031 Ancient Inca Kingdom
[Chapter Word Count:3293 Latest Update Time:2014-09-2718:00:00.0]
The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, here is the heart of the Qing Empire, here is the study of the Tongzhi Emperor, although the Tongzhi Emperor is only nine years old this year, but the Tianhuang nobles are very precocious, and now the Tongzhi little emperor on the throne has a bit of the majesty of the Ninety-Five.
"Shameless, Xiyi is simply mad! No wonder my father wants to avoid disaster and summer resort, it turns out that these Xiyi are so immoral! It's just that the beast is not as good as ......" The nine-year-old Tongzhi's little hand slapped on the throne, and he didn't know it when he was red.
"The emperor is angry!" The two rows of eunuchs and palace maids in the Heart Cultivation Hall all knelt down, trembling under the oppression of the great heavenly.
What Tongzhi is holding in his hand is a strange text, which is the latest chapter of "Westward Journey", and it turns out that the little emperor is also a die-hard fan of Xiao Letian. However, today's chapter can make the little emperor angry, because the story happens to be about the fall of the Inca Empire.
The ancient Inca kingdom arose in the 11th century and died in the 16th family, inheriting it for more than 500 years. In Xiao Letian's writing, the mysterious Inca kingdom is located on the plateau of South America, and is a very good people in architecture and agriculture, where is the origin of the corn that is now commonly cultivated in the Qing Dynasty.
In the latest chapter, Xiao Letian praises the splendid civilization of the ancient Inca kingdom, whether it is a city built purely of huge stones, or a towering pyramid, and even the extremely large national treasury of the Inca Empire, all of which prove to the world the greatness of this civilization.
However, such a glorious civilization was destroyed by the Europeans in 1532 in the Western calendar, the eleventh year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. The most infuriating thing is that the Europeans actually kidnapped the Inca king Atahualpa by deception.
Pizarro, the despicable Spanish conquistador, with only 170 soldiers and a few explorers, penetrated deep into the heart of the Inca Empire, and was surrounded by 50,000 Inca troops to negotiate amicably with the king.
The Inca king Atahualpa didn't know what to do, and he actually wanted to negotiate with these outsiders with thousands of retinues, but he never expected Pizarro to burst out and kill people, rushing forward and kidnapping the king. When the king fell into the hands of the enemy, 50,000 loyal warriors did not dare to attack, and thousands were killed on the spot by the Spaniards.
Pizarro then took the Inca king hostage and forced the Inca Empire to offer gold as a ransom. The king was a hostage for a whole year, and the Inca Empire provided six tons of gold and twelve tons of silver to redeem its king.
Xiao Letian of course made a conversion in the book, at that time, the Qing Dynasty weights and measures were about 35 grams, and a simple calculation of the Inca Empire provided 170,000 taels of gold and 350,000 taels of silver.
If you think the Spaniards will keep their word, then you are wrong, when they got this wealth, they lied that the king's army wanted to rescue him, and burned King Atahualpa at the stake under the pretext of using it.
From that day on, the Inca Empire, which had been glorious for more than 500 years, completely decayed until it disappeared into the long river of history.
Xiao Lotian wrote this chapter with his own plan, because he knew that if he wanted the Manchu rulers to recognize his identity as a famous scholar and a master of Western studies, he had to touch their hearts. Here, Xiao Lotian chose a very insidious move, that is, intimidation.
No matter how big you are, you haven't inherited it for 500 years, the Inca Empire was inherited from the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, you see that this country is weighty, right?
But such a bullish empire has been conquered by a very small army of the Spaniards, and now you don't feel the crisis in the Qing Dynasty? You must know that you have been abused twice by the British and French.
Xiao Lotian used his most simple words to paint a picture of the collapse of the empire to the rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the tragic situation of the last emperor who was locked in an iron cage was written by him. Here Xiao Letian also set up a small ambush, that is, he praised Emperor Xianfeng and beautified his escape to Chengde Summer Resort.
Look at how vicious foreigners are, if they catch the king, they will be called as meat tickets, and they will tear up the tickets after paying the ransom, this is simply not human. It is still our emperor of the Qing Dynasty who is smart, and he can see their tricks at a glance, and he will definitely not be fooled by them.
Xiao Letian is too confident, if this article can't impress the rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then he simply doesn't do anything, packs up hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and goes to the United States to hide his small life.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and when the latest chapter of Qiwen spread throughout the Jingshi, the entire Manchu ruling class was completely blown up. The princes and nobles fantasized about the tragic scene when the dynasty collapsed, and those high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty were furious when they saw that Xiyi was so untrustworthy. Even the so-called Jianghu men in the four or nine cities patted their chests and scolded the streets.
"Damn, this Spaniard is really shameless, he took the ransom and tore up the ticket, if I meet him, I have to hack him alive!"
As for our nine-year-old little emperor of Tongzhi, he slapped the table and sweared, and he didn't know who he learned it from, so scared that the group of eunuchs slapped their mouths one by one, which had to be heard by the queens of the two palaces, and none of these servants could live.
