Shop of All Worlds: The First Customer Princess Jinyang

Chapter 179 History

Chapter 179 History
"Don't worry, Immortal, I'm really fine."

Hu Hai thought Ye Jiangnan was worried about him, so he said with a smile.

Ye Jiangnan: “…”

"Okay, you better go back."

"Don't let them come out and beat you up again."

After hearing what Ye Jiangnan said, Hu Hai looked at the store entrance worriedly.

Seeing that Li Zhi and Zhu Di did not come out, Hu Hai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then Immortal, I'm leaving first!"

"Next time... I'll come again next time."

Hu Hai said.

Ye Jiangnan nodded.

Hu Hai turned into a ray of light and disappeared into the yard.

As soon as he left, Li Zhi, holding Wu Zetian's hand, walked out of the store with Zhu Di.

"Oh? Immortal, where is that silly boy Hu Hai?"

Li Zhi looked around the yard and didn't see Hu Hai, so he asked curiously.

"He was afraid that you would beat him to death, so he ran away in a hurry."

Ye Jiangnan shrugged and said.

Li Zhi: “…”

Zhu Di: "..."

"You know what, I really wanted to beat him to death before."

Li Zhi said unhappily.

He was considered to be restrained. If Hu Hai had molested his queen, if it were someone else, he would have been beheaded long ago.

"My god, let's not talk about the stupid things Hu Hai did."

"What he did was only to harm his Great Qin. It has nothing to do with our Great Tang."

"He flirted with my wife. If this happened in the Tang Dynasty, would he still be alive and kicking?"

Ye Jiangnan: “…”

"Okay, don't get so excited."

"If you really want to do something to him, wait for your father to come back and complain to him."

"Then, your father will go and talk to Hu Hai's father."

“Although it is impossible for Lao Zhao to kill Hu Hai, he can probably cripple him, right?”…

Ye Jiangnan said uncertainly.

Qin Shi Huang was also very clear about right and wrong and would not shield Hu Hai.

But Hu Hai is his biological son after all.

Qin Shihuang was not as cruel as Hu Hai, who was not willing to kill his own relatives.

"Tell me my father?!"

When Li Zhi heard this, a picture appeared in his mind.

I don't know why, it always sounds weird.

But he couldn't tell what was strange about it.

He subconsciously told himself that he must not tell his father about this.

"No, no, it's not necessary yet."

Li Zhi waved his hand.

"I'm not a child. I need to complain to my parents."

Zhu Di glanced at Li Zhi and nodded slightly:

"really."

"They are already so old, and they are all emperors."

"It's not the behavior of an adult to tell a parent about something."

Ye Jiangnan chatted with Li Zhi, Zhu Di and Wu Zetian for a while.

Ye Jiangnan felt relatively relaxed when chatting with Li Zhi and Zhu Di.

Chatting with them is really just chatting.

Li Zhi talked about the changes in the Tang Dynasty under his governance compared to the governance of Li Shimin.

It also said that he sent Su Dingfang to destroy the Western Turks and attack Baekje, Goguryeo and Japan.

Zhu Di then talked about the time when he led his troops to fight.

Neither of them boasted about themselves, they just told the truth.

Ye Jiangnan listened with great interest.

Occasionally, I would curiously ask them for specific details.

"By the way, what do you two think of the Japanese pirates?"

Ye Jiangnan asked.

"Japanese pirates?"

Li Zhi and Zhu Di looked at each other.

Li Zhidao:
"My god, Japan is just a pitifully small place, full of petty thieves."

"Back then, our Tang army was so powerful that it defeated the coalition forces of Baekje and Japan at the Baekgang River."

"Just this one battle has shown those Japanese how powerful our army is."

"Since then, those Japanese have been scared out of their wits and dare not have any more evil thoughts!"

"They are a bunch of Japanese people. They should just stay on that small island country!"

"Of course, this alone is not the solution."

"If possible, educate those Japanese."

"If we teach those Japanese about etiquette and morality and understand the order of the world, perhaps they will stop wanting to invade other countries and live a peaceful life."

"Also, we should appropriately open up maritime trade."

"It is not easy for those Japanese to come to our Tang Dynasty."

"So, these Japanese may be trying to obtain what they need through looting to gain their own benefits."

"If I moderately open up some trade, I can appease the Japanese and reduce their desire to plunder due to lack of supplies."

