The envoys stayed in Heianjing and other places for a month, returned to Haizhou (Lianyungang), and disembarked to return to Beijing. The process was tortuous, but when they returned to China, they were immediately regarded by the government and the opposition as a failed attempt to establish diplomatic relations.

It is said that the letter of state was written in the name of the minister of regent, and he promised to choose an auspicious year, month and day to pay tribute; But they didn't send an envoy to pay tribute right away, and I don't know if it would be ten or twenty years later! In addition, after the envoy Zhao Hong and others returned to the court, they said that it was disrespectful to call their country the emperor, and for a time the ministers of the court were angry, and Li Chuyun and other meritorious heroes wrote to start a war against their country, first deterring by force, and then talking about diplomatic relations.

However, some ministers believe that there are very few sea ships in the Jiaolong army, the big ships have not been completed, the sea route is far away, and the army cannot be rushed to mobilize. They suggested that they could make friends with the magistrates in the form of non-governmental trade, and then delay the plan.

The Goryeo envoy was overjoyed when he heard that Daxu was dissatisfied with his country, and wrote a letter saying that the emperor would first occupy Tsushima Island and then attack his own country. For some reason, as long as the Central Plains wants to conquer their country, it has always been a favorite thing for Goryeo.

Da Xu Wenwu was extremely angry, this is a very delicate state of mind...... If the Liao State refuses to call his ministers father, everyone will not react; But the disrespect of a small weak country that they look down on is something that cannot be forgiven!

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 statements of the chief envoy Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, some people in this country think that they don't need to pay attention to our dynasty at all, and some people are in awe of our dynasty's martial arts and national power, but they are respectful on the surface but want to pass the test perfunctory in respect and humility etiquette, and they don't want to anger our dynasty." ”

Deputy envoy Zhang Yin also took the opportunity to bow behind and said: "Weichen seconded the proposal." There should be two reasons for such a posture of the country's monarchs and ministers. First, they don't know that our dynasty is for the sake of the mines, and they think that we are just to show off our might, and if the Central Plains is a false expedition, it may not be much with thousands of years of experience. Second, it is said that the country's monarchs and ministers have a long way to go, and the court whip is beyond their reach, and they have no fear, whether they have anything to do with the Central Plains or not, whether they are alone overseas or not, they can calmly deal with it. ”

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

Zhang Yin hurriedly said: "It is a matter of Weichen before and after the saddle. ”

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

This subtle action even Guo Shao saw in his eyes, but Zhang Yin didn't know it, he was excited with a red light on his face, and he couldn't wait to hold a stack of files with both hands in front of Zhao Hong, hold things above his head, and said: "Weichen said this time, and everything he saw and heard along the way was recorded in this book, please take a look at it!" ”

Guo Shao gave a light look, and the eunuch Cao Tai stepped forward to take the file and present it.

Guo Shao flipped through it casually and saw that it was full of words and pictures in small block letters, sprinkled with dozens of pages. He immediately said: "It is not worth the trip to wait for the envoy. ”

The two hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace." ”

After they retired, Guo Shao was very interested in what Zhang Yin had offered, and immediately began to read it.

Speaking of his own country, Guo Shao is of course no stranger at all, and when he turned on the TV in later generations, there were more TV series...... However, how much he knows about this opponent, Guo Shao thought about it very one-sidedly.

So it was a familiar and unfamiliar opponent for him. Guo Shao used to be most interested in actresses, but now he is most interested in Yinshan.

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

After a rough flip, Zhang Yin didn't seem to write about the army in the dossier, probably because he didn't see it. Turning 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 the country, temples can be seen everywhere, but they also believe in Shinto, and most of the customs have the shadow of Shinto. There are many gods in Shinto, one says hundreds of thousands, and the other says millions.

Guo Shao immediately took out the booklet with the cover written "Dongdao Provincial Affairs" from the bookshelf in the corner of the imperial case, picked up the brush and opened it, first wrote Shinto, and then wrote that there is no one supreme god.

But soon his opinion changed slightly, and there was a supreme god called "Amaterasu", which represented the sun, and the emperor was a descendant of Amaterasu Taijin on earth, and he did not have a surname. Guo Shao suddenly understood the reason why the king could not openly claim the title of minister, which seemed to shake their belief value system.

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

Guo Shao believes that Shinto is very limited and imperfect compared with Buddhism, especially lacking the core content of philosophical universality, and mixing Confucianism, Taoism, legends, history and many other contents. Therefore, from a religious point of view, Guo Shao feels that it is a relatively bad religion, because it is too local, so it is narrow-minded and difficult to have as much expansion as Buddhism and Dashijiao.

However, Guo Shao believes that Buddhism is the essence of negative life, but Shinto is different, and that Amaterasu has a certain effect on uniting people's hearts.

