The longevity ceremony of the twentieth anniversary of the succession of the great emperor is not as sharp as the twelfth year of Jiajing.

There are no military parades, only performances, there are sports meets.

However, the Ming Dynasty, who had not fought for several years, was obviously stronger, and the shock and doubts formed by the steam locomotive in the minds of foreign envoys had not subsided.

This time, the emperor still took time to meet with foreign envoys from various countries one by one.

This time, the emperor received a congratulatory gift, and there was also a return gift.

And this gift is a set of utensils.

A grandfather clock, a metal ruler, a glass liter, a metal bucket, a metal weight, a thermometer.

Time, length, volume, weight, temperature, ...... The Ministry of Rites and Communications of the Ming Dynasty issued a credential by the way, and asked the envoys of various countries to bring it back.

In order to facilitate border trade, Daming invited envoys from various countries to come to Daming to discuss weights and measures, and conclude a convention at that time.

It is their business whether they use it internally, but if they want to do business and contact with the Ming Dynasty, they will change their troubles to the new weights and measures and various other standards that the Ming Dynasty will adopt when they trade and exchange.

And with this set of standard weights and measures, it is the reason.

The calendar of the Ming Dynasty is sufficient, and for so many years, the Institute has also had a special project to revise the calendar. Zhu Houxi also knows the accuracy of the time set now, but he believes that the Daming Clock, which has been continuously researched and improved for more than ten years, should be the most accurate in the world at this time. Its one second, one minute, one hour, has a clear basis. The lunar calendar will naturally still be used, but the solar calendar, which is more detailed in terms of unit time, will also be introduced.

And that length is based on the meridian that Huaxia has measured. Tang Shiseng and his entourage measured the meridian, and after Malacca was recaptured, they also went to that area to measure the positive equator. After calculation, one ten-millionth of the length from the pole to the equator was taken and named a distance. 500 miles is a new mile, inches, feet, and feet...... Later, they all had to take a back seat in the long process of education and popularization.

There are two types of volumes, one is liquid and the other is solid. That litre, filled with a litre of water, weighed exactly as one kilogram of weight. Pour it into a metal bucket with a distance of 10 centimeters in length, width and height, and it is just right.

This shows the truth of this new set of standards.

And the thermometer is a thing that has finally matured after years of secret research. It is still based on water, freezing is zero, and boiling is Baidu. The temperature that can be felt by ordinary people now has a clear measuring tool, which makes foreign envoys from all over the world feel mysterious.

"Your envoy has also seen that the Ming Dynasty is still reforming, and even if the "Ming Huidian" is to be revised, it will have to wait for many new systems to be changed."

Liu Long smiled and faced the envoy of the Joseon State this time, Yoon Heung-in, the eldest son of the uncle of the prince of Joseon.

“…… This. ”

Yin Xingren was very entangled.

In the previous court struggle, in order to occupy a dominant position in the Shizi faction, his father Yin Ren secretly joined forces with the Xiao Yin brothers to cut off Jin Anlao first.

Now that North Korea is completely in power, although Wang Shizi's status is unshakable, the Xiao Yin brothers' desire to abolish Wang Shizi and establish the queen's son as Wang Shizi will never stop.

Under pressure from Queen Wending and her two brothers, Li Yi is now reusing Yin Ren, but Yin Ren must accumulate more chips.

If you can correct the mistakes about the lineage of the Joseon royal family in the "Daming Huidian", then you will be able to grasp one more righteousness.

It's a pity that Daming backhanded out such a set of new weights and measures, and also set up a new Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce, which is really "still being restructured".

In the past, the inches, rulers, zhangs, hours, moments, liters, and buckets used in the past are a little different from the new standards, which is not small.

Yin Xingren didn't understand why he was tossing so much.

Liu Long continued to say to him: "Back then, the lord of your country also asked His Majesty to send Confucianism to North Korea to give lectures, and His Majesty studied physics and human science, and the Ming Dynasty still continued on the road of learning, and this new weights and measures contained the truth. Inviting your envoys to discuss and make conventions public is precisely for the sake of the feudal states' academic advancement and unimpeded border trade. Your Majesty is overjoyed to be crowned a marquis? ”

Yin Xingren didn't understand: "This is related to academic improvement...... What's the connection? ”

Liu Long said with a smile: "Daming will set up an academy of sciences, award academicians of various sciences, enjoy the special allowance salary of the State Palace, and have special funding for his intensive study." Your Majesty is so gracious, Daming scholars everyone, how can you stay away from Daming's teaching? However, in addition to border trade, the Ming Dynasty reissued a visa. There is no limit to the number of visas, but anyone who applies for approval can come to Daming to do business, work, and study. You might as well think again? ”

Yin Xingren thought about it for a while, but still didn't understand.

