General history is naturally not a biography, but a chronology.
The origin of Annan comes from the Hong Pang family.
Luxu, the first monarch of the Hongpang family, was a descendant of the Chinese Shennong family. He was named the "King of Jingyang" and governed the south, known as the "Red Ghost Kingdom".
Then came the period of being embraced by China.
In short, it emphasizes that Annan originated from China, belittles previous generations of North Korean defectors, and bluntly calls out their rebellion, thus leading to endless wars in Annan.
Then the Wu Dynasty, Ding Dynasty, Li Dynasty, Li Dynasty, etc. were all power-hungry people who abused the people to maintain their health, which led to the degradation of Annan and the increasingly serious barbarian settlement, which was about to leave Xia and invade Yi.
Fortunately, I, Emperor Shaowu of the Ming Dynasty, can see thousands of miles clearly. His Highness the King of Qin is so heroic today that he drives the heavenly soldiers to subjugate the warlords, provides peace of mind for the people, and implements virtuous governance, so that the entire Annan can enjoy wealth and well-being. It is a great contribution.
King Qin looked at the words that praised him and felt a little embarrassed for a moment. This almost put all the credit for Zhu Jing on him.
They have completely become a foil and are of a auxiliary nature.
But he is a politician and has adapted to all this, so he doesn't have much resentment.
"Printed one hundred thousand copies and sent them to various official schools or private schools in Qin State."
Zhu Cunming said calmly: "In addition, tell the magistrates and magistrates in various places that the content of this book must appear in the children's examination."
"Yes!" Several prime ministers responded hurriedly.
In the name of being a historian, the King of Qin confiscated most of Qin's collection of books and history books. This general history is not for his own entertainment, but for the education of scholars.
Yes, they are scholars.
Ordinary people don't care who rules them. Only scholars have some self-esteem, so they care awkwardly about it.
Even though there were imperial examinations, there were still many people who lived in seclusion or did not want to be officials and sought Annan's independence.
It is precisely because of this that rebellions in the Qin State have occurred one after another in the past two years, with rebellions of three to five hundred people emerging one after another, putting great pressure on the local patrol camps.
Likewise, the Qin State followed the example of the Song Dynasty and continuously recruited troops to recruit strong labor force into the army.
With a population of six million, the army reached 200,000. What an exaggerated figure.
And this general history is a step for scholars to let go of their worries and embrace the King of Qin.
Prime Minister Liu Guan suddenly handed over a book: "Your Highness, this is the "Shaowu Phonetic Notation" newly published by the imperial court."
"Our country seems to be peaceful now, but the gap between the Ming people and the Qin people is very serious. In particular, some Ming people regard themselves as superiors, refuse to marry the Qin people, and live in the inner city without going out."
"Some people even only buy grain from the Ming Dynasty. On the surface, they are afraid of being acclimatized, but in fact they are stubborn and despise the Qin people..."
After hearing this, King Qin felt a little embarrassed for a while.
Since he grew up in Beijing, he eats all kinds of rice and pasta. Dumplings and steamed buns are also the norm. Naturally, he has to import wheat.
The utensils used in daily life are also in the Ming style unconsciously, and they are used in everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Although he didn't mean any disdain, the gap did exist. It was a matter of habit.
Mao Fu looked at King Qin's face and his expression changed slightly, and his heart moved: "In this way, with the gap between the two, it will be difficult for King Qin to completely live in peace."
"Your Highness——"
"how should I do?"
King Qin said in a deep voice.
"Wear Qin silk, eat Qin rice, use Qin paper..."
Liu Guan said softly.
"Yes!" King Qin took a deep breath and agreed.
He, the King of Qin, was really aggrieved, not allowing himself to eat or drink, but where could there be freedom in the world?
Even his wise and mighty father had no choice but to raise his illegitimate son outside the palace because he was afraid that his name would be left in history and scholars would advise him?
Thinking about it this way, he thought it was okay.
"That's all, I'll just go with it."
King Qin said in a deep voice, but his eyes showed anger at this moment:
"If the poor follow the people, the people will also follow the poor."
"Didn't the imperial court publish a book called "Shao Wu Phonetic Notation"? It was published across the country, and all officials, both civil and military, as well as Confucian students and students, had to learn Mandarin."
"The official language of our Da Qin Dynasty must be the same as that of the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Guan and Mao Fu hesitated to speak, but finally complied.
As for Ruan Cheng, the prime minister, he was already looking at his nose and his nose, and he didn't speak at all.
Because among the four, he is the only one who is native. Although he is not a decoration in the political hall, he is not much stronger.
Among the eight cao, he only leads the work cao and the punishment cao, and he has no say in these matters at all.
However, he glanced at Liu Guan and Mao Fu who were slightly silent from the corner of his eye, and smiled in his heart.
Because Mandarin must be popularized, it is not impossible to use Beijing dialect.
