The envoy Daxu stayed in Ping'anjing and other places for a month, returned to Haizhou (Lianyungang), and got off the ship and returned to Beijing. The process was tortuous, but when they returned to China, they were immediately considered by the Daxu government and the opposition to be a failed diplomatic attempt.

The letter of the Japanese country was written in the name of the Minister of the Guan Dynasty, and promised to choose auspicious year, month and day to pay tribute to Daxu. However, they did not send envoys to pay tribute immediately, but they did not know whether this date was ten or twenty years later! In addition, after the envoy Zhao Hong and others returned to the court, they said that the proclaimed emperor of Japan was disrespectful. For a moment, the ministers of the court were angry. Li Chuyun and other meritorious officials wrote a letter to the Japanese country to start a war, first using force to deter the enemy, and then discuss diplomatic relations.

However, some ministers believed that the Jiaolong Army had few sea ships, and the large ships were not completed, and the sea road was far away, so we should not be rushed. They suggested that we could make friends with local officials in the form of private trade and then slow down.

When the Goryeo envoy heard Daxu’s dissatisfaction with Japan, he was overjoyed and wrote a letter to advise the emperor to occupy Tyrannosa Island first and then attack Japan. For some reason, as long as the Central Plains wanted to conquer Japan, it was always something that Goryeo was happy to hear.

Da Xu Wenwu was extremely angry, which was a very subtle mentality... If the Liao Kingdom refused to call him father, everyone would not react; but a weak country they looked down on would be disrespectful, it would be unforgivable!

But Guo Shao did not show any attitude. He first summoned the chief and deputy envoy in the West Palace and listened to the statements of the chief envoy Zhao Hong himself.

Zhao Hong bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, some people in Japan think that they don't have to pay attention to our dynasty at all, and some people respect our dynasty's martial arts and national power. On the surface, they respect themselves but want to pass the rituals perfunctory approach in terms of pride and inferiority, and they are unwilling to anger our dynasty."

Deputy envoy Zhang Yin also took the opportunity to worship him, "I am discussing the situation. There should be two reasons for this attitude of the king and his minister. First, they did not know that our dynasty was for the real benefit of the mines, and thought that we were just to show off our power. If the Central Plains were famous and had a long expedition to Japan, it might not be great with thousands of years of experience. Second, the National Plains held the vast sea and the road was far away, and the court was beyond reach. They were fearless. Whether they were in contact with the Central Plains or whether they were alone or not, they could be calm."

"Huh." Guo Shao immediately noticed Zhang Yin's words, and the first sentence he said was: "Oh! I remembered that you helped me with arithmetic in Pingxia."

Zhang Yin hurriedly said: "There is a matter of the matter between me and my husband."

When Zhao Hong heard this, he turned his head quietly at Zhang Yin with displeasure.

Even Guo Shao saw this subtle move, but Zhang Yin didn't know it. He was excited with a red face. He couldn't wait to hold a stack of files in front of Zhao Hong, hold the things above his head, and said, "I am here to go on a mission to Japan. I will remember all the things I have seen and understood along the way. Please take a look at it!"

Guo Shao gave a light wink, and the eunuch Cao Tai stepped forward to take the file and submitted it.

Guo Shao flipped around and saw that the small fly head regular script was written in it, and there were pictures, which were as many as dozens of pages. He immediately said, "You are not worthy of your trip when you go on a mission."

The two hurriedly said, "Thank you for your grace for not punishing me."

After they left, Guo Shao was very interested in what Zhang Yin offered and immediately began to read.

Of course, Guo Shao is not unfamiliar with Japan. Later generations turned on TV and there were many TV series... However, when Guo Shao thought about how much he knew about this opponent, he was very one-sided.

So for him, this is a familiar and unfamiliar opponent. Guo Shao was most interested in the girl before, but now he is most interested in Yinshan.

Guo Shao began to try to understand it, just as he treated all his enemies.

After roughly looking through it, Zhang Yin did not seem to write about the Japanese army in the file, probably because he did not see it. When he turned on the first page, it was not the "Emperor" and important ministers that Guo Shao guessed, but the "Shidao".

Zhang Yin wrote at the beginning that Buddhism is very popular in Japan and can be seen everywhere in temples, but he also believes in the way of Shinto. Most of the customs are quite evident. Shinto has many gods, one says hundreds of thousands and the other says millions.

Guo Shao immediately took out the booklet with the cover "Omitted Affairs of the East Island Province" from the bookshelf in the corner of the imperial case, picked up the brush and opened it and wrote it on Shinto first, and then wrote that there was no one supreme god.

But soon his view changed slightly, and there was a supreme god called "Amaterasu Tai God", which represented the sun, and the emperor was the descendant of Amaterasu Tai God on earth, and he had no surname. Guo Shao suddenly understood the reason why the Japanese king could not publicly submit, which seemed to shake their belief value system.

After roughly reading Zhang Yin’s description of Shinto, Guo Shao recorded his personal views and understanding.

Guo Shao believes that Shinto is very limited and not perfect compared to Buddhism, and it lacks the core content of universality of philosophy, which has rubbed many contents such as Confucianism, Taoism, legends, history, etc. Therefore, from a religious perspective, Guo Shao thinks it is a relatively bad religion. Because it is too local, it is difficult to expand like Buddhism and Grand Food Education.

However, Guo Shao believes that Buddhism is the essence of negative life, but the divine way is different. The Amaterasu Taishen has a certain effect on uniting his heart.

