Chen Yunxuan unified China and finally ended hundreds of years of chaos.
Countless people sang and danced to welcome the royal army.
In order to celebrate the end of the troubled times, Chen Yunxuan decided to hold a Fengshan ceremony to announce the Mandate of Heaven at the suggestion of Lin Tongxi and others.
In addition to the original four vassal states, Xiangguo also extended invitations to all countries and ethnic groups around Shenzhou to announce the existence of Xiangguo to the world.
As soon as this invitation was issued, many countries and tribes responded and sent envoys to attend the banquet.
The first to arrive were two countries in the east, namely Li State, adjacent to Yanzhou, and Ying State, across the sea from Yanzhou.
Since Liguo assisted in the unification of Yanzhou, Chen Yunxuan chose to meet Liguo first.
As soon as the envoy from the Li Kingdom came in, he knelt down and kowtowed several times without stopping.
"Your Majesty, I, Zheng Wenzhi, am here to pay my respects to you, Your Majesty, on behalf of the State of Li!" The envoy Zheng Wenzhi kowtowed several times, seemingly feeling no pain.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" The other envoys also shouted in unison to express their highest respect to Xiangguo.
"No need to be so polite, just stand up." Chen Yunxuan couldn't bear to see them bowing like that, so he quickly stopped them.
Zheng Wenji stood up and had his men carry the tributes to the palace. He explained, "This is our tribute. On behalf of Prince Gao Taixi of Li, I extend my highest regards to Your Majesty! I wish Your Majesty good health and a long life..."
The other party said a lot of beautiful blessings in one breath, which made Lin Tongxi admire him very much.
"I understand your country's intentions. I will return the tribute to you, and then I will be responsible to Prime Minister Ye." Chen Yunxuan responded.
Hearing Chen Yunxuan's words about rewards, Zheng Wenji and the others knelt down again and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The tributes from the Li Kingdom were all rare local specialties, including ginseng, sable fur, paper fans, seafood, etc., and even beauties from other ethnic groups.
Lin Tongxi felt that it was inhumane to treat him as a tribute, so he arranged for him to be a teacher in the Imperial College, responsible for teaching Li Yu.
In response to the other party's kindness, Chen Yunxuan took out a lot of treasures to reward the other party, including silk, tea, etc., all of which were needed by the Li Kingdom.
When the envoys from the State of Li heard about the gifts they would receive in return, they were all delighted and couldn't wait to go back to the palace to pay their respects.
Compared with Li State, Ying State's tribute was much inferior, and it also made many requests.
"Your Majesty, please forgive us... Yingguo is poor in resources, so we can only offer these as tribute to express our country's gratitude." The envoy representative Yamada Jingxia said in poor Xia language.
"...It's okay. How is the health of your country's Queen Wu Hu Ni?" Chen Yunxuan's face turned a little pale after seeing the tribute, but out of courtesy, he still forced himself to control his expression.
"Thank you for your concern, my Lord. Lord Wu Hu Ni is worried about his people. The waves have been too high lately, making fishing difficult..." Yamada Jingxia listed a number of difficulties before turning the topic to requesting help from Xiangguo: "Your country is truly advanced. Could you allow us to send someone to stay in your country so we can learn about your advanced culture?"
"Yes, but I have to say it before. Although we are citizens of your country, we must obey the laws of Xiang within the territory of Daxiang!" Chen Yunxuan responded.
"Okay, on behalf of the Queen, I thank Your Majesty. In addition, our country is suffering from famine. I wonder if your country can be so kind as to provide assistance?" Yamada Jingxia mentioned the difficulties again.
Chen Yunxuan suppressed his temper and replied, "I understand. Our country will provide some assistance. The specific details will be discussed between you and Prime Minister Ye."
Comparing the reactions of the two countries, Lin Tongxi felt that Liguo was like a fanatical fan, while Yingguo was like a petty beggar.
"I have to say... my stereotype is too serious." Lin Tongxi held his forehead with his hand.
In order to curb the practice of Yingguo using tribute to exchange for large amounts of aid in advance, Lin Tongxi felt it necessary to remind Ye Moqing.
Aid is possible, but something must be given in exchange.
The supplies of Xiangguo come from the people of Xiangguo. How can you get them just by asking for them?
After meeting with the two countries in the east, the barbarians in the southern part of Sichuan Province sent an envoy group to meet Chen Yunxuan.
"Your Majesty, I, Mengti, greet you! This is a specialty of my Yi tribe!" Mengti is the king of the Yi tribe, and he commands the barbarians entrenched in the southern part of Chuanzhou.
"Well, that's thoughtful. By the way, you speak Xia language very well and fluently." Chen Yunxuan praised the other party.
"This is all thanks to Prime Minister Duanmu. He did a lot of good things for our clan when he went south... Oh, I spoke out of turn. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Mengti subconsciously mentioned Duanmu Xin.
During the period when Ding Yunyi ruled Chuanzhou, Duanmu Xin went south many times and adopted strategies such as opening granaries to provide relief grain, promoting farming techniques, and improving systems, which won the hearts and minds of the Yi people.
Nowadays, among the ethnic minorities, the Yi people have the highest degree of Xiaization.
After meeting with the envoys from the south, Chen Yunxuan also met with envoys from various ethnic groups in the Western Regions.
After paying tribute as usual, the envoys from the western country of Lantai presented their delegation's request: "We earnestly implore Your Majesty to reintegrate the Western Regions into your rule. The various ethnic groups are acting independently and are suspicious of each other, which seriously hinders their development."
"The nations of the Western Regions request Your Majesty to follow the example of Sheng Wu and re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate to integrate all ethnic groups!"
"This whole land belongs to the king. Your Majesty, please do not forget us."
Chen Yunxuan became interested. He had heard from Lin and Su that there were many treasures in the Western Regions and wanted to open a trade route to the Western Regions.
"Okay! I will have someone take charge of this matter!" Chen Yunxuan agreed readily.
The last people to be received were the various tribes in the Northern Wilderness. Each envoy was very strong and looked like a good warrior.
"Your Majesty, I am Tu Fu, the Chanyu of Beizhi, and I am here to pay my respects to Your Majesty on behalf of Beihuang!" Tu Fu was extremely strong. Lin Tongxi took a look at his fighting power and found that he was actually a first-rank martial master!
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