Chapter 101: Assassination
These trading centers started off very well, after all, there were many merchants whose goods were not sold, and Malacca could not be reached, so many merchants simply traded on the spot, and their share of trade in Malacca fell to zero for a while.
On October 1, the 23rd year of Zheng, Ha Xiang Wu Lu also knew the news that Johor and Pahang were captured by Ayutaya, and he scolded on the spot, Malacca was blockaded by the army and navy, and Pahang Johor was also subject to a scorched earth policy, how could grain be transported, and now there are two choices in front of Ha Wu Lu. First, to go back and retake Malacca, only if the granary is preserved can a longer war be ensured. Second, to defeat Ayuthaya within a month, to move into Ayuthaya, so that the Ayuthayans will voluntarily abandon the attack and provide them with food.
Breaking Ayutthaya, Hajapahit Wulu is ambitious, and naturally breaking the royal city becomes his first choice, but he is a cautious person and can't just hang himself on a tree, of course, Hayu Wulu doesn't think that he can be defeated, after all, it is basically Manjapahit who is winning so far, which can very well reflect the strength of the Majapahit people, Hajapahit Wulu is naturally full of confidence in them, and Ashoka City will definitely be broken by him.
Of course, at present, it is to repel the coalition forces in Ratchaburi, Majapahit has caused a lot of casualties to the enemy in many siege battles, after all, the number of other countries' artillery is not much, in this more than ten days of siege, the coalition army has been killed at least 10,000 people, and countless people have been injured, the total casualties of the Manchu army are more than 1,000 people, most of the casualties here are produced by the head-on conflict with the enemy, before the defender of the city Ha Xiang Wulu released more than 100,000 to support, after the siege was lifted, let them continue to participate in the Ratchaburi war, It took a flanking attack from the inside and outside to inflict so much damage on the enemy.
On October 3, the 23rd year of Zheng, the Liang army arrived in Brabang, and the subsequent Liang army will reach another 30,000 people, and the rest of the army is used to guard the domestic border, and the Zaravarmi also takes the war very seriously, this is the time to show their wrists, with the gradual decline of the Yuan court's power, Lanna, Sukhothai also thought about the Yuan Liang, Mengnai, Jingdong and other Shan cultural areas they are very interested, the Shan cultural area is very similar to their culture, the same belongs to the Austronesian cultural circle, other Bai cultural areas, they belong to the Tibet-Burman cultural circle, The cultural differences between the two places are a little bigger.
However, the Khmer succession crisis began, Sukhothai took the initiative to intervene in Khmer affairs, but he was involved in the whirlpool, although they are currently standing on the side of the prince, but they also have a small abacus, after all, the son of the family with Khmer blood, can support him to the throne, and then make him the heir, his son can become the king of the two countries, so as to establish a joint ruling regime dominated by Sukhothai, and the two countries can merge after a long time, and the two ancient countries that once had a glorious history merge, It's equivalent to getting almost all of the buffs that claim land, but whether or not you can take it back is another matter.
On October 5, the twenty-third year of Zheng, the little prince was poisoned by poison, and then the court caused a great shock, they were happy on the one hand, and solemn on the other hand, because they were sure that this matter was not planned by the Peng Party at all, and the nobles were very angry, and confronted the Peng Party on the spot, and poisoned the prince in the palace, which can be a heinous crime, not to mention that this is the child they have seen since childhood, and now it is suddenly gone.
Pengheya's face was also solemn, they did leave a plan for the backhand, that is, this is it, but the little prince is still too young to pose a threat to the throne, and now the throne is at their fingertips, why do they do this kind of thing to harm themselves.
Faced with the questioning of the nobles, Peng Heya naturally retorted, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, okay, Peng Heya said: "Your Royal Highness, this matter is indeed not done by us, for the murder of His Royal Highness the little prince, we must strictly investigate, we must find out the murderer, and give everyone the truth." β
The aristocracy laughed angrily, isn't this murderer still obvious? Aren't the murderers the officials in front of them? The nobleman said: "Okay, we will strictly investigate the murderer, and when we catch it, we will deal with it strictly." β
Ponghea was noncommittal, it was a tacit disposition of the nobles, and he had to strictly investigate the interior when he went back, if it was really their insiders who did this, then they should dissociate themselves from them as soon as possible, so as not to affect themselves.
This is still the eve of the storm, since the little prince is dead, the nobles have to support the eldest prince to ascend to the prince, what? You say that you support the princes of other countries with royal blood? That's absolutely impossible, if the prince is gone, and there is a nephew, if it doesn't work, you can still inherit the name of Suriyadi, and if it doesn't work again, you will let a foreign prince enter the country. Therefore, it is very difficult for Sukhothai to stay in the Khmer, unless their nobles die cleanly.
Pongheya summoned all the people from the top and bottom of the Pong Party to ask about it, and finally came to the conclusion: it was not the matter that their Pong Party commanded at all, but he also did a good job, it is true that they did not participate in the poisoning, but the nobles will definitely attack them, aristocratic politics and bureaucratic politics and gold power politics are originally opposites, one party wants to be strong, and the other two parties will be suppressed.
On October 7, the twenty-third year of Zhengzheng, the nobles picked up the report of their cronies, the report was very confused, there was no way to determine the murderer, they followed the idea that the murderer was Ponghea and his colleagues to investigate the case, but this matter was not done by Ponghea, so naturally there was no result.
"That's not right, how can you not find it, you guys eat things inside and out." The nobleman picked up the report and scolded with his head covered, the nobleman who was responsible for handling this matter was a very prestigious old nobleman, and the other nobles were busy with something to do and did not participate in the investigation. Suriyadi didn't want the eldest prince to succeed to the throne, so letting his nephew, his own son, succeed to the throne, which could be regarded as fulfilling Suriyadi's last wish.
They also have a plan, murder the eldest prince, the succession to the throne will naturally continue to swing, and then they will each take the throne by their own ability, which is the second stage of the Khmer succession crisis, the murder of the legal heir, which triggered a riot of the nobility.
And the best time for them to murder is the period before he ascends the throne, and when he ascends the throne, it will be much more difficult to carry out a coup d'Γ©tat. The nobles with many ideological achievements said that since there was only one prince left, they had no choice, so they prepared to ascend the throne on October 10, the 23rd year of Zhizheng, after all, it was imperative to restore the country to normal as soon as possible.