The Japanese envoy entered Guanzhong.

The speed of transmission of this news was extremely fast, and for a while, the entire Chang'an seemed to be making final preparations, waiting for the Japanese envoys who had not made a pilgrimage to the Central Plains Dynasty for hundreds of years.

This is a historic moment, not how much the Central Plains Dynasty attaches great importance to him, but the whole country thinks that this is a very new thing, so the importance of him has become an unintentional behavior.

The officials of the celebrant were busy.

Some just took out the old things of the previous dynasty and innovated them, which became the etiquette and national diplomatic system of the Tang Dynasty.

All foreign envoys must bow three times and bow nine times to the emperor.

In fact, it is understandable to say this, His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire is much more noble and respectful than the monarchs of other small states in the eyes of anyone.

But the system is the system, the idea is the idea, but the reality is another layer of meaning.

This is not to show off our big country abroad, your big country has national prestige, and my small country also has it, the core focus of the two sides is whether our national character is the same, whether human rights are equal, although we are a small country, but small countries have the etiquette of small countries.

It's not that we don't respect you, it's just that our envoys bow three times and bow nine times to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which is naturally okay. But one day, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty will go to Japan, will they be able to give such a great gift to my emperor?

That's the problem, and it's the core of what the Ministry of Rites officials have been working on.

According to the old system, this Japan is a vassal state of my Tang Dynasty, and now although it has broken off contact for hundreds of years, they are now sending envoys, and it is clear that they want to marry my Tang Dynasty.

Yes, if you want to marry, you have to show sincerity.

Your king must be canonized by my Tang Emperor himself, even if he can't come to the scene, their envoys must also bring this edict back and canonize the hall or something, that's right......

The Japanese envoys have entered Chang'an, but this is only responsible for the preparatory work, and does not represent the true intention of its ambassador, but some complicated etiquette things must also be prepared in advance among these people.

There are still three days before the envoys enter Beijing, and seeing that the Japanese envoys here have already entered Tongguan, and the two sides insist on their own words in the preparations here, and have not really formed any consensus.

Yan Yu's request was that this time the envoy should meet His Majesty, and it was necessary to copy him for use first, and then slowly improve and repair it in the future, just like the scale and system of the Tang Dynasty back then.

However, this was clearly opposed by the members of the Japanese Pioneer Delegation.

They believe that although Japan is small, it has been a country of its own since ancient times, and although they did continue to make pilgrimages to the Tang Dynasty year after year a hundred years ago, the saying that this Tang Dynasty is not better than the Tang Dynasty has not been spoken.

Now things are wrong, and the Central Plains Dynasty is known as the Tang Empire, which is true, but the historical inheritance is different, and their current emperor has just ascended the throne and does not understand the things of the previous dynasty.

Therefore, the first is that the great gift of three bows and nine bows will not work, the second is that the items of the Tang Kingdom presented by Japan are called congratulatory gifts, not tribute, and the third is that the two countries repair their own books and exchange national letters in the hall, and the two countries are good-neighborly and friendly, never offend each other, and the two countries are brotherly countries.

Isn't this nonsense?

Yes, Lord Wang, the old minister also thinks that these little Japanese are all nonsense, and these people are difficult to deal with......

You tell them that he has their requirements, I have our principles, and the principle of my Tang Empire is that first, the king of Japan must not be called the emperor, just the king of Japan, and the title of this king must be a reasonable heir to the royal family recognized by my Tang Dynasty, and I must be canonized by the Tang Emperor, and each new king will succeed to the throne, the first thing is to come to Chang'an to accept the canonization, otherwise, my Tang Dynasty will not recognize it. The second is the relationship between the two countries as the suzerainty and the state of Fanbang, this must not change, Japan regards its own national strength as strong or weak, every year to our Tang Dynasty pilgrimage, the Tang Dynasty also to Japan to give the same value of goods, in order to show favor, we must change the past when others send us two cows plus some local products, we have to give others a mountain of gold and silver. The third is that the three bows and nine bows must be carried out, if it is not possible, it is okay, now notify the official in charge of greeting in front of me, my regent said, the Japanese envoy does not need to be present, stationed on the spot, when to think about these things clearly, it is not too late to come to the Hajj.

This......

That's it......

The old minister obeyed the order......

As a direct consequence of these principles, the Japanese envoys were actually stationed on the spot, a hundred miles east of Chang'an City.

When the official in charge of greeting the regent told the Japanese ambassador of the regent's request, Fujiwara Norika's white-skinned cheeks did show a little annoyance.

If you are annoyed, you will be annoyed, and you still have to do something.

The reason why they are stationed is that we cannot do anything about this, and we must send fast horses back to ask His Majesty the Emperor for orders.

I'll go......

Returning home to ask the emperor, how long will it take for this TM to come and go, and we, the officials, large and small, will also follow you and wait for this person's eyes.

This will not work.

But the other party said that they couldn't wait for the emperor's will, and they really couldn't enter Chang'an City.

Then let them wait.

But, Lord Wang, they can afford to wait, we can't afford to wait, their people are now scattered, hundreds of people are circling around their dozens of people, and we can't afford to spend our time, can we welcome them into the city after half a year.

Besides, once something like this drags on for a long time, there will be a lot of discussion inside and outside the government and the opposition, and we still think that we can't take a small piece of his land, once such remarks are spread, it will be nothing to our Ministry of Rites, but your prestige will be ......

Don't use me as a shield, this is originally your Ministry of Rites' business, this little thing can't be done, it can't be coordinated, do you want me to have a regent personally come forward to coordinate.

Lao Chen's mouth is about to wear out, but that woman is ......

Hum!

I don't believe I can't cure you......

Oh! By the way, there is another thing, the old minister has to tell him as soon as possible, the news that the Japanese envoys have entered Beijing to see His Majesty is now known to everyone in the whole country, and no one knows about it, and the Khitan Daliao in the north and the Jurchen tribes in the northeast are afraid that they have also heard the news, and they sent their officials to contact us a few days ago, and they should also follow the method of the Japanese envoys' visit this time, and send a delegation to meet Your Majesty, this ...... Whether we take it or not.

They want to be seen too?

Yes, but the old minister thinks that this audience is not a bad thing, although my Datang is in some border areas, and there is often some friction between the two countries, but they are willing to lean over to meet my Datang Emperor, and it can also be seen that they have also fought enough of this battle, and they will insist on joining in the excitement when they see the Japanese mission.

Oh! Wait a minute! There is such a thing!

It's not as good as this, don't his Japanese envoys still have to discuss and wait for their king's imperial decree, then take this opportunity to quickly contact the Khitans and Jurchens in the north, and say that our Tang Dynasty is very willing to establish diplomatic relations with them, and they should send an envoy to our Chang'an as soon as possible.

And I want to let it out, just say that my Tang Dynasty is now preparing to divide all the countries that come to the Hajj into a three, six, nine and other ranks, if the envoys of these two countries can rush to Chang'an before the Japanese envoys, we are a first-class kingdom, but the conditions that need to be accepted are also unrelated to the conditions of Japan, and we need to be canonized by the Tang Emperor himself.

Of course, since this is divided into first-class, second-class, and third-class, there must be a standard for differential treatment, and this standard is that the items we give back are tripled by the first-class countries, doubled by the second-class countries, and the third-class countries just don't add them.

Talking about money is sometimes much more flexible than cold foreign policy.