The Jin'an River in Fuzhou is a moat excavated during the Song Dynasty. This river meanders eastward and leads directly to the sea. Merchant ships from the Nanyang area sail directly to the Leyou Bridge Wharf under Fuzhou City via this river, where they disembark to unload.
Customs clearance and survey.【】
However, on this day, a large ship came from afar, among many large and small merchant ships. Once it docked and was inspected, it was found that it was neither blocked nor closed. The people from the Municipal Shipping Department immediately became vigilant and wanted to seize the ship and its cargo.
At this time, the guests came down from the shore, and they actually took out a letter of credentials.
The people from the Shibo Department opened it and saw colorful patterns on it, with the content of the certificate of credence written in Chinese characters. The general idea was that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Princess of the Kingdom behind the Ryukyu Mountains came to the original land together on the order of the King to pay homage to the Emperor of the Kingdom.
Gifts and so on.
When the Shibo Secretary saw that the other party was actually a prince and a princess from a foreign country, who represented the king of that country to pay homage to the emperor of his own country, he did not dare to neglect it. He quickly welcomed them into the post house, inspected and accepted the goods they had brought to pay homage to the emperor, and pulled out a list
After that, he flew on horseback to report to the capital, and at the same time arranged for the princes, princesses and other servants of Shanhou Kingdom to stay.
As a small foreign country, Shanhou Kingdom's tributes are relatively rich, including ten pieces of painted fabrics, a pair of South China Sea agarwood screens, five paintings, a pair of mother-of-pearl five-clawed dragon lacquer bottles, and ten ingots of purple gold.
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The prince of the King behind the Mountain is called He Tianyang, and the princess is called Ping Nu. Their clothes are quite reminiscent of the Tang Dynasty, but they have been changed a lot and are very close to the costumes of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, they have more than ten male and female attendants, of which only one
The name is the accompanying official, named Xunxia, and he is appointed as Chengzhilang of the country behind Shanhou and the envoy of Yiwei.
According to the Ryukyu official system, the first-rank prince wears a colorful woven crown, and the second-rank official wears a purple hat; the third-rank officials, from the first to the seventh rank, all wear yellow hats when going to court; the first-rank officials and miscellaneous officials always wear the same red hat; only minor officials wear cuckolds, and civilians wear cuckolds.
There is no green hat system. Therefore, the bearded and naive Chengzhilang Xunxia wears a green robe and a yellow hat. Except for him, all the other minor officials wear blue robes and cuckolds.
Eunuch? Of course not possible.
Xia Xun is a thank-you man. Not to mention whether he would be more easily recognized if he shaved his beard, he would not be happy to just have him pretend to be a father-in-law with a effeminate voice.
On the way to Shuangyu, Xie's menstruation had cleared up, and the two of them had their first time in the true sense just above the swaying waves of the sea. Speaking of the two ladies Xia Xun, Peng Ziqi's first time was
It was snowing all over the sky, under the mountains and rivers; Xie Yufei's first time was under the wind, thousands of miles, waves, mountains and rivers, wind and snow. It was really a romantic and beautiful scenery.
Xie Xie knew how powerful her man was, and Xia Xun was vulnerable to her tongue. But if she really wanted to get on the horse, Xie Xie couldn't stand his blows. Her body was very weak.
Sensitive, if she doesn't get help from words, she has to beg Zi Qi for help in the end, so that she can lie there as soft as mud and take a breather. She loves and fears her man's arrogance and domineering. They are newly married, and they are currently
When they are so close to each other, how can they let their man pretend to be a eunuch and a concubine?
After receiving the report from Fuzhou, Jinling was very happy.
Jinan was besieged for three months. Zhu Di took the initiative to withdraw his troops out of strategic considerations. The siege of Jinan was lifted, but it was hailed as a great victory by the court. A group of scholars splashed ink, made heroes, praised the achievements, and praised them.
In fact, it was just that the siege of Jinan was relieved, and it was only when the opponent took the initiative to withdraw, but it was unilaterally promoted by the court as a great victory. According to their description, they stayed in the city until the opponent took the initiative to withdraw.
The officers and soldiers of the imperial court were brilliant and brave, but the side that surrounded the outside and took the initiative to advance and retreat was in a state of embarrassment, exhausted, suffered major setbacks, and lost countless troops.
This kind of propaganda really played a big role in winning the hearts and morale of the people for the court, because after all, the common people knew too little information, and they could only listen to what the court said. In this way, the court tasted the sweetness and achieved a great victory.
Battle reports began to be announced to the world.
The imperial court recovered Yucheng, the imperial court recovered the plains, the imperial court recovered Dezhou, the imperial court recovered Cangzhou, the imperial court recovered Hejian...
In short, wherever Zhu Di's troops retreated, they were recaptured by the imperial court. Don't worry about whether they gave up on their own initiative. What the newspaper said was that the imperial court recovered them. Recovering, of course..., right?
After the imperial court noticed the benefits of having a mouthpiece, it deliberately strengthened its propaganda in this regard. At this time, another foreign envoy came to perform Hajj. Do you think this is because the virtue of the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty was admired all over the world, including Weijiayu, and all the foreigners were convinced?
Where's the sign?
In fact, the first foreign envoys to arrive were not Xia Xun and other Xijia goods, but genuine envoys from other countries. These people had just arrived in Hangzhou Bay and were also waiting to go to Beijing for pilgrimage. They were sent by the Japanese Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
The coming messenger.
