Wa country, peace capital.
It's not yet the season of August, and the capital of Ping'an is already in shambles. At five o'clock, the horizontal and vertical neighborhoods are dark and lonely. Except for the officials who get up early to go to court, there is only Marquis Wu who patrols the street, and no ordinary pedestrians can be seen.
Many officials had already gathered in front of the brightly lit Miyagi gate, exchanging polite greetings and whispering about the recent major court events and secret news. Looking at their positions, they are divided into two distinct groups, but they are not divided by civil and military, which is quite strange.
On the wide Suzaku road, there appeared a team of extraordinary honor, with neat guards and carved BMW cars. When the officials saw the other party approaching, they quickly put their hands on their faces, stopped their conversations, and waited respectfully. They were in awe only because it was the car of Fujiwara Tokihei, who had just been promoted from Dai Nayan to Left Minister two years ago.
Just as Fujiwara Tokihei's car stopped, another group of chariots and horses drove up on Suzaku Road. The ostentation was also not small, but the specifications were slightly inferior to Fujiwara Tokihei's. The officials who hadn't moved in front of the palace gate hurried up to greet him at this moment.
Wearing court uniform, Fujiwara Tokihei stepped out of the carriage with a majestic face, turned his head and glanced to the side, and saw Sugawara Michizane, who was promoted from the right minister to the right minister at the same time as himself, appeared. He did not treat each other indifferently as usual, but He nodded slightly.
Sugawara Michizane took the initiative to come forward to greet Fujiwara Tokihei.
After the ceremony, they didn't speak to each other, and they walked towards the gate of Miyagi together. It was not yet the time for the court meeting, but the palace gate opened ahead of time, and the left and right ministers rushed into the palace city hand in hand. All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and Monk Zhang Er was puzzled.
Fujiwara Tokihei comes from the Fujiwara family, which has existed since the Asuka era, and made great contributions in the Taika reform more than two hundred years ago, and gradually became a powerful nobleman in the Japanese kingdom. Fifty or sixty years ago, with Fujiwara Ryobo assuming the position of "Guan Bai" and exercising the power of regent, the Fujiwara family was already the largest noble in the Wa Kingdom.
Not only the emperor, but also the concubines of many princes, all have women from the Fujiwara family.
Compared with Fujiwara Shihei, although Sugawara Michizane comes from a scholarly family and is a so-called celebrity in the world, he can only be regarded as a child of a poor family. The two were the heads of the officials of the Wa country, but their relationship was not harmonious.
When Fujiwara Tokihei and Sugawara Michizane came to the Taichi Hall, the hall was brightly lit, and the waiter was waiting at the bottom of the steps. When he saw them appear, he took the initiative to greet them, and said respectfully: "His Majesty has already given orders. , go directly to the main hall to discuss matters."
Fujiwara Tokihei and Sugawara Michizane nodded, and followed the waiter up the stairs.
Sixteen or seventeen-year-old Emperor Daigo, sitting high behind the imperial case, his childishness has not yet faded, but his brows are full of heroism. While the two ministers were saluting, he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and asked them to get up and sit down in a slow voice.
"You two dear ones, last night in Ping'an, Beijing received an emergency military report that the Tang Dynasty navy has left Jeju and is attacking our country! From this point of view, Fujiwara Qing's previous speculation has come true, and the Tang Dynasty is going to attack our country!"
Daigo clenched his fists tightly, his voice began to tremble uncontrollably, his eyes were intertwined with expressions of fear, anxiety, uneasiness, anger, etc., which were extraordinarily complicated, which made his face look unstable.
The emperor has no surname and no household registration, and this Emperor Daigo is the same.
Sugawara Michizane turned pale with shock, "How is this possible?!"
Fujiwara Tokihei snorted coldly, looked at Sugawara Michizane with dissatisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "A few years ago, the Emperor ordered you to be sent to the Tang Dynasty, and wanted you to go to the Tang Dynasty, but you repeatedly evaded and refused to leave, and in the end you didn't make it. Let this matter die!
"If you had gone to the Tang Dynasty at that time, you would have learned more about the Tang Dynasty. How could there be a dangerous situation like this, where the Tang army has already been dispatched, and we only learned of it in a hurry?"
The dispatch of envoys to the Tang Dynasty did exist a few years ago, and Sugawara Michizane quickly argued: "At that time, there were civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, the princes conquered each other, and the authority of the court was lost. It was really inappropriate to send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty..."
"If the Tang Dynasty court is really as bad as you said, how can they send troops to attack us now that only a few years have passed?!" Fujiwara Tokiping pressed on.
"This..." Michizane Sugawara was so choked that he couldn't speak. The news he inquired 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, "Right now the Tang Dynasty is fighting without declaring it, how we get through this crisis is the most urgent thing! What are the two lovers' opinions? ?”
Fujiwara Tokihei and Sugawara Michizane fell silent.
Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Wa country is just a barren land with few lands and few people. If it weren't for the fact that countless envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty risked their lives and crossed the black sea to study in the Tang Dynasty more than two hundred years ago, the Japanese country is still in a slave society.
After the Tang envoys were sent back to the Wa Kingdom, they carried out the "Dahua Reform", fully imitating the military and political system of the Tang Dynasty, and rebuilding the various orders of the Wa Kingdom. This allowed the Wa Kingdom to evolve from a slave society to a so-called feudal society.