When he saw the pattern of "Goyu", Guo Shao's idea became even stronger. Zhang Yin's description said that this kind of goyu also exists in the ancient tombs of Middle Earth, and it should be something that Japan learned from. But now, this shape of jade is rarely seen in the Central Plains, and Guo Shao has never seen it; and in the Shinto, goyu is an ornament on the body of Amaterasu Taishen.

Signs and symbols, these are things that can deepen the sense of identity of the race and produce a unique culture.

...Then the description of "On Family" and "Ling Family" also allowed Guo Shao to understand the social structure of some of Japan's countries. The Legislative Family and the Family are both land occupiers and can be called landlords; the Legislative Family devoted their land to the Family in order to seek protection. It is roughly: the family is a large landlord, and the Legislative Family is a small and medium-sized landlord. In addition, there are royal families, temples, and landlords.

Guo Shao felt that Japan was more like a feudal system, and now the Central Plains dynasty was called the feudal era in later generations, but it was actually a centralized power and there was no feudalism at all.

However, the feudal system in Japan is very delicate. The lords did not actually control the land. Many of them lived in Heianjing and enjoyed wealth and glory because of the offerings of the farmland. The nobles who were separated from the actual grassroots power, thus creating the cultural prosperity of Heianjing.

The management and protection of Zhuangtian are in the hands of others, Zhuangguan and warrior leaders.

Guo Shao suddenly felt that if Japan had no external interference, their problem was not "the autocracy of foreign relatives and the power was lost", but precisely the soil for the separatist officials and warriors who actually managed local pastoral areas. The soil for warlord separatism had been formed.

...Guo Shao looked at it all morning without realizing it, and he came to his senses until the drums were ringing at noon.

However, at this time, he was reading the poem of the most respected beautiful singer in Japan. Guo Shao casually said to Cao Tai, the eunuch standing beside him: "Remember it to me."

Cao Tai hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the file, followed the place where Guo Shao pointed, cleared his throat first, and then chanted loudly: "The Buddha in front has left, but the Buddha in the future has not arrived yet. Born in dreams, what is the reality? My body is the flowing water of duckweed, and my body is tempting duckweed, but the duckweed does not come, and I am so sad. The fine branches with dew water only fallen off, but the fallen heroes are not as good as my body drifting..."

Guo Shao listened carefully while walking, and then heard a "puff" sound. When he turned around, he saw Zuo You and others blushing and laughing.

Guo Shao said in surprise: "What's so funny?"

Zuo You hurriedly said, "Poetry is not funny, but it is funny to read it by the Zhongguan shaking his head."

Guo Shao then turned to see Cao Tai's appearance, and Cao Tai stood there with an innocent look on his face.

The assistant minister Huang Binglian bowed and said, "I am grateful to the poems and essays of Dongdao, with a melancholy sound, and a sad and groaning without any illness."

Cao Tai paused for a moment and was embarrassed to stand there, but the ministers were not saying it nicely, but the emperor didn't say it. He continued to recite a few poems, all of which were chanting cherry blossoms, which were beautiful and short, withering and all were sad.

The ministers obviously disliked this style and criticized them greatly.

But Guo Shao doesn't think so. He thinks it's just that cultural aesthetics are different. Explain why, perhaps it's because of the mountains, forests, rainy, geographical and climate. Anyway, he feels that Dongdao regards sadness as beauty.

Guo Shao rubbed his forehead, no matter how much he was, he was about to have lunch before talking. He pointed to the file on the table and said, "I ordered to copy three copies, one for each of the Privy Council, the Political Affairs Hall, and the Cabinet."

Cao Tai hurriedly said, "I obey the order."

Some civil and military officials in the court believed that things like legal etiquette could not be compromised, so they advocated attacks and punishments when they spoke. Anyway, it was nothing wrong to say so. But decision makers such as Guo Shao and Wang Pu should not be careless. They would understand the inferences and then formulate strategies.

When the emperor left the study, several auxiliary ministers also went to the kitchen to have dinner. Most of the officials in the Beijing offices ate in the public office and did not go home at noon. When someone mentioned the emperor's attitude towards Dongdao, Lu Duosun only said softly: "There is a booklet on the imperial case. I accidentally saw it when I delivered the memorial, which was called 'Omitted Affairs of the East Island Province'."

After hearing this, the other three people suddenly looked unconscious and stopped talking about this.

Zuo You looked at Lu Duosun with a teasing look on his face and said, "That wedding song is really not good for eunuchs to sing."

Lu Duosun was puzzled and said in confusion: "Want to invite a singing girl to sing?"

Zuo You smiled and shook his head and said, "Wouldn't it be great if Mr. Lu gets another woman from the East Island?"

Zan Jurun and others immediately looked sideways and understood that Zuo You was teasing Lu Duosun for causing marriage to Concubine Li Xian when he was on a mission to Dangxiang.

After hearing this, Lu Duosun's face turned red. He was suspected of flattering things, but it was not very glorious after all. He strongly argued: "If it is beneficial to the country, why should we stick to the minor details?"

He went to have a meal with the other three assistant ministers, and while walking, he changed the topic: "Japan even paid tribute in the name of the Minister of the Heguan City, which is considered to be a status in the official exchanges. But they just said that they didn't know when they would come to pay tribute. The court could not send envoys to urge him immediately?"
Chapter completed!