Chapter 1120: The Wako
100 million years old.
Luo Cheng asked why Anton rebelled, and Lao Jia was a little helpless.
"We also just received the information that since Andong was disarmed and the soldiers in the camp were transferred to the garrison guards, Andong was a little unstable, first the remnants of Goguryeo were more active, and then Baekje and the Japanese people were also uneasy."
"Don't talk about that nonsense, just say why there is a sudden rebellion, there is always a reason." Luo Cheng was not ignorant of the situation in Andong, the previous encirclement and suppression of Goguryeo had been regarded as a phased victory, and the two rebel courts of Goguryeo and Later Korea, from the king to the general, were almost all encircled and killed.
On the border of the old Goguryeo, there was no longer a stronghold and fortress belonging to the rebels.
Silla and Baekje were also warned by the imperial court to stop all kinds of small actions, and Daqin drew a border on the southern side of the peninsula and erected a boundary monument.
Both Silla and Baekje paid tribute to Daqin and accepted canonization.
The emperor disarmed the truce at this time, and it was the right time, it stands to reason that there was no special accident, so that Baekje would not rebel at this time, and he also pulled the Wa state.
"Actually, it's a long story." Lao Jia smiled bitterly.
In the final analysis, the problem is actually not on the side of Daqin, Baekje and Silla, and the three kingdoms of Haedong called tribute, and the imperial court had no intention of attacking the three kingdoms, and everything was fine.
The Three Kingdoms paid tribute to the imperial court a large number of local products, and the imperial court also gave many things in return, which was a great joy for all.
The problem was with the Baekje envoy, who, after returning to China, lied to the king about Daqin's request for more tribute because he was greedy for the benefit of tribute. Originally, Daqin said that Baekje could pay more tribute, but this tribute was originally a suzerain-vassal trade, and they traded in the name of tribute, and they could also be exempted from customs duties, which was a kind of trade preference.
This kind of tribute will not affect Baekje at all, but the ambassador is greedy for profit, and Daqin's reward originally gave Baekje a lot of benefits, not only confiscating customs duties, but even collecting their tribute at a price higher than a little market, and then giving back a lot of Central Plains goods.
However, the ambassador, together with other members of the mission, not only carried a large amount of private goods for trade, but also embezzled most of the goods given back by Great Qin, and as a result, Baekje's tribute was at a loss.
That's not all, those Baekje missions even falsely spread the will of Daqin, originally asking Baekje to pay a tribute of 500 boys and girls, but they asked for a tribute of 1,000. asked for tribute for 10,000 cattle and 10,000 horses, and said that there was no time limit, but the messenger asked for tribute within a year.
All this caused panic among the Baekje government and the public, but the king of Baekje did not dare to disobey, so he had to order the forcible conscription of boys, girls and boys from the people, cattle and horses, and many tributes.
At the king's behest, many officials took advantage of the opportunity to embezzle and levy taxes layer by layer.
As a result, a mutiny was triggered.
A general in the Baekje Dynasty was dissatisfied, secretly liaison, and staged a mutiny, resulting in the deposition of the king and the establishment of one of the grandsons of the king of Baekje, Buyeo Ryu, as the king.
Immediately after the mutiny seized power, the new Baekje court ordered the abolition of the original king's tributary order.
After the mutiny, many Baekje royal families and officials fled to Obibang County, where they cried to Xu Shiji about the domestic rebellion, etc., and said that those traitors refused to honor the suzerainty of Great Qin and refused to pay tribute to Yunyun, and also said that they had taken in a large number of remnants of Goguryeo, ignoring the previous edict of Great Qin.
After Xu Shiji heard this, of course he refused.
As the suzerain, Great Qin had the obligation to assist the vassal in quelling the rebellion.
In particular, intelligence showed that the new Baekje court did openly support the remnants of Goguryeo, and refused to pay tribute to the Great Qin courtiers.
In order to maintain regional stability and maintain the relationship between the clan and the vassals, Xu Shiji issued a conscription order and prepared to enter the Baekje border as a precautionary measure.
However, his move frightened the rebellious court of Baekje on the opposite side, thinking that the Qin army was going to send troops south. These frightened Baekje people simply struck first, and on the one hand, they armed the remnants of Goguryeo, gave them money, food, and weapons, and let them enter Obibang County to attack and harass, and on the other hand, they sent people to contact the Wa Kingdom.
In order to be able to fight against the Great Qin, the king of New Baekje even paid tribute to the Wa state.
In the past, the Japanese did not even completely pacify the islands, and the Ezo people in the north often caused chaos, but now the Baekje people are willing to become vassal states, and the Japanese people are suddenly excited.
In fact, the Japanese people have always looked forward to the northern peninsula and hoped to enter the island, but Baekje and Silla were not jealous, and they were very vigilant.
