A group of foreigners wearing Fanbang Yidi costumes entered Honglu Temple with smiles on their faces. The one at the front was guided by an official from Honglu Temple, who also moved a few boxes along the way.
Ye An didn't even need to guess to know that it must be a small country from Fanbang who came to the "Celestial Kingdom" to defraud things.
In accordance with the Song Dynasty's imperial style, we returned all the tributes paid by various countries with many times the amount of gold, silver and jewels to show the grandeur of our suzerain country. This is the "taken advantage of" reward system.
In fact, when envoys come to visit and greet them politely, they can take away generous rewards when they return home. Some envoys from small countries, by being humble and respectful this time, return home with several times the amount of money and treasures, and suddenly reach the pinnacle of life. This business is really
Good deal.
In Ye An's view, such a back-and-forth approach is like a fool who keeps shouting to others: "Come on, come on, we will make a fortune when you come!"
Those low-quality tributes were really not worth mentioning. Several Japanese people appeared wearing wooden clogs and white socks in the middle of winter. They had large bald spots on their heads and only had a bun on the top. They looked weird and vulgar.
But these people were actually received by the officials of Honglu Temple. Every year when the new year was approaching, these "envoys" from foreign dynasties would appear in large numbers at the entrance of Honglu Temple, bringing with them worthless goods and national inscriptions written in "Chinese characters".
The book was sent as tribute to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Those goods were not considered valuable in the Song Dynasty. Ye An stepped forward and took the gift list from the clerk's hands and looked at it. Even the Nanzhu was regarded as a special product of the Japanese country and used as tribute?!
The Nanzhu in Hepu, Guangxi is a treasure. These Japanese people lied and claimed that the Nanzhu was produced in the Japanese country. However, these Nanzhu are too small. The Nanzhu, which is not as big as the thumb cap, has no ornamental value.
The only purpose is to grind it into powder and use it as a medicine after entering the uterus.
As for the remaining things, most of them are unsightly. There are still arrow wounds on the fur, and there are quite a lot of coarse cloths. But can these be paid tribute to the officials of the Song Dynasty? I am afraid that even the palace officials will not be interested in asking for them!
As Ye An's eyes moved downward...
There are actually women?! Oh! By the way, the specialty of Japan is women, but the gift list says "Thirty-six girls", but what surprised Ye An even more was "Four boys"
.
"Who are you? Why are you looking at my Japanese national certificate?"
Ye An just glanced at them and continued to read. He didn't even bother to pay attention to these people. In his eyes, the Japanese country at this time was a Japanese slave.
The receptionist of Honglu Temple next to him was also a little confused, but he didn't dare to speak when he saw Ye An's official fifth-grade uniform, but he urged with a little anxiety: "Shangguan, these are Japanese envoys, Xia Zhi
Please give me a good reception..."
"Xia Song? Didn't he serve as He Zhengdan's envoy to the Liao Dynasty?"
To be able to call Xia Song by name, he must be an ordinary fifth-rank official. The receptionist crossed his hands and asked, "I wonder who you are?"
Forgetting to reveal his identity, Ye An smiled and took out the waist badge he had sent home last night and said: "I am the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, and I have the authority to handle the affairs of Zhengdan."
The receptionist was startled, and quickly bowed and said: "It's Ye Hou, but I've neglected you! The envoy of the Japanese Kingdom, this is my Lord Yunzhong of the Song Dynasty!"
The awe of the Han dynasty among the Japanese people was still in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and their awe of the Song Dynasty came more from their abundant wealth and profound cultural and technological skills.
So this is the voice of the Japanese envoy with a hint of businessman's philistine: "It turned out to be Yunzhong Junhou, I'm rude! But now it's time to deliver the tribute, I, Japan..."
Suddenly closing the gift list, Ye An smiled and handed it to the receiving official and said: "When the Japanese envoy comes to China, he should be well received, but the official family is still young, so it is extremely inappropriate for women and men to pay tribute like this."
!Can a saint be known?”
The receptionist stepped forward and whispered: "The tribute gift list has not yet been sent to the ban, but according to the old practice, these people will be used as palace servants and will never be contaminated by the official body."
"Acting as a palace servant?" Ye An frowned and sneered: "It's not right to pretend to be a palace servant, right? Once he is released from the palace, he will suddenly become the beloved man of the Song Dynasty, the home of officials, and the home of the powerful.
