According to the imperial edict, the Prince of Yan, Gao Chi, was sent as an envoy to Japan and was given the prince a leather bean suit.
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弁, crown ear.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the costumes of the Tang Dynasty returned to prosperity, and the royal family, ministers and ministers all had strict dress regulations.
Zhu Gaochi is the eldest son of King Yan. According to the etiquette and law, the crown, prince and prince have nine slits in their skins, while the crown prince has eight slits and the prince has seven slits. Therefore, he was specially allowed to wear the prince's skin Bian during this mission to Japan.
Zheng He carefully took out the exquisite nine-slit leather Bian from the jade box and put it on Zhu Gaochi's head. Five colored jade and nine pearls were used on the front and back of each seam of the leather Bian, and the crown and hairpin were decorated with gold.
The crown is decorated with gold hairpins and Zhu Ying.
All the negative or worried emotions on Zhu Gaochi's fat face suddenly disappeared the moment he put the leather bean on, and were replaced by solemnity.
Zheng He then directed other guards and others to devoutly take out the dress from the box.
The top is a crimson gauze robe, which is bright red without any heraldry. Then there is the lower garment, with the front three, back and four garments connected to the waist, and a middle single to cover the knees.
These clothes, combined with the leather bean, were the leather bean clothes worn by the princes and princes of the Ming Dynasty when they attended tributes from all the barbarians, met with foreign officials, and issued imperial edicts.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites argued for several hours on the issue of whether there should be such high standards for the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty to visit the vassal country, and even almost had an old fist fight in the official office. But after Zhu Gaochi arrived in Japan, the issue of the dress he chose
Above, it is indeed surprisingly consistent.
Of course I will not accept this kind of gift from Siyi.
In the minds of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, even if they are not on the land of China, when you Japanese people see the emperor and grandson of the Ming Dynasty, they are paying tribute.
"Your Highness, it's ready!"
Zheng He took half a step back respectfully and whispered.
Zhu Gaochi straightened his collar, stood in front of the mirror and looked at his body, and straightened the jade belt around his waist.
"It's better to be fatter and dress smartly. Skinny people can't hold it up!"
With a smile on his face, he said something to himself.
Then, taking a square step, "Let's go!"
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Bang bang, three cannons suddenly rang out from the bow of the ship.
Shixi, a Japanese famous mountain man who greeted Zhu Gaochi on the pier, was startled and subconsciously ducked.
As he stood so low, the retainers and elders of the famous mountain family thought that the master of the family was starting to salute, and they immediately leaned over him on the dock.
Jinyiwei Qianhu Jigang shouted from the bow, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Yan is here!"
"Welcome to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Then, two rows of guards wearing goose crowns and brocade robes, holding embroidered spring knives on their waists, surrounded Zhu Gaochi as he walked down the sampan bridge.
The head of the Yamana family, Yamana Shixi, took his son Yamana Shixing, as well as Ge Laoshan Mingzhongcun and others, and quickly stepped forward, "I, Yamana Shixi, have met His Royal Highness, the crown prince of the Celestial Dynasty. His Highness has arrived in this country and is full of brilliance!"
"There is no need to be polite to foreign vassals!" Zhu Gaochi laughed heartily, stepped forward to support the other party's shoulders, and then took the other party's hand and said with a smile, "I heard before Gu came that the head of the Shanming family is a learned, talented, elegant and noble person. Today
When I first saw it, it certainly lived up to its reputation.”
As he spoke, he continued to smile and said, "It's not that I mean to say nice things, Waifan is a prince of Japan, a person in charge of one side. But looking at it alone, Waifan is elegant, easy-going, and has an upright face. At a glance, I can tell that he is a good man of the world who is both civilized and military and well-read poetry."
Talent, it really makes Gu Da feel attracted to him."
Shi Xi was overjoyed when he heard the name of the mountain. No matter how arrogant and martial men they were in Japan, they all liked to think of themselves as scholar-bureaucrats on the surface.
"His Highness is serious again!" Shi Xi said with a smile, "I am truly lucky to be praised by His Highness!" After saying that, he took the people around him and said with a smile, "This is a dog, Shi Xi is lucky for the mountain!"
"I have met His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Heaven!" Tokiyuki Yamana is a few years older than Zhu Gaochi and has a humble attitude.
"Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs, and the son is a talented person." Zhu Gaochi laughed and kept looking at the other person with soft eyes.
