Chapter 516 Both merchants and monks can do the first grade of junior high school, so Gao will do it
Chapter 516 Both merchants and monks can do the first year of junior high school, and Gao will do the fifteenth (fourth update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 516 Both merchants and monks can do the first year of junior high school, and Gao will do the fifteenth (fourth update)
The Song Dynasty planned to establish the Huayi order during the Tang Dynasty and tried to get Yue Ben to pay tribute.
However, there have never been formal exchanges between the two countries, so they had to rely on monks and businessmen from Japan or businessmen and monks from the Song Dynasty to Japan to convey news.
In order to avoid the diplomatic disputes between the Song Dynasty and Japan, which would affect the business of those merchants, those guys would often do things like tampering with credentials.
Fujiwara Tadai specifically explained that it was the maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty who did the most such things.
After all, Japan has adopted a closed-door attitude since the Fujiwara clan took control of the government.
And because he is a boss of the Fujiwara clan, he has the right to engage in maritime trade. Ordinary Japanese people, haha... If they are not a privileged class, how can they have such a way to make money?
Gao Zhang was deeply convinced because Fujiwara Tadai had explained to him so many of the tricks of merchants and monks.
As far as those guys are concerned, as long as the business is done well and they can make a lot of money, changing the credentials is not a big deal.
Gao Zhang looked at the King Fu Que of the Japanese Kingdom. The smile on his face looked so kind, and his eyes were full of relief and appreciation.
I have always been horrified by the sight of King Puchetang, the younger brother of the Honghe Patriarch. I always felt that there was something wrong with the prodigy number one scholar. What could I see him doing without reading his credentials?
Although he has a noble status in the Japanese country, he is not a middle-aged and old man who is old and useless, and he is not the kind of person I want.
"I wonder why Gao Shaoqing is laughing?"
Of course, Gao Zhang's external mind would not think about those improper things, but at this moment, the words of the Japanese envoy were coupled with the reminder before Fujiwara Tadayi.
Gao Zhang felt that he had a lot more cards in his hand. He had already made up his mind to do all kinds of tricks and delays. It turned out that it was better. I took the initiative to find trouble.
Gao Zhang once again spread out the certificate of credence and looked at it carefully. To be honest, the leader of the Japanese country was chattering to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty with an equal attitude.
After that, do you hope that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty will quickly bring those thugs from the Song Dynasty back to the country, instead of ruining the diplomatic relations between the two countries?
For this reason, the Japanese state was willing to give the Song Dynasty court 50,000 taels of gold and 200,000 taels of red silver as compensation.
Looking at the credentials, Gao Zhang slowly shook his head and placed the credentials on the table.
"It turns out that the Song Dynasty did not establish formal diplomatic relations with our Japanese country. It seems that this is a serious dereliction of duty by the Honglu Temple of the Song Dynasty."
"In this case, I would like to invite Mr. Furen to return to the country and ask our Japanese king to write a letter of credence willing to pay tribute to him as a vassal of the Song Dynasty. They can talk again."
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"...?" King Fucheden was stunned for a long time before he realized whether the prodigy champion of the Song Dynasty was shutting up with him.
"Then, then... no way, we, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have submitted letters of credence to his lord in the past and are willing to be friendly with this country. How can we say that we have no diplomatic relations?"
"Then I don't understand. May I ask him, from the founding of the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, did any of his official envoys from the Song Dynasty ever reach the Japanese country?"
"Before I set foot on the border of the Song Dynasty, which Japanese official had entered the Song Dynasty as an envoy from the Japanese country?"
"So, since we, the Japanese country, want to talk to him, the Song Dynasty, about matters between countries, we must finally be more formal."
Furthermore, since I said that Japan and the Song Dynasty should establish diplomatic relations on an equal footing, haha... The Song Dynasty is not happy with it, so what can I do?
I don’t even want to be his vassal state of the Song Dynasty, so is the Fujiwara Kingdom his vassal state of the Song Dynasty? So I begged him to beat his own children to make me happy?
King Fuchedang looked at the prodigy champion of the Song Dynasty in front of him with a confused look on his face. He wanted to seek refutation, but he felt that what the wrong party said seemed very reasonable.
After all, in the past, Japan was a country that liked to play with itself and was not willing to deal with humans or surrounding countries.
I really never considered that an embarrassing situation like Mingyue would occur.
To be honest, the young minister of Honglu Temple in the Song Dynasty conveyed a very distressing message.
The Song Dynasty was unhappy because the Japanese country was unwilling to declare itself a vassal and pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, so it begged us not to be willing to declare itself a vassal. The Song Dynasty would definitely not pay attention to the affairs of our Japanese country and the Fujiwara Kingdom.
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With his head full of confusion, King Fu Quechen left Gaozhang's mansion in the dusk. On the way back, he remembered that he had not got back the certificate of credentials.
I really want to go back and get it, but as soon as I think about the letter of credentials, even if I get it back, what's the use?
Come on, let's think about it carefully first, how to report to the Red River Emperor, and ask the Red River Emperor to make a decision.
When Gai Yue gets the news and goes to see the prodigy champion of the Song Dynasty, he can just get the credential back.
At this moment, Gao Zhang had already closed the door. At this moment, Lu Qian and Fu An were guarding the door.
And Gao Zhang, that handsome young man, was copying the words of the national letter word for word.
No, Gao Zhang was not only copying, but also copying. He even used a ruler and a charcoal pen to seal the certificate.
The seal was carefully drawn onto a piece of rice paper with every detail.
It wasn't until Gao Zhang copied all the words in the certificate of credence from Dong Lai and got the seal.
Then he let out a breath of relief, then brought out an empty red rice paper and began to consider it.
I am going to use the tone of the Japanese credential to start forging a new Japanese credential with a worse tone and attitude, and a more arrogant and domineering one.
Gao Zhang, who originally had a very moral bottom line, certainly didn't want to do that, but after collecting information about that aspect from Fujiwara Tadayi.
Gao Zhang felt that those merchants and monks could do the first grade of junior high school, so why couldn’t I do the fifteenth grade?
What's more, I didn't intend to maliciously slander the Japanese state, so I just eliminated all the hypocrisy and perfunctoryness on the surface of the Japanese credential.
Express the meaning of the Japanese leader more clearly to prevent Master from thinking that the wrong party is saying good things.
See if your disciple is your master and is really giving his best.
When he thought about it, Gao Zhang instantly felt that his overall moral level had once again exceeded the passing line and reached the level of excellent quality.
After everything was done, the biggest difficulty was getting the seal, and Bu Nao Gao Zhang didn't think it was a problem.
After putting away the manuscripts of Japanese official documents that he had created, he burned the copied handwriting.
Gao Zhang then called Fu An to come in, and then whispered in his ear.
Fu'an looked at his young master with a confused look on his face, but he was nodding his head more diligently than a kowtowing insect.
"Don't worry about the little man doing his work. I'll buy some carving knives and ten pounds of radishes soon..."