Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 372 Infighting
"If this is the case, that would be the best. Anyway, as long as the two of you submit your credentials, you don't have to worry about the rest, just wait for the reply at ease!" Wang Wenzuo smiled, and his expression became serious: "But if I If the predictions are good, there will definitely be many twists and turns in your mission this time!"

"Sanlang, do you think the Japanese will kill us?" Cui Hongdu's face changed slightly.

"That's not true, no matter whether it is the eldest brother and the prince or other Japanese, they will not attack the envoy who sent me the book of the Tang Dynasty!" Wang Wenzuo smiled and shook his head: "There is no doubt about this! Otherwise, I would not Just sent the two of you there, to be honest, if it wasn’t for Baekje’s many things, I would have gone this time myself!”

"Ming Gong, why are you so sure that the eldest brother and the prince dare not do anything?" Huicong asked.

"It's not that I don't dare, but I won't!" Wang Wenzuo corrected: "The reason is very simple. Datang sent envoys with credentials to negotiate peace. Tang Yihe, killing the envoy means that the path of peace negotiation is completely cut off. The only way to resume peace negotiation is to present the head of the chief envoy who killed the envoy! So the eldest brother, the prince, and other Japanese nobles Forget it, as long as they dare to touch a hair on the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, they will immediately become the public enemies of the Wa Kingdom!"

"So that's how it is!" Hearing this, Huicong also understood.For the whole country of Wa, the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Baijiangkou revealed an indisputable fact: the Tang Empire located in the East Asian continent had a huge military advantage over Yamato.If such a powerful enemy pursues the victory and kills them all, even if the whole country of Wa is beyond their power, they will make a dying resistance; With such harsh requirements, it is impossible for the whole country of Wa to kill the envoys and continue the hopeless war with the Tang Empire.

"If that's the case, why worry?" Cui Hongdu smiled and said, "Since we dare not kill us, there is no need to torture and imprison us!"

"It's true that there will be no torture! But there is a great possibility of imprisonment, to be precise, it is house arrest!" Wang Wenzuo said in a deep voice, "If I guess correctly, Brother Zhong will do everything possible to prevent you from entering the capital of the Wa Kingdom. At least it will delay your arrival at the capital of the Wa Kingdom!"

"The poor monk understands the meaning of Minggong!" Huicong said with a smile: "As long as we enter the capital of the Wa Kingdom, even if we do nothing, we will sow the seeds of chaos!"

"Well, that's it!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "The Japanese throne is vacant now, and when the Tang angel enters the capital, there must be a Japanese king to meet the angel and accept the canonization, but now the Japanese have no king, you understand I mean it?"

Hearing this, Cui Hongdu and Huicong couldn't help but their eyes brightened. According to the political practice at that time, the Tang Empire would not recognize any political entity with equal political status wherever its military front reached, let alone the Battle of Baijiangkou. The brilliant victory is a testament to the disparity in military power between the Japanese and the Tang Empire.Under such circumstances, the first step for the two parties to reach a peace agreement must be that the King of Japan recognizes the status of the suzerain of the Tang Empire, and then the envoys of the Tang State canonize the King of Japan. .But the problem is that the throne of Yamato King is vacant now. It's not that Prince Zhongda doesn't want to be king, but his current strength is not enough to allow him to ascend the throne, and his opponents are also unable to ascend the throne, so a special situation has formed. "gap" period.

This is nothing in the first place, as long as the time is long enough, there will definitely be conflicts between the various factions of the Japanese, breaking the existing balance, and the victorious party will become king, ending the existing "vacancy" period.But the problem is that the appearance of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty artificially shortened the "empty seat" period. When no one side has the certainty of winning, and the ownership of the throne must be decided, then for all the Japanese, the best strategy is to lose to the envoys of the Tang Dynasty first. Sincerity, in exchange for the support of external forces.In order to avoid this situation, the best way is to prevent or even delay the entry of the Tang envoys to Beijing, in exchange for enough time to complete the internal integration.

