Qian Song

Chapter 411 Japan in this era (ask for a monthly pass!)

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Japan in this era is at the end of the Heian period.

In the impression of many later generations, although the Heian period in Japan is not as familiar as the Warring States period in Japan, which was full of wars and swords, there are also many Japanese manga and animation works that took place in Japan’s Heian period or a period based on the Heian era, especially many girl romance comics and animations.

The great onmyoji Abe Seimei's invincible magical powers, the god of learning Sugawara Michizane's desolate wish; the soft-spoken and passionate son, the shy and beautiful boudoir, the clever and cunning poetess, the singing and dancing white-tempo dancer, the serious and rigid middle-aged monk, the ghosts and ghosts that appear in the middle of the night.

In these works, the main theme of the Heian period in Japan seems to be romantic love and elegant and flashy aristocratic life.

Therefore, although Japan in this era does not have the heroism of men with golden arms and iron horses and bloody battles in the Warring States Period, it is full of feminine delicacy, softness, refinement and elegance, which seems to be very popular with those female writers.

This looks good, as delicate and ornate as the Japanese dolls of later generations.

But is this really the case?

Answer... Really not.

The territory of Japan in this era is very different from that of later generations.

To put it simply, Japan in this era has become a lot smaller.

The island of Hokkaido in this era was still dominated by the indigenous Ainu people.

The Ou area in the northeast of Honshu Island (that is, the piece from Tokyo on the map) is also governed by the old indigenous separatist rule before the conquest of the Japanese Yamato court, similar to a colony.

Until recent years, the local talents have gradually completed the national integration and assimilation with the Yamato people.

In the southwest, Ryukyu Island is still an ignorant and uncivilized wild land, and the southern part of Kyushu Island is also haunted by savages. They are only included in the territory of Japan in name.

All of the above places are filled with the "simple style" of the primitive society...

Even in most of the places under the rule of the Yamato court, the land is sparsely populated, slash-and-burn, and wild animals are infested, and even a decent city cannot be found.

The living conditions of the Japanese people in this era may not be as good as the serfs in the European Middle Ages.

no way.

The birth of Japanese civilization was already in the second century AD.

The prototype of the Yamato court was not formed until the sixth century, and the Heian period began in the ninth century, which was too late.

Therefore, even if the Central Plains dynasty in the west vigorously imported Central Plains culture to Japan, it is really a bit difficult for the Japanese to go directly from the primitive tribes of slash-and-burn farming and drinking blood to the stage of unified feudal country by rocket.

Imagine what China should have looked like during the Xia Dynasty. In fact, you won’t feel that the development of Japanese society in this era is slow.

What's more, although the country has not yet been truly unified, the nobles and ministers who ruled Japan in this era have already decayed early.

They put aside the important task of expanding the territory, enriching the country and strengthening the army, and devoted themselves to the mountains and rivers, burning incense and worshiping Buddha, reciting poems, studying calligraphy, cultivating sentiment, and doing some useless things...

What's more, the Japanese nobles in this era still regard the rest of Japan as "countryside" or even "ghost land".

Occasionally there are a few guys who leave Beijing, mostly either because of exile, relegation, or fleeing to escape persecution.

——The people who left and those who sent them off were all crying, and some even left suicide notes, and they looked forward to returning as soon as possible every day when they arrived at the ground.

Therefore, Japan in this era is a deformed society that is completely disconnected from top to bottom. The only civilized city is Kyoto, and the rest are poor areas.

In the future, the Kanto Plain where the prosperous Tokyo is located, in the concept of the Japanese of this era, is similar to the Great Northwest after the reform and opening up in the impression of the Chinese of later generations.

The famous samurai families that rose up in the Kanto Plain were actually the "production and construction corps" sent by the ministers of Kyoto to consolidate the frontier.

These poor early warriors had to work hard to resist the attacks of primitive tribes, such as soil spiders and Ainu people, while cultivating land to grow rice for self-sufficiency.

——The Yamato court in Kyoto, Japan is generally not responsible for the supply of military rations.

As for the ministers who were sent there to serve as the state secretary, they were basically equivalent to the cadres who supported the Northwest in the early days of reform and opening up.

Therefore, the wealth, civilization, art, and so-called "heian-era customs and legends" of this era are all concentrated in a small area of ​​Kyoto.

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At this time, in the large torii gate of the Heian Shrine in the very center of Kyoto, Japan, the Emperor Toba is having a headache.

Emperor Toba is Japan's No.70 fourth-generation emperor, the eldest grandson of Emperor Shirakawa Sadahito, and the eldest son of Emperor Horikawa Zenren.

In the era of the rise of the government, Emperor Toba's grandfather Shirakawa abdicated but did not delegate power, but continued to manipulate the state power as a monk.

Emperor Shirakawa held great power, not only made his son Emperor Horikawa a puppet, but also forced his 13-year-old son to marry his 32-year-old sister (that is, his nephew married his own aunt), and staged a realistic version of the Condor Heroes.

