Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 314 The mission arrives in India, an India that does not value culture
Chapter 314 The mission arrives in India, an India that does not value culture
In Siam.
Bien Yong has lived in Siam for two years.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty and Siam were not bordering each other. Siam pursued the strategy of distant relations and close attacks, and regarded the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain state. In fact, it was pulling the tiger skin of the Ming Dynasty to seek its own interests.
It’s different now, Ming Dynasty borders Siam.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty had a bad reputation, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were good at slaughtering, making Siamese people fear them like tigers.
Emperor Ming was even more domineering. He forced Siam to send people to farm for him, and sent people to Siam to extort food. Now he wants to ask for slaves.
Everyone in the Siam court was very angry with the Ming Dynasty and threatened to fight a war with the Ming Dynasty.
However, the remaining power of Gaozong's defeat of the city's defense army has dissipated.
Siamese people forget about eating and not fighting, and they feel that they can do it again.
In his spare time, Bian Yong wrote a "Guide to Living in Cochin in the Rainy Season". However, it could not be printed in Siam, so he sent someone to send the manuscript to Cochin and asked Xia Xun to help him print it.
He and Xia Xun had worked together in the military aircraft department and were familiar with each other.
Xia Xun was on the march and fighting. After reading the book, he helped Bian Yong copy the preface and proofread it before sending it to Huanzhou for printing and publicity in newspapers.
At first, Bian Yong could not bear such a long rainy season.
He was used to being busy, endlessly busy for a year, and suddenly for half a year, he was forced to stay at home and all work was forced to stop, just to avoid the rainy season.
When people go through the busy dry season and then enter the leisurely rainy season, the sudden rush and sudden relaxation will make people slack and lazy. This is natural.
In the book, Bian Yong discusses in detail how the rainy season will affect people's character, how to prevent it, etc.
And his manuscript is being read by King La Meixuan of Siam.
La Meixuan also changed her Chinese name to Liu Gui.
The reason why the surname was Liu was because there were many emperors with the surname Liu. I originally wanted to call him Liu Yu, but was refuted by Bian Yong, who believed that it was the emperor's name and was not allowed to offend.
Liu Yu was enshrined in the Emperor's Temple, which is not something you, the leader of the small country of Zuo'er, can do.
So La Meixuan compared herself with Liu Yu and compared the emperor to Sima Deguang. Sooner or later, he peeled off Sima Deguang's skin.
The Ming Dynasty merged Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, and the land ceded from Laos to establish Nan Ke Prefecture.
The prefect of Nanke Prefecture is now vacant, but Bian Yong learned that it was the imperial censor Qin Hong who came to serve as the prefect.
In the west of Nanko Prefecture, [-] soldiers were deployed to guard against Cambodia, Laos and Siam.
The construction of Nanke Mansion was all carried out by craftsmen sent by the Three Kingdoms. Of course, this was something that La Meixuan and Liu Gui wanted to do. They wanted to crack the secret of Ming Dynasty architecture.
However, the construction of cities and other places was all completed by slaves from the Three Kingdoms.
Military defense was completed by slaves of the Ming Dynasty, and people from the Three Kingdoms were not allowed to watch.
However, the Ming Dynasty's advanced construction experience was also learned by them. Liu Gui planned to build Seoul and rename the capital city Dacheng to Seoul.
I also heard that Seoul in North Korea was burned down by the Ming Dynasty, so I immediately gave up the idea and decided to call it a big city instead.
All over Siam, people are changing their names to Chinese, wearing Chinese clothes, and conducting Chineseization.
Because the Ming Dynasty was so powerful, it was as hot as the sun, shining so brightly that the subjects could not open their eyes.
From the 11th to the 3th year of Chingtai alone, as many as [-] merchants came to Siam to do business. The two missions each went on seven missions to deepen their familiarity with each other.
In fact, it was the Ming Dynasty that deepened its economic control over Siam.
In April of the 11th year of Jingtai, a Jinshi mission composed of the Hanlin Academy was sent. There were 72 Jinshi who came to the capital of Siam with profound knowledge.
Help Siamese Chinese.
Most importantly, brought paper to Siam!
Yes, Siam still uses bay leaf, and all paper is imported from Ming Dynasty.
Siam voluntarily became Sinicized, and the great emperor gave the paper technology, allowing Ming merchants to come to Siam to open paper mills, so that Siamese senior officials could use pure white paper.
Ming merchants also sent ink and pens to teach Siamese senior officials how to write Chinese.
Abandon your own writing and use Chinese for all official writing.
Liu Gui semi-actively became Chinese.
He was suppressed by Gao Zongben's strong troops and was forced to use the reign name of Jingtai's 11th year and give up his own reign name.
The Ming Dynasty opened up the channel to Siam, bordering each other and becoming neighboring countries.
After borrowing land from Laos, it's not that Siam has never fought with the Ming army, but the Ming army is so strong that it's rare in the world, and the Siam army is really no match.
Therefore, Liu Gui took the initiative to Chineseize, firstly to seek the advanced technology of the Ming Dynasty; secondly, he wanted to purchase ordnance from the Ming Dynasty.
He believed that the strength of the Ming army lay in its ordnance rather than the quality of its soldiers.
The emperor has given two thousand fire guns and is willing to sell them to Siam.
After receiving the blunderbuss, La Meixuan immediately changed her Chinese name to Liu Gui.
Looking for an opportunity to purchase a large number of firecrackers, he sent an envoy to negotiate.
"Angel, Gu's envoy returned to the country and said that His Majesty the Emperor was not in the capital, but on a tour of Nanjing. The cabinet is the one who makes the final decision in the court."
Liu Gui said with some doubts: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of losing power?"
He spoke broken Chinese, occasionally adding a few words of Siamese.
Bien Yong is now very proficient in the Siamese language and is even proficient in several dialects.
He not only communicated with Siamese officials, but also conducted trade with some tribes.
He may have a deeper understanding of Siam than the King of Siam.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. According to the laws of our Heavenly Dynasty, the power of the Prime Minister belongs to the cabinet. However, the status of cabinet ministers is not high. They belong to His Majesty's secretary and are appointed by His Majesty."
"But the civil and military administrations are divided and check and balance each other. Although the cabinet ministers exercise the power of the prime minister, they do not have the real power of the prime minister;"
"Moreover, our dynasty still has five judicial departments. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Supervisory Department supervise all officials. Anyone who dares to steal the imperial power should be impeached. Even if the emperor is far away in Nanjing, he still controls the situation in the world."
Bian Yong analyzed in detail the power structure of the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor had issued an edict to promote the sinicization of the Three Kingdoms, and sent 72 Hanlin Academy scholars, as well as some private scholars, to Siam to help with the sinicization of Siam.
Liu Gui nodded slowly: "That is to say, His Majesty the Emperor will never lose his power?"
"Without a prime minister, there will naturally be no powerful ministers. Civilians are superior to military officers, and we should be careful to prevent military generals from separatist rule and forming vassal towns."
"The army also implements a guard system. The soldiers do not know the generals and only recognize the emperor's orders and nothing else. Therefore, Your Majesty will always hold the monarch's power, and all the power in the world will be vested in the palace."
"Moreover, His Majesty is very diligent in his work. Your Majesty goes to court early every day, and never misses a day even if he is sick. He reviews tens of thousands of memorials every day. His diligence is no less than that of Emperor Taizu. Even the ministers in the world are worried about Your Majesty's health."
Speaking of this, Bian Yong was very proud: "Your Majesty also practices benevolence, loves the people as his own children, is not addicted to luxury or beauty, is tolerant to the world, and is well aware of the sufferings of the people."
"As far as I know, even in Nanjing, His Majesty read memorials every day, learned about the sufferings of the people on the road, and couldn't sleep well every night."
"An emperor who is so tolerant and diligent will naturally be loved by people all over the world."
When Liu Gui heard that the Ming Emperor was diligent in his work, he felt a headache.
He can be regarded as a wise emperor, but he was so tired after reviewing memorials for an hour every day. The Ming Emperor spent at least four hours reviewing memorials. What kind of spirit is this? Doesn't he have a concubine?
"The rain and dew in your Majesty's palace are all wet, and all the concubines have children. Now there are more than ten dragon children."
Bian Yong was proud of the emperor: "There are so many people like me in the Ming Dynasty, but your majesty is willing to believe in me and appoint me as envoy to Annan, Siam and other places, which shows my talent. Your majesty has the ability to recognize people and employ them." amount."
Liu Guiren's brain aches. When will the great emperor die? I want to be Liu Yu.
"Your Majesty is in the prime of life. Your Majesty succeeded to the throne with a weak crown. He is now in his prime years. He is extremely self-disciplined and is not addicted to alcohol and tobacco. This is a sign of the emperor's longevity."
Worthy!
Liu Gui hid his face and sighed. He is over 40 this year. Can he live longer than a 30-year-old?
How can a king not be lewd?
I wish I didn't get up every day.
