Si Loat City, the capital of Baekje, is a prosperous place of Buddhism, compared with Silla and the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism in Baekje is more prosperous, of course, it cannot be compared with the Tang Dynasty in terms of scale, after all, there is a huge gap in national strength. However, when he was in Nanliang, Baekje had an intersection with Nanliang, and it was precisely because of this that Baekje's Buddhism developed faster, and even Silla and Goguryeo were influenced by Baekje Buddhist culture.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that in addition to Buddhism in Baekje, even Taoism in China has also developed here, although it cannot be compared with Buddhism, but it has also greatly affected the life of Baekje people, perhaps it is precisely because of the influence of Chinese Taoism that the Buddhist culture of Baekje has also undergone some changes, such as the Buddha statues of Baekje Buddhism are smiling and smiling, and their expressions are very elegant and peaceful, which is also one of the important manifestations of Baekje civilization.

As the capital of Baekje, the Buddhist and Taoist culture in the city is naturally very prosperous, and temples and Taoist temples can be seen everywhere, and the low sound of chanting and bells envelops the ancient city, making it look peaceful. However, in the Baekje Palace, located in the south of the city, something happened that was incompatible with this peaceful atmosphere.

"Your Royal Highness King Wu, do you think that by handing us over to that King of Qi, you can avoid this war?" Above the main hall of the palace, the two were tightly tied with ropes, but the middle-aged man in front of him was very angry and shouted.

The king of Baekje Wu, Fuyuzhang, sat on the throne, the prince Yici sat first, and the other Baekje civil and military forces sat on both sides, everything was very similar to the Tang system. King Wu has already entered his twilight years, his hair and beard are gray, and his spirit is also very weak. Although the royal clothes on his body were very powerful, they could not increase the momentum on his body at all. Instead, let others see a more aged body.

Hearing the words of the middle-aged man who was bound, King Wu coughed twice. stroked his white beard, raised his faint old eyes to look at the people below, and said in an old voice: "Jin Gengxin, it's all because of your rebellion that His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty is angry, and now the whole country of Silla is preparing for war, and only by sending you two sinners to Silla can the anger of His Royal Highness King Qi be temporarily calmed!" ”

The two people who were tied up in the palace were Jin Chunqiu and Jin Gengxin, and they were with the help of some old departments. Finally escaped to Baekje, but Baekje had an ambiguous attitude towards the arrival of Kim Gengshin and the others, on the one hand, they blocked their news in Baekje, and on the other hand, they also sent people to settle them, but they did not say anything, until now the news of Lee An's preparations for war in Silla came, so that Baekje suddenly turned his face, invited them over in the name of a banquet, and then suddenly arrested them. Prepared to be handed over to Silla for disposal, hoping to exchange this for Li Su's dismissal.

Hearing that King Wu blamed the reason for Silla's preparation for war on the two of them, Kim Gengxin sneered again and said, "It is said that King Wu of Baekje is eloquent, but now it seems. But that's not it! ”

Jin Gengxin's unceremonious words immediately caused the Baekje ministers to reprimand loudly, and even King Wu was a slight change in his old face. Two rare rays of light shot out of the faint old eyes, and he carefully looked at Jin Gengxin, the old opponent of the past, a few times. He said in a deep voice: "Jin Gengxin, don't think that I don't dare to kill you." Anyway, His Royal Highness King Qi is only targeting you this time, and it will be the same if I send your heads over at that time! ”

"Hahaha~" Unexpectedly, King Wu's words caused Jin Gengxin to laugh loudly, and then his face changed, and he yelled at Baekje Wenwu in a low voice, "You are too naïve, since the day of his marriage to Kim Seung-man, King Li Su of Qi, he has already regarded Silla and Baekje as his bag, and now that Silla has been in his hands, then it will be Baekje's turn next, whether there is us or not, he will do something to you, but it is ridiculous that you still want to exchange our lives for a living, which is really despicable!" ”

Jin Gengxin's arrogant performance naturally attracted many Silla courtiers to reprimand him again, but many people pondered, after all, they were not stupid, and they were also somewhat aware of Li Su's ambitions. And the old King Wu and Prince Yici also glanced at each other, and then the two fell silent at the same time.

Seeing the performance of the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs of Baekje, especially the expressions of King Wu's father and son, Jin Geng was confident and strengthened again: "Your Royal Highness King Wu, I know that with your wisdom, you must have seen through Li Su's ambition a long time ago, but you have the hope of just in case and want to use us to delay the arrival of this war, but here I can assert that even if Baekje hands us over, it will still not be able to stop this war in the end!" ”

"I didn't ...... That's right, this time Li Su is determined to destroy our two countries, I heard that now all the men in my country are about to be captured by them, and Baekje will definitely not escape Li Su's poisonous hands! At this moment, Jin Chunqiu, who was still trembling with fear just now, also fought for himself, and even did not hesitate to distort the facts, confusing Datang's recruitment of workers in Silla with slave hunting.

