"This..." Fu Han had no experience in dealing with the Gentiles. Originally, as the Minister of Rites, he would not have come to see the envoy of Folangji in person.≧

But this was the first time that the Folangji Kingdom paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. It is said that it brought a lot of tributes. In order to let the Folangji people feel the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi sent Fu Han to preside over diplomatic relations.

"Can you take the tribute gift list for a look?" Fu Han showed the demeanor of the minister of the State.

The Folang Ji people did not understand the language of the Ming Dynasty, and the Siyiguan did not have a special Folang Ji translation at this time, so they still needed to rely on two translations to make each other understand.

Unlike before, the Ming Dynasty also found the translation of Spurs and Siam from the Sierra Pavilion. However, these people were suspected of being just a substitute and stammered for a long time before they could communicate with each other.

After the translation, the words of Folang Jiren said over there were translated: "Sir Shangshu, Folang Jiren said... what they paid was not tribute, but ransom for redeeming people. Please follow the previous agreement, pay the money in one hand and the other hand."

"Damn it!"

Fu Han suddenly slapped a coffee table with anger on his face, "Tell these foreigners, don't bully them too much!"

If it weren't for Fu Han's shooting, those Folang Jimen wouldn't have focused on Fu Han's command, because they were looking at Shen Xi who was writing and painting with a strange stick, thinking that Shen Xi was planning something deadly.

He glanced at Fu Han for the Folang Jiman and suddenly said, "Spurs's translator's face changed when he heard it."

Fu Han asked quickly: "What did he say... Say it quickly, what did he say? He turned against him, dare to be rude to us in the Ming Dynasty!"

The people next to him quickly persuaded Fu Han to calm down. After Fu Han sat down, the translator of the Siyiguan whispered carefully: "Sir Shangshu, those foreigners asked, who are you..."

Fu Han was very annoyed when he heard this. I just asked someone to introduce you to you, and it was useless, right?

"Tell them who I am!"

Shen Xi was holding a pen, wondering if he should remember this paragraph.

Perhaps the arrogance of these Folang Ji people annoyed Fu Dashu. Fu Han came to the emperor's order, but he didn't know how to get along with the envoys of foreign countries. He shouted and thought that the negotiations had broken down.

Shen Xi was thinking about something, and as soon as he looked up, a group of Folang Jimen across the street looked at him, his heart was trembling, and he quickly lowered his head again.

It is a very irrational behavior to steal the limelight from the Minister of Rites here... Shen Xi is a Hanlin official and is likely to do things under Fu Han in the future.

However, let’s first see if you, Shangshu Fu, can live until the day I joined the Ministry of Rites. Look, you are still a little better than a few years old. Even if you are not dead, you will probably retire.

What's the point of fighting over and over again these years?

After Fu Han straightened his anger, he sat down and re-entered the negotiation process.

But the Folang Ji people decided to be ruthless. We are here to pay the ransom and redeem people. We can take out some of them as tribute, but one code will be converted into one code, and let the person go first.

In this way, the negotiations were deadlocked.

"Sir Shangshu, why don't you take a look... Today's meeting will be over?" Li Ju, the young minister of the Honglu Temple, asked for instructions.

Fu Han is a man who wants to save face. The emperor sent the Minister of Rites, one of his seven ministers, to receive the envoys of Folangji. It was obviously a waste of talent. But if he could not complete the job smoothly, it would mean that his ability was seriously inconsistent with his current official position. It might not necessarily cause dissatisfaction with Emperor Hongzhi, and he issued an order to scold him, and then he would be embarrassed to go to Java.

"Tell them that it's okay to redeem people."

In the end, Fu Han gave in. He felt that these foreigners might be uncivilized and stubborn... You are happy about the emperor's flattery, but they are afraid that the court will not let go? However, it is useless to reason with these barbarians. The most important thing is to make friends with the emperor.

"The tribute must be listed and the numbers must be clearly stated."

Fu Han has his wishful thinking... You stupid people, what if you promised you to redeem your ransom? Now you are the capital of my Ming Dynasty, and you don’t have the powerful Flang machine cannon facing the city gate. Even if we deduct all the gold and silver, you can only admit that you are unlucky!

