Chapter 119: Staying in Yangzhou?
The dog of the Wa Kingdom, Ertian Yu, may not recognize Sun Xiangfu, but he naturally recognizes the governor of Yangzhou, Shi Wushi, so how to pull out his knife and how to take it back.
On an attic not far from the pier, Wang Lin, who was fanning, saw Wu Shitong and Sun Xiangfu get off the boat together, and then he said to Wu Yuanqing, who was looking at the dock with his neck stretched not far from him, "Your father is too timid, today's matter should not be over." ”
"Hey, that kid ordered the killing."
Wu Yuanqing's cry of surprise sounded, and Wang Lin's eyes looked towards the dock again.
"Hmph, I didn't expect this kid to be a ruthless character, but this move is exactly what I want, come on, quickly pass the book to Chang'an······"
Sun Xiangfu didn't know that Wang Lin would be watching here from a distance, and his gaze was always aimed at the neck of the dog Ertian from time to time.
"Master Wu, why did you Tang Kingdom massacre my warriors of the Wa Kingdom? If I don't give an explanation, I will definitely turn back to the Wa Kingdom, inform His Royal Highness Prince Shotoku, and send troops to seek justice. ”
Inougami Ertian speaks Chinese very well, it seems that he Laozi Inuage Yutian used to be an envoy to the Sui, and he, although he claimed to be an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, did not hold an official letter of state, let alone go to Chang'an to pay tribute to the emperor, but only in Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places to purchase goods to return to China.
"Inougami Ertian, you warriors of the Wa Kingdom dare to rob my Emperor of the Tang Dynasty of the items given to his subordinates, this is a capital crime, you still think about it, how to explain it to my Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Samurai Tong didn't give him a good face.
"A gift from His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? Impossible, on this ship, there is no flag representing your Tang Dynasty. Inougami Nida pointed to happiness.
"What kind of dog is Ueda, as a messenger, don't you know how to respect the laws of my Tang Dynasty? In my Datang, it is a crime to rob the people's belongings, let alone rob the emperor's belongings, and you, as their master, are also guilty of the same crime, so I not only want to kill them, but also take you down. ”
In some ways, Sun Xiangfu has always felt that people in this period are really stupid, especially the attitude of the Tang Dynasty towards the Wa Kingdom, those Wa people swaggered to the Tang Dynasty with thousands of people, learning various techniques of the Da Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty not only gave them free to learn, but also good food and drink, even if the ambition of the later Wa people was exposed, after the Battle of Baijiangkou, the defeated Wa State just said a few kind words, and the Tang Dynasty immediately opened up to the Wa State again, and in a hundred years, let batch after batch of Wa people return to the country after studying in the Tang Dynasty, To speed up their own development, if this is in the future generations, how much knowledge copyright fees will the Japanese country have to pay!
Therefore, at this moment, Sun Xiangfu's angry thoughts exploded, he wanted to prevent these things from happening, not to mention regressing the level of science and technology and culture in this ambitious country, at least let them not be able to develop rapidly and continue to lag behind.
"How can this be reasonable, I am not a Tang person, why should I obey your laws, if you kill my samurai, you are my enemy, and I will duel with you."
Hearing Sun Xiangfu say that he wanted to arrest himself, Inougami Ertian was angry and pulled out his saber again, and beside Sun Xiangfu, a cadre of guards also pulled out their own sabers with the blood of the Japanese people and pointed at Inougami Ertian.
"Zhengming, after all, he is a Japanese national, and the matter of diplomatic relations, no matter how big or small, should be handed over to His Majesty for decision, these warriors, I will send a letter to Your Majesty, just say that he was killed by the guards during the robbery, as for him, you can hand it over to me!"
Samurai Tong is also a person who has led soldiers, and he knows the combat power of Sun Xiangfu's iron-clad guards, even if there are many guards brought by Inugami Erda, it is impossible to defeat him, but he is worried that Sun Xiangfu will cause too much trouble, and before he can help himself, he himself will be killed by those civil servants in the court, so he persuaded him with kind words.
"Yes, if we are not harmed, why should we kill again!" Xuanzang also came forward to persuade at this time.
"Hmph, even if you give the two of you a face today and spare your life, if I find out that you are making trouble in Datang again, even if the emperor doesn't kill you, I will kill you."
Sun Xiangfu no longer paid attention to Inougami Erda, turned around and began to check the happiness.
"Don't worry, my lord, with us and the other three here, this ship has not been damaged." Master Zihui said on the side.
Sure enough, Sun Xiangfu checked left and right, and didn't even see a single knife mark on the side of the ship, and suddenly had a new understanding of the skills of the three warrior monks.
"There are three masters, and when I go back, I will let the escort team send ten people to watch the night on the boat, and the three masters can rest in peace."
After thanking the three masters, Sun Xiangfu called Zhao Long to come over and arrange the defense, but the Japanese people this time it was a wake-up call for him, with the benefit of the Happiness, a round trip to the Japanese country, it is estimated that it will not even take a month, if the Japanese country has such a ship, it will be enough to attack the Quartet, so before the emergence of more advanced shipbuilding technology in the Tang Dynasty, the manufacturing technology of the Happiness will never be allowed to flow to the Japanese country.
Not only must the happiness be guarded, but even the shipbuilding workshop in Chang'an must be guarded, so Sun Xiangfu hurriedly returned to the cabin to write a letter, read the scriptures, and watched the corpses of those Japanese warriors being carried away Xuanzang came to Sun Xiangfu's cabin.
"Adults have a hidden anger in their chests, can you let the poor monk recite scriptures to dispel it?"