"This will also prevent them from invading our Tang Dynasty again."

Li Zhi simply looked down on the Japanese.

In his opinion, the Japanese were just a small country far away on the sea. What kind of trouble could they cause?
It would be easy for the Tang Dynasty to destroy Japan.

However, the Japanese were far away overseas, and it was not very convenient to march there.

If Japan was right next to the Tang Dynasty, it would have been destroyed long ago.

That is why Li Zhi suggested educating the Japanese and opening up trade appropriately.

Ye Jiangnan looked at Zhu Di again, wanting to hear what Zhu Di thought.

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said:
"My lord, those Japanese pirates are truly despicable and a disaster for the coast of Ming Dynasty."

"These pirates are not content to stay in their proper place, but frequently sail across the ocean to the coastal areas of our Ming Dynasty."

"Wherever they went, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil."

"In many villages and towns along the coast of our Ming Dynasty, the property accumulated by the people through hard work was burned down by them."

"How many innocent people were either brutally murdered or abducted, leaving their families broken up and wives and children torn apart."

"Every time I heard about that tragic scene, I was filled with grief and anger."

"Although I often fought against the Mongolian remnants far to the north, I also got to know these Japanese pirates."

"If we want to deal with these Japanese pirates, we must focus on coastal defense."

"After I ascended the throne, I made great efforts to improve coastal defense."

"Add more capable and skilled soldiers to garrison the coastal garrisons and order them to patrol day and night without any slackness."

"At the same time, I also had people repair and strengthen the city's defenses, add artillery and other weapons, and make sure that when the Japanese pirates come, they will never return."

"At the same time, I also ordered local officials to cooperate with the army to appease and organize the people along the coast. If the Japanese pirates invade, the army and the people will unite to fight the enemy together."

"Moreover, Immortal, I have discovered that the actions of those Japanese pirates are not just for the purpose of robbing property!"

"They also have ambitions behind them to spy on our Ming Dynasty."

"Although the Japanese pirates have a small territory and a limited population, they are trying to use such despicable means to test the bottom line of our Ming Dynasty and see how strong our Ming Dynasty is."

"When I find time, I will lead the army to fight. First, I will kill all the Japanese pirates on the coast, and then I will destroy the tiny country of Japan to prevent future troubles!"

Li Zhi and Zhu Di had different views.

Li Zhi's idea was to educate the Japanese.

Teacher Zhu’s idea was to directly destroy the Japanese.

Both of them are right.

After all, from their current position, perspective, and current situation, the solutions they proposed are useful to them. If Ye Jiangnan were asked to choose which person to support, he would definitely choose Zhu Di's idea without hesitation.

He is a young man of the new century, so he is naturally very familiar with what happened to the Japanese before.

As young people of the new century, no matter who they are, I am afraid that they all have the same idea as Zhu Di, which is to destroy the Japanese.

"Immortal, why do you suddenly ask us such a question?"

Li Zhi asked doubtfully.

Zhu Di was also curious.

If Ye Jiangnan was doing this for the countries bordering them, they could still understand it.

But what Ye Jiangnan was asking about was a small country called Japan, which was across the sea from them. Li Zhi and Zhu Di didn't understand.

Is a small country like Japan worthy of the immortal's concern?
"Well... shall I tell you a story?"

Ye Jiangnan said.

Zhu Di and Li Zhi nodded.

Wu Zetian and Yu Shu looked at Ye Jiangnan curiously.

"There was a war of aggression that lasted for more than 70 years."

Ye Jiangnan said slowly.

Li Zhi and Zhu Di took a deep breath when they heard this.

A war can last for more than seventy years. This is too long!
Not to mention how many soldiers will die, just the consumption of resources alone is something that no matter how powerful a country is, it cannot afford.

If a country is strong, a war will not last for more than 70 years.

"Don't be surprised, I'll continue."

Ye Jiangnan saw their shock and was afraid that they would interrupt him.

Zhu Di and Li Zhi nodded.

Ye Jiangnan continued:
"A small country, which is the Wa Kingdom I just asked you about, found an excuse that the citizens of the Ryukyu Kingdom were killed and sent troops to Ryukyu, our Chinese."

"Later, with the intervention of Western countries, the Japanese pirates withdrew from Ryukyu only after receiving compensation of 500,000 taels of silver from the Chinese government at that time."

