Chapter 744: The local buns visit Daming

Under normal circumstances, the annual dynasty meeting was held in the Zhengdan period. During the Qin and Han dynasties, this dynasty had the role of local officials returning to Beijing to report their duties. After the Song Dynasty, it had evolved into a simple ceremony, and by the way it also had the role of receiving foreign envoys and demonstrating the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

The process of this ceremony was complicated and time-consuming. Of course, Zhengde would not like it. However, he took the initiative to ask for this grand ceremony in the fourth year of Zhengde and gave it multiple meanings.

The first is the final trial of the Scholar Party. For this reason, Zhengde issued an order to recall many local officials, preparing to perform a good example in front of these people to warn the chicken to warn the monkey.

Secondly, he will announce the new policy and the formal implementation of overseas development policies, and announce the details of the relevant policies, and make the progress public at future grand dynasties.

The influence of these two items is the greatest. The previous article caused a considerable reaction in the capital. The cabinet minister Yang Tinghe and the following, nearly 100 people committed suicide in despair. The number of people commit suicide and the status are the highest in this dynasty. Even in the Hongwu period, it is unique.

The latter article caused quite a lot of noise. The situation in Tianjin has long been spread throughout the capital, and the beneficiaries are relatively weak groups, so there are many people who have expectations for the full implementation of the new policy.

With the iron-blooded means of the Great Reckoning, those who were originally against the opposition did not dare to say anything. Among them, the relatively smart people were ready to study the details of the new policy carefully to see if they could find profitable ways.

Not all idiots are in the privileged class. Their education level, experience and experience are above ordinary people and those small businessmen. As long as they are willing to put down their airs and keep a calm mind, they will not be difficult to come first.

Therefore, the general atmosphere in the capital is still optimistic. Compared with the public, the sadness of hundreds of schools is not very conspicuous.

Of course, if this is the case alone, it would not be possible to arouse Zhengde's interest. If he personally presided over the overseas development work and went to Southeast Asia with the boat. What he expected was another thing, that is, the ceremony of appointing the imperial concubines, which was the second wedding, referred to as the second wedding.

According to formal etiquette, the emperor is actually monogamous. He can only marry the queen and be considered regular. If he is recognized by the court and the government, he can go straight to the Forbidden City from Chengtian Gate. The remaining concubines are concubines, whether it is a concubine or a beauty, no matter what title you use, they can only enter through the side door. At most, the ceremony is limited to the harem.

Looking at the thousands of years, the emperor who held a wedding during his tenure has been so seldom that he held it twice in a row. It can only be called "unprecedented" by those who have never come back. But what Zhengde has to do now is this. It is easy to return home in glory, and finally had a free love relationship. Zhengde also looked forward to it very enthusiastically and could show the results of his efforts to the public.

However, after all, the grand ceremony was held, and Zhengde followed suit and adopted Xie Hong's advice. He simply combined the grand ceremony and the wedding, which added another festive meaning to the ceremony.

By the way, this dynasty meeting will also receive a Gentile envoy. This is not a big deal. Compared with the previous three, it can be said that it is not worth mentioning. However, because the identity of this envoy is quite special, the news has attracted a lot of attention and curiosity after it was released.

Because the king of Japan came.

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I boarded the boat in Jiecheng at the beginning of the first lunar month, and arrived in Tianjin through Weihaiwei in late January. When Shengren and his group arrived at the capital, there were still five days before the dynasty meeting. However, the Japanese were completely unconscious at the dynasty meeting, and they were already confused by the experiences along the way.

Needless to say, the fast and stable ships are inherently fearful of the ocean and are quite enthusiastic about sailing. However, due to the limited technical level, they cannot build large ships. When they are used to small sampans that are slow and dangerous, Leng Ding boarded a thousand-ton ship. A group of people felt that it was like dreaming, and everything was so unreal.

When we arrived at Weihaiwei, the group of people were directly shocked by the prosperity of this transit port. The pier here is very wide and neat and orderly, far from comparable to those narrow and dirty piers in Japan; not far away is a prosperous town with all kinds of shops, people coming and going, and it is very lively. This town alone has already made them salivate, and there is actually a city behind the town!

It was a real castle, not a city in Japan that was surrounded by wooden fences, nor was it a so-called mountain city built on the mountain, with only a few feet high earth and stone walls. The city wall that was more than two feet high was enough to shock the Japanese people, let alone the city towers on the city wall.

At first sight, Hosokawa Sumoto was immediately ashamed and wanted to die of shame. He wanted to return to Kyoto immediately and demolish the Tensou Pavilion in Nijo Castle. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, is his own city still a place where people live?

"A such a majestic city is one of the best in the Ming Dynasty, right?" After being ashamed, Lord Guan Ling did not forget to find some face to come back, so he made such praise.

