The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 260 Pirate Empire Instigates Rebellion
In the Battle of Jin’ou Island, Cui Qian captured more than 7000 prisoners. Among the more than 700 wounded, more than 800 died, nearly 2000 were disabled, and less than 1000 recovered. More than 300 alive and kicking captives are waiting to be disposed of.Cui Qian didn't let them idle, and arranged for them to build a camp on the island.

Yue Hai told Cui Qian that if the king wants to conquer Funan, the most important thing is to win the hearts of the people. He has already said that the people of Funan are descendants of Yan and Huang, and they are different from outsiders like Fan Man. As long as they assimilate these Funan people psychologically, they will be conquered in the future. Funan is a solid base.

Cui Qian understood. He was very polite to these captives. He not only forbade the soldiers to beat and scold them, but also healed their wounds. The number one holy medicine for healing wounds in the army—women in nurse uniforms were sent over. Those Funan soldiers were flattered, Some didn’t dare to accept it, so the navy’s medical craftsman took the opportunity to tell them that they were treating you as their own, and then took them to see the seriously wounded soldiers who were not natives of Funan. The treatment of the wounds was left to the fate there, and those medical craftsmen were reluctant to do so, and the wounded screamed. The Funan soldiers felt that they were much happier, and they had a little understanding of the word Yanhuang descendants. actual feelings.

After recovering from their injuries, the soldiers participated in the labor together, and they felt more deeply the difference between their own people and those who were not their own. All Funan aborigines who were considered descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties had appropriate labor intensity and good food. There is care, but the migrants who are considered not descendants of the Yellow Emperor have to work under the supervision of the whip, and the food is much worse. It is normal to have sand in the food, and it is considered meat if there are worms in the food.After more than ten days of this kind of differential treatment, several prisoners protested, saying that they were mistakenly classified as Funan aborigines, but they could not understand Chinese at the time, so they were mistaken as outsiders.

Cui Qian gave them a chance to re-identify, and then deliberately corrected a few mistakes, and cleaned up a few fake natives who were exposed by the real natives.Over time, the aborigines began to be proud of their identities, and they began to show off their identity as descendants of Chinese people in front of fellow sufferers, whether true or false.

These are all accumulated slowly. Under the conscious guidance of Cui Qian and others, the seeds of conflict between aboriginals and non-indigenous peoples have been planted.

Sun Shao's inspection fertilized the seeds again.

Sun Shao first inspected the camp of the aborigines. He was amiable, chatting and laughing happily, and said a few words to a few Funan soldiers who could speak a few blunt words, and then he kept instructing Cui Qian and others who were accompanying him to take care of themselves. They took good care of these soldiers like relatives, and then picked a few better-performing soldiers to inspect the camp on the other side.When he got to the other side, he immediately changed his face, the nose was not the nose, the eyes were not the eyes, and he was picky and picky. At one time he said that their work was not good enough, and at another time he said that the prisoners were restless and wanted to kill some Liliwei In short, it feels as ruthless as the autumn wind.

These differences, of course, were spread back to the ears of the aborigines by those few activists. All of a sudden, the rumors that Yue Wang Sun Shao was very caring for his fellow tribesmen and very cruel to his enemies were officially confirmed.

Time passed quickly, and a month and a half passed in a flash. Sun Shao gathered the captives together and announced a news that Funan King Fan Man wanted to redeem the Funan soldiers. Hundreds of dollars, and then added an explanation, which is basically the price of a pig.

The captives exploded at once.On the one hand, the non-indigenous people were surprised that they were so worthless, like a pig, and on the other hand, they were very happy that they could finally leave this uninhabited place and return to Funan.They looked at those natives very proudly, their eyes were very straightforward, let you be proud, we are going back, you can continue to enjoy the preferential treatment of the Yue people here.

The natives are very disappointed. Although they enjoy their status here, after all, their family members are in Funan. It is better to go back if they can go back. Now that the king of Funan does not pay them a ransom, it means that they are not even worth a pig. Is this how King Funan, whom they are loyal to, sees them?

