When night fell, most of the people in Chang'an began to sleep peacefully, but Shi Bufan was still reading the information at home. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info especially about the situation that those foreign envoys have come to Datang in the past few days. These situations were reported by the people below, and these were all used as a way to deal with those foreign envoys in the future. Therefore, Shi Bufan must study the information of these people, so that he can know how to deal with them and how to deal with them.

"Husband, what are you looking at?" Dugu Daxue asked.

Shi Bufan flipped through the information and said: "These foreigners, their envoys came to Chang'an, and I asked the people from Honglu Temple to follow them and watch what they were doing. According to the standard I gave to Honglu Temple, we have set a standard for those people in Honglu Temple, all foreign official envoys can have the right to reimburse fifty yuan, while others gradually reduce it. Then we can let them buy their favorite things in Chang'an, which can be regarded as a gift from my Datang to them. ”

Shi Bufan is not always like in the past, foreigners come and give all kinds of gifts directly. On the contrary, he has the power to directly give reimbursement, and the envoys of different ranks have different levels of reimbursement power, among which the envoy is unified into fifty yuan, and other people make it according to various circumstances. These reimbursements allow them to buy their favorite things by themselves, which can be regarded as a commemorative gift from Datang. Fifty times is actually a lot of money, of course, it is nothing for a country.

This directly changed the method, from the direct giving in the past to this way of reimbursement, allowing those envoys to buy what they liked. Of course, the envoys were also very happy, because how could they do shopping if they came to Chang'an? Especially in the East in this era, other countries except China are very backward, and many corresponding products can only be purchased by China. This practice is actually the same as the later generations of Chinese to go to foreign countries to shop, many things that cannot be produced in their own country must be purchased abroad, all foreigners who come to the Central Plains will desperately buy all kinds of goods, shopping madness is simply more than that of later generations. Because of the convenient transportation and information in later generations, you can go shopping without going abroad, but there is no such advantage in ancient times, and this time I came to China, and I don't know when it will be next time. Even, it is unknown whether I will be able to come for the second time in this life! In this case, it is natural that you can't leave regrets.

Datang gave them the power to reimburse, but to a certain extent, it catered to their idea of shopping. As for the original way of giving, it is not necessarily what they want, but what they want most is what they want most.

"The things that these envoys from various countries came to buy are somewhat interesting!" Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan asked the people of Honglu Temple to record this list of goods purchased by various countries, and found some interesting phenomena.

"Husband, what's interesting?" Dugu Daxue asked.

Shi Bufan said: "I looked at the list of goods purchased by the envoys of these countries, among which Silla is Princess Jindeman and Princess Kim Seungman, who bought a lot of women's rouge gouache, which is obviously used for makeup. After all, it's not surprising that women like this kind of thing. ”

"As for that Goguryeo Yuangai Suwen, he actually bought a lot of swords, and it seems that this guy is an aggressive person. Therefore, Yuangai Suwen will definitely be a very aggressive person in the future, and may become a very powerful opponent of my Datang. ”

"As for the messenger of Baekje, what he buys is some expensive luxury."

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The procurement lists of the envoys of these countries were also recorded, and then sent to Shi Bufan for corresponding analysis. Shi Bufan used the procurement situation of these guys as the basis for judging their domestic situation. Because these envoys often have the responsibility of "purchasing on behalf of others", the things they purchase are often the things that are urgently needed by the high-level nobles in China, so that they can understand the thinking of the high-level nobles in foreign countries to a certain extent. Shi Bufan combined with the history of various countries, and then probably had a preliminary and simple analysis and judgment of the foreign situation.

"Silla purchased this rouge gouache, but it didn't buy anything else, most of it was something that women liked. Then combined with the situation of Kindman as the prince of Silla, this situation can show that the Silla royal family has withered in population and is already very few people. If Silla could get a reasonable man, it might not be the turn of the woman Kindman to inherit the throne. However, this may also be the serious consequence of intermarriage. Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan quickly analyzed the general situation of Silla in combination with history, that is, Silla was already a withered royal population, and even only two women, Jindeman and Kim Seungman, were left to support the field. In fact, although they are all good enough, in this era when men are in charge, choosing a woman to be the prince is definitely the last resort.

Therefore, it won't be long before most of the Jin family of Jindeman and the Jin family will be extinct, at least the main vein will be extinct. According to the memory of the time, Silla currently uses the "bone system", which is actually a remnant of slavery. This system is based on each person's "bone quality", in which the holy bone and the true bone are the highest, so the blood relationship is the main. The Holy Bone has the right to inherit the throne, and as for the Holy Bone that is still alive and young enough, it is the two women Jindeman and Jin Shengman.

Under the Silla system, there was a clear hierarchy, and intermarriage was forbidden between people of different ranks. Therefore, this also causes high-level sacred bones to often intermarry within a very small range, and even serious intermarriage between close relatives, so that the probability of unhealthy offspring may be greatly increased. There are even various problems, and the later it is, the easier it may be to lose the heir. Even in Europe, there were some royal families who also died due to intermarriage, and Silla already had this trend.

"As for the envoys of other countries, Baekje purchases all kinds of luxury goods such as jewelry, so Baekje is already dead! And this shows that the nobles of Baekje have begun to decay, and even when they came to the Tang Dynasty this time, they not only did not think about how to befriend the Tang Dynasty, but then chose to fight against Goguryeo. On the contrary, they have come here to purchase all kinds of luxury goods to meet their consumption needs. This is not a good situation for Baekje! Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan was completely relieved of Baekje, their nobles had already coveted enjoyment, and they had already begun to decay, so naturally there was no need to fear that they would become the opponents of the Tang Dynasty in the future. I have to say that the current situation in Baekje is really good, not only the relationship between the south and the Wa state is good, but in the north Goguryeo, they still seem to be very safe. As for the east being a sea, Baekje did not think that the Tang Dynasty would be able to cross the sea to conquer them.

