The rising sun rose in the east, reflecting half of the sea.
Giant ships appeared on the distant coastline.
Cao Jixiang stood on the bow of the boat, with the sun's rays on his back, looking at the coastline, feeling extremely excited.
He saw the Ming Dynasty.
After finding the American continent, I stumbled and walked for a year, but the way back was very smooth, and it only took half a year.
Looking at the island in front of him, Cao Jixiang was filled with pride.
"Your Majesty, this slave has brought back what you asked for."
"Xu Youzhen, do you still remember the agreement we made that night? I came back alive and completed the Sunflower Book. I no longer need to bow my head in front of you. I am a great hero of the Ming Dynasty."
Just when Cao Jixiang was thinking about something, a voice suddenly came from behind.
"Eunuch Cao, the front is the boundary of our Ming Dynasty."
"Is it Chongming Island?"
"No, no, it's Xiaoguizi Island, but Xiaoguizi Island can also be regarded as the territory of our Ming Dynasty."
"The little devils on Xiaojiizi Island must be living a good life. They can also go out to sea to fish." Cao Jixiang said and saw several small fishing boats.
"This subordinate doesn't know, Eunuch Cao, should we rest here for a while? I heard..."
Cao Jixiang glanced at Zheng Zhiyuan and waved his hand: "Everyone is ready to return home, so don't cause any extraneous problems."
"Yes, Eunuch Cao." After Zheng Zhiyuan finished speaking, he turned and walked away.
The little devils on the small fishing boats a few miles away were frightened when they saw such a huge boat. They couldn't have come to beat us. They all closed up and went home.
The current nominal ruler of Kojijima is Emperor Gotenka, but the actual ruler is Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the shogunate of the shogunate, also known as the Muromachi period.
During this period, Little Guizi Island was in its most chaotic period. Ordinary people lived in hardship, the clans were in chaos, and the daimyo and family heads from all over the country were attacking each other.
The tradition of the little devil descending from the lower body to the upper body originated from this era.
However, Xiaoguizi Island during this period was also in its honeymoon period with the Ming Dynasty.
It is well known that Emperor Taizu Gao reigned for thirty-one years, and the year of Hongwu should also be dated to the thirty-first year of Hongwu. However, Emperor Taizongwen did not recognize the lineage chronology of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, nor did he recognize him as emperor. At that moment, The Jianwen era name was continued to be changed to Dad's era name.
That is to say, in the 35th year of Hongwu (the fourth year of Jianwen), when the Ming Dynasty envoy Yi'an Yiru was crossing east, the Japanese monk Qiyang Fangxiu asked the Ming Dynasty to give him the "Huayan Qingliang Guoshi Dashu" and "Jin Shuiyuanshi's Excerpts and Annotations of Sutras". "Reporter", "Yanyi Notes", "Kewen", "Guifeng Xingyuanpinjing", "Micro Records of the Original Man", "Zenyuan Quandu Preface"; opened the prelude to the little devil's yearning for civilization.
In the sixth year of Yongle, when the Japanese envoys returned to China, they requested the Ming Dynasty court to give one hundred copies each of the two books "Encouragement to Kindness" and "Internal Instructions" written by Queen Renxiao.
Over the years, various classics have been pouring into Little Guizi Island through private or official exchanges.
This period was also the honeymoon period between Xiaoguizi Island and the Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty ships often traveled to and from Ningbo and other places to communicate with the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Xiaoguizi Island also absorbed the essence of Chinese civilization crazily during this century. In the strict sense To put it bluntly, they can be regarded as disciples and grandsons of Confucian culture.
But what they learned is very strange. For example, they also believe that the eldest son has the right to inherit everything from his father, but the other sons don't care and can recognize whoever they like as their father.
Moreover, the little devils have not learned the Han nationality's concept of benevolence, virtue and filial piety.
Although his studies were neither fish nor fowl, the accumulation over the past hundred years has made many traditional cultures that the little devil will be proud of in the future have the shadow of Han culture.
