After the unification of the country, the Japanese State sent envoys for the first time to meet with the Holy King of Liang State.
Emperor Xuansi's attitude towards this little-known country was also very clear.
Come on, come on, eat and drink when you need to, and I'll see you when I'm free.
Therefore, the Japanese envoy waited in the hotel for seven days before being summoned by the Liang Emperor. However, the envoy was not angry at all, but was very happy...
because……
These past few days...the food has been so good...
The big fish and meat here, and the dazzling array of wine and food banquets, compared with what he originally ate in the Japanese country, it was like entering the kingdom of heaven...
It's just like comparing people to each other, it's so annoying!
At this time, the Japanese country had just emerged from the war and chaos that had lasted for nearly fifty years, and its living standards were so low that it was almost dumbfounding.
A bowl of white rice, a piece of salted fish, and a few prunes, this is already a high-end meal that only daimyo is entitled to enjoy. But even with such vulgar food, ordinary daimyo can only eat four or five times a month at most.
Meal, for a little daimyo, it’s good to be able to eat one meal a month.
As for the ordinary people of Japan... they were lucky enough not to starve to death... They were all sallow and skinny, and wore rags. It often happened that a family even had to take turns wearing one piece of clothing in order to avoid running around naked when going out.
embarrassing situation.
Now what the envoy saw after entering the capital of the Liang Kingdom was a prosperous city with wide and clean roads. The people on the streets were happy and wealthy. There were thousands of goods on the streets, and every wooden pavilion was
, skillful craftsmanship, every house has green tiles and white walls...
At that moment, he really felt a sense of pride that he had come to heaven, but at the same time, he looked around and felt a strong sense of inferiority.
Here, even the clothes of the ordinary people on the street are much better than that of him, the sixth-ranking left-ranking historian with an estate of 3,000 koku, and his official position is only one level lower than Mitsunari Ishida...
(During the Warring States Period in Japan, because the Japanese royal family was completely emptied out, more than four national-level and capital-level official positions were basically vacant, and no one dared to take them. The reason was that the Japanese daimyo at that time only valued who they were.
The family has more soldiers and produces more food. No one cares about this false reputation.)
It can be said that as a "senior official" in Japan, his life is not even as good as that of an ordinary family in the Liang Kingdom...
Therefore, three days later, the ambassador was completely holed up in the guild hall, not even daring to leave the door. He was afraid that he would have thoughts of treason and fleeing, but when he thought about his mother and children waiting for him to return home,
He had a wife and a child, so he forcibly cut off this thought.
Out of sight, out of mind...
But when the eunuch who delivered the order came to the guild hall and issued His Majesty's summons to him, he was still disappointed, because it meant that he would return to his country soon.
Xuansi three years
August 16
The Japanese envoy, Ishioji, came to the Hajj to meet him!
When the carriage pulled him to the gate of the imperial city, and a young eunuch led him through the gate and towards the main hall, he was once again completely shocked from head to toe, inside and out...⑧①ZW
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Red walls and black tiles, towering gates, solemn halls, and huge squares, he was like a child who had just come out of the village. He had never seen anything, and everything he saw was curious and amazing. From beginning to end,
At the end of the day, his head was never idle. Sometimes he looked to the left, sometimes to the right, and he even stopped occasionally to look around, for fear that he would miss any magnificent scene.
All this was naturally caught in the eyes of the little eunuch who led the way. While hiding his sneer, he also added a lot of talk in the harem. After all, there are too many envoys from other countries like him... basically come in
From now on, it will all be like this fuss, but even so, in this isolated "big house", this is one of the few topics that can be ridiculed and ridiculed by the servants like them.
"The Japanese envoy——! Come to the Hajj to see——!!!"
Following Xiao Zhezi's loud shout from the imperial platform, the Japanese envoy Ishio Jiichi quickly put away his thoughts of looking around, bowed and slowly walked into the main hall, reached his seat in the middle of the hall, knelt down and worshiped.
"The envoy of Yamato, Ishio Jiichi, is here to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Liang Kingdom, and I wish His Majesty the best of peace——!!"
As Ishioji's slightly stiff Chinese words rang out in the hall, all the civil and military officials also burst into laughter...
"A territory as big as an earthworm, how big is it...? The breath is not bad. Did you forget to rinse your mouth when you got up early?"
"They have such a small territory and they are still fighting all day long. I really want to ask, how big are they? Where are they at peace?"
"Hey~~, brother, isn't this making things difficult for him? It's rare for this person to be able to speak Chinese, so how can he know how profound and profound my Chinese is? The original meaning is "whatever", let's call it "Japanese", that's enough.
Here~"
"Have you noticed what he is wearing? His robes are all made of linen. Tsk tsk tsk. This is just an envoy from a country. I am afraid he is not even as good as Goryeo."
"quiet--!!!"
As the eunuch in front of the palace shouted in a long voice, the civil and military officials who were talking about each other gradually became quiet. At this time, the cheeks of Ishio Jiichi, who was deeply buried in his arms, were already red with embarrassment...
It wasn't that he didn't understand what these officials were saying, but he really had no way to confront them and could only pretend not to hear them and turn a deaf ear.
"Get up... tell your king the reason for your visit..." Emperor Xuan Si glanced down at him, not bothering to be polite to him, waving his sleeves, and getting straight to the point.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ishioji responded, stood up slowly, bowed his body slightly, and said loudly: "But your Majesty may not know that the envoy did not come to punish you, but to follow the order of His Highness Taikaku.
His Majesty the Holy Emperor held a business meeting regarding Goryeo..."
"What!?? It's not because your king condemned him? Then you don't know the rules of the country!? Or is your Taipa intending to defect!?? How can you go beyond etiquette and go on an envoy to the Liang Kingdom without asking the king!??"
Zheng Zifeng, who had just been promoted from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Rites, stood up immediately. He had obviously learned the "lessons" from his previous boss. He had been cautious in his words and deeds in the court all these years if he could not speak. But now, since
It was the envoy from the foreign country who had no understanding of etiquette. Even though he knew the domestic situation of the other party in his heart, as the Minister of Rites, he had to stand up for the emperor and ask this matter clearly!
And Ishio Jiuichi obviously expected that he would be criticized in this way, and had already prepared a response in advance...
"His Royal Highness Taikaku naturally has no intention of defecting. However, His Majesty the Emperor is now too old and unable to handle state affairs. His Highness Taikō has been supporting him. Therefore, the envoy is here on the order of His Highness Taikō."
Hearing this, the officials began to rustle again, but Emperor Xuansi, who was sitting on the high platform, had a calm expression...
As a king, he is well aware of the situation, situation, approximate number of soldiers, and strength of the surrounding countries. However, he deliberately asked this question, firstly to test, and secondly, to give the other party a "sweetener" and use the excuse.
, planted a thunderbolt within the Japanese political situation and caused them to fall apart!
