Li Jicheng, the grandson of the Dashun Emperor, is not the kind of wealthy grandson who lives in a palace and is raised by women. Instead, he is a well-informed and experienced warrior! He has fought in Shaanxi, Myanmar, Arakan and other places for many years, and has seen a lot of things.

There are all kinds of ferocious enemies, but today’s situation is the first time I’ve encountered them.

When he landed on the beach in Paradeep, he already realized something was wrong!

He was a "pirate king", an invader, and a robber who was holding back his energy to steal money from Tianzhu. He actually waded ashore in the sea under the watch of a group of dark, thin, and shirtless Tianzhu paupers.

These onlookers are really poor! He went shirtless not because of the hot weather, but because he was poor. At least in Li Jicheng's opinion, it was because he was poor, because he also saw many shirtless women who didn't even have women's clothes to cover their bodies. They were so poor.

What kind of thing!

They are all so poor, why don't they rebel? Those landlords who sit on their necks and dominate them don't look very cruel. They are far worse than the soldiers and households in Dashun, and even worse than Myanmar and Ala

Do it noble.

When they heard that someone was coming to invade, this group of people didn't know how to organize a resistance, and they happily came to greet them with shirtless paupers and baskets of gifts that exuded a pleasing golden or silver light.

What does this mean? Are you sincerely welcoming Dashun, or are you holding something back?

In a spacious and respectable large house belonging to a certain Jagirdar master from Rajput, Li Jicheng met tax collectors and Brahmins from more than a dozen surrounding villages.

Li Jicheng, who was sweating profusely due to the hot weather in Orissa Province, was also shirtless at this time. He was sitting in the hall with a majestic look, still showing his strong tendons and thick chest hair. There was another man beside him.

The girl with fair and beautiful skin, wearing a midriff-baring top and a long skirt, was fanning herself. However, the girl's eyes were always staring at Li Jicheng, who had deep eyes, a high nose and a big beard. Needless to say, she must have been stunned.

Dili! And at least it is a princely caste, which matches the race of the Rajputs.

The girl’s father is also named Singh. Singh means lion. In 1699, the tenth generation of Sikhs named Gudbin Singh distributed the surname "Singh" to male Sikh believers on a large scale.

, Singhs are ruined. However, it is only 1665, and there are not many Singhs in India. They are basically Kshatriyas. The Rajputs who served the Timurid Empire are all Kshatriyas, so there are many Singhs.

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Moreover, the Rajputs originally lived in the northwest of India, close to Afghanistan. They are generally fair-skinned and beautiful. Singh, who will soon become Li Jicheng's father-in-law, is no exception and looks very impressive.

The ancestors of this Singh were the first batch of Hindus to surrender to the Timurid Empire in India. After defeating the Rajputs in the Battle of Kannu, Babur accepted the new master and became the Hindu of the Timurid Empire.

Warrior. In the era of Emperor Abak the Great, Singh's great-grandfather followed Abak's army to destroy the Kingdom of Orissa, and then settled in Orissa and obtained the Jagir Territory. The Jagir Territory originally had both military service and taxation.

As a result, it has now become a tax-free territory, so Singh no longer needs to serve as a soldier for Aurangzeb.

The Persian leader Jalali put on a white silk robe and a turban, looking like a courtier of the Timurid Empire, and stood next to Li Jicheng.

Singh can speak Urdu. The basis of Urdu is Persian, and Jalali can have a fluent conversation with him.

And Jalali is a really good leader. Persian businessmen in India often lead others, and they have long been familiar with the roads.

The history of India's subjugation is basically the same. Barbaric conquerors from Central Asia or Afghanistan invaded under the leadership of Persian profiteers and defeated the immigrants who had arrived many years earlier. The Persian profiteers then helped introduce the Hindu Kshatriyas.

When they were tax collectors, the Persians themselves sometimes acted as tax collectors and puppet soldiers, and then they all oppressed the working people of India and made a fortune together. How happy it was!

At present, foreign invaders such as Li Jicheng and Song Yaowen have not found their positions yet. Li Jicheng thinks that he is a robber who will snatch away. Song Yaowen thinks that he is a liberator who comes to save various untouchables in India, while Jalali and Xin

However, Ge has already consciously taken the position.

