Although Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, agreed to meet Howard, it was not as easy as he imagined that Howard wanted to truly meet Zhu Jinsong.

This is different from when Zhu Jinsong was a thief leader.

If Zhu Jinsong is still just a thief, then it is easy to discuss no matter how you meet, and there are not so many etiquettes in terms of etiquette.

The problem is that Zhu Jinsong is now a serious Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If Howard wants to see Zhu Jinsong, he must follow the rules of the audience.

The so-called rules for meetings have been different in all dynasties. For example, during the Qing Dynasty, we had to take the princes, imperial ministers, and military ministers to take turns to lead the ministers to meet the emperor. Introducing the interview, we must have advanced lists, resumes, green-headed signatures, and one or several people to meet.

The interview process is not like in later film and television dramas. When I summoned or introduced officials, I, the Locust Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, must first pass the eunuch in the memorial office and called the name of the person summoned and led into the house. When the minister comes in, he must first kneel down and say, "Minist/Slave xxx respectfully invites the emperor to be safe." After standing up, he walked to the kang where the emperor sat, and knelt on the preset white felt pad. The emperor answered questions and answered questions. If many people participated in the summoning, the leader could only answer. Others could not interrupt, and the person summoned could not talk to each other. Only when the emperor asked could he answer. No matter how long the summoned or how long the introduction was, officials must kneel down from beginning to end until the emperor allowed "kneeling" to indicate that the conversation was over. Only when the emperor allowed to stand up and retreat to the door and turned away.

The provisions of our Ming Dynasty are very humanized - note that it is humanized, and the herringbone is the key.

The greatest etiquette for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was to bow five times and kowtow three times, that is, kneeling for a long time, bowing to the hand (this is called bowing) five times, kowtow to the ground (this is called bowing) three times, then get up and stand up. This is the most formal occasion, such as the etiquette performed by officials who come to Beijing once every three years, and the tributes performed during the palace examination and preaching the rituals. 7k rules

As usual, even if you are an ordinary commoner, you will bow your head when you see the emperor: kneel down, hold your hands together, kowtow to the ground and stay for a while, then get up and stand.

As for the situation like when the Fan Kingdom was first affiliated and sent envoys to express their tribute to the local rituals, the Ming Dynasty's ritual system did not pay any humanity. It was settled in the Huitong Hall first, and the Ministry of Rites reported to the information of the news. The Yili Department led the Fan Envoy to practice the rituals and chose a date to pay homage to the court.

On that day, the Jinyiwei set up a ceremonial guard... and led the rituals to the Fan envoys to pay homage to Danqi, and praised the four bows... and ordered the Fan envoys to kneel down... and the Fan envoys to bow down, and they were cheering for four bows. After the ceremony, the Fan envoys were given the ceremony and gave their gratitude to the state affairs, they sent envoys to express their tribute to the local property, all of which were as precedent.

Simply put, it is like the envoys of foreign countries who have to kneel down and worship four times in designated places, but also kneel down and kneel down again when they arrive in front of the emperor, shouting long live the emperor once, and then praying four times again. Someone has to shout the name of xxx in xx and command loudly there.

The key is that Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, was a bit shabby. Not only could he not be called the emperor who owned the world, but even his own palace was occupied by Qian Dee-Lao, so the etiquette of the audience could only be as simple as possible.

Of course, as an excellent young man born under the red flag and growing in the spring breeze, Zhu Jinsong is not the kind of foolish monarch who is unreasonable or even forced. If Howard and others are unwilling to meet with the Ming Dynasty, then Zhu Jinsong would not force him.

At worst, I would just beat it apart and turn around and write a note on a small notebook, "If the envoy of a certain country does not perform the ceremony of kneeling three times and knocking nine times, it is really disrespectful to me." When I have the strength and opportunity, I will teach these barbarians what the rules of stepping on horses are. I have to speak out tone before crossing out this note.

Fortunately, Howard and others were just the "so-called" special envoy of the British Empire, and they were hang out with the Thirteenth Tourist Party in Guangdong for many years. They knew a little about the differences between kneeling and worshipping. They were also clear about the etiquette rules of the Qing Dynasty before, so there was nothing unacceptable to the etiquette rules of the Ming Dynasty.

It’s not too shabby to make money.

If it were a "Envoy of the British Empire" like Macartney who was ordered to come for the mission, it would probably not be possible today's interview. Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, would have to waste more writing.

But what made Howard and others feel was that they had just learned the etiquette of meeting, and before Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor summoned him, they waited for the barbarians from France.

What makes people even more annoying is that the barbarians of France were arranged next to the British Empire mission.

I'm damn!

Howard, who was almost mad, squirted a lot of words starting with f and s, and then summoned a group of subordinates: "Gentlemen, the frogs of France are next door to us, I."

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted loudly in the next yard: "Oh Huo, look at who is living next door to us? It is rose beef from the food desert, an Anglo-Saxon robber who likes to call himself a gentleman!"

