Chapter Twenty-Five: The Battle of Tongues (Collection of Hundred Friends)
In the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City, an old man and a young man were facing each other, and the atmosphere on the scene gradually became solemn.
Suddenly, Hosokawa Terumoto was the first to speak, "Okay, then I'll ask you the simplest calculation problem." Listen up! A monkey on the ground, a monkey riding on a tree, how many monkeys are there? ”
"Eight monkeys!" Yan Song said without hesitation.
"Wrong! Two monkeys! Hosokawa Terumoto said with two fingers.
"Both? Two? Yan Song was obviously puzzled.
"Yes, there is a monkey on the ground, and a monkey is riding on the tree, aren't there two monkeys?" Hosokawa Terumoto struck a horseback riding pose.
"Oh, it's a monkey, I didn't pay attention, come again." Yan Song wisped his beard and shook his head to prepare to take the call again.
"Ask! One monkey on the ground, seven monkeys riding on the tree, how many monkeys are there? ”
"Two monkeys!" Yan Song immediately stretched out two fingers.
"Wrong! Eight monkeys, is riding seven monkeys. ”
"Seven rides this time? Can the tree stand it? Yan Song obviously didn't react.
"It was also eight monkeys that fell. Keep asking! There was one monkey on the ground, seven monkeys on the tree, and a total of several monkeys. Hosokawa Terumoto kept asking repeatedly.
"It's either eight or two!" Yan Song was obviously in a hurry.
"Wrong, nine monkeys, and one pregnant female monkey."
"Hahaha" The audience laughed directly, Yan Songqi's face was white and green: "Then the old man will come to test you." ”
"You can't answer a single question, and you still have the face to test me? It's so old that it's shameless, and the sows will go up the tree. Hosokawa Terumoto didn't give him this chance at all.
"You! You! No one has ever dared to talk to him like this, Yan Song only felt that he didn't come up in one breath, a little spinning, and he forcibly maintained his elegance.
"Oh, hurry, Dr. Yoshida. Look at Lord Shousuke, he's going to return to his hometown! Hosokawa Teruyuan was so immortal that he could not die with a divine mending knife, but he saw Yan Song's white eyes roll and faint to death.
"Oops~ Oops~ Quick, pass on to the imperial doctor." The ministers next to him hurried over to support Yan Song, and no one dared to call Hosokawa Huiyuan forward.
"Humph! I'm a big old man, and I can't compare to you literati who chew words. I don't understand anything else, I just know that you haven't even seen blood in such a doll, right? What else does it do? Governor of Temperance? Returning the military department to the book? What else is the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of the forty-four countries? Hahaha, the stinky kid should go home and eat milk! Hahaha? "A rough general appeared in the squad on the right and turned on the taunt mode.
Hosokawa Huiyuan frowned, didn't bother to ask him what his surname was, and said directly: "I don't know a little about medical skills, I look at General Yintang's dark face, and there must be a hidden disease." The general's illness is not light, so let's quickly unload the armor and return to the field to recuperate. ”
"You! Hum! I'm in good health, but there's something wrong with your eyes, right? The general said angrily.
"Don't believe me? Do you dare to let me have a detailed diagnosis? Hosokawa Terumoto hooked his fingers and said defiantly.
"Humph! Why don't you dare! The military general deliberately walked up to Hosokawa Terumoto, condescending like a mountain.
"Come on, come on, you stomp three times with your right foot." Hosokawa Terumoto began to guide him to make movements.
Boom! "If you say three times, it's thirty times, and I'm fine." After speaking, he deliberately stomped a few more times, and he still had a cheap expression.
"Come and walk with me a few steps?" Hosokawa Terumoto ignored him and limped in front of him, and the military generals followed behind with a snort.
"Huh? Oops? Oops! As he walked, the generals felt that their legs were sore, and they could no longer walk upright.
"Look! Look! This is already terminally ill, and his legs and feet are not dexterous, how can he go to the battlefield to command operations? Hosokawa Terumoto once again mended the sword.
The general only felt that the people around him were secretly laughing at him, and thought that he might really be disabled, and he could only lie in bed and wait for death for the rest of his life. As a military general, he can't be shrouded in horse leather, and he is inexplicably disabled, and he can't accept this fact, so he will crash to death in this Fengtian Temple as soon as he puts his heart sideways.
Hosokawa Huiyuan hurriedly stopped him: "Huiyuan is not talented, there is a home remedy that can cure the general, and ensure that the general is alive and invincible." "Just kidding, if you really hit it, this beam will be finished.
"Really? Are you sure? Can I still salvage it? The military general took Hosokawa Terumoto's hand and was speechless in gratitude.
"Enough! What kind of system do you see? Is there still the majesty of my Ming Dynasty? Zhu Houxi, the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, spoke out at the right time to stop the gradually chaotic scene.
"The so-called guests come from afar, and my etiquette cannot be lost. Moreover, I Guanyuan Aiqing is also a heroic boy, and he can be regarded as worthy of this mission. Thinking that I am a big country, there are also talented young people in the people, so you don't have to be so serious. Emperor Jiajing opened this stubble in two or three sentences.
"The Emperor Shengming!" Everyone knelt down and saluted, and Hosokawa Terumoto knelt on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself [If I don't deal with it properly, I guess I'll be the last one to be asked]
After such a small episode, he finally recognized Hosokawa Terumoto's identity a little, and then began to pay tribute.
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is above, and the foreign minister Genchihito (referring to the 13th shogun of the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiteru) congratulates His Majesty on Sheng'an! Although the foreign ministers live overseas, they still do not forget the holy grace of His Majesty all the time, but the traitors at home are in charge, the roads are impassable, and the government decrees are not reached. As a result, the Ming Dynasty suffered an unwarranted disaster, and the foreign ministers were ashamed every time they thought of it. Grateful that His Majesty is still concerned about the foreign ministers, he sent the head of the cabinet of his family, Yuan Huiyuan, to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and all things should be decided by one of them. Please rest assured, the foreign ministers will do their best to exterminate the rebels and protect the coastal defense for Your Majesty. I also hope that Your Majesty will fulfill his duties and give appropriate help to the foreign ministers, and the foreign ministers will be grateful. Minister: Yuan Zhiren bows. ”
After the eunuch finished reading the national letter, he began to read out the tribute offered this time: "King Zi Tianwen presents a Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands~~ Presents a thousand northern islands and its affiliated islands~~ Presents a thousand taels of gold, ten horses, a thousand thin posts, a hundred fans, three pairs of screens, a collar of armor, a collar of a barrel pill, ten swords, a knife, a box of inkstones, and a table." ~~“
Hosokawa Terumoto listened to the tributes shouted by the eunuchs below, and he was deeply proud, knowing that he had taken this messenger at the beginning, but he was poor and had nothing. Thinking about the cession of this territory, Ashikaga Yoshiki had no resistance at all, because these were not his Japanese land in the first place, and he sold it with peace of mind. As for the other gold and silver items, they were provided by Wang Zhi, and promised him that he would definitely say a few good words for him, and he would be an official or something.
Chirping, there is still a slight exclamation in the hall, after all, I heard that there was a land contribution this time, this is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has been founded.
Emperor Jiajing was also very happy and couldn't help nodding, such a good thing of honoring the ancestors was enough to show his great achievements.