Since the reunification of the country, Japan has sent envoys to meet the Holy King of Liang for the first time.
Emperor Xuan Si also had a clear attitude towards this unknown small country.
Come on, eat and drink when I have time, and meet you when I have time.
So, the Japanese envoy waited in the temple for seven days before he was summoned by the Emperor of Liang, but the envoy was not angry at all, but was very happy...
because……
These days... I've eaten so well...
The big fish and meat here are a wide range of wine and food banquets, which is like entering the kingdom of heaven compared to his original food in Japan...
It's just like comparing people with others, it's so annoying!
At this time, Japan had just walked out of the war that had lasted for nearly fifty years, and its living standards were so low that it was ridiculous.
A bowl of white rice, a salted fish, and a few dried plums are already a high-end meal that Daming is qualified to enjoy. But even if it is such a vulgar food, an ordinary Daming can only eat four or five meals a month at most. A little Daming is good to eat one meal a month.
As for the ordinary people in Japan, it was a blessing that they were not starved to death... They were all pale and thin, ragged, and even often had to take turns wearing a piece of clothing to avoid the embarrassing situation where the family ran naked when they went out.
Now, what the envoy saw when he entered the capital of Liang Kingdom was a prosperous city, with wide and clean roads, the people on the street were happy and prosperous, the goods on the street lived in thousands of places, every wooden pavilion, unique tools, every household, blue tiles and white walls...
At that moment, he really felt a sense of pride of coming to the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Empire, but at the same time, he looked around and felt a strong sense of inferiority.
Here, even the ordinary people on the street dressed much better than the sixth person, the first person with a fief of 3,000 stones, and his official position was only one level lower than Ishida Mitsuna...
(During the Warring States Period, Japan's royal family was completely undermined, so the four or more state-level and capital-level officials were basically treated with vain and no one dared to respond. The reason was that at that time, Japanese daimyo only valued who had more soldiers and produced more grain, and no one cared about this false reputation.)
It can be said that he, a Japanese "high-ranking official", even lived a worse life than an ordinary citizen in the Liang State...
So, three days later, the ambassador completely hid in the guild hall and didn't even dare to leave the door. He was afraid that he would have the intention of treason and private escape. But when he thought that there were still mothers and children waiting for him to go back at home, he forcibly cut off this idea.
Out of sight, not upset...
But when the eunuch came to the guild hall and issued his Majesty's summoning order to him, he was still disappointed, because this meant that he would soon return to his country.
The third year of Xuansi
August 16
Japanese envoy, Ishioji Ishio entered the Hajj to meet him!
When the carriage pulled him to the gate of the imperial city and a little eunuch led him through the gate and towards the main hall, he was once again shocked from head to toe, from inside to outside...⑧①ZW.????m
With 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, and had never seen anything. He felt curious and amazing when he saw everything. From beginning to end, he had never been idle. He looked at the left, the right, and even stopped occasionally and looked around, for fear that he would miss any magnificent picture.
All of this was naturally held in his eyes by the little eunuch who was leading the way. While sneering, he added a lot of information to talk in the harem. After all, there were too many envoys from other countries like him... Basically, after coming in, they all looked like this. But even so, in this isolated "big mansion", this is one of the few topics that can be ridiculed and sarcastic by their servants.
"The Japanese envoy—! Come to the Hajj to meet—!!!"
With Xiao Takako shouting on the imperial platform, Japanese envoy Shioji quickly put away his thoughts of looking around, bowed and walked slowly into the main hall, and reached the position in the hall, kneeled down and bowed.
"The envoy of Yamato Kingdom, Ishio Jichi, see His Majesty the Emperor of Liang, wishing His Majesty the Emperor, peace!!"
As Ishiojiji's slightly stiff Chinese sounded in the hall, the civil and military officials also sneered...
"The land is big in the earthworms, and it's still Yamato...? I'm not a little angry. I forgot to rinse my mouth when I woke up early, right?"
"They still fight all day long with such a small territory. I really want to ask, where are they big? Where are they together?"
"Oh~~, brother, isn't this a difficult person? It's rare for this person to speak Chinese. How can I know how profound my Chinese language is? The original meaning is very good. It's enough for us to call him Japanese~"
"You guys notice what he is wearing? His clothes are all made of linen. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, and this is the envoy of a country. I'm afraid he is not even as good as Goryeo."
"quiet--!!!"
As the eunuch in front of the hall shouted in a long voice, the civil and military officials who were talking about it gradually became quiet, and at this time, the cheeks that buried Shiweizhi deep in his arms were already red...
It’s not that he couldn’t understand what these officials were saying, but he really had no way to confront him, so he could only pretend not to hear and turn a deaf ear.
"Get up... talk about your king and let you come here for this trip..." Emperor Xuan Si looked down at him, too lazy to be polite to him, waved his sleeves and went straight to the point.
"Thank you!" Ishioji responded, slowly stood up, bowed his body slightly, and said loudly: "But your Majesty may not know that the envoy was not condemned by His Majesty the Emperor, but came to hold a business meeting with His Majesty the Holy Emperor about Goryeo..."
"What!?? It was not condemned by your monarch? Then do you not know the national system? Or is your Taige intending to turn against me??? How can you act more than politely? If you don't ask the monarch, you will go on an envoy to Liang State!??"
Zheng Zifeng, who had just been promoted to Minister of Rites, stood up directly. He obviously learned from his former boss's "learning" and had been in the court for many years without speaking, and was cautious in his words and actions. But now, since he was a foreign country envoy Yu Li, even if he knew the other party's domestic situation in his heart, as Minister of Rites, he had to stand up for the emperor to ask about this matter clearly!
And Jichi Ishio obviously expected that he would be questioned like this, and he had already prepared a response in advance...
"Your Highness the Grandpa, naturally, had no intention of turning against you, but Your Majesty the Emperor is now in a high position and is unable to handle state affairs. All of them are supported by Youth Grandpa. Therefore, the envoy came to the order of Your Highness the Grandpa."
Hearing this, the officials began to rustle again, only Emperor Xuan Si, who was sitting on the high platform, looked calm...
As the monarch, he knew the situation, the situation, the approximate number of soldiers, and whether he was strong. However, the reason why he asked this deliberately was to test it, and the other was to give the other party a "sweetness" and to use the reasons to bury a thunder in the political situation of Japan, causing them to fall apart!