Jiang De nodded and continued, "There is a notice here, you see, this notice will soon spread all over the Wa Kingdom, but I don't think many people will want him to be known, so I want you to spread the content of this notice." ”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi opened it and looked at it, and the three words led by him suddenly made his heart tremble.

"Merit Order?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi muttered.

Jiang De nodded and said, "I know that most of the officials of your Wa Kingdom are hereditary, and the children of the Han family have no future at all, these talents are not wanted by the Wa State Court, I want it, as long as you are talented, no matter your background, I am willing to give you a position." ”

Saying that, Jiang De stood up and said, "In the past, the Qin State was strong, Cao Wei sought hegemony, and he was thirsty for talent, whether it was a thief who received money from his sister-in-law, or a disciple who was brown and jade, he was the only one!"

I want to emulate the sages, but I don't know if there are sages in this country? ”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi knelt down and kowtowed and said, "My lord, my kneeling is for the children of the poor families in the Japanese country, thank you for giving us a way to live!" ”

Jiang De didn't hide, and after receiving the kowtow of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he said, "Then go down and do it, I will build a high-rise building in this concession, hang two big flags on it, a book of talents, a book of recruits, as long as you feel that you have the ability, you can go to the building to try it, as long as you really have the ability, you can get an official and a half position." ”

Saying that, Jiang De said again, "Of course, don't worry that this concession is too small, don't forget, the Marquis of Pingyin has mastered the entire Goryeo, but he is afraid that there will be fewer people, and he is not afraid of the official position." ”

"Yes!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi lowered his head with a resolute face.

"In addition, I will open a new school in the concession, and you will also collect some orphans with a foundation on weekdays, and you can send them to study when the time comes." Jiang De told Toyotomi Hideyoshi another shocking news, from ancient times to the present, where would such a noble thing as reading have anything to do with those untouchables in the Wa Kingdom?

Waiting for Toyotomi Hideyoshi to leave, Cheng Min came over again and said to Jiang De, "Xiao Langjun, Zhang Shun sent a letter, saying that Settsu Mamoru had made an appointment with the people of Heiankyo." ”

"Oh? I won't come forward, and the matter here is over, tell Zhang Shun that after Huang Da comes, I will prepare to go back, and the matter here will be handed over to him and Mr. Xu first. ”

"We're going home?" Hua Diao asked excitedly.

Jiang De nodded, and then looked at Yue Fei and the others next to him, "What have you all learned in the past few days?" ”

Yue Fei sighed, "In the past few days with my eldest brother, I have learned what it means to strategize, my eldest brother has a purpose in using soldiers, and he will never waste a soldier, and my younger brother still needs to learn a few more days." ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "Marching and fighting, fighting on the battlefield, I'm afraid I'm not as good as you, but you have to remember that countless victories on the battlefield, if you lose in the court, these victories will become empty talk, I let you learn the story of the Northern and Southern Dynasties Tan Daoji these days, what do you think?" ”

"The eldest brother instructed, the younger brother naturally remembered it deeply, in the past, Liu Song soldiers were strong and strong, seven points of the world, and there were fourth, successively pacified Sun En, Huan Xuan, Liu Yi, Lu Xun, Sima Xiuzhi and other forces, and destroyed Huan Chu, Xishu, Nanyan, Hou Qin and other countries, Emperor Wen ascended the throne, killed Tan Daoji and other famous generals, self-destruction of the Great Wall, so that the Northern Wei Dynasty invaded the south and could not stop, Emperor Wen also regretted and said, "If Tan Daoji is still there, how can it come to this point!" Yue Fei replied.

"It's not for nothing that Emperor Wen of Song is afraid of Tan Daoji and others, their Liu family was originally usurped from the general in charge of the army to become the emperor, how similar it is to the current dynasty, but the Taizu of the current dynasty is more intelligent and used a glass of wine to release the military power." Jiang De said with a smile.

Yue Fei suddenly asked, "Big brother, if you were Emperor Wen of Song or the Emperor of the Dynasty, what would you do?" ”

Jiang De looked at Yue Fei's shining eyes, thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "If I were the two of them, I would establish a military school, and let these people who are the most proficient at fighting all teach us generals, one Tan Dao Ji can only block the Northern Wei Dynasty for a while, I want ten, a hundred Tan Dao Ji, only in this way can the world be pacified!" ”

Yue Fei took a breath and said he understood.

Shirakawa and Fujiwara of Heiankyo had negotiated the main body of the agreement before they came, and after the two agreed, the Settsu family had little room for resistance, and all in all, the original agreement remained largely unchanged, and the only thing to change was the order of the first purchase.

