Chapter 15 Dongying
"Two masters." Just as Liu Jinxing was untying Xiaohong's wide clothes, there was a hurried knock on the door.
"Fuck, who?" Seeing that his good deeds were about to come to pass, but at this time others disturbed him, Liu Jinxing was furious and asked angrily at the door.
"It's me, Wang Dali." Outside the door replied.
If it were someone else, Liu Jinxing would definitely open the door and beat him up. But Wang Dali can't, because Wang Dali is Chen Zuyi's attendant. Since Wang Dali is here at this time, it means that Chen Zuyi must have something to find himself.
"Wait." Liu Jinxing said to Wang Dali outside the door, and then hurriedly put on his clothes. Then he made a silent gesture to Xiaohong, who was lying on the bed, and after pulling the bed net, he walked quickly to the door.
"Is there something wrong with my eldest brother?" After opening the door, Liu Jinxing asked Wang Dali.
"Yes, the big boss asked you to go to the hall to find him now, and he will interview you for details."
"Okay." Hearing that Chen Zuyi was looking for him, Liu Jinxing didn't dare to hesitate, so he hurriedly went to the hall with Wang Dali.
"How's it going to be with what you told you to do?" As soon as Liu Jinxing came in, Chen Zuyi asked him.
"Don't worry, I have already sent two masters to sneak into the Annan Kingdom, and when they find the relics of the Chen Dynasty, they will definitely escort them to the Ming Kingdom safely."
"In addition, I sent another person to the base camp to inform them to make arrangements in advance, calculate the days, and these days should also come." Liu Jinxing reported the recent situation to Chen Zuyi one by one.
"Well, well done." Chen Zuyi was very satisfied with Liu Jinxing's performance.
"Okay, I'll get down to business. According to the informant, tomorrow there will be an official ship from Dongying to Mingguo passing through this sea area tomorrow.
"There are a lot of tributary items on the ship, and if we can intercept them, we can make a lot of money. However, there are Toei samurai guarding it, so according to the advice of the military advisor, we will adopt the tactic of flanking and outflanking tomorrow. ”
The Toei here actually refers to Japan.
More than 10,000 years ago, the Japanese archipelago gradually separated from the Eurasian continent and formed the shape of today's archipelago.
The indigenous inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago are called the Ainu. Later, some people immigrated to Japan from Sakhalin Island via Hokkaido, and these people are called Hokkaido immigrants.
Some of the people who entered the eastern part of Honshu from the islands of the South Pacific were called Nanyang Road immigrants.
Some of them came from northern Siberia and northern China, and crossed the Korean Peninsula into central Honshu, and these people are known as Korean road immigrants.
Some of them came from the Yangtze River basin and crossed east to northern Kyushu, and these people are known as immigrants along the East China Sea Route.
As for the last group, they are called Okinawa Road immigrants. They come from southern China and Southeast Asia, via Taiwan and Okinawa to southern Kyushu.
These five immigrants, together with the Ainu people in Japan itself, make up the Japanese nation.
Later, Japan underwent a transition from the Jomon period to the Yayoi period.
In the Yayoi period, rice, bronze, and iron tools appeared. Japanese society has taken a qualitative leap, and all this is inseparable from one person in China, Xu Fu.
Xu Fu: Zijunfang, proficient in astronomy and geography, and has also made great achievements in medicine and alchemy.
During the reign of Qin Shi Huang, Xu Fu was ordered by the First Emperor to lead 3,000 young men and women into the sea to seek immortals. In addition to this, he brought with him five or six thousand seeds, sailors, mechanics, and horsemen and archers.
Later, in the process of going to sea, they did not expect to encounter strong winds and waves, and Xu Fu and others were finally forced to dock at a place on Hachijo Island.
Since there was no way to return to Xianyang on time, it would definitely be difficult to escape death after returning, so Xu Fu led his men to settle here. And the Qin Dynasty's advanced production technology and language and culture were promoted locally.
The local residents saw that Xu Fu had brought many good things that they had never seen before, and that Xu Fu was sent by God to save them in the future, so they all respected Xu Fu as a great god.
Since then, Xu Fu has called himself the great god of Shenmu and is a descendant of the great god Amaterasu. After six years of crusade in the east and west, Xu Fu pacified all forces and established a unified Yamato dynasty.
Later, with the continuous evolution of history, many new forces appeared on the Japanese island. Among them, we have to mention a country called "Yamatai Province" located in the northeastern part of Japan's Kyushu Island.
This country is different from other regimes because all other regimes are dominated by men, but the king of this country is a woman. Her name is Himiko.
Queen Himiko was originally a shrine maiden in charge of rituals, but because she was good at ghosts and gods, she was proclaimed king by the people of Yamadai Kingdom. (Of course, there are also those who suspect that Queen Himiko is actually a boy.) )
Later, Queen Himiko sent an envoy to meet Emperor Cao Rui of Wei, and Cao Rui felt his pro-Wei attitude, so he rewarded a large amount of property.
