Chapter 304: The Aggrieved Ancient Envoys
Listening to the discussions of the courtiers, Tong Fengjiao, who was in a trance, also came back to her senses.
In fact, since yesterday, she has been a little restless, always feeling that something bad is going to happen.
Originally, she was worried that something would happen to Gu Shiyan, but the news had been sent back from Donghuangzhou the evening before yesterday, saying that the prince was safe and sound, and the strong people sent had already joined the prince, and they could protect it at all times, and it was unlikely that there would be any more problems.
After getting the news, her mind was a lot calmer, but after falling asleep at night, she woke up again, which was strangely tight.
After raising her eyes and looking at the eight battleships in the distance for a while, Tong Fengjiao put aside her chaotic thoughts and asked, "That's the battleship of Great Xia?" It seems to be a lot bigger than the battleship of my Ancient Emperor Dynasty. ”
A veteran took two steps forward, bowed his head towards Tong Fengjiao and clenched his fists, and began to introduce.
"After returning to the emperor, there are a total of seven levels and sixteen types of warships in my wilderness, and according to intelligence, the warships of the Great Xia Dynasty only have a total of five levels, and they are collectively called Jinpeng warships."
"Their Jinpeng battleships are called hunting class, cruising class, town guard class, expedition class, and storm class from low to high, compared with the two, our army's warships are more comprehensive, but the large warships of Daxia are indeed larger than our army."
"In addition, in terms of the comprehensive offensive and defensive capabilities of the warships, the battleships of Great Xia are also slightly stronger than ours, which is also one of the reasons why our fleet suffered heavy losses after being ambushed in the Battle of Nanyuntan."
"According to the intelligence comparison, six of the eight warships should be expeditionary-class, and the two largest ones are storm-class."
"Our army's largest Kunwu-class can only carry 80,000 people, but the Storm-class battleships in Great Xia can carry 100,000 people, not only because the opponent's Storm-class battleships are larger, but also because the opponent's design is more reasonable. On the contrary, our army's Kunwu-class warships are a little bloated......"
Tong Fengjiao bowed slightly, sighed lightly, and said: "It seems that Daxia does have a lot of merits, for the advantages of the opponent, we must learn, we must be good at learning from each other's strengths, and constantly enhance our dynasty's heritage." ”
"This battleship may be just a microcosm, and Great Xia must have a lot to praise in other aspects. Such as the banknote system, the Airbus system, and the forging of the fearless sacrifice spirit of the soldiers, etc., these are worthy of our advice and reference. ”
"Therefore, this time we went to Great Xia, it was not simply a passing scene, but to really learn from the opponent!"
"And if you want to learn, you must have a humble and courteous attitude, and you must not rely on your status as an imperial official to be higher than inferior, or even take the initiative to provoke the other party and cause trouble! But if there is such an act, this palace will severely punish it! ”
"Wait, do you understand?"
Everyone looked solemn and hurriedly bowed their heads to salute.
"Yes! The ministers obey the orders of the emperor and queen! ”
It's just that these ancient envoys are respectful and obedient on the surface, but in fact, many people are a little disapproving.
Either they thought that the emperor and queen looked down on Great Xia too much and looked down on themselves too much, or they didn't think that this kind of study could achieve much effect.
The ancient emperor has a long heritage, and all kinds of rules and cognitions have been engraved into the bones, and if you want to change, how easy is it to say?
……
As time slowly passed, the Aragaku's fleet grew closer.
When the large warship was only two miles away from the forbidden army at the front, a ceremonial officer shouted "Welcome music", and the majestic music instantly played, filling the whole world.
At the same time, its own corresponding personnel stepped forward to guide the escorted Aragon warship to turn around and go to the other side.
When the large warship slowly stopped in front of the forbidden army column, Guo Da, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, suddenly shouted.
"The whole army obeys the order! Take the golden bridge and welcome the ancient emperor and queen! ”
"No!"
The elite tigers of the tens of thousands of forbidden troops roared, and then raised their feet neatly and stomped lightly, stirring up golden ripples in the airspace in the middle of the queue.
After more than ten breaths, these golden ripples actually solidified and turned into a golden bridge one zhang wide and thousands of zhang long, which stretched all the way to the front of the Great Xia officials and honor guards.
In the battleship, after seeing this scene, the members of the Ancient Envoy Group couldn't help but look at each other.
Although this grand welcome ceremony gave them a lot of vanity, the problem was that the other party shouted to welcome the emperor, not the envoys.
Moreover, the golden bridge, except for the emperor and queen, they didn't dare to climb it, which was a great disrespect to the imperial family.
But if they don't go over the Golden Bridge, how will they get there?
You must know that the two queues of the Great Xia Forbidden Army are only one zhang and two steps away from each other, and Jinqiao occupies one of them, and the remaining two steps are also on both sides of Jinqiao.
They can't walk the Golden Bridge, so they can only walk through the edge of the extremely narrow Golden Bridge.
But on the outside of the edge is the Great Xia Forbidden Army, which is stubborn and pointed its spear diagonally upward, if they go like this, not only will they look very humble, but also have a kind of meaning of being "escorted" by the Great Xia Forbidden Army!
In such a situation, how can it not give them a headache?
