The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Now that he has made his words so clear, the opponents have nothing to say. However, Letomundo still said, "But no matter what, the execution of a major event like the King of Inca should be ordered by the King of Spain. Therefore, we feel that the King of Inca should be escorted to Spain and handed over to the King."
But Pizarro said, "This is impossible, firstly because the journey is too long, and secondly because the Inca king could easily be kidnapped on the way, which is very unsafe. Besides, we have members of the royal family here, and they We can exercise power on behalf of the king. Just now, Mr. Riquelme, the treasurer, once again demanded in a very strong tone that we must execute the King of Inca within three days."
At this time, another voice broke out from the silence. Someone shouted on the spot, "We support and support the Marquis. The Marquis's order is the direction of our action." Some even shouted, "Execute the Inca King and capture Cusco." In this way, many people who remained silent became conscious Unconsciously, he began to lean towards Pizarro. This is not only because Pizarro is their commander, but more importantly, doing so can relieve their fear of rumors, allowing them to leave here quickly so that they can rush to Cusco to grab more gold.
In particular, Juan, Gonzalo, and Almagro were all obviously on Pizarro's side. Therefore, the strength of Pizarro's opposition seemed a bit too thin. At most, it could only occupy 10% of the number of people present. Two out of ten. And heavyweights like Hernando and Soto were not present. Therefore, Pizarro felt that things were much easier to handle.
He had long known that Peter and his colleagues' opinions would not be supported by the majority. However, in order to exonerate himself afterwards without appearing passive and guilty, he decided to decide on this matter by a show of hands. . As a result, after voting by the twenty or thirty lieutenants present, only four or five people expressed opposition. So, he announced his decision, "Since most of the lieutenants agreed to put King Inca to death, the Spanish Expeditionary Force Command now issued an order to try and convict King Inca with the approval of royal officials and the cooperation of the church bishop. , and then sentenced to death." As soon as he finished speaking, the venue burst into warm applause.
After the meeting, Pizarro kept Almagro, Juan, Gonzalo, Antonio and Martin. Then, he lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and said to everyone present, "Just now , You have all seen that Letomundo and Petea are ignorant of current affairs and insist on insisting on justice. It is simply ridiculous. They don’t even know what they are here for. "
Listening to this, Almagro echoed Pizarro and said, "I don't know if they accepted any benefits from the Inca King. They are always fighting for the Inca King and complaining about their grievances."
Antonio said, "It's not that they got any benefits from the Inca King. It may be that they have stayed with the Inca King for a long time and have some friendship with each other. After all, humans are animals with emotions."
Pizarro glared at Antonio and said in a scolding tone, "If you have feelings and friendships like them, it's better to stay in Spain and not come out."
Seeing that everyone was quiet and silent, Pizarro said in a very tough tone, "Since we are going to execute the Inca King, we must make preparations in all aspects. First of all, we must complete the two tasks of trial and conviction. Let the Indians and the opposition feel that our approach is reasonable and well-documented; rather than being overbearing and bullying the superiors and subordinates. Therefore, we must do everything in a reasonable manner."
Juan didn't like Pizarro's hidden and showy style, so he said to Pizarro, "Just do whatever you think, we will all listen to you."
Pizarro saw that everyone was looking at him, waiting for him to express his opinion, so he felt that there was no need to hide some words and tease him, and there was no need to listen to and solicit everyone's opinions. So, he said, "Well, let me start by saying that first of all, to execute the Inca King, there should be a trial first, and there must be a judge in the trial. Almagro and I will be the presiding judges. The next step is A trial, but a trial must be based on accusations. Now, let’s list all the charges against King Inca.” After that, Antonio was asked to take notes.
Huan Xian said, "He occupied many women by himself, and set up palaces in many places to raise concubines. These are not included, but he also married and had fornication with his sisters and even nieces. It is simply incest. Just because of that He should be sentenced to death."
Gonzalo said, "He gave the state and public property to his ministers and relatives casually, and sometimes to servants and outsiders. This kind of embezzlement and private distribution of state property is really abhorrent and should be punished He imposed the death penalty.”
Almagro said, "He incited an uprising in an attempt to destroy the Spanish expeditionary force. This can be said to be his biggest crime. For this alone, he should be executed."
Antonio also said, "He usurped the throne and assassinated his brother, Huascar, the real Inca king. This should be his great crime and felony. For this, he should be sentenced to death."
Pizarro added, "He also commanded the army to massacre the city, not only killing tens of thousands of civilians, but also carrying out a massacre of royal family members. He deserves special punishment."
Juan added, "He also engages in idol worship and regards the sun god as an object of worship instead of respecting Christianity. This is also an unforgivable crime."
Everyone listed twelve crimes for Atahualpa, and each one was considered a capital crime.
Once there is a charge, there must be testimony. In this regard, Pizarro said to everyone, "As for the testimony, Antonio, Juan and Martin will be responsible for it. The interrogation of the relevant witnesses will begin early tomorrow morning. What methods will be used? I don’t care what the witnesses are, I just want you to prepare your testimony for me tomorrow.”
It is not difficult for everyone to talk about these crimes casually, but finding witnesses to provide evidence is not only difficult, it can even be said to be very ridiculous. Therefore, Antonio seems to be very embarrassed. He asked, "How should I find witnesses?"
Seeing that he was embarrassed, Pizarro said to him, "Leave this matter to Juan." Because he knew that Juan was an expert in this field, whether it was an Inca noble or an Indian common man, Juan You can easily find dozens of them at once.
After hearing this, Antonio finally breathed a sigh of relief, but Antonio still had a concern. He said, "I'm afraid that if the witness's testimony is not enough to prove the guilt of the Inca King, he will even defend the Inca King. In such a case The situation is not easy to handle.”
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short stories. Today's release is "You Are the Scenery of My Life (Part 1)")
