"Send off the guests!" the second housekeeper of Cao Guogong's mansion said with a puff of sleeves.
"Is this the way the Celestial Empire treats guests?" Finally, a samurai behind Ashikaga Yoshimochi couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily, "I waited thousands of miles away to come to see you. Even if Cao Guogong is a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't make sense.
To despise us so much. To despise us is to despise our Japanese shogunate..."
He screamed, his Chinese language mixed with Japanese language, his voice was so loud that it made people tremble, and his face was ferocious, as if he wanted to eat people.
The second housekeeper was frightened for a moment and immediately took two steps back.
But the veteran concierge, after being surprised, directly grasped the door bolt with a thick arm.
"Haga!" Ashikaga Yoshimochi was furious. He went up to his subordinates and slapped his mouth. "Then you are willing to show off? Is this a place where you can yell? So rude? You still have samurai.
Upbringing?"
"Private Marseille!" The warrior lowered his head, but his expression remained indignant.
"I apologize to him!" Ashikaga Yoshimochi turned to the second butler and said, "Please give me a lot, my lord!"
"It's okay!" The second housekeeper smiled stiffly, thinking to himself, what's wrong with you guys crying like wolves and howling like wolves?
Then, when he froze again, he saw Ashikaga Yomochi saying to the samurai, "Come over quickly and apologize, Hayaku!"
The samurai had a gloomy face and said ferociously, "Your Excellency Ashikaga, we are envoys, not slaves."
"We have something to ask for now!" Ashikaga Yoshimachi said in Japanese, "Don't you know what it means to endure humiliation and bear a heavy burden?"
"You can't be humiliated!" the warrior yelled, "A scholar can be killed but cannot be humiliated!"
As he said that, he suddenly sat down on his knees and pulled out the ribs from his waist with a swish. Veins appeared on his face, "I would rather commit seppuku than suffer such an insult!"
As he spoke, he tore open his clothes to expose his belly, and pointed the shining sharp knife directly at his lower abdomen.
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"What's all the fuss about?"
Suddenly an unpleasant voice came from outside, and then someone shouted, "My father-in-law is here!"
Duke Cao is here? Ashikaga Yoshimichi was immediately cheered up.
Immediately, Li Jinglong, wearing a python robe with a jade belt tied around his waist and a majestic face, rushed in. A pair of tiger eyes that were not angry and intimidating patrolled, and finally landed on the warrior who wanted to commit seppuku, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Sir, you are here. These envoys don't know what's wrong with them and they want to get rid of themselves!"
Li Jinglong waved his hand and looked at Ashikaga Yoshimachi, "What do you mean by your honor?"
When the latter faced Li Jinglong, he saluted directly and prostrated himself, "Please, Your Excellency Mr. Cao Guogong, save Japan!"
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In the hall, Li Jinglong was sitting on the main seat, staring at the Japanese envoys in front of him with a look of confusion, standing up to his chest.
"I have already made it very clear. I have something to discuss at the administra- tive office tomorrow." Li Jinglong said slowly, "Everyone is a guest from afar, and I, the Ming Dynasty, will do my best to be a landlord. If you pay tribute, we will give you something in return. If you think about it,
When you meet with me, His Majesty the Ming Emperor, wait for the process slowly at the Guest House."
Ashikaga Yoshimichi bowed deeply and said, "Your Excellency, Duke, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, but you must know why I am here on behalf of General Ashikaga."
"Aren't you here for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries?" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
"Yes!" Ashikaga Yoshimochi followed his words, "But now in Japan, the daimyo led by the Yamano family suddenly rebelled..."
"Wait a minute!" Li Jinglong suddenly interrupted the other party and said seriously, "My Ming Dynasty never interferes in other countries' internal affairs!"
"idiot!"
Ashikaga Yoshimochi yelled in his heart, "Don't interfere? You didn't interfere, but you picked it up with your own hands. I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people."
"Therefore, all countries regard me, the Ming Dynasty, as their suzerain." Li Jinglong continued, "But I, the Ming Dynasty, convince people with virtue and never interfere in the internal affairs of the vassal. I am deeply sorry to hear about your country's affairs, but there is nothing I can do to help you."
Then he sighed, "It's a pity that the Japanese people were devastated by the war!"
Seeing him like this, no matter how Ashikaga Yoshimachi could endure the humiliation, he was filled with anger at this moment.
"Your Excellency, our small country of Japan has always been respectful to the Celestial Empire. Your Excellency, General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, accepted the canonization of the King of Japan from the Ming Dynasty. This should not be done either emotionally or rationally..."
