"I checked," Guan Zhuofan said, "the last time Vietnam sent an 'Ruqing envoy' was in the first year of Xianfeng, and so far, ...... Well, it's been sixteen years. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After a pause, he smiled faintly, "Sixteen years of no tribute, this is not quite like a 'feudal suit'!" ”

In everyone's hearts, they all moved.

The so-called "Ruqing envoys" are the collective name for the various envoys sent by Vietnam to China -- note that this is an internal Vietnamese term, and for China there is a different term.

According to the rules of the suzerain-vassal system, Vietnam must "pay tribute every two years, send envoys every four years, and pay two tributes at the same time." This is called the "annual tribute envoy", which is the most important envoy sent by Vietnam to China -- this is on a regular basis.

In addition, there are various urgent matters that require the temporary dispatch of envoys, such as thanksgiving, incense, mourning, invitation, greeting, and so on, and there are names such as thanksgiving envoys, incense envoys, mourning envoys, envoys for enshrinement, envoys for congratulation, envoys for recitals, and so on.

Internally, regular annual envoys and various other envoys from time to time are collectively referred to as "Ruqing envoys" - note that in Vietnam, this is an official title, a title used in edicts and edicts.

"Wei Qing," Wen Xiang said, "Have you mentioned the matter of the tribute envoy to the Vietnamese monarch?" ”

"My identity is clear," Tang Jingsong said, "It's just a 'minister of the Celestial Empire', not an 'envoy of the Celestial Empire', and it is naturally not good to mention the matter of the envoy when I meet the king of Side; Well, for example, Pan Qingjian—"

After a pause, "I said this: I know that the ancestor of your country once said: 'If the Qing envoy must have literary speech, it can be elected' -- the tribute envoys sent to the Qing Dynasty are all first-class literary talents in your country!" Liang Weng is the mirror of the Vietnamese Shilin Zongjing, if the tribute envoy is endless, Liang Weng will serve as the 'such as the Qing Zheng envoy', if so, he would have asked Liang Weng for benefits in Beijing in his later life - there is no need to wait until today! ”

The so-called "Shi Zu" is the second king of the Nguyen Dynasty, King Minh Minh, his temple name is "Shi Zu", his nickname is "Gao", and the Vietnamese themselves call him "Emperor Shi Zu Gao". Of course, Tang Jingsong can't call him "emperor", but it's not good to call him "King Mingming" in front of Vietnamese courtiers, so he went to the nickname and left the temple number, and called him "the ancestor of your country".

Pan Qing's name is "Liang Xi", so Tang Jingsong called him "Liang Weng".

The audience all had smiles on their faces, and Wen Xiang said, "Wei Qing, good eloquence!" What does this Pan Liang Weng say? ”

"Pan Qingjian is very embarrassed - he knows what I mean," Tang Jingsong said, "I held it for a while before I said, 'Alas, this, the tribute envoy has been cut off so far, and there is no way to do it, a few years ago, the Celestial Dynasty Hongyang made a rebellion, the road was blocked, this, the tribute envoy could not make the trip, ah......"

"I pretended to be surprised and said, 'Hong Yang's chaos has long been settled, and it's been several years! Could it be that your country has not received any news? ’”

"He was even more embarrassed, and hurriedly said, 'Got it, got it!' ”

After a pause, he said with a wry smile, 'Wei Qing, don't squeeze me -- at the moment, Vietnam is suffering from internal and external troubles, anxious and worried, bad things, one after another, and other things, for a while, there are indeed places that cannot be taken care of.' ”

"I smiled and said, 'I came to Vietnam just to handle private affairs for Liu Mogong, and I shouldn't have been casually involved in national affairs, but-'"

"Speaking of this, I deliberately stopped, and Pan Qingjian hurriedly said, 'Wei Qing, please ask! Out of your mouth, into my ears, between friends, casual chatter, nothing to do, nothing to do! ’”

"I said, 'I was born late and was foolish, because of Vietnam's current internal and external troubles, there are some things that should be done, so I can't afford not to do it!' ”

Pan Qingjian was silent for a while, and said, "Wei Qing, you're right! I'm free, I've got to tell the Holy One about it! ’”

"At that time, he had not been returning to China for a long time, and I don't know if the matter of his single-minded teaching, teaching legal persons, reforming and strengthening the country, and paying tribute to the envoy was really made clear to King Side."

"Soon after, there was the Ding Dao Rebellion, and the whole of Vietnam became even more chaotic, and the matter of 'such a Qing envoy' was even more incomprehensible."