Later, Emperor Horikawa grew up disobedient, and had many conflicts with Emperor Shirakawa.

Therefore, one day when Emperor Horikawa was 29 years old, Emperor Horikawa died of illness suddenly, which was very suspicious.

Shortly after the birth of Emperor Toba, his mother passed away.

Both parents died, and Emperor Toba was naturally raised by his grandfather, Emperor Shirakawa.

When Emperor Toba was seven months old, he was established as the crown prince.

After the death of Emperor Horikawa, the five-year-old Toba Emperor became the new emperor.

But at this time, Japan's government affairs were all managed by his grandfather Shirakawa.

At that time, Emperor Shirakawa had an adopted daughter named Fujiwara Shoko, the daughter of the power minister Fujiwara.

Emperor Baihe took Fujiwara Zhangzi to him to raise him when he was a child, and loved him very much.

After Fujiwara Shoko became an adult, the rumors about the Emperor Shirakawa and his adopted daughter Fujiwara Shoko had already spread to everyone.

Emperor Shirakawa wanted to marry Shoko Fujiwara to Tadamichi Fujiwara's son-in-law Tadamichi Fujiwara, but Tadashi Fujiwara refused the marriage because of Shoko Fujiwara's poor reputation and rumors that she had an affair with his adoptive father, Emperor Shirakawa.

Emperor Shirakawa was furious, so he married Fujiwara Shoko to Emperor Toba, and established them as the middle palace, prohibiting Fujiwara's faithful daughter Yasuko Fujiwara from entering the palace as concubines.

In the following years, Emperor Toba and Shoko Fujiwara gave birth to five sons and two daughters.

However, there are rumors that Fujiwara Shoko has been having an affair with Emperor Shirakawa since he was 15 years old.

In other words, the five men and two women born to Shoko Fujiwara were actually the sons of Emperor Shirakawa.

This is the story of the famous Emperor Toba in Japan who married his grandmother, his wife gave birth to his uncle, and the grandparents and grandchildren cuckolded each other.

There is evidence for this.

Facing the oversized green hat sent by his grandfather, the young Emperor Toba really couldn't bear it.

However, under the eaves, he had to bow his head. As a precarious puppet monarch, Emperor Toba could only accept it silently.

However, according to historical records, after Shoko Fujiwara married the Emperor Toba, he often maintained improper contacts with Shirakawa as a grandson-in-law. After the birth of Shoko Fujiwara's first son, the Emperor Toba didn't even look at him. Some people even heard such a roar from the Emperor Toba: "This is not my son!"

Throughout his life thereafter, Emperor Toba did not show any favor for the children born to Fujiwara Shoko.

The key point is that when the Emperor Toba was only 20 years old, under the auspices of the Emperor Shirakawa, the Emperor Toba gave the Zen throne to Emperor Sutoku, the eldest son born to Shoko Fujiwara, and the actual control of Japan was still held by the Emperor Shirakawa.

——The emperor Chongde is said to be the son of Emperor Shirakawa and Fujiwara Shoko, and he is also the prototype of the big tengu, one of the three monsters in Japanese legends.

Emperor Toba changed from Emperor Toba to Emperor Toba.

Emperor Shirakawa continued to interfere in the politics of the Yamato court.

As a result, in the history of Japan, there appeared a strange phenomenon in which the emperor, the emperor, and the emperor coexisted side by side.

It wasn't until Emperor Shirakawa's policy was reversed that Emperor Toba, who had lived under the shadow of his grandfather for half of his life, rebelled against Emperor Shirakawa's policy and finally had a chance to regain everything that belonged to him.

As a result, the old ministers who had been alienated and abandoned by Emperor Shirakawa were able to return to the court one after another, and a group of nobles in power were suppressed. Emperor Toba also welcomed Fujiwara Yasuko, the loyal daughter of Fujiwara who was alienated by Emperor Shirakawa, into the palace to consolidate his administration.

As for Shoko Fujiwara, who lost the umbrella of Emperor Shirakawa, Emperor Toba directly deposed him and deprived all his sons of their inheritance rights.

But the matter did not end here. In order to avenge the dead Emperor Shirakawa, Emperor Toba also married a favorite concubine of Emperor Shirakawa during his lifetime. He really returned a green hat to his dead grandfather.

Later, Emperor Toba favored Tokuko Fujiwara (the prototype of Tamamo-mae, one of Japan's three great monsters), and forced Emperor Chongde to give up the throne to Tokuko Fujiwara's son, Emperor Konoe.

At the same time, Emperor Toba also became a monk under the name of Kongjue, and became the new Emperor of Japan.

—Emperor Sutoku became Emperor Sutoku.

Since then, Emperor Toba, like his grandfather Shirakawa, has become the de facto ruler of Japan, saying what he says.

