Wakoku, Heiankyo.

It is not yet August, and Heiankyo is already a fallen tree. On the fifth watch, the horizontal and vertical neighborhoods were dark and lonely, except for the officials who got up early to go to the court, there were only Wuhou patrolling the streets, and ordinary pedestrians could not be seen.

Many officials had gathered in front of the brightly lit palace gate, greeting each other politely, and whispering about the recent court events and secret news. Looking at their positions, it is quite strange that they are divided into two distinct groups, but they are not divided by civil and military.

On the wide Suzaku Road, there was an extraordinary procession of honor guards, neatly guarded, and BMW carved cars. When the officials saw each other approaching, they hurriedly restrained their hands, stopped their conversations, and waited respectfully. They were so in awe because it was the car of Fujiwara Tokihei, who had just been promoted from the Great Nayan to the left minister two years ago.

Fujiwara Tokihei's car had just stopped, and another team of cars and horses came on Suzaku Road, and the pomp was also not small, but the specifications were slightly worse than Fujiwara Tokihei. The officials who had not moved in front of the palace gate also hurried up at this time.

Fujiwara Tokihei, who was dressed in court clothes and had a dignified face, stepped out of the carriage, turned his head to look at the side, and saw that Sugawara Michizane, who had been promoted from the power of Nayan to the right minister at the same time as himself, appeared, and did not treat each other indifferently as usual, but nodded slightly.

Sugawara Allah moved forward to greet Fujiwara Tokihei.

After the ceremony, they didn't say anything to each other, and walked to the Miyagi gate together. It was not yet the time of the court meeting, but the palace gate was opened in advance, and the left and right ministers hurriedly entered the palace city.

Fujiwara Tokihei was born from the Fujiwara family, which had existed since the Asuka period, and had contributed greatly to the Taika reform more than 200 years ago, and gradually became a powerful aristocracy in the Wa Kingdom. Fifty or sixty years ago, with Fujiwara Ryobo assuming the position of "Sekihaku" and exercising the right of regent, the Fujiwara family was already the largest nobleman in the Wa Kingdom.

Not only the emperor, but also the concubines of many princes, there are women from the Fujiwara family.

Compared with Fujiwara Tokihei, although Sugawara Michizane is from a scholarly family and is a so-called famous person in the world, he can only be regarded as a child of a poor family. The two were the heads of the Japanese officials, but their relationship was not harmonious.

When Fujiwara Tokihei and Sugawara Michizane came to the Taiji Hall, the hall was brightly lit, and the waiters waited at the bottom of the steps, and when they saw them appear, they took the initiative to greet them, and said respectfully: "His Majesty the Emperor has already ordered, after the two of them come, they will directly enter the main hall to discuss matters." ”

Fujiwara Tokihei and Sugawara Michizane nodded and followed the waiter up the stairs.

The sixteen or seventeen-year-old Emperor Daigo, sitting behind the imperial case, his face has not yet faded childishly, but his eyebrows are already full of heroism. When the two ministers were saluting, he suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and asked the two to get up and sit down in a deep voice.

"Two Aiqing, last night Heianjing received an urgent military report that the Tang Dynasty sailors had left Jeju and were attacking our country in a big way! In this way, Fujiwara Qing's previous speculation has come true, and the Tang Dynasty is going to attack our country!"

Daigo clenched his fists, his voice began to tremble uncontrollably, and his eyes were intertwined with fear, anxiety, uneasiness, anger and other expressions, which were extremely complicated, which made his face look uncertain.

The emperor has no surname and no family register, and so does this Emperor Daigo.

Sugawara Michizane was shocked, "How is this possible?!"

Fujiwara Shihei snorted coldly, looked at Sugawara Michizane with dissatisfaction and said in a deep voice: "A few years ago, the emperor ordered you to be an envoy to the Tang Dynasty and wanted you to send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, but you repeatedly prevaricated and did not want to leave, and in the end it did not happen, so that this matter ended without a problem!"

"If you went to the Tang Dynasty at that time, you would have been able to learn more about the Tang Dynasty, how could there be such a crisis that the Tang army has already dispatched and we learned about in a hurry?"

The matter of sending Tang envoys a few years ago did exist, and Sugawara Michizane hurriedly defended: "At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in civil strife, the princes fought against each other, and the authority of the imperial court was lost, so it was really inappropriate to send Tang envoys to travel......

"If the Tang Dynasty court is really as unbearable as you say, now that only a few years have passed, how can they send troops to attack us?!" Fujiwara Shihei pressed forward step by step.

"This ......" Sugawara Michizane was choked up and speechless, and the news he found out at that time was absolutely true. But he never imagined that Datang would quell the civil strife so quickly, and still have the ability to send troops to neighboring countries!

"Okay, now is not the time to quarrel!" Daigo shouted to stop the argument between the two, "Now that the Tang Dynasty is not declaring war, how do we survive this crisis is the urgent need!

Fujiwara Tokihei and Sugawara Michima fell silent.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom is just a wild land, with few lands and few people. If it weren't for the fact that more than 200 years ago, countless envoys to the Tang Dynasty risked their lives to cross the black ocean to study in the Tang Dynasty, and the Wa Kingdom would still be in a slave society.

After sending the Tang envoys back to the Wa Kingdom, they implemented the "Dahua Reform", comprehensively modeled the military and political system of the Tang Dynasty, and rebuilt various orders of the Wa State, which allowed the Wa State to evolve from a slave society to a so-called feudal society.

