The Dutch were still very powerful at sea during this period. Although they were repeatedly defeated in wars with the Tang Dynasty, this had little impact on the Dutch's territorial strength. However, Europe was too far away, and the Dutch, despite their immense power, could not defeat the enemy in Sri Lanka. It was not easy to conduct an expedition in this era, especially against a force like the Tang Dynasty, and too few troops were enough.
After Zheng Chenggong went to Southeast Asia, Tang Yu issued a new order, and the troops stationed in the Indian colonies began to counterattack the British colonies. At that time, there were not many British people in India. As long as these British were completely driven out of Asia, not only would Tang Yu's strength be further enhanced, but the British would also have a foothold and base for their expedition to Tang Yu.
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was very happy to watch the wars between these colonists. His greatest hope was to see these colonists fight to a mutual defeat. However, Shah Jahan was disappointed. The remaining 2,000 British colonists were obviously no match for the Tang Dynasty and his men. There was hardly a decent fight, and those British became Tang Dynasty and his men's captives. After Tang Dynasty took over the colonies occupied by the British, the remaining Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese withdrew from India at the first opportunity, and most of India's land fell into Tang Dynasty's hands.
Seeing these big men occupying most of India, Shah Jahan knew that his Mughal Empire was facing the fate of destruction. On the one hand, Shah Jahan sent people to Tangut to ask for peace in order to buy some buffer time, and on the other hand, he sent people to other countries to ask for help, hoping to save his Mughal Empire from the fate of destruction. Tangut swallowed up so much territory so suddenly that it was not easy to digest it for a while. The population limit prevented Tangut from expanding rapidly. In this era, the speed of transportation was not very fast, whether on land or in the sea. It was not so easy to manage a large territory.
Therefore, the Tang Dynasty accepted Shah Jahan's request and demanded 500,000 taels of silver as compensation from the Mughal Empire. On the other hand, it increased the intensity of immigration. In order to have more manpower, it asked merchants from Dali to help migrate a large number of Japanese, Korean, and Mongolian people to India. Those Indians were moved by the Tang Dynasty to Suez to dig a canal, in order to dig out this important sea route as soon as possible.
The war on Tang Qi's side stopped for a while, and those Westerners who came to Europe brought the news of the defeat in Asia and the Indian Ocean to Europe, causing a strong shock to countries such as Britain, France, the Netherlands and Spain. Europeans all knew that there was a powerful country in the East of the world. The place where this country was located has always been the Celestial Empire in everyone's hearts. Since ancient times, life here has been a beautiful paradise in the hearts of those Westerners. The silk, porcelain and other items produced in this place are things that only the upper nobles in Europe can enjoy. Therefore, the greatest wish of these Europeans is to be able to occupy it.
Since the beginning of the Age of Exploration, the strength of European countries has begun to grow rapidly, which has also made some European countries begin to become arrogant, as if, except for God, they are the masters of the world. In a series of colonial activities, these European countries have also been smooth sailing without encountering any opponents. Only the European countries can compete with each other. But this time, suddenly a powerful force defeated these countries that are considered powerful countries in Europe, and took away their colonies that they had occupied for dozens of years with great effort. How could the people of these countries in Britain swallow this?
Several countries were clamoring to conquer the pagans in the Far East and spread the glory of the Lord on the land of the Orientals. Of course, although the politicians preached so, they saw more clearly that without these colonies, they would be plundering places with resources and would also lose the resources for their own development. This time, Tang Yi had stirred up a hornet's nest. For his own interests, these countries had to put aside their conflicts and discuss the issue of an expedition to the East. When Shah Jahan's envoys came to ask for help, it also strengthened the determination of these Western countries to go on the expedition.
However, if you want to start a war, it is not enough to just talk about it. There is too much preparation work to do. What's more, with a powerful force like Tang Li, these Western countries must form a large expeditionary force if they want to win. During this period, Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, and France were all considered powerful countries in Europe. Except for France, which had slightly weaker maritime strength, the other three countries were all maritime powers. Among them, the Dutch maritime strength alone was a terrifying existence. The Dutch shipbuilding industry was extremely developed during this period. The warships and merchant ships they built in a year were larger than the shipyards under Tang Li's command today. This also resulted in these Western countries having enough strength to carry out a large-scale expeditionary war.
While these Western countries were preparing to attack Tang Yu, Tang Yu was recuperating and stopped its expansion. Tang Yu also arrived at the city of Da Yu in Nanyang and met the Lord of Changping who was waiting for him there.