"Angel, do you think our city can form the power structure of the Celestial Dynasty?" Liu Gui's face was full of hope. He also wanted to be an emperor with absolute imperial power.
Can you change the question?
Bian Yong is in trouble.
"Why do angels look like this? Our big city is also centralized, and all the power in the world is out of the palace. Why not?" Liu Gui was unhappy.
The Dacheng Dynasty began as a country established by a loose alliance.
Later, power was gradually taken away, forming a centralized state.
The resumption of power is only a superficial phenomenon. The unification achieved through political means and gentle resumption of power is equivalent to a joint-stock company, and the King of Siam is only the chairman.
Daming, on the other hand, is a wholly-owned entrepreneurial company, created by Emperor Taizu Jianlu Lanlu, and has a strong innate advantage.
In Siam, once the real power of the old aristocrats is shaken, civil strife will break out. It is a bit like a clan system, but their old aristocrats are the old aristocrats of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. They are in semi-slavery and are worse than the clans.
The gentry who were in power in the Ming Dynasty were unable to resist the central government, so the emperor held absolute power.
The King of Siam, Liu Gui, was not an absolutely capable emperor. It was impossible to clear out all the old nobles in Siam and establish a new Dacheng Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, in fact, imitating the Ming Dynasty in establishing your rule can make your royal power last for a long time."
roll!
Liu Gui has no motivation.
Building a power system based on the Ming Dynasty will not allow me to have absolute power like the Ming Emperor, so why bother?
If I don't bother, won't the country be able to continue?
Still the same!
Bian Yong returned angrily.
The Jinshi group was headed by Qi Shun.
He was good at dancing in the Siamese court, vigorously promoting Sinicization, and imitating the Ming Dynasty in all aspects to build a power system.
Two days later, Qi Shun found Bian Yong and asked him what he had told the King of Siam.
"Ambassador Bian, are you too honest?"
Qi Shun was speechless: "It will be beneficial to us if Siam is in chaos. We are people of the Ming Dynasty. The reason for sinicizing Siam is to rule Siam in the future!"
Bian never said a word. He took the Ming Dynasty as his glory and did not want his glory to be stained by darkness.
"That's all, you don't need to get involved in this matter anymore. When the rainy season passes, please ask the envoy to continue westward and go to Ava as envoy."
Ava and Bago are two countries in Myanmar. Ava is at the top and is called Upper Myanmar, and Bago is at the bottom and is called Lower Myanmar.
Pegu was translated into Baigu in the Ming Dynasty.
The two dynasties, due to the 40-year war, have exhausted their vitality and are now taking a breather.
It is the Xuanwei Department of the Ming Dynasty, so it naturally has a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Of course, as long as the Ming Dynasty is strong, it can have a good relationship with any country.
"Ok."
Bian Yong knew that Qi Shun would not allow him to sabotage the promotion of the Chineseization of Siam.
This is the emperor's order.
Sinicized Siam will be easier to rule after occupation.
"Ambassador Bian, Myanmar and Myanmar are not powerful countries, but according to Siam's history books, the potential for war is huge, and its people are very good at fighting."
Qi Shun instructed: "When we arrive in Ava and Bago, we must focus on making good friends."
"I know."
After the rainy season has passed, the emperor will send people to deliver a large number of rewards, and then the mission will head west.
During this period, Bian Yong could not enter the palace to meet the King of Siam.
Another mission set out from Beijing, traveled through the Central and Southern countries, and arrived in Shendu in August of the 11th year of Jingtai.
This mission was appointed by the emperor, and the ambassador was Chen Jiayou.
Chen Jiayou was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai and ranked No. 1 in the examination!
The second year of Jingtai was the year of the famous imperial examination, and countless talents emerged, such as Wang Yue, Yu Zijun, Ke Qian, Mou Feng, Lin E, He Wei, Yang Shouchen, Zhang Ge, Xia Xun, etc., who are now highly valued by the emperor. Gao Ming, Qin Hong, etc. were all Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai.
It was Chen Jiayou who volunteered to be poisoned when he went on the mission. The emperor did not agree at first because Chen Jiayou served as an agent in the military aircraft department and was very talented, and the emperor loved him very much.
However, Chen Jiayou tried his best to persuade the emperor, believing that when he was sent as an envoy, he should send a Jinshi, who was also a close minister of His Majesty, so that he could control the poison.
At the end of the ninth year of Jingtai's reign, he decided to go out as a poisoner.
The mission left Beijing in March of the [-]th year of Jingtai and traveled for a full year and five months, visiting all countries in Central and South Africa, and finally arrived in Shendu.
Now it is a completely new regime that controls Beishendu.
Chen Jiayou translated it as Luo Di Dynasty, which was established in the second year of Jingtai.
Such a young regime actually looks old in Chen Jiayou's eyes.
The first king, Bahroor Rodi, was the governor of Sindh in the Sayyid dynasty. He captured the capital Delhi and established a new dynasty.
It sounds like a joke, just like in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when Wang Shichong captured Luoyang and proclaimed himself emperor? Is the world subdued?
However, this is not surprising in the body.
Once you capture the capital, you can establish a country, and the rest depends on propaganda.
Chen Jiayou felt that it was very funny when he heard the poisonous king's proud explanation.
After reading the map, I realized that the rule of the Rodhi Dynasty was limited to the north, Sindh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and other regions.
The Ming Dynasty was already very unfamiliar with body poisons, so it was best to read the history books of the Yuan Dynasty to learn about it.
After a brief exchange, he learned that there was an error in the translation, and the more accurate translation was India.
However, everyone in India does not seem to know that their country is called India.
This is interesting.
Is this a country or a tribe?
Chen Jiayou discovered an interesting thing. India does not know its own history. It actually knows its own history from a scholar like him.
Chen Jiayou gave a vivid history lesson to the rulers of the Lodi Dynasty. The lesson was actually about Indian history. How ridiculous.
Luo Di suddenly realized that this is how we got here.
Then, it's gone.
It's not recorded either.
There was no historian in the palace, so he listened to his own history as if he were listening to a story, and then forgot about it.
Moreover, there is no paper in India!
The writing is written on Bayeux, which is the same as Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia. They are all written on Bayeux.
There are mistakes in history. Chen Jiayou clearly remembers it. It is recorded in the history of the Tang Dynasty that the Tang people introduced papermaking to India. So why is there no paper in India?
"Our paper is very precious and should be reserved for recording scriptures." Rody explained this way.
Chen Jiayou was stunned. Paper was not used to record culture, but to record scriptures?
Don’t Indians study?
Of course I studied.
But Indians prefer mathematics and business, which makes Chen Jiayou sneer, especially businessmen. If the top management pays attention to businessmen, wouldn't it mean that the world is full of bad luck?
Chen Jiayou expected to live in India for two to three years and open up the trade route from India to the Ming Dynasty before he could return to the Ming Dynasty.
His mission consisted of 782 people and [-] guards, including cavalry, infantry, musketeers, navy, etc.
The mission is mainly composed of people who are proficient in languages and are good at foreign languages. When they arrive in India, they have to learn the local language and record everything.
The journey was long and three people died of illness on the way.
Chen Jiayou wants to bring back Indian books, specialties, and everything about Buddhism to bring Buddhism back to the Ming Dynasty.
They brought gifts from His Majesty the Emperor, hundreds of carts of important items, as well as books, porcelain, silk, tea, paper and other valuable items from the Ming Dynasty.
However, King Lodi only liked gold and silver and other common things, and turned a deaf ear to books.
After living there for a while, Chen Jiayou asked King Lodi to allow the envoy to read Indian books.
This set of procedures can't fix Rody, so if you want to read the book, you can read it. Do you need permission? Why, Daming’s books aren’t read yet?
Don't tell me, no one talks about Ming Dynasty's books, and you will never understand them in your life.
Chen Jiayou obtained many classics from the previous dynasty. It seemed that many of them were unique, but King Luo Di gave them directly to the mission.
On the way, the mission learned Indian.
After getting the books, these people began to study Indian books and began to translate them.
However, there was not enough paper. Chen Jiayou and others went to buy it, but found that there was no place to sell paper. They finally found a place that sold paper, and the price was staggeringly high.
Chen Jiayou decided to also use Bayeux translation.
Why do Indian languages look like ghost symbols?
Because it was written on bay leaves, it was impossible to write serious words.
And why the Chinese characters of Ming Dynasty are calligraphy, because they are written on paper!
Calligraphy on Bayeux, no joke.
"Gentlemen, we can only rely on memory."
Chen Jiayou started memorizing, and the people in the mission divided themselves into memorizing all the books.
These books were also to be brought back to the Ming Dynasty. If the books were damaged on the way, they would have to be written from memory.
Luo Di was eating, drinking and having fun in the palace. When he heard that the Ming envoy was reading behind closed doors, he laughed at the stupidity of people. What was there to read in those books?
The missionaries are all liberal arts students.
The books of ancient India are most exquisite in mathematics, medicine, and astronomy, but literature is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.
