Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1799 Imperial Palace Banquet
When Emperor Huangji slowly entered the main hall from the back hall, all the officials in the hall bowed their heads and saluted, calling "Your Majesty" by mouth.This kind of title did not exist in the past. Compared with the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty, the Emperor of Japan is a complete hanging silk. With waves of overseas students and monks returning to Japan, culture, skills, customs and other aspects were introduced to Japan. Several emperors felt that they were Han emperors, and even the self-proclaimed "Zhen" was so powerful and domineering. I learned it all...

During this period, the Japanese country was willing to be a younger brother of the Tang Dynasty. The excrement of the Tang Dynasty was fragrant, and the culture, customs, clothing, system, architecture, medical treatment... but everything that was available in the Tang Dynasty and could be accessed by overseas monks. , all copied back.

And as long as it is something passed down from the Tang Dynasty, it will immediately form a trend. From the royal family to the nobles to the common people, they all follow suit and are proud of it.

Anyone who speaks Chinese, writes Chinese characters, and performs Chinese rituals can all be superior and respected by others.

However, the Wa Kingdom formed a unique national culture that was gradually different from that of the Han people. It was after Emperor Koji gave way to Emperor Kotoku and the Wa Kingdom implemented the "Daika Reform" throughout the country.Therefore, in a historical sense, the "Dahua Reform" established the national heritage of the Wa Kingdom, which is comparable to the "Meiji Restoration" a thousand years later that made the Wa Kingdom a world power.

The reason why Fang Jun planned the Wa country at this time was to cut off the historical process of the Wa country.

Even if some things will still happen due to the inertia of history, if they can disrupt the inheritance of the throne and social structure of the Wa Kingdom, then what is destined to happen will take another 200 years at night...

Don't underestimate these 200 years. Once the river of history enters a fork, who knows which direction it will eventually rush to?
Emperor Huangji took his seat on the imperial steps, dressed in noble and majestic clothes, his beautiful appearance was cold and solemn, less charming and more dignified. No one could see that His Majesty, the supreme emperor of the Japanese kingdom, was sitting on the bed. The time is so romantic...

The envoys of the "Three Hans" stepped forward to have an audience with the Emperor.

Goguryeo’s envoy is Xian Daojie, the favorite minister of King Baozang, and Baekje’s envoy is Fuyufeng, the prince of Baekje King Fuyuzhang. In comparison, Silla’s envoy Kim Famin is a royal child, but his status is more than one level lower. The faces of the civil and military officials of the Japanese kingdom in the palace are not very good-looking. No matter what camp they stand in, Silla's obvious neglect of the emperor is uncomfortable.

Jin Famin was calm and composed, as if he could not see the dissatisfaction of the Japanese officials at all, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and stood on one side with his hands tied after the audience, without saying a word.

Soga Ishikawa Maro got up and read out the emperor's decree...

It is nothing more than some condescending words, which not only express the praise of the "Three Hans"'s submission and obedience, but also faintly threaten and beat between the lines.

In fact, the place of "Three Koreas" is not much smaller than the Japanese country, and the population is even larger. However, from ancient times to the present, when fighting against the fierce and barbaric Japanese, they have never taken advantage of it. Later, when I saw the Japanese, I called him Dad. Even if I had the support of the suzerain, I didn't dare to be tough in front of the Japanese...

Singing and dancing in the hall was peaceful.

After Soga Ishikawa Maro finished reading the edict, Emperor Kogoku waved his hand and ordered the banquet to begin.

This is a reserved repertoire to show the importance he attaches to the "Three Hans". However, Emperor Huangji's pretty face is cold today, and he is obviously very unhappy that Silla only sent one Jin Famin, so he may be thinking about whether to reprimand him afterwards , to warn Silla.

If you go to Tang Dynasty to curry favor, do you dare not to put the country of Wa in your eyes?

Really hateful...

Jin Famin has nothing to fear.

Now that Queen Seondeok has formed an alliance with Datang, she naturally wants to show her favor to Datang everywhere. Even if the Wa Kingdom is dissatisfied with this, what can they do?Jin Famin witnessed with his own eyes the strength of the Datang Navy, and it can be said that they are invincible across the seven seas. Even if the Wa Kingdom really intends to send troops to conquer Silla, they may not dare to go to sea under the blockade of the Datang Navy...

