Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1345 Etiquette
It's not like he didn't think about the consequences.Maybe Houjin became angry and beheaded him, or drove him back without kowtowing.But he and the people in the big library analyzed it again and again, thinking that the possibility is not very big.Later Jin had not yet established the concept of imperial supremacy. In 1633, Huang Taiji sat alone facing the south and just carried it out. The problem of the emperor's face was far less serious than it was later.

Furthermore, the current Huang Taiji is "thirsty for talent". In order to win over Lamaism, when the envoy of the Living Buddha of Tibet arrives, Huang Taiji will also give him extremely high courtesy.In the old time and space, when Kong Youde and Shang Kexi surrendered, he would go out of the city ten miles to greet them in person, and even performed a "meeting ceremony".It can be seen that he is a monarch who is willing to attract people's hearts with super high standards of courtesy.

The last point is that the Qing Dynasty has not yet been able to occupy China, and Tianming Khan can't say "rich the world". On the contrary, he is very eager for trade.

Combining these three points, it is extremely unlikely that Huang Taiji would kill or expel Huang Hua because he did not kowtow.There is a high probability that the transaction will be successful.

Even so, Huang Hua's mood is also very depressed - what he has to face is the biggest bug in East Asia in this era, Huang Taiji, who is suspected to exist like a single wearer.The psychological pressure can be imagined.

Huang Hua is a daring person. He was born as a small businessman doing border trade business in Northeast China. Without considerable courage, he would not be able to survive in this line of business.But what he has to face now is the powerhouse of this time and space.

Except for the light of hundreds of years of experience, compared with a hero like Huang Taiji, he is really a dusty existence.If it wasn't for the Senate and the entire Lingao industrial system behind me, I'm afraid I would have been scared to death.

Looking forward from the horse's head, although it is still freezing, spring has come a little bit, the river ice has begun to melt, the soil has become moist, and the weeds on the sunny side of the road have begun to wake up and sprout. Here and there the willows also bore yellow spores on their slender branches.Huang Hua took a deep breath, the road ahead is long, I don't know how good or bad it will be?
A group of people walked for seven or eight days, and the post stations along the road tried their best to supply them. When the people along the way saw this procession, they all avoided it along the way.On this day, the team came to the Hun River, which is not far from Shenyang. Manchu and Han officials such as Sahalian, the Ministry of Rites sent by Huang Taiji, greeted them with grand ceremonies, and offered banquets and gifts.Huang Hua strictly abides by his own rules, whether it is giving banquets or rewards, he always bows and salutes in the direction of Shengjing to express his gratitude, and never kneels down to salute, Sahalian and others do not think it strange.

That night, the group stayed at the Hunhe Station, and Sakhalian came to visit in person—because they were going to enter the city tomorrow, they had to agree on the protocol for the meeting.Sure enough, the etiquette of meeting Destiny Khan became the focus of discussion between the two sides.

Later Jin naturally hoped that this "Da'ao" who came from nowhere would follow the etiquette and etiquette notes of foreign domains, such as Mongolia and North Korea, and Tianming Khan could give special courtesy - such as giving Huanghua a "meeting ceremony".But Huang Hua gritted his teeth and refused to let go, saying that he was only willing to perform three bows, let alone kowtow, not even half-kneeling or the most commonly used thousand salute in Houjin.

According to the news report mode of the old time and space, the two sides had repeated consultations on this issue.Seeing that Huang Hua refused to let go, Sahalian didn't dare to make a decision, so he had to send someone to ask Huang Taiji to make a decision.

Huang Taiji himself was also a little hesitant about this. He was originally prepared to give special courtesy to "Da O" - a few days ago, officials from the Ministry of Rituals who took the lead had sent several "gifts" from the envoys of Da O. "Although the crystal mirror and the like made him amazed, what made him more excited was a pair of full-body armor.

This full-body armor is not only tightly protected, but also the joints can move freely. He chose the strongest archer among his white-armored Bayaras to test fire, and the protective effect was surprisingly good—compared to the carefully crafted double armor worn by the Bayaras. Armor is even better.The key is that the flexibility of wearing this armor is much better than that of double-layer armor, and the burden on soldiers is also small, so it is not easy to get tired on the battlefield.

If Bayara could wear such armor, wouldn't it be even more powerful!
Therefore, he was very eager to meet the envoy as soon as possible to find out the purpose and "asking price" of the other party.

Now hearing the report from the Ministry of Rituals that the other party was unwilling to kneel down, he couldn't help hesitating.

He didn't pay much attention to etiquette and the like, but he was quite influenced by some Han officials, thinking that being a ninth-five-year-old must have considerable etiquette and honor, otherwise he would make his subjects, kings and foreign vassals feel contemptuous.He has been concentrating the royal power over the years and attaches great importance to authority, so he dare not make decisions lightly.

But he didn't want to miss this golden opportunity.After hesitating, he decided to consult Fan Wencheng for his opinion.So he called him into Qingning Palace overnight.

After Fan Wencheng heard that the other party was determined not to kneel and salute, he thought for a while. He knew from the very beginning that "Da'ao" came to the court. He was a veteran of the Second Dynasty. He had worked for Nurhachi in his youth. I can feel it very clearly.

