Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1021 Phnom Penh Khmer
General history, of course, is not in the biography style, but in the chronicle style.

Annan's origin comes from the Hong Pang family.

Lu Xu, the first monarch of the Hong Pang family, was a descendant of the Shennong family in China. He was named "King of Jingyang" and ruled the south, named "Red Ghost Country".

Then it was included in the embrace of China.

All in all, it emphasized that Annan originated from China, belittled the defectors of the past generations, and bluntly called out their rebellion, which led to endless wars in Annan.

Then the subsequent Wu Dynasty, Ding Dynasty, Li Dynasty, Li Dynasty, etc., all belonged to the power-obsessed generation, who abused the people to support themselves, which made Annan degenerate, and the barbarians became more and more serious, and they were about to go to Xia and enter Yi.

Fortunately, I, Emperor Shaowu of the Ming Dynasty, can see thousands of miles away. Today, His Royal Highness King Qin is extraordinary in martial arts. He drove the heavenly soldiers and surrendered to the warlords, and made the people's lives peaceful and virtuous, so that the whole of Annan can enjoy prosperity and well-being.

Qin Wang looked at the words of praise behind him, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment, which almost put all the credit of Zhu Jing on him.

They have completely become a foil, which is of an auxiliary nature.

But he is a politician, and he has adapted to all this, so he doesn't have much aversion.

"Print [-] copies and send them to government schools or private schools all over Qin."

Zhu Cunhao said calmly: "In addition, tell the prefects and prefects everywhere that the content of this book must appear in the children's examination."

"Yes!" Several prime ministers hurriedly responded.

In the name of compiling history, the King of Qin confiscated most of Qin's collection of books and history books. This general history is not for self-entertainment, but an education for scholars.

That's right, a reader.

Ordinary people don't care who rules them. Only scholars have a little self-esteem, so they care about it awkwardly.

Even though there are imperial examinations, there are still many people who live in seclusion, or do not want to be officials, and seek Annan's independence.

It is precisely because of this that in the past two years, there have been many rebellions in Qin State, and the rebellions of three to five hundred people have emerged one after another, and the local patrol battalions are under great pressure.

The same is true. Qin followed the example of the Song Dynasty and continued to recruit troops, recruiting strong labor into the army.

With a population of 600 million, the army has reached 20. What an exaggerated figure.

And this general history is a step for scholars, allowing them to let go of their worries and embrace King Qin.

Prime Minister Liu Guan suddenly handed out a book: "Your Highness, this is the new "Shaowu Phonetic Method" issued by the imperial court."

"Our country looks peaceful now, but the gap between the Ming people and the Qin people is very serious, especially some Ming people regard themselves as masters, refuse to marry with the Qin people, and live in the inner city without going out."

"Even some people only buy grain from Daming. On the surface, they are afraid of being unaccustomed to the environment, but in fact they are stubborn and despise the people of Qin..."

Hearing these words, King Qin was a little embarrassed for a while.

Because he grew up in Beijing since he was a child, he ate rice and pasta. Dumplings and stuffed buns are also normal. Naturally, he has to import wheat.

The utensils used in daily life are unconsciously used in Ming style, and they are omnipresent in basic necessities of life.

Although he didn't mean to be contemptuous, this gap does exist, and it's a matter of habit.

Mao Fu watched King Qin's face change slightly, and his heart moved: "In this way, the two sides are separated, and it is difficult for King Qin to live in peace."

"Your Highness—"

"how should I do?"

King Qin said in a deep voice.

"Eating Qin silk, eating Qin rice, using Qin paper..."

Liu Guan said softly.

"En!" King Qin took a deep breath and agreed.

He, the king of Qin, is really aggrieved, he doesn't let himself eat or drink, but where is freedom in the world?
Even his wise and martial father, isn't he afraid of being famous in history, and literati intervening, so he has to raise his illegitimate son outside the palace?

Thinking about it this way, he thought it was okay.

"Forget it, I'll follow this."

Qin Wang said in a deep voice, but his eyes showed anger at this time:

"The widow obeys the people, and the people also obey the widow."

"Didn't the imperial court publish a copy of "Shaowu Zhuyin Method"? Publish it and print it all over the country. All civil and military officials and Confucian students must learn official Chinese."

"My Daqin's official dialect should be the same as Daming's."

Liu Guan and Mao Fu hesitated to speak, but finally complied.

As for the prime minister Ruan Cheng, he was watching his nose and nose, and he didn't speak at all.

Because among the four people, only he is a local. Although he is not a display in the political hall, he is not much stronger.

Among the eight Cao Caos, he only leads the Gong Cao and the Criminal Cao, and he has no say in these matters at all.

However, from the corner of his eye, he glanced at Liu Guan and Mao Fu who were slightly silent, and smiled in his heart.

Because Mandarin must be popularized, it is not impossible to use Beijing dialect.