Liu Long sighed in his heart, this guy is far from Jin Qi back then.

Your Da Yin family, after you go back, you can say that this matter is the grace of the Ming Dynasty to North Korea, isn't this the result of your envoy?

And then borrowing this thing, can you win over the Shilin faction? After all, Wang Shizi is orthodox, and the Shilin faction should naturally stand on this side. With a visa to come to Daming, not only can you study and study, but also do business and work, can your family also use this to attract some lords and businessmen?

Liu Long shook his head secretly, thinking that he was afraid that he would have to let the North Korean diplomatic envoy tactfully point to Yin Ren about this matter.

They all had an "inner Zen" storm last year, and Li Yi's health was getting worse and worse. If there is a big chaos in North Korea, I am afraid that it will be only in the past few years.

Yin Xingren couldn't figure it out, and then asked about another thing.

Taking advantage of the fact that the envoys of all countries are in the capital, there are also some disputes to be judged by the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the dispute between Cochinan and Champong, and the dispute between Korea and Jianzhou......

"Your Majesty has already admonished the envoys of Jianzhou." Liu Long spread his hands and said, "This official tells the truth, if Jianzhou still does not listen to the Ming Dynasty's admonition and intrudes on North Korea, and the Ming Dynasty really sends troops to Liaodong, won't the Korean monarchs and ministers be afraid in their hearts?" After all, it is better to solve the contradictions with Jianzhou on your own. ”

Yin Xingren was distressed.

This Master Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Relations told the truth that in the past, North Korea was frightened and frightened, and he was extremely afraid that the Ming Dynasty would plow North Korea by the way. At that time, the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to the responsibility of why the lord of Korea wanted to confer the official positions of the governor of Jianzhou Zuowei Governor Tongzhi Dong Shan Zhongxian and the secretary of the Central Committee. What do you want to do?

Later, he pleaded guilty again and again, and sent a general to stab Jianzhou Wei in the back and assist Daming in plowing the Jianzhou Jurchen, which escaped.

And now that North Korea is fighting for the big and small, Li Yi is worried about his own safety and does not dare to relax his military power, which makes North Korea in a dilemma in the face of the attack of the Jianzhou Jurchen.

The pot was thrown to Yin Ren, who was in power, and he was denied military power, so as not to turn the tentative inner Zen into a real inner Zen, Yin Ren was entangled, and only hoped that the Ming Dynasty would have a deterrent effect on Jianzhou.

But Da Ming's attitude is like this.

If Da Ming doesn't care, the situation will still get worse and worse. If the Ming Dynasty sends troops, North Korea is afraid. The best result is that Da Ming's verbal management works, but now Da Ming does not want to ruin the name of "meddling in the dispute between the crown prince of North Korea" through Mingli, and is extremely restrained from Da Yin's request.

"It's not that the state is really being taught repeatedly, and the lord of your country has repeatedly pleaded that the Ming Dynasty should not descend to the power of thunder if there is a little disturbance." Liu Long said, "Your envoy still needs to return to China to explain to the lord. ”

Yin Xingren can't help it.

If Li Yi repeatedly begged Daming to do anything for North Korea now, then both big and small Yin would have to be frightened, lest Li Yi use Daming's hand to get rid of these powerful ministers.

This is the scripture that is difficult to recite in Korea, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Relations of the Ming Dynasty said with a strange smile: "Your Majesty is glad to hear that Li Yi has been invited by the prince of the king to be the eldest son of Zhaoxue, and I am quite appreciative." His Majesty personally wrote a letter and ordered the envoy to pass it to your lord, saying that it is always a good thing to be friendly with the clan. The name of Wang Shizi's benevolence and filial piety reached the heavens, and His Majesty was very pleased. ”

Yin Xingren's face changed, could this be understood by Li Yi as Yin Ren building momentum for Wang Shizi?

Li Yi is getting older now, more and more suspicious, and more frightened!

But Yin Xingren can't say it, shouldn't he, the eldest son of the leader of the Shizi faction, be happy about this matter?

At the banquet where the Great Son of Heaven gave a banquet to the envoys of all countries, Zhu Houxi stood on the throne and said loudly: "You have traveled thousands of miles to congratulate me, and I am very happy. Although all the nations are their own systems, they are all my subjects when they are canonized by me. ”

In a deferential voice, Zhu Houxi's words changed: "You have been in the capital for some time, and you also know that I have implemented new laws and reformed various systems for the well-being of the people. The vassals regard the Ming Dynasty as their suzerain, and in my mind, the people of the vassals are just like my people, nothing more than the division of the concubines. I hope that when you return, you will also exhort your Lord to love the people as sons, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment. In my place, only what the people's hearts desire can be called the Lord. If you blindly oppress the people, fight endlessly, and make a living for the people, then you will lose the original intention of canonizing me as the main party and governing the party in a unified way! ”

Everywhere, this is an absolutely correct statement.

