The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
The reason why Pizarro did this was naturally to shirk responsibility and make others think that this plan was not made by him. But his statement was obviously redundant because he was uneducated and unable to formulate this distribution plan. However, Robert must have formulated it based on his ideas. However, it is difficult for everyone to explain clearly.
Pizarro handed the distribution plan to Soto and said, "Read this plan to everyone and see what suggestions and opinions everyone has on this plan."
Soto picked up the plan with densely written small characters and read, "According to the rough estimate of the gold in the vault and the silver in the vault, the gold and silver after being cast into gold ingots and silver ingots are about 12,000 pounds and 24,000 pounds. An amount of one was handed over to the King of Spain (including the tribute already sent to Spain), and the remaining gold and silver were minted into 45 pounds of gold and 90 pounds of silver ingots respectively, and distributed as equal parts. The distribution plan is as follows:
1. Francisco Pizarro, as the commander of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, organized and led the Spanish Expeditionary Force to fight hard, strategized, commanded and implemented the decisive battle to capture the Inca King alive and defeat the Inca army. He was the last person to obtain this batch of gold and silver. The main contributor, so he should be divided into 13 shares; 2. Captain Hernando Pizarro was the founder and organizer of the expeditionary force, and risked his life and death to serve as the envoy to contact the Inca King, going deep into the tiger's den and luring the wolf out. The cave created a good opportunity to capture the Inca King alive, so it should be divided into 7 shares; 3. Captain Soto charged into the battle and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, so he should be divided into 4 shares; 4. Juan and Gonzalo The captain led the soldiers to charge into battle many times and had outstanding achievements, so he should be divided into 3 shares; 5. The cavalry showed great power and played a key role in the battle to capture the Inca king alive and defeat the Inca army, so each cavalry should be divided into 3 shares. 2 shares; 6. Each infantryman should be allocated 1 share; 7. The distribution of the remaining personnel stationed at the San Miguel colonial stronghold and some of the wounded and sick depends on the situation; 8. The new church of San Francisco also needs to be appropriately consider. "
After Soto finished reading the distribution plan, Pizarro asked everyone again, "Do you think there is anything else that was not considered well?"
Obviously, in this distribution plan, everyone present received a larger share than other officers and soldiers, and could be said to have vested interests. So everyone was silent for a while and nodded in agreement.
Hernando said first, "In terms of distribution, my eldest brother has been very thoughtful and I don't think there will be any objections."
But Soto said, "It's hard to say. There are differences between cavalry and cavalry, between cavalry and infantry, and between infantry and infantry. The credit is also greater or less. I think the Marquis should still It is better to think more carefully and thoughtfully, so that unnecessary conflicts can be avoided. Especially the sick, injured and left-behind personnel should be considered more carefully."
But Pizarro said to Soto, "I'm not too worried about the people you mentioned. But I'm worried about the people Almagro brought."
As soon as Hernando heard this, he complained to Pizarro and said, "I said let them work for themselves, but you insist on inviting them over. Now we start to divide the gold and silver, instead of dividing our own money." Stumped?"
But Pizarro said to Hernando in a critical and blaming tone, "You may know a few more words than me, but you are really not as good as Juan in thinking about problems. All you see is this." I have little profit, but I don’t see the situation we are in and the direction of future development. If we just keep this little gold and always be stationed in Cajamarca, can it be a long-term solution? I only ask you the simplest question Question, King Inca has been urging us to let him go. Do you want to let him go or not? Letting him go would be like letting the tiger return to the mountain and letting him bring tens of thousands more troops to attack us. If we don't let him go, he will definitely think that we are not keeping our word. , will also secretly send troops to attack us. Do you think we can fight against tens of thousands of Incas with just a few people like us? Besides, the place we really want to go to is Cusco, and there is no Almagro. With support and cooperation, can we reach Cusco and capture Cusco with just our few troops?"
But Hernando said stubbornly, "Since we can get the Inca King to get us gold, and we can use the name of the Inca King to trick Chalcuchima into Cajamarca, what else can we do?" Can't do it? I don't believe it. Without him, Almagro, we wouldn't be able to capture the capital of Cusco."
Soto also said, "I think the Marquis should be more careful. Maybe one day this Almagro will be our mortal enemy."
But Pizarro said very decisively, "What do you know? If we want to do big things, we must have big goals and a big vision, but if we don't have enough people, how can we do big things? Let me tell you this, the Inca Empire The territory is very big, can you occupy it? I think this great cause of creating a new Inca Empire must be started by uniting more people."