It is really difficult for liberal arts students to memorize mathematical formulas.
It was Indian traditional Chinese medicine that allowed Chen Jiayou and others to discover a new world.
Indian Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ming Dynasty Traditional Chinese Medicine are similar in approach and result. They are both medical systems that focus on treating patients first.
India has one more branch, surgery, the prototype of surgery!
Chen Jiayou's envoy seemed to have opened the door to a new world, holding the Indian medical book "Collection of Wonderful Information" written on bay leaves and could not put it down.
The name of this book was given by Chen Jiayou. There was no name in the book. After Chen Jiayou read it through, he guessed that this was his real name. It was only a guess.
As we all know, the emperor valued medicine, and when he opened up Jiaozhi, he put medicine first.
There are more than 14 people in the mission who are proficient in medical skills and are also equipped with [-] imperial doctors.
"Infusion through a needle? Won't that hurt the flesh and blood?"
An imperial doctor exclaimed: "You can also use a soldering iron to burn hemorrhoids and perform eye surgery. Oh my God, it also contains details on how to practice knife skills!"
"Isn't this Hua Tuo's Qingnang Book?" an imperial doctor exclaimed.
There are detailed methods of practicing knife skills on corpses, and even methods of surgical treatment of infertility.
The methods of treating diseases are astonishing.
"The demon book, this is a demon book!"
Some people are crazy. They have studied medicine all their lives and have never seen someone use a knife to split a person open and perform an operation. Isn't that fatal?
This "Collection of Wonderful News" also contains prescriptions for treating scrofula (consumption), smallpox rash, leprosy lesions, rabid dog bites, etc.
"This is a treasure book!" Zhou Zhengfang shouted.
Zhou Zhengfang was an Enke Jinshi in the ninth year of Jingtai. He was good at medicine, so he was selected by Honglu Temple.
"Ambassador Chen, this Indian medical skill seems to be more developed than the Ming Dynasty, and this medical book is definitely more than just this one, there must be more medical books!" Zhou Zhengfang stood up excitedly: "We must bring these medical books back to the Ming Dynasty go."
"The surgery on this, I, I think it's likely to be a new door."
"If this treatment is effective, then we will create a new medical treatment."
Zhou Zhengfang walked back and forth excitedly.
Although Chen Jiayou is not very familiar with medical skills, he still knows a thing or two: "The loss of the Qing Nang Book is a great regret for our country's medical skills. Now that the Qing Nang Book has reappeared in the world, we must take it back."
"India doesn't value books, but we, the Ming Dynasty, are addicted to books. Since we are here, we must collect books in large quantities."
"If necessary, you can send someone back first and ask the army to escort us back home."
Everyone nodded. Considering how much His Majesty loves books, he will definitely agree.
Zhou Zhengfang looked at the imperial doctors: "Fellow imperial doctors, when necessary, I would like to ask you to debate the scriptures with Indian doctors. Please don't be complacent. Even if you lose, there is nothing to be ashamed of. You should learn from others' strengths. After all, this place is more noble." Religion, but I understand that people are more pragmatic and should learn their true skills."
"I'll wait and see." The imperial doctor bowed and saluted.
When they left the capital, the emperor gave them an order to take good care of the envoys, and to find a prescription to resist Cochin disease.
The mission worked together and soon had all the books translated.
Chen Jiayou entered the palace again and asked King Luo Di for more books.
Fortunately, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was generous, otherwise King Luo Di would have driven away these bookworms. They went on missions to foreign countries and still read at home. Wouldn't there be a hole in their heads?
He gave all the collections in the original palace to Mingren.
Chen Jiayou discovered many medical books.
These medical books were written in Bayeux and had no author's name on them, not even the title of the book.
It was found in the garbage by the cleaning officials in the palace and sold to Chen Jiayou for one dollar.
They are all medical books.
If Chen Jiayou hadn't bought it, they would have thrown it away.
"The Collection of Chalukyas", "The Collection of Eight Heart Essentials", "The Collection of Eight Parts", "The Collection of Kasyapa" and so on.
These names were filled in by Chen Jiayou.
He came up with the name based on the content in the book and after everyone discussed it.
These precious books were actually treated as garbage, which added another layer to Chen Jiayou's disdain for India.
The mission had enough people and quickly translated all the medical books.
These books are somewhat similar to the Huangdi Neijing and can be compiled into one work.
But now no one has the courage to re-edit the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon. They have to take it back to the Ming Dynasty and make decisions after consultation with all parties.
However, the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital came back with some very unfortunate news.
The level of doctors in Delhi, the royal capital, is very low, far inferior to that of the imperial doctors of the Ming Dynasty. They don't even know what surgery is, and the level of traditional Chinese medicine is very low.
"This is really a magical country. No one has learned the treasures of our country." Chen Jiayou was speechless.
People in the Ming Dynasty loved books as much as their lives, but they discarded them like worn-out shoes.
The great works of their ancestors were actually regarded as rubbish, and the folk doctors did not know these precious works.
"Can we bring all the books in India back to the Ming Dynasty?"
Deputy envoy Zhang Yuanzhen made a major decision: "Anyway, they don't value books, they only value money. We can first collect the books in the palace, and then go to the private sector to buy ancient books."
"No matter what kind of book, as long as it is a book, we will accept it."
"Your Majesty has so much money. If we spend more money to buy books, Your Majesty will definitely not feel bad."
This was met with laughter.
The emperor cherished books, which made the scholar-bureaucrats very satisfied. Especially the emperor's disclosure of the royal collection was very prestigious among the people. It was even said that he was the emperor who loved books first in history.
"How can we transport it back?" Chen Jiayou smiled bitterly.
Yes, it is easy to collect but difficult to transport back.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty will eventually clear Yunnan. If you leave the country from Yunnan and pass through Upper Burma, you can reach the Bengal tribe. After passing through Bangladesh, you can take a boat to our side."
Zhang Yuanzhen said: "Maybe we can cross the snow-capped mountains and return home from Wushuang."
Chen Jiayou said quietly: "It is best to take the waterway, and the sea route is the fastest."
"What if there is a storm and the boat capsizes? These books will be gone!" Zhou Zhengfang objected.
"Why don't we also write in bay leaves?" Zhang Yuanzhen said.
"Use bay leaves? Isn't that degenerate?" Some envoys thought this was a barbarian approach and disdained it.
"No!"
"The writing on the bay leaves is not afraid of water and does not rot easily."
"It's so hot in this place. After we write on paper, it's easy to lose or distort the words."
"It's very possible that all the hard work was wasted due to poor storage."
"There are bay leaves everywhere here. We can make a few more copies and transport them back to China. Even if one copy is damaged, the others can still be compared."
Zhang Yuanzhen said: "In fact, we can also hire local people to write without writing, and we can just pay the money."
"But you can't let one person write, take apart the book, gather a group of people to copy, break up the copying, and don't allow them to learn."
"After we finish writing, we will collect all the books and transport the soldiers back home in separate groups."
"Even if it is lost due to accidents along the way, it will not cause the entire book to be completely lost."
"Gentlemen, what do you think?"
This way is good!
Although the history of Indians is not as long as that of China, it is not short either. It is a splendid ancient civilization and there must be a lot of books.
Collected together, thousands of people are definitely not enough.
Paying someone to write it is the best way.
"Besides, if we open up the trade routes, merchants from the Ming Dynasty will come."
"Collecting books is not something that happens overnight. It needs to be collected bit by bit. When the merchants come, it will be more convenient for us."
"Of course, we can also encourage Indian merchants to sell books to Ming Dynasty, which is more convenient than buying them for us."
Chen Jiayou bowed deeply to Zhang Yuanzhen: "It was Mr. Zhang who was the first to take these precious books back to the Ming Dynasty."
"I dare not call you Mr. Zhang."
"For transporting these books back to China, you are enough to be called Mr. Zhang." Chen Jiayou said seriously.
Just do it.
The mission was not afraid of the intense heat and studied Indian books every day.
India has unique talents in medicine, mathematics, astrology, and religion.
Qin Tianjian is calculating the calendar.
Chen Jiayou planned to invite the Indian astronomy master to serve as an official in the Ming Dynasty.
However, King Lodi was very embarrassed to say that there was no master who was proficient in astronomy in his kingdom.
He also proposed to see the astronomical instruments made by his predecessors.
"What instrument?" King Luo Di didn't even know that instruments were needed to observe astronomy.
Ancient India did not pay attention to making instruments and only proposed theories. Later generations even forgot the theories and did not understand astronomy.
Only then did Chen Jiayou realize that today's India has seriously degraded and is far from being comparable to the brilliant civilization of the past.
But this is also a good thing. These books were shipped back to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty took the essence and discarded the rough and remade them.
In just one month, the Ming Dynasty mission completed the translation of all the royal books of the Lodi Dynasty.
1000 people, even if they didn't sleep for twelve hours, the translation was completed in one month, which shows that there are very few books. This is still a royal collection.
