Chapter 234 The Return of the Fleet Visiting Europe (2)
~.-~ After the fleet of the European delegation arrived in Taiwan, I had already received a notice that Shang Yi would go to the port to welcome the return of the fleet, so I made some arrangements for Team Hao to enter the port first. Four Chinese ships advanced to the port and accepted Shang Yi's welcome. After the welcome ceremony ended, after Shang Yi returned to the palace, ships from other countries entered the port one after another, and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received it.
Because welcoming one's own people can be understood as courtesy and praise for them, but according to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, Shang Yi could not personally welcome the envoys of other countries. Although Shang Yi was not arrogant enough to regard himself as a country above the Celestial Empire, as long as it is Those who come to China are all countries that pay tribute to China and pay tribute to China. This is related to the face of the country, so it cannot be casually
However, the etiquette of this era is different from that of later generations. Although Shang Yi personally welcomed it, he did not stand on the shore and wait for them to get off the boat. A few days ago, a colored shed was built at the port. Shang Yi, concubines and cabinets, and various departments The ministers and officials were all sitting in the bell shed waiting for other officials to stand outside the bell shed, one was that the bell shed could not accommodate so many people, and the other was that Shang Yi did not ask the officials to come out to greet them, everything was voluntary.
From a distance, you can see four Chinese sailboats entering the port and docking one after another. The drum band that had been prepared long ago at the port also played the welcome music. After a while, people came down from the four ships one after another. , gathered together, and walked into the coloring shed, waiting to prepare to meet Shang Yi. Because when the fleet arrived in Luzon, he knew that Shang Yi had already proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, so the etiquette was different.
The first batch of people who went to Shanxi to meet Shang Yi were Liang Bingye, the chief envoy of the mission to visit Europe, Zhang Zhongqiao, the deputy envoy, Wu Quanfu, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, and two copywriters Chen Yonghua and Lin Xulin, of course, after Shang Yi became emperor. Lin Xujin has now been upgraded to the official uncle. Lin Fengwu, who was sitting on Shang Yi's left, was full of praise for her younger brother.
After the ceremony, Shang Yi said: "Liang Bingye, Zhang Zhongqiao, this time you led a delegation to the overseas ocean, and appeared in danger, and turned to the land of life and death several times, went to China for hundreds of thousands of miles, arrived in Europe, and promoted our China Famously overseas, realizing exchanges between the East and West mainland. Even if Zhang Yan connects with the Western Regions, Zheng He's voyage to the West cannot be compared with him. It is inferior to the expansion of territory and territory. It is actually the first feat in the past five thousand years of China. History will never be forgotten”
After hearing this, the five people were also a little surprised. They learned that Shang Yi would come to the port to welcome his fleet, which surprised the whole group, but they did not expect that Shang Yi would give such a high level of action for this visit. The evaluation is "the first feat in China in 5,000 years". Imagine there is a higher evaluation than this sentence, so the five people hurriedly bowed and thanked him again
Liang Bingye replied on behalf of the five people, "Report to the emperor, I have been entrusted by the emperor, and I dare not do my best to complete the important tasks of the court. Now I have finally returned safely. I can be so valued by the emperor. I will die without any complaints."
Shang Yi shook his head and smiled and said, "What I said just now is not just a word of praise for you. When a hundred years later, when future generations look back on your feats, they will understand that what I said is still not yet Wherever it is”
After hearing this, the five people thanked each other again
Shang Yi asked again: "I heard that a ship was destroyed on the way to visit Europe this time, and all the people who went there were safe."
Liang Bingye said: "Report to the emperor, this time he visited Europe, there were a total of 2,347 people, but there were 132 people who suffered misfortune on the way, and the rest were healthy."
Shang Yi also nodded. Navigation was indeed a very dangerous thing at this time. Because he had almost penetrated half of the earth for a long distance, personnel losses were inevitable. Therefore, Shang Yi also said.
: "Don't worry, those who encounter misfortunes on the way are all meritorious ministers of the country. The government should give them great mercy, and the family members will also be kind."
After hearing this, Liang Bingye thanked Shang Yi again
Shang Yi asked again: "Liang Bingye, this time you visited Europe, have you collected the records of sea routes along the way, navigation notes, experiences from various countries on missions in Europe, and various experiences and records, etc.?"
Liang Bingye said: "Report to the emperor, this visit, for two years, one month and twenty-two days, each day, there are detailed notes on the mission, and there are also navigational notes. There are also scattered records of the experiences along the way, and there are 527 volumes of them.
, In order to prevent mistakes, the ministers made two records of the 126 paintings along the way, and were protected by the Emperor's blessing, and all three documents were not lost. Now they are on the ship and there are other missions in the mission.