After all, those scholars in the state of Qin who studied the Four Books and Five Classics must learn Chinese characters. After learning the characters, it will be easy to learn the pronunciation, not to mention that there is a popular official Chinese book.

Seeing that the two were shocked by his aura, King Qin smiled.

On the surface, popularizing Mandarin will offend the common people even more and create more estrangement, but the most fierce opposition is the group of civil servants from Ming Dynasty.

Why?

Because the entire court could run smoothly without the emperor knowing Annan's dialect, the official dialect played an important role.

Therefore, because of their spoken language, their descendants can master Confucian classics more quickly, thus creating a monopoly on the imperial examinations.

This is the case with North Korea.

The middle and upper-class aristocrats are familiar with Chinese characters and Chinese, even more standard than ordinary Ming people.

That's why the nobles swept the middle class and the bottom class in the imperial examination and occupied official positions.

Thresholds are artificially set.

King Qin knew this well.

Because he understands that only those who win over these civil servants and generals can control the entire Qin State, and ordinary Qin State people cannot rely on it at all.

But today's different treatment really made him angry.

Let him be the king of Qin as a model and be wronged.

Then everyone will have a good time.

This is also a kind of beating.

"It's really not easy to control civil servants."

King Qin muttered.

Seeing the stability of the Qin State, the previous scene of unity gradually disappeared, and the struggle for power and profit had already begun.

Thinking of this, he was somewhat dissatisfied with the composition of the Yizheng Hall.

The three prime ministers, Liu Guan and Mao Fu, were all from the Ming Dynasty, former ministers of the royal family, and very powerful in the government.

Because he planned to imitate the caste system in Saigon back then, he was scolded by the emperor, so these people still regard him as a brat.

You know, he is already 20 years old, and he has been in Annan for nearly four years. He knows everything, how can he be manipulated by others?
"We need people."

King Qin's face was calm, and he muttered.

There are too few three people in the Yizheng Hall, at least five people.

Three Han and two soils are the most suitable.

……

At the same time, in Saigon, a fleet of ships came slowly, and a dozen ships of all sizes braved the wind and waves to land on the city.

Nearly a thousand people got off the boat, and there were five hundred armored soldiers, each of them was quite majestic.

The prefect of Saigon welcomed him warmly, and the smile on his face couldn't stop.

The three people who got off the boat came slowly, with emotion on their faces.

The leader is a military general, in his thirties, looks quite young, and he is dressed in fine linen, but it can't hide his temperament.

On both sides are literati, in their forties, wearing long robes, with sweat on their foreheads.

"At the Prefect of Lower Saigon, I pay my respects to Your Excellency."

He wears a black gauze hat, and a white pheasant on the green robe on the right lapel, looming, about thirty years old, bowing down generously to salute.

Due to the vassal system, although the Qin State is still at the ninth rank and eighteenth rank, there is no first rank, and even the prime minister of the Yizheng Hall is only the second rank.

All ranks were downgraded.

Therefore, the magistrates of the fourth rank in the Ming Dynasty were only the fifth rank in Qin at this time, and they could not wear scarlet robes but green robes.

Because I don't know the identity of the visitor, I can only call him Your Excellency.

"A certain is Zhu Shen, son of Xia Jin, who has met the magistrate."

Zhu Shen smiled slightly and cupped his hands.

"Zhang Yuan, head of the Reclamation Division of Xiawei State—"

"Under the Wei Kingdom's Military Affairs Department, Yuan Cheng——"

Gu Guang, the magistrate, laughed at it, it really was the army of the Wei State.

"His Royal Highness has heard about the vassal of Weiguo, and specially ordered the officials to cooperate."

The prefect Gu Guangying and the three joined the team and got on the bamboo chairs.

"This?"

Seeing the doubts of the three people, Gu Guang hurriedly explained: "My Qin country is hot and humid. Horses are impatient and often suffer from diseases, and livestock are also suffering from mosquitoes. Now is the busy time, so I use the sedan chair."

The three of Zhu Shen were stunned.

Sure enough, every country has its own customs.

Now I can only do as the Romans do.

After Zhu Shen sat down, four bearers lifted him up, while the other three carried them side by side, which obviously had strict rules.

Although the viscount is small, he is also the noble of the upper country, no less than the counties in China, so naturally he should be respected.

Soon, the government office arrived.

When Zhu Can and others saw it, it was only the size of the Daming county government, not even comparable to some big counties, and it really didn't fit the status.

A table of banquets had already been set up in the hall.

Twelve dishes and three soups can only be regarded as quite satisfactory.

"Forgive me, the country of Qin is barren, and the weather is hot and humid, and the vegetables are not durable. I searched for some edible ones, but there are really few that suit the taste, so I can only leave these."

"But the cook was invited from Guangdong, so it's not bad."

Zhu Shen was polite.

In his eyes, it is nothing more than some chicken, duck and fish meat, and what attracts his attention is some fat sea shrimp and grouper.

