Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 51

The place where the envoys are received is in the Huagai Hall.

Zhu Xiongying changed into the gown, took the nine-pronged crown, followed Zhu Biao, and slowly entered the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw a thin and dark man in the Confucian uniform of the Central Plains, kneeling three times and kowtowing respectfully to Zhu Yuanzhang nine times, as a royal salute.

Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed in coarse cloth, sitting on the dragon chair with no expression on his face.

Seeing Zhu Biao and his father coming, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and waved to Zhu Xiongying, "Grand grandson, come here!"

Then Zhu Xiongying smiled, and obediently stood beside Zhu Yuanzhang, while Zhu Biao sat on the round stool on the other side.

Seeing this, the kneeling envoys of the vassal state hurriedly saluted again, "Foreign Minister Annan Chen Guangqi, please see the grandson of the Ming Dynasty and grandson of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Your envoy doesn't need to be too polite!" Although Zhu Biao said so, sitting there did not mean to make the other party exempt.

Annan's envoy kowtowed countless times before standing up half bent.

"How long did it take from Annan to Daming?" Zhu Biao asked again.

Although Chen Guangqi is from Annan, he can speak Chinese fluently.But this is nothing to be curious about. At this time, the countries around Ming Dynasty, no matter who they are, are proud of writing Chinese characters in Chinese.Even, the official language of some countries is Chinese.

"Return to Your Highness, the minister has been away for three months!" Chen Guangqi said.

"That's not easy enough!" Zhu Biao smiled and continued to ask, "Since you're here to pay tribute, why don't you come right now?"

Upon hearing Zhu Biao's words, Zhu Xiongying understood.When meeting foreign courtiers today, the Zhu family and his father are planning to criticize them.Otherwise, the old man wouldn't say nothing, and Zhu Biao wouldn't speak like that.

Chen Guangqi knelt down immediately, and said, "Your Highness, forgive me. My lord's wish is to let the ministers come before the dawn of the Ming Dynasty. But the ministers think that the mountains are high and the roads are far away, so if the journey is delayed, it will not be beautiful, so Come early."

As he spoke, he took out a memorial from his bosom and held it above his head with both hands, "This is the letter of credence of the despicable lord!"

"Read it and listen!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Yes!" Chen Guangqi unfolded, and said slowly, "The king of minister Annan kowtowed and bowed his head, and said, I look up to the sun on the terrace, the wind in Guidian, the sky and the sunflowers, and the "Wang Hui" and the ladder." After aviation terror.

I would like to honor those who are motivated, to build the fifth in the emperor's domain, and to persuade the benevolence of the common state;Ordinary pheasants, very close to Chiao"

From a literary point of view, King Annan's tribute table can be described as gorgeous in rhetoric and respectful.

But Zhu Xiongying, who was next to Zhu Yuanzhang, clearly heard the old man gnashing his teeth impatiently.

Chen Guangqi went on to say, "The ministers guard Yanbang, and the family inherits the vassal service. The long-term discussion of the same culture, the piety of Sudun's report. The land and objects are not precious, and I was lucky to stay in the last session; .Relying on the spirit of favor, the minister abides by his duties and pays tribute. He respects the king's rules in the style of gold and jade, so as not to violate it. Ruan Xiu and others handed over to the outside, and I would like to follow the table to hear it."

After finally finishing reading the national book, Zhu Biao smiled, and Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more impatient.

"When you come to pay tribute, what is the tribute?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying almost laughed out loud.That is to say, the old man is so practical and doesn't care about the emperor who doesn't care about those red tapes asking such things face to face.

Chen Guangqi hurriedly said, "The country is poor, with a pair of ivory, two rhino horns, one hundred bolts of native silk, one hundred bolts of earthen silk, one hundred bolts of earthen silk, 300 taels of agarwood, 300 taels of instant incense, 45 catties of amomum rice, 45 catties of nuts."

This is more than poverty, it is simply shabby.

However, since ancient times, foreign vassals paid tribute with less courtesy and more affection.It's all about giving a sesame seed to the Central Plains Dynasty, and then getting a few carts of watermelons back.They brought some worthless things casually, and to show their magnanimity, Tianchao gave them away by carloads of good things.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is not the emperor like those prodigal sons.

