"Master, do you think too much of the emperor?" After the meeting ended, Jing Xiulian talked to Ji Yang alone. It was difficult for him to refute Ji Yang in front of everyone, but in private, Jing Xiulian felt the need to put forward his own opinion.

"What do you think of our plan in North Korea?" Ji Yang asked rhetorically.

"Deter the king and nobles of Joseon by force, control the major towns, trade the whole of Korea, and control the vast countryside economically. If it hadn't been for the boss who came up with this plan, I am afraid that we would still be stuck in the Korean War. Jing Xiu said.

After finishing speaking, Jing Xiulian understood that Ji Yang was telling him in disguise not to question the leader of the family.

Ji Yang smiled slightly and said: "You don't know the national conditions of Dongying, although this country is next to the Central Plains, it is very different from the Central Plains. If we enter the Imperial City of the Central Plains and and pee on the emperor's head, the people of the Central Plains probably don't know, and even if we do, it won't be anything. But in Toei, if we and pee on the emperor's head, there will be a large number of people who will play with us. ”

"Toei has a population of more than 10 million, and bushido is rampant, so we can't get stuck here. Cooperation with the Emperor is the best choice, and after taking root here, we will vigorously promote the martial arts culture of the Central Plains, regardless of nationality, and destroy their bushido spirit spiritually. Ji Yang said.

"The head of the sect is far-sighted, but since the emperor has this prestige, why doesn't he stop us from attacking the Infinite Divine Palace?" Jing Xiulian couldn't understand, he was not familiar with this world, Dongying here.

"The Infinite Shrine is also a threat to the Emperor, but it is inconvenient for him to make a move, so he naturally wants to use our hands to dismantle this threat. The emperor probably thought that we were just here to take revenge, or to make a fortune, after all, in his consciousness, the people of the Central Plains have always looked down on this small place. Ji Yang said.

In addition to geographical issues, there was also the military deployment of the Central Plains court at that time, mainly in the north. Modern people hate Japan the most, but in the Song and Ming dynasties, the people in the Central Plains hated the Xiongnu in the north, that is, the Mongolian Xianbei Jurchen and other ethnic minorities.

During the Song Dynasty, the Han civilization led the world, rich in humanistic spirit, developed science and technology, and also had the spirit of resistance, and supported independently for decades after the Mongols swept across the Eurasian continent. When the Mongol army occupied northern China, its genocidal methods were extremely violent.

Almost every city has a record of a massacre. The Mongol massacres caused a shocking decline in northern China. There were more than 45 million registered people in the north, and after the massacres of cities in various places, there were less than 7 million, and this number was preserved until the end of the Yuan Dynasty and even the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

It is not excluded that millions of people fled to the south, as well as those who died of plague and starvation, then at least 80% of them were slaughtered.

According to records, after the Song people arrived in the Central Plains, they found that the Central Plains area was uninhabited for thousands of miles, white bones were everywhere, and the wells were filled with dead corpses and the water was undrinkable. When the Mongol army captured Changsha, all the hundreds of scholars of Yuelu Academy died heroically, but more than 300 years later, when Emperor Chongzhen hanged the coal mountain, there was only one eunuch by his side, not to mention a loyal minister like Lu Xiufu??? It can be said that China's elite lost all their lives at the hands of Meng Yuan.

Since then, the Han civilization has never been revived, and the development of civil society, the development of a new commercial economy, and the innovation of science and technology are impossible to talk about, and China has lost its best development opportunities. Although the Han people successfully restored the country a hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty that followed was still greatly influenced by the barbarians, turning back the clock of history, ignoring the value of life and inhibiting commercial trade.

The Han Chinese became more conservative after being hit hard by the horse-riding peoples of the north, and their ruling class was more brutal than that of the Song rulers, and for hundreds of years, most Han Chinese were mentally insensitized in the face of foreign aggression.

When the Southern Song Dynasty fell, Japan "all the vegetarians" came to mourn the demise of the Great Song Dynasty. Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, because of Japan's move, and the Japanese lords did not come to pay tribute, built 7,000 large ships to attack, but the fleet was destroyed by the storm, and the Japanese called this wind "kamikaze" from then on. The "kamikaze" in World War II comes from this allusion.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Korea and Japan considered China dead, and Japan disparaged China as "China".

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan, which considered itself the orthodoxy of China, launched wars against the Qing Dynasty such as the First Sino-Japanese War under the banner of "Rebellion". During the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, Japan and Korea were two subordinate states that were sincerely devoted to Chinese civilization, and Japan and Korea are still prejudiced against China because of the cultural degradation of their suzerains.

So if you want to go back to history, the reason why China was despised by the two younger brothers of Japan and North Korea. The main reason is that the backbone was broken by the northern peoples, who did not stand up for hundreds of years after that, and even were ruled by the Manchus for hundreds of years.

Think about it from the perspective of the two younger brothers of Japan and North Korea, how much these two younger brothers once admired the eldest brother, and there are even allusions to the Tang and Song dynasties in Japan and the Ming dynasty in Korea, which means that during the Tang and Song dynasties, Japan greatly admired the culture of the Central Plains. Japan retains the cultural essence of the Tang and Song dynasties in ancient China, the so-called Tang Dynasty system, the etiquette and music of the Han monarchs, and then enriched the Japanese poetry culture on the basis of the Song Dynasty.

And Ming means the same in Korea.

But one day, the eldest brother was suddenly beaten to his knees, and the two younger brothers' advocacy beliefs collapsed instantly.

Even, after the two younger brothers developed, they defeated the eldest brother who was ruled by the Manchus. They naturally despise this eldest brother, because the eldest brother is a thing of the past, at least in the hearts of the two younger brothers, the eldest brother is dead.

As for the new China that rose later, it obviously has not been recognized by the two younger brothers.

"Now you should understand the general thinking of the emperor." Ji Yang said.

"Humble duty understands." Jing Xiulian nodded.

After Ji Yang's explanation, Jing Xiulian couldn't say anything to refute except nodding.

If you understand the relationship between Toei and the Central Plains, you can easily understand the emperor's thinking.

Probably in the emperor's opinion, the reason why the people of the Central Plains sent troops to attack the Infinite Divine Palace was mostly to avenge the last invasion of the Central Plains by the Absolute Gods. Although the absolute god did not succeed, it also brought great harm to the border of the Central Plains.

And the big brother of the Central Plains, who is busy resisting the invasion of the northern peoples, should not do anything to Dongying. In other words, the Central Plains has no spare strength to deal with Dongying, after all, resisting the northern peoples has exhausted the Central Plains Imperial Court.

How could the emperor think that the reason why Ji Yang came to Dongying was for the future layout of the world pattern.

No matter how awesome the emperor is, he can't see what will happen in hundreds of years.

The emperor couldn't see it for hundreds of years, and Jing Xiu couldn't even see it, so he had another question: "Since you know that the north is in danger, why don't you lead your troops to resist the Mongols, but instead go to great lengths to conquer these two small countries?" ”

He used to be a general who fought against the Mongols, and Jing Xiulian knew the situation between the north and the south better than Ji Yang. Although Dongying also harassed the border of the Central Plains, his national strength was not good, and he was at most a little mouse in the eyes of the Central Plains.

And the northern peoples are a pack of wolves, which is more important?

"There is a court in the north to carry it, there will be no problems for the time being, I have my plan." Ji Yang didn't want to tell Jing Xiulian for the time being that there was a broader world on the other side of the sea, and everything had to come step by step.

"Humble duty understands." Although he didn't understand Ji Yang's plan, Jing Xiulian still carried it out respectfully.