Before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Adachi clan occupied Kyoto, deposed Emperor Go-Daigo, established the Emperor Komei, who had no name, and called himself the General of the Conquest of Barbarians. They established a shogunate in Muromachi, Kyoto. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Ashikaga Shogunate began to support the Ming Dynasty.
He claimed to be a vassal and paid tribute, but because the Ashikaga shogunate failed to suppress Japanese pirates, Japanese ronin later got involved in Hu Weiyong's rebellion, which made Zhu Yuanzhang furious and imposed many restrictions on Japan's tribute as punishment.
Now the news of the death of Emperor Hongwu has just been heard by the Ashikaga Shogunate. When they heard that the stubborn old man who was not easy to talk to had died, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was very happy and quickly sent another envoy. This time, it was not considered a public event.
pay tribute, because they came this time just to inquire about the imperial court's intention. If the imperial court was willing to accept it, they would formally send envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty again in exchange for the opening and preferential treatment of the tribute trade.
After all, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is now regarded as a big figure in Japan who holds the emperor in power to order the princes. Without first exploring the Ming Dynasty's intentions, he rashly formally sent an envoy to pay tribute, in case the emperor of the country adheres to the old man Zhu Yuanzhang's policy
It would be a shame to not accept the order at all and then drive them back.
Zhu Yun had just heard that the Japanese envoys had landed in Hangzhou Bay, bringing heavy gifts and asking for an audience. Then he received a report from Fuzhou, saying that there was a mountain country in the Ryukyu Islands, and now it had sent its prince and princess to Beijing for pilgrimage.
, really beaming with joy. This was the first time since he became emperor that foreign envoys came to perform Hajj, and there were two of them at once, especially Shanhou Kingdom. Not only did they send a prince with such a grand ceremony, but they were also not known to the Ming Dynasty before.
Now that the foreign country has come to surrender, isn't this Zhu Yun's martial arts to expand the territory?
Zhu Yun immediately issued an edict, ordering Hangzhou Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture to immediately arrange vehicles to transport the envoys of the two countries to Beijing. He asked them to arrange their itineraries. It is best for the envoys of both countries to arrive in the capital at the same time. Just imagine, Japan and Shanhou
Special envoys from both countries entered Nanjing at the same time and swaggered through the city. Isn't this also an excellent form of publicity?
Therefore, under the arrangement of the Ming Dynasty, the envoys from Japan and Shanhou State marched towards Nanjing at the same time and arrived at Nanjing City at the same time.
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In the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, there was a guard of honor and three adults.
The minister is Ru Chang, the minister is Meng Fusheng, and the imperial envoy is Huang Zhen.
This is all the people who received the envoys from the two countries.
In fact, if the Japanese envoys come alone, they do not need such a grand welcome ceremony. They are taking advantage of the "country behind the mountains".
This was the first time that the "Shanhou Kingdom" paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the envoy who came to perform the pilgrimage was a prince. When Zhu Yun urgently needed to promote the country's prestige, the etiquette standards were naturally upgraded.
The envoys from the two countries have not yet arrived. Tan Ma reported that the two missions were still ten miles away from Changting. The accompanying personnel were pressing their steps, constantly adjusting their pace under the notifications of the outpost personnel who kept coming and going to ensure that they arrived at the same time.
Ru Chang was not the Minister of Rites. He was a young man who Zhu Yun temporarily captured to work part-time. Because the imperial court had suppressed the rebellion in the north a few days ago, which caused a mess, the time for the Qiu Wei scientific examination was also postponed for some time.
Now that the news of the "Jinan Great Victory" came back, the court breathed a sigh of relief, and the scientific examination officially began. The Minister of Rites was presiding over the scientific examination and could not get away, so he only came with a minister. Zhu Yun was worried that the standards were not high enough, so he spared
The previous one is Ru Shangshu.
The three adults were all human beings and could talk to each other very well. They sat under the pavilion, waiting for the envoys from the two countries to arrive, while reciting poems and composing poems, enjoying themselves.
The three of them were chatting when suddenly a big yellow dog scurried past the field in front of them. When they saw it, they immediately had the idea of confronting the situation. They pointed at the big dog, which was running in the wild grass, and stroked its beard.
He smiled and said: "Please, are you a wolf or a dog?"
Meng Shilang turned towards the grass, but Huang Zhen, the imperial emissary on the side, had already laughed heartily. He had heard that Ru Shangshu was joking about Meng Fusheng in a harmonious tone: "Is it a wolf or a dog? Is the minister a dog?"
When Meng Shilang heard Huang Zhen laughing, he understood immediately. He was funny and angry. After thinking about it for a moment, he retorted with a smile: "The wolf's tail is strong and the dog's tail is short, so..." The lower official thought that by looking at its tail,
Then you can know: if it is hanging down, it is a wolf, and if it is standing up, it is a dog!"
This word "Shangzhu" is homophonic to "Shangshu". Huang Zhen was even more delighted when he heard it. He just clapped his hands and laughed.
"Is this old guy just trying to make you laugh?"
Ru Chang glared at Huang Zhen and said calmly: "Well, it seems that we can also distinguish it this way. Wolves eat meat, but dogs are different. They eat meat when they encounter it, and eat shit when they encounter it!"
As soon as these words came out, Meng Shilang also burst out laughing and said with laughter: "Okay, what a good envoy to eat shit, hahaha..."
When Huang Zhen heard this, he immediately became embarrassed, but after thinking for a long time, he could no longer think of any witty words to tease them. At this moment, he saw a team appearing on each of the two forks in front of him. Huang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly
He stood up and said seriously: "Ahem, two adults, the envoys from Japan, Shanhou, and the two countries have arrived!"
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