Now, it is definitely not a trivial matter that makes Emperor Toba, who is in power in Japan at this time, feel a headache.

And it is true.

Not long ago, Emperor Toba received a piece of news that made him uneasy-the Goryeo Dynasty, which was close to Japan, was attacked by the new Dagan Dynasty of the Central Plains. The king and queen of the country, as well as the entire royal family and clan, were captured by the Dagan Dynasty and placed under house arrest.

in fact--

If it was just like this, Emperor Toba would not be so worried.

Yes.

Japan is adjacent to the Goryeo Dynasty.

But after all, there is a vast ocean between the two countries.

With the protection of the sea, it stands to reason that Japan should be safe, and it is completely possible to watch tigers fight across the sea.

You know, for so many years, Japan has always come here like this.

However, Emperor Toba was keenly aware that the situation this time might be a little different from the past.

The first thing that made Emperor Toba feel different is that the previous Central Plains Dynasty could not be said to have the ability to expedition to Japan, but it would certainly not be so easy. After all, although the previous Central Plains Dynasty's shipbuilding technology was also ahead of this era, it was far from the current Dagan Dynasty, where you can come to Japan if you want to come to Japan.

In fact, in the face of the Dagan Dynasty's smuggling to forcibly open up the Japanese market and plunder Japan's gold and silver over the years, Emperor Toba repeatedly prohibited it.

One of the big reasons for this is that Emperor Toba did not dare to go too far, so as not to give the Dagan Dynasty an excuse to attack Japan.

Of course, this is also because the nobles and ministers of Japan, including Emperor Toba himself, are really inseparable from the porcelain, silk, glass, soap, spices and other luxury goods of the Dagan Dynasty that dazzle the Japanese.

Under repeated prohibitions, Emperor Toba could only turn a blind eye and close one eye...

In other words, the Dagan Dynasty has the ability to attack Japan, and it's nothing. Japan doesn't provoke the Dagan Dynasty like the Koryo Dynasty.

However, what really troubled Emperor Toba was that this time Japan really provoked the Dagan Dynasty.

Here's the thing.

After the Dagan Dynasty attacked the Goryeo Dynasty, it carried out a very brutal cleansing of the nobles, nobles, nobles and gentry class of the Goryeo Dynasty. The nobles, nobles, nobles and gentry class of the Goryeo Dynasty not only lost the land and wealth they had accumulated for countless generations, but also massacred themselves (public trial).

This caused a large number of dignitaries, nobles, nobles and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty to choose to flee Jidi.

These dignitaries, nobles, tyrants and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty will definitely not flee to the Dagan Dynasty, because this is tantamount to throwing themselves into a trap.

The Kingdom of Jin was not good either, because the Dagan Dynasty was attacking the Kingdom of Jin. From the perspective of many dignitaries and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty, the Kingdom of Jin would sooner or later be captured by the Dynasty of Dagan.

In this way, Japan, which is close at hand, seems to have become the best choice for the dignitaries, nobles, gentry and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty.

As a result, a large number of dignitaries, nobles, gentry and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty fled to Japan.

In this era, Japan is actually practicing seclusion, that is, it does not interact with any country, and lives on its own, including the neighboring Goryeo Dynasty.

——Of course, because the Goryeo Dynasty and Japan were so close, there were actually quite a few exchanges between the two countries, and it was easier to go to Japan from Goryeo.

If Emperor Toba knew about this in time, he would definitely not let these dignitaries, nobles, nobles and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty, who would definitely cause trouble, enter Japan.

But the problem is that the Japanese government in this era, especially the bureaucracy of Dazaifu, a local administrative agency established in Chikuzen, Kyushu, Japan, is inefficient and extremely corrupt.

——The bureaucrats serving as officials in Dazaifu in this era are mainly two types of people: the local local nobles and nobles sent from Kyoto. The representatives of the former are the Kikuchi family and the Munakata family, and the representative of the latter is the Fujiwara family.

The bureaucrats of Dazaifu saw that the people from the Goryeo Dynasty were all very rich and rich, each carrying large bags of gold, silver and jewelry, so they blackmailed them and got a lot of money and benefits before sending them into Japan.

After Emperor Toba learned of this, a large number of dignitaries, nobles, nobles and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty had already entered Japan and dispersed among the Japanese, making it difficult to find them out.

The problem is, even if you try your best to find out these high-ranking officials, nobles, nobles, and gentry classes of the Goryeo Dynasty, the Dagan Dynasty must believe it.
Do they still have to send troops to the Dagan Dynasty to capture the dignitaries, nobles, nobles and nobles of the Goryeo Dynasty?

A deal is done.

Today, Japan hosts a large number of people who the Dagan Dynasty wanted to kill.

Isn't this an excuse for the Dagan Dynasty to attack Japan? !

Emperor Toba had a headache, and he really didn't know how to resolve this trouble...

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