When Li Hong expressed his thoughts, Prince Dajin was so surprised that a fist could fit into his mouth. The tea that Li Zhi had just picked up spit out with a pop, frightening the maids and eunuchs next to him. He hurriedly handed the brocade handkerchief to Li Zhi, then lay on the ground and began to wipe the floor carefully.
"Why...why?" Prince Ojin's voice sounded like someone had stepped on his neck, making an unpleasant drake voice.
"Thank you, Japan. You and your father have helped me take care of Princess Dalai and Li Nan over the years. I, the Tang Dynasty, only contributed some financial and material resources, which is not justified, right? Besides, Datang and Japan have always been friendly, and now they are even more intimate. Dear, how can we measure the intimacy between us with money? Isn't it vulgar?" Li Hong looked at "Little Red Riding Hood" with an expression of "I am doing it for you" and said in a very sincere tone.
"But...but there is no need for us, the Japanese country, to use Tang Dynasty writing..."
"You're welcome, this is all as it should be. What else is there to say between Japan and the Tang Dynasty? The characters of our Tang Dynasty are the characters of the Japan Kingdom, and your ministers of the Japan Kingdom are my ministers of the Tang Dynasty. And I have decided, in order to prevent you from sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, you had to fight against the rough sea all the way. When you return to Japan this time, I will send some students from the Imperial College and Hongwen Academy to accompany you to Japan to help you. How about it? ? "Although Li Hong was smiling and talking, in the eyes of Prince Ojin, Li Hong felt more like a vicious wolf, showing his frightening and frightening bloodthirsty fangs. "We, the Japanese nation, have learned the characters of the Shang Kingdom and created our own characters from them. Why do we still need to use the characters of the Shang Kingdom? Your Highness, isn't this appropriate?" Prince Ojin began to panic, and his eyes began to look away from time to time. He began to prepare for help from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
I have known for a long time that the benefits of the Tang Dynasty will never be given so freely. In the past few years in the Japanese country, the emperor's sister and the emperor's daughter have lived a life of reaching out for clothes and opening their mouths for food. Whether it is food, clothing, housing, transportation or various daily expenses, The expenses were all taken care of by Bai Chunlai of the Tang Dynasty. Even he, his father, and other royal families of the Japanese Kingdom had benefited from the favor of the imperial sister, Princess Da Lai, and received great benefits from the Tang Dynasty.
Now it seems that as soon as this evil star comes back, it will start to recover the interest. It plans to not only take back all the benefits that the Tang Dynasty has given to the Japanese country in the past few years, but also to intensify its interference in the Japanese language and other things.
In this way, if the Japanese royal family acts according to Li Hong's suggestions, I am afraid that within a few years, Japan will become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, right? It’s time for the royal family to become a royal palace.
"Are you sure that the characters you created can fully meet the needs of all aspects of your Japanese country? Then why do you use our Tangwen specifically for the characters recorded in the history books? As for the characters you created, why are they included in the classics of the Japanese country? , there are few decent Japanese characters in sight? Isn’t it appropriate to use our Chinese characters and then deny that they are our characters? You are no different from a thief. Do you still want to use our Chinese characters as your own? Own it?" Li Hong's tone was so strong that it was almost scolding, which made Prince Ojin, who was already a little afraid of him from the bottom of his heart, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
A wicked man needs to be punished by a wicked man. Li Zhi and Wu Mei suddenly thought of this sentence. Li Hong was so close to the logic of buying and selling by force. It sounded as if Datang had suffered a big loss, but the couple was living alone. As an emperor and a queen, how could he not understand the significance of this strong order for the Japanese country to use Chinese characters entirely.
In this way, even if Li Hong did not do anything else to the Japanese country, he would just let the characters of the Tang Dynasty be used in the Japanese country according to the meaning of the Tang characters. After several decades, no one would know whether this Japanese country would still be the same Japanese country. .
The fact that the Minister of Honglu Temple can achieve this position is naturally not a fuel-saving lamp. Moreover, he is a talent trained by Li Hong. Although he was promoted to the Minister of Honglu Temple only after Li Hong went on the expedition, just like the senior officials in the previous life, they all need to go up. Just like those attending the Cadre Academy for further studies, almost all of the current imperial officials headed by Yu Yi and others had studied at the Chongwen Hall in the East Palace for a short period of time. They would even go to communicate with those young students every now and then.
But even so, they never thought even in their dreams that one day the Tang Dynasty could carry out such a bold cultural invasion against the Japanese country, and it was justifiable and logical.
So now when Yu Yi looked at His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, he suddenly felt that he was particularly pleasing to the eye, which made him feel that deep down in his heart, he suddenly became proud and proud along with His Highness. After a while, I felt that if other scholars in the world knew about this kind of forced selling and buying, they would not know how to impeach His Highness the Crown Prince.
With an uneasy mood, Yu Yi looked at His Majesty and the Queen sitting at the top from time to time to see if they were intending to stop His Highness the Crown Prince's actions. If he was asked to come up with a different opinion, how would he explain himself to the Crown Prince? Your Highness has the support of His Majesty and the Queen.
