Yun Xi and Gao Xiang discussed for a while, and felt that the time had not passed long, but inadvertently looked sideways and saw that it was almost noon. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yun Xi wanted to leave Gao Xiang to eat in the palace, Gao Xiang said: "Your Majesty, the minister still has the matter to be explained by His Royal Highness King Qin in the afternoon, and the minister also has to talk to the envoy of Yili Jiangli and Wara, and he needs to prepare a draft, so he ......."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was already obvious. Yun Xi didn't care either, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, then you can step back, I just go back to eat with the queen." ”

After taking a nap in the afternoon, Yun Xi summoned an envoy from time to time to meet him. After some preparations between the Ministry of Rites and the envoys of these countries, Yu Shen came to the Jinshen Hall at the beginning of the Shen period to be received by Yun Xi.

The first envoy of the country to meet Yunxi was North Korea. As the first foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty, although everyone knows that it is certainly not as strong as Fuso, unless the envoys of other countries pay tribute in person, it is generally North Korea that ranks first.

In addition, the Korean state has sent people to pay tribute every year over the years, although the chief and deputy envoys have been changed every time in the past two years, but the other accompanying personnel are old people, and it is not easy to make mistakes.

This year's envoy was still selected after a fierce competition in North Korea to get Yunxi to agree to their family's request to recognize their ancestors, but because at noon, Yang Ben, the host and guest, and Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, both told them that there were many countries to pay tribute this year, and there was no time for you to tell the details, so they didn't say anything in the end, but just retreated after the meeting.

After that, it was the Fuso Kingdom that paid tribute. Fuso's envoy Fat Fu and Deputy Envoy Zua came in wearing very distinctive clothes.

Yun Xi had never asked the envoys what their clothes looked like before, and he was very surprised when he saw the two of them.

'This is called Fattomi, I thought he would wear a samurai suit to pay tribute, who knows if it is such a dress, is he a shrine sacrifice? Zu'a's clothes are much more pleasing to the eye, at least similar to the monk's clothes of the Ming Dynasty. ’

Yun Xi complained in his heart while motioning to the eunuchs around him to let them stand up.

After Fat Fu stood up, he had a normal Q&A with Yun Hee. Just when Yun Xi felt that there was nothing wrong and planned to let them retreat, suddenly Fei Fu and Zu Ah suddenly knelt down again.

Yun Xi "chuckled" in his heart, and understood that this was what these two envoys of Fusang were going to say to their faces. Yun Xi secretly complained to Chen Di and Yang Ben in his heart: "You two don't have to say a few words. ’

But Yun Xi is wrong to blame the two of them. Chen Di and Yang Ben instructed every tributary envoy not to talk much, and instructed them many times; But the problem is that not every messenger is obedient.

The two envoys of the Joseon Kingdom were very obedient because the things they asked for were their own business, and they were afraid that they would displease Yunxi and not agree to their request because they said more; The envoys of other countries all came with very important things, and they only had this opportunity to meet Yun Xi this time, so they had to take this opportunity to speak out to prevent long nights and dreams.

For example, the two messengers who are kneeling in front of Yun Xi now, Fei Fu raised his head after kneeling down and kowtowing three more times, and said: "Your Majesty, on behalf of my Fusang country, I ask Your Majesty to allow my country to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and ask Your Majesty to crown the monarch of our country as the king of Fusang." ”

Although Yun Xi was a little unhappy, since they had already told the matter on the spot, they could only decide on the spot.

Yun Xi sneered and said, "You two tried to deceive the king in vain? As far as I know, there are still people in Fuso who claim to be the emperor, the king of a country, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is only a minister under the emperor, how did he become the king of Fuso? You Fusang are so deceitful to the king, how can you become a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty? ”

Fei Fu and Zua glanced at each other lightly. Fang Mingqian had led the sailors to Fuso before, and at that time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu estimated that they might already know that there was an emperor in the country. At that time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu came to the final result after repeated thoughts.

Zua said: "Your Majesty, in the country of the ministers, the Taisei Lord Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has deposed the emperor of our country with the support of the people everywhere, and has succeeded to the throne of our country with the support of the people, so the former Taisei Lord Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is already the king of our country. ”

"And because the self-proclaimed emperor of our country is a passover, the former Taisei lord Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has abolished the title of emperor and proclaimed himself the king of Fuso."

Yun Xi said pretentiously, "Oh? Are you telling the truth? ”

Fei Fu said: "Your Majesty, the envoy of a small country, how dare you deceive His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom!" ”

Yun Xi pretended to think for a while and then said, "Although your words are conclusive, because you have a story of deceiving my Daming, I will not accept it for the time being. ”

"I will send a messenger with you back to Fuso to determine if it is as you say. In addition, you, Fuso, must also restrain the wandering samurai in the country and prevent them from going to the sea. ”

Fat Fu said: "The minister obeys the holy command. But he immediately said: "Your Majesty, although we can't crown our country's former Taisei Lord Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the king of Fuso for the time being, can we first recognize our country as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Huh?" Yun Xi was a little surprised: why did they insist on becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty first?

