Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Ambassador Da Xu stayed in Ping'an Beijing and other places for one month, returned to Haizhou (Lianyungang), and disembarked for Beijing. The process was tortuous, but when they returned to China, they were immediately regarded as a failed diplomatic attempt by the Xu government and the opposition.

The Japanese national book was written in the name of the Minister of Sheguan, promising to pay tribute to Daxu on the chosen auspicious date; but they did not send envoys to pay tribute immediately, and it is unknown whether the chosen date will be ten years or twenty years later! In addition, after the envoy Zhao Hong and others returned to the court, they said that Japan was disrespectful to claiming the emperor.

However, there are also ministers who believe that the Jiaolong Army has very few ships, the large ships are not completed, and the sea route is far away, so it is impossible to rush to mobilize the army. They suggested that they can make friends with local officials in the form of non-governmental business, and then delay the plan.

The Koryo envoy heard that Da Xu was dissatisfied with the Japanese country, and was overjoyed. He wrote a letter saying that the emperor first occupied Tsushima Island, and then attacked the Japanese country. For some reason, as long as the Central Plains wants to conquer Japan, it has always been something that Goryeo likes to hear.

Da Xu Wenwu was very angry, this is a very subtle mentality... If Liao refused to call him a vassal, everyone would not react; but a weak country they look down on is disrespectful, it is unforgivable!

But Guo Shao did not show any attitude. He first summoned the chief and deputy envoys in the west hall, and personally listened to the statement of the chief envoy Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong bowed and said: "Your Majesty, there are some people in Japan who think that we don't need to pay attention to our court at all. Some people are in awe of our martial arts and national power, but they are respectful on the surface but want to perfunctorily pass the test of respect and etiquette, and don't want to provoke us."

Deputy envoy Zhang Yin also took the opportunity to pay homage at the back and said: "My ministers seconded the proposal. There should be two reasons for the attitude of the Japanese monarchs and ministers. First, they don't know that our court is for the benefit of the mines, and they think we are just showing off our power. .”

"Huh." Hearing Zhang Yin's words, Guo Shao immediately paid attention to him, and the first thing he said was: "Oh! I remembered, you helped me do arithmetic in Pingxia."

Zhang Yin hurriedly said: "It's the job of a humble official to saddle the horse and rear the horse."

When Zhao Hong heard this, he quietly turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yin with displeasure on his face.

Even Guo Shao noticed this subtle movement, but Zhang Yin didn't know it, his face was flushed with excitement, and he couldn't wait to hold a stack of files in both hands in front of Zhao Hong, holding the things above his head, and said: "This minister is on an envoy to Japan, and everything he saw, heard and felt along the way is recorded in this book, please have a look at it, Your Majesty!"

Guo Shao gave a slight wink, and the eunuch Cao Tai stepped forward to take the file and presented it.

Guo Shao flipped through it casually, and saw that it was filled with characters in small script, as well as pictures, and there were dozens of pages of eloquence. He immediately said: "Your mission is not in vain."

The two hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not punishing me."

After they left, Guo Shao was very interested in the things Zhang Yinjin offered, and immediately began to read them.

Of course, Guo Shao is no stranger to Japan. Later generations turn on the TV, and there are more TV dramas... However, Guo Shao is very one-sided when he thinks about how much he knows about this opponent.

So to him, this is a familiar yet unfamiliar opponent. Guo Shao was most interested in actresses before, but now he is most interested in Yinshan.

Guo Shao began to try to understand it, as he did to all enemies.

After a rough search, Zhang Yin didn't seem to mention the Japanese army in the file, probably because he didn't see it. Turning to the first page, it is not the "Emperor" and important ministers that Guo Shao guessed, but "Shinto".

Zhang Yin wrote at the beginning that Buddhism is very popular in Japan, and temples can be seen everywhere, but they also believe in Shinto, and most of the customs have a shadow of Shinto. There are many gods in Shinto, some say hundreds of thousands, others say millions.

Guo Shao immediately took out the booklet with the cover of "Eastern Island Travel and Troubleshooting" from the bookshelf in the corner of the imperial case, picked up the brush and opened it, first wrote the Shinto, and then wrote that there is no single Supreme God.

But soon his views changed slightly. In it, the supreme god is called "Amaterasu", which represents the sun, and the emperor is a descendant of Amaterasu in the world, and he has no surname. Guo Shao suddenly understood the reason why the Japanese king could not publicly profess his vassal, which seemed to shake their belief and value system.

After roughly reading Zhang Yin's description of Shinto, Guo Shao recorded his own personal understanding.

Guo Shao believes that compared with Buddhism, Shinto is much more limited and imperfect, especially lacking in the core content of the universality of philosophy, rubbing Confucianism, Taoism, legends, history and many other contents. Therefore, from a religious point of view, Guo Shao thinks it is a relatively bad religion, because it is too localized, so it is difficult to be as narrow as Buddhism and Dashijiao.

But Guo Shao believes that Buddhism is the essence of negative life, but Shinto is different. The Amaterasu God has a certain effect on uniting his heart.

