Daming Yuanfu

Seeing Gao Yushi's brows deeply frowned, with a worried look on his face, Liu Xin felt a little distressed, and persuaded: "Now it's just a sign, don't be too anxious to get angry, there is still time to think about the solution slowly, why bother?" In a hurry?"

Gao Wushi glanced at her, nodded, but said nothing.

Liu Xin knew that he didn't really listen to the persuasion, so she said again: "Even if this matter is serious, it is not urgent after all, isn't the urgent matter now a dispute between the country and the country?
You think, although the emperor is still young, according to you, he still has almost 20 years to live.However, at this point in the struggle between the country and the country, conspiracy struggles at the level of assassination have begun to appear. Who knows if there will be any accidents?
In my opinion, you should focus on this matter first, and stabilize the crown prince's position before talking about other things.As for the southern border, even if you think their aggressiveness is about to be overwhelmed, I think it doesn't matter, you just let them trouble the Mughal Empire first.

Didn’t you say before that the Mughal Empire is now in a period of rising national power, I think it’s not so easy to completely defeat them even with the strength of the southern border, it’s more difficult than fighting the Philippines... Luzon or something many.

In this way, the offensiveness of the southern border will be released, and the time will be delayed for a long time.And even if the Mughal Empire is defeated, there are still many large and small kingdoms and states in the central and southern part of the Indian peninsula, and they have to bother to win them one by one. Who knows how long it will take? "

Gao Wushi thought for a while, then nodded slightly, thinking that this is also a solution.At the very least, it will always keep those people in southern Xinjiang from being idle and thinking about how to encourage me to rebel all day long.

Gao Pragmatic looked a little more relaxed, and Liu Xin asked again: "Hey, by the way, I remembered a question: How long did it take for the British to take India?"

Gao Wushi was slightly curious and asked, "Why are you suddenly interested in this?"

"Isn't this why we have to enter India?" Liu Xin spread her hands and said, "I suddenly remembered that when we were studying, we usually only said that India was colonized by the British. It was not until the decline of the British after the end of World War II that India took the opportunity Independence has been achieved, but textbooks seem to seldom describe in detail how the British succeeded in colonizing... Could it be that I didn't pay attention to the lectures?"

Gao Wushi was amused by her, and said with a smile: "I don't really remember what the textbook specifically said, but what you said seems to be correct. At least my textbook at that time should only write about the establishment of the East India Company, the establishment of the Great Indian Uprising and the like, I didn’t describe how the British completed the colonization. My understanding of these things is basically other related materials I read later because of my hobbies.”

Liu Xin smiled and said: "I think so, after all, you are not from the history department, but your historical knowledge is much richer than mine. Then, can I ask Teacher Gao to give me some advice, so that I, the secretary-general, can use this to make a rough estimate. Let’s see how long it will take Jinghua to win India?”

Gao Wushi recalled it for a while, and said: "There is a very common saying in later generations, saying that India was never a country in ancient times, and it was the British who kneaded India together. But in fact, this statement is only half correct at most. It is true that there was basically no unified period, but just before the arrival of the British, India had already had a basically unified Mughal Empire. …

The Mughal Empire was a conquest dynasty that entered India from Central Asia in the [-]th century. Its ruling family was somewhat related to the mixed descendants left in Central Asia during the early Mongolian conquest. Therefore, the regime established by it was called the Mughal Empire, also known as the Mughal Empire. It means 'Mongol Empire'..."

"Ah?" Liu Xin was very surprised: "Mughal actually means Mongolia?"

"How about it, is it surprising?" Gao Wushi chuckled.

"It's a bit of a surprise, but... you continue to talk first." Liu Xin waved her hand, and pretended to be listening carefully, which made Gao Yushi smile again.

However, Gao Yushi did as she wished, and continued: "The Mughal Empire had a territorial area of ​​nearly 400 million square kilometers in its heyday, and basically covered all the territories of later India and Pakistan except for a small area at the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula.

Moreover, the Mughal Empire was also a centralized empire that effectively ruled all parts of India, and its provinces were directly responsible to the central government for their finances, taxation and civil affairs.Therefore, it should be the Mughal Empire, not the United Kingdom, that really unified India. "

Liu Xin nodded, but did not interrupt this time.