The Chongzhen Emperor's family was truly a family worthy of respect. Historically, they represented not just themselves, but the tragedy of the entire Han Chinese nation during that era. Truthfully, the responsibility didn't lie solely with the Chongzhen Emperor's family. Even Chongzhen's brother, the Tianqi Emperor, was blamed. Although history books describe him as a foolish and incompetent emperor, claiming his trust in Wei Zhongxian led to the downfall of the Tang Dynasty, the reality is that the few treacherous ministers of the late Tang Dynasty were incapable of bringing about the downfall of a prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Take the treacherous minister Yan Song, for example. In history books, he is portrayed as an extremely evil traitor. In reality, Yan Song not only made many useful contributions to the country, but he himself was also very clean. He was definitely not the corrupt official vilified in history books. The so-called loyal ministers of Yan Song's time were all genuinely corrupt officials. The reason Yan Song became the corrupt official described in history books was because his actions violated the interests of the landlord class at the time. Under the propaganda of these people who controlled the culture, Yan Song became a treacherous minister who would never be able to turn over a new leaf. Just like Zhang Xianzhong was later slandered as a murderous maniac by the Qing Dynasty officials, those who controlled the writing of the novels...
I don't know how many people in later generations have been deceived.
The real cause of the downfall of the Great Power was the corrupt officials of the landlord class. If it weren't for these corrupt officials, Yan Song wouldn't have become a treacherous minister. There wouldn't have been the arrogance of Wei Zhongxian. People mocked the carpenter Emperor Tianqi as a fool, but who would have considered his predicament? As an emperor, his government was controlled by others, leaving him powerless to do anything. The Tianqi Emperor fostered Wei Zhongxian to deal with these corrupt officials, but he wasn't as powerful as his brother, the Chongzhen Emperor. As a result, they became too powerful to be eliminated.
Emperor Chongzhen did eliminate Wei Zhongxian. However, facing the landlord class's corrupt officials, he devoted his entire life's work to this end, yet still suffered a defeat. It's said that Emperor Chongzhen was stubborn and self-righteous. But if he hadn't done so, given the selfish behavior of those corrupt officials, who only cared about their own interests and the fate of the country, the collapse of the country would have been even faster. With this thief-like corrupt official, even if Emperor Li Shimin had been placed in this position, he would have been powerless.
The Great Wall was a transitional period from feudal society to capitalist society. The emergence of democratic ideas first reflected the power of the imperial class at court. This power, to a certain extent, limited the authority of the monarch. However, the emperor in the middle and late Qing Dynasty could not act arbitrarily. Even when the country was strong, the emperor did not have the right to make arbitrary decisions. In the early days, the imperial class, such as Yu Qian, was truly loyal and devoted to the country. At that time, the imperial class placed the interests of the country above all else. However, the imperial class later degenerated. They inherited the ideas of their predecessors that limited imperial power, but they did not inherit their loyalty to the country. Instead, they pursued their own personal interests and placed their own interests above the interests of the country.
Historically, the rebellions of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong could have been suppressed, but the officers who commanded the army to suppress the bandits let Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong go time and time again, which eventually led to a catastrophe. Many people in later generations said that these officers who commanded the army were stupid and that they were commanding the battles recklessly. In fact, the biggest reason was that these officers deliberately let Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong commit rebellion for their own selfish interests. It was not these officers who were stupid, but the unlucky ones were the Han people with the surname of Zhang in the world during this period, as well as the poor family of Emperor Chongzhen.
Regardless of whether Emperor Chongzhen was stubborn or not, he should be considered a good emperor, at least, a good emperor for the Han people. If it weren't for the constraints of that evil group of traitors, Emperor Chongzhen might have been able to revive the country again. Without that evil group of traitors, perhaps the Jiannu people would never have been able to enter the pass. Tang Yu was really sympathetic to such a tragic emperor and his tragic family, so Tang Yu was still very kind to the new Changping Lord.
Although he had thought about destroying the current court a long time ago, Tang Qie had never thought of killing Emperor Chongzhen. What's more, the Princess of Changping was still a pitiful little girl. Tang Qie believed in the current strength in his hands and did not have to worry about how much trouble would be caused if he let Chongzhen's family go.
Although the Princess of Changping was the leader of this diplomatic delegation, she was only a little girl after all. On the way here, she had always believed that the Prince of Tang was a very ferocious character. However, after arriving at the city of Da'an in Southeast Asia, the Princess of Changping did not see Tang'an. The people responsible for receiving her were several of Tang'an's women, especially Li Xiangjun and other young girls. It was their first time to see the Princess of Da'an and they were very curious. The Princesses of other countries were not real Princesses. Countries like Korea, Ryukyu, and Later Vietnam were all vassal states of Da'an. These countries could only be called kings, not emperors. The king's daughter could not be called Princess, but could only be called Princess, Princess, etc. Only the Princess of Changping could be called a real Princess.
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