"The envoy from the State of Ning has an audience!"
In the Jinluan Hall, as the little eunuch opened his voice, Liu Yangzheng, the left prime minister of Ningguo, wearing the first-grade crimson crane court dress of Ningguo and an official hat, led the team into the Jinluan Hall with his head held high.
At this moment, although Liu Yangzheng is very old, and his eyebrows, beard, and hair are all gray, he is full of energy, like the number one scholar in high school.
There is nothing more satisfying in life than this.
I think back then he was just a scholar, a scholar who couldn't even pass the examination.
Now, as Prime Minister Zuo of Ning State, wearing a crimson crane official robe and representing Ning State, he walked into this place that he had dreamed of entering when he was young.
Being named on the Golden List is the dream of almost every scholar in the Ming Dynasty.
In the morning he is a farmhouse man, and in the evening he ascends to the emperor's hall. The general has no talent at all, but a man should strive for self-improvement!
For scholars of the Ming Dynasty, it is undoubtedly a lifelong pursuit to stand in the Golden Palace one day.
But there are very few people who can actually stand here.
Liu Yang is from Jiangxi. In Jiangxi, the hometown of examination masters, it is extremely difficult to pass the examination.
When he was young, he failed in the rankings time and time again. He could only watch helplessly as his fellow villagers, the same year, the same sect, etc. were named on the gold list and enjoyed unlimited glory.
However, today, he, Liu Yangzheng, came back, and he was still wearing a first-class crane official robe. Although he was not a first-class official in the Ming Empire, he was still the Zuo Prime Minister of Ning State.
He walked in with his head held high and looked at the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty on both sides. Among them were some of his former classmates, classmates, friends, etc.
After decades of struggle, I finally have the opportunity to stand in this golden palace with them.
"On behalf of the Ning State, I, Liu Yangzheng, the left prime minister of the Ning Kingdom, congratulate your majesty on the great treasure that will last for generations to come!"
"I present nine boxes of gems, nine boxes of jade, nine pairs of corals, nine boxes of gold, nine boxes of silver...nine beauties from Tianzhu!"
Liu Yangzheng took out a long gift list and read it out. This time, Prince Ning also put a lot of thought and money into it. The gifts were all useful and valuable. Of course, when he finally read the nine beauties from Tianzhu, his voice became louder.
a lot of.
"Um!"
"Uncle is interested!"
When Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, heard about the beauty from Tianzhu, his little eyes shone slightly. He didn't have many hobbies. This beauty was one of his hobbies in life. It seemed that there was no beauty from Tianzhu in his harem.
.
Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao was Zhu Houzhao's grandfather according to his generation, and was of the same generation as Ming Xianzong, so Zhu Houzhao also called Ning Wang his uncle.
After presenting the congratulatory gift, Zhu Houzhao said this and it was over. Liu Yangzheng respectfully left the Jinluan Hall, feeling refreshed.
This life was worth it, and I finally had a glorious walk around the Jinluan Palace.
"The envoy from the State of Chu has an audience~"
Soon, the little eunuch raised his voice again. This time the Chu State sent Zhu Xianrong, the crown prince of the Chu State.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Xianrong, pays homage to your Majesty!"
Zhu Xianrong, dressed in a python robe, came to the main hall and bowed respectfully to Emperor Zhengde. In terms of seniority, he was actually Zhu Houzhao's uncle.
"Uncle Wang, no gift!"
Zhu Houzhao also said quickly.
There are too many descendants of Lao Zhu's family, and Liu Jin beside him has also made relevant preparations in advance, clarifying the relevant seniority and so on, so that there will be no chaos.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After Zhu Xianrong thanked him, he also began to think about the congratulatory gift from Chu State.
Compared with Ning State, Chu State seemed much shabby.
Although the Chu State is also very large and occupies the fertile East African Plateau, it has not found any gold or silver mines and can only develop animal husbandry and agriculture.
Although the land was vast and sparsely populated, the people had no worries about food and drink, but in terms of money, they were not as rich as King Ning. King Ning had no idea how much money he made from selling slaves.
"Two boxes of diamonds, nine pairs of ivory, nine lions, nine elephants, nine leopards, nine giraffes..."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard the gift list read out by Zhu Xianrong. This Chu State had the guts to bring over all kinds of animals from Africa, and it was really poor.
To be honest, there were all kinds of animals in the zoo in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Hou took care of them too much, he was no longer interested in these animals.
"Uncle is interested!"
After he finished reading, Zhu Houzhao nodded and said that he was sincere. According to his seniority, the current King of Chu is also the generation of Zhu Houzhao's grandfather.
One after another, vassal states continued to enter the Jinluan Palace to offer congratulatory gifts to the Emperor of Heaven.
"The envoys of Xingguo have an audience~"
After waiting for half an hour, it was finally Xingguo's turn.
