On the first day of November in the third year of Ruiyuan, Chenshi.

Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu, who presided over the entire worship ceremony, came to the Fengtian Hall before the hour, this is a history of all countries to come to the dynasty, will be remembered by history, as Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu, who presided over such a grand ceremony, how can they not be excited, they know very well that with the ceremony, this scene will be remembered forever by future generations.

On the Danqi, the long sandalwood table has been set up, the wooden table is covered with yellow silk cloth, and the two stacks of documents are neatly placed, and Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu, who presided over the ceremony, will each hold a stack of documents at the beginning of the ceremony.

Outside the Forbidden City, officials above the fourth rank in the capital, envoys from various countries, and some captured prisoners were waiting.

The red city gate slowly opened, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple led everyone to slowly enter the city gate.

The eunuchs in the palace still existed, but they were no longer able to participate in any political affairs.

The officials of the capital have long been accustomed to it, but most of the envoys have never seen such a scene, after entering the Yongdao, a solemn atmosphere arises spontaneously, and many envoys who were still whispering outside have become serious, and silently follow the team and walk towards the Forbidden City.

At the end of the hour, everyone stood in the positions designated by the Ministry of Rites and the officials of Honglu Temple.

It's already November, the climate is very cold, standing outside the Fengtian Temple, feeling the cold wind blowing by, it's really unbearable for a long time, but the cold wind is stiff, the team is very neat, no one speaks, and you can't even hear the sound of coughing.

Two quarters in the hour. According to the rules, the emperor will enter the main hall directly from the door behind the Fengtian Palace, and at this moment the emperor's imperial chariot appears outside the Fengtian Palace, indicating that the emperor has entered the Fengtian Palace. The ritual of worship is about to begin.

Sure enough, Liang Xingli, the minister of the guard, appeared outside the Fengtian Palace, which indicated that the emperor had entered the Fengtian Palace.

Xu Wanghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, led many cabinet ministers into the Fengtian Palace, and they wanted to be the first to meet the emperor.

In just a few minutes, all the cabinet ministers walked out of the Fengtian Hall and stood at the front of the line, and Zhou Yanru, Yang Tingshu and Liang Xingli came directly to the Danqi.

Liang Xingli spoke first.

"The emperor has decreed, and the ceremony has officially begun......"

With Liang Xingli's opening. The emperor walked out of the Fengtian Hall and stood outside the hall, followed by the emperor was the queen's mother.

Everyone saw the energetic emperor, and the queen mother who showed a graceful and luxurious atmosphere.

The rest of the concubines followed behind the emperor and the queen's mother, and followed out of the Fengtian Palace.

Those overseas envoys looked at the emperor standing outside the Fengtian Hall with wide eyes, they never imagined it. Such a rich Ming Dynasty, such a strong Ming Dynasty. The emperor is so young.

And the grace and beauty of Queen Huang's mother, as well as the beauty of many concubines, surprised everyone.

Xu Wanghua, the first assistant to the cabinet, spoke loudly.

"The ministers and ministers meet the emperor and the queen of Huang......"

All officials knelt, including some foreign envoys, followed suit. Those overseas envoys, dumbfounded at all this, there were wise envoys, according to the rules of their own country, kneeling down and saluting.

The first ritual. It is a ceremony of sacrificing prisoners, which is a symbolic ceremony, and there is no need to escort the captives, and these captives are standing outside the Fengtian Temple, without any restrictions, and can also see the emperor.

Zheng Jinhong, the cabinet minister, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the chief soldier of the Zheng Jiajun, Xiong Wencan, the cabinet minister and the secretary of the military department, led Hong Xingui, the deputy chief soldier of the Zheng Jiajun and the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and Zheng Zhilong, the foreign trade director of the household department, and others, under the leadership of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, slowly walked to the bottom of the steps.

These people do not need to kneel, according to the original etiquette, everyone needs to kneel, but the emperor exempted the kneeling ceremony.

Hong Xingui took out the documents that had been prepared from his arms and read them out loud.

This is a good news, mainly the results of overseas conquests and expeditions, the description of the good news is very peaceful, without the slightest contempt for the European countries, the situation of the battle is realistically expressed, the results of the battle, and the situation of negotiations with various countries in Europe, but this good news, or let many European envoys bow their heads, they could not understand, but the Ministry of Rites arranged special personnel, standing in their team, the content of the good news was translated.

Ten captured officers were also brought to the front, and this was the dedication of prisoners.

After reading the good news, it was sent to the hands of Liang Xingli, the minister of the guard, Liang Xingli held the good news in both hands, walked up the steps, and gave the good news to the emperor, and after the emperor got the good news, he nodded slightly.