Besides, I wrote to the court and said that this is a tribute. Anyway, you can't understand Chinese characters. When we get the ransom, we will put them back. That's the same thing!

The Folang Jiren ignored what Fu Han said and looked at Chen Xi from time to time. In the end, even Fu Han realized something was wrong. Are these Folang Jiren all cross-eyed and unable to see clearly without looking at people with a slanted eye?

"Sir, the people of the foreign countries said that they... they want to express their opinions from Chen Yude." After the translator translated the words of Folang Jiren, Chen Xi could no longer avoid them.

The main reason was that the Folang Jiren was a little impatient to wait. They had already made an arduous bargaining negotiation with the "young and stingy conspirators of the Ming Dynasty". As a result, the "conspirator" appeared at the negotiation site, but sat there writing and painting.

At first, Folang Jiren thought that Chen Xi's status might be too high and needed someone to endorse others, so he barely dealt with it. But who knew that Chen Xi had not spoken, which made Folang Jiren feel that he was being teased.

Then Fu Han turned around and looked at Chen Xi, who was sitting on the side of the long table holding a pen recording, and then looked at Folang Jiren's gaze... It's not that he was not looking at me, the Shangshu, but the little top scholar Chen Xi.

Fu Han was full of confusion. I was the dignified Minister of Rites and one of the seven ministers. How noble is my status? You didn't look for me, but you went to ask a fifth- and sixth-rank academic official from the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion to express his opinion. Where did you sing this? So he asked the translator to ask about the reason for the love. The Folang Ji people there were also real and the answer was simple and straightforward.

"Sir Shangshu, the people of the foreign countries said that Chen Yude defeated them, and Chen Yude took them down and escorted them to the capital... Now that they want to redeem people, they must get Chen Yude's promise, otherwise they will not believe in our sincerity." When the translator said this, he was trembling.

Isn’t this nonsense? Who doesn’t know that this Shen Zuosheng has won the top scorer at the age of thirteen and is now a lecturer in the East Palace. When did he fight with Folang Jiren?

Chen Xi's achievements in Quanzhou Prefecture were deliberately concealed by the court. The main reason was that the court did not want to publicize Chen Xi's contributions, so as not to disclose the local officials' bribes by the Folangji people and the people were robbed and massacred.

Besides, Chen Xi was a teenager in his teens and a civil servant. If he exaggerated the matter, it would make the soldiers of the three armies dissatisfied... We fought bloody battles on the battlefield, but the court rewarded a young civil servant for his military achievements. What is his ability to do than us?

So he finally gave Chen Xiguan a commendation!

But Fu Han was aware of this matter. Chen Xi was ordered to go to Quanzhou to handle the work, which turned the Quanzhou Prefecture upside down. The incident was a bit loud at the beginning of the year, and several reversals of the court discussions were impressive. No official who could participate in the court discussions did not know about it.

Fu Han said: "Chen Yude, let's negotiate with the foreign people."

Chen Xi had to stand up in front of everyone. At the same time, the Folang Jimen also stood up together, which scared the negotiators on the Ming Dynasty.

Especially Fu Han, who had been a Taiping official for a long time, thought that the Folang Ji people were going to be hard, so he was so scared that he stepped back and almost fell to the ground. After calming down a little, he realized that these Folang Ji people were not showing off their power, but on the contrary, they all had shocked faces.

It turned out that these Folang Ji people thought that Shen Yude would be detrimental to them, so they stood up and prepared for defense!

“Funny, interesting.”

Fu Han smiled and stroked his beard.

Fu Han started to act impatient, not because his personality was like this.

Because Fu Han felt that the Franji people were too arrogant and rude, and the Franji cannons shocked him too much. What he thought was that these Franji people had such powerful artillery, they must be more barbaric and cruel than the Tatars. If they were not shown to be stronger, they would not be able to show the majesty of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

Now he realized that the Folang Jiren had long been afraid of being beaten by the Ming army. When he saw a weak young man like Chen Xi, he was so scared that he was so scared that he was urinating. His trembling appearance was not something he could do.

Chen Xi was watched by everyone present at this time, a little embarrassed, and said to Folangji: "Your Excellency, what do you think of this? Turn the ransom into a tribute, and give the national letter to our court, and then let us release the people, and the two countries will make good friends in the future..."

