Muhwakan is a state guesthouse that welcomed the envoys of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China during the Joseon Dynasty, and is located outside the Dunui Gate of Seoul, the capital of Korea, close to Yeongun Gate, and is a place for ceremonial ceremonies such as suburban greetings. Muhwa Hall and the Yeeun Gate next to it were the places where the Joseon Dynasty "greeted" the Chinese envoys, and they can be called the symbolic buildings of the Joseon Dynasty.

Muhua Pavilion is also the first stop for Chinese envoys to enter Seoul, and its first function is to welcome the suburbs. When the envoys arrived at the Biho Pavilion, the king of Joseon, the prince of the Joseon Dynasty, and the hundred officials were already waiting for the envoys to come in front of the Muhwa Pavilion and the Yingeun Gate. After the envoys received the wind and washed the dust in the Muhua Pavilion, they entered the city. When the envoy left, he also held a farewell ceremony in the Muhua Pavilion.

For hundreds of years, the envoys of the Ming and Qing dynasties were through the Muhua Pavilion, into Seoul, and the South Beshka Palace), as the prime minister in the DPRK, Tang Haoran, although there was no name of the envoy, but still went to the Muhua Pavilion in accordance with the rules, and the DPRK also needed to follow the rules of "the envoy must be welcomed by a hundred officials in the suburbs", and the king, the prince and the hundred officials greeted him in person.

For example, any time in history when the Chinese envoy came to the DPRK, yesterday the Korean government worked and cleaned the villages along the way, and used loess to pad the road, and sent officials to inspect, in the early morning, after the opening of the Dunyi Gate of Seoul, the king of Joseon and the guards of the hundred officials went to the Muhua Pavilion along the road that had just been leveled.

The suburbs welcome ten miles, this is the rule of welcoming the envoy.

Li Xi, who is on the king's car, occasionally looks left and right, the guards around him hold flags, and the hunting of flags is not spectacular, but between the hunting and hunting flags, his heart is a sense of mixed feelings, although he longs for self-reliance in his heart, and has no intention of doing "big things" again, but in the country "big things" for hundreds of years, North Korea is a small country and big things, it has long become the habit and custom of North Korea, and how can it be changed in one day.

Thinking that the tyrannical Yuan Shikai was about to leave North Korea, the resistance in Li Xi's heart faded a little, but I don't know what kind of character Tang Ziran is?

Is he really a good reader?

Thinking of Tang Haoran's courtesy to the greeting officer along the way, Li Xi hoped that the man was really like a gentleman, preferably like those humble and courteous envoys in the history books, if so, how could North Korea not be able to stand on its own?

When thinking like this, Min Yongyi, who was riding on a horse on the side, shook and looked like he might fall off the horse at any time, but it made Li Xi feel annoyed in his heart, as a servant of the court, he was drunk like mud yesterday, so if he fell into the eyes of Tang Ziran, wouldn't he despise North Korea?

Despise it!

Or despise him, so that he will let his guard down and he will continue to seek self-reliance!

Min Yongyi, who was riding on a short horse, didn't know what the king thought, although he was woken up by Yuan Shikai in the morning, but he drank too much yesterday, so that he even relied on the servants to help him get on the horse, although he intended to sit firmly, but he didn't have any strength in his body.

"This Yuan Shikai is really ......"

Complaining in his heart, Min Yongyi only felt weak, if he hadn't grabbed the saddle, he was afraid that he would have fallen off the horse.

When the mighty procession walked towards the Muhua Pavilion, the Korean people knelt on the side of the road, bowing their heads and not daring to look up, for them, welcoming the envoy was an opportunity for them to see the face of heaven, and it was a glorious thing enough to show off to their descendants.

When the king of Joseon and the hundred officials went to the Muhua Pavilion, Tang Haoran and his entourage, who had already left the Bihu Pavilion, were also on the way to the Muhua Pavilion, feeling the respect from all around, Tang Haoran, who was wearing an official robe, rode on the horse, his expression was solemn, and the palm holding the reins of the horse seemed to be a little sweaty.

"How far is it?"

After hearing this, Shang De on the side hurriedly replied.

"My lord, there are still three miles, it is estimated that the king of Joseon should have arrived at Muhua Pavilion!"

At this time, Shang Dequan seemed to be calm, but his calm heart kept beating the drum, and he sometimes turned his eyes to the guards behind him - five hundred people, which were the guards brought by the current adults, as for the others, huh...... All stayed at the camp of the Blue Hoof Pavilion.

"One, two, one......"

In the camp below the Bihu Pavilion, six or seven hundred officers and soldiers of the Guards wearing Western-style military uniforms were practicing, practicing walking in unison with the sound of officers and sergeants' commands, which was the easiest one, and soldiers had to learn to walk first.

However, in the sound of the password, these guards will always make some mistakes, or the steps of several of them do not keep up with the rhythm, and then disrupt the pace of the whole platoon, so that the queue of each platoon is completely unshaped, so that the Korean post letter looks at the unkempt appearance, and even can't help laughing.

Yesterday, I saw that they were majestic, but I didn't expect that as soon as I practiced today, they showed their original form, and they made it for a long time, this is really a group of goods.

"Horn ......"

The stick was pumping on his body with a hot pain, and the sharp pain made Sun Yiqiang gasp in pain.

