Ru Shangshu, Meng Shilang and Huang Yushi hurriedly stood up to welcome them out of the pavilion. As soon as they stood still, they found themselves a little embarrassed. Diplomatic etiquette is related to the dignity of a country. Although it is a small matter, it should not be abrupt. Zhu Yunwen only wanted to make the two countries
It was even more prestigious for the special envoys to arrive in Beijing at the same time, but he did not expect that the people below him would be so rigid in doing things. He said that he would control the speed so that the two envoys would arrive in Beijing at the same time, and the people below would accurately time it so that the two envoys would arrive at the welcoming pavilion at the same time.
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Who do you pick up first?
Huang Zhen glanced at Meng Yousheng and murmured in a low voice: "I say, Sir, which side should we pick up first?"
Shilang Meng said: "Japan is big and Ryukyu is small."
Huang Zhen said: "But the crown prince has a high official position, while the shogunate retainers have a junior official position."
As soon as Ru Shangshu heard that it was reasonable, he walked towards the crown prince of the "Mountain Queen Kingdom". Meng Shilang and Huang Yushi saw it and hurriedly followed him.
Xia Xun stood in the guard team and saw another team walking next to him. Looking from a distance, he felt that the clothes and hairstyle were very Japanese. Before he could take a closer look, he saw officials from the Ming Dynasty coming to greet them.
He quickly looked back. When he saw Huang Zhen among the three people who came to greet him, he couldn't help but secretly jump in his heart. Huang Zhen was very familiar with him. If he was allowed to be the prince, it was hard to say what the old guy wouldn't see.
Come.
Now, on the other hand, the eyes of several officials were fixed on He Tianyang, and occasionally they glanced at Ping Nu, who was standing aside and looking at her beautiful flowers. Whoever was willing to take another look at him couldn't help but secretly feel happy.
"Aha, the Ming Dynasty's Minister of Civil Affairs Ru Chang, Minister of Rites Meng Fusheng, and Imperial Envoy Huang Zhen, on the orders of our emperor, welcome the King and Crown Prince of Shanhou, His Royal Highness the Crown Princess, who have come all the way..."
"Wait a minute! Your Excellency, the three officials of the Ming Dynasty, the envoys from our country arrived at the same time as them. Why did you welcome them but ignore us? Is this the way of a ceremonial country in China?"
Xia Xun took a closer look and saw an official jumping out of the Japanese envoys. He was wearing a shiny black hat on his head. The hat looked like an upside-down plate, with a wat board standing up behind the hat.
The thing was tall and black, with a black ribbon tied under the chin. It was wearing a large-sleeved robe of orange color. It was full of anger and very unhappy.
Looking closer, Xia Xun couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. The Japanese official in front of him was short and stocky, only about 1.55 meters tall. He had a mustache and a wisp of beard under his chin. What was funny was his eyebrows.
His eyebrows were shaved, and two small ink dots were placed between them. When he angrily asked questions in Chinese, Xia Xun discovered that his teeth were also black.
Tetracycline teeth? No, there was no tetracycline at this time. Besides, tetracycline teeth are not this color.
Xia Xun was staring at the Japanese official curiously and studying his unconventional style. Meng Fusheng, the minister of etiquette, and a general officer had already come forward to greet them. It was unknown what Meng Fusheng explained to them. There were other members of the opponent's team.
A samurai jumped out. His hair was shaved like a Tsukiyo head, which was bald and shiny. His eyebrows were also shaved and painted with two black dots to become "Dian Shang Mei", and he wore a moon-white samurai robe.
He roared loudly: "Seniors can be killed, but not humiliated. We are here, under the orders of General Zhengyi, to represent the country of Japan. What kind of Shanhou country? We have never heard of any Shanhou country in Ryukyu. It's just a small projectile."
Can a small country in this land enjoy higher courtesy than us? Your Excellency, the Minister of the Ming Dynasty, you are humiliating us."
"I said you fucking..."
He Tianyang was a pirate by birth. Apart from his boss, there was no one he could obey. He Tianyang got angry after hearing those two dwarfs talking endlessly. He jumped up and screamed.
"Huh? This king and prince behind the mountain not only speaks fluent Chinese, but he can also learn to curse people perfectly?"
