Chapter 745 0740 [Internal Fighting Has Just Begun]

As an alliance under the city, but also with treacherous ministers wielding power, the negotiations were extremely smooth.

The following terms have been reached—

First, Japan is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese king must be canonized by the Ming Emperor.

Second, the Japanese king must not overstep his bounds and no longer pretend to be emperor.

Third, Japan opened five ports to facilitate trade by Ming merchants.

Fourth, Japan gave up Tsushima and Sado Islands. These two islands will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty from now on.

Fifth, Japan leased Iwami Castle and the twenty miles around Omori Mountain to the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years, with an annual rent of one thousand taels of silver.

Sixth, formally enthroning Tejin (Emperor Sotoku) as the King of Japan.

Seventh, Zongren (Emperor Toba) had to go to Kaifeng in person to plead guilty to the Ming Emperor.

Eighth, compensate the Ming Dynasty with 300,000 shi of military rations.

The seventh item was added by Fujiwara Tadashi. He didn’t dare to add it blatantly, but he dared to hint to Zhang Jun quietly.

Zhang Jun took out the canonization edict and read it out. Emperor Chongtoku knelt down in confusion to receive the edict.

This little kid has not yet transformed into a Daitengu, and is not a powerful monster, but he is already eleven years old at least, and he can feel that everyone around him is trying to trick him.

After the bowing ceremony, the little kid received the "Golden Seal of the King of Japan" and the canonization edict, and was "escorted" back to the depths of the palace by the palace guards.

In the past few days of negotiations, Zhang Jun had already understood the situation in Japan. He said to Zhu Xiaozhong: "Fujiwara Tadashi wanted to be a powerful minister and hinted that I would take the Japanese Supreme King away so that he could be the regent and manipulate the young king as a puppet. Therefore, as long as he comes to negotiate, , I will agree to any conditions.”

"That's it!" Zhu Xiaozhong was quite impressed and felt that he had learned new knowledge.

Zhang Jun sneered and said: "I have already asked. Although the Fujiwara Kita family has many gangs, they can only control Heiankyo and Nara. Moreover, even if they control these two places, they must unite with monks and other ministers. The place is in the hands of powerful people. The Taira and Gen clans have mastered the power of many counties. From now on, if there is going to be chaos in Japan, it depends on who can resist taking action first."

Zhu Xiaozhong said with emotion: "Mr. Zhang has been able to smooth out this mess in less than half a month since he came to Japan."

Zhang Jun said: "You will know if you read more history books. Japan's national system is very complicated. It is a prefecture-state system and a prefecture-county system. If it is a prefecture-county system, the court has the right to appoint and remove prefects, but many of those prefects do not take up their posts. Localities They have been controlled by the powerful for a long time, and all military and political matters are dependent on the powerful families. Sooner or later, these powerful people will become princes, even if they are not princes, they are like military envoys in the late Tang Dynasty."

Zhu Xiaozhong said: "Probably not. I have seen local wealthy families in Japan. In a place as big as a county, there may be several wealthy families. The army in their hands is nothing more than a few or dozens of warriors, and at most they can recruit a few more wealthy families. Hundreds of rural soldiers are fighting like a show, fighting for two pieces of land. Are these people worthy of being called princes?"

Zhang Jun said: "If no one intervenes, local powerful people will naturally not become princes. But the dead Shirakawa Japanese king promoted the northern samurai, and controlled the local powerful people through the northern samurai. The ones who can mobilize the most powerful people are Taira Tadada and Fujiwara Tadashi. To be a powerful minister, Ping Zhongsheng is in danger of losing his support, but he still has enough force in his hands. What would you do if you were Ping Zhongsheng? "

Zhu Xiaozhong thought for a while and said: "Execute the powerful ministers, punish the envoys to the Ming Dynasty, and welcome back the Japanese king Toba!"

Zhang Jun smiled and said: "If we don't fight in Ishimi Kingdom, Taira Tadamori will definitely be able to do it. But he suffered heavy losses in Ishimi Kingdom, and his prestige in the army plummeted, and his strength has been greatly reduced since then. Fujiwara Tadashi and the monks, they If there is a fight, it’s really unclear who will win.”

