The prince had already reported that he was safe, and Yang Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the secret letter can be reported to Lu Bing on the way, it will naturally present the emperor in the same way.

Presumably, Lu Bing has already escorted the prince to set off, and here in the capital, the envoys of the vassal clans are gathering more and more, and Zhu Houxi has already lived in the palace of the Temple of Heaven and Earth.

Yan Song, on the other hand, was rehearsing the ceremony of the emperor personally sacrificing heaven and earth.

"Don't have a half-point pool!" Yan Song took the book of the Ministry of Rites and Communications, and solemnly said to the Ming Xuanjiao envoy who was sent to the various domains and now returned to China, "Every glass liter, in which the soil collected from each domain, must be an accurate pound under today's new standards." The extra soil is mixed together, and the soil wall should be evenly paved, ten long and five wide, and the three colors of the three must be pure! ”

This time to sacrifice heaven and earth, the ritual is naturally redesigned, after all, the purpose is different.

Zhu Houxi lived in the Zhai Palace, and Yang Shen and Xia Yan accompanied them in the beamless hall of the main hall of the Zhai Palace.

It is called this name, because the hall is load-bearing with brick arches, and does not use beams.

In front of the beamless hall, there is a bronze pavilion. The bronze figure in the pavilion is not tall, according to the previous measurement standard is one foot five inches. The bronze man held a sign with the word "fasting" written on it.

Zhu Houxi is a vegetarian here and not close to women, but now the problem that the three of them are talking about is "country".

"The prince has this calamity, and the source is on my side." Zhu Houxi looked at Xia Yan, "The situation on Dongying's side has changed, according to Gongjin's opinion, how long should they fight each other again?" ”

If it weren't for the fact that the Ming Dynasty was about to throw away the shackles of the so-called "country without conquest", and there was rumor that it was about to conquer Japan on a large scale, it would naturally not have started gambling over there.

The thief chieftain who was named by the Great Tomorrow to be captured broke the jar and was ready to use the banner to defend against foreign enemies, and this was the reappearance of the rebellion they had before to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

The Ryukyus were attacked by a few guards, and now the entire eastern side is beginning to be even more chaotic.

Xia Yan was very happy: "As Your Majesty said, they are looking for their own way to die. In the past, the crime of Ningbo was unforgivable, and now the invasion of the Ryukyus, Korea and even the Celestial Empire is behind. The land and sea routes to Tsushima Island are straightened out first, and Ryukyu is ...... The longer the plague of the Japanese invaders, the more the people of the Ryukyus will eat pot pulp. ”

Yang Shen frowned slightly: "Go to Tsushima Island by sea and land?" ”

"With the current situation in North Korea, do they still have the extra energy to eradicate the Japanese trouble? When the Ming Dynasty went on an expedition, it naturally could not only rely on shipping to transport military grain and grass. Whether North Korea is willing to let the Ming Dynasty borrow the way, whether or not the Ming Dynasty is allowed to take the silver to buy grain and grass nearby, this is not just a lot of troubles for North Korea, but also makes the Ming have a reason to lead but not provoke and make the war in Japan more intense. ”

In the palace, the Ming monarchs and ministers were very "bad".

Zhu Houxi nodded: "The rest of the feudal domains have exactly two or three years, and they should think carefully about how to improve the political style and people's livelihood according to the standards required by the kingdom." ”

It is not done immediately, and there is time for correction.

Is this the mercy of the Great Son?

But the envoys of the countries who finally knew what kind of convention they were going to make this time fried the pot.

In the Datong Pavilion not far from the Temple of Heaven and Earth, the envoys of the feudal domains were hotly discussed, but some of them still used the translation of the Daming Rite Minister's faction.

There is no way, the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty is the lingua franca. Can they communicate clearly in their respective dialects?

So the scene was very embarrassing, and the speech was very restrained and cautious.

"It's not just about weight, it's about length?"

