Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 173
Compared with the Qing court, Zhu Jinsong's version of the Ming court always seems to have such a shabby taste——

In terms of the scale of the palace, Zhu Jinsong does not have a formal palace yet, and his office is actually the Shandong governor’s yamen in the Qing Dynasty. He randomly arranged a temporary palace name and used it as the palace, but the Qing Dynasty occupied the Ming Dynasty. On behalf of the emperor, the Forbidden City was built for a full 300 years.

When it comes to the attitude towards foreign vassals, Daqing really treats foreign vassals with an attitude of preferring to allies and not to domestic slaves. As long as it superficially admits that Daqing is the father, then any country will make a few broken stones. Things like leaves can be exchanged for a lot of rewards from the Qing Dynasty.

According to the Qing Dynasty, all directions came to congratulate.

On the other hand, Zhu Jinsong's version of the Ming Dynasty inherited the consistent and true tributary system of the Central Plains: don't treat people as people, and don't treat monkeys as people.

The people of Ming Dynasty are human beings, and those who are not the people of Ming Dynasty are monkeys.

Yes, this is the true face of the tributary system, a gameplay infinitely superior to colonial exploitation.

Many people in later generations thought that the tribute was a disadvantage to the Central Plains court. The number of offerings from the tributary country was obviously disproportionate to the number of rewards from the Central Plains, and the economic value of the tribute items was far lower than the rewards. This gave people a sense of death. The illusion of wanting to save face.

Actually?

In fact, the real secret of the tributary system lies in the pricing power of the tributary system.

To put it in the simplest terms, take Dongzhu and ginseng, which North Korea often pays tribute to, as examples. How high are these things actually worth?

It is extremely difficult to harvest such things as Dongzhu. It is very likely that a Dongzhu is the life of a pearl diver. The serious natural wild ginseng is a good thing that can be encountered but not sought after. Its actual value cannot be obtained at all. It is estimated that if it is North Korea itself, they must hope that the value of this thing is more than one thousand taels, ten thousand taels.

But when it came to Da Ming's father who held the pricing power, Da Ming's father completely said that Dongzhu was worth ten taels of silver, but Daming's father raised the value to 100 taels of silver because of the "difficulty of the people".

Similarly, a catty of tea leaves may only be worth one or two taels of silver at the entrance of the Central Plains, but in the tributary system, Da Ming’s father can point to a handful of Gaosha and say that this is the best Yuqian Longjing, worth at least 100 taels of silver .

This is the tributary system in which Papa Zhongyuan has the right to set prices—whatever Da Ming’s Papa says this thing is, it is what it is!

Only idiots like the Qing Dynasty really thought that the tribute system was a game where people sent one stone and they had to return ten beautiful jades.

In fact, Zhongyuan Tangkou’s real game is to exchange ten catties of tea leaves for ten pearls, and then shout that he has lost money, lost money, and let the historian record it in the history books by the way, and then give people an illusion.

The Central Plains Dynasty was stupid, with a lot of money, and came quickly, which attracted more small countries around to join the tributary system-then the Central Plains father counted the money at home with a smile, and went out crying poor.

What is more important is the circle of national relations built by the tributary system in the Central Plains Tangkou.

This is a reality that is almost ignored by everyone—the pricing power of the tributary system is actually only one of the derived benefits, and its fundamental core interests are based on the national relationship circle built by the tributary system.

In the tributary system, Zhongyuan Tangkou not only owned the ownership of many vassal states in name and legal theory, but also had the right to adjudicate over the vassal states.

Da Ming's father has the right to judge any conflicts between countries; Da Ming's father also has the right to rule on the legitimacy of the regimes of various countries.

Corresponding to the right to adjudicate, in order to maintain authority, the father of the Central Plains Tangkou can enforce it for those who refuse to accept the adjudication. The most commonly used method of the Central Plains Dynasty is also the most terrifying method, which is "absolute tribute".

Absolute tribute, that is, rejecting the other party's tribute, and excluding it from the tribute system, the consequences are probably equivalent to the consequences of Ka Dazuo's five dungeons in succession-if there is nothing unexpected, Ka Dazuo should be in junior high school now.

This kind of punishment is definitely not a joke - the most powerful father of Zhongyuan Tangkou said that he doesn't care about you, and there are a lot of godsons of father Zhongyuan Tangkou watching around him, as long as Dad Zhongyuan Tangkou gives a little signal, you say What will these godsons do?
Not to mention, whoever is punished by Zhongyuan Tangkou's father will do it!Kill him, his land, minerals, people, gold and silver, don't they become his own?
If the father of Zhongyuan Tangkou is angry enough, once the father of Zhongyuan Tangkou sends troops, who among the godsons will not be excited to "raise all the troops to meet the king's teacher"?
In this way of playing, do you treat the vassal state as a human being?
Anyway, Zhu Jinsong didn't see it.

Therefore, from the moment they came to the "temporary palace" where Zhu Jinsong lived, Zheng Hua, the king of Siam, and Meng Yun, the king of Myanmar, realized what it means to not treat monkeys as human beings.

The two didn't even get the treatment of walking through the front door.

After Danchi prostrated himself, prostrated himself, and prostrated four times, and followed the learned etiquette, Zheng and Meng followed the command of the salutation officer and bowed honestly: "The little minister of foreign countries, Zheng Hua/Meng Yun, I pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, may His Majesty the Emperor live long, long live, long live!"

Until this time, Zhu Jinsong, the great Ming emperor, said with a blank face: "The two Qing families have come from afar to work hard, and they are flat."

Zheng He and Meng Yun hurriedly bowed again: "My foreigner, thank you, His Majesty the Emperor Daming, for your kindness!"