In fact, the warrior king of Baekje is not a simple person, it was he who was between the former Sui and Goguryeo, and defeated Silla with their hands, and also won a lot of Silla cities, although he is old now, and his health is not good, but his brain is still clear, knowing that Li Su came to Silla from the Tang Dynasty this time, he will definitely not stop at Silla, and he will definitely not let them go Baekje, but after a year of conquest, Baekje's national strength has long been exhausted, and he is really unable to deal with Li Su's attack, That's why I want to hand over Jin Gengxin and the others, hoping to delay the time.

"Father, maybe General Jin is right, then Li Su's ambition is definitely not only Silla, now instead of handing over General Jin, it is better for the two of us to unite, with General Jin's ability, maybe we can help us Baekje hold back a part of the Tang army's attack." At this moment, Prince Yici, who had not spoken, suddenly stood up and spoke.

In fact, from the beginning, Yici was not very in favor of handing over Jin Gengxin and the two, but many people in the Chinese military proposed it, which made him have to remain silent. In addition, when he destroyed Goguryeo last time, he met Li Su under the city of Pyongyang, and with his understanding, this prince of the Tang Dynasty is definitely a personal hero, and a small Silla will definitely not be able to satisfy his appetite, and even he faintly feels that this time not only will it be difficult to protect Baekje, but I am afraid that even the overseas Wa Kingdom will not be able to stand alone.

Hearing Prince Yici's clear statement, the civil and military forces in the court were also talking about it, and they had already panicked about Li Su's preparation for war, and they also understood that with Baekje's current national strength, they were simply unable to resist Li Su's troops, so they were so desperate to prevent the outbreak of this war, even if there was a glimmer of hope, they didn't want to let go, but now they were ruthlessly punctured by Jin Gengxin.

After hearing his son's words, the martial king in the palace was silent for a while, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Jin Gengxin and the two with faint old eyes, and then said: "Jin Gengxin, I can not hand you over for the time being, but the two of you will live in the palace for the time being, as for the three thousand flower Daolang under you, I also hope that you can give an order, let them stay honestly, don't make trouble!" ”

Hearing that King Wu was going to put them under house arrest, Jin Gengxin and Jin Chunqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, after all, no freedom is much better than no life, as for the matter of restraining Hanamichiro, naturally there is no problem, after all, their current life and death are all in the hands of the Baekje people, and everything naturally has to be done carefully.

After letting Jin Gengxin and the two go down, the Baekje monarchs and ministers in the hall did not disperse, but everyone sat opposite each other, but no one spoke, and in the silence, the atmosphere in the hall was a little weird.

In the end, it was the old King Wu who broke the silence and said, "Everyone, let's all tell us what you think, what defense can we have in Baekje against this attack by Li Su?" ”

It's a pity that for this problem of King Wu, the ministers of Baekje below have all bowed their heads, they naturally know their own situation, Baekje's national strength is weaker than Silla, the two countries have been fighting for so long, so that Baekje is already on the verge of collapse, not only is there not enough food to eat, but also riots everywhere are continuous, if the current situation is not resolved, I am afraid that there is no need for His Royal Highness the King of Qi to send troops, they themselves will have to collapse first.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, King Wu couldn't help but be a little angry, and said angrily at the moment: "Now that our country is in a situation of internal and external difficulties, you are all important ministers of my Baekje country, doesn't anyone have a little way to save the country?" ”

King Wu's angry reprimand only made more people lower their heads, and still no one dared to come out to talk, and finally Prince Yici spoke: "Father, for today's plan, I am afraid that the only way to ask for help from the Wa Kingdom again is to use their strength to resist Li Su's troops." ”

"Prince no!" As soon as Yici's words came out, they immediately attracted the opposition of a minister, only to see him say in righteous words, "The people of the Japanese kingdom are cruel and vicious, although the 10,000 Japanese people borrowed last time helped us to conquer a few Silla cities, but now they have all been slaughtered by them, and they have no value at all, but it has also aroused the hatred of the Silla army and people, making our war against Silla more difficult, and now the Japanese people are entrenched in those cities, and they refuse to leave at all, obviously they want to occupy them, such wolf ambitions, If you attract it again, I'm afraid you will be injured before you hurt the enemy! ”

The minister's words immediately attracted the support of many people, and last time they had no choice but to invite 10,000 Japanese troops, but they did not expect that these Japanese people burned and looted all kinds of evil, not only the Silla people were very resentful of them, but even the Baekje people were very displeased with these Japanese people, and they wanted to drive these Japanese people back as soon as possible.

Seeing that his proposal had attracted so much opposition, Yici also smiled bitterly, and at the same time felt a little helpless about the bad reputation of the Japanese people in his heart, but the martial king in the palace sighed at this time, took out a letter from his arms and said: "You all take a look, even if we want to ask the Japanese people to send troops, I'm afraid it's too late!" (To be continued.) )