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Volume Four of the Ecstasy, Chapter 14, The Japanese Envoy Enters the King's Palace

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    When Cao Cao was still alive, he built a temple for his ancestor Cao Shen, who was called the "First Ancestor". The temple title of his father Cao Song was "Taizu", and his posthumous title was "Emperor Jian" - the posthumous law goes: "One virtue is unremitting for simplicity. " Cao Mao  After succeeding to the throne, Cao Cao was buried. The ministers petitioned to build the "Gaozu Temple", with the posthumous title of "Wu" - the posthumous law said: "Conquering disasters with force." It also goes: "Strongness and straightforwardness are used with force." It sounds like  It is much more reliable than Cao Song's posthumous title.  As for Cao Cao's grandfather, Cao Teng, because he was a eunuch, he did not build a temple or establish a posthumous title.  At Cao Cao's funeral, Shixun met Xiahou Dun of the Zhu Kingdom. He was sallow and sickly, and he was supported and listed among the ministers.  In fact, half of Xia Houyuanrang was pretending. He was indeed seriously ill, but it was not to the point where he was unable to manage and even needed help when walking.  So after the funeral, the two of them were driving side by side. Shixun leaned over and asked him in a low voice: "What is Yuan Rang worried about?" What are you worried about when you pretend to be sick and don't come out to take care of things?  Xiahou Dun replied calmly: "I have been reading the biography of Ma Fubo recently because I regret that he is unknown on stage." Ma Fubo is Ma Yuan. He started his career in Xizhou and later returned to Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. He has made outstanding achievements.  However, this guy's ending was not very good. During his second expedition to Lingnan, he died of an epidemic. However, before his death, he was framed by Geng Shu and others, causing Emperor Guangwu to accept his new seal as the Marquis of Xinxi, and his family did not dare to give him a grand burial.  Later, when Emperor Ming succeeded to the throne, he built a cloud platform and hung portraits of twenty-eight heroes, but Ma Yuan was missing. When Liu Cang, the king of Dongping, asked about it, Emperor Ming smiled and said nothing.  Later generations speculated that it was because Ma Yuan's daughter was the empress of Emperor Ming and was not allowed to be among the "Twenty-eight Generals of Yuntai" to avoid suspicion.  Xiahou Yuanrang was also a prolific rabbit, giving birth to nine sons and four daughters. When Cao Cao was still alive, he designated his youngest daughter as the wife of his grandson Cao Mao - although there was a gap in seniority.  But people really didn't care about this at that time.  Although Cao Mao has not yet won the title.  It's not time for the wedding yet.  But theoretically speaking, this marriage will not fail after all.  So what Xiahou Dun means is that I will be the father-in-law of the emperor in the future. To avoid being suspected of using power by my relatives, I might as well take advantage of my illness and retire early.  Shi Xun couldn't help sighing: "Why is it like this?" Xiahou Dun smiled and said: "If the emperor does not call Hong Fu back, I may whip the rotten bones to support the imperial court. Now that Hong Fu has returned, what should I worry about?" Representative Shi Xun  In order to protect the interests of the founding heroes headed by Zhu Cao and Xiahou.  With him in control of the government, the heroes were safe, so Xiahou Dun could go home and enjoy his old age with peace of mind.  A few weeks after Cao Cao was buried, the emperor issued an imperial edict and ordered him to be awarded a great honor. The court and the court held a competition of more than two thousand stones, and Qichengdu was awarded the title of casual official.  Among the five auxiliary ministers, Cao De was promoted to the Grand Prime Minister, Wang Lang was the Grand Tutor, and Hua Xin was the Grand Lieutenant. Cao Ren and Cao Hongjiu were ranked as the highest military honors.  Moreover, Xiahou Dun of the Zhu Kingdom has not yet died, so it is difficult to take his place.  Therefore it has not been promoted.  Immediately, in the name of being redundant in supporting political affairs, Hua Xin was dismissed from his post and replaced with the old minister Zhong Yao.  However, since he was the auxiliary minister, he ordered Cao De and others to write to Zhongshu every three days and participate in the meeting of prime ministers - which was equivalent to increasing the number of prime ministers from six to nine.  Huanfan reminded Shixun: "This emperor wants to divide the power of the lord." Shixun smiled nonchalantly: "Wang Jingxing and Hua Ziyu, how can they control me?" As for the "little transparent" Cao De, then  I didn¡¯t even take it seriously.  Xing Yong was still in Shu and had not yet returned, so he was awarded the title of court official.  Cao Mao issued an order to appoint Cui Yan as secretary-supervisor because Secretary Xing was late.  Huan Fan went to warn Shixun again: "The emperor attaches great importance to Cui Jigui to control the lord." Shixun said that if this can make the emperor completely trust the court and think that I am not enough to shake his authority, then there is nothing wrong with it.  ah.  