The World of Yellow Sky

Up to now, among these foreign countries, they always refer to Xu An as the Heavenly King of Shangguo.

"We are also afraid that we will lose our manners when we meet."

The envoy picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was an envoy from Kucha and knew a lot about Han culture.

He knew that when the Han court ruled, if the etiquette did not meet the norms and offended the emperor, he would be punished more for contributions, and more severely punished for the king, so he would rather offend the officials of the Honglu Division and ask for clarification.

Jiang Yu's expression sank at first, but then he remembered something and cursed in a low voice, showing a trace of helplessness.

The few clerks from the foreign embassy went out to Dongshi together. Most of them forgot to explain these envoys, which led to these things.

The envoy of Kucha felt a little cold. The officials of the Honglu Division seemed to use slang words that were not official. cold sweat.

"The Taoist Lord has ordered that Chang'an will have a seven-day banquet to celebrate the stability of the world."

"You will be summoned at the court meeting on the seventh day, and our officials will come to guide you when the time comes, so don't panic."

"On the fifth day, someone will lead you to learn etiquette. During these few days, you can rest temporarily."

After Jiang Yu said that, he pushed away all the envoys and was about to leave.

However, he felt that what he said was a bit too blunt. The countries of these envoys have always been submissive, and occasionally they should give a little face.

"You don't need to stay in the embassy anymore. You might as well go and see the grand event in the past few days."

"You can go back to the museum and make some preparations. I will send someone to inform the soldiers on duty."

"This……"

All the envoys showed joyful faces, and they turned around. Not only did they get the answers they wanted, they were even allowed to leave the library.

You must know that when you enter Chang'an as an envoy, you are restricted to activities in foreign embassies and Honglu Division, and you are not allowed to go to the streets easily.

"Thank you Heavenly Officer."

All the envoys thanked one after another, and for a while Jiang Yu's ears were full of noise.

Jiang Yu didn't stay any longer, and walked quickly towards the main pavilion of Honglu Division in front of him, and soon walked into the pavilion.

A group of envoys happily left the corridor and walked quickly towards the foreign embassy. They had long wanted to see what Chang'an looked like.

After entering the city, he was taken directly to the foreign embassy, ​​and had no chance to visit Chang'an at all.

They were originally in their own country, where had they seen such a huge city.

The envoys were immersed in joy, but they didn't notice that there was a line of sight that had been staying on them from the very beginning, and that line of sight was cast from the direction of the main pavilion of Honglusi.

In fact, it wasn't that Jiang Yu was really showing kindness. Letting these envoys participate in the grand meeting was an order that was handed down.

As for the reason, it is very simple. This grand event held in Chang'an City is not only for celebration, but also for promoting culture and demonstrating national strength.

In the three wars in Northern Xinjiang, Liaodong, and Korea, the Ming army's Dulwei spread far and wide.

In the First World War in the Western Regions, the invincibility of the Ming army deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Zhang Yan shocked southern Xinjiang and destroyed Linyi, which made the countries in southern Xinjiang terrified.

Many countries and tribes have just formed civilization, and they are still drinking blood. Many of them are still tribes, not even countries, and they are far behind the Han land.

The place where they live is around Huaxia. They look at the lives of the residents of Han, from the ruler to the common people, and they are all very yearning for Chinese culture.

China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; there is beauty in obedience, it is called Hua.

The Ming country is now unparalleled in the world. When it was originally in the Han Dynasty, these small countries and tribes around them were very yearning for the Han culture, and even wanted to join Huaxia as a subordinate.

For example, Nanlou, Shanggu Wuhuan with hundreds of thousands of riders, dominates one side, but is extremely obsessed with Chinese culture, learns Chinese, speaks Chinese, and even wears Hanfu.

Xu An originally wanted to order that all foreign countries must use Daming Mandarin, that is, Chinese as the common language and use Chinese characters.

But it turned out that the order hadn't been issued yet, and he discovered a problem.

Many surrounding countries began to use Chinese characters as their national characters very early on, and even communicated a lot of Chinese on weekdays. The nobles of all countries basically knew Chinese characters and Chinese language, and even had Chinese names.

Chinese culture has always influenced the surrounding countries, and this influence became more significant after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty and the sweeping of the Ming army.

