Zhu Jinglun's specifications for welcoming Bai Gui are very high, which is in line with common sense, because in the eyes of everyone, if it wasn't for Bai Gui's promotion, there would be no Zhu Jinglun today, and because of this incident, Bai Gui had a very bad life in Beiqi, and he has been on a temporary post in the Prime Minister's Yamen, but in fact, he is basically at home and has long stopped asking about political affairs. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

When Bai Gui's ship stopped on the dock of the Son of Heaven, it was surrounded by soldiers who were guarding, and Wen Kite, the chief soldier of the Capital Military Region, came to greet him in person, and the loess was spread from the pier to the city gate.

Bai Gui's feet will not stick to these loesses, because he can't walk, he came with a sedan chair on the boat, the officials of the Great Qing Kingdom pay attention to decency, and they can't lose their identity anywhere, which is a major event that insults the national body.

Zhu Jinglun did not greet him on the dock, but waited in front of the palace gate, the Daming Palace is the former Liangguang Governor's platform, running through the new city from north to south, the north gate faces the south wall of the old city, and the south faces the new city wall.

As soon as Bai Gui's sedan chair stopped in front of the palace gate, he saw Zhu Jinglun, wearing an ordinary old robe, Bai Gui suddenly looked a little familiar, isn't this what Zhu Jinglun wore before he became an official.

Bai Gui couldn't help but sigh a little, Zhu Jinglun was a commoner back then, and he was a governor, but now Zhu Jinglun is the emperor, but he is a faint official who everyone in the capital shouts and beats.

But Bai Gui knew what he was doing here, and he didn't have time to be sad, so he was about to kneel and kowtow.

"The foreign minister knocks on His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Jinglun rushed up with an arrow step, helped Bai Gui up, and saw Bai Gui's gorgeous hair and markings on his face.

"Lord Bai Gui is really old!"

Zhu Jinglun couldn't help but sigh.

Bai Gui sighed: "Your Majesty, but the Qing Dynasty is prosperous!" ”

Zhu Jinglun held Bai Gui's arm: "Let's go, let's go into the palace." ”

Zhu Jinglun asked the two concubines to come out with the children in their arms, greeted Bai Gui as if they were seeing an old friend, and asked the child to call Bai Gui's grandfather.

Bai Gui didn't dare to do it.

Even if he is a foreign minister, he can't be called grandfather by the prince and princess, this is the etiquette, and his trip is not to fall into the Qing Dynasty's etiquette, so that people can see clearly. This can also explain why during the Yongzheng period, when the second rank of the great official of the Lifan Yuan was sent to congratulate Tsar Peter II on his accession to the throne, the mission bowed, and they thought it was a ritual. However, the Qing Dynasty thought that Amakusa was the upper kingdom, and there was a reason why it sent envoys to Russia at that time, because at that time, Yongzheng planned to use troops against Zhunger, who was harassing Mongolia, and was worried about the intervention of Tsarist Russia, so he sent people to negotiate with Tsarist Russia, in the words of the Qing Dynasty, to appease. After that, the Qing Dynasty never sent envoys to Western countries, which is a pity. Because of this bowing, the Qing Dynasty itself felt ashamed, so it was not included in the official history. But they feel ashamed, mainly because they think that the Qing Dynasty has a higher status than Russia, and they treat the Russians as razors, and they must know that when the Russian envoys see the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, they also have to bow down, so from an international perspective, it is not a shame to hold the time.

The current Qing Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty of Kangxi Yongzheng, so when Bai Gui saw Zhu Jinglun, he really wanted to bow down, from this point of view, the Qing Dynasty has regarded the Ming Dynasty as an equal country at this time, at least in terms of etiquette. But the most important thing is that, just as Tuo Shi went to Russia to pacify Geer, at this time the Qing court had a request for the Ming Dynasty, and they needed the support of the Ming Dynasty so that they could destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was a great calamity to their henchmen, and of course, in their words, I am afraid it was also to appease.

But Zhu Jinglun did not accept Bai Gui's bow at the gate of the palace, and when he arrived in the palace, he asked his family to meet him and let the child call him grandfather, which was obviously also politically considered.

Because Zhu Jinglun doesn't plan to talk about state affairs with Bai Gui, he will only treat Bai Gui as an old friend, Bai Gui is over eighty years old, no matter how he counts as an elder, his children call Bai Gui a grandfather, and he should know what should be shared.

Bai Gui sighed in his heart, he had been in the officialdom for so long, of course he could see that Zhu Jinglun was avoiding suspicion, deliberately downplaying the identity of Bai Gui's envoy, to be honest, in the mood, this made him very comfortable, he did not kneel in public, everyone talked about friendship with old friends, there was no difference between high and low. But he has a diplomatic mission, and Zhu Jinglun has the present, which is largely related to Bai Gui's promotion back then, for which he was scolded to death in Beiya. This mission to Daming, everyone knows that it is a shameful thing, and no one is willing to come. It's like when Toshi went to Russia, everyone felt embarrassed and didn't want to go, so Toshi reluctantly went to it, and after returning to China, he was given a general fat shortage. Bai Gui came this time, it was Yixin who came to him to say, he didn't refuse, and he also wanted to make up for the mistakes he made back then, maybe there will be fewer people who scold him in the future. After his death, he still had a little face to see his ancestors and ancestors.

But Zhu Jinglun reminisced with him, didn't talk to him about state affairs, and after letting his family visit him, he took him around the palace without giving him a chance to talk about business.

