Chapter 283: Meeting the Envoys
The palace door opened, the Great Jin Emperor Sima Shu received the envoys from Nanyang countries in accordance with the etiquette formulated by the Ministry of Rites, walked into the palace, Lin Yi and other envoys felt that their eyes were not enough, looking at the glorious Luoyang Palace, they exclaimed, wow, it was really spectacular, compared to their own palace is much more magnificent!
The official in charge of guiding the way looked at these 'natives' and couldn't help but pout, and said in his heart: 'What a bunch of dirt buns who have never seen the world!' Is this blinding you? If you see the Chang'an Palace, which is several times more magnificent than here, you must not die of excitement! That's the real No. 1 palace in the world! ’
The Taiji Hall is already full of officials, the emperor Sima Shu is sitting on the dragon chair in a yellow robe, the young excessive face reveals the maturity and stability that does not match the age, and the body exudes an aggressive momentum, perhaps this is the so-called 'Wang Ba's spirit', the bright yellow court dress is embroidered with nine dragons, and the ears listen to the civil and military officials chanting 'Long live, long live, long live!' ’
"All the ministers are flat!" There was supreme majesty in the voice.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers stood up.
"Where are the envoys?"
Although Sima Shu did not take several small countries in Southeast Asia in his eyes, he couldn't stand the courtiers from admonishing him to death, and the Chinese people have a good face, which cannot be said to be a bad thing, but sometimes there is indeed a situation of 'dying to save face and suffer from sin'. Just like now, according to Sima Xuan's original intention, sending the people of Li Fansi to meet those natives would give them a lot of face, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites headed by Yang Xuanzhi had to ask him, the emperor, to come forward in person, saying that they could not lose the face of the court.
"Your Majesty, envoys from Funan, Linyi and other countries are waiting outside the hall. Waiting for His Majesty to summon me. Jia Mo, the director of the Li Fan Division, took a small step to the right and went out of class.
"Well, let them in!"
"Your Majesty has a decree: announce the envoys of various countries to meet you!"
After a while, I saw an official of the Li Fan Division leading more than a dozen guys in strange clothes into the Taiji Hall. It seems that these envoys have been trained in etiquette beforehand, and although their movements are still a little unfamiliar, they are quite like that!
"Linyi, Funan...... Envoys see His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty! ”
"Everyone, excuse me!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Envoys, first of all, on behalf of my Great Jin, I welcome you all from far and wide to come to my Great Jin to pay tribute. Over the years, our Great Jin Dynasty and Er and other vassal states have been friendly neighbors to each other, and there were also Nanyang envoys who came to meet our Central Plains state during the previous dynasty. Nowadays, with the great development of overseas trade in China, the two sides have become closer. ”
Listened to Sima Shu's words, except for a very few envoys. The envoys of Funan and Linyi couldn't help but roll their eyes secretly. In my heart, I said: As far as your Dajin is still called a 'friendly neighbor', Lao Tzu has never seen such a 'friendly neighbor' in his life! In the past, these vassal states were often able to get great benefits from the Central Plains Dynasty at a very small price, but now? Not only can you not learn advanced technology, but you can't think about the benefits of whiteness!
Especially those merchants of the Great Jin Dynasty are even more hateful. Not only did they hire local people to serve them at very low prices. They even collaborated with their own elites to exploit their own minerals. What's even more damning. These Great Jin merchants also used extremely low grain prices to impact their own agriculture, so that many people in Funan and Linyi were unwilling to grow grain anymore, and there was no need for the Great Jin to send troops in the long run. Both countries will collapse first on their own!
"Which one is the envoy of the Linyi Kingdom?" Sima Shu, who was talking eloquently, suddenly asked.
"Fan Hu, the minister of the Outer Circle, see Your Majesty!" Hearing Sima Shu's question, Fan Hu's heart trembled, but he still stood up.
"I wonder if your king told you before you came?" Sima Shu had a smile on his face, but the cold light in his eyes couldn't be hidden.
Under Sima Shu's forced gaze, Lin Yi's envoy Fan Hu had cold sweat on his forehead, how could he not hear the bluntness in Sima Shu's tone, it seems that the Great Jin Emperor has a deep prejudice against their Lin Yi!
"Your Majesty, the king of my family has repeatedly told the ministers that as long as the Great Jin is willing to canonize the king of my family, my Lin Yi will submit to the Great Jin for generations, and I am willing to guard the southwest border for the Great Jin!" Fan Hu was bold at first glance, and finally finished speaking.
"Humph! Lin Yi people are really good at trading, and they took things that didn't belong to them, and they even made such eloquent words! Do you all think of me as a fool? Mengsun! Sima Shu snorted coldly and said disdainfully.
"The minister is here!"
"Can you tell us how this Linyi Kingdom came to be?"
"Obey the order, ladies and gentlemen, the country of Linyi, located in the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula, is also known as the country of Linyi. Its place was originally the Xianglin County of Rinan County established in the early Han Dynasty, and in the late Han Dynasty, there was a person named District Lian, who killed the Han County Order and proclaimed himself the king of Linyi. Zhang Bin really deserved to be a well-educated person, and he introduced Lin Yi clearly in just a few words.