When the interpreters relayed it, they inevitably included "Daming public goods": "Not only the weight, length, and how much must be based on the new standards determined by the country in order to trade with the Ming Dynasty?" ”

An envoy replied, "It's a matter of whether or not you are qualified to trade, this is really ......."

And the interpreters say: "Now wood, guano, stone...... Many things can be sold to the kingdom, and if they can continue to trade, then ......"

However, the focus of the vassal envoys was not just on the measurement criteria related to trade qualifications, but on another matter.

"Why do you have to ensure the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of those slaves in order to continue to canonize the lord of the country?"

For such a question, the interpreters of the Ministry of Etiquette will truthfully relay it.

In order to collect their opinions.

On such a topic, Li Qi and Elder Yin were silent.

Among the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, Korea and Jiaozhi all belonged to the more thorough Wanghua, and they called themselves Little China.

They knew very well that the slave was not right.

Even if this is the case, it cannot be said in the Ming Dynasty, where Confucian scholars are in charge.

Naturally, someone directly consulted the interpreter: "Do we have to let the peasants and fishermen bear less, so that His Majesty the Great Emperor can canonize our king?" ”

The interpreters replied in a standard manner from the Ministry of Rites and Communications: "This is Your Majesty's initiative." There is an old saying in China that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. Your Majesty, as the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, issued such an initiative to the vassals, which is a good deed that the benevolent monarchs of the ages should do, and it is also for the long-term stability and longevity of the kingdom of the vassals. ”

Li Qi and Elder Yin glanced at each other, and then bowed their heads silently together.

"His Royal Highness Joseon Li, Lord Yin, what do you think?"

They didn't want to talk much, but a small Nanyang country asked them.

The envoys of the Mo clan and the Li clan of the north and south divisions of Jiaozhi also looked at them.

How could Li Qi talk too much?

Yuan Elder Yin had to cough: "His Majesty's initiative of the Celestial Empire is justified. The lord of the country is in a great position, and he should seek the well-being of all people. ”

"......"

The envoys of various countries in the Datong Pavilion gathered to talk with each other, and it seemed like a school of fish that had no choice but to huddle in a circle under the arrival of the general trend.

The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are still watching.

This is the Ming at this time.

At their own doorstep, if Da Ming had any ideas, they could only meet this kind of heavenly pressure.

The convention to be concluded by the Ming Dynasty is divided into two main parts.

First of all, it is at least in the process of trade between the two sides to use the standards of the Ming Dynasty, so that they are qualified to continue to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Secondly, it is necessary to follow the initiative of the Great Tomorrow, from the official system to the people's customs to the civil affairs and people's livelihood, and pay attention to the rights and interests of ordinary people, so that we can continue to be recognized and canonized by the Great Tomorrow.

The implicit true meaning of these two parts is: if they do not do so, the Ming Dynasty will not recognize it as a vassal state in the future.

No trade, no envoys, and no feudal system in which the Ming Dynasty bound other vassal states not to infringe on their subjects.

Outer Yunnan, Cochin...... Their situation has shown that the restraint of the Ming Dynasty is useful.

Although the clash in the dark and the small friction in the open are never absent, at least they no longer dare to easily launch a war to destroy the country.

Everyone knows that maybe Da Ming is waiting for an opportunity.

But now, the Ming Dynasty has linked the canonization of whether or not to recognize the subordinates with their effectiveness in governing the government and the people, and the chain reaction brought about is really intriguing.

On the Tibetan side, the envoys of the three Dharma kings and the five kings watched the others quietly and uneasy.

Da Ming unabashedly bared his fangs, and who was the first?

Among them, the envoy of the Great Compassion King and a certain eminent monk have a number in their hearts.

Although Tibet is not in the first place, everyone is in the ranking sequence.

In this regard, he looked down on the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

It's normal to be ambitious, but it's really arrogant to want to unify the Great Ming Sect.

