Hearing this, Chang Sheng was stunned on the spot, as if his heart was blocked by a stone.
But at the same time it was warm and sour, with a bit of relief.
"That's it!" Chang Sheng thought to himself, "I always said in the past that I would no longer interfere with royal affairs. Just based on the prince's words, I and other members of the East Palace gang will protect the East Palace for ten thousand years!"
After hearing this, Li Jinglong lowered his head and said nothing. No one could see his expression.
But I was thinking in my heart, "Who taught the prince these words?"
Da da...
The horse's hooves sounded again, Liu Jin rode the horse to Dedopaye, looked down and said with a smile, "King, can you ride it?"
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The snow fell slowly and fell on the golden glazed tiles of the Forbidden City. It seemed that before it could pile up, it turned into snow water and flowed away silently and disappeared.
Not even the sky can make this most magnificent palace in the world change its color.
Not even a little bit!
The majestic Fengtian Temple stands like a mountain, reaching between the clouds, completely natural!
The moment he saw this palace, Dedopaye understood why the emperor of China was called the Son of Heaven.
The Son of God who lives on earth!
Therefore, he is even more humble.
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Zhu Yunxi sat on the dragon chair and watched a group of blurry figures coming in from Fengtian Gate. Then, under the guidance of the etiquette officer, they entered the main hall and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.
Then, King Dedopaye of Myanmar personally presented the letter of credence with both hands and handed it to Li Jinglong, the Minister of Lifanyuan.
It was then handed over by Li Jinglong to officials of the Ministry of Rites, and finally fell into the hands of the bachelor Xie Jin.
Xie Jin cleared his throat secretly, opened his credentials, and began to read aloud, word for word.
"The little king of Burma would like to write to His Majesty the Ming Emperor of China."
"There are all nations in the world, but China is in the middle. With the blessings of my parents, I am surrounded by all directions."
"Is it the king's land in the whole world who is the king's minister? We, the people of Burma, have not received the grace of the great emperor of China since the beginning of Mongolia!"
"Today, with the blessing of heaven, the great emperor has extended grace to our small border country. He has established the correct etiquette and laws, saved the people from fire and water, and preached and preached for thousands of years."
"We, the subjects of Burma, rejoice and express our gratitude to the Emperor for his kindness. Sir...The King of Burma, De Dopaya, is willing to lead the army and people of Burma to join the Ming Dynasty and forever be the servants of the Emperor of China...
..."
Lang Lang's voice echoed inside and outside the hall.
At this moment, no matter whether those who originally agreed with the use of troops against Burma or not, all had the same expression, proud!
Then, when he looked at the envoys from other countries, such as Annan, Ceylon, Siam and other places... there was a hint of arrogance in his humble expression.
But some people feel that this edict seems a little different.
All fools understand that this edict of the Burmese King must have been reviewed by the ministers of the Ming Dynasty in advance... It can even be said that he couldn't help but read it aloud.
There is nothing wrong with the manuscript, and the humility and devotion are clearly visible on the page. But...
But in this edict, the words "Great China" are used much more than those of "Great Ming Dynasty".
What does this mean?
~
what for?
Only Zhu Yunxi himself knows what it means.
The land beneath his feet is an empire that has been painstakingly cultivated and continuously expanded for thousands of years by the ancestors who came out of the Yellow River Basin.
His surname can be Han, Tang, Ming, or Qing...
But this land never really belongs to anyone, it only belongs to the people on this land.
And these people, apart from their dynasty surnames, have a common name.
middle!
country!
What they should belong to is not the Ming Dynasty of this era...nor the Han and Tang Dynasties in the past.
But the current and future...China...!
The sound in the main hall implies the combination of gold and iron.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly raised his head and looked at the softly falling snowflakes outside the hall.
History has taken a small step forward, but it is also a big step...
"May my China...the sun and the moon never set...and may our country continue to prosper forever."
Zhu Gaochi, who was closest to the dragon chair, looked at the expression on Zhu Yunxi's face and thought to himself, "It's over, I'm going to swell again!"
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The officials of the Ming Dynasty were savoring this edict, as were the envoys from various countries.
The Ryukyu envoy looked proud, standing at the front of all the envoys, even a little proud.