Mao Qiao walked into the hall wearing a crimson robe. At this moment, he was almost the same as Liu Yangzheng, and he could be considered proud of his life.
His life experience is very similar to that of Liu Yangzheng. Both were depressed in the Ming Dynasty and always failed in the exams. Now that they have reached overseas vassal states, they can be regarded as a turnaround.
"On behalf of Xingguo, your Majesty, Mao Xing, congratulates His Majesty on the great treasure that will last for generations to come!"
"I present six elephants, six lions, six leopards, six gorillas, and six pairs of parrots..."
Many ministers really wanted to laugh when they heard the gift list read out by Mao Qiao.
This Xingguo was even worse than the Chu State. They almost had to capture 6 of all the animals in the African tropical rainforest to make up the number.
After all, Chu State also sent two large boxes of diamonds and several boxes of gold and silver. Xingguo never heard about gold and silver from the beginning to the end. It was really miserable and stingy.
"Um!"
When Mao Qiao finished reading, Zhu Houzhao nodded and it was done.
Each of these vassals has donated a lot of strange and strange animals. It is estimated that there are hundreds of lions, and a lion park can be built here in the capital.
Mao's wife felt bitter in her heart. This time when she came to Ming Dynasty, she not only had to be embarrassed, but she also had the shamelessness to ask for an audience with the Supreme Emperor, and also shouldered the arduous task of deducting some money from the Supreme Emperor.
"Meet you at the colonial time in South Africa!"
When the vassal state finally completed its visit, it was the turn of the Ming Dynasty's colonies. Naturally, the South African colony was at the top of the list.
Liu Da, dressed in a South African colonial official uniform, walked into the Golden Palace with his head held high.
Many ministers also looked over one after another. Everyone knew that Liu Da was the son of Liu Jin. This tiger father had no sons. All of Liu Jin's sons had gone overseas. The Liu Da in front of him was now gone.
He was the governor of the South African colony.
Look at Liu Da again. He looks almost exactly the same as Liu Jin. There is almost no difference from Liu Jin when he was young. So much so that Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but slightly widened his eyes and just looked at Liu Da, and then looked aside.
Liu Jin.
"They are exactly the same. When I was a child, I felt very similar. I didn't expect that when I grow up, it looks more like him. Even his temperament is similar to that of Lao Liu."
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Zhu Houzhao was murmuring in his heart. He used to often go to Liu Jin's house. He had seen Liu Jin's sons and even teased them.
"On behalf of the South African colony, the Governor of South Africa, Liu Da, congratulates His Majesty on the great treasure that will last for generations to come!"
"I present nine gramophones and nine cameras..."
Before Liu Da finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao said quickly: "Wait a minute, what are this gramophone and camera?"
"Return to Your Majesty~"
"The gramophone and camera are a new invention here in South Africa. The gramophone is a machine that can be specially used to record and play sounds."
"A camera is a machine that can be used specifically to take pictures."
Liu Da said the same thing while ordering someone to bring a gramophone and camera up.
When everyone in the court heard this, they all became interested. There was such a machine that could record and play sounds?
Is there another one that specializes in taking photos?
Everyone is also very curious about what a photo is.
Soon, phonographs and cameras were also brought in, and Zhu Houzhao was quite interested in these things.
Apart from women, he was most interested in these weird inventions.
"How to use this gramophone? What is its principle?"
Zhu Hou looked at the gramophone in front of him, a big speaker, and the camera, which looked like a big box.
"Your Majesty, the principle of this phonograph is to use the grooves on the record to affect the pointer, and then the pointer is connected to the magnet to affect the current, thereby producing sounds of different frequencies."
"I will now let it play the blessing to the Ming Dynasty sung by a very famous singer here in South Africa!"
Liu Da explained with a smile and started to operate at the same time.
Soon, the large speaker of the gramophone began to play a song. When the melody sounded, everyone's eyes couldn't help but widen slightly.
This machine can actually play sound, and the sound still sounds very clear.
"This machine is really good. From now on, you can listen to music at home. Not only can you listen to music, but you can also listen to music and so on. It's very convenient."
"Yes, yes, there is such a machine."
"It's really amazing that a machine can produce such a sound."
Everyone was amazed when they saw it.
Although we have seen many strange and weird machines, this gramophone still surprised everyone.
βItβs really good!β
"I like this gift!"
Zhu Houzhao listened carefully, then looked carefully, and nodded happily.
Then he looked at the weird camera that looked like a big box next to him and said, "What's the point of this camera?"
"Your Majesty, this camera uses optical principles. It uses strong light to expose the scene to be photographed onto the film, forming an engraving on the film. Then the film is developed and the photo can be taken."
Liu Da also introduced it in detail and ordered people to operate it.