After the meal, the few of them took a short rest, drank a cup of green tea to cleanse their stomachs, and then began to chat about business.

"I don't know how about Khmer?"

Zhu Shen took the initiative to bring up the topic.

"Khmer can also be called Phnom Penh."

Gu Guang, the prefect, said softly: "Before, its capital was in Angkor, but unfortunately it was occupied by the Siamese, and the capital was moved to Phnom Penh, so it is generally called Phnom Penh Khmer."

"It's also to better differentiate the country."

"What about this Phnom Penh Khmer?"

"Weak, vulnerable."

Gu Guang sighed: "The Saigon we are waiting for was captured by Annan as early as 60 years ago, but he didn't manage much."

"Now the king is called Padang Raja, and the royal power is weak, and the local regime is divided. Neither Siam nor Annan before him take him seriously."

Zhu Shen nodded, it was similar to what he understood.

"Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his country, if the king's division is used against them, the number of five thousand will be enough."

The peak period of the Khmer Kingdom was in the previous Angkor Dynasty. Later, Siam occupied its capital, beat him to pieces, and had to move the capital to Phnom Penh.

Therefore, the Angkor dynasty and the Phnom Penh dynasty are actually the same royal family, and their lineage has not changed, and remains the same.

But the Phnom Penh dynasty is far inferior to the Angkor dynasty. Even the Ruan family, who only controls the land of the three prefectures, can bully him and marry a daughter to infiltrate him.

It can be said that Khmer and Annan at this time are simply heaven and earth.

After talking about Khmer, Zhu Can asked about Qin's support.

This is also the basis for the establishment of Weiguo.

Without the support of Qin, it would be difficult to win Khmer.

"His Royal Highness and King Wei are brothers, and the relationship between the two countries is close, so my king has prepared grain and stones, five hundred pairs of armor, and bows and arrows are useless."

Gu Zhifu smiled and said: "It is more than enough to supply your hundreds of people."

Compared with the difficulty of King Qin's establishment, Weiguo is not too easy.

There is no need to farm, no need to build a city, as long as the army is assembled, food and other supplies can be purchased, and there are guides to direct them to Huanglong.

Zhu Shen is very clear about this, but he is not very satisfied with it:

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei recruited more than [-] people from the Beijing camp and the frontier army. Although it looks like a lot, it is difficult to conquer a country."

"Forgive me, please allow our country to borrow troops."

"Borrow troops?"

Gu Guangda was taken aback, and quickly waved his hands and said: "This is absolutely impossible. Although our country has a lot of soldiers and horses, they are mostly used to suppress rioters. It is really difficult to draw out large troops to support."

"Hey!" Zhu Shen sighed, "How about recruiting soldiers?"

"I see that there are a lot of people in Qin State, so simply recruiting some can save them from jumping out."

"This matter must be reported to His Highness, I can't be the master."

Gu Guang heaved a sigh of relief, his expression softened a lot.

Regarding the matter of recruiting soldiers, he can actually make the decision, but in the way of being an official, one thing more is worse than one thing less, and it is not bad to do nothing.

If you encounter difficult problems, you can leave it to the court, and you can't bear the responsibility.

Zhu Shen naturally knew what happened, and nodded with a smile.

In fact, he originally wanted to recruit soldiers.

If it is not necessary, borrowing troops is absolutely impossible.

After the establishment of the Wei State, it must be adjacent to the Qin State. At that time, the two countries will be neighbors, and the two kings are not brothers of the same mother. There must be conflicts.

Even the state of Qin may have ambitions to control the state of Wei.

These have to be guarded against.

So borrowing troops is absolutely impossible.

Zhu Shen returned to the arranged house, nodded in satisfaction after staying for a while, changed into his normal clothes and went out.

The entire Saigon was established by King Qin a few years ago, and it has been continuously expanded for three years. It is the second largest city in the entire Qin State after Hanoi and Hue.

Although it is the land of Champa, and most of the people are Chammin, the architectural style is mostly Ming style, mixed with some local characteristics, which looks a bit exotic.

Walking on the street, his ears are full of bird chirping, and the intermittent Chinese words make him feel very cordial.

At this time, he regretted going out for shopping.

Ask your guide where is the liveliest place.

The guide said: "The incense in the Confucius Temple is the most prosperous. The imperial court banned Shivaism, advocated Buddhism and Taoism, and Confucianism flourished. When the common people saw the King of Qin, even scholars worshiped the Confucius Temple, so they scrambled to offer incense and worship."

"Marriage, praying is also here."

Sure enough, after arriving at the Confucius Temple, it was extremely lively and crowded, and the wooden statue of Confucius was as high as one foot, condescending, and there was a sense of scrutiny.

The exaggeration is that there are Mazu and Guan Gong in the side hall, and the three are integrated into one, and each gets incense.

(End of this chapter)