I have to say that Jenny’s last sentence was very lethal.

So what if you, Kennedy, can talk a thousand words and ten thousand words? It will not affect him as the emperor at all.

that's enough.

Kennedy was speechless for a moment, and Jenny also stopped talking.

After a brief silence, Alice suddenly broke the silence: "Jenny, didn't you just say that those people wearing hats should be Koreans? They are not Chinese, so why are they kneeling there to worship the statue?"

Jenny looked in the direction shown by Alice and replied: "I have asked someone else this question before. He said it a bit complicated and I didn't understand it very well. Let's start with the statue!

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"Okay." Alice responded.

Traditionally, "living people do not erect statues", so Zhang Rui did not want to make this statue. Putting aside the taboos in traditional culture, there is another point. If the people all know his appearance, Zhang Rui will want to make a statue in the future.

There will be a lot of trouble if you go out to conduct private interviews on incognito servers.

However, if he didn't reveal his appearance, people outside would think he looked weird.

He has a shoehorned face, his arms are light enough to reach his knees, but he barely has three heads and six arms, and he can breathe fire without saying a word.

Zhang Rui thinks that although he cannot be called "handsome", he is definitely not "grotesque".

According to feudal tradition, the appearance of the emperor should be different from that of ordinary people.

But in order to prevent the people from distorting his image too much, Zhang Rui had to build a statue so that the people would be familiar with his appearance, so that the people would not be fooled by some swindlers, and to avoid the Manchu Qing Dynasty smearing his appearance.

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At the same time, in order to prevent local officials from building statues everywhere to flatter themselves and disturbing the public, Zhang Rui explicitly prohibited local officials from building their own statues under any excuse and for any purpose. Anyone who violates the order may be dismissed from office.

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Therefore, the statue here is the only image display established by Zhang Rui that faces the public.

Because of this, it is rare and extremely valuable.

For many people who would never see the emperor in their lifetime, this became the only place where they could simply "meet the emperor".

In the folk rumors of the feudal dynasty, the emperors were all real dragons and emperors, and Emperor Ziwei descended to earth.

So much so that some thoughtful painters came here to draw a portrait of the emperor, and then painted some Celestial Master Tao, Quanzhen Sect and other talismans on the back of the portrait and sold them to the people, saying that they could be used to control the house and ward off evil spirits.

Keep safe, this has opened up a new way of making money.

Of course, these are other things.

All in all, this statue has a great influence among the people.

At this time, North Korea was under the rule of King Yeongjong of North Korea, Lee Yeon①, who had some close feelings for the Ming Dynasty.

During his reign, in addition to paying homage to Ming Taizu and Emperor Chongzhen every year, he also launched the "Si Ming" activity to commemorate the Ming Dynasty's resistance to Japan and aid to Korea.

The most important thing is that this guy also wrote a poem called "Recalling the Emperor's Grace".

Of course, the poems are not very well written, and the whole text is piled up without saying anything, and the words are dull. But it does not affect others' ability to see that his feelings for the Ming Dynasty are much better than those for the Qing Dynasty.

It had been more than a year since the founding of the Yi Dynasty, and the news had already spread to their court from the earliest Korean merchants.

For the Ming Dynasty, the emotions of the Korean royal court were complicated.

They always thought that they could send hundreds of thousands of troops to assist the Ming Dynasty in reviving the country, in return for the Ming Dynasty's kindness in helping them repel the Japanese invasion. But they could always only keep their actions in words, or record them in books.

Now Zhang Rui suddenly rose up and firmly established half of China, which made the court feel that China and Kyushu were rising again.

Especially after learning that Zhang Rui's identity was related to the Ming Dynasty, those pro-Ming dynasties in the Joseon court even wrote letters requesting that the king of Joseon should submit his credentials to the Yi Dynasty and request the emperor of the Yi Dynasty to re-canonize the title.

At first, Li Bin was a little tempted. But after some ministers who were close to the Qing Dynasty came out and poured "cold water" on it, Li Bin gave up the idea.

Yes, North Korea is still bordering the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. If North Korea rashly sends envoys to the Yi Dynasty to request tribute, it will definitely offend the Manchu Qing. When the Manchu and Qing troops arrive in North Korea, and the Yi Dynasty does not send troops to rescue them, North Korea will

There will definitely be heavy losses.

It would be better to wait until the situation in Yi Dynasty becomes clearer before North Korea sends envoys to Yi Dynasty. This would be more beneficial to North Korea.

As a result, two situations occurred in the Korean royal court.

On the surface, they still maintained the sect-vassal relationship with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but secretly they acquiesced to the two groups in the court and the central government to show their goodwill towards the Yi Dynasty.

As two groups of pro-Ming disciples from Korea continued to arrive at the Yi Dynasty, after seeing the real prosperity under the rule of the Yi Dynasty, their respect for the Yi Dynasty was far greater than their ancestors' respect for the Ming Dynasty.

For these two groups of children, whether it was the Ming Dynasty's kindness to rebuild Korea or the Yi Dynasty's hope for the future in their eyes, they, who had been deeply influenced by Confucian etiquette since childhood, believed that they should pay homage to the statue of the king.

Then there was a scene in front of me.

The important thing is that these people have written and spoken Chinese since childhood. With the reform of the imperial examination system in Yi Dynasty, they will be more likely to participate in the imperial examination and become officials in Yi Dynasty in the future.

Therefore, they believe that kneeling here is just a matter of practicing the etiquette in front of the temple in advance. They even check each other's mistakes and review them individually.

"So, the relationship between North Korea and the Yi Dynasty is better than that of their current suzerain country, the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" Under Jenny's explanation, Alice gradually understood.

"Yes, I heard from Mr. Jonathan that the Royal University has now begun to admit foreign students. As long as they can pass the relevant examinations, they can enter. If you can enter the top class of the Royal University, not only will the tuition be free, but you will also get a good salary every month.

Salary. You can even directly enter the Royal Research Institute or the National Institute of Scientific Research and become an academician in the future. As for joining the court and becoming an official, it is not difficult." Jenny said with a hint of longing and envy.

"Are these all high-ranking officials?" Alice asked puzzledly.

"Yes, madam. And Sir Jonathan is also one of them." Jenny said.

"Oh, my God, thank you for your gift. Jonathan makes me so proud." Alice felt sweet in her heart.

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After Jenny and others finished resting, they continued to wander to other places they had not visited.

Time passed, dusk gradually came, and the Royal Mall began to light up.

Although the night view was stunning, it was too tiring for Alice and others who had been wandering around for a day. They had no choice but to take the car home and meet to see the night view next time.

Note ①: The person known as King Yeongjo in the Korean drama. For some reasons when he was in power, he locked his son in a rice cabinet and starved to death. Interested friends can search by themselves. Here are the numbers to avoid confusion.
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