On the east side of the Taiji Hall, Yuwen Wen, who had just arrived in court, continued to discuss matters with the Secretary of the Secretariat Wang Jun and the Minister of Rites Liu Zhuo. The first thing was that the dynasty envoys went on a mission to the Japanese state in the East China Sea.

Last year, the Japanese sent envoys Zhou. Now, the Zhou Kingdom wants to send envoys to Japan, accompanied by the other envoys.

The envoy will bring a letter of nationality when he goes there. It is very important to write the letter of nationality. Therefore, Wang Jun, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, one of the "related personnel", and Liu Zhuo, the Minister of Rites, needs to listen to the emperor's teachings, grasp the "core idea", and ensure that the letter of nationality achieves the results it deserves.

It is normal for the two countries to exchange gifts, but the exchanges between Zhou and Japan are not that simple. The key point is what position the two countries should communicate.

Of course, Japan is not worthy of being on par with Zhou, but the other party will not consider himself a vassal state of Zhou. So from the viewpoint of Zhou, you can think: You, a small overseas country, are ungrateful, don’t send envoys to embarrass people!

However, based on reality (maritime trade), the two countries need to deepen exchanges, so in the letters of both sides, how to call themselves and call each other is a very serious matter.

For this matter, Yuwen Wen's confidant Zhang Yu ran between the two countries. Finally, as Yuwen Wen's representative, he made various fine statements with the powerful Japanese minister Su We and Ma Zi, and formulated a solution for the two sides to send envoys to visit each other.

The diplomatic bridge connecting the two countries has been built.

Last autumn, in the letter of nationality brought by the Japanese envoy, the opening remark of the King of the Japanese was "The King of the East China Sea wrote a letter to the Supreme Lord of the Central Plains". Then, in the letter, he first said a few scenes and offered gifts to express his wish that the two countries would be in harmony. Finally, he requested a reward in implicit request.

Now Yuwen Wen decided that the letter of Zhou, in the tone set by the letter of the letter of Japan, began with the "Supreme of the Central Plains" greeting the "King of the East China Sea" and made a scene statement to express the meaning of the two countries' friendship. In the end, they would give the other party a reward.

One of the rewards was given a golden seal and wrote the letter "Zhou Gongwang King". This practice was based on the story of the Later Han Dynasty.

The second reward was to be granted the title of Prince of the King of the King of the Japanese (actually the Prince of the King) as the "General of the Conquering the Yi", and appointed his own subordinates, planned to build an army, and conscripted the East China Sea Hoiyi (the Hoiyi tribe in the eastern border of the Kingdom of Wa) for the Zhou emperor.

The war between Japan and the Hokkien tribes has lasted for hundreds of years. This move was just a "just act" that Zhou State formally recognized the actions of Japan.

Yuwen Wen set the tune for Wang Jun and Liu Zhuo. How to write the Chinese Book of State in the future is the matter of the Secretariat and the Ministry of Rites.

The reason for this arrangement was of course a painstaking effort. Since Yuwen Wen did not intend to turn against Japan, he also wanted to help the powerful Japanese minister Su I-Mazi and help the other party "make political achievements", so he wanted to build a bridge for the exchanges between the two countries in this way.

Otherwise, if the King of Japanese dared to say in the letter of the country, "The emperor wrote a letter to the emperor without a place", Yuwen Wen would be angry, so the messenger would rather not come.

Since the Japanese country sent envoys, the letter of state had to be vague and named it as the direction "East Sea" and the King of Japan was the "East Sea King".

The other party did not want to recognize himself as the vassal of Zhou, nor did he want to call the Emperor of Zhou the only "Son of Emperor" to maintain the supreme status of the King of Japanese in China. Yes, Yuwen Wen did not care about the false reputation, so the other party called the Emperor of Zhou the "Supreme of Central Plains" by his direction.

In this way, the actual status relationship between the two countries is cleverly bypassed, leaving enough room for both sides to "explain" internally.

Secondly, the Zhou Dynasty granted the King of Japan the golden seal of "Zhou Wengwang King" actually reaffirmed the status and identity of the King of Japan, which was equivalent to talking nonsense. However, the King of Japan obtained this golden seal and could proudly declare to his domestic ministers that his royal power had been recognized by the "Supreme of the Central Plains".

Finally, the most critical point is that the Zhou Kingdom conferred the title of Prince of Wa (Prince of the King) of Wakato as the "General of the Conquering the Wild", which is the most critical thing.

Under this premise, when the envoy of Zhou Kingdom came to the capital of Japan, the King of Japan did not have to personally welcome him. He just needed to let the prince (the prince) who was the crown prince serve on his behalf and thank the "Supreme of Central Plains" for his reward to himself and the king.

In this way, the King of Japanese could avoid it, and the crown prince would receive the letter of the country, and the difficulties in etiquette would be avoided.

The position of General of the Conquest of Yi was an official position under the Zhou State. Therefore, the Prince of the King of the King of the Conquest of Yi, who was named General of the Conquest of Yi became a minister of the Zhou State in name, and the crown prince of other countries became a vassal of the Zhou Emperor (in name), and the heavenly kings had face.

