Xinshun 1730

Chapter 480 The metaphor of the blowfish

In ancient times, there was a Chinese saying that Jia Sheng sat on a discussion without asking the common people and asked about ghosts and gods; today there are Liu Yu and Abe Masaoku who don’t ask about the opening of ports and leases and ask about the population.

The two talked very happily, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became.

One had this intention, and the other intended to pander to it. At the end of the conversation, the topic became more reactionary.

In Paris 50 years later, the C position of the guillotine is guaranteed.

The two talked until midnight, and Abe Masaoku still had a lot to say, his eyes were piercing, and he kept nodding in praise of Liu Yu's views.

Suppressing the thirst for knowledge in his heart, Abe Masaoku changed the subject and discussed with Liu Yu some details of the opening of the port.

It wasn't until dawn that Abe Masaoku reluctantly sent Liu Yu away.

Liu Yu didn't oppress too much about the detailed rules for opening ports mentioned later.

It is tight in some places that Abe Masaoku thinks is inconspicuous, and loosened in places where Abe Masaoku feels that he needs to argue.

When we got back to the boat, it was already daylight.

At this time in previous years, the Kitamae ships from Hyogotsu had already started to go to sea on a large scale, but this year's situation is special, and these ship owners are busy placing orders with maritime merchants from Dashun.

I used to go to Ezo, but now I can't go to Ezo, so I might as well go a month or two later and get the goods from Dashun.

The representative of Dashun Marine Merchant has started to contact people in Japan, and plans to hire a group of people to build a warehouse.

Liu Yu did not stay here any longer.The King of Japan will definitely go to pay tribute to the Celestial Dynasty. This matter does not have to be added to the treaty, but just let the King of Japan go there on his own initiative.

After all, there are still more than 3 million taels of rolling interest in the treaty. If the King of Japan does not pay tribute, the emperor will not be exempt from these interests.

It is estimated that some etiquette procedures are being carried out at this time, and it is estimated that some things such as abalone and sea cucumber may be paid as tribute.The shogunate will definitely send someone there, but at what level, it is temporarily unknown.

According to the agreement, the contract will be renewed in Xiaguan on April [-].The tribute group who wanted to come to Japan would also go to Shimonoseki after renewing their contract on April [-], and go to the capital with Liu Yu.

April [-] was a watershed day.

Dashun can sign such an unequal treaty with an independent Japan, but it cannot sign such a treaty with a tributary country.

As long as this time is staggered, even if the contract is changed on April [-] and the tribute is decided on April [-], it is acceptable to both parties.

On the surface, Dashun took good care of the tributary country, matched Ryukyu and Japan, turned enemies into friends, and exempted [-] million taels of interest.

On the surface, Japan was not forced to pay tribute, but after the contract was exchanged, it deeply felt the military power of the Celestial Dynasty and sent Tang envoys to follow the past.Not paying tribute over the years, the rank of the mission is just a little higher.

After returning to Xiaguan, the guard of honor sent by the imperial court has also been in place, which represents the face of the empire and cannot be lost.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, there was still one night before the renewal of the contract, Songping Huizhen invited Dashun's big and small officials in Xiaguan to a banquet according to the Japanese etiquette.

The location was chosen at a place suitable for watching the tide near the sea in Xiaguan. It was the [-]th day of the lunar calendar and the tide was high.If you come to Shimonoseki, you must try the puffer fish. It is a good time to taste the puffer fish and watch the tide.

Tomorrow, the appointment will be renewed, so all the officials from Dashun will attend the banquet with Liu Yu.

The ceremonial officials newly sent by the imperial court to exchange contracts are all scholars. They heard that the Japanese like to write Chinese poems for communication.

Liu Yu also knew about her two brushes, so she was ready to eat with her head down, thinking that today she wanted to see who was so short-sighted, and asked me to compose poems.Lao Tzu's martial arts palace exams are all looking for gunmen, I'm afraid I'm going to make a fool of myself today.

