The history books explain the envoys to the Tang Dynasty as follows: From the beginning of the seventh century to the end of the ninth century for about 264 years, the Wei sent more than a dozen missions to the Tang Dynasty in order to learn Chinese culture. The number of times, the scale of the www.biquge.info, the time and the richness of the content can be described as an unprecedented event in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. The envoys sent to Tang Dynasty made great contributions to promoting the development of Japanese society and promoting friendly exchanges between China and Japan.

However, is this the case, no. What culture can the Japanese country communicate with the Tang Dynasty, the bullshit Anote, or the dog's Matsushita Inoue.

The so-called cultural exchange is only a one-sided export of culture by the Tang Dynasty, or it is copied and copied by the Japanese state, whether it is from the political system, or economic and cultural clothing.

It can be said that clothing, food, housing and transportation are fully copied, and even festivals have followed.

However, Datang's cultural output is useless. The Wa Kingdom learned advanced things and developed their country, but it was not beneficial to the Tang Dynasty at all.

The Wa Kingdom was isolated overseas, and there was almost no economic exchange with the Tang Dynasty, so how much benefit could the private merchant ships have.

For the Tang Dynasty, the so-called vassal state is only a complete symbolic meaning, which can be seen from the fact that for so many years in history, no army in the Chinese dynasties has been able to ascend to the territory of the Wa State. The army can't go, and it would be pure nonsense to say that it has influence on a country.

In these two points, both Baekje and Silla are much stronger than the Wa Kingdom, and economic exchanges are very frequent, and all kinds of silk and various supplies from the Tang Dynasty will be imported into these two stick countries in large quantities.

In terms of national influence, when the Tang Dynasty army was strong, these two countries did not dare to blow up the thorns, and once they did something, the Tang Dynasty would not hesitate to fight and teach a lesson. For example, Baekje was later destroyed by the Tang Dynasty and Silla.

Such a vassal state is somewhat useful to the Tang Dynasty, and it can be controlled.

As for the Wa Kingdom, Wu Yuanqing couldn't understand why the emperors of the Tang Dynasty would allow such a country that could not bring benefits to the Tang Dynasty at all to learn a lot of things from the Tang Dynasty. There are even Japanese students who have ascended to high positions in the Tang Dynasty, such as Abe Zhongmalu (Chao Heng) and the poet Li Bai and Wang Wei have formed a deep friendship, and the three generations of emperors of Xuanzong, Suzong, and Daizong have left Tang officials to be secretaries and supervisors.

The purpose of sending Tang envoys to the Tang Dynasty has never been related to tribute, and their only purpose is to learn things from the Tang Dynasty and absorb the culture of the Tang Dynasty. This can be seen from the selection and allocation of personnel of their envoys, especially ambassadors, deputy envoys, judges, recorders and other officials, many of whom are first-rate talents who are well-versed in classics and history, have outstanding talents, have a high level of sinology, and are familiar with the situation of the Tang Dynasty. Even the appearance, demeanor, manners and words are extraordinary. Even the attachés have at least one skill, and the doctors, musicians, painters, and craftsmen of various industries who entered the Tang Dynasty all have roots in their own industries.

For example, the envoys led by Inugami Mita and Yakushi Keichi brought with them ambassadors, deputy envoys, judges, recorders and other officials, as well as clerks, doctors, translators, painters, musicians and other attachés and craftsmen and sailors, covering almost all mainstream industries.

"I think the envoys of the Wa Kingdom should have boarded the ship in Namba (present-day Osaka), passed through the Seto Inland Sea, set off from Hakata (present-day Fukuoka), and the sailors rowed through the Tsushima Strait, then to Baekje, and then along the west coast of Baekje and Silla, and then went west along the southeast coast of Liao, crossed the Bohai Sea, landed in Shandong, and finally arrived in Luoyang by land." As he spoke, he dipped his fingers in his spit and drew a route map on the table to send the Tang envoy.

"Wow, Brother Wu Yuanqing, you know a lot," Changle said with bright eyes and adoration.

"Is this what you came up with, I think it's a letter sent from Luoyang," Changsun Chong snorted coldly.

", you go and inquire when Luoyang sent this kind of letter, and when the envoy will be idle and bored enough to tell others all the direction he is traveling, let alone which port he departed from, what sea he crossed, and so on." Wu Yuanqing glanced at Changsun Chong with disdain.

After that, Wu Yuanqing didn't bother him and continued: "Crossing the sea is a very dangerous thing, and it is difficult to say what danger is guaranteed by the sea ships of the Tang Dynasty, let alone the small sampan of the Wa Kingdom. I heard that there was only one sea ship and more than 90 sailors in the envoy group this time, and I estimate that when they go to sea, there should be two or three ships, and the number of envoys alone should be more than 200 people, and the number of sailors should be three or four hundred. And the reason why only one ship arrived in Datang is probably because it encountered strong winds and waves on the way, which caused damage to other ships and personnel, so only these people are left. ”

While Wu Yuanqing was talking, a fleet of boats from Luoyang was also heading west on the Yellow River.

This was a fleet sent by the Luoyang Prefecture to send the envoys of the Japanese State. A three-story boat in the middle was occupied by the chief and deputy envoys of the Japanese envoys, Mita Shovel, Yakushi Huiri, and others, as well as a team of officers and soldiers who accompanied and escorted them, and the leader of the team was a school captain.

Ota Shovel stood at the bow of the boat, the sun was scorching on his head, but he didn't feel the heat, and his heart was full of excitement.

The huge and prosperous city of Luoyang has opened his eyes, and the current destination of Chang'an, the political, economic and cultural center of the Tang Dynasty, does not know what kind of shock it will bring him again, and Yutian Shovel's heart is full of expectations.

The merchant ships, official ships, and fishing boats coming and going in the waterway of the Yellow River are endless, reflecting the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

"I don't know when the Wa Kingdom will be as strong as the Tang Dynasty," Ota Shovel couldn't help but sigh.

"Soon my lord, as long as we can get the attention of the Tang Emperor on this trip, we will be able to learn all the things we want and need in the Tang Dynasty, and we will return to China in the future to vigorously promote it, and our strong and prosperous country will be just around the corner." Yakushi Ehi came behind Ota Shovel at some point.

"The Tang Emperor should attach great importance to us, otherwise the officials of Luoyang Mansion would not have sent so many people to escort us." Ota said confidently.

What Yutian Shovel said is right, Li Shimin really attaches great importance to the resumption of diplomatic relations with the Japanese State, and even this is the thing that he attaches the most importance to in recent times, even the war with Xue Yantuo has to be postponed.

However, this is also because the war between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo is nearing the end, Li Ji led the army to attack hard, and successively defeated the eight tribes in Xue Yantuo's hands, annihilating more than 30,000 enemies, capturing more than 100,000, and countless cattle, sheep and horses.