Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 698 Yamatai Kingdom (4000)

"An envoy from another country?"

Wu Liang was taken aback for a moment, thinking how could there be envoys from other countries coming to pay tribute at this time?
Some countries that are close to the Han Dynasty, no matter how big or small, already know that the Han Dynasty is in chaos, and the Han court is also in danger, so they all hide away, for fear of accidentally leading the war to their own land, or They are waiting for an opportunity, hoping to find an opportunity to get some benefits from this chaos. Some countries even want to wait for an opportunity to garrison some of the land of the Han Dynasty. How could they take the initiative to come to pay tribute to the Han court?
What's more, it was less than a month before Boss Cao ushered in Emperor Xian to Chenliu. In this era, the speed of news dissemination is very slow, and the means of transportation are also very backward.

And Chen Liu is in the hinterland of the Great Han territory. No matter which direction the "other countries" want to come here, they have to travel thousands of miles. In addition, the current group of heroes needs to pass through many areas controlled by different people. Needless to say, the hardships and risks involved, even the smooth sailing journey, the nearest one may take several months of continuous effort, and the farther ones may take a year.

This kind of thing is not a rare thing in history.

The Celestial Dynasty has been the old overlord in East Asia since ancient times, and there are countless subordinate countries, all of which have been radiated and favored by the Chinese culture. However, some of the vassal countries in remote areas have not returned from the missions that went to pay tribute the first year ago. The mission to pay tribute was about to leave, otherwise it would definitely not be able to catch up.

Based on this, Wu Liang naturally had to doubt the identity of the "messenger from another country" that Cao Chun said. How could they come to pay tribute less than a month before Boss Cao welcomed Emperor Xian to Chen Liu? Is this reasonable?

This is not reasonable!

"It's just what these people claim to be. At present, their identities cannot be completely confirmed. Brother Meng De taught you to go and receive them. I also hope that you can verify their identities."

Cao Chun smiled and said, "You don't have to be too concerned. Brother Mengde said that even if they are really envoys, they are just a small country that is not popular. It is enough to make a good face and not damage our country."

It turned out that Boss Cao also had doubts about their identities, and this was the real reason why he sent Cao Chun to ask Wu Liang to handle the matter...

Of course, this also shows that the other party is indeed a "small country that is not popular".

If it is a country that can have some influence on the current situation of the Han Dynasty, even if it is only a little bit, Boss Cao will definitely go to meet him in person, and forge a deep friendship with him by the way, so as to realize the strategic arrangement of "distance friendship and close attack"... Wu Liang Knowing Boss Cao, in order to realize his ambitions, he is very good at using all available resources, even the mortals who once had the hatred of killing their sons.

When Boss Cao pushed the matter to Wu Liang, it must be that this small country doesn't even have the value of "distance relations", and not only in the short term, but also in the long term.

"understood."

Thinking so, Wu Liang nodded slightly.

"However, I think they are probably real messengers, because they do have some differences from the Han people, and the taste of their speech is also very strange. At least I have never seen such a Han people."

Cao Chun continued.

Before that, Wu Liang always thought that Cao Chun was a quiet person, just like Dian Wei, everything was under his control, but now after getting to know him well, he realized that this guy is actually a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he likes it very much. I like to communicate with people and express my opinions.

Just like now, Cao Chun talked a little too much, and basically told Wu Liang everything that should be said and should not be said.

"..."

Wu Liang became curious again when he heard the words, and just wanted to ask what is the difference between these envoys and the Han people.

However, Cao Chun continued to say: "However, it's hard to say, because their clothes and situation seem to be inferior to those refugees that can be seen everywhere. Not to mention the shabby clothes, yellow and thin faces, there is not even a horse in the whole team. There is neither a horse for transportation nor a donkey for pulling goods. A country’s envoy is the face of a country. I have never thought of such an envoy."

So talk.

Before they knew it, Wu Liang and Cao Chun had arrived at the temporary palace.

Come on, there is no need to ask Cao Chun what is the difference between these envoys and the Han people, just go in and see with your own eyes.