Now that they had the opportunity to intervene in the peninsula, the Japanese immediately agreed to the request of the new king of Baekje and immediately mobilized their troops.
After gaining the support and affirmation of the Wa Kingdom, the Baekje rebel court became even more resolute.
Xu Shiji's side has not yet finished assembling, and Baekje here has already crossed the border and invaded the territory of Obifang County in Daqin'an Dong Province.
"The king of Baekje sent Xue Wu and the remnants of Goguryeo, Gao Yanru, to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard to attack the belt!"
"Goguryeo's remnant sword Muzen also established Ahn Sun, the grandson of the Goguryeo Treasure King and the son of the Pure Land of Yuan, as the king of Baekje, and restored Goguryeo, the king of Baekje, Buyeo-ryu, and the empress of the Wa kingdom, Nutabe, all recognized An Shun as king.
The three kings also formed an offensive and defensive alliance to fight against Great Qin together.
"Your Majesty, although the Wa Kingdom is the reign of the Empress, in fact it has always been ruled jointly by his nephew Emperor Suiko, the Emperor of the Mino, and his uncle Soga Mako, whose father is Emperor Suiko's half-brother, and his mother is the half-sister of Emperor Suiko."
"What mess of relationships?" Luo Cheng frowned.
"In fact, to put it bluntly, although the Wa Kingdom is now the reign of the empress, in fact, the prince of the stables and the great nobleman Soga Mazi jointly govern, but the prince of the stables and the Suga Mazi are at odds with each other. In his early years, the prince of the stables sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains to learn the advanced system of the Central Plains, and then he carried out a major reform in the Wa Kingdom, with the aim of getting rid of the clan surname system and changing the inherent Hao clan coalition system of the Wa State into the centralized monarchy of the Central Plains.
He set up the 12th rank of the crown, as the 17th article of the Constitution, vigorously promoted Buddhism, quoted the Central Plains Confucianism, Legalism, Taoist allusions and idioms, even the crown of the 12th, but also quoted the five virtues of Confucianism to distinguish the official ranks, the 12th rank is the great virtue, the small virtue, the great benevolence, the small benevolence, the great ceremony, the small ceremony, the great faith, the small letter, the great righteousness, the small righteousness, the great wisdom, the small wisdom. The crown clothes are distinguished by different colors such as purple, light purple, cyan, light cyan, red, light red, yellow, light yellow, white, light white, black, gray and other different colors and their shades.
"This stable prince is quite discerning, huh?" Luo Chengdao.
"Your Majesty, after Empress Tuigu ascended the throne, he was the closest person to the empress's bloodline, so he was made the crown prince, and then he was made regent, but the powerful nobleman Su Ma Zi has been in control of the government for many years, so he wants to get rid of the control of the Su family, so he learned from the reform of the Central Plains."
Luo Cheng said disdainfully, "Since you are studying from my Central Plains, why do you still send troops to unite with Baekje against Qin?" ”
"Sending troops against Qin is the meaning of Su Ma Zi, and he has sent troops across the sea to attack Silla several times before, intending to force Silla to pay tribute."
In any case, the current situation is that the Baekje mutiny rebels have erected Prince Fuyu Ryong as the new king, and the Wa Kingdom, under the strong intervention of the ruling Soga Mazi, has gathered 25,000 troops and horses to prepare to attack Qin in the north, despite the opposition of Empress Tuigu and the regent Prince Shotoku.
"Where's Silla?" The emperor asked with concern.
"Back to Your Majesty, Silla has not moved for the time being."
Luo Cheng looked at the map of the Three Kingdoms of Haidong in front of him.
"Since the Wa people have sent troops to Silla several times, then Silla and the Wa Kingdom are great enemies, and now that the Wa Kingdom and the Baekje Alliance have rebelled against Qin, we can pull Silla over."
"Your Majesty, although the Baekje alliance is against Qin, as long as the imperial court sends troops, it will be able to destroy the two thieves, so why win over Silla?"
"Of course, it is easy for the imperial court to destroy the two feudal domains, but the problem is that it is impossible for the imperial court to concentrate all its strength on the peninsula to fight such a big war now, and I don't have the energy or strength to do so now. Pull up Silla and raze it, so that the imperial court does not need to increase the number of troops on the peninsula, and it is enough to deal with the situation there, and maybe it can also take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the three kingdoms. It would be even better if Silla could be dragged to destroy Baekje in one fell swoop. ”
"In this way, send someone to tell the king of Silla surnamed Kim that Silla will send troops to help quell the rebellion, and after destroying Baekje and Wa Kingdom, the Wa Kingdom will return to Silla and Baekje will return to Daqin."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Silla people won't agree, it's not easy to destroy the Japanese country."
"Then promise that after conquering Baekje, Daqin and Silla will each take half."
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