I, Han Gaozu, actually traveled through Song Gaozong?

Chapter 262 Kneel or not kneel
For Liu Bang, kneeling was okay, at least it wasn't a big deal.

At least that was the case in the past.

Those who kneel, they bow, as is recorded in "Fan Ju's Talk about the King of Qin": "The King of Qin knelt and said, "Sir, what did you say?" ' Fan Ju bowed again, and so did the King of Qin. '

Kneeling is also sitting. Before there were chairs, Liu Bang himself would kneel and sit with everyone. How could there be so much etiquette.

It was only from the Northern and Southern Dynasties onwards that everyone began to sit on chairs, and the distinction between standing high and bowing down became apparent. This gave another meaning to kneeling down. But even in the Song Dynasty, many people would not kneel down unless it was for some ceremony. of.

Liu Bang knew very well that kneeling had been given another meaning. At this time, when he asked the three Jin envoys to kneel down to speak, he had already considered it clearly.

Daxingguo stuttered more and more, unable to utter a single word for a long time... Jin also followed Han etiquette, and he never expected that Emperor Zhao of the Song Dynasty would be like this...

Unreasonable.

That's right, it just doesn't make sense at all, and his emphasis and awareness of etiquette is far less than that of a eunuch like him. He also thought that his little emperor admired the Confucian Zhou Li so much, but the place where Zhou Li was born turned out to be another place. Even compared with those rude people on the grassland, his appearance is not much better.

No wonder many people in the DPRK called Jiangnan "Southern Barbarians". From today's perspective, this statement cannot be false.

The three of them didn't speak. If they knelt this time, they wouldn't have to behave as human beings after they went back. They originally wanted to show off our national prestige, but they didn't expect that they would even have to take off their underwear here.

But if he doesn't kneel down, is Emperor Zhao really that easy to get along with?

Daxing Guoqiang smiled:

"Your Majesty is really good at joking. This, this is not a festival, nor is it about offering sacrifices to heaven and praying to Buddha. Why do you need me to kneel down... This is not etiquette, not etiquette."

Liu Bang didn't waste any more nonsense and waved to Huang Yanjie... They were both eunuchs. It can be said that their eyesight was very different, but it was normal. After all, Huang Yanjie was much older than Xingguo.

The old eunuch quickly presented the emperor's treasure. Liu Bang raised the divine arm bow and glanced at Da Xingguo. The latter was so frightened that tears rolled in his eyes and might fall at any time.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"What the emperor said, you actually thought it was a joke? Are you so stupid, because you look down on me?"

Daxingguo quickly denied: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I said the wrong thing!"

As he said this, he slapped his face with greetings, making a crisp sound with two "slap" sounds. Once he heard it, he knew that he had a good face.

"Kneel down."

Daxingguo was still a little hesitant, but this time Liu Bang didn't even give him a chance to speak, and shot an arrow directly next to him. The arrow was inserted into the gap between the floor tiles, and half of the arrow had already entered. In the soil.With such power, Daxingguo dared not say anything. He knelt down directly without even the slightest hesitation. Old monk Li beside him sighed and knelt down as if his wife had died.

The two of them moved in tandem, but it happened in the blink of an eye, but it made the two old men next to Liu Bang almost jump with excitement.

The emperor's behavior was indeed unethical. The Song Dynasty had its own way of hospitality. In recent years, the envoys from the Song Dynasty who went northward did not receive the same treatment as the envoys from the Jin Dynasty in Lin'an, but most of their lives were relatively easy. Especially Su Fu, that old boy relied on his grandfather's name to be welcomed by the nobles of the Jin Kingdom wherever he went. Even if other people did not receive his treatment, they would still receive a lot of gifts and banquets.

The last time the two countries humiliated each other was probably more than four years ago when Zhang Tonggu went south for the first time, when the two sides negotiated for peace for the first time, and when Zhang Tonggu insisted that the emperor burn incense and worship toward the north... Although Prime Minister Qin He did it on behalf of the Zhao Guan family, but the reputation still fell on the Zhao Guan family.

Now the situation has changed, and it has become so complete. Although the person who came here is not Wanyan, nor is he an extremely noble person, but since they are envoys, they represent the Jin Kingdom and the emperor of the Jin Kingdom. .

Just thinking about this scene is enough to make people excited. Now that it is actually happening in front of their eyes, how can they make Xin Ciying and Guo Yaoshi not excited or excited? !
"What about you?"

Two of the three knelt down, and the only one standing was Zhining. He had originally suffered a shoulder injury. If he used this to beg for mercy, maybe Emperor Zhao would be merciful, but he did not do so.

It seemed that his father had never taught him about showing weakness, and he didn't quite understand it himself. The only thing he knew in his heart was that he couldn't kneel at this time.

But if he didn't kneel down, the arrow from the divine arm bow would be stuck on his side, which would be extremely dazzling. He didn't know if Emperor Zhao would shoot the arrow into him, and his survival instinct and reason would be at war. Sweat began to form on his forehead.

Liu Bang moved the divine arm bow, holding the bow handle with his right hand and using his left hand as a bow stand. He really aimed at Zhining... No one around him looked strange at all, except Tu Shanyue. She knew that this emperor was a madman, a gangster, and a shameless man. A disciple can do anything, so she really wanted to remind Zhining not to suffer the current disadvantage.

After all, she didn't suffer the loss she faced and allowed Emperor Zhao to insult her for a few days. Now she wants Zhining to become a person like her.

But before she could speak, Liu Bang put away his bow and arrows and said with a smile:
"Tell me, I made it very clear in the previous letter. Tell me your conditions."

It wasn't that he suddenly had a kind heart, but that he suddenly figured it out.

If all three of them kneel down, they are covering for each other, and they may not know what kind of excuses they will make when they go back. At that time, even if they reveal the truth, the Jin people will definitely not believe it, and will only say that it is Song. Human imagination, self-victory method, in that case, all three of them will kneel, even if none of them kneel.

It's better to let Zhining stand. Now that he is standing, even if the other two people are resentful, the one who resents the most is Zhining. They can't hate themselves. They say they don't worry about the scarcity but the inequality. The real inequality At that time, people would not bear grudges against the person responsible for distribution, but would only grudge those who got more than themselves.

Sure enough, seeing that the emperor did not force Zhining to kneel down, Daxingguo's expression turned much worse. The eunuch thought of the letter that Zhining had crushed and thrown away, and he had already imagined countless dramas in his mind.

Zhining didn't think so much. He first bowed his hand towards Liu Bang and then said:

"What do you want?"

(End of this chapter)