For example, if a thug once burned down your house and killed your loved ones, and you had the opportunity to cross over and be reborn, what would you do to the guy who was still a teenager and had not committed all kinds of evil deeds? Is it to try to guide him to goodness, or to teach him a lesson first, or simply cut him in two sections to prevent future troubles?

When it comes to dealing with Japan, Shihoon is faced with a similar choice. It is meaningless to lead them to good, and national interests have nothing to do with the good and evil of people's hearts; It's not much use to teach a lesson first - look at that envoy, people don't even have shoes, and I'm afraid how will you clean up? As for the aftermath of severance, for people, there is a moral dilemma, and for the country, the cost is too high - he is Hongfu is not the Chinese emperor who can decide everything in one word.

Moreover, even if the Son of Heaven rashly sends troops on an expedition without sufficient interests and without sufficient excuses, he will also be unanimously opposed by the government and the opposition. If you accidentally lose a battle, for example, if you encounter some "kamikaze" and the ship capsizes, it may also greatly damage the national strength.

Therefore, how to deal with the Wa Kingdom is a very important and meaningless question in front of Shixun - if it is not for the memory of 1,800 years later, for a bureaucrat in this era, the remote island country, what should he do?

Fortunately, Shixun was not temporary, as early as when he first garrisoned Hunyang and met with Liu Yi, he ordered Liu Yi to restrain Goguryeo, collect Hui and Sanhan, and at the same time inquire about the news of the Japanese state, and began to think about this problem. At that time, even Liu Yi, a snake in Liaodong, didn't understand what a "wolf" was. It's only known through the Koreans. There are islands to the southeast. Shimayi, who called himself "Yamato", was so poor that he didn't even have shoes to wear, and the only things he used to trade with the Koreans were some crops, aquatic products, and crude textiles.

However, the Koreans said that the land was still fertile, but the population was small, and there were often poor Benhan people who crossed the sea to cultivate the land. Therefore, the two sides have close contacts.

At that time, Shixun told Liu Yi: "It's a famous widow." When the military was built, he was in the Han Dynasty, and the ancestor gave the gold seal purple ribbon. Liu Yi pursed his lips on the spot, and said in his heart that the little Daoyi also gave a golden seal? If I can also mix a gold seal in my life, it will be enough......

Liu Yi didn't care about it at first because Xun asked him to investigate the situation of the Japanese Kingdom, but he was worried that the Japanese would be used by the Koreans and obstruct his great cause of unifying the peninsula - but for those poor island widows, if you really dare to come and fight me, do you have weapons? Are the few weapons of the Koreans enough to distribute to you? It's a public concern. It wasn't until Cao Wei Zhaojian that Shi Xun wrote again. When he mentioned this matter, he said: "The Japanese people tasted tribute when they were in the Han Dynasty. If you don't pay tribute today, you can't show the righteousness of Wei, and show the meaning of the four yi. ”

God is pitiful, it was Xun who finally came up with such a barely plausible reason, which could make Liu Yi pay attention to the issue of the Japanese Kingdom.

Therefore, when Liu Yi was expanding his territory, he was also at war with the various ministries of the three Koreas, and for those Han states who were willing to obey Wanghua, he asked them to "order the Japanese to pay tribute", and waited for many years before finally getting a Japanese envoy. One of the reasons why he came to Xi'an to meet Shixun this time was that he was late was to wait for the envoy - since the Duke had stated this matter many times, I should be able to dispel the anger of the other party and show that I was still of some use to him.

Immediately, it was Xun who exposed Niu Lidu's lie in person, first said that he would fight, and then imprisoned him when he was done. If we send troops to Japan on this ground, we have to admit that the reason is completely inadequate - if the envoy lies, at most he will be expelled from the country, and it will really damage the face of the Celestial Empire to destroy the country of people because of this. Do you really want to beat him up? It is also a loss of the prime minister's temperament of the captain. So, lock it up first.

Besides, Xun has to solve the eternal puzzle, and he is happy in his heart, and he is not really angry.

When Niu Li was escorted down, only Shi Xun and Liu Yi were left in the room, and Liu Yi also wanted to apologize: "Yi recommends this fang, and the ...... is a rumor" It is Xun who waved his hand, saying that it is not your fault, and Waiyi boasts of his country, and it is also human nature - "Bi Wei country, how can Zi Gang mean it?" ”

It was Xun who knocked Liu Yi just now, and always "you" came and "you", this time he finally changed his name to Liu Yi's expression, Liu Yi heard it, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. So he asked Shixun: "If it is remote, if it is as the public says, it is big, but it is only a county, and the household registration is limited to tens of thousands, what is the benefit of taking it?" ”

He pointed to the map that was still on the table, and said that you have to look at the four large islands of Hokkaido, which are as big as two or three states, and have more than 200,000 households. Liu Yi smiled bitterly: "The minister has not been able to determine the three Hans for ten years, and An has more than enough strength to calm the Wuye?" And the poverty there, not as good as Han, I don't know what kind of products there are, but I have to levy them? "You want me to go to fight the Japanese country, but you give a reason to come out.

It was Xun Xin who said that I have no reason to give you...... Moreover, Japan is indeed poor, and basically does not produce any good minerals except for grain. Oh, it seems to remember that there is a gold mountain in the central and eastern part of Honshu, Takeda Shingen once relied on the gold mountain to get rich, so as to dominate a corner, the question is a small Takeda domain, and finally Shingen I dug up the gold mountain, for China, is it really worth crossing the sea for this expedition?

