Xie Qian's tone was still very polite, as if he was talking to an honored guest.

But what he said was like a sharp knife.

Now Wang Kai couldn't sit still. He said in Chinese: "Our country has not offended the Celestial Empire, so why is it like this!"

"What about serving the Kingdom of Jin?"

Wang Kai was stunned for a moment, and his face became extremely ugly.

Serving the Kingdom of Jin, these four simple words may sound like nothing to ordinary people, but for Korea, which was governed by Confucianism, it was an insult.

Moreover, because of Zhao Guangyi's ridiculous Northern Expedition of Yongxi, the territory could not be expanded and the surrounding barbarians became larger.

In the last two hundred years of the Song Dynasty, China faced huge external threats.

Guarding against barbarians was something that was engraved in the minds of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, as Confucianism developed into the Song Dynasty, the dispute between Hua and Yi became very serious.

It can also be seen from the clothing of the Song Dynasty that the Song court absolutely did not allow people to wear clothes with Hu style.

Goryeo was also governed by Confucianism and regarded itself as "Little China".

Naturally, there is also the extremely sophisticated Huayi debate.

Jie Qian's words are equivalent to Goryeo sending an envoy to Zhao Gou's court in the Southern Song Dynasty and asking Zhao Gou face to face: Why do you serve the Jin Kingdom?

What did the Confucian scholar-officials think when they heard this?

I am a civilized country, but I want to serve a barbarian country!

This is a blaster with your face on the ground!

The scene fell into dead silence, and the ministers of Korea on one side also looked ugly.

Jin Fushi angrily scolded: "This is my court in Korea, and I don't tolerate your presumption!"

Xie Qian smiled and said: "In this case, it is reasonable to cut off all contact with Goryeo. Needless to say, please do not send envoys to the Celestial Dynasty in the future, let alone send ships to Mingzhou, otherwise we will be treated as gold thieves!

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"You!" Jin Fushi was so angry that his beard almost stood on end, "You are so sarcastic!"

Xie Qian said no more, cupped his fists and said, "Farewell."

Jin Fushi scolded: "Come here, arrest this person!"

The soldiers at the door of the palace were about to take action when suddenly there was a sound.

"Wait!"

Zheng Zhichang, a Hanlin scholar, came out.

He looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Jin Fushi, and said: "Does Privy Secretary Jin think what the angel said is wrong?"

"If he dares to insult our Majesty, he should..."

"That's it!" Zheng Zhichang suddenly shouted loudly, "Does Privy Secretary Jin want to bring the flames of war to my country, Goryeo?"

Jin Fushi snorted coldly: "The Song Dynasty dares to attack me, Goryeo!"

Zheng Zhichang asked: "Does Privy Jin have silk, tea, and porcelain from the Song Dynasty in his home?"

Jin Fushi didn't answer with a cold face.

Zheng Zhichang asked again: "Did Privy Jin learn Chinese characters, read Confucian sages, and govern by etiquette?"

Jin Fushi said: "Of course it is."

Zheng Zhichang continued to ask: "Then who is the Chinese orthodoxy?"

Jin Fushi said angrily: "Now the Song Dynasty wants to sever diplomatic relations with us!"

"The sage said that if the princes use barbarian rituals, they will be barbarians. If the barbarians advance into China, they will be conquered by China. The Jin Kingdom practiced barbarian rituals, so they are naturally barbarians. The Song Dynasty broke off relations with us because we served the barbarians of the Jin Kingdom. Since ancient times, China has governed the world with rituals.

We, Korea, follow the rites of the saints and are a country like China, a civilized country. How can we serve barbarians?"

Jin Fushi, a man of great learning, was speechless.

Righteousness cannot be changed, just as it cannot go against the people of the world.

Confucius made a good start back then. If the princes used barbarian etiquette, they would be barbarians. If the barbarians used Chinese etiquette, they would be orthodox China.

It can be seen that Confucius was not a bloodline theorist, but an advocate of the cultural theory.

Therefore, the Liao Dynasty kept Confucius' words on its lips, regarded itself as China, and called the Song Dynasty the Southern Dynasty.

Zheng Zhichang added: "Your Majesty, the angel has come a long way, and the journey is tiring. I think we should let the angel rest first before we talk."

