"Long live my emperor, long live, long live," and then the prince called Gou Cai, and said, "Go and serve tea to the father-in-law," and then invite the eunuch to rest in the inner hall, and He Jiehao greeted the dignitaries who came to worship in the front hall. After entering the inner hall, Taigong took out some silver tickets and gave them away.

"Taigong, what do you mean by that?" The eunuchs in the palace pretended to postpone the way.

"My father-in-law has worked hard all the way, this is your hard work, and please accept it with a smile."

The eunuch was silent for a while, and said, "Okay, it's better to be respectful than to obey," the eunuch accepted the silver ticket in the Taigong's hand and stuffed it into his sleeve, then got up and said, "The Taigong's kindness is understood by the miscellaneous family, and the miscellaneous family will also leave for Beijing to return to Beijing to repay the emperor's life, and mourn." ”

The prince sent the eunuch to the door, and after that, the prince saluted and said, "Father-in-law, go all the way." ”

The eunuch nodded, and saluted back: "Just send it here, please go back," and then got into the carriage behind him and left.

In 1830, in September of the 10th year of Daoguang, the Hui bandit Andijan and others gathered men and horses again to capture Kashgar, and in December, the Hui bandits of Yingishar were pacified by the Qing army, and the northwest area outside the pass was basically stabilized. The Qing Dynasty once again ushered in a prosperous scene, the whole country rejoiced, the joy soared to the sky as if it was the New Year, and those literati gathered in the teahouse to sing praises for this prosperous era. After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, in July of the same year, when the Bourbons were restored and the revolutionary army captured the Louvre, these victorious revolutionary armies supported the road. Philip's ascension to the throne, the way to the throne. Philip was later Charles X. At this time, a French nobleman entered the Louvre to meet the king and said: "Your Majesty, I have been yearning for the east of the world since I watched "The Travels of Marco Polo", so I want to go and see it, please send me as an envoy to Qing Guo." ”

Charles X agreed to the request of the Holy Land of Volan, and took a British merchant ship to the east by sea, crossed the Atlantic, landed in India, and changed to a merchant ship to go north to Guangdong, China. Thousands of miles to the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven. This Fulang holy place walked all the way and took notes all the way, wrote down what he saw and heard, and wrote down the livelihood problems of the Qing Kingdom for the king's reference, so that he wanted to write a different East like Marco Polo, called "Fulang Xingji". After he came to the capital, Emperor Daoguang received him in the Qianqing Palace, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stood on both sides. The Fulang Holy Land strode into this palace, put one hand on his chest, bowed, and said: "Respected Emperor Your Majesty, I am the Fulang Holy Land sent by His Majesty the King to envoy to the Qing Kingdom. ”

"This French envoy is very rude, why didn't he kneel down when he saw the Son of Heaven?" The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty made unwarranted accusations against the Fulang Holy Land.

"Why didn't Mr. Volan bow down when he saw me?" At this time, Emperor Daoguang saw that this envoy was so rude, so he said.

"What is the prostration?" At this time, the Volang Holy Land was a little confused, and asked left and right, maybe this is because of the cultural differences between the East and the West.

"It is to ask you to kneel down and bow to the Son of Heaven, do you understand that three kneels and nine bows are bowing and bowing?" The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty burst into laughter after hearing this, because they had some sarcasm for this Fulang Holy Land.

"No, no, our country is a country that yearns for freedom, and it will not kneel down to people, just now it is the most noble etiquette, in our country, our king has to perform such a ritual when he sees his subordinates or his subordinates see the king, he will not kneel."

"Your Majesty, this person has no king, please ask the emperor to treat him for offense," other officials stepped forward one after another, saying, "He should be punished with death." ”

An old minister stepped forward and said, "Kill and decide." ”

The Holy Land of Volang looked at these ministers very blankly, and even some of them couldn't understand what they meant. From the bottom of his heart, he felt that they were very arrogant and arrogant, so he said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I have some doubts, and I have a question for you. ”

"If the foreign envoy has any questions, just ask."

"I have heard that you are going to punish me for sinning, but I do not know what sin I have committed. This is the first one, and the second is what does it mean to make a decision? So I'm confused. ”

The ministers around him were laughing, laughing at him and not even knowing it. At this time, an old minister stepped forward, looked at this Fulang Holy Land, and sneered: "You are rude to the emperor, this is a capital crime, and the decision to cut off your head is to cut off your head immediately." ”

The Holy Land of Volang looked at the old minister and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"The old man is eight out of seventy."

The Holy Land of Volun said very sincerely, "Eight out of seventy," which made him even more confused, and added: "You are very old, you can no longer do things, you should retire and go home." ”

"You dare to humiliate the old man," this made the old minister blow his beard, and he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please be the master of the old minister." ”

"I've heard that your kingdom is a ceremonial country, and it doesn't kill people," Volan said as he turned. A conversation between the Fulang Holy Land and these ministers in the court, in the heart of Emperor Daoguang, he felt that he was a very funny person, so he said: "During the Qianlong Dynasty, there were some overseas merchants who did business in the coastal area, and they did not kneel down when they came to worship the first emperor in my pilgrimage, and the first emperor said such a sentence, you must remember that what you have in our Qing Dynasty, and what you don't have in our Qing Dynasty, there is no need to make any transactions with you, please return to your homeland to promote the benevolence of our Great Qing Dynasty." A small country is just a barbaric state, uneducated, and it is common sense that it does not understand etiquette. I forgive you for bowing down, we must have the demeanor of a great country, and don't care about anything, there is a way that the two armies do not fight and do not cut off, not to mention that there is no war, although the foreign envoy is guilty, but the crime is not to death, I want to be the same as Qianlong, forgive your sins, avoid kneeling, and give a seat. ”

"My emperor is a benevolent and righteous king," the ministers felt deeply after hearing this, knelt down and said, "The ministers are grateful. ”

"Everyone, love Qing, get even."

"Your Majesty."

After sitting down in the Holy Land of Volang, he said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, I want to give you a thing, this thing is very precious to me," and after speaking, he took out a book from his bosom, "The Travels of Marco Polo", and said, "He is a very remarkable person. We all loved it, it was he who made me understand the east, where the sun rises. ”

The eunuch next to him stepped down and took the book in the hands of Fulang Holy Land, and after Emperor Daoguang took the book, he briefly flipped through a few articles and put it aside, and said, "Okay, I will go and see it." ”

"When I came to your Qing Kingdom, there were many teahouses in Guangdong, and I heard you tell the story that you have three kingdoms here, and I don't know where Shu is?"

"Since the foreign envoy likes this place in Bashu, okay, this will seal you as the minister of Tongshu," and then wrote the four big characters of "Minister of Tongshu" on a blank piece of paper, and stamped it with the emperor's seal, and then handed it to the Holy Land of Fulang, and said: "The foreign envoy can keep it well, these four words can ensure that you are unimpeded." ”

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie."

On the second day, the sun rises in the east, this Fulang holy land departed from Beijing, enjoyed the scenery along the way, wrote notes everywhere he went, and expressed his feelings for this river and mountain in words, which was very free! Otherwise, wherever he went, he would be received by local officials, and the Holy Land of Volang, accompanied by these officials, sat in an official sedan chair, and walked on the street to see the scene of prosperity, not a single refugee, which was completely different from what he saw on the way here. In the dead of night, some of the dignitaries and nobles went to the brothel for their pleasure, and only the emperor's envoy remained in the inn, and the same was the night and night singing, and after these officials dispersed, a letter to the emperor from the Fulang Holy Land went directly to the emperor, without going through the cabinet.

After Emperor Daoguang received the letter written to him by the Holy Land of Fulang, he was stunned, because the letter was written in French. The next morning, Emperor Daoguang faced these ministers of his and said, "A letter written to me by Mr. Fulang Holy Land last night, please circulate it to your family and read it to me. ”

After reading this letter, none of the ministers in the court could understand the letter, and they all said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are dull and don't understand the meaning of the letter." ”

"I have a lot of talents in the Qing Dynasty, and no one can even read a letter, what use do I want you to do?"

"The ministers are stupid," the ministers said, kneeling above the court.

Wenyuan Pavilion University Shi Qishan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you might as well hand over this letter to the ministers to take a look." ”

Qi Shan took the letter, faced the ministers, and read: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I have now arrived at this place in Shaanxi, and I have questions when I see these people all the way, why don't these people of yours wear clothes?" When I entered the city, I figured it out, and when I saw the people in the city, they were dressed in beautiful clothes, and they were all very enthusiastic, and the dishes on the table were full of dishes at the end of the meal, which made people's eyes dazzled, and I went to the fireworks (smoke house brothel) at night, and some of them sang, which was very good, and I was very happy..., "The Holy Land is signed below, April 1835."

"He has already arrived in Shaanxi, and he will start entering Sichuan tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as the day dawned, when the earth was still hazy, the Fulang Holy Land began to set off, going down the north and passing through the Sword Pavilion into the river. When I reached the place of the high mountain and dense forest, the sky began to get dark again, and I saw a lonely temple on the top of the mountain, so I got on my horse and ran towards the mountain, wanting to spend the night here. Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking around, surrounded by high mountains, deserted, only to go up the mountain to live in this mountain temple. So the holy land of Volang began to ascend the mountain, which was steep and overgrown with weeds along the way. Along this tree-lined path over the mountains and mountains, finally come to this mountain temple in front of the temple, behind the temple is mostly dense forest, sometimes cloudy and windy. Except for this mountain temple, there are no other buildings around, and there is a small grass shed behind the lonely temple, which is overgrown with weeds all around. Standing in front of the temple, the weeds on the ground could cover his feet, and the deepest could reach his knees, it seemed that it had been uninhabited for a long time. Looking at it, there are three big golden characters written on the door plaque of "Qiwang Temple".