Including their traditional costumes, traditional festivals, chopsticks for eating, tea ceremony, kendo, etc., they all have the shadow of the traditional culture of the Han nation.
However, the Ming Dynasty experienced a historic turning point during this period, and Zhu Jianshen did not want to be a conservative king. As a barrier to the Ming Dynasty's outer sea, Xiaoguizi Island must be in the hands of the Han people. This was his third one after Annan in Korea. The goal is also the most difficult goal I think at this stage.
After Cao Jixiang returned from Jixiang Port, he followed the old waterway. Halfway through, he veered slightly and did not reach Mingqi Port in Siberia, but arrived at Xiaoguizi Island.
But now Cao Jixiang wants to return to Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.
Six days later, the huge fleet docked directly at Tianjin Wei's harbor.
Cao Jixiang and others once again set foot on their homeland.
Although Cao Jixiang told himself more than once when he was on the boat, he could not lower his head, otherwise his official hat would fall off.
But when he got off the boat and set foot on this familiar land, he couldn't help but lower his head to cover the tears in his eyes.
On this trip, the young Duke Zhu Yi was really considered a missing person.
Counting the people Zhu Yi took away, there were more than 1,200 people, and 260 people died.
The mortality rate reached one in six.
Most of these people died of disease.
As soon as Cao Jixiang got off the boat, he learned that His Majesty was holding a naming ceremony in the capital, and he immediately hurried to the capital.
I would like to congratulate His Majesty today.
But the road at this time was not easy to navigate. Every place he entered the capital had to be interrogated and inspected. Even if he was the father-in-law in the palace, it would not be easy for him to carry the imperial order.
In this way, Cao Jixiang still did not rush back to the capital today.
The emperor's marriage was grand and cumbersome, but it was only grand in scale and cumbersome in etiquette.
The process that would take a month or two to get married in ordinary people's homes could only be completed in a few days with the emperor, so he seemed nervous.
The middle door of Qianqing Palace is wide open.
Zhu Jianshen was sitting on the throne, and standing on both sides were cabinet officials, six ministers, Dukes and Marquises, and officials from the Ministry of Rites, all wearing court uniforms, with serious faces and standing respectfully.
And outside the Qianqing Palace, there were hundreds of Jin Yiwei. They had no knives on their bodies, and they were all wearing flying fish uniforms. Their hands were empty. And below the Qianqing Palace, there were hundreds of honor guards and hundreds of drum groups on standby. , outside the palace, there is a guard of thousands of people and several cars of betrothal gifts.
The emperor also had to hire someone to get married, and it was also a state appointment, which cost fifty thousand taels of silver.
Xu Youzhen, who had just returned to Beijing the day before yesterday, with a red face and an imperial edict in his hand, stood on the east side of Zhu Jianshen and loudly announced the appointment of Duke Yingying as the chief envoy of Nacai and Duke Dingguo as deputy envoy. He went to Zhang Mansion to ask for Nacai. The name was then given to the British public, and the imperial edict was established.
British Duke Zhang Mao and Dingguo Duke Xu Yongning went out to kneel in line to accept the imperial edict.
Among the lords, Xu Chengzong, the Duke of Wei, looked at this scene with great envy. What a favor it was. Today I went to ask for my name. Then tomorrow, when I go to meet the bride on behalf of Your Majesty, should I choose one of these two people? .
Anyway, it will definitely not be him, because such a big event needs to be planned in advance and cannot be changed temporarily. In other words, if he is allowed to prepare for the wedding, he will be there as early as a month or two. Knowing this, he will come to the capital early to rehearse.
Xu Yan next to him looked at his old father's face, and then glanced at Xu Youzhen, who was closest to His Majesty and holding the imperial edict in his hand. He made up his mind that in order for the Duke of Wei's palace to restore its former glory, he must work harder and follow suit. Mr. Xu rode the wind and waves for the Ming Dynasty.
