Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 647 Dao Yi Invades

It’s no wonder that Emperor Ming was confused.

Science, technology, mathematics, era, innovation, popularization and many other words are quite obscure. It is not difficult to guess the meaning by thinking about the words literally, but with so many obscure words pouring down on him, Emperor Ming was still a little overwhelmed.

Not to mention that there are also terms like arithmetic series, axial frame warping, etc. which are still very confusing even if you think about them, which is even more overwhelming.

Therefore, in the end, what Ming Tianzi noticed was the last sentence among the words that floated by. After all, the meaning of retreat was very intuitive, so he said in a shocked voice:
"What a pity for our Ming Dynasty!"

As a result, Empress Ma's eyebrows were raised and she slapped the table impatiently:
"Keep your voice down!"

"Since you have the leisure time, why not get some paper and pen to write something down?"

Although he was angry, the emperor was intimidated by the queen's prestige and went to get a pen and paper while protesting quietly.

Immediately, I was puzzled:

"Why don't you call one or two maids to help with the transcription?"

Queen Ma did not even turn her head, but just lowered her head and tried her best to write down the unfamiliar words she heard:

"At first I didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse. If it was a curse, how could I involve innocent people?"

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty remained silent. Now everyone knew that the Empress of Ming Dynasty was kind and benevolent.

When the world was first pacified, Hezhou was alone in guarding the city and comforting his family members, determined to hold on. Later, after he entered Yingtian Prefecture, he was able to sew clothes and make shoes for the soldiers.

Chen Youliang had a strong army approaching the city and could give all his money and silk to reward his soldiers. In comparison, I am now...

With a silent sigh, Emperor Ming also wrote down the words that would be used to criticize him in the future.

However, this slightly worried attitude also caused Empress Ma to apologize:

"Among all the words, there may be some words about governing a country."

"Write it down now. If you don't understand, you can ask the officials and scholars, or ask the Emperor Taizong of Tang and the Marquis Huan who seem to have seen it for a long time."

"But if you don't write it down and forget it, it will be too late to regret it."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not reveal his complicated thoughts, but just nodded in agreement, planning to ask about it later.

[Then as usual, we will have a brief chat near the end.

Another interesting thing during the Song Dynasty was the relationship between China and Japan, which was relatively simple compared to other dynasties.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Zhu Wen appointed Qian Liu as the ruler of Wuyue State, formally establishing the country and making Hangzhou its capital.

The Wu Yue Kingdom established by Qian Liu also had very southern characteristics: making money!
Taking advantage of the port and shipbuilding, the Wuyue Kingdom's trade routes at that time extended from the Bohai Sea to the South Sea, and Khitan, Goryeo, the South Sea countries and Arabs were all Wuyue's customers. Although Japan was in a closed-door state and prohibited ships from going out to sea, it had no right to control outsiders. In addition, the Japanese elite had been eager for Chinese products since the Tang Dynasty, so although there was no official contact, there were many ships going to Japan for business.

As long as spices, ceramics, brocades, dyes, medicines, etc. could be taken to Japan, they could get gold sand as payment. After all, Japan had nothing else, but it had plenty of gold and silver.

At that time, Sado Gold Island was already famous among the Japanese people. There was so much gold in it that there was a rumor that "gold flows in the streams", and people from Japan themselves went north to pan for gold in an endless stream.

Here I would like to mention the scale of this Gold Island. From its official mining during the Japanese shogunate era to its later closure over a period of 78 years, 2330 tons of gold and 4 tons of silver were produced. In comparison, during the entire Ming Dynasty, the official recorded gold production of the entire Ming Dynasty was taels, equivalent to about one and a half tons. As for the three major silver mountains, I will not go into details. It is clear that the archipelago is rich in gold and silver.

