Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 649 The End of the Kingdom of God
In the Bianliang Palace, Zhao Kuangyin, who had just laid back on the recliner, was startled by the output of the gold island.

He was not unfamiliar with this unit of weight in later generations, but he never expected that one day he would see this unit after gold and silver.

According to what Zhao Pu had said before, the elite soldiers in the imperial guards were fully armored, and each ten weighed about one ton.

The seventy-eight tons are seven hundred and eighty fully armored strong men. In my mind, I exchange these soldiers for gold...

Zhao Kuangyin's breathing inevitably became heavier.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, not to mention the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, even compared with those who claimed to be emperors such as Zhu Wen, Shi Jingtang, and Li Cunxu, the life of the Zhao Song officials could be described as simple.

But on the other hand, whether it was the Lixian House built in Bianliang, the miscellaneous taxes levied on the people that were criticized by later generations, or the Fengzhuang Treasury established at the founding of the country, they were all for the purpose of accumulating wealth.

He did not accumulate wealth for his own use, but intended to use it to wage war and unify the world.

Although he was defeated by his younger brother in the end... Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but feel a little itchy when he thought about it.

He knew very well how many elite soldiers and generals had been trained bit by bit over the past fifteen years.

He also knew how much of the remaining wealth was saved in the sealed warehouse.

What was the result? The best soldiers and generals were killed in two battles. The remaining wealth was lost in two generations.

Hebei had not been pacified, Yanyun had not been recovered, internal strife was raging, and foreign wars were unfavorable. All the savings of the past fifteen years were used up by his younger brother to borrow flowers from scholars to offer to Buddha, while Zhenzong went to Mount Tai to carve a disgraceful name.

Zhao Guangyi, who was looking up, felt an inexplicable murderous aura. He turned his head and was startled by his brother's dark face. He said carefully:
"Brother...the Japanese are shameless, and I think they are innocent."

"Ah……"

Zhao Kuangyin was too lazy to elaborate on what he was thinking, he just sneered:

"I would like to send you to Japan to spread Buddhism."

"With your ability, maybe you can wait for me to send ships to the island and then conquer it without a fight and force it to surrender."

Master Kong Jiong opened his mouth, not knowing for a moment whether his brother was praising him or insulting him.

Zhao Kuangyin's gaze returned to the light curtain, and at this moment, there was only one thing on his mind:
Make full use of the resources in the Fengzhuang warehouse to unify China, then open up the sea route to take Jinshan to govern the people and get rid of the name of "Weak Song".

[The invasion of Toki at that time and the frequent letters sent by the emperor of the Song Dynasty to Japan accelerated the progress of the era of Japan.

The political system of Japan during the Northern Song Dynasty was called Sekkan politics, which is a combination of regent and kanpaku.

Needless to say, the meaning of regent is obvious. The term Kanpaku comes from the "Book of Han" which says "all matters must be reported to Guanpaku first, and then reported to the emperor." This means that at that time, all matters had to be reported or informed to Huo Guang first, and then reported to the emperor.

This term was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty, and a position was established to assist the King of Japan in managing state affairs, which was roughly comparable to the position of prime minister.

To put it simply, the Sekkan politics meant that the King of Wa lost power and the affairs of state were entrusted to the powerful families. The powerful family at that time was the Fujiwara family, also known as the Sekkan family.

At that time, Japan as a whole was similar to the feudal manors in Western Europe, with large manors within small manors, and above them were officials, temples and shrines providing protection. The Fujiwara family stood at the top of this set of relationships, and half of Japan's central government revenue went into the Fujiwara family's pockets, making them truly rich enough to rival a country.

The legitimacy of the Fujiwara family's power came from their marriage relationship with the imperial family.

The problems in this power structure are also obvious: once the number of daughters born in the Fujiwara family decreases, or if the family women and the King of Wa cannot give birth to a prince, the power structure will be shaken.

The result was that around the same time as Wang Anshi's reforms, the daughter of the Fujiwara family was unable to give birth to a prince, so King Go-Sanjo of Wa, who had no blood relationship with the Fujiwara family, ascended the throne. Faced with external contacts with the Song Dynasty and the invasion of Toi, he began a fierce struggle with the Fujiwara clan.

