Chapter 234 Naughty Boy Emperor

Empress Xia held a large yellow sleeve with golden dragon pattern, and the green phoenix-beaded pearls on the soap crown above her head trembled slightly. Her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned under her clear forehead, and she held up a few fine lines. The dark blue cloak covered a girl with beautiful facial features and graceful figures, but her serious expression was like a weather-beaten old woman.

Liu Jin looked at her pretending to be old-fashioned and smiled in her heart, but she looked respectful and respectful on her face and said, "Empress, you are the mother of the world and the example of the six palaces. If the princesses are so unruly and the Empress ignores it, it will be difficult to control the harem in the future.

Alas, Luo Xiang is also ignorant. He is now in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he is reckless in his work. How could he report this to the Empress? It makes the Empress pretend to be unaware of it, and it will not be possible to let them go."

When Empress Xia saw Yang Ling and the emperor invited the two princesses away that day, she did not ask for instructions from the harem. She was already very angry. However, she ran back to the palace and complained to the Empress Dowager first. The Empress Dowager gave the example of Concubine Wan deposed the Empress Dowager and persuaded her.

Although Empress Xia was resentful, she thought that Concubine Wan was a palace maid and had no backing, she could have defeated the queen. If she hadn't been too old, the empress dowager at that time would have refused to allow her to enter the central palace, she would have been even the queen.

Now the emperor is fascinated by the vixen named Tang, and she has another cousin with great power. It is not difficult for the Sangong gathering to call him in and scold him. It is not easy to really touch him, a minister from the foreign court, and his revenge is fading.

But at this time, Liu Jin was excited, her pretty face turned red, and she couldn't help but scold her, "When did I want to pretend to be deaf and dumb? Although there was the emperor's will, Yang Ling dared to be blind and take the princess out of the palace without notifying the palace and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was in the wrong place. He should have been punished. As for the two princesses..."

Empress Xia hesitated for a moment. The two princesses are the sisters of the current emperor and the biological daughter of the empress dowager of the current dynasty. If they are really punished severely, wouldn’t they offend them all inside and outside?

Liu Jin saw it and said with a slight smile: "I understand in my heart. The Empress will not punish you. In the future, the princesses and imperial concubines in other places will all make their own decisions and refuse to obey the orders. Are there any rules in this harem? I will punish you severely, but I am afraid that you will hurt the harmony in the palace. The Empress has done a lot of effort."

He took a step closer and said, "I have a way to be both good and beautiful. I wonder what the Empress wants?"

Empress Xia was in a dilemma and couldn't help but feel happy when she heard this: "Eunuch Liu, tell me quickly."

Liu Jin bowed and said, "Yes, I think these princesses will not be punished without punishment, but it will not be possible if it is too much. It is better to reduce the cost of the two princesses in the palace and treat it as punishment. The Queen will pass on the imperial edict. The ten days of jail is enough to make the harem know the rules. As for Yang Ling..."

He glanced at Empress Xia and said in a slight voice: "This matter involves the princess, but it is not just a state affairs. Luo Xiang, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has the responsibility to submit memorials to impeach memorials, but others are slight and have no capable ministers at the same time, so the emperor will not punish him. Will he be even more unscrupulous in the future? If Lord Xia writes a letter at the same time, the emperor will not be able to refute him, so he will be called to scold him. He is a minister. Do you dare to hate the Empress because of this? If the Empress is worried..."

With a big sleeve, her beautiful eyebrows raised, Empress Xia scolded: "What are you worried about? Go and pass on the will of this palace, and ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to reduce Yongfu and Yongchun's palace to pay the cost of Yongchun! Order the female official of Shanggong to supervise the Princess' Mansion, and the two princesses will be confined to ten days!"

"I obey the Queen's decree!" Liu Jin hurriedly paid a lot of respect. The Prime Minister of the inner court was so respectful to Jin, and Empress Xia couldn't help but find her confidence. She snorted coldly and led the six palace maids to the harem. Liu Jin got up from the ground. Her flattering expression disappeared, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

The day before the Eastern Envoy entered Beijing, the Westerner's Cathedral was completed.

A red brick, dome, and four corners are towering buildings with pointed towers. A huge milky white cross stands above the church. Jacobs and the Fired Azer, several missionaries, were wearing brand new priest robes, standing next to the petal-shaped holy water basin in front of the church, and were crying.

