Turning his gaze to Kyoto, the Japanese kingdom.

Although Prince Yonghito has not yet succeeded to the throne as emperor, he has effectively grasped the military and political power of the Wa Kingdom. On this day, Prince Yonghito was discussing with several of his main ministers, when a high-ranking samurai suddenly broke in and reported: "Your Excellency, the merchant fleet we sent to the west was intercepted by the Ming Navy in the waters south of the Ryukyus and was forced to return!" ”

Everyone present was shocked when they heard this. Fujiwara Narita said angrily: "How can this be? Haven't we reconciled with Daming? ”

Prince Yongren frowned and muttered: "We don't really reconcile with Da Ming, it seems that Da Ming doesn't really reconcile with us!" ”

Fujiwara Chengqin shouted: "The Ming Dynasty deceives people too much, do you think that our Yamato nation is really afraid of them?" We should take revenge and make the Ming remorse for their actions! ”

Fujiwara Shiguang said angrily: "Being rash can only ruin national affairs, and there is no use in other than that!" At that time, the Ming Dynasty only occupied Jiangbei, and we formed an alliance with the Liao State to jointly crusade against the Ming Dynasty, but we only ended up in a crushing defeat. Now the Ming Dynasty has reigned in the world, and recently defeated Dali Bagan, the military power is prosperous, and it catches up with the Tang Dynasty of the year! At this time, if you rashly start a war with Daming, there will be no suspense at all! ”

Fujiwara Narita said angrily: "Is it because of this that we are afraid of them? ”

Fujiwara Shimitsu said in an authentic atmosphere: "As ministers, we should think about the future and fate of the country and the glory of His Majesty the Emperor, not for the sake of gambling for a while!" Fujiwara Nari was shocked and said remorsefully: "What the adult taught me is that I was wrong!" ”

Prince Yonghito asked Fujiwara Shimitsu, "Master Shimitsu, what do you think we should do now?" ”

Fujiwara Shimitsu frowned and said: "The Han people have a saying, 'endure humiliation and bear burdens', and now we also have to endure humiliation and burdens!" Your Excellency, we should immediately send an envoy to Bianliang to apologize to the Great Ming for the matter of the caravan and ask for their forgiveness! Prince Yongren frowned and nodded, and the other ministers present all looked depressed.

Fujiwara Shimitsu continued: "This incident is not a bad thing, it allows us to see clearly the true attitude of Daming. The Ming Dynasty did not really reconcile with us, and the reason why they temporarily reconciled with us was just to settle the matter in the west first. When they can free their hands, I'm afraid they'll attack us. What we have to do now is three things, first, deliberately show weakness to paralyze the Ming Dynasty, and the second is to step up preparations for war, and we can take advantage of the opportunity of trade with the Ming Dynasty and the Liao State to actively gather all kinds of strategic materials; Third, secretly contact with the Liao State and the Western Liao State, if you can form an anti-Ming alliance, it will be no better! ”

Everyone nodded. Prince Yongren said: "Master Shiguang said it very well. But I'll add one more point. The crowd looked at Yong-in and waited for his instructions. Yongren said: "We can't just look at the East, we also have to develop in other directions. As far as I know, in the east and in the southeast, there are still large tracts of undeveloped land, and we have to find those lands, so that our Yamato nation will have enough capital to develop and compete with the Han people! ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and Fujiwara said puzzledly: "Your Excellency, the east and southeast are vast seas, and I have never heard of land!" ”

Yong Ren looked at it with a look of remembrance and muttered, "Of course you don't know, but I do. To the southeast and east, on the opposite side of the vast sea, there is a huge land comparable to that of the Central Plains, which should still be a wild land and no country. The crowd was incredible. Fujiwara Shimitsu said, "If it is as your Excellency said, then we should find those places as soon as possible and occupy them. With those lands, in time, we can develop into a powerful empire that can confront the Ming Dynasty! ”

Yongren said: "This matter cannot be delayed! I've thought about it, we're going to send ten search teams to the east, to the southeast, to find the New World! ”

In the Bianliang Palace, in the middle of the night, Yiren snuggled tightly in his arms, his red lips whispered, Yang Peng smiled, and his palms walked on the skin that was smoother than brocade.

