There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 443

The first, of course, is that life is threatened.

The second is that it is better to live than to die!

The majestic lord of a country, what kind of situation makes him not even want the country?

The courtiers talked a lot, and the envoys also had their own opinions.

Emperor Xianzong paid more attention to this matter: "Wu Yuanqing, explain clearly, today I will ask the case in court."

Wan An saw that Emperor Xianzong had expressed his position, and immediately changed his attitude: "Yes, although Japan has not come to congratulate for many years, it is also a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, and the lord of the country is even more respectful to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Japan is the master!"

"May the emperor be the master of Japan!" All the ministers said in unison.

This sentence, um, Yamana Fifteen Lang understood it, and because he understood it, his face turned paler.

Among the envoys from the vassal states, the Ryukyu envoys were the most excited: "I beg the emperor of the suzerain country to be the master of our vassal state!"

That's what he said, and he must have meant the same thing.

After expressing his loyalty like sandwiching raw rice, Emperor Xianzong raised his hand to signal them to be quiet. Of course, no one dared to confront Emperor Xianzong at the court meeting. After they all stopped, Emperor Xianzong said: "Wantong !"

"The minister is here!" Wantong stood up and clasped his fists.

He is wearing the clothes of the Commander-in-Chief of Jinyiwei today, because he is a military general, and he is also a member of the Jinyi army, so he went to the temple with a knife. Carved orbital view.

Because "Ji Zi must be repaid", this shows that Jin Yiwei is a stingy organization, so Wu Youwei equipped him with this knife pendant.

"Take them down, and ask carefully, who are they? Why are they pretending to be envoys? They even took the credentials!" Emperor Xianzong said angrily, "The rest of the envoys will also tell your lord when they go back. , to recognize that Ming is the suzerain country, one must have the attitude of being a country, and if my Ming does not exist, I will treat it as if it does not exist in the future."

When Emperor Xianzong said this, the vassal states panicked.

Because they came to Daming to pay tribute, in addition to congratulations, they also had a convenient condition, that is, they came to Daming to do business, and Daming gave them a lot of rewards, and they could also make a lot of money by doing business.

So they actively came to Ming Dynasty, even Ryukyu, even though Emperor Xianzong said that they only need to pay tribute once every two years.

But they still come every year.

Isn't it because it's profitable? ?

Another point is the personal letter written by the King of Ryukyu to Emperor Xianzong. I don’t know how miserable it was written in. Anyway, when Emperor Xianzong asked Wang Zhi and Zhang Lun to go out to Jinghai, he went to Ryukyu for two laps by the way.

Then, Japanese envoys came.

"Follow the order!" Wantong waved his hand, and Jin Yiwei naturally stepped forward and took all the Japanese envoys away.

Before leaving, Yamana Jujuro was still shouting: H wronged!emperor!spare my life! "

These three words are correct, but I don't know if they have been practicing for too long, and they are quite orthodox.

It's a pity that no one paid any attention to him, and he was dragged out of the hall by Jin Yiwei just like that.

And Ma Zhongxi and Wu Maid also retreated to their positions, and Wan An returned to his position in despair. He felt that he had made a mistake just now and had to make up for it, otherwise he would not be able to maintain his image in front of the emperor.

Because Japan came from afar, they were the first to offer gifts, so after them, it was Siam.

Siam sent 1000 taels of ivory, precious stones and gold, and some spices.

Too little to take out.

In fact, they had inquired about it when they came. Daming recently mined several gold mines. They originally gave 500 taels, but when they got to the place, they heard that when they brought back tens of thousands of gold, they couldn’t afford the 500 taels!

So it was temporarily changed to 1000 taels.

They are all one or two small golden nudes, but they are made into the shape of a drum, not in the shape of ingots.

There are five pairs of ivory, all of which are more than one meter long.

There are also four-color gemstones of red, blue, yellow and green, each in the shape of a dozen.

Their place also produces spices, so the spices are one hundred catties, and they are all selected sandalwood, styrax, rosemary and so on.