After ten years of running around, beggars almost starved to death after several years. Now they finally own their own cathedral and established the first place to spread voices and preach God on the land of the Ming Dynasty. All the hard work and adventures in the land of the land were rewarded. Yang Ling is really the messenger of happiness given to them by God.

What excited them the most was that Lord Yang actually invited the emperor of the present, the emperor of the most powerful empire in the world, to attend the cathedral inauguration ceremony and the first grand mass. If it were not for the long journey, where would they be the turn to welcome it? It would be the honor of the Pope and the Archbishops in the Cardinal. You can imagine how much impact the news of the emperor's visit would have on their missionary preaching as soon as the news of the emperor's visit was spread.

No wonder the missionaries were crying, but they kept grinning. The guards in the Jinyi surrounded the cathedral, and ordinary people could only look at it from afar. Zhengde looked at this building with different styles curiously. It was not until Gu Dayong called out a few times in succession that he woke up.

Park Eun-hee, the special envoy of North Korea who visited Tianyan, watched coldly, shook her head slightly without realizing it, and a hint of worry rose between her eyebrows.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. Soon after, the six ministers of the central government of the court were half purged. Then, the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty, who was known as the Grand Prix of the Kingdom of the Daming Pillar, was also deposed. The rumors about the new emperor being incompetent and the turmoil of the government and the country were far away from Korea.

The King of Korea was very worried when he heard the news. North Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the people's livelihood and national economy depended heavily on the people's livelihood and national economy. Moreover, the Jurchens and Japan, which were adjacent to it, frequently experienced small wars, which were all due to the Ming Dynasty's mediation and balance. If the Ming Dynasty had civil strife, North Korea would suffer first, so he would immediately send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to find out the truth.

When Park Eun-hee arrived in the capital, Jungde was in Datong. Ambassador Park was idle and often walked around the streets. He heard various rumors among the people every day and was even more disappointed with the Ming emperor. However, after Zhengde returned to Beijing, the achievements of defeating Tatars and joining Urianha mentioned by him, he keenly realized the value of it after hearing it.

The three guards of the Duoyan and the Jurchen tribes lie across the grassland, either for the Ming Dynasty or for the Tatars, and traded with each other. They used their interests to restrain them from becoming allies of the Ming Dynasty.

The Tatars were defeated, and the power of Boyan Khan Biding, who had just unified the grassland, became unstable, and the internal political situation became unpredictable. As one went up and down, the Ming Dynasty had the strategic ability to turn defense into an offensive land. If the distribution of power in the entire grassland and Liaodong changed, it would directly affect the North Korea, which aroused his interest. Could it be that Emperor Zhengde, who was indulging in wine and sex, would become the King of Chu Zhuang who made a stunning move?

However, Zhengde's absurd behavior in the leopard room broke his fantasy again. It was hard for him to believe that the joy and anger in front of him were reflected, and he would be frivolous and frivolous all the way, without the dignity of the emperor. Zhengde would be a promising king.

When the Annan envoy next to him saw him standing in thought, Ruan Dayou pulled his sleeve and said, "The emperor has left, keep up."

Park Eun-hee then realized and hurriedly walked into the church courtyard.

Because the Ming Dynasty's "tributive" policy advocated that any tribute envoys would treat the person well; if private goods came, they would pay the price twice. Therefore, as long as the foreign countries verbally admitted that they were vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the transaction would be a sure profit, and the goods they brought were sold to the Ming Dynasty at a price several times higher than the market price.

Some small countries tasted the sweetness of this. They came to pay tribute at any time. The Ming Dynasty originally stipulated that Annan would not be allowed to pay more than five envoys in three years. However, Annan sent people to pay tribute almost every year, and the missions sent reached one or two hundred. The Ming Dynasty was overwhelmed, but people were holding a sign of tribute to the Celestial Empire, so it was difficult to keep the envoys out of the country. They had to eat yellow lotus in a mute manner.

Ambassador Ruan came to the Ming Dynasty to fight Qiufeng. As for whether the emperor was wise or stupid, it was far less important to Annan than North Korea, so he didn't care at all.

Zhengde was walking in front. He had heard the introduction of the Fire Lord Yasan, and curiously asked a few words of greeting each other when they met. He smiled and was about to step into the church. Jacos suddenly reached out and dipped his fingers in a few drops of water from the white stone basin at the door. He bounced his fingers at Zhengde.

Zhengde was stunned, and a few drops of water had splashed on his face. Jacos still stretched out his watery fingers and drew talismans in front of him. Liu Jin was shocked and immediately shouted: "Catch the assassin!"