The envoys now spoke respectfully, but their hearts were stirring.

Daming, what is this going to do? Is it that in the future, it will be decided whether to continue the canonization according to whether the people live and work in peace and contentment?

That's exactly what happened.

Zhu Houxi said lightly: "I canonized the lords of various vassal states and clans, opened the border and trade, and allowed visas to go to Daming to study, do business, and travel, all in the hope that people everywhere can live and work in peace and contentment, and the better." As the saying goes, harmony is precious. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or you, the common people can live as better as possible, and they will naturally be able to eliminate disputes. The stability around Daming is not only the blessing of Daming, but also your blessing. ”

After looking at a few people, he continued: "This time, there are still a few families who have come to me to complain. You say he's a captive, and he says you're trespassing on the land. I can't be biased about the truth. Fortunately, I set up a propaganda envoy in order to observe the situation of the vassals. I just invited the vassal to send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty next year to discuss weights and measures, and the envoys from all over the country will submit a detailed report to me, and then we will adjudicate it. ”

"I don't look at anything else in this detailed report, but at two numbers: how long the average people will live, and how much money will be left in a year. As I said, my sister-in-law and my son-in-law all care. If the governance is meritorious, I will give another reward to the lord of the country, and allow him preferential tariffs for border trade. Those who neglect the government and harm the people will be admonished and ordered to make corrections. ”

"I made it clear in advance: You can not listen to the opinions of the Ming Dynasty. But what the Ming Dynasty wants is a stable periphery. Where the people have no fixed place to live and where the people have no livelihood, they cannot settle down. Where it can be stable, it can trade with the Ming Dynasty and benefit the people. Where it can't be settled, Daming also has to think of a way to settle down and do business. Why do you have to do business, agriculture and industry are the foundation of the country, it is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, you take advantage of these days in the Ming Dynasty, so you can understand! ”

Daming's loving father is to do business, just so that the people can live better.

No matter how the foreign envoys look at this point in the Ming Dynasty, they can only see that this is indeed the case now.

There's really no malice.

If you feel that Da Ming has malicious intentions in your heart, it can only mean that your own family is really bad, and the Heavenly Empire can't stand it.

Not only does the Ming canonization and make the surrounding vassal states have scruples, but also wants to enclose the land to entertain themselves and enjoy the wealth, so the Ming Dynasty has set some clear conditions for the canonization, which is not too much, right?

What? Is it because not canonizing will be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty?

What a joke, times have changed. These days, because the craftsmen have made the marquis, these foreign envoys have heard many people in the capital say that the Ming lords and generals are not angry.

With the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal clan that dares to be unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty is too long?

The longevity ceremony came to an end, and everyone was happy together at the rest of the games, and the mood of enjoying the prosperous entertainment of the Ming capital city while gambling money was a little worse.

Unconsciously, with the restraint of the Ming Dynasty over the years, a tacit understanding has been formed between the surrounding feudal clans: as long as they are canonized by the Ming Dynasty, then there can only be some small friction between each other, and they dare not make a big fuss, and they will end up with Meng Yang and other divisions back then.

But now the canonization of the Ming Dynasty has other conditions, not just obedience. So if the canonization is withdrawn and the Xuanjiao envoy is called back, will the other surrounding feudal states and clans show their fangs and besiege and divide them unscrupulously?

And if you follow the new standards of the Ming Dynasty, you must be good to the people...... Isn't that cutting their flesh?

Reluctant!

Whatever they thought, the Ministry of Rites and Diplomatic Relations issued an order to the local propaganda envoys to "inspect the living conditions of the people in the feudal domain".

For this kind of behavior that frightened the upper echelons of the vassal clans, they didn't dare to obstruct it openly.

A new undercurrent is brewing around the Ming Dynasty, and everyone is speculating that the Ming Emperor is looking for a model to open up a new solid land.

It's really not good, so you can only resist it head-on!

It was a last resort, and it can be dragged out for now...... Why don't you go back and make a show first, so as not to become the one who is pointed at and scolded by the great tomorrow?

The people of the feudal domains will soon feel the benefits brought to them by the words of the Ming Emperor, and the Xuanjiao embassy, Ming merchants, and storytellers will praise the Ming Emperor's benevolence and love for the people.

But the goal chosen by the Ming Emperor is actually very clear.

The best target to serve as a wake-up call to the feudal lords was Japan, which had been at war for decades.

And when the new system over there spreads to the surrounding areas, won't the magnates outside the sect there find out: Isn't it better to be a courtier of the Ming Dynasty directly than to have a king on his head?

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