Looking at this horrible inscription, Zhao Yanhao covered his face and couldn't laugh or cry: "If you can write with a pen, just use a pen..."
Although his pen calligraphy is not very good, it is much better than this "dog crawling" style calligraphy. After Zhao Yanhao wrote a few strokes, he felt that his pen calligraphy was pretty good.
The problem is that he has a congenital flaw in pen calligraphy, that is, he cannot write very large. And the paper sizes sent are very large. In the end, he decided to let Li Daitao be stiff and let a naturalized cadre who is good at calligraphy write for him.
, after he finished writing, he signed it with a pen and stamped it with his personal seal.
In this way, in the next two days, Zhao Yanhao followed the practice of canonizing envoys and continued to set off in a sedan chair to go to the Shangtian Concubine Palace to offer incense. He threw three gongs and found the "Holy Grail". Naturally, everyone was happy; he took some time off from his busy work.
I met with several high-ranking Ryukyu officials, accepted the bonsai presented by them, and then graciously decided to forward it to several general officials of the Angel Hall. I also gave each of them a number of new Australian silver dollars to express my gratitude for the long-term hospitality;
In addition, several elders also accepted the strong rice cooked by the Ryukyu people with new rice and shared the joy of the Ryukyu people's new harvest.
In the few days left, Zhao Yanhao neither regretted wasting his years nor felt ashamed of being inactive. Instead, he spent his time on the most important task of the canonized envoy - inscribing "
The cause of "Great" is on the rise. Several naturalized cadres who are good at calligraphy took turns to write inscriptions. Zhao Yanhao was responsible for flipping through the book to think of the specific content of the inscription, while Zhao Kui helped stamp his seal. Like an assembly line operation, he wrote hundreds of inscriptions in one go.
For a time, almost every official in Ryukyu had his own "calligraphy treasure".
As for the other veterans, Jiang Yuanzhi will be stationed at Yuntian Station. Let’s not mention it for the moment. Huang Tianyu also has to go to Beishan to install machines, and Lu Yang is also responsible for sending Jiang Yuanzhi and Huang Tianyu to Beishan, and then sending Huang Tianyu to Beishan.
Because they were carrying them back to Lingao, they were not in a hurry to return. Naturally, the few of them were not idle. Jiang Yuanzhi called for a few interpreters to accompany them, and the three elders took a boat trip to Owu Mountain at the mouth of the Kokuba River for an outing, enjoying themselves.
Along with the sailors, soldiers and naturalized cadres who came from the ship, Zhao Yanhao also gave them a big holiday in the last few days. Except for the most necessary personnel on duty, all personnel were free to move around. They also paid them,
Staying out is allowed, provided that you cannot leave Shuri and Naha and must register in advance.
Originally, it was a system for the entourage to take turns to take vacations when going out, and they were not allowed to sleep outside. This time it was unlocked for them. Everyone smiled happily and praised Zhao Yanhao for being "the most considerate of subordinates". As for Ryukyu locals, they also made a wave of money.
Everyone was happy for a while.
Finally, it was time to leave. In the past, when envoys left Ryukyu, they would usually hold a farewell banquet, a farewell banquet, and a boat viewing banquet. Zhao Yanhao disliked the trouble, so he suggested merging the farewell banquet and the farewell banquet.
In addition, if you were to be an envoy from the Ming Dynasty, you would have to seal the boat in advance - you would seal the envoy and other officials and members of the mission in advance, and the crew would board the boat a few days in advance.
Yanhao and the others were not particular about this. After all, living on a ship was neither convenient nor comfortable, so they just asked the naturalized citizens to prepare for departure one day in advance.
Because Zhao Yanhao and others had to visit Mount Taiping (Miyako Island) and Yae Mountain (Ishigaki Island) when they returned, King Shangfeng issued relevant documents and issued an order to provide a month for the returning fleet.
The food on the left and right was transported to the dock by the officers and soldiers, and then loaded onto the ship by soldiers and sailors.
Seeing that it was time to board the ship, the embassy was decorated with lights and decorations early in the morning, preparing to send the envoys away from Ryukyu. Several elders also sat down in the Salu Hall early in the morning. When they were bored, they could only hear the embassy's speech.
Zhou Guosheng, the translator of Dudu, shouted: "His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan has arrived——"
Several elders walked down the Saludang Hall. As soon as they went out, they saw King Shangfeng, surrounded by several third division officials and other Ryukyu princes and ministers, walking down the steps and bowing to all the elders. The elders also clasped their fists in return.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, King Shang Feng and others were welcomed into the hall.
On the table in the middle of the hall, the wine pot and wine glasses had been placed in advance. After King Shang Feng gave the order, Zhou Guosheng respectfully stepped forward, picked up the wine pot, and poured wine into the two golden cups in front of Zhao Yanhao and King Shang Feng respectively.
After drinking the fragrant Awamori, King Shangfeng toasted three glasses. Then he took out a gold bone fan from his sleeve, and Cai Jian, the Zijin doctor, translated it on behalf of King Shangfeng: "A small gift is not a sign of respect, but I still hope for the envoy."
Your Excellency, accept it."
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Zhao Yanhao smiled and accepted the gift.
King Shangfeng asked Cai Jian to deliver the speech on his behalf. Cai Jian said sternly: "I also invite angels, envoys and other nobles to report to the Senate and allow Wu Xiangxian, a descendant of the royal family, to study at the Imperial Academy."
