Xiao Chen Wei didn't understand why the two adults were crying, and he wouldn't know at this moment how the fate of him and thousands of overseas Chinese had changed from this moment on. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After finishing the ceremony of proclaiming the merit, Chen Tingxuan invited Lin Yizhe to the inner hall. As soon as he entered the inner hall, Lin Yizhe bowed to Chen Tingxuan, Chen Tingxuan was taken aback and quickly supported him.

"Lord Lin, you are the envoy of the Heavenly Empire, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

"It's Gong Chen's nephew and son-in-law, how can Gong Chen not be able to worship this?" Lin Yizhe smiled and invited Chen Tingxuan to sit down, and then bowed respectfully.

"It's all a family, it's easy to get together in one place, so don't be formal!" Sara said with a smile.

"yes, yes! Don't be polite! Chen Tingxuan and Pan Jinxuan remembered that when Chen Wan was young, she held Lin Yizhe's hand, and tears flashed in the corners of her eyes.

"Let's all sit down and talk." Chen Hong saw that his parents were holding Lin Yizhe and refused to let go, but cried vigorously, and said with a smile.

"Why didn't Wan'er come with you......" After everyone was seated, Pan Jinxuan asked in a choked voice while wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

"Wan'er has just given birth, and her body is weak, so it is inconvenient to wade far away from the wind and waves, so she has never been allowed to accompany her." Lin Yizhe replied with a smile, "When her body recovers, my son-in-law will definitely bring her here." ”

Hearing Lin Yizhe's words full of thoughtfulness and love for Chen Wan, Sara couldn't help but smile at Chen Hong.

"I came in a hurry this time, and I only prepared some literary and toy gifts, which are not respectful, and I ask everyone to accept them." Lin Yizhe said, summoned his relatives to come forward, took out the gifts he brought from China, such as Duan inkstone, Hui ink, jade inkstone drops, and lake pens, and distributed them to Chen Pan's two relatives.

Seeing that Xiao Chen Wei had been snuggling up to his mother's side, blinking at himself with bright and clear eyes, Lin Yizhe smiled slightly, got up, came to Xiao Chen Wei, took out a silver long-life lock from his sleeve, and shook it lightly in front of his eyes.

Seeing that the dragon on the longevity silver lock was almost exactly the same as the dragon on the dragon card he saw just now (children can't tell the difference between a five-clawed dragon and a four-clawed dragon), Xiao Chen Wei raised his eyebrows, and a look of surprise suddenly radiated in his eyes, Lin Yizhe smiled and hung the longevity silver lock around Xiao Chen Wei's neck.

Seeing that this nephew and son-in-law are not only talented, but also humble and amiable, although they are noble emperors, they do not have the slightest arrogance, and they actually prepare gifts for children like Xiao Chen Wei, which makes Chen Tingxuan and others very happy.

"I have another gift for my aunt here." Lin Yizhe turned around, took a brocade box from his hand, and handed it to Sarah.

Sara took the brocade box and looked at it, and asked with a smile, "Can I open it now?" ”

Lin Yizhe smiled and nodded.

Chen Hong leaned over curiously and watched Sara carefully open the brocade box.

He knew that Lin Yizhe's gift was definitely not a daily necessities such as clothes, it must be a very important thing.

When the box opened, Chen Hong smelled a faint smell of paper mold, and couldn't help but be stunned, he looked into the box and saw that it contained a thick scroll that had become yellow-brown. On the cover of the scroll, in addition to the neat Chinese characters, there are also some strange characters written.

Chen Hong looked at these strange words, and vaguely remembered where he seemed to have seen them, but he couldn't remember them for a while.

And when Sarah's gaze fell on the words on the scroll cover, her whole body shook like an electric shock.

She immediately recognized that those strange characters, except for Chinese characters, were ancient Hebrew scripts!

"I have asked someone to identify it, and there is no doubt that this book is indeed a manuscript of the Song Dynasty. It is the Mishnah Scripture of Judaism. Lin Yizhe said with a smile.

Sara gently used her fingers to uncover the seal that had fallen, unfolded it for a short time, and saw the neatly written ancient Hebrew script in it aligned to the right, and the corners of her eyes were a little wet.

She froze, took a deep breath, and gently rewound the scroll.

"Thank you! Forest! This is the most precious gift. ”

Chen Hong noticed the change in his wife's demeanor, and couldn't help but be secretly amused in his heart, not understanding why his erudite wife could care so much about and be excited about such a tattered book.

It wasn't until many years later that he understood the symbolism of the Jewish scriptures left behind by Song Dynasty Jews in China, which Lin Yizhe had given to Sarah.

In the evening, in the Chen family's manor, an open-air grand dinner was held to welcome the envoys of the Celestial Empire. Invited to the banquet were not only the leaders of the Thirteen Lines and the Chinese merchant families, but also many local business celebrities and high-ranking officials in London.

Xie Ruihan, who was sitting at the banquet, whenever his eyes swept over the golden imperial gift plaque that Chen Tingxuan had enshrined on the incense table in front of the hall, his heart inexplicably swelled with jealousy.

"Isn't it just a card! What's the big deal! It's even for showing off there! As if no one else had one! ”

Xie Ruihan's muttering voice was not loud, but her husband Wu Xiande, who was sitting next to her, heard it.

