Lin Yu frowned.
Everyone says the Japanese are cunning, and now I've seen it for myself.
If you don't want to return it, just say so. Why play these roundabout games?
“Mr. Lin, why don’t you take a look?” Liu Zhongyi suggested.
The others also revealed a hint of anticipation in their eyes.
Lin Yu's appraisal of the Buddha head from the Tianlongshan Grottoes left a deep impression on everyone last time, and now Master Lin's name has spread throughout the entire Guanzhong antique world.
Lin Yu nodded and stepped forward to examine it. He then stroked his chin, seemingly deep in thought.
Liu Siyun, standing to the side, asked somewhat nervously, "Mr. Lin, can't even you tell the difference between real and fake?"
"hehe!"
Before Lin Yu could speak, Koizumi Mami suddenly sneered, "I have long admired Master Lin's name. You are a representative figure in the antique world of Great Xia. If even you cannot identify it, then it means that this gold seal is not from Great Xia at all! Since it is not from Great Xia, it proves that our Japan has never paid tribute to Great Xia! And you should stop clinging to a fictitious history and calling yourselves a celestial empire!"
Wow!
The crowd erupted in uproar.
I never expected that Koizumi Mami would actually try to overturn history with a single gold seal!
Liu Siyun retorted defiantly, "The golden seal of the Wa King was bestowed upon your Wa King by Emperor Guangwu of Han, as recorded in history! Your denial of paying tribute is a distortion of history!"
Koizumi Mami sneered, "That's just your Great Xia's history. You Great Xia always cling to your so-called five thousand years of culture, indulging in your own fantasies! Little do you know that our Japan also has its own history. In our historical records, the King of Wa was appointed by Amaterasu, the goddess of the sea. Our Yamato people are the offspring of the gods! Unlike you, hehe, supposedly some kind of clay figure created by Nuwa, haha, it's utterly absurd. By the way, I heard that Nuwa wasn't even human, but a snake, haha, the bloodline of your Great Xia really needs verification. Descendants of the dragon? I think they're more like insects! Hahahaha!"
In the end, Koizumi Mami laughed without restraint.
"Insolence! How dare you insult the ancestors of my Great Xia Dynasty!"
"Just because you don't acknowledge the tributary system doesn't mean you have to insult other people's civilization, does it?"
"An ambassador, my foot! That's incredibly disrespectful!"
Everyone started shouting, their faces flushed with anger.
This woman isn't here to return the golden seal; she's clearly here to cause trouble, to take the opportunity to utterly humiliate the Great Xia Dynasty!
Utterly despicable!
If there weren't guards around to stop her, they really wanted to go up and beat her up!
Koizumi Mami, with an unbridled expression, mocked, "You're not convinced? I'm just stating the facts. Our Japan has always been ahead of your Great Xia since ancient times! Look at this gold seal. This is the smelting technology of our Japan from more than two thousand years ago. It has long been ahead of the world. Even now, our Japan is still far ahead of your Great Xia in high-end fields and core technologies!"
"Isn't this the truth?" Koizumi Mami said smugly.
Liu Siyun said angrily, "Your understanding is too outdated. The scientific and technological achievements of our Great Xia in recent years have already shocked the world, and we cultivate a large number of scientific and technological talents every year. Sooner or later, we will surpass you!"
"You're kidding me!" Koizumi Mami said with a look of disdain. "I used to work at the Free Country's embassy. I heard that most of your Tsinghua and Peking University students never come back after they go abroad. The talents you cultivate are just laborers for others. Haha, there's a saying in your Great Xia, 'Even a dog doesn't mind a poor home.' Are the people of your Great Xia even worse than dogs?"
"You!" Liu Siyun was so angry that her face turned red.
Everyone present was furious.
Koizumi is so eloquent; every word she utters is deadly!
Today, this isn't a visit to return the golden seal; it's a visit to humiliate us!
Zhang Jiefang said coldly, "Ambassador Koizumi, we are here today to receive the golden seal. Don't change the subject!"
"Our Great Xia's smelting technology was already unparalleled in the world during the Han Dynasty! At that time, you were just barbarians! Moreover, besides this Japanese King's gold seal, our Great Xia has also unearthed the Guangling King's seal, the Dian King's seal, and so on! They are all from the same period, and are of the same size and workmanship, which is enough to prove that the Japanese King's gold seal came from our Han Dynasty!"
Koizumi Mami curled her lip. "It's just a coincidence. Maybe your Great Xia learned it from us?"
"You!" Zhang Jiefang was furious. This Koizumi is truly beautiful, utterly unreasonable!
At this moment, Lin Yu stepped forward and picked up a gold seal.
"One thing proves that this Japanese king's golden seal originated from our Great Xia!"
Koizumi Mami sneered and challenged, "Fine, then Master Lin, tell me, from what point can you prove that this Japanese king's golden seal came from the Great Xia?"
Lin Yu said calmly, "It's the inscription on this!"
"Engraving?" Koizumi Mami looked disdainful. "Master Lin, don't forget, Chinese characters were already introduced to Japan during the Han Dynasty. It's not strange that we use Chinese characters!"
Lin Yu shook his head and pointed to the inscription on the gold seal, saying, "Look closely, the lower right corner of the character 'Han' on the gold seal is the character 'fire'. Usually, the right half of the character 'Han' is written in a connected style."
Only the Chinese characters of our Great Xia Dynasty are written this way. Japan does not! If you don't believe me, you can check the Japanese illustrated dictionary of Chinese characters, *Chaohua Zijian*, and it doesn't show the same way!
Koizumi Mami paused for a moment, then quickly checked the Japanese dictionary "Asaka Jikan" on her phone, but couldn't find the same spelling!
Her face immediately darkened, and she couldn't help but sneer, "We don't have this way of writing it. Do you think your Great Xia Dynasty does? Fine! In that case, you explain what this character for 'fire' really means."
In her opinion, Lin Yu was just bluffing and talking nonsense!
Lin Yu remained calm and spoke eloquently, “Actually, this character isn’t fire! The seals ‘Han Xiongnu Poluzhang’ and ‘Han Guiyi Dibaizhang’ in the Shanghai Museum also have this character engraved on them. In these seals, the right half of the character ‘Han’ is separated. Why the separation? It’s to make the character ‘fire’ appear on the seal!”
"Why must the character 'fire' appear? Because the Han dynasty was a country associated with the element of fire."
"The ancient Xia people believed that all things in the universe were composed of five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. When the Han Dynasty was first established, it was sometimes said to be the virtue of water, and sometimes the virtue of earth, but gradually it was determined to be the virtue of fire. As soon as the Eastern Han Dynasty was established, it considered itself a country of the virtue of fire. Therefore, the appearance of the character 'fire' on the gold seal of the Wa people is enough to show that this is something from our Xia Dynasty! It is a gold seal bestowed upon you Wa people by our emperor at that time!"
Everyone listened in stunned silence, but the eyes of Zhang Jiefang and several other experts gradually lit up.
"That's right! Some seals do indeed have this character on them!"
"I thought it didn't have any practical significance before, but it turns out it refers to 'fire element'."
"Oh my, Mr. Lin is truly learned! We have really broadened our horizons!"
Many veteran experts praised it.
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