That's right, this is the nickname between the two common people.

Gentlemen from Britain disliked the French people who liked to stuff everything into their mouths, so they were called frogs, and gentlemen in France also looked at the Anglo-Saxon robbers whose skin was a little sunny and turned red in shape, so they were called rose beef.

Howard was so angry that he didn't bother to finish the rest of his words. Instead, he wanted to rush directly to the yard next door to teach those damn French frogs a lesson.

Although there was a little ally relationship between Britain and France during World War II, in fact, before and after World War II, especially before World War II, Britain and France wanted to explode on the spot.

This is mainly because Louis VII married Eleanor, daughter of Guillaume X, Duke of Aquitaine, and Aquitaine was therefore incorporated into the French royal territory. What is more fatal is that Eleanor only gave birth to a daughter after marrying Louis VII. Louis VII also applied to the Holy See on the grounds of being unfaithful and unable to give birth to male heirs, to the Holy See.

However, after Eleanor remarried Henry II of the Plantain Dynasty, he gave birth to four sons and three daughters in succession.

Of course, it is only because of the trivial matter of whether to have a son, this matter will probably end up in the end, even if Eleanor's remarriage is only six weeks away from the time she divorced from Louis VII.

The real key is Eleanor's huge dowry—the rich and vast Principality of Aquitaine.

In order to compete for the ownership of the Principality of Aquitaine, Britain and France quickly started fighting each other. After fighting for more than a hundred years, the feud was formed in this way.

So, after knowing that the frogs in France lived next door, Duke Howard couldn't help but start the taunt mode.

What Duke Howard didn't expect was that the French frog next door was obviously not something to mess with. After hearing the words French frog, he immediately scolded him with rose beef, and added another sentence "Anglo-Saxon robber".

This made Duke Howard so angry. Fortunately, Duke Howard's subordinates have not completely lost their minds. One of them stopped Howard and said, "Sir, you are a gentleman and should not be as knowledgeable as those damn French frogs."

Howard pulled the swallowtail on his collar in anger and snorted, "Of course, gentlemen will not be as knowledgeable as frogs."

But another sentence came from the yard next door: "Those who plant thorns can only harvest the thorns that are prickly."

Howard knew that he was in the wrong, so he snorted coldly and said loudly: "When the strong wind and sea water fight fiercely, only brave and calm sailors can reach the other side."

After saying that, Howard simply brought his men back to the house.

As soon as he sat down, Howard spoke, "Gentlemen, I think those damn French frogs will only be the beginning, not the end."

"There will definitely be people from Latinos and Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries coming here, and maybe those damn white garbage will come."

“The current form is very bad for our British Empire.”

"Yes, yes, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom we are about to meet did not unify the entire country, but only occupied a part of it. If there were those damn French frogs, then it was obvious that we could not monopolize the entire Ming Kingdom's market."

“That means our money will be affected.”

The gentlemen in the room shrugged, and one of them asked, "So, respected Mr. Howard, what good is there for you?"

"Of course, we can learn a story that the Chinese have heard before, that is, we can rush to the next door to kill those damn French frogs."

"But since we came to this city, our weapons were confiscated. The Emperor of Ming did not want us to have weapons because he was very confident in the security of the areas he ruled."

"Also, I wonder if you have noticed that the farmers we saw in "Mingguo" are completely different from what we saw in Guangzhou before."

When talking about the peasant association, the gentlemen in the house immediately started talking.

"Yes, among the Qing people I saw in Guangzhou, it is difficult to find beer belly similar to British citizens or the happy faces of British farmers."

"Every time they receive our leftovers, they always greedily fight for the tea we used, and then boil water and drink it."

"Their government and their soldiers do not seem to take their citizens or farmers seriously, beat, scold, and plunder them. Their citizens or farmers are also afraid of their soldiers. This is simply unimaginable in our British Empire."

"There is still a pig's tail behind their heads!"

"O God, Marco Polo's Travels says that this is a place of gold, the people live and work in peace, a polite and harmonious family, this damn Italian liar!"

As he heard what his subordinates said became more outrageous, Duke Howard slapped the table hard and shouted: "Shut up your mouth, gentlemen! A righteous and kind person should not say bad things about others behind his back!"

"Also, this is "Mingguo", which is different from what we saw in Guangzhou before."

"Although the farmers here do not have beer belly similar to our British citizens, the smile on their faces is the same as the happy faces of our British farmers."

"These people of the Ming Kingdom are not afraid of their soldiers. On the contrary, we can always see their farmers greeting the soldiers who protect us along the way."

"They are just curious about us, and are not as afraid of us as the "Qing people" we have met before."

"So, if the "Qing people" we have seen before are those inferior and inferior people who are as humble and inferior in diapers, then please note that gentlemen, the citizens here are white people as noble as us, and you must respect everyone here."
Chapter completed!