Zhao Jinxi felt that his lover was still very energetic, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I will call all my sisters in to serve you!" The sisters Zhao Jinxi mentioned are the group of singing and dancing girls under her. There are only a dozen singing and dancing girls in this class, but they are Oiran-level beauties carefully selected by Zhao Jinxi from the National Qinglou Red Pavilion through Mother Li, all of whom can sing and dance, like a demon.

Yang Peng couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart when he thought of the dozen or so goblins, but he shook his head and said, "Don't do it!" If you call them all in, won't you eat me alive?" Zhao Jinxi smiled charmingly and said, "Then there are only a few concubines." Yang Peng was greatly moved, to be honest, for that kind of debauchery, it is absolutely false to say that he is not moved. However, Yang Peng always felt that it was too ridiculous to do this, and he fished a handful of Zhao Jinxi's vital parts, which made Yiren's beautiful eyes twist again and again, and said angrily: "Although your man is lustful, he is not a pervert!" It's a woman, it's like something! Zhao Jinxi thought that Yang Peng was angry, so he couldn't help but get nervous, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, are you angry?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Another point, your man is not so easy to get angry and stingy!" Zhao Jinxi relaxed and smiled. I feel that Yang Peng's body is far from being happy, and I only feel that as a concubine, I can't let my man have fun, which is really undeserved. As soon as he thought of this, he raised his head and glanced at Yang Peng charmingly, and then slowly retracted into the quilt. Immediately, Yang Peng's heart fluttered, and he only felt that the whole person seemed to have soaked in a hot spring, and he hummed comfortably.

Bang, just when the two were in a high fever, the door suddenly rang.

Yang Peng was very annoyed, turned his head and shouted, "What's the matter?" ”

The knocking on the door stopped, and the voice of a dancing girl under Zhao Jinxi came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, there is a red emergency!" At this time, Zhao Jinxi got out of the quilt, his complexion was crimson, his eyes were like silk, and his red lips opened and closed to exude a fatal temptation, and he lay on Yang Peng's chest. Yang Peng hugged Zhao Jinxi's slender waist and said loudly: "Got it." Then he lowered his head and kissed Zhao Jinxi's red lips, and said, "I'll come when I go get it." Wait for me to come back in the bed. Zhao Jinxi nodded and said coquettishly: "If Your Majesty doesn't come back, Jinxi won't sleep." Yang Peng smiled, kissed Zhao Jinxi's red lips again, and got out of bed.

Yang Peng came to the outside of the imperial study. The herald, who was waiting outside the imperial study, saw Yang Peng and immediately bowed: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Yang Peng hummed and walked into the imperial study. The herald hurriedly followed, untied the red envelope of the report, held his hands high, and bowed: "Your Excellency the Governor of Yangzhou has sent an urgent report." When Yang Peng heard that it was a report from Yangzhou, he couldn't help but feel moved.

Yang Peng took the report, unwrapped the envelope, took out the report sent by Dunan, read it, and couldn't help laughing: "I thought it was an emergency, but it turned out to be this matter!" It turned out that Dunan reported to Yang Peng that the Japanese had sent a delegation to ask for guilt, and the Japanese mission had already landed at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel a little bored, he originally hoped that the would-be people would be able to pounce a few times, but he didn't expect them to succumb so quickly! Such a soft persimmon, even if you destroy them, you don't have much sense of accomplishment.

Yang Peng threw the report on the desk and thought about it: Don't think about the affairs of the Japanese people for the time being, let's concentrate on building Dali and Bagan first, and at the same time attack Tibet.

Yang Peng put these things behind him and said to the herald: "You have worked hard, step down." The herald bowed and retreated.

Yang Peng stood up, hurriedly left the imperial study, and returned to Zhao Jinxi's bedroom, and the beautiful hand-to-hand combat continued to be staged until it was very late and gradually subsided.