Looking at the Ming Dynasty again, the emperor made the royal collection public, and people all over the world copied it for more than three years, but it has not been completed yet. This shows that the vast number of Han books is vast.
"Ambassador, I think the books will be hidden among the ruins and we can pay to acquire them."
Zhang Yuanzhen loves books. He is the only person in the Ming Dynasty mission who has read all the books.
Chen Jiayou sent people to set up a stall in the capital to collect books.
The Ming Dynasty envoy had nothing to do and was actually chronicling India. India itself did not compile history, so Ming Dynasty helped them compile it.
At the same time, Chen Jiayou sent people back to the Ming Dynasty and asked the Ming Dynasty to send more people to India.
Zhou Zhengfang took copies of all the medical books and led 1000 people back along the original route. He set out from Delhi, the capital of India, and arrived in Ava, Upper Burma, which lasted a month.
Only then did we learn that the Ming Dynasty had completely swallowed up Annan and occupied the territory, and had opened a sea passage to Bago, Lower Burma.
Zhou Zhengfang took a boat to go south, and it took him nearly half a month to find the Ming Dynasty ship branch at the southern end of the Bago Dynasty, and returned to Jiaozhi by boat.
The return trip took less than three months.
The main reason was that there were too many rewards when I went there, which seriously delayed the trip. It was not just going to India, but to other countries, so it took a year and five months.
It took three months to travel back and forth, but it was still because we didn't know that Jiaozhi was fully occupied by the Ming Dynasty.
Otherwise, if you go by sea, 20 days will be enough.
Jiaozhi, the vast area south of Guangnan Province, is divided into two prefectures, Binh Duong and Thanh Duong. Xia Xun is mainly responsible for the immigration, resettlement, and defense construction of these two prefectures.
Wang Wei's Jiaozhi Navy was located on Jinou Bay.
Zhou Zhengfang got on and off the boat at Ca Mau Bay, and then took a boat to Binh Duong, which is not far north of Ho Chi Minh City.
This place is the administrative seat of Pingyang and Qingyang.
“Indians don’t love books?”
Xia Xun was also surprised: "The Kushan Dynasty and the Maurya Dynasty were so powerful back then, but they have declined to this point."
"Reporting to the Chief Envoy, this King of Luodi has Turkic ancestry and claims that he is a Mongolian and is related to the Ming Dynasty."
When Zhou Zhengfang said this, he couldn't help laughing.
India does not know what the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Mongolia is, and they are close to each other.
"Hahaha!"
Xia Xun is the chief envoy of Jiaozhi, and his illness has recovered.
"The lower official brought back many books, but due to the lack of paper in India, he could only temporarily write them on Bayeux."
Not only India uses Bayeux to write, but the whole of Central and South China uses Bayeux to write.
Like Champa and Annam, many documents were written in Bayeux. Nowadays, these remaining folk documents have been sent to Beijing. After they are sorted out by the Hanlin Academy, they will become popular all over the world.
Zhou Zhengfang wanted Xia Xun to see it.
Xia Xun waved his hand: "Let's wait until the translator comes to read it. According to you, the culture of India is as brilliant as our Ming Dynasty?"
"Sir, to be precise, ancient India was more splendid. Today's India is already a cultural desert."
Zhou Zhengfang recounted what happened in India and said, "Have you ever seen Ming Dynasty give an orphan copy to a foreign official?"
That is absolutely impossible.
The only copies in the palace must be copied in several copies and then stored in several places, so the inheritance of China has never been interrupted.
Xia Xun's thoughts were more complicated than Zhou Zhengfang's.
The Ming Dynasty has established sea connections with the Bago Dynasty of Lower Burma, crossed Siam, and contacted the Bago Dynasty.
Is it possible to continue to the west and establish contact with India by sea?
"I'm afraid it won't work. The kingdom we are in is the kingdom in the north. The south is still at war, and they are not the same country."
"That's okay. As long as there is political power, they will not refuse my Ming Dynasty's goods." Xia Xun is confident.
Wang Wei took charge of the Cochin Navy mainly to explore trade in the west.
The channel was obtained from Siam.
"According to what you say, India has lost its people and only focuses on money and does not care about culture."
Xia Xun asked, "How are the Indians?"
"They are very lazy. Their people don't know what culture is. They all focus on faith and study the scriptures deeply. Therefore, everyone is open-minded and optimistic, but their people are very weak, and their country is very weak."
Zhou Zhengfang said with some suspicion: "I think the ruling class seems to look different from the common people."
"Our people are chronicling India and should have answers soon."
Because the Ming Dynasty envoys were studying books and did not know much about India as a whole.
"Looks different? What does that mean?"
Xia Xun pointed at himself and then at Zhou Zhengfang: "Are you and I the same?"
"Although the details are different, you and I are the same, with the same origin."
Zhou Zhengfang said: "But when I walked on the streets of Delhi, I found that its people are extremely dark, while King Loti's skin is fair, just like our skin color."
"The dove occupies the magpie's nest!"
Xia Xun suddenly realized: "The ruler of India is a foreigner!"
"The gap between the alien races is too big!"
Zhou Zhengfang smiled bitterly: "Let's just say that China was also ruled by foreign tribes such as Xianbei, Xiongnu, Qiang, and Mongolia. However, they look the same as us. They just have different cultures and different regions."
"Everyone I see in India is different."
Xia Xun was also confused. This is such a weird thing.
"Then the Indians resisted?" Xia Xun asked.
Zhou Zhengfang shook his head: "They take their faith very seriously, and they don't seem to pay much attention to who they are enslaved to."
"Hahaha!"
Xia Xun actually laughed: "Born slaves, Ming Dynasty can buy slaves this time!"
"Ah?" Zhou Zhengfang was confused. Where could he go?
"Zhou Zhengfang, I'm asking you, what do you think about being enslaved as a slave?" Xia Xun asked.
"Be patient when the power is insufficient, and resist when the power is sufficient. We Han people will not be slaves. This is an iron rule." Zhou Zhengfang said generously.
"But what about the Indians?"
Zhou Zhengfang suddenly realized: "The Indians don't resist! It's clear that they are ruled by a few people, but they don't resist. Moreover, they value their faith and despise the world. Aren't they born slaves!"
"But!"
"Sir, Indians are very lazy. They don't want to work and spend all day in sects."
"Moreover, their beliefs are very important. When they were slaves to the Ming Dynasty, these beliefs were naturally introduced to the Ming Dynasty."
"Your Majesty is very wary of matters of faith. The central government does not seem to suppress them, but in fact it does not allow them to spread."
"if……"
Zhou Zhengfang was worried about the proliferation of Indian beliefs and their influence on the Ming Dynasty.
Xia Xun waved his hand: "These are just small details. We are in urgent need of slaves now. Having slaves is more important than anything else."
Just as he was talking, the slave moved the Bayeux book into the government office without any explanation.
Xia Xun frowned: "These slaves are very difficult to use. If you don't keep an eye on them, they will ruin your good deeds."
"When did I let you touch these things?"
"Drag him out and give him ten lashes!"
"Here!" a guard promised.
Xia Xun said: "These Annan people are very hostile to the Ming Dynasty. Not long after I became the chief envoy, I was assassinated three times."
"When new slaves are obtained, all these people will be sent to dig mines and build roads."
"Damn these! If these books are damaged, even killing you will not be enough punishment!"
Xia Xun was very angry: "Whoever lets people in without my order will be killed with a stick!"
"The last will be guilty!"
The guards outside the door are also wronged. These are your personal slaves. What do we want to do and how can we control them?
In fact, the killing rate of Han people in Jiaozhi soared mainly because these Annan slaves were disobedient and suddenly turned from human beings into slaves, and it was inevitable that they would have resentment in their hearts.
And the gentry who moved from the south of the Yangtze River were not very wary of slaves, so this kind of thing happened.
"These books..."
When Xia Xun saw the Bayeux book, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes: "Zhou Zhengfang, do you think these books should be burned after they have been translated into clear books?"
"What?" Zhou Zhengfang didn't understand.
Xia Xun smiled sinisterly and said: "India doesn't value culture, so let's move all Indian books to Ming Dynasty and turn them into Ming Dynasty culture!"
"Then burn the original Indian text and let Indian civilization disappear from the world!"
“As long as the books are in Chinese, that’s my Ming culture!”
"Only I, the Ming Dynasty, am the only country in the world with origin civilization!"
"only!"
"Other countries are not worthy!"
Zhou Zhengfang shuddered when he looked at Xia Xun who looked like he was crazy.
"Zhou Zhengfang, do you think our Han civilization was more splendid during the same period? Or was his Indian civilization more splendid?"
Although it is difficult to compare, Indian civilization is indeed very splendid.
"Then it should be destroyed!"
Xia Xun was a paranoid man. Just like when he lured out and killed the King of Champa in the Champa Kingdom, he also massacred the entire Champa Kingdom in order to kill the Champa King.
For this reason, the Ming army lost 10,000+ people.
He didn't feel guilty, but felt that only in this way could Ming completely rule this territory.
