Another World Da Ming: I use a hundred lives to become holy

"Master Zhao, is this inappropriate?"

Xie Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, twitched when he heard Zhao Zheng's foul words.

"Master Xie, let me ask you, what are these envoys here for?"

Zhao Zheng noticed that these people at the scene actually expressed their incomprehension to the way he had just handled it.

It's time to change the thinking of these people.

"Naturally, he came to pay tribute to our Heavenly Dynasty, and admire the prosperity of our Heavenly Kingdom."

Jie Jin's answer from the Ministry of Rites was very standard, and his tone was much more decent than that of Zhao Zheng. He deserved to be the biggest official of the Ministry of Rites.

"That's right, these vassal states are here to pay tribute to our Heavenly Kingdom, so why should we return the tribute?"

"Exchanging things for things, isn't that a transaction?"

"Or does the Minister of Rites feel that these five hundred stone grain seeds are a hundred times more precious than the five hundred firearms of our Sun Moon Dynasty? So it doesn't matter if you give a gift?"

After Zhao Zheng's words, Xie Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, remembered that Zhao's mansion was devoted to the research of grain seeds. Didn't this hit him on the knife's edge?

But he has reasons.

"Lord Zhao, but Your Majesty has something to say, to regard the envoys of the eight parties as princes, and let them see the strength of our heavenly kingdom, so it is inappropriate not to return the courtesy?"

"It's inappropriate to spread it out."

Tributary is a way for the vassal state to express its loyalty to the suzerain state.

But the monarchs of all dynasties did not know what kind of fault they had committed, and this fault was still hereditary.

That is, I feel that if I belong to the country and pay tribute to the country, I must return a greater gift.

No matter how prosperous the dynasty is, it should know that doing this is just letting others take advantage of it.

Zhao Zheng couldn't figure out what went wrong.

But now, it's his turn to talk, so he will never do this kind of loss-making business.

"Master Shangshu! I don't know how you behaved inappropriately, but since you still insist on returning the gift, Lord Shangshu, then I will make the decision and return it!"

"How? Return what? Gemstones or porcelain?"

Xie Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Zhao Zheng wanted him to return the good things and go back to show the style of the heavenly kingdom.

But I never thought that what Zhao Zheng said had another meaning.

"Don't bother Master Shangshu to worry about it. According to this official, there is no need to worry about these memorials."

"All gifts will be accepted, and those who ask for gifts in return will not be allowed. Those who want to help counter the rebellion in our country will be judged by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and those who have committed crimes will be investigated and dealt with by the Ministry of Punishment."

"One day later, I will trouble Lord Shangshu and take all the envoys outside the east gate of the capital! I will personally prepare a big gift for them!"

"Hey! Master Zhao, where are you going!"

"Do you want to think about it again! Yu Li is not suitable!"

Unfortunately, Zhao Zheng didn't stop for half a step, and left the Ministry of Rites directly.

These principals and servants were left behind, staring at Xie Jin with big eyes and small eyes.

"What are you waiting for, Your Majesty will leave this matter to Mr. Zhao to decide."

"Then let's do what Master Zhao said."

Xie Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is an old scholar in etiquette, and he does not understand Zhao Zheng's rough handling.

But in the process of processing, one order after another was passed down.

There was an inexplicable joy in his heart.

"Waguo flirted with the people of my capital in the street?"

"According to Master Zhao's words, he should be handed over to the Ministry of Punishments for a heavy sentence and be sentenced to circumcision!"

"Korea used fifty soft-shelled turtles, and wanted to exchange hundreds of royal porcelain and hundreds of books?"

"I can't bear it, this face is too big, I really dare to ask for it!"

At the very beginning, the people in the Ministry of Rites were very careful when handling these documents, for fear of ruining the glorious image of the Heavenly Kingdom.

But after they used Zhao Zheng's normal thinking to process a few papers, they were excited.

It's like turning back into a beast.

Good things, accept them, they are all mine.

Want something, don't give it, and even scold her face is too big.

If you commit a crime, you will be punished severely, and you should treat these envoys of the vassal state with royal courtesy?

easy to do!

Go to the tiger's head!Enough face.

......

Xu Guogong's mansion.

That's right, Zhao Zheng came here again.

"Teacher Zhao, why did Minister Zhao come to the house of this brute?"

As soon as Xu Jin met, he made a joke of him, showing the straightforwardness of a warrior.

"Xu Guogong, don't bully the younger generation, the younger generation is here to ask you to do something."

Zhao Zheng made a junior ceremony and treated Xu Jin with respect from his heart.

"Hi! Don't be too polite."

"I knew that those of you who came out of Zhao's mansion would go to the Three Treasures Palace without incident. Thinking back then, you went..."

"Oh, we said the wrong thing again, look at my stupid mouth."

Xu Jin has feelings for the Zhao Mansion, after all, the first Patriarch blocked an arrow for him, and this mansion of the Zhao Mansion was also given away by him to repay his kindness.

Coupled with the deeds done by the Patriarchs of the previous generations of the Zhao Mansion, it was enough for him to sigh.

So he looked at Zhao Zheng now, as if he was looking at a younger generation.

"The junior is here to ask Duke Xu to borrow troops."

Zhao Zheng then explained his purpose of coming.

"Being favored by His Majesty, I have given the humble minister the right to handle the tribute matters of the envoys from all directions."

"However, the lower officials found that the court's attitude and methods towards these envoys were a bit too arrogant."

"I want to exchange a few hundred stone grains for the firearms of our Sun-Moon Dynasty, and I want to exchange for the sun-moon dynasty's imperial porcelain and classics with the sundries of the country."

"The point is, the entire imperial court has tacitly accepted that this kind of unequal exchange happened."

"Isn't this equivalent to a loss-making business?"

"The humble opinion of the following officials is unpredictable. It is impossible to guarantee that some of them will have a villainous heart and pretend to be surrendered. After taking the treasures we sent back, they will call us fools."

"So, I want to ask Duke Xu to lead our Sun Moon Dynasty's iron-blooded army to a battle demonstration outside the east gate of the capital, and give them a big gift."

In summary it is.

To these vassals, a little deterrence of force from the kingdom of heaven.

Let them recognize the gap clearly and know how much they are.

"I understand, but the dispatch of troops must have His Majesty's will."

"Your officer has it!"

Emperor Zhu Chongba said that he would be fully responsible for this matter, that is, he would be fully responsible.

Before Zhao Zheng came to Xu Jin's place, he advanced to the palace and got the imperial decree from Emperor Zhu Chongba.

Even, under his persuasion, the emperor Zhu Chongba planned to go to the city wall tomorrow, wearing a battle armor, to shake off his prestige.

"In terms of leading troops to fight, the superiors back then were much better than us."

"It's been so many years, and the superior has never put on armor to go into battle again."

"We have to go out in person!"

"Come on! Bring me all the armor!"

Xu Jin was impatient, so he couldn't help the excitement in his heart immediately, and dragged Zhao Zheng to the barracks outside the city.

"Xu Guogong, it is best not to use the current weapons and equipment for the soldiers, but to use the old ones, with some blood stains on them."

"What's the point of this?"

Although Xu Jin didn't understand why, he did it anyway.