Song Lian looked at the dozens of Honglu Temple officials who were kneeling and kowtowing in front of him with a confused expression, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
What is it that scares these people so much?
"Get up, get up quickly."
Song Lian asked the officials of Honglu Temple to stand up first, and then said slowly:
"So what happened?"
An official of Honglu Temple burst into tears and began to complain loudly:
"Sir, you don't know that Mr. Li is a lunatic. He..."
"Ahem!"
Before the Honglu Temple official finished speaking, he heard a gentle cough.
But these two coughs were like a bolt from the blue, exploding in the ears of the officials of Honglu Temple, making everyone startled.
Then he hurriedly ran behind Song Lian.
At this time, Song Lian discovered that a young man with handsome appearance and extraordinary temperament had walked out of the Japanese Embassy at some point.
"Who are you?"
"Why do you so-called officials of the Ministry of Rites like to ask this question when you come up?"
Li Jin was questioned by Song Lian, but his expression remained unchanged, even though Song Lian was wearing the clothes of a second-rank official, a crimson official robe embroidered with golden pheasants.
"Your Excellency, Li Jin, has met Mr. Song, the Minister of Rites."
"Are you Li Jin?"
When Song Lian heard this, he was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that Li Jin was so young, which really made him unbelievable.
"Exactly down there."
Li Jin cupped his hands casually, and then asked:
"I wonder what Mr. Song is here for?"
Hearing Li Jin's words, Song Lian couldn't help but think of what happened in the study room just now.
Thinking that Li Jin, who was so young and came from a sage background, could be so vicious and write such a treaty, he would definitely be a sycophant who would bring disaster to the world in the future.
However, Song Lian did not use this to attack. Instead, he pointed at the officials of Honglu Temple nearby and shouted:
"How is this going?"
"What's going on?"
Li Jin looked innocent and explained:
"I am a court official. I see that these subordinates do not know how to make progress. They do not even know how to deal with the relationship between our Ming Dynasty and its subordinate countries."
"I am deeply saddened, so I have to take some time to teach these people how to get along with the subject countries, and at the same time let them know their own responsibilities."
Song Lian did not listen to Li Jin's nonsense. Instead, he looked at a Honglu Temple official beside him and asked softly:
"Is what Mr. Li said true?"
The man suddenly shook his head like a rattle.
"Um??"
When the man heard this voice, he was so frightened that he nodded quickly, looking very funny.
"How about it, Mr. Song, I'm not lying, right?"
Li Jin pointed at the man leisurely and said.
"They are all Honglu Temple officials who have accepted new ideas. They will definitely have a bright future in the future. Master Song must not destroy the future of these people."
Song Lian was so angry that his whole body was shaking, and even his beard couldn't help but curl up, and he shouted angrily:
"Li Jin, do you think I am a fool?"
"This is obviously the result of being intimidated by you, but you still dare to be complacent and complacent?"
"Master Song, please don't make false accusations. I really teach with all my heart, and these people listen very seriously."
Li Jin said seriously.
These people really listened attentively, and those who were not serious were all severely punished by Jiang Wei.
The bloody blood on the torture instruments was the disobedient officials of Honglu Temple who were killed by Li Jin to scare the monkeys.
"Hmph, I would like to see what you are teaching."
Song Lian didn't want to have any more verbal arguments with Li Jin and was about to walk into the embassy room, his face ashen.
"If you promote any fallacies that are detrimental to the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely impeach you to the emperor and let the emperor punish you for the crime of misleading the public with your evil words!"
"Sir, no, you can't go in!"
Seeing that Song Lian wanted to enter the embassy on the island, the officials from the Honglu Temple nearby were shocked.
He wanted to hold Song Lian and didn't want Song Lian to enter the embassy. There seemed to be something inside that frightened him.
Song Lian, however, ignored it and walked towards the Japanese Embassy with a firm face.
Li Jin followed Song Lian with a smile on his face and entered the embassy together.
The Honglu Temple officials behind them followed the two of them step by step and returned to the embassy again.
When Song Lian entered the so-called embassy, he saw that the Japanese embassy had changed drastically. There were pictures posted everywhere and some accompanying text explanations.
