In the early autumn of 1692 AD, in Fugui Bay, there was a song of the new dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty's "big project" to open up the New World was officially launched in 1684 AD and has been going on for eight years now. During these eight years, the number of immigrants who migrated from Daming in succession exceeded 100,000. Including children born in the New World, the total population of the Yin and Shang people is almost 200,000!
It’s really a considerable amount!
However, the streets of Xin Chaoge, the de facto capital of Shang Fang Kingdom, are still as deserted as ever. After all, these 200,000 nationalities plus the savages who are really under the control of Shangfang State, whose number is only about 200,000 at most, are scattered in such a vast land. The population that Xin Chaoge can allocate will naturally be Not much more.
In addition, although this ancient city is brand new, its layout is focused on the defense of an old-fashioned castle-type city rather than a commercial city. Of course, the layout of Xin Chaoge is not that of the Shang Dynasty, but the layout of the outer outline and inner squares before the Song Dynasty. The whole city is separated by high walls, making it look even more deserted.
The so-called outer outline is a circle of city walls. The inner square, as you can see from the literal explanation, is a square circle of rammed earth built up with four gates, and two crisscrossed gates inside. street. The gate looks similar to a city gate. It is a rammed earth-covered brick pier with a door opening. Musketeers can be placed on the pier during wartime. There are usually four high platforms covered with rammed earth and bricks around the inner square, where gunners can also be arranged.
There is more than one such inner square in Xin Chaoge City, but there are seven small and five large ones, a total of twelve squares. Seven of the small houses are the residences of the people of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, or to be more precise, they are the residences reserved for the people of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. At present, all the people of the Yin and Shang people can be allocated a small piece of homeland in these seven squares. Even if they do not live in Xinchaoge permanently, the homeland will still be reserved for them in case of emergency needs. There are five big squares, namely Gongfang, Fufang, Kefang and East and West.
Among them, the East and West markets are two markets, one is located in the east gate and the other is located in the west gate. Because there is a shopping mall next to the dock outside Chaoge City that is more convenient for entry and exit, so the east and west markets in New Chaoge City are very depressed.
The palace was for the future Shang King Zhu Yimei. Now that Zhu Yimei has not left the country, it is naturally vacant. However, the palace buildings have almost been repaired, but the decoration has not started yet, and they are all in rough shape.
The Fufang is where the yamen of Shangfang Kingdom are located. Now the main yamen of the Shangfang Kingdom include the left and right Yinfu, the six chiefs of officials, rites, soldiers, households, workers, and punishments, as well as the army, political affairs, guards, guards, There are nine ministers including Ducha, Shaofu, Dianke, Tongzheng and Taixue. These are the Second Yin, the Sixth Prime Minister, and the Nine Qings. These yamen affiliated to the central government, plus a total of 18 yamen in Gefu Yamen of the New Dynasty, as well as the small, middle and large schools under the jurisdiction of Taixueqing, and a large military camp, are now all concentrated in the government office. Inside the workshop. Therefore, this Fufang has become the largest of the twelve Xinchaoge Fangs. And these yamen, schools and barracks have already started operating. Therefore, Xin Chaoge's mansion has become the center of Shang Fang Kingdom, and it is also the busiest place in Xin Chaoge City.
The guest house in Xin Chaoge City is an embassy area. There are actually several embassies in it, including the imperial envoy embassy of the Ming Dynasty in Xin Chaoge, as well as Japan, Annan, Myanmar, Hindustan, Yanping, Luzon, Ryukyu and other embassies that were visited by the Ming Dynasty. The firmly controlled business hall of the vassal state in Xinchaoge (the vassal state has no diplomacy, so it cannot be called an embassy or legation), and there is also a tribute embassy of the Aztec Kingdom in Xinchaoge - the Aztec The kingdom was the only vassal state of Shangfang State, so it set up a tribute embassy in Xinchaoge.
And this Aztec tribute embassy was also the most popular in the entire Xin Chao Ge guest house during this period, because Montezuma, the Aztec king who betrayed God and the Spanish Empire, came to Xin Chao Ge and is currently visiting Xin Chao Ge. Living in the tribute embassy.
It was not because he heard that Emperor Leopold sent Eugen Savoy to "subdue" him that he came to Xinchaoge to take refuge. In fact, he came to Xinchaoge to "practice demons" and "become religious"!
Oh, at least in his opinion, he is about to join the Demon Cult, and will go to hell after death.
