Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 178 Planning for Japan

The next day was Emperor Jiajing's [-]th birthday. On this day, Wang Daoqiu got up early. Also getting up early with him were Wang Daoqiu's mother, Mrs. Xu, and Wang Daoqiu's wife, Shen Xiangning.

The Xu family was conferred imperial edict by Wang Daoqiu when he was in his sixth year, while Shen Xiangning was conferred imperial edict by Emperor Jiajing when Wang Daoqiu's eldest son, Wang Gaowen, was born.To put it bluntly, Mrs. Xu and Shen Xiangning at this time are both imperial wives of the Ming Dynasty, so they will enter the palace early this morning. They will go to the palace first, led by the queen, to carry out a series of activities for noble ladies, and then attend Jiajing in the evening The emperor's birthday banquet.

Because the dress worn by Lady Ming Ming was too complicated, Shen Xiangning and the little maid Cui'er had no choice but to help Xu put it on first, and then it was Shen Xiangning's turn.

The women's outfits were too troublesome, and Wang Daoqiu couldn't wait for them, so he left first.

The emperor's fortieth birthday is a big event. All friends of the Ming Dynasty, as well as vassal kings, local officials, as well as prominent people from the religious and cultural circles and all walks of life come to pay their respects.There were more people and it was more formal, so today's birthday banquet, Emperor Jiajing did not arbitrarily place it in Xiyuan, but according to tradition, it was placed in the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City.

Fengtian Hall, also called "Jinluan Hall", is located at a prominent position on the north-south axis of the Forbidden City. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty and is called Fengtian Hall.Later, in the 41st year of Jiajing reign, it was renamed Huangji Hall, and in the second year of Shunzhi reign of Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Taihe Hall.

The Fengtian Hall is the tallest and most magnificent building in the Forbidden City. It is eleven rooms wide and five rooms deep, with double eaves and verandah style, and yellow glazed tiles.Standing on the three-story white marble Xumizuo platform, it is more than 37 meters above the ground level. The main hall covers an area of ​​370 square meters. It is the largest wooden structure palace construction in the world in later generations.

Precisely because the Fengtian Palace is so majestic and domineering, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, this was where the emperor ascended the throne, announced his enthronement edict, appointed the emperor’s queen at his wedding, ordered generals to go on expeditions, and held grand ceremonies every New Year’s Day, Winter Solstice, and the emperor’s birthday. , a place where officials and vassals pay their respects and give banquets.

Of course, now because of Wang Daoqiu, the God of Wealth, Emperor Jiajing is rich and awesome, so he can have face for his own birthday party.As early as three months ago, Emperor Jiajing ordered a comprehensive renovation of the Forbidden City, especially the Fengtian Palace.Therefore, the Fengtian Palace now looks even more magnificent.

The tiles on the Fengtian Palace were all replaced with gold-plated tiles from the original yellow glazed tiles, using five tons of gold.There are tens of thousands of gems inlaid between the gaps in the tiles. When the sun shines, they shine brightly and look a bit magical.

At this time, all the windows in the hall were replaced with plate glass whose cleanliness was no less than that of later generations.Those pillars, eaves, and gates were all painted red, looking very festive.As for the golden dragon coiled on the pillar, it is even plated with real gold. When the light shines on it, it will definitely blind your eyes.

Wang Daoqiu was on duty today. He went to the Hubu first. After all, Emperor Jiajing celebrated his birthday today, so most of the money and things had to go to the Hubu.Therefore, Hubu must not make any mistakes, lest Emperor Jiajing would be unhappy and bite someone.

After finishing the official business at the household department, it was almost noon.At this time, Wang Daoqiu planned to go to Emperor Jiajing's place for lunch.But as soon as he walked to the entrance of Fengtian Hall, he saw a young man wearing a purple robe and a tall hat, obviously dressed as a native of the island, kneeling at the gate of Fengtian Hall.

As soon as he saw this person dressed in this way, Wang Daoqiu guessed that this person should be a birthday envoy sent by the Japanese country.After all, before Japan was modernized, only high-ranking nobles could wear purple robes.

Having roughly guessed the person's identity, Wang Daoqiu politely went up to greet the person with fists in his arms, and asked kindly: "Excuse me, your Excellency, do you know Ming Dynasty Mandarin?"

"Yes, yes, Your Excellency, I know Ming Dynasty Mandarin. To be honest with you, I am Fujiwara Takumi, the eldest son of the Japanese king of Nara, Japan. I was ordered to come to pay homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor on his birthday. I just don't know what you call me, sir. Wearing a red robe and a crane at such a young age.”

The Japanese countries have always admired the culture of the Central Plains since the Tang Dynasty. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, they often paid tribute.Comrade Zhu Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty also listed the Japanese country as a "country not to be conquered", so they still know something about the Ming Dynasty.Therefore, Fujiwara Takumi, the eldest prince of the Japanese king, was surprised to see Wang Daoqiu with such a tender face and dressed like a beast and a crane, so he asked.

