Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 670 All nations come to court, reappearing the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty

After the flood control of the Jiangnan area was handed over,

Zhang Haogu began to look at the most important thing at the moment: the visit of diplomatic missions from various countries.

Not to mention Dacheng, Nanzhang, Talong, Sulu, North Korea, and Dongyi countries, even the Hongyi people sent a mission to pay tribute.

It is rare that Ming Dynasty decided to touch the sea ban and allow trade. How could the Hongyi people give up this great opportunity?

So the Hongyi people also sent missions to pay tribute.

In addition to those Khanates in the Western Regions, more than a dozen countries came to the court at once, and it really has the scene of all nations coming to the court during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

On the tower of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the flags of the mountains, rivers, sun and moons of the Ming Dynasty fluttered in the wind, hunting and hunting.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty is like a crouching tiger and a dragon, and the tall and majestic city walls are amazing.

The missions from each country entered the capital under the watchful eyes of the guards on both sides. They looked at the attic pavilions on both sides, the cornices and painted buildings, the wide and flat streets and the brightly colored clothes on the streets. A sense of Shangguo's atmosphere immediately came into view.

This is a scene only in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. People from all over the world can see it in Chang'an City.

Today's Daming, since Yongle, once again appeared this kind of weather.

The people’s complexion is rosy, their bodies are strong, and they are full of energy. This is a manifestation of ample food and clothing. The clothes that the people wear are different colors, with flowers, wine, and greens. Students wearing crowns, merchants driving cars, women with curly hair, ladies with curly hair, and Ming Dynasty The people are in various poses and with different expressions, their lives are sufficient, and the state and dynasty are varied.

After seeing the bustling and densely populated capital of the Ming Dynasty, they were sent to the embassy to rest, and His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would summon them the next day.

The next day, Zhu Youxiao specially summoned envoys from various countries in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

With all the officials entering the court, Zhu Youxiao, wearing a five-clawed dragon robe and a benevolent crown with dragon wings, sat on the throne. "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"All the gentlemen are flat."

"Announce the envoys of various countries to enter the court."

After Wang Tiqian yelled the first sentence "declaring the envoys of all countries to enter the court", the attendants shouted "declaring the envoys of all countries to enter the court" in turn, and the shouts spread from the Hall of Supreme Harmony all the way to the Meridian Gate of the imperial city.

The waiting envoys from all over the world hurried in through the Meridian Gate, staring at the red walls on both sides, and the armored guards, they arrived at the Jinshui Bridge step by step, and then crossed the Jinshui Bridge and entered the Gate of Supreme Harmony. The wide white square and the The tall and majestic Hall of Supreme Harmony on the triple platform in front.

The Hongyi envoy couldn't help exclaiming: "Is this the palace of His Majesty the Ming Emperor?"

These words attracted the disdain of the North Korean envoys, Huawai barbarians are just ignorant, and they are bumpkins who have never been to Ming Dynasty.

As the voice of "announcing the envoys of various countries to enter the pilgrimage" came again, the envoys of various countries hurriedly climbed up the triple high platform from the steps on both sides, and finally arrived in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

And the tall and wide Hall of Supreme Harmony can be regarded as showing its stalwart to the envoys of all countries.

As the door of the palace was opened, envoys from various countries came in one after another. These envoys wore the costumes of various countries, and when they saw the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, they knelt down and bowed: "Kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming."

Even the Dutch envoys learned to bow down instead of kneeling on one knee, which made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied: "The envoys from all over the world are flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor Daming."

Envoys from various countries got up one after another, and then took out the gift list to report to Zhu Youxiao what good things they had brought.

For example, North Korea sent a series of special products such as cloth, ginseng, mink fur, and gold and silver vases.

Nanzhang, Talong, and Ayutthaya countries also presented their own special products one after another.

The Hongyi envoy Cologne brought out the most conspicuous items, such as clocks, pistols, oil paintings, and Western landscapes, all of which were very rich at first glance.

Zhang Haogu couldn't help squinting his eyes when he saw it. After the Hongyi people went to the East and established the East India Company, they did business with Daming, North Korea, Dongyi, and even killed the Nanyang natives. Killed, chased, occupied a large area of ​​land, gold mines and plantations, very rich.

