"My minister, Miura Yuzhen, who guards Qianhu in Dongxian Island of Bofan, has met your majesty. Long live your majesty!" Miura Yuzhen kowtowed and said. Then he tilted his head slightly and saluted Wen Di and said, "I have seen the emperor.
Your Highness the Seventh Son, Your Highness is a thousand years old." Kowtow again.
After he had performed all the etiquette, Yun said: "If you love me, you don't need to be polite. You can live without courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Miura Yuzhen kowtowed again, then stood up and stood more than ten feet in front of Yun, looking down at the floor, showing great respect.
"Father, I led my troops to Socotra Island and was ambushed by the Tenkata cultists. Fortunately, I met a fleet led by Miura Chito, and Miura Chito persuaded Abyssinia to send a fleet to help. Only then were I able to defeat
The Tianfang Christian Navy coalition won a complete victory."
"Moreover, Miura Sento led the exploration fleet to sail eastward from the Hanzhou continent and proved that the earth is round. He has made great contributions. My father should reward him heavily." Wen Di stood up and said.
"I don't dare to falsely praise His Highness. I am your Majesty's minister, and His Royal Highness the Seventh Son of the Emperor is my superior officer. If I don't know that Your Highness is leading troops to fight against the Tianfang cultists, that's all. Since I know, how can I not help? As for Ah.
The Kingdom of Bithynia sent troops to assist in the war. This is because the king of the country is willing to have good relations with the Ming Dynasty and His Highness. It is not the credit of the minister, and I dare not take the credit."
"Leading the fleet to sail eastward proved that the earth is round. I did not do this for meritorious service. I have loved exploring unknown lands since I was a child. Although I was born in Kanto, Japan, it is far away from the land of the Ainu people in the north.
, but the grass-roots people once went to explore the two islands of the Ainu people to see how they are different from Japan; I also went to the fiefdom of His Highness Prince Ei, and I came to the capital as an envoy from Japan many years ago; I also went
Crossing Nanyang. Later, he arrived at Hanzhou and led the fleet to explore continuously. He successively discovered Shandao, Dongxian Island, and explored the east coast of the southern Hanzhou continent."
"The reason why I led the fleet to sail eastward is because I naturally like to explore unknown lands. I have never considered this as a credit, nor do I dare to be praised by His Highness."
"That's wrong." Yun said at this time: "First of all, since Ai Qing heard that the seventh son of the emperor was fighting with the Tianfang cultists, he led troops to help the battle, and Ai Qing was not a soldier under the command of the seventh son of the emperor, so naturally he must reward Ai Qing heavily.
Sir, otherwise, how would anyone be willing to serve the imperial court in the future?"
"Secondly, there has been a saying in China since ancient times that one's deeds do not count one's heart. Regardless of why Miura Aikyo led the fleet to sail eastward, he proved that the earth is a sphere, which is extremely helpful to the study of heavenly literature, and I want to reward him."
"However," Yun said again: "I heard from the seventh son of the emperor that he had already rewarded his beloved Qing when he was in Abyssinia. It is said that no crime should be punished twice and every merit should be rewarded. Since he has already rewarded him,
I will not reward you again; fortunately, the seventh son of the emperor did not reward you for proving that the earth is a sphere, so I can also reward Miura Aikyō."
"Ai Qing listens to the title. I will grant Ai Qing the rank of third-rank commander, first General Zhaoyong, then General Zhaoyi, and then General Zhaowu. I will also grant you the title of Dong Xiannan. I will reward Ai Qing with five hundred taels of gold."
said.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Miura Yuzhen immediately knelt down to thank him.
"Father, there is no shortage of gold and silver in the Hanzhou continent. What is lacking is food, cloth and other items. Rewarding him with these gold and silver will not be of much use. It is better to reward him with more food and cloth." Wen Di said.
"There is indeed a lot of gold and silver in the Hanzhou continent, but Miura Aiqing does not have much gold and silver at the moment. I will reward him with gold and silver so that he can freely purchase the necessary items in the Central Plains and transport them to Hanzhou. I will then
The next decree is to tell King Bo that everything Miura Aiqing transported to Hanzhou this time is a reward from me, and King Bo is not allowed to take away a penny." Yun said with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness, your Majesty. Long live your Majesty!" Miura Tomozhen knelt down again and said.
"My dear, there is no need to be polite. Get up quickly." Yun said with a smile: "My dear, do you have any other rewards you want? As long as I can do it, I will definitely agree."
Hearing this, Miura Tomozhen's face showed joy, but he kept his head down and was not seen by Your Majesty. He seemed to struggle for a long time and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask of you. I beg Your Majesty, I will remain silent.
I will reward you with the land at the southernmost tip of the Jiali Continent."
"The southernmost land of the Mojia Hunter Continent?" Yun looked surprised: "Why does Aiqing ask for that land? What's so special about this land?"
"Your Majesty, there is nothing very special about this land. I ask for this land because I passed by it when I led the fleet from the west coast to the east coast of the Moga Lie Continent and went ashore to explore. But this land
The natives on board were very ferocious, and they immediately attacked me when I saw them landing. I lost many men before escaping back to the ship. At that time, I and my subordinates all swore that they would kill all these natives sooner or later. So I asked your majesty
I will reward you with this land."
"Is there such a thing?" A surprised expression appeared on Yun's face: "When Aiqing led the fleet through here, he was attacked by the local natives? And he lost a lot of people?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Miura Yuzhen agreed.
"In this case, it is reasonable for you to ask for this land. I should have agreed to your request. It's just that the natives on the Moga Hunter Continent should be Kunlun slaves. After discussing with the ministers, I thought that the Kunlun slaves
It cannot be considered a human being, it is just an animal, and there is no need to care too much about wild and untamed animals. So I would rather not ask for this place," said Yin.
"Ah?" Miura Yuzhen never expected that His Majesty would classify the Kunlun slaves as animals. He was surprised and accidentally screamed. However, he immediately bowed and apologized.
"If I had heard about this for the first time, I would probably be even more surprised than Aiqing, so I don't need to apologize to you." Yun said, "Since I can't satisfy Aiqing with this reward, I'd better give you another reward."
But Miura Tomozhen had been preparing to claim this land for a long time, but he never thought that His Majesty would use such an excuse to refuse, nor did he prepare any other rewards he wanted. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
"Aiqing can't think of a reward you want? Then I will choose a place for Aiqing." Yun said: "I will reward Aiqing with part of the land on the eastern coast of Nanhanzhou Continent. Is Aiqing willing?"