He quoted Confucius' words: "If you are born with virtue, how can you give it to Huan?" Theoretically speaking, Cao Mao's decisions need to be reviewed by Zhongshu and issued an edict. If Xun doesn't agree, the little emperor will do anything.  No.  However, Xun felt that the matter was not serious and there was no need to argue with the emperor - power was like a sharp blade, and it was only when he kept it in his arms that he could frighten Xiao Xiao. If he saw Tian'er holding it in his hand and making gestures, he would no longer be afraid.  Moreover, if all the emperor's decrees are refuted, it will be suspected of taking power, and it will be ridiculed - good steel is used on the blade, and in the same way, the veto power should be used on important matters.  A few days later, Qin Lang led the Japanese envoys into Beijing.  Wei Yan led the navy to explore and communicate the sea route from Northern Kyushu to Guangling. Qin Lang and his party landed near Yandu and should have arrived in Luoyang long ago.  However, just halfway through, they encountered chaos in Guandong, and the emperor ordered them to stop temporarily to avoid the thieves.  It was not until Cao Hong arrived at Liang and Pei that he sent a troop of troops to escort them on their way to Luoyang.  Seventy percent of the envoys from the twenty-three countries in Japan are from Kyushu Island, and the rest are from Honshu Island. According to Qin Lang, Shikoku Island is full of barbaric and backward small tribes, and it is difficult to call it a country.  The Japanese envoy came to the capital to meet the emperor. Cao Mao was overjoyed and felt honored, so he sent orders to his ministers to discuss the summoning ceremony and rewards.  Cui Yan first made a gift for Cao Mao, which was very complicated and complicated, and of course it was very lively.  The emperor asked hundreds of officials, and most of them said no directly: "Ritual serves the Anzhi."??, emphasizing reality and avoiding virtuality. In the past, Emperor Wu cut down the Han Dynasty rituals and made simplicity the most important thing. Your Majesty, you went against the grain?  "Liu Xie, the Minister of Rites, came up with a simplified version. The focus was on saving money. Cao Mao had no choice but to agree. As for the reward, Liu Xie came out and said: "We can follow the regulations of other countries in the Western Regions and give them the title of king.  .  Shixun said hurriedly: "No."  "He said that the countries in the Western Regions used to have king titles, and they were granted the same titles in the Han Dynasty, so we can't give them a lower rank and change them to princes. However, in fact - "Lu Fengxian was the king in the Western Regions and unified the countries.  Cheshi, Yanqi, Shanshan, etc. are called kings, but they are not kings" Although these countries do not have a large household registration, they have vast areas, at least equivalent to a medium-sized county in the Central Plains, but there are two small Japanese lands.  The Thirteen Kingdoms - "Even if a great man is as big as Xima Tai, but he is no bigger than a large county, how can he still be king?"  The knighthood should not be awarded lightly, as it would be cheap if awarded lightly.  "Liu Xie said that in this case, Queen Ximatai could be made king, and the rest would be princes. However, Shi Xun still objected, saying: "Xematai is a hero in Zhuzi (Kyuzhou Island), and seems to have the intention to annex all the countries. If the king  , is even more domineering, which is not a blessing for China.  If a lord is a lord, there can be no difference.  "Liu Xie said that even if a small barbarian state on a remote island unified the entire Japanese land, how powerful would it be? How could it be "not a blessing to China"? "I don't agree with what your majesty said.  " Shi Xun was Zhongshu Ling. This position was established in the Western Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wu. Originally, scholar-bureaucrats were in charge of inner court affairs. They were called Shangshu Ling. When eunuchs were in charge of inner court affairs, they were called Zhongshu Ling. During the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, Shi Xian was the Zhongshu Ling.  When it comes to matters, the power is actually higher than that of the prime minister. For positions such as Shangshu Ling and Zhongshu Ling, courtiers have always respected them as "Ling Jun" - for example, the famous Xun Lingjun Xun Yu was equal to Xun Yu at the beginning.  The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was ranked second even in Cao Cao's group. After all, his rank was not very high in terms of Shangshu Ling. But it was different now. He was a legitimate Prime Minister and was granted the title of Duke, so he was a big guy.  I simply coined a new word and respectfully called him "Ling Gong". In fact, in the original history, since Emperor Wen of Wei, scholars had served as Zhongshu Ling, in charge of secrets, and their power became increasingly powerful, and they controlled the Southern and Northern Dynasties.  At that time, he actually became the most noble person among the court officials. For example, Xie An was the Zhongshu Ling in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Another example was Gao Yun, who was not named "Ling Gong" by Emperor Wencheng.  "¡ª¡ªThat is to say, this kind of title did not appear until more than 200 years later. The most famous "Ling Gong" in the Tang Dynasty was of course Guo Ziyi and Guo Ling Gong - but at this time, it was mostly referred to as Shangshu and Zhongshu, the two provincial ministers Tongping Zhangshi  As the prime minister, the orders were mostly given to vassal towns, but in fact they did not intervene in political affairs. After the late Tang Dynasty, the orders of Zhongshu became more and more indiscriminate, and they almost became the exclusive titles of military commanders. Therefore, in folklore, even Yang Ye was called.  He was called "Yang Laolinggong" - in fact, his official position was only Yunzhou's observation envoy and judge of Daizhou. He was still one hundred and eighty thousand miles away from Zhongshuling. Therefore, in Shixun's impression, he mentioned "Linggong".  ", most of them are martial artists. Now that this title is applied to me, it sounds so awkward But I can't stop it, so I can only endure it " At the moment, Liu Miao said that it was your father-in-law, but you were making a fuss and exaggerating.  Right? It was Xun Xin who was talking about the harm that Japan might cause to China in the future. If I say it now, no one will believe it - "Today, twenty-three countries come to the DPRK, and the envoys of different clothes stand side by side in front of the rank. How glorious it is."  The prosperity of China.  If two or three countries come to court in the next day, those who know will know that they are annexing, but those who don't know will think that China will decline and that it will be a tribute from foreign countries. What can I do?  " Liu Zhen frowned. Although what you said is quite true, I like it Okay, let's do what you said. So he issued an imperial edict to pay homage to the Japanese kings of the twenty-three countries The Japanese chiefs were all marquises.  Each was given a title and a gold seal. Therefore, Queen Beimihu of Yamatai could not become a "Japanese King of the Pro-Wei Dynasty", and his envoy only received a seal of "Pro-Wei Hou". The Japanese envoys contributed many things, but they were of great value.  But it was not high, just furs, Japanese brocade, male and female children (slaves), etc. Cao Mao gave the tribute to the ministers, and the slaves were sent to work in the royal workshop. Cui Yan helped him list a long list of rewards.  The product list came out, including gold, jade, copper coins, iron knives, Sichuan brocade, pearls, red lead, etc., there were more than 40 items, and the value was no less than a hundred times the tribute. However, Sima Lang, the Minister of Dubu, rejected it on the spot.  He said that there was still a war in Guandong, and the Shu territory had not been completely pacified. I didn¡¯t have the unplanned expenditure, so I had to use the private treasury. However, I was remonstrated by my subordinate Liu Fang: ¡°Your Majesty.  Jianji gave the ministers gold and silk, but it was not enough for the state, so he took all the internal money. If he gives it again now, it will be exhausted.  " Cao Mao frowned and said, am I really that poor? Shi Xun said: "It is said that the accumulation of soil makes a mountain, and the accumulation of water makes a abyss. If you give it again now, and there will be tribute in the future, you will follow this example. It will make China rich from poverty.  Sebari" China's traditional tribute system eventually led to this kind of evil result. As a result, in the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to clearly stipulate the number of tributes from vassals - if you come here every year, then I will go bankrupt. "  In a small country, gold and jade are useless, and silk cannot be weaved, but it can only show off its splendor  This is because China's rewards are rich, but the virtues of other countries are poor.  " He said that I had inquired carefully with Qin Lang. There was no good iron in Japan, and the troops basically still used copper soldiers. Moreover, their copper smelting technology was very backward and they could not make mirrors - "Hu Bu gave me a mirror.  , Sword, it does not trouble China, but it can also be loved by people far away.  "At this time, the Japanese archipelago was probably in the late Yayoi period or the early Kofun period. The most common ceremonial items excavated by later archeology were iron swords and bronze mirrors imported from China. Even the most valuable ones became the basis of the Yamato dynasty in the future.  The so-called "swords, mirrors, and seals" (the seal refers to the native magatama) are the symbols. So since the Japanese like these things, let's give them these things, which are more beneficial and less expensive than giving gold and white jade.  . Cao Mao immediately gave the Japanese envoys bronze mirrors, iron swords, and lead pills and copper coins worth thousands of gold - the current price was already nearly ten times the tribute. (To be continued.) ps:  I have something to do tomorrow, so I may have to stop updating for a day. In order to compensate my readers, I tried to send out some recommendation ticket red envelopes - please go grab it now! Mobile users please visit http://m.piaotia.net
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