I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 177 Letter of Credence from the King of Dayue to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty
Outside Nanjing City, He Changyun and his three entourage guards were queuing up at the city gate.

He set off after Lin Jun's King Ceremony. The journey was all by land, and he only arrived in Nanjing now.

After paying the money, we entered Nanjing City.

He Changyun was not in a hurry to go to the government office, but instead walked around the city first.

At this time, compared to the first month in Nanjing, the city has already regained its popularity. Most of the streets and alleys are lined with shops. Although there are not many pedestrians and vendors at this time, there are also no officers and soldiers everywhere extorting money.

Even at the gate of the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate just collected the entry fee and gave each of them a ticket (similar to a temporary residence permit), and then let them in without embarrassment.

The entrance fee to the city is not expensive, only a few pennies.

After walking for a while, I saw a teahouse.

This is the name of the Jiangnan area. In the north, it is called tea pavilion. In Guangdong and Guangxi, it is called tea house. In addition, there are also common names such as tea shop.

The teahouse not only sells tea, but also spring rolls, shaomai, dumplings and other foods.

By chance, He Changyun was a little hungry along the way, so he took the three of them to sit down in the teahouse.

The waiter quickly stepped forward and shouted: "Sir, what do you want?"

He Changyun said warmly: "First bring a pot of tea, and then get some food."

Xiao Er: "Okay!"

He Changyun had money, so Lin Jun sent him as an envoy. Naturally, he gave him enough money, and in order to keep an eye on him outside the door, he also sent three guards to follow him.

Originally, he was going to send a few more people, but He Changyun stopped him.

After a while, the waiter came up with a pot of tea, poured a bowl for each person first, and then brought three cages of Shaomai to the table.

Naturally, the teahouses in the outer city do not provide any good tea. They mainly deal with breakfast and snacks, and incidentally provide some thirst-quenching tea and a place to rest for the vendors and lackeys.

Although the three guards were elite soldiers sent by Lin Jun, after eating dry food for so many days, when they finally saw the hot food in their mouths, they immediately started to devour it with their chopsticks.

He Changyun only took one and put it into his mouth: "Well, it tastes good."

He stopped the waiter who was about to go down to work: "Brother, I want to ask, why is there no one on the street?"

The waiter was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Isn't your guest a local?"

He Changyun said: "Haha, a certain person came to Nanjing from other places to join relatives."

The waiter didn't ask why he had gone to his relatives and brought three followers with him who were eating like starving ghosts. He just said: "My guest is from out of town and I don't know. Today, the monks are being killed at Caishikou, so everyone is here." Went to watch the fun."

He Changyun looked confused: "Behead the monk?"

The waiter nodded and said: "Yes, there are some Taoist priests, but these are fake monks and fake Taoist priests. They usually bully ordinary people like us. This time, the emperor took them to the market entrance to behead them. That is very satisfying!"

Fake monk or Taoist priest?

He Changyun quickly asked for details. When he learned that Emperor Zhu had actually launched an inventory of temples and Taoist temples across the country to investigate illegal activities, his actions were much better than Lin Jun's.

Could it be that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty really had some destiny?

He Changyun was surprised, but also felt deeply worried.

They simply couldn't eat any more, so after a few hasty bites, they left the teahouse with the three people who had eaten and drank enough.

He Changyun didn't go to Caishikou to watch the beheadings, they were just some monks and Taoists. It didn't matter whether he saw them or not. After all, he still had a mission to do this time.

There was no need to ask for directions. He had been to Nanjing when he was a young student, so he naturally knew where the Yamen was.

The Ming Dynasty did not build a new yamen. There was already a yamen, and it could be used simply by repairing it.

Come to the Cabinet Office.

He Changyun directly handed over the credentials in his hand.

Yes, it’s the credentials, it’s just so outrageous.

He Changyun tried to persuade him, but Lin Jun didn't listen at all. Ever since he became king that day and wore the dragon robe without permission, even the costumes made this guy completely inflated.

After all, he was just an ordinary citizen before. Even if he took advantage of Emperor Zhu's momentum after the rebellion and was able to quickly gain momentum, it would not change his true nature. Once the situation improved, he would not be able to help but breed arrogance.

As soon as the letter of credence was delivered to the cabinet official on duty, the official was so frightened that he immediately ran to give it to his superior.

Passed through many levels, it was quickly delivered to the office of Wang Li, the chief minister of the cabinet.

"Prepare the sedan chair, I want to enter the palace." Wang Li only glanced at it and said with a frown.

……

The palace, the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the Chief Minister of the Cabinet, Wang Liwang, would like to see you!" The old eunuch hurriedly entered the door and announced.

"Huh? Wang Qing, what is he doing here?" Zhu Yijiong raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Xuan!"

"The chief minister of the Xuan Cabinet, Wang Li, has an audience!"

After a while.

"Your Majesty, your humble minister Wang Li, long live my emperor!" Wang Li bowed and saluted as he entered the door, holding a document in both hands.

Zhu Yijiong understood the meaning instantly and said: "No need to give me any gifts, just present it!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Li stood up and quickly handed over the document in his hand.

Zhu Yijiong took the document, but before he opened it and took a closer look, he saw the signature saying "Certificate of Credence from King Lin Jun of Dai Viet to Emperor Zhu Yijiong of Ming Dynasty".

On the surface of this line of large characters, there is also a red seal stamped "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever".

"..."

Zhu Yijiong was silent for a moment, then laughed angrily: "Okay, okay, okay! What a great king of Vietnam, Lin Jun."

Wang Li quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

No wonder Wang Li hurried into the palace to see the emperor without even reading anything written by the emperor.

There is no need to look at the content of this superficial signature. It is also addressed to the Ming Emperor from the King of Dai Viet. This is really a slap in the face of Emperor Zhu!
It also made a snapping sound.

After a moment of stalemate, Zhu Yijiong raised his hand and said, "Wang Aiqing is excused. You are not guilty of this!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Only then did Wang Li stand up in fear.

Zhu Yijiong held the certificate of credence in her hand and did not open it to read, because the content was basically written in the title.

"What do Wang Aiqing think?"

Wang Li gritted his teeth and said: "Reporting to your majesty, Lin's ambitions are no longer concealed, but now our Ming Dynasty is fully supporting the Western Expedition. If we go south to conquer Guangdong, I'm afraid..."

Ok!

This is a blunt message to Emperor Zhu that the treasury has no money to fight another big war for you.

Since Lin Jun can be called the King of Dayue, at least Guangdong was also won by him.

If Ming Dynasty goes all out to conquer Guangdong, Lin Jun will definitely not be able to stop it.

But now the Ming army is still fighting the Qing army in southern Anhui, and they will have to fight in Jiangxi again in the future.

This money and food are not enough to support the battles in these two places. If we attack Guangdong and wipe out Lin Jun, we will basically kill Ming Dynasty.

"Then what should we do? Give this Lin thief a letter of credence?" Zhu Yijiong said half-jokingly.

Du Lin was a thief, so naturally he didn't really ask again.

Moreover, giving credentials not only recognized Lin Jun's status as King of Yue, but also recognized that the other party was on an equal footing with Ming Dynasty.

If this is the case, how will the Ming Dynasty order the world to fight against the Qing Dynasty in the future?

Wang Li hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty, the bandit Lin is just a rogue bandit. He only gained power through the power of the Ming Dynasty. How qualified is he to deliver credentials to the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Yijiong put away her smile and said seriously: "What do you mean by Yi Aiqing?"

Wang Li said: "Maybe we can meet the envoy of the forest thief first."

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(End of this chapter)