Everyone's notes, diary is not counted”
Shang Yi was also very satisfied after hearing this and said, "You are so kind to think about it."
Liang Bingye also said: "There are also 18 boxes of gifts from the emperors given to the European countries and the Southeast Asian countries, and there are also 20 boxes of goods purchased from European countries and more than 850 boxes of goods, but because of the long journey,
, and another ship sank on the way, so there were some losses. I also asked the emperor to punish him."
Shang Yi smiled and said, "The risk is inevitable when sailing at sea. If such a thing happens, no wonder you sent one of the books and pictures you want to archive in the palace. You can keep the other two copies first.
, do a proofreading, prepare for collection and publication, and other people’s diaries and notes, if you are willing to publish this together, you will submit gifts from Europe and Southeast Asia and the items purchased to the palace.
, I will hand over the goods to other ministers to the Ministry of Commerce for valuation and processing.”
Liang Bingye said: "The minister respects the order"
Shang Yi thought about it again and said, "You have been there for more than two years. After completing these delivery procedures, each person will go back for a month's vacation and take a good rest to take care of themselves. I will still
We must entrust you with important tasks.”
Liang Bingye and others bowed again and withdrew from the coloring booth
The second group of people who met Shang Yi in Jin were foreigners who visited the mission, mainly missionaries from Europe. During this visit to Europe, the missionaries also played a considerable role, providing great contributions to the mission.
Of course, he also brought congratulatory letters and gifts from the Pope to Shang Yi. Of course, there was also the commander of the army of the delegation. Andre, now his identity is like Lin Jinxu, who is the uncle of the current dynasty.
And Yalisandra knew that her younger brother was among the next group of Jin Jian, so she was filled with excitement. She was different from Lin Fengwu. Now she didn’t know the life and death of her parents and family. She only had this younger brother among her relatives. After two years of separation, she was the only one of them.
There was no meeting anymore, so naturally I miss my younger brother. In addition, Andre went to Europe with his mission this time, and another important task was to inquire about the family situation and see if there was a way to save his relatives. Now I finally waited
My brother is back, and Alisandra is nervous and hopeful
As footsteps sounded at the entrance of the coloring shed, a total of four people walked into the shed side by side. The two on the right were dressed as missionaries, one of which was known to most of them, was Arconia, and the other was
The face, and the person on the left is Andrei, the second one on the left is an old man, about fifty to sixty, with a tall figure, brown hair and a big bush under his chin
The beard has a noble temperament, but the other three people intentionally fell behind half a step, so he was very conspicuous.
As soon as Alisandra saw this old man, she immediately said "ah" and covered her mouth with her hands, and an incredible light appeared in her eyes. When they got closer, Alisandra's body couldn't help but get stuck.
Shake up
Shang Yi smiled at her and said, "Yani, go."
Alisandra immediately shouted: "Dad" and quickly got up from the chair and rushed towards the old man.
The old man also became excited, and he took two steps, reached out to hold Alysandra who was rushing towards him, and said, "Yani, my daughter, finally see you again."
Alysandra fell in the old man's arms, tears could not stop falling, and her voice whimpered: "Dad, is it really you? Are you fine?"
The old man gently patted Alisandra's back and said, "Really, this is true, it's okay, it's okay, everything is over, everything is fine."
It turns out that this old man is the father of Alisandra and Andre. Marquis of Gonzalez of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain. Because Marquis of Gonzalez tends to teach one side in religion, hence in Alisandra.
During his expedition to China, he was removed from his title of nobles and his whole family was imprisoned
According to Alisandra's idea, if you know that your father is still alive, it will be the ideal result. Then you will slowly find a way to move in Spain and try to rescue his father and family. But you didn't expect that his father would follow the mission.
We came to China together, so at this time, she was still a little unbelievable that this was the fact and asked again: "Dad, how did you get out of prison?"
Marquis Gonzalez laughed and said, "This is a long story. Yani, it's not the time to talk about it in detail. When you have time, everything is fine. Your mother is here, right outside.
Wait, pay attention to your demeanor, you are the imperial concubine now."
At this time, Yalisandra also found that she had indeed lost her manners, so she quickly wiped her tears, returned to Shang Yi, and whispered: "Dear, I'm sorry, I lost control."
Shang Yi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as your family is safe."
At this time, Marquis Gonzalez took a step forward, bowed deeply to Shang Yi, and said, "Dear Chinese Emperor, I, Marquis Gonzalez of the Habsburg Dynasty, I would like to represent Habs on behalf of Habs.
His Majesty Philip IV of the Fort Dynasty, I would like to express my most respectful greetings to you.”
Shang Yi also stood up, owing his body slightly, and said, "Marrior, thank you and His Majesty Philip IV for your greetings. May your life in China be happy and happy."
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