In the past, the Ming Dynasty treated these envoys who came to China for pilgrimage, and generally looked at it with that kind of disdain and ridicule for a long time, and then it was a rhetoric about how the kingdom of the Celestial Empire was, and after fully satisfying the vanity, it was up to the other party to do business. In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the so-called envoys who came to China were also business groups, and the so-called Hajj was just a form of walking around under the name of a name. Therefore, this time Japan officially sent envoys to exchange letters of state, which is rare in this era, which means that the Chinese Dynasty officially began to stand in the world as a country, and attracted Japan, which has always been close to leaving, to come and annex. In the eyes of those traditional officials, this is the expression of Japan's return to vassals, although there is no content about the title of vassals in the national book, but these guys with a deep complex of great powers naturally make up a scene of all countries coming to court. Speaking of which, since Zheng He's fleet disappeared into the seas of Asia, there have been very few serious diplomatic missions in the past two hundred years.

After seeing Fujiwara again, it means that a new round of negotiations with Japan has officially begun, after all, the "ambassador" who is temporarily replaced by a businessman like Heizo is really not powerful, and many things have to be reported to the country first, and then ask Jiang Tian to wake up and discuss after getting a reply, which is not only a waste of time, but also consumes Jiang Tian's patience. Besides, it has been delayed for a long time, who knows what the Tokugawa family will do, so it is better to quickly cut through the mess and quickly solve the matter, so when he saw that the plenipotentiary ambassador this time was still Fujiwara, he had more or less come up with some countermeasures.

In fact, Jiang Tian was in a hurry, Fujiwara was more anxious than him, he had just landed in Tianjin, and he got the news from Ping San that the Central Plains was not only willing to sell weapons, but also their own most advanced iron cannons, but the price was slightly expensive. In Japan, how many daimyo can be equipped with an all-firearms army? I'm afraid that even the Tokugawa family can't do it, don't look at him, an official, he usually doesn't have much to do except for the poetry and tea of the wind and snow, but after all, the Warring States period has not long been over, so the use of firearms has also been heard, not to mention that the thing is not used well in the rainy weather, just say that the daily maintenance and gunpowder consumption is also a lot of expenses, so he knows that for high-quality muskets, Japan cares more about a large number of steel swords, maybe these swords are not better than those famous swords made by excellent swordsmen, But the advantage is that the quality is uniform and the price is low, speaking of which, an officer's command knife only needs half the silver of a famous Japanese sword, and it can have eighty percent of the performance, if the requirements are lowered a little more, and all the ashigaru are equipped with high-quality spears or protective knives, then this army can also go sideways in Japan.

The two anxious people hit it off, and Jiang Tian sent out an invitation the next day, saying that inviting Fujiwara, an old friend, to a banquet was considered to catch the wind and wash the dust. Originally, he wanted to let this guy see China's service industry, but he thought that the Chinese people in this year have no good impression of the Japanese Kou, and as long as he appears in the Fengyue place, it will definitely cause unnecessary gossip, and he must be the top brand of the house to come out to accompany him...... This is not in line with the atmosphere of business negotiations! Besides, even if that little devil has a deep foundation in Sinology, he may not be able to adapt to the talented women in China. Sometimes Jiang Tian thinks it's very strange, obviously the traditional culture of male superiority and female inferiority has been passed down for thousands of years, but in the Qinglou, in front of those so-called talented women, these machismo people have to pretend to be gentlemen, and when they return home, they are the most yellow-faced women with cold eyebrows.

