I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Forbidden City, inside Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao looked at several thick letters on the table, shook his head with a smile, then picked up one and sighed:

"It has been almost a year and a half since Sun Yuanhua left. Except for sending me a letter from Nanyang, he has never written to me again.

I was originally worried about something unexpected happening, but I didn't expect that nothing happened to others. Instead, Xin was delayed in Nanyang, which led to arriving in Daming so late. "

Nearly two years have passed since Sun Yuanhua set off from Tianjin Port in September of the first year of Tianqi.Zhu Youxiao asked Tang Ruowang and others that it only takes seven or eight months to travel from Asia to Europe by boat.

According to Sun Yuanhua's itinerary, he should have gone to Europe last year, but he did not reply for a long time. This made Zhu Youxiao very worried, but he had no choice but to leave it to fate.

However, Huangtian paid off, and now that Sun Yuanhua finally had news, he was relieved.

The reason why the letter came late still had something to do with him. It turned out that Portugal and the Ming Dynasty were at war with the Dutch, which caused the Dutch to intercept Portuguese merchant ships in the South China Sea, preventing Portuguese and Spanish merchant ships from entering the South China Sea, and the letter could not be delivered.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has good relations with the Dutch, the Dutch have also lifted their blockade on Nanyang, and only then did the letter come to the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Sun has your majesty's order and is an envoy on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, the auspicious people have their own destiny. Nothing will happen to him. He is probably in the Western countries now."

Zhang Chang on the side quickly congratulated the emperor upon hearing this. He had been with the emperor for a long time, so he naturally knew that the emperor was worried about Sun Yuanhua and his party.Now that they finally had news, not only did the emperor breathe a sigh of relief, but he also felt a lot more at ease.

Zhu Youxiao ignored his words. Instead, he opened the question book in his hand, eager to understand what he saw and heard when he left Malacca and continued sailing westward.

Sun Yuanhua's next stop after leaving Malacca was Goa, the Portuguese colony in India.

After Sun Yuanhua arrived in Goa, he gained a detailed understanding of the situation in Goa and India by taking advantage of the merchant ship's stay in Goa for supplies.

According to him, the Portuguese have occupied Goa for more than 100 years. After they came to India, they continued to enter India through missionary work, business, and exploration, and finally succeeded in occupying Goa and establishing their rule.

Now the Portuguese army in Goa has more than [-] troops, and its position is very stable.

This place can be said to be the stronghold of the Portuguese throughout India and Southeast Asia.It is also the first stop for Westerners to come to Asia. It can be said that both its importance and geographical location are self-evident.

There are not only Westerners here, but also Indians.

According to Sun Yuanhua's report, it seems that Indians no longer believe in Buddhism, but instead believe in Islam and Indian religion (Hinduism).And now ruling India is a big country called Wolmor.

According to legend, they are descendants of the Mongols, who came from the northwest and swept south, unifying most of India. Although their territory is not as vast as the Ming Dynasty, half of it is still there.

According to Sun Yuanhua's observation, Womor is now ruled by a king named Jahangji. Because his father is mediocre and immoral, many believers in the Tianzhu Sect were dissatisfied with him and were assassinated by the believers.

When he first came to the throne, the throne was unstable, so after he came to the throne, he suppressed rebellions everywhere. Womor's rule was very stable, his country was very powerful, and he could be regarded as a hero of his generation.Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but wonder when he heard this. He didn't know much about the situation in ancient India.

He knew this Womol, and it was considered a famous empire in Indian history.But as for their emperor, he only knew that there was an emperor named Akbar who seemed to be very powerful, and he didn't know anything about the others.

Fortunately, Sun Yuanhua not only introduced the situation of Womor in the title book, he also talked about a lot of what he saw and heard in India.

Among them, what surprised Sun Yuanhua the most was a social system in India called the caste system.This system made him dumbfounded. The situation in the secret passage was completely different from that in the Ming Dynasty.

According to his understanding with local dignitaries, Tianzhu religion actually divides people into four classes, namely Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.

Sun Yuanhua didn't understand what it meant when he first heard this.But after understanding it in detail, I suddenly realized it.

It turns out that Indian religion believes in Brahma, the god of heaven. They say that Brahman is Brahma’s mouth, Kshatriya is Brahma’s arms, Vaishya is Brahma’s thigh, and Sudra is Brahma’s foot.

Therefore, they believe that everyone's destiny is determined as soon as they are born, and they cannot struggle, as long as they perform their duties.

For example, Brahmins are mainly responsible for teaching and educating people, conducting sacrifices, etc., while the Kshatriya class has been officials for generations, responsible for managing the people and leading troops to fight.

Vaishyas are mainly ordinary people who can work as ordinary clerks, do business, and farm; while Sudras have a very low status and are the most populous caste. They can only engage in servants, craftsmen, and other considered lowly occupations.

Sun Yuanhua originally thought that these were the four levels, but what shocked him even more was that there was another group besides them, called untouchables.

As the name suggests, the so-called untouchables are those who are born as the lowest, and their status is even lower than the untouchables before the Ming Dynasty.In the eyes of Indian locals, they are all untouchable, and anyone who touches them will become dirty.They are also mostly engaged in the lowest occupations.In India, they are not considered human beings and are not included in the four major castes.

This division surprised Sun Yuanhua and was difficult to understand. It was hard for him to believe that a person's fate could be determined by his surname.

In his memory, the only comparisons in Chinese history were the clans of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, clans and nobles also used their surnames as their status distinction.

However, even so, there were many people at that time who came from humble backgrounds to become generals, prime ministers, and even ascended to the throne of emperors.

Even now in the Ming Dynasty, there are people with low status, but their number is very small, and they were all abolished by the emperor.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether you are a commoner or a military household, whether you were a craftsman household or a humble household in the past, as long as you study hard, you can take the imperial examination and get into Longmen with one move.Even if you don't take the imperial examination, you can buy a property at will, and your choice is much freer than that of ordinary people in India.

On the other hand, in India, its people are divided into four classes and untouchables. However, according to Sun Yuanhua's observation, these ordinary civilians and untouchables agree with this system and feel that this is how it should be. They have no intention of resisting, numb themselves and are unwilling to Progress.

So Sun Yuanhua stayed in Goa for two months and after observing the Indian people for two months, he came to a conclusion.That is, the Indian people are happy with the situation, easily satisfied, and unwilling to resist.

Therefore, once there is chaos in Womor, India will definitely fall into the hands of foreigners again.And Westerners are so ambitious that they will definitely fish in troubled waters and get a piece of the pie. (End of chapter)