Therefore, it is necessary to make Tibet not become the first, second, or third. When the Ming Dynasty suffered in dealing with the affairs of the clan, the Ming Emperor should also understand the truth: for thousands of years, which Chinese lord did not want to do this?

Whether you want to or not, and whether you can or not, are two different things.

The question now is: if such a convention is not concluded this time, will the canonization be withdrawn immediately? When and in what form did the vassal sign the convention and then refrain from doing it, when and in what form would the next step be triggered?

……

In late autumn and early winter, this time of year is often full of harvest atmosphere.

According to the new calendar of the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of October of the solar calendar in 2382 AD, the city of Beijing of the Ming Dynasty has been surrounded by the solemn and solemn Temple of Heaven and Earth in the new city.

Today is the great tomorrow to personally sacrifice heaven and earth, and today there is only a ceremony.

And this ceremony, in addition to the Ming officials in Beijing to attend, the chief and deputy envoys of the countries are also among them.

One of the ceremonies is the unveiling of the bronze figure standing on a round platform in the middle of the Great Hall of Heaven and Earth.

The triple eaves of the Great Enjoy Palace, the upper green, the middle yellow, and the lower green, implying the sky, the earth, and all things.

Under the Great Enjoyment Palace, there are also three-tiered round platforms.

According to the new unit of measurement of the Ming Dynasty, this hall has a more accurate size: 3802 distances in height and 2402 distances in diameter.

It is a Mingtang-style building.

The so-called Mingtang-style building is a place of Ming Orthodoxy and mission, and it is the highest standard of ceremonial architecture. The internal layout of the building should have a double outer circle and inner square.

Specifically as far as the Temple of Heaven and Earth is concerned, the outer circle of the first layer is the outer Biyong, and the outer range of the Temple of Heaven and Earth is circular, and there are square city walls and four gates. The second floor is the round platform and the outer wall of the building, as well as the square room divided from the inside.

The largest square room in the Great Hall is called the Tai Chamber. In the south, north, east, and west of the Taimuro, they are respectively called Mingtang, Xuantang, Qingyang, and Zongzhang. On the ground floor and middle floor, there are "five rooms, nine rooms, twelve halls, and eight rooms", which imply the four seasons, December, twelve hours, and the stars of the week, etc., forming a strong symbolic meaning.

Now, on the second round platform that symbolizes "earth", the Great Tomorrow Son arranges to unveil a total of eight bronze figures.

Each bronze figure is the same height, in the words of Yan Song, who served as the host: "Its height is 392 and 07, and its weight is 9981 catties, which is exactly the same." The inner abdomen is hollow, swallowing the breath of heaven and earth; Hand support to raise the bucket, containing a side of fertile soil, weighing a pound, taken from all directions! ”

What the bronze man held in his hand was first a small pavilion-like container. Inside, a standard bucket made of transparent glass was placed, which was filled with soil.

The envoys of the feudal domains knew that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty took some local soil when they set off to return to Beijing.

However, now that there are so many vassal states, there are only eight bronze figures here.

Later, it was unveiled again the shadow wall located in the Ming Hall leading to the Tai Room - the back earthen wall.

The shadow wall, which is ten and five distances wide, is made of metal and glass, blocking the various colors of soil behind it.

These soils are roughly divided into four areas: the sun, the moon, the stars, and the bottom, and the color of the soil in each area is different. The contours of the sun, moon and stars are gold, silver and copper.

It can be seen that the arcs and branches are rounded or collimated.

Zhu Houxi recited aloud: "This year, I will tell the world, starting with the first year of the republic clearly recorded in the glorious history, called 2382 AD. ”

"This year, I will take the fertile soil of the vassal kingdoms, and dedicate China and the eight directions to heaven and earth with the measurement and balance that conforms to the principles of heaven."

"I inherited the mandate of heaven, guarded the land for twenty and two years, and there was no slack in governing the government and the people. The teachings of the sages are not dared or forgotten in the world; Monarchs and ministers are of one heart, and the wealth of the four seas vows to be the will of the people. ”

"This sect and the clan sacrifice heaven and earth together, I inherit the hope of all the people, and tell the results of the 22 years of the country......"