After all, those scholars in Qin who studied the Four Books and Five Classics must be able to learn Chinese characters. Once they learn the characters, they will naturally learn the pronunciation easily, not to mention there is a popular Mandarin book.
Seeing that the two of them were shocked by his momentum, King Qin showed a smile.
On the surface, it seems that popularizing Mandarin will offend the people and create more barriers, but the most fierce opposition is the group of civil servants from the Ming Dynasty.
Why?
Because the entire court could run smoothly even when the emperor did not understand Annan dialect, Mandarin played an important role.
Therefore, their descendants were able to master Confucian classics more quickly because of their spoken language, thus creating a monopoly on the imperial examinations.
That's the case with North Korea.
The middle- and upper-class nobles speak Chinese characters and Chinese to a standard even better than ordinary Ming people.
That's why the nobles swept through the middle class and the bottom class in the imperial examinations and occupied official positions.
Artificially set thresholds.
King Qin knew this very well.
Because he understood that only by winning over these civil servants and generals could he control the entire Qin State, and ordinary Qin people could not rely on him at all.
But today's different treatment really made him angry.
Let him, King Qin, be an example and be wronged.
Then it won’t be easy for everyone.
This is also a kind of knock.
"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 had begun.
Thinking like this, he was quite dissatisfied with the composition of the Council Hall.
The three prime ministers, Liu Guan and Mao Fu, were both born in the Ming Dynasty and were former ministers of the royal palace. They were very powerful in government affairs.
Because he was scolded by the emperor for trying to follow the caste system in Saigon, these people still regard him as a young boy.
You know, he is already twenty years old, has been in Annan for nearly four years, and knows everything. How can he be at the mercy of others?
"You have to use people."
King Qin looked calm and muttered.
Three people in the political hall are too few, at least five people are needed.
Three Han Dynasties and two soils are the most suitable.
…
At the same time, in Saigon, a fleet came slowly, with about a dozen ships of various sizes riding the wind and waves to land in the city.
Nearly a thousand people disembarked from the ship, including five hundred armored soldiers, all of whom were quite majestic.
The governor of Saigon welcomed me warmly and couldn't stop smiling on his face.
The first three people who disembarked from the boat came slowly, with emotions on their faces.
The leader is a military general, who is in his thirties and looks quite young. He is dressed in fine linen but cannot hide his aura.
On both sides were men of letters, in their forties, wearing long robes, with sweat on their foreheads.
"Prefect of Saigon, I would like to pay my respects to your Excellency."
He is wearing a black gauze hat and a white pheasant on the right side of his green robe, looming. He seems to be in his thirties, and he bends down to salute generously.
Due to the vassal system, although the Qin State still has nine ranks and eighteen ranks, there is no first rank, and even the prime minister of the Yizhengtang is only a second rank.
All official ranks were reduced by one level.
Therefore, the magistrates of the fourth rank in the Ming Dynasty were only the fifth rank in Qin at this time. They could not wear scarlet robes but green robes.
Since I don’t know the identity of the visitor, I can only call him Your Excellency.
"This is Xia Jinzi Zhu Shen, who has met the prefect."
Zhu Shen smiled slightly and cupped his hands.
"Here is Zhang Yuan, the head of the Weiguo Reclamation Department——"
"I'm here, Si Yuancheng, the head of the Military Affairs Department of the Wei Kingdom——"
The prefect Gu Guangwei smiled, and it turned out to be an army of defenders.
"His Royal Highness has heard about the vassal state of Weiguo and has specially ordered his subordinates to cooperate."
The prefect Gu Guang welcomed the three people into the team and got on the bamboo chairs.
"this?"
Seeing that the three people were confused, Gu Guang hurriedly explained: "Our Qin country is hot and humid. Horses cannot tolerate the humidity and often suffer from diseases. Livestock also suffer from mosquitoes. Now is a busy time, so I use a sedan chair."
Zhu Shen and the other two were suddenly stunned.
Sure enough, every country has its own customs.
Now we can only do as the Romans do.
After Zhu Shen sat down, four bearers lifted him up, and the other three were carried side by side. There were obviously strict rules in this.
Although the viscount is young, he is still a noble of the country, no less than a county prince in the country, so naturally he must be respected.
Soon, the government office arrived.
When Zhu Shen and others saw it, they realized that it was only the size of the Daming County government office, not even comparable to some big counties, and it was really not in line with their status.
A banquet table had already been placed in the hall.
Twelve dishes and three soups can only be considered average.
"Forgive me, Qin is a barren country, and the weather is hot and humid. There are too many vegetables that cannot be stored. I searched for some edible ones, but there are really few that suit the taste. I can only leave these behind."
"But the cook is from Guangdong, which is pretty good."
Zhu Shen was polite.
What caught his eye was nothing more than some chicken, duck, and fish meat. What caught his eye were some plump shrimp and grouper.