(End of this chapter)
In Siam.
Bien Yong has lived in Siam for two years.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty and Siam were not bordering each other. Siam pursued the strategy of distant relations and close attacks, and regarded the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain state. In fact, it was pulling the tiger skin of the Ming Dynasty to seek its own interests.
It’s different now, Ming Dynasty borders Siam.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty had a bad reputation, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were good at slaughtering, making Siamese people fear them like tigers.
Emperor Ming was even more domineering. He forced Siam to send people to farm for him, and sent people to Siam to extort food. Now he wants to ask for slaves.
Everyone in the Siam court was very angry with the Ming Dynasty and threatened to fight a war with the Ming Dynasty.
However, the remaining power of Gaozong's defeat of the city's defense army has dissipated.
Siamese people forget about eating and not fighting, and they feel that they can do it again.
In his spare time, Bian Yong wrote a "Guide to Living in Cochin in the Rainy Season". However, it could not be printed in Siam, so he sent someone to send the manuscript to Cochin and asked Xia Xun to help him print it.
He and Xia Xun had worked together in the military aircraft department and were familiar with each other.
Xia Xun was on the march and fighting. After reading the book, he helped Bian Yong copy the preface and proofread it before sending it to Huanzhou for printing and publicity in newspapers.
At first, Bian Yong could not bear such a long rainy season.
He was used to being busy, endlessly busy for a year, and suddenly for half a year, he was forced to stay at home and all work was forced to stop, just to avoid the rainy season.
When people go through the busy dry season and then enter the leisurely rainy season, the sudden rush and sudden relaxation will make people slack and lazy. This is natural.
In the book, Bian Yong discusses in detail how the rainy season will affect people's character, how to prevent it, etc.
And his manuscript is being read by King La Meixuan of Siam.
La Meixuan also changed her Chinese name to Liu Gui.
The reason why the surname was Liu was because there were many emperors with the surname Liu. I originally wanted to call him Liu Yu, but was refuted by Bian Yong, who believed that it was the emperor's name and was not allowed to offend.
Liu Yu was enshrined in the Emperor's Temple, which is not something you, the leader of the small country of Zuo'er, can do.
So La Meixuan compared herself with Liu Yu and compared the emperor to Sima Deguang. Sooner or later, he peeled off Sima Deguang's skin.
The Ming Dynasty merged Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, and the land ceded from Laos to establish Nan Ke Prefecture.
The prefect of Nanke Prefecture is now vacant, but Bian Yong learned that it was the imperial censor Qin Hong who came to serve as the prefect.
In the west of Nanko Prefecture, [-] soldiers were deployed to guard against Cambodia, Laos and Siam.
The construction of Nanke Mansion was all carried out by craftsmen sent by the Three Kingdoms. Of course, this was something that La Meixuan and Liu Gui wanted to do. They wanted to crack the secret of Ming Dynasty architecture.
However, the construction of cities and other places was all completed by slaves from the Three Kingdoms.
Military defense was completed by slaves of the Ming Dynasty, and people from the Three Kingdoms were not allowed to watch.
However, the Ming Dynasty's advanced construction experience was also learned by them. Liu Gui planned to build Seoul and rename the capital city Dacheng to Seoul.
I also heard that Seoul in North Korea was burned down by the Ming Dynasty, so I immediately gave up the idea and decided to call it a big city instead.
All over Siam, people are changing their names to Chinese, wearing Chinese clothes, and conducting Chineseization.
Because the Ming Dynasty was so powerful, it was as hot as the sun, shining so brightly that the subjects could not open their eyes.
From the 11th to the 3th year of Chingtai alone, as many as [-] merchants came to Siam to do business. The two missions each went on seven missions to deepen their familiarity with each other.
In fact, it was the Ming Dynasty that deepened its economic control over Siam.
In April of the 11th year of Jingtai, a Jinshi mission composed of the Hanlin Academy was sent. There were 72 Jinshi who came to the capital of Siam with profound knowledge.
Help Siamese Chinese.
Most importantly, brought paper to Siam!
Yes, Siam still uses bay leaf, and all paper is imported from Ming Dynasty.
Siam voluntarily became Sinicized, and the great emperor gave the paper technology, allowing Ming merchants to come to Siam to open paper mills, so that Siamese senior officials could use pure white paper.
Ming merchants also sent ink and pens to teach Siamese senior officials how to write Chinese.
Abandon your own writing and use Chinese for all official writing.
Liu Gui semi-actively became Chinese.
He was suppressed by Gao Zongben's strong troops and was forced to use the reign name of Jingtai's 11th year and give up his own reign name.
The Ming Dynasty opened up the channel to Siam, bordering each other and becoming neighboring countries.
After borrowing land from Laos, it's not that Siam has never fought with the Ming army, but the Ming army is so strong that it's rare in the world, and the Siam army is really no match.
Therefore, Liu Gui took the initiative to Chineseize, firstly to seek the advanced technology of the Ming Dynasty; secondly, he wanted to purchase ordnance from the Ming Dynasty.
He believed that the strength of the Ming army lay in its ordnance rather than the quality of its soldiers.
The emperor has given two thousand fire guns and is willing to sell them to Siam.
After receiving the blunderbuss, La Meixuan immediately changed her Chinese name to Liu Gui.
Looking for an opportunity to purchase a large number of firecrackers, he sent an envoy to negotiate.
"Angel, Gu's envoy returned to the country and said that His Majesty the Emperor was not in the capital, but on a tour of Nanjing. The cabinet is the one who makes the final decision in the court."
Liu Gui said with some doubts: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of losing power?"
He spoke broken Chinese, occasionally adding a few words of Siamese.
Bien Yong is now very proficient in the Siamese language and is even proficient in several dialects.
He not only communicated with Siamese officials, but also conducted trade with some tribes.
He may have a deeper understanding of Siam than the King of Siam.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. According to the laws of our Heavenly Dynasty, the power of the Prime Minister belongs to the cabinet. However, the status of cabinet ministers is not high. They belong to His Majesty's secretary and are appointed by His Majesty."
"But the civil and military administrations are divided and check and balance each other. Although the cabinet ministers exercise the power of the prime minister, they do not have the real power of the prime minister;"
"Moreover, our dynasty still has five judicial departments. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Supervisory Department supervise all officials. Anyone who dares to steal the imperial power should be impeached. Even if the emperor is far away in Nanjing, he still controls the situation in the world."
Bian Yong analyzed in detail the power structure of the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor had issued an edict to promote the sinicization of the Three Kingdoms, and sent 72 Hanlin Academy scholars, as well as some private scholars, to Siam to help with the sinicization of Siam.
Liu Gui nodded slowly: "That is to say, His Majesty the Emperor will never lose his power?"
"Without a prime minister, there will naturally be no powerful ministers. Civilians are superior to military officers, and we should be careful to prevent military generals from separatist rule and forming vassal towns."
"The army also implements a guard system. The soldiers do not know the generals and only recognize the emperor's orders and nothing else. Therefore, Your Majesty will always hold the monarch's power, and all the power in the world will be vested in the palace."
"Moreover, His Majesty is very diligent in his work. Your Majesty goes to court early every day, and never misses a day even if he is sick. He reviews tens of thousands of memorials every day. His diligence is no less than that of Emperor Taizu. Even the ministers in the world are worried about Your Majesty's health."
Speaking of this, Bian Yong was very proud: "Your Majesty also practices benevolence, loves the people as his own children, is not addicted to luxury or beauty, is tolerant to the world, and is well aware of the sufferings of the people."
"As far as I know, even in Nanjing, His Majesty read memorials every day, learned about the sufferings of the people on the road, and couldn't sleep well every night."
"An emperor who is so tolerant and diligent will naturally be loved by people all over the world."
When Liu Gui heard that the Ming Emperor was diligent in his work, he felt a headache.
He can be regarded as a wise emperor, but he was so tired after reviewing memorials for an hour every day. The Ming Emperor spent at least four hours reviewing memorials. What kind of spirit is this? Doesn't he have a concubine?
"The rain and dew in your Majesty's palace are all wet, and all the concubines have children. Now there are more than ten dragon children."
Bian Yong was proud of the emperor: "There are so many people like me in the Ming Dynasty, but your majesty is willing to believe in me and appoint me as envoy to Annan, Siam and other places, which shows my talent. Your majesty has the ability to recognize people and employ them." amount."
Liu Guiren's brain aches. When will the great emperor die? I want to be Liu Yu.
"Your Majesty is in the prime of life. Your Majesty succeeded to the throne with a weak crown. He is now in his prime years. He is extremely self-disciplined and is not addicted to alcohol and tobacco. This is a sign of the emperor's longevity."
Worthy!
Liu Gui hid his face and sighed. He is over 40 this year. Can he live longer than a 30-year-old?
How can a king not be lewd?
I wish I didn't get up every day.
"Angel, do you think our city can form the power structure of the Celestial Dynasty?" Liu Gui's face was full of hope. He also wanted to be an emperor with absolute imperial power.
