My Daming New Empire

On the eighth day of July in the 13th year of Yongle, gongs and drums shook the sky again at Yuejianglou Wharf, and lanterns and festoons were decorated everywhere to welcome Zheng He, the eunuch who was sent to the West, to return home.

Because eunuchs belonged to retainers, important court officials did not need to come to greet them in person, and only the relevant yamen sent people to greet officials and foreign envoys following Zheng He's envoys.

This time, the Guri, Java, Managa, Champa, Mount Ceylon, Mugudusu, Liushan, Namboli, Prawa, Sumatra, Malin, Lasa, and others who accompanied Zheng He to Beijing Envoys from Hulumosi, Kezhi, Nambuli, Shaliwanni, Pahang and the Old Port Consolation Commissioner.

For example, Kochi is the area of ​​Cochin on the west coast of India for later generations. This is the first time to come to Ming Dynasty to accept the canonization of the Ming Emperor.

Today's India is not a country, but dozens of large countries and hundreds of small foreign countries, most of which have already regarded Ming as the main one.

This time, the people who greeted them were headed by Zhu Zhanji, supplemented by the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Navy, the Secretary of General Administration, Honglu Temple, Jinyiwei and other yamen all sent personnel to welcome them together.

The regulations for the welcoming ceremony were handed over to Zheng He and other envoys who were still on board the day before, so there was no fear that someone would make a joke because of their ignorance of etiquette.

Every time at this time, Yingtianfu's idlers and old people like to join in the fun. They often gather outside the cordon like watching a big show, admiring the "savages" from overseas.

Yes, in the hearts of today's Daming people, leaving Daming is a land of barbarians.Even an important official of a country, or even a prince, is a savage in the hearts of the people of Ming Dynasty.

Today's Ming people have such confidence in their hearts, even pride.

This time, Zhu Zhanji greeted the envoys in person, which also aroused greater enthusiasm among the Ming people.Because according to the general practice of the Ming Dynasty today, the Ming Dynasty is a kingdom above the heavens, and any country must be one level lower.So unless you are the king of a country, you have to bow down when you see Zhu Zhanji.

This time Zhu Zhanji greeted him personally, and all the envoys from all over the world bowed down without exception.

The self-confidence of the Ming people was established in such a ceremony.

It's a pity that after the original Zhu Zhanji gave up Annan, all the small countries saw the weakness of Ming Dynasty.Since then, Daming has gradually ceased to be recognized as the suzerain state.

Even if Zheng He finally sailed to the West, trying to restore this situation, it didn't help in the end.

It's ridiculous that the later "Great Qing" only saw the glory at this time, and inherited the mentality of the heaven and the kingdom, arrogantly arrogant.In the end, he was beaten to the point of death by a group of small countries, and bowed his head and surrendered.

Zhu Zhanji is wearing a crimson gauze rising dragon robe and a nine-pronged crown on his head.Because of the hot weather, Shenglongpao is made of crimson gauze, with only two layers, and the wide-sleeved robe is not too hot.

Standing next to him was Ma Huan, the general officer who followed Zheng He on his mission to the West. At this time, he was introducing the envoys from various countries to Zhu Zhanji.

Ma Huan, a native of Kuaiji, Zhejiang, is proficient in Persian and Arabic.In the Zheng He mission, he served as a general officer and an instructor, and he held two positions at the same time. He was not only an interpreter for foreign affairs, but also responsible for disseminating Chinese culture.

Because of his "good command of Fan language", he was selected into Zheng He's fleet, and was highly used by Zheng He. He was one of the people who knew the situation of Fanbang best in the mission.

During this mission to the West, Zheng He’s fleet sailed through the Arabian Peninsula for the first time, and arrived at the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia and Malingdi (Kenya) in East Africa.

Zhu Zhanji is also more aware of the situation in other countries. Zhu Zhanji will make detailed statistics each time during the first three voyages to the West, and the people who are generally on the mission are not as clear as he is.

But this trip to Mecca, including East Africa, made Zhu Zhanji a little curious.

He also wanted to know how the Ottoman Empire, known as the Shield of Europe, was fighting the Byzantine Empire.

He was a scumbag in his previous life, and he was not familiar with Chinese history, let alone foreign ones.

It is only in life that I have some understanding of the history of foreign countries because of my contact with people and affairs of various countries.

He just knew that in the fifteenth century, the Ottoman Empire defeated the Byzantine Empire and then became a powerful empire spanning Asia, Europe and Africa.

Then they cut off the channel between Asia and Europe and monopolized the trade between the two places, so they forced the Europeans to start going into the ocean, setting off a vigorous era of great navigation.