Sun Shao and the other captives chattered for a while, and then continued to order that Funan soldiers can leave the island in ten days, but each person must leave a mark. amnesty.And natives, don't be nervous, it's okay if King Funan doesn't give you money, I'll let you go today, not even a penny.

After a moment of astonishment, the natives were ecstatic and shouted long live.

Sun Shao waved his hand to signal the natives to be quiet, and then announced another announcement. The native captives have worked here for more than a month. It's a little bit of my heart, I hope you don't feel too little.

The natives went completely crazy, and some of them who were more emotional simply fell on the ground and cried bitterly.Under the command of the soldiers of the Yue State Navy, they lined up in a neat team and went forward to collect money one by one. It took more than 50 days in total, and they received more than 500 money every day, and left happily.Sun Shao first sent a boat to send them back to Funan, and after they returned to Funan safely, he sent the second batch of non-indigenous captives.

Sun Shao finally said, I hope that after you go back to Funan, you will stop fighting again, so as not to be captured again next time, go home and live a good life. If you are willing to vote for my Yue State Navy, I welcome it. If you are willing to do business, I can also give you the same benefits as the people of my country.

The captives were overwhelmed with gratitude, and several of them asked to stay on the spot, but Sun Shao persuaded him warmly, you can join the army, but your family members must be worried about you, so you should go back to see your family first, and then come back. The door is always open to you.

In the eyes of the non-indigenous captives wanting to kill, more than 800 aboriginal captives went back happily.After a delay of ten days, Sun Shao released the last more than 500 prisoners.Calculated, he captured these captives, did not earn a penny, and spent a lot of money with him. This is the first time he has lost money since he was in business, but he believes that Fan Man will have a headache when these more than 4000 people go back to Funan .

Of course Fan Man had a headache, he was still wondering why Sun Shao was so easy to talk, and he agreed to redeem a soldier with two hundred dollars.When the indigenous soldiers in Funan were released for free, the more than 4000 captives returned to Funan. Some of them were wounded and retired, and some of them had their rotations. It was time to go home and visit relatives. They may be a little timid, and it might be a good thing to let them go home to calm their minds. When the people who are recruiting soldiers report back that the people's hearts are in turmoil, many people are unwilling to fight against the Yue people, and some even abscond with their families. Only then did Fan Man wake up.

He was fooled by Sun Shao, although he still doesn't know how Sun Shao administered the medicine, but he knew that Sun Shao must have used another dirty trick.

The last batch of prisoners released ten days later confirmed Fan Man's conjecture in due course.

Fan Man regretted Mo Die. If he had known this, he would rather kill all those 4000 people than let them go home. But now he can’t do it again. Sun Shao uses benevolence and righteousness, and he uses cruelty. , which further proves the idea Sun Shao instilled in those captives: Fan Man is an outsider, they did not regard you natives as human beings, but I, King Yue and your ancestors, are our own people.

Faced with Sun Shao's move, Fan Man was helpless. He might have a way to deal with it when it came to fighting, but he couldn't catch up with Sun Shao when it came to public opinion.In order to prevent the [-] troops that had already been recruited from being affected, Fan Man did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered Fan Chang to lead the army to set off.At the same time, Fan Man had no choice but to announce tax cuts for this year, competing with Sun Shao for popular support.

When Sun Shao heard the news, he burst out laughing. Fan Man was forced to reduce his gifts, which was like drinking poison to quench his thirst. It was not easy for a large army to go to war without adding gifts. To reduce the tax, you can only rely on years of savings. In terms of financial resources, can he compare with Yue Guo?Now he only used 20 yuan in exchange for Funan's tax for one year. If there is no less, there is no less, and that is also a score of one to ten.

Sun Shao was very satisfied, but he didn't stop there. He sent envoys to the vassal states of Funan to publicize to them the record of annihilating the Funan Navy in the Battle of Jin'ou Island, and told them that the Funan Navy was gone. I belong to the country of Yue. You must recognize the situation and don't follow Fan Man all the way to the dark.

If the prisoners who instigated rebellion in front of them were just appetizer soup before meals, these vassal states who instigated rebellion were considered the main meal.Most of Funan's taxes come from these coastal countries. Once they betray Funan, Fan Man's wealth will be greatly reduced. Now, Fan Man is in urgent need of money.