Can you change the question?
Bian Yong is in trouble.
"Why do angels look like this? Our big city is also centralized, and all the power in the world is out of the palace. Why not?" Liu Gui was unhappy.
The Dacheng Dynasty began as a country established by a loose alliance.
Later, power was gradually taken away, forming a centralized state.
The resumption of power is only a superficial phenomenon. The unification achieved through political means and gentle resumption of power is equivalent to a joint-stock company, and the King of Siam is only the chairman.
Daming, on the other hand, is a wholly-owned entrepreneurial company, created by Emperor Taizu Jianlu Lanlu, and has a strong innate advantage.
In Siam, once the real power of the old aristocrats is shaken, civil strife will break out. It is a bit like a clan system, but their old aristocrats are the old aristocrats of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. They are in semi-slavery and are worse than the clans.
The gentry who were in power in the Ming Dynasty were unable to resist the central government, so the emperor held absolute power.
The King of Siam, Liu Gui, was not an absolutely capable emperor. It was impossible to clear out all the old nobles in Siam and establish a new Dacheng Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, in fact, imitating the Ming Dynasty in establishing your rule can make your royal power last for a long time."
roll!
Liu Gui has no motivation.
Building a power system based on the Ming Dynasty will not allow me to have absolute power like the Ming Emperor, so why bother?
If I don't bother, won't the country be able to continue?
Still the same!
Bian Yong returned angrily.
The Jinshi group was headed by Qi Shun.
He was good at dancing in the Siamese court, vigorously promoting Sinicization, and imitating the Ming Dynasty in all aspects to build a power system.
Two days later, Qi Shun found Bian Yong and asked him what he had told the King of Siam.
"Ambassador Bian, are you too honest?"
Qi Shun was speechless: "It will be beneficial to us if Siam is in chaos. We are people of the Ming Dynasty. The reason for sinicizing Siam is to rule Siam in the future!"
Bian never said a word. He took the Ming Dynasty as his glory and did not want his glory to be stained by darkness.
"That's all, you don't need to get involved in this matter anymore. When the rainy season passes, please ask the envoy to continue westward and go to Ava as envoy."
Ava and Bago are two countries in Myanmar. Ava is at the top and is called Upper Myanmar, and Bago is at the bottom and is called Lower Myanmar.
Pegu was translated into Baigu in the Ming Dynasty.
The two dynasties, due to the 40-year war, have exhausted their vitality and are now taking a breather.
It is the Xuanwei Department of the Ming Dynasty, so it naturally has a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Of course, as long as the Ming Dynasty is strong, it can have a good relationship with any country.
"Ok."
Bian Yong knew that Qi Shun would not allow him to sabotage the promotion of the Chineseization of Siam.
This is the emperor's order.
Sinicized Siam will be easier to rule after occupation.
"Ambassador Bian, Myanmar and Myanmar are not powerful countries, but according to Siam's history books, the potential for war is huge, and its people are very good at fighting."
Qi Shun instructed: "When we arrive in Ava and Bago, we must focus on making good friends."
"I know."
After the rainy season has passed, the emperor will send people to deliver a large number of rewards, and then the mission will head west.
During this period, Bian Yong could not enter the palace to meet the King of Siam.
Another mission set out from Beijing, traveled through the Central and Southern countries, and arrived in Shendu in August of the 11th year of Jingtai.
This mission was appointed by the emperor, and the ambassador was Chen Jiayou.
Chen Jiayou was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai and ranked No. 1 in the examination!
The second year of Jingtai was the year of the famous imperial examination, and countless talents emerged, such as Wang Yue, Yu Zijun, Ke Qian, Mou Feng, Lin E, He Wei, Yang Shouchen, Zhang Ge, Xia Xun, etc., who are now highly valued by the emperor. Gao Ming, Qin Hong, etc. were all Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai.
It was Chen Jiayou who volunteered to be poisoned when he went on the mission. The emperor did not agree at first because Chen Jiayou served as an agent in the military aircraft department and was very talented, and the emperor loved him very much.
However, Chen Jiayou tried his best to persuade the emperor, believing that when he was sent as an envoy, he should send a Jinshi, who was also a close minister of His Majesty, so that he could control the poison.
At the end of the ninth year of Jingtai's reign, he decided to go out as a poisoner.
The mission left Beijing in March of the [-]th year of Jingtai and traveled for a full year and five months, visiting all countries in Central and South Africa, and finally arrived in Shendu.
Now it is a completely new regime that controls Beishendu.
Chen Jiayou translated it as Luo Di Dynasty, which was established in the second year of Jingtai.
Such a young regime actually looks old in Chen Jiayou's eyes.
The first king, Bahroor Rodi, was the governor of Sindh in the Sayyid dynasty. He captured the capital Delhi and established a new dynasty.
It sounds like a joke, just like in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when Wang Shichong captured Luoyang and proclaimed himself emperor? Is the world subdued?
However, this is not surprising in the body.
Once you capture the capital, you can establish a country, and the rest depends on propaganda.
Chen Jiayou felt that it was very funny when he heard the poisonous king's proud explanation.
After reading the map, I realized that the rule of the Rodhi Dynasty was limited to the north, Sindh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and other regions.
The Ming Dynasty was already very unfamiliar with body poisons, so it was best to read the history books of the Yuan Dynasty to learn about it.
After a brief exchange, he learned that there was an error in the translation, and the more accurate translation was India.
However, everyone in India does not seem to know that their country is called India.
This is interesting.
Is this a country or a tribe?
Chen Jiayou discovered an interesting thing. India does not know its own history. It actually knows its own history from a scholar like him.
Chen Jiayou gave a vivid history lesson to the rulers of the Lodi Dynasty. The lesson was actually about Indian history. How ridiculous.
Luo Di suddenly realized that this is how we got here.
Then, it's gone.
It's not recorded either.
There was no historian in the palace, so he listened to his own history as if he were listening to a story, and then forgot about it.
Moreover, there is no paper in India!
The writing is written on Bayeux, which is the same as Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia. They are all written on Bayeux.
There are mistakes in history. Chen Jiayou clearly remembers it. It is recorded in the history of the Tang Dynasty that the Tang people introduced papermaking to India. So why is there no paper in India?
"Our paper is very precious and should be reserved for recording scriptures." Rody explained this way.
Chen Jiayou was stunned. Paper was not used to record culture, but to record scriptures?
Don’t Indians study?
Of course I studied.
But Indians prefer mathematics and business, which makes Chen Jiayou sneer, especially businessmen. If the top management pays attention to businessmen, wouldn't it mean that the world is full of bad luck?
Chen Jiayou expected to live in India for two to three years and open up the trade route from India to the Ming Dynasty before he could return to the Ming Dynasty.
His mission consisted of 782 people and [-] guards, including cavalry, infantry, musketeers, navy, etc.
The mission is mainly composed of people who are proficient in languages and are good at foreign languages. When they arrive in India, they have to learn the local language and record everything.
The journey was long and three people died of illness on the way.
Chen Jiayou wants to bring back Indian books, specialties, and everything about Buddhism to bring Buddhism back to the Ming Dynasty.
They brought gifts from His Majesty the Emperor, hundreds of carts of important items, as well as books, porcelain, silk, tea, paper and other valuable items from the Ming Dynasty.
However, King Lodi only liked gold and silver and other common things, and turned a deaf ear to books.
After living there for a while, Chen Jiayou asked King Lodi to allow the envoy to read Indian books.
This set of procedures can't fix Rody, so if you want to read the book, you can read it. Do you need permission? Why, Daming’s books aren’t read yet?
Don't tell me, no one talks about Ming Dynasty's books, and you will never understand them in your life.
Chen Jiayou obtained many classics from the previous dynasty. It seemed that many of them were unique, but King Luo Di gave them directly to the mission.
On the way, the mission learned Indian.
After getting the books, these people began to study Indian books and began to translate them.
However, there was not enough paper. Chen Jiayou and others went to buy it, but found that there was no place to sell paper. They finally found a place that sold paper, and the price was staggeringly high.
Chen Jiayou decided to also use Bayeux translation.
Why do Indian languages look like ghost symbols?
Because it was written on bay leaves, it was impossible to write serious words.
And why the Chinese characters of Ming Dynasty are calligraphy, because they are written on paper!
Calligraphy on Bayeux, no joke.
"Gentlemen, we can only rely on memory."
Chen Jiayou started memorizing, and the people in the mission divided themselves into memorizing all the books.
These books were also to be brought back to the Ming Dynasty. If the books were damaged on the way, they would have to be written from memory.
Luo Di was eating, drinking and having fun in the palace. When he heard that the Ming envoy was reading behind closed doors, he laughed at the stupidity of people. What was there to read in those books?
The missionaries are all liberal arts students.
The books of ancient India are most exquisite in mathematics, medicine, and astronomy, but literature is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.
It is really difficult for liberal arts students to memorize mathematical formulas.
