Chapter 896: A New Wave
Soon, the imperial court appointed Yang Shihou as the governor of Pyongyang and Gu Quanwu as the governor of Tamna, and other personnel appointments were in subsequent official documents.
The biggest reaction to this appointment was the envoys of Silla, because it directly harmed Silla's interests.
However, no matter how much these Silla envoys objected, it was impossible to prevent the imperial court from passing on the appointment.
The Holy Lord was determined to return to Silla, and he would definitely not give up because Silla did not agree, and even if there were courtiers who opposed it, it would be impossible to stop the Holy Lord's will.
What's more, most of the cabinet is in favor of this.
However, the strength of these two governors is relatively weak, and the two new governors have a long way to go.
The Tamna Governor's Office is fine, but the pressure on the Pyongyang Governor's Office is relatively high.
Although the Pyongyang Governor's Office is now part of the territory of Silla, although it has long been abandoned due to the war of a hundred years ago, and is now not under the actual control of the Silla Imperial Court, but to the south is the powerful rebels of Silla such as Gongzi and Yangji, and to the north is the Balhae Kingdom, and the external situation is not very good.
Therefore, in a short period of time, Yang Shihou needs to increase the population here, restore production, rebuild the city, and expand the Pyongyang Governorate.
Upon hearing this news, the envoys of Silla would definitely send someone back to report the news and discuss the follow-up measures.
Sugawara Michizan really didn't expect to encounter this as soon as he came, and the Tang Dynasty returned to Silla, I don't know if it was good news for the Wa Kingdom.
He was still waiting for the results of the investigation on Datang's side, but during this time, the other members of the mission were not idle.
Because this mission is more to solve the problem of piracy, there are relatively few international students selected, but there are quite a lot of musicians, painters and doctors, in addition to the people who admire the Tang culture like Sanshan Qingxing.
Although there were hundreds of people in the Tang mission, in fact, only a few dozen people entered Luoyang City, which is already a lot of people.
This is what Li Ye deliberately did, how to cultivate traitors without the prosperity of Luoyang to attract these widows?
If you want to study abroad, it is not easy, you have to take the exam, at least you have to learn to write Chinese and Chinese characters.
Only those who have passed the exam can enter Guozijian to study, of course, they can also study in these academies of Chang'an Academy, it depends on whether they can pass the exam, and they have to go to Chang'an by themselves.
As long as you are admitted, you will be treated all the same, and if you don't get in, continue to take the test.
However, this time, Li Ye deliberately opened up Taixue, of course, it was Taixue in the Eastern Capital.
It's not that Li Ye is generous, because the Guozi Supervisor of the Eastern Capital is inferior to Chang'an in terms of school scale and teacher strength.
It can be said that the Guozijian Zhuxue in the Eastern Capital is like a branch of the Guozijian in Chang'an, so it is not very generous for Li Ye to open Taixue to let these Japanese scholars observe, but to enrich their popularity, anyway, they are just auditing for a while.
It just so happens that Taixue mainly learns classics such as the Book of Rites, Zhou Li, Etiquette, Book of Poetry, and Zuo Chuan, which can be regarded as edifying Chinese culture for these Japanese people, and brainwashing by the way.
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While Sugawara Michizane was waiting anxiously in Luoyang, Ezo Island in the northern part of the Wakoku Kingdom ushered in partial unification.
With the support of the Tang Dynasty Jinyiwei, Qingyuan Zhe obtained a thousand horizontal knives and five hundred spears, plus the Jinyiwei helped train the army, and soon formed an 'elite army' of 1,500 people.
Barely considered elite, even if these horizontal knives were the inventory of the imperial court in the feudal towns back then, and the quality was not as good as that used by the forbidden army, but for the Ezo people who lacked iron tools, they could be said to be sophisticated weapons.
As for this army, not to mention that it is not comparable to the state and town soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and even the Silla pirates, how can it be compared with the regular army of the Tang Army?
But when it comes to dealing with the other Ezo people on the island, it's more than a mistake.
Therefore, Kiyohara Tetsu quickly unified Watajima Ezo and Watakaku Ezo, and also annexed a part of West Ezo. The land occupied may not be half of that of Ezo Island, but the population is controlled by more than half, about 100,000.