In addition, Cao Rui also gave Queen Himiko a purple ribbon gold seal engraved with "Pro-Wei Wawang". The country in which it is located is called "Wakoku".
Since then, the name Wa Guo has appeared in Chinese history books.
There is a record about Queen Himiko in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, and the Biography of the Wa People", "The country is also based on a man as the king, living for seventy or eighty years, the Wa kingdom is in turmoil, attacking each other for many years, but a woman is the king, the name is Himiko, the ghost way, can confuse the public, the year has grown up, no husband, there is a male brother George." Since he became king, few people have seen it. Thousands of servants served themselves, and only one man gave food and drink, and passed on the resignation in and out. The residence is in the palace and the building, the city fence is strictly set up, and there are often people guarding with soldiers. ”
Later, the Yamato Province was established in the Yamato Plain around Nara, and this period is also called the "Kofun Period" because there are many large burial mounds (Kamezuka Kofun) preserved during this period.
In the "Five Kings Era", five kings ruled Yamato Province one after another. They attached great importance to their dealings with China, and sent missions to China to ask for canonization, and thus brought Chinese characters, Confucianism, and Buddhist culture with them.
Later, Queen Tyku ascended the throne and appointed her nephew, Prince Shotoku, as regent.
During the 30 years of Prince Shotoku's regency, he carried out a series of internal reforms.
For example, the title of "Emperor" was officially adopted, the "Twelve Orders of Crown" system was formulated, the "Seventeen-Article Constitution" was formulated, Buddhism was promoted, and temples were built.
This series of reforms took place during the period of Queen Tuigu, so it is known as the "Tugu Reform" in history.
Prince Shotoku paid attention to his dealings with China and sent Ono Sisters (note, don't think that he is really a sister because he is called a sister, but in fact, he is a pure old man.) Envoy to the Sui Dynasty.
Later, Empress Suiko and Prince Shotoku died one after another, and the powerful minister Soga took advantage of the chaos to control the government, appointing candidates for the emperor without authorization, and causing chaos in the court. (Soga Ezo rejected the eldest brother of Yamabei, the son of Prince Shotoku, and supported the enthronement of Prince Tamura.) During the period of the Imperial Dynasty, the son of Ezo was directly recruited to build a father-son mausoleum for him, which can be said to be the power of the government and the opposition)
At a time when the social crisis was serious, exchange students sent to China during the Tuigu Dynasty returned to China one after another. A reformist faction was formed in the imperial court.
The eldest brother and the prince and the descendants of the bureaucracy, Nakazu Kamazu, combined the reformist forces and began to point the spearhead at Soga Irilu and other forces.
In the fourth year of Emperor Huanggoku, when Emperor Chugoku received envoys from Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, the eldest brother suddenly drew his sword and assassinated Soga Irishi. After receiving this news, Soga Ezo knew that the general trend was gone, so he set himself on fire and died.
After eliminating the forces of the Soga clan, the reformers established a new government centered on Emperor Kotoku.
After the establishment of the new regime, the founding era was named "Dahua". The Tang system, which imitated the "French-style preparation", began to implement reforms. The history is called "Dahua Reform".
After the Taika Reform, Japan abolished the monopoly system of the great aristocracy and established the ancient centralized state. Japan was also officially renamed from Yamato to Japan. It means "the country of the rising sun".
The Taika Reform allowed Japan to be enlightened and entered a feudal society, but the struggle for political power intensified among the ruling class in feudal society.
During the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty 20 times, each time for nearly 20 years of study in China.
Sculpture, music, astronomy, poetry, medicine, and architecture from the Tang Dynasty were all introduced to Japan through these envoys, which played a huge role in promoting the development of Japan.
After Emperor Hengmu moved the capital of Japan from Heijokyo (Nara) to Heiankyo (Kyoto), Japan also entered the "Heian period" from the "Nara period" to the "Heian period".
After the Taika reform, Nakatomi Kamazu was given the surname "Fujiwara" by the emperor because of his merits, and the Fujiwara family began to appear on the stage of history and controlled the government for a long time.
In Japan, the ministers who assist the young emperor are called "regents", and when the emperor comes of age, the ministers who assist the emperor are called "Sekihaku".
Because the Fujiwara family held the positions of regent and sekihaku for a long time, the period during which the Fujiwara family was in power was collectively referred to as the regency politics.
The growing power of the Fujiwara family began to threaten the emperor's dominance.
So during the reign of Emperor Shirakawa, in order to resist his cousin Fujiwara, he gave way to Emperor Horikawa, who was only 8 years old, and became Emperor Taijo, established a courtyard in his residence and appointed officials.
The Imperial Court was supported by officials who were oppressed by the Fujiwara clan, and the emperor was able to compete with the Fujiwara clan, a period known as the "Imperial Rule".