"That's it?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned suddenly, "Is this worth sending you too?"

"Cough, cough! Father!" Zhu Biao hurriedly coughed a few times. After all, he was a foreign envoy. It was a bit inappropriate for the old man to speak like this, "Etiquette is less important than affection!"

"What kind of affection is there? How can there be affection without courtesy?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, "During the Great Yuan Dynasty, you and other vassal states showed their piety by paying tribute to treasures and jade year after year. Now that we are in Daming, it's fine if we don't come for three to five years. After coming here, you still use these to fool us?"

"Some worthless things, a letter of credence, and a few words of courtiers, do you want us to look at you Annan differently, or canonize you?" The old man's words became more and more mean, "I just want us to praise you and treat you at the border. That, sneaky little trick, turn a blind eye, don't you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's anger lies here.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Annan also took advantage of the turmoil in the Central Plains to secretly occupy land on the border.Although the two countries communicate with each other, they are all barbarian chieftains.But that was also the chieftain who surrendered to Daming, not his Annan chieftain.

"How dare a small country be disrespectful!" Chen Guangqi kowtowed again and again, "The Chinese celestial dynasty is a humble and small country. It is a country of parents and a celestial kingdom. A small country has been educated by the celestial dynasty for generations, clothing, food, etiquette, and scientific education. How dare you overstep it!"

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying also snorted coldly in his heart.

You are right, your so-called civilization is the blessing of Chinese civilization.But you people, for thousands of years, have been learning Chinese civilization while being white-eyed wolves.

You fawn on us when we are strong, and you bluff louder than anyone else when we are on the back foot!

As for this kind of tribute, they have never been sincere.

They paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty because they had to.They know that once the Celestial Dynasty is angered, there will be no peace.So humbly bow their heads in exchange for the Central Plains dynasty not interfering in their internal affairs so that they can maintain the independence of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "We heard that your lord calls himself emperor in the country?"

"There is absolutely no such thing!" Chen Guangqi was dripping with cold sweat, trembling again and again, "There is no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country! In the whole world, only the Chinese emperor can be called the emperor. This is a small country, and it is in the south." , The country has no barriers, how dare you call yourself the emperor!"

"What's the proper way for your envoy to cry and cry?" Zhu Biao said angrily, "Do you know why you have to severely reprimand Annan today?"

"The minister doesn't know!" Chen Guangqi knelt down and said.

"In the first year of Hongwu, your lord of Annan sent envoys to pay tribute. The emperor was very pleased, and bestowed a camel button coated with gold and silver seals, and named him the king of Annan. May your royal family with the surname Chen be rich and honored in Annan for many generations!"

"But what about you, in the fifth year of Hongwu, there was a son of the royal family surnamed Chen who usurped the throne and made himself king. He also concealed it from me, Daming, and made an inch of it, hoping to be canonized!" Zhu Biao showed a murderous look, "This is what the officials of the feudal kingdom should do. For yeah!"

What Zhu Biao said was the civil strife of the Annan royal family.After the death of King Annan, who was canonized by Zhu Yuanzhang, the new King Annan was not his own son, but the adopted son of the former King Annan.Later, this adopted son was killed by Annan Chen's family.In the tribute letter to Ming Dynasty, this matter was not explained, and it was deliberately concealed, which made Zhu Yuanzhang Long Yan furious.

"His Royal Highness!" Chen Guangqi prostrated himself on the ground, trembling, and wailed, "The small country has already known its mistakes, so in recent years, it has paid tribute year after year."

"How can you be sincere when you pay tribute!" Zhu Biao said angrily again, "This is a three-year tribute, but you first come every two years, and then once a year, what you ask for is nothing more than a reward from the heavens. Do not you know?"

Zhu Xiongying secretly smiled inwardly, the Zhu family father and two who refused to suffer at Annan's stall were also unlucky enough.Do not come, disrespectful.Come too much, say you want to take advantage of us.

"Don't talk about these things! When I conquered Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty, why did Er Xiaoguo privately invade our Luzhou territory?"

(End of this chapter)