Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 121 Make money, not shabby

Although Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, agreed to meet Howard, it was not as easy for Howard to actually meet Zhu Jinsong as he imagined.

This is different from when Zhu Jinsong was a rebel leader.

If Zhu Jinsong is still just the leader of the anti-thieves, then it is easy to discuss how to meet, and there is not so much attention to etiquette.

The problem is that Zhu Jinsong is now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If Howard wants to see Zhu Jinsong, he must follow the rules of the audience.

The so-called meeting rules have been different in every dynasties. For example, when I was in the Qing Dynasty, the prince, the former minister, and the leading military minister had to take turns to lead the ministers to meet the emperor. The introduction list, resume, green head lottery, one person Or several people have an audience.

The interview process is not like standing and talking like in later film and television dramas.When the locust emperor of the Qing Dynasty summons or introduces officials, the eunuch of the memorial office must first deliver an order, call the summoned person by his name, and lead him into the house. The ministers must first kneel down when they come in, and say, "Your Majesty, my servant ××× "Holy Ann", stand up and go to the kang where the emperor sits, kneel down on the preset white felt mat, and the emperor will answer the questions immediately. If there are many people participating in the summons, only the leader can answer. When talking to each other, the emperor can only answer when asked. No matter how long the summoning or introduction is, the officials must kneel and play until the emperor allows "kneeling" to indicate the end of the conversation.

And my Ming Dynasty's rules are very humane - note, it is humane, and the word "herringbone" is the key.

The most important etiquette for meeting the emperor in the Ming Dynasty is to kowtow five times and kowtow three times, that is, kneel down, bow your head to your hands (this is called bowing) five times, kowtow to the ground (this is called kowtowing) three times, then stand up and stand with your hands folded, and this is the most formal occasion , such as the triennial visits of officials to Beijing, and the etiquette performed by tributes in palace examinations and pass-through.

As usual, even if it is an ordinary commoner, seeing the emperor is usually a Jishou ceremony: kneel down, fold your hands together, kowtow to the ground and stay for a while, then stand up and stand.

As for the situation like the early attachment of the Fan Kingdom and the dispatch of envoys to pay tribute to the party, the ritual system of the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to humanization-it rested in the Huitong Hall first, and the Ministry of Rites reported the copy of the table, and the Rites Department cited the Fan envoys. Xi Yi, choose a day to see you.

On that day, Jin Yiwei set up a ceremonial guard... Invited the envoys of the Tibetans to pay respects to the seat of Danchi, and praised him four times... The envoys of the Tibetans bowed down, prostrated, prostrated four times, and the officials and the envoys of the Tibetans followed suit out.The permanent dynasty of the Fan Kingdom, as well as the gratitude for state affairs, and the sending of envoys to pay tribute to the party, are all in the same manner as before.Only not announced.

To put it simply, it is like an envoy from a foreign country, who not only has to kneel down four times at the designated place, but also kneels down again when he arrives in front of the emperor, shouts long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and then bows down four more times. Someone has to shout the name of XXX of XX country to direct there loudly.

The point is that Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a bit shabby. Not only could he not be called the emperor with all over the world, but even his own palace was occupied by the old dog Qian Deaf, so the meeting etiquette could only be kept as simple as possible.

Of course, as an outstanding young man who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, Zhu Jinsong is not the kind of unreasonable or even a fool who makes things difficult for others. It will not be forced.

If it’s a big deal, let’s break it up, and then write down in a small notebook that "on a certain day of a certain year, an envoy of a certain country can’t kneel three times and kowtow nine times, it’s really disrespectful to me." If the strength has a chance, teach these barbarians the rules of riding horses, and they will cross out this note only when they get angry.

Fortunately, Howard and others are only the "so-called" special envoys of the British Empire, and they have been hanging out with the Guangdong Thirteen Banks for many years. The family is clean, so there is nothing unacceptable to Daming's etiquette rules.

It's not shabby to earn money.

If it had been replaced by a "special envoy of the British Empire" like Macartney, who had been officially appointed as an envoy by the Queen of the British Empire, it is estimated that today's audience would definitely fail. Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, would have much more Waste some pen and ink.

What hurt Howard and the others was that they had just learned the etiquette of meeting with them, and before Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, summoned them, they were waiting for those barbarians from France.

What's even more frustrating is that the barbarians in France were placed next door to the British Empire mission.

I am Nima!
Howard, who was almost mad by anger, sprayed a lot of words starting with f and s before he summoned his men: "Gentlemen, the French frogs are right next door to us, I"

Before the words fell, someone in the yard next door shouted loudly: "Oh, look who lives next door to us? It's rose beef from the gourmet desert, it's an Anglo-Saxon robber who likes to call himself a gentleman !"

That's right, this is the nickname that Xia Liangchang has for each other.

The gentlemen from England find it displeasing to the French who like to stuff everything into their mouths, so they are called frogs, and the French gentlemen also look at those whose skin color will turn red meat when exposed to sunlight. Anglo-Saxon robbers are not pleasing to the eye, so there is the name of rose beef.