During this period, many samurai groups emerged, the two largest of which were the Taira clan and the Genji.
Later, a battle broke out between Emperor Shotoku and Emperor Go-Shirakawa for the throne, and because this civil strife occurred in the first year of Hogen, it was known as the "Hogen Rebellion".
Finally, Emperor Go-Shirakawa, with the support of Taira Kiyomori and Minamoto Yoshitomo, preemptively struck and won the victory of this civil strife.
Both Taira Kiyomori and Minamoto Yoshitomo were rewarded for this, but Taira Kiyomori received a higher official position than Minamoto Yoshito, which made Minamoto Yoshitomo very dissatisfied, and the contradictions between the two continued to intensify.
Later, Minamoto Yoshitomo took advantage of the fact that Taira Kiyomori left the capital to visit the shrine, and united with Fujiwara Trust to detain the emperor and the emperor, killing the emperor's cronies.
When Taira Kiyomori heard the news, he immediately rushed back to the capital, defeated Minamoto Yoshitomo, and killed Fujiwara Shin, who was killed by his men as he fled to Owari. Minamoto Yoshito's 13-year-old son, Minamoto Yoritori, survived and was exiled to Izu. It is known as the "Peace Rebellion".
After this incident, the power of the Taira clan swelled dramatically and established its hegemonic position. There are more than 500 manors under the Ping family.
The Taira dictatorship suppressed the emperor and the aristocracy, and the upper echelons continued to wage reactionary struggles against the Taira. In addition to this, local struggles against the Taira dictatorship are also surging.
At this time, Minamoto Yoritomo, who was exiled to Izu, was favored by the local tyrant Hojo Tokimasa and became his son-in-law.
Later, with the help of his father-in-law, Hojo Tokimasa, Minamoto Yoritomo raised an army against the Taira clan, and at first failed miserably.
Later, the two armies fought again at Fuji River, and Minamoto Yoritomo learned the lesson of the previous defeat, did not underestimate the enemy, and adopted a roundabout outflanking tactic while putting on a decisive battle posture head-on, so that Takeda Nobuyoshi led his army to outflank the enemy when the night was deep and quiet. When the Takeda army passed through the Fuji Marsh, it alarmed the water ducks gathered in the swamp, and the ducks were frightened and chirped, and the Taira army was so frightened that the Taira army was scattered, and Genji won without a fight.
After this battle, Taira Kiyomori fell ill and died two months later.
Later, the Battle of Tanpo broke out between the Taira clan and the Genji clan, and the Minamoto Yorito's three-way army flanked the Taira army from both land and sea, and won the final victory.
After the elimination of the Taira clan, Minamoto Yoritomo did not take over the Kyoto government, but went to Kamakura to establish his own power. Later, Emperor Go-Toba conferred the title of "Shogun of Seiyi" on Minamoto Yorito, and the Kamakura Shogunate was officially established.
Since the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, the struggle between the emperor and the shogunate has not ceased for a moment.
Later, under the call of Emperor Go-Daigo, the wealthy clans in various places began to fall one after another, and the Kamakura shogunate sent the Ashikaga Takashi clan to quell the rebellion, and the Ashikaga Takashi clan was already dissatisfied with the Hojo clan's autocratic regime and defected on the way. Eventually, the Ueno tycoon, Yoshisada Nitta, captured Kamakura, and the Kamakura shogunate collapsed.
The Ashikaga Takashi clan, who should have contributed to the rebellion, was given the name by the emperor and changed his name to the "Ashikaga Zun" clan, because he was not canonized as a general, the "Ashikaga Zun" clan was resentful and planned to wait for the opportunity to move.
Later, the Ashikaga clan occupied Kyoto, put Emperor Go-Daigo under house arrest, and installed Prince Toyohito as Emperor of the Ming Academy. Later, Emperor Koko appointed Ashikaga Takashi as the "Shogun of Seiyi" and established the Ashikaga Shogunate in Kyoto, which was historically known as the "Muromachi Shogunate".
After the establishment of the Muromachi shogunate, the situation in the country was in turmoil for a long time, and peasant uprisings occurred frequently in various places. Some of the displaced people began to flee overseas in order to escape the fighting.
Some of them fled to the coast of China. In order to survive, this part joined the pirate groups, which often plundered the coastal towns of Daming, and because most of their members came from the Wei Kingdom, the Chinese called them "Wu Kou".
Zhu Yuanzhang was a big headache for this, and became angry with Japan, and later found a way to terminate the tributary trade relationship with Japan.
At this time, due to the frequent civil wars in Japan and the exhaustion of financial resources, the Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu tried his best to restore the tributary trade relationship between the two countries during the reign of Zhu Yunwen.
But not long after the envoy returned to Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu got the news of Zhu Di's accession to the throne, so Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sent the monk Kenaka Keiti of Tenryu Temple as an envoy to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
And Chen Zuyi hit the idea of this tributary ship this time.