Originally, I thought that the contract would be changed tomorrow, so let’s forget about the things here, but I didn’t eat a few bites when I thought about the food, and someone from Japan came out to make trouble.

He didn't think about making Liu Yu look bad, asking Liu Yu to compose a poem or something, but a Confucian scholar in Japan looked at the tide outside and recited a poem impassionedly, with infinite resentment in his tone.

Look at the gulls and herons flying in the air.For a moment, the ground beat the drum.The Jiejiang group practiced to drive the mountain, but the tiger was not captured after a fierce battle.Morning and evening.Wu Er is not afraid of Jiaolong's wrath if he is used to ridicule.The storm is calm.Watching the red bird flying in surprise, jumping straight up the fish, and dancing on the waves.

Who can ask, the long whale swallows and swallows.There are thousands of crossbows in the world.Don't know what's going on with the monstrous power, the white horse goes east.Hateful place...

After reading a poem, it was originally an occasion for eating, drinking and composing poems, and the atmosphere suddenly became gloomy.

It's not just the officials on Dashun's side who were depressed by the words of Xin Jiaxuan recited by the Japanese Confucian scholars; Another disturbance?
In order to prevent Liu Yu from being assassinated, the shogunate can be said to have strictly controlled Xiaguan.The southwestern feudal clans were even more worried about Liu Yu's assassination, which would lead to the benevolent government of the southwestern feudal clans, and even sent the most loyal warriors to Xiaguan for protection.

After all the calculations, I didn't expect that the assassination by the samurai didn't happen, but the Confucian scholar first recited the words of grief and indignation, and sighed here by taking advantage of the tide of the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar.

Although Liu Yu's education level is not high, but this poem can also understand the spirit in it.

All the officials on Dashun's side looked at Liu Yu, depending on Liu Yu's intentions.Is it a direct confrontation?Or do you deal with it differently?

Liu Yu was originally holding a piece of puffer fish tempura, but at this time he put down his chopsticks, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "I once heard that a Confucian scholar in Japan asked his husband: If Confucius and Mencius were resurrected as generals and came to attack Japan, what should I do? The Master said: Even if Confucius and Mencius came personally, I would still stick to it, and this is to serve the country.”

"I totally agree with that."

No one present at the scene expected Liu Yu to say such a thing. For a moment, people from both China and Japan were stunned.

However, Liu Yu thought to himself, since you can make use of the problem, why can't I?You can recite poems, but I can't, but I'm not bad at making use of the subject.

In the astonishment of everyone, Liu Yu held the piece of puffer fish tempura with chopsticks and shook it in mid-air.

"It's just that everyone can see the visible teacher. Few people can guard against the invisible teacher. For example, what is this thing?"

The Confucian scholar who read the poem was astonished at Liu Yu's "magnanimity". Seeing that Liu Yu not only didn't shake his face, but praised him for having a heart of resistance, he was a little confused.

Seeing Liu Yu's question, he had no choice but to say, "This is tempura too."

"Well, tempura. The ancients said, know what it is, know why it is. Do you know why this thing is called tempura?"

"Uh……"

This actually caught the Confucian scholar, Liu Yu threw the piece of tempura on the ground, and said with a smile: "This thing originated from the Portuguese in the West. I have studied their language for a few years, and I know it well." It means 'tempura', which means fried fish. This is a transliteration, like Gusu."

"Japan has been trading with the Netherlands for a long time. Haven't you heard a word from the Dutch? Protestants don't eat fish?"

"Japan claims to ban the Kiritan religion, but it doesn't want the religious food of the Kiritan religion, but it is very popular. I just said that Protestants don't eat fish. Do you know what I mean?"

"That's what I mean by the 'invisible teacher'."

"When the Chechitan believers are fasting, they cannot eat meat, so they eat fish. When the Portuguese fast, they eat tempura. This is the meal of the Chezhitan religion. But the Protestants in the Netherlands do not abide by the old tradition of the Chezhitan religion, so they do not eat fish. Express your heart."

