The next day, July 16, was the day when Yunxi formally received the envoys of the foreign countries.
At this time, there were envoys from four countries in the capital of the Ming Dynasty: Samarkand, Siam, Champa, and North Korea. Except for North Korea, all envoys were present; North Korea's deputy envoy An Chengjun was really afraid that he would be hacked by Li Fangyuan when he returned home, so
It was Mr. Jin Han who set off with Yang Ben.
During the Hongwu period, the etiquette for receiving envoys from foreign vassals had not yet been determined. Yunxi was not used to receiving them when they were in court. There were too many people and the distance was too far, which was not conducive for him and his cronies to ask the envoys of foreign vassals in detail.
So I decided to meet him at Jinshen Hall after going to court.
Today, all the ministers knew that they were about to receive the envoys from the foreign countries, so no one was chattering. They basically nodded and talked about the more important memorial yesterday, and then everyone left.
Yunxi came to Jinshen Hall, changed into regular clothes, and then went to the main hall of Jinshen Hall to meet the envoys of the foreign countries.
The envoy from North Korea was the first one. An Chengjun was an envoy who traveled between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea many times. He was familiar with the journey. Yunxi didn't have anything to ask. He saluted according to the rules. After saying hello, he asked him to go over and wait for the banquet.
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The second person is the envoy of Champa. Champa is now southern Vietnam, probably south of the north-south dividing line before and after the withdrawal of the American army during the Vietnam War.
Yunxi has little interest in Champa. This country is entirely in the tropics, densely covered with jungles, and is only suitable for the development of agriculture. It is impossible to threaten the Ming Dynasty, and he has always been very deferential to the Ming Dynasty. If given the opportunity, Yunxi will try to bring a relative
If you push yourself to the position of king, forget it if you don't have a chance.
Yunxi also said a few words casually and asked him to go over and wait for the banquet.
Next is the King of Siam. Yunxi finally got a little more energetic. Siam is Thailand in later generations. After checking the information, Yunxi found that the envoys who had been to Southeast Asia said that Siam is now a relatively powerful country, and the east
The originally powerful Chenla (Cambodia, at this time the Angkor Dynasty) was gradually declining.
Yunxi also saw in later generations that it seemed that the main ethnic group in Siam was the same ethnic group as the Dai people. Yunxi did not understand the language of the Dai people, otherwise he could try it.
Yunxi asked some questions about the situation in Nanyang, which made Siam's envoy Mengku suddenly feel bad: Why is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty so concerned about Nanyang affairs?
However, Mengku basically told the truth. There was more than just Siam in Southeast Asia, so there was little point in his lying.
Mengku thought that since the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was interested in Southeast Asia, he emphasized that the Manchurian Kingdom south of Siam would not pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
Yunxi was very happy! Manchuria was probably the area around Malaya and Singapore. It would be better not to pay tribute!
The last person to receive the envoy was the envoy from Samarkand. Manlaha and Feisi had been waiting impatiently for a long time. When they saw the envoys from Siam, they all went in, and the only ones waiting were their chief and deputy envoys from Samarkand.
, Feisi said to Manlaha in Turkic language: "If it were in other places, who would dare to treat the envoys of the Timurid Empire so lightly! They actually save those small countries first!"
Feisi and Manlaha had already known where other countries were and what their national strength was.
Manlaha said: "Orientals have always been self-centered. They often call their country 'China'." He said these two words in Chinese, "It means the middle of the world. They think of all other countries."
The people there are all barbarians. Even when they were occupied by the Mongols, some people thought so."
"So they treat all countries the same, and they only arrange the country's envoys in the order of first come, first served."
Feisi shrugged and said, "It's really hard for me to understand what these people think."
While the two were talking, a eunuch came over and said to them: "The envoy of Samarkand, you are here, don't forget your etiquette."
The two tidied up their clothes and then walked into the main hall. During this small gap, Feisi also said to Manlaha: "It's really hard to understand why they would use people of the same race as eunuchs. We all use black people."
Manlaha whispered: "Actually, most of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty are not of the same race. Many of them are Mongolians on the battlefield. There are also castrated prisoners of war from other ethnic groups, similar to ours. It's just that their appearance is similar to that of the Han people, so
You will be mistaken."
The two walked into the main hall and saluted as arranged. Yunxi attached great importance to Samarkand, even though he did not know that this was the Timurid Empire.
Yunxi waited for them to finish their salutes, thought for a moment, and asked: "The capital of your country is Samarkand?"
Manlaha replied: "Yes, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."
Yunxi smiled and said: "You are talking like this because your king also calls himself emperor at home. The foreign countries in the east don't talk like this. Oh, you should call yourself the Great Khan."
Man Laha immediately felt that this emperor was very different from Zhu Yuanzhang. There was no unhappy look on his face when he said this just now.
Man Laha had never encountered this problem before, so he didn't know what to say for a moment. Feisi, who was behind him, heard what the interpreter translated into Mongolian and said: "?√ ?".
The interpreter on the side translated: "Your Majesty, this envoy said that I heard that Annan also claimed to be the emperor at home. There were other countries that claimed to be emperors at home, but they came to the Ming Dynasty and called themselves kings. Your Majesty wants to use this to question
Our country?”
