Song Gexing

Chapter 203 Request from the above table
There are 21 Genji families in the Japanese country, all descended from the descendants of emperors of various generations. The Seiwa Genji are the most powerful among them, and are the descendants of the direct grandchildren of the sixth emperor.

The Fujiwara clan was a minister of Emperor Tenchi in the Asuka period. The Nakatomi Kamatashi was given the surname Fujiwara's descendant, so Minamoto no Yoriyoshi was naturally unhappy.

It's good that he didn't raise troops to respond to the Song army. Now he just called on everyone not to resist the country of his parents, because in his understanding, the people of the Central Plains looked down upon this island country.

It should just be because the Japanese country has never expressed its surrender to the Central Plains Dynasty in the past hundred years, which made the Song Dynasty unhappy.

Of course, this misunderstanding was based on the fact that the powerful people in Kyushu were not killed by the Song army, but they were promised to retain their current interests after surrendering.

This was Zhang Dun's plan. The Song army's landing and subsequent troops only amounted to more than 3 people. The Japanese country had a population of 600 million, and the place was unfamiliar to them.

If they really want to annex by force, the existing strength is completely insufficient, unless the Song Dynasty sends another [-] troops, but this is obviously impossible.

Tens of thousands of well-trained troops can indeed annex a country with a population of millions, but that must be established under conditions with very different civilizations.

The Japanese were obviously not. Although they were barbarians compared to the Song Dynasty, the spread of civilization in the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years allowed the Japanese to escape the period of true barbaric tribes.

With a dynasty that has been unified for hundreds of years, the economy, politics, and military are all mature monarchies, and they are not so bad that they are on the verge of collapse.

In an era when firearms were not yet widespread, there was no way to easily annex such a country. The only way was to use barbarians to control barbarians and support one group of people to defeat another group.

Fortunately, the common thinking among the Japanese in this era was that the Central Plains Dynasty was their parent country, and what really made them ambitious was what happened after the Wu family came to power.

It can be said that in this era of Japan, the people were still simple and simple. They had not experienced the brutal fighting like the Warring States Period, and their people still maintained Confucian moral values.

This is very important to the Song army. As long as they do not bully the locals and treat them fairly, most people will be willing to submit.

After half a month, Hou Lengquan finally made the decision to send people to Kyushu to negotiate with Song Jun. The communication between the two parties went smoothly because there was no language barrier.

Wa has its own language and created its own characters, but the officials are still keen to learn Chinese and Chinese characters.

The Liao Kingdom was actually the same. Although they created their own written language, almost everyone learned to speak Chinese, because they had to trade with the Song Dynasty, and they couldn't communicate if they didn't speak Chinese.

The radiation of the Han cultural circle is actually very large. Even the countries in the Western Regions admired Han culture in this era. It is no wonder if you think about it, half of the world's wealth is concentrated in the Song Dynasty. If you don't learn Han culture, it will be difficult to move forward.

The Song Dynasty was a typical example of using the economy to leverage cultural advancement. A prosperous life made culture more splendid, because having money and leisure allowed more people to study culture with peace of mind.

Moreover, the Japanese country in this era even used the currency of the Song Dynasty. The country's currency was disliked by all classes, and even caused the Song Dynasty's own currency to be insufficient. Because it was heavily used by the Japanese country, it could not be recycled to the country.

The Japanese people called the currency of the Song Dynasty Du Lai Qian. As the name suggests, it is the currency that traveled across the ocean. In later generations, archeology has unearthed more than 400 million Song Dynasty coins.

A month later, Zhao Fang received the Japanese surrender form and requested the court to send someone to sign the alliance. For this reason, there was another fierce debate in the court.

"Okay, you've been arguing for a long time, but you haven't mentioned the Japanese disobedience at all!" Zhao Fang finally couldn't bear it anymore. The ministers attacked the imperial court for invading the vassal country, but they almost called him an invader and a tyrant, which made him so angry. I want to give them a slap in the face.

Seeing everyone stop and look at him, Zhao Fang smiled and said: "Have the Japanese Kingdom sent tribute envoys here for a hundred years? It was only once from the Taizong Dynasty, but it was not an official tribute envoy. They were monks who came to study Buddhism. Do you really think that Japan is still a vassal state of ours? Not even Goryeo anymore. Are you dreaming, or are you dreaming too well to wake up?"

This shout gave the ministers a slap in the face, making them wake up from their fantasy of a heavenly kingdom. They really thought they were treating you like a dish.

The Japanese country indeed admired Han culture from top to bottom, but that did not mean that they surrendered to the Song Dynasty. They had long thought that they were powerful enough to be on an equal footing with the Song Dynasty.

Although they still dare not have the ambition to invade the Great Song Dynasty, they no longer regard the Great Song Dynasty as the suzerain country, and the two sides are equal brotherly countries. This is the current status quo.

But the scholar-bureaucrats were still immersed in the former heavenly kingdom, but that was not the Song Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty.

Several old Confucian scholars still wanted to argue, but were stopped by Zhao Fang's glare, and continued: "Do you still remember what it means to be a vassal state? Proclaiming yourself a minister, paying tribute, and obeying the orders issued by the court are called vassalage. But in the past hundred years, I have learned a lot about it. Did the Song Dynasty order the invasion of Japan? Except for people-to-people exchanges, official contacts have been cut off for a long time, so how can there be any talk of belonging to the country?"

Han Qi finally spoke. As prime minister and father-in-law, he knew very well what Zhao Fang was going to do.

"I agree with your Majesty that the Japanese country is not a vassal state of our Emperor Song, and there is no intrusion or occupation of the vassal state. However, now that the Japanese country has surrendered again, how will your majesty arrange it?"

His words were supported by all the prime ministers and ministers. When other clamoring people saw it, it turned out that the emperor had already reached an agreement with the ministers and ministers, so there was no need to argue.

Looking at the silent minister, Zhao Fang relaxed his face, nodded and said: "It is unkind to destroy a country, and I will not do it. After all, the Japanese country is not the traitorous minister of Xixia. It is understandable that the transportation is inconvenient."

Everyone was relieved when they heard this. The reason why they were arguing was because they were worried that Zhao Fang would be unable to recruit Dou Wu.

Seeing that everyone was relaxed, Zhao Fang continued with a chuckle: "I issued an edict to agree to the Japanese surrender, but the condition is that the Japanese will not bully the Ezo people, and agree to the imperial court setting up a port and garrisoning troops on Kyushu Island. As for the location..."

Zhao Fang began to think deeply, and immediately asked for a piece of paper and pen to sketch a picture with his own hands. He drew it with a cinnabar pen and said: "Take this here. The place I divided is the territory where we garrison. The people of the Japanese country who originally lived here can still live here." This life, but obey the orders of the garrison.”

The ministers looked at each other in confusion. Han Qi hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, do you know the geography of Japan?"

This is so strange. Not to mention Han Qi, even if Yan Shu, the most educated person, came here, he still didn't know what the Japanese country looked like.

Similarly, Zhao Fang actually doesn't know much about it. He only knows that the Japanese country is divided into Honshu Island, Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island, etc. How do you know the details?

But he knows where Nagasaki is, and he also knows the general history of Nagasaki. The name Nagasaki does not yet exist, and it will not be named until a hundred years later when the Nagasaki clan becomes the lord of this place.

He didn't know what Nagasaki was originally called, but he knew where Nagasaki was on Kyushu Island. This stroke divided a quarter of Kyushu Island.

Not only was the Hizen Kingdom taken away, but the Satsuma Kingdom was also taken away. I wonder if Go Lengquan and the ministers would be so distressed that they would die.

(End of this chapter)