"Modern India's economic level is relatively backward, which makes some people think that India has been like this since ancient times. But in fact, this is a misunderstanding. In ancient times, India was actually one of the more economically developed regions in the world for a long time.

Many modern studies believe that around 1600 AD—that is, now, the GDP of the Mughal Empire should account for about 22% of the global GDP, second only to the Ming Dynasty, and can rank second in the world, and its total GDP exceeds the sum of Western Europe .So India right now is one of the relatively affluent regions in the world. "

Liu Xin looked happy, and said with a smile: "That's good, those guys in southern Xinjiang should be interested enough in conquering such an area."

Gao Wushi was noncommittal, Liu Xin immediately restrained her joy, pretended to smile, and said, "Teacher Gao continues, I won't interrupt."

Gao Wushi rolled his eyes: "Can you stop calling me Mr. Gao, or I will always think of Gao Yuliang."

Liu Xin was taken aback for a moment, and then she couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling, saying, "Oh, that Teacher Gao...not to mention, you look a bit like him when you talk nonsense in a serious manner."

"You're just talking nonsense. At least I'm not that old." Gao Wushi stared at him, waved his hands pretending to be disgusted, and said, "Are you still listening to the old British colonial history? Don't listen to it."

"Oh, don't be so stingy, you are going to be the prime minister, how can the prime minister be as knowledgeable as I am when you have a boat in your belly? Say it, say it," Liu Xin urged again.

Gao Wushi rolled his eyes again, put on a reluctant look, and shouted: "As I said just now, when the British colonists arrived in India, they were actually facing a country with considerable national strength. , a huge empire with a not bad economy.

Under such circumstances, of course, the British could not come hard, so the British East India Company was established under this background as an entity with trade as a cover and colonization as its real purpose.

In 1608 AD, ships of the British East India Company arrived in the Surat area on the west coast of India, and in 1611 AD the Mughal Empire officially approved the establishment of a trading post in Surat.Three years later, the British established a second trading post at Black Sulipodham on the east coast of India. "...

Liu Xin frowned and said she didn't want to interrupt, but she couldn't help interrupting at this moment, commenting: "Then their actions are not so fast."

"It's normal. The UK is too far away, and at this time, the UK still has a lot of involvement in Europe, and it can't fully colonize. In my opinion, at this time, they are just based on the idea that there is no date. working."

"Okay, then what?" Liu Xin asked.

Gao Wushi said: "The East India Company quickly sent a mission to Agra, the capital of the Mughal Dynasty at that time, to ask the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to allow him to conduct trade."

Liu Xin said with a smile: "It's a bit like Macartney's mission to the Qing Dynasty. I just don't know if the emperor of the Mughal Empire is in the same tune as Qianlong."

"That's really not true." Gao Yushi said: "This mission was led by King James's special envoy, Thomas Rowe, and arrived in Agra in 1616. After that, Thomas lived in Agra for three years and met many times. Arrived at Jahangir.

Some records even say that Thomas brought many cases of red wine on this trip, and Jahangir liked the red wine very much, and later even became drinking friends with Thomas.In the exchange of cups and cups between the two, the request of the British to continue and expand trade in India was also successfully recognized by the Mughal officials. "

Liu Xin was slightly surprised, but after frowning, she didn't say anything this time.

So Gao Wushi continued: "In this way, the British had the earliest stronghold in India. With the official permission of the Mughal Empire, the East India Company continued to expand its trade presence. By 1647 AD, its The number of trade points owned has reached 23.

But soon, the British built castles around these trading points, turning a considerable part of the trading points into military fortresses.During this period, the British had already used these fortresses to take a series of military operations.

However, in the early days, these military strikes were mainly aimed at other European countries that also colonized the surrounding area in the name of trade, such as the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. This also made the British East India Company soon become India's most powerful European 'trade company'. "

Liu Xin asked in surprise, "Did the Mughal Empire not respond to this?"

"There is a response." Gao Wushi nodded and said: "These military actions have indeed aroused the high vigilance of the Mughal Dynasty. In 1689 AD, the Mughal Dynasty once sent a fleet led by General Sidi Yakubu to attack the East India. Corporate-occupied Mumbai launches siege.

The East India Company surrendered after resisting for a year, and they immediately paid the Mughal Empire a large amount of reparations, and promised to act prudently and abide by the law in the future, in exchange for the Mughal Empire's withdrawal from Bombay. "

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Xin was surprised again: "I thought that the British were always fighting against the Mughal Empire. So they were taught the opposite?"

