During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, fifteen "non-conscripted countries" were demarcated, of which Korea was listed as the first.

And unlike other vassal states, the Qin Dynasty and Chu were the grass on the wall, North Korea adhered to the "Great Doctrine" for most of the time, and regarded the Ming Dynasty as its own father, and it was the greatest blessing to be able to become the dog of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the word "dog" in the Ming Dynasty was not as insulting as in later generations, and even many people were proud of their lackeys.

The reason for this is that the Lee dynasty usurped the throne of the king of Goryeo, and the legitimacy of the regime was not enough, so they could only frantically curry favor with the central dynasty to obtain canonization to maintain their legal authority.

In addition, under the education of Confucianism, the development of Cheng Zhu Lixue in North Korea was more extreme than that of the Ming Dynasty. In their bones, they think that they are "the sanctification of the royal road", and even the exotic Little China, which is more than one grade higher than other barbarians who are not civilized.

Based on these factors, every time the Korean envoys paid tribute, they were ranked first, which was regarded as a demonstration of their special status.

Zhu Qizhen's face turned blue after seeing this scene, and the envoys of Fanbang came to see the ranking, but it was not that you could stand wherever you wanted. What was the purpose of the Tile Thorn Mission's actions, a blatant disobedience to the tributary etiquette of the Ming Dynasty?

The envoys of the four Yi stood in front of the emperor's throne, and the black pressure was close to a thousand people. You must know that the period when the Ming Dynasty had the most states, as high as more than 140.

Now that the Orthodox Dynasty is at the peak of the Ming Dynasty, all over the world are regarded as the co-masters of the world, and it is not surprising that the scale of the tributary missions is so large.

According to the audience process, at this time, the Honglu Temple will come forward and kneel down to play the situation of the emperor's envoys. At the same time, the deacons of the Ming Dynasty will also remind the envoys to bow according to the requirements of Chinese etiquette, and submit their credentials and contribute to them.

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Now the question arises, theoretically the Korean envoys should be called to make offerings, but in fact the Tile Spur Mission is in the first place, how to introduce this?

Do you strictly follow the tributary etiquette process, or do you improvise and call according to the order of the position?

A mere Honglu temple housekeeper, in front of the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military officials, did not dare to be the master at all.

So a strange scene appeared, it was impossible for the emperor to surrender his identity and announce who would be the first to meet. Without the emperor's order, the officials present did not dare to speak out of line at the tributary ceremony. The housekeepers and attendants in charge of ceremonies do not have the authority and qualifications to make decisions.

No one wants to be troubled, and no one wants to be responsible.

The rigid system of Ming officialdom is really revealed at this moment!

After a short stalemate, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, planned to stand up and reprimand the envoy for being rude. After all, if he really wants to be investigated afterwards, as the supreme official of the Ministry of Rites, there is definitely no way for him to get away with responsibility.

However, just as Hu Hu was about to step out of class, he saw Shen Yichen stand up first, directly replacing the authority of the praise official, and shouted loudly: "The envoy of the Xuan Dynasty has made a offer!" ”

Shen Yichen's command made the civil and military officials present look sideways. Sure enough, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and the tribute is a great ceremony of the country, this kid dares to act cheaply, and he is really not afraid of messing up?

But for the people of Honglu Temple who were sweating and trembling at the moment, this instruction issued by Shen Yichen simply saved themselves from fire and water!

The people of Honglu Temple did not dare to hesitate in the slightest, walked quickly to the Korean envoys, and led them from the Siyi tributary procession to a position closer to Zhuqi Town. At the same time, the Korean official letter and tribute were placed on the table held by the deacon.

Then the officials of Taichang Temple played the ceremonial music, and the Korean envoys and their entourage bowed to Zhu Qizhen, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of etiquette is not only to show the majesty of the Celestial Empire, but also to enhance the awe of the envoys to the Ming Dynasty!

After the salute was completed, the official took the letter of state from the DPRK and read it out in public. The content of the letter of state is full of praise to the Ming Emperor, as well as submission and respect to the Celestial Empire.

After hearing this national letter, Zhu Qizhen's face finally looked better, this is what he wants from all directions to come to the court, and all directions to congratulate!