Chinese culture has already formed a cultural circle, and when its influence expanded, some neighboring countries sent envoys to Chang'an.

They all have only one purpose, which is to pay tribute to Daming, and some even hope that Daming can send officials to accept them. They want to become a part of Daming.

In today's foreign embassies, there are more than a dozen countries holding letters from their respective rulers, wanting to merge into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and requesting Ming's canonization.

This grand event in Chang'an is not just a simple event.

Xu An wants to use this grand event to let people in the world know about the tolerance of Da Ming, the magnificence of Da Ming, and the strength of Da Ming.

Bu Guowei is in the world, Yang Chang is in the world.

Compared with military conquest, cultural influence is more permanent.

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The east and west cities were brightly lit, and on the streets of Chang'an City, bright lights lit up one after another.

A night watchman with a yellow cap wrapped around his head and a light blue uniform held a lantern and lit the street lamps on the road one by one.

The curfew in Chang'an is usually implemented one hour after dusk, which is much later than the sunset in other cities.

Therefore, there are many street lights on the streets of Chang'an. These street lights are lit by special night watchmen when dusk comes. On weekdays, the street lights only light up important places to illuminate the road for pedestrians passing by. .

But today all the street lamps were lit, and the bright lights illuminated the roads everywhere. The streets of Chang'an were all brightly lit.

On the street, it is already bustling and flowing.

During the event, carriages and horses were banned, which also made the road much wider.

At this time, all the pedestrians on the street are walking in the same direction, which is the direction of the market.

Among the crowd, a little fat man was particularly eye-catching. That little fat man had a wooden sword hanging from his waist. He looked young, with a pair of eyes wandering around, as if he was very new to everything.

The reason why everyone paid attention to the little fat man was because the little fat man was riding on a woman's neck.

The woman's complexion was wheatish, with a short knife hanging from her waist, and many shiny silver accessories. She didn't comb her hair like the Han women, but tied it casually.

She grabbed the little fat man's legs and feet with one hand to stabilize her figure, while with the other hand she held a bunch of candies and ate them with relish.

Beside him, there was a man in a purple forged brocade robe and a woman in a straight train robe.

That man is majestic and heroic, and although that woman has no make-up, her frown and smile are all capable of attracting people's hearts.

There are also five or six men in strong suits with sabers guarding him.

The man in the purple brocade robe was none other than Xu An, and the person holding his hand was Wang Yi.

That little fat man is naturally Xu Feng, and the woman carrying him is Xu Yu.

A small group and a large group don't know why, but the relationship is good.

Chapter 916 Hu Xuan

The front of the silver candle tree grows like daytime, and the dew peach blossoms do not know autumn.

In the market, the lights are brilliant, people come and go, and the noise is very loud.

There are noisy voices all around, and the faces of passers-by are all joyful.

There was radiance in their eyes, and his expression was no longer as numb as before. They held their heads high, puffed out their chests, and no longer groveled, because no one in this world wanted them to grovel.

This is the world of the common people, not the world of powerful families!

The former Han Empire, which was extremely corrupt, constantly oppressing them, exploiting them, and bullying them, has collapsed, turned into a piece of tile, and become the past.

Now the ochre-yellow flag of the Ming Empire is flying over Chang'an City, and the sky is no longer covered by the black flag.

The banner flying over Chang'an City was the same color as the soil they were stepping on.

Over the years, many things have changed.

In the past, the officials of the Han court went to the countryside to go to the pavilion, bringing with them fierce-faced servants, speaking fiercely and bossing around.

When collecting taxes, if there is no money and food to pay, they will be beaten severely at the slightest, and even broken down and sent to prison, sentenced to prison and punished.

Those soldiers with weapons in their hands were extremely indifferent. Facing the robbers who were screaming in the mountains and forests, they mostly ignored them and didn't care about anything at all.

What they protect are princes and nobles, they protect powerful families, and they have nothing to do with them at all.

Even during wars, they have to join the army as auxiliary soldiers, which are called auxiliary soldiers and are actually labor labor.

But now, those officials who were born in Taipingdao treat them with a friendly face, and they will only get angry when they treat prisoners and murderers.

They went to and from Ting Township not to collect taxes, but to build water conservancy, build rivers, build workshops, teach them how to grow crops, and give them better farm tools.