After the meal, they rested for a while, drank a cup of green tea to wash their stomachs, and then started talking about business.
“I wonder what Khmer is like?”
Zhu Shen took the initiative to bring up the topic.
"Khmer can also be called Phnom Penh."
Gu Guang, the prefect, said softly: "The capital of the country was in Angkor before, but unfortunately it was occupied by the Siamese, and the capital was moved to Phnom Penh, so it is generally called Phnom Penh Khmer."
"This is also to better distinguish their countries."
“What about this Phnom Penh Khmer?”
"Weak, vulnerable."
Gu Guang sighed: "Saigon under our feet was captured by Annan sixty years ago, but it was just not managed much."
"Now the king is called Padang Raja. The royal power is weak and the regions are divided. Neither Siam nor the former Annan take it seriously."
Zhu Shen nodded, this was pretty much what he understood.
"Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his country, if the king's army is used to fight against them, the number will be five thousand."
The peak period of the Khmer Kingdom was the previous Angkor Dynasty. Later, Siam occupied its capital, broke it into pieces, and had to move its capital to Phnom Penh.
Therefore, the Angkor Dynasty and the Phnom Penh Dynasty are actually the same royal family, and their bloodline has not changed and remains the same.
But the Phnom Penh dynasty was far inferior to the Angkor dynasty. Even the Nguyen family, who only controlled the three provinces, could bully him and marry a daughter for infiltration.
It can be said that at this time, Khmer and Annan were in heaven and earth.
After talking about Khmer, Zhu Shen asked about Qin’s support.
This is also the basis for the establishment of the Weiguo.
Without the support of Qin, it would be difficult to capture Khmer.
"Your Highness and King Wei are brothers, and the two countries are close to each other, so my king has prepared ten thousand stones of grain, five hundred pairs of armor, and countless bows and arrows."
Magistrate Gu smiled and said, "It's more than enough to supply you with several hundred people."
Compared with the difficulty of establishing King Qin, it is not easy to defend the country.
There is no need to farm or build a city. As long as you gather the army, you can buy food and other supplies, and you can also have a guide to guide you directly to Huanglong.
Zhu Shen knew this very well, but he was not very satisfied with it:
"His Royal Highness King Wei recruited more than 3,000 people from the Beijing camp and the border army. Although it looks like a lot, it is difficult to conquer a country."
"With all due respect, please allow our country to borrow troops."
"Borrowing troops?"
Gu Guang was shocked and waved his hands hurriedly: "This is absolutely impossible. Although our country has many soldiers and horses, they are mostly used to suppress the chaos. It is really difficult to draw out a large army for support."
"Hey!" Zhu Shen sighed: "How about recruiting soldiers?"
"I see that the Qin State has a large number of people. Simply recruiting some can save them from jumping out."
"This matter must be reported to His Highness. I can't make the decision."
Gu Guang breathed a sigh of relief and his expression softened a lot.
In fact, he can make the final decision on the matter of recruiting troops, but the way of being an official is that it is better to do less than to do more. It is not bad to do nothing.
When you encounter difficult problems and hand them over to the court, you cannot bear the responsibility.
Zhu Shen naturally knew what was going on and nodded with a smile.
In fact, he originally wanted to recruit soldiers.
Borrowing troops is absolutely not allowed unless necessary.
After the establishment of the Wei Kingdom, it will inevitably be adjacent to the Qin Kingdom. When the two countries become neighbors, and the two kings are not brothers of the same mother, there will definitely be conflicts.
Qin may even have ambitions to control Wei.
These must be guarded against.
Therefore, borrowing troops is absolutely impossible.
Zhu Shen returned to the arranged house. After staying for a while, he nodded with satisfaction, changed into normal clothes and went out.
The entire Saigon was established by the King of Qin a few years ago and was continuously expanded for three years. It was the largest city in the entire Qin Kingdom after Hanoi and Hue.
Although it is a occupied land and most of the people are occupied, the architectural style is mostly Ming style, mixed with some local characteristics, and it looks somewhat exotic.
Walking on the street, his ears were filled with the chirping of birds, and the few intermittent sentences in Chinese made him feel more at home.
At this time, he regretted going out for shopping.
Ask your guide where the busiest places are.
The guide said: "The incense in the Confucius Temple is the most prosperous. The imperial court banned Shivaism and advocated Buddhism and Taoism. Confucianism flourished. People saw the King of Qin, and even scholars worshiped the Confucius Temple, so they rushed to the ground to offer incense and worship."
"I come here to pray for marriage and blessings."
Sure enough, after arriving at the Confucius Temple, the place was extremely lively and crowded. The wooden statue of Confucius was one foot high, condescending and somewhat scrutinizing.
The exaggeration is that there are actually Mazu and Guan Gong in the side hall. The three are integrated into one, and each has their own incense.
(End of chapter)
