In the end, Fujiwara Yutomo still wrote a long note on the wooden tablet.

Zhang Xi also did what he said, leaving all fifty war horses in Dazaifu as road money.

In the pine forest north of Dazaifu, a group of white water langs who came with the boat sat on the ground and gestured with pine branches, and then whispered that they were observing the size of the camp around Dazaifu, "Poor, I'm afraid there are not even a thousand people." ”

This is talking about the defense forces of the entire Dazaifu area.

"That's it, it's said that the town guard of the two islands of the nine countries is located...... In the Huaihai Province of Wei Guogong, there are 8,000 garrison troops alone. ”

"The best weapon is a wooden crossbow, and there are no horses. If I were from Silla, I would also come here to rob it, and I would be a wolf into the flock. ”

"Don't talk about it, the military envoy explained, this trip is not here to make a living as pirates, you guys are a little promising, and you have a long-term vision."

Zhang Baogao, who walked out of Dazaifu, beckoned to the Kukai monk who was waiting by the wooden gate and asked him to continue to walk with him.

And Zhang Xi was about to come out half an hour late, he stopped in front of the gate of Dazaifu, and then took out the long wooden tablet that Fujiwara Yutomo had just given him, and handed it to a attaché next to him, "How, this font is not difficult to imitate, right?" ”

The attaché's eyes were highly short-sighted, so he held up the wooden tablet, and his face was almost all on it, not like he was reading the words, but like he was sniffing the characters. ”

Yang Xiyuan looked at the Kukai monk who was heading towards Hakatatsu, and said to Zhang Xi, "The military envoy you are really clever, you have figured out the connection between Dazaifu and the Japanese court so quickly, and this fallen Japanese monk has become the key." ”

"That's right, it's the third son of King Yamabe, what Prince Iyo, right?" Zhang Xi was triumphant.

The key to trade lies in Prince Iyo.

Monk Kukai climbed onto the deck of the Tang ship with awe, and looked at the bow and side of the ship, which were lined with several bronze tubes, the head of which was cast into a majestic and hideous dragon head, with fangs and bloody mouths, facing the waves surging in the distance—he didn't know what the tube was for, but because he didn't know, Monk Kukai felt even more frightened.

On October 13, the 17th year of the reign of Emperor Kanmu, with six huge Tang ships as the forerunner and 12 flat-bottomed ships as the follow-up fleet, sailed from the Seto Inland Sea into the bay of Nambatsu.

Later, Japan called it the "Tang Boat Voyage" incident, and there is a serial song that records the situation at that time:

"Namba Lagoon, Mitsu no Saki, big ships are coming.

The barren sea is high, the real is prosperous, and the thunder is ringing. ”

"Boom!"

When the long tube covered with the head of the angry-eyed dragon suddenly shot out a dazzling thunderbolt and dense smoke, the Kukai monk was caught off guard and sat on the deck in fright, listening to the rumbling echo and the laughter of Bai Shuilang on the Tang ship, his ears were almost deaf.

A hundred paces before the bow of the ship, a sandbar with pine trees in Nambatsu was beaten up and a puff of dust rose and several pine trees were cut off at the waist.

With the roar of the dragon, Sumiyoshi Taisha and Namba Palace were shocked, and soon the news of the Tang ship reached Heiankyo, the new capital of Japan.

At that time, Emperor Kanmu of Japan had just moved the capital here, but it was only four years.

Originally, in order to get rid of the old aristocracy and the power of the Great Buddha Temple, Emperor Kanmu relied on the power of "naturalized people" (most of them were immigrants from the Korean Peninsula) and built Nagaoka-kyo in the old capital of Heijokyo, which happened to be located at the intersection of the Katsura River, the Uji River and the Yodo River.

However, the construction of Nagaokakyo was not only strongly opposed by the old aristocracy, but even Fujiwara Taneji, the palace envoy and the secretary of the Nakayan and Shikibu department, was shot dead by a hidden arrow during the overseer.

However, the fundamental reason why Emperor Kanmu gave up Nagaokakyo in the end was that due to the siltation of Nambatsu, the original dynasty's plan to use the road of "Nambatsu - Yamato Province - Suzuka Pass" to control the west and east became more and more difficult, and the new political and economic channel of "Yodogawa-Lake Biwa-Omi Province" began to rise, so Emperor Kanmu set his sights on the two counties of Katsuno and Atago in Yamabei Province, because this place was located at the node of the new passage, and with the great help of the Qin clan, a naturalized family of the two counties, and the descendants of the Baekje royal family, Emperor Kanmu completed the construction of Xinjing - in the thirteenth year of Enryaku (794), Emperor Kanmu moved the capital to Xinjing and announced to the world:

"This country is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and nature is a city. Insisheng, can make a new number. It is advisable to change the country of mountain back to the country of mountain city. The people who came again, the sage of Acura, said the same thing, called Heianjing. ”

The regulation of Heiankyo is imitated by Chang'an City, and it is also a Suzaku Avenue running through the north and south, and the end is the so-called Ou Nei Li Palace, and the two sides are divided into Zuojing and Youjing, and there is also Tai Chi Hall in Oui, and then there is Zichen Palace, and the organ that deals with government affairs at this moment is in Zichen Palace.

In front of the Purple Palace, there is a plum tree on the left and an orange tree on the right, so it is called "Plum on the Left" and "Tachibana on the Right" (Later, the plum tree died, and the flower worship in Japan was transferred from plum blossoms to cherry blossoms, so a cherry tree was planted instead of a plum tree).

When all the ministers gathered on the Zichen Palace, Emperor Huanmu sat in the imperial tent and spoke: "New Jingle, peaceful and happy land, ten thousand years of spring." ”

The ministers hurriedly fell to their knees, knowing that the emperor was worried about the incident of the coming of the Tang ships, and what would it bring to Japan.

Will the Promised Land of Heiankyo cease to exist?

The four senators, a descendant of the Baekje royal family, and the minister Kanno Shinmichi, who was promoted and pulled up because he was proficient in Sinology, suggested that His Majesty should first temporarily change the name of the Zichen Hall to the South Hall and remove the dovetail on the roof of the palace, because the emperor of the Tang family also had the Zichen Palace, and he was afraid that the Tang ships would regard our country as an arrogance and use force against our country.

"So, my honor, King of the Mountains?" Emperor Huanwu meant that the diplomatic documents for the Tang ships were also lowered, and I could only be called the king of Yamabe.

"Yes, I just hope that the Tang boat can retreat as soon as possible."

"If the Tang ship asks for trade, what can I do?"

"It's good to be reckless diplomatically, and in addition, all the military strength of our dynasty is concentrated in the Ou area, even if the general of Zhengyi Tamura retreats, I'm afraid it's too late." Kanno's idea was to drag and deceive, and when the Tang ships were satisfied and left, he completely strengthened the defenses of Dazaifu and Zhou Defense Nagato, completely locked the sea route, and did not allow any Tang or Silla ships to enter.

After the curtain of the imperial tent was closed, the emperor asked who to send to negotiate with the Tang boats.

Kanno Shindo said that there should be a person who is proficient in Tang soil as the deputy envoy, and in addition, he should give way to the loyal and reliable minister of his country as the main envoy, and he can unify his voice.

The emperor asked Kanno Shindo to promote.

"The deputy envoy candidate is naturally Qinghai Weiyue, which is the most appropriate."

Because Qinghai Weiyue, the original name was Shen Weiyue.