Of course Wang Wenzuo didn't know what the eldest brother and prince did in history, but with the information he had, he could guess six or seven points.He originally wanted to go there himself, but what he saw after returning to Baekje forced him to entrust this matter to Cui Hongdu and Zen Master Huicong, because he himself had to sit in Baekje, train the army, build ships, Establish a small but usable expeditionary force within a few months, so as to get a share of the chaos in the Wa Kingdom.

"Don't worry, Saburo!" Cui Hongdu said with a smile, "No matter what, before this autumn, I will definitely arrive at the capital of the Japanese people. Is it called Asuka? I will definitely step on the land of Asuka!"

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Yamato Kingdom, Asuka, Amaterasu Shrine.

The noises of the goddesses spiraled with the sparks of the pyre, into the purple night sky,--"Lead us out of the darkness, O Amaterasu, fill our hearts with fire, that we may flatter Your light shines."

Nightfire burned in the gathering darkness like a bright monster whose shifting and flickering orange light cast a twenty-foot shadow across the yard.On the murals on the walls around the shrine, the monster echoes the ghosts and gods on the murals, ready to move.

Looking down from the arched window of the long corridor, I saw Princess Saitama raising her arms high, as if to embrace the flickering flames. "Amaterasu," her voice was clear and loud, "you are the light in our eyes, you are the fire in our hearts, you are the heat in our stomachs. Your light is the sun that warms us by day, and your Light is the stars that watch over us in the night."

"Amaterasu, according to the order of the daughter of the sun, protect us, hit our enemy, let his body rot, make his mind confused, take his life, and send his soul to hell." The nobles stood up and responded, a picture His face was full of enthusiasm.Empress Saitama turned around, the firelight projected from her back, she clenched her teeth, her face covered with cow blood showed a gloomy purple, the spikes on the red-blond hair ornament moved with the head to reflect the light, The eyes cast an inhuman light.

"The fate of Amaterasu!" Empress Saitama said loudly: "Thank you for giving us the new king, Prince Hairen, your blood flows through his body, thank you for giving him such a pure and flame-like will, Thank you for your unfathomable sword, for your endless love for your faithful people.Please guide him, please protect him, please give him the power to defeat the enemy. "

Following the voice of Empress Saitama, a young man in white came out from behind her, and the prayers of the nobles suddenly became chaotic. Most of them did not expect this person to appear, which is not surprising. Everyone regards the eldest brother and prince as a political enemy, but this prince from Haihai is actually the younger brother of the prince.

"What's the matter? It seems that my appearance surprised everyone?" The prince from the sea said with a smile.

Everyone exchanged glances, but no one spoke. Not only Tang people know the truth of being cautious in avoiding disasters, but Japanese people also know it.

"Prince Qitama!" Prince Hairen said with a smile, "Let's talk about the rest!"

"Everyone!" Princess Qiyu took a step forward: "I am about to marry Prince Hairen, and I will fully support him in ascension to the throne!"

It was like pouring cold water into a hot oil pan, and the room suddenly became noisy.Everyone looked at Prince Hairen and Princess Saitama in astonishment. The statement made by Princess Saitama just now could only represent one thing: the two have formed an alliance to compete with Prince Zhong Daxie for the position of King.Although there are too many cases of fratricide among brothers in the royal family, there was no news before!

"You guessed right, the marriage between me and Prince Hairen is aimed at Prince Zhongda!" Princess Saitama continued: "You don't have to worry that this is my trick of Prince Zhongda, Prince Hairen released it not long ago Do you still remember the three edicts? This already shows that he and the eldest brother, the prince, are not in the same way!"

Everyone whispered to each other, they would naturally not forget the three edicts issued by the prince Hairen not long ago, and they also knew that the three edicts were concessions made by the royal regime to themselves, but who knew that it was not the eldest brother, the prince, who wanted to retreat. What about Jin's trick?This is not the first time this guy has played such a trick in a political struggle.

"Everyone!" Prince Hairen said with a smile: "After I ascend the throne, I will make good friends with the Tang Dynasty and stop the invasion of the mainland. In this way, there will be no need to build a stone city in Zhuzi, send soldiers, and rebuild the fleet. Everyone can Open up to the east, there is infinite fertile land, enough to make up for the loss of everyone in Baekje and Silla!"

