The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
The king left the meeting hall and walked quickly outside alone without being supported or surrounded by his beloved concubines. Yina and Wuga ran over to help him. However, he shook them hard and threw the two away. When he quickly returned to the dormitory and saw the concubines following him in fear, he threw a very delicate and precious ceramic wine cup towards them and shouted, "Get away, everyone." Open!" The cup fell to the ground and exploded with a bang, which made the concubines tremble with fright. They stood in front of the door, not even daring to breathe loudly.
The Inca king had not been so furious for many years. Because he was the Inca King and had the power of life and death over others, no one dared to make him angry or displeased. It is said that building the Quito Palace has been his wish for many years. If he does not build it now, it will not make much sense to build the palace in the future as he gets older. And according to Prince Gilabamba, since the Inca Empire already had a palace in Cusco, it was impossible to build a palace in Quito. This made him very angry and even a little resentful towards Prince Gilabamba. The construction of the royal palace in Quito had already obtained the consent of the princes, and most of the princes also agreed. However, in the end, the Inca palace manager vetoed it. How could this not make him annoyed and angry?
The Inca King Huayna Capac was over fifty years old. He was of medium height and strong. He was considered a strong man when he was young. But age is not forgiving, especially in the past year or two, I feel that my physical strength is obviously not as good as in previous years. So, after noon, I wanted to take a nap. At this time, there were only two close concubines in the dormitory quietly guarding the door, obeying his orders at all times. However, today the king was lying in bed, but he couldn't fall asleep. His mind was still thinking about building a palace in Quito.
The Incas were originally just a small country located in Cusco. Until 1438, the Inca Empire used various methods from military conquest to peaceful assimilation, making the Inca Empire cover almost the entire western South America. The empire's national power reached its peak during the reign of Huayna Capac, which brought the territory of the Inca Empire to Quito in the north, 1,500 kilometers away from the capital city of Cusco, and even Chile, 2,000 kilometers away from Cusco.
During these more than 100 years of continuous fighting, almost every king built a palace for himself during his reign. Therefore, there are several magnificent palaces in the capital city of Cusco. Although Huayna Capac built several summer palaces throughout the Inca Empire, he had not yet built his own royal palace. The palace he lives in now is the original palace of the King of Quito. It has been greatly expanded after renovation and expansion, but it is still far from the palace of Cusco.
Now that the north has been pacified, he can let his beloved son Prince Atahualpa lead a heavy army to be stationed here, and he can lead many princes and nobles back to camp and return to the palace of Cusco, the capital of the south, to concentrate on their enjoyment. However, he felt that after more than 20 years of living in the north, he had developed a deep affection for Quito and did not want to leave here again. Of course, he did not want to leave Quito, or wanted to build a palace in Quito. He also had another idea, which was to leave more territory and property to his beloved son, Prince Atahualpa. Because Prince Atahualpa was not born to him and his sister, he had no right to inherit the throne. As for himself, he most wanted to hand over the throne to Prince Atahualpa. Because he likes this son so much. Not only is he handsome, handsome, elegant, and superb in martial arts, but he is also very loving and filial to his parents.
Back then, Emperor Huayna Capac led the Inca elite troops to defeat the Kingdom of Quito in a desperate battle. When he saw the eldest daughter of King Quito, the beautiful Princess Paria, he was so shocked that he locked the 16-year-old princess in his room for three days and three nights without leaving the house. A year later they had a boy, who was as beautiful as his mother and made him extremely happy. So, he kept the child with him all day long and trained him as the successor to the throne. Now that the child has grown up, he has become more and more regal and elegant. He was so happy and proud of his beloved son. The reason why he did not want to leave Quito and wanted to build a palace in Quito was because he wanted to return the kingdom that had been taken from Atahualpa's grandfather to Atahualpa and his mother. However, he failed to do so this time. Therefore, he felt sorry for his beloved concubine Palia and beloved son Atahualpa from the bottom of his heart.
At this time, his beloved concubine named Ina came over and said to him, "Your Majesty, your beloved daughter Princess Anna Yama is here." The King said, "Let her in." Originally, the King was angry and would not summon anyone. , even if there is something urgent to report, he will let himself calm down before going to the meeting hall to meet with envoys or ministers. However, as soon as he heard that it was his beloved daughter, Princess Anna Yama, he felt that a lot of the worries in his heart suddenly disappeared. There are three people he loves most in his heart. These three people make him happy whenever he sees them. These three people are Princess Paria, Prince Atahualpa and Princess Anna Yama.
Princess Anna is the most beautiful princess in the Inca Empire. She is not only elegant and quiet, gentle, reasonable, considerate, but also smart and intelligent. Whenever he encounters puzzled or displeased worries, the king always calls Princess Anna to his side and asks her to persuade her, and his heart will suddenly become enlightened and enlightened. Whether it is astronomy and geography, ancient and modern oracles, or predictions of palace disputes and war situations, she can make clear points with reasonable evidence. Although she is not his biological child, she is the king's most beloved and convinced daughter. Her father calls her the Inca "goddess of wisdom" and wants to marry her to the heir to the throne of this kingdom.
Princess Anna walked to her father's bedside and saluted him, "Father, your daughter is polite."
