Inca Elegy (Novel) "The Fall of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) by Zhang Baotong
Torres led a mighty team to directly capture the government barracks. There were two to three hundred Spanish officers and soldiers with guns and ammunition in the barracks. However, they seemed to be surrounded without any preparation, and then were disarmed and dismissed on the spot. The barracks were occupied by the rebels. Torres immediately issued an order requiring his followers to confiscate all weapons and horses, but not to commit violence against any citizens or government officials.
The entire city of Lima and the streets of Lima present two worlds. The people of the Almagro Group were rejoicing and elated, holding knives, guns and swords in their hands, showing off their power everywhere, shouting slogans, and retaliating against the bureaucrats and enemies who had suppressed and bullied them in the past. Take it out. On the contrary, Pizarro's past buddies, accomplices, government employees, and officers and soldiers in the army were frightened and panicked, fearing that they would be arrested or imprisoned by the Chilean soldiers.
Kill Pizarro and gain victory. Torres began a large-scale purge and manhunt of Pizarro's associates, arresting all government officials and cleaning them up one by one. Those who are guilty are immediately arrested and imprisoned; those who are not guilty are required to express their stance immediately; those who express support for them are immediately released; those who are unwilling to express support for them are immediately dismissed from public office. In order to monitor senior officials and dignitaries when Pizarro was in office to prevent them from colluding and gathering, sentries and guards were placed in front and behind their houses.
The whole city fell into panic and chaos. Teams of soldiers were sent to perform various tasks, arresting batches of people. Those who were not members of the Almagro group were frightened and trembling, fearing that for some reason they would be declared as persons not protected by the law, and then be arrested by the soldiers and sent to prison. In order to comfort the citizens, Juan de Herada had to ask the clergy in the church to gather urgently, come to the street together, line up in a solemn procession, hold the Bible high in the air, hoping to use this sacred symbol to to appease the general public.
However, all Pizarro's dignitaries were captured and dealt with. However, only Picardo slipped through the net. Hundreds of people divided into teams and searched government buildings and the residences of various dignitaries, but they could not catch him.
Sobrino led more than ten people to the apartment of Riquelme, the treasurer of the royal family, to conduct a search. Because it was the only place they hadn't searched. However, the search of the residence of a royal member requires the consent of the owner.
Treasurer Riquelme has been following Pizarro, supervising and guiding Pizarro on behalf of the king. However, Pizarro never listened to the opinions and suggestions of royal members. Although Treasurer Riquelme was very dissatisfied with this, there was nothing he could do about it, but Pizarro took good care of them in terms of life and material, and arranged the three of them in this luxurious and comfortable small building. They also selected young and beautiful Inca women and maids for them, gave them gold and treasures as gifts, and sent soldiers to look after their homes and homes, so that they could live a comfortable and carefree life. Therefore, they still thank Pizarro from the bottom of their hearts.
When Sobrino led the soldiers to the small courtyard of the small western-style building where treasurer Riquelme lived, treasurer Riquelme and two other royal members blocked Sobrino and the others in front of the door. Said, "You brought so many soldiers here, do you want to arrest us?"
Sobrino said very politely, "Excuse me, we are here to arrest Picardo, the bully's secretary, and we hope that the treasurer, Mr. Riquelme, can cooperate."
Treasurer Rikmelli said angrily, "What if we don't cooperate?"
Sobrino said, "If you don't cooperate, you are not only working against us, but also against the people of the city. Then we will guard your small building and not allow anyone to enter or exit. Until we catch that damn Picardo.”
After hearing this, Treasurer Riquelme hesitated and said, "Then let us think about it and give you an answer."
However, Treasurer Riquelme's words and his ambiguous demeanor immediately aroused the suspicion of the soldiers. A soldier said to Sobrino, "Picardo is in their small building, because Picardo will come here to play chess with Mr. Riku when he is fine."
Sobrino also saw the treasurer's flaw. He said to Mr. Treasurer, "I'm sorry, we have to go in and search. If we can't find it, we will leave immediately." Then he commanded the soldiers and said, "Give me Go inside and search carefully.”