Although the Jingshi of the Wa Kingdom was called Heianjing, the structure of the city and the setting of the streets and districts were copied from the appearance of Chang'an and Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty. At present, the area of Heianjing is only one-fifth of Chang'an City, but it also has two counties like dogs, and I don't know that the so-called one will be called Chang'an and the other will be called Luoyang.

The street in the city that divides "Chang'an" and "Luoyang" also stole the name of Chang'an Zhuque Street, called Suzaku Road, and the Taiji Hall in the palace city is naturally imitated by the Taiji Hall of Chang'an Palace.

It's just that Chang'an City is divided into palace cities and imperial cities, which are called imperial palaces together, but Heianjing does not have so many financial resources to build a majestic imperial city, and only the palace city of Heian Palace is considered to be used.

At this time, everything in the Wa Kingdom had a strong Tang style, including the emperor's self-proclaim. It's just that compared with the majestic and heavy Tang Dynasty, everything in the Wa Kingdom is much smaller, and to some extent, it is equivalent to the difference between a soil dog and a tiger.

If the Tang people come to live here, they will basically not have too many problems except for the language - if they are academic, then there will be no problem with the language. The essence of the poems and songs, articles and doctrines, and interpretations of the scriptures here all come from the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Battle of Pyongyang, Li Ye went to the front to talk to Pei Xuanqing, and the language used by the two was the official dialect of the Tang Dynasty.

So if there are really people from Datang Chang'an, the most intuitive feeling should be to the countryside of Datang.

Of course, from a factual point of view, these states around the Tang Dynasty have all learned from the Han and Tang civilizations. This is true of the Khitan, Balhae, Silla, Goguryeo, Baekje, Nanzhao, and Annam.

It was the Han and Tang civilizations that allowed them to evolve from a stupid and ignorant slave society to a feudal society, and had the possibility of developing their own secondary civilization and building a prosperous society under the system of Han and Tang civilizations.

"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, the Tang Dynasty should think that we have not paid tribute to them on time as usual over the years. According to the temperament of the Tang people, as long as the surrounding countries expressed their submission and recognized their supremacy, their armies would not attack.

"If only we could give some money every year

They will be very happy to get along with us, even to help us. It is precisely because of this that the envoys we sent to the Tang Dynasty have always been treated with courtesy, and they can even be prominent in the Tang Dynasty.

"So the minister's suggestion is ......" Sugawara Michizane said this, his eyes showing a strong look of remorse. If he had known that Datang would be able to quickly quell the civil strife, he would have to go to Datang Chang'an, so the country would not have to face this situation now.

"That's enough! You are saying that you are bringing disaster to the country and the people!" Fujiwara Tokihei didn't wait for Sugawara Michizane to finish speaking, and jumped out and shouted his duty.

He bowed his hand to Daigo and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has already found out that the sailors attacking from the Tang Dynasty are only about 100,000 soldiers and horses, so why should we be afraid of this little force?"

Speaking of this, he straightened his face and said righteously: "We are not at fault, but the Tang Dynasty did not declare war, this is already perverse, lost the name of righteousness, it must be the anger of heaven and people, how can such an unrighteous teacher succeed?"

"More importantly, after the country's reform has been reformed, the country is strong, and now it is not what it used to be, with only 100,000 Tang troops, what are we afraid of? Your Majesty only needs to let the ministers take command, and the ministers will be able to defeat the Tang Dynasty army!"

When Daigo heard this, his heart couldn't help but perk, and his eyes brightened.

He heard that the Tang army was coming, and he was terrified and restless, but now he heard that Fujiwara Shihei had found out the number of the Tang army early, and his words were reasonable, and his heart immediately settled down a lot, "Fujiwara Qing is really sure to defeat the Tang army?"

When Sugawara Michizane heard this, he couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly retorted: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is a dragon in the sea and a tiger in the mountains, and it must not be easily offended, so we still have to deal with it carefully! Why do we have to make a big deal when we can solve it with a little money and a piece ......of national letters?

"Sugawara Michizane!"

Fujiwara Tohei was furious and called him by his name, he was a nobleman, and he had always had a sense of superiority over Sugawara Michizane, and immediately pointed to the other party's nose and said: "You are a timid person like a mouse, what face do you have to stand above the court? If the Tang Dynasty is really as strong as you say, how can there be the Anshi Rebellion, how can there be the Huangchao Rebellion, how can people take away a large piece of territory?"

Sugawara Michizane was reprimanded like this, he was so angry that he blew his nose and glared, and wanted to say something, but he heard Daigo already speak: "The two Aiqing don't have to fight, I have made up my mind!"

The two of them made a gesture of bowing down to receive the order.

Daigo's eyes burned and said: "Although the Tang Dynasty is strong, we have learned from them for hundreds of years, and we are already not much weaker than them! In recent years, the Tang Dynasty has experienced repeated wars and turmoil, and its national strength has declined greatly, while our national affairs have been stable and have been growing. This time, the Tang Dynasty raised unrighteous soldiers, only 100,000 sailors, I want to see what qualifications the Tang Dynasty has, let us always bow down to them!"

Speaking of this, Daigo stood up from his seat, tall and high-spirited.

He looked at his two ministers with expectant eyes: "I want you to remember that the people of Amaterasu are the best beings in this land, and they will not be lost to anyone! Even if we are temporarily inferior to other countries and need to learn from other countries, the ultimate goal is not to be a vassal to other countries! but to prove that the people of Amaterasu can also become dragons in the sea and tigers in the mountains!"

If you can defeat the Tang Army in this battle, it will become the people of Amaterasu and announce to the people of the world that you have truly risen and are about to dominate the world!"

"Minister, take the order!"