"Five years later, the Japanese pirates directly used force to occupy Ryukyu and turned it into a county of theirs, naming it Okinawa Prefecture."

"In the following years, Japanese pirates invaded Silla, which you, Zhu Di, call Korea."

"The Japanese pirates took the opportunity to launch the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. After the Chinese government was defeated, it was forced to sign a treaty."

"In the treaty, the Japanese pirates ceded Ryukyu Island and other surrounding islands."

"Moreover, the Japanese pirates also received a large amount of compensation and many privileges in China."

"Then, the Japanese pirates launched another war and forcibly occupied China's Northeast. They occupied the entire Northeast for more than three months and implemented the 'Three Alls' policy of 'kill all, burn all, and rob all.'"

"The people of Northeast China have become slaves under the iron hoofs of the Japanese pirates!"

"After that, the Japanese pirates also supported the last emperor of China and established the 'Puppet Manchukuo', which began a 14-year colonial rule over the three high officials in Northeast China."

"Then, the Japanese pirates created the Marco Polo Bridge Incident!"

“They’re not pretending anymore!”

"Begin to fully invade our Chinese land!"

"They have been burning, killing and looting all over China, causing more than 4 million Chinese soldiers and more than 35 million civilians to be killed or injured!"

When Li Zhi and Zhu Di heard this, they clenched their fists.

Their eyes were red and veins bulged.

"Countless people were displaced and many were brutally killed by them."

"They have done many inhuman things!"

"For example, tying up a pregnant woman and cutting the baby out of her belly with a knife!"

"For example, their soldiers compete with each other to see who has killed more Chinese people!"

"for example……"

Ye Jiangnan really couldn't go on.

The more I talked, the more uncomfortable I felt.

The same was true for Li Zhi and Zhu Di.

Wu Zetian and Yu Shu couldn't hold back their tears.

"How dare the Japanese pirates!!!"

Zhu Di roared.

He never imagined that a small Japanese pirate could cause such harm to the Chinese people.

"Immortal, where was the emperor at that time?!"

"What is he doing!"

"The Japanese pirates acted like this, didn't he do anything?"

Zhu Di asked through gritted teeth.

After that, Zhu Di continued to ask:

"Is he the emperor of my Ming Dynasty?"

"Didn't the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty swear an oath that 'the king dies for the country'?"

"Why are you indifferent when the people are being devastated like this?!"

Li Zhi also looked at Ye Jiangnan, wanting to hear Ye Jiangnan's answer.

Ye Jiangnan shook his head slightly.

"No, there was no emperor at that time."

"At that time, China was also in chaos..."

Ye Jiangnan sighed.

Zhu Di and Li Zhi looked at each other.

"Immortal, could this be related to us?"

Zhu Di asked with a frown.

Without the emperor, it means something happened after them.

Since it happened later, it must be related to their predecessors.

It’s hard to say how big the relationship is, but there must be a close connection between them.

"Well... how should I put it? I can't blame you completely."

Ye Jiangnan said.

"If you want to know more, go to the library on the second floor."

"There are special books there that record what happened back then."

Zhu Di and Li Zhi nodded.

Both of them wanted to understand this history clearly.

What on earth happened that could cause so many Chinese people to be harmed?

Also, how could a small Japanese pirate cause such a big storm?
Isn't it just an island country?
China is such a big place, such a big country, but it was "bullied" by a Japanese pirate!

The two couldn't wait to go to the second floor of the store.

Wu Zetian and Yu Shu also followed.

After they left, Ye Jiangnan sat on the sofa and let out a long breath.

Whenever he mentioned this history, Ye Jiangnan always felt uncomfortable.

Although he had never seen it in person or experienced it, Ye Jiangnan felt particularly uncomfortable just by looking at the pictures, videos and text.

"Hey……"

Ye Jiangnan let out a long sigh.

……

store.

The second floor.

bookstore.

Under the guidance of the big screen, Li Zhi and Zhu Di found relevant books.

This is a very thick book.

Li Zhi and Zhu Di immediately opened the book and listened to the explanation and video on the big screen.

This watching lasted for several hours.

Zhu Di, Li Zhi, Wu Zetian and Yu Shu, the four of them shed tears countless times.

Their eyes turned red countless times.