With a snap, a half-eaten sheep hoof fell to the ground.
Princess Nesa heard the sound and quickly looked up, and saw Emperor Zhu looking at her with his mouth open and a surprised look on his face.
"Nisha, what did you just say?" Zhu Cixiang spoke, but he was shocked!
Someone is coming from the west! No one who becomes an emperor likes Xitian!
"Long live my lord," said Princess Nessa, "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that people are coming from the West..."
"A person from the West? Are you looking for the Supreme Emperor?" Zhu Cixiang didn't know whether it was because he hadn't woken up, or because he was old and his brain was no longer bright, so he actually asked such a question.
"Looking for the Supreme Emperor? Why do people from the West want to find the Supreme Emperor?" Princess Nisha also felt puzzled.
Yes, what are the people from the West doing to find the Supreme Emperor?
Of course he was looking for Chongzhen to go to the West... He should have gone more than thirty years ago, and now he is so many years late. Maybe he was discovered by the superiors, so he sent someone to look for him? I don’t know if Chongzhen is willing to go?
"That's wrong!" Zhu Cixiang had already reacted and muttered in a low voice, "This matter is not under the control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it seems that no one will be notified about this matter... Nisha, get the memorial Show me!"
That’s right, if Xitian wants to send someone down, they won’t contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs! Even if he wanted to find it, he would have to go to Huangjue Temple...and Zhu Cixi had never heard of such a thing being notified in advance.
Princess Nisha quickly handed the memorial to Emperor Zhu.
Zhu Cihong wiped his hands, then took the memorial and read it. It turned out that the welcome yamen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai received a mission claiming to be from Xitianfu, the Kingdom of Tianzhu... The mission was not small in size, and it also brought formal credentials and gifts. The gifts are very generous, a lot of gold and silver, and ten beauties from Tianzhu!
This looks just like the real thing, so the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs don’t dare to catch him as a liar - and no one is pretending to be a tribute now. The Ming Dynasty now pursues free trade. If you want to do business, just come, there is no need to pretend. Envoy. Moreover, the current diplomatic exchanges of the Ming Dynasty do not involve a lot of exchanges. The value of diplomatic returns is generally not as high as the other party's gifts. Paying tribute is definitely a loss-making business!
Officials from the Shanghai Embassy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs then began to investigate - they had to find out where the Western Heaven was? If this Xitian is really in the sky, then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will ignore it and have to go to Huangjue Temple.
After asking around, I finally found out that the Xitian Mansion is not in the sky, but in Bangladesh... Bengal in Tianzhu is the capital of the Dashun Empire of Tianzhu!
"What? The Tianzhu Dashun Empire...isn't this a bandit?" Zhu Cixiang threw the memorial in his hand on the table with a snap, and looked unhappy, "Are you still pretending to be Xitian to scare people? ?”
Dashun is Dashun, what do you mean Xitian Mansion... the name comes from it, called Xitian, are you studying from Xitian? By the way, Li Jicheng seems to be really close to the place where Tang Sanzang obtained the Western Scriptures. Isn't Nalanda Temple near Bengal?
These bandits are really good at running around! He actually went to Bangladesh... Now it's better, our children and grandchildren will have to drink the water of the Ganges!
"Long live my lord," Princess Nessa asked softly, "have you seen this visitor from the West?"
"See you!" Zhu Cixiang said angrily, "Of course I have to see you! I want to see who he is who dares to pretend to be someone from Xitian!"
...
Laoshan Palace, Huangji Palace.
Zhu Cixiang would not give the envoys from Xitian Mansion any good looks - all the visitors from Xitian looked like Indians. Needless to say, they are all traitors!
The leader is an old Indian traitor in his fifties named Xin Guiyi. When you hear this name, he means a capitulationist! But he looks pretty good, with very energetic facial features and a big beard that is trimmed very neatly. Zhu Cixiang originally wanted to teach this Indian traitor who betrayed the motherland (you are such an Indian, why did you betray Timur's motherland?), but this guy respectfully presented him with a gift list.
"Your Majesty, this is a little gift that our country has prepared for you. Although it is not in the eyes of the emperor above, it is also a bit of piety from our country. I hope that the emperor will accept it."