This was also the reason why the Japanese court had to discuss for several years before replying to letters from the Song Dynasty. The two sides were fighting so hard that sparks were coming out of their foreheads.

The reason why I have said so much above is that the final winner was neither the big family nor the King of Wa, but the samurai class promoted by the King of Wa to fight against the big family. Almost five years after Yue Fei was unjustly killed in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Hogen Rebellion and the Heiji Rebellion broke out in Japan. The Japanese Taira no Kiyomori gathered the samurai class to defeat the Minamoto clan and established the Taira regime, monopolizing all senior positions.

The samurai class originally came from the Japanese Empire, which was defeated in the Battle of Baekgang and faced with the rise of Silla relying on the Tang Dynasty. The Japanese were afraid that the Japanese island would be invaded, so they imitated the Sui and Tang military system and implemented a legionary soldier system. However, as land annexation became serious, these legionary soldiers soon became unsustainable and gradually evolved into private armed forces formed by manor owners recruiting their children and Langdang. They were a relatively basic link under the pyramid of Sekkan politics.

However, as the King of Wa and the big families fought fiercely, these original samurai class received an olive branch from the King of Wa, and their subordinate relationship with the big families weakened.

Each of these original warriors was a small landowner, but they could not reap huge profits from the land like the big families. At the same time, since they had a little money, they were in great need of more affordable overseas porcelain, spices, etc. to distinguish themselves, so they were very enthusiastic about opening up sea trade.

Therefore, Taira no Kiyomori, who finally came to power as a samurai, lifted the maritime ban with a tough attitude and promoted trade between Song and Japan.

After Taira no Kiyomori's death, the government returned to the Minamoto clan. At that time, the Minamoto clan absorbed the samurai class and established the shogunate in Kamakura. At this time, Japan had already realized the huge benefits of maritime trade and consistently implemented a maritime trade policy.

What happened later was actually simple. Although the Yuan Dynasty failed to conquer Japan, it also severely damaged the Kamakura shogunate and made it unable to pay rewards to the samurai. The bankrupt samurai became an unstable factor in Japan, and the samurai who made a fortune from the war had no subordinate relationship with the shogunate. Eventually, the Warring States Period came, and the threat of Japanese pirates in China began.

There is a small thing here.

The Yuan Dynasty's expedition against Japan failed due to a typhoon, which led to the rise of the idea of ​​a divine kingdom in Japan.

In short, it means that I believe I am the best in the world and God will bless me no matter what I do.

The Muromachi shogunate of the same period as Emperor Yongle believed that it was natural for Japanese pirates to plunder China; Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Ming Dynasty believed that Japan was the leader of all nations; and later, they took this attitude as a matter of course to invade Korea and China.

All of the above are derived from this idea of ​​the Kingdom of God.

This kind of thinking finally ended when the fat man and the little boy exploded in Japan. 】

Ming Tianzi's face originally showed a nonchalant expression.

Just like when I read the history of Yuan Dynasty and found the name of Mongolian Yuan difficult to pronounce, the names of Japan's system, family and class are also difficult to pronounce.

But other than that, the general idea is still understandable, such as the Warring States Period caused by the rise of the samurai.

"Isn't it just the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Rebellion?"

"How dare your small country call itself the Warring States?"

The emperor was speechless tomorrow.

And when he heard about the Kingdom of God idea, he almost slammed the table:

"We thought that the Japanese sent envoys so frequently because they coveted China's products and felt that China was isolated and poor overseas."

"So you think the Japanese pirates' actions are natural?"

"That's all a beast can do! Where's the sense of honor you learned from China? So why would the Bai Sect allow a beast to run wild like this?"

The time relationship is also easy to sort out. The difference between Emperor Yongle and us is at most 20 to 30 years.

If they thought so when Biaoer was in power, it means that these Japanese people held such an idea during the reign of Emperor Hongwu.

"They are neighbors with beasts but they don't know it. No wonder they dare to invade China. We must not leave this disaster to our descendants. Let these bandits see who is the leader of all nations!"

"But this fat little boy..."

Dark clouds like mushrooms rolled up over the vast land, dispelling all of Emperor Hongwu's doubts.

(End of this chapter)