"Well, master, I only heard that the more strong the martial arts people, the more profound the Dharma to suppress the anger in their hearts, and they don't know martial arts at all, so there is no anger at all, you still have to find Xi Junmai and Zhao Long to chant the scriptures!" They've killed a lot of people today. ”
When Xuanzang heard this, he felt that what Sun Xiangfu said was reasonable, but he felt that something was wrong, and looked at Sun Xiangfu and said, "The adults seem to be very hostile to the Japanese people." ”
"The ambition of the wolf son of his generation must be guarded against early." Sun Xiangfu said while writing.
Xuanzang saw the whole process of grabbing the boat, and he didn't disagree with Sun Xiangfu's statement, so he nodded and said, "They must be taught by Buddhism." ”
Sun Xiangfu thought deeply when he heard this, it seems that Emperor Yang of Sui was very keen on this matter, and every time the Japanese sent Shi to Chang'an, he did not hesitate to engrave the scriptures at a high price and give them away, making Buddhism the state religion of the Japanese state.
Of course, Sun Xiangfu also only knows what it is, I don't know why, at that time, the Emperor Tuigu and Prince Shotoku of the Wa Kingdom introduced Buddhism, and used divine power to assert imperial power, so that the local ideas of the Wa Kingdom could be unified, and gradually transformed from slavery to feudalism, so that they dared to argue with the Tang Dynasty after a few decades.
Historically, kings who vigorously supported religion generally had political aims, and the reason why the former Sui Dynasty rejected Emperor Wu of Zhou's policy of destroying Buddhism and reviving Buddhism was because it could consolidate their ruling power.
However, when the number of Buddhist temples reached thousands, and the number of monks and nuns reached hundreds of thousands, it was a great harm to the country, Li Tang saw this harm, but he also needed religion to consolidate their dominance, so he recognized the ancestors of Taoism, greatly promoted Taoism, and suppressed Buddhism.
In the eyes of later generations, these religions may have been cancerous, but in this period, religion did meet some of the needs of the rulers.
People often say, feudal superstition, not superstitious, can it be feudal? The kings needed these things to boast of their status as the Son of Heaven, so that the ignorant people believed that the king was the son of heaven and blindly obeyed the monarch, and religion was only for its own benefit, serving these kings and rulers.
"That, since they must be educated, master, have you ever thought of going to the Wa Kingdom to preach the scriptures and teach the Fa? I heard that Buddhism is the state religion in the Wa Kingdom, and since they dare to rob your boat and attack the three masters, it can be seen that they do not respect Buddhism in their hearts, and they need to be ruthlessly indoctrinated! ”
Xuanzang was stunned by Sun Xiangfu's words, and felt reasonable, but his wish was to go to Tianzhu to seek Mahayana Buddhism, and shook his head with a sad face, "When the poor monk obtains Mahayana Buddhism, if he can study it thoroughly, it will not be too late to preach the scriptures to the Wa Kingdom." ”
"If the master can turn the kingdom of the Buddha into a kingdom of Buddhas, it will be the greatest merit in the world."
Sun Xiangfu said another sentence that made Xuanzang a little inexplicable, but at this time, Li Chunfeng ran to the cabin in a hurry.
"Poor Dao received news that someone colluded with the Japanese to hijack our ship."
"Heh, the bloodstains of those Japanese people outside have been cleaned, and the news of the Taoist chief is too late!"
"Ah, it's over so soon?"
Li Chunfeng looked at Xuanzang on the side in disbelief, and got a positive answer, and was immediately a little frustrated, if the news collected by the Taoist priests for him was so lagging behind, then it would not be in vain.
"Can the Taoist Leader entrust the Daoists to help him collect some information about the Japanese people?"
Sun Xiangfu knows the disadvantages of his one-way flying pigeon transmission, even if he sent a letter to the Taoist temple in Yangzhou in advance, but the Taoist temple collected the news here, but it was impossible to pass it on to the people on the ship, yes, the information lag is normal, however, this makes Sun Xiangfu more eager to have a two-way transmission of the carrier pigeon, after he put forward some of his ideas, let the pigeon boy slowly test, for this, Sun Xiangfu gave a hundred rewards, I believe, to solve this problem, it is also a matter of time.
"If you don't say anything about this, I will do it, it's just that the Japanese people have always been submissive in my Datang, and this rash move to us must have been promised a lot of profits." Li Chunfeng speculated.
"Hehe, the Taoist chief doesn't know the Japanese people yet, they just need to see this ship, and they don't need anyone to take advantage of them."
"Boats? Yes, with this ship, it is convenient to travel back and forth between the Wa Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty. Li Chunfeng thought about it for a while, and then understood the reason.
"Not only that, this ship is extremely fast at sea and has strong wind resistance, if the Wa Kingdom has a large number of such advanced ships, the sea frontier of the Tang Dynasty will be as smooth for them as the grasslands outside the Guanxi are for the Turks. When the time comes, they can enter and exit the southern Xinjiang of Datang at will, and after a long time, they will become a problem for my Datang henchmen! ”
As soon as Sun Xiangfu said this, Li Chunfeng, who was not bad in intelligence, immediately understood, he really couldn't let the Wa Kingdom get such a ship, otherwise, there would be another wolf to the south of the Tang Dynasty.
"I'm going to inform you that if there is any change in the Japanese people, we will definitely know in advance." Li Chunfeng definitely supported Li Tang's rule, not because his surname was Li, but because Li Tang gave Taoism the status of state religion, because Taoism is obliged to safeguard Li Tang's interests.
Xuanzang didn't have such a sense of responsibility, but he was smart, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "These people hijacked the ship while the adults were away, did they want to leave the adults in Yangzhou?" ”
"Stay in Yangzhou? Stay in Yangzhou?······" Sun Xiangfu repeated these four words, and suddenly thought of something, and his face showed a look of fear.