Yunxi smiled and said, "I didn't mean that." The matter was revealed.
Then Yunxi asked about some customs and customs in Central Asia. Manlaha told some half-truths and half-falsehoods.
At this time, Yunxi asked: "What is the name of the leader of your country?" Yunxi wanted to hear if they had any honorifics or taboos for the emperor. He was a little curious about the culture of the True God Sect at this time.
Feisi said: "The ruler of our country is translated into Chinese according to the Mongolian language. It is probably translated as Temur or Timur."
The last three words he said were like lightning piercing Yunxi's brain. Yunxi instantly remembered the famous Timurid Empire in Western history.
Yunxi asked uneasily: "Is your king a Pizi?"
Man Laha and Feisi, who listened to Le Tong's interpretation, looked at each other, and then Man Laha said, "How did your Majesty know?"
Yunzhen was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, I heard it from other envoys from the Western Regions." Manlaha and Feisi did not delve into it.
Yunxi waved the two of them down, and then ordered to prepare a banquet. Yunxi himself also went to the side hall to change clothes, but his heart was not at peace.
Yunxi didn't know much about the Timur Empire. He only knew that it was considered by later Western historians to be one of the two most powerful countries in the world during this era. Then Timur probably moved eastward in the early years of Yongle.
He wanted to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, but he died on the way, and then the country was divided.
Yunxi couldn't help but secretly pray to Buddha, Taishang Laojun and other gods he could think of: "We must let Timur die like in history. I don't want to waste national power in a battle with Timur."
Yunxi came to the place where he was having a banquet with the envoys and was still thinking about this matter. He glanced at Feisi and Manlaha from time to time, which made them a little puzzled.
At this moment, a young eunuch walked into the palace and said a few words to Wang Xi. Wang Xi immediately whispered to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, the master of Jiangdu is about to give birth." Yunying has not yet officially named the princess.
But Wang Xi did not dare to call her princess, so he called her the mistress of Jiangdu.
Yunxi suddenly became excited. Apart from Lao Zhu, the relative with whom Yunxi had the best relationship was Yunying. She was about to give birth to a child, and Yunxi could not wait to run to her side to watch.
But he couldn't do it, and he had to talk useless words to these people here. So Yunxi ordered: "Let the midwife who delivers babies for people in the palace go to deliver Yunying's baby. Send a few more people." Wang Xi took the order.
And down.
Then the Timur Empire stopped thinking about it, and was worried about what to do if something happened to Yunying. Also worried about what to do if Yunying suffered a massive hemorrhage?
'In fact, we should prepare a few people in advance, draw some blood from Yunying's arm, and inject it into these people. Then whoever survives should have the same blood type as Yunying, so that we can provide relief for Yunying in case of emergency.
Blood transfusion, now it's too late.' Yunxi thought.
At this time, in the Prince Consort's Mansion, all the Cao family members were gathered outside Yunying's delivery room, including Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen's wife Li, Cao Xing and his wife Liu, and Yunying's husband Cao Che.
Cao Che and Yunying had a very good relationship as a couple, so Cao Che was extremely worried; and the Cao family probably knew that Yunxi and Yunying's brother and sister had a good relationship, so they were also worried.
At this time, Wang Xi came with four midwives. The sedan carrying the midwives was carried directly into the inner courtyard of the Prince Consort's Mansion, all the way to the outside of Yunying's delivery room.
Wang Xi came out of the sedan, and without any time to exchange greetings, he said directly: "Your Majesty sent me to bring these midwives to help deliver the baby. Let them in quickly."
Cao Zhen's wife, Mrs. Li, couldn't stand staying outside anymore and said, "I'll go in too." Then she led four midwives into the delivery room.
As soon as Ms. Li entered the delivery room, she heard the midwife she had hired earlier say: "Princess, work harder! Work harder!"
Mrs. Li also hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness."
Yunying opened her eyes and said, "It's my mother-in-law." Her voice was a little weak.
Li said: "Princess, the baby is about to be born. Princess, if you push hard, it will be fine soon."
Yunying said: "I have no strength."
Li said: "Princess! You must give birth to the child, and your Highness must take good care of him and watch him grow up!"
Li said a lot more. I don’t know if it was Li’s words that had an effect or something else. Yunying squeezed out some more strength and finally gave birth to the child.
The people waiting outside were going crazy. For a whole hour, Cao Che clenched his fists with blood oozing from his palms and was at a loss. Wang Xi had been thinking about how to explain to Yunxi if something went wrong.
When they heard that mother and son were safe, the Cao family thanked God, and Wang Xi immediately returned to the palace in a sedan.
In the Palace of Qianqing, Yunxi was also waiting anxiously. Although Fang Xiaoru felt that it was not a good thing to delay the government affairs for a princess, he was not stupid and would not stand up to Yunxi for insignificant things, so he did not speak.
At this time, Wang Xi rushed in. When he saw Yunxi, he shouted: "Your Majesty, the master of Jiangdu, mother and son are safe!"
Yunxi immediately soothed his nerves, stood up and said, "That's great!"
In the Rouyi Hall in the northwest corner of the palace, Yunying's mother, Concubine Li, finally felt relieved after hearing the news that Yunying was safe.