Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 112 I Want to Be King So Much

[Book hidden in the belly of a fish: You have a vision. Book hidden in the belly of a fish: The false dragon dies, the true dragon rises.]

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Madubha University.

Built by European missionaries, Nanyang Han people, and Hongsha people, this university has a very different style.

The King of Siam's foster brother, Papilaja, the commander of the Siamese elephant soldiers, walked through stilt houses and wooden houses and stopped at the door of a stone Christian church.

Papilaja saw the cross on the church door and slowed down his pace slightly.

In those days, Siam was a country of immigrants, and Muslims and Catholics were not uncommon.

Even foreigners held half of the powerful positions in the royal palace, and many Siamese people who worshipped gods and Buddhas began to believe in the Western god.

Even their king, King Narai, watched the Catholic Prince Ming restore his country.

He also began to bring members of the royal family, preparing to submit to the Western gods like the Ming emperor.

Stupid buffalo, is Siam still Siam if it doesn’t believe in gods and Buddhas?
Even the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, who believed in Western gods, asked the old monk Atullah to serve as the national teacher in the two kingdoms of Toungoo and Pegu to implement the policy of integrating the three religions, and did not reject the suppression of beliefs in gods and Buddhas.

The king who began to believe in Western gods also secretly instigated an alliance with the Dutch in Johor and Arakan to try to drive out the Ming Dynasty.

Bastard lizard that brings doom!
In the eight cities of Madhu, Papilaja witnessed with his own eyes how the Great Ming Prince crossed the river in heavy rain and easily broke through the fortified city.

As long as the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty withdraws from Yundian in the Central Plains, no one in Fengshang will be his match.

It was just as he expected.

Less than a month after launching the rebellion, Tudama's country was destroyed and he died.

I thought of the Jingguan that brought news from Miaowu City.

Papilaja shuddered with fear and trembled all over, then entered the church with determination.

The missionaries' translator, the vice-president of Madubha University, the Greek Constantine Vulcan, was teaching French to the Han Chinese and Hongsha people in Southeast Asia.

This person, who had the same Christian name as the prince, translated his own name into Kang, and even translated Fulkang's name into Huaerkang.

In the Madu Eight Military and Civilian Comfort Office, his status was second only to General Wu Dading and Lord Pan Huang.

According to him, he is the Erkang of China.

Papilaja waited at the door for a while, waiting for Huaerkang to answer the students' questions.

Just stepped forward.

Hua Erkang shook hands and greeted him, "Mr. Pabi, are you here for your Siamese students?"

The eight universities in Malaysia were established half a year ago and are aimed at the Han people in Southeast Asia and chieftains of various ethnic groups.

It was obvious that Hua Xia Academy was the path to becoming an official, so the nearby kings, nobles, and chieftains all sent their children to the university.

Pan Huang was learning foreign languages ​​while Hua Erkang was making money, and they were having a lot of fun.

The neighboring Siamese were no better. The noble chieftains bribed the vice-principals and envoys to allow their children to be bathed in the royal culture.

Papilaja also sent the children of his own family and the nobles he was friends with to the school.

Papilaja greeted him, "Your Highness, if you can annihilate another nation, you will see how powerful the Ming army is."

"I'm going to send some more children here to study hard."

Upon hearing this, Hua Erkang glanced at the Siamese leader with a half-smile.

He was entrusted with an important position by the crown prince, far surpassing other missionaries except Ferdinand Verbiest.

Being in the eight cities of Madurai, I naturally understood the previous hesitation of the Siamese people.

"Master Xiao Pan is very dissatisfied with you."

"I can take the risk of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince blaming me and recruit a few more Siamese students, but the cost..."

Hua Erkang only takes what he should take.

The noble chieftains all said that his appetite was bigger than that of a tiger, but they didn't know that in addition to distributing the money to Pan Huang, Wu Dading, a portion was also left for the prince to build and expand the university.

Papilaja nodded repeatedly, "Of course, we brought some deerskin to make cushions for the teachers."

"The university was just being built, and we had some ivory that we were going to send to decorate the school and the church."

There is no need to say much about the preciousness of ivory.

Deerskin is what the Japanese need.

After silver mines were mined in Japan, they joined the maritime trade. Many goods from Southeast Asia were shipped to Japan, exchanged for silver, and then used to buy porcelain and tea from China.

The Netherlands later signed a treaty with Siam to monopolize the deerskin trade.

In the land above the wind, it has also become a hot commodity.

Hua Erkang was quite satisfied with the gift, but he still said he would discuss it with Minister Pan Huang.

Papilaja chatted with Huaerkang for a while before explaining the purpose of his visit.

"Mr. Hua, you are well-versed in both Eastern and Western culture and can speak seven or eight languages. Could you please take a look at these Chinese characters for me?"

Hua Erkang took the papers handed to him by Papilaja and flipped through them quickly:
"True or false, dragon, rise, die."

Hua Erkang, whose intelligence ranks second among civil officials, has already studied Chinese studies for the past six months and learned about Chinese culture from several old scholars in Southeast Asia.

He immediately realized something was wrong.

"The real dragon rises, and the fake dragon dies?"

Walcon narrowed his eyes and looked Papilaja up and down.

The dragon of the Han people is not the dragon of the West, nor is it the dragon of Buddhist India.

Hua Erkang immediately said in a cold voice: "Pabiraja, what do you mean?"

Papilaja took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and took out a piece of paper from his sarong pants, which caused a jingling sound under his crotch.

"Mr. Hua, this is what I found in the stomach of a crocodile I caught while hunting a few days ago."