After Wang Daoqiu heard that this person was the eldest prince of the Japanese king, he also replied with a smile: "I, Wang Daoqiu, am now the Grand Tutor of the Ming Dynasty, the Marquis of Zhongyong, the Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. "

"Ah, you are the Liuyuanjidi King Daoqiu who was robbed and stripped naked at the gate of Zhejiang Gongyuan!"

Damn it!I haven't heard about the embarrassing incident at the gate of Zhejiang Gongyuan last year. I haven't heard about it for a long time, and I have almost forgotten it.But now it was actually said from the mouth of a Japanese prince. Could it be that this matter has now gone out of the country and rushed to the world?
Fujiwara Takumi's words made Wang Daoqiu so embarrassed, so Wang Daoqiu asked awkwardly: "Fujiwara-kun is in Japan, have you heard about this?" "No, no, no, Wang, I am not here to do this. What we Japanese heard about was in your hometown of Zhejiang. Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the tribute route of our Japanese mission can only land in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Therefore, I was ordered to come to the Ming Emperor this time To celebrate my birthday, I landed in Ningbo and then came to Beijing by boat from Hangzhou. When I was in Hangzhou, I was eating in a restaurant and heard them talking about Wang Jun. Wang Jun, you are so amazing. In less than a year, You went from being a common man to becoming a prince and becoming a prime minister. Your Majesty, you are so amazing, your role model to me."

Fujiwara Takumi's words were very sincere, and after he finished speaking, he knocked his head to Wang Daoqiu and fell to the ground.Fujiwara Takumi's behavior made Wang Daoqiu embarrassed.To be honest, those who cultivate Chinese culture in later generations are often hostile to the Japanese. After all, the Japanese have done too much harm to us.

But Wang Daoqiu himself is different from most of his compatriots.

Throughout the thousands of years of human history, all armies that invaded other countries burned, killed, and looted.

After all, human nature is animal nature in the final analysis. In a normal society, the reason why ordinary people will not burn, kill, and loot is not because they don't want to, but because they don't dare because they have the pressure of royal law on their heads.

But once they invade other countries as invaders, the so-called royal law has no control over them.As an invading force, they are kings in the occupied areas. They no longer have to suppress their animal nature, and what is released...

This is human nature, so for thousands of years, no matter how honest a child is at home, once he puts on military uniform, he invades other countries as an invader.Then there is a high probability that he will turn into a beast on the territory of other countries.

Seeing the person knocking his head to the ground, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly went up and helped the person up with both hands.But just when Wang Daoqiu tried hard to pull Fujiwara Takumi's body upward, Fujiwara Takumi hurriedly refused: "No, no! Your Majesty, His Majesty the Ming Emperor was angry with our Japanese country and failed to control his people, so that the Japanese people Bandits often plunder the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, His Majesty the Ming Emperor punishes me to represent the Japanese country and kneel here. Your Majesty, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, please leave me alone. You’d better go in quickly. As long as His Majesty the Ming Emperor can forgive us. Japan, it doesn’t matter if I kneel down, it doesn’t matter.”

The Japanese people have very old-fashioned minds, and their rigidity is difficult for normal people to understand all over the world.Wang Daoqiu knew this, so after Fujiwara Takumi refused, Wang Daoqiu did not force others to do anything.He just told Fujiwara Takumi that he would explain the matter of Japanese pirates to His Majesty the Ming Emperor on behalf of the Japanese country, and asked Fujiwara Takumi to be patient a little longer.Then he asked the little eunuch to use a curtain to surround Fujiwara Takumi so that no one would see Fujiwara Takumi kneeling here.

After covering up Fujiwara Takumi's shame, Wang Daoqiu walked quickly inside to see Emperor Jiajing.

Led by the small yellow gate, they entered the Fengtian Hall. In a corner behind the dragon chair, Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing were already sitting at a large round table, and the eunuchs were passing food around.

As soon as he saw Wang Daoqiu coming, Emperor Jiajing said jokingly: "Didn't you come here just because you smelled the fragrance of the rice here? There is no food for you today, eh, no food for you."

"Hi, Your Majesty, I know you feel sorry for me, how could you let me go hungry?" After saying this, Wang Daoqiu served the food directly to the table without waiting for Emperor Jiajing to speak.

When Emperor Jiajing saw Wang Daoqiu's rascally appearance, he was also annoyed. He pointed to Wang Daoqiu and said to Lu Bing: "Look at Lu Ermao, look at this kid, is this kid still a bit of a gentleman? I Look at this kid who is spoiled by me now, let me put it here, he is now a shame! Lu Ermao, I will live a long life today, so I will spare the life of this kid for the time being, and you will arrest him tomorrow. Go, teach this kid how to behave in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Ming Erchen must ask him, Wang Liangzhen, to take a good look at what it means to live rather than die."

"Yes, that's it, hahahaha!"

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Watching Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing, old friends, happily interacting there, discussing how to be cruel to Wang Daoqiu.Wang Daoqiu didn't worry about these two idiots, and planned to wait until they said they were happy before mentioning the Japanese affairs to Emperor Jiajing.

(End of this chapter)