At the end of the declaration, the official of the Xuanfang showed the tribute offered by North Korea in front of everyone.

In fact, most of the Fanbang tributes are some local specialties, and then under the Ming Dynasty's "thin and thick" system, they were exchanged for several times or even dozens of times the reward. There are even some small countries in Fanbang, in order to compete for a place to pay tribute, they will fight hard.

The essence of "thin and thick exchanges" is a kind of moral and cultural cultivation that treats people kindly, emphasizing the Confucian view of courtesy and exchange, and not incivility.

As a result, the Ming Dynasty substituted personality into the national character, and the tributary behavior became that the Ming people were stupid and had a lot of money, so they hurried to pick up the money.

Or let Shen Yichen look at it from the perspective of later generations, Da Ming is simply a pure injustice!

But if you can't stand the hundred officials of the Son of Heaven who are nurtured by the idea of science, you will have this vain face. After the presentation of the credentials and objects of the DPRK mission, the previous tense and gloomy atmosphere was swept away, and everyone was happy......

At the same time, Zhu Qizhen also politely talked with the North Korean envoys, and the content was fixed, such as asking the envoy if the king was okay and whether he was the way to the court.

The Korean envoys ended their visit, and the people of Honglu Temple also understood Shen Yichen's intentions, and directly summoned the envoys in the order of tribute over the years.

Japan, Ryukyu, Annam, Chenla, Siam......

One by one, the envoys of the state met the emperor under the guidance of the Honglu Temple, which made the faces of the people of the Tile Thorn Mission who stood in the first place extremely embarrassed.

The reason why they will seize the position of the North Korean mission is on the one hand to give the Ming a disadvantage, and on the other hand, to warn the North Korea.

You must know that he also issued the "edict" in the name of Tokhtar Buhua, and it is impossible to be naïve enough to think that a single edict can make North Korea a vassal, and his original intention was actually to test North Korea's reaction.

Now for the Tile Spur Tribe, the Uliang Ha Sanwei is already in the bag, and it is only a matter of time before they are swallowed up. The next step was to take Liaodong directly, capture the 25 guards of the Liaodong capital of the Ming Dynasty, and obtain the land and population of the Jurchen tribes.

But it is also clear that once the Wuliang Ha Sanwei is annexed, no matter how slow the Ming Dynasty is to react, it is impossible to let itself seize Liaodong again. In case the emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered the vassal state of Korea to send troops in the name of the Son of Heaven, it was very likely that the Tile Spur Department would be attacked in the abdomen.

It's just that the result of this temptation made Yexian feel very disappointed, and North Korea's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty was unexpected.

There was no fear of the Mongolian iron cavalry, and the DPRK did not even have both ends of the head and tail, so he immediately told the guards of Huining Daming, and clearly stated his attitude.

"There are no two days, there are no two masters of the people, and now that the Ming Emperor rules the world, why do you say such unreasonable words? There will be no reason to wait for you! ”

This palindrome made Yexian feel very faceless, and he inherited his father's will, controlled the Tatar Great Khan, and coerced the Son of Heaven to unify Mongolia. is preparing to show his strength and revive the glory of Dayuan, but as a result, even a few North Koreans can't be frightened.

So he ordered the tribute envoys to find this field. Now it seems that this move has no effect, and even feels a bit humiliating.

After the Ming Dynasty was close to the envoys of the vassal state, it was the turn of the strongest "Beidi" tile spur department to meet in order.

As a result, just when the Honglu Temple Praise Officer was about to announce, Shen Yichen once again stood in front of the ministers and shook his head at the Ming Praise Officer.

If it were to be replaced at any time in the past, this kind of tributary ritual process, if it was not for the important ministers of the level of the elder and the six Shangshu to stop it, the praise official would definitely not hold it.

This is not to say that the praise officer is so powerful, but he can't afford the consequences of interrupting the etiquette system.

But for some reason, Shen Yichen didn't say a word this time, just shook his head, and the praise officer chose to comply, and he didn't continue to announce that the tile spur envoy was coming.

After the civil and military officials saw it, they also looked at each other, and their hearts were extremely surprised.

Is Shen Yichen so arrogant that he interrupted the tributary ceremony in front of the emperor. And what's even more outrageous is that the praise officer of Honglu Temple actually took the risk to obey!

