Six days after arriving in Nagasaki, Fang Yizhi and his party sailed to Edo.

As for the accompanying merchant ships, they were parked in Edo Port, and it was convenient to sell goods, and the expensive raw silk was purchased by the wealthy merchant group that held the raw silk license, that is, the "Silk Cutting Fu Nakama", and as for other iron goods, Chinese medicine, lead, sugar and other goods, Tang Tongshi was in charge, and these did not need to be bothered by Fang Yizhi at all. Besides, he is an envoy, so he doesn't need to think about business matters, Hu Weiliang will naturally be responsible for the next transaction.

As for Fang Yizhi, he didn't know at all that his visit caused a sensation in Japan, let alone that the shogunate even sent a messenger to inform the world of this matter.

Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu was so attentive to the "small seal" that he was indeed warmly entertained on the way to Edo, and when he landed at the port, the feudal lord personally greeted him so deferentially that he even doubted the authenticity of the Japanese mentioned in the history books.

Although the Japanese are very deferential, the Japanese food is really hard to compliment, at most the rice is not bad, as for the dishes...... It's really not as good as Daming.

Actually, Japan was really poor in this era, and ordinary people just ate rice porridge, clear soup, wild vegetables, and the like rice that they couldn't eat twice a year, and the brown rice and pickles that ordinary samurai ate only could be eaten by high-level samurai such as rice and fish, and of course, rice was also brown rice, and as for white rice, it was "silver particles", and only big people like feudal lords could eat it every day. And the fried one, the so-called "tempura", may not have spread yet, after all, even if it is a feudal lord, it is already extremely luxurious to be able to eat a meal of oiled rice......

In fact, the so-called samurai in Japan may not be as good as the people of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, there is a ban on eating meat in Japan, so you can only eat some fish.

Just like now, in order to welcome the table placed, that is, some fish, there will inevitably be sashimi, mustard, although for sashimi is not exclusive, will not regard the other party as raw, but Fang Yizhi can't talk about liking, even if this way of eating is also recorded in ancient books, compared to his lack of interest, those Japanese people at the banquet next to him are all excited and inexplicable, and can't help but eat a few more bites of sashimi.

The people who accompany the guests are greedy!

After all, sashimi is such a high-end thing, and they can only eat a little when they "eat and drink at public expense", and at other times, they only think about it.

Looking at their greedy looks, Fang Yizhi even wondered, if they tasted Daming's food, would they indulge in it from now on?

The banquet must be danced and musical, and there will inevitably be geisha performances among them, Fang Yizhi has no interest in this, all he thinks about is the upcoming negotiations.

In fact, for Fang Yizhi, he doesn't necessarily have to win the favor of the prince through a foreign visit, but it is safe to say that this is indeed a shortcut. This gave him the opportunity to enter the sight of the prince. But to win his favor and be reused in the future, it still depends on the outcome of this negotiation.

"Tokugawa Iemitsu ......"

Thinking about the name, Fang thought in his mind.

"It's not easy to do, his character is not a master of inaction......"

"It's not just doing nothing, it's simply the master of the industry!"

Sitting opposite Fang Yizhi, Feng Cunye said softly.

"In terms of character, the current Tokugawa shogun can make a decision with killing, and he is resolute. At the age of 20, when he ascended to the palace, he declared that "I was born to be a general", and at the age of 29, at the funeral of his father, he openly challenged the feudal lords to "If anyone wants to be a general, report his name". When dealing with such a general, Shangguan must be careful. ”

Feng Cunye is a Tang Tongshi, and his father Feng Liu is the first generation of Tang Tongshi of the Feng family, which is also the characteristic of Tang Tongshi, and the positions are hereditary by his descendants, and they are divided into Fuzhoukou, Nanjingpin and Zhangzhoukou, and they have a close relationship with the merchants from these places.

Although he had a strict internal hierarchy in the Tang Dynasty, Feng Cunye, who was the party in Shandong, could still accompany the envoys, because he was a member of the party and had a close relationship with the northern merchants in the Tang Dynasty who came to Japan.

Like all Tang Tongshi who was born in Japan, his mother is Japanese, and he also has a Japanese name, Shiro Hirano Guard, but he has never forgotten that he is a native of the Ming Kingdom, and he naturally knows everything along the way, and introduces the situation of the Tokugawa family endlessly.

"Well, thank you Feng Tongshi for reminding me."

Fang Yizhi said with a smile.

"Feng Tongshi is in a foreign country, and he still has a great heart, which is really rare, and when I return to China, I will definitely reward the Ming court."

Although he said something casually, Feng Cunye excitedly knelt down and bowed down to thank him, and there was only gratitude left in his words. For these "second generations" in a foreign country, although they have foreign blood, they are more eager to be recognized by their mother country in their bones.