"Hehe, there are thousands of meritorious medals in the Great Qing Kingdom, and it is really rare to receive gold medals." Wu Xiande took a sip of the wine in the goblet and said with a smile, "Can the paper merit cards you Xie get compare with the golden imperial merit cards?" ”

Listening to her husband's words, Xie Ruihan was angry in her heart, but she couldn't speak.

The meritorious card system of the Qing Dynasty inherited the reward role of the emperors of the previous dynasties who issued the "Danshu Iron Coupon" to the meritorious and important ministers, but the style was slightly different. The scope of application of the Qing Dynasty meritorious medal is relatively broad, and it can be used as a reward for those who have made outstanding contributions and merits in political, military and other social activities, and can also be used to assign grades to middle and lower-level officials, which is equivalent to the "letter of appointment" and "letter of appointment" for the promotion of officials. To obtain a merit medal is to have a background, and to obtain a few merit medals can be awarded a few pins. At the same time, according to the reason for meritorious service and different grades, they will be given two silver rewards of different amounts. From the grade of the person who gave the medallion is different from the grade of the medal, the weight represented by the medal is extraordinary. In the official hierarchy of the Qing Dynasty, the five grades can be released to know the lack of state. Those who have more than five grades can receive this honor, and their merits are extraordinary. The first and second grade of the merit card is very rare.

The Qing Dynasty merit medal was first authorized by the supreme ruler, the emperor, and it was not easy to get it. But then the awarding of medals gradually became proliferated. By the late Qing Dynasty, high-ranking officials such as governors, governors, and commanders of the army had the right to bestow meritorious medals on meritorious subordinates. Moreover, not only for the lower-level officials and people in the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners, merit medals can be issued according to the merit register, that is, ordinary banner people, Han people, and slaves, and those who have made meritorious deeds can also be awarded merit medals. Moreover, the imperial court will also award merit medals to Han people who donate money and grain. Most of the meritorious plaques of the Qing Dynasty were made of paper, and the gold and silver makers were rare, and the shape was generally vertical rectangular, and the specifications and sizes were also different. The higher the level of the awarder, the greater the merit of the recipient, and the larger the size of the medal. The medal is usually issued to the person for safe keeping, and if he is convicted of a crime, he will be recovered immediately. The award of merit medals is once a year, and the number is strictly controlled and recorded, so each medal has a number. Since the Opium War, due to the emptiness of the national treasury and the continuous wars, the economy has become increasingly stretched and unable to make ends meet, resulting in some officials either to make money or to raise military expenses, and the rewards of meritorious cards have become increasingly indiscriminate. But even so, the Qing court was still extremely strict with the requirements for the issuance of meritorious medals above the fifth grade.

As one of the thirteen families, the Xie family, in the most glorious period in history, only got a four-grade merit card, and it was paper, which naturally could not be compared with the gold medal obtained by the current Chen Pan family.

"Humph! Don't forget how the Thirteen Lines were forced out of the imperial court! Xie Ruihan snorted coldly, "Their Chen family, sooner or later, it will be the same." ”

"So, what kind of idle are you going to have with them?" Wu Xiande whispered, picked up a piece of beef, chewed it, and took a sip of wine leisurely, "Out of sight is clean, there is wine today and drunk today, tomorrow is sorrowful, tomorrow is sorrowful, tomorrow is sorrowful......"

Listening to the words of this husband, who hated iron but not steel in her eyes, Xie Ruihan also felt that there was some truth, but she was still angry in her heart, so she snorted and stopped talking about this.

"The emperor of the Qing Dynasty actually sent such a young descendant to be an envoy," Xie Ruihan's eyes fell on Lin Yizhe's body, "As the saying goes, if you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well!" What great things can he accomplish like this? ”

"The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is also a young descendant now! The major affairs of the court and the central government are decided by the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong. Wu Xiande smiled, "So, it makes sense for a young envoy to come." The Qing Dynasty did not take a barbarian state like Britain into account. ”

Xie Ruihan was about to speak, but saw that Wu Xizhang, the head of the Wu family, seemed to be arguing with the young envoy about something. The heads of each family were listening attentively, and there were gradually many people around, and they couldn't help but be curious.

"Let's go! Go over and hear it! Xie Ruihan pulled Wu Xiande, but Wu Xiande waved his hand and said indifferently, "What is there to hear!" Besides, there is an old man there, and you and I will listen in vain. ”

Xie Ruihan glared at Wu Xiande fiercely, no longer paid attention to this husband who was blindly intimate with wine and meat, took a glass of wine and got up, and slowly paced behind his brother Xie Zhongji, listening intently to the conversation between the envoys and the head of the family.

“…… The Wu family did not contribute less to the Qing Dynasty back then, and the service to the court every year was not less than one million, sometimes known as the "Son of Heaven Nanku", the two opium battles, the indemnity was paid in advance by the merchants, but in the end, how did the Qing court treat the Thirteen Lines? The 56-year-old Wu Xizhang was a little excited, and his face flushed with red tides, "If it weren't for the foresight of the ancestors of the Wu family who reserved the point of retreating, if it wasn't good, the court would have to go bankrupt!" ”

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