In July 1264, the sixth generation of Hojo became a monk, and Hojo Masamura took office as the seventh generation.

In August, at the age of 14, Tokimune Hojo took up the post of co-signatory, which was equivalent to an assistant to the ruling power.

In 1266, with the immediate assistance of Hojo Masamura, an important minister of the Hojo clan and the Hojo clan, Hojo Tokimune deposed Prince Soson, who was attempting to overthrow the shogunate, as the shogun of Seiyi and sent him back to Kyoto to proclaim Prince Koyasu as the shogun.

In the first month of 1268, a Goryeo envoy visited Dazaifu in Kyushu with a letter from a group of Tatar bandits, and sent a letter from the Tatars demanding the submission of Japan to Kamakura.

On March 5, Hojo Masamura abdicated, and Tokimune Hojo took office as the eighth president.

At this time, Hojo Tokimune, with the assistance of Hojo Masamura, Hojo Real-time, Anda Yasumori, Taira Yoritsuna, and others, made a response to reject the Tatars.

In 1271, after the Tatar envoys came to Japan again to warn of an armed attack, Hojo Tokimune ordered the Saigoku Imperial Family, led by the Shoji clan, to prepare for war.

But then the Tatar bandits got into the war with the Guards of the island of Exile, and there was no terrible Tatar invasion!

Hojo Tokimune was of course happy to see this------ he took the opportunity to consolidate his power, killed the then Rokupola to explore the southern part of the country, dissatisfied with his assumption of power, and tried to get close to the imperial court's brother Hojo Tokisuke, and quelled the February riots of the Hojo Tokisho and Hojo Kyotoki brothers.

But now, he found that the shogunate's economy was in trouble, and it might not be as good as the economic conditions of some of the realms!

Even if he wanted to reward his royal family, he couldn't come up with anything good.

To this end, he convened several important subordinates, including Hojo Masamura, Hojo Real-time, Azuchi Yasumori, and Taira Yoritsuna, to discuss countermeasures.

Heira Yoritsuna is a straight person, and he is also the most loyal to Hojo Tokimune, he said directly: "It's better to directly order the prosperous place as the heavenly leader, and directly set up the acting official!" ”

Just grab it?

Doesn't it look good------

Anda Taisheng frowned and said, "It's better to build a unified customs office across the country to collect customs duties like Liuqiu Island------"

The co-signatory, Hojo Masamura, smiled and said, "Learn from those merchants? It was originally an uninhabited desert island! ”

The shogunate consul Hojo Tokimune said coldly, "Then what do you suggest?!" ”

"------ we used gold and precious copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty to buy the goods of the Great Song Dynasty and Liuqiu Island, which caused our treasury to be empty, it is better to restrict them from doing business------"

Hojo was the head of the Kanazawa-ryu Hojo family, and was once deeply trusted by Hojo Tokimune and his father Hojo Tokiyori, who had been involved in political decision-making since Hojo's death as the think tank of the Hojo Tokitoku family, and his greatest interest was reading, and he was the founder of Kanazawa Bunko, and among all the nobles, he was the best at Song Ci.

When the shogunate consul Hojo Tokimune set his eyes on him, he said: "The trade with the Great Song Dynasty brought us the Great Song Dynasty copper coins, and the trade with the Liuqiu Island brought us countless blank papers and leather armor------ restricting them would inevitably hurt themselves------ I have read the "Liuqiu Times" It is feasible to directly establish customs, but it is too early, don't be in a hurry------ I am afraid it is not appropriate to change several prosperous commercial places to Tenry, it is not appropriate, it is better to go and see Iwami ------"

The shogunate consul Hojo Tokimune nodded silently.

Yes, only Iwami's caretaker is light-hearted and can be easily taken away.

On this day, Iwami Country came with two uninvited guests.

One of them was Takashi Noguchi, a retainer of Hojo Tokikuni, who had just served as the Southern Rokubo Expedition, and the other was his henchman.

The Rokupola Quest is the head of the administrative agency set up by the Kamakura shogunate in the Rokubora region of Kyoto after the guardianship of Kyoto, and the main task is to monitor the imperial court and rule the imperial family in the western country.

Originally, this official position was only called "Rokubora", but it was only in the middle of the Kamakura period that the Abbey name "Exploration" was added to the Buddhist style of "Exploration" and became "Exploration of the Six".

Since Kamakura was located in the Kanto region of Japan, and the Kyoshi was in Kansai at that time, the Six Poles were equivalent to the representative of the Kamakura shogunate in western Japan, and they were in a high position, so they were always appointed by the Hojo family, who held the real power of the shogunate.

Noguchi Takashi's trip was to take on the task of exploring the Southern Six Pora and Hojo Tokikoku to visit Iwami Province privately.

He didn't go to see the guardian Ouchi clan, but took his followers to walk around the market near Iwami Port.

At this time, it is a busy scene.

He saw that Iwami Port was clearly divided into two parts, and on the left side of the pier was a row of five-masted ships docked with two large characters on them, and the ships all looked the same!

Thousands of coolies were up and down the gangplank, carrying bamboo baskets to the ship, which was gray, yellow, and white.

There are also dozens of booms that are also carrying stones to the boat back and forth------ he wonders in his heart, what do the merchants of Liuqiu Island want those stones for?!

On the right side of the pier are a variety of merchant ships, loading and unloading various large and small wooden boxes.

There were a lot of merchants gathered around, and they were shouting and shouting in various accents.

Noguchi Takashi got closer to look, and it turned out that they were bargaining non-stop.

This pier is really big enough, and there is no end in sight, Noguchi Takashi didn't want to finish walking, he was a little hungry, so he took his followers to the commercial street near the pier.

Along the way, they found that ordinary pedestrians could wear coarse silk, and it was indeed a place of wealth!

What he didn't expect was that there were so many noodle shops here, and there were even stalls selling meat!

The ancient Japanese court first issued a "meat ban" in the 8th century, and the emperor continued to issue several edicts, and the aristocracy completely changed its meat habits.

At that time, the common people were learning to write in monasteries, and when they were sick, they also relied on monks for healing, and in the eyes of the common people, monks were omnipotent "intellectuals" who gathered the hope of all in one.

As a result, the common people, who were influenced by the education of monks, gradually moved away from meat.

However, is it true that all Japanese people do not eat animal meat? And lasted for more than a thousand years?

Of course not.

It's just that unless it is absolutely necessary, it is a fact that the common people absolutely do not eat animal meat.

For example, when they are sick, or when they are born weak, people will acquiesce to eating animal meat, and even encourage the sick to eat these "supplements".

So, at least in Noguchi's opinion, animal meat has never been put out for public sale------ he asked the stall owner what kind of beast the bright red meat was.

Although the stall owner didn't tell which samurai he was from Takashi Noguchi, he could feel the majesty of him.

He honestly said that this thing was whale meat, which was caught from the sea, and eating it would make people stronger.

Noguchi's eyes were about to bulge out, and he said, "What? You can catch that giant fish from the sea?! ”

In this time and space, Japan, like the Great Song Dynasty, has seen whales, but if you want to eat it, you can only pick it up, so only very few people can see whale meat.

The stall owner bowed again and again and said, "Everyone on the dock knows, if you go further west, there will be a whale processing factory run by the Liuqiu people------