In fact, he was slandering in his heart, "Your father's name is Shi Xi and your name is Shi Xing. Are you two of the same generation?"
Then he turned his eyes slightly and scanned the faces of the Japanese people who were waiting for him one by one, and he could see everyone's expressions.
Some people's eyes are hot, some are respectful, some are indifferent and in vain. Of course, there are also disobedience and defiance.
Although Zhu Gaochi received traditional Confucian education, as the emperor's grandson and the third generation of the Zhu family, he was not stupid enough to take others' respect for the Celestial Empire as a matter of course. When the four barbarians surrendered, they did not obey the word "Chinese Dynasty", but the "Chinese Dynasty".
Military might and national strength.
No matter whether it is a country or a person, being blindly arrogant is just arrogance and stupidity.
What makes China a celestial dynasty is not only swords but also etiquette. Sometimes etiquette is even more important than swords.
Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "May I ask if your son has a nickname?"
The Japanese etiquette was passed down from China, and the princes and princes were even more proud of Sinology. Yamaname Tokiyuki was the son of a daimyo, and he received Confucian education since he was a child. How come he didn’t have an alias?
Asking the other person's cousin is a kind of kindness released by Zhu Gaochi. Because calling the other person's cousin will make him appear closer and friendlier.
At this time, Zhu Gaochi suddenly asked this question, and the father and son immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words.
"Quinzi doesn't have a nickname yet!" Shi Xi, the name of the mountain, bowed and smiled, then hesitated slightly, "I'm brave, if His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't think Quanzi is vulgar, please give me a name!"
Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment, "How to do this?"
"You are the crown prince of the Heavenly Kingdom, and you are also His Majesty's imperial envoy. If you are willing to grant me the title, it will be an honor for Quanzi!" Yamaname Shixi continued with a smile, "It is also an honor for Yamaname! It will definitely be a good story that will be sung throughout the ages."
He is a noble prince in Japan, and he is like an emperor in his territory.
The reason for such a low profile is not only because of Zhu Gaochi's identity. The deeper reason is because since the last time He Guangyi, the commander of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards, returned to the Ming Dynasty, according to the agreement between the two parties, the ordnance generals and other officers sent were sent to Shi Xi.
I understood a sentence deeply.
There is heaven beyond the sky, and there are mountains beyond the mountains.
He naturally had the intention of borrowing money from the Ming Dynasty in the beginning, but he regarded the private treaty with the Ming Dynasty more as a business exchange. But when he saw the Ming Dynasty firearms military exercise arriving in Japan, he saw the iron cannon that cracked mountains and cracked rocks.
Queen of Wei.
The borrowing in his heart has turned into a reliance, and he even thought that if the Ming Dynasty was willing to give him more iron cannons, ordnance, and cavalry, it would be easy for the mountain masters to dominate Japan.
Among his subordinates and other Japanese princes, not everyone objected to being too close to the Ming Dynasty. Many people even said that Goryeo was a lesson learned from the past, and being close to the Ming Dynasty was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger.
Some people even say that the emperor and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty were both typical people who drank from the golden cup together and showed no mercy to each other. They turned against each other faster than turning over the pages of a book. On the surface, they were just like you and the two countries, but maybe they had already fallen out in private.
knife.
But in Yamana Tokihi's view, Japan and the Ming Dynasty are separated by mountains and seas. Even if the Ming Dynasty has ambitions for Japan, he can only spy on it secretly. To swallow Japan across the sea is simply a fool's dream.
For Daming, he had something to rely on, something to rely on, and something to use.
At this moment, asking Zhu Gaochi to give his son a nickname was not just a quick statement, but a carefully considered statement.
There is no harm in getting closer to the Ming royal family. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Yan, will control the Ming Dynasty’s most elite northern army in the future. Tens of thousands of cavalry and countless iron cannons and guns.
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Zhu Gaochi showed good intentions, and when the mountain was named, Xixi followed the current.
"This..." Zhu Gaochi muttered slightly, "Since the outer vassal is like this, I can't shirk it." After saying that, he looked at the name of the mountain and said seriously, "The father and son of the outer vassal admire China with their hearts.
If you don’t like your cousin’s name, let’s call him Xinhua!”
Yamana and his son were overjoyed and bowed at the same time, "Alia is buying more from Auntie Xida!"
This chapter has been completed!