Wang Kai quickly said: "Yes, yes, the angel came from afar. Xiao Wang failed to lead his subjects to greet him from afar, and bothered the angel to go to court. This is really wrong. Zheng Hanlin, please arrange for the angel to have a good rest as soon as possible."

Xie Qian was arranged, and he knew that today's double recital was a success.

Goryeo had its own demands. They not only wanted to submit to the Jin Dynasty, but also wanted to use the culture of the Song Dynasty to become orthodox. They also wanted to engage in trade with the Song Dynasty on the sea.

And because Goryeo was far away from the Central Plains, conquest was extremely time-consuming and laborious, so the Goryeo people believed that the Central Plains dynasty would never attack them.

In fact, the Song Dynasty's foreign policy towards Goryeo had always been quite contradictory.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, they hoped to unite with Goryeo to attack the Liao Kingdom in the north. Later, the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty negotiated peace, and the Song Dynasty began to guard against Goryeo.

When Su Shi was the governor of Hangzhou, he followed his example and ordered Mingzhou and Hangzhou not to ship to Korea, especially not to sell Korean books and documents.

He was worried that after these books flowed to Goryeo, they would be transferred to the Liao Kingdom. The Liao people would read the books of the Song Dynasty and know the geography, mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty.

This is a leak of national conditions.

However, the Song Dynasty itself did not prohibit the sea and highly valued commerce. Therefore, maritime trade with Goryeo was reopened after repeated prohibitions by the court, and trade was carried out in the same way.

Xie Qian said that all trade would be cut off, which meant that Goryeo would no longer be able to buy goods from the Song Dynasty. Those things were equivalent to Western luxury goods in the 21st century.

If all luxuries were cut off at once, the wealthy upper class would definitely not agree.

This is also what Wang Kai is afraid of and afraid of.

After the Qianqian was settled, Wang Kai, the king of Goryeo, immediately summoned his close ministers.

Jin Fushi said: "Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty is clearly here to intimidate us!"

Zheng Zhichang said: "Your Majesty, if the Song Dynasty really cuts off all maritime trade, can we bear the consequences?"

"Why can't you bear it!" Jin Fushi said angrily, "Isn't it just that you don't drink tea and don't use the silk from the Song Dynasty?"

"Haha, Privy Minister Jin, the pens and inks, documents, papers, spices, and ceramics you use are all from the Song Dynasty, right? If these are damaged, where can you buy them? Are you willing to use paper made by our country?"

Jin Fushi said: "If the Jin Kingdom finds out that we have united with the Song Dynasty, their army will inevitably move south. Can you stop it?"

Zheng Zhichang said loudly: "Your Majesty! The Jin Kingdom is a barbarian! I think that we should immediately form a large army to join the Song Dynasty to attack the Jin! Master Miaoqing of Xijing has already had this intention, and this is in line with nature!"

Jin Fushi said: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. Our country is weak, how can we be hostile to the Kingdom of Jin!"

"What if the Song Dynasty is also willing?"

"The Song Dynasty itself couldn't defeat the Jin Kingdom, how could it protect our safety?"

"If the two countries unite, great things will happen!"

Jin Fushi said angrily: "You are talking nonsense! Your Majesty, he is harming the country!"

"Okay, okay, stop talking and let me see the angel alone."

Two days later, Xie Qian met Wang Kai alone.

Wang Kai actually knew that Jin Fushi was protecting Goryeo, and Zheng Zhichang's so-called attack on gold was not really an attack on gold.

In history, Miaoqing and Zheng Zhichang were both the main war factions against the Jin Dynasty, but their main battle was not to attack the Jin Kingdom, but just to gain power.

The two factions fought fiercely within Goryeo.

Wang Kai did not want to attack the Jin Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty's cutting off trade made him extremely uncomfortable, and a considerable number of domestic nobles and bureaucrats would not agree to completely sever diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty.

"Angel, tell me your conditions and what Xiao Wang can do to maintain a relationship with the Song Dynasty without immediately offending the Kingdom of Jin."

Xie Qian felt that the leader of Goryeo had understood the current situation of the Three Kingdoms. Based on the situation in his domestic court, Xie Qian said: "The emperor is very angry at your country's behavior, but I privately believe that the situation can still be restored."
Chapter completed!