Among the numerous Funan vassal states, Sun Shao paid special attention to Jin Chen State. He ordered the left general Cui Qian to move troops to the coast of Jin Sun State to cooperate with the persuasion operation.

Jinchen Kingdom is located in the southwest of Funan Kingdom, on the west coast of Funan Bay. The connecting point between the mainland of Funan and many of the subordinate countries. Now that Funan has no naval forces, it is necessary to get in touch with the southern countries through the Jinchen Kingdom. Occupying the Jinchen Kingdom cuts off Fan Man's control over the southern countries. .The second is because Jinchen Kingdom faces the Andaman Sea in the west, and there is a natural good port, Dunxun Port. Dunxun Port and Funan's native Oe Port are one of the two good ports under the jurisdiction of Funan Kingdom. Geographically speaking, Dunxun Port More important than the port of Oe.There is a big market in Dunxun. On the opening day of the market, the east and the west meet. Tens of thousands of people participate in the transaction. There are many kinds of rare treasures from the east and the west.

The result of the discussion between Sun Shao, Cui Qian and others was that in order to take Funan, one must cut off its commercial tax, and to cut off its commercial tax, one must first take Jin Chenguo.

Jin Chen Guo is so important, Sun Shaoneng realized, and Fan Man certainly realized that when he announced that he would reduce the tax, he sent his confidant General Fan Jun to Jin Chen, accompanied by five thousand troops and fifty war elephants .There are more than 300 war elephants in Funan Kingdom, Fan Zhan lost ten, Fan Jinsheng lost ten, and now there are less than three hundred, and there are two hundred with Fan Chang's army, and Fan Jun brought another fifty , there are less than fifty war elephants left in Temu City, which shows that Fan Man attaches great importance to the Jin Chen Kingdom.

Jin Chen Wang Wujiu is a rich old man in his fifties, with a round face, curved eyebrows, a pair of slender eyes, he smiles before he speaks, and he is kind from the inside out.But if you really think he is a kind person, you are wrong. Fan Man has destroyed so many countries, and Jin Chen is in such a position. If Wu Jiu was just a kind person, he would have been killed by Fan Man long ago.

Therefore, Lin Yizhi, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom, did not take it lightly when he saw Wu Jiu, and he raised his spirits.On the contrary, Wu Jiu was a little surprised. He looked at the pale-skinned and frail-looking envoy from Yue Kingdom with a smile on his face, and doubted whether it was an envoy or a traveling scholar.

In fact, he did not guess wrong. Lin Yizhi was originally a scholar who traveled, but during his travels, he was attracted by the deeds of the deviant monarch and ministers of the Yue Kingdom, so he recommended himself and became Sun Shao's official. This time, he took the initiative to invite Ying to come to Jinchen country.

The reason why Sun Shao agreed to him was not only because he was knowledgeable and experienced, but more importantly, he actually knew the barbarian language.There are quite a few people in Yue who know the Yi language, but most of them are businessmen, and there are not many scholars like him who take the initiative to learn the Yi language.Although the great man was defeated, the scholars of the great man were somewhat arrogant. They looked down on the barbarians from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that they were uneducated and learning barbarian language was useless.

"Your envoy has come from far away to work hard." Wu Jiu greeted politely, and said politely: "Is it safe on the way?"

Although Lin Yizhi knew the barbarian language, he turned his eyes to the interpreter next to him calmly. After the interpreter finished translating, he returned the salute with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, the journey is fine. The more I The National Navy is stationed in Funan Bay, so there are no pirates, even if there are pirates, it’s fine. General Cui, who just wiped out the eight thousand navy in Funan, escorted me here, are there any pirates so bold?"

After the interpreter translated the words, Jin Chen Wang Wujiu's expression suddenly changed. He blinked his slender eyes, looked at Lin Yizhi for a long time, and then said with a faint smile: "To wipe out eight thousand Funan Navy divisions? What about Funan?" Aren't all the sailors gone?"

"What your majesty said is very true." Lin Yizhi nodded slightly, with a calm attitude.