So in the end, in order to make up for the regret of the last mirror auction, and also to get a relatively safe environment for fighting at home, the place to eat was Liu Jia's Beilaishun. Old man Liu knew that Jiang Tian had given a lot of face, especially for banqueting envoys from a country, although the small Japanese country was not on the stage, but it could also be used as a propaganda theme in the future. Besides, because his son and wife made their own clever soap, he couldn't raise his head in front of the emperor, relying on his own merits and wide connections, Emperor Zhang would not fall into favor for a while, but if it was difficult to guarantee that it would not accumulate and destroy the bones in the long run, the reason why the founding fathers of all dynasties ended up with a broken family and people also had a direct reason for not knowing convergence. If you can put a bet on this rising prince Taibao, even if your descendants are not good, you can have a Buddha, after all, from now on, your unobtrusive son is more convinced by this peer, and the two sides now have a teacher-teacher relationship, and they will be able to claim to be the protégé of the Son of Heaven in the future. It was this quasi-state banquet that his old man personally commanded, and posted a notice in advance, saying that Lord Jiang had invited an old friend to a banquet and chartered the three-story restaurant!

As soon as he walked into this restaurant, Jiang Tian knew that Old Man Liu had made a bloody investment, and the Xiaoice River was said to be over, but the speed of the temperature rise would not be as obvious as in the twenty-first century, so although the willows in Beijing City in March had spit buds, there was not much to see in those so-called elegant places. Jiang Tian originally thought that as long as he deterred the ignorant little devils on the dishes, he didn't expect that in order to create an atmosphere, the old man Liu opened a small pavilion in the backyard for elegant celebrity gatherings, which is not only far away from the hustle and bustle, but also green bamboo, mountain stones, pools, and curved corridors, which have the style of Jiangnan gardens. Of course, although the bamboo is still a little green, and the others are still a depressed scene, but the old man Liu doesn't know whether it is to show off his wealth or to show his strength, so he let the room keep boiling hot water into the pool water, and then put in dozens of live carp, and let people pour those warm water on the Taihu Lake stone, and the hot steam looks like a cloud of mist from a distance.

As the host of the banquet, so Jiang Tian came relatively early, and when he saw this pomp, cold sweat came out directly, this old man Liu is too face-saving, don't underestimate these hot water, it not only creates an atmosphere, but also heats the temperature of the surroundings, so that this pavilion with windows on all sides can wear small clothes without feeling cold even in March weather. Seeing Liu Junding nodding and smiling at himself, he Jiang Tian didn't know how to describe his feelings, how much should he spend this night?

"The senior's hand is really terrifying, and I am afraid that the widow will only be stunned when he sees it."

Liu Junding nodded proudly: "I just want those little dwarfs to know the pomp and circumstance of our China, and see if they dare to be disobedient!" ”

Jiang Tian estimated that this sentence must not be the old man's original, and besides, can you scare people more than pomp? With that kung fu, it is better to let him visit the majesty of your Liu family's cavalry, wouldn't it be more able to surrender without a fight. Not to mention that Jiang Tian has seen Liu Baokai's mount, it can be regarded as a tall horse, much stronger than ordinary Mongolian horses. At first, he thought that Liu Shizi had excellent horses because of his identity, but later he learned that this ** was a hybrid breed of Arabian horses and Central Plains horses introduced by the emperor that year, which was an improved style, and the endurance and explosiveness were improved compared with Mongolian horses, and the weight-bearing capacity was not the same. Although there are not too many breeding, but his Liu family's personal soldiers and the Praetorian Guard are a good horse, in order to cover the main force of the landing, the king of Ji only relied on the first 5,000 horsemen to go ashore outside Tianjin to defeat 10,000 temporarily organized Manchu cavalry, it is also this battle that made the Manchu nobles completely collapsed, they were originally because it was difficult to break through the Yangtze River defense line to roll up the idea of leaving, but many people still have illusions about the river and rule, and so on Sichuan Zhang Xianzhong got the support of the generalissimo at that time regardless of the previous suspicions, They don't even have the possibility of getting involved in Sichuan, and now their soft underbelly has been landed by short-haired elite cavalry, and there are no troops to send in North China, so these people didn't think about sticking to Beijing City at all, and they directly moved the idea of escaping. It's a pity that because they are reluctant to carry out those looted treasures, even if they run, they are not the opponents of these half-breed horses, which makes most of the Manchu nobles arrested. The pervert once said that both the king of Ji and the emperor regretted that there were too few horses to intercept Dolgon, but when the Mongols saw these cavalry, they directly chose to turn back.