"Nowadays Japan actually regards this food as the top grade food. It is now spring, which coincides with the Kiritan religion Easter, and it is a fasting day. It is a good meal to eat!"

"Japan claims to ban religion, but eats vegetarian meals. How is this different from a person who claims to be a Confucian scholar, but firmly believes in the words of Mo Di, Yang Zhu, etc. that there is no king and no father?"

"That's why I said that the invisible teacher is the most difficult to guard against. But none of you know it. You can't say that the Portuguese Ji Wenyan: The Japanese like tempura the most. They don't believe their words, but they believe them! Even if you care about this stuff It’s called fried fish, and it shouldn’t be called tempura!”

Shanggang has been online to such an extent that it looks like a guardian of culture.

Coupled with the way of thinking that even trade can be turned into tribute in this era, under the background of Japan's strict ban on religion, this kind of excuse is extremely serious.

Matsudaira Huizhen was surprised, but also believed that Liu Yu was not talking nonsense, so she hurriedly asked someone to remove all the tempura from the banquet.

The Confucian scholar was also extremely stunned, he really didn't know that there was such a thing in it, and he was even blushed by Liu Yu's shanggang online.

Liu Yu said again: "That's why I say that invisible teachers are the most difficult to guard against. As a Confucian student, you should know that the world is not a time of internal conflicts among Confucians, but should be united with the outside world."

"Resist the visible division with the front of the soldiers, and resist the invisible division with the culture."

"Now you are eating the teaching meal tempura during the Easter period of the Chechitan Sect, and you are invaded by the invisible force without knowing it, but you are here lamenting the conquest of the Celestial Empire."

"But I don't know that the conquest by the Celestial Empire is really for the good of Japan."

"The Celestial Empire does not cede land, and does not kill people. It is just to show justice. After all, you invaded Ryukyu first. Propriety, integrity and shame, and strict laws. The Celestial Dynasty sent troops out of propriety. This is not an invasion!"

"Today's world is full of vigor and power, and invisible disputes are everywhere. At this time, it is time to respect the king and fight against the barbarians."

"Since you are a Confucian student, let me ask you, if you are a minister of the princes in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the barbarians are powerful now, will you conquer other countries at this time? Or respect the king and fight against the barbarians? You are still a Confucian student, don't you even understand this principle? "

"Another example is the land of Ezo. The Raksha people in the north have already invaded Sushen, and they have set up many crosses along the island. You don't know at all that this kind of situation can't be remedied by the heavens. Do you want to Will Japan all believe in the Orthodox Church in the future?"

"Another example is when I conquered Rakshasa, I also met a Japanese named Chuanbingwei. Do you know where the Rakshasa rescued him? It was in the land of Ezo! Decades ago, the Rakshasa Sharen has already arrived in Ezo, do you know?"

"King Rakshasa opened a Japanese language school and trained hundreds of thousands of people. What do you want?"

"You are ignorant of the dangers around here. It is precisely because the heavens resisted the wind and rain for you and blocked the invasion of the Westerners. If you spread your wings to protect you, you dislike the suffocation under the wings. You don't hate the heavy rain outside. , but hate to protect your wings, how reasonable is that?"

"The ancients said that the doctor is good at curing the disease. It's not that there is no disease, but the disease is in the interstitial joints, and it is not terminal. Do you really have to wait until the terminally ill to regret it?"

"In a place that you don't know, the Celestial Dynasty has expelled the barbarians, so that Japan has not felt the threat of the barbarians. If there is no protection from the Celestial Dynasty, I am afraid that all the barbarians will have returned to Raksha at this time!"

"Since ancient times, there have been those who subjugated the country and those who subjugated the world. As a Confucian student, you should know which is more important than subjugation of the country or subjugation of the world."

"At this time, those who do not respect the king and fight against the barbarians, but hate the king for punishing them, are all thieves in the world!"

"Where there are such people, from Annan to Korea, from the Western Regions to Ezo, who are the disciples of the famous religion, everyone should clamor and attack them!"

(End of this chapter)