It was also in this winter that two thin old men were taken to live in the city of Nanjing.

They came from the country of Nanpan, also known as the Kingdom of Jialai.

But in fact, there is no king, only two archmages: the water king and the fire king.

The king of water lives in the east of Mount Ponan, and the king of fire lives in the west of Mount Ponan.

Not only the tribes of Nanpan Kingdom believe in them, but even in the event of floods and droughts in Laos and Cambodia, they will ask two mages to ride elephants to pray for blessings.

Now that the Nguyen clan has been destroyed, the Nam Phan Kingdom has also been subordinated to the imperial court and has been set up as the Nam Phong Military and Civil Government subordinate to Quang Nam Province. The chiefs of each tribe were appointed as mayors on the spot, and each town sent a Han teacher to build a grass hut as a school to impart knowledge.

These Han teachers are all the children of businessmen who have been doing business with the Ruan family for a long time. Each literate clan member can go to Nanpan Mansion to work as a village teacher, and they can be exempted from their past crimes.

There is no need to impart any high-end knowledge, the aborigines there are still knotting ropes to remember, and children can be taught to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. These Chinese-speaking children can be appointed mayors when they grow up – local chiefs are elected and have not yet developed to the level of hereditary.

Even the King of Water and the King of Fire are not hereditary. They are not allowed to pass on the throne to their sons, but can only choose successors from their grandchildren and nephews to be trained.

The two kings of water and fire, who have never met each other, have now not only met, but also become friends along the way, exchanging spells with each other.

One is named Ruolanhei, in his sixties; One is named Ruo Po Li, who is in his fifties.

"Ruo" is not a surname, but an honorific title.

They also lived in the temple with their retinues, and compared with the envoys of other countries, they were all dressed in extremely shabby clothes.

However, the envoys of the kingdoms did not despise it, and were very interested, because they had heard that they could use spells. The envoys came one after another, wanting to know their customs and to see their ability to call the wind and rain.

Finally, the day before entering the palace to face the saint, the two kings sat together to discuss the future.

Ruolanhei said: "I have been communicating with China Tongshi for two months and have learned a lot about them. China is very strong, and if China is like a mountain, we are like a stone under a mountain. The power of the Chinese court will be revealed on our land, and our children and grandchildren will become Chinese. ”

"That's right," said Ruo Poli, who took out his pipe and lit it, "so we will follow the Chinese example, and go back in the future to inform the people that the most powerful god is Heaven, and that the Emperor is the son of Heaven." It is the dragon king who calls for the wind and rain, and we pray for the rain and the water to communicate with the dragon king. ”

Ruolanhei said, "We should also identify other gods, and it is best to make the water kings and fire kings of the past gods gods. ”

The deity system of Nanpan is very vague, their main belief is ghosts, and the so-called magic also belongs to primitive witchcraft.

But they are open to new things, such as tobacco.

Tobacco has been passed to Nanpan for less than a hundred years, but the pipe has become the magic weapon of the two kings of water and fire, and it is the most important magic weapon. Before each practice, I have to light a cigarette and smoke a few puffs, saying that I can communicate with ghosts and spirits.

Historically, Vietnam completely annexed the state of Nam Phan and spread education like China. The two kings of water and fire did not resist, and decisively adjusted their beliefs, and dragon gods and the like also appeared.

Ruo Poli said: "We agreed here, and when we go home, we will let the entourage spread the news. Let's just say that we met the son of heaven in Nanjing, and the emperor of China is the real god king. The ghosts and spirits that we have established should also be the same, and we will meet once every five years in the future. ”

"The Water King and the Fire King can't meet, how can I explain it to the clansmen?" Ruolanhei asked.

Ruo Poli said: "In the past, we couldn't meet each other, because each of us believed in the different ghosts and gods. When we meet the Son of Heaven now, we will all believe in the Son of Heaven in the future, and the ghosts and gods will become the same, so we can meet. ”

"That's right." Ruolanhei nodded.

Ruo Poli said: "I think the Han people are very good at farming, they have iron hoes and iron ploughs, and they also dig ditches at the edge of the fields to divert water. We can also learn to stop burning mountains and farming. ”

But who do we learn from? We don't understand any of this. Ruolanhei said.

Ruo Po said: "We have offered treasures this time, and I heard from the general secretary that the emperor will also give gifts back." We didn't want any other gifts, but hoes, iron plows, and seeds, and asked the emperor to send someone to teach our people how to farm the land, and to teach us how to dig a ditch that would lead to water. ”

Ruolanhei excitedly said, "That way, we can grow more food, and the people won't go hungry anymore." ”

There are not many specialties of Nanpan country, such as yellow wax, deer antler, ivory and so on. They would use these things to exchange iron pots, hoes, salt and other things with the Ruan family, but they were always depressed by the Yue merchants, resulting in iron pots and iron hoes being luxury goods.

Now that it belongs to China, it will definitely benefit.

There are a large number of giant trees in the mountains, especially teak, which is an excellent material for making warships, and is far stronger than oak warships.

Although Nanpan is so poor, only those hundred-year-old teak trees are worthy of China's occupation and rule!

The next day, the two kings of water and fire faced the saint.

When the two of them saw the emperor, they were both cautious and met according to the etiquette of the Honglu Temple training.