After the two of them knelt down to express their gratitude, one held the Fengjie and the other held the Fengzhao, and walked out of the Qianqing Palace.
Wait until the two of them walked out of Qianqing Palace.
Zhang Mao shouted: "Respect your majesty's will, come out of the palace to accept the favor, and ask for your name."
As soon as these words were spoken, the drum band immediately began their performance.
Then, Zhang Mao and Xu Yongning began to walk down.
The Jin Yiwei also began to follow the two of them neatly, heading down.
After leaving the palace gate, the team was neatly organized and headed to the Zhang Mansion that had been arranged in advance.
The emperor's marriage was tight on the outside and loose on the inside. It was difficult to enter the capital these days, but the court did not impose restrictions on the people in the city.
Many people spontaneously took to the streets, or opened their windows and watched the honor guard passing by upstairs.
Many older people started talking about it.
"It's great, His Majesty the Emperor is getting married."
"These days go by so fast. In the 14th year of Orthodoxy, when the Mongols overthrew our capital city, it seemed as if we were right in front of our eyes. His Majesty the Emperor at that time was only two or three years old. Now in the blink of an eye, His Majesty is about to get married."
"Yes, yes, old man Qiu, your son-in-law is a yamen servant of Shuntian Mansion, an official. Is our orthodox emperor still alive..."
"I don't know, he probably isn't dead."
At the same time, except for Queen Zhang Yan, everyone else was waiting at the door of Zhang Mansion.
In fact, there are only six people in the Zhang Mansion, including Zhang Yan, but Zhang Bao, the planner inside the palace, sent forty or fifty people, both men and women, to work as actors outside the Zhang Mansion in order to support His Majesty.
After Zhang Mao and Xu Yongning came to the gate of Zhang Mansion with a mighty team, they read out the edict in front of the people. Then Zhang Yan's father thanked him, accepted the gift, and then held a hand with both hands that recorded Zhang Yan's name, birth date. The horoscope chart was presented to the angel Zhang Mao.
After receiving the form, the Zhang Mansion began to host a banquet for the angels. Zhang Mao, Xu Yongning and others took a symbolic seat and returned to the Forbidden City.
Then he handed the form to Zhang Bao in front of hundreds of officials and ministers.
The name-asking ceremony is the end.
Today's background board work for Baiguan Xunchen has also ended.
And this is just the beginning of the wedding. Tomorrow, at the same time, the wedding ceremony will be held and the wedding ceremony will be held.
After all the officials and ministers left, Zhu Ji walked into the palace in a panic.
After the greeting, Zhu Ji said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Cao is back."
After Zhu Jianshen heard this sentence, he was stunned for a moment.
He looked at Zhu Ji and asked with certainty: "You said, you said Cao Jixiang is back."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Eunuch Cao is back. He can't leave Tianjin Guard. After the people from Jinyi Guard learned about it, they came back immediately to report it."
"The large fleet is also back." Zhu Jianshen asked quickly.
"Wei Chen doesn't know this."
Zhu Jianshen stood up and kept nodding. No matter whether he found what he needed or not, it was not easy to travel around the sea for three years. biquge.biz
"Quickly, let him enter the capital." Zhu Jianshen said quickly.
After Zhang Bao heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you have been waiting for such a long time. Do you still have to wait a few more days? Why not let Cao Jixiang return to Beijing after the ceremony is over?"
Logically speaking, His Majesty the Emperor cannot ask for political advice in these days, let alone summon envoys who are on overseas missions, to avoid being upset.
After listening to Zhang Bao's words, Zhu Jianshen gave a bitter smile. After all, he still couldn't hold his breath. At that moment, he accepted Zhang Bao's opinion, then looked at Zhu Ji and said: "Commander Zhu, go to Tianjin in person and tell Cao Cao." Jixiang said, let him have a good rest, and I will be the first to summon him after the wedding ceremony, and I will reward the entourage generously."
"Yes, Your Majesty..."
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