Only the six products of Zhan Shifu are in the right spring fang, and this is still a false title, and the actual job is only from the six products of the Hanlin Academy, so it can be prestigious?

"Cheng Guogong, the tiger father has no dogs, and Shen Xiu has already revealed the talent of a general."

After seeing this scene, there was a trace of envy in his eyes.

You must know that he is also an old man, and his family is not prosperous, and he only has two sons in name like Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo. And his son-in-law Zhang Zhong is disabled and cannot inherit the title, so it is not surprising that he can only rely on his son to inherit the title after a hundred years.

During this time, whether it was Guozijian lecturing or reading scriptures, British Gong Zhang Fu actually dealt with Shen Yichen several times.

Of course, except for Shen Yichen's salute and a few words of dialogue, at other times Zhang Fu just used the perspective of a bystander to judge the young man.

Looking at it step by step, the British public Zhang Fu was more and more amazed by Shen Yichen's talent. This does not refer to the talent in knowledge, but the actual ability of this son, which surpasses his peers by much.

In addition to some impulsiveness, there is no shortage of courage, strategy, and responsibility. Today, I also discovered that I have a convincing leadership talent, which is the general trait of those who have achieved great things!

With both civil and military skills, how can you not make the British public envious?

Hearing the words of the British Gong Zhang Fu, Zhu Yong showed a proud smile on his face, and at the same time, there was a touch of gloom in his heart.

However, Shen Yichen is not his eldest son, otherwise Cheng Guogong will definitely be brilliant and prosperous in his hands!

On the other side, after Shen Yichen interrupted the announcement of the praise official, he looked at the envoy who was standing at the head of the tributary envoy below, and said word by word: "The envoy of the Xuan Sulu State has made an offering!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere of the audience changed instantly, and the tributary envoys and civil and military officials all looked at Shen Yichen's identity, and there was all kinds of shock in their eyes.

Shen Yichen skipped the envoys of the tile spurs, didn't he plan to let them pay tribute?

Especially the civil and military officials present, when they heard Shen Yichen's announcement, they almost didn't drop their jaws!

If Shen Yichen stood up and made a decision in front of him, announcing that the North Korean envoys would be the first to meet, he could still describe the newborn calf as not afraid of tigers. Then Shen Yichen's current words and actions are not perfunctory, but naked transgression!

Even if the Tile Thorn Envoy has a disobedient heart and provokes the Ming Dynasty, whether to refuse them to pay tribute or not, it is not your turn to Shen Yichen to decide, this is the authority of the Son of Heaven!

The more the power of the Son of Heaven, Shen Yichen is impatient!

"Yuanfu, this son is too rude and arrogant, and it is simply detrimental to the prestige of the Son of Heaven to trespass in front of so many state envoys!"

Cao Nai was so angry when he saw this scene, if it weren't for the presence of the envoys of Fanbang, he couldn't let outsiders see the jokes of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid he would have to reprimand Shen Yichen on the spot.

There is no condescension and humility, and the act is heavy and arbitrary, and the guilt should be questioned!

Looking at Cao Nai's excited appearance, Yang Pu just replied: "Wan Zhong, Mo Jun lost his honor in front of him." ”

"Yuanfu, Shen Yichen has abused his power in front of the king, do we still care about the loss of honor in front of the king?"

In the past, in order to prevent Shen Yichen from being co-opted by Wang Zhen, Yang Pu threw some olive branches to this kid, and Cao Nai could understand.

But the father and son of the monarch and the minister are reasonable, where did Shen Yichen put the emperor in this move, why did he order on behalf of the Son of Heaven?

If this kind of behavior is not stopped, the government and the central government will not be subordinate in the future!

Not only Cao Nai was excited, but the hundreds of officials who participated in the tributary ceremony couldn't hold back the anger in their hearts. Especially the Kedao officials, many people are already eager to try, just waiting to come out to impeach Shen Yichen.

Zhu Qizhen on the throne stared at Shen Yichen's back with an expressionless face, although he issued a holy decree to grant Shen Yichen the status of a special envoy, he had full authority to deal with tribute matters!

But it didn't delegate power to the point where Shen Yichen could decide the tribute of the vassal state.