"Although I'm a little smaller here, it's not as good as the Forbidden City, but it's evergreen in spring, summer, autumn and winter, the grass is evergreen, and the flowers are always blooming, so it also has a taste, right?"

Zhu Jinglun took Bai Gui around, showing him a piece of grass and trees, many of which were planted by Zhu Jinglun himself in his spare time, which was very good for him to nourish his mind and calm his mind.

Bai Gui suddenly answered: "The Forbidden City combined the power of the three generations of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, only then can it have today's grand occasion, the Ming Dynasty was established, Your Majesty worked hard, and was not disturbed by external objects, which is really the blessing of the Ming Dynasty." The foreign minister heard that the pseudo-palace built by the long-haired bandits in Nanjing was actually bigger than the Forbidden City, and I really don't know how much people's fat and ointment were spent! It seems that this pseudo-country can not die! ”

Bai Gui used the excuse to introduce the topic to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zhu Jinglun smiled and said nothing, pointing to the corner gate in front of him, at this time, a group of maids chased a child and hurried by.

"Children are so naughty!"

Zhang Rousheng's boy, who is five years old, is named Ning Hua.

Under Zhu Jinglun's intention, the second concubine Gao Yuan also gave birth to a child in the second year, a daughter, named Ning Xia.

The names of the two children are combined, thinking that it is one of the condensation of Huaxia.

"That's how a man should be!"

Bai Gui said casually.

Zhu Jinglun immediately said: "Isn't it, it's still a well-behaved daughter, but it's a little rude." The two of them fight when they are together. ”

Bai Gui smiled, it's not easy to speak, what can you say, if this is two princes, then it will be lively, fight now, fight for the throne in the future, some will see it. But it's a man and a woman, so it's fine.

At this time, Bai Gui's footsteps were a little staggering, after all, he was a man in his eighties, and the soil was buried in his neck, and he would be tired if he walked a little.

Zhu Jinglun said with concern: "The old man is tired." ”

Bai Gui smiled bitterly: "It's not as good as it was at the beginning." ”

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "I'll send someone to send the old man to rest, just live here with me, or will the adult have other arrangements?" ”

Bai Gui bowed and said: "How dare the foreign minister stay in the palace overnight, it is better to stay in the embassy." ”

In 1876, that is, two years ago, the Qing government negotiated the Treaty of Yantai with the British, and after resolving the Margaret case, it sent Guo Songtao to Britain to apologize, and opened a consulate at the same time, and then set up consulates in Daming and Paris in the second year, and the consul in Daming was Zeng Jize, the second son of Zeng Guofan, and Zeng Guofan's two letters were forwarded through the day.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "The embassy is simple, the adults are old, I have a good place, it is better to live in the governor's yamen, it can be regarded as nostalgia." It's also easy to talk about things. ”

Bai Gui was stunned, he served in Guangdong for many years, and the governor's yamen lived the most, he lived here when he was the governor, and where did he live after he became the governor, because the governor's palace was bombed into ruins by the British and French forces at that time.

He didn't mean anything when he heard Zhu Jinglun's tone, he sighed, but he really wanted to be nostalgic, and he didn't know what it had become like there.

"In this way, it will be your majesty's good will."

Zhu Jinglun immediately called someone to send Bai Gui to the governor's yamen, and carefully explained that the road should be slower, the adults are old, their bodies are weak, and they can't withstand the bumps.

Bai Gui sighed again, knowing that the welcome in the officialdom was not true, but when he saw Zhu Jinglun nostalgic, he couldn't help but feel emotional, after all, the other party was also an emperor.

When he arrived at the governor's yamen, he was even more emotional, the changes here are not big, the gate of the yamen has not been changed, it is still the old door, but the plaque has been changed, and there are three big characters on the book.

The changes inside are a little bigger, in the past, there were pavilions and pavilions, there were several gardens, now they are densely packed with buildings, the officials of the Ming Dynasty can't build houses for every inch of vacant land, but each house is very ordinary, it is a blue brick and tile house, the window is a wooden window, the door is a wooden door, but the window is equipped with glass, it looks familiar, as if it has been seen in the capital, but it seems to be unfamiliar, I can't remember where I have seen it.

A scribe in Shangshu Province saw Bai Gui looking at the glass and explained it in a very colorful way.

"Shangshu ordered Chen Daren to be thrifty, and the old house was not demolished. The furniture should be old furniture, but this glass is a rarity. In that year's Northern Expedition, some craftsmen from the Northern Interior Office turned to the Ming Dynasty and returned south with His Majesty. The glasses were all fired by the craftsmen, and His Majesty took pity on them when they first came, and helped them build a kiln, and bought several glass mirrors to install on the windows. Now that the city of Guangzhou has begun to be fashionable, rich people don't put stickers on their windows anymore. ”

Bai Gui said how familiar it is, the raw materials are made by craftsmen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but most of the glassware fired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is some utensils, but I didn't think about laying them on the windows, which is really too expensive.

When the Ming army entered Beijing, it was all looted and the pearl treasure jade was gone, and even people were robbed, and the palace maids and eunuchs were all taken away. When the queen mother of the two palaces returned to the palace, she was really surrounded by four walls, wiping away tears.

But the country is like this, who can do anything, now seeing that the Ming monarchs and ministers are so simple, I am afraid that this country will prosper for a long time.

And the Qing Dynasty?

The more Bai Gui thought about it, the more panicked he became, and he regretted coming here a little.

"Take the old man to rest, I'm really tired."

He urged, and the scribe hurriedly agreed, leading the way in front, very politely.