"Why don't I keep emphasizing that the Mughal Empire is on the rise at this time, and it's not a dilapidated house that can be toppled when pushed?" Despite the existence of a powerful center in the empire, the East India Company still did not have the guts to directly expand military operations in India. …

However, the situation changed radically in 1707.In March of this year, Emperor Aurangzeb, who had ruled the Mughal Empire for 49 years, died. Only two months later, the Mughal army was defeated by the Hindu rebel forces in northern India (the Mughal royal family believed in a certain religion). Lata League beat.

Since then, some military generals of the Mughal Dynasty refused to accept the new emperor, Mao Zedong Shah, and launched a rebellion, and the Mughal Empire was divided.As a result, European colonial forces, including the United Kingdom, quickly saw an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

In 1717, the British East India Company seized the power to levy taxes in the Bengal region, and the East India Company’s colonization of India began to accelerate significantly after that. "

When Liu Xin heard this, she sighed and said, "You're right. As expected, civil strife is still a problem. Once the country is in civil strife, it is easy for external enemies to take advantage of it."

Gao Yushi nodded and continued: "In this context, the Carnatic region in southeast India has become an important starting point for the British to control India. The British and French East India companies quickly fostered differences in the local area. warlords, and went to war with each other.

This war was fought on and off for decades. It is said that a total of about 100 million local people were killed, and the military strength of the British East India Company also increased sharply in the process.

Beginning in 1756, in order to compete for colonies around the world, Britain and France broke out in an all-out war known as the Seven Years War. The Carnatic War also expanded rapidly during this period, and soon spread to the entire South India and Bengal regions.

On June 1757, 6, the troops of the British East India Company defeated the local prince Daura supported by France in the Battle of Plassey in Bangladesh, and gained hegemony in the Bengal area.Since then, the British were convinced that they had the strength to overwhelm the Mughal Empire, so they quickly launched a frontal challenge to it.

In October 1764, the East India Company sent 10 troops to attack 1.7 Mughal troops in Buksar in northeastern India.After two days of fierce fighting, the British army defeated the Mughal army, and in the second year forced the Mughal Empire to agree to transfer the administration of the three states of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company.

This failure made the Ganges River Basin, which has a core position in India, completely fall under the control of the East India Company, and the East India Company began to become the dominant force in the entire India. In 1772, British official Hastings was appointed as the first British Governor of India. "

Liu Xin asked: "From now on, does India have the final say on Britain?"

"That's not yet, it's even quite far away, but the Mughal Empire was indeed in bad luck." Gao Wushi said: "The Mughal Empire, which suffered a heavy blow, lost its authority in India since then, and Jia Teh and Sikh groups successively launched rebellions, and neighboring Afghanistan also took the opportunity to invade.

Although the Mughal emperor Shah Alam had reformed the army and established a new army, his government fell into civil strife soon after, and Alam himself was imprisoned. On October 1788, 10, the aforementioned Hindu rebel force, the Maratha Alliance, captured Delhi. After that, Alam became a puppet controlled by the Maratha Alliance. "

"Let me guess, the old British defeated the Maratha League later?" Liu Xin asked.

"That's right." Gao Yushi nodded and said: "The further civil strife in the Mughal Empire gave the East India Company a chance to grow further. Therefore, in 1801, the East India Company annexed three states in northwestern India. Two years later, They launched a fierce attack on the Maratha Alliance and captured Delhi in September of that year. After that, the Mughal royal family became a puppet controlled by the East India Company and became a tool for its further expansion in India.

In the ensuing 50 years, the East India Company, which "carried the emperor to order the princes" in India, launched a series of wars successively. Ba province annexed.By around 1850, the East India Company had basically completed its conquest of major parts of India. "

Liu Xin shook her head and said, "The British entered India in about 1600, and the conquest was basically completed around 1850. It actually took about 250 years... Let me tell you, the colonial efficiency is not very good. "

Gao Wushi glanced at her sideways and asked, "What's the Secretary-General's opinion?"

Liu Xin pondered for a while, and said resolutely: "We can't delay. Since we want to fight, we must win a decisive victory. If the first battle fails, we should fight a few more times. A chance to breathe."

Gao Wushi smiled and asked, "What's the reason?"
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