It was finally time to pay homage to the Emperor.

The Duke of Anjou Philip I, who dressed himself up as a "slut" all day long, changed into men's clothes very rarely. It was not that he was so happy, but because after hearing about the "monster conquering incident" that happened in the Ming Dynasty, he realized that it was the Ming Dynasty, not France.

In France, he is the king's brother, and even dressed up as a "slut", no one asked, but in the Ming Dynasty, if he annoyed the emperor and was spanked, it would be too worthwhile. He liked to let others get spanked, but it doesn't mean he liked to be spanked! If his butt was beaten, how could he seduce a man?

Although he was not tall, he was considered "tall" after wearing a pair of high heels. However, he was not as good as the Duke of Brittany and others on the side. Although they were rivals, on the Ming Dynasty, both sides had to pay homage to the emperor at the same time.

The process of obedience to the emperor is very cumbersome.

Although it was still early in this Tianchao meeting, the officials of the Honglu Temple brought them into the palace early.

Then drink tea and wait.

Outside the palace, there is a court room for officials to wait for the court. There are hot tea, snacks and dried fruits inside, which are used by officials at will, which is also one of the benefits of officials.

However, there were still many officials standing outside the room.

When Philip I and others saw so many officials standing there, they were all shocked by European visitors like country bumpkins. They were filled with official uniforms, and the number of officials alone was enough to crush any European country.

"Many officials!"

While they were shocked by the number of Chinese officials, they were also a bit awe of the authority of the Chinese emperor! They even admired the emperor who had not met yet.

Before the Meridian Gate, civil and military officials were arranged in squads, and European envoys were ranked last.

At the same time as the ritual music sounds.

Civil and military officials entered through the small doors on both sides. Philip I and others followed the civil servants and slowly entered the palace. Philip I originally thought that he would see the emperor by entering, but what appeared in front of him was a super square, and all the officials lined up in front of a small bridge to wait.

After waiting for a while, there were suddenly bursts of shouts in front of him, and the civil and military officials were finally able to cross the bridge.

This should be the emperor!

But, I continued to wait on the square.

Philip I looked around the wide square and the tall palace, and immediately felt an unprecedented violent impact.

The Fengtian Hall in Nanjing is far taller and larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing. Historically, in the 36th year of Jiajing, the three halls were burned out by a fire. The imperial court could not pick up large trees, so it could only reduce the size, height, length and width of the Fengtian Hall. After the three halls were burned by Li Zicheng, the Qing Dynasty also built the small hall when it was rebuilt.

During the reconstruction of the three main halls in Nanjing, the big wood was mined from Taiwan, not only with sufficient quantity, but also new building materials such as reinforced concrete were used.

Now, the hall presented to Philip I and others is majestic and magnificent like a hill, making people unconsciously want to crawl and worship.

This is the emperor, this is power!

What does the Pope count in comparison?

Compared with the Chinese emperor, the French king seemed as ridiculous as the rich man in the countryside.

At this moment, countless people were looking forward to such palaces and such etiquette. They even thought that there should be such a magnificent palace in Europe, and European rituals and music should be formulated according to Chinese rituals and music.

In just one sentence, everyone was scared to pee.

They were all shocked and speechless.

The emperor's supreme authority is awe-inspiring, shocking, and admirable. Even at this moment, even those who do not desire power become full of desire for power.

It seems that all this represents extremely majestic power!

In such an impact, the emperor was promoted to the palace.

Amid the solemn rituals and music, civil and military officials entered in batches, while European envoys and some low-level officials still could only stand in the square in front of the hall. This was because Emperor Gan Sheng simplified the ritual system for court attendance. Most of the lower-level officials did not have to go to court, otherwise there would be thousands of people standing in the square at this moment.

After handling several daily government affairs, several officials including Qian Xi and others made a speech.

"Your Majesty, I will follow the Dongyuan County Prince to the envoy to Taixi. The King of England is grateful to the Ming Dynasty for helping him restore the royal system and submitting the letter of the country, requesting to be enthroned as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and present the North American colonies to our dynasty..."

