Hearing that Siyali agreed to surrender, Zhu Yun breathed a sigh of relief: 'Fortunately, he took the initiative to surrender, and finally there is no need to fight.'
Then came the surrender ceremony. During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the etiquette for the surrender of foreign kings was formulated. At this time, the person who accepted the surrender was reduced by one step from the emperor to the vassal king, and was slightly modified according to the local culture of Hanzhou mainland.
Siyali had already prepared everything needed for the ceremony. On the night when the envoy sent by Zhu Yun arrived in Mayapan City, after a fierce debate, the Kokom family decided to surrender to Zhu Yun and immediately followed the envoy's instructions.
They prepared various things, some of which they didn't have, so they used similar things to make up for it. Fortunately, Zhu Yun didn't care.
After the ceremony, Zhu Yun said to Siyali: "Since you have surrendered, immediately hand over the yellow records of officials, clerks, servants, people, merchants, troops, etc. in the city, as well as all government weapons, grain, cloth and other warehouses
Seal them together until officials count them."
"All officers and soldiers are in the military camp, and they are not allowed to leave the camp without Gu's orders. Officials in the government continue to act in accordance with the previous regulations before Gu is sent to officials, and their salaries are also temporarily paid according to the previous salaries."
"Immediately vacate tents or houses that can accommodate four thousand soldiers. These soldiers brought by Gu need to be resettled immediately; vacate the most spacious official residence in the city."
"Immediately post a notice to calm the people, telling officials, people, merchants, etc. not to panic. I am here to educate you, not to exploit the local people. The officials and soldiers who came with me are not allowed to harass the people and merchants. If someone does not
If you follow Gu's orders and harass the people, you can retaliate against Gu, and Gu will not tolerate this person lightly."
"..." Zhu Yun ordered many things in succession. His local dialect was not very good. Not only did he have a strong Mexican Valley accent, but even using the Mexican Valley accent as a standard, his pronunciation was completely different from that of the locals.
Basically a zero score in IELTS or TOEFL. Someone must translate.
However, Zhu Yun does not need to take IELTS or TOEFL. On the contrary, the local people need to take IELTS or TOEFL. While listening to the translator, Siyali thought in his heart: 'I wonder if the words of the Ming people are easy to learn. It is said that they have entered Mexico.
For more than a year, the valley began to teach the locals to learn their own language. And I heard that they could make a very light thing that the Ming people called "paper" to write on. It should also be used to learn the Ming language and write the Ming characters.
and the paper on how to pronounce the language. I'll get a copy from the high priest tomorrow and see if I can learn it well. But whether I learn it well or not, I have to learn it.'
He was thinking here that Zhu Yun had already finished the instructions. After thinking about it, he said: "Don't worry, since you are willing to surrender to Gu, Gu will never treat your family poorly. Gu appointed you as my right vassal."
The Prime Minister can establish the King's Office to appoint officials and handle political affairs."
"Thank you, distinguished high priest." Although Siyali didn't know what the official position of Wang Xiang was, he could tell from the reactions of Zhu Yun and the Ming people around him that it was a big official position, probably second only to the high priest.
, of course thanks.
"This, Gu is not the great one. Although Gu is the high priest, he is also the king of the country, in charge of political affairs and military affairs. From now on, you should not call Gu the high priest, 'king' or 'his highness'." Zhu Yun said. The last thing.
He said the two words in Chinese.
He originally wanted to deny that he was the high priest and only say that he was the king. But if he said this rashly, Siyali would probably not understand it. Secondly, the emperors and vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were also responsible for offering sacrifices to heaven, earth, and other places.
In order to worship ancestors and worship certain gods, it is not completely wrong to say that they are priests. In the end, I decided to say so.
"King or His Highness?" Siyali repeated, thinking it was easier for the king to say it, and said: "Yes, your noble king."
After finishing all these things, it was already noon. Zhu Yun asked again: "Siya Li Aiqing, I wonder how lunch is arranged? It doesn't matter if I eat less than the other officials, but the soldiers must be full."
Unexpectedly, Siyali asked in surprise: "Lunch? People in Ming Dynasty also have to eat at noon?"