This state of trade continued until the Song Dynasty. Zhao Da, the founder of Song Dynasty, was busy with people's livelihood and had no time to think about Japan. However, with the steady progress of trade between the two sides, news of the end of China's chaos spread back to Japan. Finally, the people could not hold back. In 983, Shang Ran, a monk from Todaiji Temple in Japan, came to Song Dynasty through the trade route and met Zhao Er. The two sides had a friendly talk, and Zhao Er finally gave him purple clothes and treated him very well.

The first political exchange between the two sides took place during the reign of Emperor Shenzong. At that time, there was a severe drought in Bianjing and monks were praying for rain in vain. Someone suggested that a Japanese monk try. It happened that the weather changed and it rained. Emperor Shenzong was overjoyed and gave the monk many rewards. He also wrote a letter to the King of Japan at the time.

This was normal, but the Japanese court soon took the word "return gift" in the letter seriously and discussed it for five full years. Finally, it decided to reply in the name of Dazaifu, rejecting the position of return gift in action.

In fact, to put it bluntly, I feel that the Tang Dynasty has fallen, the Song Dynasty was defeated, and now I am doing well again in the East China Sea.

However, Japan was really flirting with the blind at that time. After all, it took a long time for letters between the two sides to be on the road, and after five years of discussion, the Song Dynasty probably did not understand what was going on. In addition, the Northern Song Dynasty was wealthy and powerful at that time, and did not take this reward seriously.

This state of entanglement was almost the same throughout the Northern Song Dynasty. It was not until Emperor Huizong of Song wrote a letter asking Japan to serve the emperor with its "rare products" that the self-esteem of the Japanese court was finally touched.

After three years of intense discussions, Japan decided to formally sever diplomatic ties and would only accept gifts but not reply to letters.

In addition to Song Huizong's letter, there was another incident that influenced Japan's attitude towards Song and the political ecology within Japan at that time.

After the Treaty of Chanyuan, the war between Song and Liao ended, allowing the Liao Kingdom to free up its hands to deal with the remnants of the Bohai Kingdom in the north.

After Yelü Abaoji, the founder of Liao, destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom tried to establish the Dongdan Kingdom and let a Khitan be the king. However, the remnants of the Bohai Kingdom were not reconciled to this and successively established the Ding'an Kingdom, the Xingliao Kingdom, the Yuan Dynasty and other countries to put up a fierce resistance.

But after the Liao Kingdom freed up its hands, the remnants of Bohai in the Liaodong region were quickly wiped out by the Liao Kingdom. The remnants of Bohai were divided into four parts. One million people were moved to the mainland of Liao and integrated into the Han nationality, about 300,000 fled to Goryeo and integrated into the Korean nationality, a small number sailed south to the Song Dynasty, and a considerable number chose to move to the Jurchen tribe, which also had fishing and hunting customs.

As the Liao Kingdom expanded its borders in the Liaodong region, the Jurchens of this period were unable to resist the Khitans, and most of them chose to submit to the rule of the Liao Kingdom. However, some Jurchens chose to escape from the rule of the Liao Kingdom by heading east by sea after accepting the remnants of the Bohai Kingdom and digesting their shipbuilding and navigation technology.

In 1019, this group of Jurchens robbed Goryeo's ships and people along the way, and finally led an entire division to attack Tsushima Island. After replenishing supplies there for half a month, about people drove more than large ships and hundreds of small boats and officially entered Japan.

Pirates basically burn, kill and loot, but they also have the characteristic of being unable to sustain their attacks.

After two consecutive successes, they were finally forced to retreat in the face of the tight security on the coast of Kyushu Island. On the way back, the pirates were ambushed by the Goryeo navy and were destroyed.

According to later Korean historical records, the main force of this group of pirates should be the "Changbai Mountain Jurchens" and "Pulumaoduo Jurchens" who lived in the Changbai Mountain area and along the Songhua River.

The Japanese recorded this as "Da Yi's invasion." 】

In Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin touched his chin and felt that his luck today was really good:
"Write it down and send it to Denglai as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)