If it can win the territory of the Dutch East India Company, it will definitely be another great development for Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, the Dutch still occupy a part of Taiwan, and the people living in this Taiwan are all my Ming people.

Although the thoughts in his head were spinning quickly, Zhang Haogu remained calm on the surface. He watched the Dutch envoy Cologne express his respect to the Emperor of Ming and the Dutch respect for Ming. He also expressed his willingness to do business with Daming and to be his son Good friend and so on.

Finally, Zhu Youxiao bestowed rewards to all countries, and hosted a banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony that night to entertain the envoys of all countries.

The cuisine of Ming Dynasty is not comparable to other countries, not to mention these small barbarian countries, even the Dutch cannot have seen so many delicacies.

Flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, all kinds of food cooked with delicious color, fragrance, and various exquisite pastries, amazed the envoys from all over the world, and had to sigh with emotion that the Ming Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources.

In addition to the delicious dinner, there are also many performances such as Ming Dynasty's singing and dancing, and juggling, which amazed all countries.

Sitting next to Zhang Haogu was Zhu Qiqi, after all, at such a state banquet, the imperial wives would naturally be on stage, the empress sat next to the emperor, and the ministers accompanied the emperor to eat, so the imperial wives would naturally accompany the queen to eat.

For such a dinner party, it would be a lie to say that everyone had a good time, but it is still worthy of the name of the host and guest. After all, the state banquet is not used for eating, but for communication.

After the dinner was over, Zhang Haogu was staying in the palace by Zhu Youxiao, saying that he was staying overnight, Zhu Qiqi went to accompany Zhang Yan, Zhang Haogu and Zhu Youxiao were not idle.

"Master, what do you think of the performance of the envoys from various countries today?" Zhu Youxiao slowly drank the hangover soup.

Zhang Haogu pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the most respectful and humble one may also be the most ambitious."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "I see the Dongyi people and Hongyi people today, they are the most disciplined and humble, but in their eyes, I see ambition and covetousness. Coveting my country."

Zhang Haogu said: "After tomorrow's drill, I'm afraid they won't be able to think of coveting Daming."

Zhu Youxiao also laughed when he heard this: "I'm not afraid that they covet Daming, I wish they would all covet Daming, so that everyone in the world can see how powerful Daming is today, and whether it is really far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"Tomorrow, I am looking forward to it very much. Let's see if they dare to covet this Daming River and Mountain after seeing the Daming King Master."

Eunuch Wei on the side looked at Zhu Youxiao worriedly: "My lord, let's go to rest early, after drinking so much, pay attention to the dragon's body."

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "I don't know what my body looks like?"

Although he said so, Zhu Youxiao still said: "Come on, master, I will sleep with you tonight."

Eunuch Wei looked enviously at Zhang Haogu and Zhu Youxiao sleeping on the same bed, smacked his lips, and silently withdrew to sleep outside.

At noon the next day, Zhu Youxiao invited envoys from various countries to hunt in Xishan.

The envoys from various countries finally ushered in the highlight after riding horses in the Xishan hunting ground.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Recently, I, Daming, are practicing here, are you interested in taking a look?"

As soon as they heard that they could see the drills of the Ming army, envoys from various countries expressed their interest, especially the envoys from Dongyi and Cologne from the Netherlands, who were most interested in them.

After passing the Xishan hunting ground, the envoys from all over the world saw this scene in high spirits:
On the huge plain, the Ming army lined up with banners and banners was fully armed, with hundreds of cannons of various types. The cannons roared and the deafening roar was accompanied by billowing smoke. All fell apart before the flowering bullet.

The strength of the Daming artillery made Cologne's eyelids twitch. This is not a solid bullet, but a flowering bullet. When did the flowering bullet be so powerful that it could blow up the stone city wall to pieces?

And as the commander of the Ming army waved the command flag, long snake-breaking arrows were launched one after another, and with the sound of "swoosh", one after another long snake-breaking arrows whizzed out and directly exploded on the wooden wall of the fence in front of them. Open and blast the thick wooden walls to pieces.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of Trojan horses imitating cavalry appeared on one side, and the Ming army launched a group of leopards flying arrows. As the smoke filled the air and the flames flickered, groups of leopards flying arrows flew in and out of the group of Trojan horses and exploded. Come.