"Oh, it turns out that this Linyi country has occupied my homeland in Huaxia, for such an odious person, please Your Majesty and not be spared, you must send heavy troops to encircle and suppress!"
"Yes, heavy troops must be sent to encircle and suppress!"
"Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away!"
For a while, there was a shouting and killing sound in the Taiji Palace, since the victory of the Huhan War, the confidence of the Great Jin Dynasty is a lot more sufficient, and at the same time, the nationalism in the Great Jin Dynasty has been greatly increased! . For any country that dares to offend the Great Jin, it will cause a wave of condemnation!
Looking at the indignant officials of the Great Jin Dynasty around him, Fan Hu could only tremble and make apologies again and again, but he had promised the King of Linyi that he must persuade the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty to give up the use of troops against Linyi. But now looking at the shouting and beating in the hall, Fan Hu sighed in his heart!
Fan Hu didn't think that Lin Yi could block the encirclement and suppression of the heavy troops of the Great Jin, although he had not seen the strength of the Great Jin Army, but in the past year, the people of Lin Yi had seen the majestic naval warships of the Great Jin Dynasty! The Great Jin didn't need to use any army, as long as they sent a few warships to the coastal area of Linyi for a few circles, it was enough to make them tremble!
Seeing that the envoys of Linyi were unlucky, other small countries in Southeast Asia were very happy, especially some small countries and small states that were often bullied by Linyi, and they all hoped that the Great Jin could hit Linyi's arrogance hard. However, what disappointed them was that in the end, the Great Jin Emperor did not do anything to the envoys of Linyi.
Of course, Sima Shu will not be like a small envoy, as the saying goes: 'two countries do not cut off each other', although he himself does not care much about this article, but for a country, it must maintain a certain credibility. We must not do things that go back on our word and damage our reputation, especially for a big country like the Great Jin, we must do what we say, so that it is a long-term business strategy to safeguard national interests.
"Your Majesty, let's postpone the matter about Lin Yi, today is the day of great joy for the envoys of various countries to meet our emperor, and we must not destroy it because of this little thing!" The second assistant Du Xi saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, so he had to come forward to make a round.
"Well, well, sooner or later I will reset Xianglin County!" After Sima Shu said such a sentence that made Fan Hu tremble, he didn't pay attention to him anymore.
Then came the climax of the Great Dynasty Meeting, where the envoys of various countries offered their respective gifts, and then accepted the canonization of the Great Jin Emperor, of course, there was no share of Lin Yi in this. As soon as this link ended, these countries became official vassal states of the Great Jin, so that the Great Jin Dynasty increased by more than a dozen vassal states at once.
There are so many friendly countries all at once, which makes the people of Ribanji busy. However, everyone's face was full of pride, in the eyes of the Jin people, the more vassal states of the Great Jin Dynasty, the more powerful the Great Jin became, which made the Jin people more excited and proud than defeating the Hu people!
Although the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty did not treat Fan Hu badly, he still felt some differences, such as the fact that all other countries were warmly received by the Great Jin Dynasty, and only he and Linyi were treated coldly. In this way, Fan Hu was no longer in the mood to browse the scenery of the Great Jin Jingshi, and he was worried all day long, for fear of hearing the news that the Great Jin sent troops south.
Since the end of the day's court meeting, all the envoys have been arranged by the Li Fan Division in a special restaurant, the conditions here have made many envoys staggered, this trip to the Great Jin can be regarded as an eye-opener for their gang of soil buns, and they have seen a lot of things that they haven't even heard before.
But Fan Hu was not in the slightest mood to appreciate the festival prepared by the Great Jin for the envoys, and he spent all day searching for information on all aspects of the Great Jin. The more he inquired, the more he felt that the Great Jin was incomparably powerful. Although a few years ago, the Great Jin Dynasty experienced a catastrophe, but under the hard work of today's saints, the strength of the Great Jin is especially better than in the past.
Now the Great Jin Dynasty has eradicated millions of Hu people in the north in one fell swoop, completely changing the unfavorable situation in the north. Although the Great Jin Dynasty has now fully transferred to economic construction, it is still effortless to clean up their Lin Yi. Now the only thing that Lin Yi can rely on is nothing more than the separatist force of Jiangdong between them and the central power of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Now Fan Hu hopes that Jiangdong can always block the southward footsteps of the Great Jin Central Army, only in this way Lin Yi may have a glimmer of life. However, as soon as he thought of the miserable experience of the captured Hu people in the north, Fan Hu would be worried about the fate of the Linyi people in the future!
In the imperial study, Sima Shu was talking to Jia Mo, only to hear him ask: "Aiqing, all the questions about the reception of the envoys have been arranged, right?" The people of Linyi don't have any out-of-the-ordinary behavior, right? ”
"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged, and the people of Linyi are also very honest, but they have been inquiring about all aspects of my Great Jin!" Jia Mo replied.
"Well, got it, leave them alone. You must arrange the reception of the envoys, to let them enjoy the best things, it is best to corrupt them from the heart, in the future they will be my Dajin propagandists after they go back, I believe that after their relays, more and more people will admire my Dajin! (To be continued......)