The Ming navy's suppression of the Japanese in Penghu and the South China Sea had an immediate effect, not to mention the Japanese on the sea, and even the maritime merchants of the Japanese country were rare.

The maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty were not embarrassed by the sale of goods to the Japanese kingdom, but were more courteous, and guns proved to be more feared than favors, especially for the Japanese slaves.

The navy is a den of thieves, and as soon as people enter, they become lawless, and they are still quite responsible, and they even ask Ma Du if they want to slaughter this gang of robbers.

What are you kidding, the two countries are not at war yet, no matter what the Japanese slaves want to do when they come to the Ming Dynasty, they must meet and talk about it. Ma Du replied to Qi Xiang on the same day, and at the same time wrote an excerpt and handed it to Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu established a huge empire and became the emperor who ruled the world, in addition to shaking his majesty in front of his courtiers and concubines, there were really not many opportunities to shake his majesty to foreign ministers, and the subject countries of the Ming Dynasty were only the three kingdoms of Korea and Ryukyu so far.

Although Lao Zhu didn't like the Japanese slaves, he also hoped to create a prosperous scene for all countries to come to the court, so he approved the excerpt on the same day and asked the navy to send the Japanese envoys, and it was estimated that it would arrive in a few days.

Before the Japanese invaders arrived, Yao Guangxiao suddenly ran back to the academy, saying that he should not be blinded by power for a while, and wanted to teach well in the academy, but he made a few old men happy, and he also toasted the academy with another talent.

It wasn't until he was drunk that he was sent back to take a nap by the students, Ma Du put down the wine glass and said to Yao Guangxiao with a smile: "Do you know, today I heard a joke from the boss, a hungry wolf suddenly said that he didn't want to eat meat, and he wanted to eat grass, you said it was funny or not." ”

"Hehe......" Yao Guangxiao put down the tea bowl in his hand, "It turns out that in the eyes of Uncle Guo, the poor monk is a wolf, if so, it is also a vegetarian wolf, the table is full of delicacies, you have ever seen the poor monk move a chopsticks to make meat, and such a good wine has never been stained with a drop." ”

Ma Du patted his chest with the back of his hand, "So you are terrible, but you are not as cute as Zhang Dingbian's flower monk who is not taboo in wine and meat." ”

"Obeying the precepts has become a bad monk, and those who are not taboo in wine and meat have become bad monks, Uncle Guo is really going to reverse black and white, please forgive the poor monks who dare not agree."

Ma Du slapped the table, "Don't talk about these vain heads, honestly explain why you turned around and came back to the academy, don't say that you didn't choose." ”

Yao Guangxiao smiled bitterly, "Master Hou is right, the poor monk was defeated." ”

"Impossible! Could it be that all the talents of the world have entered the temple? Besides, don't you still have the letter of recommendation from Mr. Zhu, Zhu Sheng still has this face in the Ministry of Rites. ”

Yao Guangxiao shook his head slightly, "Ma Hou Gao looks down on the monks in the world, they just read a few more scriptures. When it came time to take the examination at the Ministry of Rites, the poor monk was the first to submit the paper in order to come out, and the Lang official of the Ministry of Rites read the poor monk's paper, but he praised it a lot, and said that he would recommend me to Zaifu. ”

Madu asked, "And then?" ”

Yao Guangxiao spread his hands, "Where else is there?" originally thought that the Son of Heaven would let the monk participate in politics, but who knew that he would only be awarded a monk's officer, and as for the poor monk, he didn't even get a monk's official, so he only got a monk's robe, and he still put it in the burden of the poor monk, and the letter of recommendation given by Mr. Zhu was not taken out at all. ”

"Huh...... This court really has eyes and doesn't know Jin Xiangyu, so let's do it, another day, Benhou will take you to see the emperor, how much of an official you can earn depends on your own ability. ”

Yao Guangxiao said firmly: "If you don't go, it's better to teach in the academy and ask the Hou Ye to appreciate food, the poor monk is very easy to spend alone, and he can eat three meals a day." ”

"Why not?"

"Hey...... There are demons in the court, and now it has become a climate, and if it is not the sword of the Son of Heaven, it cannot be killed, and the poor monk's mana is low, so he will not join in this excitement. ”

Yao Guangxiao said that who else can there be besides Hu Weiyong, this guy has just taken office as the left prime minister of Zhongshu Province and began to make waves. It is said that Li Shanchang is wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, Hu Weiyong's heart is smaller, and he can't even tolerate a little-known monk, and he blames Yao Guangxiao for answering the paper too well, Hu Weiyong has some vision.

However, Yao Guangxiao disappointed Ma Du a little, he thought he was a cow, who knew that he was a coward. When he sees a demon, he hides, he is also a monk, and the spirit of Fahai Zen Master to eliminate demons and defend the way is much stronger than him.

The Japanese envoy was soon sent to Yingtian, and Ma Du also wanted to go to the court to see what medicine was sold in the Japanese slave gourd, but who knew that Lao Zhu did not summon him, and directly threw the Japanese into the Honglu Temple and didn't care.

The envoys seemed to be in a hurry, and heard that they had been driven out of various yamen for many days to ask for an audience, and then they simply went to the house of the courtiers and nobles with generous gifts to visit, and they were all closed.

Lao Zhu didn't summon any courtiers to dare to see him, Ma Du didn't expect that they would come all the way from the city to Fangshan to find him, and they should have closed their doors like the courtiers and nobles.

But today is unfortunately the wedding day of the little turtle, the Ma family is opening the door to welcome guests, the slave is really very cunning, must have asked others to deliberately pick this time to come to the door, and Ma Du is at the door of the house to greet the guests.

There were three Japanese slaves, led by a thin middle-aged man, wearing a hanging crown, wearing a wide light crimson robe, a continuous flat around his waist, and a pair of high-heeled clogs on his feet, typical of Japanese officials.

The other person is a young man, with a typical Tang Lun hairstyle, wearing an ordinary kimono, and the long Japanese sword and pestle in his hand can reach his neck on the ground, although he is not tall, but his expression is very strong, his image Ma Du is very familiar, a typical Japanese samurai.

The other one was a young man of thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed frugally and carrying a small bag behind him, he should be a small servant, he was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a pair of dark eyes looked up and down at Ma Du, and the warrior next to him patted him with his hand, and hurriedly lowered his head.

The officials of the Japanese State were very polite, and after confirming Ma Du's identity, they immediately learned the etiquette of the Central Plains, "Hosokawa Matsuyuki has seen the Marquis of Jiangning!" I take the liberty to come, and please Your Excellency Haihan! ”

The Chinese language of this envoy is okay, with a typical Fujian accent, and eighty percent of them also learned from which maritime business.

Mu Ying, who was a good minister, snorted heavily in her nose, "I know that I am not invited." ”

Ma Du waved his hand and said: "Since you are here, you are a guest, and you must always treat each other with courtesy." But the three of them shouldn't have eaten and drunk for nothing empty-handed, right? ”

Hosokawa Matsuyuki smiled, "Your Excellency is really good at laughing, although I am a small overseas country, I have admired and studied the culture of the Celestial Empire since ancient times, so I naturally know the etiquette of the Celestial Empire." As he spoke, he took the gift slip from the hand of the little guy and handed it over.

Compared with the politeness of the envoy, Ma Du was obviously not particular enough to take the gift list and flip through it casually, and then closed it after just a glance, "Who!" Who is Shinemon! ”