A few days later, the Japanese envoy came to Bianliang, and the prosperity of Bianliang made these Japanese people all amazed and envious. However, unlike other people, while envious, the Japanese are not ashamed of themselves, but greedy and longing, which is like a lowly man seeing the beautiful woman he has dreamed of for a long time, and only wants to take her for himself.

Nomura Yoshida, the envoy of the Japanese people, met Yang Peng at the main hall and apologized to Yang Peng on behalf of Prince Yonghito and His Majesty the Emperor for the recent incident of the merchant fleet. Yang Peng felt a little excited, these widows had completely become a pair of soft bones, so that he had no interest in the widows. After a few polite words, he was ready to end the meeting. At this moment, Nomura Xingtian pleaded: "Your Majesty, I wait for overseas Yi people, admire Chinese culture, and hope to be able to enter Daming University to study, and then bring Chinese culture back to China, and ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

When Yang Peng heard this, he couldn't help but think of the Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty in history, the Japanese invaded the Korean Peninsula that year, but were killed by the Tang army, and the whole army was wiped out. They learned all aspects of the Tang Dynasty, the most important of which was the infantry tactics and the manufacturing technology of weapons and armor, and the world-renowned Japanese sword forging technology in modern society was born from the forging technology of the horizontal knife in the Tang Dynasty, and the forging technology of the horizontal knife in the Tang Dynasty was learned by the Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty. Later, due to civil strife in China, the technique of forging horizontal swords was lost, but it was continuously developed, and eventually developed into a katana.

Nomura Xingtian waited for Yang Peng's reply, but he didn't hear a voice for a long time, and couldn't help muttering in his heart. How did he know that Yang Peng's thoughts had been spanning thousands of years in this moment.

Yang Peng came back to his senses and said, "I can't agree to your request for our plan to recruit foreign students. ”

When Nomura Xingtian heard this, he was very disappointed and continued to plead: "We, Yamato people, really admire Chinese culture, and ask Your Majesty for special permission!" ”

Yang Peng said: "I can't help you in this matter." Nomura Xingtian saw Yang Peng's resolute attitude, so he had no choice but to give up.

Yang Peng said: "It's rare for you to come here, just stay in Bianliang for a few more days." He turned his head to Zhang Xiang and said, "Zhang Xiang, these days, you temporarily put down the things at hand and accompany our guests." Zhang Xiang clenched his fists and promised. Nomura Koda bowed down and thanked him, then retreated.

After Nomura Xingtian left, Tang Shidian couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, the Japanese people admire my Chinese culture and want to learn, that's a very good thing!" It can make me Huaxia glorious to convey the exotic land of Fanbang, which can be described as a prosperous chapter! Why doesn't Your Majesty allow it? ”

Yang Peng sneered: "Do you really admire our culture as a Japanese person?" That's just an excuse, they want to learn the secret of our strength, and then use that to grow and grow, and one day come back to us! He glanced at Tang Shidian and said, "The Japanese are now completely at a disadvantage, so they will be so low-voiced, don't be deceived by such a scene!" Admiration or something is completely based on our strength, what we should care about is how to continue to grow and develop, not those so-called cultural vain, that has no meaning! Tang Shidian didn't agree with Yang Peng's words, but he couldn't think of anything against it, so he frowned tightly and didn't make a sound.

After the meeting ended, Yang Peng returned to the imperial study. As soon as he sat down, the guards came to report: "Your Majesty, Lord Fan has news back." "Fan Yong returned to Tibet with the envoy of Tubo not long ago, and according to the time, he should have already arrived in Tubo at this moment.

A dusty herald rushed into the imperial study, knelt down and said, "Meet Your Majesty!" ”

"Don't be polite, get up and talk."