The emperor's grace is not your reckless capital, if Shen Yichen can't solve this matter perfectly, Zhu Qizhen will definitely not cover up and connive.

The essence of the emperor's mind is the combination of potential, law, and magic, plus the word "ruthless".

Grace and power can be used to reign!

Shen Yichen saw the discussions, anger, and doubts of the ministers, and he didn't give any explanation, and it was impossible to explain anything on this occasion.

After the salute, he prepared to return to the train as usual, and he did not see that he had just done a deed that could be questioned.

However, just as Shen Yichen was taking a step, the tile spur envoy below finally couldn't hold it back, and he opened his mouth and questioned loudly: "Ming Dynasty official, are you going to refuse my tile spur to pay tribute?" ”

Hearing this inquiry, the corners of Shen Yichen's mouth appeared with an extremely imperceptible curvature, I am waiting for you.

"Whether or not to accept the tribute is up to my eldest son to decide, and this sentence should not be asked to this official."

Shen Yichen's words came out, which made everyone present even more confused.

Isn't it a contradiction to say that only the emperor can make a decision?

The tile spur envoy is not stupid, and he can choose to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and there is still a basic understanding of Chinese.

"Then why is it my turn to meet the Ming Emperor, and you skipped to the Sulu Kingdom?"

"Who will come to see our emperor first, and when will it be your turn to decide this order?"

"Today's tribute ceremony, this official is the special envoy of the Son of Heaven, so that the tile spur department will last to worship our emperor!"

Shen Yichen's words were extremely majestic, didn't you want to grab the first position for Daming? Then Lao Tzu will let you go to the last in line and wait honestly!

Although the current Ming Dynasty has accumulated a lot of disadvantages, it has not yet reached the time when the civil fort is defeated, and it is still in full swing!

Even if he took 10,000 steps back and said, even if the Ming Dynasty was defeated in the Tumubao Revolution, it would not reach the point where the country would die and be humiliated by the thorns.

Da Ming, not Da Song!

"Well done!"

When Zhu Qizhen heard Shen Yichen's words, he clenched his fists and couldn't help but applaud in a low voice.

In the past, when encountering the envoys of the Fanbang state, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew that they would use barbarians to educate them, which was as simple and rude as Shen Yichen today.

Zhu Qizhen is not the monarch of the "inner saint and outer king" in the traditional Confucian concept, he is more like a teenager who has just gotten rid of the control and oppression of civil officials, Shen Yichen's unruliness coincides with the rebellion in his bones.

Treat the barbarians who are not subservient, and you should return a tooth for a tooth!

"Ming official, are you humiliating me?"

One thing to say, this envoy of the tile spur is also very tough.

Today's tile thorns are no longer the small tribes of Mongolia that were divided into three parts of Mongolia. After experiencing the appeasement and growth of Ming Xuanzong, there were more than 200,000 people who controlled the strings, and in the 14th year of orthodoxy, the Tumubao Change, the tile spur was also known as the 600,000 army.

It is 100,000 higher than the 500,000 army claimed by the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition.

Although this number was blown out by both sides, according to the statistics of later historical materials, the actual number of troops participating in the battle was about 150,000, which was not much less than the actual army of about 180,000 in the Ming army.

It can be said that the tile spur now has the ability to threaten the Ming Dynasty, and this is the confidence of the tile spur envoy!

"Tile Thorn accepts my Ming canonization, and is my minister of the Ming Dynasty, do you want to be a minister with these words?"

After Shen Yichen shouted angrily, his eyes looked at Li Da and Wang Zheng and the others lined up in the distance.

The weapons slammed into the shields and armor, and the tsunami-like battle horn of "Da Ming" struck, making all the envoys present change their colors.

In the past, when they met in the Fengtian Temple in the Forbidden City, they could only see the etiquette and wealth of the Ming Dynasty, but today they saw the force of the Ming soldiers!

Anyone who does not submit, even if he is thousands of miles away, the Ming sergeant can also punish him.

The earth-shattering battle horn and the prestige of the Ming army finally reminded the envoy of the Ming Dynasty of the expedition to Mobei.

On the grassland, there are not only Mongolian string controllers, but also the Ming Iron Rider can also step on Yanran!