"Damn! They did it on purpose! They are deliberately trying to embarrass us! ”
"Bastard! Is it tolerable or unbearable! Someone should be sent to contact them immediately, and if they don't make a change, we'll turn around and leave! ”
"That is, as an envoy of the Imperial Dynasty, I represent the face of the Imperial Dynasty! If we really go like this, we will definitely be laughed off by the world! The majesty of the Imperial Dynasty will also be damaged by this! ”
"Don't be impulsive! The most important task of our mission to Great Xia this time is to make Great Xia not interfere in our war against the Haoyuan Dynasty. If we turn around and leave, it will give Great Xia an excuse, and the impact on the imperial dynasty will be too great! Perhaps, they arranged it this way in order to force us to take the initiative to leave, so that we could be crowned with other hats, and then intervene in the Haoyuan war as a matter of course......"
"So what do you say? You can't really just walk through it, can you? Then where does the face of my Ancient Emperor Dynasty exist? ”
For a while, everyone was noisy and in a dilemma.
Tong Fengjiao frowned, and said coldly: "Don't be noisy, this palace has a way." ”
The ministers hurriedly shut up, and looked at Tong Fengjiao expectantly.
"Since you can't walk through the welcome path in the middle of the queue, let's bypass it, and you go from the outside of the queue."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
"It's... I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? ”
"yes, that's not etiquette......"
"The way of etiquette? Oh, where does this Great Xia mean to be polite? Since they broke the rules first, then they can't blame us. I agree with the Emperor. ”
"But even then, it will seem like we are a little gray, this ......"
"No matter what, it's better than being escorted by someone to walk with a low head in a square inch, right?"
"It's true... That being said, I agree. ”
"At this point, we have no other choice, so let's decide."
The ancient envoys had no choice but to obey Tong Fengjiao's wishes.
It didn't take long for a group of desolate envoys to walk out of the battleship one after another.
After that, hundreds of people were divided into two parts and walked to the outside of the forbidden army column with a calm face, as for Tong Fengjiao, she flew directly from the deck of the battleship to the golden bridge, and then stepped on the rigorous palace step unhurriedly.
Today's Tong Fengjiao, wearing a crown of nine lins and six phoenixes, wearing a red-gold phoenix robe embroidered with black phoenixes, and stepping on Xuanniao Caiyun boots, all kinds of jade pendants are dazzling, extremely dazzling.
Although the crowd in the city could basically only see a small dot, Rao still let out earth-shattering cheers and cheers.
As time passed, Tong Fengjiao finally came to the end of the golden bridge.
"Zhang Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Xia Dynasty, welcomes the visit of the Emperor and Empress of the Ancient Dynasty and the Ancient Envoys on behalf of me!"
Zhang Yi took a step forward with a smile and bowed to Tong Fengjiao.
After that, Zhang Yi led to the two pretty figures on the left and right sides who were one step ahead of him, and introduced them to Tong Fengjiao.
"These two are my Wan Guifei and Yan Guifei of the Great Xia Dynasty, and the two noble concubines came to greet the emperor on behalf of my majesty."
After the words fell, Zhang Yi took a step back and left the space to the two concubines, Shangguan Wan'er and Yan Chuyun.
There are only these two concubines in Great Xia now, and they were just canonized by Xia Ao two months ago.
"My Majesty is entangled in state affairs, and it is inconvenient to welcome him in person, so I specially ordered our sisters to come to greet him, and I hope that Emperor Tong will understand."
Shangguan Wan'er smiled and nodded lightly at Tong Fengjiao, with a hint of color in her eyes.
Because this Tong Feng is as beautiful as his name, he is really delicate and noble, whether it is his appearance or figure, he is perfect, no wonder he can be listed as the fifth on the beauty list.
Especially a solemn and luxurious imperial and queen outfit, which adds a lot of mystery and luxury.
"The Emperor of the Ancient Empire came from afar, and it was hard work."
After Shangguan Wan'er, Yan Chuyun also greeted with a smile, and behaved generously and decently.
Tong Fengjiao's eyes flashed slightly, staring at Shangguan Wan'er and Yan Chuyun for a long time, and she also secretly sighed in her heart.
Shangguan Wan'er is more than a dozen on the beauty list, and Yan Chuyun is the third on the beauty list.
Especially Yan Chuyun, who is really like a flawless jade, makes her a little difficult to calm down.
It's just that although she has a lot of emotion in her heart, Tong Fengjiao's face is a little cold, and even a little unhappy.
"The two concubines can greet each other in person, and the palace is very happy."
"It's just that your dynasty's arrangement of my desolate envoys is a bit rude, right?"
Shangguan Wan'er blinked, and said with a strange expression: "Why did Empress Tong say this?" ”
Tong Fengjiao snorted lightly and pointed to the members of the envoy who walked in from the gap between the forbidden army columns and the honor guard with gloomy faces.
"Since ancient times, when greeting envoys, they have been welcoming from the welcome road. However, the Gui Dynasty knew that there were many members of our Ancient Envoy Corps, but they covered almost the entire welcome road with a golden bridge. Although this move has facilitated the main palace, and the main palace is also very grateful, but it has left the other envoys of my court with no way out, isn't this rude? ”
After listening to Tong Fengjiao's words, whether it was Shangguan Wan'er and Yan Chuyun, the two concubines, or Zhang Yi and other officials who greeted them, they all showed strange expressions, and some even couldn't help laughing......
(End of chapter)