The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
It was a morning in August 1527. When the strong sunlight from the equator shines into the Quito Palace through the vents, the entire palace suddenly becomes dazzling with golden walls and is magnificent. The rooms and walls in the entire palace are inlaid with gold foil, and the floor is paved with gold bricks of the same size. Even the spaces between the stones building the palace are made of molten gold water. Everywhere in the palace there were many handsome men and beauties, as well as countless tigers, lions, bears, deer, cats, dogs, alpacas and foxes. The size and shape of these people and animals are completely made of gold according to the real objects, and they are vivid and lifelike. The walls inlaid with gold foil are covered with pure gold butterflies, lizards, snakes, pythons and water birds. These small animals seem to be flying up and down, with graceful and interesting postures.
In a country that worships the sun, gold is a symbol of nobility and worship. The Incas regarded the sun as their god of worship and built a temple for him. The walls of the temple were inlaid with gold foil from top to bottom. They offered various sacrifices to him, including a large amount of gold and all their valuables. In order to thank him for giving them these things, they dedicated one-third of all the cultivated land in the kingdoms and provinces they conquered, as well as the harvest of the land and countless livestock as property, built him deep palaces and secluded courtyards, and provided for his eternal life. A virgin girl lives there.
The light color of gold is the most fascinating color in the entire kingdom. The Inca Empire was a powerful empire with gold everywhere, and the gold treasures in the Quito Palace were so numerous that they were overwhelming. The Royal Dining Pavilion in the palace is the most noble and luxurious place in the palace. Gold objects and jewelry filled the entire room, and all the items were extremely luxurious, representing the highest status of the entire empire.
At this time, an old man in his fifties was having a meal. He was sitting on a large pure gold chair, and in front of him was a pure gold dining table about one and a half meters long and ninety centimeters wide. On the table are clay pots, wine vessels and tableware with exquisite patterns and unique shapes. Compared with the golden objects in the room, they look even more simple, elegant and noble. The vessel for holding wine is an alpaca-shaped pottery pot, and the drinking cup is an alpaca-shaped pottery vessel. The shapes of other tableware are also very exquisite and unique. The pig's trotters are served in an eel-shaped pottery pot, and the hare's tableware is a round jar with two ears. The boiled corn and stewed potatoes are stored in round cans that are either deep or shallow. And the earthenware plate with tomatoes looks like a canoe moored on a calm sea. In short, every item on the table is so simple and simple, full of charm, and can be said to be the best or the best among the royal tableware. Because in the Inca Empire, where gold was everywhere but pottery was rare, pottery was much more precious than gold and could only be owned by the royal family.
The various fine wines and delicacies on the table were delivered by express delivery from all over the empire. There are fresh grapes sent from the south thousands of miles away, seafood, fish and shrimp sent from coastal towns, wolf meat sent from the northern forest area, and spicy liquor sent from the capital city of Cusco. . But the old man’s favorite food is pig’s trotters and corn locally produced in Quito.
The old man was wearing clothes specially made from the down of a huge poisonous spider in the dense forests of the Tumbes area. It was not only very comfortable and smooth, but also very rich and gorgeous. In order to make clothes for the Inca emperor, local officials hired a large number of farmers to capture this huge and poisonous spider all year round, even at the cost of human life. The noble Inca king would only wear this kind of valuable clothing at the cost of his life once, and then give it as a gift to the most favored chief or minister.
The Yushan Pavilion is a very spacious room. Among the dozens of people here, except for the old man, all of them are his closest concubines. They served the old man meals in the most pious and humble way. The old man first touched the plate of wolf meat with his finger. A woman bowed quickly and handed the plate of wolf meat to the old man. The old man picked up a piece of wolf meat from the plate and ate it. At this time, another woman had already bowed and placed her clean hands under the old man's mouth. The old man chewed for a while and then spit out the unchewed hard meat and bones into the woman's hand. The old man pointed to the plate of pig's trotters again. So the two women immediately bowed and left. One of the other two women held up a plate, and the other put her clean hands under the old man's mouth.
The old man took two bites and accidentally dropped the pig's trotters on his clothes. So the old man stood up and went into the side bedroom to change clothes. At this time, the women in the room were all kneeling on the ground, carefully picking up every hair that the old man had fallen off on the ground, and then putting it in their mouths to eat. Several close concubines followed the old man into the bedroom.
In the dormitory it was a different scene. Although it is not as big as the Yushan Pavilion, the items inside are more valuable and numerous. There is a large golden bed in the room, and a pure gold screen divides the room into two sections. Inside the screen is where the king and his concubine sleep, and outside is where the king and his concubine change and dress. All kinds of gorgeous and noble clothing are placed in rows. Whether it is the king's spider plush clothing or the concubines' alpaca plush clothing, each piece can be replaced with a lot of gold.
Under the service of his beloved concubines, the old man quickly put on a new set of imperial clothes and returned to the Imperial Dining Pavilion to continue his meal. He waited until the old man finished eating. The concubines kept all the food he had eaten and vomited out, as well as the clothes he changed, and not even a hair was thrown away. They were quickly transported to Cusco, the capital, by couriers, and kept in a special palace. They were unified at the end of the year. Burn. Because the Incas believed that these things contained the soul of the king, and if they fell into the hands of evil people, they would affect the king's divine power.
This old man is Huayna Capac the Great, the twelfth emperor of the Inca Empire today. Because this prince had the dignity of an emperor and a magnanimous spirit since he was a child, he was named Wayna Capak, which in the royal family means "having a magnanimous spirit since childhood." He always maintained a virtue both as a crown prince and as a king. That is, he never refuses a request that a woman makes to him. And regardless of her age, identity or status. He had an answer for each woman according to the circumstances. To women who are older than him, his reply is, "Mom, I will do as you ask." To those who are the same age as him or slightly older or younger, he says, "Sister, I will do as you wish." Do it." The younger one said, "My child, I will definitely meet your request." Moreover, he put his right hand on the left shoulder of all women without exception. This was a sign of his help and also Proof of grace.
In the more than thirty years since he inherited the throne of his father, Tupac the Inca, he has expanded the Inca Kingdom into a huge empire of more than 5,000 kilometers from north to south and with a population of tens of millions. Now he not only controlled Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, but also conquered Ecuador and the mountainous country of Quito to the north. Now he is the son of the sun, his words are law, and he can determine anyone's life, death, wealth.
The word Inca means king, and the real name of this empire is Tawantinsuyu in Quechua, which means the four directions of the world. The Inca Empire was divided into four large administrative regions, with provinces below, counties below the provinces, and villages below the counties. King Inka is revered as the son of the Sun God and the supreme monarch. He is called "Sapa Inka" and enjoys supreme power. Quechua is a large province of the Incas and the largest ethnic group of the Incas. The official language of the Inca Kingdom was Quechua. The Incas only had language and no writing, but they could draw simple patterns. The lack of writing is the greatest tragedy of the Inca Empire. Without writing, they cannot accurately know the origins and origins of their kings. Without knowing the divine and human history of their nation, it is difficult to inherit and pass down their civilization achievements, historical lessons, and laws and regulations very clearly. It is not even possible to accurately transmit information between the two places.
The Inca Kingdom was an ancient empire in the Americas from the 11th to the 16th century. The ancestors of the Incas lived in the highlands of Peru, and the central area of the empire was located in the Andes Mountains of South America. Later, they migrated to Cusco and established the Kingdom of Cusco, which became the political, military and cultural center of the entire empire. . The country developed into the Inca Empire in 1438. They are the founders of the three major civilizations in America, namely the Inca civilization.
