After Liu Mingzhi entered the palace, he detoured directly to the back of Qinzheng Hall and walked out of the bead curtain at the sound of Xiao Chengzi's sharp voice.
"Your Majesty is here!"
"I will see you, Your Majesty. Long live, long live."
"My lords, please take your seats without ceremony!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Today, he was going to meet with the envoys from the vassal countries. It was rare that Liu Mingzhi did not walk towards the dragon platform as before and sat directly on the cold dragon chair.
Liu Mingzhi, who has never liked the cold and hard dragon chair, felt that it was so comfortable to sit on the dragon chair for the first time.
"My lords, please postpone our discussion for a while. Let's meet with the envoys from various countries first!"
"I obey the order!"
Wang Hezheng walked out directly holding a memorial: "The minister of Honglu Temple is here to see your majesty!"
"Without courtesy, please tell me about the envoys from various countries who are coming to court!"
"According to the order!"
Wang Hezheng opened the memorial in his hand with a solemn expression and cleared his throat.
“There is no greater country than the heavenly state, and there is no more noble position than the emperor of the heaven.
The great dragon emperor was ordered by heaven to wield great power throughout the world. He carried supreme authority and glorified all nations in the world with his kindness.
All the kings outside the country admire the majesty of our heavenly dynasty, and all respect our celestial majesty.
Therefore, all the kings, in order to show their admiration and awe for our heaven, specially sent envoys from various countries to pay homage to me.
Kim Tae-eun, the envoy of Goguryeo, went to the Dragon Palace as scheduled to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor on the orders of King Li Guozheng.
A total of four boxes of gold, silver and jade were donated, including ten gold items, fifty jade items, and fifty silver items.
One hundred sea pearls and two five-foot coral trees.
Twenty wild ginseng trees grown in Goguryeo that are hundreds of years old, and one hundred pieces of silk and satin.
One hundred beauties from Goguryeo.
Five boxes of gold, silver and jade from Siam.
Ten pairs of ivory and twenty rare birds and animals.
A box of pearl agate.
One hundred beauties from Siam.
Ten boxes of Baekje gold, silver and jade articles, and one hundred pieces of silk and satin.
One hundred beauties of Baekje.
Fujino Ninghe, the Japanese envoy, ten boxes of gold, silver and jade.
One hundred sea pearls and fifty hundred-year-old wild ginseng.
Ten deep-sea corals and twenty boxes of precious spices.
One hundred Japanese beauties.
The Japanese envoy Sakai Kajin presented thirty pieces of gold, silver and jade..."
"etc!"
"His Majesty?"
"What's going on with the Japanese mission? Wasn't there a Fujino Ninghe? Why did a Sakai Ga appear again?
Aren’t they still together?”
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am preparing to report this matter to Your Majesty later. Since Your Majesty asked, I will tell you now.
Fujino Ningwa represented the king of Japan and came to pay homage, while Sakai Ka represented the head of the Sakai family, Sakai Ichiko, who came to pay homage.
It is said that the current situation in Japan seems to be a confrontation between the north and the south.
As for the specific situation, His Majesty will understand after receiving them and seeing their credentials!"
Liu Mingzhi was startled for a moment, Sakai Kazuko? Why is this name so familiar? It seems... I remembered this young master. Isn't this the young man from the Sakai family back then?
His sister's name seems to be Sakai Hoshi or something...probably Sakai Hoshino.
Looks pretty cool.
After so many years, I don’t know if this awesome little fairy from Japan is already married. I guess her children will be scattered all over the place.
It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to have sex back then, and now I'm someone else's wife!
"His Majesty?"
"His Majesty?"
"Ah? Ah! Go on!"
"yes!
The Japanese envoy Sakai Hejin presented thirty boxes of precious gold, silver and jade articles.
Fifty corals, a hundred sea pearls, pearl agate...
Annan Kingdom..........
Silla Kingdom..........
One hundred Silla beauties!
Please take a look at it, Your Majesty!"
"Little Chengzi!"
"yes!"
Xiao Chengzi hurriedly ran down, took the fold from Wang Hezheng's hand, ran back and handed it to Liu Mingzhi's hand.
Young Master Liu flipped through it casually for a few times before placing it on the dragon table. He looked at the civil and military officials in the palace with a wry smile.
"Now I don't even have the three palaces and six courtyards, but these vassal countries have sent a hundred young beauties to me for my favor.
Do I look like a faint king who is addicted to beauty?
Besides, although they didn't look down on me, they looked up to me.
There are hundreds of beauties, but I am too tired to dote on them.
Really, if you have this intention, it would be more cost-effective to donate more gold and silver."
Seeing Liu Mingzhi's depressed and self-deprecating expression, all the officials also laughed in agreement.
"Honglu Temple!"
"Old minister is here!"
"Sit back and rest."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Xiao Chengzi, let the envoys from all countries come to the palace to see you!"
"yes!"