But they are all rushing to get it."
The receptionist looked embarrassed and could only explain again: "Ye Hou, even if he was taken away by those families, he was treated as a maid and left on his own. Most of them were pregnant and sent away with money. After all,
Nothing."
This is the little thought of the Japanese country. Ye An smiled coldly. There were many Japanese women like this in the Song Dynasty, and most of them were women from powerful Japanese families. The only thing they did in the Song Dynasty was to transfer their species.
When women from the Japanese country reached the age of marriage, their families would try their best to send them to the Song Dynasty. They would often learn the knowledge of the Han family in high-end houses and make friends with young talents.
After getting pregnant, she would leave with the money she earned, brocades and silks, etc. Of course, the best proof is the signature or poem left by a scholar on her clothes.
After returning to the Japanese country, these pregnant Japanese women were worth a hundred times as much and became the good match that the Japanese dignitaries rushed to marry...
Thinking about it, he felt helpless. Ye An didn't know whether to feel sad for these women or to feel sad for the Japanese people themselves.
Later generations of Chinese people have a natural aversion to the Japanese. This is not because of the huge and unhealable trauma they have left to China, but because of their shamelessness and despicability.
A nation that only thinks about covering up and refuses to face it after making mistakes, a nation that even admits its mistakes and still goes its own way, a nation that thinks that the whole world is causing trouble for them instead of itself causing trouble for the whole world. Such a nation
The nation is inherently bad.
The source of their bad nature is that they have a small territory and have lived under the shadow of powerful dynasty rule for thousands of years.
This nation is still thinking about changing its "breed" through breeding. Ye An could only smile ruthlessly and stare at the Japanese envoy in front of him.
"The Japanese country will never become a powerful country by crossing over to Japan, because your land and ideas are too narrow-minded, oh! By the way, it is the Fujiwara clan that controls the pass now, right? Fujiwara Michinaga or Fujiwara Yorimichi?"
The Japanese envoy looked at the young man in front of him in surprise, but he still slowly said: "Fujiwara Michio is the minister of government, and Fujiwara Yorimichi is the regent..."
Ye An laughed loudly: "Then you are not the people sent by the king of Japan, but the envoys sent by the Fujiwara clan of Sheguan?! I, the Song Dynasty, will not recognize such envoys!"
The face of the Japanese envoy suddenly changed, and he said with an angry tone: "It is not the king of Japan, but the Emperor of Japan! Although he is the regent of Guanbai, there is nothing wrong with the Fujiwara family as the regent of Guanbai. The Fujiwara family has great respect for me in Japan.
Worry and plan..."
Gently waving his hand, Ye An angrily interrupted the Japanese envoy: "What the hell does it have to do with me? No matter how good the Fujiwara clan is in regenting, is it just to support the Japanese king? It is not orthodox, but it is just a family of ministers!
Also, you took advantage of the loopholes of the previous dynasty and claimed to be the Land of the Rising Sun. Our Song Dynasty will not recognize your name. You only have one title in our Song Dynasty, the Kingdom of Japan! Stop talking about those useless things!"
The angry Japanese stepped forward with eyes wide open. The receptionist who was already dumbstruck on the side quickly pulled Ye An and said: "The Japanese envoys paid tribute, and the saint naturally knew about it. Ye Hou's move is a disgrace!"
Ye An snorted coldly and left. He just wanted to give the Japanese an attitude. What he said today in front of Honglu Temple will become an old thing in the future. Once the Japanese call themselves Japan or the Emperor again, they can do what they should. refute.
Since he took over the matter of negotiating "year coins" with the Liao envoys, Ye An didn't have much time to entangle with the Japanese here. Thinking about the "friendly negotiations" with the Liao people, Ye An smiled bitterly, which was exactly what he said. As the saying goes, “What you can’t get in war, you can’t even get at the negotiation table!”
The letter written last night was handed over to the scribe in Honglu Temple, and he was asked to submit it to Tongjin Yintai Division on his behalf. After seeing the Japanese envoy, and then seeing the arrogant appearance of the Liao envoy, Ye An suddenly felt relieved. Already.
In fact, all rules do not exist, and all etiquette is useless. Only absolute power is the foundation of everything.
Order, rules, etiquette, integrity, etc. can only appear with absolute strength, which also includes the upcoming negotiations on the amount of annual coins...