"Wei Qing," Cao Yuying said, "In your opinion, can you believe Pan Qingjian's defense?" ”

"The road is blocked, and there are internal and external troubles," Tang Jingsong said, "It's all true, but because of these, you can't send a 'clear envoy', but not really!" ”

"'Road blocking' can only be by land. The previous 'Ruqing envoy' entered China from Zhennanguan, passed through Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, and Zhili, and finally arrived in Beijing. This route, when Hongyang was in turmoil, was indeed 'blocked by the road', but Hongyang Chaoping, it has been more than four years, 'one tribute in two years, one envoy in four years, and two tributes in parallel' -- four years, at least one tribute envoy should be sent! ”

"Don't say that peace has been peaceful for a long time, that is, during the Hongyang rebellion, although the land route was blocked, if you have the heart, you can take the sea route! The vast majority of coastal ports are in the hands of the imperial court, and they stop for supplies halfway without any problems! ”

"Hmmm! That's true! Cao Yuying nodded, "Pan Qingjian's defense has no power!" ”

"Although Vietnam regards China as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire," Tang Jingsong said, "it claims to be a vassal servant, but—"

Speaking of this, he hesitated slightly, "I feel that the Yue people are deep down in their hearts, and they ...... us In fact, it is quite guarded. ”

That's where it comes in.

"This 'self-proclaimed vassal suit'", Guan Zhuofan said with a smile, "It is also in front of China, turning around and closing the door, but people treat themselves as equal to China!" Not to mention anything else, the king of Vietnam, but the self-proclaimed 'emperor', the year name, the temple name, the nickname, the same lot! Isn't the 'ancestor of your country' that Wei Qing mentioned just now the 'Emperor Gao'? Such a 'feudal service'...... Hey! ”

"The prince is wise!" Cao Yuying said, "North Korea is also China's 'vassal service', but the king of North Korea is only called 'king', how dare he call himself 'emperor'?" is the same as 'feudal service', such a comparison, it is a situation! ”

"Yes!" Xu Gengshen said, "Also, unlike Vietnam, North Korea does not have its own era name!" Goryeo in the past and North Korea today have been using Chinese era names! ”

"Hmm!" Guo Songtao said, "This is what really calls China Zhengshuo!" ”

"In addition," Qian Dingming said, "as far as I know, the Nguyen Dynasty never called its relations with China 'big things' or 'tributary', but 'diplomatic relations.'" ”

"Wei Qing," Guan Zhuofan asked, "Is that so?" ”

"Back to the prince," Tang Jingsong said, "Dinggong is right, it's true." ”

"Actually," Qian Dingming said, "just by looking at the three words 'such as Qing Envoy', you can see that the problem is coming!" Fang Cai Weiqing said that the envoys sent by Vietnam to France were called "such as the envoy to the west" -- "such as the Qing envoy", "such as the envoy to the west", "Qing" and "west", in the eyes of the Vietnamese, in fact, they are the same! ”

"Hmm!" Wen Xiang also nodded slightly, "Punish the heart!" Heart-wrenching! ”

For a while, it was quite a bit of a "drum breaking ten thousand pounds" posture, Tang Jingsong's confidence increased greatly, and said: "I was in Vietnam, and I heard such a proverb, which was widely circulated, called 'The Emperor of Nanguo Mountain and Henan is completely divided into the Book of Heaven'. ”

paused slightly, "This proverb has been widely circulated, from the clan relatives to Li Shu, they all love to hang on their lips, and the meaning is quite intriguing." ”

Wen Xiang's eyes flashed, "This is the so-called 'Heavenly Language' heard in the ancestral hall of General Zhang when Song and Li were fighting, the Battle of Xining, the Battle of Fuliangjiang, and the sergeant under Li Changjie, the commander of Li Dynasty!" ”

Wen Xiang said "Song" refers to China's Northern Song Dynasty, "Li" refers to the Li Dynasty in Vietnam, at that time, the Li Dynasty was a strong country, and the Song Dynasty was changing the law, and the domestic turmoil was taking advantage of the opportunity. The Song and Li sides fought a decisive battle at the Fuliang River, and the Li army was defeated, and even the crown prince was killed. It was the ninth year of Song Xining, and it was known as the "Battle of Xining" in history.

"'Heavenly Language' Yunyun," Wen Xiang continued, "Naturally, Li Changjie created it to inspire the army's heart, but I didn't expect that today, some people are not satisfied with inspiring the army's heart, and even think of ......' becoming a prophecy'!" ”

"'A word becomes a prophecy'-" Guan Zhuofan laughed, "Bochuan, your words have a taste!" ”

*(To be continued.) )