Yes, this is the correct way for the lord of a vassal state to thank the emperor when he meets the emperor, such as "Thank you for your kindness" and "Thank you for your kindness", are simply nonsense.

After thanking you, the two climbed up carefully from the ground, and then Meng Yun took the lead. The two knelt down on the ground again with a thud, and said: "The foreign minister has lived in a place outside the country for a long time. Five, death penalty, death penalty!"

Zhu Jinsong hummed expressionlessly, and said: "The two Qings are far away in southern Xinjiang, and there is no information, so it is understandable. Get up."

The two thanked each other again, then knelt down on the ground again with a thud, and said: "The foreign minister was overjoyed when he learned that His Majesty's Royal Highness was ninety-five years old, so he presented the Yellow Book of Fish Scales, please call him Nei Fan, Wanwang His Majesty agrees?"

After the words of the two fell, except for Zhu Jinsong and Zeng Cheng and a few others, the other bigwigs in the Ming Dynasty Hall were a little confused.

"Please call Ming Dynasty a vassal" and "Please call an inner vassal", these are two completely different concepts.

Please call Daming as a vassal, which means that the two of them formally request the status of foreign vassals from Daming. As long as Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, is willing, he can arrange the Ministry of Rites to prepare the canonization ceremony for them. The lord of a country in the Eight Classics of Erbajing is recognized and protected by Ming Dynasty.

Please refer to the internal domain as the internal attachment. Although it will also be canonized, and even given super-standard gifts such as "Prince Yitong" and "opening the government and building the government", but the internal attachment is equivalent to bringing the whole of Myanmar and the whole of Siam. Luo Du was dedicated to Ming Dynasty. Not only did Burma and Siam have to accept the direct management of Ming Dynasty, but the two could no longer be regarded as the lords of a country from now on.

It’s just that the other bosses were confused, but Zhu Jinsong and Zeng Cheng, who had already received news from Jin Yiwei, were not confused at all, and even secretly lamented that these two monkeys are also smart——

When Zhu Erdan entered Jiaozhi, the two hurriedly came to ask for enclave, which was actually the only way to preserve Siam and Burma.

Zhu Jinsong squeezed out a trace of a smile on his face, and said to Zheng Hua and Meng Yun, "We will discuss this matter later. The two Qing families have come to work hard, so please sit flat first."

The two thanked each other again, stood up, and then sat behind the desks on both sides of the "main hall" according to the guidance of the ceremony officer.

Yes, this is the correct procedure—an audience, an apology, and an invitation to the vassal. These are three things, each of which must be stated separately, and each statement must follow the etiquette.

When they were seated, the two quietly took a look at Zhu Jinsong, but they saw that Zhu Jinsong, the famous emperor of Ming Dynasty, was very young, wearing a brocade robe casually, not wearing the dragon robe that symbolizes the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. There are guards in bullfight uniforms, but there is no legendary eunuch.

There were not many people in the entire "main hall", there were only a few desk tables, except where the two of them were, there were already people sitting behind the other desk tables, but they didn't know their identities.

After the two were seated, Zhu Jinsong casually ordered: "Let's get started."

Next came the emperor's banquet.

The process of feasting is actually very simple, first there is tea, and then there is a banquet.

The two did not make a fuss about drinking the tea for washing their hands—not to mention that someone had taught the two of them some etiquette for meeting and giving banquets, even if no one instructed them, the tea on the table would be the same Can the tea in the basin be the same?Blind or not?
Daming is not like Mite Qing, for the sake of self-boasting and satisfaction, he can forcefully plant such a shit pot on the North Korean leader.

In fact, North Korea always regards itself as a small China, and North Korea is also clear about such etiquette matters.

The point is that Zhu Jinsong has no interest in putting shit on other people's heads—the Qing Dynasty can talk shamelessly, but the Ming Dynasty can't succeed, and the Ming Dynasty has to be shameless. The historian remembers everything, and Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty It's also recorded in my daily life record, this kind of shit pot can't be buckled even if I want to!
What the hell?You said that Zhu Jinsong had buckled the head of Qian Deaf old dog?That's impossible, you must have misremembered, why don't you ask Qian Deaf Old Dog?

It's just that Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, ate happily at this banquet, Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen, Liu Heming and other bigwigs also had a good time. Only Zheng Hua, the Siamese lord, and Meng Yun, the Burmese lord ate. I'm not happy but I have to pretend to be very happy.

When everyone had almost eaten, Zhu Jinsong put down the chopsticks first, followed by Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen and other bigwigs, and soon a maid who had already prepared came over to remove the food and drinks from the table , Replaced with new tea again.

Zheng Hua and Meng Yun, who had already tasted nothing and even lost their souls, also came back to their senses.

The previous banquet is a set of procedures, basically the meaning is enough. What Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor said next, is the real big event. It is not only related to the success or failure of Siam and Burma, but can even Decide the life and death of the two.

Zhu Jinsong put down the teacup in his hand, looked at the two of them with a smile and asked, "If I heard correctly just now, the two Qings are calling you Nei Fan?"

Zheng Hua and Meng Yun glanced at each other, got up from behind the case together, came to Zhu Jinsong and bowed down again and said: "Your Majesty is holy, foreign ministers and others have lived in a foreign place for a long time, and in their hearts they really admire the Great Ming Kingdom, so And please call it an inner vassal, and hope that your majesty will not respond to the request of the ministers because Siam and Burma are barren?"

Zhu Jinsong hummed, and there was no expression of joy or anger on his face. He only opened his mouth after a long silence and said, "The invitation from the two Qings really made me feel a little bit embarrassed."

(End of this chapter)