The words of the Hairen prince aroused heated discussions below: After the Battle of Baijiangkou, the prince's strategy for the Korean peninsula was completely bankrupt.But this is not the end. In order to resist the ensuing revenge of the Tang people, he ordered the construction of Shicheng in the Chikushi area in the southern Kyushu area, and placed the Baekje people who had fled to Japan as a shield against the upcoming invasion of the Tang people, and rebuilding the fleet.This series of actions undoubtedly increased the burden on the nobles of the clan and aroused their dissatisfaction, and the words of Prince Hairen were aimed at the policies of Prince Zhong eldest brother.

"If that's the case, that's great!" One person stood up: "Our clan sent more than 300 warriors to Baekje, and only less than [-] came back. I heard that most of them were captured by the Tang people. , These are young and middle-aged men in the clan. I hope that the people of Tang can be asked to return the captives, no matter if it is redeemed with gold or other things!"

"Yes, thousands of people from our March Department were also lost in Baekje. I hope we can negotiate a peace and let the Tang people return the prisoners!"

"Yes, no matter who can make peace with the Tang people and return the prisoners, I will support him to become king!"

"Yes, my second son is still in Chang'an and is being detained by the Tang people. I hope we can negotiate a peace and let him return to China!"

"Everyone, everybody!" The prince of Hairen stretched out his arms, pressed down slightly, and smiled after his voice subsided: "I have heard all your requests, and they are all very reasonable requests. The failure of this expedition is not due to the failure of the general. The command is wrong, and it's not that the soldiers are unwilling to use their lives. It's just that the Tang people are too powerful. I was defeated by using warships and catapults with the power of ghosts and gods. What's the point of continuing to fight against such a powerful Tang country? Peace talks This is the best way. This is not the first time we have dealt with the Tang people. They are very arrogant people, but they are not cruel. As long as we are willing to bow our heads to them and admit that their emperor is the Son of Heaven, then the rest will not matter. The problem is solved. Soldiers' lives are precious and cannot be wasted on hopeless targets. There is still a large piece of fertile land in the east. The barbarians living on them are weak and violent. If we send troops to the east , I will definitely get rich rewards! But only when I ascend the throne can I negotiate peace with the people of Tang, I hope everyone can support me!"

"Yep!"

"Prince Hairen is right!"

"It would be great if we could redeem the captives as he said, and then turn to the east!"

"That's right, the eldest brother, the prince, was really crazy. He left so much land in the east without attacking, but went to Baekje to fight against the Tang people!"

"Yeah, the Baekje people sent a few envoys for help, and he lost his head. It's crazy to fight for the Baekje people and the Tang people!"

"It can't be all his fault. After all, the situation at that time was still very favorable to us. If we can really recover those four counties, how can those lands in the east be comparable?"

"No matter how good the land is, you have to eat it to be useful! It's not that no one has been to the Tang Dynasty. Don't you know who is strong and who is weak on both sides? He is the one who is talking about the stupid behavior of throwing eggs at rocks!"

Seeing that no one in the audience objected, Princess Qiyu stepped forward and said, "Since everyone supports it, please write your name on the affidavit!" The affidavit that was copied in advance, everyone wrote their names at the end of the affidavit, then cut their fingers, pressed the blood mark, and then placed the affidavit in front of the gods, praying to Amaterasu God to witness the truthfulness of the affidavit Sacred, burn these oaths at the end, flush the ashes with water, and let everyone swallow them. According to the legend at that time, if someone dared to violate the content of the oath, he would be cursed by the gods and die of serious illness.

The party was over, and all the nobles who attended the party were sent away.Princess Saitama smiled and said: "To be honest, I'm really surprised that you agreed to participate in this gathering. You should be very clear that this cannot be hidden from Katsuragi's eyes and ears!"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, after all, I'm his brother!" Prince Hairen said with a smile: "And Qiyu, you have too much prejudice against your brother, and many of his actions are actually unavoidable. Since we were born in the royal family Among them, the blood of God Amaterasu flows in the veins, and you also know that the gods are full of battles!"

(End of this chapter)