After Xin Guiyi presented the gift list, he opened his mouth and spoke fluently in Shaanxi Mandarin. After speaking, he took a step back with his nose and nose in mind, and then moved towards an attendant of Asan who was guarding the gate of Huangji Hall. Then I saw a graceful lady wearing a gorgeous saree and jingling rings walking in lightly under the guidance of several aunts and palace maids.
Zhu Cixiang was stunned. He didn't expect Li Jicheng to do this... He, the Ming Emperor, was not a lecherous and money-grubbing person. Is this interesting?
Thinking of his greed for money, Zhu Cixiang quickly lowered his head and looked at the gift list. The gift list was very long! There is nothing good, except for 10 beauties, the others are some gold, silver, pearls, gems, diamonds, etc... They should all be good things stolen from Bangladesh!
Looking away from the gift list, Emperor Zhu began to look at the beauties standing in a row in front of him again... They all looked like "Bollywood" level, no worse than the maids brought by Princess Nisha!
Of course, Zhu Cixiang has a noble character and is not a womanizer. He will not be tempted by these beauties, nor will he be bribed by the property on the gift list.
"Take them all down!" Zhu Cixiang said to a female officer on duty at the Huangji Palace, "Take them all to the Red Castle and hand them over to Princess Nessa."
Most of the maids brought by Princess Nisha have left the palace and were given to the heroes of the Ming Dynasty as concubines. Two of the maids who stayed in the palace were taken over by Zhu Cihong and became selected maids. Only two are still alive. Follow Nisha. Now is the time to "replenish the goods" for Princess Nissa to see if there is anything worth training...
The beauties have all been taken away, and now we can finally start discussing the real issues.
Zhu Cixiang asked: "Xin Guiyi, tell me...what does Li Jicheng mean? By giving so many gifts, does he want to surrender to the Celestial Empire?"
"No," Xin Guiyi said with a smile, "Your Majesty, Dashun, is the emperor, and you are also the emperor... They are all of the same age."
Before he finished speaking, several high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty present became angry.
"Be bold!"
"Li Jicheng is just a lonely thief, how dare he be compared to the emperor of tomorrow?"
"You are not afraid that our mighty soldiers will go to the west to kill you..."
What? Kill to the west? Are you talking about "Journey to the West"?
Zhu Cixiang looked over following the voice and saw that the person who made such stupid remarks was Grand Duke Luo, the chief minister of the cabinet... Is this guy also old and stupid and should he go to retire?
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, "The thief Li Jicheng has gone to the Western Heaven... The Western Heaven is no longer ours, and he wants to serve the emperor. I have no interest in asking."
Of course, Xitian is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Ming Emperor... Let alone Li Jicheng, who wants to be the emperor of the Dashun Empire in India, even if he wants to be called the Buddha of Xitian, Zhu Cixiang can't control it.
"Your Majesty," Zhu Cibing, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reminded in a low voice, "We are allies with the Timur Empire of Tianzhu. The rogue bandits have now invaded Tianzhu and occupied the Bengal of the Timur Empire. Moreover, the rogue bandits have also occupied a lot of our territory in Yunnan Province. Territory.”
"Your Majesty," Xin Guiyi said immediately, "we are willing to withdraw from Yunnan... Yunnan is the land of the Celestial Empire, and we dare not covet it. We just want to ask the Ming Dynasty not to care about the overlords in Tianzhu. Fight! As long as Ming Dynasty agrees to our conditions, we can guarantee the freedom of merchant ships in the western part of the Little Western Ocean."
Zhu Cixiang smiled coldly and said: "The land in Yunnan will be captured by our tomorrow's soldiers, and you don't need to withdraw! You can handle the trade on the Little Western Ocean yourself! The struggle between great powers is not something that countries like you can get involved in. .....Perhaps when the Ming Dynasty and Rome fight over the Little Western Ocean, they will give you an opportunity to take advantage of it. But the Ming Dynasty and Rome are tens of thousands of miles apart, and what they are fighting for is just trade interests. There must be fights and reconciliations. When the great powers reconcile, will you be able to withstand the conquest of my Ming Dynasty naval fleet? If you want to huddle in a remote place like Myanmar, it may not be profitable for my fleet to kill you. But you have already entered Tianzhu and occupied Bangladesh. !
Haha, that is a rich and comfortable place, so take care of yourself! "
