Chapter 1203 Diplomacy is no trivial matter, right?
"Who wakes up first from a big dream? I know it all my life. I sleep enough in the spring in the thatched cottage, and the sun goes late outside the window."
"Husband, you just woke up early in the morning, why did you recite a poem?"
The verses recited by Zhuge Liang are a metaphor for his extraordinary talents, and I hope someone with a bright eye will recognize the talents."
"Husband, you are the Ming Lord now. Do you still need the Ming Lord to recognize talents?"
"My husband just suddenly remembered this poem and chanted it smoothly." Yunxi thought for a while and then said: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Mr. Luo Guanzhong for a long time. It happened to be the Chinese New Year, so I took the time to go and see it that day.
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While talking, the couple got up and got dressed under the service of the palace maid. After a while, they put on their clothes, washed themselves, and went to the dining hall to eat.
Min'er and others were naturally shocked. Min'er was so angry that she got out of bed. After a while, she asked the palace maid to put on clothes for her, and Aunt Yuki carried her to the dining hall.
"Min'er, why did you come here so late?" Xiyao asked.
"Mom, I slept late last night, but I couldn't sleep, so it was late before I knew it." Min'er was still very afraid of her own mother, so she said honestly.
"Today is the first day of the new year. What does it look like to be so lazy? Look at Si, Yuan'er got up earlier than you."
"Second brother, I always get up early, not just today." Min'er replied nonchalantly, washed her hands, picked up the sesame seed cakes on the table and started eating.
Xiyao wanted to say something more, but suddenly her hand was held by someone, so she stopped talking and turned to Siqi and said: "Siqi, how was your New Year's Eve at Duke Liang's Mansion last night? How was your rest last night?"
"Aunt, my uncle is very good to Siqi, and my elder brother and younger brother are also very good to Siqi. My uncle also followed my uncle's example and found people with unique skills from all over the country to perform at home, which was also very good. The uncle also said that some of them may not be as good as my uncle and aunt's.
I haven't seen it yet, and let them enter the palace to perform for their uncle and aunt another day." Since Yunxi succeeded to the throne, Siqi would first go to Lan Zhen's house in Liang Guogong's mansion every year to celebrate the New Year, and then return to the palace to wait for the new arrival with Yunxi and others.
The new year is coming, so Xiyao has this question.
"If there is such a thing, we can wait until the Lantern Festival to allow them to perform in the palace. However, all the unique skills are actually similar, so we may not have seen them before." Yunxi said.
"Uncle and aunt, that unique skill is like this..." she introduced.
"It sounds like they haven't seen it before." Yunxi said with a smile: "In that case, let them enter the palace to perform during the Chinese New Year."
"Well, Siqi will tell his uncle when he returns to Liang Guogong's mansion on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year." Siqi agreed.
After a while, everyone had breakfast. Yunxi stood up and said to the children: "I have to meet the envoys from the foreign countries in the morning, and I will be in the palace in the afternoon. Min'er, remember to play well in Kunning Palace and don't be naughty."
"Wenyuan, put down your books. The first month of the first lunar month and the few days of the twelfth lunar month are the time for you to rest. If you want to study, wait until school starts on February 2nd."
"Yes, Dad." Min'er and Wenyuan answered in different voices. Min'er was very casual, while Wenyuan was very serious.
Yunxi glanced at them again, sighed inwardly, turned around and left the dining hall, and Xiyao escorted him out.
Walking to the gate of Kunning Palace, Yunxi said goodbye to Xiyao and headed to Qianqing Palace. On the way, Wang Xi suddenly remembered something and said to Yunxi: "Guanjia, the day before yesterday, Concubine Chen and the servant wanted to talk for a few days.
I left the palace to pay New Year's greetings to His Royal Highness Prince An and Princess An. Because the affairs of the official family are complicated these days, I haven't spoken to the official family yet, but I have spoken to the servants."
"New Year's greetings to the twenty-second uncle and the twenty-second aunt? Do you want to go home?" Yun He said with a smile: "This year Gao Xu returned to Beijing with his fourth aunt; although the thirteenth uncle was granted a title to the Western Regions, the thirteenth aunt While she is still in the Central Plains, her husband asked her to come to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. In addition, Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou have both returned to Beijing, and their Xu family is rarely complete in recent years. It is understandable that she wants to go back. "
"I will grant her permission after she comes to me to personally request her. But please remember, Wang Xi, that she is pregnant. You should be more careful when traveling and send more servants and guards."
"Yes, official." Wang Xi agreed immediately.
After a while they walked to Qianqing Palace, where Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, was already waiting here. Although Yunxi established a new Lifanyuan and assigned all matters related to Fanguo to this newly established yamen, he also formally issued an imperial edict. However, the envoy of Fanyuan, Fu An, is still out of town, and this yamen is still a vacant yamen, so this year, the Ministry of Rites will still be responsible for the visit to Fanguo.
"Your Majesty, this year there are 25 foreign countries, including Korea, Japan, Siam, Sumatra, and Majapahit, who have come to pay tribute. This is three more countries than in the second year of Jianye. This is the most since the late emperor established the Ming Dynasty. I congratulate Your Majesty on the growing national strength of the Ming Dynasty and attracting foreign countries to return." Zheng Yi said.