And how to cross the sea to Japan is also a key issue. In later generations, there were three main routes between China and Japan: the northern route was to go directly to North Korea from the Shandong Peninsula, or to go around the Liaodong Peninsula and then to Korea (along the coast, although the distance is far, but it is safer), and then go south along the west coast of Korea, through Tsushima and Iki to Kyushu; The middle line goes directly from Jiangsu eastbound; The southern route first southeast from Zhejiang seaport to Ryukyu, and then north from Ryukyu.

Compared with the three routes, the middle route has the shortest journey, and if the wind and water are smooth, it can be completed in four days. This route is also the most dangerous, often encountered strong winds and waves, especially in the early Middle Ages in Japan, the shipbuilding technology was still very poor, I don't know how many Sui and Tang envoys were buried in the sweaty ocean because of this. The south route has a longer range and a higher safety factor; The northern route is the longest and safest.

So why did those who sent Sui envoys and Tang envoys take the middle road? Let's start with that. The South Road was opened late. At that time, only the northern and central lines were feasible. The problem was that at that time, the three kingdoms of the Korean Peninsula were in full swing, and Japan united with Baekje to fight Goguryeo and Silla, and the northern route had to pass through the territorial waters of Goguryeo for a considerable distance. Especially after Silla unified the Three Kingdoms with the assistance of the Tang Dynasty, the northern route was completely cut off.

In fact, Xun didn't know what the quality of the sea ships was, how far they could go, and how many levels of wind and waves they could resist. Therefore, it is estimated that it is not very reliable to go directly from China to Japan. If you want to communicate with Japan, or even send troops to conscript, you must take the northern road, passing through the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula.

That's why he said to Liu Yi: "After that, if you don't have Han, you can't recruit you." As he spoke, he pointed to the location of Benhan on the map: "This is a transportation hub, and it is rumored to be rich in fine iron." Liu Yi's eyes lit up on the spot, and he said to himself: "I will get it." ”

Whether the southern part of the peninsula is really rich in high-quality iron ore is actually not very sure. He only learned about it occasionally in literary and artistic works in his previous life, and later the Yamato Kingdom occupied the land of Gaya for a long time. For this reason, he fought with Silla endlessly, just to rob the iron ore. Literary and artistic works can't be cited as evidence, but it's enough to tempt Liu Yi.

If Liu Yi I can't annex Sanhan, it will be fine, but if he can succeed and gain a firm foothold in the land of Benhan, he will inevitably deepen his ties with the Japanese archipelago, and it is not absolutely impossible to have his own secret promotion and send troops to the expedition. At the very least, it is possible to take Tsushima and Iki and control the hub of transportation to Japan. If this happens, there will only be the possibility of the mainland invading the island countries, and the island countries will no longer have the opportunity to covet the mainland.

Of course, this is based on the traffic situation in the Middle Ages, but if it is really in modern times, whether China overwhelms Japan or Japan disrupts China, it depends on which of the two sides will enter the industrial society first.

This is also where Xun is depressed, he boasts that with his own efforts, he may be able to avoid the tragedy of the "Five Chaos China" and change the course of history for hundreds of years thereafter, but no matter how far away it is...... It's really beyond the reach of human beings. What will history look like in more than a thousand years, I'm afraid even the gods can't be counted. In these years, no Chinese would worry about the Hu people entering the Central Plains, let alone the invasion of Daoyi......

Niu Lidu was temporarily detained in the city of Xi'an, and Shixun planned to wait until the defeat of Goguryeo before taking him and the hostages of the three Han states to Luoyang, meet Cao Cao, and call him a minister. If this battle is really fought beautifully, it can also take the opportunity to show off its strength and intimidate the Japanese envoys.

Liu Yi resigned, hurriedly returned to Korea, went to gather troops and horses, and went north to attack Goguryeo. It was Xun so who issued this order with three intentions: first, to give Liu Yi a chance to atone for his crimes; Second, the Lelang army can help protect the flanks of Xiahoulan and Wei Yan; Third, after a few hundred years, the border between China and Singapore (Silla) and China and North Korea was separated by the Yalu River, so why should Wei and Goguryeo now be bounded by the Qingchuan River (Hunshui)? Lao Tzu is not happy!

Besides, the army is two ways to conquer Goguryeo. There were also many Goguryeo spies lurking in Liaodong, and soon the news was reported to the mountain city of Marudu, and the Goguryeo Throne Palace was shocked when it heard the news, and hurriedly summoned the ministers to discuss. Pei Zhede was the first to speak, saying that I had persuaded the king many times, China is huge, and I am not a Goguryeo opponent, because of the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes competed, so we can still take advantage of a little bit of advantage, since the Gongsun clan dominated Liaodong and enterprising Lelang, our military operations have been repeatedly frustrated. Even the Gongsun clan that seized Liaodong couldn't win, not to mention that now the Great Wei Zhaojian basically unified the Central Plains? When you send troops to attack, it's just an egg hitting a stone - no, you have summoned the opponent's army, right?

In today's plan, he quickly sent an envoy to apologize for his sins, and returned the captive Chinese, expressing his willingness to serve China for foreign vassals and generations to come, and perhaps it could be said that the Wei army retreated—the villain is not talented, and he can take this trip for the king.

Before the words fell, Gu Hina Jiajia jumped out and scolded: "You are really a cowardly and traitor!" "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to Tutun, and the enemy is killed, so let's point troops to resist, how can there be a reason to surrender before the battle? At the next moment, he patted his chest and said to the palace: "The Wei people are known as 100,000 troops, and I expect that there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people. Please get a brigade of divisions, and the ministers will destroy this far away for the king! (To be continued......)