Li Shimin looked at Jin Benyang and said calmly: "You have also seen that so many ministers are opposed to sending Tang envoys to the Tang Dynasty to study. Let's forget it."
Jin Benyang said hurriedly: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I, Fusang, am very respectful to the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute every year. If the Tang Dynasty does not agree to even this small thing, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of some countries."
Li Shimin's face turned cold: "Are you threatening me?"
Seeing the murderous intent in Li Shimin's eyes, Jin Benyang was startled and said: "His Majesty the Tang Dynasty has misunderstood. The foreign minister did not mean this."
"It's fine if you don't. As for you saying that you pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year and are very respectful, I agree with this, but I think I have not treated you badly. Every time you pay tribute, the rewards I give you are several times yours."
Times." Li Shimin said calmly.
"Yes, yes, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is right." Tsubenyang nodded repeatedly.
He felt that if he said anything else, he would not be able to go back.
Lin Xuan stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that since Fusang admires the culture of the Tang Dynasty so much, we should give them the opportunity to learn from it."
Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan in surprise, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.
The person who was most opposed to Fusang sending Tang envoys to study in Datang was Lin Xuan.
Why is Lin Xuan now saying that he wants to give them a chance?
Jin Benyang was also a little confused. Could it be that the gift he gave to Lin Xuan worked?
Thinking of this, Jin Benyang looked at Lin Xuan with a kind look.
All the ministers he bribed took money and did nothing, but Lin Xuan was still kind.
In Jin Benyang's heart, Lin Xuan is a very good person.
"Your Majesty, the living habits of Fusang and the people of the Tang Dynasty are different. If they study in the Tang Dynasty, conflicts like before may happen again. I think we should just give them some books. In this way, Fusang will have the opportunity to learn the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and
The relationship between the two countries will not be affected by different living habits," Lin Xuan said.
Jin Benyang was slightly startled when he heard Lin Xuan's words.
But I quickly realized that it was better to take the books back than to have nothing at all.
"oh?"
Li Shimin seemed to understand Lin Xuan's intention and asked: "Can you tell me which books should be given to them?"
"Of course it's the Four Books and Five Classics. Fu Sang admires the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and the Four Books and Five Classics are treasures that have been passed down for thousands of years in the Central Plains and best represent the culture of the Tang Dynasty. You can also give some Buddhist classics." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Don’t you admire culture?
Well, I will give you some Four Books, Five Classics and Buddhist scriptures, and slowly admire them.
It seems that Fusang Buddhism was introduced during the Tang Dynasty.
This can be regarded as adding more followers to Buddhism.
Lin Xuan felt that if there really was a Buddha or something, he should at least be made a Bodhisattva or something.
Ga!
Jin Benyang was dumbfounded. He wanted the Four Books, Five Classics and Buddhist scriptures to be of no use.
If he really wanted it, he wouldn't buy it himself.
What he wanted was the various craftsmanship techniques of the Tang Dynasty.
"What you said makes sense. This matter has been handed over to the Ministry of Rites. In addition to Fusang's reward, five hundred copies of the Four Books and Five Classics will be added. All kinds of Buddhist scriptures will be provided by major temples. Give as many as possible. Don't let the world think that I
Stingy." Li Shimin said very generously.
Jin Benyang said: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Fusang needs medical classics and books recording various crafts. I hope that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty can reward you with some such books."
You can buy the Four Books, Five Classics and Buddhist scriptures.
And books about various crafts cannot be bought even if you have money.
Ordinary people are illiterate, so printed books like this cannot be sold at all.
Therefore, only officials and aristocratic families have collections of this kind of books.
"Your Majesty, these are despicable things. If Your Majesty rewards Fusang with these books, others will think that Your Majesty is deliberately humiliating Fusang." Lin Xuan looked like I was thinking about Fusang.
Later generations commented on Fuso's dispatch of envoys, saying that it was an unprecedented event in the history of cultural exchanges between China and Japan. The envoys sent to Tang Dynasty made great contributions to promoting the development of Fuso society and promoting friendly exchanges between China and Japan.
Lin Xuan felt that this was nonsense. What did Fusang in the early Tang Dynasty mean that Datang could learn from?
