What is a proper attitude? Kneel when you need to kneel. Zhu Er felt that the man in front of him, Zheshanjun, and the chief envoy of the Goryeo delegation, a certain Li Cao Canyi, who immediately knelt on the ground, were the best examples. However, after spending a long time with the young Goryeo royal family, he found that people were sensitive and delicate, and actually very timid, so he was a little amused when he saw them trembling all over.
Fortunately, he received a look from the Fourth Prince the next moment, and hurriedly went over to forcibly help Zhe Shanjun up, and then stuffed him into the quilt - for him, who was clumsy and had never served anyone before, his rude action could be accurately described as stuffing.
But even though his action was simple and rough, the Minister of Rites was still grateful. After all, although Zheshan Jun was only a member of the royal family and could not even inherit the throne when the king was still young, if something really went wrong before he entered the Imperial Academy, he would still be held accountable when he returned to the country. Seeing that Zhang Lu even gave him a handkerchief, he hurriedly bowed and thanked him.
Seeing that the effect of scaring people had been completely achieved, the fourth prince tried to speak in a serious tone that was completely inconsistent with his age: "In fact, my father has already ordered someone to send a letter to the King of Goryeo to question this matter. Although it is the first month of the year and the weather is cold, the messenger has already set out day and night, and it is said that he will arrive in Kaifeng in at most thirty days."
Urgent military information can be delivered at a speed of 400 miles per day or 600 miles per day. Although this is not urgent military information now, and it is the first month of the year, the road from here to Liaodong in the north and then into their own borders is not easy to travel. But it is obvious that if the messenger wants to arrive on the 30th, he will not only make it in time, but will also likely take a very big risk.
Mr. Zheshan was young and did not know what this thirty days represented, but it was impossible for the Minister of Rites not to understand.
So he secretly took a deep breath, and then said more carefully: "If the king of our dynasty finds out, he will do his best to investigate. Whoever is protecting those pirates will be severely punished!"
Zheshan Jun thought to himself that this was also the best opportunity for his uncle to clean up his dissidents, and he didn't know how many heads would fall in the court. However, he was distracted when he soon heard a cry of surprise, and then he quickly came back to his senses.
"What? The imperial edict given to our country was tampered with in our country. It didn't ask for tribute women? It didn't ask for maids and fire masters?" If he was scared out of his wits just now, then at this moment, the Minister of Rites felt that he was going to die immediately, and he would die without a burial place! You know, the traveler mentioned by the Fourth Prince was received by him!
Zheshan Jun had already noticed that the Minister of Rites was staggering, but he was distracted and didn't hear anything, so he could only look at other people for help.
The Fourth Prince had already discovered that he was just a nominal royal family member. He was staring at the Councilor of Rites and had no time to notice him at all. It was Zhang Lu, who always kept an eye on everything, who was kind enough to repeat it in a low voice.
This time, while Zheshanjun was horrified, he sneered in his heart. Tribute girls were common in the early Ming Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Shizong even took concubines from Goryeo, but the number has gradually decreased over the years. So after receiving the imperial decree, his uncle almost urgently summoned all the ministers of his faction and ordered them to select the most beautiful legitimate daughters and send them to him, hoping that someone would stand out among them.