Wang Lou and Lian Tie, who were standing next to Li Zhi and Wu Mei, had the same thoughts as Yu Yi. As the emperor's personal eunuchs, although they could not speak their own words, what influence did they have on the decision-making of the Tang Dynasty court? However, occasionally when the emperor and empress lamented something, the two of them also needed to say something that suited the emperor and empress' mood.
So at this moment, looking at the indifferent emperor and empress who were sitting on the high platform and clearly watching the show, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief together. At least now they couldn't see that their majesty and empress were so concerned about the prince's behavior of embarrassing the Japanese country. Something feels wrong.
Prince Dajin looked pitifully at the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was holding a teacup and drinking water. Then he looked at the Queen who was admiring her newly dyed crimson nails as if no one else was around. He suddenly understood in his heart. It seemed that the decision of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty meant that It depends on the decisions of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty and the court.
"Your Highness, even if I agree, my father will not agree. Even if you send scholars from the Tang Dynasty to accompany me to the Japanese country, we will not accept the inheritance of the Tang culture. We have our own original creation. The writing, although the writing of our country is based on the writing of the above country, with some changes and pronunciation, but after all, it is the writing of our nation, and it can never be abandoned at will. "Prince Otsu is tougher than ever, even though it is the writing of our nation. It is Li Hong who is facing him now.
After all, now it is related to the fate and future of the Japanese country, as well as the dignity and culture of a country. If it loses its own unique culture, what kind of country is there
Wouldn't it become like the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla in the northeastern border of the Tang Dynasty? It is said that the three kingdoms have been once again granted the title of Two-Character King by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
If Japan was treated by the Tang Dynasty as if it were the Three Kingdoms including Goguryeo, who knows if one day the title of Emperor Japan would be deposed by the Tang Dynasty as well, and then become a two-character title such as King of the East China Sea.
What's more, everyone knows that according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, only the emperor's heirs can be named kings, such as the King of Ying and the King of Yin, including the early titles of the crown prince.
Although two-character kings are rare in the Tang Dynasty, and few people can be named two-character kings in terms of title, their status is obviously not as good as one-character kings. Even if they are granted the title of two-character kings, they are still relatives of the royal family, but they are already Far away from the orthodox royal family.
"Don't agree?" Li Hong asked.
"I absolutely agree." Prince Dajin himself could feel that his voice was trembling involuntarily when faced with Li Hong's questions.
Li Zhi, Wu Mei, Yu Yi, including Lian Tie and Wang Lou, all looked at the tough-minded Prince Dajin and couldn't help but sweat for Li Hong. Now that Li Hong is about to ascend the throne, if he is attacked by someone at this time. To refuse would be to disgrace the entire Tang Dynasty.
If once word spreads that the Japanese prince had rejected Tang Emperor Li Hong's proposal in person, it would be an extremely embarrassing thing for both the Tang court and the people.
So at this moment, when they heard Prince Dajin's firm refusal, several people couldn't help but raise their hearts in their throats, anxiously watching how Li Hong would solve the matter or give up.
"Okay, since you don't agree, then I can only agree to it myself. Instead of sending scholars to the Japanese country, I will let the Tang navy who returned to the Japanese country with you serve as the Japanese envoy. Among the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, There are many people who are literate, well-educated in both civil and military affairs..."
"Are you planning to invade our country again?"
"You stole the writing of our Tang Dynasty and our Chinese nation, but you refused to acknowledge it, and even changed it randomly. Did you get the consent of our Datang Dynasty and the Chinese nation? The envoys you sent to the Tang Dynasty came to our Datang Dynasty to study. How did you ever respect us? Culture? Did you change it without our consent? Who gave you the right? The culture that I, the great sages of the Tang Dynasty, have devoted their whole lives to create, can be changed at your will!" Li Hong looked at Prince Dajin and suddenly stood up! He stood up, and then he stood up, his tall figure instantly suppressed Prince Ojin's momentum.
"I… ."
"We, the Tang Dynasty, have inherited the culture of our Chinese nation, and we dare not change it at will. We have carefully inherited and protected benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, trust, sages' classics, customs and habits, etc. But what about you? You have no knowledge and skills and only know how to steal and transform. , do you think that if you continue to change this way, you can get rid of the fact that your Japanese country has taken advantage of our culture? "
Faced with Li Hong's tall figure and the mighty and domineering aura exuding, Prince Ojin began to retreat unconsciously. Although he knew that the facts were completely different from what Li Hong said, but faced with Li Hong's strong words, his aura was so strong. It feels as if something is really wrong with me.
"I tell you, whether you agree or not, whether you agree or not, you must use our Datang culture in its entirety, unless you completely abandon the culture of our Chinese nation and create your own culture independently. Otherwise, you must follow the I will inherit the culture of the Chinese people from the cultural traditions of the Tang Dynasty. I will give you all the sacrifices of Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi and Susano! From now on, you can only worship... Confucius! Sanguizi, the highest-ranking god, scolded them, but they couldn't think of which great god of the Chinese nation they should recognize, so they had to temporarily replace them with Saint Kong.
(End of chapter)