Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 407
The New Year's Eve is approaching, and the artisan skills competition is in full swing.

At this time, the craftsmen in Wubei City were going crazy with joy, because the emperor was going to give them processing money again.

It is rumored that this time the increase will not be a little bit, at least doubled.

As for how to increase it, it is said that the Ministry of Industry is calculating it.

At this moment, the officials of the Ministry of Industry are going crazy, because there are too many things produced in Wubei City, and they have to set a price for each of them.

After the next year, they will have to calculate their wages to the craftsmen according to the wages.

Naturally, this wage cannot be set randomly.

Because less orders may affect the enthusiasm of craftsmen, making them feel that the piece count is to fool them, without any sincerity.

It is even more serious if there are too many orders. It is very likely that craftsmen will earn a few taels of wages after working hard for a day.

This scale is really difficult to control, so the officials of the Ministry of Industry are desperately counting, desperately counting.

They don't want to do the calculations during the Chinese New Year.

At the moment, the entire Ming court seems to be busy with the overtime work of the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and the officials of other yamen seem to have nothing to do, and they are almost all on their annual leave.

However, one thing suddenly disrupted their vacation, and many officials seemed to be resting.

On the evening of the second day after the New Year's Eve, Taichang just got off the train and was about to go back to the palace in a carriage with Prince Zhu Youxiao, when Zou Weilian, Minister of Rites suddenly came up with several officials from the Ministry of Rites.

Isn't the Ministry of Rites already on annual leave?

Taichang couldn't help being curious after the courtesans greeted him, "Dehui, you're still waiting here with someone at such a late hour. Is there anything urgent?"

Zou Weilian said a little excitedly: "Your Majesty, this matter is not too urgent, but today the officials on duty in the Ministry of Rites received urgent express mails from Liaodong and Nanzhili successively. The kings of the vassal states of Korea and Ryukyu all want to come to the capital during the New Year's Eve. Asahi. King Shangfeng of the Ryukyu Kingdom is already on his way, and it is estimated that he will arrive at Taicang Port in the next two days."

Why did the kings of these two vassal countries come to congratulate them during the New Year's Eve?

Of course it was because Daming wiped out Japan!

This proves that the suzerain country of Ming Dynasty has become strong again, and it is still unprecedentedly strong.

At this time, the vassal state of Ming Dynasty will naturally try to curry favor.

This is actually very normal, almost every dynasty in the Central Plains is like this.

When the Central Plains dynasty declined, the vassal states basically stopped paying tribute, because people felt that paying tribute was meaningless.

When the Central Plains Dynasty is strong, the vassal states will come to congratulate them one after another, and there will be more tribute missions, because they all know that it is good to curry favor with the strong Central Plains Dynasty!

There are so many tribute missions to a certain extent, it is called the coming of all nations.

In fact, only during the Yongle Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty was there a grand event where all nations came to court. Later, the power of the Ming Dynasty gradually declined, and the number of vassal states that came to pay tribute gradually decreased.

At this moment, the Ming Dynasty has wiped out Dongpu, which is much stronger than it was in the Yongle Dynasty.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the kings of North Korea and Ryukyu came to the court in person.

This is a good thing, because only when the Central Plains dynasty is in its prime will there be a tendency of all nations to come to court. If you are messed up or crumbling, people will not bother to come to congratulate you.

The coming of all nations to the dynasty can be said to be a sign of the prosperity of the Central Plains dynasty.

This kind of thing has never happened several times in the past dynasties.

As for the kings of the vassal states who came to pay homage in person, there are even fewer occurrences in history.

It can be said that for Daming, this is an unprecedented good thing.

However, when these two kings were selected, they were a bit speechless.

People may come here to congratulate them especially during the New Year's Eve to show their respect.

Question, coming to Chaohe at this time, the annual leave of the officials of the Ming Dynasty Hall will be abolished!

Because it is the most solemn event to accept the congratulations from various countries, the officials in Beijing who can be present must be there!