He is very clear about Tianming Khan's character and style, and knows that he values ​​the goods brought by this group of people very much, and at the same time, he is eager to open up a new business route to alleviate the current embarrassing situation of shortage of national supplies.Therefore, he was reluctant to reply to the other party.

As an important minister of the imperial court, he certainly knows what the current state of the "big gold" economy is like - even as a bachelor, he still eats barnyard rice from time to time on weekdays, and only the Li Dynasty can "reward" some rice by paying tribute to it.There is a shortage of daily necessities on the market, and there is not even enough paper for the offices of the ministries, so that official documents can only be written on the back of the old paper left by the Ming Dynasty. If Tai O can supply all kinds of goods, it will be a good situation. Small make up.

Huang Taiji asked: "The envoys don't eat hard and soft now, they just don't want to kowtow to me—whether kowtowing to me will lose their flesh?"

Fan Wencheng said: "It's crazy for the envoys of Tai O to refuse to salute, but they are overseas people, frogs in the well, and don't know the power of the sweat."

Huang Taiji asked: "According to what Qing saw, should he be made to regard the might of the Great Khan?"
Fan Wencheng said: "Your Majesty, from my point of view, Tai O is a distant country overseas. Even if you are willing to travel thousands of miles to pay tribute, you have the heart of admiration for the imperial court, and there is no hindrance to your integrity."

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "So Qing thinks it's okay for them not to kneel down?"

"The minister thought: to show prestige, to show kindness."

Huang Taiji laughed loudly, and said: "Okay, that's very true!" After thinking about it, he said: "That's it, just give them this grace!"

"The emperor's heart is like the sea."

Fan Wencheng knew that his speculation was completely accurate, so he still had a second hand to match what he liked.Immediately, the superior said that since they are not allowed to kneel down to worship, it is inconvenient to hold an audience ceremony in the palace. It is better to ask the emperor to set up a tent somewhere outside the city in the name of a hunting siege, and then bring the envoys to the audience.

During the hunt, all the etiquette notes are kept simple and have the meaning of "informal", so that the adverse effects of the other party's inability to kneel and worship can be minimized.

So the next day the line was announced.The location of Xingwei is not far from the Hun River.Huang Taiji and others wanted to show the majesty of the Eight Banners, so they drew a thousand cavalry from the Eight Banners, and another two hundred red-armored and white-armored Bayala guarded the emperor.kings.Baylor.Beizi, Gonghe Gushan Ezhen and other relatives and nobles, as well as Bayala accompanied them.At the same time, Sahalian was ordered to take the mission to the paddock.

Huang Hua didn't know that the other party had already made a fuss about "discussing etiquette". Seeing that Sahalian came again, he no longer mentioned the matter of asking him to kowtow, expressing the emperor's "gracious grace" and allowing him to see him with "foreign vassal etiquette".Huang Hua finally breathed a sigh of relief - he won't return in vain.

A group of people then went to the paddock under the leadership of Manchu and Han officials—it was said to be a paddock, but it was actually near Shenyang.It took less than half a day to arrive.Around noon, the business group arrived at the paddock.

This temporary paddock was set up by the Taizi River, and Huang Taiji's tent was set up on the slope of a hill beside the river. A yellow umbrella representing imperial power.There is another small tent outside the tent hall, with officials on duty inside, and rows of Bala soldiers standing outside the door.

On the river bank, more than 1000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners lined up to meet them. With the arrival of the merchant group, the low-pitched horns were blown one after another, and spread far along the river bank.

Huang Hua had already been invited to get off the palanquin five miles away. There was a rest tent here, and the official of the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of welcoming him asked him to rest and wash here, and then put on formal clothes to prepare for an audience.Then they sent someone to bring hot water and food.

Huang Hua rested here for a while and ate something.Then he changed into formal attire—the woolen winter uniform of the Fubo Army, a black woolen overcoat with a waist, long boots, and a cotton warm hat.

The twenty entourages he brought were all in the same attire, except that the overcoats were gray.Each person carries 2 newly improved 1632 revolvers with Crossflower on his back, and a machete at the waist and hips.They are all elite soldiers selected from the Lingao Garrison Camp, and they are all full of heroism.When he changed his clothes and walked out of the tent, there was a small commotion among the surrounding Manchu and Han officials and soldiers.

"Prepare the horse for your lord!"

Following an order, You Baoyi brought an iron blue horse.Huang Hua ran across Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, and at a glance, he knew that it was a good Mongolian horse with a handsome body.He had practiced horse riding hard in Lingao, so he was no stranger to this, so he got on the horse immediately, and his entourage also got on the horse together.

"Let's go." Following Huang Hua's words, one of the leaders, Zhang Jing, raised the flag, and two hundred cavalry with two yellow flags who were guarding in the distance immediately surrounded them on horseback, one by one with their helmets on and their armor on, quickly Galloped past in front of the mission, and then immediately divided into left and right rows, holding a group of people in the middle, and went to the imperial tent.

(End of this chapter)