It was Indian traditional Chinese medicine that allowed Chen Jiayou and others to discover a new world.
Indian Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ming Dynasty Traditional Chinese Medicine are similar in approach and result. They are both medical systems that focus on treating patients first.
India has one more branch, surgery, the prototype of surgery!
Chen Jiayou's envoy seemed to have opened the door to a new world, holding the Indian medical book "Collection of Wonderful Information" written on bay leaves and could not put it down.
The name of this book was given by Chen Jiayou. There was no name in the book. After Chen Jiayou read it through, he guessed that this was his real name. It was only a guess.
As we all know, the emperor valued medicine, and when he opened up Jiaozhi, he put medicine first.
There are more than 14 people in the mission who are proficient in medical skills and are also equipped with [-] imperial doctors.
"Infusion through a needle? Won't that hurt the flesh and blood?"
An imperial doctor exclaimed: "You can also use a soldering iron to burn hemorrhoids and perform eye surgery. Oh my God, it also contains details on how to practice knife skills!"
"Isn't this Hua Tuo's Qingnang Book?" an imperial doctor exclaimed.
There are detailed methods of practicing knife skills on corpses, and even methods of surgical treatment of infertility.
The methods of treating diseases are astonishing.
"The demon book, this is a demon book!"
Some people are crazy. They have studied medicine all their lives and have never seen someone use a knife to split a person open and perform an operation. Isn't that fatal?
This "Collection of Wonderful News" also contains prescriptions for treating scrofula (consumption), smallpox rash, leprosy lesions, rabid dog bites, etc.
"This is a treasure book!" Zhou Zhengfang shouted.
Zhou Zhengfang was an Enke Jinshi in the ninth year of Jingtai. He was good at medicine, so he was selected by Honglu Temple.
"Ambassador Chen, this Indian medical skill seems to be more developed than the Ming Dynasty, and this medical book is definitely more than just this one, there must be more medical books!" Zhou Zhengfang stood up excitedly: "We must bring these medical books back to the Ming Dynasty go."
"The surgery on this, I, I think it's likely to be a new door."
"If this treatment is effective, then we will create a new medical treatment."
Zhou Zhengfang walked back and forth excitedly.
Although Chen Jiayou is not very familiar with medical skills, he still knows a thing or two: "The loss of the Qing Nang Book is a great regret for our country's medical skills. Now that the Qing Nang Book has reappeared in the world, we must take it back."
"India doesn't value books, but we, the Ming Dynasty, are addicted to books. Since we are here, we must collect books in large quantities."
"If necessary, you can send someone back first and ask the army to escort us back home."
Everyone nodded. Considering how much His Majesty loves books, he will definitely agree.
Zhou Zhengfang looked at the imperial doctors: "Fellow imperial doctors, when necessary, I would like to ask you to debate the scriptures with Indian doctors. Please don't be complacent. Even if you lose, there is nothing to be ashamed of. You should learn from others' strengths. After all, this place is more noble." Religion, but I understand that people are more pragmatic and should learn their true skills."
"I'll wait and see." The imperial doctor bowed and saluted.
When they left the capital, the emperor gave them an order to take good care of the envoys, and to find a prescription to resist Cochin disease.
The mission worked together and soon had all the books translated.
Chen Jiayou entered the palace again and asked King Luo Di for more books.
Fortunately, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was generous, otherwise King Luo Di would have driven away these bookworms. They went on missions to foreign countries and still read at home. Wouldn't there be a hole in their heads?
He gave all the collections in the original palace to Mingren.
Chen Jiayou discovered many medical books.
These medical books were written in Bayeux and had no author's name on them, not even the title of the book.
It was found in the garbage by the cleaning officials in the palace and sold to Chen Jiayou for one dollar.
They are all medical books.
If Chen Jiayou hadn't bought it, they would have thrown it away.
"The Collection of Chalukyas", "The Collection of Eight Heart Essentials", "The Collection of Eight Parts", "The Collection of Kasyapa" and so on.
These names were filled in by Chen Jiayou.
He came up with the name based on the content in the book and after everyone discussed it.
These precious books were actually treated as garbage, which added another layer to Chen Jiayou's disdain for India.
The mission had enough people and quickly translated all the medical books.
These books are somewhat similar to the Huangdi Neijing and can be compiled into one work.
But now no one has the courage to re-edit the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon. They have to take it back to the Ming Dynasty and make decisions after consultation with all parties.
However, the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital came back with some very unfortunate news.
The level of doctors in Delhi, the royal capital, is very low, far inferior to that of the imperial doctors of the Ming Dynasty. They don't even know what surgery is, and the level of traditional Chinese medicine is very low.
"This is really a magical country. No one has learned the treasures of our country." Chen Jiayou was speechless.
People in the Ming Dynasty loved books as much as their lives, but they discarded them like worn-out shoes.
The great works of their ancestors were actually regarded as rubbish, and the folk doctors did not know these precious works.
"Can we bring all the books in India back to the Ming Dynasty?"
Deputy envoy Zhang Yuanzhen made a major decision: "Anyway, they don't value books, they only value money. We can first collect the books in the palace, and then go to the private sector to buy ancient books."
"No matter what kind of book, as long as it is a book, we will accept it."
"Your Majesty has so much money. If we spend more money to buy books, Your Majesty will definitely not feel bad."
This was met with laughter.
The emperor cherished books, which made the scholar-bureaucrats very satisfied. Especially the emperor's disclosure of the royal collection was very prestigious among the people. It was even said that he was the emperor who loved books first in history.
"How can we transport it back?" Chen Jiayou smiled bitterly.
Yes, it is easy to collect but difficult to transport back.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty will eventually clear Yunnan. If you leave the country from Yunnan and pass through Upper Burma, you can reach the Bengal tribe. After passing through Bangladesh, you can take a boat to our side."
Zhang Yuanzhen said: "Maybe we can cross the snow-capped mountains and return home from Wushuang."
Chen Jiayou said quietly: "It is best to take the waterway, and the sea route is the fastest."
"What if there is a storm and the boat capsizes? These books will be gone!" Zhou Zhengfang objected.
"Why don't we also write in bay leaves?" Zhang Yuanzhen said.
"Use bay leaves? Isn't that degenerate?" Some envoys thought this was a barbarian approach and disdained it.
"No!"
"The writing on the bay leaves is not afraid of water and does not rot easily."
"It's so hot in this place. After we write on paper, it's easy to lose or distort the words."
"It's very possible that all the hard work was wasted due to poor storage."
"There are bay leaves everywhere here. We can make a few more copies and transport them back to China. Even if one copy is damaged, the others can still be compared."
Zhang Yuanzhen said: "In fact, we can also hire local people to write without writing, and we can just pay the money."
"But you can't let one person write, take apart the book, gather a group of people to copy, break up the copying, and don't allow them to learn."
"After we finish writing, we will collect all the books and transport the soldiers back home in separate groups."
"Even if it is lost due to accidents along the way, it will not cause the entire book to be completely lost."
"Gentlemen, what do you think?"
This way is good!
Although the history of Indians is not as long as that of China, it is not short either. It is a splendid ancient civilization and there must be a lot of books.
Collected together, thousands of people are definitely not enough.
Paying someone to write it is the best way.
"Besides, if we open up the trade routes, merchants from the Ming Dynasty will come."
"Collecting books is not something that happens overnight. It needs to be collected bit by bit. When the merchants come, it will be more convenient for us."
"Of course, we can also encourage Indian merchants to sell books to Ming Dynasty, which is more convenient than buying them for us."
Chen Jiayou bowed deeply to Zhang Yuanzhen: "It was Mr. Zhang who was the first to take these precious books back to the Ming Dynasty."
"I dare not call you Mr. Zhang."
"For transporting these books back to China, you are enough to be called Mr. Zhang." Chen Jiayou said seriously.
Just do it.
The mission was not afraid of the intense heat and studied Indian books every day.
India has unique talents in medicine, mathematics, astrology, and religion.
Qin Tianjian is calculating the calendar.
Chen Jiayou planned to invite the Indian astronomy master to serve as an official in the Ming Dynasty.
However, King Lodi was very embarrassed to say that there was no master who was proficient in astronomy in his kingdom.
He also proposed to see the astronomical instruments made by his predecessors.
"What instrument?" King Luo Di didn't even know that instruments were needed to observe astronomy.
Ancient India did not pay attention to making instruments and only proposed theories. Later generations even forgot the theories and did not understand astronomy.
Only then did Chen Jiayou realize that today's India has seriously degraded and is far from being comparable to the brilliant civilization of the past.
But this is also a good thing. These books were shipped back to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty took the essence and discarded the rough and remade them.
In just one month, the Ming Dynasty mission completed the translation of all the royal books of the Lodi Dynasty.
1000 people, even if they didn't sleep for twelve hours, the translation was completed in one month, which shows that there are very few books. This is still a royal collection.
Looking at the Ming Dynasty again, the emperor made the royal collection public, and people all over the world copied it for more than three years, but it has not been completed yet. This shows that the vast number of Han books is vast.