"well!"

Zhang Jun sighed: "The winner can be determined quickly, so there is nothing to say. If the fight is inextricable, the local area will inevitably be involved. Under the influence of each other, the local powerful will be able to annex and expand, and one by one will become Princes?"

Zhu Xiaozhong said with a serious face: "If that is the case, the Japanese soldiers will become more capable of fighting, and they will not be able to collapse as quickly as they are now. We need to be more careful about this matter, and we cannot let the Japanese family dominate, but let the Japanese soldiers continue to fight in various places."

While the two were talking, Zhu Xiaozhong's soldiers knocked on the door: "Brother, the Japanese have sent two noble girls. I heard that they are both from the Fujiwara clan."

"No, no, send them all back!"

Zhu Xiaozhong waved his hands repeatedly. He had watched the song and dance performance two days ago and was shocked by the terrifying costumes.

The two noble ladies of the Fujiwara clan were sent back, but Tadashi Fujiwara was so frightened that he personally came to inquire about the lack of care during the night.

Zhu Xiaozhong was annoyed by the question, so he simply said: "Your noble ladies from the Japanese country are so scary. They all look like female ghosts. If you bump into them in the middle of the night, you will be scared to death."

Seeing the disgusted look of the Ming general, Fujiwara Tadashi actually felt a little inferior: "The appearance of women from the lower country cannot be compared to that of the heavenly dynasty."

Zhu Xiaozhong waved his hand and said: "It has nothing to do with appearance, I'm talking about makeup. Even the common women of the Japanese country are much prettier than the noble women. The teeth are particularly ugly if they are stained black, and it is also ugly if a small amount of eyebrows are shaved off."

Fujiwara Tadashi said: "This is an imitation of Tang Dynasty makeup, how can it be ugly?"

Zhang Jun said: "I have never heard that women in the Tang Dynasty regarded black teeth as beautiful. Also, it is the Ming Dynasty now, not the Tang Dynasty anymore. You, the Japanese country, should respect the Ming Dynasty everywhere."

"yes!"

Fujiwara replied respectfully.

Out of a strong mentality, the envoys and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty only stayed in Ping An Jing for a few days, and already nobles began to imitate them.

First up is the hat.

It's hard to change clothes, but it's easy to change a hat.

Zhu Ming didn't like the long-winged black gauze hats of the Song Dynasty. He thought they were unwieldy, so he ordered all officials to wear cross-winged black gauze hats.

The cross-winged black gauze hat is to pin two hat wings to the back of the head and cross them.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, many officials often wore cross-winged black gauze hats in private for the convenience of daily movement. In order to show their status, the officials also wanted to wear hats with wings, but due to trespass, they also wore cross-winged black gauze hats.

Prince Zhu gave the order, and the officials followed him one after another.

But officials and officials must be distinguished, otherwise how can they show their status as officials?

So the officials took the initiative to untie the wings, shortening them and hanging them behind their heads.

Zhang Jun wore this kind of hat when he was on mission to Japan. The nobles in Heianjing followed suit, and imitations appeared one after another within a few days.

Fujiwara Tadashi left humbly and returned home to start thinking.

As a powerful minister, he went too far. He humiliated the country and betrayed the emperor. Many people must be dissatisfied. Moreover, although Yuan Weiyi can win over, Ping Zhongmori is definitely going to cause trouble.

You must find a way to improve your prestige!

After suppressing Ping Zhongmori, Fujiwara Tadashi prepared to send "envoys to the Ming Dynasty" to promote the revitalization of the country. In fact, it was to strengthen ties with the Ming court.

The Ming army is in Ishimi Province, Tsushima Island and Sado Island. As long as Fujiwara Tadashi pretends to have the support of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese ministers, monks, samurai and wealthy families who are afraid of the Ming army will not dare to openly resist Fujiwara Tadashi's rule. .

At the same time, the process of selecting "envoys" was also a process of winning over ministers, monks and warriors.

You must obey Fujiwara Tadashi before you have a chance to be sent to the Ming Dynasty!

