In the end, the man could only take the two wooden boxes, bow slightly, and was taken away by Xu Jing with a variety of thoughts in his mind.
On the other hand, seeing this, Minister Lin came to his senses again. He could only say that his emperor was really resourceful. He had seen clearly that Goryeo was a small country with a small population and was subject to the overall situation of a big country. As a result, he had clearly put a lot of effort into Zheng Zhichang in the past, but today he forced the really capable Jin Bushi to pay back... But everyone knows how easy it is to put effort into Zheng Zhichang, but how difficult it is to put effort into an ambitious, capable and courageous person like Jin Bushi.
While he was thinking about it, Xu Jing had already come back, with a man in strange attire beside him, and another man whose attire was not strange but who was wearing a dazzling brocade robe.
The former was undoubtedly a Japanese envoy, while the latter was probably a merchant who was wearing random clothes because he came to such a place for the first time.
Before the two men arrived, the sea merchants, shining in the sun, prostrated themselves before Emperor Zhao from afar. On the other side, the middle-aged Japanese official named Taira Tadamori also hurriedly imitated the sea merchants' salute, but he was so unfamiliar with the movements that he was at a loss for a moment. When he bowed, he actually knocked over the silk cone hat on his head, revealing a strange bald hairstyle.
At this moment, almost all the important officials in the stone pavilion frowned - because these people never expected that the Japanese, who were clearly recorded in the books as having respected the Tang culture in the past, would now follow the Jurchens and Dangxiang people and have bald heads!
This makes them instinctively have bad associations.
Even Zhao Jiu was stunned for a moment, staring at the man's forehead... This made Renbao Zhongren Sheren, who was standing behind him, immediately adjust his mood and glare at the newcomer.
However, Ren Baozhong had misunderstood... Of course, Emperor Zhao also had associations, but he did not associate them with the Jurchens and the Dangxiang people. Rather, this official knew from the beginning that the topknot was a representative symbol of the Japanese samurai class, but he did a special research a few days ago and knew that currently in Japan, the Emperor's family is creating various titles such as the Retired Emperor, the Retired Emperor, and the Emperor, and that there is a power struggle within the family, so he had always believed that the samurai class had not appeared at all in these days.
But the person who came this month was more convincing than any words or surveys - the person who came, that is, the Japanese provincial governor, whose name was clearly written as Taira Tadamori in Chinese characters, although he did not bring a samurai sword or wakizashi, he was undoubtedly a samurai. The fact that a samurai was the governor of a county and the governor of Chugoku, and was able to represent the Japanese royal family in dealing with this diplomatic crisis throughout, is enough to explain the problem.
Don't forget, Emperor Zhao has played many low-end games, so he knows a little about the decline of the official family and the rise of the military family.
"Everyone, stand up. No need to be so polite. I didn't become the emperor by relying on etiquette." Thinking of this, Zhao Jiu burst out laughing.
The sea merchant, whose whole body was shining, first thanked him, and after standing up, he realized his duty as Xu Jing reminded him, and then quickly called the people on the ground to wake them up in Japanese.
"I've already said it, don't be restrained, and the translator doesn't have to wait for me to finish, just whisper it to him." Zhao Jiu saw this and gave another gentle instruction, his attitude was completely different from when he was facing Jin Bu Shi before. "You all come forward and sit down."
Next, the sea merchant was naturally grateful and thanked repeatedly. After Xu Jing's repeated reminders, he realized his responsibilities, but was too cautious. It was not until the two of them sat down carefully together, Ping Zhongsheng put on his hat again, and they ate a bowl of mulberries together, that he gradually calmed down.
But he still didn't dare to look directly at Emperor Zhao and the group of purple-robed officials sitting on the other side.
It was already noon. Zhao Jiu looked up at the sky and was not prepared to delay any longer. He thought for a moment and then asked the first question: "Can you please ask Ping Qing why his hairstyle is so strange?"
And sure enough, after the merchant translated it, Ping Zhongsheng chattered for a while, and it was just as Zhao Jiu thought, this hairstyle had not been around for long, and was mainly popular among "warriors". It was because when fighting pirates, they were always in a state of combat readiness, and long hair was inconvenient to take care of, so they shaved their hair to deal with the armor.
Zhao Jiu was of course aware of the word "warrior", but he asked a few more questions.
As for Taira Tadamori, it was unclear whether he was so used to being discriminated against in his country that he appreciated Emperor Zhao's amiability, or whether he was honest and answered every question after landing in Dengzhou and following the Yellow River. He saw the might of the Imperial Navy, the Right Army, the Front Army, the Central Army, and the Navy along the way, as well as cities like Tokyo City.
According to Taira Tadamori, the so-called "military man" was originally a military officer under the Japanese imperial system. Military officers could not cross the class to serve as high-ranking officials in the inner palace. He himself was the only military man who was qualified for the inner palace, but it was only last year. Of course, apart from not being able to become a noble in the inner palace, "military men" are actually very active. Many of them have now become local county garrisons and low-level practical officials in the central government.
After these words, the civil and military officials and close ministers beside him all had subtle expressions. With their political experience, how could they not see that this was a way for the Japanese court to bring disaster? The so-called military men would cause trouble sooner or later.
However, that was where it ended. The ministers were too lazy to care about the internal affairs of an island. Even Zhao Jiu only had a general understanding of the situation and had a rough idea of it... After all, most people in Shiting only cared about what kind of help Japan could bring to the Song Dynasty?
Does Emperor Zhao have any other creative ideas similar to the one he just had against Goryeo?
"I know why Ping Qing came..."
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