Chapter 491, Audience with the Great Emperor
In the Wa Kingdom, which has a tradition of beautiful boys, Amakusa Shiro, who is known as one of the most famous beautiful boys in the history of the Wa Kingdom by later generations, does look like a beautiful woman with red lips and white teeth.
If you compare, he looks very much like an actress in the later Wa Kingdom, who once played Amakusa Shiro himself in film and television dramas.
Especially because of the change of clothing and hairstyle, Amakusa Shiro now wears the Ming Dynasty-style Yanju costume and wears a Dongpo scarf in addition to the official appearance of the Chinese Empire, which was issued by the Chinese Empire in accordance with the crowns of ancient Chinese princes.
Moreover, because his hair is no longer the very funny and ugly style of the Wa Kingdom, but has been replaced by the traditional Chinese style of long head and bundled hair, so on the whole, this newly baked king of Yunxian Kingdom, a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, who has just turned sixteen, is like a rich son of the former Ming dynasty.
If his appearance is seen by Chinese teenagers and girls in later generations, it will definitely cause chaos on the scene.
However, the Chinese Empire in the 17th century was one of the most glorious industrialized countries that practiced labor. In the Chinese Empire, the matter of dressing up is still the preserve of women. In the clothing departments of major state-run and private shopping malls and stores, women's clothing will always occupy 99 percent of the storefront.
As soon as you enter the store, you will be overwhelmed with a dazzling variety of women's clothing, shoes, hats, accessories, cosmetics, and so on, from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom.
In terms of men's clothing, the Chinese Empire only had a variety of different colors, but the basic style was basically the same type of uniform, shoes and hats. At most, in terms of materials, it is possible to distinguish between strong and dirt-resistant workwear made of labor cloth and chemical fiber cloth, and comfortable and comfortable homewear made of cotton.
Because of the impact of the anti-feudal revolution set off by the Baath Party in China, without the call and guidance of the Baath Party, the citizens of the Chinese Empire would no longer wear the traditional dress of long robes and large sleeves for the reasons of their actual work in factories and farms.
You must know that even women who love beauty, they will only wear work clothes of various materials with clean and suitable labor protection significance at work.
Those beautiful clothes are only used to dress up after work.
It is precisely for this reason that the appearance of King Xu Tiancao, who is handsome and dashing, did not attract any admiration in the Chinese Empire.
After the steamer sailed into the port of Tianjin and landed on the territory of the Chinese Empire, King Xu Tiancao, who had been very nervous, found that in a country that a few years ago was dominated by traditional clothing, the citizens of the new Chinese Empire looked at his modest "Hanfu" with a strange and slightly disgusted look.
What he didn't know was that this kind of disgusted vision was not because he was the king of the foreign domain, but simply in this country where labor was the most glorious thing, in this country where His Majesty the Great Emperor and Wang Shuhui, the supreme leader of the Chinese Empire, had to sweep the streets and pick up dung (the urban public toilet was a dry toilet covered with a manure tank) during the regular voluntary labor of the revival party members every month, wearing this wide robe and big sleeves clothes still fit and fit, which meant that he was a guy who didn't work.
In the Chinese Empire, a country where "only death can put an end to the labor and study of the masses of the people", in a country where the retirement age is 65 for men and 60 for women, and even after retirement, they must continue to receive state-organized health and military training, manual labor (light labor such as simple carpentry, weaving, and matchbox pasting to supplement their lives), and cultural learning (mainly calligraphy and Chinese painting, which can cultivate the body and mind), wearing such clothes that obviously hinder labor and study, It is almost impossible not to be looked at by everyone in a discriminatory light.
Of course, because of his ignorance of the Chinese Empire, King Xu Tiancao did not care so much about the people of the Chinese Empire. There was only one thing that made him care about it, and that was whether he could win the favor of His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire in the upcoming meeting.
Even though the current chairman of the China Renaissance Party, the chairman of the Chinese Government Council, the general political commissar of the Chinese People's Renaissance Army, and the emperor of the Chinese Empire, Wang Shuhui, are not very involved in the specific work of the state, but spend most of their time and energy on relatively virtual work such as grassroots investigations, theoretical research, scientific research and teaching, etc., it does not mean that a foreign government leader who is not too important can meet him casually if he wants to meet him.