The results of the mission have been reported long ago, and even the rewards of the princes and others of Dongyuan have been decided. This is specifically for the court officials.

In fact, since the time of sending missions, many officials have opposed the mission to Europe because the mission's expenses are too high.

Even if they know that trade in the sea means money and wealth, it does not mean that they are willing to bear huge expenses. Even if the Ming Dynasty is not short of money now, it does not mean that they can squander it at will.

Qian Xi continued:

"Although this time, the envoy to Thailand was very expensive, the official ship carried a lot of goods. After deducting various expenses, he obtained a net worth of 100,000 taels of gold and 1.62 million taels of silver, and a loan of 10 million taels from England. Within thirty years, his principal and profits will be repaid no less than 30 million taels. The court can benefit from it!"

"hiss!"

In Fengtian Hall, all the officials were taking a deep breath.

However, some people questioned.

"The trade income is only three million taels, how can we lend tens of million taels of silver to the vassal states?"

"When England's rebellious attacks, the fleet seized no less than three million taels of silver. Later, in order to support the vassal states to rebuild the capital, the prince of Dongyuan instructed the establishment of a bank to attract deposits and issue bonds."

This is not the one who is going on a mission, it is clearly going to do business!

No, it should be said that he went to rob!

Not only did the war not spend much money, but instead robbed a lot of them.

Three million taels!

If the Chongzhen Dynasty could have robbed so much money, I guess the Ming Dynasty... if that was the case, there would be something going on today.

At that time, war was a costly one, but at the time of the emperor, war was a costly one!

no the same!

Looking at the shocking look of everyone, Zhu Guoqiang nodded and said:

"All officials on missions will be rewarded."

Of course, the Prince of Dongyuan, Zhu Youbin, was granted a fiefdom. In addition to the vassal states, the Ming Dynasty also had a fiefdom. Currently in Chenghua Province, only Myanmar, the counties and counties were parallel to the fiefdom. The so-called fiefdom was similar to the aristocratic territories in Europe. They could collect taxes, possess small-scale public security forces, and even appointed administrative officials. It was almost the same as an independent kingdom, but in fact, their status was almost equivalent to the chieftains in the southwest. The Ming Dynasty just used them to rule the native people and promoted the sinicization of the Chenghua Province with the officials. Just like the Mu family in Yunnan, the fiefdom of these princes was at most a place of a palace.

As for the fleet admiral Zhang Mingzhen, he was granted the title of "first-class man", which can be regarded as entering the military aristocratic sequence. Of course, civil servants who accompanied him were also rewarded.

"Taixi envoys meet!"

England, France and the two-five nobles were finally taken to Fengtian Temple.

Then he heard the officials of the Honglu Temple shout:

"The Duke of Shaftesbury, England, entered the temple!"

"The Duke of Anjou, Duchess of France, entered the temple!"

"Announce the Duke of Retany into the temple!"

“Present…”

Everyone was introduced to Fengtian Hall, and civil and military ministers looked around.

Europeans have never seen such a market before. They only feel that the emperor on the Golden Chamber is tall and subconsciously wants to kneel down to worship him. The civil and military officials have heard of so many national names for the first time, and are very interested in these red-haired ghosts and golden-haired ghosts.

Under the guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple, the European nobles knelt on the ground collectively and shouted in the middle of Chinese language:

"Envoys from the lower country, please pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the Supreme Kingdom!"

Look at how self-conscious they are. When they come to the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, they naturally have to respect the habits of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom. Even though they know that they are not necessarily from the heart, Zhu Guoqiang will inevitably say happily:

"Everyone is given a silk cloak."

It is just a person who gives me a piece of clothing, which is not worth much money. This is a tradition, and some traditions always need to be followed, for example, this tradition is like a beggar who comes to beg for food and rewards them with more clothes...

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The nobles shouted thanks, and then Philip I suddenly shouted:
Chapter completed!