The soldiers rushed forward, poured into the courtyard, and began to divide into two teams. One team searched the room on the first floor, and the other team went up to the second floor to search. Sobrino, holding a long sword in his hand, stood in the small courtyard to supervise. The soldiers searched every room thoroughly. It is conceivable how a living person could escape the search of so many people. After a while, the soldiers on the second floor shouted to Sobrino, "Sir, we caught that nasty guy." After saying that, they dragged Picardo out of a room on the second floor and threw him away. On the aisle.
Sobrino shouted happily, "Very well, take him into custody."
So, the soldiers tied up Picardo with a rope and took him down from upstairs. Seeing Picardo being escorted down, Treasurer Riquelme's expression was very ugly. But Sobrino said to him, "I'm sorry, Mr. Treasurer Riquelme, thank you for your cooperation." Then he led the soldiers and escorted Picardo out of the small courtyard.
As soon as they reached the street, someone shouted loudly, "Picardo has been caught." Soon, people came out of the house and stood beside the street to watch. Many people cursed Picardo loudly, "You are a bitch, you are a sycophant, you deserve to die a good death." Some people even spat at him, saying that he was worse than Pizarro.
Picardo was still wearing the neat and expensive clothes, and his hair was neatly combed, but his expression was very depressed, like a bereaved dog that had lost its owner. For the soldiers of the Chilean Gang and many citizens, they hated Picardo even more than Pizarro, and many of the reasons why they hated Pizarro were because of Picardo's arrogance and arrogance. Although they failed to capture Pizarro alive, they did capture Picardo. In order to avenge their hatred, they dragged Picardo to the streets and squares for parades and public demonstrations, so as to wipe out the majesty of this best friend who was usually extremely arrogant and arrogant. After the parade and demonstration, he was thrown into jail and imprisoned.
Immediately afterwards, some soldiers began to ransack and rob Pizarro's house. They rushed to the two-story room, which was covered in blood, and looted. The Marquis's possessions were really too much, including famous paintings, antiques, many glassware, a large number of clothes and various gems, especially gold products, which dazzled and surprised them. Any item among them can make them live a wealthy and stable life in Spain.
After being ransacked, Pizarro's mansion was a mess and chaos. All the cabinets and boxes had been turned upside down. In order to rob gold, silver and gems, they threw all the valuable clothes and blankets they started to rob on the ground. Even some famous paintings and antiques were discarded. Because the soldiers did not know much about these famous paintings and antiques, they only knew that gold was the truly valuable item.
After yesterday's bloody fight, the women and children in this house had long been frightened out of their wits, like birds with a bow. They hid together in an empty house, trembling from the sound of smashing and yelling from the robbers. This was the second time they had experienced panic and despair. The first time was when their father or husband, the Inca king, was captured and executed. They fell from the sky to the earth and suddenly felt that everything was lost for them. This time, they once again suffered an unprecedented disaster and were abandoned in the abyss of despair.
However, these robbers did not make it difficult for the Marquis's family, because those women and children originally belonged to the Inca King. They grabbed everything they wanted and took away everything they didn't want. They left everything they didn't want in the house and walked away.
Pizarro's office building was also robbed, and here they robbed more and more valuable items. Especially in a warehouse in the barracks, they saw dazzling gold almost filling half of the warehouse. They had never seen so much gold in their lives. However, Torres asked the soldiers to collect all the gold so that it could be distributed collectively. However, when the soldiers looked at the glittering gold, they could not remember the commander's words. They immediately snatched the best gold items, and then left the gold items that they could not take away in the warehouse. Here, soldiers were sent to guard.
They also ransacked and robbed Picardo's home. However, this young bachelor was not married, but lived in a separate courtyard. There is also a two-story small foreign-style building in the courtyard. In addition to a few house slaves who look after the house, there are also several young and beautiful Indian maids and maids in the small courtyard, but these maids and maids are as neatly dressed and bright as his wives and concubines. His home was like a noble's warehouse, with all the expensive clothes and supplies, and two large boxes filled with gold and silver.
After the arrests and purges were completed, Juan de Herada asked the soldiers to support Almagro Jr. as the leader of the government. So the soldiers helped Almagro Jr. onto his horse and lined up around him. Around him, he was paraded through the streets and squares with slogans of "Long live the Marquis Almagro, the king's doomed king". Those members of the Almagro Group gathered towards Little Almagro, and soon a very large procession was formed.