You must know that Wang Shuhui, as the mentor and leader of the China Renaissance Party, has a huge amount of work every day, just to see the documents and materials and to meet the party members and cadres of the central and local governments.
Therefore, according to Wang Shuhui's schedule, Xu Tiancao, the king of Yunxian, only met His Majesty Wang Shuhui, the great emperor of the Chinese Empire, twenty days later.
Although the Chinese Empire is no longer the feudal empire that pays attention to pomp and majesty, as an industrialized modern country and as an industrialized modern political party, the Chinese Empire and the Baath Party also have their own formal diplomatic systems and rules.
Under the arrangement of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese Empire, Xu Tiancao first stayed at the Diplomatic Hotel in the Xinjing Special Economic Zone. After three days of enjoying the novelty and excitement of modern life, Xu Tiancao was arranged to meet the director of the Asian Division of the Administration of Vassal States of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese Empire.
After meeting with the head of the Asia Division of the Administration of the vassal states of the Foreign Affairs Committee and fully expressing his demands, it took another three days for Xu Tiancao to meet with a deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese Empire. After expressing his appeal to the deputy director again, Xu Tiancao returned to the diplomatic hotel and continued to wait.
It was only after another three days that a member of the Government Council in charge of foreign affairs met with Xu Tiancao and discussed with Xu Tiancao the specific content of his demands.
After determining the amount of economic aid provided by the Chinese Empire to the Unzen Kingdom in the last three years, the amount of the standing army and the size of the security police in the Unzen Kingdom, the development and construction of the port in the Unzen Kingdom, and the construction of the education and medical system in the Unzen Kingdom, Xu Tiancao returned to the Diplomatic Hotel again and began a long wait.
During this period, Xu Tiancao, accompanied by cadres of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Affairs Committee, visited the Imperial History Museum of China (Palace Museum), the Badaling Great Wall, Fanyang Forest Farm, Fanyang Farm, Fanyang Iron and Steel Plant, and the Imperial University of Science and Technology of China in Fanyang (formerly Beijing) area.
It was only after more than ten days that Xu Tiancao was received by Chen Feng, Secretary of State of the State Council of the Imperial Chinese Government and the principal person in charge of the Imperial Chinese Government.
During this courtesy reception, Xu Tiancao and Chen Feng signed the formal "Treaty of the Chinese Empire and the Unzen Kingdom Vassals", and legally became the vassal kings of the Chinese Empire. From then on, the Unzen Kingdom officially received the full political, economic, cultural, and military "protection" of the Chinese Empire.
On the same day, Xu Tiancao, the king of the Yunxian Kingdom, who officially became a member of the Chinese Empire's vassal system and became a courtier of His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, wore a formal plain blue gown and wore a five-fold crown of heaven, stepping on the red carpet that was laid from the People's Square to Wang Shuhui's office area located deep in the central government office cluster, accompanied by the staff of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Central Office of the Baath Party, through one gate after another, in the protocol hall of the reception building outside Wang Shuhui's office building, Accepted Wang Shuhui's interview.
How so? Anyway, Xu Tiancao was excited, and the two legs that were tired just walking the red carpet were not as brilliant as he imagined.
The size of the protocol hall in Wang Shuhui's office in the General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Renaissance Party is about the same size as the protocol hall where Xu Tiancao held talks with units at all levels in the Government Council several times before. It's just that the concierge hall is very high, two stories high. The ceiling at the top of the building is made of glass, so the entire concierge room is very well lit. Under the reflection of various glass ceiling ornaments, the afternoon sun is a bit dazzling.
In addition, the walls of the main wall of the concierge hall are also decorated with frescoes.
During the tour some time ago, Xu Tiancao had already seen this mural, which is very common in various places. He knew that the name of this mural was "The Motherland is Red".
Xu Tiancao, who has seen the map of the world, knows that in this mural, the red land that encompasses two-thirds of Eurasia is the land of the Chinese Empire. As a citizen born in a small barbarian country, Xu Tiancao couldn't help but feel a sense of awe after looking at this mural.
Aside from this mural, the entire concierge hall was almost identical to the one he had seen in the concierge hall of the Government Council.
The entire concierge hall is semi-oval in shape, with sofas and small tables distributed. The sofa is a uniform sofa with a gray cloth covered with a neat white cover. Teacups and ashtrays are placed on the table between every two sofas. Behind each sofa is the chair where the translator sits.