Hua Erkang didn't take the note. He crossed his arms, his expression solemn, and his voice still cold:

"Pabhiraja, what do you want to do?"

There are strange symbols and omens in the East, and there are also various prophecies in the West.

Hua Erkang had also heard about the Crown Prince's prophecy outside Tonggu City, the Imperial Preceptor Atula's dream, and the stone tablet in the river.

Who are you, Papilaja, to be qualified to do this?
Even if there were no overseas Chinese immigrants in Siam, there was no shortage of Han Chinese from Southeast Asia in the eight cities of Malaysia.

Hua Erkang didn't believe that Papilaja couldn't find a Chinese person to translate for him.

"Mr. Hua, I really dug this out from the crocodile's stomach."

Papilaja said anxiously.

Seeing that Walcon remained unmoved, Papilaja had no choice but to reveal his cards.

"Sir, you may not know that our king is afraid that the Ming Dynasty will seize him and will not leave Hongshawadi."

"After the counterattack on China failed, he followed the example of Pagan and Toungoo, conquering the east and the west and annexing various countries."

"Not only did he secretly re-alliance with the Dutch for trade, he also secretly supported the Arakanese rebels."

Siam is located at the heart of Southeast Asian trade and has been involved in maritime trade for decades.

Plus various immigrants.

It has many fleets heading to Middle-earth Japan.

In previous years, King Narai alienated the Dutch, who were heavily involved in Ayutthaya's internal affairs, in order to strengthen the royal monopoly on trade.

Now, in order to guard against the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese and to protect maritime trade, King Narai once again cooperated with the Dutch.

"Not only did they reduce the rice tribute, but they also asked me to lead troops to pretend to assist the Ming army. In Thonburi, Chinese merchant ships were plundered and looted by the Dutch, and our king stood by and did nothing to protect them."

Papilaja said categorically, "Nalai has never worshipped the Ming Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the same way he worships gods and Buddhas."

"He even started to disbelieve in gods and Buddhas."

Hua Erkang's forehead wrinkled into a river shape, and he pondered for a long time:

"Master Xiao Pan said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed very dissatisfied with the King of Siam."

"But who has your support? It's still just the 10,000 troops you brought with you."

"Not to mention, one of the prince's wives is a Siamese princess."

Upon hearing that Huaerkang had given in, Papilaja was overjoyed. He looked into Huaerkang's deep brown eyes and said seriously:
"Nalai favored those foreigners, the Japanese and Persians. Half of the ministers in the Ayutthaya palace were foreigners."

"Even his prime minister is Persian and his wife is a Japanese Christian."

"He came to power through a coup. Initially, the Dutch didn't help him, but he ascended to the throne with the help of the Japanese, Persians, and Pattani. So he trusted those foreigners more than us Siamese."

"He also allowed foreigners to help the royal family monopolize trade. The nobles in various places have long been dissatisfied with him."

Papilaja's eyes were sharp: "As long as the Ming Dynasty supports me, the noble chieftains will definitely agree to drive Nalai off the throne."

"When the time comes, Mr. Hua, you will be a close confidant of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. No one will have any objection to you becoming the Prime Minister of Siam."

Siam was destroyed by Toungoo a hundred years ago, and even Chenla was able to invade the heartland of Siam six times and plunder the people.

Naresuan restored his country with the help of the Ming Dynasty.

If they were descendants of Naresuan, neither Papilaja nor other Siamese nobles would have done anything against it.

But King Prasathong has no bloodline inheritance rights.

His son Narai ascended the throne thanks to a coup d'état by foreigners.

If you can find foreigners, why can't I find Chinese people?

It is rumored that King Prasathong is the cousin of King Songdang, but I am also your real milk brother, Nalai.

I don’t have the bloodline of Naresuan, so why can’t I be the King of Siam?

Hua Erkang was somewhat tempted.

Although the vice-president of the university is good, he is still not as good as Adayun of Toungoo Pegu. He can also help the prince to develop trade.

"This matter is not for me to decide. Get ready and follow me to see Master Xiao Pan."

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Pan Huang frowned and stared at the note in his hand.

Books hidden in a fish's belly?

Which Han Chinese taught this to Papilaja?

Papilaja did not dare to underestimate this teenaged member of the Ministry of Rites.

As we all know, when the prince seized power, Pan Huang was the first to express his loyalty.

Although his status is not as high as that of the six ministers and cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

But everyone knew that Pan Huang was the prince's true confidant.

As long as the prince does not die halfway, he will become second only to the emperor sooner or later.

"Master Xiao Pan, after driving Narai off the throne, the land of Siam will belong to the Ming Dynasty."

"Rice, spices, agarwood, and benzoin can all be submitted as taxes to provide food and wages for the Ming Dynasty. The Siamese army can also assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in his counterattack against China."

Papilaja carefully followed Huaerkang's instructions.

Pan Huang nodded disapprovingly.

The Crown Prince is about to return. If Siam does not surrender completely, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can march north to attack the two capitals and easily destroy Siam when he passes by.

It's just a matter of a few thousand soldiers.

Pan Huang glanced at the two of them and asked, "If King Narai abdicates, who will become the King of Siam?"

"If I remember correctly, he has several sons."

Papilaja was startled and immediately knelt down and pulled Pan Huang's sleeve.

"I want to be king so badly, I want to... dream about it."

"As long as I become the King of Siam, I will obey Hua Erkang and Master Xiao Pan in everything."

"I will be even more submissive to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince than King Narixuan was to Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)