Chapter 146: Picturesque Landscapes (12)
Ayutthaya City, also known as Ayutthaya, is the current capital of Siam.
The previous Siamese kingdom was Chiang Mai, and later moved to the city of Ayutthaya, so it was called the Ayutthaya Dynasty.
At this point in time, the Kingdom of Siam had two kings.
That is, the Sukhothai Dynasty's Tamaraja III and the Ayutthaya Dynasty's Ramaraja, dynastic changes are a common thing in the world, after the establishment of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, the state system inherited the old Sukhothai system, so for the Tammaraja III, the king was not abolished, but retained, and even allowed to give birth to a son after the king's title is passed on to another generation.
This kind of strange thing may also appear in these small countries. Siamese Buddhist culture is prevalent, from the king to the people all believe in Buddhism, and there are many monks and nuns in the country.
The color of the monks and nuns is quite the same as that of the Ming Dynasty. He also lived in the nunnery, fasted and received precepts. If you don't know the inside, you may think that this is a Buddha country where all living beings are equal, but this is an unacceptable hierarchical serfdom country!
Think about it, a country that was in the Yuan Dynasty with India and Uszang, and itself has the foundation of Buddhist culture, which is not easy to learn, and it is not easy to learn badly, and under the words and deeds of the two big brothers of Hinduism and Paspa, Siam naturally has its own national characteristics of the 'Sakdina system'.
It is inconceivable that if the people of a country are born slaves and have to serve the upper caste all their lives, such a country can still survive in the world?
Ancient rulers really did everything to maintain their rule.
Whether it is religion or ideology or academics, the purpose of its creation is itself a brainwashing method used by the rulers to exploit and oppress the people at the bottom and prevent them from resisting.
In a country where the Buddha said that all living beings are equal, but it is a country with the most slaves, and the Buddha's culture can also be used to propagate "the suffering of this world, the sin of the previous life, the happiness of the next generation" to numb and brainwash this group of low-level slaves, I wonder if there is really a Buddha, will he be ashamed to apologize for his sins?
Daming didn't have such a big heart to save these so-called 'dire people' at the bottom, and Zhu Yunwen's expedition to the southwest was not to help them.
A country that has been completely brainwashed from top to bottom, as long as the upper echelons are pinched by Daming, then the entire country can be held in their hands, which is most in line with the interests of Daming.
Therefore, after Chiang Mai was conquered by Ho Fook's army, King Ramaraja, who stayed in Ayutthaya, received the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.
A great scholar named Gu Qingshan.
"Messenger of the Akito?"
In the splendid royal palace, Ramaraja, sitting on his throne encrusted with jewels, condescended and uttered a lot of nonsense about Dikasava, and at the bottom of the steps there were Ming speakers interpreting questions.
"Yes."
Gu Qingshan's face was indifferent, bowed down, he was just a small official of the Yunnan political envoy, Ping Suli was in the name of being able to speak skillfully, the emperor came to Kunming, and the army went out in three ways, including the two roads of Siam and Laos, with some of the wishes of the Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen.
"Seeing my Buddha Lord His Majesty, how dare you be so arrogant and not kneel?"
Seeing the translator's angry eyes, Gu Qingshan smiled disdainfully.
"In my life, I only know the prince of heaven and earth, and there has never been a precedent for kneeling to the king of Fanbang, and I Gu Qingshan is just a small official, and I can't afford this infamy through the ages."
"You're so daring!"
Ramara's angry eyes breathed fire, this group of Ming people was so arrogant that they chose a random person to be an envoy to his royal capital, especially after conquering Chiang Mai City without saying hello.
What is this? An alliance under the city?
"Behind me stands the Ming Dynasty, with 60 million people, 3 million strong troops and His Majesty the Supreme Emperor, of course I am bold."
Gu Qingshan held his head high, looked at Ramaraja, who had dark and translucent skin under the reflection of the golden crown, and grinned.
"I came with the holy message of the Ming Emperor, and I also came with peace, I hope the king will not make mistakes."
Peace?
What is Peace? The hundreds of thousands of rotten corpses in the Hanoi Plain, the Jingguan in Thuan Chau City, or the temples and monks in Chiang Mai that were destroyed by fire?
Ramaraja was laughed at angrily, but he didn't know what to say, just as Gu Qingshan said, at this time, outside the city of Ayuthaya, there was still the 100,000 army of the Ming Dynasty, and he Ramaraja couldn't say the wrong thing and couldn't do the wrong thing.
Otherwise, if the war is ignited, he, the Buddha master, will really go and be burned in flames.
"Where is the peace?"
His fists clenched until he turned white, and Ramaraja finally let out a long sigh: "If the Ming army is willing to withdraw to your country, I will recall my army, recognize Annam as your land of the Ming Dynasty, and pay a lot of treasures to the Ming Dynasty." ”
"We're not robbers."
Gu Qingshan shook his head with a smile, expressing disdain for Ramaraja's comprehension ability: "Your Royal Highness, I said that I came with peace, not to rely on force to coerce the king and plunder the treasures of your country, my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty asked me to bring a message to the king." ”
"Oh?"
Ramaraja raised his eyebrows and subconsciously asked, "Tell me about it." ”
The palace was quiet, but Gu Qingshan didn't open his mouth for a long time, and Ramaraja frowned: "Why doesn't the envoy speak?" ”
Gu Qingshan glanced at Ramaraja and snorted coldly.
"In this world, no one is worthy of sitting and listening to my Emperor Ming!"
Are you really not afraid of death?
In the palace, Ramaraja's guards drew their swords angrily, and were about to cut off Gu Qingshan's head with a sword, but they were stopped by Ramaraja's shout.
Ramaraja looked at Gu Qingshan, who had a haughty face in front of him, and suddenly remembered the Central Plains history books he had read when he was young.
Hundreds of years ago, the people of the Central Plains were not called the Ming people, they were called the Tang people, and that country was called the Tang Dynasty.
The envoys of the Tang Dynasty were also so arrogant, treating the king and monarch as servants and servants, looking at everything arrogant and domineering, and there was a sentence on his lips in addition to contempt.
"Don't move, if you move, you will lose the country!"
Nowadays, the mountains and rivers are easy to turn, and today's Ming Dynasty also has such courage?
Didn't they get destroyed by the Mongols? Why is there still such pride in his bones?
Slowly getting up, Ramaraja stepped down from the throne and came to Gu Qingshan's face: "Can you say it now?" ”
A smile gradually appeared on Gu Qingshan's face, this humble scholar who had been depressed for more than 20 years felt a sense of glory filling his chest, even if he died now, it was enough to blind his eyes and smile Jiuquan.
Husband, that's it!
Clearing his throat, Gu Qingshan's face was solemn, he first bowed to the north, and then said loudly.
"My Emperor Ming said that I am not here for the death of the country, I really can't bear to see the Central and Southern countries fighting endlessly, so that the swords and soldiers are everywhere, and the people suffer from the war and chaos, so I am here with a body of ten thousand gold, a sincere heart, the heaven and the earth and the sun and the moon can be seen, I hope that the king of Siam Ramaraja and the king of Laos can understand my painstaking efforts and stop the truce.
If you want peace, when each of you takes your guards to Yunnan of my Ming Dynasty, I set up my own banquet and wait, and you and I discuss peace together, and make a peace covenant, wouldn't it be unreasonable? ”
Ramaraja's face twitched, and his eyes almost wanted to breathe fire.
This is also an alliance under the city!