Chapter 160: The Unification War of the Japanese Kingdom
Fujiwara Kitake followed Li Tai to board the giant ship of the Emperor, they didn't have binoculars, until they got closer, they didn't know how terrifying these battle-lined giant ships were, the Abe clan's waterships were already invincible in the Wa Kingdom, they only had about ten ships in half a year to defeat the two major clans of Takayama and Fujiwara, but such two invincible waterships in the Wa Kingdom were bombarded to pieces by the Tang warships in a moment just now, and the stubborn Fujiwara Kitake had to bow to the Emperor before he dared to board the ship, This kind of big ship with a side higher than the city wall made him instinctively awe-inspired, and Li Tai let him, anyway, those civil and military ministers on the deck enjoyed the worship of foreign tribes very much.
Xie Feiyu, who had already boarded the God King first, had already explained to Li Er the identity of the Japanese people and then retreated to a corner, for the Fujiwara family head who could accidentally rescue one of the three major clans of the Japanese Kingdom, Li Er was also unexpected, Datang adhered to the habit of the former Sui and allowed the Japanese clan to send envoys to Middle-earth, and the two countries have always had some communication, until last year the Abe clan hijacked a water steamer in the Tang Dynasty, Li Er ordered the expulsion of the Japanese envoys from the country, to be honest, for the small overseas Japanese country, Li Er did not care about it at all, But since the water steamer was hijacked, Yang Lin repeatedly emphasized that Datang should be vigilant against this nation, which also made Li Erduo pay more attention.
On the wide deck, the ministers of the military force stand on the left and right, as if it is a scene in the court, although Fujiwara Kitake is the patriarch of one of the three major clans of the Wa Kingdom, but he has not seen this scene, the nobles of the Wa Kingdom have learned the etiquette of the Central Plains since childhood, and the humble Fujiwara Kitake hated to make a five-body bow to show respect to Li Er.
"Fujiwara Kitake of the Wa Kingdom pays homage to His Majesty, the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, with the highest respect."
Li Er wanted to take a good look at what one of the three giants of the Japanese kingdom looked like, but he didn't want Fujiwara Kitake to kneel down from afar, only arched a high buttocks, and without waiting for Li Er to say goodbye, Fujiwara Kitake stood up again, took a small step forward, and bowed down again. He shouted the same line, and so on, took nine steps, and bowed nine times, before he finally reached the middle of the deck, and then knelt down again.
The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs does not seem to be disgusted by this set of etiquette created by the Japanese people, and even Li Er feels that since this Tengyuan Jiwu has shown such a humble attitude to himself, then the Tang Dynasty seems to have some more atmospheric demeanor in the next conversation.
In fact, many ministers know it in their hearts. The more humble the people of the Wa Kingdom are, the more difficult it may be to beg for the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately everyone enjoys the humility of others.
"Fujiwara Kitake, I have already ordered the expulsion of the envoy last year and forbade the Japanese to enter my Datang Sea, why did you enter my Datang Sea without permission?" Li Er's tone and expression at this time can only be described in four words: graceful and luxurious. There is no meaning to blame.
The Tengwara clan was defeated by the Abe clan and fled at sea for more than two months, and he actually met the supreme 'emperor' of the Tang Dynasty here, in Fujiwara Kitake's opinion. This is the Fujiwara family, Abe just stole a water steamer in the Central Plains, and he can unify the Wa Kingdom in just over a year, if he can win the support of the Tang Emperor. Isn't it all under the control of the Fujiwara clan?
After simulating his thinking, Tengyuan Jiwu raised his head and replied to Li Er: "His Majesty, the Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty." The Tang Dynasty expelled the Japanese people, just because the Abe clan did not know His Majesty's Tianwei, and actually stole a water ship of the Tang Dynasty, and now the Abe clan has begun to imitate a large number of water ships of the Celestial Empire, and in this way, he recruited samurai in the Wa Kingdom, expelled my Fujiwara clan and the Takayama clan from the sea, trying to unify the Wa Kingdom, Fujiwara Kitake was incompetent, and was chased and killed by the Abe samurai who owned the water steamer all the way at sea, and in a panic, he fled here, almost offended His Majesty Xià Tianwei, Please protect the last bit of blood of my Fujiwara clan for the sake of my Fujiwara clan's single-minded respect for His Majesty the Heavenly Empire! ”
After Fujiwara Kitake's sentence was finished, a half-shaved head began to crumble on the deck, and tears and snot poured out just right.
"Hmph, just Abe's disobedience to the king, disrespect for the Celestial Empire, I will punish it, you tell me in detail about the situation of the Wa Kingdom, I will make a decision later." Li Erbiao Xiàn showed a slight anger, for the Abe clan who dared to offend the Tang Dynasty, Li Er naturally had no good feelings, but if the labor division went on an expedition, but he couldn't act rashly because of Fujiwara Kitake's words, Yanglin once told him that before the Tang Dynasty did not free up his hands to develop the Wa Kingdom, it was best to let the Wa Kingdom maintain a chaotic situation, but unfortunately after the Abe clan seized the water steamer of the Tang Dynasty, he quickly unified the Wa Kingdom, so it had some impact on the original plan of Li Er and Yang Lin, and it must be considered in the long run.