Then, they came to the front of the government office building together, brought everyone in the government building to Almagro Jr., and asked them to express their loyalty to Almagro Jr. one by one and recognize Almagro Jr. power. Many people had no choice but to express their willingness to work under Almagro Jr.'s leadership. However, there are also some people who do not want to take a stand. Therefore, Juan de Herada immediately announced the dismissal of these people and let people from the Chilean Gang take over. After everyone had expressed their opinions, Juan de Herada made all the staff swear allegiance to Almagro Jr. Finally, escorted and surrounded by a team of well-armed knights, little Almagro, wearing the uniform of the governor, came to the square filled with people. Amidst the long-lasting sound of bugles, the judge announced that little Almagro Luo was the governor of Peru and the leader of the local government.
At this time, the dead heads of Pizarro, his cousin Alcantara, his adjutant Chavez, and the guards were still lying in a pool of blood. Their bodies were so bloody that they were almost unrecognizable. Someone stood in the square and shouted loudly, "Hang the bodies of that bully and his accomplices on the gallows and show them to the public." Immediately, many people in the square followed suit and shouted, "Hang that bully and show them to the public."
Hearing the shouting, little Almagro was startled, and immediately called Juan de Herada to his side, whispering to him, "Don't let them do this, otherwise, go and ask their relatives He and his family buried their bodies quickly to avoid a long night of nightmares."
Juan de Herada also felt that he could not do this because it would easily lead to bloody revenge from Pizarro's associates and associates. He said to little Almagro, "Some people have come to request that their bodies be buried quickly, because the weather is very hot and it is easy to rot and stink."
Almagro Jr. said, "Just let them bury it quickly and say it was my approval."
Juan de Herada said, "I will immediately send someone to notify their families." As he said this, he called a soldier next to him and whispered a few words to him. The soldier secretly ran to Pizarro's house and told the news to Pizarro's wife, the Inca princess. The Inca princess and a loyal servant took several black domestic slaves and wrapped Pizarro's body in a quilt. The families of the other men were also secretly notified, and the bodies of Alcantara, Chavez, and the guards were wrapped in felt and taken away.
In order to keep it secret and not be noticed, they waited until after dark before having Pizarro's body carried to the cathedral. Under the weak light of a few small candles, they hired people to dig a pit in a dark and remote corner of the church, wrapped the body of the deceased in purple velvet felt, and put it into a large wooden box tied with a gold ribbon. inside, and then hurriedly buried. Only his wife and a few very humble servants were present to pray for him. This was the tragic end of the Peruvian conqueror.
However, this same man, a day ago, was still king and hegemonic in this land, exercising autocratic rule just like the hereditary king of this land, King Inca. Yet he was killed in broad daylight, in the heart of his own capital, by those who had been his allies and shared his victories and spoils. He died like a poor outcast. No one even said "God forgive him".
Years later, when the country had regained its composure, Pizarro's body was restred in a sumptuous coffin and buried beneath a striking monument in the cathedral. By 1607, the 53rd year of his death, an atmosphere of peace and friendliness shrouded the past like a curtain. At this time, people had gradually forgotten his crimes and faults, and remembered his great contribution to Spain and its royal family in the process of colonial expansion. Taking into account the high prestige he should enjoy, he was His bones were moved to the new church and allowed to be placed side by side with those of Mendoza, the wise and prestigious governor of Peru.
He was nearly 65 years old when he died. He had never married in his life, but some people said that he had married the governor's aunt in Panama. However, this was just a legend, and more people believed that he had never been married. The same thing is said to others. But he had a son and a daughter with an Indian princess of Inca descent. And this princess was the daughter of Inca King Atahualpa and the granddaughter of the great Inca King Huayna Capac. This princess married a Spanish knight named Ampuero after Pizarro's death, and emigrated to Spain with him. The son did not survive to adulthood, but her daughter Francesca remained with her. Later, the daughter married her uncle, Hernando Pizarro, in prison. Because she was an illegitimate child, she did not inherit the title or property of Marquis Francisco Pizarro. But during the reign of Philip IV, in gratitude for the great contributions his ancestors had made to the country and the royal family, the king granted Don Juan Hernando Pizarro, a descendant of Hernando Pizarro, the title of Marquis of Conquest, and Receive generous subsidies from the government.
