"Everyone, please salute His Majesty, the Heavenly Chosen Emperor..."

Following the shouts of the eunuchs in front of the palace, all the officials of the Yi Dynasty and the envoys of the vassal states in the Palace of Taihe knelt down and worshiped and chanted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live...

"

During the chants, the envoys from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries also bent down to Zhang Rui who was sitting on the seat, and performed a chest caressing ceremony to show their respect for the Emperor Yi Dynasty. Of course, they did not hide it at all.

I just mean business.

At this moment, the most conspicuous person in the palace was the Japanese envoy. All five members stood upright without any intention of saluting. Even though the disciplinary officials in the palace repeatedly reminded them, they still looked indifferent.

Regarding everything in front of him, Zhang Rui, who was sitting on the dragon chair, just watched quietly without showing any expression on his face.

As a modern person who does not have the habit of kneeling, Zhang Rui does not like to kneel to others, nor does he allow others to kneel to him. Basically, unless it is a particularly important day, as a representative, he needs to accept the kneeling of everyone,

On weekdays, he would not allow others to kneel down and worship him, even the eunuchs and maids who represented their status as slaves in this era.

However, although Zhang Rui doesn't like people to kneel down, he is not completely opposed to kneeling down.

If kneeling down is just for him personally, then he doesn't care about it at all. After all, "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you."

But if this matter is raised to the level of the country, it is completely different. For example, Zhang Rui also has to kneel down when he respects heaven and law.

In this barbaric era, envoys from other countries knelt down and worshiped the current monarch as a sign of submission.

People all have the mentality of admiring the strong, and so does the country.

When a country feels that your country is on par with theirs, they will come out to cause trouble and start a war all day long. Only when they feel that you can kill them with one finger can they calm down and the world

There will be much peace.

Looking at the standing envoys of His Highness, Zhang Rui couldn't help but think: "How upright you stand now, I will make you kneel happily in the future. The first emperor was missing a world map, now it is

It can only be done by me. What I hated most in the past was taking the English test. From now on, Chinese must be the only universal language in the world. Let them do the headaches!"

"Also, little Japan, good. Very good. I have more reasons to beat you."

"Everyone loves you..." Zhang Rui seemed to have not seen the Japanese envoy who did not salute at all, and simply asked everyone to get up.

"I would like to thank His Majesty for your grace..."

Since the Japanese envoys stood at the end of the queue, they stood upright without saluting. Almost no one except the officials who came out to correct discipline in the palace knew about it.

However, they found that the emperor who had witnessed this matter did not raise a voice to question, and they themselves would not stupidly speak out at this time to slap themselves in the face.

This matter can only be settled later.

"The Japanese envoy..."

At this time, the disciplinary officials in the palace looked at the five Japanese envoys with fire in their eyes and teeth itching with hatred.

"If you have something to report, go to court if nothing happens..."

Since this visit to the court was to deal with a diplomatic matter, these words were addressed to foreign envoys. Officials of the Yi Dynasty would not report matters of their own dynasty at this time.

Of course, even if foreign envoys have something to report to Zhang Rui, they cannot report things in a swarm without order. Instead, they must report to the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Yi Dynasty in advance that they have something to report today.

The officials came to arrange the memorial.

Generally speaking, the things that foreign envoys can report are nothing more than establishing diplomatic relations, establishing trade exchanges, requesting tribute to the vassal, requesting imperial enfeoffment, requesting rescue, and requesting surrender and peace talks, etc.

At least among all the envoys that Yi Dynasty has faced so far, no envoy from any country dares to negotiate any special and harsh conditions with Yi Dynasty.

"In response to the order of the Shogun of the Japanese Empire, Tokugawa Ieshige, I, the envoy of the Empire of Japan, Matsudaira Takemoto, bring the letter of credence of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan to the Emperor of Japan." The eunuch in the palace had just finished speaking, and according to the arrangements of the Ministry of Rites

The order should have been announced by the Annan envoy, but Wu Ping Wu Yuan, who was standing behind him, said it first.

At this time, everyone in the hall focused their attention on Matsudaira Takemoto. Their eyes were full of surprise, confusion, anger and amusement.

Faced with the focus of many complicated eyes, at the beginning, even Takehira Takemoto, who was an upper-class person in Japan and had many experiences, still felt extremely nervous, but this nervousness was fleeting.

At this time, his mind only deeply echoed what Tokugawa Iedashige and several other veterans told him when he just left: "When you go on a mission to the Yi Dynasty, you must not bring shame on the Japanese Empire.

To protect the reputation of the shogunate, so that they will not be laughed at by future generations for thousands of years."

"Okay, since you all think so, then I must do it. Otherwise, won't I have nothing to do when I go back?" Matsudaira Takemoto comforted himself and said in his heart.

"Japan itself is a powerful country, and it is protected by the 'divine wind'. For thousands of years, it has been easy for us to hit others, but it is difficult for others to hit us. Only the weak need to abide by other people's rules, and the strong themselves are the rules."

"Envoys of the Japanese Kingdom, who are you? You don't understand the rules? Is it time for you to speak now?" Before the disciplinary officials in the palace had time to speak out, Prince Annan Li Weiyi, who was serving as Annan's envoy, immediately rushed to his feet.

He shouted and cursed at Matsudaira Takemoto who was standing on the middle road.

In history, Li Weiyi was killed by Lord Zheng who was in power at the time in December of the 36th year of Qianlong's reign. However, at this time, Zhang Rui appeared and helped Annan return the power to their Li family, so Li Weiyi

Yi was extremely passionate about Zhang Rui, and his fanaticism only increased after the Yi Dynasty swept across Siam and Burma. How could he tolerate anyone who dared to cause trouble in front of Zhang Rui?

At this time, Songping Wu Yuanding took a quick look at the clothes Li Weiyi was wearing, and based on his understanding of foreign envoys over the past few days, he probably knew that he should be Annan's envoy.

I saw that Songping Wuyuan didn't seem to be angry at Li Weiyi's scolding. Instead, he said with a mocking look: "Rules? Those are established for countries like Annan who have no strength and are willing to be others' dogs. Strong people,
Chapter completed!