Chapter 262 Striving to be the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty
Author: History turns to ashes
Chapter 262 Striving to be the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty
"Huang Shangshu, this is a small tribute from our Jianzhou Jurchens to Your Majesty... including ten thousand taels of gold, five buckets of pearls, twenty loads of ginseng, ten sea greens, and twenty tiger skins." Aha.
He rubbed his hands and introduced the tribute to Huang Guan, his whole body looking like he was in pain.
It is really not easy to gather so many good things.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also said that there is no need to pay tribute too much. Even if tribute is paid, there will not be so many rewards. So we should trade honestly. The Ming Dynasty does not want to suffer losses.
But this time the Jianzhou Jurchens were willing to give it to them.
"Huang Shangshu, do you think you can give our Jianzhou Guard a higher score?"
Huang Guan, who was stroking the tiger skin, quickly retracted his hand and said in a low voice: "This matter is under the jurisdiction of Pingzhang Yuan and is not within the scope of the Ministry of Etiquette. Moreover, it is only a society under Pingzhang Yuan, so you don't need to take it too seriously.
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Aha was worried, "You can't be serious! We heard that we are going to sell weapons and crossbows to North Korea. If we don't have them, we will suffer a big loss."
Huang Guan was stunned for a moment. He did have plans to sell weapons to North Korea, but that was only to deal with the Japanese country and had nothing to do with the Jurchen tribes.
"You are still overthinking it."
Ahachu gritted his teeth and said simply: "Huang Shangshu, we are all rough people and don't understand that. Anyway, North Korea has weapons and armor, and we want them too. As for the matter of Pingzhangyuan, I also asked about it.
That was done by your son-in-law. Just be merciful and help me. How can your own son-in-law not listen to you? Unless Huang Shangshu looks down on us."
Ahachu hummed and said: "I have heard that you are the most knowledgeable in the Ming Dynasty, don't you also want money? We will have our own filial piety in the future, and we will not be short of yours."
Huang Guan couldn't stand the old man's frankness.
He also had to sigh that the cheap son-in-law's trick was really effective.
"I really can't control this matter, but let's do this. I will help you introduce him and talk to Duke Dingguo directly."
Then Huang Guan hurriedly sent him to Xu Jingchang's side.
At this time, Xu Jingchang was taking care of his wife and had already declined a lot of government affairs.
However, when he heard that Aha, the commander of the Jianzhou Guards, had come out, he still received him politely and served him hot tea.
"Gong Cao Guo wrote to me and told me about your Jianzhou Jurchen. I was also very moved. We can form allies, become a family, and benefit the people. It is a great merit!"
Aha looked at Xu Jingchang seriously with a sullen face, and then said: "Dong Guo, we are rough people, we don't have to worry about it, so let's just say it directly, you said we are a family, but how can you betray North Korea?"
Weapons are not sold to us Jurchens? Also, I heard that you gave our civilization... or civilization a low score, what do you mean? Do you look down on us?"
Xu Jingchang smiled faintly, "Aha sent the commander. In fact, this matter is easy to understand. You Jurchens and Han people are old acquaintances, but there are indeed some differences between us. From a civilization point of view, you are still in the fishing and hunting stage.
.In terms of kinship, it is difficult to go further. Frankly speaking, my evaluation of you has been as high as possible."
Ahachu hummed: "But no matter what, we can't be lower than North Korea. Anyway, we are just not convinced."
Xu Jingchang's smile did not diminish, "Aha, when you are in command, there are rules for everything. If you are so forceful, not only will it be of no benefit, but it will also affect your evaluation. If you really want to improve your evaluation, it is not impossible."
Ahachu was startled, then suddenly smiled, "I knew this was the case... Duke Dingguo, tell me, how much it costs, I'm willing to spend it!"
Xu Jingchang laughed, "Just say these words to the commander, and your level of civilization has improved... Unfortunately, this matter is not that simple. If you give money, your rating will be high, if you don't give money, your rating will be low. Then what authority does it have?"
?Actually, what you should be thinking about is how to improve your ratings."
"Can this be improved?" Ahachu was shocked, "What should we do?"
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "This is easy... You see, the standards I gave are one is kinship and the other is civilization... The so-called kinship refers to not only close blood, but also similar customs and the same customs. And customs and other content
, and are connected with civilization. In fact, to put it bluntly, these two standards mean that the closer you are to the Ming Dynasty, the closer the relationship, the smaller the difference, the higher the score."
"How should I put it?" Xu Jingchang thought for a while and said with a smile: "Just like the two of us, my name is Xu Jingchang, and your name is Aha Chu. Your last name is not A, right? If you can change your name to something similar to Daming, you can
It brings the relationship closer, don’t you think?”
Aha Chu stared at Xu Jingchang stupidly, what kind of idea is this? Do you want me to change my name?
"I don't know how to change it! I've been using it for decades and I don't want to change it."
Xu Jingchang laughed and said, "I don't mean to force you. In fact, if you can come this time, the Ming Dynasty will be very happy. The court will definitely give you a generous reward. This also includes the reward of a surname. For example, your Majesty may give you the surname Zhu.