Just when Emperor Tongzhi was angrily circling back and forth around the Yangxin Palace, a group of people walked into the main entrance, and it was the Empress Dowager Ci'an of the East Palace who started with him: "Who is this who made the emperor so angry? Isn't it still happy when you ask for peace in the morning!"
"Say hello to the emperor's mother!" The little emperor casually called a thousand and then jumped up and said, "It's not to make foreigners angry, haven't you read today's latest "Westward Journey"? Those Spaniards are so shameless, they are really not as good as beasts......"
Ci'an looked at Tongzhi kindly, although this child was not his own, he had been very close to him since he was a child, and Tongzhi was the only emperor of the Qing Dynasty who ascended the throne without any suspense, after all, Xianfeng only left such a son in the end.
This is the hope of Zhongxing in the Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi's succession is very smooth, no one inside and outside the government and the opposition has any objections, and his inheritance is pure and clean so that all the great Confucians in the world can't find fault. This is the biggest reliance of this child, and the country is naturally united internally and externally, as long as it is a little reinvigorated, it is expected that the Qing Dynasty will prosper.
Ci'an sat on the bed, picked up his long nails and looked at the manuscript, and raised his hand to let the emperor sit beside him, "Emperor, I also read this article, but I am not as angry as you, I immediately ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find the foreigners, and ask privately whether this matter is true......"
Tongzhi is a clever man, he knew that the Queen Mother was teaching him the key to governance, so he quickly sat upright.
"It's useless to be angry, you should investigate this kind of thing first, what if this person surnamed Xiao is a liar who deceives the world and steals his name?
"Then the Queen Mother asked, what was the result?" Tongzhi was still very curious.
The expression on Ci'an's face did not fluctuate in the slightest, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent someone to privately inquire about the missionaries of Britain, France, and the United States, and the results were ...... The answer was the same for everyone, and although they were a little embarrassed to speak, there was only one end result...... The real thing, it really couldn't be more true!"
With a crisp snap, Tongzhi smashed the teacup with one hand, and the broken porcelain pieces cut the faces of the three eunuchs, and blood dripped down.
"This is the nature of foreigners, greedy and despicable. But why did these barbarians get the power that my Qing Dynasty did not have? What is this power......" Just when the little emperor was in pain, another group of people came outside the door, it was Tongzhi's mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Cixi.
"What's the matter with the emperor, the little face is yellow......" As soon as Cixi entered the door, she held Tongzhi's face with both hands and rubbed it in distress. She is demonstrating to Ci'an, and the subtext is 'I am my own mother, don't rob my son with me'.
Ci'an has long been accustomed to Cixi's eyes, the mother and son are the only way out for women in the deep palace, who let the emperor get close to him, it is normal for Cixi to be jealous.
"Sister, take a look at this strange article, the emperor is angry because of this story!" Cixi has seen it a long time ago, but her appearance is not the same as Ci'an, "The emperor doesn't have to worry about these things, he has a mother, don't worry, foreigners can't bully the emperor." No matter how long the hair has been pacified, the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty are thriving, and one day it will surpass the ...... of those foreigners."
Tongzhi was a little impatient with his mother's rubbing, and he secretly thought in his heart that he would teach me what to do when he encountered anything, but his mother would take care of everything he encountered, and he wouldn't let me solve it. The Holy Ancestor was able to wit and worship at the age of eight, but I couldn't be in charge of politics at the age of nine, and I complained about this mother.
"Two mothers, the emperor has an idea...... I want to announce that this Xiao Letian has entered the court as an official, what do you think?" Before she finished speaking, Cixi was already frowning, "How can this work, I have already checked, this person is a second devil, and now the Americans are protecting him......"
"Just look at the posture of him going to Baihualou that day, it is estimated that let alone being an official, he doesn't even have the intention of growing his hair, he walks around in foreign clothes every day, if he becomes an official, the court will not be noisy!"
"Then can't I let this Xiao Letian enter the palace to study with me?" Let him teach me Western studies......" Tongzhi still didn't give up.
"What's more, if he teaches the emperor Western studies, then the Confucians in the court must not go crazy! It's easy for the court to start to be stable, if you make such a fuss and don't know what variables will happen......"
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, do you want to suffocate me?" Tongzhi shook his hand and walked out, "I'll go to the Imperial Garden to relax, none of you follow me......"
Cixi's angry eyes turned with tears, and Ci'an persuaded him, "It's not unusual for the emperor to have some of his own thoughts when he is older, but I still support you in this matter." This Xiao Letian's background is too strange, and he can't let the emperor contact him if he doesn't observe for a while!"
"Look, that's what I mean, but the emperor just doesn't understand my hard work......" Cixi wiped her tears with grievance, but the corners of her eyes were vicious.
Pretend, start pretending again, the disharmony between our mother and son is what you instigated, if you didn't have an edict in your hand, I would have sent you to see the emperor a long time ago.
If Xiao Letian knew about today's incident, he would probably be dumbfounded, he never thought that his article would have the effect of separating other people's mothers and sons. However, now he doesn't have time to analyze the filthiness between the two queen mothers, and his strategy against Wang Lao Hanlin is about to begin.