When someone comes, you will be rewarded, right? However, the treasury has been so empty that it has to levy taxes three times in a row for the sake of the war situation in Liaodong, and in order to save money, His Majesty the Emperor has worn patched clothes to lead by example, where can he get how much silver money to reward these foreign envoys?

But you can't afford not to give it, right? You can't give too little, right? Otherwise, where is the face of the court?

It's really dumb to eat Coptis chinensis, and I can't tell if I have bitterness.

But this time, the imperial court was really happy, and it really wanted to entertain those powerful people of the Chahar Department, so that they could see the demeanor of the Ming Dynasty, let them sincerely admire the Ming Dynasty, and let them feel the importance of the Ming Dynasty to them.

The silver was sprinkled like water, and a lot of things were really done.

Everything is ready to wait for the arrival of these Chahar nobles.

And today is the day of their coming.

Yesterday, the news came back that they had arrived fifteen miles away from Beijing and stayed there. The reason why I slept so close to the capital instead of entering the city was so that I could have more time today and not rush to hurry.

As early as when this team had just reached the boundary of Beizhili, the imperial court had already sent people over to guide them forward. This is also a precautionary measure, the person sent is from the Ministry of Etiquette, and he is also responsible for teaching these nobles some etiquette, so as not to panic when he sees the emperor and lose his manners in front of the king. At this time, the Chahar Department is already in the Ming Dynasty, and if the monarch really loses his honor, it will be a loss of everyone's face, which is inevitably not beautiful.

Fifteen miles west of Beijing, in the middle of a wasteland, many yurts rose out of thin air at this time, like mushrooms after rain. There are hundreds of such yurts, and the number of people living in them is already hundreds or thousands.

In fact, this wasteland is on the edge of a small town, but these nobles of the Chahar tribe chose to camp in the wilderness and live in yurts, firstly, because they are accustomed to such a way of life, and secondly, they feel that they are about to enter the city of Beijing, and they should maintain their customs and habits at this time.

It was just dawning, not so completely bright, a little dark, but there was already a lot of noise in this camp.

There are many braziers placed next to the tents, and the flames are blazing inside, which not only serve as a light, but also bring warmth to the people. After all, it's winter, and it's still very cold around Beijing.

The nobles have already gotten up, but basically all of them are men who come out at this time, and those female magnates in the Chahar Department, especially those queen mothers, have not yet shown up, in fact, this is also a very normal thing, after all, these are all women, and they still have to dress up. And with such a status as theirs, dressing up, tidying up the head and face, it is in makeup, they are all extremely exquisite, and at the same time, they are also extremely cumbersome, and it is naturally more troublesome and time-consuming to clean up.

But it's early and there's plenty of time, so I'm not in a hurry.

Liu Ruozai has already gotten up, he has always been extremely rigorous and solemn, and at this moment, naturally nothing will go wrong. In fact, from the fourth watch, which is equivalent to about two or three o'clock in the morning in the future, he got up and began to clean up. At this time, Liu Ruozai was neatly dressed, his hair was neat, and he was up and down, and there was no place that did not conform to the etiquette system, and there was no place that was not dignified and rigorous.

Beside him were two officials sent by the Ministry of Rites to pick him up.

These two adults are not young, the younger one is also in his fifties, and the older one is already over the age and has gray hair. These two were the two people who were the most proficient in the etiquette of visiting foreign vassals to meet His Majesty the Emperor in the entire Ministry of Rites. This time, the Ministry of Rites sent the two of them over, which also shows that they attach great importance to it.

Neither of them has a particularly high official position, similar to Liu Ruozai, but the two of them are quite respectful to Liu Ruozai, and they vaguely regard them as officials with a much higher official position than themselves.

At this time, the whole court, and even in the market of Beijing City, who doesn't know that this time Liu Ruozai, the Northern Hebei Army, has made great contributions, and His Majesty is extremely happy and praises him for his consecutive victories? Who would have guessed that after the nobles of the Chahar Department met this time, Liu Ruozai would be of great use? Are you going to be promoted?

Even some well-informed people are already vague enough to know where Liu Ruozai can go.

Of course, they don't know exactly where they want to go, and people who know about such things will not disclose them casually.

However, one thing everyone can be sure of is that Liu Ruozai will be of great use, that is for sure.

Liu Ruozai seems to have something on his mind today, looking at his nose and nose, and not saying a word. These two officials of the Ministry of Rites are also very polite, Liu Ruozai didn't speak, so they didn't take the initiative to talk, and the three of them stood there.

There was also a commotion outside the camp, and a team came, and there were a lot of people in the team, all carrying large and small food boxes. These people are here to deliver food to everyone. The passing by the nobles of the Chahar tribe who came to make pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven was a major event for any prefecture or county, some were very enthusiastic, some were disdainful, and some secretly sent people to monitor and beware of what would happen to these people in their own jurisdictions, and there were magistrates who did what they did, but no matter what they wanted to do in private, there was one thing they had to do on the surface - to provide food utensils and other things along the way.

This is the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen, and it is this kind of moment, no one dares to disobey.

After today's Shuntianfu realm, Shuntianfu Yin also personally gave an order, and even sent the Shuntianfu Tuguan out of Beijing, and wherever the team of the Chahar Department went, the Tuiguan followed him, urging the local magistrate to provide food, hot water, and other needs.

Along the way, the life of the people in the Chahar Department was very good, they didn't need to light a fire to cook or anything, and when they arrived every day, they just waited for the food to be delivered.

The meals are freshly cooked and still hot!

As the saying goes, the mouth of eating people is short, and the hands of people are soft, and everyone says that Daming is good at this time.

It was only a little more than five at this time, and in order to prepare these meals, all the cooks in the nearby town were called up early to pick up and pick up, so that they could be served in time.

Liu Ruozai and several other officials don't eat it, they have already eaten it. Of course, there was no food at that time, but I just stuffed some snacks and put it on the mat first, so as not to feel uncomfortable with an empty stomach.

About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Daqi came to report, and said that everyone had eaten and drunk enough, whether it was the people of the Chahar Department or the Ming soldiers who escorted all the way, they were all ready at this time.

This time, with the nobles of the Chahar Department, there was only one civil official, Liu Ruozai, and the rest were military generals, Liu Daqi, the chief soldier of Gansu, and the Jiayuguan guerrilla general Daliang, who was nicknamed 'Dakai Monument Hand' by Dong Ce, all came. Dong Ce could have come, he didn't come because he didn't want to come, but there were also people who wanted to come but couldn't.

For example, Wang Wuluo.