Ru Shangshu, Meng Shilang and Huang Yushi hurriedly stood up to welcome them out of the pavilion. As soon as they stood still, they found themselves a little embarrassed. [] Diplomatic etiquette is related to the dignity of a country. Although it is a small detail, it should not be abrupt. Zhu Yun just thought
It was even more prestigious to have the envoys of the two countries arrive in Beijing at the same time, but he did not expect that the people below him would be so rigid in doing things. He said that he would control the speed so that the envoys of the two countries would arrive in Beijing at the same time, and the people below would accurately time it so that the two envoys would arrive at the same time.
A long pavilion to welcome guests.
Who do you pick up first?
Huang Zhen glanced at Meng Yousheng and murmured in a low voice: "I say, Sir, which side should we pick up first?"
Shilang Meng said: "Japan is big and Ryukyu is small."
Huang Zhen said: "But the crown prince has a senior official position, while the shogunate retainers have a junior official position."
As soon as Ru Shangshu heard that it was reasonable, he walked towards the crown prince of the "Mountain Hou Kingdom". Meng Shilang and Huang Yushi hurriedly followed him.
Xia Xun stood in the guard team, and also came to another team walking next to him. From a distance, he felt that the clothes and hairstyle looked very Japanese. Before he could take a closer look, Ming officials came to greet him, and he quickly looked away.
.When he saw that Huang Zhen was among the three people who were coming, he couldn't help but secretly jump in his heart. Huang Zhen was very familiar with him. If he was allowed to be the prince, it was hard to say what would happen to this old guy.
Now, on the other hand, the eyes of several officials were fixed on He Tianyang. Occasionally, they glanced at the beautiful Ping Nu standing nearby. Anyone who would take a second look at him couldn't help but feel happy secretly.
"Ah, the Ming Dynasty's Minister of Civil Affairs, Ru Chang, Minister of Rites, Meng Fusheng, and Imperial Envoy, Huang Zhen, have come all the way from afar..."
"Wait a minute! Your Excellency, the three officials of the Ming Dynasty, our envoys arrived at the same time as them. Why did you welcome them but ignore us? Is this the way of a country with etiquette on earth?"
Xia Xun took a closer look and saw an official jumping out from the Japanese envoys. He was wearing a shiny black hat on his head. The hat looked like an upside-down plate, with a wat board erected behind the hat.
The thing was tall and black, with a black ribbon tied under the chin. It was wearing a large-sleeved robe of orange color. It was full of anger and very unhappy.
Looking more closely, Xia Xun couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. The Japanese official in front of him was short and stocky, only about 1.55 meters tall. He had a mustache and a wisp of beard under his chin. What was funny was his eyebrows.
He was shaved, and two small ink dots were placed between his eyebrows. When he angrily asked questions in Mandarin, Xia Xun discovered that his teeth were also black.
Tetracycline teeth? No, there was no tetracycline at this time. Besides, tetracycline teeth are not this color.
Xia Xun was staring at the Japanese official curiously and studying his unconventional style. Meng Fusheng, the minister of etiquette, and a general officer had already come forward to greet them. It was unknown what Meng Fusheng explained to them, but the other team jumped out again.
A samurai has a shaved Tsukiyo hair style, which is bald and shiny. His eyebrows are also shaved and painted with two black spots to become "Dian Shang Mei", and he wears a moon-white samurai robe.
He roared loudly: "Seniors can be killed, but not humiliated. We are here, under the orders of General Zheng Yi, to represent the country of Japan. What kind of Shanhou country? We have never heard of any Shanhou country in Ryukyu. It's just a small projectile."
Can a small country in this land enjoy higher courtesy than us? Your Excellency, the Minister of the Ming Dynasty, you are humiliating us."
"I said you damn..."
He Tianyang was a pirate by birth. Apart from his boss, there was no one he could obey. He Tianyang got annoyed after hearing those two dwarfs talking endlessly. He jumped up and screamed.
"Huh? The prince of the Queen of the Mountains not only speaks fluent Chinese, he can even learn to curse people perfectly?"
Ru Chang and Huang Zhen's eyes lit up and they looked at him immediately. Ping Nu was startled and quickly babbled a few words to He Tianyang in Ryukyu dialect. Then she turned to Ru Chang and Huang Zhen and said with an apologetic smile: "Prince Don't be surprised if you have a bad temper and invite two angels."
