v2.Chapter 351 (1/2)
”Minister Zuo is really wise.”
In the post house, a group of sangyi envoys sat in the garden to enjoy the spring, while chatting in sangyi's language.
The servants and soldiers could not understand what they were saying. They just saw that they were smiling and gentle. They thought they were talking about the luxuriant flowers and plants in spring.
A short and fat emissary said: ”the left minister gave the imperial court some difficult problems, deliberately let them solve them, let them think they are smarter than the people of sangyi. These days, we are constantly on the run, studying in various textile and wood workshops. I almost thought that we really came to study. ”
When he said this, his eyes unconsciously swept over the soldiers in the court. Seeing that there was nothing unusual on their faces, he laughed with satisfaction.
Beili people can't understand sangyi's words, but they can understand Beili's words. This is the gap.
Sitting in the pavilion, the left minister took the tea cup, sniffed it, and then held it up to play, ”if it's not like this, how can we make the wise lady believe us? Although many things in our country are better than theirs, such as the tea ceremony. The maid who makes tea in the post house is not very skilled. ”
He said, turning to one side of the maid, with Kyushu mainland language way: ”your tea is very good, good aroma.”
After that, he took a sip with a smile. His whole face wrinkled like a cat and seemed very satisfied.
The maid bowed her head in shame, ”thank you for your praise. My tea skill is just average, which is far worse than that in the palace.”
The left minister just nodded, put down the tea cup, and said to the envoys behind him: ”see, Beili people really look down on us. I praise her casually and she believes it. Of course, she knows that her skill of making tea is average. She just thinks that we haven't had any good tea in sangyi. ”
The envoys looked at the tea cup in front of them. For a moment, they were angry and despised, but they tried their best to restrain their faces.
The maid who made the tea thought that minister Zuo was drinking. They talked about the tea ceremony without any doubt.
An emissary breathed a breath from his nose very lightly, ”our country of Sang is the sunrise country in the East. Small as it is, it is much more noble than the clumsy mainland of Kyushu. How can they call us ”Yi”? They seem to think we don't understand what ”Yi” means. ”
Barbarian, alien, with contempt.
This is what people in mainland Kyushu call ”Yi.”.
Left minister smile, his expression seems to be more self-control than others, ”what does that matter? Let them have more beautiful dreams of heaven. Only when they despise the enemy can we be surprised. What I'm worried about is that they don't despise us enough. Beili Chaozhong is full of talents after all... ”
The left minister narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that he had a few questions on the golden hall that day.
Gu Shubai and Tian yunpo are the leaders of the younger generation in the court. They have a combination of literature and martial arts, and their quick thinking should not be underestimated.
But what surprised him even more was the superior lady.
She is so young and white that she will be worshipped as a porcelain doll in sangyi country. She is the most precious little daughter in the family.
But she was so smart. He didn't lie about the question of buying chicken. In sangyi country, although people can solve the problem, no one can solve three kinds of problems at the same time.
He could see that yufuzheng had solved three kinds of answers that day, so she asked questions when tianyunpo was not confident and asked him to say his answers.
It's amazing how smart you are.
”What do you mean, Minister Zuo?”
The envoys have been forbearing, thinking that they have been despised enough. Why should the left minister worry?
The left minister said: ”you've been wandering for so long, haven't you found that his majesty Beili hasn't opened the Central Military Department to us for a visit? They didn't show us their guns, crossbows, the most advanced weapons. ”
After a moment's silence, the left minister suddenly realized something and asked the maidservant, ”what kind of tea is this?”
”My Lord, this is Longjing before the rain.”
”It's delicious.”
Minister Zuo, who was always smiling, sighed, ”we can't grow such good tea in our country, so everyone is very sad. It turns out that such a good tea is called yuqianlongjing. I remember it. ”
No wonder these envoys suddenly look ugly. It turned out that they were just for tea.
Maid with a smile bowed her head, but she thought, this is not the best tea, you haven't drunk better Longjing before Ming Dynasty!
Later, I heard minister Zuo's words. I cleaned up my face one after another and showed my face again with a smile.
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In the palace.
”Big brother, I asked the Ministry of industry to learn the shipbuilding technology of Sang Yiguo. What worries do you have?”
Yu Fu thinks that this is a good thing, and doesn't want Gu Shubai to agree immediately.
He thought about it and said, ”Yufu, not everyone is willing to ask questions like you. Although the ministers in the court are polite to them on the surface, you should know that they look down on Sang Yiguo more or less in their hearts. ”Yu Fu nodded, ”yes. This is inevitable. Beili people pay attention to propriety and righteousness. In the past, even Xikun people looked down upon it, not to mention the more backward sangyi country. ”
Gu Shubai said: ”if we want to let the DPRK and China learn shipbuilding technology from sangyi, many ministers will oppose it because of their face. They think that our country is a great country in Beili. How can we learn from barbarians?”
Yu Fu frowned and thought for a moment.
”But this matter was first raised by the Minister of the Ministry of industry. At that time, there was no minister in the court against it. If I mention it now, no one will object. ”
”That's not the same.”
Gu Shubai said: ”the last time the Minister of the Ministry of industry put forward this matter, it was because the envoys had not yet come to Beijing and were still in the stage of inquiring for information. The people we sent secretly drew the ship's drawings, which the people of sangyi didn't know. This does not undermine the national prestige of Beili, and ministers naturally do not feel embarrassed. ”
Yu Fu understood what he meant. ”Now when the envoys go to Beijing, they have to face them and ask for advice about shipbuilding. It's hard to avoid that some people can't keep their faces. You mean, in order to take care of these people's faces, you can't directly consult them about shipbuilding? Ridiculous
She suddenly raised her voice and scolded angrily.
Of course, not Gu Shubai, but those ministers.
”When did the central government catch up with this kind of atmosphere, because they were small and weak, they looked down on them? That's all. Knowing that although they are weak, they are superior to us in shipbuilding technology. Why not learn humbly? As an important official of the imperial court, I don't even have this grace. It's pedantic! ”
Gu Shubai said, ”I'm afraid there's a reason for winning battles in a row.”
Yu Fu was silent for a moment, sipping her lips.
After a while, she looked up and said, ”this kind of atmosphere needs to be changed. Although sang Yiguo is small, I admire him a little. Hundreds of years ago, they came across the sea to study, which changed the original state of life of the country and gradually moved towards civilization. Although Beili is strong, if you can keep this enterprising spirit, why worry that the mainland of Kyushu is not unified? ”
Gu Shubai looked at her for a long time, then said with a smile: ”so, you decided?”
”It's decided.”
Yu Fu looked out of the hall and said, ”call Chen Jingxing, Minister of Honglu temple, to meet you.”