After many games, coupled with Xu Guanzhong's guidance, the first purchase right at this time became a joint-stock system, with the Japanese royal family accounting for 30%, the Fujiwara family accounting for 30%, the Settsu family accounting for 10%, and other nobles accounting for 30%.

The specific operation method is that after the goods arrive, the Setzu family will purchase them on behalf of the Japanese country, and after the purchase, they will be divided internally, and the rest will be sold to the market.

This is also to compensate the Settsu family for taking out thousands of acres of good land, yes, after Xu Guanzhong's rhetoric, both Baihe and Fujiwara feel that it is a very cost-effective thing to set aside a concession for the Marquis of Pingyin, because the concession is not free, but has to be paid, how much? One mu is given 100 guan a year, and 1,000 mu of land is 100,000 guan, which is enough for Cai Jing's food for three months! If Xu Guanzhong hadn't stopped him, Bai He would have been eager to rent Setjin to Jiang De. Anyway, in Shirakawa's eyes, this Settsu is already wearing the same pants as the Fujiwara family.

Within a few days, with the arrival of Huang Da's fleet, posters were also plastered all over the Japanese country, and there was a tendency to spread to Kyushu, Shikoku and other places.

The people of the Wa Kingdom gathered around this poster and discussed a lot, because the content of this proclamation had not been seen in this Wa country for thousands of years, and they did not look at their origins, but only acted on their talents, which no one dared to believe in the Wa Kingdom that had been ruled by the aristocracy for thousands of years.

But when they saw that the following payment was the Marquis of Pingyin of the Song Kingdom, everyone suddenly realized, oh, it turned out that the nobles of the Song Kingdom came to the Wa Kingdom to look for talents. The Song State elected officials only to look at their ability and not their background, which everyone still knows, after all, the imperial examination system is not from the kingdom.

Yes, the Wa State also has the imperial examination, or in other words, the second country in the world to use the imperial examination system is the Wa State, as early as the first year of the Wa State Dabao, that is, in 701 AD, the Wa State began the imperial examination, which is divided into Xiucai, Ming Jing, Jinshi, Ming Law four subjects and medicine, acupuncture two subjects.

It's a pity that the Wa Kingdom is very similar to the Jin Dynasty in the Central Plains, and it is a real high-ranking world, handsome and subordinate. From the imperial examination to this time, there were only a few dozen civilian officials who were really reused in the imperial examination. The imperial examination was basically controlled by the aristocracy, and it was not based on merit, but on seniority, which led to the formalization and hereditary nature of the imperial examination. If you are interested, you can check the names of the Japanese officials at this time, and the surnames in front are almost all Fujiwara and other major surnames.

Therefore, when he saw that he really had the opportunity to become a master through his own ability, the entire Wa Kingdom was in an uproar.

- Shimono Kuni

Shimono Province is a reidom country located in the Kanto region of the Wa Kingdom, where the only rebellion broke out in the history of the Wa Kingdom, the only time in the history of the Wa Kingdom that the name of the emperor was established, and although more than 100 years have passed, the legend of the former Heishomon can still be heard here. Fujiwara Hidego, who quelled the Taira Shomon Rebellion, has become a powerful force in this land in the past hundred years, such as the Ashikaga clan and the Koyama clan are its descendants.

At this time, a notice was also posted next to the gate of Shimono Country, and a group of people gathered around to watch, and some people were reading loudly, and the people around were curiously asking.

"Why did this official of the Song Kingdom come to our Wa Kingdom to find a virtuous talent? Doesn't it mean that everyone in the Song Kingdom is full of poetry and books? A widow in a long robe said puzzled.

"You don't know this, I heard that this Pingyin Marquis now occupies Goryeo, and he listens to the Emperor of the Song State and does not listen to the announcement, and now he occupies a large area of land in Setjin, this time the whole country gathers heroes, as long as they have the ability, they can become officials and eat white rice."

"Do you want to eat white rice?" A somewhat shabby-dressed samurai muttered a mutter, and then walked back out of the city.

He came to a somewhat dilapidated courtyard, and walked in, and there was a sound of a bow from inside, and the arrow flew to the target placed in the corner of the courtyard, and hit the red heart.

"Wow! If you were a man, I'm afraid you would be able to be selected as a samurai of the north. The samurai clapped his hands and laughed.

"Father is back, please get ready to rest." A girl walked over quickly, took the samurai's sword, and saw that although the girl was thin, she was also tall, not at all like a Japanese person, her face was beautiful and vulgar, but there was a layer of blood missing between the skin, and she looked pale and abnormal, and a pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling made people feel pity when they saw it, and although she was wearing a linen dress, she couldn't stop her pretty. She also carried a bow on her shoulder, and it was obvious that she had shot the arrow.