Li Yu, the young minister of the Honglu Temple, quickly reminded: "Chen Yude, hasn't Fu Shangshu mentioned this condition before? These foreigners will not agree!"

As soon as Li Wu finished speaking, the Folang Ji people nodded. After listening to them, the translator quickly translated: "The envoy of the foreign country agreed."

"ah?"

In one sentence, the officials present in the Ming Dynasty were confused.

Fu Han tried to persuade him for a long time, but the Folang Ji people just refused to accept it and said that this is a bullshit principle.

Why do they adhere to the principle that is not worth mentioning when they arrive in Chenxi?

Fu Han smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then both sides will draft the letter of the country. After signing the letter, I will take it to His Majesty for the emperor to read it."

Thinking of successfully making a deal with Emperor Hongzhi, Fu Han was a little happy on his face, and he became more and more satisfied with Chen Xi... It seems that it makes sense to bring Chen Xi to negotiate, because others don't recognize these Folang Ji people, so they recognize him, a little hero who is afraid of the barbarians!

My emperor is wise!

Chen Xi made the Folang Jiren agree with just one sentence. The Folang Jiren strongly asked the Ming Dynasty to release the people first, but he didn't say anything at this time. Instead, he stared at Chen Xi all the time, afraid that Chen Xi would be engaged in some conspiracies and a sudden difficulty.

When drafting the letter of the country, Li Jue leaned over and asked Chen Xi in a low voice: "Chen Yude, what's wrong with these Folang Jimen?"

Chen Xi stalled his hands and said, "I don't know."

Li Ju thought to himself, I cannot let go of such an interesting thing, I must record the whole story faithfully and report it to the emperor.

The negotiations were completed and the letter of nationality was successfully drafted. After the signing of the Folang Jiren, they all looked at Chen Xi. They had to wait for Chen Xi to sign the signature before they could rest assured.

After Chen Xi signed the name, they breathed a sigh of relief. It was the Ming Dynasty's turn to send someone to calculate the number of tributes again, and then place all the tributes. Those rare treasures will be sent to the palace as soon as possible and handed over to Emperor Hongzhi to visit.

Often when the Gentiles pay tribute, the palace will be very lively because even the rich emperors want to know what good things the Gentiles have presented.

This time, the "tribute" of the Folang Jiren was indeed generous. They almost sold out their money to redeem people. Many things were never seen in the Ming Dynasty, such as the clock that was just around the corner of the Ming Dynasty, which was much more advanced than the timekeeping devices such as sundials and hourglass in the Ming Dynasty.

After signing the national book, Fu Han left the main seat and came to Chen Xi and asked, "Chen Yude, how about going to the palace with me to meet the saint?"

Chen Xi never thought that Fu Han would take the initiative to invite him to the palace together. This kind of glory is not often present, but he still quickly rejected the other party's kindness... The emperor sent Fu Han as the official, and he just came to listen. Even if he had made contributions, he could not make any contribution.

Fu Han smiled, and did not force himself. He quickly took the letter of state to the palace to meet Emperor Hongzhi. He could have the foreigners pay tribute and sent so many gold, silver, coins and rare things at once. While he could successfully hand over the job, he might not have any rewards.

As for the settlement of Folang Ji people, the people from Huitongguan and Honglu Temple are naturally responsible.

"Chen Yude, how do you think these people will arrange?" Li Yu, as the young minister of the Honglu Temple, was a little guilty when he was looked at by the Folang Ji people. This matter was a bit strange. He couldn't make up his mind and had to come over to ask Chen Xi, as if he treated Chen Xi as a Shangguan.

Chen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'll leave this to you, Li Shaoqing, I'll go back first."

"Don't leave."

Li Ju felt that he was not confident and was about to keep Chen Xi, but after Chen Xi left the hall, the Folang Ji people felt relieved, their faces changed from tense to relax. They sat down one after another with a long sigh, as if they were getting rid of the nightmare. Li Ju couldn't help but be curious about what Chen Xi did to make these barbarians so afraid.

ps: The second update!

I received several calls today, including relatives passing away and things about my hometown. The emperor was a little upset and delayed the update. Please forgive me! However, the promise that broke today remains unchanged, so I have to have a fifth update to make everyone happy!
Chapter completed!