Chapter 78 4. The Burmese invite civil and military officials to drink mantra water

The sun in the sky is swaying, and the wind on the ground is trembling. Emperor Yongli followed the Burmese envoys to the gate of the Hall of Li Cao, but he did not go in. Instead, he let the little eunuch help him to walk around the Hall of Li Cao.In fact, he didn't need help.The reason why he asked the little eunuch to help him was because he wanted to show more of the emperor's air. After seeing the Licao Palace, Emperor Yongli sighed and said, "The king of Burma is also a king. How can he be so petty?" The little eunuch didn't understand for a while what aspect Emperor Yongli was talking about, so he asked, "Why does the emperor say that the Burmese king is petty?"

Emperor Yongli said: "I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The palace he built for me is so small? Needless to say, it can't keep up with the palace in the capital, and it is even worse than my palace in Wuzhou! You say this is Isn't it petty?" The little eunuch said: "It's really petty!" Seeing that his words were approved by the little eunuch, Emperor Yongli said proudly: "If the king of Burma lives in my Daming, the palace I will build for him will be bigger than his current palace!" The little eunuch said: "Although there are many countries in the world, no country can surpass me, Ming Dynasty. Naturally, there is no emperor who can compare with the Holy One!"

The little eunuch's flattery made Emperor Yongli feel dizzy and flustered.Emperor Yongli said: "Actually, you can't blame the Burmese king for being petty! Because he has never seen my palace in Daming, he naturally thinks that he has built a very good palace for me!" The little eunuch said: "Your majesty is wise and tolerant, it is really my great blessing!" Emperor Yongli sighed and said: "It's a pity that there are still people who don't understand me as an emperor!" The little eunuch asked in amazement: "Is there really such a strange thing?"

Emperor Yongli said: "It is true!" The little eunuch salivated and said, "Can the emperor tell the servant?" Emperor Yongli said: "If you are willing to listen, I will tell you of course!" Then he told the little eunuch the whole story. It turned out that Emperor Yongli had always felt guilty because his grandfather, Emperor Shenzong, sent the little girl's grandfather to the frontier, and after he met that person, he felt more and more guilty.So he has been looking for an opportunity to explain to that person, and by the way, ask him what his last name is.

Therefore, when the Burmese king came to pick him up after repairing the grass trimming hall, the first thing he did was to say goodbye to the little girl and her grandfather.Because he knows!If you don't go this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future! So he hurried to the man's cabin. The little girl was playing outside when she saw Emperor Yongli walking by.I was very happy and asked him what was the matter?Emperor Yongli said that he wanted to meet her grandfather.The little girl said it might be difficult!Grandpa is still angry because she brought Emperor Yongli here.Emperor Yongli knew that the man had a stubborn temper, so he told the little girl that as long as she tried to let herself know her grandfather's name, it would be fine.The little girl agreed, saying that she would go in and ask now, and let Emperor Yongli hide outside the house to listen.

The little girl asked: "Grandpa, are you really anonymous?" The man said: "Fool! Where in the world is there a person who has no name and no name? Anyone who is a person has a name. Otherwise, how can people call him?" The little girl said: "Then why didn't Grandpa tell the emperor his name?" Emperor Yongli's heart rose to his throat. The man said: "Although I have a name and surname, in the eyes of the emperor, I have no name and no surname! Not only me, but all the people in the world are nameless in the eyes of the emperor!" Emperor Yongli cursed in his heart: What kind of bastard talk is this!How can a grandfather educate his granddaughter like this?

The little girl said, "Grandpa, do you hate the emperor?" The man said: "Hate!" The little girl said: "Since you hate the emperor, why do you want me not to forget that I am Han?" The man said: "Son, you are wrong. Although the emperor is honorable, he cannot represent all Han people! I want you not to forget that you are Han, but I don't ask you not to forget the emperor!" The little girl said, "What's the difference between these?" The man said: "It is the ancestors that I want you not to forget, but it is the emperor that I want you to forget!"

