the Ash Army's effect of wearing down the morale was not good. Akbar was naturally in a bad mood, and Salim was in trouble again.

In order to vent his anger, the upset Akbar beat Salim severely, almost killing him.

If you can’t defeat the Ming army, can you defeat your son?
This was Akbar's idea. Similarly, Salim, who had a deep father-son relationship, guessed his father's thoughts and felt very aggrieved.

What's the point of being a bully in your own backyard? If you have the ability, go fight the Ming army.
Salim, no longer having a favorable impression of his father, Emperor Akbar, began to prepare a revenge plan. At this time, the "Crown Grandson" Kusro, who was dissatisfied with his grandfather's "passive resistance" to the Ming army, also approached his father.

Kusro believed that if things continued like this, once the Ming army passed through Malwa, invaded Rajputana, and entered Delhi, he, the "Crown Grandson", would probably have no chance to ascend the throne.

So, Crown Prince Salim and "Crown Grandson" Kusro, father and son, decided to send their father (grandfather) off in advance.

The plan of the father and son was very simple. After Salim's injury recovered and basically no longer affected his movements, they went to meet Akbar together.

Then, the father and son abandoned their left and right, took out their knives, and fought two against one. With the help of weapons, Akbar, the great emperor of the Mughal Empire, fell.

No one expected that a coup could be carried out so smoothly.

At the last moment before his death, Akbar placed the crown on Salim's head, warned Salim to fight defensively, and then passed away.

Salim was officially promoted to the emperor of the Mughal Empire.

The prince's team suddenly took over and Salim was honored as Jahangir.

Jahangir, the new emperor of the Mughal Empire, had a different personality from the wise and self-disciplined Akbar. Jahangir liked freedom and romance.

Like his grandfather Humayun, Jahangir was not proficient in the art of ruling, but he had a high level of attainment in aesthetics and was very fond of art.

While Jahangir continued to cooperate with the Brahmins in recruiting the Ash Army to Malwa in accordance with the late emperor's will, he also built many creative and beautiful palaces and gardens in the royal capital, including the Shalimar Garden, Achabal, Fnag, Nishat Garden... The scale is grand and the structure is ingenious. Art has no borders. When those copies of the paintings appeared before his eyes, even from Wang Chonggu's point of view, those palaces and gardens were good.

As soon as Jahangir ascended the throne, the level of Mughal court painting immediately rose to a higher level. In addition, Jahangir preferred natural things, so natural objects such as flowers, birds, fish and insects became the "new favorites" in Mughal court paintings.

In addition to flowers and birds, another new favorite was Jahangir himself. He regarded painting as a tool to show off his supreme glory, so many paintings about him were inevitably tainted with flattery.

In addition to painting, Jahangir shared the same interests as many emperors and was obsessed with beauty.

Under Brahmanism, excellent painters were hard to find, but beauty could be bought with money. A large number of beauties entered the Mughal court. Some unconventional people also brought in a Persian beauty. As soon as Mirunisa appeared, Jahangir fell hopelessly in love with her.

The entire Mughal capital, where dignitaries, Brahmins and Kshatriyas were all immersed in sensual pleasures and exotic skills, was completely different from the brutal war in Malwa.

Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore.

The Crown Prince, no, the current Crown Prince of the Mughal Empire, Khusro, could not accept that after the death of his grandfather, he still did not fight back against the Ming army, allowing the Ming army to slaughter the people of the empire at will hundreds of miles away from Delhi. Didn't the death of his grandfather mean that he had died in vain?
Taking revenge on the Central Plains of the East is not only Akbar's wish, but also Khusro's wish.

Kusro felt betrayed and was extremely angry.

Kusro found the group of nobles who wanted to help him ascend to the throne and presented them with a "painter".

On a bright autumn day, Jahangir was enjoying himself standing in the newly built garden, letting the painter paint him. The "painter" attacked and killed him with one blow, and Jahangir's blood sprayed on the flower paper, like a blooming rose.

Jahangir, die!

As the "Crown Grandson" during the reign of Akbar and the Crown Prince during the reign of Jahangir, Khusro naturally ascended to the throne.

On the day of his accession to the throne, Khusro killed his stepmother Mirunisa and rectified the situation inside and outside the capital. Under the bloody slaughter, the Mughal Empire finally took on some of its wartime appearance.

Afterwards, Khusro refused to continue supplying money and food to the Brahmanic "original world". He was not afraid of the threat from the high priest Varna, and resolutely went to the border of Malwa and Rajputana, taking over all the royal troops from the south and the north to fight against the Ming army.

That’s right, Kusro, who had just ascended the throne, chose to lead the army in person.

Nearly 800,000 people.

The heavy losses caused the Mughal Empire to constantly exaggerate the strength of the Ming army. Even if the previous naval officers and soldiers were included, there were only 400,000 men in total, but the Mughal Empire exaggerated it to 600,000.

Kusro said: No matter what, the number of troops in the battle is 800,000 versus 600,000, and the advantage is on me!
When Wang Chonggu led 200,000 naval soldiers to kill the last of the Ash Army and arrived at the border between the two states, he looked at the densely packed Kusro Emperor's army and smiled.

Even if it is just killing chickens, even killing millions of them, people's hearts will be chilled, let alone killing people?
The elite imperial army was truly different. Kusro, who was well-rested and waiting for the Ming army to tire themselves out, immediately issued an order to attack as soon as he saw the Ming army.