Inside and outside the Ming Hall, the Ming Emperor recounted the exploits of him and his ministers for more than 20 years.

In the sound of the communication, what made the envoys of the feudal domains feel different was the rich numbers in the content of the Great Tomorrow's story.

Yang Shen naturally heard clearly, and he was also a little dazed when he listened.

In the sixteenth year of Zhengde, when this son of heaven was still a teenager, he naturally heard many numbers from his father, who was the first assistant at the time.

How many fields and people were hidden back then? Although this is only the result of the old system, after it was told to heaven and earth from the emperor's mouth, it still seems that the land and people of the Ming Dynasty have expanded a lot.

fiscal revenue, scale of commerce and trade, output of important industrial products such as water conservancy projects, iron and steel, and mileage of straight roads......

fell in the ears of the envoys of the vassals, this is the intuitive exposition of the great emperor on the national strength of the Celestial Empire.

They don't know if these numbers are true or not, but the astronomical scale is unattainable for them even if it is halved and halved.

Zhu Houxi made a "work report" like a "report", and finally came to the end.

"All the people in the world are still not enough to say that they have no worries about food and clothing, and that the old and the young have something to rely on."

"At home and abroad, the development of the clan is uneven, and the three or five enemy chieftains are going against the current."

"I understand the three principles of heaven, things, and people, and have the ambition to benefit all the people of the world, and today I not only tell heaven and earth, but also tell friends and enemies in all directions."

"The Emperor of the Chinese People's Republic of China is a great country of civilization. The dignity of the kingdom is not because the country is rich and the army is strong; Because the people are precious, the world returns to the heart! ”

"Whoever goes against the will of the people and becomes the enemy of a civilized power, I will hang the people and fight the crime."

"Mu the education of the civilized country, take the master as the first practitioner, I will not hesitate to help."

"All nations and peoples, listen to my edict together."

"The four seas are harmonious and different, and they do not have to be the same, but the harmony between China and foreign countries, the exchange of what is available, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is the foundation of all interests."

"If you enclose yourself in all directions and forget the people, you will have chaos for a long time, bring disaster to the country and neighbors, and destroy the lives in the region, which is the first of all kinds of harms."

"Now bring the envoys of all countries to sacrifice to heaven and earth, and then make a covenant of negotiation and a great plan for peace, and put the people first in everything."

"Since China is the suzerain, the people of the clan are all my people."

"Those who harm my people will be punished even if they are far away!"

"Those who bless my people, do not hesitate to reward!"

After the envoys of the feudal domains heard so much pragmatic content and publicized the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the momentum of the Great Tomorrow's aggressiveness and contemptive attitude was already obvious.

Everything today reveals one meaning: surrender.

If you want to seek a canonization to strengthen the orthodoxy of royal power, you must accept the premise that your own people are also the people of the Ming Dynasty.

If you ask for canonization and do not follow the requirements of the Ming Dynasty, "the people are precious", you are also a criminal who harms the people and should be punished.

If you want to break away from the identity of the Ming Dynasty, you will directly become the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and the surrounding area is unstable.

Zhu Houxi put down the sacrificial text that was not regular, turned around and walked out of the Ming Hall, and accepted the bowing of the ministers inside and outside.

At this moment, his gaze was calm, but his domineering aura was not concealed at all.

The times have not bound him, and he has decided that he is doing what he should do.

There is no need to dwell on right and wrong, at least compared to too many "kings" outside the Ming Dynasty now, Zhu Houxi will definitely be able to bring some faster development.

Using better technology and systems to achieve better development is the last word.

Let's get down to business, and we'll start talking about it tomorrow.

But today, let's take a stand.

After the sacrifice to heaven and earth, Zhu Houxi does not need to continue fasting.

On this night, he drove back to the palace and gave a banquet to the envoys of the vassals!

(End of chapter)