Suddenly, the sound of explosions came and went, the gunpowder smoke cleared, and there were scorched holes all over the place. The position of the simulated enemy cavalry group was already in a mess. Then the earth trembled, the horses neighed, tens of thousands of Ming army cavalry roared, and the shining swords reflected With a cold light, it swept past like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.

Then one after another, the Hundred Tigers Bending Arrow Vehicles were rolled out, raising their elevation angles and launching at the already dilapidated city wall. Accompanied by continuous screams, the densely packed Hundred Tigers Bending Arrows passed through the elevation angle like a rain of meteors. Explosions occurred one after another in the walled city, and another flying ball flew into the air and dropped firearms from above.

The infantry soldiers of the Ming army guarded by the antlers, and continued to advance in a lineup of three volleys. With the sound of crackling bullets, after the dense barrage of bullets, the temporary pile of straw men had been beaten to nothing but the bare wood at the bottom. pole.

In the end, the infantry of the Ming army advanced with firearms, and the cavalry on both sides covered their positions. With the roar of the general's guns and the roar of arrows from hundreds of tigers, the city was destroyed into ruins.

Throughout the drill, [-] soldiers of the Ming army each performed their duties, pushing like an extremely precise instrument, running over everything in front of them.

During this exercise, not only the envoys from the small Southeast Asian country turned pale and terrified, but even the red-haired Dutchman in Cologne was completely shocked. Compared with the crude war mode in the West, the war command in the East is completely art.

With the flag waving, each branch of the Ming army performed its duties, and the cooperation was extremely tacit. Thousands of guns were fired, rockets were raining, and under the hail of bullets, cavalry raided on both sides. The standard Ming army's field tactics made all countries feel lingering.

Is this the Master Wang of Daming?
It's so scary!
After experiencing the actual combat exercise of the Ming army, the envoys from various countries were obviously a little more awed, and Cologne and the Dongyi envoy also restrained the greed in their eyes.

The Ming army is really terrifying, such strength is really not something they can resist.

Cologne, who originally wanted to test the strength of the Ming army, already planned to warn the governor of the East India Company after returning home, telling him not to think about going to war with the Ming army, otherwise the Dutch East India Company will definitely be beaten by the Ming army. Throw your head away.

Daming is too big and has too many people. Such a big empire is simply not something that the Netherlands can covet.

Cologne wrote to the Governor of the East India Company in his heart: Daming is too big, too huge!
This huge empire has a population of 3000 million households, more than the whole of Europe!
They have the largest number of troops in the world, advanced firearms, and sufficient resources. This huge empire covering thousands of miles from south to north and from east to west is the center of this world.

The Netherlands may be able to conquer Nanyang, conquer Japan, and perhaps defeat the French, the British, and the Portuguese, but the Netherlands will never be able to defeat Ming, because he is too big, and even if the entire West is united, it is difficult to be an opponent of Ming. .

We should show our sincerity and become friends with this huge empire. It is more comfortable to do business and be friends with such an empire than to be an enemy
After Daming finished demonstrating his military power, Zhu Youxiao gave another sweet date to other countries, announcing that Daming would build a new Chinese school in Nanzhili, which would tell about the most advanced knowledge in the world, the most advanced thoughts in the East, and so on.

Facing the generous actions of Ming Dynasty, various countries have expressed that they will definitely let students come to Daming Guoxue to learn advanced ideology and culture.

They were originally baptized by the traditional oriental cultural thought circle, and now Daming is willing to recruit their students to learn the best cultural thought, it's too late for them to laugh.

The envoys of Talong, Dacheng, Nanzhang, Ryukyu, North Korea, Dongyi, Sulu and other countries not only said that they would let students from other countries come to study, but also said that there was no need for Daming to be exempted from tuition and food fees. best knowledge for students.

Zhu Youxiao warmly entertained these envoys for a few more days, and then sent them away.

But Cologne stayed, and he wanted to discuss trade with Daming. After all, the second-hand traffickers on the sea now have to look at the Dutch. The treasure land of silver will become the new wealth center of the Netherlands.

