Ashikaga Yoshimitsu burned incense and knelt down three times and nine times in a heavy place, and then followed by many princes and samurai families knelt down together, but there was a minister who was taller than the others, and his movements were a little sluggish, so that after everyone knelt down, he stood out like a flock.
Although he knelt down immediately, Xia Xun's hesitation at this moment was still seen by Xia Xun.
Xia Xun saw that the man was pulled by a minister kneeling next to him, so he knelt down reluctantly, and when he bowed his head, his cheeks tightened, and he seemed to be full of anger.
This person is three steps behind Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, one of the top seven ministers among the ministers, there is no doubt that he should be one of the most powerful ministers under Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Xia Xun looked at him carefully a few times and made a note of his appearance.
Seeing that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was very respectful, Zheng He's demeanor also became serious, he took out the holy decree, solemnly took three steps forward, walked in front of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and read it aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Between the reloads, the land is so vast that it cannot be counted.
The ancient sages were reasonable, and those who paid tribute to the service, knew the etiquette, and reached the king's father and son, called China.
Outside of China, there are those who can come to the king with righteousness, and they have not refused to enter.
If there is no other, he leads the world, and he returns to the good way.
Zier said that the king is moral, has the royal family in his heart, has the sincerity of loving the king, crosses the waves, sends envoys to the court, returns to the Liuliu people, tribute treasure swords, horses, vests, paper inkstones, and good gold, and I am very Jiayan.
It is said that this book is known as the country of poetry and books, and it is often in my heart.
The first military and state affairs are serious, and there is no time to ask.
Now the king can admire etiquette, and want to be the enemy of the country, not in the way of kings and ministers, and he is not convinced.
Today, the envoy Yang Xu Zhenghe was sent to the envoy to give him crown clothes, Wenqi, gold and silver, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, etc., and allowed to pay a tribute for ten years, and the chief and deputy envoys could be as many as 200 people to trade in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Woohoo is impermanent, but respect is the heart.
The name is impermanent, but loyalty is Sui.
The capital of Jiangdong is the closest to the king of overseas countries.
Wang Qi knows my heart, does his best, thinks about it, and thinks about it, and is honest and generous.
There is no room for escape, no indulgence in annihilation.
If the world is said to be a loyal and righteous state, it can be named for eternity.
Wang Qi respects it, and blesses his descendants.
Therefore, it is hereby decreed that it is appropriate to be considerate. ” Zheng He's decree was completed, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu raised his hands to receive the holy decree, received the decree of thanksgiving, and saluted like a ceremony, and then stood up.
Xia Xun, who had been coldly looking at the reactions of the ministers of the public and martial arts behind Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, gently touched Zheng He with his shoulder, took a step forward, and bowed long: "Daming Fuguo Gong, I have seen the king" Zheng He was touched by Xia Xun, understood in his heart, and took a step forward with a very tacit understanding, reported his identity, and bowed.
The two of them are proclaiming the decree on behalf of the Son of Heaven, receiving gifts on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the decree has been announced at this moment, and the other party is the king of the Ming Yongle Emperor himself, and his status is one level higher than them, so he naturally wants to meet with the courtesy of the ministers.
When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu saw the respectful demeanor of the two, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed sincere joy, and he hurriedly stepped forward, helped the two of them up, and said in a loud voice: "Don't be polite, two angels."
Angels came from afar, crossed the sea and tread waves, and it was really hard to travel all the way.
Daoyi was overjoyed to hear that the angels were coming, so he welcomed them from afar, personally took the two angels back to Kyoto, and asked the two angels to board the car."
The three of them made a noise, humbled each other for a long time, and finally Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's honor guard marched in front, Xia Xun and Zheng He's car drove closely behind, and the two teams of honor guards formed a team and continued to walk forward.
Many public and military families who were a little resentful saw that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty were also very respectful to their generals, and their expressions eased a lot.
After a while, He Tianyang quietly touched Xia Xun and Zheng He's car, in the car, the two sat side by side, and were whispering something, as soon as He Tianyang touched in, Xia Xun stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"
He Tianyang said: "Guogong, I found that many ministers were very dissatisfied with their general Zhengyi bowing to the two envoys so much, and the officials accompanying the Ministry of Rites were also very dissatisfied with the courtesy of Guogong and Zheng Gonggong to the king of Yueben.
I feel that I have to remind Guogong and Zheng Gonggong, like this, it is not pleasing inside and out, so why bother.
We are the Heavenly Empire, they are in a hurry to tie up our broken settlement, adults should be more arrogant and domineering, so as not to make noise from those people in the Ministry of Rites, and they can also shock them."
Xia Xun shook his head and said: "Don't think like this, you tell me that our people, if anyone dares to put on a show and do something unnecessary to arouse people's disgust, once the public knows about it, it will definitely be severely punished."
He Tianyang originally came to instigate Xia Xun, but when he got such an order, he couldn't help but be stunned, although he agreed, his expression was very unconvinced.
Xia Xun said earnestly: "Don't underestimate anyone, especially potential enemies.
To be good at learning from others, that is the real way to win.
