Chapter 392: To kneel or not to kneel
Just when the Manchu Dynasty was shocked by the amount of spices that Wu Yuanqing brought back, and the strange things he saw and heard along the sea, when Wu Yuanqing was in the prison and thought about it behind closed doors and recuperated from his injuries, the third son of Gao Gong, the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, was ordered to hold the festival to envoy to the Xinzhou Assassin of the Wa Kingdom, and finally set foot on the land of the Wa State after a long journey across the ocean.
In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom came to the Tang Dynasty under the leadership of the two main and deputy envoys of Yutian Shovel and Pharmacist Huiri.
The purpose of their visit to the Tang Dynasty was to fight for the ownership of Silla, and also to learn about the advanced politics, culture and other aspects of the Tang Dynasty.
However, due to Wu Yuanqing's repeated and obstructive actions, the Japanese people were not only humiliated by Wu Yuanqing many times, but even their main desire to obtain the ownership of Silla was also due to Wu Yuanqing's interference, and finally failed.
This goal was not achieved, and the Japanese people could only take a step back and put their energy into the study of various advanced knowledge and culture of the Tang Dynasty.
But it was still due to the existence of Wu Yuanqing, which led to the road of study of the Japanese people was full of ups and downs, but fortunately, many civil officials in the Tang Dynasty were famous, and after the Japanese people showed their piety and determination, most of them worshiped under the great Confucian master.
Even ordinary craftsmen were allowed to enter the shoguna study. Later, when Wu Yuanqing left Beijing, the only stumbling block did not exist, and the road of study for the Japanese people in the Tang Dynasty was even more thorough.
In May of this year, that is, at the same time that Wu Yuanqing returned to Guangzhou from the sea, the envoys of the Japanese State resigned to Li Shimin, and the envoys were about to return to China.
More than two years, to say how much to learn is definitely nonsense, but the Japanese people are definitely worth the trip, just all kinds of books have purchased a lot, and they are especially half bought and half sent, don't do it, the officials accompanied by Datang will be anxious with them.
Damn, the Japanese people are not stupid, and after resigning twice, they happily accepted the kindness of Datang.
There are also many Japanese students who originally followed the Sui envoys to the Central Plains during the Sui Dynasty and returned to China with the envoys. These people can really be regarded as returning home after completing their studies.
Before leaving, Li Shimin also deliberately held a grand farewell ceremony, set up a banquet to drink, and give gifts, which is not the meaning of giving a pen, a toilet, or a mobile phone in later generations.
Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is cool and generous, people are stupid and have a lot of money, and the gifts given can be described as huge, when the Japanese people came, there were only two boats, and when they left, the Tang Dynasty also sent six more ships, in addition to the envoys who saw them off, and the sailors who escorted the boatmen, the rest were all used to load gifts to the Japanese country.
It is equivalent to saying that after such a trip, not only did they not spend a single copper coin, but they also earned back several boats of valuable gifts.
This Nima tributary envoy has become great.
That's it, Datang still felt that he couldn't show his demeanor as a great country, and he also sent an internal envoy to the beach all the way to watch the Japanese people leave by boat.
The scenery of the Japanese people is infinite, and there is no need to worry about any danger at sea when returning to China.
In August, the group arrived at Tsushima Island, which was considered to be the boundary of the Wa Kingdom, but in October, when they set foot on the land of Nambatsu, they really arrived at the mainland of the Wa Kingdom.
For the return visit of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese people attached great importance to it, and the emperor sent the Otomo Toyo to lead 32 ships and preach and the flag was equal to the estuary to greet them, and then guided by Namba Yoshishi Otsuki and Okochi Naoyafushi to the arranged building, and then guided by Iki Shiyi and Namba Yoshishi Hakniu into the museum to give divine wine.
Seeing that the Japanese people are so grand, well, for the fart size of the Japanese country, these thirty-two ships, a few gongs and drums, and a dozen colorful flagpoles are indeed grand.