Although the capital of Japan is called Ping An Jing, the structure of the city and the setting of streets and squares are copied from those of Chang'an and Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty. The current area of Ping'an capital is only one-fifth of Chang'an city, but two counties have been set up like dogs, and they don't know the so-called one is called Chang'an and the other is called Luoyang.
The main street in the city that divides "Chang'an" and "Luoyang" also stole the name of Chang'an Zhuque Street, and is called Zhuque Road, and the Taiji Hall in the palace city is naturally imitated from the Taiji Palace in Chang'an Palace City.
It's just that Chang'an City is divided into the palace city and the imperial city, which together are called the imperial palace, but Ping'an capital does not have so much financial resources to build a majestic imperial city.
At this time, everything in the Wa country has a strong Tang style, including the emperor's self-proclaimed name. It's just that compared with the majestic and heavy Tang Dynasty, everything in the Wa country is much smaller. To some extent, it is equivalent to the difference between a dog and a tiger.
If Tang people came to live here, they would not have many problems except language. If they were scholars, then language would not be a problem either. The essence of the poems, songs, essays, and interpretations here all come from the Tang Dynasty.
In the Battle of Pyongyang City, Li Ye went to the front of the battle to talk to Pei Xuanqing, and the language they used was Datang Mandarin.
So if someone from Datang Chang'an really came, the most intuitive feeling would be that he was in the countryside of Datang.
Of course, in terms of facts, these states around the Tang Dynasty all learned the civilization of the Han and Tang Dynasties. This is true for Khitan, Balhae, Silla, Goguryeo, Baekje, Nanzhao, and Annan.
It was the civilization of the Han and Tang Dynasties that allowed them to evolve from a stupid and ignorant slave society to a feudal society. They had the possibility to develop their own secondary civilization and build a prosperous society under the system of the Han and Tang civilizations.
"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, the reason for the Tang Dynasty's invasion of troops this time is that we have not paid tribute to them on time as usual all these years. According to the nature of the Tang people, as long as the surrounding countries surrender and recognize their dominance, Their armies would not attack.
"If we can give some property every year
, they will be very happy, live in harmony with us, and even 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 were even able to serve in the Tang Dynasty.
"So my minister's suggestion is..." Michizane Sugawara said this, with strong regret in his eyes. If he had known that the Tang Dynasty could quickly quell the civil strife, he would have gone to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty at the beginning, so the country would not have to face this situation now.
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"That's enough! You are talking about harming the country and the people!" Fujiwara Tokihei jumped out and sternly called out his duty before Sugawara Michizane could finish speaking.
He cupped his hands to Daigo and said, "Your Majesty, I have found out that the Tang Dynasty's attacking navy was only about 100,000 troops. Why should we be afraid of such a force?"
Speaking of this, he straightened his expression, and said righteously: "We are not at fault, but the Tang Dynasty did not declare war. succeed
"More importantly, the country has grown stronger since the reform and reformation. It is not what it used to be. There are only one hundred thousand 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 army!"
Hearing this, Daigo couldn't help but feel his heart shake, and his eyes brightened.
When he heard that the Tang army was attacking before, he was terrified and restless. Now that he heard that Fujiwara Shihei had found out the number and truth of the Tang army early on, and what he said was well-founded, he immediately felt a lot more at ease, "Fujiwara Is Qing really sure of defeating Tang Jun?"
Hearing this, Michizane Sugawara couldn't sit still any longer, and hastily retorted: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is a dragon in the sea and a tiger in the mountains. It must not be easily offended. We should deal with it carefully! We can use some property, a Why do you have to go to war with the paper to solve the matter? Soldiers are murderous, once they use their swords rashly, blood will flow like a river, and the lives will be burnt... …”
"Michizane Sugawara!"
Fujiwara Tokihei was furious and called him by his first name. He is a nobleman, and he has always had a sense of superiority over Sugawara Michizane. He pointed at the other party's nose and said: "You are as cowardly as a mouse, how can you stand in front of the court?" Above the hall? If the Tang Dynasty was really as powerful as you say, how could there be an Anshi Rebellion, how could there be a Huangchao Rebellion, and how could people take away a large area of land?"
Sugawara Michizane was so scolded that he blew his nose and stared angrily, and wanted to say something, but he heard that Daigo had already said: "You two lovers don't need to argue, I've made up my mind!"
The two made a gesture of bowing and accepting orders.
Daigo's eyes were burning and he said: "Although the Tang Dynasty is strong, we have learned from them for hundreds of years, and we are not much weaker than them! These years, the Tang Dynasty has experienced wars and chaos, and the national power has declined, but our country has been stable and has been growing. This time the Tang Dynasty raised unrighteous soldiers, a mere 100,000 sailors, I want to see what qualifications the Tang Dynasty has, let us always bow our heads to them!"
Speaking of this, Daigo stood up from his seat, his figure was tall and straight, and his fighting spirit was high.
He looked at his two ministers with expectant eyes: "I hope you will remember that the people of Amaterasu are the most outstanding existence on this land, and they will not lose to anyone! Even if we are temporarily inferior to other countries, It is necessary to learn from other countries, but the ultimate goal is not to submit to other countries! It is to prove that the people of Amaterasu can also become dragons in the sea and tigers in the mountains!
"Fujiwara-san, go fight hard! If you can defeat Tang Jun in this battle, it will be the best chance for the people of Amaterasu to announce to the world that you have truly risen and will soon dominate the world!"
"Sir, take orders!"