In the past, Emperor Xianzong must have been very satisfied, but now, he does not lack these things.

Because there is Champa in the south, some in Siam, and basically all in Champa, plus the ones found in pirate dens, they are all high-quality goods!

So Emperor Xianzong glanced at it without interest: "Not bad."

The Siamese envoy was sweating coldly, for fear of being thrown out by Emperor Xianzong, like the Japanese envoy, then he would be ashamed.

The Ryukyu envoys paid tribute to pearls, and it was more convenient for them to pick pearls near the sea.

It's just that Daming has a pearl farm, and there is no shortage of things like pearls.

However, what Ryukyu can bring out as a tribute is of course not Fanpin, it is twenty golden beads the size of longan, golden pearls.

There are also fifty silver pearls the size of the belly of a little finger.

And hundreds of ordinary pearls of the same size.

The characteristic is the same size, which is rare in wild pearls. I don't know how long it will take to save so many.

Annan honestly gave Daming one thousand gold, five thousand silver and some Annan specialties, all starting from one hundred catties, which is double the amount of tribute compared to before.

Emperor Xianzong finally realized the meaning of Wu Youwei's phrase "a weak country has no diplomacy".

After Annan, Uzang came from afar.

Their tribute is still five hundred catties of their dried yak meat, four pieces of snow tiger skins, ten pieces of snow fox skins, one hundred pieces of yak skins, and five hundred pieces of lamb skins.

And a pair of blue eagles, well-trained blue eagles.

Emperor Xianzong was still very interested in this gift, and nodded with a smile: "Very good."

After Japan, Annan, Ryukyu, Uszang, and Siam have all paid tribute, there will be two tribes of Mandulu and Garthlan.

This time, Jia Silan didn't dare to trust him, and he didn't dare to let Manduogule come to the capital to meet Emperor Chenghua again, so they all sent envoys to the court. The biggest highlight of the two tribes' tribute was that they paid tribute with horses. war horse!Even better, among the [-] war horses given by Mandulu, there were ten stallions mixed in!

Relatively speaking, Garthlan's war horses are very ordinary, and they are all mares, not a single stallion.

But now everyone is hiding it from Garthlan, because Mandulu is still behind Garthlan, and Garthlan eats meat and he drinks soup.

To be able to communicate with Daming secretly is already Manduogule's painstaking efforts.

The old eunuch Liu Yongcheng of the Yumajian was very happy.

But the Ministry of Households also needs a few horses to go. Now that they have taken back the Hetao area, shouldn't there be a stallion for the horse breeding there?

After the lively Chinese New Year feast, it will be 14 years of Chenghua.

In the spring of the first month of Jiaxu in the 14th year, a great sacrifice to heaven and earth was held in the southern suburbs.

Condemn Japan's envoy, the name is not right, and the words are not right, and another Wusongying navy is sent to investigate Japan to determine the situation of the Japanese master.

The envoys from Japan were repatriated, and they were never allowed to enter the territory of Ming Dynasty again.

Tribute?

Of course it was confiscated.

As for the return gift?

The envoys are all counterfeit, so what gift should I return?

At the same time, Wu Songying received the emperor's handbook and the order of the Ministry of War. Wang Zhi smiled brightly while holding the handbook; Zhang Lun had already begun to sharpen his sword.

The hottest topic in the first month is probably Japan.

The king was suppressed by the generals, and I heard that the poor lived in the general's house for ten years!

I also heard that the fight there was a mess, and then the big and small names failed, so they led people to leave Japan and came to the coast of Ming Dynasty to make a living by robbery. This is the origin of the Japanese pirates!

Hemp egg!

The people of Daming are angry, you are messing up, why do you want to implicate Daming?

Especially in the coastal areas, rumors spread like wind across the country. The lanterns on the [-]th day of the first lunar month have not yet been removed from the shelves, and the coastal areas have already posted a book, saying that the people are brave and want to go to Jinghai with the navy!