To become a demon, of course you must first become a demon master!
The division that the Aztec king worshiped was not an ordinary division, but Li Guangdi, the right commander of Shang Fang Kingdom and Dong Bohou.
At this time, the Aztec king had put on his "magic clothes" - a cloth robe with a cross-collar collar, a bun on his head and a handkerchief, and a long sword and a handkerchief hung on his belt. The grenade hammer looks very "magic"!
After changing into the "devil clothes", he knelt down on a futon in a quiet room with a portrait of the "Demon Lord" and stared at the fierce-looking demon in the portrait with the dim light in the room. The Demon Lord is a burly bearded man, wearing a robe and a handkerchief, sitting on a futon, with a long sword and a grenade hammer hanging from his waist, and an "Iron Fist" rocket launcher placed next to him. !
The Aztec King Xin said: "Is this the devil? It looks very powerful!"
As soon as he thought of this, there were light footsteps behind him, and then Li Guangdi's voice: "Zuma, this is the statue of the most holy teacher Confucius!"
The Aztec king can now understand the "Shang dialect" spoken by Li Guang...it is still Shang dialect with a southern Fujian accent.
Moreover, he also has a Shangfang-style surname, given name, and given name: Meng, Te, and Zuma!
After listening to Li Guangdi's words, this "Mengzuma" knew that the person in the painting was the most holy master of the "Demon Cult"... he should be a very big devil!
So Mengzuma quickly bowed and said loudly: "Blessings from the Holy Master!"
bless? Does Confucius care about this?
Li Guangdi hummed, holding back his laughter, then walked to a futon opposite Mongzuma and sat down on it. He looked at his good student seriously and asked: "Zuma, have you thought about it? Really?" Do you want to join my family?"
In fact, if Montezuma had thought about it, he would have to become a Confucian disciple today... In the past two years, while Leopold was busy reorganizing the territories of New Spain and Peru, Montezuma was also working with Li Guangdi. Under the guidance, his Aztec country was stunned. His country occupied Sonora, Hermosillo, Guayimas, Cachem, Aome and the entire Baja California peninsula that originally belonged to New Spain. The capital was placed in the port city of Guayinmas, and the name of Guayinmas was changed to Aztec City.
In addition, Monzuma also faithfully implemented the founding policy of "expulsion of the Western barbarians, republic of all ethnic groups, and equalization of land rights." While expelling the Spanish colonists, he also promoted the line of ethnic equality and land division in the country.
And "expulsion of the Spanish" not only expels the Spanish secular colonists, but also expels the Catholics!
Catholicism was a colonial tool in New Spain. The Spanish colonists relied on the power of the church to control the grassroots. If they were not expelled, the New Aztec Kingdom would never be able to control the grassroots... What kind of anti-colonialism is this?
But after expelling Christianity, it became a question of what religion to replace it with...and Zhu Heji never thought about this problem, because he never thought about restoring the Aztecs. Just how to contain the United States of America, which has not yet been founded.
As for what to do with Mexico...whatever!
And Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi, and Chen Tingjing, the three "brains of Shang", never thought about the religious issues of the Aztecs at the beginning - they actually wanted to use the Aztec kingdom as a human shield and pull Hatred.
As long as the Aztecs can mobilize a group of Indians to carry them for a few years and increase the population of the Shang and Yin families, the mission will be considered completed.
But they never thought that Montezuma's mobility was quite strong. He actually carried it for two years and was getting stronger!
What made them even more unexpected was that under the leadership of Montezuma, "devil worship" actually appeared in the newly established Aztec Kingdom... The Indians of the new Aztec Kingdom had long abandoned them The gods of their ancestors were all forced into Catholicism, and they also accepted the ways of God and the devil. Moreover, Montezuma appeared in front of them as the "devil's disciple" again, and the group of Spanish priests represented by Bishop Torres came to "flee from the devil" again. So some Indians took it for granted that the devil was more powerful than God, so they decided to worship the devil!
Devil worship began to spread in the Aztec country, and a new religion entered the brewing stage.
The news reached Xibohou Zhou Peigong, and he immediately realized that the Aztecs could not be surnamed the devil of God's family... If they wanted to become the devil, they must also become the devil of China!
So Zhou Peigong, who was still sitting in Tongbeibao, wrote to Li Guangdi, who was staying in Chaoge, asking him to quickly accept Montezuma as his disciple.