This population may not be much for the Tang Dynasty, and it is only for the Wa State, at most it is equivalent to the population of a decree country in the Wa State.
But at this time, Tetsu Kiyohara, who was already able to organize tens of thousands of troops, was not satisfied with Ezo Island, and wanted to go south to attack Mutsu and Dewa countries, rescue the Ezo slaves in those places, and then increase his strength.
And he also plans to build a country after capturing Mutsu, and then take the Tang Dynasty as the suzerainty and learn from the Tang Dynasty in an all-round way.
Kiyohara did not go to Luoyang, but returned after arriving in Mingzhou, Hangzhou, and Shengzhou, and when he returned, Sugawara Michizane and his entourage had not yet arrived in Datang.
The reason why he did not plan to establish a country on Ezo Island was because the land of Ezo Island was too barren, and although the land of Mutsu was not as rich as the core area of the Japanese Kingdom, it was much better than Ezo Island.
Moreover, he knew the strength of the Michinoku Kingdom, and with his 1,500 elites, he could sweep through the northern part of the Michinoku Kingdom, not to mention that he had more troops.
For Kiyohara Tetsu's impatience, the Jinyi Guard, who was sent to train the Ezo army, did not stop it. Jinyiwei didn't really want to support the establishment of Ezo, but just wanted to make the Wa Kingdom more troublesome, plus the pirates in the west, the Wa State suffered.
Since Qingyuan Zhe was in such a hurry, there was a loss, and it did not have much impact on the layout of Jinyiwei in the Wa Kingdom.
Ezo Island is less than 100 miles away from Mutsu Province, and the farthest is more than 100 miles, so if the weather is good, you don't need a large boat, and you can cross the Tsugaru Strait in the future by taking a small boat.
Although Tetsu Kiyohara was ambitious, he also knew how powerful the Abe clan, which controlled the northern part of Mutsu Province, and if he landed directly by ship in a major town close to Mutsu Province, he would definitely lose a lot.
So he decided to cross the sea in the afternoon, and then take advantage of the darkness to land on the beach of Mutsu and attack from land.
Like the Kiyohara clan, the Abe clan actually has Ezo blood, but they have long since denied that they are Ezo, and they have become increasingly powerful and semi-independent in the northern part of Mutsu Province, which can be said to be deeply entrenched, even the Kiyohara clan cannot compare.
As night fell, the sea breeze blew through the real waves, and countless strange and rudimentary ships rode the waves towards the vast stretch of beach.
When the ship came to shore and ran aground, countless soldiers wearing various leather armor and armed sharp weapons suddenly poured out of the ship, they jumped into the water one after another, and then rushed towards the shore, the blades in their hands emitting a cold light in the moonlight, reflecting the resolute face with a thick beard.
The most obvious feature of the Ezo people is the dense beard on their faces, there is no doubt that this is the Ezo army, looking at the posture, there are at least several thousand.
You must know that even Abe's soldiers are only more than a thousand, and these thousands of Ezo troops are undoubtedly a very powerful force.
This is also the result of Kiyohara Zhe's desperate bet, this battle, if it is not successful, it will be benevolent.
Seeing the land of Mutsu Province, the Ezo army was full of anger, because these were their ancestral lands, but they were occupied by the greedy and brutal Japanese people, and they were driven to Ezo Island, and most of the other tribesmen were captured as slaves.
And now, they have to reclaim the land where their ancestors have lived for generations, and drive out and even kill these hateful Japanese people, so that they can repay the hatred of generations.
"Warriors, there is a village of the Japanese people in front of you, and if you want to retake the ancestral land, you must kill all these brutal Japanese army, drive out their people, and take our families to live in this fertile ancestral land.
Kill them all and return to their ancestral land! ”
Seeing the Japanese village at the foot of the mountain in the distance, Kiyohara Tetsu shouted loudly.
He knew that the anger accumulated over hundreds of years by these Ezo people living on Ezo Island had to be vented, and the blood of the Japanese people could allow them to release the anger in their hearts.
"Kill!".
Instigated by Kiyohara Tetsu, countless Ezo soldiers swung their weapons with red eyes and slashed towards the distant village.
They want to use the blood of the Japanese to pay tribute to their ancestors who were brutally killed by the Japanese people!