When Zheng Gong, the host and guest secretary of the Daming Rite Department, arrived at Dagukou, he was also shocked by the fierceness of Ma Lin's hundreds of guards. He understood He Zhenwu's thoughts a little at the moment. If thousands of such elite soldiers come ashore, the threat is indeed huge.

However, after all, he is a nimble literati, and when conveying Liu Jin's order to "prohibit landing with weapons", Zheng Gong Zheng Yuanwai said that the capital is the best place and the law and order is good. Therefore, Grandpa Ma's 900 subordinates do not need to carry weapons to the shore.

Marin also heard the other party's fear, and besides, he didn't come to fight, and his subordinates didn't let him bring weapons if he didn't let them. He then ordered the 900 guards to go ashore, but they were unarmed.

However, the 900 empty-handed guards accompanying him did not seem to be imposing. So, Ma Lin and Zheng Gong discussed—could those people be allowed to hold high the banner without the tip of a gun? In this way, you can have something in your hand and avoid embarrassment when marching......

Zheng Gong thought about it and felt that it was not a big deal, so he agreed.

Originally, Marin wanted his subordinates to hold high the Red Flag of the Nine Crosses and the Golden Eagle, which was the symbol of the family. However, it is a hassle to make such a flag. Moreover, gold lacquer is also difficult to find. So, Marin later gave up and simply let his subordinates hold high the banner of the Black Cross. After all, the black cross flag is easy to make, and a black cross on a white cloth is all it takes.

In addition, because it was already summer, Marin simply asked his subordinates to change into short-sleeved summer military uniforms so as not to cover it too hot.

To be honest, the summer in China is really hot. And the summer in Germany is very cool. Therefore, the soldiers were very uncomfortable with the Chinese summer. But fortunately, they have been to tropical regions like Panama, and they have adapted to the hot climate. Moreover, the summer short-sleeved military uniform "invented" by Marin is also quite cool to wear. Didn't you look at the soldiers of the Tianjin Wei Daming Guard on the side, and you were very envious when you looked at it? They were dressed in sackcloth robes, and they were not cool. But those Han generals who were in brocade clothes, wearing silk robes, were also very cool. But the Han general is the face of the Ming Dynasty, and of course he can afford to wear silk robes. And the guards belong to the hanging silk in the Ming army, and they must not be able to wear silk, so they can only wear stuffy linen robes......

If they were usually in the barracks, this group of rough men would have been shirtless a long time ago, and no one would have seen them anyway. But now, they are responsible for monitoring Marin's army, and they have to wear full robes and armor to show the prestige of the Ming army, which makes the soldiers of Tianjin Wei uncomfortable, but they dare not complain. Otherwise, it will damage the face of the Celestial Empire and will be severely punished.

And Marin's soldiers, seeing the heat, all put on summer short-sleeved shirts and military uniforms. It is white in color, but has a black cross on the front and back to indicate its origin.

Seeing that the Beihai guards were wearing cool short sleeves, and those Ming Tianjin guards who were wearing neat armor, their eyes were red with jealousy......

However, Marlin has also been unlucky these days. Under Zheng Gong's supervision, Ma Lin could only take off his cool short sleeves and change into the animal clothes of the beast complement temporarily borrowed from the generals, where he practiced kneeling and bowing.

There is no way, most of the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were southerners, and their stature was generally not high. It's good to have 1.7 meters. And Marin's official uniform and hat bureau is not yet ready. Therefore, Zheng Gong could only borrow a set of court clothes (worn during the great court meetings and sacrifices) and a set of official clothes (worn during daily official duties) from the military generals of Tianjin Wei to practice etiquette. After all, there are still some generals who are about the same height as Ma Lin, not to mention Tianjin Wei, which is located in the north.

Then, in the heat of summer, Marin was forced to wear a crown of beams, a red robe, or a black veil on his head, and a red crewneck shirt to practice etiquette.

It should be pointed out that the red cloth that was used as a great court meeting and sacrifice did not have a complement on the chest. The distinction of status is distinguished from the crown of the beam. For example, the Duke has eight forward-facing beams, and the Hou and Bo have seven beams, both using Diao Chan (mink tail or pheasant tail and golden cicada, not beautiful names). The horse is also a seven-beam, no pheasant tail. Then the first product has seven beams, the second product has six beams, the third product has five beams, the fourth product has four beams, the fifth product has three beams, the sixth and seventh products have two beams, and the eighth and ninth products have one beam. There are also differences between belts and ribbons. than a product to wear a jade belt, with a jade pendant; the second grade wears a leather belt, wears rhino horns; Sanpin gold belt, Peiyu, etc......

This is a very formal court dress, Marin's first pilgrimage, it must be more formal, and you need to wear court clothes. And after that, if you don't meet the court, you will wear official clothes.

The so-called official uniform is a black gauze hat and a round-necked red shirt with a complement. Needless to say, the prince embroiders the unicorn on the horse, the civil official embroiders the bird, and the military attache embroiders the beast, also known as the "clothed beast". Moreover, the official uniform was the most worn official uniform by officials in the Ming Dynasty, and it was worn daily.

Marin came to pay tribute this time, and it was definitely not a day or two. Except for the first day of the court to wear the most solemn court clothes, or happen to catch the court meeting (in fact, foreign monarchs come to the court, must also be arranged to meet at the court meeting. Because, more people are more majestic), usually wear public clothes.

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In addition to wearing a tightly covered robe on a hot summer day, Marin also learned various kneeling and prostrations under the supervision of Zheng Gong.

The Ming Dynasty did not implement the Manchu Qing Dynasty's three kneeling and nine prostrations, but five prostrations and three prostrations. The so-called five prostrations and three prostrations means that after kneeling, you can bow five times and then prostrate three times, and you only need to kneel once throughout the whole process. Unlike the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you need to kneel three times, and after kneeling once, you have to stand up and kneel down again.

Of course, in the entire Ming Dynasty, only the emperor and the crown prince needed to make Ma Lin, a foreign monarch, kneel. Or, when you meet the queen mother and queen, you also have to make a big salute. But the queen mother and queen easily did not show up, and Daming currently has no crown prince. Therefore, Ma Lin basically only needs to kneel to Zhu Houzhao, the bear child emperor. As for other princes or something, Marin only needs to bow and bow, and there is no need to kneel.

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For three days, the weather was hot, but Marin was there wearing a thick robe, and kept practicing kneeling and bowing, so hot that he was sweating profusely, and his knees hurt.

In the summer, there are no thick pants on the legs, and there is a thin robe outside, and it is really uncomfortable to kneel. In order to solve this problem, Marin asked people to buy a torn quilt, cut off the part, and tie it to the knee as a cushion, so as to solve the problem of knee pain when kneeling.

In fact, tying cotton or leather to the knees as a cushion was an unspoken rule that most officials in the Ming Dynasty understood. Even, some experienced counselors will also put cotton on their buttocks to guard against the court staff (Ming Dynasty counselors are perverted and are proud to eat the court staff). But Zheng Gong, as an official dispatched by the Ming Dynasty, originally had the intention of killing Ma Lin's prestige. Therefore, he deliberately did not remind. But Marin himself thought of a countermeasure, and he would not stop it. Otherwise, it will lose the demeanor of a great country......