Xu Qing's words made Inoue Saburo and other envoys feel particularly uncomfortable. They were obviously entertaining Xu Qing, but they made it look like Xu Qing was entertaining guests, and the money was spent on them.
Xu Qing naturally ignored what these Japanese slaves thought. He admitted that he looked at people through colored glasses. He just thought these Japanese slaves were disgusting and he was deliberately targeting them.
But so what?
If you don't accept it, come and beat him!
See if Wei Xiong behind him answers or not.
However, Saburo Inoue did not fall out because of this dissatisfaction. If Xu Qing was offended, they would all be left with nothing to eat, and their king would not give them good things to eat after they returned.
Since you can't afford to offend, you can only coax.
Now they have something to ask for, no matter how humble they are.
As long as it can make the Marquis of Anding County happy, everything is worth it.
People in the Central Plains are tactful. Even if they want something from someone, they will not say it out loud. Instead, they will ask for a meal first and wait until they have had three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes before talking about things. Therefore, Saburo Inoue followed the principle of doing as the Romans do when he is in the country, and first gave an order.
The messenger poured wine.
Then Inoue Saburo clapped his hands, and two more pale-faced women wrapped in sheets walked in. As soon as they came in, they wanted to get close to Xu Qing. It could be seen that this time the Japanese country had spent a lot of money. Not only did they send
He got a box of treasures and wanted to use a beauty trap on Xu Qing.
But unfortunately, Xu Qing did not accept this trick and would be as calm as Liu Xiahui, but the makeup on the woman's face was really unflattering. Xu Qing immediately rushed to see Wei Xiong.
Got out.
Can there be any more things from the underworld?
Next time, I should ask my senior brother, Taoist Master Chunyang, to come with me and take care of these monsters.
Saburo Inoue could only smile bitterly at Xu Qing's unfeminine behavior. In fact, they had been visiting many powerful officials of Chu State these days.
The first one to bear the brunt is Honglu Temple.
According to the thinking of these Japanese people, there is no man who is not lewd, so in the name of a banquet, they will let their geishas twist on the bodies of these Central Plains officials and feed them two glasses of wine.
Don’t all men like to be drunk and lying at the knees of beautiful women?
However, after they had been here for so many days, the people they saw were all like Xu Qing. Once the female relatives they brought approached these officials, these officials pushed these geishas away in a serious manner.
There was no chance that the women they brought would get close to him.
It seems that every official of Chu State is like a saint and has no interest in women.
This made Inoue Saburo's admiration for the Chu officials grow a few more, and at the same time he became more solemn.
No country wants to be a vassal state forever. Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers, but the powerful officials in their country seem to be unable to walk when they see women.
But what about the officials of Chu State?
Not nearly womanly in the slightest.
No wonder the Central Plains has been able to dominate the world for thousands of years. If all the officials in the Central Plains were like this, I am afraid that their Japanese country would really surrender to the Central Plains forever.
Saburo Inoue laughed along and said, "I didn't expect that the Marquis would be so clean and self-possessed. I really admire him."
Xu Qing just managed a smile.
Now that everyone was familiar with each other, Xu Qing asked Wei Xiong to retreat and guard the door.
The reason Xu Qing gave Wei Xiong was that he and these Japanese envoys hit it off immediately and it was not convenient for others to disturb them during the conversation.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Xu Qing started to feel a little swaying, as if he could be drunk and unconscious at any time.
Saburo Inoue looked at Xu Qing, who was sitting at the top of the table and was swaying, and said with a smile: "Master Hou drank too much..."
Xu Qing waved his sleeves and murmured incoherently: "I...I didn't drink too much...this wine party has clearly...clearly just begun...please pour me some wine! Fill it up!"
The Japanese envoy on the side naturally did not dare to neglect and hurriedly poured wine for Xu Qing.
Inoue Saburo seemed to feel that the time was ripe, and said: "We, the Japanese country, came here to ask His Majesty the Emperor to change the name of our Japanese country. Can you please speak kindly to your majesty and grant our Japanese country's request?
I, the Japanese country, will be grateful."
Xu Qing said drunkenly: "Change the country's name? What do you want to change it to? Hiccup..."
Inoue Saburo said: "The sun comes from the east, and our Japanese country is east of the Central Plains. It can be said to be the place closest to the sun. Can it be changed to..."
Xu Qing shook his head and murmured: "What? Are you closest to the sun? Where is the sun?"
Saburo Inoue smiled and said, "Of course it's in the sky..."
Xu Qing stretched out a hand to rub his forehead feebly, squinting and said: "You mean your Japanese country is closer to the way of heaven than our Central Plains, the land of Longxing?"
When Saburo Inoue heard Xu Qing's words, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Other Japanese people were also trembling.
There is no reason why they are not afraid.
The ancient king of the Central Plains called himself the Son of Heaven, and Zi was an honorific title. It can be said that the king at that time was the Heaven.
The Qin Dynasty changed the emperor to the emperor, and Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty also proposed the theory of the connection between heaven and man, which forcibly demoted the status of the emperor who was equal to the heavens, and forcibly created a sense of the king's power being given by heaven. Later emperors still use it to this day.
The ruler who originally called himself Heaven seemed to have truly become the son of Heaven.
The Japanese state claims to be closer to the sun, which hangs in the sky. In other words, the Japanese state feels that it is closer to heaven?
This is a challenge to the monarchy!
If this word reaches the emperor's ears, then this behavior of the Japanese country will be tantamount to the crime of treason!
The major crime of conspiracy is to punish the nine clans!
Inoue Saburo immediately apologized and said, "The Marquis has misunderstood, the Marquis has misunderstood. Our Japanese country is a vassal state of the Central Plains, and we must never dare to overstep our bounds. It was just a slip of the tongue. The Marquis must not take it seriously..."
Xu Qing asked: "Then do you still want to change the country's name?"
Saburo Inoue had a wry smile on his face: "This..."
Xu Qing yawned and exhaled the smell of alcohol. His eyes were still blurred, as if he was drunk. "Your title was given by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Bold Japanese slaves! You are against me."
Why are you dissatisfied with the title of the country bestowed by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, or do you really feel that it is closer than the sky?"
When Saburo Inoue heard Xu Qing's words, he immediately said: "Don't dare, don't dare..."
The label of the Marquis of Anding County is too serious. If this continues, their Japanese country may really become the next grassland...
Moreover, Chu State has the advantage of firearms and it is definitely much easier to defeat the Japanese State than to conquer the grassland!
Xu Qing's upper eyelids and lower eyelids were fighting: "Then do you want to change it?"
Saburo Inoue knew that the Marquis of Anding was in a drunken state at this time, and his words could not be taken seriously. However, if he opposed the Marquis of Anding at this time, there would still be a person who was not drunk standing outside...
So Saburo Inoue had no choice but to laugh along and said: "What the Marquis taught me is, don't dare to change... don't dare to change..."
Xu Qing muttered and laughed through his drunkenness: "It's okay if you want to change it... Our country of Chu has the power of firearms. If you Japanese slaves dare to act rebellious, we, our country of Chu, will lead the navy to conquer the ten tribes like you!"