What's more, this time it's the king who came to congratulate him, so there can't be only two or three kittens on the court, right?
This is really a trouble!
Taichang thought for a while, and simply said to Liu Shiyou who was on the side: "Ruoyu, you have to work hard, take the train to Wubei City overnight, and order the Beiyang Navy and Dongyang Navy to send a fleet to the vassal Korea and Taicang Port to take the The King of Korea and the Ryukyu King took it over, and remember, they must be taken to Wubei City before the morning of the New Year’s Eve. By the way, and, let them keep it secret, and don’t let them see the steam engine on the ship.”

It happened to be moonlight that night, so it didn't matter if the train drove slowly, anyway, if it was forty or fifty miles an hour, it would be a little faster than a person's walking, and there would be no danger.

Liu Shiyou hurriedly cupped his hands and said "Zunzhi", then turned around and walked to the car.

Zou Weilian quickly raised his hand and said, "Eunuch Liu, please wait."

Immediately afterwards, he said to Taichang: "Your Majesty, there are rules for receiving envoys, and even more rules for receiving the kings of vassal states. You must be accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites."

This kind of thing has rules and is normal.

Taichang nodded without hesitation: "Well, you can arrange someone to follow Ruoyu."

When Zou Weilian heard the words, he quickly pulled two officials under his command to explain in detail.

What are the rules of the envoys that receive Asahi?

To put it bluntly, it is to try to be as grand as possible, to show the majesty of Ming Dynasty as much as possible.

This is not difficult, anyway, at this moment Daming wants money and money, and people.

The next day, Taichang discussed with Zou Weilian again, and then arranged things one by one.

Early in the morning on the 31st of the Lunar New Year, just after dawn, Wubei City was a busy scene.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion swarmed out from the Gecheng where they were stationed, and lined up on both sides of the Haihe River and on both sides of the Beijing-Wuhan Railway, as if they were on the battlefield. , and the other side goes straight from the Tianjin Acropolis to the capital.

All the warships of the Dongyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy also came out in full force, forming a neat array on the north and south sides of the port of Wubei City.

As for when the missions led by the King of Korea and the Ryukyu King would arrive, Zou Weilian had already pinpointed the timing.

Naturally, it was impossible for the missions led by the kings of the two countries to rush over to worship the emperor together, because each mission had to be received separately to show grandeur.

And the emperor wanted to send away the kings of the two countries on the eve of the New Year's Eve.

Therefore, this time point must be pinched well.

When did the fleet to welcome the King of Korea depart from Biwa Fortress, when did they arrive at Wubi Fortress, when did they take the train to the capital, when did they pay homage to the emperor, and when did they have a banquet?

When did the fleet to greet the Ryukyu king depart from Biwa Castle, when did they arrive at Wubei Castle, when did they take the train to the capital, when did they pay homage to the emperor, and when did they have a banquet?

In order to show grandeur, both Beiyang Navy and Dongyang Navy also dispatched the best battleship Aegis.

Of course, for the sake of confidentiality, the missions led by the King of Korea and the King of Ryukyu can only operate on the top floor of the Aegis ship, and they cannot go below.

However, this is enough to shock people.

The huge hull, the dense basalt armor, the huge top space, the barrel-like telescope, and the precise Thor cannon are all shocking.

This is why Taichang asked Beiyang Navy and Dongyang Navy to send fleets to pick them up.

If it was a mission from an enemy country, it would be impossible for him to let them board the ship, at least not at the moment, and it would be good if they could be seen from a distance.

The missions of the subordinate countries are different again. He just wants to let people see the strength of Daming, so that they will be in awe and dare not have any dissent.

As for whether people will imitate ships and Thor cannons.

Don't worry about this, Ming's vassal states are not at such a high level at the moment, at least not in North Korea and Ryukyu.

Even if they saw it, it would only be shocking, and they couldn't imitate it at all.

(End of this chapter)