At the time of the roll call, enter the left door in order, line up, and everyone rehearses twice according to the guidance. The officials of the Ministry of Rites saw that everyone's performance was quite decent, and left a few guys who were so excited because they were lucky enough to enter the Zichen Hall to participate in the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, and let the others go back to the enclosure in front of the imperial city to avoid the cold.

Shang Cheng was not busy going back. He knew some of the Shangzhu Guozhu who came to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting, but most of them met in official contacts, and there was no personal relationship at all, although he was not good at talking to others rashly, and others didn't know what kind of topic to talk to him. Then enlarge the enclosure and take the grass and felt up and down the left and right sides to surround it tightly, and there are seven or eight braziers burning inside, even if it is a selection of high-quality charcoal, he still thinks the charcoal is too heavy. Everyone else walked outside the imperial city in twos and threes, but he walked in the direction of the right door. During the drill just now, he saw some figures shaking over there, and it seemed that they were also performing a salute. Anyway, I have nothing to do now, so I just went over to watch others "play monkey show" to pass the time.

At present, there are already people watching the excitement here, there are officials attending the court meeting, there are also clerks and clerks who are on duty at night, and there are also forbidden soldiers who have just changed shifts, and people have formed a big circle, and from time to time there is a burst of joking laughter. Shang Cheng squeezed into the crowd and immediately laughed. Ha, it's not just a "monkey show" here, it's a foreign monkey! In the open space surrounded by a large group of people, three green-robed officials were busy with hot sweat on their faces, and they were circling around the four guys, scolding from time to time to stop and correct their mistakes. Although the four reprimanded guys were tall, short, fat and thin, they all had high eyebrows and deep eye sockets, and at a glance they knew that they were from a foreign domain. They hurriedly followed the orders of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, but they either put their right hands on their left hands when they gave their hands, or they only shook their two hands up and down when they bowed, and there were two guys who were the most amused, raising their right hands when they were marching, and raising their left hands when they were walking with their left legs, and this funny action made people laugh so much that their stomachs hurt.

Shang Cheng smiled and asked the person next to him, "Where did these four fools come from?" ”

"Who knows!" The man next to him gritted his teeth and said.

Shang Cheng turned his head in surprise and glanced at it. Next to him was a guy as thin as a hemp pole, and no matter how tightly the big fur coat was wrapped, it gave people a feeling of emptiness. The man ignored Shang Cheng and shouted directly: "Do it all over again!" "It seems that the size is a leader. He also said, "Brother Renjing, your vassal court has caused a big problem for our Ministry of Rites this time. The letters of these four bastards have been reported, and today's dynasty also has their names. But with the way they are now, there will be a mistake in the court, is this responsibility from your vassal court or our Ministry of Rites? ”

The feudal court was also distressed, and said angrily, "We didn't know it would be like this." This is all to blame on Quanzhou, the official documents have arrived in Beijing, but the people have not yet gone on the road. In previous years, we gathered people a month in advance to give explanations, and stared at them with one hand and one foot to teach them to perform. But these four pigs were only picked up at the Guan Gong Temple dock yesterday evening, where is the time to teach them? He whispered to the tall and thin official, "This is the situation now, we can only work together to find some way to cover up today's incident first." Brother Bo Nian rest assured, if something really goes wrong, our vassal court will never shirk its responsibility. ”

As he was talking, the two guys who were not distinguishing between the left and right were making a strange amusement again, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were teaching next to him were so patient that they trembled with anger, and they all kicked into the snow one by one. The envoys of the two feudal states had a good temper, and they were not annoyed, and they didn't even care about wiping the ice and snow stains on their heads and faces when they got up, so they followed the order and continued to practice one by one, still with their left hands and left feet......

In the laughter, Brother Bo Nian and Brother Ren Jing both had sad faces.

Shang Cheng was happy to see it next to him, so he made a fool of himself and said, "This thing is simple! Sprinkle snow in the shoes of those two fools on their left foot, and let them hold snow in their right hand as well, and raise their right hand when they step on their left leg, and you can't be mistaken, right? ”

"Huh?" The eyes of the two officials lit up, and they clenched their fists at Shang Cheng together. The one named Bo Nian walked over and gave two orders, and the three rite teachings were immediately followed.

But the effect of pouring snow in the boots still doesn't work. Although the two envoys who didn't know where they came from, although they no longer walked with their left hands and left feet, they had to pause when they took a step to consider which hand to raise, and the appearance of them was also unbearable.

The two officials next to him shook their heads and sighed together. Shang Cheng was also a little dumbfounded. However, he knew that it was because the time was too short, and the habits that the two fools had developed in their long-term lives could not be corrected for a while, not because his methods were bad. He used the same method when he was training in Yanshan, and I don't know how many people he corrected the same problem. He pondered and asked, "Which country's envoy is this?" ”

At this time, the official of the Ministry of Rites of Bonian took a straight look at Shang Cheng. At a glance, he saw that Shang Cheng's black gauze was wearing three pieces of nine-fold golden wings on one side of his head, which were the official knowledge of the Shangzhu State of the three grades, and hurriedly bowed down to salute and said, "Back to the generals, they are the envoys of Persia, Dashi and Daqin. ”

Shang Cheng grinned, very disapproving. He didn't believe Bonian's words at all. Based on the appearance of these four fools, if he is an envoy of a small country in the South Asian subcontinent, he can still believe about three or five points, but to say that they are envoys from Persia or Dashi is complete nonsense. No matter how much Persia and Dashi are also big powers in West Asia and the Middle East, if they send this kind of envoy and surrender their status, the key is that doing so is likely to anger the Eastern Empire, which is much larger than the two of them combined, what good will it do them? In case the Eastern Yuan Emperor and the Prime Minister's Mansion closed the Ship Division in Quanzhou in a fit of rage, how could Persia and Dashi make a difference in entrepot trade between the East and the West? As for the so-called "Da Qin", he felt that it was even more nonsense. The Roman Empire recorded in the Book of Han or the Book of the Later Han has been divided for hundreds of years, and the Western Roman Empire has been finished for almost five or six hundred years. It is Persia and Da Shi, and it is also Da Zhao who followed the understanding of West Asia and the Middle East during the Tang Dynasty, and now there are two countries to be verified. So he thinks that most of these guys are pretending to be envoys, and then Quanzhou has mistaken their identities.

Bo Nian also saw that his expression didn't seem to be in disbelief, so he smiled and said, "Don't dare to hide it from the general, we and the vassal court also have doubts about their identity and origin." But they did bring their credentials......"

"Have you found someone to translate?" Shang Cheng asked. He had seen a few unknown charts in Erya's hand, so he knew that there were people in Shangjing who were fluent in Persian and the language of the Great Food.

"The interpreter can't be sure if they're envoys or not." Bonian told the truth, "But there are indeed many tributes from the vassal states on the national book, so we have included them in the envoys." ”

Shang Cheng laughed and teased: "Maybe it's the catalog of goods brought by someone else for sale." ”

Both officials laughed. The official of the vassal court, who was very quiet, whispered, "The general is joking. And he said, "The New Year always has to be a little new." The other yamen are all acting practitioners, and no matter how bad they are, they can find a few good things every year to relieve the sorrows and joys of the holy monarch, and it is also to repay the king's kindness. But our vassal court is in charge of that little thing, and every year we call a few bureaucrats to pay tribute and pay tribute, even if the holy monarch is not annoyed, we are annoyed; Therefore, I can only make some fuss about the new foreign domain. There's no way, every three years or two to find an overseas tribute vassal to come to the court, what is that...... Ha, haha......" said and bowed his hand to Shang Cheng.

Shang Cheng also laughed when he heard this, so he asked Bonian of the Ministry of Rites: "Your Ministry of Rites is also like this?" ”

That Bonian was straightforward, and said: "The general has a broad vision, and he can not only distinguish that these people are not envoys of Persia, Da Shi, and Daqin, but he must also know our sufferings. However, last year's victory in Blackwater City with Zheng Guogong, our Ministry of Rites showed a big face in a solid manner, so there is no need to deceive below. In addition, I will tell the general again, next month's current holy birthday, General Zheng Guogong led the meritorious soldiers into Beijing to present prisoners for reading, and if this matter can be done properly, it is estimated that the evaluation of the Ministry of Rites this year can be further leveled! ”

Shang Cheng was a little stunned. It was the first time he had heard that Sun Zhongshan was going to Beijing. But when I think about it, I am relieved. The victory of Heishui City is a great victory in more than 100 years since the founding of the Great Zhao Dynasty, he only has the merit of planning, the entire campaign period in Fangzhou to recuperate, and finally got such a high reward, so it is natural for the imperial court to recruit Sun Zhongshan and other meritorious soldiers to enter Beijing to offer victory and sacrifice prisoners. Emperor Dongyuan inspected the three armies on his birthday, firstly, it was a joy, and secondly, it was also a reward for the soldiers, and it was also an encouragement...... It's just that why didn't anyone tell him the news?

He asked: "Why hasn't Zheng Guogong been announced about entering Beijing until now?" ”

"In another hour or two, the news will be public." Bonian whispered, "The Holy Monarch will announce the world at today's Zhengdan Dynasty meeting. ”

"Oh." Shang Cheng nodded. Such exciting good news, of course, is to be put today for Emperor Dongyuan to say in person.

After talking for a long time, Bo Nian didn't even remember who the fierce-faced Shangzhuguo in front of him was, so he simply handed over his hand and reported to his family: "Xiaguan Xiangzhou celebrates the New Year, and he is the ...... of the Ministry of Rites."

"Yixian Shangcheng." Shang Cheng returned the salute.

The New Year was suddenly awe-inspiring, and he hurriedly bowed his hand solemnly, and said respectfully: "The lower official is blunt, but I don't know that it is Uncle Ying." "Although he is in the Department of Rites and Rites, he is not in charge of the officials' titles, but in the end, he is also in the Ministry of Rites, so he knows that Shang Cheng, the Shangzhu State, is still the actual Ying County Uncle. He also heard from several colleagues who had just returned from Yanshan that this Ying County Uncle had a very high prestige in the Yanshan Guard, and many soldiers had to stand up and salute just when they heard his name, and he was a god-of-war figure in the army. is the civil official of Yanshan, and his evaluation of him is also very high, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites led by Shangshu stayed in Yandong Yanzhong for almost a month, whether in front of or behind people, they didn't even hear much bad things about him. This alone can teach everyone to be amazed.

The officials of the vassal court didn't understand what He Nian meant by being so humble all of a sudden, but this did not prevent him from following his example, and he also bowed down dignified and said, "I've seen Uncle Ying." Xiaguan Tangzhou Shangguan Ping, Xi Ren Domain's Yuan Langzhong. ”

Shang Cheng also returned the salute, said a few words casually, and then said goodbye and turned around.

He came to see the excitement, and it was okay to be recognized, but with a big man like him next to him, it was not easy for others to go too far with anything, so he wouldn't be in the way here......