If you are arrogant and can't see the strengths and strengths of others, then failure may come soon. ” He Tianyang scratched his head, still not quite understanding, Xia Xun smiled and said, "Not bad."
As you have seen, there are many people in our country who are not satisfied with their king's deference.
In fact, if you are them, what is incomprehensible about such an attitude?
This time, He Tianyang really fell into deep thought, and seemed to understand something.
Xia Xun said: "Remember, we are not charity, we are coming, but also to get the actual benefits we want to get, this is the fundamental, respect for others, and will not reduce your value, blindly arrogant, will really make people look down on, arrogant, can not win the respect and deference of others from the heart."
Some people admire the culture of the Celestial Empire, and some people are disgusted with bowing down to the Celestial Empire.
What should we do at this time is to do something stupid and push the people who admire and respect our Celestial Empire to the side of those who are hostile to us?"
He Tianyang nodded, but still said a little unwillingly: "But that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu may not be truly obedient, and he doesn't feel that it is good for him to be a minister to our Ming Dynasty."
Xia Xun said: "This is obedience, what do you think is obedience, if he wants his unconditional obedience and loyalty to you, will you do this, don't say that he is a Japanese person, even if he is a Ming person, if he goes overseas to establish himself as a king, he will still be honest and respectful to me under no beneficial conditions, don't talk about overseas ministers, Meng Shengren said: Jun regards his ministers as siblings, and his ministers regard him as his heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy.
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The people of the country are still like this, what do you want to ask the king of the country?"
He Tianyang was born as a pirate, and he was not as obedient and loyal to the court as a person who studied since childhood, and these words hit his mind: "If you are good to me, I will do things for you, otherwise why should I die and be a loyal minister no matter what you say or do" So I couldn't help nodding frequently.
Xia Xun said: "A person who is truly honorable and courteous is a gentleman who is respectful and humble to you, even if he is as poor as a son, he must treat him with courtesy, otherwise, what is the difference between those who have a few spare money at home and are flying in front of others."
He Tianyang nodded happily and said, "If the prince says so, the lowly position will be understood."
Arrogance, that's self-surrender, isn't it?"
Xia Xun smiled: "Almost, we are here to do things, not to set up the score, only to know arrogance and arrogance, that is a stupid boy who doesn't understand fart, so, tell our people, give me all their arrogance to restrain it, they don't know how to restrain it, I will clean them up" He Tianyang hugged his fists: "Obey the order, and immediately convey the order of the national prince" He Tianyang hurriedly went out, and Xia Xun turned to Zheng He and said, "It seems that not only I, Daming, have objections to whether to open the sea trade to Yuben, but also many ministers.
It is said that there are also many ministers in the country, who are unwilling to win trade with the Ming Dynasty at the cost of bending their knees and being vassals. ” Zheng He nodded and said, "Yes, so what Guogong did is not wrong."
At this time, we should give enough support to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who is close to my Ming Dynasty and fight against those who are hostile to my Celestial Empire, instead of giving people a handle and pushing Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to the side of those who are hostile to my Ming Dynasty Not to mention, respecting others is not a shameful thing, and the country is a true gentleman."
Xia Xun smiled, he didn't want to be a gentleman, his ultimate goal was to hope to achieve free and equal trade, which was to make money with his own ability and less political factors.
It is impossible to completely separate politics from international trade, and even in modern societies, economic and trade relations have to serve politics at the right time, and this phenomenon will never disappear.
Therefore, there is no need to make the Ming Dynasty's "political surname" trade attack useless, international trade serves politics to a certain extent, this is normal, this starting point is not wrong, but there are many kinds of political services, and the actual interests of politics and the false name of politics are two different things.
Some countries indirectly control other countries through trade, influencing their policies, and we often pay for a false name, regardless of the investment, in the end what to tighten the belt, wronged their own people also want to carry out economic assistance, but shamefully refuse to carry out substantive interference and control, on the one hand to benefit, on the other hand to boast of a gentleman, and finally raise a group of white-eyed wolves, people want to turn their faces, your little false name, at any time can become the other party's means to blackmail you, how stupid.
But these are not reversed from the root of the thought in a few words, to achieve this step, it also needs a long process of natural fermentation and maturity, and Zheng He will not understand it if he puts it forward now, Xia Xun does not expect to persuade Zheng He in a few words, let alone think that persuading Zheng He can change anything, he only needs to let Zheng He, the deputy envoy, fully support him now.
Xia Xun paused, and then said: "The seven people behind Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, if I guess correctly, are the three leaders and four positions, and the seven most powerful daimyo under Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, some of them are also quite hostile to my Daming."
It doesn't matter if ordinary Japanese people are hostile to us, the problem is that, as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's most relied on and trusted ministers, they should be in step with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and even if they don't agree in their hearts, they shouldn't show it in public.
If a man does this, and he disagrees with his lord in public, what do you say it means?"
Zheng He hesitated: "What does Guogong mean?"
Xia Xun touched his chin and smiled a little sinisterly: "I'll find out the identity of this person first, if I use it well, I can provoke their house to be uneasy and restless, which is very beneficial to us, hehe" Zheng He was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Didn't Guogong just say that this is a true gentleman who does good deeds, and the contrast is too great?"
To be continued: