Chapter 115 New Year, New Position

Emperor Jingshun was very tired during these New Year days.

Starting from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, he has to perform various rituals every day.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we went to Ancestral Temple, Shimiao Temple and other places.

Several grand sacrificial ceremonies were held.

Sacrifice after sacrifice almost cost him half his life.

Moreover, he had one more thing to do than other emperors, which was to go to the East Palace to meet the Supreme Emperor.

This emperor behaves like a grandson!

Of course, the harem is also very busy.

All married women who have been granted a royal title must go to the palace to have an audience.

They represent the women of the world and pay homage to the empress dowager, old concubine, etc. according to the etiquette.

At the beginning of the new year, the imperial court will hold a grand meeting.

At this time, all the vassals, barbarians, etc. all wanted to meet the emperor.

Pay tribute at the same time.

Wei’s diplomatic strategy is:

There are tributes from all directions, and all nations come to court.

This is not just for fame, but has a greater effect.

For Da Wei.

With just a little sweetness, a vassal-vassal relationship was established with the surrounding areas.

Of course, the word "a little" really refers to Da Wei.

For those small countries, it is simply a "huge" benefit.

There were some problems with the tribute this time.

Two delegations from Japan came and almost started a fight at Jinmen.

It turned out that of the two missions, one was sent by the Ashikaga Shogunate.

He brought two boatloads of tribute.

The other branch claimed to be sent by the Japanese king and paid tribute by the Fujiwara clan.

According to regulations, there are also two ships.

Both groups claimed that they were the orthodox ones and asked the Wei court to make the decision.

The Jinmen guards did not dare to delay, so they reported the incident to Honglu Temple.

Honglu Temple reported it to the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites asked both groups of people to go to the capital first and then make a distinction.

Some people suggested that they simply let them pay tribute together.

But the Ministry of Rites firmly opposed it.

Li Shouzhong said:

If this happens, I'm afraid there will be hundreds of missions from each country in the future.

Emperor Jingshun may have criticized others, but he also disagreed with the idea of ​​two missions in one country.

You have to distinguish one from the other.

Today is the first court meeting after the big court meeting.

In front of the Taiji Hall, all the officials were dressed in court uniforms and saluted according to the usual etiquette.

Feng Yibo was notified in advance and was standing next to the pillar near the entrance of Tai Chi Hall.

For some reason, he was ranked very high on the agenda of today's court meeting.

After not standing for long, I heard the palace official read out the edict:

"Now there is Feng Yuan, the minister of the Hanlin Academy, who is on imperial mission to inspect the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River and conduct military training."

"In just a few months, we trained three thousand troops, fought two battles, and killed nearly ten thousand enemies."

"The worries of the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River have been solved! This is an achievement that has not been achieved in the past few years!"

What followed was a long paragraph of praise.

It wasn't until Feng Yibo's face turned red and his ears were hot that he heard the palace official say the most important thing.

"Now, Feng Yuan is promoted to be the chief guest of the Ministry of Rites, Qing Lisi Langzhong, and also the right Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, specializing in overseas affairs."

The Ministry of Rites consists of host and guest, ritual system, temple sacrifices, refined meals, and four official departments.

Among them, the main and guest responsibilities of the Qing official department sound similar to those of Honglu Temple, which he also holds.

They are all responsible for receiving foreign guests.

But in fact, there is a big difference.

The Ministry of Rites is the government affairs department responsible for managing affairs.

The Host and Guest Cleaning Department is mainly responsible for planning the reception process and so on.

Honglu Temple is the executive department and is responsible for doing things.

In other words, they are responsible for the specific matters of reception.

Of course, Feng Yibo’s role is very interesting.

Responsible for both process development and specific reception.

Doctor of the Ministry of Rites is an official position of the fifth rank, and Feng Yibo has been promoted by two levels.

His position was in the Ministry of Rites, and his immediate boss was his mentor Li Shouzhong.

This official position is really very comfortable.

Feng Yibo quickly stepped forward a dozen steps and knelt down in front of Lord Dan.

"My minister, Feng Yuan, thanks His Majesty for his kindness and will do his best to serve the country with loyalty!"

Emperor Jingshun looked at him with a smile and praised:

"Ai Qing is a capable person. Thank you for your hard work in Jiangnan!"

This is equivalent to a very high evaluation of his ability.

In this assessment, I will definitely get a first-class grade.

"In just over half a year, Aiqing has fulfilled her ambition of 'only wishing for peace in the sea'!"

Emperor Jingshun thought of the last time Feng Yibo recited a poem, as if it was just yesterday.

Indeed, he said with some emotion: "It's really rare!"

"It is Feng Yuan's honor to be able to do something for the imperial court and the people of Jiangnan!"

He also fulfilled his ambition of "becoming a prince is not my intention".

Isn’t this also a title?

Feng Yibo quickly said a few words of modesty and was about to leave.

"Your Majesty, the tribute envoys from the two countries of Japan have not yet been dealt with."

At this time, the cabinet suddenly talked about paying tribute to Japan.

As soon as Zhang Songyue spoke up, Feng Yibo couldn't move.

I can only wait where I am, waiting for him to finish speaking before leaving.

"According to research, the Japanese king represented by the Fujiwara clan actually exists."

"It's just that the Japanese country has special circumstances and the Japanese king has no real power, so it can be passed down to this day."

"Those who had contact with the Wei Dynasty before were all Ashikaga clan."

Zhang Songyue felt a little embarrassed when he said this.

Because this is indeed the court's mistake.

"Now that the Ashikaga Shogunate is gradually weakening, the Fujiwara clan has the idea of ​​replacing it."

"So he united with the Japanese kings and authorized their representatives to pay tribute to the Wei Dynasty in order to weaken the Ashikaga clan."

"..."

Zhang Songyue briefly explained the matter.

In fact, this matter is easy to understand for the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.
To be continued...