Chapter 532: Robbing While the Fire is Burning
Jin Shou Changdan was originally a Japanese nobleman, his family and Awata Mayang's family is still in-laws, but in the past, he did not represent Japan to the Great Zhou, this time until he arrived in Chang'an, only to hear that the Great Zhou court added glass, porcelain and other official workshops, although the two cities also have sales, of course, not as good as the official quality, so in order to invite the monarch, this time Jin Shou Changdan made a lot of efforts to buy a large number of official treasures of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is one of the reasons why he bribed Xie Ying.
At this time, although there is no lack of internal and external troubles, there is a prosperous rule at the bottom, the prestige between the international is not yet falling, every New Year there is still the grand occasion of all countries coming to the dynasty, but compared with Tianzhu, Persia and other countries in the Western Regions more demand silk, tea and other things, glaze, Zhou porcelain is mainly loved by Japan, Silla and Nanzhao and other countries, especially glaze, this craft was originally introduced from the Western Regions, of course, people can not be rare Zhou manufacturing.
"If the little lady Xie agrees to help from it, and advises the queen mother to give this batch of treasures to our country, this envoy will still be grateful."
Although it is said to be "given", both sides understand that gold and silver transactions are actually needed, and some words need not be said too obviously, and the big country wants to use official treasures to trade with small countries, which is indeed an obstacle to the prestige of the Great Zhou.
Xie Ying only thought that this was a trivial matter, as long as Japan could give the Queen Mother the resources to be satisfied, why was it difficult to package and sell these artifacts? What's more, the Japanese envoy was so upright, so he agreed to come down.
So Tsumori Chodan smiled like a chrysanthemum blooming, followed by a lot of flattery and good words, and even put forward another purpose tactfully, but it was to slander Silla, where did Xie Ying understand these international disputes, where was the location of Silla She couldn't figure it out, and was filled with righteous indignation by just a few words, patting her chest...... No, Xie Xiaoniang would not make such an unsightly move in front of the envoys of other countries, and the accurate expression was to press the placket of her clothes and bow her head heavily, and promised to help the Japanese envoys expose the treacherous face of the Silla monarch.
I also heard that Tsusho Changdan changed the topic: "This cousin, that is, Awata-kun, has come to your country to study for several years, not to mention the wealth of learning, and his literary talent is also extraordinary, but because he crossed the ocean, he has no family to worry about marriage, and he has not married a wife until this time...... I don't know what Little Lady Xie thinks of Brother Ling's talent? ”
Xie Ying finally darkened her face: A little Japan, it's one thing for Miss Ben to be willing to help you, but you actually think about Miss Ben? Awada Ma can't raise a foreign student, and then a Japanese aristocracy, when Japan was rampant during the Republic of China, you just had to make inches of self-control.
Awata Mayang on the side also knew that his cousin's words would cause misunderstanding, but there was no way, although most of the domestic nobles had learned official rhyme since childhood, but they lacked the opportunity to communicate with the Zhou people, and they didn't know that some contexts would cause ambiguity.
Hurriedly remedied: "Awata is not talented, I admire Liu Shiyi's talent very much, and I reunited with my brother after a long absence yesterday, and I happened to talk about marriage, so I showed my heart." ”
Xie Ying turned her anger into joy, this little Japan actually took a fancy to Liu Yishui? This is really a wonderful thing, she is worried that Xiao Jiulang has picked a pick, although His Royal Highness the King of Jin looks at her differently at this time, but the Queen Mother's mind is still unclear, if Liu Yishui is sent to Japan, I am afraid that the position of Princess Jin will not be captured?
So he covered his mouth and smiled: "Why should Awata-kun be humble, Awata-kun's name is like thunder, but I didn't expect that Awata-kun admired Sister Eleven so much." ”
Since the four madmen of Dongying were foiled by the five sons of Chang'an, they have converged a lot in the past four years, and three of the four madmen have returned to China, only Sutian Mayang still stayed in Chang'an, Xie Ying "came late", I have never heard of the fame of the four madness, when did it thunder?
sighed again: "It's just that the eleventh sister is a beautiful lady of the family, and she will not be willing to leave her family and marry far away." ”
Awata Mayang hurriedly expressed his thoughts: "No, because I deeply admire your country's culture and education, I am willing to study for the rest of my life." ”
In fact, it is not uncommon to send Zhou envoys to stay in Chang'an for life, and when Emperor Yingzong was emperor, there was even a Zhou envoy who also obtained the name of Jinshi and was appointed as an official.