In fact, the native of the Wa country that is fought every year is quite barren, in the era when most of the Wa people are still in the era of chiseling wood for ships, the shock of the water steamer to them is tantamount to Tengyuan Kiwu seeing the Emperor, they are too eager to have a ship that can sail steadily on the sea, as long as there is such a big ship, they can reach the outside world, or burn and rob, or make a profit in business, in short, they can greatly improve their lives, and at this time, the Abe family, which won the water steamer, began to openly recruit samurai, Those wandering samurai who longed for a better life soon gathered under the Abe clan, and after more than a year, the samurai of the Abe clan began to subdue some small and medium-sized forces under the leadership of the prime minister, until the Abe clan successfully copied the water steamer, at this time there was no need for the prime minister to attack others, those small and medium-sized forces began to take the initiative to come to take refuge, and the first time the Abe clan's watership fleet was dispatched, it robbed several small countries in the South Seas, and emptied people's treasury, And this allowed Abe to start growing in just a few months.
People are profit-seeking, driven by interests, more samurai of the Wa Kingdom defected to the arms of the Abe clan, until the power of the Abbe clan broke the three-legged balance of the Wa country, the so-called break, that is, the samurai and warships of the Abe family are much more than the Fujiwara clan and the Takayama clan combined, and this has the United War of the Wa Kingdom that broke out two months ago, and the head of the Abe clan, Abetsuyama, wants to win the throne of the Wa Kingdom, and his army only launched two battles to eradicate the second and third forces of the Wa Kingdom respectively, Now the Abe clan has a samurai army of more than 20,000 people, and the entire Wa country is Abe's decision.
After Fujiwara Kiwu finished telling this qiē, Li Er and the ministers in the court had a good understanding of the shape of the Wa Kingdom, and none of them could have imagined that a cargo water steamer hijacked by the Tang Dynasty would change the fate of the entire Wa Kingdom, and if other countries had gunpowder, what would the Shenwei cannon look like? No one dared to imagine that they should be glad that such strange things as Yanglin and Guyue Daowen were born in Datang.
Fujiwara Kitake was allowed to follow the imperial fleet, although Li Er did not explicitly say anything to help him, but at least ended his life as an outlaw at sea, food and water are needed by Fujiwara Kitake's clansmen, the imperial court's fleet is not short of these at all, and even his three small broken ships have a lot of wounded, such a ship can carry more than 300 people to support at sea for two months, which is enough to prove that the navigation experience of the Japanese people is far higher than that of the Tang water generals, and even the Yang Forest that has crossed over, Of course, Li Er will not notice this, his ship Emperor has never lacked anything, even the bath water in a large bathtub every day is fresh, the perfection of the technical equipment of the Tang warship is incomparable to the Japanese people, they do not know the method of distilling water and have honeycomb coal that can continue to burn.
After dealing with this unexpected incident, Li Ercai unfolded the letter written by Yang Lin and began to read it, the mention of the military parade was very novel, and Yang Lin even proposed that it would be best to conduct it after the rehearsal, but unfortunately if it was rehearsed again, it would not have the effect of deterring the three armies, so the whole process Yang Lin wrote in detail in the letter, and Li Er, who saw the wonders, felt that it was necessary to take out the content of this letter and discuss it with the officials of the Ministry of Rites, if it was appropriate, it would be the best to set it as the eternal example of the emperor's military parade. It's a pity that the reaction of several ministers after seeing the letter was to leave him with a black line.
"Your Majesty, no, it is a great ritual for the ministers to kneel down and worship the king, in the great ceremony, only the ministers who are not ministers dare to stand and talk to the king, and it is not appropriate for God to grant the horse."
"There is also the water stage ceremony, the soldiers are directly compared to the play, how to make, the soldiers, the important weapon of the country, the army should be solemn, and it is not appropriate to give the horses to God."
"All those who have great ceremonies must first sacrifice to the heavens, and there is no ritual to sacrifice to the heavens in this ceremony, is it not recognized that His Majesty has the orthodox status of the Mandate of Heaven? It's bullshit, bullshit."
The military parade was said to be worthless by the ministers, especially the old man Kong, who regarded etiquette rules as his life, said that Li Er was irritable, and swept his eyes over the faces of the ministers, and happened to see Xie Feiyu standing in a corner looking at these ministers with sarcastic eyes, this guy was dressed in fish skin and water, even if he stood in the corner, he was very conspicuous, Li Er suddenly wanted to ask this Yanglin's subordinate soldier what he thought.
"I see that you seem to have little disdain for the comments of the ministers, and I would like to hear what you soldiers, who have been preparing for the parade for months, think of this ceremony." Li Eryi pointed to Xie Feiyudao, who had a unique costume shape. The eyes of the ministers instantly focused on this person whose rank was so low that he was not qualified to appear on this deck at all. (To be continued......)