Zhu Yun was stunned, and then he remembered that the barbarians in Hanzhou continent only had two meals a day, one at the middle hour in the morning and one at the beginning of the afternoon. They had no habit of eating lunch.
He once heard Yun mention: "We only eat two meals a day because there is less food and more people. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is fertile and the food yield is high. There are not many people now. Everyone can afford three meals. But in the slack season in the countryside,
There are also farmers who only eat two meals; in many places in the north, the grain output is not high, and the people can only eat two meals, even when farming is busy, but both meals are dry rice."
‘It seems that the food output here is not high, not even as good as in the Central Plains. Even the most noble local people like the Kokom family only eat two meals a day.’ Zhu Yun thought immediately.
"Since there is no custom of eating lunch here, I don't have to eat at noon today; but the soldiers came all the way from the Valley of Mexico and didn't eat much for breakfast, so they must have lunch. Hurry up and prepare!" Zhu Yun said to Siya
Li ordered.
"Yes, your noble king." Siyali agreed, but with a bitter look on his face. The Mayan civilization on the Yucatan Peninsula has reached the end of the slave society. The number of slaves is very small, and most of them are free people. Although
Freedmen will also be taxed, but the Mayan government is not complete. Taxes must be used first for the luxurious life of the Cocom family. There is not much food in the official treasury, so there is a surplus to maintain the current scale of officials and the army.
There is not much left, suddenly there are more than 3,000 mouths, and they have to eat three meals a day, which is definitely not enough. As for taking out the food stored in their family, are you kidding me? What about the food in your mouth?
Maybe spit it out?
He wanted Zhu Yun to notice his expression and ask what the problem was, and then he told him the problem, but he heard Zhu Yun say again: "Ai Qing still needs to prepare enough food for two thousand soldiers for half a month."
.The two thousand soldiers of Yin Fan supporting Gu will return to the Valley of Mexico in a few days, and the food needed is indispensable."
"Yes, your noble king." Siyali agreed again, turned around and retreated to prepare food. Since more than half of the less than 4,000 people will leave in a few days, the food may still be enough; and even if it is not enough
It would be better to wait until these two thousand people leave before talking to him.
Immediately, Zhu Yun rode his horses and led the less than four thousand soldiers into the city from the gate of the city. All the soldiers along the way straightened their chests and lined up in a neat queue, marching majestically through the widest road in the city.
They passed by until they reached the military camp prepared for them. The Mayans who had just been lying on the top of the city or on the roof of their house to observe them all looked at these people in amazement: "Look at their identical clothes, look at their neat formation,
Look at the gleaming spears they hold in their hands. They are indeed Ming people who can defeat the Aztecs and Toltecs. This army does look different."
"Fortunately, they didn't let the soldiers loot." A man whose family owns a workshop outside the city said loudly: "I still have a lot of cloth in my workshop. If they let the soldiers loot, they would definitely be robbed. That's been the case in the past few months.
All the money I earned and the advance payments for several orders. If it was all taken away, I would have no choice but to commit suicide by throwing myself into the sea."
"Don't these barbarians from the west always rob us when they come over? Why don't they rob us?" Someone else said in confusion.
"They are not ordinary savages!" Another person shushed him and whispered: "A few months ago I received a businessman from the Valley of Mexico. According to him, the Ming people said that they came from the west.
I came from a place far away from the Yucatan Peninsula, and that place is equally far away from the Valley of Mexico. It’s separated by the sea to the west, and it takes several months of boat rides to reach it.”
"And although they are very good at fighting, even the Toltecs and Aztecs cannot defeat them, they are not barbarians. It is said that they have their own civilization, their own gods they believe in, and they can also produce high-quality food.
The cloth even has its own text!"
"They can also produce cloth and have their own writing?" Another person exclaimed in surprise.
"This is really a good thing. They are not barbarians, but civilized people, so they will not rob casually. We can continue to do business with confidence."
"But if they are not barbarians and have their own gods, wouldn't they have to drive the gods we believe in out of the temple, or even tear down the temple and rebuild it?" someone exclaimed.