Emperor Yongli cursed secretly: What kind of nonsense is this!Hearing this, Emperor Yongli didn't want to listen anymore, and came back disheartened. The little lady listened to Emperor Yongli's words, and she didn't understand what the little girl's grandfather said, so she asked, "What does it mean to not forget the ancestors, but what does it mean to forget the emperor?" Emperor Yongli said: "Who knows what his nonsense means!" The little eunuch said: "However, I can be sure that person is a bad person!" Emperor Yongli asked: "Why do you say so decisively?"

The little eunuch said: "If a person forgets his emperor, doesn't he want to make trouble?" Emperor Yongli said: "You are right!" The little eunuch said: "Your Majesty, that man should be sentenced to death!" Emperor Yongli sighed and said, "Unfortunately, he is no longer a subject of Ming Dynasty!" The little eunuch said, "But he is still a Han!" Emperor Yongli said: "Although he is a Han Chinese, he is already a citizen of Myanmar!" The little eunuch said: "The emperor really has nothing to do?" Emperor Yongli said: "Unless you are not afraid of international public opinion!"

The little eunuch said, "Will the emperor of the Han punish the Han and cause international public opinion? Are the fake foreign devils really so powerful?" Emperor Yongli sighed and said: "Although the foreign devil is fake, he is a foreign devil after all!" When the two were talking vigorously, Ma Jixiang and Li Guotai came running out of breath, and shouted to Emperor Yongli from a long distance: "The emperor is here! Let us have a meal and find it!" Emperor Yongli said displeasedly: "Aren't you afraid that you will lose the demeanor of a minister of a great country when the two lovers come here in such a hurry?"

Li Guotai said: "The situation is urgent, and the servant can't care so much." Emperor Yongli said: "What kind of emergency will make the two lovers rush here at the same time?" Ma Jixiang said: "The king of Burma sent someone to invite us to drink the mantra water!" Emperor Yongli was startled: "Cursed water, what cursed water?" Ma Jixiang said: "It's the curse water to express our alliance with them!" The little eunuch said: "You mean: if we drink the cursed water with them, we agree to form an alliance, otherwise, do we disagree?" Li Guotai said: "You are still smart. That's exactly what you mean!" Emperor Yongli said: "It's very good, what mantra water should I eat?" Li Guotai said: "If we don't drink the mantra water, they won't let us live in the Licao Hall!" The little eunuch asked in amazement: "Aren't they even allowed to live with the emperor?" Ma Jixiang and Li Guotai said at the same time: "That's not what I said." The little eunuch said: "Presumably they don't dare to offend the king!" Emperor Yongli then became complacent again, and said solemnly: "Go back first and then talk about it. It's out of style to talk about government affairs here!" Both Ma Jixiang and Li Guotai felt that they were reasonable, so they took Emperor Yongli to the gate of Licao Hall. As soon as they arrived at the gate, the guards told Emperor Yongli that the Burmese envoy had gone to the hall to wait for him.They went straight to the temple again. When the Burmese envoys saw Emperor Yongli, they saluted.Emperor Yongli waved his hand to express his refusal.Then he said seriously: "Did your envoy invite us to drink the cursed water?" The envoy said, "Exactly!" Emperor Yongli asked: "Why do you want to do this?" The envoy said: "According to the rules of our Burmese, only after drinking the cursed water can we show unity." Emperor Yongli said: "But we are Han people! Han people don't have this set of rules!" The little eunuch blurted out: "Even if the Han people drink the cursed water, they may not be united with others!" Li Guotai glanced at the little eunuch, implying what you said.Then he said very euphemistically: "If we don't agree to drink the mantra water, they won't allow us to enter the palace!" Emperor Yongli said angrily: "Could it be that if I don't drink the cursed water, I'm not allowed to enter the palace?" The envoy quickly said: "Our king didn't mean that!" After hearing this, Emperor Yongli immediately became happy.Since you didn't let me drink the cursed water, you can do whatever you like, anyway, it doesn't refute my face.He said: "In this case, listen to Ma Aiqing and Li Aiqing, you two will lead all the officials to drink the cursed water tomorrow!"