The herald answered and stood up. Hugging his fists, he said: "My subordinates rushed back on the order of Lord Fan to report the situation to Your Majesty." Master Fan was worried that the news would leak out, so he did not write a letter, and only asked his subordinates to bring a message. Then he said: "The agreement has been signed, the Tubo Emperor has officially announced the removal of the emperor's honorific title and changed to the King of Tubo, and the Tubo side has sent a delegation to carry the relevant state letters on the way to Bianliang." Lord Fan has already acted according to His Majesty's orders, and at present, rumors are already spreading in the capital of Tibet, according to Lord Fan's observation, the king of Tubo has been unable to sleep because of these rumors, and the uncle of Tubo Songgan is also suspicious and quite uneasy. ”

Yang Peng smiled slightly, "It's a good start!" We're going to add a fire! ”

The herald said, "Your Majesty, there is something that Lord Fan ordered his subordinates to inform His Majesty. It's about Yan Ji Niangniang. ”

Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "You won't Yan Ji enter Tubo without permission, right?" ”

The herald said, "Exactly. ”

Yang Peng was greatly annoyed, and said angrily: "Who told her to enter Tibet?" I just asked her to stay in Chengdu so that she could direct Hua Xu's actions nearby, why did she enter Tubo without permission? "It turns out that Yan Ji didn't go to Luoyang at all, she went to Luoyang, just to say to the outside world, in fact, Yan Ji went to Chengdu secretly, and the purpose was naturally aimed at Tubo.

The herald said: "Niangniang said that the general will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside, and she will personally command in Tubo, and the effect will be better!" Yang Peng was annoyed and worried, but the matter had come to this point, and it could only be like this.

The gaze turned to the city of Raks. In the Middle Ages, Lhasa was the capital of Tibet

A group of idlers sit in a tavern drinking and chatting. A young and stout man said indignantly: "Songgan is our sinner in Tibet, he has betrayed our Tibet!" He should be put to death! A tall and thin man next to him also said angrily: "No wonder he signed such a humiliating treaty with the Ming Dynasty, it turned out that he wanted to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to seize the throne of Tubo!" The man who spoke earlier shouted: "We should go and speak to the adults, we must not agree to such terms, we will fight with the Ming Dynasty to the end!" Everyone agreed, and the guests at the next table also agreed, and for a moment it could be said that the crowd was angry. The people left their seats, and left the tavern, and they went to speak to their respective lords.

By the way, I would like to explain the system of Tibet. In Tibet, there were very few free people in the true sense of the word, and the land and population belonged to various nobles, and the common people who belonged to a certain nobleman called their masters adults. In other words, the angry crowd in this tavern were all servants of various nobles.

Songgan came to the palace hall and saw that the emperor was sitting on the top of the throne, and the ministers were divided into left and right, and everyone looked unkind, and his heart couldn't help but be surprised. He bowed to the emperor and said, "I have seen Your Majesty!" I don't know what His Majesty has to say? ”

The emperor said: "I have been thinking about it these days, and I feel that the requirements of the Ming Dynasty are too harsh, so that our Great Tubo will always be vassals of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Song Gan was taken aback when he heard that the emperor had repentance, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, if we repent, we will inevitably provoke the anger of the Ming Dynasty!" With the current situation on both sides, once the war starts, we will definitely lose! It was not just a little bit of dignity that was lost, but all our land, all our wealth, and our lives! ”

Pingxi General Song He said angrily: "My lord is too sensational!" Although the Ming Dynasty is strong, but our Great Tubo has the protection of the gods, and the Ming people can enter the Qingtang Dynasty, but they can't enter the Luo! We can withstand their onslaught! Why pay such a huge price and pray for a humiliating peace! ”

Song Gan said angrily: "Daming is already training an elite army in Qingtang and Qinghai that is suitable for fighting in our Tubo Plateau. Moreover, although we in Tibet are close to the gods and have the protection of the gods, if the enemy only marches along the mountains and valleys, it will not be affected much! Those who think they can resist the Ming Army's arguments are really ridiculous! ”

Song He snorted: "You also said that the enemy's main force can only march along the mountains and valleys, and the mountains and valleys of our Tubo are extremely steep, as long as there are few troops can stop the pace of the Ming army!" If they don't know what to do, and they still want to force their way into the army, then they can only end up with a mountain of corpses! Some ministers and generals chimed in.

