Everyone looked at each other, and no one could answer.
At this moment, Han Du suddenly thought that the man who was leading the army seemed to have glanced at him, then his face suddenly changed, and then he waved his hand to stop the charge.
But it's the first time I've come here, and the other party can't possibly know me. How can I stop the other party from moving forward?
Suddenly Han Du thought of something, turned around suddenly, and saw Shi Si and the slave girl standing behind him. Han Du's eyes directly ignored Shi Si and fell on the slave girl.
The female slave seemed to have been quietly observing Han Du, and suddenly met Han Du's eyes. She couldn't help being frightened and took a step back, lowering her head and not daring to look at Han Du.
Han Du looked at the slave girl for a moment, then turned to Shi Si and said, "Ask her if those people know her."
Han Du thought about it and figured out that the reason why those people retreated without hesitation must have discovered something suddenly. After all, how could they retreat so easily when they came to arrest people so aggressively? And on his side, he could have a fight with the other party.
The only one who contacted him was this female slave from Tianfang.
Han Du's words instantly attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked at the slave girl.
Facing the attention of everyone, the female slave changed from her usual fearful attitude. She immediately held her head high and answered Shi Si's questions in a rhythmic tone.
Listening to the slave girl's answer, Shi Si gradually became surprised. When he came back to his senses, he saw Han Du looking at him with burning eyes, and quickly replied: "Master Marquis, she said she is the daughter of the sultan of the Mamluk dynasty.
The general below just now is the forty most powerful in their dynasty. She seems to call him Emir, which should mean general."
"What dynasty? Isn't this Tianfang?" Zhu Biao immediately interjected and asked.
Han Du guessed what was going on, and explained to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, in the eyes of us Ming people, this place is a paradise. But this name was also passed down from the Han Dynasty. This is the same as the change of dynasties in the Central Plains.
After so many years, it is reasonable for their names to change."
Zhu Biao thought about it. This place is too far away from the Central Plains. Maybe no one has ever been here. I don’t know how long ago the name Tianfang was. But Zhu Biao still wanted to know some conditions of the former Tianfang Kingdom, so he
Chao Shisi said: "Ask her, where is the former Tianfang Kingdom?"
Shi Si obediently relayed the prince's original words to the slave girl, but the slave girl shook her head in confusion, and then said a few words.
"Your Highness, she said he had never heard of anything being seen here.
Tianfang this country, and asked us if we made a mistake?"
"It has never appeared before? How is this possible? It is clearly recorded in history books," Zhu Biao unexpectedly said loudly.
Han Du somewhat understood what was going on. He lowered his head and smiled bitterly, and said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, she has no chance to see our history books."
Zhu Biao frowned slightly and said with some dissatisfaction: "Do they still have no history books themselves?"
"I'm afraid this really doesn't exist." Han Du sighed helplessly.
Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly widened, looking like he couldn't believe it.
Han Du shook his head helplessly and smiled: "This Tianfang is different from our Ming Dynasty. No matter how the Ming Dynasty changes, the world will always be unified, and the later dynasties will also recognize the orthodox status of the previous dynasty and be willing to accept the people of the previous dynasty.
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In particular, it is particularly important for later dynasties to recognize the orthodox status of the former dynasty. It stands to reason that Lao Zhu hated the former Yuan Dynasty, but even so, he had to admit it publicly when the Ming Dynasty was established to worship heaven.
The orthodox status of the former Yuan Dynasty. Moreover, as the Meng Yuan people became increasingly weak, Lao Zhu also timely reflected his ambition to be the leader of the world. He no longer mainly massacred the Meng Yuan tribes, but turned to appeasement.
"But it's different here. There are racial disputes, religious disputes, and sectarian disputes. Once the kingdom is defeated, there is almost no possibility of turning over, and all of them will be turned into slaves. These slaves will either stand up and take charge again after going through untold hardships; no
Those who were able to stand up all disappeared in the long river of history and were exterminated. After the extermination, no matter what the previous kingdoms did, they were regarded as wrong. Naturally, no one would pay attention to the history they originally recorded.
.As time passes, it is easy to see that the history before the present is all blank.”
Zhu Biao was greatly surprised when he heard that, and he felt that the world is indeed full of wonders. In the Ming Dynasty, orderly history could be passed down for thousands of years, but here it turned out to be a blank. In other words, people in the future will not know the present at all.
What happened here?
"Learning from the past is a guide for the future. How can they learn from the experiences and lessons of their predecessors if they don't even have history?"
Seeing Zhu Biao's puzzled face, Han Du smiled and explained: "They don't need to learn from the experience of their predecessors. In their opinion, what they are doing now is the right thing to do."