Sure enough, Wu Liang didn't ask any more questions, and raised his foot to enter the courtyard of the temporary palace.

"This way."

Cao Chun stopped him, and took him straight to a house next to the temporary palace, and then said, "Brother Meng De ordered me to arrange them here first, and after you confirm their identities, they will come Being qualified to meet the emperor is also protecting the emperor's personal safety."

……

There are Habayashi guards guarding the entrance and the courtyard of this house.

However, although the current Habayashi Guard Army is still the Emperor Xian's personal guard in name, the personnel are all selected and commanded by Cao Ang. On the one hand, they are protecting the personal safety of Emperor Xian, and on the other hand, they also play a role in monitoring Emperor Xian.

"Kili Boy!"

Entering the courtyard, Cao Chun immediately opened his voice and called out a strangely pronounced name, and said loudly, "The envoy of the Son of Heaven is here to see you, so come out quickly to greet you!"

next moment.

From the west room, there was the sound of "Tatata" walking, and a man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes ran out of it in a panic.

This man is a bit short, probably less than 1.5 meters tall, and looks very thin, but his two cheeks are bulging, and his lips and beard are stained with a lot of oil and meat. With great effort, he forcibly swallowed what was in his mouth, and then fumbled around his mouth with his dirty shiny torn sleeve, and he was already in front of Wu Liang.

"Qi Litong, the special official doctor of the queen of Yamatai Kingdom, visited the envoy of the emperor, and please forgive me for being far away!"

Speaking emphatically weird words, the man bowed his hands and bowed deeply, and his arched hands almost touched his feet. This is a great gift.

After all, this person is the envoy of a country, and Wu Liang is the envoy of the emperor. Although the strengths of the two countries are different, he and Wu Liang are at the same level. There is no need for such a grand ceremony.

But now that's not the point.

The focus is on "Yamatai Kingdom"!
The country name "Yamatai Kingdom" may be very unfamiliar to many people, but Wu Liang has been involved in history books. This is a primitive country of Wa Kingdom, which first appeared in "Hanshu".

It should be known that for a long period of time at this time, the Wa Kingdom did not have a book of history books. Even the archaeologists of the Wa Kingdom in later generations needed to find relevant records in the "Hanshu" to speculate on their history. Japan already had a certain degree of civilization.

As for the post of "doctor" of Qi Litong, in the Wa country, he was actually an envoy who specially visited other countries, similar to the diplomats of later generations.

"I've seen Dr. Kiritung."

Wu Liang didn't bow down, but just bowed his hands and saluted, and then asked, "I wonder if Dr. Qi Litong has the official document of the Queen of Yamatai on this trip?"

In fact, now Wu Liang has believed in Qi Litong's identity.

Because although the productivity is limited in this era, and the height of most Han people is not that of later generations, the average height of men is about 1.6 meters, especially in the Central Plains, which is slightly higher.

Although there are not no men of Qi Litong's height, they are a minority. At least in the Central Plains, they must be at the bottom of the height contempt chain.

Speaking of this, I have to say that as early as the Han Dynasty, there was already a height contempt chain.

At least according to Wu Liang’s knowledge over the past few years, besides having a beautiful beard, the most frequently mentioned aspect of being “handsome” at this time is height, seven feet tall is the minimum level for a handsome guy, so It is worthy of the word "Weimei"... People like Boss Cao have never been associated with the word "beautiful". Of course, the key is not that they are a little black, but that they are not tall enough.

As for why Qi Litong can speak Chinese, Wu Liang is not the same at all.

Because of historical records, the Wa Kingdom actually sent envoys to the Celestial Dynasty as early as the period of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, that is, when the Eastern Han Dynasty was just established, and met Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.

For this reason, Emperor Guangwu also bestowed a golden seal on one side of the Japanese kingdom, engraved with the five seal characters of "Han Weinu King".

This golden seal was discovered and unearthed by two farmers in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan in 1784. This seal immediately caused a sensation and heated discussion in the archaeological circle of Japan.

But when those Japanese archaeological experts and scholars saw their own content on the gold seal, they immediately began to question the gold seal.