However, Awada Mayo was the eldest son of Japan's leading aristocracy, and he claimed to have studied for the rest of his life.
Not to mention that Xie Ying doesn't know the hidden secret, I'm afraid that even the Queen Mother can't understand the origin of these Zhou envoys.
After hearing this, Xie Ying deeply regretted: Little Japan is greedy for the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty and refuses to return to China?! That's it, as long as Liu Yishui marries someone else, it doesn't matter if she goes or stays.
Then he said: "The marriage of the eleventh sister must be approved by the Queen Mother, and Awata-kun begged me, and I can't do anything, but ...... Dongying is originally a friendly country, if you ask for a good relationship between Qin and Jin, the Queen Mother will definitely be happy to see it. ”
The Queen Mother is short of money at this time, if the Japanese monarch can help with resources, don't say Liu Yishui, even if this little Japan asks to marry Princess Tong'an, the Queen Mother will agree!
Xie Ying is complacent, this is called getting all the effort, and after traveling so far, she finally feels what the aura of the protagonist is.
How could she have thought that when the two little Japan said goodbye, they would have that conversation behind their backs.
"Zhou Guo is really so bad now?" These words came from the mouth of Tsumori.
"The official system is corrupt, resulting in internal and external troubles, and now the ruling queen mother is by no means the talent of Empress Wen Yaoshun, if she is not overstretched, how can she adopt the advice of the ladies and sisters, and actually exchange the official system for state tribute?" Awata Mayang was full of disdain: "As expected, at most ten years, He Zhouzhizhi will be in danger, and maybe there will be five nonsense again." ”
Tsumori sighed: "It's a pity that I can't get a piece of the pie across the ocean." ”
Awata sneered: "That's not necessarily, isn't it expected to hit Silla right now?" The reason why I want to marry Liu Shiniang is also to get a share of this pie! Although the Empress Dowager Wei has no ability to control the country, but there is quite a snake and scorpion poison, He Zhou clan, in my opinion, are not Webster's opponents, even if the riots are everywhere, Webster's will not be clumsy in a short period of time, Xie and Liu are Webster's henchmen, and Jingzhaoliu is one of the ten hopes, as far as I know, even in the Wuhu Chaohua period, the momentum of the gate valve does not lose its influence, and there is always an opportunity to make friends. ”
Jin Shou smiled and stroked his beard: "I look at this little lady Xie, although she is still young, but she has shown a state of exile, she and the little lady Liu are the same ten princesses, why don't my cousins simply ask to marry?" ”
"Xie Liuniang's words and deeds are quite obvious, I must fancy Zhou Guojin Wang Ye, if I ask to marry, I will be despised, and Liu Shiniang is more intelligent than her, and not like Xie Liuniang, I want to marry the main room, not a concubine, this Xie Liuniang's character is against my country's etiquette."
Jin Shou reprimanded: "Could it be that Brother really wants to serve Zhou Nu as his wife?" You're ...... Sister Ling is the queen of our country! ”
"For the sake of the monarchy, Ma Yang does have the desire to live in a foreign country for a long time." Awata's expression was resolute: "Although I am the eldest son of the great sect, since I am sent to Zhou, and the time is right, I am afraid that I can't ...... The envoy should also be admonished to the king, the title of the Awata family, and Ma Yang is willing to let the virtuous. ”
Tsumori was stunned, and he was very sorry.
It turns out that at this time in Japan, quite matrilineal, for example, if a Japanese noble girl comes to Zhou, adulteration with the nobles of the Great Zhou, and gives birth to an heir, but it is more noble than marrying a Japanese aristocratic man and giving birth to an heir, and it is very likely to inherit the family.
This also caused the blood of the Japanese imperial family and nobles to be quite confused at this time, and it is possible that even the prince was not born to the monarch......
Awata Mayo is not only a sister of the Japanese monarch, in fact, his mother is also the first monarch, but his father is not the first monarch of Japan but a Japanese nobleman, the current monarch of Japan, in fact, Awata's half-brother, but this brother's wife is Awata's sibling sister, that is to say, the queen of Japan is also the half-sister of the Japanese monarch, and the brain hole is bigger, that is to say, if Awata's mother is not a kind person, he took the initiative to admit adultery with others, and Awata is likely to become the current monarch!!
