Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 838 Daming Disgraced

In the west of Nanjing City, in the inn where the Manchu and Qing missions stayed, Feng Quan changed his style in Guangzhou last time. This time he almost stayed behind closed doors, reading books in the room every day, and patiently waiting for the Ming Dynasty to summon him.

Although they were kicked out by the post house, but with his old ways, he naturally knew that the reason why the inn took them in must be the Ming government's explanation, otherwise there would be no inn in Nanjing that would dare to accept them, the envoys of the Northern Kingdom.

Since it was the intention of the Ming government, it at least shows that the Ming Dynasty has not yet made up its mind on the peace talks, and all he can do now is wait.

In fact, this is indeed the case. This inn was originally owned by Gu Yuanjing. He drove Feng Quan and his party out in a quick way. The business of the inn suddenly slowed down, and it was like lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

Unlike Feng Quan who closed the door, Lu Zhuangyuan went out early and returned late this time. The reason he used was what Feng Quan said in Guangzhou, "Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."

In just one year, things have changed and people have changed, and the world has turned upside down. Although Lu Zhuangyuan is pedantic, he can also see the strength of Nanming now, so he wants to find out more weaknesses of Nanming for the Manchu Qing, so that he can make suggestions after returning to Beijing.

On this day, Feng Quan was sitting by the window. Under the window was a constant flow of people, bustling with people, showing the prosperity of Nanjing. On the table was a pot of Shaoxing flower carvings, served with a plate of broad beans and a few side dishes. He himself was having a drink. Holding a copy of "Ruyi Jun Biography" at the same time, he read it very engrossed.

Suddenly, the door of the room was pushed open, and Lu Zhuangyuan burst in with a happy face, but Feng Quan frowned, and was very upset that he didn't understand the rules, but he didn't bother to blame him.

At this time, he closed the book in his hand as if nothing had happened, put it face down on the table, and looked at Lu Zhuangyuan.

"Feng Zhongtang, this time Nanming's face will be embarrassing!" Lu Zhuangyuan's face was flushed, and he looked very excited. He didn't pay attention to Feng Quan's unhappiness. He walked to the table while talking, and turned over a glass , Pour a cup of Huadiao, take a sip, and enjoy the aftertaste, and then continue to say: "Dongyu, Dongyu, you know! This time Nanming was thinking about the tribute from all nations, to support the scene, who wants to Fengtian Temple, the envoy of Dongyu Seeing Nanming's son-in-law but not bowing down, making Nanming ashamed, making the tribute a joke, and losing face, this is really a joy!"

"Tungu? Is it the Nanyang barbarian country that attacked Yunnan during the Shenzong period and was defeated by Liu Dadao? How dare he not give Nanming face at this time?" Feng Quan was surprised by this. Then came the interest.

"Isn't it? It's said that all the envoys knelt, but Dongyu didn't kneel. Now Nanming's face is disgraced, and he still wants to claim to be orthodox. This is a big joke." Lu Zhuangyuan sarcastically said, for a few days Lai Shou's useless air has been eliminated by most.

Feng Quan heard this in his heart, and he couldn't help standing up, "It is said that when this country first attacked Yunnan, there were thousands of war elephants and [-] barbarians. This time they offended Nanming, maybe they can clean up for me. Yes. The regent is not planning to repair the relationship with Hauge, and then unite with the Western Thieves and the Hongmao Fan. I see Toungoo, and I can try it in the Qing Dynasty..."

Feng Quan was talking, and his face was a little excited, but when he turned around, he found that Lu Zhuangyuan's hand was picking up the books he put on the table. His heart trembled, and his voice stopped immediately. He wanted to stop it. , but there is no hurry, Lu Zhuangyuan has already picked up the book.

Feng Quan is a university student with a wealth of knowledge. Lu Zhuangyuan was curious and took the book over, but he was slightly taken aback when he saw the front face. The four characters of "Ruyi Jun Biography" came into his eyes, and he suddenly looked at Feng Quan strangely. , Feng Quan also blushed in embarrassment.

This court meeting, for the Ming Dynasty, was indeed a big loss of face, and in addition to losing face, it also caused damage to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, which was not conducive to the Ming Dynasty and restored its influence on Nanyang.

If this matter cannot be resolved properly, I am afraid that the feudal clans will follow suit in the future.

The envoy of Dongyu did not kneel, and the Ming Dynasty was not like the Manchu Dynasty. It cannot be said that if you disobey me, I will kill you. This is actually a kind of extreme low self-esteem. It is an extreme method that is used only when there is no other way. This is not the Celestial Dynasty. The tolerance that Shangguo should have.

In the meeting hall, King Tang was losing his temper at Gu Yuanjing, "Gu Butang, aren't you confident that you won't make any mistakes? What happened to this Dongyu envoy? Why did the Ministry of Rites let them enter the palace? Isn't this for the world to see?" Is my Daming a joke?"

Wang Yan and Lu Wangzuo were on the side, and his face was also very gloomy. For this tribute, Wang Yan spent more than 20 taels on the renovation of the Bauhinia City to rebuild the morale of the people. nausea.

Gu Yuanjing didn't expect such a situation to happen, he stood there with a livid face, he didn't explain, such a big mistake happened, it's just for explaining, and Tang Wang reprimanded him to protect him, after Tang Wang reprimanded him In the end, the king of Chu had to give the king of Tang a little face, so it was not good to scold him again.

Wang Yan looked at it for a while, gave Tang Wang and Gu Yuanjing a step, and said in a cold voice: "His Royal Highness Tang, what's the point of talking about Gu Butang now? Everyone sit down and analyze carefully. What exactly does Dongyu want to do?" What?"

Although the three families fought openly and covertly, they rarely agreed on issues concerning Daming's face. King Lu also frowned and said, "King Chu is right. The key now is how to eliminate the impact of this matter."

After hearing this, King Tang borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, sat down with Gu Yuanjing, and stopped talking.

The king of Chu was the regent, so Wang Yan sat in the middle hall. He waited for a while for everyone to be silent, and after calming down, he said, "This Dongyu has fought against this dynasty several times, and he has been defeated, but he has never been peaceful. But in fact, he has the heart to dominate Nanyang, and he has not sincerely surrendered. Before the Li Fanyuan said that the Toungoo envoy asked me to explain why the dynasty destroyed Champa, and also asked me to restore Champa to the country, so we should be vigilant."

"The Toungoo envoys are really hateful. In this way, they must have done it deliberately this time. They wanted to use this move to damage my prestige, and at the same time show their strength to the Nanyang countries by fighting against our dynasty, so as to dominate Nanyang. "After listening to Wang Yan's words, King Lu guessed Dong Yu's purpose after thinking for a while, which made him very angry.

Now the Ming Dynasty is actively influencing Nanyang, expanding to the south, and diverting internal pressure and conflicts to the national policy of Nanyang, which makes the traditional little bully Dongyu on the Indochina Peninsula a little uneasy, so this policy was adopted to prevent the Ming Dynasty from continuing to Nanyang. Influence.

This time, there was a mistake in the Ministry of Rites, which made King Tang's face dull. His face was gloomy, "The envoys of Dongyu are disrespectful to me. I just want to see if they will be arrested first and beheaded as a punishment. The second is to shock the nations."

After Wang Yan heard this, he disapproved and shook his head, "Killing an envoy is of no use other than venting anger. If Dongyu refuses to accept it, it will make the Nanyang countries think that we are serious and internal troubles! I think we still have to use it." Only Cheng Zu's method can convince people!"

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