Anyway, seeing the Japanese people welcoming the visit of the Tang envoys so ceremoniously, Gao Biaoren was still very satisfied and very happy.
He thinks that his errand is a good errand, it is very easy to see the situation, and if he goes back, he will be promoted and make a fortune and die his wife, oh, no, it is a promotion and a fortune, in short, it is a beautiful difference.
However, Gao Biaoren's sweet dream woke up quickly.
Just now, the Japanese people were still accompanying him, hello, I am good, everyone is drinking a little wine, hugging his waist, looking at Xiao Wu, but when he turned his face, the Japanese people turned their faces.
In later generations, many people know that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, officials from the British and Qing Dynasty had a dispute for two months because of the issue of kneeling and bowing.
In the 58th year of Qianlong, Macartney, the special envoy of King George III, led a delegation to China, and their purpose was to open the door to Chinese trade. But the first problem encountered by the British envoys www.biquge.info could not be solved for a long time.
When you meet Qianlong, you have to bow down or bow down on both knees. The courtesy of the monarch and the minister who knelt three times and bowed nine times to Qianlong, Macartney could not accept it anyway, he was only willing to accept kneeling on one knee, and it was two months for this problem to be delayed. In the end, this problem was difficult to solve, and I also met Qianlong. But after unpleasant negotiations on the issue of "etiquette", none of the tasks of the British envoy were completed.
In response to Macartney's desperate efforts to obtain a trade permit, the Qianlong Emperor simply said contemptuously, "The Celestial Empire has abundant products and has everything, and it is not necessary to rely on foreign goods to obtain goods", and sent the British mission back.
And the problems encountered by Gao Biaoren are similar to those encountered by the British envoys in later generations, and they are also because of kneeling. Gao Biaoren asked the emperor to step down from the throne and bow down to the north to accept the letter of the Tang envoy, which was a very reasonable request.
That's right, it is indeed very reasonable, the Wa State pays tribute to the Tang Dynasty, it is a subject country of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty is the suzerainty of the Wa State, since the Tang Dynasty is the suzerain, the Tang Dynasty must be the king, the Wa State must be a minister, and the emperor of the Wa State must be a minister in front of the envoy of the Tang Emperor, because the Tang envoy represents the emperor, and the emperor's everything can represent Ru I in person, let alone a dignified envoy.
However, this reasonable request was categorically rejected by Emperor Shu Ming, who was only willing to treat each other as equals.
In the Qing Dynasty, Britain was not a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, and even Britain was very powerful, so there was such a big contradiction because of the issue of kneeling and worshipping.
Not to mention that this was during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, which was more powerful than the Qing Dynasty, and the decision of the Emperor of the Japanese Kingdom, Gao Biaoren, firmly disagreed.
The little devil also doesn't have a long memory, and in the Sui Dynasty, he sent Sui envoys because of the country of sunrise and the country of sunset.
At this time in the Tang Dynasty, there was a similar play, and the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom thought that Gao Biaoren would compromise, but he didn't expect Gao Biaoren to be a violent temper.
Don't you want to kneel, then Lao Tzu won't serve anymore.
Gao Biaoren angrily waved his sleeves and left, refusing to submit the credentials of the Tang Dynasty emperor and demanding to return to China immediately.
Mamma Mia, Gao Biaoren's slap was loud enough, the emperor of the Japanese kingdom was confused, can he still chat happily, what problems can we talk about, how can we just leave.
Gao Biaoren's violent temper, once he makes up his mind, he is too lazy to talk about anything with the ghost of the Japanese country, talk about your sister, get out, Lao Tzu is going home.
The Emperor of Wakoku had no choice but to send someone to escort Takamote Hitoshi to Tsushima Island to let him return to China.
But what neither the Emperor nor Gao Biaoren expected was that for many years after Gao Biaoren walked away, the Tang Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom did not interact with each other at the political level.
Until, one day......