Liang Xingli began to read out the holy decree, which was the decision of the emperor and the imperial court to commend Hong Xingui and others, and the commendation was mainly based on material rewards.

After the decree was read, Hong Xingui and Zheng Zhilong received it.

Thus the ceremony of offering the prisoners ended.

The main worship ritual has finally begun.

Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu, who presided over the ceremony, picked up the documents in their hands.

Zhou Yanru was responsible for reading out the rituals of worship and pilgrimage, and Yang Tingshu was responsible for directing the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple on how to guide, after all, there were a large number of overseas and foreign envoys who came to worship, and each envoy had about two minutes of pilgrimage, and it also took more than two hours.

The first to meet the emperor were the Dutch envoys, followed by the Spanish and Portuguese envoys, and the three envoys were placed at the front, mainly considering the three princesses who were about to enter the palace.

As Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu read out the worship ceremony according to the documents, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Royal Institute of Policy Theory continued to translate for overseas and foreign envoys, and at the same time, officials from the Honglu Temple led the envoys to the bottom of the steps of the Fengtian Hall to formally meet the emperor.

In this process, there is another etiquette that has been abolished, that is, the officials of Honglu Temple no longer train many envoys, if according to the previous rules, these envoys need to be trained, and they must be in accordance with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty to meet the emperor, which includes a very sensitive issue, that is, whether the envoys need to kneel down to meet the emperor.

The emperor's attitude is very clear, the audience ceremony is serious, and it really needs to be treated carefully, but the ceremony of the audience must not be procedural, and the originally extremely solemn ceremony cannot become boring because of the pursuit of uniformity.

The audience ceremony is different from the ceremony of meeting the emperor after the imperial examination, these people are overseas and extraterritorial envoys, they shoulder a special mission, they come with a longing for the Ming Dynasty, they are not people of the Ming Dynasty, all they need to do is to abide by the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, but the court should not force them to do things according to all the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

This is probably what the emperor said about being tolerant and big.

European royal envoys to meet the emperor, all of them adopted the practice of kneeling on one knee, which is their habit, as for many envoys outside the territory, they are the same as the officials of the Ming court, they also knelt on both knees to meet.

The emperor has always had a smile on his face, this smile makes people feel kind, but in this smile, there is a strong self-confidence, which makes people only be able to look up.

Overseas and extraterritorial envoys brought a large number of gifts, which were the best things in their respective countries or places, such as the night pearl, knight's sword, and even sweat and blood horses brought by European envoys, and most of the foreign envoys brought rare dried fruits and other things, as well as a large number of jewels and so on.

The ceremony of the envoys meeting the emperor lasted for two hours.

The emperor and the queen mother, as well as many concubines have been standing outside the Fengtian Palace, they did not hide from the cold wind, and the look on their faces has always been very calm.

The demeanor of the emperor and the queen has always been very dignified, not to mention the civil and military ministers below, and those European and foreign envoys who met the Ming Emperor, after completing the audience ceremony, followed the officials of the Honglu Temple back to their original positions, and they also stood in a proper manner, with a serious expression.

Xu Wanghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, saw such a situation, and his heart suddenly flashed a trace of understanding, the emperor has always required that the ceremony of the audience must be solemn and solemn, he did not particularly understand, he originally thought that it was to show the majesty of the Ming army, so that the envoy of the audience felt a trace of oppression, now it seems that the emperor does not mean this at all, the emperor is through his own practical actions, showing the supreme majesty and self-confidence of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of audience ceremony does not need to bow down, and respects the customs of many envoys in their respective countries and localities, but all the envoys who meet the emperor are all in a mood of reverence, which can be seen from their eyes.

Xu Wanghua thought of the words of the world, including the previous emperors, who had said such words, but the people who can really deserve this sentence are the current emperors, the respected Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Taizong and others, Xu Wanghua has not seen and cannot see, but he is very familiar with the current emperor.

According to Xu Wanghua's judgment, the wisdom of the emperor today surpasses that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the etiquette of all countries coming to the dynasty is afraid that only today can be regarded as truly realized, and what is even more commendable is that the emperor values not these, the emperor cares about the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, whether the people of the Ming Dynasty can live a good life, and whether the Ming Dynasty can really safeguard its own interests when doing anything with the outside world.

This is really the emperor of the ages.

(Starting today, there are two updates every day, respectively at 9 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, this book has come to an end, and I am considering a new book, and I hope that the new book will receive great support from readers.) (To be continued.) )