"The Senate has authorized me to allow Wu Xiangxian to enroll." Jiang Yuanzhi stroked his mustache. What he said was just a formality in accordance with the usual practice. The result had already been determined before that.
Recruiting foreign students is the most convenient and effective way to spread one's own culture and ideas. Especially when a strong civilization faces a weak civilization, the effect is particularly significant. Recruiting a large number of foreign students from Ryukyu, Japan and Vietnam is a key task of the Senate in current diplomatic relations.
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King Shang Feng, Cai Jian and others only regarded Jiang Yuanzhi as an imperial envoy to carry out the will of the Senate, but they did not know that the senators had already reported the matter to the Senate on the radio. King Shang Feng ordered Wu Xiangxian to be summoned to the court.
Come.
Wu Xiangxian walked up to Salu Hall in small steps and saw King Shangfeng and all the elders kneeling down.
"Wu Xiangxian, the prince of the imperial family in Chenyu, came to see the beautiful emperor Jianazhi. Dear envoys to the kingdom."
King Shang Feng glanced sideways at Wu Xiangxian and said, "You haven't thanked all the elders yet?"
"Thank you all for your kindness." Wu Xiangxian deeply kowtowed three times to Zhao Yanhao and others to express his gratitude.
Zhao Yanhao said a few more polite words, and then said: "Your Highness, we still have to hurry and try to reach Taiping Mountain tomorrow morning. Without further ado, we plan to set off now. Please forgive me."
"Can you reach Taiping Mountain in one day?" After hearing Cai Jian's translation, King Shang Feng couldn't help but feel that it was really incredible, and even a little horrified. But according to officials who had been on the Song people's ships, for the Song people,
It was within his power. King Shang Feng twitched his beard and nodded, saying: "What Lord Angel said is absolutely true, so I won't bother you too much. Please!"
Zhao Yanhao and others walked to the street, only to see hundreds of Ryukyu officials and nobles gathered outside Tianze Gate, waiting in the street to see each other off. When they saw Zhao Yanhao and Prince Feng and others walking out of the Angel Hall, they all knelt down and kowtowed.
After the ceremony, we followed the elders and the king on foot slowly through Sky Street and towards Naha Port.
On both sides of Tianjie, there were many Ryukyu people who came after hearing the news and were lying on the roadside. They were reluctant to leave Zhao Yanhao and others, and they were crying, and there were even some who were so swallowed that they could not make a sound, so Zhao Yanhao
Yan Hao, Jiang Yuanzhi and others couldn't help but sigh after seeing this:
"This is the nature of Ryukyu people!"
The group walked along Tianjie to the Ying'en Pavilion, where King Shangfeng and a group of officials prepared to line up and bid farewell to the envoy.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Yanhao looked Wu Xiangxian up and down carefully, and Wu Xiangxian looked a little unnatural. Zhao Yanhao whispered to him: "What's going on with your face?"
Wu Xiangxian touched a few blood stains on his face and lamented: "Sir, this is really hard to describe..."
Zhao Yanhao was eager to gossip, and was about to ask more questions when he saw a navy soldier with a strip of cloth epaulettes coming from the dock. He walked up to Zhao Yanhao and others, made a "pop" sound, and stood at attention in salute.
"Report to the chief, there is a suspicious person over there who claims to be Wu Xiangxian's servant."
Several senators looked in the direction pointed by the soldiers. On the pier not far from the shore, there stood a short man wearing blue banana cloth and carrying luggage. The man wore a bamboo hat on his head.
It's very low, so you can't see the face clearly.
Jiang Yuanzhi glanced at Wu Xiangxian and asked, "Is that your servant?"
"Replying to the pacifier, sir, that's right."
"Looking at his figure, he doesn't look like a rough servant." Lu Yang looked confused and walked up to see what was going on.
"My lords, you don't know something," Wu Xiangxian quickly bowed to stop him and lowered his voice and replied: "This is actually not an ordinary servant, but a book boy."
"Oh——" Everyone couldn't help but nod. It was not uncommon for scholars in the Ming Dynasty to have young and handsome bookboys in their homes, and the most famous bookboys were those from Fujian. Ryukyu was deeply influenced by Fujian in culture.
In recent years, it has been controlled by the Satsuma clan, and the "all ways" style of the Japanese samurai class has naturally spread here. So it is not surprising that there are customs such as becoming brothers and adopting surnames!
Thinking of this, several elders laughed meaningfully and obscenely. Wu Xiangxian didn't know what the elders were thinking, and suddenly felt a little confused, so he laughed awkwardly in response.
At this time, Cai Jian, the Zijin doctor, stepped forward and bowed to several elders: "My lords, Your Highness and all the officials of our country have already formed a team..."
Zhao Yanhao nodded, turned around and waved to Wu Xiangxian: "You have nothing to do here anymore. Let's get on the boat with the book boy first."
"Thank you, sir."
Lu Yang glanced at the navy sergeant who was still standing straight next to him, and joked: "You are very vigilant, not bad. I want to promote you to sergeant, my Bopu Port boy."
"Thank you, chief, for serving the Senate and the people!" the sergeant straightened his back and replied seriously.
"You go and take them on board."
"Understood." The sergeant saluted, took two steps back, and turned around to lead the way for Wu Xiangxian and others.
Several elders followed Cai Jian to the Ying'en Pavilion and stood there. As soon as they stopped, they heard Cai Jian shouting: "Play music!"