Completely different from the Ashes Army, these 800,000 elite troops are the entire foundation of the Mughal Empire. They are a complete army, and in terms of weapons, they are also the best weapons the Mughal Empire can come up with.

Shoot arrows when you meet!
Hundreds of thousands of arrows were shot out in an instant, flying towards the naval soldiers like a swarm of locusts.

But... it was too far away. The distance between the two armies was far more than a hundred steps. Before it could fly to Wang Chonggu's army, it fell to the ground.

Compared with the powerlessness of arrows, the "spear" attack method of the South Asian subcontinent, mixed in with the rain of arrows that covered the sky, caused sporadic casualties to Wang Chonggu's army.

Wang Chonggu looked at this scene through a telescope with an extremely cold look in his eyes. In the thousands of years of tug-of-war between the Central Plains and the grasslands, the infantry of the Central Plains and the cavalry of the grasslands would often suffer heavy losses in the rain of arrows at the beginning of the battle.

Now, no grassland cavalry dared to shoot arrows at the Ming army.

The imperial army composed of these grassland losers even dared to shoot arrows at the Ming army.

But the Ming army had no more arrows left.

The hatred that had lasted for generations was ignited, and Wang Chonggu issued the order for a counterattack, "Kill!"

Tens of thousands of naval soldiers raised their muskets and aimed them at the Kusro Empire's army that was rushing forward with roars. Flames spewed out of the muzzles of the guns, and loud gunshots were heard.

The soldiers of the Mughal Empire who were at the front fell down like a sickle cutting straw. Even those who were shot but not killed were trampled to death by the soldiers charging behind them.

This is a natural battlefield.

The Varnasi Ganges River nourishes the land on both sides with its abundant water, provides the convenience of circulation and irrigation to the people along the river, and uses fertile soil to form the vast Ganges plain and delta. The hardworking people in the Ganges basin have worked and lived here for generations, and their footprints are all over both sides of the Ganges. Countless bards sing on the riverside.

This is the holy river of the South Asian subcontinent with a long history and rich folk customs and culture. Even after countless years of civilization baptism, people on both sides of the Ganges still maintain their ancient customs.

Many myths handed down from ancient times have caused the people of the South Asian subcontinent to have infinite nostalgia for Mother Ganges, leaving an indelible complex on them. They want to bathe in the Ganges at least once in their lifetime so that the holy river can wash away all their sins from past lives.

This is the "source of atonement".

But now, it has become a purgatory for countless Mughal troops.

As flames spurted from the muzzles of their guns, more and more of the Kusro Empire's troops fell here, and the South Asian subcontinent truly realized that "times have changed."

When part of Kusrodi's army rushed to a sufficient distance, Wang Chonggu's army immediately threw out porcelain caltrops, which exploded on the ground, creating huge pits and the enemy soldiers who were blown away and fell to the ground.

Broken arms, residual limbs, and other things that are consistent with the characteristics of a battlefield began to appear in large numbers.

Peacock Legion.

This elite army, which had followed Akbar since he ascended the throne as a teenager and helped him to rule the country, conquer wars, and quell civil strife, and was always the vanguard, fell at the beginning of the war.

More than 50,000 people died on the banks of the Ganges.

Kusro's eyes were bloodshot. He had lost 10% of the legacy of his royal ancestor. An unspeakable fear rose in Kusro's heart.

But Kusro did not believe, and could not believe, that this supreme killing weapon of the Ming army was infinite. Moreover, the super-strong killing power against humans did not mean that it would also cause horrific killing power to other ethnic groups.

"Royal Guards, move out!" Kusro gave the order again.

This was the strongest army of the Mughal Empire and also the guard army of the Mughal emperor. When thousands of elephants appeared on the battlefield, the Mughal army, which had been afraid of the Ming army's firearms, seemed to have gained strength again and continued to charge forward along with the elephant soldiers.

In Brahmanism, cows have the supreme status, while elephants, especially white elephants, have a status only below cows.

In Brahmanism, the white elephant is the mount of Indra, the king of the universe, and Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, is a symbol of wealth, power and wisdom.

Therefore, elephants have a sacred status in Brahmanism and are regarded as a symbol of good luck and prosperity.

The appearance of elephant soldiers means the arrival of good luck. No matter how powerful the firearms are, they can only cause casualties if they can hit them who are protected by the King of the Universe.

The elephant's powerful body formed a strong protection on the battlefield. Even if it was hit by dozens of bullets, the elephant could not fall down. The painful roar of the elephant resounded throughout the battlefield, but to the soldiers of the Mughal Empire, it sounded like the king of the universe leading them to continue charging.

The elephant soldiers were approaching with a large number of enemy troops. Wang Chonggu closed his eyes slightly and gave orders to the artillery positions in the rear.

The earth-shaking sound of artillery fire rang out, carrying unparalleled force and falling into the enemy's elephant soldiers.

No matter how thick the elephant skin was, it could not withstand the attack of heavy artillery and was blown to the ground.

The elephant soldiers of faith fell, and the Mughal soldiers who followed them completely collapsed, shouting "devil" and "demon" and fleeing backwards. When the fleeing soldiers and the fighting soldiers collided, the great rout began...

(End of this chapter)