Those soldiers in yellow clothes walked vigorously and mighty. Not only were they not superior, they even offered help when they encountered difficulties.

Xu An raised his eyes to look around, and everywhere he entered, there were all moving heads.

There are a wide variety of products in the shops designated by the market, and the clerks in short shirts are loudly displaying and selling the products on the shops.

The words on each signboard are flamboyant and powerful, and there is basically a figure drawn behind them.

These graphics are basically different, some are based on birds and animals, some are based on Chinese character patterns, and some are based on utensils and trees.

These graphics are the brands of their stores, and they all register their brands in the Commercial Department of the Ministry of Households.

The system of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business has been basically abolished, and businessmen have become a legitimate industry.

Nowadays, business is encouraged in Taiping Road. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business has been implemented, and most of it has been abolished. The status of merchants is constantly recovering.

However, the jurisdiction over merchants has not actually been relaxed, but has become more harsh.

Now, whether it is a merchant, a small street vendor, or even a shopkeeper, it is necessary to go to the Department of Commerce to register.

Of course, small vendors and shopkeepers naturally do not need to pay commercial tax. They have to reach a certain scale before they need to pay commercial tax. According to different income, different shares of commercial tax are paid.

The penalties for unfair business practices such as hoarding goods and maliciously raising prices have been increased several times, and there are also many more restrictions on large merchants and merchants. As income increases, the proportion of taxation is also higher.

In addition to the built shops in the market, there are also some simple stalls.

The rent of each store in the eastern and western cities is so high that ordinary businessmen can't afford it. Only those large chambers of commerce can afford such consumption.

Although those merchants who came from far away from east, west, north and south may have a large scale, they don't need to rent shops for a whole year. Even if they have enough money, it is undoubtedly a waste.

Therefore, in the two cities of Chang'an, there are some simple stalls. The rent of these stalls is charged on a daily basis, so they are basically rented by merchants from other places.

At this time, the scene in the booth area in front of Xu An made him feel a little dazzled.

Merchants in all kinds of costumes are trying their best to solicit business, trying to take advantage of the grand event to sell the goods in their warehouses.

With just a glance, Xu An saw dozens of different costumes, and there were even many mixed ones.

Among them, a bearded man dressed in the strangest way. He has his hair tied up like ordinary Han people, but he is wearing the clothes of the nobles of Dawan Kingdom, and the clothes are silver ornaments from the southern border. The ring is clearly from the Northlands.

Such a weird and peculiar attire naturally attracted everyone's attention.

But everyone's eyes are full of appreciation.

The Hu merchants who come and go in Chang'an City are like carp crossing the river. No matter how strange the clothes are, the residents in Chang'an City have long been familiar with them.

Residents in Chang'an City have a tolerant attitude towards the cultures and novelties of other countries.

So although the little fat man attracted attention for a while, everyone didn't pay attention to it all the time.

As for the guards with knives, they didn't attract too many people's attention, and the passers-by would only guess in their minds which important person these people were protecting, and didn't think about anything else.

There are very few people who can wear swords in the city of Chang'an majestically. Since they have not been arrested by the police, it proves that they are legally worn.

There have been only a few incidents of blatant murders since the establishment of Chang'an City until today.

After all, the guard towers and police stations in the city of Chang'an are not just decorations.

The people on duty in each of the guard towers are genuine soldiers of the Weiwu Army, regular soldiers in the Ming army.

The inside of the tower is controlled by the troops of the Yellow Turban Army, and orders are passed on to each other. Nothing in the city can be hidden from the soldiers on the watchtower.

Once a commotion occurs, soldiers will immediately beat the war drum on the top of the tower and issue orders to dispatch emergency troops to deal with it.

In each tower, there are 50 soldiers on duty, that is, a whole team of well-armed and well-trained soldiers.

Fifty well-trained soldiers are enough to deal with any situation in the city.

People who entered Chang'an City were not allowed to carry standard knives. As for stealing bows and crossbows, once found out, it was a capital offense and there was no mercy.

Except for the guard tower, between the squares and cities, every square has a police station, which is responsible for maintaining law and order.

From time to time, there are transactions in the stalls and shops. The bosses of the shops and stalls carefully package the products and present them to customers.

The people in Chang'an City are not short of money nowadays. After all, the workshops that have been established and the various jobs can get a lot of money as long as they are willing to do it.