The emperor said, "Songhe is right! ”

Song Gan was shocked, and hurriedly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is the strategy we formulated at the beginning!" Once he endured humiliation and burden, and at the same time took Gesang ......, why did His Majesty change his mind? ”

The emperor said coldly: "I have my own decision, why bother to explain it to Uncle Huang!" I didn't investigate it carefully and made a bad decision, but now that I have noticed the problem, I have to correct it in time! "But......" Songgan wanted to say something. The emperor waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, Uncle Huang don't say any more, I have already decided!" Then he stood up and walked away. The ministers hurriedly bowed: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Song Gan was stunned by His Highness, only feeling overwhelmed.

Songgan didn't know how he left the palace. Outside the palace, Qu Cuo, the general of Pingnan, came to Songgan, bowed down and said, "My lord! Songgan turned around, frowned, and said, "Let's go back and talk." Qu Cuo nodded. The relationship between the two of them is clearly unusual. It turned out that Songgan was originally the heir to the throne, but by mistake, the throne fell into the hands of the current emperor's father. However, although Songgan failed to inherit the throne, but has a very strong power and huge support, the first emperor of Tubo in order to appease Songgan, then gave Songgan to the king of Pibo, for decades, Songgan has controlled the military and political power of Pibo, and Pibo is the core city of southern Tubo, so the general of Pingnan in Tubo has an unwritten rule for decades, that is, the general under the command of Songgan fills. This Qucuo, although he is now the general of Pingnan, but back then he was only a slave in the palace of Songgan, because of Songgan's promotion of him to today, so his loyalty to Songgan is naturally much higher than his loyalty to the emperor.

Songgan Qucuo drove back to Songgan's mansion. The royal palace of Songgan is in Pibo, but there is also a mansion in Luo. As Luo Qi said before, it is now Lhasa, and Pibo is now Poor Jie County in Tibet Province. Located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River, the scenery is beautiful and the products are abundant.

Songgan led Qu Cuo into the study, and then retreated. Songgan frowned and said, "I feel that something is wrong!" Qu Cuo also said worriedly: "Now rumors are spreading that the reason why the adults signed those treaties with the Ming Dynasty was to gain the support of the Ming Dynasty at the cost of selling Tibet. Now that the treaty has been signed, sooner or later the Ming Dynasty will help the adults to sit on the throne of the Tubo Kingdom! ”

Song Gan said angrily: "The person who said this is clearly sowing discord!" ”

Qu Cuo frowned and said, "We know that your Excellency is bent on thinking about Tibet, but Your Majesty and the nobles who support Your Majesty probably won't think like this!" His Majesty was already worried that the lord would take his place, and the nobles were also worried that once the lord ascended to the throne, he would favor the nobles of the south and damage their interests! Song Gan said angrily: "In this situation, I am still intriguing for my own selfishness!" ”

Qu Cuo said: "My lord, it is no longer safe for the Logos, so in order to prevent accidents, we should leave the Logos and return to Pibo." ”

Song Gan showed hesitation and muttered: "If I do this, wouldn't it be true that Your Majesty's speculation has been confirmed, and the situation will be irreparable!" I don't think Your Majesty will kill me yet, even if he doesn't care about his uncle and nephew, he has to think about the consequences after killing me. At that time, Pibo will inevitably rebel, isn't he afraid? Qu Cuo hurriedly said: "If your lord is dead, even if there is a rebellion, Pibo will definitely not be your majesty's opponent." Your Majesty cares most about the throne now, rebellion or something, I don't care at all! Adults go to the seed, not a betrayal, but a forced self-preservation! ”

Songgan felt that what Qu Cuo said made sense, but he was already hesitant in his heart. After all, if this step is taken, it will be declared a break with the central Tibetan government. The situation in Tibet is bound to fall into an unpredictable situation, and the consequences are unpredictable.

At that moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps at the door. The two of them couldn't help but look towards the door, only to see a woman dressed as a palace maid who rushed in, with a panicked look, and said hurriedly when she saw Songgan; "My lord, run quickly, or it will be too late!" This woman is a maid of the palace, but she is also a close confidant of Songgan, but there are very few people who know this.

The two were startled, and Songgan asked urgently, "What's the matter?" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.