Although it was a little shameful to pretend to be a tiger, Jin Famin didn't care at all.

Silla is weak and surrounded by powerful enemies, so it must rely on the strong to survive. Can it abandon Datang and curry favor with Japan?

Although Goguryeo had a deep and irreconcilable grievance with the Han people, Baekje did not want to unite Goguryeo to fight against the Tang Dynasty. It was just because they were too close to the Wa Kingdom that they could not change their course...

The Royal Banquet is fine wine, but in Jin Famin's view, it is really a bit shabby.

I can’t help but think of the time when I came here with Fang Jun. On the warship, there are all kinds of seafood fried, fried, fried and steamed every day, and any of them is far better than the so-called royal banquet in front of me. ...

But the visitor is a guest, so you have to give the Japanese some face, right?
Jin Famin picked and picked a few seemingly good dishes at random, put them in his mouth to taste, the taste was average, then took a sip of the fine wine filled by the maid standing beside him, the taste was not bad, but it was big Grape brew from Tang...

Japan introduced chopsticks from China as early as the Han Dynasty, and called it "箸" like China. As for the Three Hans, it is already unverifiable. It is really deeply entangled with the Chinese civilization. I am afraid that it has been since the birth of this nation. , there are already chopsticks.

Chopsticks can be called a kind of art. They not only represent the long-standing Chinese culture, but also have derived many exquisiteness and rules. The rigid Japanese are even more paranoid. It is said that there are more than [-] taboos about using chopsticks...

As for the Europeans who are still drinking blood at this time, they just carry knives with them, light a fire wherever they go, and then cut and eat the meat... The fork is something that did not appear until after the fifteenth century. Cooked meat is still hot after being cut with a knife, and it is inevitable that it will be hot.

That's right, these savages have eaten hot meat for more than 1000 years, and then finally found that they can solve this problem with a fork, but in turn laugh at chopsticks as inferior to knives and forks...

The cuisines of all countries in the world have their own advantages and disadvantages. It is not rigorous to simply evaluate who is better.It is recognized that French cuisine is high-end, but where is its high-end?It's not that the taste is unique in the world, but more because of the precious raw materials.But when it comes to dishes made with the most common ingredients, who the hell can taste better than Chinese food?

Chinese people never care about what they eat. They fly in the sky, climb on the ground, swim in the water, poisonous or not, raw, cooked, soft or hard. As long as it is edible, Chinese people can eat it, even beggars can eat it. The emperor still eats, we never care what we eat, only how we eat it.

Foie gras, truffle and caviar are frequently on the menu, but who ever heard of the Chinese bragging that only lobster and abalone can make the best dishes?
There are [-] dishes in the "Manchu Banquet", how many dishes are listed among them because of the preciousness of food?
It is not only a technical problem, but also a philosophical problem to use the most common ingredients to obtain different tastes through different combinations and different cooking methods, but still get the true taste of the food.

Foreigners don't understand...

Uh, far away.

Although the atmosphere at the banquet was a little solemn because of Emperor Huangji's cold face, the ministers still kept talking to each other from time to time, and there was no silence.

Nakatomi Kamazu went out for a while, and returned after a while. His location was not far from Suga Iruka, and he raised his glass frequently to persuade Suga Iruka to drink. The confidant is very likely to be unfavorable to him, but he still drinks to the brim.

Jin Famin didn't have a good appetite, and the food didn't suit his taste, so he ate absent-mindedly and kept looking at the people at the banquet.

Then, inadvertently, I saw a somewhat strange scene...

Hai Inu Yang Katsumaro held the wine glass in his hand, and kept winking at Saeki Komaro and Katsuragi Chiken Yang Aneta who were sitting opposite him, but it was a pity that the two people on the opposite side just kept their heads down. Eating, probably choking on eating too fast, drinking water non-stop, even obvious sweat stains can be seen on the forehead.

The sea dog Yangkatsumaro kept winking, his expression was very anxious, his eyes almost rolled out, but the two of them still just lowered their heads, with ugly faces and cold sweat...

What's the situation?
Jin Famin was at a loss.

(End of this chapter)