The Rise of the European Emperor

Chapter 1148 Terrible etiquette training

When Zheng Gong, the chief and guest officer of the Daming Rites Department, arrived at Dagukou, he was also shocked by the vigor of the hundreds of guards of Marin. Now he somewhat understood He Zhenwu's thoughts. If thousands of such elite soldiers go ashore, it will indeed be a huge threat.

However, after all, he is a literati with a flexible mind. When conveying Liu Jin's order of "no landing with weapons", Zheng Gong and Zheng Yuanwai said that the capital is the best place with good law and order. Therefore, the 900 subordinates of Lord Ma did not need to carry weapons to land.

Marin also heard the fear of the other party, and he didn't come to fight, so if his subordinates were not allowed to bring weapons, they would not be allowed to bring them. He then ordered the 900 guards to disembark, but without weapons.

However, with 900 empty-handed guards accompanying them, it seems that they have no momentum. So, Marin and Zheng Gong discussed - can those people hold high the flag without the tip of the gun? In this way, you can hold something in your hand and avoid embarrassment when marching...

Zheng Gong thought about it and thought it was no big deal, so he agreed.

Originally, Marin wanted his subordinates to hold high the nine-cross golden eagle red flag, which is the family symbol. However, making such a flag is troublesome. Also, gold paint is hard to find. So, Marin gave up later, and simply let his men hold up the black cross flag. After all, the black cross flag is easy to make, just draw a black cross on the white cloth and you're done.

In addition, because it has entered the summer, Marin also simply asked his men to put on short-sleeved summer military uniforms to avoid covering them too hot.

To be honest, summer in China is really hot. The summer in Germany is very cool. Therefore, the soldiers were very uncomfortable with Huaxia's summer. But fortunately, they have been to tropical regions like Panama, and they have somewhat adapted to this hot climate. Moreover, the summer short-sleeved military uniform "invented" by Marin is also quite cool to wear. Didn't you look at those soldiers of the Daming Guard of Tianjin Guard, did you envy them? They are wearing linen robes, which are very uncomfortable. On the contrary, the big Han generals of Jinyiwei wore silk robes, which were also very cool. But General Han is the face of Daming, so of course he can afford silk robes. And the Weisuo soldiers belonged to the hanging silk in the Ming army, so they must not be able to wear silk, so they can only wear stuffy linen robes...

If they were usually in the military camp, these rough guys would have been shirtless long ago, and no one would have seen them anyway. But now, they were responsible for monitoring Marin's army, so they had to wear full robes and armor to show the majesty of the Ming army, which made Tianjin Wei's soldiers feel uncomfortable, but they didn't dare to complain. Otherwise, it would damage the face of the Celestial Dynasty and be severely punished.

Seeing the heat, Marin's soldiers all put on summer short-sleeved shirt military uniforms. Its color is white, but there are black cross marks on the chest and back to indicate its identity.

Seeing the guards of the Beihai Kingdom wearing cool short-sleeves, and the soldiers of the Tianjin Guards of the Ming Dynasty in neat armor, their eyes were red with jealousy...

However, Marin is also very unlucky these days. Under Zheng Gong's supervision, Marin could only take off his cool short sleeves, and put on a beast suit temporarily borrowed from a general to practice kneeling and saluting.

No way, most civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were from the south, and they were generally not tall. It's not bad to have 1.7 meters. And Marin's official uniforms and hats have not been done yet. Therefore, Zheng Gong could only borrow a set of court uniforms (to be worn during court meetings and sacrifices) and a set of official uniforms (to be worn during daily official duties) from the generals of Tianjin Wei to practice etiquette. After all, there are still generals who are about as tall as Marin, not to mention Tianjin Wei in the north.

Then, in the hot summer, Marin was forced to wear a beam crown, a red robe, or a black gauze on his head, and a red round-neck shirt to practice etiquette.

It should be pointed out that,

The Chi Luo Yi used as a court meeting and a sacrifice has no patch on the chest. The status is distinguished from the beam crown. For example, the Duke has eight front and rear beams, and Hou and Bo have seven beams, both of which use Diaochan (Diaowei or Pheasant Tail and Jinchan, not the names of beautiful women). The son-in-law is also a seven-beam, without a pheasant tail. Then there are seven beams for the first rank, six beams for the second rank, five beams for the third rank, four beams for the fourth rank, three beams for the fifth rank, two beams for the sixth and seventh ranks, and one beam for the eighth and ninth ranks. There is also the difference between belts and ribbons. Compared with the first-grade jade belt, jade pendant; the second-grade leather belt, rhinoceros horn; the third-grade gold belt, jade, etc...

This is a very formal court dress. Marin's first pilgrimage must be more formal and he needs to wear a court dress. And after that, if you don't meet the Dachaohui, you will wear official uniforms.

The so-called official uniforms are black hats and round-neck red shirts with patches. Needless to say, the son-in-law of the princes embroiders unicorns, civil officials embroiders birds, and military officials embroiders beasts, also known as "dressed birds and beasts". Moreover, the official uniform was the official uniform worn by officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they were worn on a daily basis.

It must not be a day or two for Marin to pay tribute this time. Except that you have to wear the most solemn court clothes on the first day of court, or you happen to catch up with the great court meeting (in fact, foreign monarchs must arrange to meet at the great court meeting when they come to court. Because there are many people to be majestic), usually they wear official clothes. served.

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In addition to wearing tightly covered robes in the hot summer, Ma Lin also learned various kneeling and bowing rituals under the supervision of Zheng Gong.

What the Ming Dynasty implemented was not the three kneeling and nine kowtows of the Qing Dynasty, but five prostrations and three kowtows. The so-called five bows and three kowtows means that after kneeling down, bow five times as a salute, and then kowtow three times. You only need to kneel once in the whole process. Unlike Manqing, who needs to kneel three times, after kneeling once, he has to stand up and kneel down again, standing up and kneeling again, exhausting people to death.

Of course, in the entire Ming Dynasty, only the emperor and the prince needed to make Marin, a foreign monarch, kneel down. Or, when you meet the queen mother and queen, you have to give a big gift. But the queen mother and empress do not show up easily, and Daming currently has no prince. Therefore, Marin basically only needs to kneel down to Zhu Houzhao, the bear emperor. As for other princes and so on, Marin only needs to salute, not kneel down.

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For three days, the weather was hot, but Marin was there wearing a thick robe and kept practicing kneeling and bowing. He was so hot that he was sweating profusely, and his knees hurt.

In summer, there are no thick trousers on the legs, and there is only a thin robe on the outside. It is really uncomfortable to kneel down. In order to solve this problem, Marin asked people to buy a broken quilt, cut off a part, and tied it to his knees as a buffer, which solved the problem of knee pain when kneeling down.

In fact, most officials in the Ming Dynasty understood that it was an unspoken rule to tie cotton or leather on the knees as a cushion. Even some experienced admonishers would put cotton on their buttocks to guard against the imperial staff (the admonishers in the Ming Dynasty were perverted, and they were proud of eating the imperial staff). But Zheng Gong, as a dispatched official of the Ming Dynasty, originally planned to kill Marin's prestige. Therefore, he deliberately did not remind. But Marin thought of a countermeasure himself, and he would not stop it. Otherwise, it will lose the demeanor of a great country...

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