If this happens, the person who gets the reward will be the noble surname of the country. Being able to get the surname of the country naturally proves that you are close to the Ming Dynasty. Even if the score is not enough, you can receive special care and improve your trade level."
Xu Jingchang said calmly, "It is not unusual for the barbarians to be surrendered and given a national surname... For example, the Han Dynasty once gave the Huns the surname Liu."
Moreover, the Huns also destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty, established Han and Zhao, and respected their late master Liu Chan... He was simply a filial son of the Han Dynasty, and his filial piety touched the heavens.
In the Tang Dynasty, people often played this trick. For example, Li Keyong from Shatuo was given the surname.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty in history also had national surnames.
What Xu Jingchang wanted was to go one step further. It would be best to be like Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, where the whole family would be Sinicized, change their surnames to Chinese, speak Chinese, and write Chinese characters. That would be perfect.
Of course, you have to eat one bite at a time and do things step by step.
"When A-ha sends an envoy, in addition to changing his surname to Chinese, wearing Han clothes, speaking Chinese, and writing Chinese characters... he can also set up schools and develop trade. Refer to the Ming system, determine officials, use Ming laws, and regulate the people. As long as you can get it
If you show enough sincerity and make corresponding changes, you can get high marks from me. Speaking of which, this kind of thing is good for us. There are more exchanges between the two sides, frequent exchanges, and prosperous trade. This is a wealthy country.
You can think about the people's affairs slowly, and I have no intention of forcing you."
Xu Jingchang chatted with Ahachu for a few more words, and then sent him away.
From beginning to end, Xu Jingchang was very polite.
After hearing this explanation, Ahachu felt a little uncomfortable.
Let him change his name, learn the habits of the Ming Dynasty, and govern the tribe with the methods of the Ming Dynasty... Even if you are right, it is for our good, but changing customs is not a small matter?
I still need to think about it carefully and discuss it with everyone.
Ahachu returned to his residence, and while he was thinking about it, suddenly there was a sound of quarreling next door. Gradually, they started scolding each other, and in the end, there was the sound of weapons clashing.
What happened?
He hurried out, and at this time several of his subordinates were tearing up the wall to watch the fun!
Aha Chu came over in a hurry, "What's going on?"
"Look, they are Koreans. They are fighting with Japanese people. It's really interesting. Those Japanese people are so short, less than their waists!"
These tall and powerful men from Liaodong are truly qualified to look down on the Japanese people.
After all, they are not as tall as Jurchen dolls.
But despite his short stature, his fighting ability is not weak, especially when facing the Koreans, he is even more ferocious.
They brandished weapons and chased and beat up the North Korean envoys.
The envoy from North Korea was furious.
Even if you dare to take action against us, and you don’t even look at it, what’s your point?
A bunch of rebellious and unfilial people dare to bully the young master!
This is outrageous!
In terms of close relationship, even if we are not the direct sons of Ming Dynasty, we are still concubines, and we are the eldest sons of concubines, which is very noble.
When it comes to civilization, we are also an authentic Little China.
You island barbarians dare to act wild in front of us.
"Hit, hit hard!"
Helpless, although they shouted fiercely, they really couldn't be beaten. They were chased and beaten severely, making them miserable.
Fortunately, Daming's guards were alerted at this time, and many of them rushed in, finally separating them.
When these Korean envoys saw the Ming Dynasty's guards, they felt as if they were seeing their relatives, crying bitterly.
"The country must make the decision for us! We have been bullied by the barbarians. We are loyal ministers and filial sons of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty cannot just sit idly by and ignore it!"
The envoys fought each other and made such a big fuss that Huang Guan was alarmed again.
He knew it as soon as he heard it. He is his good son-in-law. You are really interesting.
With just such a rating, the world would be in chaos and no one could live in peace.
"What's the matter with you? If you don't follow the rules when you arrive in the Ming Dynasty, is it because you don't have the country in mind?" Huang Guan could only scold.
But the North Korean envoy burst into tears and fell to his knees.
"The higher country wants to make the decision for us! The Japanese country bullies us. This is invading Xia with barbarians, which is treason!"
Yes, Little China is also China!
Huang Guan finally understood. It turned out that they were proud of having higher scores, so they made provocations, which caused the Japanese to fight back. The two sides started fighting after a back and forth.
Huang Guan took a deep breath, "No matter how high or low your rating is, you are all guests of the Ming Dynasty. You are absolutely not allowed to act recklessly on the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If you dare to fight without authorization again, you will be responsible for the consequences. And... what kind of skills do you have, if you want to take revenge.
If you want to avenge your hatred, just raise your troops and go out to war. If you lack weapons, you can naturally go to Ming Dynasty to buy them. Isn’t it all on the trade list?"
After saying this, Huang Guan stamped his feet, turned around and left.
At night, Huang Guan came to Xu Jingchang angrily. As soon as he met, he stretched out his palm and shook his five fingers at Xu Jingchang.
This time Xu Jingchang was quite frightened.
What is the old father-in-law doing?
Want to whip yourself?
"You are so good! You sold five hundred thousand taels of weapons in just one day!" Huang Guan sighed again, "I have also sold half my life's reputation together. How sad!"