Most people know that the Central Plains has always been not good at naval armies, and it is even more difficult to cross the sea to the east. Baekje thinks they're safe, so they're all stuck in their greed for enjoyment.

"Goguryeo, it seems that Goguryeo's martial spirit is still quite strong!" Shi Bufan said.

Yuangai Suwen purchased a lot of expensive weapons, which shows that these Goguryeo people still have a good sense of distress. The purchase of weapons shows that they are actually still very vigilant and want an excellent weapon to protect themselves at any time. Since Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goguryeo, they have been living in danger all the time, always living in very danger, so they are naturally very afraid that the Tang Dynasty will attack them again, and they are ready to defend against the invasion of the Tang Dynasty at any time.

It can be seen from the purchase of these weapons by their nobles that these weapons are what they value and what they really value, and their martial spirit is still very good, and even if the Tang Dynasty wants to destroy Goguryeo in the future, they must be prepared, and they can't start a war hastily. If the war starts hastily, it will definitely repeat the mistakes of Emperor Yang of Sui.

Goguryeo is not Goryeo, and if it were Goryeo, then Bufan would not have to be afraid of them at all. But this is Goguryeo, and Goguryeo's strength is very strong, and it is not a grade at all compared to the so-called Goryeo. Millions of Han people were buried in Goguryeo, and Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Taizong of Tang all failed to conquer Goguryeo, which is enough to show that Goguryeo cannot be regarded as a later Goryeo.

"Husband, can you analyze so much through these things?" Dugu Daxue asked curiously.

Shi Bufan nodded and said, "Yes, in fact, many things can be seen and understood. By analyzing these things, it is easy to determine what the situation is like in these countries, and what the nobles of these countries think. Do you think I'm asking people to reimburse them, and it's really just a gift? If it is given directly by us, it is not conducive to viewing their own national identity. But if I let them buy it themselves, then they will definitely make something that best suits the current situation of their own nation or country. ”

"Silla's Jindeman Jin Shengman just bought those rouge gouaches, which shows that they didn't think too much about men's things, but to a large extent, it shows that their Jin family men are not rich, but very withered. The Goguryeo people chose weapons because they had a strong sense of danger and had to defend themselves against enemy invasion at any time. As for Baekje, it is currently in a stage where it cannot go up and down, and if it wants to develop, it is curbed by Goguryeo, so it is like they cannot go up and down. Baekje has reached the end of the road, and their development space has been locked, and there is no possibility of moving at all. ”

On the contrary, they were in a state of excessive security, without the existential persecution of Silla or the ambition of Goguryeo, and in the end they could only settle for the status quo and enjoy these days in peace, without having to do much. There is no crisis outside, there are no major problems inside, so why not enjoy it? ”

This can be judged by some details, especially as foreign envoys, they represent the image of a country. There is some truth in saying that a person represents the image of the country in a foreign country. Every nation will have its own characteristics, and if it is in its own country and its own region, perhaps everyone is "the same", which will make you subconsciously ignore the "characteristics" of your own region and this nation. In many cases, it is precisely because it is "too familiar" that it will cause "too unfamiliar", and even I don't know that I have this characteristic.

But when you go to a foreign country, what you see in the eyes of outsiders is your characteristics, your special imprint. People all over China are different and have a local imprint. Sometimes I live in the local area and can't know what kind of characteristics I have, because it is not conducive to discovering it if I am too familiar.

When you go to a foreign country, it may be easy for outsiders to see that when you go to a foreign country, your national characteristics and national characteristics and civilization will be revealed at a glance. Because the country is easy to change and difficult to change, it is impossible to change one's habits in a short period of time after arriving in a foreign country. Even in a group of places with very different lifestyles, everything about you will be made very conspicuous, and your behavior will be remembered and even analyzed.

In fact, from many personal lives, we can see many characteristics of this country and nation. Because a country and nation are composed of a group of people, each of them will have his own characteristics, and so many people with the same characteristics together are a nation, because their living habits are almost the same. As for culture and civilization, it is actually just a manifestation of a living habit.

However, lifestyle habits are enough to affect their thinking again, and what kind of lifestyle habits often reveal what kind of thinking they have. With this kind of thinking, it is easy to judge what they are thinking, and it is easier to deal with it next.

Shi Bufan annotated these materials accordingly and prepared them for archiving as an important reference for the next research on these countries. However, Shi Bufan finally left a file and began to hesitate.

"Husband, what's wrong with you? Is this that hard? It's easy for you to annotate anything else, why is this so difficult? Dugu Daxue asked.

Shi Bufan looked at this material, it was about the situation of another country, and Shi Bufan was hesitant to evaluate it for a while. However, Shi Bufan thought about it for a while, and quickly made a relatively appropriate evaluation.

"Chrysanthemum and knife!" Shi Bufan made an important summary annotation on the cover of this book of information on the Wa Kingdom, which can be regarded as the most important summary of the data analysis of the Wa State and summarized their national characteristics.

"Chrysanthemum and knife? Husband, why do you have such a special opinion of this Wa Kingdom, even more so special than Silla? Chrysanthemum and knife, what does this mean? Dugu Daxue asked. (To be continued.) )