"One, two, one, that is, left and right...... Do you understand? Left and right, left and right, first left foot and then right foot,"

Maybe it's because these soldiers are so angry that the training sergeant is annoyed, and he is a stick on Sun Yiqiang's thigh, although the finger-thick bamboo board looks inconspicuous, but it hurts to smoke on people, but it is only two hours, and almost everyone in the whole platoon has suffered three or four sticks.

"Don't think that if the special adults are gone, you can be lazy, tell you, this military salary is not so easy to eat, you have to practice for at least thirteen hours a day in the camp, and at night, if you don't lie on the bed like mud, Lao Tzu will be ......raised by you."

The sergeant scolded and swore that he would not let them live a good life, and listening to the commander's words, Sun Yiqiang even began to doubt his choice - whether he should join the army.

On the road before, he thought that what the military master said was just a comforting word, but he never thought that last night in the camp, the military master told them that now there is an opportunity in front of them - to join the army!

The salary of three or five dollars a month for food and accommodation is really a lot, even on the dock, they are tired and tired and can't earn so much silver, but on the dock they are at ease, it is like here, even learning to walk has to suffer I don't know how many sticks.

"Sue you, when Lao Tzu was in Dagu, he took thousands of sticks to know how to go, and in the army, he broke the people's qi on your body and threw it into this furnace to train him into a soldier......"

The man's eyes looked at one of them with his shoulders drooping, and the two-foot-long bamboo stick in his hand dragged and whistled up.

"Keep your chest straight! Standing like a pine, sitting like a clock, walking like the wind, if you can't even do this as a soldier, what kind of soldier is ......"

Listening to the shouts coming from the camp, Li Guangguang and Song Yuxin all had calm faces, sometimes they paced, sometimes nervously looked south, no one spoke, or rather, they didn't know what to say at all.

If yes, if so......

No, it won't!

muttered in his heart, Song Yuxin regretted it now, why didn't he persuade him in the first place, this move was inevitably ......

"Brother Chongshan, ...... you say?"

"Brother Jieqi, why don't we play a game of chess!"

Although he was also nervous in his heart, Li Guangguang seemed extremely calm, took out his pocket watch and looked at it,

"Look at the hour, I guess the adults are almost there!"

As in the past, when the Qing envoys were welcomed into the country, some villages along the way were cleaned clean, and the roads were paved with pure land, and the roads were sprinkled with water, which was a bit of the emperor's loess mat when he traveled, and the pure water poured on the streets was grand, but this qiē could not hide the poverty and backwardness of North Korea. The simple thatched huts on the side of the road look dilapidated, giving people a feeling that they may collapse at any time.

Just when Tang Haoran lamented the abject poverty of North Korea, the North Korean greeter pointed ahead.

"Lord Angel, there is the Ying'en Gate in front, and my king and hundreds of officials have been waiting for a long time......"

Looking in the direction of the North Korean greeter's finger, there is a gatehouse that is not too tall, and there is a palace-like building on the side, which is the Muhua Pavilion.

"I'll go quickly, don't let the king wait for a long time!"

As soon as the words fell, Tang Haoran lightly clamped the horse's body, the horse's speed was a little faster, and the guards behind him also sped up.

"It seems that this Lord Tang is also a person who knows etiquette!"

In the past, when the envoy came to the court, it was this mile of land, and he would walk slowly according to the three miles, in order to show his "envoy" majesty, but this Tang Haoran was completely different, although it was only slightly accelerated, but it was just a few minutes faster, but in the eyes of the king of Joseon and the hundred officials, it made them quite useful, and they suddenly had a good impression of Tang Haoran in their hearts.

When there were still 100 meters away from the Ying'en Gate, Tang Haoran pulled the reins of the horse, jumped off the horse, tidied up his clothes a little and walked towards the king of Joseon, and the king of Joseon and the hundred officials also greeted the Ying'en Gate about 50 meters.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, when Tang Haoran was still close to him, Li Xi bowed deeply to him and greeted him at the same time.

"It's a lot of hard work all the way!"

Compared with Li Xi's deference, Tang Haoran's return gift seemed a little condescending, just bowing hand to hand.

"Tang Haoran, the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty stationed in North Korea, has seen the king!"

And this also just shows the relationship between China and North Korea, that is, Tang Haoran, as a third-rank official, is in North Korea, and there is no need for the king of Joseon to return the full salute after returning the full salute, so his high status is judged by himself.

At the same time as the official courtesy, Tang Haoran carefully looked at Li Xi in front of him, this is the founder of the so-called "Korean Empire", there is no trace of the temperament that a monarch should have, let alone the so-called "kingly spirit", and even Tang Haoran has an illusion in his heart, Li Xi in front of him seems to be a little similar to Guangxu, well, it is the weakness in that temperament.

"Make the king's gift, Xiaojun is not afraid!"

Li Xi endured the unhappiness in his heart, and when he saluted according to the ancestral rules again, Tang Haoran took a few steps forward and supported his arms, but this time he did not let him salute completely.

"The king is gracious ......"

Under the gaze of everyone, when a red signal flare flashed in the air hundreds of meters away from the east behind him, Tang Haoran's smile suddenly narrowed, and he said in a deep voice.

"How can you cover up the sins of the king's betrayal!"

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