At this time, Fuso's writing had not yet been fully formed, and even their kimonos were imitated from the Tang Dynasty.
It is said to be an imitation, but in fact not much change has been made at all. It can be said to be plagiarism.
Even their tatami and sashimi are all learned from Datang.
The influence of the Tang Dynasty on Fusang can be said to be in all aspects.
There is a saying in later generations that if you want to see the culture of the Han and Tang dynasties, go to Fusang.
With two countries like this, what do you think they can have to communicate with each other?
Li Shimin said with deep approval: "Yes, those are all despicable karma. How can I reward Fusang with books about despicable karma? There is no need to mention this matter again."
Jin Benyang almost cried, but he didn't feel that Lin Xuan was targeting him.
He has been in the Tang Dynasty for so long that he has some understanding of the Tang Dynasty.
The hierarchy among scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants is very serious. Lin Xuan said that, no matter where you look at it, it is all out of good intentions.
Li Shimin had already said this, and Jin Benyang didn't know what to say, so he could only retreat with an ugly expression.
He can't say that our admiration for Tang Dynasty culture is just a pretense, and what we really want is your technology.
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I, the Lord of Tubo, admire the Tang Dynasty very much. I would like to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. Please accept your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." The Tibetan envoy came out and said.
Regarding Tubo's marriage proposal, Lin Xuan did not stand up and say anything. Since there was a marriage proposal, why didn't Tubo marry the princess?
In the nearly two thousand years from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there was a kind of political marriage called "harmony", which ran through the development process of this period of history; usually the Central Plains dynasty sent a princess to marry another country to calm the situation.
The war between the two countries turned to peaceful and friendly relations and worked together.
Although a princess was sacrificed, the exchange for long-term peace between the two countries was a very cost-effective deal in the eyes of the rulers.
But there is a question worth noting: Why are the Central Plains dynasties sending away princesses, and why don’t they marry princesses from nomadic tribes?
Do you really think that the emperors and ministers in ancient times were fools? Do you not understand?
This involves a seniority issue.
In the past, the Central Plains Dynasty married princesses, and the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty were the father-in-laws of those foreign races.
But marrying a princess of a foreign race, whether it is an emperor or a prince, is unacceptable to the emperor.
If you marry an emperor, you will be a generation younger.
When a prince marries, he and the emperor are equals.
This was unacceptable even for the ancient dynasty that regarded itself as the supreme kingdom of heaven.
In fact, the Central Plains Dynasty married a princess from another country. For example, Gao Huan, the Shenwu Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, married a princess from the Rouran Kingdom through a political marriage in order to relieve the pressure of being enemies on both sides. Although Gao Huan thus relieved some of the pressure of hostility,
But this marriage made him feel miserable and unable to speak out.
At first, Gao Huan sent people to the Rouran Kingdom to propose marriage for his son Gao Cheng. However, the Rouran King believed that Gao Huan was the King of Bohai at that time and his son was just a young prince who was not from the right family, so he strongly requested that he be old.
Gao Huan personally married his daughter. Seeing King Rouran's tough attitude, Gao Huan had no choice but to agree.
However, King Rouran also sent an "overseer", his younger brother Tu Tujia, whose only task was to urge Gao Huan to give birth to an heir with Princess Rouran. However, historical records at the time recorded that Gao Huan was old and often sick.
Princess Rouran was also a very boring person who did not understand Chinese, so the princess had never been able to successfully conceive a child. At this time, Tu Tujia became so anxious that he went to the palace every day and urged Gao Huan to quickly pamper the princess, but Gao Huan
He could only have his sick body carried to Princess Rouran's residence to sleep with. When Gao Huan died of illness two years later, the princess still failed to get pregnant. In the end, Gao Cheng inherited Princess Rouran and gave birth to a child.
Let Toutujia take her daughter back to work; this "bloody, weird" experience must be something that the rulers of the Central Plains Dynasty would never want to go through again.
In those novels, the main character says that the reason for getting married is not because the other party sent a woman here. This kind of talk is nonsense.
Of course, there were many foreign women in the harems of ancient emperors.