Ji Tang

Chapter 803 Look, what is that?
In their opinion, Ji Qing and others are already the smartest people they have ever met, and they are even more curious about Ji Song who can teach such disciples!
And the hundreds of students made them extremely envious.

But these people were taught by the same teacher, which is simply unbelievable!
Time passed slowly, and the rising sun rose over the sea.

The orange-red light shines on the sea and the sky. A few early seabirds soar in the distance, and a few high-pitched calls make the morning on the sea more energetic.

"Look!"

"what is that?"

Wang Xuance accidentally saw something and shouted excitedly.

Everyone looked up, but saw nothing.

Wang Xuance didn't believe that he had seen it wrong. He was so anxious that he suddenly saw the tall mast and his eyes suddenly lit up.

As light as an ape, he climbed onto the mast, holding the mast with one hand and placing his other hand on his eyebrows.

"Land, it's land!"

Wang Xuance shouted loudly.

"We're back, we're back"

At this time, Ji Qing and others also discovered an abnormality. In the distance, a black line appeared in front of everyone.

"Yes, it's land, that's right."

They danced and danced, and no one could understand their current mood.

After traveling for ten years and narrowly escaping death, I am finally returning to my longed-for hometown.

A more nostalgic and timid state of mind arises from people, they are back!
Tang Jian was in tears at this time. For ten years, he thought he would never return to Chang'an.Although according to the route calculation, this place should be in the north of the Japanese country, they couldn't rest assured without seeing familiar scenery.

There were too many wrong routes along the way, and it was common to lose our way sometimes due to storms and weather.

"This should be the northern part of the Japanese Kingdom, and the coastline should be the mainland coastline north of the Tang Dynasty and north of Liaodong."

Ji Qing calculated the approximate direction in a short period of time. If the calculation was correct, there would be no problem with their route, and it could even be accurate.

"Yes, both the climate and the orientation are correct. If nothing else happens, the big island in the north of Japan is ahead. Look, isn't that string of small islands the Thousand Islands we encountered before? ?”

As the sky became brighter, they could see more and more scenery, and it became clearer and clearer.Aren't the small islands not far away from each other what they were amazed by in the first place?
At this time, not only Ji Qing and the others discovered it, but also other people on the fleet.

Everyone was stunned, and then some people cried, some laughed, and some roared loudly.
Everyone is releasing the accumulated emotions over the years, the helplessness, boredom, and numbness at sea day after day.How much they want to return to their long-lost hometown.

But Tang Gong said that if they do something unprecedented, they can change the fact that the people in the Central Plains will no longer be hungry.

Once they return to the Tang Dynasty, they will be the heroes of the entire Han people, and they will be heroes forever.

With the passage of time, they have long underestimated the reward they were promised when they came.Compared to this harvest, those rewards seemed insignificant.

Not to mention anything else, there are only more than 300 soldiers left from the [-] soldiers. Everyone can be said to have gained a lot.Everyone can share hundreds of taels of gold. This kind of wealth is enough for them to live a life that they could not even imagine before.

"father"

"Mom!" "The baby is back!"

Everyone has their own concerns, and everyone's vision is different, but at this time, whoever dares to stop them from going home.

Not to mention the barbarians, even the gods would have to chop them off a few times.

Let's not talk about whether you can't beat him or not. He will make it difficult for the other party even if he dies.

"Calm down the soldiers, everyone is at their posts."

Tang Jian calmed down after the initial excitement. The sea is not an absolutely safe place, and danger may arise at some point.

Therefore, the closer this time comes, the less they can relax.A person who travels a hundred miles is half a mile, and the closer you get to the end, the more cautious you should be!
"promise!"

Ji Qing and others looked at each other, suppressed the excitement in their hearts, and went to other ships to appease everyone.

"Is that your country?"

Tinaire seemed hesitant when he said the word country, and he still doesn't quite understand the difference between city-states and countries.

Even though Ji Qing, Tang Jian and others have explained it many times, he just thinks this is the same thing.

In the end, Tang Jian did not explain, but just told him that when they get to the Tang Dynasty and get to know each other in depth, they will understand the difference between a city-state and a country.

"Do not."

Tang Jian shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "This is just an insignificant vassal state in the northernmost part of our Tang Dynasty, just like..."

Tang Jian didn't know how to explain the meaning of vassal state to Tinaire for a while!
"Is it the tribes and small city-states that surrender to you? The kind that make offerings to you every year?"

Calimore said thoughtfully.

Tang Jian was stunned, but he still said: "You can understand this in this way. However, we will not take the initiative to ask for confessions from the vassal countries, and as long as we recognize that our country is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will give us a lot of money. I hope they can live a better life.”

"What? How is this possible? You won't ask them to pay tribute? You will also give them things?"

Tinaire and Calimore looked at Tang Jian in disbelief, as if they had heard Du Mo's ridiculous things.

"What's going on? Isn't it right that the powerful suzerain country has given things to its subordinates to help them live a good life?"

No wonder Tang Jianhui thought so. After Confucianism became the grassroots ruler of the Central Plains dynasty, the previous set of plundering and relying on strong force to force the weak to surrender has not happened for a long time.

After the Han Dynasty, after the Xiongnu who traveled thousands of miles and set foot on the Eurasian continent were defeated, as long as the surrounding countries were willing to become the younger brothers of the Central Plains Dynasty and not cause trouble.

Then the Central Plains Dynasty will bestow a lot of wealth and will not take the initiative to destroy the opponent.This is also a characteristic of the Central Plains dynasty after Confucian dominance.

To put it mildly, it is mainly based on education and supplemented by force.That is to say, if you are obedient and don't cause trouble, you are a good brother, and you will also take the initiative to give alms to them in a superior manner, which has been left by your ancestors for thousands of years.

It was okay before the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty. If you didn't accept it, you would be beaten until you were convinced.But this was not possible after the Three Kingdoms. The Central Plains had ten rooms and nine empty houses, and its deterrence was not as good as before. However, the surrounding small countries or nomadic peoples had been accumulating their strength for hundreds of years, and they had already reached the point where it was difficult to control.

As a result, the Central Plains fell into cannibalism.Those Confucian scholar-bureaucrats thought that in the past, as long as they were given a little sweetness, those tribes they used to look down on, small countries would still listen to them.

(End of this chapter)