Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 113: Giving Britain and France an Imperial Crown

Zhu Cixuan returned to the eight cities of Madu.

The first thing they did was to ask the old masters who had previously made the relics of Wu Hou to hurry up and make a batch of royal antiques for the Borjigin and Ashina families.

The Maduba Manufacturing Bureau worked day and night to produce a batch of silk porcelain depicting patterns and symbols of the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France.

It’s time for the West to be bathed in Eastern civilization in advance.

Let Ming Dynasty become their ideal country.

The 2,000 commando battalion soldiers who attacked Arakan also suffered as many as 500 casualties.

Most of them were infected with colds and plagues during the rainy season, and Zhu Cixuan also had to wait for a group of elite Ming troops to arrive for reinforcements.

Five or six days later, Wang Yaozu of the Yunnan Army and Mi Dan of the Shenji Camp also arrived at Madu Bacheng smoothly with 3,000 soldiers and horses.

In addition to the retainers of the Ming Dynasty officials who moved south, there was a group of chieftains and Yunnan soldiers brought by Mu Tianbo, and Wu Dading's Ma Du Ba Ming Army.

Seven thousand orthodox Ming troops have gathered in the eight cities of Madu.

Plus 15,000 elite Hongsha soldiers and 10,000 auxiliary Hongsha soldiers.

Nearly 40,000 troops, together with hundreds of British ships, are about to invade the Malacca Peninsula.

Upon hearing the news of the Dutch defeat and seeing that the Ming Dynasty had gathered its troops in Malacca, Siam, Johor and other countries hurriedly sent envoys and delivered hostages.

Pray that the Ming Dynasty will accept their vassalage and submission.

Zhu Cixuan, Chen Ande and others did not care about their surrender.

The Dutch also have trading posts and bastions on the Malacca Peninsula.

If they are not completely eradicated, they will block the Strait of Malacca.

The Dutch will launch another surprise attack.

Previously, Zhu Cixuan did not take these small countries into consideration because of the lack of soldiers and the threat from Wu Sangui.

One by one, they are playing both sides and will all become the Xuanwei Office of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness, if Papilaja succeeds in ascending the throne."

"We can set up two military and civil commissar offices in Thonburi (Bangkok) and Tanahsarim."

Mu Tianbo said excitedly.

Unexpectedly, just after he became the Southwest Envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands and the southern barbarian countries gave him this great gift.

And the Mughals.

Mu Tianbo really didn't dare to think about it.

By then, Bengal, Greater Kula and Lesser Kula, which have returned to the Ming Dynasty, and all of eastern India will belong to the Ming Dynasty.

The entire Western Ocean from Hongshawadi down will belong to Prince Mu's Palace.

The territory is half of Middle-earth.

"On the Malacca Peninsula, except for the Malacca Military and Civilian Xuanwei Office, we will jointly govern it with the British."

“Two separate military and civil pacification offices can also be set up in Johor and Pattani.”

"In Sumatra, in addition to the old port, the Sultanate of Aceh also promised to cede half of Pasai County to our Ming Dynasty Military and Civilian Comforting Office."

"The court of the Toungoo Kingdom in Shanghongsha has discussed and decided to re-assign Manmo to the Ming Dynasty, removing it from the Three Xuan Kingdoms and establishing a separate office."

"Including Mrauk-U and Bengal, the Southwest Xuanfu Division has a total of ten military and civilian Xuanfu Divisions."

Mu Tianbo ended the affairs of the southwestern countries with a dull mood.

Good son-in-law of the prince, but you get too little money.

If we give him another 10 million taels, Nanyang will probably be under the control of the Mu family.

Zhu Cixuan nodded to show that he understood, and turned to look at Li Weizha who was running all over the Yunnan-Yunnan border.

"Li Qing, you are here as an envoy to the Zheng family in northern Annan."

"To see if they will submit to the Ming Dynasty and provide food, fodder and logistics for the Ming Dynasty to recover Guangxi and Guangdong."

Zhu Cixuan thought for a moment and continued, "General Wang pacified Malacca and Sumatra."