"Isn't Sakabe there?" A shout was heard outside, and the samurai turned around and said, "I'm here, is it Takenaka-kun?" ”

As soon as I turned around, I saw a person dressed as an onmyoji walking in, this person saw Tamamo and sighed, "No matter how big the sun is, it will dim in front of Tamamo, and even I can't help but hold my breath when I see her." ”

"Takenaka-kun, you're talking nonsense again." Of course, Sakabe knew how eye-catching Tamamo's appearance was, and he even didn't let Tamamo go out in order to reduce trouble, and even if she went out, she was asked to wear a veil, but that tall figure was enough to make her the focus of everyone at any time.

Takenaka shook his head and said, "I'm not talking nonsense, I have calculated with the technique of yin and yang, and Yuzao will have the position of a noble concubine in the future." ”

Sakabe waved his hand to let Tamamo into the house, and then went with Takenaka to a shady place in the courtyard to sit down and talk.

"Takenaka-kun, the name of Tamamo's beauty has spread all over Shimono Country, and a few days ago, Lord Mingguo told me that I was going to send Tamamo into the palace... I'm hesitating here, so why don't you help me get an idea? Sakabe said.

"Entering the palace? That's a good thing. Takenaka asked rhetorically, "What do you have to hesitate about?" ”

Sakabe snorted, "You don't want to fool me, from ancient times to the present, it is the daughter of the Fujiwara family who entered the palace as a concubine, and Yuzao entered the palace, and if she is not pampered, it will be a desolate life, if she is pampered, I am afraid it will be even more desolate!" Instead of that, I might as well take her away! ”

Takekoshi said in a loud voice, "Tamamo is not your biological daughter, why bother?" ”

Sakabe shook his head and said, "I've been pulling Tamamo with Zunai for more than ten years, and I really can't bear him jumping into the fire pit!" Takenaka-kun, you are resourceful, and you grew up watching Tamamo, so why don't you help her. ”

Takenaka thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm here today, too, to talk about something, Sakabe-kun, have you seen the notice outside the city gate?" ”

Sakabe nodded and said, "Of course I saw it, what?" Takenaka-kun's heart is moved? ”

Takenaka sighed, nodded and said, "I have been studying hard since I was a child, and now I am nearly thirty years old, but I can only live in the shrine, I am really unwilling, but I was born in a poor family, and it is not easy to have today, and it is just a weekday, and when I saw the notice today, my heart is like a cat scratching, and I am afraid that I will no longer be able to study quietly." ”

Sakabe said with deep feeling, "Only talent moves, these four words are really exciting..."

Saying that, Sakabe listened to it and looked at the courtyard around him, although he was also a samurai, but the samurai at this time were not as beautiful as the back, because there was no war, and a samurai like him could only get on little more food than ordinary soldiers, and his life was very hard.

Of course he wanted to leave, but he was afraid that he wouldn't get what he wanted after leaving, after all, there was still food to eat here, and if he went to Settsu, would he really have a good life?

People say that if you are poor, you will change, and who will want to leave their homeland until the last step.

Takenaka cheered him up and said, "I'm ready, I'll leave tonight, don't you want Yuzao to enter the palace?" Then go to Settsu, which is now the place of the Song people, and as long as you get there, no one can force Tamamo. Besides, with your and my skills, can't you earn a bite to eat? ”

Sakabe looked at the smoking room, stomped his feet, and said, "Okay, let's leave tonight!" ”

That night, Sakabe and Takenaka set off to Settsu with their families, stepping on the grass under the starry sky, they were full of enthusiasm, and Settsu was a place where they could usher in a new life in their hearts.

There are still many people like Sakabe and Takenaka, and the resentment accumulated over hundreds of years has been lured out, and no one knows what kind of consequences this resentment will lead to.

Of course, some people are happy, some people are unhappy, in the periphery of the Seto Inland Sea is the Kyushu of the Wa Kingdom, in fact, the accurate name of Kyushu at this time should be the Saikaido, there is a country here, called Chikuzen Province, this is the northernmost place of the Saikaido, don't look at the distance from Heiankyo here, but it is closer to the Song Kingdom, every year there are merchant ships to trade here, and even because there are too many Song people, the earliest Chinatown - Tang House appeared here.

The Wa Kingdom was originally forbidden to the sea, so most of the merchant ships here are legally prohibited, but it is not Heiankyo that governs here, but Dazaifu, and the commander of Dazaifu is generally served by the prince of the Wa royal family, but he is not actually in power, and the real person in charge is Chikuzen Kunamori, that is, Dazai Daiji, Dazai Daiji, like other official positions, are hereditary, and the hereditary position is also the Fujiwara family, but at this time it has been renamed the Muto family, and the head of the family at this time is Muto Jinyi.

The Wa Kingdom opened the sea, the concession was open to trade, and the person who passed the cheese was this Muto Jinyi.