Xia Xun thought to himself: "I didn't expect that something like this would happen just after arriving in Nanjing. I am the envoy of the ceremonial guard. I have to show up at this time. It will not matter if I lose the face of the Shanhou Kingdom. If I am taken lightly because of this, , but it is very detrimental to my actions. Besides, He Tianyang is not a person who can endure his temper, so don't let him cause trouble.
Thinking of this, Xia Xun jumped out of the crowd of guards and jumped in front of the Japanese samurai. His movements were so fast that Huang Zhen didn't notice him at all at first, but now he could only see his back.
Xia Xun pressed his knife and said in a deep voice: "The envoy from our country to the Ming Dynasty is our Crown Prince, the Queen of Ryukyu Mountain. Who are you? How dare you argue with our Crown Prince about etiquette!"
The samurai on the opposite side was not afraid. He made a mistake and took an attacking stance. He held down the sword and said in a deep voice: "I am Ninagawa Shinemon, the executive officer of the Japanese National Temple Society. Who are you?"
who?
Xia Xun felt dizzy. Shinemon, is he Shinemon?
In the cartoons of Xia Xun's childhood, Shinemon is a handsome man with a beautiful tree in the wind. The man in front of me... is only about 1.6 meters tall. He has a shiny head, and his eyebrows are shaved and painted with two Forget about the small black spots, why...why are your teeth also pitch black?
In fact, this is because Xia Xun didn't know much about Japan at this time. Japanese people were originally relatively short, and because of the perverted killing ban, almost no one could eat meat, so although there were occasionally tall people , but Chinese people are generally not tall. For example, Oda Nobunaga is about 1.66 meters tall, which is already a very tall figure. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is 1.4 meters tall, and Ikeda Terumasa, Yamagata Masokage and others are only 1 meter tall. Third, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was even only 1.25 meters tall.
So, you should be able to understand why Yoshitsune Minamoto, the husband of Shizugozen, the great beauty of Japan’s Heian period, rode a donkey into battle, right?
Speaking of the great beauties in Japanese history, luckily Xia Xun didn't see them, otherwise his beautiful fantasy would have suffered another heavy blow. Because at that time, women in Japan's upper class also had to undergo similar cosmetic procedures. They had to blacken their teeth. White powder was applied on the face, red lips were painted, eyebrows were shaved, and two large black spots twice the diameter of the black spots on men's eyebrows were painted where the eyebrows should be.
Imagine that a group of girls with an average height of less than 1.4 meters are surrounding you, with fluttering sleeves, long hair, and pale faces. They smile at you and slightly raise the two dark spots above their eyes that should be a pair of willow eyebrows. , after the cherry lips are slightly opened, the two red dots between the lips still remain motionless in their original positions, like a dot of red on the top of a birthday peach, but a row of dark teeth is exposed in between. What would you do?
All I know is that if it were me, I would burst into tears and scream with grief and anger: "Don't touch me, let me die!"
Xia Xun hurriedly expressed his condolences to the handsome Japanese boy Shinemon, and then said: "I am the official of the Yama Empress, Kunijo Naorou, and the ceremonial guard Xunxia!"
He bent down and looked down at the Japanese samurai in front of him, who was two heads lower than him, and said in a deep voice: "How are you doing?"
"Ouch!" Shin'emon responded with action. He showed off a unique skill that Xia Xun could never do. He pulled out the tachi that was longer than his height.
"Crack!"
Without saying a word, Xia Xun also pulled out the broadsword from his waist, and his sword was on the verge of breaking out.
"Two envoys, two envoys, you have something to say, you have something to say!"
Like the Taibai Jinxing who was responsible for recruiting people, Shilang Meng threw off his big sleeves and ran over to them, interjecting between them: "You two are guests from afar, and you are both guests of my Ming Dynasty. If you are here to
If you fight, doesn't it mean that you don't take my country seriously? His Majesty was very happy to hear that you came from afar to perform Hajj. The two distinguished guests must not ruin the harmony over some trivial matter and make His Majesty unhappy.
"
Meng Shilang said with a sweet smile: "Let's do this. I will be responsible for welcoming the envoys from the Shanhou Kingdom, and Ambassador Huang will be responsible for welcoming the Japanese envoys. How about we ask Ru Shangshu to lead the two noble envoys to Beijing together?"