"Give a seat." Zhao Han smiled.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two old men bent down and smiled.

Zhao Han chatted with them for a few words, and actually called the Hawaiian people over: "This is your distant relative, you can try to communicate." ”

When four native Hawaiians came to Nanjing, there were scholars from the Hanlin Academy and Honglu Temple, who wanted to learn to speak Hawaiian vernacular. The two kings of water and fire in the Nanpan Kingdom, there are also scholars to understand their language.

Then I found that there were a lot of similarities in the language in the two places where the eight poles could not be beaten.

Especially the pronunciation of everyday words, such as hello and goodbye, is very similar.

Two Vietnamese Gia Lai people, two Hawaiian people, communicated in front of Zhao Han like that. After saying a few words, they were all happy, but after talking, they couldn't communicate anymore.

The more primitive the vocabulary, the more similar it is, and the more refined the vocabulary, the more different it is.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Whether it is Jialai people or Danzhou people, you are all of Chinese Miao descent and have the same ancestors as the Han people. The Han people are like elder brothers, you are younger brothers, and now we are once again a family. Although you are older than me, in terms of ethnicity, I am the elder brother and you are the younger brother. ”

The two old men were very smart, and hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty, Brother Emperor! ”

"Very good," Zhao Han instructed, "After you return to Nanpan, you should also tell the other Jialai people to explain this truth clearly." In the future, the Han people will be the elder brothers, and the Jialai people will be the younger brothers. The younger brother should respect the elder brother, and the elder brother should love the younger brother. If there are Han people bullying you, go to the prefect of Nanpan to complain, and the prefect will call the shots for you. If the prefect of Nam Pan doesn't care, he will go to Quang Nam Province to complain. ”

"Thank you, Brother Emperor, for calling the shots!" The two old men were more and more happy.

Zhao Han asked people to bring two pairs of special pipes, which were made of gold and sandalwood: "This is your future imperial gift weapon, which can be used when praying for rain and blessings." ”

The two old men thanked him again, and they couldn't put down the royal pipe.

The reason why Zhao Han attaches so much importance to it and is willing to meet the two in person is because they are witchcraft leaders in Southeast Asia. Although Buddhism is prevalent in Cambodia and Laos, the whole people also believe in witchcraft, and the submission of these two old men to China means that China can have some right to speak through them.

From now on, the King of Water and the King of Fire must also be canonized by the imperial court, otherwise they will be some fake kings.

Ruo Poli knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Brother Emperor, I heard that you are going to give us money. We don't want gold and silver treasures, please give us hoes, ploughing oxen, iron ploughs, and seeds, and send someone to teach us to farm like the Han people. ”

This request surprised Zhao Han, and then he was happy: "Very good, you are all people who care about the people." Then I will give you 3,000 iron hoes, 200 oxen, and 200 ploughs, and let the officials of the agricultural department teach you how to farm. ”

"Your Majesty, Brother Emperor Xie!" The two old men were convinced and kowtowed to the emperor from the bottom of their hearts.

The two sides take what they need, Zhao Han wants to develop Nanpan Mansion as soon as possible, and the old men also get what they expect. If they return with hoes, oxen, and iron ploughs, they will be distributed among the tribes as they please, and the chiefs and people will be more convinced of them.

The two old men left happily, still laughing when they left the palace gate.

Sitting in the carriage, Ruolanhei took out the imperial pipe, and also found a bag of excellent tobacco and a pair of fire knives.

Back at the Zhongshan Temple, they couldn't wait to light a fire, fill it with smoke and swallow the clouds.

Ruolanhei was intoxicated and said: "The tobacco given by the emperor's brother is comfortable to smoke, and the practice will definitely be more effective in the future." ”

Ruo Po Li said, "I should have begged for more tobacco just now, but I won't be able to get it when I get home." ”

"The general officer said that the Han government needs teak," Ruolanhei said, "In the future, cut down more trees and sell them to the Han government, so that the government can exchange this kind of tobacco." ”

Ruo Po said: "This is a good way! ”

These two old smokers, for the sake of the best tobacco, sold all the century-old teak in the territory.

They have a grudge against the Yue people and have been oppressed for a long time. As for the Han people, they have no impression because they have not had much contact. When I met the Han emperor this time, I was also courteous along the way, so I felt very good about the Han people, and I was willing to have friendly exchanges with the Han people in the future.

Zhao Han met with the two mages, and it was getting late, so he returned to the harem to rest.

"Your Majesty is here!" Li Xiangjun greeted with a smile on his face.

Zhao Han hurriedly held on: "Be careful not to move the fetus." ”

When Li Xiangjun was thirty years old, she was also canonized as a concubine, and at the same time gave up her position as a female official, and now she is already pregnant.

No one said anything about it, but the ministers were very worried.

There are many such examples, and it is very likely that there will be harem interference. But they did not dare to oppose the emperor, so they buried their worries in their hearts, and waited for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and then urged the new emperor to gradually restore the eunuch system.

In the past, civil officials hated eunuchs, but now they wish that eunuchs would come back, and eunuchs are at least more reliable than harem officials!

It's like a husband who thinks the original partner is hateful, and after divorce and remarriage, he wants to remarry because of the benefits of the original partner.

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