After four days, Fang Yizhi and his entourage finally arrived at Edo Bay, which was later known as Tokyo Bay, in fact, according to Tokugawa Iemitsu's idea, he preferred that the envoy would have a land route, and the hospitality along the way must be grand, and the most important thing was to let the feudal lords along the way see the envoy, know the envoy's intention, and let the feudal lord know that the envoy's arrival was a recognition of the Tokugawa family.

But Tokugawa Iemitsu finally chose the sea route, because Japan was too poor, and he was worried that what he saw along the way would make the envoys of the Celestial Empire look down on Japan...... In fact, Da Ming has always looked down on them. If it had been a few decades ago, Iemitsu would not have dared to let the envoy go by sea, after all, at that time, the Seto Inland Sea was full of pirates, and it would be a great sin if there were pirates robbing them.

But now it's different, the Seto Inland Sea pirates have long been wiped out, so let's let the envoys of the Celestial Empire take the sea route, at least without seeing the most shabby side of Japan.

Poor to poor, shabby to shabby, in order to show grandeur, Tokugawa Iemitsu is still in Edo as a preparation for the end, and even ordered the renovation of the buildings along the street, as for the paving stones on the road are also re-paved, in a word, to show the best side of Japan to the envoys of the Celestial Empire, and even did not wrap silk on the tree, that is because it is too expensive, otherwise Tokugawa Iemitsu may really order to wrap silk, after all, those silks are imported from the Ming Dynasty, and the price is high.

However, even so, Tokugawa Iemitsu still prepared a grand welcome ceremony, and not only did he and all the retainers of the shogunate come to the port to greet him, but also the daimyo who were on duty also arrived.

Seventeenth year of Kanei...... Oh, in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, according to the order of Tokugawa Iemitsu, when the Ming envoy visited, he could only use the name of the Ming Dynasty to express his solemnity, and the same as the name of the Ming Dynasty when Toyotomi Hideyoshi entertained the Ming envoy, in order to show respect. Look, he said no, but his body is honest, and he still fights to recognize Daming's father in his bones.

On September 13 of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the winter came early, and the snow came earlier, and there was light snow in Edo Bay that morning, although the cold wind was biting, but Tokugawa Iemitsu was still dressed in the port to greet the Ming envoys.

"Your Excellency General, you are a thousand pounds, it stands to reason that you should not be here to greet the envoys, but should be the envoys to meet Your Excellency,"

"Yes, Your Excellency General, I'll just wait here to greet the envoys of the Ming Kingdom!"

Again, when those daimyo persuaded him like this, Tokugawa Iemitsu just smiled and didn't speak, he only had one thought in his heart, you all said this one by one, what idea did you have in your heart, how could this general not know, you want to take the opportunity to curry favor with the envoys, and then rely on my black form!

Hmph, Tokugawa Iemitsu sneered, and secretly said smugly in his heart.

"You must be envious one by one! Be jealous! ”

What a bunch of ill-intentioned guys!

In fact, after so many years, these daimyos, especially these external daimyos, are all dissatisfied with the rule of the Tokugawa family in their hearts.

Of course, Tokugawa Iemitsu is very aware of this. He could also understand why these people wanted him to wait at home for the envoys of the Celestial Empire, they were jealous, they were afraid. They were afraid that the Tokugawa family's colleagues in Japan would be recognized by the Daimei Dynasty. This would have deprived them of the last bit of courage to resist the Tokugawa family.

"Hmph, now your wishful thinking is definitely going to be in vain."

Finally, after Fang Yizhi disembarked, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was full of expectations, met the envoy. He immediately bowed to the top of the road.

"Tokugawa Iemitsu, the courtier of the lower kingdom, meet the envoy of the emperor of the upper kingdom!"

Different from what many people in later generations imagined, the Japanese magnates in this era had to learn Sinology since childhood, and naturally they could speak Chinese, and even before and after the Meiji Restoration, many Japanese daimyo and feudal lords learned an authentic "Nanjing dialect" when they were studying Sinology, which is actually the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty.

As for why Toyotomi Hideyoshi needed a translator when he saw the Ming envoy, it was because he was born in Ashigaru, a turtle with a low status, and he even spoke Japanese, so how could he speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty. Now Tokugawa Iemitsu is a dignified third-generation general, how can he not speak the "Celestial Empire dialect".

However, when he is called "minister", the faces of the people around him are always a little unnatural.

After all, for them, they are afraid that they are in their hearts, and they are eager to be recognized by tomorrow's operation, but at least on the surface, they still don't want to be called "ministers".

But they comfort themselves in their hearts.

The general is talking about "the courtier of the lower country", and he is still the minister of the lower Japan.

Naturally, those outward daimyos, tsk, one by one, talked to themselves in the bottom of their hearts to the Tokugawa iemitsu, which is really insulting to the national body.

But for Tokugawa Iemitsu, there was only one thought left in his mind now.

Angel, do you see my standard of etiquette? Is my official language standard?

Don't praise me yet.