Admiral Lu responded according to the other party's words: "Well, if you count down, it may be almost the same."

"How is that possible?" The Japanese people were shocked.

A hundred years ago, someone from Japan also came to Weihaiwei, but the Japanese pirates of that era basically traveled one way, and very few people could return safely. Even if they went back, it would be difficult to convey their experiences and experiences in the Ming Dynasty with the speed of information spreading in Japan and the level of expression of the Japanese pirates. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was still quite unfamiliar to the Japanese.

This situation will not change until the Jiajing period. At that time, with the guidance and transportation of pirates such as Wang Zhi, the Japanese pirates were able to set foot on Middle Earth again, while the coastal garrison became even more degenerate, and the city was disrepaired for a long time and gradually became deteriorated, one rose and the other fell, which attracted Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambition.

It is still in the Zhengde period, and the Weihai Guard is not the dilapidated guard station of the past. Everything you see will of course shock the Japanese people.

"That's true. Weihaiwei is located in the mainland and is not a place to be enemy. It's just that in the early days of the country, some pirates attacked from time to time, which is not a big problem. Naturally, there is no need to build a majestic city to defend."

Lin Han smiled and explained calmly: "Now the Ming Dynasty rebuilt the navy and shocked the seas. It is no longer the same as the old scene. The city here has a smaller effect. It is probably just defense against thieves and let the people in the city feel at ease. If you really want to talk about the majestic city, the border is where there are many majestic passes. As for the top ones, it is naturally the two capitals in the north and south, haha."

"..." Such a city is just a defense against thieves? The Japanese people looked at each other. If this was placed in their own country, it would be a mighty city that was enough to be arrogant in the world. If any daimyo had such a city, they would no longer have to worry about defense issues. Just consider expansion, except for siege, they had no means to siege the city.

Some Japanese also muttered to themselves, thinking that Lin Han and others bragged, so they took them to the most prosperous harbor city in the Ming Dynasty to slam their confidence. However, this concept quickly shook because the second stop of the itinerary was Tianjin.

Weihaiwei is just a transit port, with some storage, but more of it is service facilities, and its functions are very single. In terms of prosperity, it cannot even reach one-tenth of that of Tianjin.

So, when we arrived in Tianjin, the Japanese people almost glared out.

The port is very large and busy. The moored ships alone are already amazing. Have the Japanese people seen so many and so big ships? There are endless ships entering and leaving the port. The ships opened their sails and glided on the sea, like white clouds, and are so beautiful.

When they stepped onto the pier, they were even more confused about how to describe it.

The continuous buildings are endless and can't see the edges at first sight; the square warehouses are neatly arranged, like cutting tofu with a knife; and the continuous sound of metal collisions in the workshop, people can feel how busy it is at a glance. The thick or light smoke is connected into a piece, accompanied by the noise of labor, forming a strange scene.

The reason why I know that those are workshops is because there are tracks connected between workshops. From time to time, a small car passes through, and various products are piled high on each car. The Japanese people naturally cannot recognize the accessories and semi-finished products, but they can recognize some of the finished products.

"There are all pendulum clocks in that car?" Hosokawa Sumizumoto murmured in a daze.

"Yes, these are the latest models..." The arrival of the ship was very disturbing, and Yan Song and others were also alarmed. When they came up, they were hearing Hosokawa's question. He glanced at him and answered casually.

"The latest one? What's the difference between the past?"

"It's nothing. The parts use the latest stainless steel accessories, so the service life has been extended a lot. In addition, the elasticity of the clockwork has also been enhanced. The last time it was used, and there is also..."

Yan Song is best at judging the meaning. Xie Hong is a craftsman, and Zhengde also likes these interesting and clever things, so he is naturally studying hard. Over the past year in Tianjin, he has successfully transformed into a practical official. These technical things can be said casually, and they are very professional.

"..." The Japanese people looked at each other with disbelief. Through the sea trade, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty had already brought their watches to Japan. As the governor of Gyeonggi, they were close to Jie Town, and Hosokawa had also received such a gift.

Of course, he was a treasure for such a magical thing and showed it everywhere. According to the gift-giving person, this pendulum clock is a rare treasure in the world. If you buy it in Jiecheng, you will need hundreds of stagnant gold.

After five or six years ascending the throne, Katsuhito looked forward to the Asakura family's donation, and then he had hope of solving the throne ceremony. The Asakura family's donation was only 500 jin, which means that the total number of donations was similar to a pendulum bell, which shows its preciousness.

However, as we can see, the pendulum clock is mass-produced in Tianjin, and trucks are pushed out. Just when they logged in and looked around, he had already seen two finished products. How many can it be produced this day?

One is only a few hundred cents, then this car is... this day is... this year... he felt a little dizzy.

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