Wu Jiu knew the answer from Lin Yizhi's expression without listening to the translator's translation.He still had a polite smile on his face, but his eyes flickered.When Fan Jun arrived at Jin Chen, he didn't let him know.If the Funan Navy has been wiped out by the Yue Kingdom Navy, then things need to be considered more carefully.He originally planned to listen to Yue Guo's conditions, and then directly hand over Lin Yizhi to Fan Jun, otherwise Fan Jun would not let him see Lin Yizhi.

However, the Yue Guo Navy who just killed the Funan Navy is at the door of the house. If Lin Yizhi is killed at this time, wouldn't it be causing trouble for himself?For the death of a few businessmen, the King of Yue could devote all his power to the door and kill his envoys. What is the difference between that and Fan Man getting angry?
Wu Jiu looked at Lin Yizhi, and laughed softly: "Your country's navy has come across the sea, such a big victory, it is really rare, congratulations, congratulations."

Lin Yizhi smiled gently: "Congratulations, congratulations."

Wu Jiu was taken aback for a moment, and laughed dryly: "Where did the joy come from?"

Lin Yi smiled and said: "The King of Funan doesn't understand the economy, he only knows how to exploit the people and the vassal state. Your country is located at a critical point, and you can get money every day. However, Fan Man just regards Jin Chen as a cash cow. I am rude. Looking at the palace of the king, it is incomparable with the ordinary merchants of my country of Yue. But my country of Yue is different. Our country emphasizes business and protects merchants. Starting from my king, we all attach great importance to merchants. People who do business have their own regulations for paying taxes. And enjoy the protection of the navy, anyone who dares to invade the merchants of our country of Yue is no different from going to war with our country of Yue. The reason why my king personally conquered Funan this time must be clear to the king. After thinking about it, the king will present it with gold. If it is a vassal state of our Yue Kingdom, how can the glory and wealth enjoyed by Your Majesty be comparable to what you see? Besides, Your Majesty doesn’t even have a silk coat, does he?”

Lin Yizhi pointed to a gold-woven ribbon on Wujiu's waist, and smiled faintly, revealing the confidence from the upper kingdom.Wu Jiu is a little embarrassed, silk is a valuable item, although Jin Chen is rich, but as Lin Yizhi said, most of the wealth has been taken away by Funan Kingdom, if he can swallow his anger and feel a little bit unhappy, I am afraid that Fan Man has directly seized the gold from Chen Guo.He couldn't afford silk clothes, so he had to tie a ribbon mixed with gold thread around his waist, but Lin Yizhi saw it clearly.

"Your envoy misunderstood, this king... doesn't like silk very much, it's too... too revealing, too dignified." Wu Jiu concealed it.

"So that's how it is." Lin Yi straightened his fists and apologized: "The simplicity of the king is really admirable. Compared with the extravagance and desire of the king's sons, the king is a model for the superiors. To tell you the truth, my king also He doesn't like silk clothes. When he saw that the captured Fan Jinsheng used silk as his small clothes, he sighed and said, "This prince is so extravagant, how can he be invincible."

Wu Jiu's expression didn't change, but his heart couldn't help but move.Of course he knew how the nobles of Funan Kingdom lived. Fan Jun was in his palace, and it goes without saying that Fan Jinsheng, as the eldest son of King Funan, was dressed in silk clothes.Where did the money come from?Isn't it just exploited from the heads of their vassal states? Among them, Jin Chen State was the most exploited.

However, he was surprised by more than that. This envoy from the Yue Kingdom looks very weak and his voice is not loud, but every sentence hits the point, making you have to follow his train of thought, which is very terrible.

Wu Jiu collected his mind, changed the topic, and didn't want to get entangled in this issue any longer, otherwise, it would be very difficult for him not to be persuaded.It's okay for him to be moved, but he knows that Funan has eyes and ears in this palace, and if the words reach Fan Jun's ears, it will be troublesome, even if he just agrees politely, it may lead to disaster.

"My king is very happy that your envoy has come from afar. Jinchen is a small country in the wild. I have admired the big man for a long time. I just heard that the government of the big man is not in peace. Is it better now? Alas, the world is in trouble, and the people who suffer the most are the people."