Seeing that the envoy didn't dare to answer this, Shen Yichen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good." ”

Then he glanced at the Honglu Temple and returned to the train.

Shen Yichen wants this effect, even if the Tile Thorn Department is also a wolf, the ambition of the wolf son is clearly revealed, as long as the Ming force is still there, they will not dare to oppose it openly.

With this courage, there is no need to pay tribute to the Ming Emperor as a vassal today, but to come and rob it directly.

Watching Shen Yichen return to the train, the ministers who were angry and questioning before were silent now.

They never expected that Shen Yichen didn't have any verbal warfare at all, and he didn't even say a word of sage education, just let the Ming soldiers shout three battle horns, and the envoys of the Tile Spur Department admitted that they didn't dare to speak.

This simple and crude way of dealing with it somewhat subverts the three views of the civil and official groups who have read the books of sages all their lives.

Is the effect of rejuvenating the teacher so easy to use?

The tributary ceremony continued, and it was not until the end that the envoys of the thorns stepped forward to meet Zhu Qizhen. may be trying to find a little bit of ground, after the officials of Taichang Temple played the ritual music, the envoy did not kneel and bow according to the process, and still stood like this.

This kind of behavior finally angered the civil and military officials, and one of the ministers stood up, pointed to his nose and scolded: "You wait for the Tartars to have no monarch father, it is simply rampant!" ”

"Rude and unruly, uneducated is a beast!"

"It's only been less than two years since the Northern Expedition of Chengguo Gong collected troops, do you want me to go straight to Beiting with tomorrow's troops?"

The reprimands and warnings did not make the thorn envoy feel afraid. The reason is very simple, that is, he regarded Daming as his biggest enemy from beginning to end, and prepared for war early.

On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty was not alert to the Tile Spur Department, otherwise Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo in the ninth year of orthodoxy, would not be to conquer the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, but to suppress the strongest Tile Spur Department.

Even today, when he learned that the "edict" of the Tile Spur Department was called "I", the Ming Dynasty was not thinking more about war, but about recovering face.

Faced with this kind of scene, many officials subconsciously looked at Shen Yichen for some reason.

Regardless of whether these people agree with Shen Yichen's style of acting, they have already subconsciously recognized his ability and felt that he could solve the problems in front of them.

However, this time, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen did not plan to use Shen Yichen to solve the problem, but planned to personally solve the person who caused the problem.

Give the envoys of the tile spur time to think about it for a moment, if they don't kneel down, Zhu Qizhen is ready to drag them down and die!

"If you don't kneel again, you won't have to pay tribute in the future."

Shen Yichen didn't even show up this time, and just said this to the envoy of the tile spur lightly.

Almost at the moment when Shen Yichen's words fell, these tile envoys knelt on the ground with a "poof" and bowed to Emperor Zhu Qizhen of the Ming Dynasty.

This change in the scene made many people present stunned, did Shen Yichen learn any witchcraft? Can the thorn envoy be so applauded by him?

In the face of these amazed eyes, Shen Yichen didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Tribute is an economic lifeline for the tile thorn, and he can even go to war with the Ming Dynasty. And the Tile Thorn tributary mission, from the initial quota of 50 people, to the follow-up gradually developed to 1,000 people. Now there are more than 2,000 people in the mission, and there are more than 3,000 people in the false report.

Every time the tile thorn pays tribute, he earns a lot of money and goes back, and even the head of the household complains that the treasury is empty.

It's not that he knows what kind of witchcraft, but that Da Ming is the only one in the world, and he is far more afraid of cutting off the tribute than Da Ming.

Therefore, for these envoys, no matter how rampant they are, as long as the Ming Emperor does not kill the envoys, they can be richly compensated after returning to the tile spur. On the contrary, if the tribute is cut off, even if they go back safely, they will definitely die first.

Shen Yichen's words can be said to have captured the life of the tile spur envoy. Next, the attitude of the above table of questions is like the two of them before, kneeling down to listen to Zhu Qizhen's reprimand throughout the whole process, which can be described as respectful.

This scene also made the civil ministers present feel refreshed. Just a thorn thorn Tartar, dare to be rampant in front of my Daming, being a small volt is your proper position!