The mouthpiece of the Zhou court can advocate it as "The Kingdom of Japan has surrendered to the dynasty", while the mouthpiece of the Japanese court can also advocate that "the prince is valued by the supreme Central Plains", although it is not actually that.

In contrast, when the prince of the Japanese king received this reward, he added a golden title to attack the "Dongyi" (Xiyi), and added a high-sounding reason: it was not that we, Japan, dislike you (want to steal your territory), but that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty dislike you, so I will attack you!

For domestic nobles, the prince of the Japanese king was "respected" by the emperor of the Central Plains and was appointed as the general of the Zhou Kingdom. Who would dare not to refuse to listen to the orders...

That is to fight against the Great Zhou court! (The prince’s side said)

For Japan, the crown prince received the reward from the Central Plains dynasty, which means the Central Plains dynasty's recognition of the crown prince. This recognition did not "descend" the King of the Japanese to the King of Zhou, because the prince will still be a noble king in the future, and the position of general will naturally be inherited by the new crown prince.

The change in the throne of the Japanese king does not need to report to the Zhou court, and agree, because Japan is not a vassal state of the Zhou kingdom.

What Japan needs to report is the change in the position of "General of the Conquering the Wild".

Such an arrangement is the best of both worlds. Anyway, Yuwen Wen did not intend to turn against Japan, and making some concessions in etiquette is nothing. After all, Zhou did not make the other party on an equal footing with him.

It is conceivable that Su Mumazi, a powerful minister of the Japanese state who strongly advocated a good relationship between the two countries, received the golden seal of the "Zhou King of the Japanese" for the King of the Japanese, and also received the reward of the "General of the Conquering the Wild" for the prince. His reputation in China will inevitably rise sharply.

Wang Jun deeply agreed with Yuwen Wen's practice of supporting powerful ministers from other countries and affecting other countries' foreign policies. During his tenure as a maritime envoy, he had a relatively good understanding of the national conditions of Japan and believed that such a solution was already the best choice, but he was a little worried.

That is, the prince of the Japanese king has the title of "General of the Conquering the Wild", and he will use this to deal with his uncle Su and Mazi in the future. What should he do?

The king of Japan today is a woman, that is, a queen, who is the former queen of the Japanese king and the niece of Suwomazi. The prince of the Japanese king, Ashito, is the queen's nephew, and is the son of Suwomazi's nephew, and is considered a family.

However, the royal family could not tolerate the powerful ministers. As the nephew of Su Imamazi, his former King of Wa was still dissatisfied with his restraint. In the end, his uncle attacked him first and sent an assassin to kill him.

Of course, Suwo Mazi has no relationship with the assassin on the surface, and no one has any evidence that the assassin was sent by Suwo Mazi.

Wang Jun knew that the current prince of the Japanese king had outstanding talents and high reputation. If this person wanted to deal with his powerful uncle, he could win over more nobles by relying on the title of "General of the Conquering the Wild" in Zhou State, then if he really turned against him in the future, his chances of victory would be much greater.

"I am too lazy to care about the internal affairs of Japan, but whoever dares to touch Suwo will have to pay the price. How high the price is depends on my mood. This will be known in Japan, and Wang Qing doesn't need to worry."

Yuwen Wen set a tone again, and Wang Jun and Liu Zhuo undoubtedly knew that because Japan was an important "trading country" of the dynasty, the emperor hoped that the two countries would deepen their exchanges and did not intend to turn against each other.

If you really want to turn against each other, it will be a matter for the future. The first priority is to develop Liaodong and solve Goguryeo, and then deal with the relationship with Baekje and Silla depending on the situation. As long as Japan does not commit suicide, Zhou will not bother to care about so much.

The first topic ended and the second topic began. Yuwen Wen ordered someone to push a floating bridge model and began to solicit opinions from both of them.

This model is a bridge type in the Xiakou Yangtze River Floating Bridge construction plan. It is one of the two plans passed with high votes after several rounds of demonstration meetings.

This pontoon bridge takes Parrot Island in the river as a "pedal" and spans the north and south sides of the Yangtze River. In order to facilitate ship navigation, three gate-type navigation holes are set up, which can allow ships to pass through without "cutting off" the pontoon bridge.

The water supply and sewer channels correspond to one navigation hole, and another navigation hole is used as a backup, and the relevant design is quite complicated.

Yuwen Wen didn't have the energy to look at the design plan, so he handed over the task to Wang Jun and Liu Zhuo.

As the Secretariat, Wang Xu is actually the spokesperson of the emperor in the Political Affairs Hall. Therefore, if you have to know the emperor's intentions or make suggestions for the emperor, then the important task of "selecting" cannot be escaped.

Liu Zhuo is proficient in mathematics, so Yuwen Wen wants to ask this "capable person" to help him evaluate the feasibility of the floating bridge solution.
Chapter completed!