What Gao Tianlu said is indeed what is happening.
After the Champa Renaissance Association was established and he returned to China, Su Yonglin learned from the intelligence of the Skynet Army that peasant uprisings were constantly breaking out within the Chenla Kingdom, with varying scales and long or short durations.
The current ruler of Chenla, Tribhuva Nadiedovarman, usurped the throne and ascended the throne. There were many people who opposed him in the country, but his military power was relatively strong. Although his rule was harsh, his rule was relatively stable.
Su Yonglin wanted to prepare in advance, so he arranged for a small revival organization to follow the path of the Skynet Army, enter the Chenla Kingdom as a business traveler, settle in the Chenla Kingdom, learn the local language and culture, and observe the situation.
According to their observations, the internal conflicts in Chenla Kingdom have been existing since Tribhuva Nadieduvarman came to power. Small military unrest occurred from time to time, and the living conditions of farmers were getting worse and worse, and outbreaks broke out in many places. uprising.
Although none of these uprisings were successful, they at least proved that there was soil for launching a revolution in Chenla, so Su Yonglin decided to invest resources in the Chenla area and provide funds for activities to allow them to launch operations in the Chenla area.
Not to mention, their actions are quite efficient.
The son of a Chenla merchant led a peasant uprising in the northeastern region of Chenla.
The uprising was small in scale and was quickly defeated by the powerful local landowners. The businessman's son retreated into the jungle with a group of defeated soldiers, and there was no news.
This is nothing unexpected. Such things are not uncommon in the local area. If it does not happen two or three times a month, it will make people feel abnormal.
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But this peasant uprising was really abnormal, because the organizer of the uprising, the businessman's son, actually used the first volume of Hongwu's Political Treatise to organize the peasant uprising.
When they learned the news, the members sent by Su Yonglin to organize the organization in Zhenla were very surprised. They did not expect that someone in this deep mountain forest had actually read Hongwu's political treatise.
Through some channels and connections, the local Skynet Army in Annan led several revival members from southwestern Annan through the primitive jungle into the northeastern region of the Kingdom of Chenla, where they found the businessman's son.
When we found this man, he was unkempt, with very long hair and beard, ragged clothes, and skinny bones. He looked just like a savage in primitive society.
At this moment, there are only thirty-six men following him. They hunt here, eat wild fruits, live in trees, fight against ferocious beasts and poisonous snakes, and struggle to survive.
His name is Lombalin, and he can communicate in simple Chinese. Although his accent is quite unique, the revival members who are also not familiar with the languages of the Chenla area have a wonderful connection with him on the airwaves, and their communication is actually very smooth.
Lombalin was very surprised that these Ming people were able to find him and thought it was impossible. However, because the other party was a Ming person, he was not wary. Instead, he chatted with them honestly and told his past.
It turned out that his father was a maritime merchant who traveled between Chenla and Quanzhou to do business. He was a relatively well-known rich man in Chenla. His family had a powerful position and was very wealthy, so his living environment had been very favorable since he was a child. .
When he was a child, his father took him to Quanzhou to see the world. He lived in Quanzhou for five or six years and mastered simple Chinese communication skills. He was even better at reading and writing Chinese characters.
In the sixth year of Hongwu's reign, his father brought him into contact with a strange book in Quanzhou. His father said that it was a book written by the emperor of the northern power. In Quanzhou, which was in charge of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, it was a banned book and could not be publicized to the outside world. , but you can peek.
So he read this book under the guidance of his father.
Lombalin said that his father was his guide and highly praised the book. He believed that the Ming Dynasty was a great country and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was also a great person. He also said that this book will definitely be of great use in the future. , let him keep it and study it carefully when he has time.
But at that time, when he was living a carefree life, he didn't have that deep understanding of the book, and he didn't take it seriously in his heart.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty went south to destroy the Song Dynasty. The situation in Jiangnan was turbulent. Lombalin and his father left Quanzhou because of the war and returned to Chenla to live, preparing to come back when the situation eased.
As a result, this time back, his family suffered a catastrophe. For some reason, they offended the current king who usurped the throne and were exterminated. His father died tragically to cover his escape. He ran for his life alone and fled to the northeast.
He lost everything and only carried with him the Hongwu political treatise that his father had stuffed into his arms before he died.
In the following years, in order to survive, he joined the refugee team and followed the refugee team to find a large landowner family that was willing to recruit refugees to farm. He signed a deed of sale and became a serf. He farmed the land for the owner's family all year round in exchange for a mouthful of grain. eat.
During his time as a serf, he had a deep understanding of the suffering of the lower-class peasants and witnessed with his own eyes how the landlord class abused the enslaved serfs. He himself was whipped several times for standing up for others, and it hurt. Heartbreaking.
This was an unimaginable suffering in his past life.
At this time, Hongwu's political treatise became his spiritual support. Every night when the crowd was quiet, he would sneak to a lighted place outside the landlord's yard, and read by that light, reading over and over again, over and over again. I shed tears to the point of being unable to hold back my tears.
Gradually, he felt that he had become sublimated, a little different, and his perspective on things was completely different.
He began to secretly try to build a reputation among the serfs who worked hard with him. If someone was injured, he would be the first to step forward to help. If someone was hungry, he would squeeze out a little of his rations to help others. If someone was bullied, he would definitely step forward. Help out.
Although he was beaten badly every time, he endured it.
Gradually, he gained the right to speak among the serfs, and his words began to be listened to, believed, and followed.
Further on, he could no longer suppress his desire to rebel. He began to secretly teach the serfs the principles of Hongwu's political theory, and taught them to read and write Chinese characters and the local script of Zhenla Kingdom, helping them open their horizons and speak some Things that I have experienced.
So he became more prestigious.
A year ago, the landlord they served probably saw that they were barely living a decent life and felt that it would not be possible to continue like this and that it would not be convenient for him to further make money, so he decided to modify the agreement with them and change the proportion of food turned over. promote.
After this, everyone's mentality was shattered.
The original rations were barely enough to survive in Hukou. Now if the proportion of grains turned in is further increased, will they still need to eat or survive?
So everyone rebelled and lodged a strong protest. At this moment, Lombalin became the leader of the protest movement, leading everyone to protest strongly, using the method of not farming or working as a way of resistance, asking the landlords to modify their measures and make compromises.
