As Japan's prime minister, as a confidant of Emperor Toba, Fujiwara Tadadō never looked at problems only on the surface.

What is the essence of Japan's problems with China?

Is that just one or two clever ways to dispel it?

The Central Plains' strength that surpasses Japan's strength by 10 times and 100 times is the fundamental source of Japan's current crisis.

The irreparable gap in strength between the two sides is the fundamental reason why Japan broke with the 200-year-old tradition and humiliated the pilgrimage to Zhengdan, and it is also the reason why Japan used this very sad means to show its attitude of compromising and seeking perfection.

I gave in to you, I kowtowed to you, but I still had a knife in my hand.

Even if the knife is short and blunt, it can hurt you. And although I have succumbed to you, I will also hold on to the strength I have!

It's really a very dangerous and dangerous road.

For the choice of the Song people, for the decision-making of Emperor Zhao, no amount of performance of the Japanese can play a role. They are now equivalent to putting their own capital in the field, and then completely teaching the decision-making power to each other, completely controlling their own 'life and death' in the whims of others.

This is a sorrow that prominent figures in Japanese politics such as Fujiwara Tadamichi have not felt for a long, long time.

But this is so irreversible!

Not to mention anything else, just look at the performance of the Song army after using Sado Island as a rocker and setting foot in Ezo. They swept through all directions like thunder, sweeping away all hostile forces around them, and bringing one Ezo tribe after another under their command.

If it weren't for the medium-high terrain of Ezo, undulating mountains, and dense forests, I am afraid that all the Ezo people would have made Song Jun's plate meal

In this way, if you think about Japan's general Zhengyi and Japan's town defense army in Mutsu, it is clear at a glance that the combat power of the two armies is high.

Emperor Zhao in the Central Plains was almost the founding emperor of the country, and "resourceful, wise and martial" was not enough to describe his ability, so Fujiwara Tadamichi had to think of those strange scenes when Goryeo "lost the country".

That's the same strategy that can be used in Japan.

Compared with Goryeo, which was on the verge of collapse due to the rebellion of the two classes called Xijing, the rift between the forces of various parties in the country is also clearly visible.

But the hateful thing is that the country is already in danger, but so many people in the country turn a blind eye.

Even a mere question of the righteous envoy has been noisy many times before it can come to fruition.

As the emperor thought, "learning from the Central Plains" doesn't know how many tongues and scheming will be wasted. And what Fujiwara Tadamichi is most afraid of is that he has wasted countless tongues and scheming, and he is still powerless!

In recent years, with the expansion of the Song army in the East China Sea, Japan has long been 'looking at Zhao and Song in a different way'.

After all, the Central Plains has been weak for 200 years, and it was close to extinction before, but it has changed from a dwarf to a majestic giant in just a few years, how can it not be shocking?

Emperor Zhao's methods of elevating the martial arts and suppressing the scholars were widely regarded by the Japanese government and the opposition as a means of centralizing power by the powerful emperor.

Emperor Toba dreamed of being like Emperor Zhao and taking over the power of the world, but where could it be so easy.

If nothing else, Fujiwara Tadashi himself wants him to give up the real power in his hands, give up the political and military power accumulated by the Fujiwara family for hundreds of years, and pay all the power to Toba, he himself is unwilling.

Now, an irresolvable sorrow echoes in Fujiwara's heart!

At the same time as Fujiwara Tadashi was grieving, a fleet of three lucky ships, one large, two small and three fortune ships arrived at Temasek.

Today's Temasek has been run by the Song Army for many years, and not only has a port, wharf and city, but also houses inside and outside the city, and it is very densely populated.

There are a lot of natives on the island, and even many of them are still natives of Nanyang, but they are like Han Tu in terms of rules, practicing Han style, following Han customs, speaking Chinese, and writing Chinese characters!

The climate of the Xiaoice River also has some influence on the South Seas, but for newcomers, the temperature here is still unimaginably hot.

Wang Cai looked at Temasek City not far away, and from the outside, it looked no different from ordinary cities in China, the city was square. The blue brick-clad city wall looks extremely strong, about two zhang high, and the city wall has four gates, each of which has an urn city built near it. Between the city walls, there is a protruding horse-faced enemy platform every thirty steps, but there is no moat at the four gates. Some are just large banners of Song characters flying high, and teams of guarded soldiers.

The area of the city is not very large, because the Song army is not ready to turn against the Three Buddhas, and according to the agreement, there are not many garrisons here. The natural city can't be too big.

In the eyes of the Central Plains people, this kind of small city is an ordinary county-level town, but for the local natives, such a city can already be named the word 'strong city'.

However, compared to those ports and terminals in China, Wang Cai thinks that this Temasek port is very beautiful.

First of all, the streets are very wide, and the slate and brick surfaces are very neatly paved.

Secondly, there is a lot of greenery here, and there are tall coconut trees on both sides of the road.

Finally, there are the floors of the houses here, which are generally three floors above the floor.

Perhaps to adapt to the hot climate, the houses are very well maintained. And the architectural form is also very strange, horizontal and vertical, without the cornices and corners that the Chinese are familiar with.

Wang Cai does not see the architectural pattern in Temasek City, only that Temasek Port, in the layout of the three vertical and two horizontal streets, is full of such buildings. The materials used seem to be brick and stone, rather than the common wooden structures in China.

Obviously, this sturdy structure is more resistant to riots and wars.

As Zhao Gou's cousin and the son of the eldest princess of Tan Guoxian and filial piety (the fourth daughter of Emperor Shenzong), Wang Cai is not a pure gentleman.

He gave up his secure position in the Imperial Front Division and joined the ocean-going expedition of the Exploration Division, which also had great ambitions. Whether it was before the expedition set off or on the way south to Temasek, Wang Cai had already gone through some of the information about Temasek in his hand.

He is well aware of the hardships that Temasek has been going through in the past few years.

In order not to further irritate the Srivijaya nation, the Song army has always had a limited land and water presence in Temasek, and even now, the entire Temasek garrison is only 2,000 people.

But Temasek is also known for its wealth and prosperity in the South Seas, which many people see as a cornucopia.

So, it's really not very safe here.

There have been many slave revolts in the past few years, and the early docks have been reduced to ashes in one tumult after another. Although everyone doesn't know how these slaves who dared to start a riot were sent to Temasek by the slave owners in peace, and how negligent the slave owners who could watch the slaves all the way so calmly made the slaves who came ashore see the opportunity.

No one knows about this unsolved mystery.

So Song Jun's architectural model at Temasek has naturally changed.

Today, even among the acres of farms far from the port, there are tall round earthen buildings that combine residence and defense.

Only on a piece of land in the northeast of the wharf can Wang Cai see the buildings he is familiar with.

What everyone knows is that this area is Temasek's wealthy area, and its residents are either rich or expensive.