The current custom in Japan is that if Awata Mayoruo has a child with Zhou, this heir is not recognized by the family, but if he wants to give birth to an heir with his sister and the nobles of the Great Zhou, the heir may even become the heir of the family, of course, this sister does not include his queen sister.
It is precisely because of this strange rule that Japanese aristocratic men marry wives, they have to value the character of their wives, just kidding, before the wives have children, they all live in their parents' homes, and even live in other homes. is still virtuous like Awata's mother, but if you want to change to someone with a bad character, Awata will become the eldest son of the first monarch!
Such a strange and complicated clan succession relationship can only be observed and understood by their insiders.
In fact, although the men of the Great Zhou Dynasty occasionally had adultery with Japanese women, there was no precedent for entering into a formal marriage, at most there was a widow in the house, and even the name of the concubine was not counted, and the Japanese noblewomen who came to the Zhou with various purposes naturally did not stay in the Great Zhou as concubines, once they conceived children, they would return to China, although the vast majority of people may die when they sailed, What is rare is that these noble women of the Japanese Kingdom are still tired of going forward and enjoying it, not to mention that the noble daughters of the Great Zhou Dynasty marry Dongying, or send Zhou envoys cheaply, which is still unprecedented at this time.
Therefore, Eleven Niang didn't expect that she was secretly calculated by Awata Mayang, in addition to utilitarian purposes, just because she had the "virtue" of keeping etiquette and safety......
When Xie Ying accepted a heavy bribe from the Japanese envoy, Shi Niang was listening to Xu Xiuneng talking about another envoy who didn't know what to do.
It turned out that the old years as a vassal of the new Turk did not send an envoy to pay tribute, but this winter suddenly sent an envoy to the court, this new envoy today by the queen mother special edict, even put forward a request to the Great Zhou to give the New Year's coin, the money and goods are worth a total of 200,000 taels of silver, and the tone is very tough, claiming that if the queen mother refuses, the new Turk monarch is very difficult to restrain the leaders of the various departments to raid the border of the Great Zhou!
"It's clear that it's taking advantage of the fire to rob, right now, all the barbarians in the north outside Yunzhou City are subjugated to the new Turk monarch, and Youyan has fallen, the new Turk monarch is threatening me If the Great Zhou doesn't give the New Year's coin, it will form a flank attack with Pan Reverse Northern Liao!"
Eleven Niang had to admit that Xu Xiuneng's analysis was very reasonable, but she was not shocked, the ambition of the new Turks had long been obvious to the world, otherwise when the queen mother insisted on subduing the Northern Barbarian tribes with the new Turkic alliance, it would not have caused many loyal ministers to admonish her. Now that there is a war in the Great Zhou, if the new Turks don't take advantage of the fire to rob, will they still obey the orders of the Great Zhou?
The Queen Mother did not hesitate to seek skin with the tiger in the name of vanity, so she should be prepared to be counterattacked.
It must not work to give the new New Year's coin, He Qike is still waiting there to catch the handle of the Queen Mother's improper administration, and at this time, the front line is in an emergency, and the large consumption of military supplies has already made the household department very troubled, where can he afford the 200,000 silver coins? But if you reject the new Turk, it is difficult to guarantee that the new Turk will not be "forced to rebel", if this time Yunzhou loses, Jinshuo will be even more critical, which can be said to be even worse for Da Zhou.
The Queen Mother can be regarded as being roasted on the fire this time, and she is in a deep dilemma.
Eleven Niang was listening to Xu Xiuneng's indignation here, but suddenly saw He Zhan's anger and ran out, but Xu Xiuneng greeted: "Brother Chengtai, why are you anxious?" Where do you want to go? ”
He Zhan also accompanied the Queen Mother to receive the new envoys today, and at this time it was not time to be on duty, and after hearing the words, he saw that Eleven Niang was on the side, and he did not shy away from Xu Xiuneng, and opened his mouth to say: "Earlier, the Queen Mother also ordered Xuanzhi to attend the banquet, but Xuanzhi suddenly fell ill, and the Queen Mother allowed me to visit." ”
Lu Li actually fell ill at the joint? Eleven Niang couldn't help but be anxious.