The Rise of the European Emperor

This court meeting was held in Fengtian Hall, which is later known as the Hall of Supreme Harmony, also known as the Hall of Golden Luan among the people. Under normal circumstances, the Golden Temple is not easily activated. Only during Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting, Winter Solstice and Longevity Festival (the emperor's birthday), the emperor's enthronement, wedding, expedition ceremony, and Shuowang Dynasty (the court meeting on the first and fifteenth day of each month) will be held in the Golden Luan Hall.

Usually, in the morning, the ministers worked very hard. Because, the general early dynasties are not held in the main hall at all, but are held in Fengtianmen (Taihemen), also known as "Yumen listening to politics". The emperor is better, sitting on the dragon chair in the corridor under the door to hear the hearing. The ministers stood in the open space outside the Fengtian Gate. If it's spring, summer and autumn, it's okay, but in winter, the cold wind blows, and it's almost freezing to death.

It just so happened that June 15th was the Wang Dynasty in the Shuo Wang Dynasty, and the Ming court simply took the opportunity to hold a grand ceremony in the Jinluan Hall to meet Marin, a foreign monarch.

Before setting foot on the Golden Temple, Marin was a little nervous. After all, this battle is a bit big. But Marin secretly encouraged himself:

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to act in a costume drama, I'm here to act in a costume drama...Ma Da fool, come on..."

Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Ma Lin, who was holding a court wat, lowered his head slightly solemnly, and stood cautiously at a certain distance from the emperor. Then, Marin knelt down in the middle of the hall, first held the wat with both hands, and performed five bows as a salute. Then, he held the wat with one hand in his right hand, and let go of his left hand, and performed the three-kowtow ceremony...

While knocking, Marin followed the prompts of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and said loudly:

"My lord, Ma Lin, the lord of the Beihai Kingdom in Taixi, kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!" After kowtowing, Ma Lin did not raise his head immediately, but continued to lie down, waiting for Zhengde's order.

"Are you the Lord of the Horse Kingdom in the Northwest Sea Kingdom of Thailand? Get flat and raise your head for me to see!" The 18-year-old Emperor Zhengde said with great interest on the dragon chair in the Golden Luan Hall.

"Thank you Lord Ron!" Marin replied according to the routine.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the ministers all answered on their knees. According to the feudal etiquette, it was indeed a kindness for the emperor to avoid kneeling and get up to answer.

In fact, the reason why Emperor Zhengde asked Marin to stand up and let him look up was just curious to see what Marin looked like. If you are kneeling, how can you see clearly?

When Marin raised his head and chest, everyone was surprised...

After all, Marin is a big man about 1.8 meters tall. In the ancient Ming Dynasty, this was definitely considered tall. Although northerners are tall, there are definitely not many people who can reach 1.8 meters in this era, but there are quite a few who are above 1.7 meters. And the southerners of this era can be considered big if they are over 1.7 meters.

Coincidentally, most of the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were from the south. After all, the culture of the South is prosperous, and it is easier to produce talented people than the North. Of course, this does not mean that southerners are smarter than northerners. It is because there are many paddy fields in the south, and the crops are harvested at least twice a year. Therefore, the economic conditions of southerners are generally better, and the enrollment rate is high. If there are more scholars, there will naturally be more talents. In the north, it is difficult to plant two crops a year in dry land, and there are frequent droughts, so it is naturally relatively poor. Reading is very expensive, and the people in the north are poor, so naturally there are fewer scholars, and there are fewer talents. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the southerners who were not tall had an advantage and were the main force of the court officials. If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't forced Jinshi to be recruited according to the ratio of "six from the south and four from the north", it is estimated that very few northerners would be officials in the court.

But even if Zhu Yuanzhang took care of it specially, the imperial examination results of the northerners were not ideal. Although 40% of Jinshi are from the north, there are very few northern scholars who are ranked top three. Most of the No. 1 picks, No. 2 picks, and No. 1 picks are from the south. Among them, southern Zhili, Zhejiang Province and Jiangxi Province have the most people.

Although there are 300 Jinshi in each subject, only the top-ranked Jinshi have a greater chance of staying in the court. As for those who ranked lower, most of them were sent to the local Dangzhi county. Therefore, the ministers of the DPRK and China are mainly scholars from the south. Of course, the average height is not high.

Emperor Zhengde is more than 1.7 meters tall, which is not short in Daming. However, compared with Marin who is 1.8 meters tall,

Still a lot shorter.

The young Emperor Zhengde looked at Marin curiously, and murmured:

"Yellow blue eyes, fair complexion, it really is a typical image of a Taixi fan..."

At this time, there was no noise in the Golden Luan Hall. In order to see clearly, Emperor Zhengde asked Marin to step forward. Therefore, Marin heard what Emperor Zhengde said.

A few black lines suddenly appeared on Marin's head. Fanren are Fanren, why do you bring the word "ghost", it's really impolite...

...

Then, Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houxiang thought of something and asked curiously:

"Master Ma, I see that you are an out-and-out Thai and Western ghost. Why do you speak so well in official language? Besides, you have a northern accent..."

Ma Lin spoke authentic Mandarin of later generations, but the Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty was spoken with a southern accent. After all, the first Ming Dynasty was Nanjing, which belonged to the Jiangnan area.

Later, because the Manchus who were full of bad tastes entered the customs, the Mandarin in the capital became closer to the northern accent. Therefore, to the people of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Lin's official dialect is very close to that of the northerners in the land of Yanzhao who speak the native dialect.

...

"This..." Marin thought for a while, and began to "recite the lines"...

These "lines" are the replies that Marin had thought up a long time ago, and they are purely fictional...

So, Marin held his breath and began to pretend... Ah no, he started talking...

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have a teacher named Einstein, who traveled all over the world in his early years and came to the southern coast of Daming. There, he learned from my master Chongxu Taoist priest, not only learned the master's skills, At the same time, I also learned the northern mandarin spoken by my master's ancestor. Then, I taught it to my minister... It is said that my master's ancestor, Daoist Chongxu, was originally from the land of Yanzhao in the north, so he naturally spoke a northern dialect Officially..."

"I see..." Emperor Zhengde nodded. Ma Lin's explanation is very reasonable, and Zhu Houzhao is still very young, so it is easy to trust others at this time...

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"Then, Lord Ma, you call yourself the Lord of the Beihai Kingdom. What is the size, population, and strength of the Beihai Kingdom?"

Marin held his breath again, and continued to play the trick:

"Returning to Your Majesty, the area of ​​Beihai Kingdom is about the same as that of South Korea in the 'Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period'. It is equivalent to the area of ​​Zhejiang Province in Ming Dynasty. As for the population, it is less than 2 million... Also, the army strength of Beihai Kingdom is about 100,000. More than 60,000 people..."

"What? There are 60,000 troops in a population of less than 200,000? Isn't this too militaristic?" The ministers in the court immediately discussed.

The Ming Empire had a population of nearly 100 million, and the army in the Zhengde Dynasty was only about 900,000. In other words, the ratio of the number of people in the Ming Emperor's army to the population is only about one percent. As for the North Sea country, the army accounted for more than 3% of the total population. Its proportion is more than three times that of the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of the literati of the Ming Dynasty who "valued peace", it was indeed a bit militaristic...

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Emperor Zhengde was influenced by his officials, and he also felt that the size of the Beihai army was too big. Facing Zhengde's inquiry, Ma Lin, who has good acting skills, complained bitterly:

"Your Majesty, I don't want to raise so many troops..." Then, Marin launched a new round of tricks on the Golden Luan Hall...

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