When he saw the pattern of "Gouyu", Guo Shao's thoughts became stronger. According to Zhang Yin's description, this kind of hooked jade is also found in ancient tombs in China, and it should be something that Japan learned from. But up to now, jade of this shape is rarely seen in the Central Plains, and Guo Shao has never seen it; and in Shinto, Gouyu is an ornament on the body of Amaterasu.

Signs, symbols, these are things that can deepen the sense of national identity and produce a unique culture.

... Then the descriptions of "head family" and "leader family" also let Guo Shao understand part of Japan's social structure. Both the leading family and the main family are landowners and can be called landlords; the leading family entrusts their land to the main family for protection. Roughly: the main family is a big landlord, and the leading family is a small and medium landlord. In addition, there are Zhuangtian forms of the royal family, temples, and ministers.

Guo Shao felt that the Japanese country was more like a feudal system, but now the Central Plains Dynasty is called the feudal era in later generations, but it is actually centralized | power, and there is no division of feudalism at all.

However, the current feudal system in Japan is very subtle. The lords do not actually control the land. Many of them live in Heianjing and enjoy the glory and wealth because of the worship of the farmland. The nobles who are separated from the actual grassroots power have created the cultural prosperity of Heianjing.

The management and protection of Zhuangtian are in the hands of other people, Zhuang officials and warrior leaders.

Guo Shao suddenly felt that if there was no external interference in Japan, their problem was not "the dictatorship of foreign relatives and power falling to the side", but precisely the officials and warriors below who actually managed the local farms. The soil of the warlord regime has been formed.

...Guo Shao watched the whole morning unknowingly, and he didn't come back to his senses until the noon drum sounded.

But at this time, he was reading something that he was very interested in, the poems of the most respected beauty singer in Japan. Guo Shao casually said to the eunuch Cao Tai who was standing by, "Read it to me."

Cao Tai hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the file, followed the place Guo Shao pointed, cleared his throat first, and then read aloud: "The former Buddha has left, and the latter Buddha has not yet arrived.

. Born in a dream, what is reality. My body is the flowing water that tempts the duckweed, my body tempts the duckweed, and if the duckweed doesn't come, I am heartbroken. Thin stalked beard branches with dew, only falling flowers and scattered, can't compare to my body drifting away..."

Guo Shao paced around and listened carefully, when he heard a "puchi", turned his head to look, and saw Zuo You and the others blushing, holding back their laughter.

Guo Shao said in amazement: "What's so funny?"

Zuo You hurriedly said: "Poems are not funny, but they are funny when read by a middle official shaking his head."

Only then did Guo Shao turn his head to look at Cao Tai, who stood there innocently.

The assistant minister Huang Binglian cupped his hands and said: "I am grateful for the poems and prose of Dongdao, the melodious sound, the deep sorrow, and the groaning without illness."

Cao Tai paused, standing there in embarrassment, but the ministers said it was not good, but the emperor didn't say it. He continued to read a few poems, all of which were about cherry blossoms, beautiful and short-lived, withered and so on, all of which were not sad.

The ministers obviously didn't like this style and criticized it greatly.

But Guo Shao doesn't think so, he thinks it's just a difference in cultural aesthetics. To explain why, it may be because of the mountainous forests and rainy geography and climate. Anyway, he feels that Dongdao regards sadness as beauty.

Guo Shao rubbed his forehead, no matter how much, he was going to have a full lunch before talking. Pointing to the file on the table, he said, "Order to make three copies, and keep one copy for the Privy Council, the Political Affairs Hall, and the Cabinet."

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "The servant obeys the order."

Some civil and military officials in the imperial court believed that matters such as law and etiquette could not be compromised, and advocated attack and punishment when they opened their mouths. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with respecting the emperor. But decision makers such as Guo Shao and Wang Pu cannot be rash. They will understand the inferences and then formulate strategies.

The emperor left the study, and a few ministers also went to the dining room to eat. Most of the Beijing officials ate in the public office and did not go home at noon. When someone casually mentioned the emperor's attitude towards Dongdao, Lu Duosun only said softly: "There is a brochure on the imperial case. I accidentally saw it when I sent the memorial.

The other three people suddenly looked dumbfounded after hearing this, and stopped talking about it.

Zuo You looked at Lu Duoxun with a teasing face and said, "It's really not good for eunuchs to sing that waka."

Lu Duoxun didn't understand what it meant, and asked suspiciously, "Do you want to invite singing girls to sing?"

Zuo You smiled, shook his head and said, "Wouldn't it be great if Shi Lang got another girl from Dongdao?"

Zan Jurun and the others suddenly looked sideways, and understood that Zuo You was teasing Lu Duoxun when he was on a mission to the party, and brought up the marriage of Concubine Li Xian.

Lu Duosun blushed when he heard this, and it seemed flattering to do such a thing, which is not honorable after all. He argued strongly: "If it is beneficial to the country, why bother to stick to small details?"

He went to eat with the other three assistant ministers, and changed the topic as he walked: "Japan pays tribute in the name of the Minister of Sheguan, so it can be regarded as an official relationship. But they are just talking, and they don't know when they will pay tribute. Can't the court send envoys to urge them right away?"

A few people nodded in agreement, "We can't send people anymore, it doesn't make sense in terms of etiquette."