The topic came back, Jiang Tian watched many servants in order to maintain the effect, and kept pouring hot water on the mountain stone, so he put it up very euphemistically: "Lord Liu's festival of working for the country is indeed a model for my generation, but this addition of hot water is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also the effect is not good, the younger generation just remembered that Song Huizong built a garden and placed quicklime in this Taihu Lake stone, and whenever it rains, it is also a fairyland!" ”

The well-informed old man Liu understood as soon as he heard it, this method is good! Not only does it save time and effort, but the quicklime is also hot when it comes to water, why don't you think about it! It's no wonder that the emperor attaches great importance to him, if this wit is placed in the army that year, it is definitely a figure at the level of Zhuge Liang, but it is a pity that this kid was born a few years later and did not catch up with the king to accompany him, then again, if he really served in the army back then, I am afraid that at least he will be crowned a marquis at this moment, maybe the prince will call him a father when he sees it! We don't care if Old Man Liu has seen too much of the Three Kingdoms, anyway, it is not easy to find some quicklime for his family's great business, so he hurriedly sent more people to implement it while the Japanese had not yet come. Not to mention that it really scared the Japanese.

Although please say that it is a private banquet, but Fujiwara, who has been to China once, knows the habit here, and sometimes it is this kind of wine table that can only talk about some substantive issues, so he did not simply treat this as a reception banquet, and the accompanying person could not be a businessman who could not be on the table like Heisan, in fact, although he was still the main envoy this time, but some seemingly inconsequential attendants were secretly sent by some daimyos, for the purpose of purchasing arms, and secretly contacting to see if they could support them to overthrow the Tokugawa family, In particular, the Satsuma clan was the most concerned, and they wanted to know how the new emperor of the Central Plains would react to their occupation of the Ryukyus. A large group of Japanese people drove into Dashilar, although there were guards sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to open the way, but the people of the capital still pointed fingers at this, and some people whose hometowns were in the south still remembered the Japanese rebellion mentioned by their elders. It was only later that the new dynasty was established, and I don't know who turned up the old case, proving that although the Japanese were hateful, the gentry who took advantage of the chaos to oppress the people were even more hateful. But the name of the Japanese Kou can still trigger infinite associations, fortunately, in today's Chinese Dynasty to establish the country by force, even the Tartars have to walk around when they see the king, not to mention the little Japanese Kou, so the people naturally regard the Japanese envoys as coming to send envoys to call the ministers, for which there are many storytellers who arrange jokes to tell stories.

When I got to the place, although I had been shocked by the Forbidden City, after all, it was the palace of the emperor of the Central Plains, which was larger, more luxuriously decorated, more servants, and looked scary...... It's relatively normal. Not to mention the palace, even the majestic shape of the Qianmen building (Zhengyang Gate) can make them feel awe, in fact, in the original history, more than a hundred years later, the British who saw Qianlong were also taken aback, and then remembered that this is the great country written by Marco Polo. But this time I was just invited to dinner by an official and went to an unofficial restaurant, but as soon as I saw the cheesy three-story building, these Japanese people were still as shocked as they were.