So Montezuma was summoned to worship Confucius.
"The student is willing to become a teacher." Of course Mengzuma is willing to become a teacher. "The student has something he doesn't understand and wants to ask the teacher for advice."
Quite easy to learn!
"If you don't understand anything, just ask!" Li Guangdi said.
"Teacher, if a student becomes a teacher, will he have no choice but to go to hell in the future?"
Go to hell? Li Guangdi was stunned for a moment and said to himself: "Are you still struggling with this?"
But he couldn't use the words "If you don't know life, how can you know death" to prevaricate him. Because they are Catholics who can go to heaven, and what they care most about is where to go after death.
Li Guangdi must give an explanation!
"Yes!" Li Guangdi said, "God requires you to enter Taoism and practice, and it is extremely difficult to succeed. Since ancient times, few people have achieved Taoism and become immortals... You and I, mortals, just give up on this idea."
If you believe in the devil, of course you will go to hell!
Although Monzuma had been mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed... In fact, he felt that he had been a good person and done good deeds in the past two years. The Aztec country under his rule could be said to have a stable society and a prosperous people. Rich, the living standards of Indian civilians even exceed those of the lower-class people in Spain. Why can't he go to heaven when he is such a good king?
Li Guangdi saw the sad expression on Mongzuma's face, so he decided to comfort him, "In fact, it is not bad to go to the earth after death. The underworld is governed by the ten palaces of Yama. It has always been in good order, the ghosts are honest, and the products are abundant... Besides, The underworld will also arrange official positions and reincarnations based on the good and evil deeds of the deceased during his lifetime! Zuma, you have accumulated a lot of bad virtues in the past two years, and you should have a good future after arriving in the underworld."
Mengzuma was right when he heard it!
These days, he has actually heard many legends about Shangfang Hell... This Shangfang Hell is completely different from the hell mentioned by the Catholic Church.
It's not that scary, and the dead will be judged fairly based on their good and evil deeds during their lifetimes. Most of the dead will be reincarnated as ghosts, and only a small number of dead people who have committed many evil deeds will suffer, while those who have made great merits during their lifetimes will also have "preferred" "Fetus" can be cast into... directly cast into a wealthy family, that will be prosperous.
Moreover, the devil has the final say in hell. If he betrays God and takes refuge with the devil, he will take credit here in hell! Moreover, he also worked conscientiously to govern the "Devil's Country Aztec", and managed the "Devil's Country" to be similar to heaven on earth, no, it should be hell on earth (the devil certainly wouldn't say hell is bad), so big Yin De is still one of the devil's own people, and his future will definitely be good!
Thinking of this, Mengzuma's mood improved and a smile appeared on his face.
Li Guangdi continued to lie: "Zuma, you have betrayed God. If you go to heaven under God's control after death, can God forgive you? If I were you, I will never go to heaven. I have to go to hell! It's better to go to hell. Ah, when you go to hell...who will take care of you, you can be reborn in a good pregnancy, with glory and wealth, and endless enjoyment!"
Mengzuma nodded repeatedly: "The teacher is right, it is better to go to hell! Students must work hard in the future to strive to go to hell and be reborn in a good pregnancy!"
Li Guangdi said again: "Zuma, you can't go to hell alone... There are so many people in the Aztec country!"
"The teacher is right!" Monzuma said, "After the students return to the Aztec country, they must preach for the devil and let everyone go to hell!"
What a good king!
Li Guangdi added: "Zuma is not a devil, he is the Holy Master!"
Monzuma was right. Devil is not a good word. It is impossible for him to say that he is a devil! It turns out that this devil's official name is "The Holy One."
Thinking of this, Montezuma once again kowtowed to the portrait of the most holy teacher: "The most holy teacher is here, my disciple Montezuma follows his mentor Li Hou to worship at the... holy door. I will definitely respect my teacher today." Holy, fight to promote the Holy Sect, and do not hesitate to break your body, just to enter the underworld as soon as possible!"
I just want to enter the underworld as soon as possible, which is quite pious!
I don’t know if his words moved the devil. As soon as he finished speaking, there were rapid footsteps outside the door, and then he saw the tribute envoy from the Aztec Embassy walking in quickly and approaching Monte and Li Guangdi bowed and reported loudly: "Dong Bohou, Your Majesty, urgent report from Aztec City... The Spanish have sent troops to attack our Aztec country!"
