"Envoy of the Mega Kingdom, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." The envoys put one hand on their chests and bent down slightly, even if they were saluting the emperor. Between demeanor and demeanor, he is very arrogant.

The people of the Ming Dynasty have been to heaven, so there are also people in this group who can speak Huaxia.

Unlike the British islands, which are newly discovered continents by the Ming Dynasty, there is not even a single translator to be found.

"Bold, you envoys of small heavenly countries, when you see His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, still don't you kneel and bow down?" Seeing this, Liu Zhongqing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately stepped forward and scolded.

"In our country of Mega, there is no etiquette for people to kneel." The envoy said coldly, "What's more, we are all followers of the true god and never worship mortals. ”

"Forget it, if they don't kneel, they won't kneel." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said generously, "Anyway, the Ming Dynasty doesn't pay much attention to kneeling etiquette now. ”

Because Qin Yu once talked to him about the ancient ritual of kneeling, saying that it was the oppression and bullying of the weak by the superiors. The person who kneels exposes the vital parts of his body, the head and neck to the other person, indicating that he has no intention of resisting at all. It's like a sheep sticking its neck out of a tiger and letting it eat it.

Confucius advocated the restoration of the weekly rites before, and the first thing to be restored was the ritual of kneeling.

And when anyone kneels, he is to be a dwarf.

This kind of etiquette is completely feudal dross.

There is no such thing as in the Heavenly Way of Nature.

Have you ever seen that animal that would take the initiative to send it to the beast's mouth? Since the feudal dynasty wants to establish the country with Taoism, it should abolish the ritual of kneeling, which is contrary to the laws of nature.

Prostrating is not only against human nature, but also against the way of nature.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang plans to completely abolish this kneeling ritual in the Ming Dynasty, but he has not yet promulgated the holy decree.

Now that the ministers are in court, he does not force the ministers to bow.

But

Although Emperor Zhu did not require him to bow down, the ministers were still used to kneeling, and they had to bow to him three times and bow nine times every time they went to court. The ministers are afraid, what if Emperor Zhu is talking about playing?

Since one's own dynasty is to be abolished, there is no need to ask the envoys of other countries to do the same.

"Looking at the national letter you submitted, the content in it not only does not have the slightest admiration and pilgrimage to the Ming Dynasty, but there are many grievances and complaints, why is this?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked vigorously, "You didn't treat you slowly when you came to Yingtian Daming, my Daming's ocean-going fleet has already arrived in your country?" ”

"Not bad!" The envoy led by Tianfang said, "It has been more than a month since the Ming fleet arrived in Moga. ”

"We, the Daming ocean-going fleet, have brought you exquisite porcelain, so that you can have exquisite porcelain to use. He also brought you soft and beautiful silk, so that you could have soft clothes to wear. Zhu Yuanzhang saw their white robes, their headscarves were all woven of silk, and there was the logo of the Jiangnan Embroidery Workshop on them, so he asked,

"Da Ming has brought you so much convenience, only earning you a small amount of gold coins, not only do you not know gratitude, but you are disrespectful to Da Ming in the national letter, and you have complaints?"

"The porcelain and silk of the Ming Dynasty are indeed good, and our people are willing to buy them." The Heavenly Envoy said, "However, some of the things you Ming merchants have done are rebellious, and we can't accept them. ”

"What's going wrong?" Emperor Zhu asked curiously.

"Your people actually said that people were created by Nuwa, and the sky was also made up by her refining stones." The envoy said, "What else do you say that there are two gods besides Nuwa, namely Fuxi and Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor." ”

"As we all know, there is only one god between heaven and earth, and that is our true god!"

"Isn't it perverse that your people should dare to say that there are other gods in our capital? Murga is our holy city, and you Ming people dare to talk nonsense there? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang understood it.

It turned out to be a matter of belief in the gods.

Belief in this thing is terrible, and it is easy to trigger a war between two countries and cause a situation of bloodshed. I heard that the area of Heaven was because of faith, which caused the war to last for hundreds of years.

Culture is also a belief.

The gods are the most important part of culture.

It can be seen that it is also very difficult to promote Chinese culture in overseas countries.

I secretly muttered in my heart: I didn't ask them to promote Chinese culture in Tianfang?

Because of the frequent wars in this area of Tianfang, the land is barren and mountainous, so Emperor Zhu did not take a fancy to it at first. And he also heard that the people of heaven have strong faith,

It is not easy to promote Chinese culture.

Therefore, he did not issue an order to let the fleet promote the Central Plains culture in the heavens. (Qin Yu didn't have time to tell him that there was a lot of oil in that area, and he should occupy it in advance.) ）

Since there is no decree, why do Chinese people take the initiative to publicize it?

Because the culture of the Three Emperors is also their belief.

Of course, my own beliefs will often be on my lips.

Thus, the two sides sparked a conflict.

"How can you be sure that there is only your true god, this god, in heaven and earth?" Although he knew that his own people were wrong, Emperor Zhu didn't mean to apologize at all, but asked domineeringly.

"Because we are all followers of the true God, and we have all been guided by the true God." The leader of the envoys said.

"Since you have all been guided by the gods, you should lead your kingdom to be civilized and strong, and the people to have enough food and clothing. Instead of years of war, the people are struggling to make a living, and the dynasty is weak and withering. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "From this point of view, the three emperors of our Central Plains are the gods who can really bring the well-being of the people." ”

"The reason why our country of Murga is not as rich and strong as the Ming Dynasty, and the people are not well fed and clothed, is the test of the true God for us." The leader of the envoy said, "I know all day long that I eat well, dress well, enjoy it, and don't benefit from hard work." Although it is said that it is not conducive to hard work, they themselves are wearing silk imported from the Ming Dynasty.

"And because there is a traitor betrayed by the true God!" The other is humane.

"Even if our people starve to death and are killed, they will go to heaven when they die, and they will be much happier than yours." There is another humane.

"You're pretty good at making excuses for yourself." Emperor Zhu said coldly.

"Emperor Daming, if you dare to say such disrespectful words to the true god again, I, the people of Mojia, will not hesitate to start a war with the Ming Dynasty. Even if the whole country dies, it will not hesitate. The envoy said.

Do not hesitate to go to war with the Ming Dynasty? Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile when he heard this, their small countries have backward economies, backward weapons, and few sergeants.

Not to mention whether they were sent to death after arriving at the border of the Ming Dynasty,

They can't even get there.

The land route between the two places is too far away, and there are poor mountains and bad rivers to block it.