"Ambassador, I think the books will be hidden among the ruins and we can pay to acquire them."
Zhang Yuanzhen loves books. He is the only person in the Ming Dynasty mission who has read all the books.
Chen Jiayou sent people to set up a stall in the capital to collect books.
The Ming Dynasty envoy had nothing to do and was actually chronicling India. India itself did not compile history, so Ming Dynasty helped them compile it.
At the same time, Chen Jiayou sent people back to the Ming Dynasty and asked the Ming Dynasty to send more people to India.
Zhou Zhengfang took copies of all the medical books and led 1000 people back along the original route. He set out from Delhi, the capital of India, and arrived in Ava, Upper Burma, which lasted a month.
Only then did we learn that the Ming Dynasty had completely swallowed up Annan and occupied the territory, and had opened a sea passage to Bago, Lower Burma.
Zhou Zhengfang took a boat to go south, and it took him nearly half a month to find the Ming Dynasty ship branch at the southern end of the Bago Dynasty, and returned to Jiaozhi by boat.
The return trip took less than three months.
The main reason was that there were too many rewards when I went there, which seriously delayed the trip. It was not just going to India, but to other countries, so it took a year and five months.
It took three months to travel back and forth, but it was still because we didn't know that Jiaozhi was fully occupied by the Ming Dynasty.
Otherwise, if you go by sea, 20 days will be enough.
Jiaozhi, the vast area south of Guangnan Province, is divided into two prefectures, Binh Duong and Thanh Duong. Xia Xun is mainly responsible for the immigration, resettlement, and defense construction of these two prefectures.
Wang Wei's Jiaozhi Navy was located on Jinou Bay.
Zhou Zhengfang got on and off the boat at Ca Mau Bay, and then took a boat to Binh Duong, which is not far north of Ho Chi Minh City.
This place is the administrative seat of Pingyang and Qingyang.
“Indians don’t love books?”
Xia Xun was also surprised: "The Kushan Dynasty and the Maurya Dynasty were so powerful back then, but they have declined to this point."
"Reporting to the Chief Envoy, this King of Luodi has Turkic ancestry and claims that he is a Mongolian and is related to the Ming Dynasty."
When Zhou Zhengfang said this, he couldn't help laughing.
India does not know what the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Mongolia is, and they are close to each other.
"Hahaha!"
Xia Xun is the chief envoy of Jiaozhi, and his illness has recovered.
"The lower official brought back many books, but due to the lack of paper in India, he could only temporarily write them on Bayeux."
Not only India uses Bayeux to write, but the whole of Central and South China uses Bayeux to write.
Like Champa and Annam, many documents were written in Bayeux. Nowadays, these remaining folk documents have been sent to Beijing. After they are sorted out by the Hanlin Academy, they will become popular all over the world.
Zhou Zhengfang wanted Xia Xun to see it.
Xia Xun waved his hand: "Let's wait until the translator comes to read it. According to you, the culture of India is as brilliant as our Ming Dynasty?"
"Sir, to be precise, ancient India was more splendid. Today's India is already a cultural desert."
Zhou Zhengfang recounted what happened in India and said, "Have you ever seen Ming Dynasty give an orphan copy to a foreign official?"
That is absolutely impossible.
The only copies in the palace must be copied in several copies and then stored in several places, so the inheritance of China has never been interrupted.
Xia Xun's thoughts were more complicated than Zhou Zhengfang's.
The Ming Dynasty has established sea connections with the Bago Dynasty of Lower Burma, crossed Siam, and contacted the Bago Dynasty.
Is it possible to continue to the west and establish contact with India by sea?
"I'm afraid it won't work. The kingdom we are in is the kingdom in the north. The south is still at war, and they are not the same country."
"That's okay. As long as there is political power, they will not refuse my Ming Dynasty's goods." Xia Xun is confident.
Wang Wei took charge of the Cochin Navy mainly to explore trade in the west.
The channel was obtained from Siam.
"According to what you say, India has lost its people and only focuses on money and does not care about culture."
Xia Xun asked, "How are the Indians?"
"They are very lazy. Their people don't know what culture is. They all focus on faith and study the scriptures deeply. Therefore, everyone is open-minded and optimistic, but their people are very weak, and their country is very weak."
Zhou Zhengfang said with some suspicion: "I think the ruling class seems to look different from the common people."
"Our people are chronicling India and should have answers soon."
Because the Ming Dynasty envoys were studying books and did not know much about India as a whole.
"Looks different? What does that mean?"
Xia Xun pointed at himself and then at Zhou Zhengfang: "Are you and I the same?"
"Although the details are different, you and I are the same, with the same origin."
Zhou Zhengfang said: "But when I walked on the streets of Delhi, I found that its people are extremely dark, while King Loti's skin is fair, just like our skin color."
"The dove occupies the magpie's nest!"
Xia Xun suddenly realized: "The ruler of India is a foreigner!"
"The gap between the alien races is too big!"
Zhou Zhengfang smiled bitterly: "Let's just say that China was also ruled by foreign tribes such as Xianbei, Xiongnu, Qiang, and Mongolia. However, they look the same as us. They just have different cultures and different regions."
"Everyone I see in India is different."
Xia Xun was also confused. This is such a weird thing.
"Then the Indians resisted?" Xia Xun asked.
Zhou Zhengfang shook his head: "They take their faith very seriously, and they don't seem to pay much attention to who they are enslaved to."
"Hahaha!"
Xia Xun actually laughed: "Born slaves, Ming Dynasty can buy slaves this time!"
"Ah?" Zhou Zhengfang was confused. Where could he go?
"Zhou Zhengfang, I'm asking you, what do you think about being enslaved as a slave?" Xia Xun asked.
"Be patient when the power is insufficient, and resist when the power is sufficient. We Han people will not be slaves. This is an iron rule." Zhou Zhengfang said generously.
"But what about the Indians?"
Zhou Zhengfang suddenly realized: "The Indians don't resist! It's clear that they are ruled by a few people, but they don't resist. Moreover, they value their faith and despise the world. Aren't they born slaves!"
"But!"
"Sir, Indians are very lazy. They don't want to work and spend all day in sects."
"Moreover, their beliefs are very important. When they were slaves to the Ming Dynasty, these beliefs were naturally introduced to the Ming Dynasty."
"Your Majesty is very wary of matters of faith. The central government does not seem to suppress them, but in fact it does not allow them to spread."
"if……"
Zhou Zhengfang was worried about the proliferation of Indian beliefs and their influence on the Ming Dynasty.
Xia Xun waved his hand: "These are just small details. We are in urgent need of slaves now. Having slaves is more important than anything else."
Just as he was talking, the slave moved the Bayeux book into the government office without any explanation.
Xia Xun frowned: "These slaves are very difficult to use. If you don't keep an eye on them, they will ruin your good deeds."
"When did I let you touch these things?"
"Drag him out and give him ten lashes!"
"Here!" a guard promised.
Xia Xun said: "These Annan people are very hostile to the Ming Dynasty. Not long after I became the chief envoy, I was assassinated three times."
"When new slaves are obtained, all these people will be sent to dig mines and build roads."
"Damn these! If these books are damaged, even killing you will not be enough punishment!"
Xia Xun was very angry: "Whoever lets people in without my order will be killed with a stick!"
"The last will be guilty!"
The guards outside the door are also wronged. These are your personal slaves. What do we want to do and how can we control them?
In fact, the killing rate of Han people in Jiaozhi soared mainly because these Annan slaves were disobedient and suddenly turned from human beings into slaves, and it was inevitable that they would have resentment in their hearts.
And the gentry who moved from the south of the Yangtze River were not very wary of slaves, so this kind of thing happened.
"These books..."
When Xia Xun saw the Bayeux book, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes: "Zhou Zhengfang, do you think these books should be burned after they have been translated into clear books?"
"What?" Zhou Zhengfang didn't understand.
Xia Xun smiled sinisterly and said: "India doesn't value culture, so let's move all Indian books to Ming Dynasty and turn them into Ming Dynasty culture!"
"Then burn the original Indian text and let Indian civilization disappear from the world!"
“As long as the books are in Chinese, that’s my Ming culture!”
"Only I, the Ming Dynasty, am the only country in the world with origin civilization!"
"only!"
"Other countries are not worthy!"
Zhou Zhengfang shuddered when he looked at Xia Xun who looked like he was crazy.
"Zhou Zhengfang, do you think our Han civilization was more splendid during the same period? Or was his Indian civilization more splendid?"
Although it is difficult to compare, Indian civilization is indeed very splendid.
"Then it should be destroyed!"
Xia Xun was a paranoid man. Just like when he lured out and killed the King of Champa in the Champa Kingdom, he also massacred the entire Champa Kingdom in order to kill the Champa King.
For this reason, the Ming army lost 10,000+ people.
He didn't feel guilty, but felt that only in this way could Ming completely rule this territory.
(End of this chapter)
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