Like the pigeon-egg-sized bead that Silla presented before, only the eldest grandson queen has one in the palace, but there are two in Wu Yuanqing's house, although it may be a little smaller than that, but it can also be described as a pigeon's egg size. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and these two were an official in Yangzhou during the Chinese New Year last year, and they were also the New Year's gifts sent by Wu Shiyi's former subordinates to Chang'an because of their position transfers.

It can be used as a gift by officials, but it is not sent to the palace as a tribute, from here you can see how much the local officials guard against the emperor, and how sad the emperor is with all the lakes and seas and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

In the pre-Qin period, China had the etiquette of bringing gifts to meet people. There is a description in "Etiquette and Quli" that "those who are courteous are inferior and respectful". Inferiority here means self-humility. The so-called etiquette is to be humble at the same time, but also to have a sense of respect.

In "Etiquette", there is a story of "Scholars Meeting Ceremony", which is about the etiquette of visiting each other between people who have just entered the government and have similar positions. Although the two have similar positions, they will still humbly hold "gifts" to visit their friends. "If you are not persistent, you dare not see His Holiness." That's what it means.

As a country of etiquette, China naturally attaches great importance to etiquette. Whether it is to meet relatives and friends, or to meet superiors, it is inevitable to bring gifts. However, the gift is not in the precious, but in the word "gift".

When someone else gives a gift, and you accept it, then you should also have a return gift, which is called coming and not being rude, and light money and heavy gifts.

Whether it was between taxis who treated each other equally in the pre-Qin period, or between princes and princes, it developed into the Tang Dynasty between people and countries. When giving gifts, follow this principle: "Giving more than money".

Of course, this so-called light wealth and heavy gifts, between countries, that is, the rulers of the Central Plains Dynasty will abide by it like this, otherwise how can it be regarded by other countries as a model of people who are stupid and come quickly.

People like these countries abide by the exchange of courtesy, and value the light wealth and heavy gifts of the Central Plains country, that is to say, in their opinion, they have sent you something, and you are so prosperous and rich as the Celestial Empire, and the gifts you give them in return must be indispensable, and they must not be missing.

Otherwise, these countries will not frequently come to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute, like the guy from Nanzhao Kingdom every year, who came to annoy the officials of the Ministry of Rites, because they sent some pomegranates, and the Tang Dynasty had to send a lot of goods in turn.

Therefore, according to the urine nature of these countries, gifts should be ordinary goods that the Tang Dynasty people do not look at, and the pigeon egg-sized beads sent by Silla before are already extremely valuable and rare.

But this time, the Japanese Kingdom came up with a moth, and as soon as it was sent, they gave such a superb red coral, which not only surprised people, but also made Fang Xuanling and others look ugly and worried.

I am afraid that Li Shimin, a wise emperor, will be accustomed to letting the countries pay tribute to these rare treasures.

Once the emperor becomes greedy for pleasure and likes rare treasures, and loots everywhere, it will not only increase the pressure on these small states, cause disputes, and even wars, but also increase the burden on the local people in the Tang Dynasty, and local officials will inevitably take advantage of them in order to meet the emperor's demand for treasures, and even apportion all kinds of harsh taxes on the heads of the people.

If Wu Yuanqing knew their thoughts, he would definitely immediately think of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong in the later Song Dynasty. That guy, like Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was destroyed by his ancestors, is an artist emperor with the pinnacle of artistic achievements, and he is also a king of the dead country.

Song Huizong, as a top player, likes pen and ink, danqing, horseback riding, archery, juju, has a strong interest in exotic flowers and stones, birds and animals, he likes to appreciate stones, and in terms of stone appreciation, he can be regarded as a great collector of stones without the ancients and the future.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong loved "flower stones" and built "Genyue" gardens in Bianjing. The Song Hui sect set up the Yingfeng Bureau in Suzhou, and the people had the flowers and trees and strange stones available, that is, they went straight into their homes, broke the wall and demolished the house, and transported them to Tokyo in batches after the robbery, and formed a "gang" with ten boats, which was called "Huashi Gang" in history. The well-known "Jade Linglong" of Shanghai Yu Garden, the "Crepe Cloud Peak" of Hangzhou Flower Garden, and the "Guanyun Peak" of Suzhou Lingering Garden are all relics of Gen Yue in those years.

According to legend, at that time, in order to collect a statue of up to five, weighing more than 10,000 catties of Taihu Lake stone, the slender man who transported it used thousands of people, destroyed the bridge all the way, and chiseled the city wall to transport the stone back to Bianjing.

In "Water Margin", there is a story about Huashigang, the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi was in the process of escorting the strange stones of Taihu Lake to Beijing, the wind blew the boat overturned, and all the stones were lost, which also laid the groundwork for Yang Zhi to force Liangshan in the later period.

The "Flower Stone Gang" caused the people in the southeast region to suffer deeply, and endlessly collected and plundered strange stones, which eventually aroused the people's resistance. In history, the peasant rebel army led by Fang La, the spearhead was directed at the Northern Song Dynasty, although the uprising failed the following year, but it dealt a heavy blow to the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Later, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin State, and the two sects of Huiqin were taken away.

Although it was impossible for Fang Xuanling and the others to know about the Song Dynasty hundreds of years later, it did not prevent them from worrying about such things that might happen.

And there is nothing to be courteous or treacherous or thief, such a large blood capital under the Japanese kingdom must have something to ask for from the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the things asked for must be extraordinary.

But not to mention Fang Xuanling and the others here, even the eldest grandson Wuji didn't know that the focus of the Wa Kingdom this time was actually for Silla.

When the Japanese people took out such a large red coral statue and caused the audience to exclaim, Wu Yuanqing thought that the Imperial Spade would take advantage of the situation and make a request to the emperor about the ownership of Silla.

But the Yutian spade did not do so, after getting Li Shimin's loud praise, the Yutian spade just bowed down to thank him, and then proudly let people present a second gift, and it is an extremely valuable thing.

Compared to the previous red coral, it is a blood-red amber.

Amber is known to later generations as fossils formed by the resin dripping of pine and cypress plants tens of millions of years ago, buried in the ground for tens of millions of years, and petrified under the action of pressure and heat.

In later generations, a text that Wu Yuanqing studied talked about this. In the movie, Jurassic Park also has scenes of dinosaurs being extracted from mosquitoes wrapped in amber.

And this kind of amber, which is wrapped in the remains of living beings, is also the most valuable in amber. This kind of amber wrapped in insects, commonly known as "amber Tibetan bee",

The amber presented by the Ota shovel is this superb blood amber called the Amber Tibetan Bee, and inside it is really a huge insect similar to a bee, and the insect is extremely clear and lifelike in the candlelight.