His Majesty Wang Shuhui, the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, gave Xu Tiancao a wonderful feeling.
The tall man looked to be in his twenties at most, but all his hair was silvery-white, not even a trace of black hair.
His Majesty the Emperor, the largest empire in the world, wears a washed gray uniform that is somewhat whitish, giving people the feeling of crane hair and childishness.
Xu Tiancao, who was only sixteen years old, could obviously feel the demeanor of an elder in Wang Shuhui.
After watching the supreme ruler of the Chinese Empire calmly get up from the sofa, with a gentle smile containing countless messages of "I know everything, but I don't care about everything", he stretched out a warm and powerful hand and shook hands with himself, Xu Tiancao led a group of officials of the Yunxian Kingdom wearing black and orange robes and beams and crowns to kneel neatly at the feet of Wang Shuhui who was standing in front of them, solemnly performing the three bows and nine bows of the vassal kings and officials to His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire.
Xu Tiancao, who was helped up from the ground by Wang Shuhui, waited until Wang Shuhui sat back on the sofa, and he was about to sit on the sofa next to Wang Shuhui, when he heard Wang Shuhui say:
"This set of the clan system is troublesome, you kneeling and knocking down, our rice and white noodles have to be shipped back to you. Hehe, so you guys took a big advantage! ”
Hearing Wang Shuhui's words, the officials of the Chinese Empire around them all let out a chuckle.
Knowing that His Majesty the Great Emperor Wang Shuhui was joking, Xu Tiancao didn't dare to echo Wang Shuhui's words with a chuckle like the officials of the Chinese Empire. He stood up like a spring, then knelt down in front of Wang Shuhui again, and said in a continuous voice in standard Mandarin:
"Wechen don't dare, Wechen don't dare."
After Xu Tiancao, who was immediately helped up by the staff of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese Empire beside him, sat back on the sofa, he saw Wang Shuhui pick up the cigarette on the tea table. He hurriedly learned the etiquette he had learned during his visits to various parts of China in the past few days, and quickly lit a cigarette for His Majesty Wang Shuhui with the match on the tea table.
Wang Shuhui nodded lightly to express his gratitude and then continued:
"Why don't you dare, I think you should dare, not only should you dare, but you should also be very daring."
Wang Shuhui didn't care about Xu Tiancao's reaction, he smoked a cigarette and said to everyone in the concierge hall:
"The reason why we in China are aiding the Yunxian Kingdom is not that the Yunxian Kingdom wants to be attached to our China and become our vassal state. The reason why we in China came to the aid to the people in the island plain region in the first place was not to expect you to become a vassal state of China in the future. So why do we in China want to help the people in the island-plain area? Why should we in China help you, Comrade Xu Tiancao? ”
"In the final analysis, it is because we, China, and our Baath Party, have the obligation to help and support all the masses of the people in the world who resist the rule and exploitation of the feudal system."
"Because the biggest anti-feudal organization in the world is our Baath Party. The biggest anti-feudal country in the world is China. Therefore, our support for the people of Shimahara and for you, Xu Tiancao, is not because of anything else, but because you oppose feudalism in your actual actions. ”
"That's why we have to help you."
Flicking the ash into the ashtray, Wang Shuhui turned his head and said to Xu Tiancao:
"From this point of view, it is a matter of course that we in China will give you rice and white flour and help you with education and medical construction. If you represent only yourself, the king of a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, you really don't dare, and you really don't qualify to accept it. ”
"But if you represent the tens of thousands of Shimabara people who rebelled against the reactionary rulers of the shogunate for their own liberation, and if you represent the tens of thousands of Shimabara people who threw themselves into the revolution for a better life, you should dare and accept it with confidence."
Xu Tiancao's Chinese proficiency is quite good, so when he heard Wang Shuhui's words, he involuntarily turned his eyes to the huge "The Motherland is Red" behind him.
At this moment, he seemed to understand why, since he came to China, his dress has been looked at with disgust by the Chinese people.
Facing His Majesty Wang Shuhui, the Great Emperor of the Chinese Empire, who was wearing a washed and whitish gray uniform, he suddenly felt that his clothes, which he had always felt extremely beautiful and complacent, seemed to be very ugly.