Ru Chang and Huang Zhen's eyes lit up and they looked at him immediately. Ping Nu was startled and quickly babbled a few words to He Tianyang in Ryukyu dialect. Then she turned to Ru Chang and Huang Zhen and said with an apologetic smile: "Prince Don't be surprised if you have a bad temper and invite two angels."
Xia Xun thought to himself: "I didn't expect that something like this would happen just after I arrived in Nanjing. I am the envoy of the ceremonial guard. I have to show up at this time. It will not matter if I lose the face of the Shanhou Kingdom. If I am looked down upon by others because of this, , but it is very detrimental to my actions. Besides, He Tianyang is not a person who can tolerate his temper, so don't let him cause trouble.
Thinking of this, Xia Xun jumped out of the crowd of guards and jumped in front of the Japanese samurai. His movements were so fast that Huang Zhen didn't pay attention to him at first, but now he could only see his back.
Xia Xun pressed his knife and said in a deep voice: "Our country's envoy to the Ming Dynasty is our King and Crown Prince of Ryukyu Mountain. Who are you? How dare you argue with our Crown Prince about etiquette!"
The samurai on the opposite side was not afraid. He made a mistake and took an attacking stance. He held down the sword and said in a deep voice: "I am Ninagawa Shinemon, the executive officer of the Japanese National Temple Society. Who are you?"
who?
Xia Xun felt dizzy. Shinemon, he is Shinemon?
Xia Xun watched cartoons when he was a child, and Shinemon was a handsome man with a beautiful face. The man in front of him... was only about 1.6 meters tall. He had a shiny head, and his eyebrows were shaved. Even if it's just a small black spot, why...why are your teeth also pitch black?
In fact, this is because Xia Xun didn't know much about Japan at this time. Japanese people were originally relatively short, and because of the perverted killing ban, almost no one could eat meat, so although there were occasionally tall people , but Chinese people are generally not tall. For example, Oda Nobunaga is about 1.66 meters tall, which is already a very tall figure. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is 1.4 meters tall, and Ikeda Terumasa, Yamagata Masokage and others are only 1 meter tall. Third, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was even only 1.25 meters tall.
So, you should be able to understand why Yoshitsune Minamoto, the husband of Shizugozen, the great beauty of Japan’s Heian period, rode a donkey into battle, right?
Speaking of the great beauties in Japanese history, luckily Xia Xun didn't see them, otherwise his beautiful fantasy would have suffered another heavy blow. Because at that time, women in Japan's upper class also had to undergo similar beauty treatments, and they had to blacken their teeth. White powder is applied on the face, red lips are painted, eyebrows are shaved, and two large black spots twice the diameter of the black spots on men's eyebrows are painted where the eyebrows should be.
Imagine that a group of girls with an average height of less than 1.4 meters are surrounding you, with fluttering sleeves, long hair, and pale faces. They smile at you and slightly raise the two dark spots above their eyes that should be a pair of willow eyebrows. , after the cherry lips are slightly opened, the two red dots in the middle of the mouth still remain motionless in their original positions, like a dot of red on the top of a birthday peach, but a row of dark teeth is exposed in the middle. What would you do?
All I know is that if it were me, I would burst into tears and scream with grief and anger: "Don't touch me, let me die!"
Xia Xun hurriedly expressed his condolences to Shinemon, the handsome Japanese man in his heart, and then said: "I am the official of Yamahou Kunijo Naorou, and the ceremonial officer is looking for Xia!"
He bent down and looked down at the Japanese samurai in front of him, who was two heads lower than him, and said in a deep voice: "How are you doing?"
"Ouch!" Shin'emon responded with action. He showed off a unique skill that Xia Xun could never do. He pulled out the tachi that was longer than his height.
"Crack!"
Without saying a word, Xia Xun also pulled out the broadsword from his waist, and his sword was on the verge of breaking out.
"Two envoys, two envoys, you have something to say, you have something to say!"
Like Taibai Jinxing who was responsible for recruiting people, Shilang Meng threw off his big sleeves and ran over and got in between them: "You two are guests from afar. You are both guests of my Ming Dynasty. If you are here to
If you fight, doesn't it mean that you don't take my country seriously? His Majesty was very happy to hear that you came from afar to perform Hajj. The two distinguished guests must not ruin the harmony over some trivial matter and make His Majesty unhappy.
"
Meng Shilang said with a sweet smile: "Let's do this. I will be responsible for welcoming the envoys from the Shanhou Kingdom, and Ambassador Huang will be responsible for welcoming the Japanese envoys. How about we ask Ru Shangshu to lead the two noble envoys to Beijing together?"