Jalali is preparing to serve as Li Jicheng's finance minister. Before the British East India Company conquered India, the conquerors from Central Asia and Afghanistan basically used Persians to manage their finances, and they managed them well. Not only were they better than the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, but they also managed the finances well.

Even better than our counterparts in European countries!

Singh was preparing to become Li Jicheng's father-in-law and general of the puppet army, recruiting Kshatriya warriors for him to put on a show of force and suppress all kinds of untouchables.

If Li Jicheng is willing to protect religious freedom, then there are several Brahmins outside the door who are ready to educate the Indian untouchables for the Dashun Dynasty in India.

In short, you are all set and ready to make a fortune!

Jalali, who was talking a bit to himself, then smiled and reported his merits to Li Jicheng. He said: "Your Highness, your Majesty, I have already worked with the warrior Singh of Orissa Province and several other Brahman tax collectors.

And the Brahmin has agreed!"

"Already agreed?" Li Jicheng was stunned, what did he say?

Jalali smiled: "Of course you are welcome to conquer Orissa."

"Ah," Li Jicheng said sincerely: I just wanted to grab a handful, but how could it be considered a conquest? And why did you just welcome it?

Jalali added: "There are also matters of tax collection and recruitment of fighters."

"How to collect taxes?" Li Jicheng asked.

Jalali smiled and said: "Tianzhu is a big place, and the situation below is more complicated. Tax collection is very troublesome, so the common method is to outsource it. In areas where Brahmanism is concentrated, it is outsourced to Kshatriyas.

The inhabited areas are entrusted to us Persian merchants or warriors from the Tianfang Sect. Generally speaking, the tax in Brahmin parishes is relatively high, and the agricultural tax can cover one-third of the harvest."

"One-third?" Li Jicheng was surprised, "The farmers in Tianzhu are so miserable that they want to hand over one-third of the harvest to the court?"

"No, no, it's not one-third," Jalali said with a smile, "it's you, the benevolent conqueror, His Royal Highness the Grandson of the Dashun Empire who receives one-third!"

"Received one-third? How much will the people below pay?"

"At least two-thirds," Jalali said with a smile, "tax collectors also have to pay a lot of costs. They are responsible for collecting taxes, selling the grain they receive, and transporting the proceeds to designated locations.

Moreover, you are also responsible for the security and litigation of the contracted places, which all cost money!"

"Then the people below can only get one-third of the harvest? Isn't it too little?" Li Jicheng still sympathizes with the working people!

"Not that many," Jalali shook his head and said, "There are also Brahmins, they are also very important!"

"Aren't they just monks?" Li Jicheng said.

"No, no, no, they may do more than the monks!" Jalali explained, "Buddhism comes from Brahmanism and is a heresy of Brahmanism, but its ability to educate people is not as good as Brahminism because Buddhism places too much emphasis on equality. And Brahmanism

The teachings are strictly hierarchical, with order in order of superiority and inferiority, and the rich, the poor, and the lowly, everyone is content with his or her destiny."

"What does it mean to live in peace with one's fate?" Li Jicheng asked.

Jalali said: "Brahman believes that wealth and poverty in this life are the consequences, and the merits and demerits in the previous life are the causes. Therefore, the suffering in this life is to atone for the sins of the previous life."

"Buddhism is similar!" Li Jicheng still didn't quite understand.

"It's different, it's different," Jalali shook his head and said, "Buddhism is that all living beings suffer, and if you want to be liberated, you can only be born in this world. But Brahman has suffering and happiness, and suffering and happiness have destiny, and destiny is determined by heaven and cannot be changed.

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Li Jicheng was still confused, so Jalalali had to say more bluntly: "According to Brahmin rules, a person's fate is decided when he is born! If he is born into a farmer's family, then he will

The fate of a peasant, if he is born into a samurai family, is his destiny to be a samurai!"

Li Jicheng asked: "What if he was born in a family of beggars and robbers?"

"Of course I'll be a beggar or a robber!"
Chapter completed!