"snort!"
Shin'emon once again performed a unique skill that Xia Xun could never do. He inserted back the tachi that was longer than his height.
Xia Xun also put on a fierce and rude look, cocked his nostrils arrogantly, snorted coldly, and inserted his broadsword back.
A turmoil was successfully resolved under the mediation of Meng Shilang, so the three adults who came to greet them were divided into three groups. Meng Shilang received the Shanhou State envoy, Huang Yushi met the Japanese envoy, and Ru, who was originally the catcher.
Chang was very happy and leisurely. After they completed a whole set of welcome ceremonies, they rode on the Taiping horse to lead the way.
"Your Excellency, when I landed in Fuzhou, I heard that a prince in your country has rebelled and is fighting a fierce war. But I, the capital city, have abundant resources and people, peace and happiness, could it be... Rumor has it...
error?"
As soon as the envoys from the two countries entered the capital, they attracted the attention of the people in the capital, and many people followed the excitement along the way. Ru Chang, Meng Fusheng and Huang Zhen deeply understood the holy will and had the intention to show off their national prestige, so they walked leisurely and let everyone go.
Xia Xun was used to walking on this street. He was too lazy to look around like those Japanese people, just like a country man entering the city. Taking a chance, he approached Meng Shilang.
Take the opportunity to ask.
Although Meng Fusheng knew that his official position was not high and he was a guest from afar, he was still very polite to him. He replied with a smile: "Your envoy does not know something, but there is indeed a rebellion in the north of our country. A few days ago, he
I still took advantage of it in a small way. But my emperor is rich all over the world, and he has only a million soldiers. The vassal king can be proud for a while, but he will be wiped out by my rebel army in one fell swoop. What is the problem of ringworm and scabies?
Hanging teeth."
Xia Xun smiled slightly, tightened the reins slightly, and moved away from him again. He had carefully observed Meng Shilang's expression. No matter what Meng Shilang thought of Yan Fan, of course he could only say this to foreign envoys, but
If he didn't mean what he said, Xia Xun could still figure it out. Only then did Xia Xun observe carefully and found that Meng Fusheng was indeed sincere in his words.
In other words, even though King Yan defeated hundreds of thousands of imperial troops twice, a considerable number of court officials were still very optimistic. No wonder King Yan did not hesitate to spend several months under Jinan City, always trying to defeat it. If his power
They cannot invade south and always stick around around Peiping. No matter how good they are, they can never shake the foundation of Jianjian and attract the people from Jiangnan.
Based on Meng Fusheng's attitude, after Xia Xun made this judgment, he set the tone for his trip to Jinling: "Given that most officials still have full confidence in the imperial court, it is not appropriate to carry out large-scale rebellion at this time. At this time,
The main purpose should be to spy on intelligence, and if we want to instigate rebellion, we should also focus on those who have been excluded and suppressed by the imperial court."
Xia Xun was secretly making plans when the envoy team passed by Gongyuan and saw countless Confucian scholars, surrounded by three scholars in red and colorful clothes, riding horses in red and colorful colors, approaching...
:A book friend asked me, why do we always bring Japan into the picture? I said, I don’t just want to bring out a group of people, and just pull them out at will. Even though I am writing a novel, there must be a certain basis. Furthermore,
, Xia Xun went to Nanjing mainly for spying and instigating rebellion. Just talking about this would be a bit boring. Adding some other conflicts and plots will make it more interesting. This is the premise.
Furthermore, when writing about the Ming Dynasty, especially the Ming Dynasty in the early peace period, two issues that are difficult to avoid are the relationship between Japanese pirates and Japan. Historically, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did send envoys to the Ming Dynasty in the eighth year of Onei, that is, the third year of Jianga.
Nanjing paid tribute. So after Japan-Japan relations experienced the Cold War in the late Hongwu period, it made sense diplomatically to send envoys to visit one year in advance to explore the other party's intention to establish diplomatic relations and cooperation.
He said: "Oh, it turns out there is shit as proof."
I said: "Yes, you go and eat shit, Your Majesty."
Well, at this point, everyone knows who he is, right?
Yes, he is the supporting character in this book, Mr. Huang Zhenhuang who eats shit when he encounters it!
Okay, finally, I would like to ask my beloved book friends for their recommendation votes!!!