Chapter 207 Fury

Chapter 207: Rage

Soon, Ye Xuan strode into the Wuying Palace, bowed and said, "I am Ye Xuan, the captain of the Jinyiwei, and I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to be polite. You don't come to the temple for no reason. Tell me what's the matter."

"Your Majesty, I encountered a strange thing at the North Gate today." Ye Xuan did not directly tell them what happened to Liu Fushun and others, but tried to test them in a roundabout way.

If Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't want to meet these Champa envoys, then if I said it directly, I would be asking for trouble.

Sure enough, these words immediately aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's curiosity.

"Oh, tell me something strange."

Ye Xuan said while choosing his words: "I met a group of envoys from Champa at the north gate. According to them, they arrived in Yingtian Prefecture only yesterday and will leave today."

"As an envoy, they are leaving without even meeting Your Majesty. They are leaving in such a hurry. Your Majesty, don't you think this is a strange thing?"

After saying this, Ye Xuan carefully observed Zhu Yuanzhang's expression.

Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed surprised and asked in confusion, "Has an envoy from Champa come? Why haven't we heard the Ministry of Rites report it?"

When Ye Xuan heard this, he immediately understood.

So he told how he met Liu Fushun and his party at the North Gate, and what happened to Liu Fushun and his party.

"It stands to reason that when a foreign envoy comes to see the emperor, they should hand over their tribute to the Ministry of Rites for counting and reporting to the emperor. It is then up to you to decide whether to receive them. It is absolutely impossible for them to arrive yesterday and leave today!"

"And the Right Prime Minister Wang Guangyang. As a prime minister, although it was a bit too grand to receive a foreign delegation, it was understandable. However, Prime Minister Wang did not report this matter to the emperor, which is a bit strange."

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this. He slammed the dragon table and said angrily: "What does Wang Guangyang want to do? Doesn't he take me seriously?"

It is no wonder that Zhu Yuanzhang was so furious. Although Champa was only a small country, the area of ​​the entire country might not be as large as Shangyuan County.

But as long as it is a country, and a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, then this is an exchange of state affairs, not to mention that they are coming to pay tribute.

It's like your neighbor comes to visit you with bags of gifts, but your servant drives him away without your consent, and the gifts are nowhere to be found. Anyone would be angry.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan immediately felt relieved and said, "Your Majesty, under my persuasion, the delegation has temporarily stayed at Lai Fu Inn. Do you need an audience?"

"Okay, you can summon the ambassador here. I want to ask him personally about the details of this matter!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, suppressing his anger.

"Yes!" Ye Xuan immediately took the order and left.

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When Ye Xuan arrived at Lai Fu Inn and saw Liu Fushun, who had not even completed the check-in registration, Liu Fushun's expression suddenly became gloomy.

In his opinion, Ye Xuan had only been there for two or three quarters of an hour, and must have been driven away without even entering the imperial city.

Come to think of it, how could a small fifth-rank officer like him see the emperor just by saying so? So Liu Fushun stopped the innkeeper who was checking in and said, "Sorry, innkeeper, we won't stay here."

Liu Fushun's delegation had more than a hundred people, but the more than a hundred guards had gathered outside the city in advance and were waiting, so Ye Xuan did not see them.

The shopkeeper thought that a big business had come, and excitedly took out the account book and was about to register the names. However, halfway through, Liu Fushun couldn't hold back and almost cursed.

Fortunately, Ye Xuan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Shopkeeper, please continue to register. I'm afraid my friends will have to stay for several days!"

The shopkeeper recognized the Jinyiwei official robe on Ye Xuan and was surprised and happy. He didn't dare to ask more questions and continued to register.

Liu Fushun was disheartened and said, "Captain Ye, I appreciate your kindness, but the Emperor is unwilling to see us. I'm afraid that even if you go to great lengths to see the Emperor, nothing will change."

"A lot of trouble. Who said I went to a lot of trouble?" Ye Xuan frowned, a little dazed.

"Isn't it? You didn't see the emperor today. Even if you go to see him every day, it would be a waste of time." Liu Fushun sighed, "What's more, it was Lord Wang, the right prime minister of your country's Secretariat, who asked us to leave immediately and return home. I think this is enough to represent the emperor's intention."

"Who says Lord Wang can represent the emperor's opinion?" Ye Xuan sneered and said, "I have already met the emperor and reported your experience to his majesty."

"I'm afraid you don't know yet, but His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know that you have come to Yingtian Prefecture."

"What? How could this happen!" Liu Fushun was shocked when he heard this.

Then he became confused again, "Captain Ye, how come you can see the Emperor so soon?"

"I have no other intentions. It's just that even in Champa, if you want to meet the king, it will take a long time for the eunuchs in the palace to report back and forth! But you only went..."

Ye Xuan smiled slightly and understood.

He took off the gold medal from his waist, showed it to Liu Fushun, and said, "This is a gold medal bestowed by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. With it, you can freely enter and leave the imperial city without reporting."

Liu Fushun was immediately shocked. The system of Champa was modeled after that of the Central Plains. Even in a small country like theirs, if one wanted to obtain the gold medal bestowed by the king, one had to be a person very trusted by the emperor.

Take Liu Fushun himself for example. The fact that he was able to represent the national football team and come to the Ming Dynasty for an audience was enough to prove his status in the country.

Not to mention that he was the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but even so, he had never received the imperial gold medal.

Not to mention a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty, combined with Ye Xuan's official position, Liu Fushun instantly realized that Ye Xuan was most likely a popular figure around Zhu Yuanzhang.

Liu Fushun immediately stood up in awe and said, "I never thought that a thousand households would have such an honor. I'm sure Ye Qianhu must be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!"

After a little flattery, Liu Fushun remembered what Ye Xuan had said just now, that the reason why he and others could not meet the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was because the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had no idea of ​​their arrival at all.

If that is the case, it is very likely that even the large amount of tribute they brought was not handed over to the Ming court. In this case, the trick involved is surprisingly terrifying!
Could it be that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been sidelined, or that corruption in the Ming court has reached this level?

But this is not right!

I heard that the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was wise and powerful!
(End of this chapter)