At first, they made a lot of arguments and forcibly "speculated" that this golden seal was not given to the Wa Kingdom, but to a small "slave country" that could not represent the Wa Kingdom at all in the "extreme southern border of the Wa Kingdom".

Then they found that this statement did not make sense, even a little ridiculous.

So they immediately began to doubt the authenticity of this golden seal, and proposed that this golden seal came from the Edo period of the Japanese country and was forged for some purpose that they did not know.

All this is because the culture of the Celestial Dynasty had a profound influence on the Wa Kingdom, and they knew the culture of the Celestial Dynasty too well.

Therefore, they know that the word "Wei" in "Han Weinu King" is the same as the word "wo" in the Han Dynasty; As for the word "slave", they knew better what it meant.

Let them admit that this golden seal was awarded to Japan by the Han Dynasty, which of course is a very blow to "national self-esteem".

But what these Japanese archaeological experts and scholars did not expect is:

The ancestors of the Celestial Dynasty have always had the habit of writing "diaries"!

This matter was officially recorded in the history books.

The original words of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" are: "(Jianwu Zhongyuan) In the second year, the Japanese Nu Kingdom paid tribute to congratulate... Guangwu bestowed a seal and ribbon."

At the same time, the history books also recorded some details of the Japanese country's tribute.

Different from other vassal states, the Wa Kingdom at that time came to pay tribute and brought some human sacrifices and fish fillets. The fish fillets are naturally easy to understand, and the human sacrifices are actually slaves. Some are not tall, thin and weak. Slaves, even other vassal states are definitely not as rich as the heavenly dynasty, but compared with other vassal states' tribute, it is still very inconspicuous.

Therefore, some scholars believe that Emperor Guangwu may not have given them this golden seal on purpose, but because the tributes from the Japanese kingdom were not eye-catching, and there were very few exchanges between the Celestial Dynasty and the Japanese kingdom at that time, so Emperor Guangwu sent them As a newly surrendered vassal state that doesn't need to be taken seriously, it is just given such a name casually.

"..."

The Japanese archaeological experts and scholars collectively lost their voices.

It seems to be explaining this matter seriously, and the basis and inference are also reasonable, and even well rounded up the idea of ​​Emperor Guangwu when he bestowed the seal, but why do you feel more humiliated?
……

"Yes! Yes!"

Qi Litong nodded again and again, then turned around and shouted into the room, "Huh! Quickly bring the queen's official document with the gold seal to show the envoy of the emperor!"

"Ugh!"

A crisp female voice came from inside.

Then a girl who didn't look very old ran out of it with bare feet, holding a roll of bamboo slips in her hand.

However, after seeing Wu Liang and Cao Chun, the girl was obviously a little timid, and she even restrained her steps a little. When she came to Qi Litong, she immediately hid behind him, and then carefully handed over the slips in her hand. come out.

It is worth mentioning that.

Although the girl is not tall, standing next to Qi Litong compares Qi Litong.

It's not because she is taller than Qi Litong, but because the girl is taller, even if she is not much different from Qi Litong, she still looks a little stronger.

Also.

This girl was also disheveled and greasy, and if he didn't know who she was, Wu Liang would have taken her to Yongqiu County to work in a field for the sake of her pity.

"Messenger of the Son of Heaven, this is the queen's official document, please have a look."

Qi Litong bowed down again, and held the slips in both hands and handed them to Wu Liang.

Wu Liang took it and opened it for a look.

The content of the official document is also in seal script, with a total of forty or so characters, but the style of writing is very messy, it looks like it was drawn by a child who just learned to write, and there are two typos in it, but combined with the context and The general handwriting of the two typos can tell what the meaning is.

It is nothing more than the fact that the Yamatai Kingdom respected the Han court and ordered Qi Litong and others to come to see Yunyun with their offerings...

There should be a red square stamp at the signature of this volume of official documents.

Among them, the character "Han" is the largest, occupying the area of ​​two characters.

The next four characters are evenly arranged in the character "Tian", according to the reading habits of the Han Dynasty, followed by the four characters of "Wennu King".

That's right!
The person in front of him is the Japanese envoy!
(End of this chapter)