Having said this, Pizarro said meaningfully, "Besides, we mainly use Almagro's people. As for dividing the spoils, I think we have good reasons not to give them to them, or we can only give them to them." Their share was very small. They had no credit for the capture of the Incas and the defeat of the Incas."
Just now, Hernando and Soto did not want to share the gold with Almagro's soldiers. Since the Marquis said that they were only using Almagro's people and did not intend to share the gold with them, everyone did not want to share the gold with them. Nothing to argue about.
Seeing that everyone had no different opinions on Robert's distribution plan, Pizarro carefully folded the plan, put it in his pocket, and then said to everyone in a very serious tone, "Who will discuss the content of our meeting today?" You can’t disclose it to anyone, and you can’t even let anyone know about the meeting.”
Everyone solemnly said, "Don't worry, Marquis." Then everyone started eating and drinking.
After the meal, Juan originally wanted Pizarro to stay and let the Inca woman he loved accompany him to bathe in the Inca baths. Pizarro also wanted to take a hot spring bath, but because he had just argued with Hernando, he was still angry, so as soon as the meal was finished, he rode back to the military camp alone.
On the way back to the military camp, Pizarro almost listed all the stubbornness, self-righteousness, arrogance and rudeness of Hernando during the entire expedition in his mind, as well as the things he often did against himself. , especially recently when dealing with Almagro and Atahualpa, they have always been obviously contrary to themselves, even tit for tat. This made him even more angry, but because he was his brother, it was difficult for him to deal with him. Therefore, he thought that he should find a way to clean up and teach Hernando well, make him more honest and restrained, and learn to respect and obey him, the Spanish commander who is a marquis.
He returned to the office in the military camp and had just put the distribution plan drawn up by Robert into the office cabinet. At this moment, Antonio came over to report to him, "Mr. Marquis, I have completed what you asked. Tributes and gold gifts for the King of Spain are ready.”
After Roberto left, Pizarro transferred Lieutenant Antonio to the headquarters to serve as secretary. Because he himself was illiterate, he had to have someone help him with many things involving written work.
After listening to Antonio's report, Pizarro asked, "Have the tributes and gold objects been seen by Treasurer Riquelme and the royal officials?"
Antonio said, "They were always there to supervise, and after it was done, they all signed the list."
Pizarro nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good."
Antonio asked again, "Those soldiers are about to return home. I think they can help escort this batch of tributes, but I wonder who the Marquis will send to be responsible for escorting them?"
When Pizarro heard this, his first thought was to send Hernando away so that he would not have much resistance when dealing with the Inca King. However, the gold had not been divided yet, so he could not say this yet. Said, So, he replied, "We'll wait until the gold is divided."
He sat on a chair next to the table, rolled a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said to Antonio, "Go and inform all officers above the rank of lieutenant to hold an emergency meeting here after dinner."
Antonio said, "Yes, Marquis." Then he asked, "Will the people over there inform me?"
Of course Pizarro knew that "the people over there" meant the people on Almagro's side. He thought about it and felt that the people over there should also inform him. Otherwise, not only Almagro would have objections, but even the officers and soldiers over there would have objections. So, I said, "Everyone must be notified."
After Antonio left, he sat at the table and smoked cigarettes one after another. Unknowingly, cigarette butts accumulated in the copper bowl. Around noon, Antonio came back and said that all the notices had arrived.
Pizarro nodded and said to Antonio, "Immediately draft me an explanation on the distribution of gold and silver. I will tell you at the meeting tonight."
As soon as Antonio heard this, he felt a headache, because although he was considered to have a relatively high level of education in this army, he was still not qualified to run errands, send messages, or write simple notices and announcements. Question, but when it came to writing such complicated official documents and manuscripts, he really felt like he didn't know where to start.
Seeing that he was still stunned, Pizarro asked, "What? If you don't hurry up, why are you standing there?"
Antonio blushed and said hesitantly, "Marquis, I'm sorry, I have never written such a manuscript."
Pizarro couldn't help but sigh, thinking that Robert always wrote things like this before he could say them out, and then read them to him, asked for his opinions, and then made revisions. . But now this secretary, you have explained everything to him, but he can't write. He immediately showed his displeasure and said, "You can't let me teach you how to write, can you?"
Although Pizarro said this, he still took out the distribution plan written by Robert for Antonio's reference, and then asked Antonio to record and organize it orally. Although Pizarro was uneducated, his speech was clear-cut, organized and focused. So, it didn’t take long for the allocation instructions for gold and silver to be drafted. Pizarro asked Antonio to read it twice and felt that there was no problem, so he asked Antonio to leave the office.