Howard was mad at the time, and he didn't care to finish the rest of the sentence. Instead, he wanted to rush to the yard next door to teach those damn French frogs a lesson.

Regardless of the fact that Britain and France still had such an ally relationship during World War II, in fact, before and after World War II, especially before World War II, Britain and France were mortal enemies who wanted each other to explode on the spot.

This matter is mainly because Louis VII married Eleanor, the daughter of Guillaume X, Duke of Aquitaine, and Aquitaine was merged into the French royal territory. The more terrible thing is that Eleanor married Louis VII After that, only a daughter was born, and Louis VII applied to the Holy See for the revocation of his marriage with Eleanor on the grounds of being unruly and infertile.

After Eleanor remarried Henry II of the Plantagenet Dynasty, she gave birth to four sons and three daughters one after another.

Of course, if it was just because of such a small matter as whether or not she could have a son, it is estimated that this matter would not be resolved in the end, even if Eleanor's remarriage time was only six weeks away from the time when she divorced Louis VII.

The real key lies in Eleanor's huge dowry - the rich and vast Duchy of Aquitaine.

In order to compete for the ownership of the Principality of Aquitaine, Britain and France soon started fighting each other, fighting back and forth for more than 100 years, and this feud was thus forged.

Therefore, after knowing that the frogs in France lived next door to him, Duke Howard couldn't help turning on the mocking mode.

What Duke Howard didn't expect was that the French frog next door was obviously not something to mess with. After hearing the words French frog, he immediately scolded back with rose beef, and added the sentence "Anglo-Sac Robbers".

This pissed off Duke Howard. Fortunately, Duke Howard's subordinates hadn't completely lost their minds. One of them stopped Howard and said, "Sir, you are a gentleman. You shouldn't be as knowledgeable as those damn French frogs."

Howard tugged angrily at the dovetail knot on his collar, snorted and said, "Of course, gentlemen don't know as well as frogs."

But another sentence came from the yard next door: "Those who plant thorns can only reap thorny thorns in the end."

Howard knew that he was in the wrong, so he snorted coldly and said loudly: "When the wind and the sea are fighting fiercely, only brave and calm sailors can reach the other shore."

After finishing speaking, Howard simply returned to the house with a group of his men.

As soon as he sat down, Howard said, "Gentlemen, I think those damn French frogs are only the beginning, not the end."

"There's going to be Latinos and Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, whatever, and maybe some damn white trash."

"The present form is very unfavorable to our British Empire."

"Yes, that's right, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty we are about to meet, he didn't unify the entire country, but only occupied a part of it. If there are those damn French frogs, then it is obvious that we don't There is no way to monopolize the entire Ming market.”

"That means our money will be affected."

All the gentlemen in the room shrugged their shoulders, and one of them asked, "Then, Mr. Duke Howard, what can you do?"

"Of course, we can learn from a story we once heard from the people of Qing Dynasty, that is, we can rush to the next door and kill those damn French frogs."

"However, since we came to this city, our weapons have been confiscated. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not want us to have weapons, because he is very confident in the security of his ruled area."

"Also, I don't know if you have noticed that the farmers we saw in the "Ming Kingdom" are completely different from what we saw in Guangzhou before."

As soon as the farmers' association was mentioned, all the gentlemen in the room immediately talked about it.

"Yes, among the Qing people we saw in Guangzhou, it is difficult for us to find a similar beer belly of a British citizen or a beaming face of a British farmer."

"Every time they receive our leftovers, they are very grateful. For our used tea, they are always greedy for it, and then boil it and drink it."

"And their government and their soldiers don't seem to take their citizens or farmers seriously, beating, scolding, and plundering wantonly, and their citizens or farmers are also very afraid of their soldiers. The British Empire is simply unimaginable."

"There's a pig's tail trailing behind their heads!"

"God, "Marco Polo's Travels" said that this place is full of gold, people live and work in peace and contentment, a polite and harmonious family, this damn Italian liar!"

Hearing what his subordinates said became more outrageous, Duke Howard slapped the table fiercely and shouted: "Shut your mouths, gentlemen! An upright and kind person should not speak ill of others behind their backs! "

"Also, this is the "Ming Kingdom", which is different from what we saw in Guangzhou before."

"Although the farmers here don't have the beer bellies of our British citizens, the smiles on their faces are the same as the beaming faces of our British farmers."

"The people of the "Ming Kingdom" are not afraid of their soldiers. On the contrary, we can always see their farmers greeting the soldiers who protect us along the way."

"They are just curious about us, not afraid of us like the "Qing people" we have seen before."

"So, if the "Qing people" we have seen before are those inferior people who are as humble and inferior as diaper heads, then please pay attention, gentlemen, the citizens here are white people who are as noble as us, and you must Respect for everyone here."

"If someone caused our failure, then you should know the consequences, right?"

(End of this chapter)