When he saw the pattern of "Magata", Guo Shao's idea became even stronger. Zhang Yin's description that this kind of hook jade is also found in the ancient tombs of Middle Earth, and it should be something that was learned in the country. But up to now, it is rare to see jade of this shape in the Central Plains, and Guo Shao has never seen it; In Shinto, Magatama is an ornament on the body of Amaterasu.

Signs, symbols, these are things that can deepen the sense of identity of the people and give rise to a unique culture.

…… Then the descriptions of "the family" and "the leading family" also gave Guo Shao a part of the social structure of his country. Both the collar and the own family are the occupants of the land and can be called landlords; The lord gave his land to his own family in search of protection. Roughly: the family is a large landowner, and the leader is a small and medium-sized landowner. In addition, there are also the forms of the royal family, temples, and ministers.

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

However, the current feudal system of the country is very delicate, and the lords do not actually control the land, and many of them live in Heiankyo, enjoying glory and wealth because of the worship of the fields; The aristocracy, which was detached from the actual power of the lower ranks, thus contributed to the cultural prosperity of Heiankyo.

The management and protection of Zhuangtian was in the hands of others, the officials and samurai leaders.

Guo Shao suddenly felt that if there was no external interference in his country, their problem was not "the dictatorship of foreign relatives and the loss of power", but the officials and samurai who actually managed the local countryside. The soil for the warlords to divide has been formed.

…… Guo Shao unconsciously watched all morning, and only when the drums sounded at noon did he come back to his senses.

But at this moment he was reading the poems of the most admired beautiful singers in his country. Guo Shao casually said to the eunuch Cao Tai who was standing aside: "Read it to me." ”

Cao Tai hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the file, followed the place pointed by Guo Shao, 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 duckweed, my body tempts duckweed, duckweed does not come, and I am full of sorrow. The dewy stalks and branches are only scattered, and they can't compare to my body floating ......"

Guo Shao paced and listened carefully, then he heard a "poof", turned his head to look, and saw Zuo You and the others with red faces and holding back a smile.

Guo Shao was stunned and said, "What's so funny." ”

Zuo Yu hurriedly bowed and said: "The poem is not funny, it is funny to read it by the lieutenant who shakes his head and shakes his head." ”

Guo Shao turned his head to look at Cao Tai's appearance, and Cao Tai stood there with an innocent face.

Auxiliary minister Huang Binglian arched his hand and said: "The minister feels the poetry of the East Island, the beautiful sound, the sorrow and the sincerity, and the disease-free**." ”

Cao Tai paused, standing there embarrassed, but the ministers said it was not good, but the emperor did not say it. He continued to recite a few songs, all of which were about cherry blossoms, very beautiful and short-lived, withering clouds, and none of them did not mourn.

The ministers apparently did not like this style and denounced it.

But Guo Shao doesn't think so, he thinks it's just a difference in cultural aesthetics. Explain why, maybe it is because of the mountainous forests and rainy geographical climate, anyway, he feels that Dongdao is sad and beautiful.

Guo Shaomo rubbed his forehead, no matter how much, he was going to eat lunch first. He pointed to the file on the table and said, "I order that three copies be copied, and one copy each of the Privy Council, the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Cabinet shall be kept." ”

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Some civil and military personnel in the court thought that things such as Fali could not be compromised, and they advocated attacking and punishing when they opened their mouths, anyway, there was nothing wrong with respecting the emperor in this way. But decision-makers such as Guo Shao and Wang Pu should not be rash, they will understand the inferences and then formulate strategies.

The emperor left the study, and several auxiliary ministers also went to the dining room to eat, and most of the Beijing officials ate in the public government office and did not go home at noon. When someone casually mentioned the emperor's attitude towards the East Island, Lu Duoxun only said softly: "There is a booklet on the imperial case, and I accidentally saw it when I sent the chapter, and it was called 'The Omit of the East Island Line'. ”

When the other three people heard this, their faces were suddenly stunned, and they stopped talking about it.

Zuo You looked at Lu Duoxun with a mocking expression and said, "It's really not good for the eunuch to sing that song." ”

Lu Duosun didn't know what he meant, and wondered: "Do you want to invite a courtesan to sing?" ”

Zuo You smiled, shook his head and said, "Wouldn't it be good if Lu Shilang got another Dongdao woman?" ”

Zan Jurun and the others suddenly looked sideways, and understood that Zuo You was ridiculing Lu Duoxun for making out the marriage of Concubine Li Xian when he was an envoy to the party.

Lu Duoxun's face turned red when he heard this, and it was suspected of flattering him to do that kind of thing, after all, it was not very honorable. He argued: "If it is good for the country, why bother with small things? ”

He went to dinner with the other three auxiliary ministers, and as he walked, he diverted the topic and said: "It is said that the country is paying tribute in the name of the minister of regent, and it can be regarded as having a reputation for official dealings." But they are just talking, and they don't know when they will come to pay tribute. Can't the imperial court immediately send another envoy to urge it? ”

Several people nodded in agreement, "You can't send anyone anymore, the etiquette can't be justified." ”