After his death, people gradually began to judge the Peruvian conqueror with an objective and impartial eye. He is tall and well-proportioned, and his face is not as ferocious and hateful as some people imagine. Although he is not handsome, he is at least decent and not annoying. He likes to wear that long black dress, that white top hat, and a pair of white leather shoes. He was always dressed like this on almost all important and formal occasions. He likes to drink, but he is very restrained. He usually drinks to deal with guests or entertain subordinates. He likes gambling just for fun. He never takes winning or losing seriously, and he doesn't care whether the opponent is a high-ranking official or a soldier. No matter how much he loses, he will not be angry. If he sees someone who cannot afford to lose, he would rather let himself become the loser and return all the money he wins to the loser.
He is a soldier with a military demeanor. He does things simply and neatly. He is never sloppy and has no court pretensions. Therefore, it makes people feel that he has a habit and style of giving orders. He was born a swineherd and was illiterate, but he never uttered obscene words or slang, and he didn't have that rough and rustic attitude. He was eloquent, somewhat grandstanding, but persuasive.
He has always regarded the country he conquered as his home and is full of passion and energy for his work. He gets up before dawn every day, starts working on time, and is never intimidated by difficulties. He was very greedy and good at squandering, because he gained a lot of money, so he always spent a lot of money on his career, construction projects, and improving public facilities. Some buildings and facilities cost a lot of money, but he never worried or cared about it, because no matter how many houses he built and how many roads he built, he could never run out of money. Moreover, he would spend or distribute a lot of money to his generals and subordinates. However, the generous gift of a territory and 20,000 slaves promised to him by the royal family was never fulfilled. His descendants never benefited from it.
Lack of culture was Francisco Pizarro's great fault. Originally, he planned to learn to read and write, but his impatient personality and hot temper made him give up in the end. He had no education at all and couldn't even write his own name. Therefore, when he signed the list of Indians and all documents, he could only draw two dashes on it, and then Antonio Picardo signed Francisco on the document. ·The name of Pizarro.
He is cautious and scheming, but often indecisive. He has a habit of always saying no first when someone makes a request to him. All those who mean their word will say so. Although he will say this, as long as there is no difficulty, he will still meet people's requirements. In this respect he was the opposite of Don Diego de Almagro, who said yes to everyone but rarely kept his words.
Pizarro was notoriously treacherous. This gave him a very bad reputation and had tragic and devastating consequences for himself. Because of his treacherous treatment of Almagro, he was alienated by the learned Spanish. He was deeply hated by the Peruvians for his treacherous behavior towards Atahualpa and later towards the Inca king Manco. Therefore, Pizarro's name became another name for treachery. In retaliation, Manco came close to overthrowing his rule in a riot. Almagro started a civil war with him. The final result of this civil war was that his enemies ended his life through a conspiracy. Therefore, some people say that Pizarro is a cunning man, but not a shrewd man.
Before Pizarro came to the Inca Empire, it was a country with advanced culture and art: people lived peacefully and carefree under the existing customs and systems. The mountains and plateaus are filled with white sheep; the valleys are filled with the fruits of careful cultivation; the warehouses are full of grain; the whole country is well clothed and full of food and joy. Under the influence of a simple and mild form of superstition, the nation became honest and good, well adapted to a higher or Christian civilization.
However, Pizarro did not spread Christian civilization at all, but used conquest to enslave the country. Under his force, sacred temples and religions were profaned by greed; towns and villages were plundered; poor natives were distributed like slaves or became laborers of the conquerors; sheep were plundered and warehouses were plundered. The food inside was wasted randomly. The beautiful land and home suffered disaster and fell into extreme decline. A powerful Inca Empire was destroyed in his hands.
Pizarro not only failed to draw benefits from the ancient Inca civilization, but instead erased the traces of civilization on this land as quickly as possible. In fact, his purpose here was not to convey civilization, but to plunder gold, seize wealth, and use conquest to severely enslave the Indians. Therefore, the dominant purpose of his adventures and conquests is naked greed and ambition. The driving force for him and his men to come to this strange empire was their greed for gold. That’s the whole point of what they’re fighting for. If we evaluate his fate from this point of view, his death should be well deserved.