"Your Majesty has a decree to announce that envoys from all countries should come to the palace to see you."
"Your Majesty has a decree to announce that envoys from all countries should come to the palace to see you."
After a while, under the leadership of the Imperial Guard soldiers, a group of people wearing various costumes walked into the palace.
"Goguryeo envoy Kim Tae-eun!"
"Iseon-se, the envoy of Baekje Kingdom."
"The Japanese envoy..."
"His Majesty the Great Dragon Emperor, long live long live!"
"Your envoys will be given a seat without any courtesy."
"Thank you, His Majesty Emperor Dalong!"
"Xiao Chengzi, please present the credentials of all the envoys."
"yes!"
"Dear envoys, please hand over your credentials to our family!"
Jin Tae-eun and others, who had just knelt down on the futon, hurriedly took out their documents from their arms or sleeves and handed them to Xiao Chengzi.
"My lord please!"
"Your Majesty, please take a look."
"Um!"
Liu Mingzhi took several documents handed over by Xiao Chengzi, picked out Kim Tae-eun's credentials and put them on the dragon case. He already knew the content and there was no need to read it again.
Liu Mingzhi was flipping the national documents one by one in his hands, and time was passing by bit by bit.
The credentials of Baekje, Silla, Annam, and Siam are mediocre, with nothing but flattery in them.
It’s nothing more than how the emperor of the Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty is, and how the little king admires him.
Comparing the letters of credence of Japanese envoys Fujino Ningwa and Sakai Ga is a bit interesting.
As far as I know, the Japanese subjects are quite loyal to their so-called emperor. Of course, once the number of people exceeds a hundred, there are all kinds of people, and it is not ruled out that some ambitious people will be mixed among them.
Kazuko Sakai, who had come to Dalong and dealt with him for a period of time, happened to be one of them.
Perhaps it was because of the ruin of his family that he had no choice but to live overseas, or perhaps it was because Kazuko Sakai had been affected by certain factors since he had stayed in Tairyu.
Kazuko Sakai, who returned to Japan many years ago, actually had the ambition to replace their emperor, and he quickly took action.
Now it has developed to the point where it has enough strength to confront the Japanese Emperor's regime from north to south.
This time, the Japanese delegations came to Dalong. In addition to the usual pilgrimage, they actually had another purpose.
That is the request for military preparations.
The missions from both sides hope that they will reward each other with a large number of weapons to suppress the other side's strength.
Kazuko Sakai sent the envoy to Dalong because he escaped to Dalong unintentionally and saw the power of Dalong.
The reason why the Emperor of Japan knew about the Dairyu Dynasty and sent a mission to pay homage was actually because Angouji supported the Yamamoto family in Nagasaki County of Japan.
Coupled with the investigation by secret agents, it was learned that Kazuko Sakai sent a mission to Tairyu. Although the Emperor of Japan did not know how powerful Tairyu was exactly.
However, from the description of the Yamamoto family and the behavior of Sakai Kazuko, he still expressed his admiration for Emperor Dairyu.
As for whether he really admires me or not, only the devil knows.
Liu Mingzhi silently compared the content of the two certificates of credence, which seemed to be very different, but the intention was almost the same. He raised his eyes and glanced at the two Japanese people in the hall who were about ten years apart in age.
Who is Fujino Neika and who is Sakai Ga? I was distracted just now and I really didn’t remember it carefully.
But isn’t it nonsense to ask yourself to reward yourself with a large amount of military equipment to bring back to your homeland?
Is it free to build military equipment? Is it free to build military equipment?
Does this young master seem to be the kind of person who has too much money to burn?
Just for saying a few nice words to you, I will generously reward you with a large number of weapons and equipment.
Are you kidding me?
With his mind racing, Young Master Liu quietly closed the two certificates of credence and glanced at the two Japanese people.
The confrontation between the north and the south is fine. Just fight. Anyway, the casualties are not your own subjects. You can fight as you like.
Forget about giving soldiers and weapons as rewards.
Selling troops and preparing for this is fine.
The key is who is better to sell to?
In terms of friendship, it would be better to sell the weapons to the Sakai family mission. After all, the head of the family, Sakai Kazuko, still has some friendship with him.
But selling it to Ichiko Sakai allowed this ambitious guy to quickly unify the Japanese country with his sword.
It is not a good thing for him or for Jiang He to manage the Japanese Nagasaki Yamamoto family.
Sell it to the Japanese court, it would be a bit of a trick on an 'old friend'.
Otherwise - sell both sides!
Liu Da's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he felt that this was a perfect and good method.
Anyway, it is a big project to remanufacture those obsolete weapons and equipment. It is better to sell them and exchange them for some gold and silver.
After they have all replaced the weapons and equipment they sold to them, the longer they fight and the more troops they lose, the more beneficial it is to them.
And you can also earn extra income from war... ahem... military aid.
Why not do it?
Young Master Liu figured out the key and looked at the two of them with eyes that were like coins.