Actually, the reason is very simple. Because Yun Xi had previously ordered that overseas merchants who wanted to do business in Shanghai must be from a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise they would not be allowed to enter Hong Kong.

In the Nanyang countries, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are not familiar with it, and those merchants who are not vassal states of the Ming Dynasty pretend to be other vassal states, and they cannot identify them; But Fusang is different, Fusang is too familiar with the Ming Dynasty, and the characteristics of Fusang are also obvious, and it is impossible to pretend to be other countries, so the merchants of Fusang are sad for a while.

Due to the opening of the Ming Dynasty, Shanghai became the maritime trade center of the entire East, and countless merchants went to Shanghai to do business; However, there were more people doing business in Shanghai, and fewer people doing business in other places, and Nagasaki, which was originally a prosperous Fuso trading port, was not good, and few merchants came to Nagasaki to do business except for business with Korea and the Ryukyus.

This affected the money in Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's hands. However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had no choice but to let the merchants of Fuso also come to Shanghai to do business and make money, so as to recover some losses. However, at this time, they noticed that the Ming Dynasty's Shanghu only accepted merchants from vassal states. That's why Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was in such a hurry and asked the envoy to put this matter before recognizing him as the king of Fuso.

Yun Xi didn't remember the order he issued at this time, but he kept one thing in mind: don't do what your opponent wants you to do.

So Yun Xi immediately said: "If you don't recognize the throne of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's Fuso king, how can you officially recognize Fuso as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

At this time, Fei Fu used his three-inch tongue, and began to persuade Yun Xi to change his mind, don't you say, Fei Fu's eloquence is still very good, and he is very suitable for being a diplomat or trader.

But no matter what Fat Fu said, Yun Xi just didn't agree. Seeing that Yun Xi was about to give an eviction order, Fei Fu hurriedly stopped his words and said his last mission this time.

"Your Majesty, I heard that some people in the Ming Dynasty call my Fusang Kingdom the Eleventh District. The minister thinks that this is an insult to our country, and I ask Your Majesty to decree that no one of the Ming Dynasty should be allowed to call our country like this. ”

Yun Xi actually wanted to say: This is not an insult to you, but I said it when I said it. But I definitely didn't mean to, and in order to prevent the word from being uttered when I met you, I hadn't called Fusang by the Eleventh District for some time.

Of course, such things cannot be said in a diplomatic setting. Yun Xi said, "I know. I immediately issued an order that all officials and people in the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to call Fusang the eleventh district. ”

Fat Fu and Zua knelt down to give thanks.

But Yun Xi looked at their backs and said in his heart, 'You may not know that the best way to make something go viral is to ban it. Immediately, the entire Ming literate people will know that you Fusang also has another name called the Eleventh District. ’

The envoys of Fuso then withdrew. After that, the person who Yunxi wanted to meet was the messenger of the Ainu people.

There were a lot of Ainu envoys, because Yun Xi had ordered both the North Island and the South Island to bring people over, and the southernmost tribes near Honshu Island had to send all of them, so there were a lot of people.

Yun Xi spoke casually to them, and then said, "The Ainu envoy listens to my reward. ”

The men hurriedly knelt down. It was the first time they had come to such a bustling city, or the first time they knew that there was such a thing as a city in the world, and they had been dazzled. Through the observation of the city, they also knew that the Ming Dynasty had so many people, so much wealth, and such sophisticated weapons. I know the power of Daming.

If the capital was near them, maybe they would have the idea of 'grabbing a hand', but they came by boat all the way, knowing how far away this place was from their hometown, and they would never be able to grab it.

So they have completely surrendered to the feet of the Great Ming.

Yun Xi said: "Send it with a sealed name、...... and others are hereditary commanders, and the people of the station are soldiers of the guard. Each commander can appoint a thousand households, hundreds of households, and other positions, without the permission of the imperial court. ......, each person was given a horse of silk and a hundred stones of grain. ”

Yunxi adopted the same method for the Ainu people as he did for the Jurchens in the Northeast, not recognizing it as a separate feudal state, but only sealing the commander, rewarding a little something, and slowly familiarizing the Ainu with the Ming Dynasty, and then engaging in other things.

But the Ainu don't see anything missing from these things. A hundred stone of grain, enough for a hundred people to eat meat for a long time, and a horse of silk. These tribal leaders have been envious of the clothes of the Fusang people for a long time, and this time there are so many rewards at once, and they are all satisfied.

The Ainu retreated in joy, completely unconcerned about the disdainful glances of the Ming guards and eunuchs.