Those playboys who are direct descendants of the Fujiwara Kita family will also have serious jobs to do in the future. That is to say, they learned to promote various fashions of the Ming Dynasty and made the "Ming style" become a trend. Heian Jing would definitely talk about it and regard the direct descendants of the Fujiwara Kita family as the disseminators of the Ming Dynasty culture.

Don't think it's just a cultural and fashion trend, it's actually a right to speak.

The more Fujiwara Tadashi thought about it, the more proud he became. This Ming invasion was like a blessing from the gods to him.

…

Nara.

Kofukuji Temple is the headquarters of Master Nara.

Although Emperor Toba fled Heiankyo, he lost his informant there. Fujiwara Tadamichi was bedridden, and Oe Weishun was detained by the Ming Dynasty. These two news came quickly.

Emperor Toba was panicked and frightened, and hurriedly called for Taira Tadamori and Fujiwara Ienari to discuss.

Emperor Toba was the first to promise: "As long as you help me regain my power, I will become a direct descendant of the Fujiwara Kita family!"

Hearing this, Fujiwara Ienari was a little excited, but thinking about the terrifying Ming army, he became hesitant.

Ping Zhongsheng said: "Your Majesty, please call Yuan Weiyi."

"Can he be trusted?" Emperor Toba asked worriedly.

Ping Zhongmori said: "I couldn't believe it before, but now I can."

Soon, Yuan Weiyi was recruited.

Taira Takaramori explained the matter in detail and said: "You are from the royal family. If Fujiwara Tadashi takes away the power, will he reuse you again? If he reuses you for one year, two years, or five years, he will reuse you for ten or twenty years." Years? He will try every means to weaken your strength and take away your pillar warrior!"

Although Yuan Weiyi is arrogant and domineering, he is not without brains. He knows that what Ping Zhongmheng said is very likely to become reality.

"But we can't defeat the Ming army, what should we do?" Yuan Weiyi asked.

Ping Zhongsheng said: "We will escort His Majesty to hunt east. After the Ming army leaves, we will bring the warriors back to fight."

Fujiwara Ienari asked: "What should I do if the Ming army comes after me?"

Taira Takaramori said: "So we have to contact the Ming army secretly and promise Fujiwara faithfully agreed to the conditions. Your Majesty also agrees, and even makes additional compensation to the Ming Dynasty. As long as the Ming army does not help each other, the two families of Taira and Minamoto will join forces." With strength, it’s very easy to defeat Fujiwara Tadashi.”

Fujiwara Ienari clapped his hands and praised: "What a plan!"

Emperor Toba doesn't care about anything now, and keeps appointing officials and promising: "As long as we regain the power, from now on you, the Taira clan, the Genji clan, and the Fujiwara Kitagami family will unite to regent Guanshiro!"

"Swear loyalty to His Majesty to the death!"

The three of them knelt down and then ran to summon their men.

That night, Emperor Toba summoned the leader of the Nara Masters again and promised that as long as the Nara Masters helped him seize power, he would reward them with some of the manors of Master Yama and Master Temple in the future. And if Master Nara doesn't help, Tadashi Fujiwara will definitely join forces to attack Master Nara in order to win over Master Yama and Master Temple!

Dozens of Nara temples, headed by Kofukuji Temple, promised to be loyal to Emperor Toba and each sent monk soldiers to escort him to escape.

When Fujiwara Tadashi sent someone over to trick Emperor Toba into returning to Heiankyo, using the success of the negotiation as bait, he discovered that this old man had gone far.

The Ming army stationed outside Ping'an's capital also picked up dozens of secret letters with the same content, and even caught a samurai who shot a book into the military camp.

Zhang Jun read the letter carefully and said with a smile: "The Japanese monarchs and ministers are a bit interesting. It's almost becoming a situation of two capitals, the east and the west."

Zhu Xiaozhong said: "We don't have to worry about this kind of thing."

Zhang Jun said: "It's best not to worry about it and let them fight on their own. The winner will surrender to the Ming Dynasty anyway."

Zhu Xiaozhong said: "Then let's evacuate as soon as possible and make room for them to fight."

(I owe you an update, so I will make it up tomorrow. You are a puppy if your words don’t count, woof woof woof!)