The envoy representative of the Dali Kingdom is called Gao Zhenming. It is said that he is a child of a powerful family in Dali and has a high status in Dali.
The Gao family can currently be said to be the Cao family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Sima family in the late Cao Wei Dynasty. They have real power in the country, and Emperor Duan is more like a mascot.
Therefore, it seemed quite normal that the people who came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty were descendants of the Gao family, and Su Yonglin didn't think there was anything wrong.
In other words, they have only sent people over now, but they seem a bit slow. If they want to send people over, they should send people over after the Ming Dynasty eliminates the Shu and Song regimes.
But since they are here, it means that they do not simply regard Ming Dynasty as an enemy, but also want to solve the problem through diplomatic means. In other words, they have lost the idea of confronting Ming Dynasty's armed forces after realizing Ming Dynasty's strong military strength.
Su Yonglin felt that the reason why they sent people here at this time was probably because they learned that he had won a great victory in South Vietnam and turned South Vietnam into the Annan Special Administrative Region.
Dali's courage to adopt an attitude of non-violence and non-cooperation in front of the Central Plains Dynasty was not without support.
Although they were effective, they defeated the powerful Tang Army twice during the period of their predecessor, the Nanzhao Kingdom. The Tang Army suffered two defeats here, suffering heavy losses and losing face.
However, after all, Nanzhao was a small country with weak national strength, and it was impossible to confront a big country for a long time, so it usually sought peace through war. This attitude continued into the Dali Kingdom.
During Zhao Kuangyin's southern expedition, he learned the lesson of the Tang army's two annihilations. He used the Dadu River as the boundary and gave up attacking Dali, which allowed the Dali Kingdom to be preserved. After that, the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties always had a vigilant attitude towards Dali Kingdom in their exchanges, and treated them It was always lukewarm, and communication between the two sides was very limited.
This also led to the fact that Buddhism was always used as the official doctrine instead of Confucianism until the end of Dali's reign. Chinese culture did not take root in Dali.
Therefore, when the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty ruled Yunnan and built Confucius temples there, people in Dali called Confucius "Han Buddha" and were quite unfamiliar and unfamiliar with him.
Compared with the vigilant exchanges between the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, Dali State has always maintained a certain attitude of friendly exchanges with the Song Dynasty. It sent envoys to pay tribute many times and requested for canonization. It was awarded the titles of Yunnan Jiedushi and King of Dali, which can be regarded as the title of the Southern Song Dynasty. A vassal state.
After the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, the current Dali Kingdom also lost its legal superiority. It is the best choice to continue to establish a vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty.
Su Yonglin didn't know whether Dali had the same vigilance towards the Ming Dynasty as the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam, but he knew better that these small countries actually had no choice, no matter what kind of country Ming was, no matter how big Ming was. They don't have a choice if they don't care about revolution.
The Ming Dynasty was here, establishing its political power and armed forces in this traditional core of East Asia. Its powerful power radiated to all sides and was unstoppable.
Gao Zhenming was tall and tall, with a majestic figure and gorgeous clothes. From head to toe, he was dressed in Sichuan brocade products. At first glance, he looked like a child of a big family, born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
It has to be said that before and after the war started, Dali was the largest buyer of Shu brocade. Even during the Sichuan-Sichuan war, Dali secretly bought a large number of Shu brocade.
For this reason, Su Yonglin specially sent someone to scold Dali Kingdom.
They had no reaction at the time, but this time they came to pay tribute. Dali State sent 10,000 pieces of Shu brocade as tribute, as well as 500 Dali horses, as well as a large amount of musk, bezoar and other luxury goods, which was obviously full of sincerity.
Since they are so sincere, Su Yonglin also wants to meet them for the sake of these gifts.
Of course, good looks cannot be given casually.
So Su Yonglin came up and started to attack.
"Previously, the Ming Dynasty issued a blockade order to the puppet Chengdu court, prohibiting them from taking out anything. As a result, your country ignored the Ming Dynasty's ban and still purchased a large amount of Sichuan brocade. Is this happening?"
Gao Zhenming seemed to expect that Su Yonglin would ask this question. His expression did not change, and after bowing deeply, he gave an explanation in fluent Chinese.
"To return to His Majesty the Emperor, this matter is not a decision made by His Highness the King of our country, but an agreement reached privately by some greedy people with the Chengdu puppet court. They are greedy for profits and the low price offered by the Chengdu court, so He did something that went against the emperor's order.
Later, His Highness the King learned about this matter. His Highness the King was very angry and ordered the execution of twelve officials who were doing business with the Chengdu Puppet Dynasty in private. Their heads have been processed and are now officially presented to His Majesty the Emperor as Dali. The country’s apology. "
Gao Zhenming waved his hand, and several of his followers came forward with wooden plates, uncovered the black cloth on the plates, and twelve dead-looking heads were revealed to the world.
"This group of thieves are greedy and do things that go against the orders of the Ming Emperor. They are not only disrespectful to the Ming Emperor, but also deviate from Dali's national policy. It is an act of rebellion. Dali will never tolerate them! They will be beheaded now. Be a warning to others!”
"In order to express his apology to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, His Majesty the King of our country has specially presented 10,000 pieces of Shu brocade as an apology. I hope His Majesty the Emperor will accept it and do not blame the small and remote country for being greedy."
"The Indestructible King of the Great Village"
Su Yonglin narrowed his eyes as he looked at the twelve unlucky heads and Gao Zhenming who further knelt down to salute.
This Gao Zhenming is not simple, and even the decision-makers of the entire Dali Kingdom are a bit interesting.
After taking advantage of it, he still had to make it difficult for people to criticize him in terms of compensation measures, so that he could not get angry at will or use some excuses to use troops against Dali.
Originally, Dali's private purchase of Shu brocade from the Chengdu court was a perfect reason for Ming Dynasty to declare war on Dali, but now they took the lead and blocked this excuse.
Killing people, although I don’t know if these twelve unlucky guys are leading the Sichuan brocade trade. Of course, there is a high probability that they are not even officials, but just poor unlucky guys.
But it doesn't matter, because these are indeed twelve heads, or twelve heads sent from all the way.
Not only that, they also gave 10,000 pieces of Shu brocade as an apology.
This cannot be considered a sincere apology, because everyone knows how much a piece of Shu Brocade is worth.
Now they have sent 10,000 pieces of Shu brocade for free. Daming has not spent any money on transporting it along the way. They have spent all of it themselves. This means that they have also borne the transportation and logistics costs, which is equivalent to more than double the price. On transportation.
Su Yonglin is like buying 10,000 pieces of Shu brocade for free, don't be too happy.
"Ten thousand pieces of Shu brocade is not a small amount, and transporting it all the way from Dali is not a simple matter. Your country has also spent a lot of money."
"It's all thanks to the heroic military force of the Ming Dynasty, which wiped out the Lingnan bandits and stabilized the place, allowing the Dali convoy to enter the sea from Guangzhou Port and take a boat all the way north, saving a lot of expenses. This is all the kindness of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and everyone in Dali country Just be grateful.”
As Gao Zhenming spoke, he bowed to the ground again with a full gesture.
Not to mention Su Yonglin, Xin Qiji and other high-ranking officials who participated in this event with him also felt that Dali was really good, and had done a perfect job in all aspects, without giving the Ming Dynasty any place to attack.
Under such circumstances, if we insist on catching them secretly engaging in Shu brocade trade with the Chengdu court, it will feel a bit deliberate, and it will not look good to the Ming Dynasty itself.
So Su Yonglin could only ask Gao Zhenming to sit down, and then talk to him about some things about Dali Kingdom, the purpose of their visit, etc.