There were bloody patches everywhere on the picture, and it was bright red, as if it had been drenched in blood, which was shocking.
After Song Lian read the text description above clearly, he realized that what was painted on it turned out to be scenes of tragedies in Chinese history.
The Wuhu chaos caused the Chinese Han people to plummet from a population of 30 million at their peak to less than one million. The Chinese nation was like a candle in the wind, and could be overthrown at any time.
And all Han women and children were treated as two-legged sheep and served as food rations for these foreign races.
Tubo attacked Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, occupied the Western Region, and massacred hundreds of thousands of Tang people. Before, Tubo was just a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. It was precisely because of the technology brought by the Tang Dynasty that Tubo became powerful.
But for such a vassal country, the first thing it does after it becomes powerful is to devour its master.
After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty and the disgrace of Jingkang, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was naked and wearing a sheepskin to meet the monarch of the Jin Dynasty with the ceremony of leading a sheep.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo was destroyed overnight, and the number of casualties among Han descendants exceeded hundreds of millions?
Before the Jin Dynasty, they were just a barbarian tribe in the Northeast. They made an appointment with the Northern Song Dynasty to attack the Liao Kingdom together, but what was the result?
Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were captured and humiliated, and the princesses and concubines were even reduced to the playthings of the golden man.
The last picture is the change of Yashan.
Lu Xiufu committed suicide by jumping into the sea with the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty on his back, accompanied by 100,000 Han soldiers and civilians.
After the Battle of Yashan, there was no more China.
One after another, they all accuse the surrounding foreign races of the crimes they committed against the Chinese nation.
After Song Lian read this, he suddenly fell silent. He knew what Li Jin meant.
Non-my family, its heart must be different.
However, the education Song Lian received since childhood was to pay attention to benevolence.
Although these alien races have different intentions towards the Ming Dynasty, these alien races have now been lost in the long river of history.
The reason why foreigners are cruel is because these people do not understand etiquette. If they can be taught etiquette, these aliens will slowly surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
This is the rule of benevolence, and influencing foreigners with benevolence and righteousness is the kingly way.
After thinking for a while, Song Lian sighed and said:
"Li Jin, hatred will only make people lose their minds."
"The dead have passed away. As ministers of the Ming Dynasty, we should put aside our hatred and look forward."
"Although these alien races are unforgivable, they have all been wiped out in the long river of history. Why do we have to be so fussy about them?"
"With a broad mind, our Ming Dynasty can go further."
"Wrong, totally wrong!!"
Li Jin's eyes were serious and he said directly without saving any face for Song Lian:
"Forgetting history is disrespectful to history and a betrayal of our Chinese ancestors!"
"Only by firmly remembering history, our Ming Dynasty will not repeat the same mistakes and move further forward."
"I dare to ask Mr. Song, why do all the nations of our Ming Dynasty come to worship? Why do these small countries in Honglu Temple come to pay homage to the current emperor?"
Song Lian put his hands behind his back, held his head high and said:
"Of course, my great kindness and righteousness are unparalleled. These envoys admire my great kindness and righteousness, so they came to pay their respects one after another."
"Master Song, you are wrong again."
Li Jin refuted again and said:
"It's obvious that these small countries feel that our Ming Dynasty is strong, and they are afraid that if they don't come, the emperor will be dissatisfied, so they will send troops to attack them."
"The only thing that can convince these small countries is a knife. Only if Ming's knife is sharp enough will these small countries bow their heads."
"Chinese history has long told us that in the game between countries, there are only sufficient interests and there is no so-called benevolence and righteousness."
Song Lian was confronted by Li Jin, and no matter how good-tempered he was, he couldn't bear it any longer and immediately reprimanded:
"Nonsense and monstrous words confuse the public. Our Ming Dynasty conducts benevolence and righteousness in the world. How can it be as barbaric as you say?"
"If that's what you say, then how can there be any kindness and fraternity in this world? They are all just scheming and scheming, and profit comes first."
Li Jin nodded and said:
"Master Song, this is what happens between countries."