Two big eunuchs rushed over and pressed Jacob to the ground. She unsheathed the embroidered saber halfway and was put on his neck, making Jacob's face pale and screamed.

Seeing this, Yang Ling hurriedly stepped forward and stopped him, "Come on slow, don't do it." He smiled at the shocked Zhengde and said, "Master, this is a ritual in foreign religions, called 'spraying holy water', to cleanse the body and mind of people entering the church, and ask God to bless him. Mr. Jacobs is blessing the emperor, not intentionally offends."

Zhengde laughed and said, "This is interesting. If you wish you a blessing or not, it is much better than just spitting on your own."

Zhengde blocked the guard's knife, helped Jacosi up, and said with a smile: "This is your recklessness. If you don't explain clearly, what treasure is being sold? You almost bounced off your head with one finger, hahaha..."

He turned to North Korea, and Annan envoy smiled and said, "I heard that the temple of the Folang Jiren, who is thousands of miles away, are you not seen before in the other country. Let me ask you to see it. Do you think this blessing gift is novel and interesting?"

Park Eun-hee and Ruan Dae-woo leaned over and said, and Jung Deok-hung said to Jacobs: "Do you need to wear this black robe to bless me? Come on, take it off and put it on me, line up and walk in, I will bless you one by one."

Everyone was ridiculous and the two foreign envoys shook their heads secretly. Jacobs and his missionaries were not as stubborn as Confucian scholars and monks in the Central Plains. Although the emperor was not qualified to wear priests to bless them, in order to gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty, they even dared to change the world map, so they moved China to the center of the world map, making the emperor afraid of playing a priest.

Jacos was tall and thin. He took off his silver cross, took off his black robe, and put it on for the emperor. Father Zhengde, who was on the tail of the robe, officially made his debut.

Jacobs used two fingers to dip his water to bless him, and Zhengde's holy water was slapped with a whole palm. All the ministers, two foreign envoys, and even Yang Ling and several missionaries were no exception. Zhengde's face was washed by Zhengde and then he entered the cathedral wet.

In fact, although the church is large, it is quite simple. There are no stone sculptures, murals and magnificent gold ornaments of Western churches. Zhengde finished reading it with great enthusiasm and walked up to the pulpit and said to everyone: "Father Ya...Father Gesi? Three Father Huozheya? Well... You have come to the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away. I am very happy. In the near future, I will build a treasure ship again, which can span the seas thousands of miles away. At that time, you can take a boat back to your hometown and bring more people who think of me, the Ming Dynasty. I welcome you."

He told Park Eun-hee's two envoys: "After the two envoys go back, they can tell the king of that country that Japan has sent envoys to meet, and the Ming Dynasty will open the maritime ban soon. In addition to the court restricting the export and purchase of several goods, there will be no restrictions and allow the people to freely exchange.

You can tell the king to prepare early and build more big ships. My Ming Dynasty will not control the barbarians, and will not refuse those who come, and will not chase those who go. The sea embraces all rivers and tolerate them. All countries, regions, and tribes are willing to pay tribute, regardless of distance, or whether they have any grudges or grudges."

Park Eun-hee was moved when she heard this. He didn't expect that he would hear such a major change in national policies. North Korea and Ming Dynasty were very close to each other. The Ming Dynasty wanted to open up the maritime ban and allow free trade among the people. How important this would have on North Korea.

Correspondingly, North Korea must set up corresponding yamen immediately, organize corresponding caravans as soon as possible, seize the Ming market, and get one more business opportunity as soon as possible, and the king must be notified immediately about this matter.

Ruan Dayou, who was originally absent-minded, also realized the importance of this matter, and the two immediately made up their minds. Zhengde also talked about introducing Western crops, improving farming yields, forming alliances with the three guards of Duoyan, and borrowing land to cultivate war horses. Although he did not say that he would enter the northern border of the Tatars, his ambitiousness was undoubtedly revealed.

As a vassal country of the Ming Dynasty for generations, they were not worried about the strength of the Ming Dynasty. In a mere tiny place, if the strongest lord country they depended on, the more benefits they would get, so they would naturally be optimistic.

After listening to the thunder of Jacobs, Zhengde and his ministers finished their preaching, he walked around the cathedral inside and out, and ordered people to notify the Ministry of Rites to provide the priests of the cathedral with certain grain, rice, firewood and firewood on a monthly basis, and then he drove away.
Chapter completed!