"By the way, I suddenly remembered something!" Li Jinglong said sternly, "I heard that General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is only the shogun of Japan. Does Japan have an emperor above the general?" He said, thinking, "Since he is
The general, that is, the minister of the Emperor of Japan, how can he be superior to the emperor? This time the Yamano family raised an army, and it was in the name of the Qingjun side..."
At this point, Li Jinglong raised his forehead and said, "Look, I'm saying it again. You, the Ashikaga Shogunate, rule Japan on behalf of the emperor, and I, the Ming Dynasty, are naturally happy to see it happen. But Japan has loyal ministers and filial sons. If you want to bring order to chaos, I, the Ming Dynasty, can't
Interference!"
"Your Majesty the Lord!" Ashikaga Yoshimochi took a few steps forward and said solemnly, "Where did the Yamano family get the confidence to rebel? Do you want me to explain clearly? It was the first time the two sides fought. The Yamano family still had their firearms.
Do you still need me to clarify what the flag of the cavalry is?"
"What flag?" Li Jinglong pretended to be dumbfounded, "Could it be the flag of my Ming Dynasty? Could it be that the soldiers who are fighting in battle are my Ming Dynasty soldiers?" He said, smiling and looking at the other party, "Did your envoy see it wrong? If
If I, the Ming Dynasty Tiger, had really gone into battle, the war in Japan would not be what it is now!"
Threat! Naked threat!
Ashikaga Yoshimochi suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a low voice, "Before I came, General Ashikaga told me that the Ming Dynasty seemed to have some misunderstanding about Japan. The Celestial Empire is a high country, and Japan is a small country. The Celestial Empire has been promoted by all parties for thousands of years.
The way of education is that even if a small country offends a small country, the adults will not remember the faults of the small people."
"Your Excellency, Duke of the Kingdom, this time I come with full sincerity!" Ashikaga Yoshimichi bowed, "I only ask Duke Cao to understand the difficulties of my country!" He said, bowing even lower, "If you can, I will
I dare to take the liberty of inviting you to see His Majesty the Ming Emperor and express my humble heart to Japan."
"If you had told me you were sincere, it would have ended! I don't have to waste so much time on you!"
Li Jinglong secretly laughed in his heart, "Your Majesty, you are serious. Don't misunderstand me. We are all one family!" As he said, he smiled and said, "But when it comes to your country's affairs, I, the Ming Dynasty, are really not good at it. In fact, I feel the same way in my heart."
I agree with your statement, and I also know that the Ashikaga Shogunate is sincere, but you have to think about it..."
"I know your concerns. After all, national affairs are not decided by you!" Ashikaga Yoshimichi hurriedly said, "I just ask, Lord Duke, for the sake of the sincerity of the small country, can you bear with me!
"Said, bowed and said, "Thank you very much!"
At this point, the intentions of both parties are clear.
Ashikaga Yoshitomichi needed Li Jinglong to help their shogunate speak in front of the Ming Emperor, but Li Jinglong seemed to be pushy and unrestrained. Now is the time to show his sincerity.
Immediately, before Li Jinglong could say anything, he saw Ashikaga Yoshimachi duck out of the way, and the person behind him came out pushing a box.
"What are you doing?" Li Jinglong pretended to be confused.
"A little Japanese specialty is not disrespectful, so please accept it with a smile!" Ashikaga Yoshimochi smiled, "This gift is really not worth it, it is insignificant. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has close trade with Japanese merchant ships, and in the next few days, two merchant ships full of goods will arrive in the Ming Dynasty.
, I will come to visit you again when the time comes!"
After saying that, he bowed his head, turned around and left.
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"Dad, this?" Li Qi had been standing next to Li Jinglong. After seeing the Japanese envoy walking away, he said worriedly, "This box must be full of yellow and white things. The gifts from the foreign envoys are not so easy to accept!"
"Don't worry, your father knows it well!" Li Jinglong smiled, "Go and open it!"
Li Qi sighed, walked to the box, and opened the lid with slight force.
"Hiss!" Li Jinglong took a breath of air, "Close it, dazzle your eyes!"
At this moment, the second housekeeper came in from outside again and whispered, "Master!"
"People are gone?"
"Gone, but..."
"Say!" Li Jinglong said displeased.
"But I'll leave you with two more... big living people!" As he said that, the second butler turned slightly sideways, revealing two cloaked figures behind him. Although they were wearing cloaks, they could be seen at a glance.
The alluring figure is particularly graceful.
Immediately afterwards, the two faces that brought disaster to the country and the people showed their true faces, looking at Li Jinglong pitifully.
For a moment, Li Jinglong was stunned.
This chapter has been completed!