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Chapter 882: The Collapse of Japan

Shi Deyi investigated quickly. That night, he took the information he had found and reported to Zhao Xu while Zhao Xu was washing his feet.

"Everyone... I have already found out..."

"Hmm?!" Zhao Xu, who was being served, opened his eyes.

"In the past month, two suspected Japanese monks came to Bianjing and went to Kaibao Temple..."

Zhao Xu looked at Shi Deyi and asked, "Do you know what those two Japanese monks said to Lai Yuan?"

Shi Deyi shook his head: "Your Majesty, I don't know yet... But the people from the Investigation Department have found one of the Japanese monks who is still staying in Bianjing..."

"Do you want it?" He raised his head and looked at Zhao Xu.

"Go do it!" Zhao Xu waved his hand.

"No!" Shi De took the order and left.

The next morning, he came before Zhao Xu with dark circles under his eyes and reported to Zhao Xu the latest progress of the Liao people in Japan that he had discovered during the interrogation.

After listening to this, Zhao Xu remained silent for a long time.

He thought that Japan's politics and military were terrible during the Heian period.

But the fact that it was so rotten still amazed Zhao Xu!
It is really……

What a dish!

It would be fine if we were defeated by the Liao army in a land field battle.

The key is that even the navy was defeated!

According to what the Japanese monk said, the Japanese navy was defeated in all five battles with the Liao Dynasty!
Losing troops and losing generals!

This is not the point.

The point is, although the Liao people were invaders, the guardians and nobles from all over Japan were flirting with the Liao people in Kyushu.

When Zhao Xu asked, he found out that it was the Liao people who raised the banners of "reviving the destroyed country, continuing the extinct family" and "returning power to the emperor".

He publicly accused the Fujiwara clan of disrupting government, murdering the emperor, and bullying the superiors.

Therefore, the Liao army did not come to invade.

But I am here to uphold justice!

Even the Dharma King Shirakawa in Kyoto appeared in public many times, trying to prove that he was still alive.

The Fujiwara clan did not commit regicide!

But the Liao people insisted that the Baihe Dharma King now in Kyoto was a fake.

The real Dharma King had been murdered by the Fujiwara clan.

Have the nobles in Kyoto ever played a game like this?

No experience in dealing with this at all!
Local powerful groups and samurai groups took advantage of the chaos in the country to bargain with Kyoto while flirting with the Liao people in Kyushu.

It was clear that they were trying to threaten Liao and force Kyoto to recognize and improve their status.

Under this circumstance, the situation on the Japanese island has collapsed to the extreme.

The nobles in Kyoto were even more at a loss.

These guys are just useless people with high aspirations but low skills and look down on everyone.

There is no ability to respond to and deal with crises at all.

As a result, the chaos spread further.

Although the Liao people had not yet landed on the main island of Japan, a large amount of Liao commercial goods had already been sold throughout Japan under the name of "Tang goods", and were even being sold openly in Kyoto.

But the rulers in Kyoto could do nothing about it.

Because those who dare to sell these goods in Kyoto are all Buddhas!
In the past, even the nobles in Kyoto did not dare to offend the Buddhas.

I am even more afraid now.

If the Buddhas were angered, they would probably be carrying their sedan chairs and coming to attack before the Liao people even arrived.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu was completely confused.

After a long while, he sighed softly: "Thank you for the Three Wus' destruction of Buddhism!"

If it weren't for the three Emperor Wus who tamed Chinese Buddhism with knives and told the monks that they should just recite the sutras well and not get involved in things that they shouldn't get involved in!

How could Zhao Xu force those big monks in Bianjing City to hand over the pawnshops in their hands so easily?

It was precisely because of the Three Martial Arts Incidents that the great monks knew that going against the emperor would inevitably bring about a new round of Buddhist disasters.

Japan is different. Without the Three Martial Arts, the great monks in Japan have become Buddhas.

They can blatantly interfere with the court and even coerce the court.

"That's it!" Zhao Xu was also a little tired.

The current Song Dynasty is unable to even send troops to rescue Goryeo.

Not to mention crossing thousands of miles of sea to rescue Japan.

I don’t have the technology, let alone the ability!

Moreover……

In fact, Zhao Xu was very curious about what the Liao people could achieve on the Japanese archipelago!

Will the Liao general named 'Xiao Budaya' become the five-star emperor in the Middle Ages?
……

By noon, Xing Shu reported to Zhao Xu the candidates for the chief and deputy envoys to the Liao Kingdom.

As usual, there are three candidates for each.

As the chief envoy, Xing Shu nominated Zhang Shangying, the newly appointed criminal justice official of Guangnan West Road, Lin Xi, who had been serving as the 'Hebei River Patrol Envoy' in Hebei since the second half of last year, and Kong Wenzhong, the Left Counselor.

Zhao Xu understood these three candidates at a glance.

"This Uncle Xing He..." Zhao Xu shook his head: "He's trying to curry favor with others again!"

why?
Because Xing Shu was ostensibly one of the three recommended candidates for the envoy, but in reality, there was only one person - Lin Xi.

This trick is very common in modern offices.

The leader asked his subordinates to recommend several available talents to him.

Then, the people below will arrange a list and send it up.

But generally one-third of the people on the list are people that the leader would never choose.

Just like Kong Wenzhong - among these three candidates, Kong Wenzhong is obviously not someone who will be chosen, and even if he is chosen, he will not go.

He is a descendant of Confucius!

It’s impossible to go to Liao!

The Liao people dreamed of having a descendant of Confucius to decorate their door lintels.

As long as Kong Wenzhong sets foot on the land of Liao, the entire Liao will use all means to keep him.

At least his bloodline will be preserved!
Be it stealing, robbing, or cheating.

The Liao people were really capable of doing such things.

The Song Dynasty knew this, and Kong Wenzhong knew it even better.

In order to prevent himself from being used as a stud by the Liao people, Kong Wenzhong would rather die than go.

Similarly, there are one-third of the people on the list who seem to be the ones the leaders will choose, but in fact they will not be selected for various reasons.

Just like Zhang Shangying.

Everything had already been arranged by Zhao Xu. He followed Cai Jing south to form a team and, together with Gao Zunhui and Lu Jiawen, formed the Guangxi F4 to bring the kindness of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to the people of Southeast Asia.

Naturally, Zhao Xu could not easily destroy his own strategy.

So, in fact, Lin Xi is the only choice left.

However, Zhao Xu was not surprised.

This guy Xing Shu has always been good at networking and can have a say with both the New Party and the Old Party, so it is normal for him to hook up with Lin Xi.

If you think about it carefully, Lin Xi does meet all the requirements for a diplomatic mission to the Liao Kingdom.

So after just a quick thought, Zhao Xu circled Lin Xi's name and wrote "OK" next to it.

Looking at the deputy envoy candidate reported by Xing Shu, it seems much more normal.

Zhao Xu didn't think much about it and immediately decided on the person - He Zhizhong, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel.

This person is Cai Jing's future rival.

Of course, now he is just a small seventh-rank Chengyilang, who has just started working in the Ministry of Personnel this year and is a soldier under Wang Zishao.

Zhao Xu had met him twice and found him to be quite smart and good at talking, so he was a suitable candidate.

After deciding on the chief and deputy envoys, Zhao Xu issued an edict, ordering Xing Shu to draft the diplomatic letter as soon as possible and prepare gifts for the Liao ruler and the Liao crown prince, and to let the delegation set off preferably after the Kuncheng Festival.

After Xing Shu received the imperial decree, he immediately went to work.

(End of this chapter)