'Where is it that the Ming Dynasty's growing national power attracted the foreign countries to return? It is true that the national power is getting stronger, but it is clearly because the Ming Dynasty won a complete victory in the battle with Samarkand. All countries came to show their courtesy, where is the returning heart?' Yunxi Zai He complained in his heart. But naturally he would not say this on the surface: "The Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and it is indispensable for the contributions of all my dear friends."
The monarch and his ministers exchanged a few words, and Zheng Yi said again: "Your Majesty, which country's envoy will you receive first this year?"
"According to common sense, North Korea and Fusang are the only two countries whose kings were crowned princes by the Ming Dynasty. They should receive the envoys from these two countries first. This year, the envoys from North Korea came first, so they should receive the envoys from North Korea first."
"But this year, five more countries are coming to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and they should be given special courtesy. I ask your Majesty to make a decision."
"Let's follow the rules. First North Korea, Fusang, and then these five countries that are coming to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty for the first time." Yunxi thought for a while and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi agreed and went out to tell the conductor. The conductor hurriedly arranged the twenty-five countries in order according to Yunxi's instructions, and then went to inform them and announce the visit of the North Korean envoy.
"Zheng Yi, I heard that the North Korean envoy came to the capital at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month?" Yunxi asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The envoys from Korea came to the capital on the third day of the twelfth lunar month. Because Korea sent troops to follow the Ming Dynasty and sent troops to the Western Regions to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty placed them in the Western Regions and asked Your Majesty to return the soldiers."
"Where are they asking for returned soldiers? They are clearly here to ask for rewards."
"Your Majesty is right. Since our soldiers have become kings of the Ming Dynasty, how can the Ming Dynasty return people to the foreign countries? But Your Majesty, after all, North Korea is the foreign country of the Ming Dynasty, and its country is known as Little China. It follows the example of the Ming Dynasty in everything, or does it? Don’t be too dismissive.”
"I understand." Yunxi understood Zheng Yi's meaning: for a country like North Korea, which also uses Confucianism to govern its country, and the popular Buddhism and Taoism in the country, it is better to be more tolerant.
‘As long as what the North Koreans ask for is not excessive, I will agree.’ He thought.
"Zheng Aiqing, I have something to ask you. Have you seen the envoy from Castile?" Yunxi suddenly thought of Claviyo and asked.
"Of course I have seen it before. But this country's envoy is the strangest one I have ever seen." Zheng Yi said with a surprised tone: "The hair of this country's envoy and attendants is not black. This is
That’s okay, during the Mongols’ Western Expedition, among the people with colored eyes who came back from the west, there were people with hair that was not black.”
"Their customs are very strange. They believe in the Cross religion, but I have also seen the Semu people in the Central Plains who believe in the Cross religion, but their customs are also different from them."
"That's not surprising." Yunxi smiled and said, "They all believe in Buddhism, but Buddhism in the Central Plains is different from Buddhism in the Nanyang countries."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi continued: "Of course, the strangest thing is that after this envoy came to the capital, he wandered around the city every day. And he didn't just wander around the bustling places, but walked all over the city.
All over the place. And he would write words every day after he went back, probably to record down all the experiences of that day. No one in the Seikan could understand the kind of words he used to write, so he didn't know about him.
What is written."
"Why he wanders around every day, I can't guess the reason. If he is like the envoy sent by Timur to spy on the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't make sense. Firstly, he has not been close to the military camp, and secondly, he has occupied the place
You know, his country is thousands or even tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, so there is absolutely no possibility of conquering the Ming Dynasty. But other situations are even more unreasonable."
"You don't have to worry about him." Yunxi said, "As long as he doesn't violate the Ming Law, you don't have to worry about him."
"However, if he violates the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty", he must not indulge in it. Whether it is the officials, gentry, people of the Ming Dynasty or the envoys and merchants of foreign countries, they must be governed in accordance with the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty", and there must be no partiality. Of course, those who have contributed to the court, or ancestors
Those who have performed meritorious services to the court may have their crimes reduced or exempted.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi agreed again.
At this time, the conductor's voice came from the door. Yunxi hurriedly sat down, straightened his clothes and sat on the couch. Zheng Yi also stood up straight and stood beside him.
Not long after, the envoy from North Korea came in, knelt down towards Yunxi and said: "Jin Hanxuan, the envoy of North Korea, pays homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Long live, long live, long live!"
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"Sir, people have already entered the Fan Hall." Outside the Fan Hall, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Rites and houses tribute envoys, many people wearing Yingtianfu police uniforms have gathered. One of them asked the man wearing the uniform who had just arrived.
A person in sixth-grade civil official clothing said this.
"But wait and see, the person did run into the banguan?"
"He did run into the banquet hall."
"What did the people from the Ministry of Rites say?"
"The people from the Ministry of Rites said that there are no other people in the Fan Hall. They are all envoys from the Fan Kingdom and people from the Ministry of Rites. If the Tianfu is handling the case, please go elsewhere." The man said with a face full of sadness and anger.