"snort!"
Shin'emon once again performed a unique skill that Xia Xun could never do. He inserted back the tachi that was longer than his height.
Xia Xun also put on a fierce and rude look, cocked his nostrils and snorted arrogantly, and inserted his broadsword back.
A turmoil was successfully resolved under the mediation of Meng Shilang, so the three adults who came to greet them were divided into three groups. Meng Shilang received the Shanhou State envoy, and Huang Yushi met the Japanese envoy.
Chang was very happy and leisurely. After they completed a whole set of welcome ceremonies, they rode on the Taiping horse's head to lead the way.
"Your Excellency, when I landed in Fuzhou, I heard that a prince in your country has rebelled and is fighting a fierce war. But I see that in the capital, there are many people, peace and happiness, could it be...
Is the rumor wrong?"
As soon as the envoys from the two countries entered the capital, they attracted the attention of the people in the capital. Many people followed to watch the excitement along the way. Ru Chang, Meng Fusheng and Huang Zhen deeply understood the holy will and deliberately showed off their national prestige, so they walked slowly and casually.
Xia Xun was used to walking on this street, and he was too lazy to look around like those Japanese people, just like country people entering the city. Taking a chance, he approached Meng Shilang
, took the opportunity to ask.
Although Meng Fusheng knew that his official position was not high and he was a guest from afar, he was still very polite to him. He replied with a smile: "Your envoy does not know something, but there is indeed a rebellion in the north of our country. A few days ago, he
I still took advantage of it a little bit. But my emperor is rich all over the world, and he has only a million soldiers. The vassal king can be proud for a while, but he will be wiped out by my rebel army in one fell swoop. What is the problem of ringworm and scabies?
Hanging teeth."
Xia Xun smiled slightly, tightened the reins slightly, and moved away from him again. He had carefully observed Meng Shilang's expression. No matter what Meng Shilang thought of Yan Fan, of course he could only say this to foreign envoys,
But if he didn't mean what he said, Xia Xun could still tell. Xia Xun just observed carefully and found that Meng Fusheng was indeed sincere in his words.
In other words, even though King Yan defeated the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of troops twice, a considerable number of court officials were still very optimistic. No wonder King Yan did not hesitate to spend several months at the gate of Jinan City, always trying to defeat it. If his
The forces could not invade south, and they always only circled around Peiping. No matter how well they did, they could never shake the foundation of Jianwen, nor could they attract the people of Jiangnan.
Based on Meng Fusheng's attitude, after Xia Xun made this judgment, he set the tone for his trip to Jinling: "Given that most officials still have full confidence in the imperial court, it is not appropriate to carry out large-scale rebellion at this time. At this time,
The main purpose should be to spy on intelligence, and if we want to instigate rebellion, we should also focus on those who have been excluded and suppressed by the imperial court."
Xia Xun was secretly making plans when the envoy team passed by Gongyuan and saw countless Confucian scholars, surrounded by three scholars in red and colorful clothes, riding horses in red and colorful colors, approaching...
p: A book friend asked me, why do we always bring Japan into the picture? I said, I don’t just want to bring out a group of people, and just pull them out at will. Even though I am writing a novel, there must be a certain basis. Again.
By the way, Xia Xun went to Nanjing mainly for spying and instigating rebellion. Just talking about this would be a bit boring. Adding some other conflicts and plots would make it more interesting. This is the premise.
Furthermore, when writing about the Ming Dynasty, especially the early and middle Ming Dynasty, two issues that are difficult to avoid are Japanese pirates and Sino-Japanese relations. Historically, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did send envoys in the eighth year of Onei, which was the third year of Kenbun.
went to Nanjing to pay tribute. So after the Cold War in the late Hongwu period of Sino-Japanese relations, it makes sense diplomatically to send envoys to visit one year in advance to explore the other party's intention to establish diplomatic relations and cooperation.
He said: "Oh, it turns out there is shit to prove it."
I said: "Yes, you go and eat shit, Your Majesty."
Well, at this point, everyone knows who he is, right?
Yes, he is the supporting character in this book, Mr. Huang Zhenhuang who eats shit when he encounters it!
Okay, finally, I would like to give my *** to my beloved book friends, please ***, and please vote for recommendations!!!