Especially the chin, the long old skin is loose, giving people a feeling of old age. The pen is fun and the pavilion www.biquge.info a luxurious and wide top cover, which is tightly buckled on the head of the emperor. Either the head is too small, or the top cover is too heavy. The parts above the emperor's eyebrows are covered by the top cover.

The bright yellow dragon robe, which was clearly neat and beautiful, was worn on him. It also seemed empty. It seems that a gust of wind can blow away the Emperor Taishang above 10,000 people.

When he was a child, he had heard his fathers say it. The emperor of the Qing State is how majestic, how tall, and how brave. It seems that the most beautiful things in the world, the things that everyone dreams of, the supreme emperor, all have them!

He thought that the emperor of the Qing Kingdom was no different from a god.

But now it seems that the emperor above these 10,000 people is just an ordinary person. The body also ages over time. The skin also sags as we age. Maybe turn back the clock to a few decades ago, and the high-ranking Emperor Qianlong would be as depicted by his fathers, looking down on all beings, revealing the majesty of the emperor everywhere.

But at the moment, it can't withstand the power of time. The majesty exclusive to the emperor has also become the delay, twilight, and sluggishness unique to the old man.

His gaze shifted to the right, and Jiang Wulin's gaze gradually shifted to the middle-aged man on the right. Although he is also wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, with a bright yellow crown. But he was standing, and his back was slightly bent. The two eyes are all tied to the emperor.

If you guessed correctly, this person is very likely to be Emperor Jiaqing. The face is relatively large, and it looks very blessed. It's just that the real person is a lot more handsome than in the photo. But the way he waited for the emperor was like a eunuch standing on the other side with a low status.

It is no wonder that the Korean envoys of the previous dynasty would say that Emperor Jiaqing, 'If you sit on the emperor, you will be happy when you are happy, and you will laugh when you laugh.' only look at the emperor's movements, and do not turn his attention'. It's just a marionette.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wulin unconsciously compared it with President Daming.

According to his age, Emperor Jiaqing should be thirty-six years old by now. And Yang Chong, the president of the Ming Dynasty, is one or two years older than him. Judging from his appearance, Emperor Jiaqing is definitely seven or eight years older than Yang Chong. The momentum given to people is not majestic, but it is not as low-voiced as Emperor Jiaqing.

made Jiang Wulin instantly lose interest in the future ruler of the Qing Kingdom.

In accordance with the will of the emperor, he stood up. followed by a bow, modest and polite, and presented Lan Fang's gift list. The eunuch who was standing beside the Emperor immediately came and took it away. When he returned to his place, he read it out loud.

So the tributes brought from Nanyang were slowly carried into the main hall.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Wulin looked at the interior decoration of the Taihe Palace.

As the most palace in the Forbidden City, the interior decoration of the Taihe Hall is indeed gorgeous. The bucket arches under the eaves are particularly dense. The beams are also decorated with the highest level of Hexi paintings. The upper parts of the doors and windows are inlaid with a diamond checkered pattern. The lower part is embossed with a cloud dragon pattern. At the joint, there is also a gilded copper leaf engraved with dragon patterns.

In particular, the Xuanyuan mirror in the middle of the ceiling of the temple is extremely eye-catching. Legend has it that it was made by Emperor Xuanyuan in ancient times. It is the earliest mirror in the Central Plains. Inlaid in the mouth of the dragon, it constitutes a wonderful form of 'dragon playing with pearls'.

Directly below is the throne of Emperor Taishang, showing that the emperors of the Central Plains are all descendants of the Xuanyuan clan and the orthodox heirs of the Yellow Emperor.

In this regard, Jiang Wulin naturally scoffed. After all, the Manchurians are barbarians outside the Guan, and they have had nothing to do with the Central Plains since ancient times. and the Xuanyuan clan and the emperor, naturally there is no half-point connection.

But when I think about it, there will not be a single star on my face.

He looked down at the neatly dense gold bricks on the ground.

Just as a large piece of sunlight shone in from outside the temple, it reflected on the ground, shining. However, Jiang Wulin learned from the information that these gold bricks are not really made of gold. It is a specially fired tribute brick in the official kiln in Suzhou. The surface is a bit black, oily and shiny. But in the sun, you can't see it.

This is still the good soil quality in Suzhou, and the burning is fine. The presidential palace of the Ming Dynasty has been in recent years. From the smuggling channel, the merchants in the Qing State were entrusted to transport this special brick back from Suzhou. After it was paved, Jiang Wulin also went to the presidential palace several times and found that the brick really lived up to its name. Not only does it make a sound, but it also breaks without holes.

It is rumored that the procedure for smelting such bricks is extremely complicated, and it takes at least one year to fire one piece. Then soak it in tung oil for 100 days before it can be done. With such a fine firing method, the cost will naturally not be low. It is no wonder that it is called a big gold brick, which is worthy of its name.

And in this Taihe Palace, a total of 4,718 gold bricks like this two-foot square have been paved. This is all in the data, and he has no way to verify the specific number. But looking at the area of this Taihe Temple, it should be worthy of its name.

While he was thinking about this, the Qing ministers in the palace suddenly started talking. The Emperor Taishang, who was sitting on it, also frowned, as if he was dissatisfied with Jiang Wulin's tribute.

Finally, a minister of the Qing Kingdom, dressed in court clothes and standing at the head of the ministers, stood up. As soon as he exited, he asked angrily: "Envoy Jiang, why is your tribute so similar to the tribute offered by the English at the beginning of the year?" ”。

If it was only one or two identical, the courtiers present might not recognize it. But all the tributes are exactly the same. And the number is exactly the same. If this is not a joke, what is it?

In addition, before Lan Fangguo, he had a history of cooperating with the Ming Dynasty and selling Ming commercial goods to the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the courtiers of the Qing Kingdom already had a certain negative opinion of Lan Fangguo. As soon as the current tribute came out, it naturally made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military have an opinion on Jiang Wulin.

Emperor Qianlong also struggled to open his cloudy eyes. The dull yellow complexion has also become a little iron-blue.

This reminded Jiang Wulin, unconsciously, of the zombie corpse depicted in the graphic novels published by the Ming Dynasty.

But come to think of it, what needs to be said still has to be said. He knelt on his knees and pretended to be scared and replied: "Your Majesty, although the tribute on this gift list is exactly the same as that offered by the English. But in terms of quality, the tribute of the English people is far less than this one percent. ”。

At this time, the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also found a gift list for the English people to pay tribute. At the same time, he led the people, picked out a few relatively scarce tributes, and brought them up.

First came a pair of large, glowing black pearls, then a carbine, a repeating pistol, and rarities such as coral jade carvings.

Jiang Wulin squinted and held back the smile in his heart. (To be continued.) )