Lin Yizhi bowed and said, "Your Majesty's heart is kind and admirable. Someone taught the Majesty that my great Han has been pacified for four or five years, and now we have ceased fighting and rested with the people. Although the people are living a little poorer, but There is no more suffering from wars. Furthermore, my great man has a foundation of more than 400 years, and generations of talents. Although there are catastrophes, they can always turn them into safety. The Buddha said that after 500 years of catastrophe, my great man will surely prosper again after this catastrophe 500 years is no problem."

Wu Jiu's eyes brightened: "Is your envoy familiar with Buddhism in Tianzhu? Can you understand Brahmanism?"

Lin Yizhi smiled and nodded: "I have heard a little bit, but I dare not stand shoulder to shoulder with the king. I study the Vedas on weekdays. If there are any doubts, please ask the king for advice."

At this time, Buddhism in India and Brahmanism have been fighting for hundreds of years, and each has its own outcome. During the Maurya Dynasty, King Ashoka prospered Buddhism, and the power of Buddhism increased greatly. Brahmanism went downhill. The revival of Buddha also pushed Buddhism into the predicament of splitting. When Ashoka was still alive, Buddhism had already been divided into Theravada and Mass sects. The two sects split again, and finally formed [-] sects.After the decline of the Maurya Dynasty, Tianzhu was divided into countless small countries, and the religious beliefs were also very complicated.Funan and its vassal states were influenced by Tianzhu, and some believed in Brahmanism and Buddhism, but generally speaking, the majority believed in Brahmanism.

Jin Chen Wang Wujiu is a Brahman believer. Hearing that Lin Yizhi has some understanding of both Buddhism and Brahmanism, he immediately became interested. Talking about politics is dangerous, so there will be no problem if I talk about faith, right?
"That's very good, come, come, I will discuss the profound meaning of the Vedas with your envoy."

Fan Jun sat in the side hall, the more he sat, the more restless he became.He did not tell Jin Chen Wang Wujiu about the news of the annihilation of the Funan Navy, so as not to cause Wujiu to be shaken, but he didn't say it, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom would definitely say it, so he asked Wu Jiu to meet the envoy of the Yue Kingdom, without saying a word Without saying anything, I took it immediately. I didn't expect to wait for a long time, but I still didn't see the head of the envoy from the Yue Kingdom, so I felt a little ominous in my heart.

He immediately sent someone to inquire, Fan Man, King of Funan, had long wanted to attack Jin Chen, of course he had eyes and ears.

The news soon came back that Jin Chen Wang Wujiu was talking about the Vedas with the envoy from the Yue Kingdom. The two had an awkward conversation because the interpreter was very unfamiliar with the Vedas and the translation was full of mistakes.

Fan Jun was not in the mood to listen to this, he was very dissatisfied with Wu Jiu's act of obedience and disobedience, he snorted, got up and walked to the front hall.Since Wu Jiu is disobedient, then he will come to Yue Zuo to make a decision for Wu Jiu and kill this Yue Guo envoy.

In the main hall, Wu Jiu and Lin Yizhi were guessing at each other's meaning, when they saw Fan Jun walking in angrily, Wu Jiu's expression changed, and then he smiled again, but Lin Yizhi never came to Wu Jiu's door. Guessing from the change in his face, this murderous man must be from Funan Kingdom.

Fan Jun walked up to Lin Yizhi, squinted his eyes, and looked at him coldly, his hand with thick knuckles clenched the handle of the knife, as if he might draw the knife to kill someone at any time.Lin Yizhi didn't change his expression, met Fan Jun's gaze, and looked at him calmly.

"Boy, aren't you afraid of death?" Fan Jun said through gritted teeth.

"What are you afraid of?" Lin Yi gritted his teeth and said, "This is Jinchen Kingdom, not your Funan Kingdom. Jin Chen King is proficient in religious teachings and has compassion in his heart. He will not get angry like your Funan Kingdom." He looked at it. Glancing behind Fan Jun, he continued, "Besides, I am an envoy, and you are also an envoy. Why should I be afraid of you? When it comes to one-on-one martial arts, I really don't take you seriously."

Fan Jun immediately became angry, he drew his sword and shouted: "Boy, draw your sword, I want to fight with you."

(End of this chapter)