When it comes to the most prosperous time in ancient China, we have to mention the Tang Dynasty, which has a total of two great heydays: Li Shimin's rule of Zhenguan and Tang Xuanzong's Kaiyuan prosperous era.
During these two periods, the surrounding countries and overseas neighbors knew of the tang dynasty's strength and prosperity, and sent their own envoys to the Tang dynasty to make peace with the mainland. Willing to give the mainland low to make a small every year to provide all kinds of good things to honor the emperor of the mainland.
Among these countries that are willing to make small for the mainland, Japan is one of them. Although we can also know from history that Japan has been harassing China's border since ancient times, Datang was also a particularly powerful presence in their eyes at that time. So I don't dare to go too far.
However, it has to be mentioned that Japan has been very good at learning from foreign countries since ancient times, so it often sends envoys to learn the various technologies of the mainland. In order to please the mainland, all kinds of treasures and major beauties have been paid tribute, but Japan, as an overseas people, still has some history that is different from ours.
Therefore, the two worldly beauties who had paid tribute to Tang Gaozong in Japan did not expect that Tang Gaozong would directly frighten the two beauties into a cage after being pampered.
Japanese tribute beauties
After Li Shimin laid the foundation for the tang dynasty to be strong and prosperous, he created the rule of zhenguan in the ancient and modern times of civil administration. During the time of Li Shimin, Japan began to send people to the mainland to study. The emissary sent at that time was the famous Gao Xiang Mystery, and through continuous learning from the mainland, Japan also received rapid improvement.
However, during the Tang Dynasty, the mainland did not close the country, so it has not given up the pace of continued research and development, under the influence of open civilization, the influence of the mainland is getting stronger and stronger day by day, the degree of prosperity is getting higher and higher day by day, after seeing the tang dynasty in Overseas Japan, the heart has become more and more unstable, and it can only send emissaries to the mainland many times to study.
And this time when he came to datang, it was already the moment of Li Zhi's rule.
Japan curry favor with Emperor Gaozong of Tang
Even though Japan has been bowing down to the mainland before, and as a subordinate country of the mainland, the relationship between Japan and the mainland is quite good. After all, a good sentence is said, a son of heaven and a courtier. However, as an overseas country, it is not an easy task to come to the mainland to learn technology, and the mainland is not a place that comes and goes whenever you want, and it is naturally not okay not to give the mainland a little benefit.
Gao Xiangxuanli looked at Tang Gaozong's flesh and blood Fang Gang, who had just taken office, so he thought of sending some more rare treasures, which had no effect, after all, the Tang Dynasty had seen a lot, and its controversy guarantee was not rare. So he made up his mind and reported to the Emperor of Japan and decided to choose two beautiful women to give to Tang Gaozong.
After hearing about this proposal, the Emperor of Japan felt that it was particularly reasonable, and in order to improve Japan's national strength, he selected most of the controversial treasures throughout the country. In addition, with the addition of two beautiful beauties, Gao Xiangxuanli came to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute to win the favor of Emperor Gaozong.
Tang Gaozong was terrified and scattered
Tang Gaozong saw these rare treasures brought by Gao Xiangxuan, his eyebrows opened and smiled, after seeing the two beautiful women, he was even more happy from the heart, Gao Xiangxue You were also very happy after seeing Tang Gaozong's expression, it seems that this gift was simply sent to Li Zhi's heart.
Therefore, it was better to choose the day than to hit The Sun Gao Xiang Xuanli immediately proposed to Tang Gaozong that he wanted to learn prosperous technology and culture from the mainland, and Tang Gaozong agreed without saying a word, especially after seeing these two beautiful women from a foreign country, he was even happier, and also rewarded Gao XiangXuanli with a lot of things.
After the crowd dispersed, Tang Gaozong couldn't wait to drag these two worldly beauties into the cave room, but he didn't expect that after a night of spring supper, Tang Gaozong, who got up early the next morning, was scattered by the souls of the two cotton-clad women, and immediately ordered the two people to be locked in a cage.
What's going on here?
Emperor Gaozong of Tang put the beautiful woman in a cage
Gao Xiangxuanli, who was studying Datang culture at home, was particularly shocked to learn the news that the beautiful woman who paid tribute yesterday was put in a cage today. At first, he thought that the two beauties had done something inappropriate and angered Tang Gaozong, so he rushed to the realm of the palace and happened to encounter the picture of the two beauties being carried out.
He hadn't seen Tang Gaozong yet, just by looking at the appearance of these two beautiful women who had been carried out, Gao Xiangxuan knew why these two beautiful women were put in a cage.
So Gao Xiangxuan finally let go of his heart, walked to the main hall, and carefully explained this problem to Emperor Gaozong of Tang. It turned out that half a day was just a oolong, it turned out that these two beautiful women from a foreign country were to please the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so they did not wait for the emperor to get up early and start dressing up, and painted one of the most popular and typical beauty makeup in Japan.
Cultural differences determine the level of appreciation of makeup is also different, Japan has the so-called beauty makeup, in fact, the eyebrows are shaved off after the teeth are also blackened, and a very thick layer of powder is applied to the face. This kind of dress can be regarded as the most iconic beauty in Japan at any time, but it exists like a monster in the Central Plains region. Even in modern times, this kind of makeup is not very acceptable on the mainland.
Therefore, Tang Gaozong, who had never seen such makeup, opened his eyes early in the morning and saw these two faces, he was bound to be frightened, no wonder he ordered these two big beauties to be put in a cage.
Even if this matter is an exception, it is also these two beautiful women who are clever and do it in order to make Tang Gaozong happy, although it is explained clearly in the end, and it is not implicated in Japan, but in Tang Gaozong's heart has always left an indelible shadow. It was also from this incident that Tang Gaozong no longer dared to accept beautiful women from foreign countries.
epilogue
In fact, for these two beautiful women, Tang Gaozong originally thought of returning them to Japan, but thinking that he had already married these two beautiful women, if he returned, sometimes the mainland etiquette culture could only order these two people to be beaten into the cold palace and never summoned again.
It's just that for these two beautiful women, they were originally kind enough to dress up, wanted to win the care of their husbands, and wanted to win glory for the country, but they didn't expect it to be self-defeating, which brought themselves such a disaster.
However, this matter can only be said to be that Gao Xiangxuan did not clarify the customs of the Tang Dynasty in advance, and the handover of the envoys was not done well, if it was clearly understood, the two beautiful women were advised in advance, and there would be no such oolong incident.
In fact, there are many cultural differences in such a particularly big difference, every country exists, every region exists, even every village will exist, what we have to do is to respect other people's culture, learn from other people's advanced culture, and at the same time inherit and promote their own local culture, only in this way will there be no many oolong incidents.