"We need to leave troops to garrison the major military and civilian pacification offices. It will be difficult to mobilize the Ming army."

"In the name of the Duke of Qian, when the time comes, have Papilaja send out some Siamese soldiers to join forces with the Lancang chieftain and force them to surrender with military force."

Li Weizhao bowed his head and accepted the order.

Zhu Cixuan then looked at Pan Huang, who was younger than him. "Pan Huang, you will assist the Duke of Qian in governing the southwestern countries." "Siam has trade relations with Golconda in South India. Don't break off the relationship."

"Let that country provide us with intelligence on the Mughals, and then see if we can contact the Marathas and Bijapur to distract Aurangzeb."

Pan Huang gladly accepted the order as he didn't have to fight alongside the prince in the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Cixuan looked at the Minister of Rites Chen Ande again:
"Mr. Chen, please make another diplomatic mission to Europe."

Chen Ande couldn't stop laughing and cupped his hands.

Twelve years ago, he went to Europe almost alone to borrow troops from the Pope and Western countries.

Apart from the missionary Boym, there were only a few followers.

On this diplomatic mission, the prince not only asked him to bring a thousand soldiers, but also asked the brave general Wang Fuchen to protect him.

This is not a diplomatic mission, it is simply a show of force.

Get back everything he lost ten years ago.

When Chen Ande thought of the complicated expressions of the Western Pope and King when he saw Daming return again, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Missionary Lu Rihai will accompany you on this mission to deliver the Tatar defeat to you."

Zhu Cixuan said, "Some ministers should stay in Britain and France as envoys to allow the Ming Dynasty to exchange what it has with the Western countries."

Upon hearing this, some civil and military officials immediately lost their composure.

Traveling thousands of miles on a diplomatic mission is already a tough job, let alone staying in a foreign country.

Can I come back alive?

But they couldn't refuse out loud.

It has no soldiers or money, and has no value for unity.

They also had the stain of defecting to the Qing Dynasty and serving under Wu Sangui.

Even Zhang Zuochen, the Grand Secretary of the Dongke Academy and a close confidant of Emperor Yongli, was going on the mission together. What else could they say?

Zhu Cixuan has found a new trash can.

In addition to leaving civil servants in Southeast Asia, some people whose loyalty is uncertain can also be thrown to Europe.

"Send an envoy to the Ottoman Empire to see if they can open up a sea route to the Mediterranean to allow Ming to send an envoy for trade."

Zhu Cixuan pointed to the portrait in front of him:

"Send my self-portrait and the portraits of the kings of England and France to Louis XIV and Charles II."

"Britain cannot dominate Southeast Asia. The French must establish the East India Company as soon as possible."

"The Ming Dynasty's tariffs can be negotiated, and even exempted for a few years."

Zhu Cixuan tapped the chair with two fingers: "The key is to get Britain and France to send troops."

"Not only the Dutch and Spanish in Southeast Asia, but also India."

"The British said that Mughal Aurangzeb excluded them from opening trading houses and factories."

"The Mughal Empire was a great power, and the Ottomans recognized the emperor."

"If Louis XIV or Charles II had ambition, I could have given them the imperial crown of India."

"The Romanovs inherited the imperial crown from Byzantium, so how is the Mughal imperial crown any different?"

"If we can send out 30,000 elite soldiers and generals, the Ming Dynasty can also send troops to divide India with them."

"I already have the Chinese Emperor's crown, and I can give them the Indian Emperor's Peacock Throne."

Missionaries such as Nan Huairen and Bo Yingli were immediately shocked.

There was only one emperor in Europe, and that was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

No matter how powerful Spain was in the past, it was just a king.

No one recognized the Romanov Tsar.

If Britain and France obtain the crown of the Indian emperor, Europe will probably be plunged into bloodshed again.

The Pope of Rome would certainly not recognize the crown of the Indian Emperor Mulan.

What will the Vatican do then?
Britain is not Catholic.

France is even more of a filial son of God.

(End of this chapter)