Of course, the imperial court will not allow it. The people are the people, and fighting is a matter for the army. Therefore, Emperor Xianzong dismissed the memorial, but told the people there to take good care of the people, boost their morale, and guard against counterattacks. The Japanese pirates who came back.Wu Youwei found out about this after going to work on the [-]th day of the first lunar month. At that time, he was doing a small experiment with His Highness the Crown Prince. After hearing about it, he asked His Highness, "What do you think of this, Your Highness?"

The little prince smiled: "The people are the people, the court is the court, and the military and the civilians should not be confused."

Wu Youwei was very pleased. Fortunately, the little guy has good political literacy.

Didn't clamor to fight Japanese pirates together.

"But, sir, what are Japanese pirates?" The little prince pretended for less than 3 minutes, and was immediately beaten back to his original form.

He didn't know what a "Japanese pirate" was.

Wu Youwei explained to him.

Only then did the little prince understand, and when he understood, he became angry: "Japan is too bad!"

"Yes!" Wu Youwei agreed very much: "It's too bad!"

On February [-], after eating the pork head meat, the court returned to normal, and envoys from various countries set foot on the way back one after another.

Wu Youwei continued to work in Zuochunfang, teaching the little prince various knowledge, including practice, and asked him to raise two little rabbits. It is impossible for the little prince to go out all the time in winter. After the last time he went out and came back, there were rumors outside .

So Wu Youwei took him out of the palace as little as possible.

It doesn't matter if you don't go out, or you can set up a small laboratory at home!

So the little prince knew that copper rust is green and iron rust is red!

I also know that the little rabbit will have diarrhea after eating wet grass, so he has to eat dry grass.

The little prince learned more and more knowledge, and Wu Youwei became more and more gratified. His father tried his best to change, but the little prince can be cultivated from an early age!

In March, Wuchen will save Zhejiang from the disaster of autumn grain.

Jimao, Zeng Yan and other Jinshi were awarded the ranks, and their backgrounds were poor.

Xin Ji, stop Usawei Yinchang.

It is true that Daming is not short of money, and the bank does not produce much, and then, those who are in charge of there have all been sent to Jinyiwei's imperial prison.

They are fat and fat, and each of them has a worth of no less than one million taels!

The angry Emperor Xianzong wanted to investigate all the mines in Daming, but was stopped by Wantong: "Your Majesty, calm down, if the water is clear, there will be no fish."

This kind of greed is understandable, but if you are too greedy, you will be courting death.

How many years have passed before those who have been dealt with?This is not afraid of death again.

"My things, I reward them as rewards, and they take them without asking. What do I need them for?" Emperor Xianzong was furious.

It was his own money, but it was embezzled unknowingly, how could he not be angry?

Wantong didn't say anything, just in time, Liu Yongcheng came.

The old eunuch of the horse guard is already old, but he is still in good spirits. He is here to ask for a stallion!

It's a pity that there are only so few stallions, and one point is gone.

There is a Hetao racecourse in the household department who wants a stallion, Liu Yongcheng's horse supervisor also wants a stallion, and the Ministry of War wants more, and then you compete for it.

Emperor Xianzong still wanted one, and put it in his imperial horse!

The result of the final discussion was to reopen the Liaodong horse market in Bingxu.

Anyway, Liaodong also produces horses, although they are not as good as those on the grassland, but they are almost the same. As long as Daming has horses, he is not picky.

The officers and soldiers guarding Liaodong were delighted.

Once the horse market opens, is there still a lot of money?

During the Qingming Festival, ancestors were worshiped one after another. After the ancestor worship, the land was cleared and cultivated. Wu Youwei let the little prince personally practice the hard work of farming.

"Your Highness can break the clods of soil and pave them flat." Wu Youwei instructed him to plant the land.

The little prince grumbled at the work with his sore stomach: "The life of the common people is too hard."

After working for a while, he felt pain in his hands and feet. The common people had to do it for a day, and the land must be bigger than his.

He is also someone who has seen the farmland!