Under the guidance of the owner, after passing through the house and seeing the winding path and smoky Cuizhuxuan in the backyard, these Japanese have become a little numb from the initial shock, although the bamboo is still a little burnt, it looks a little unworthy of the name. But this is like a quiet pavilion like a cloud and fog is too suitable for these Japanese who like to be exquisite, and even many well-educated Japanese people in the moment they step here, they feel that the so-called elegance in Japan is simply ridiculous, just a few days to the Central Plains, they have seen too many magnificent buildings, not to mention the huge Beijing City and the Forbidden City, that is, the location of Tianjin Wei covers an area several times larger than their largest castle, (see map, The square composed of four roads on the Haihe River in the current city center is the Tianjin City Wall in the past, which was later demolished by the Eight-Nation Alliance and became the first city in China to demolish the city wall...... But the Central Plains is a big place, and it's normal for things to be bigger, and Japan is short of materials, so it is also necessary to save some in everything. It can be seen that after knowing this Cui Zhuxuan, they understand that it is not that the Chinese do not know how to be elegant, but that people are elegant and they simply can't reach the edge. Not to mention the steaming courtyard, not to mention the intriguing tiled houses, just to mention the interior decoration, not to mention the famous calligraphy and paintings, just dozens of giant candles shining like daylight, the hardwood screens depicted in gold paint, and those maids who are taller than them and wearing ayara all make these people ashamed of themselves. Look at the utensils used by people to serve tea, in the Japanese tea ceremony, there is also a tea tasting set, but these people look at the exquisite blue and white glaze red bowl in front of them, the grace of the glorious Celestial Empire and the artistic conception of indifference and far-reaching are perfectly unified, if this profound realm is not seen with their own eyes, they are afraid that they will not be able to imagine it in their lives. If Japan has been learning from China for almost a thousand years, but it still hasn't made the slightest progress, can it be said that Japan will always be suppressed by this huge neighbor? Seeing these is a little ashamed of even the most arrogant Japanese samurai.

Seeing that the Japanese had a little meaning of Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Jiang Tian was already happy in his heart, but he still needed to be modest on his face: "Today is a private banquet for the official, everyone should not be restrained and drink as much as you want." ”

These people are carefully selected, even if they can't speak Chinese, at least they are full of poetry and books, and they are more proficient in science than Jiang Tian, a talent, and they are not a problem to read Chinese classics. But as soon as you enter the room, the calligraphy and paintings with profound skills at a glance are really eye-catching, especially a pair of cursive writing, and some Japanese people can see the mystery of the knife technique! Let's not talk about how these dirt buns look at the fakes and make a fuss, let's just say that Fujiwara is a little unsure of the intention of the proposal, he knows that Lord Jiang can be regarded as the official who knows Japan best in the Central Plains, and at the same time he has secretly inquired, not to mention his brother-brother relationship with the emperor, not to mention that he is now the position of vice minister of foreign affairs, just say that this person's artistic attainments are also commendable, and what is even more amazing is the status of Taishan Beidou in the new school, such a person put such a pomp and circumstance to show himself here, What is the purpose? Looking at my side again, although I was already a little restrained by the shock, I picked up the teacup and took a sip, and there were a few people who were stunned there completely ignoring the etiquette. Of course, he Fujiwara knows why, I want to come to the Central Plains just to buy some medium tea leaves have made people have an endless aftertaste, look at today's meaning This tea is definitely the top grade, although the tea color and Japanese matcha are the same green, but this green is crystal clear, drink to the mouth without the slightest bitterness and endless aftertaste, if it is described as a clear spring straight to the brain, the whole person feels clear and transparent, even if it is a tea expert Fujiwara, are surprised by this.

Jiang Tian, who learned some tea tasting from Boss Zhao, also took a sip, although he sighed that Old Man Liu spared no expense, but he also knew that spring tea had not yet been listed, these must have been stocked last year, and there was still a bit of a gap compared with the new tea before the Ming Dynasty, and it was a bit of a waste to bully these ignorant Japanese: "It is rare for you to come to my Middle Earth, and as a deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you naturally have to do your landlord's friendship, so if you want to play and want to see it, you can tell me bluntly, we are also close neighbors of friendly countries, and we have a little wine today......

A large set of greetings down, understand the natural nod yes, do not understand under the translation also slightly bent down to smile, no one wants to show cowardice on this occasion, regardless of what rules Japan has for the elder and young, the Han people say that they are good at following the customs, what they see and hear today after he returns to China one day, it can definitely be regarded as beyond the knowledge of ordinary people, even if he brags, he can be arrogant. As for the so-called slightly thin wine, they also understand that other people's thin wine is far from their own standards. And Fujiwara only had a wry smile, and the first dismount that Jiang Tian gave him was absolutely powerful.

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