Daming Military Empire

Chapter 430 Persian Emissary (thanks to T3485)

Zhu Cijiong, Xu Guangqi, and Huang Daozhou discussed for a long time, and finally decided on the reception process and reception specifications for the tribute.

In the end, Zhu Cijiong gave a unified reply by telegram. Daming welcomed the tributes of Nibaci, Pazhu, Boni and Sulu, and allowed each country to send a mission of about a hundred people to the capital of Daming to pay tribute.

At the same time, it also specifically explained that if you intend to surrender to Ming Dynasty, you need the king to personally lead the envoys.

Zhu Cijiong's meaning is very simple: Either you accept the "Daming vassal system" and obey Daming; or you treat it as an ordinary friendly exchange, and you send Daming a few carts of gifts to show respect, and Daming returns dozens of carts of gifts to express your gratitude .

However, the kings of Nibaci, Pazhu, Boni and Sulu didn't think so after receiving the reply.

The reason why Nibaci and Pazhu wanted to send envoys to pay tribute was that they were frightened by Daming. They knew how powerful the Mughal Empire was. Just wipe them out. Now that such a powerful empire has been wiped out by Ming Dynasty, do you think they are afraid?

The kings of both countries thought that Daming was threatening them. They understood Zhu Cijiong's meaning as: Either the king himself leads the team to proclaim his ministers, or he will punish you!
Therefore, after hesitating for a while, the kings of the two countries decided that it is better to lead the team to proclaim their ministers in person. If Da Ming is annoyed, it will be over.

The kings of Boni and Sulu were also frightened, but they were not frightened by Da Ming, but by the Netherlands. Fortunately, Da Ming drove the Dutch away, otherwise if the Dutch found them hideout, and they're screwed!
As for being a minister to Daming, it doesn't matter, they have lost their country, so they have nothing to lose, so if they become ministers, they will be ministers.

In addition to these four countries, there is another country that was also frightened. This country is the Persian Empire that has fought against the Mughal Empire for decades.

The Persian Empire, to be precise, should be called the Persian Safavid Empire now. It is also a very powerful empire. The entire Central Asian region is almost dominated by them. Its territory in its heyday included the later generations of Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

However, it was precisely because of the war with the Mughal Empire that they declined.

It’s not that the Mughal Empire must be stronger than the Persian Safavid Empire, but because they have too many opponents. They not only have to deal with the Ottoman Empire in the west, but also the Mughal Empire in the east. , The troops could not be concentrated, so they lost to the Mughal Empire in the battle for Kandahar.

They never imagined that in just a few months, the mighty Mughal Empire was wiped out by the Ming Empire!
This is a rather terrifying thing. You know, on the Eastern Front, they couldn't even handle the Mughal Empire. Now the East has been replaced by a Ming Empire that can easily destroy the Mughal Empire. is fake.

Just as they were still thinking hard about how to deal with the Ming Empire in the east, a more frightening news came. The Ottoman Empire in the west was actually discussing an alliance with the Ming Empire.

If we analyze this matter from a strategic point of view, it is very clear. After the two countries form an alliance, they will attack from both sides at the same time, and destroy the Persian Empire in one fell swoop!
Of course, they didn't know that neither Zhu Cijiong nor Suyman had considered this issue, and the alliance between the two countries was not at all to deal with the Persian Empire.

It was precisely because they didn’t know that they were so frightened that once the two countries united to deal with them, the Persian Empire would definitely be over. Therefore, the emperor of the Persian Empire, Abbas II, couldn’t sit still, and he immediately sent envoys to Kandahar. Hope to get in touch with the Ming Empire.

As for why they didn't go to the Ottoman Empire, it's very simple. The two countries have been fighting for Central Asia for more than 100 years.

At least there is still some hope for the Ming Empire. After all, the Ming Empire is known as a state of etiquette, and its requirements are not high. It doesn't ask for an alliance, just don't hit me!
When Zhu Cijiong received Hou Shilu's report, he couldn't laugh or cry, who said he was going to fight the Persian Empire, there was no such thing at all!

There was a reason why the Ming Dynasty took care of the Mughal Empire. People in later generations know that the Mughal Empire is really annoying, and we can’t do without it.

However, the Persian Empire is different. If there is no grievance or enmity, why do you want to fight? Daming doesn't want to dominate the world!

However, since people take the initiative to come to deliver food, it’s impossible not to take two bites, because this world is so strange, when you appear to be strong, if you don’t take advantage, others will think you are afraid of him.

This kind of advantage is not taken for nothing, so Zhu Cijiong generously agreed to allow the Persian Empire to send envoys to the Ming Empire to discuss issues between the two countries.

Immediately afterwards, he was busy. There were five envoys before and after, and he had to meet each of them in person.

The first to arrive was the envoys from Pazhu Kingdom. To Zhu Cijiong's surprise, their king actually came with the mission.

King Pazhu didn't have any opinion on the "Decree of the Ming Dynasty's vassal state". After seeing the power of the Ming Empire along the way, he dared not say a word. The vassal state should be the vassal state. If the empire wanted to crush them to death, it would be like crushing an ant!
Zhu Cijiong still welcomed their voluntary surrender, and directly designated them as second-class vassal states, and personally crowned King Pazhu, awarded him a robe with a seal, and rewarded a bunch of Chongzheng Tongbao, dragon coins, silk, cloth, and porcelain and tea etc.

As for the army, there is no need to form a special army in such a small place, just let the Jiangnan Reserve Corps send 1000 people to have a look.

This is the end of the Pazhu Kingdom. Immediately afterwards, Nibaci and Pazhu were exactly the same. They were also led by the king himself. Finally, Zhu Cijiong also designated them as second-class vassal states and gave them a large amount of supplies.

Next, Boni and the Sulu envoys came together. They were all sent by the warships of the Nanyang Navy. These two kings were even more bizarre. So, they directly granted each of them a hereditary Earl of Daming, and gave them a huge mansion, allowing them to live in the capital with peace of mind.

In the end, only the Persian mission was left. Since the railway in South Asia had not yet been built to Kandahar, they had to travel more than ten days to reach the nearest station before they could board the train.

What's the point of blackmailing them?See next chapter for breakdown.

(End of this chapter)