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After hearing this, Zhu Biao didn't want to say that these people were too arrogant. This was not arrogance at all, but a blind man going down the mountain who would stumble at any time.
Han Du ordered Shi Si again: "Ask her, what was the last dynasty and how was it destroyed?"
Shi Si nodded, communicated with the female slave for a moment, turned back and bowed slightly towards Han Du and Zhu Biao, "Your Highness, Lord Marquis, according to her, the previous one was not a dynasty, but a very powerful empire. But this empire is not
As the marquis expected, they were destroyed. The current Mamluk dynasty was established after the previous empire fell apart and took the opportunity to seize the land. By the way, she also said that the Sultan was the ruler of this dynasty. I estimate that the Sultan
He is the king of this dynasty."
"She is the king's daughter? Then she is really a princess?" Zhu Biao was shocked.
Originally, the slave girl said what kind of princess she was. Not only Zhu Biao, but also Han Du and others did not take her words to heart. They thought she was someone who had never seen the world. After all, the words came from her mouth.
She complained, but who knows what happened to the princess she mentioned?
From the Mamluk dynasty, the daughter of the sultan is naturally a princess.
Han Du nodded, and then asked: "Did she tell how the last one was killed?"
Shi Si nodded and said with a strange expression: "It's the whip of God." ??
"God's whip?" Zhu Biao was confused for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing. He widened his eyes and asked in disbelief: "Is it the former Yuan Dynasty? Meng Yuan people?"
Zhu Biao took a breath and looked at Han Du with a complicated expression, "The Meng Yuan people actually attacked here? How many countries did they destroy all the way to the west?"
Although Han Du didn't want to destroy Ming's majesty, he had to nod and admit, "Meng Yuan is indeed powerful. They not only hit here, they even hit the other side of the sea. The whole world is under Meng Yuan's iron hooves
If not, these people would not call them the whip of God and be frightened by the sound of it."
Zhu Biao raised his head and glanced toward the east. He didn't know how many thousands of miles away from the capital this place was, but it was still so powerful here decades after the former Yuan Dynasty was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. How powerful was the former Yuan Dynasty in its heyday?
Zhu Biao suddenly became fascinated after thinking about it for a moment.
Then another feeling of pride suddenly rose from his chest. Zhu Biao stood upright, like a tripod standing between heaven and earth, perhaps telling himself and everyone else, or perhaps telling the world that
Di, solemnly said: "The former Yuan Dynasty was indeed powerful, and countless kingdoms in the West were afraid of being able to defeat it. But my Ming Dynasty is not bad, and today the Ming Dynasty has also come to this place."
"Your Highness is very true to what he said. Not only will our Ming Dynasty be no worse than the former Yuan Dynasty, but it will also become stronger and stronger. It will definitely be better than the former Yuan Dynasty." Han Du nodded in agreement.
Zhu Biao nodded solemnly, turned to Shi Si and ordered: "Since she is a princess, let's ask her what happened to that person just now?"
Shi Si asked the slave girl carefully this time. Then he said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, according to what she said, she is indeed a princess of the Mamluk dynasty. But her father, the Sultan, has another one besides her.
Illegitimate brother. Originally, the right to inherit this dynasty was hers, but her brother took it away with despicable means. But I don’t know why her brother didn’t kill her, but just demoted her into a slave and sold her.”
Zhu Biao suddenly accepted too much information that was contrary to what he was trying to do. It took him a moment to come back to his senses. He turned to Han Du and asked, "If a woman inherits, illegitimate children can also inherit? What is this and what is it?"
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In Zhu Biao's philosophy, women have no right to inherit at all. The same goes for illegitimate children, who will not be recognized by mainstream concepts at all. But here, they actually have the right to inherit openly? They can even turn against the guest and drive out the original heir?
Han Du didn't know how to explain it, so he could only say vaguely: "Maybe, this is the custom here."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly after hearing this, and then asked Shi Si: "Have you ever asked about the national strength of this dynasty?"
"Of course," Shi Si nodded clearly and immediately said: "This dynasty is not strong, with only forty or fifty thousand troops."
After hearing this, Tang Ding asked with some confusion: "Did you make a mistake? Or were you deceived by her? Didn't she just say that there are forty emirs in this dynasty? Just calculated like that
, which has about 100,000 troops."
Zhu Biao nodded lightly, quite agreeing with Tang Ding's concerns. You must know that there is a huge difference between a force of 40,000 to 50,000 and a force of 100,000. For conflicts that have already occurred, the clearer the better.
Shi Si responded to Tang Ding with a smile and said: "I was also confused about this, and asked her specifically. Her explanation was that the person just now was one of the strongest among the forty people, and the others
Her people simply don’t have as many troops as him. But whether she is telling the truth or a lie, I can’t tell for a while.”