"How can this work!" Many people shouted at the same time.
"It is said that the gods they believe in are the same as the gods we believe in. They will not drive all the gods out of the temple." The person who just said that the people of the Ming Dynasty are civilized people said again.
"But even so, some gods will be driven out of the temple!" Someone still shouted.
"As long as the main god and Quetzalcoatl are not driven out, I don't believe in other gods anyway." Someone else said this.
However, most people are a little worried. After all, there are very few people who believe in only a few gods. Most people believe in many gods at the same time. Therefore, they are worried that the Ming people may drive the gods they believe in from the temple. Everyone
They started talking one after another.
Everyone was talking for a while. The soldiers of Yin Fan and Bo Fan of the Ming Dynasty who were marching from the city had already passed by here and had even settled down in the military camp. Everyone was still talking. But then one person suddenly said: "Let's
What's the use of discussing here? We'll know what gods will be driven out of the temple by the people of Ming Dynasty in a few days. No matter how heated the discussion is, it's useless."
"You're right, let's not discuss it anymore. We'll wait and see what gods the Ming Dynasty will drive out. We'll talk about it then."
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"What, you won't drive any local gods out of the temple?" Zhu Zhen said to Zhu Yun in surprise.
Today is the fifth day since they arrived in Mayapan City. Zhu Yun has already taken over the city initially. He has taken over all the warehouses, inventoried the contents, and roughly counted the number of people inside and outside the city.
After all these things were sorted out, Zhu Zhen and Zhu Bai felt that it was useless for them to stay here, so they bid farewell. Of course Zhu Yun would try to persuade them to stay, but when they saw that they could not, he held a banquet for them.
After the banquet, the three of them got together to chat, and Zhu Zhen proposed to Zhu Yun: "Except for the main god, Quetzalcoatl and the Moon God, other gods should be driven out of the temple and no longer be worshiped."
, and no one is allowed to offer sacrifices in private.' But Zhu Yun gave him this reply.
"Sixth Uncle," Zhu Yun glanced at Zhu Bai again, and continued: "Twelfth Uncle, although the things about gods and ghosts are false, after all, the people here are ignorant and worship gods. Although my nephew wants to use Confucianism
Civilize them, but we also know that this cannot be accomplished overnight. Before civilizing them, it is better to allow them to continue worshiping the gods for the time being."
"Yun," Zhu Zhen said to him seriously after hearing these words: "You were in the Valley of Mexico before, didn't you see how ignorant the barbarians here are? In my opinion, they are even more stupid than the barbarians in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.
Ignorance, even the barbarians in the southwest do not believe in gods like they do."
"In this case, we cannot civilize them according to the method your Majesty used to civilize the southwestern barbarians. Instead, we should use the method your Majesty used to civilize the Jurchens of Yongfan."
"Although you have never been to Yongfan, you should know how Yongfan did it. Yun did not start any Confucianism, but built a Taoist temple soon after coming to Yongming City and appointed Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain to preside over the Taoist temple.
, allocating a lot of money every year, he himself believed in Taoism, ordered all officials and soldiers not to offend Taoist priests, and supported Taoist priests to preach in Jurchen villages."
"You should do the same here!" Zhu Zhen said in a more serious tone: "The barbarians here are just like the Jurchens of Yongfan."
"My nephew thinks that Uncle Six's words are a bit biased." Zhu Yun said: "The Mayans here have cities, can weave cloth, grow corn, and even have writing. How can they be barbarians who are almost like savages like the Jurchens? In my nephew's opinion,
It seems that they are just like the barbarians in the southwest. Since they are the same as the barbarians in the southwest, Confucianism should be established to educate them."
"This, you are wrong." Zhu Zhen started to argue with him again.
But Zhu Zhen's eloquence was not as good as Zhu Yun's. After talking for a while, he couldn't speak to him. Instead, he couldn't find the words to continue to refute. He said angrily: "Yun, if you insist on going your own way, there will be problems!"
"How can there be any problem in using Confucianism to educate barbarians!" Zhu Yun still answered with confidence. (To be continued)