But at what time, what happened, and who was the best at this time, he had no idea.

Ma Huan knew a little about this aspect. When they went to the West, the Ottoman Empire finally had a new sultan named Muhammad I, and the emperor of the Byzantine Empire was named Manuel II.

Because of his faith, he didn't know much about Byzantium, and he was extremely hostile.

This time is not suitable for in-depth chats, so Zhu Zhanji made another appointment with him to record all the things he knew.

Before Zheng He and the others disembarked, they first worshiped the river god, and the sea god had already worshiped them when they entered the Yangtze River. They thanked the river god and sea god for their protection.

In fact, Zheng He's voyages to the West are all coastlines, and they are also sea routes that all countries have already traveled. In addition, the ships are huge and large in scale, so there is not much danger.

At this time, the deep-sea direct flight is still something that no one dares to try.

After the worship was over, thousands of people got off the boat one by one according to their status, and then knelt down in front of Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting on the built-up platform, and kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

The chief eunuch Wang Yan, the chief inspector of ceremonies, also came in person today, and read out Zhu Di's imperial decree and letter of commendation, and everyone thanked him one after another.

At this time, the envoys of other countries stepped off the big ship under the leadership of the ceremony officer.

Most of them wear their own national costumes. The prince from Liushan (Maldives) is a dark-skinned middle-aged man in his 30s with a short stature.

He was wearing a skirt made of coconut shells, and his upper body was naked, which aroused ridicule from the surrounding Daming people watching.

It was his first time in Daming, and he had never seen such a magnificent city with so many people, so he was trembling with fear.

After kneeling down to worship Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji stood up, and seeing Zhu Zhanji's majesty, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees again and kissed Zhu Zhanji's boots.

This scene also caused even more laughter, and many people in Ming Dynasty spontaneously applauded and cheered.

Zhu Zhanji is tall, about 1.8 meters 1.9 according to the size of later generations. Although he is not as tall as his second life's [-] meters [-], he is also about the same height as the first life.

And this prince who slipped the mountain is less than 1.6 meters tall. Standing in front of Zhu Zhanji, he really looks like a little monkey.

Zhu Zhanji helped him up with his own hands, and greeted him with as kind a smile as possible.

He should have learned Chinese for more than half a year on the road, so he said in unfamiliar Chinese: "Liushan...Prince, Ye Mutuo sends his greetings to the honorable emperor of the Ming Empire...sun."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "When you come to my Ming Dynasty, you can have a look around more, experience the style of my Ming Dynasty, and learn from my Ming Dynasty's culture, so as to make your country as prosperous and strong as my Ming Dynasty."

It was a bit difficult for him to hear this sentence, and he looked at Ma Huan for help. Ma Huan translated it to him in Persian, and he immediately thanked him again, and then asked his entourage to bring up a box.

Li Liang took the box, opened it, and found that there were twelve pearls the size of longan.

Although he was well-informed, Li Liang was also shocked at this time. At first he didn't think much of this prince, but seeing him now was like seeing a gold mine.

The envoys of each country had finished seeing Zhu Zhanji, and Li Liang also received a large number of various gifts.

The envoy from Belumos presented Zhu Zhanji with a pure Damascus knife. This gift was the one that best suited Zhu Zhanji's wishes.

It was almost noon at this time, all the envoys were invited into the carriage by the officials of Honglu Temple, and asked them to settle down first.

After two days, after teaching them some etiquette in the palace, they will be allowed to enter the palace to meet Zhu Di.

However, Zhu Zhanji invited Zheng He and Wang Jinghong to board his grandson's car and head towards the palace together.Not only himself, but even Zhu Di was very curious about Zheng He's knowledge and energy on his voyages, and he didn't want to wait for a moment to listen to Zheng He's talk about his journey.

Zheng He is 45 years old this year, and his long-term life at sea has made his complexion slightly darker than that of ordinary people.But because he is a eunuch and has no beard, his face is darker now, and he looks more masculine and military general.

Zheng He looked at Zhu Zhanji, who had begun to grow stubble on his upper lip, and sighed. This grandson has looked at him differently since he was six years old.

Over the years, no matter what happened to him, it was this grandson who blocked him for him. Even if someone reported him as an envoy for personal gain, this grandson never cared about it, and instead punished the person who reported it.

As soon as he came back this time, he encountered the restructuring of the navy when he was in Quanzhou. When he heard that Taisun had already mastered the navy of the whole country, he wanted to integrate all the forces of the navy to form a navy.