The East India Company is willing to pay any price for Ming to be able to start a business.

Anyway, if you can't fight and can't fight, it's the best to be able to negotiate.

Regarding the trade idea proposed by Cologne, Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Da Ming is very willing to be friends with other countries and open up business routes with each other."

"Now the imperial court intends to open several ports in the south of the Yangtze River to trade with other countries. You can buy silk, porcelain, tea, etc., with high quality and low tariffs."

"Your envoy can negotiate with the governor of Jiangnan if you want to get a preferential treatment."

As soon as Kelong heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately said that he would go to the governor of Jiangnan, but he also said euphemistically that he was not familiar with the place of life in Daming, and there were many checkpoints along the way to Jiangnan, and he always needed proof.

Zhang Haogu also said that he would transfer from the cabinet to the Ministry of Rites to issue a customs clearance guide to Cologne, so that Cologne can use the guide to go to Nanjing.

After seeing off Kelong, Zhang Haogu calmed down: "Tai Chong, please go and invite Commander Jin Yiwei Tian to come."

Soon, Tian Ergeng came to the cabinet: "The commander of Jinyiwei, Tian Ergeng, has seen Yuanfu."

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Commander Tian is here, sit down quickly."

Tian Ergeng sat down respectfully, waiting for Zhang Haogu's order.

While writing the note, Zhang Haogu said: "Commander Tian knows about the Hongyi people coming to Beijing to pay tribute, right?"

Tian Ergeng said: "I have seen those Hongbari people in my humble position. They have red hair and blue eyes, and they look like barbarians at first glance."

Zhang Haogu nodded slightly, and said: "The Hongyi people want to do business with me, Daming. This pavilion has approved a note for them, asking them to go to Jiangnan to talk to Jiangnan Governor Wang Wenyan."

Tian Ergeng asked: "Did Yuan Fu let the people of the humble job pay attention to these Hongyi people?"

Zhang Haogu raised his head to look at Tian Ergeng and paused every word: "Not only must you watch, but also find a way to detain two or three people."

"No matter what method is used, whether the bandit robs the road or falls into the water, he will detain a few people without anyone noticing and send them to Zhao Prison."

Tian Ergeng immediately said: "I understand, Yuanfu, please rest assured."

After Tian Ergeng left, Zhang Haogu sighed softly.

Now Daming knows too little about the West, and he also knows too little about Nanyang.

What is the current situation in the Nanyang Islands?
How much strength does the Dutch have in Nanyang?

How many cannons and warships do they have?

What is the situation in the West now?
Where are the Western countries like the French and the British, and what is the development of science and technology?
Daming can be said to be ignorant.

This kind of situation is intolerable to Daming!
This is also the reason why Zhang Haogu sent people to intercept a few Dutch people. Compared with these people, Zhang Haogu believed in the information obtained through torture in Zhao Prison.

As for whether these Dutch people were wronged or not.
Just as Tian Ergeng said, red hair and blue eyes, at first glance, is a barbarian, they are all barbarians, it doesn't matter if you are wronged or not!

While dealing with government affairs, Eunuch Wei sent someone to look for Zhang Haogu: "Yuan Fu, Your Majesty invites you to come over."

As soon as Zhang Haogu arrived in Xiyuan, he saw Zhu Youxiao and said: "Master, I am really worried about that red-haired and blue-eyed Westerner. I have already asked Wei Banban to send Dongchang Fanzi to arrest a few people and come back. They Don't you want to leave, and then take the opportunity to leave a few people behind, so that I will know all about the situation in Xiyang and Nanyang."

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhang Haogu was stunned.

Zhu Youxiao was also a little surprised: "Master, what are you?"

Zhang Haogu said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I just asked Jin Yiwei to send someone to take down a few Westerners and torture them about the situation in the West. I didn't expect you to go with me."

Zhu Youxiao was also stunned, and then he smiled and said, "Wei Banban, what is this? This is a tacit understanding."

"Since Master has sent people, Wei Banban should withdraw them. If seven or eight members of a mission are lost in Daming, it will be my Daming's face that will be lost."

(End of this chapter)