The king sat up from the bed, asked his daughter to sit down, and asked, "Isn't my beloved daughter just here for nothing?"
Princess Anna nodded and said, "I heard that the construction of Quito failed to meet my father's wish. My beloved daughter must be dissatisfied with her father, so she came here to visit."
The king said in surprise, "How does my beloved daughter know that her father is unhappy?"
Princess Anna said, "My father is supreme and always sticks to his word. Moreover, building a palace has been my father's wish for many years. However, due to lack of gold, it cannot be built. Naturally, I am very unhappy."
The king nodded and said, "Yes, there is nothing we can do about it."
Princess Anna smiled at her father and said, "Father, do you know the story of the migration of the ancestors?"
Of course the king understood what his daughter meant, so he smiled and said, "Of course I know, that was when the Inca ancestors Manco Capac and Mama Oculo migrated with their clan members from Lake Titicaca. On the way the sun God gave Manco Capac a golden rod and asked him to stick it in the ground when he reached a place he thought was suitable for settlement. If the golden rod disappeared, that was where they should settle. So, they came When they arrived at a place called Cusco, they saw the fertile land and beautiful scenery. They inserted the golden rod into the ground, but the golden rod disappeared. So they settled there and built a temple. Worship the Sun God.”
Princess Anna continued, "This story is a household name in the Inca Empire and everyone knows it. For a long period of time after the birth of mankind, people still lived like beasts, without forming fixed villages or towns, or having their own religion. They don't even know how to farm, herd, or wear clothes. They live in groups of twos and threes in caves, rock crevices, and underground caves, devouring wild fruits and small animals like wild beasts, and like carnivores, eating the weak and the strong and killing each other in order to compete for food. . Some people covered their bodies with leaves or animal skins, and some were simply naked. They did not know how to choose a fixed wife, but lived in groups and had promiscuity. Women did not have a fixed husband, and men did not have a fixed wife.
"The sun patrols the sky every day. Seeing people living like this, he pities them all the time, but the time has never been ripe. Until he saw the Guayanai people multiply to a certain number, his son Manco Capac's The hope was full. The sun decided to send one of his sons and one daughter from the sky to the earth, and let them teach humans to know their father, the sun, and worship him as the main god of heaven; teach people a civilized way of life. , let people have houses to live in, gather into villages, and teach them to farm and sow, raise livestock and enjoy the fruits of the earth, and no longer live like wild beasts. After the Sun God issued this instruction, he sent his two children to On Lake Titicaca, more than 300 kilometers away from Cusco, because that is where his first ray of light shone.
"After the sun sent his children to the cave on the island, he gave them a two-meter-long, two-finger-thick golden staff and said, 'Go among the people who support you, children, Guaya. The Nai are the royal family that God Pachacamac and I have chosen for you on the earth. They have spread my most basic teachings among the people. Go among them, and they will worship you, because you are the children of the sun! No matter where you take them, you must first use this golden staff to test the ground under your feet. If you can insert the golden staff into it at once, then stop there. That is the place Pachacamac has chosen for you. Place, where you established your towns and dynasties.' And Pachacamac is the ancient creator god, known as the 'creator of the earth'. Its mission is to give life and life to all creatures born from the earth. vitality.
"As the son of the sun, the Inca King Manco Capac and the daughter of the sun, Queen Oculo, led their Inca princes and the first batch of subjects, three months after the first sacrifice to the sun god, they embarked on a search for A long journey to the blessed land and the establishment of the foundation. They left the holy lake and walked towards the north. Everywhere they stopped, they used the golden staff to try the ground under their feet, but they always couldn't get in. In this way, they came to the place where they are today. In a cave 30 kilometers away from the ruins of Cusco. One day, the Inca King Manco Capac came out of the cave and it happened to be that the sun was rising, so he named the cave Bacalek Tangbo, which means "Welcome "Window of the Sun". This king ordered the establishment of the first village there. To this day, people here still show off this name because it was named by the first Inca king himself.
"From there, he and the queen led the crowd to the Cusco Valley. After entering the valley, the first place they stayed was at the foot of the Guanacauli Mountain in the center of Cusco. The Inca King thrust the golden staff into the ground, and it was inserted into the ground easily. Amid the cheers of the crowd, the Inca King said to his sister, the Daughter of the Sun, 'According to the God Pachacamac and our According to the instructions of Father Sun, we will stay in this valley and build our royal city. Now we split up to gather the people nearby, enlighten them, benefit them, and educate them.'
From then on, Cusco became the capital of the Inca royal family. From here, successive Inca kings continued to expand and grow, gradually expanding the territory of a small Guayanaí people into a vast and boundless powerful empire. I think this should be a favor given to us by the Sun God, because we did not violate his wishes and oracles. "
Listening to his daughter's enlightenment and persuasion, the Inca King said with infinite emotion, "My precious daughter, no one in the civil servants and generals in the whole dynasty can convince my father and me like you." This is true, although the Inca Prince Gilabamba, the steward, blocked his decision to build the palace, but it made him very unhappy. Princess Anna's persuasion to him not only did not make him feel any resentment or disgust, but made him sincerely convinced and grateful. Therefore, he believed that his beloved daughter was the goddess of wisdom of the Inca Empire.