The envoys from Siam, Chenla and other places had complicated expressions.
On the one hand, they lamented that Burma, an enemy that had been a century-old enemy, surrendered like this, but at the same time, they suddenly remembered a sentence that made their lips dry and their teeth cold.
Annan's envoy Li Wenliang was carefully pondering every word in the edict.
"Lead the army and the people to join the territory of Greater China..."
Li Wenliang felt a little frightened in his conscience, "Did the Ming Dynasty really want to turn Burma into a province? Like Goryeo?"
"Da Ming's appetite is really big!" Thinking in his heart, Li Wenliang raised his head slightly and took a secret look at the dragon chair that seemed to be in the clouds.
"A country was swallowed up by the whale of the Ming Dynasty. Who will be next? Without Burma, there will no longer be wars in the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty. Even if there is, it will be the chieftain tribes."
"At that time, it will be a matter of Ming Dynasty's internal affairs and has nothing to do with outsiders!"
"My Annan is also adjacent to the Ming Dynasty... territory, and some places are still... unclear..."
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"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."
As Xie Jin finished reading the edict, King Dedopaye of Burma shouted long live and once again led twelve nobles to kowtow.
"Long live my emperor, long live long live..."
The ministers of the Ming Dynasty also saluted at the same time, and their voices continued.
"I congratulate Your Majesty and congratulate me on the Ming Dynasty!"
Among the ministers, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, who was standing in the first row, spoke loudly as expected.
Others were still making drafts in their stomachs, but he had asked others to think of how to congratulate the empire on this day many days ago.
"Since ancient times, there has never been a land that has not been conquered by a sword, and there has never been a people that has surrendered without a hundred battles."
"In the past, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty conquered Goryeo several times, but before he was able to complete his victory, he became famous in history books and praised throughout the ages!"
"When my emperor was still young, he personally conquered Goryeo and brought him back to China."
"After conquering the world, I used virtue and authority to make Burma, a land that has been inaccessible to China since ancient times, become the new leader of our empire..."
"Since ancient times, no emperor has been as virtuous as our emperor... In all dynasties, no one has been as prosperous as our Ming Dynasty in unifying China and foreign countries!"
"This guy..."
The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy looked at Li Jinglong angrily.
unacceptable!
Steal their jobs!
How will they live in the future?
But at this moment, I have to continue to kowtow and cheer for Li Jinglong.
"hehe!"
Zhu Yunxi pursed his lips, "This is not my fault alone! God bless us, and the soldiers work hard with their lives..." After saying that, he paused, "This is the blessing of our ancestors!"
Having said this, he stood up, walked to the pillar wrapped around the dragon, looked at the Burmese king Dedopaye who was kneeling on the ground, and said loudly.
"Although Burma is a small country, it has been in civil strife for a long time... As the king of a big country, I cannot bear the suffering of the people of Burma..."
He continued without blushing or feeling embarrassed, "I am now the king of Burma. I hope that the war in Burma will end soon and the people will live and work in peace and contentment."
"Be like me, the people of the Ming Dynasty, and share the grace of Heaven!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "There is a long way to go to educate the people. We must be diligent, love the people, be generous and benevolent!"
As he said that, he paused again and suddenly smiled, "I accept this letter of credence. I want the millions of soldiers and civilians of Myanmar!"
Then, he took a few steps down and said, "However, there is a sentence in the credential that I don't quite agree with!"
Suddenly, everyone in the hall looked at the emperor.
"Being the servants of the Emperor of China from generation to generation?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Since Yi and others have sincerely joined us, our two families have become our Ming Dynasty family. How can the whole family be servants?"
"From now on, we are all the people of my Ming Dynasty! The land of our Ming Dynasty can be divided into north and south. Its names can be divided into Sichuan, Shandong, Huaiyue and Guangdong, Yunnan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Burma..."
"But there is absolutely no distinction between people! They are all my subjects of the Ming Dynasty! Even you, King Myanmar, are also my subjects of the Ming Dynasty!"
"So the last sentence of the edict should be to be a Chinese forever!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."
Amid the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, Zhu Yunxi's face turned red, "Pass the decree, I will grant a banquet to King Mian in the Jinshen Hall."