Hong Chengchou saw the distant intention of the young minister of Honglu Temple, so he stopped forcing him and followed the people in the post house into the post house.
The Ming Dynasty was also a celestial kingdom, and envoys from vassal states would visit every year.
It's just that in the past, envoys were received in the northern capital, but now they are in Nanjing.
The posthouse in Nanjing City has been around since the Hongwu Dynasty. It has been repaired and repaired over the years. Now it has been reopened and used again.
"Ambassador Hong, please see if your soldiers' armors are stored in a separate place. But don't worry, Ambassador Hong, there will be special personnel to protect the safety. There will be no accidents." A manager of the post house looked at it cautiously. Look at the armor on the generals wearing the Tiger Flag.
Hong Chengchou said to him politely: "I really don't know that I have to hand over all my soldiers and armor when I live here. Zhou Shaoqing didn't tell me when I came here. It's better to wait until I ask Zhou Shaoqing later. Then decide whether to hand over the armor on your bodyguard."
"This," the host of the posthouse hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work. Please don't embarrass me, Ambassador Hong."
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou put away the smile on his face and said, "But now you have made things difficult for me."
It is impossible to hand over the armor.
Ever since he arrived in Nanjing, he had felt that many of the officials and people here were hostile to the Tiger Flag. If they really handed over their armor, they would not even have the ability to protect themselves if something happened.
He didn't dare to count on the officials of the Ming Dynasty at all, let alone put his life on the guarantee of a postmaster.
"Ambassador Hong, it is the rule of the post house to hand over the armor. As long as envoys from other countries stay in the post house, they must hand over the armor. You are not the only ones living in the post house, there are also other envoys. Live inside." The owner of the post house said with a dissatisfied look on his face.
The outside world's attitude towards the Tiger-Character Flag also affected the Yiguan, so he had no favorable impression of the Tiger-Character Flag's envoy team.
Hong Chengchou looked at the postmaster in front of him and asked with a smile: "The other envoy you are talking about is Fan Wencheng of the Qing Dynasty, right?"
"This is not something that Ambassador Hong should ask." The host of the post house replied to him.
Considering that Hong Chengchou was in charge of the city, he was not angry because of the indifference of the postmaster in front of him. Instead, he said: "The news that the envoys from the Qing Dynasty came to Nanjing has spread long ago. I heard about it when I was still in Xuzhou. This is not a secret, there is no need to hide it in front of my envoy."
"Since Ambassador Hong knows, please don't embarrass me. Please ask Ambassador Hong to ask his men to hand over the armor. When Ambassador Hong leaves the post house, the post house will be returned." The head of the post house said with a businesslike look.
Compared with how polite the Qing envoys were to him as the host of the post when they arrived, he really disliked Ambassador Hong who didn't even understand the world.
Hong Chengchou's expression suddenly turned serious, and he said: "Since the envoys of the Qing Dynasty are also staying in the post house, the envoy cannot ask the guards to hand over their armor."
"Why is this! Could it be that Ambassador Hong is planning to kill the Qing envoys at the post house!" The face of the post house director suddenly turned dark.
Hong Chengchou shook his head at him and said: "Although I will not take action against the Tatar envoys, the enmity between the Tiger Character Banner and the Tatars is difficult to resolve. I have to guard against the Tatars."
"Nonsense!" the director of the post house scolded, "You are all envoys coming to the Ming Dynasty, how can they do this to you? What's more, the post house is my post house of the Ming Dynasty, how can you let others suffer in the post house. "
In his opinion, Ambassador Hong's so-called explanation before him was just to make excuses for his unwillingness to hand over his armor.
Hong Chengchou saw the other party endlessly. Not to mention his identity as an envoy, even if he was still serving as an envoy in the Ming Dynasty and participating in politics, it would not be the turn of a postmaster to slander him casually.
He immediately said: "Since the post house is not willing to stay with me and others, I will go out and find a place to live on my own, so that the post house will not be in trouble."
With that said, he turned around and said to the accompanying guards and others: "Pack up your things and go find an inn to stay outside."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the post house.
All the people accompanying him walked out with him.
When the host of the post house saw Hong Chengchou and others just leaving, his expression changed several times. He wanted to say something to persuade him to stay, but he couldn't lose his dignity.
"Bah! This group of thieves really thinks that they are envoys. They can't help but love them."
The manager of the post house cursed and then left.
However, he didn't just ignore everything, but reported the fact that the envoy of the Tiger Character Banner disliked the post house and was unwilling to live there.
There was such a big issue as the envoy team was unwilling to live in the post house. He could arrange it and blame all the problems on others, but he had to report the matter to the superior.
If you report it, it's someone else's problem. If you don't report it, you, as the principal, have failed to fulfill your responsibilities.
He had a reasonable excuse in this matter. Considering how disgusted the Tiger Flag was in Nanjing, he believed that no one would blame him for it. It was not an important matter anyway.
In the future, when the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty form an alliance, it is unclear to him whether this team of envoys from the Tiger-Character Banner will be able to leave Nanjing alive.
"Futai, the people in this post house are deliberately looking for trouble!" After walking out of the post house gate, Yang Jiachen, who was accompanying him, said with a very ugly face.
In addition to the envoy Hong Chengchou, there was also a deputy envoy in the team of envoys sent to the Ming Dynasty. Yang Jiachen was the deputy envoy who assisted Hong Chengchou in this team of envoys.
After hearing this, Hong Chengchou looked back at the gate of the post house behind him and said: "It seems that there are important people in the court of the Ming Dynasty who do not want peace talks. We must be careful during this period in Nanjing. The other party will definitely make another move. To force us to leave Nanjing City, we may even do something secretly."
"You really dare to kill us!" Yang Jiachen's eyes widened and he said, "If we move, they will not be afraid of attracting our army, so that they will not even have a chance to stay in a corner."
Hong Chengchou said: "Before we came, the Ming Dynasty was already preparing to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty to deal with our Tiger Character Banner. Do you think they are still afraid of the Tiger Character Banner and send troops against the Ming Dynasty?"
Looking at the young deputy envoy in front of him, he envied him in his heart.
Although his deputy envoy was not from Lingqiu, he was the first Han merchant on the grassland to turn to the Tiger Flag.
The other party followed the tiger character flag all the way. He became the county magistrate as soon as he came out of the martial arts hall, and within a year he was transferred to the county magistrate.
This time he went on an envoy to the Ming Dynasty with him. After returning, he would definitely be promoted to a more important place.
"Damn it, we obviously let them go, but we still want to collude with those dog Tatars. Have they forgotten the people of Liaodong who were persecuted by the dog Tatars?" Yang Jiachen said bitterly.
Although he was born in the grassland, the Tang newspapers inside the Tiger Banner often reported what slave thieves did in Liaodong, especially those who persecuted the Han people. They were compiled into volumes and passed down as historical records to future generations. .
