The construction of Northern Xinjiang was in full swing. Yunzheng went back and forth to inspect, review, inspect various family industries, infrastructure construction, and the establishment and teaching of schools in various places. He was busy for more than a month before he had almost arranged some important things.
What happens next depends on the execution strength below. Yunzheng has no choice.
Half a month ago, most of the Japanese mission returned to Japan, and they brought back a piece of good news that could almost make the whole country of Japan rejoice: the young commander-in-chief of the Northern Territory of the Wei Empire of China, the hereditary son of Duke Yun, a young man who is famous all over the world.
The great writer Yun Chengfeng will visit Kyoto next month at the invitation of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan!
The news spread to Kyoto, and the entire Kyoto was shocked. The Emperor and the Emperor personally asked the leader of the mission, Yamashita Takahisa. The extremely excited Yamashita Takahisa praised Yun Zheng as unique in the world, and then described the process of convincing Yun Zheng to come east.
After a lot of hard work, the only thing missing was that Yun Zheng almost killed him. Then, of course, it was after his extremely pious request that the noble Marshal Yun agreed to come to Japan to spread the civilization of the Celestial Dynasty and let eight million people
The Island of Gods bathes in the holy light of China's summer pilgrimage...
When the Emperor and the Emperor heard that Yamashita Takahisa was so dedicated to his duties and actually invited such a noble figure, they immediately promoted Yamashita Takahisa to Sakonoe General, to the third rank, and said that as soon as Unzheng officially arrived in Kyoto, they would promote him to Sakonoe General.
The left minister Takahisa Yamashita was overjoyed. He really did not expect that this trip to Wei as an envoy would get such great benefits. He was extremely grateful to Yun Zheng, because if Yun Zheng hadn't offered to come to Japan to give lectures, how could they have dared to have such extravagant hopes? So,
The credit for this achievement is entirely given to him by Marshal Yun. With this mentality, he will be of great help to Yun Zheng in the future. This is a story for later, let’s not mention it for now.
The reason why Yunzheng agreed to the request to travel eastward to Japan next month was, firstly, because there were many places to spend money, and Yunzheng needed to master and mine the Japanese Iwami Silver Mountain as soon as possible to relieve economic pressure; on the other hand, it was also because Northern Xinjiang
After the preliminary establishment of the naval fleet, Yunzheng went through an ocean escort and believed that the fleet had basically formed combat effectiveness. In this era, it can be regarded as the most advanced fleet and is enough to be used to meet people.
Modern sea power theory believes that a fleet that does not conduct transoceanic escorts is just a "warship on the dining table", or that a "navy in the ditch" can only be officially upgraded to a "navy" if it conducts transoceanic escort operations against merchant ships.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty in history, the reason why the Chinese fleet only dared to call it "Beiyang Navy" and "Nanyang Navy" instead of "Beiyang Navy" and "Nanyang Navy" was because they had never escorted civilian ships.
This time, the Northern Xinjiang Navy's cross-oceanic escort operation led by Fang Jiannan made China in this world officially have a "navy" during the Wei Dynasty.
It is a pity that people at this time did not realize the significance of the Northern Xinjiang Navy's intrusion into the Indian Ocean for escort. They only cared about the business situation of the Indian subcontinent, and Yunzheng's first purchase order also made them laugh out loud, because our Marshal Yun's first purchase
The first purchase order was for saplings. He placed a large order of 800,000 tamarind saplings with the kings of India and required the kings to deliver the goods within two years.
Yunzheng's Northern Xinjiang Navy escorted the merchant ships of Chengfeng Trading Company and loaded several large ships with the first batch of purchased saplings. These large ships did not dare to stay there because they were carrying saplings, so they immediately returned and brought them back to Wei
The merchants broke the blockade of Arab merchants and realized the hope of direct trade with Tianzhu merchants. Subsequently, the Wei ships loaded with tea, silk, pottery and other goods on the Tianjin dock all raised their sails, following the newly formed Second Squadron in Northern Xinjiang that fell into the water.
run towards india
Next came the continuous return of Wei ships. The masts of these Wei ships were spread one by one from Tianjin Port to the end of the sky. Some Tianjin maritime merchants exaggeratedly said: If someone walks from the bow to the stern at this time, and then jumps
On another ship, he could go all the way to India without touching the water. This is naturally impossible, but at least it shows the rapid development of maritime trade in northern Xinjiang.
The returning Wei ship brought back Indian gold, the famous wootz steel, Indian livestock, and a huge amount of grain, jade, gems, tortoise shells, ivory, tiger skins, and shiploads of spices. These dazzling wealth made
The maritime merchants at Tianjin Port were furious. They immediately organized a third fleet and rushed to India under the protection of the Third North Xinjiang Squadron.
The only painful thing is the Northern Xinjiang Naval Shipyard - their tasks have been forced to increase several times in a row, although the family's ship-removing craftsmen from all over the world have joined the shipyard, and there are a lot of fine giant trees sent from the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens.
Continuously, but the tasks are still extremely heavy, and the supervision system established by Yun Zheng is very strict, so there is no chance for people to take a break or cut corners. However, it is not entirely a bad thing. At least Marshal Yun is a kind and fair person, and anyone who works overtime and overtime will
He would calculate the salary for each task, so although he was "as tired as a dog" these days, his income was three times that of before. Therefore, although everyone was complaining, no one quit the job.
Yunzheng stood on the sea view building of Tianjin Port. After bidding farewell to the last Wei ship, he couldn't close his mouth happily: "Everyone, look at what I saw. All my eyes are tax revenue. There are 10 merchant ships going out to sea with goods."
% belongs to the Beijiang Shipping Department. With so many ships going out, the Tianjin Port Beijiang Shipping Department’s taxes this year must have increased unimaginably...Well, now we have money to raise troops and fight wars."
As the most respected general of the Northern Xinjiang Navy by Yun Zheng, Yunlang has always been regarded as the future Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Xinjiang Navy (already the highest official position in the Northern Xinjiang Navy). He is just waiting for the current one to reach his age.
At the top, he was qualified enough to take over Yun Zheng's words. He said excitedly: "The young marshal originally said that raising a navy escort is the most profitable. Now I know: No investment is as good as investing in warships."
This ship will bring back at least 300 materials (150 tons) of loot, which will be enough for a year's military expenditure. It can also increase taxes and make money for us. We should keep more of this navy. I heard that Tianzhu went there
It's the Big Food in Black. The Big Food in Black used to be what the young marshal said...the African continent. Since the young marshal said that the land is similar in size to the continent under our feet, how many warships are needed to protect such a huge ocean?
?So the construction of our navy will continue.”
Yun Zheng replied with a smile: "The navy will naturally continue to be built, but there is no need to worry too much. Srivijaya had a small-scale naval battle with the host country two years ago. The host country dispatched 4,300 large and small ships.
Twenty-one, this is only part of the military strength of the garrison country. Of course, half of the warships in these garrison countries are canoe-class. We can smash them with warships."
Yun Lang nodded: "Those small boats may be able to use some tactics if they fight on the river, but it won't work in this vast sea. In a decisive battle at sea, it depends on whose boat is stronger than the young marshal. The two of them
Who won the war in the end?"
Yun Zheng chuckled lightly: "No one won, because the two sides fought for two days and two nights. When they were exhausted, the Jiang family's Nanhai Navy joined the battle. It fought everyone it saw, and in one battle it destroyed all the navies of both sides."
After being sent to the bottom of the sea, the battle between Srivijaya and the host country weakened because neither side could afford to fight."
Yunlang and others couldn't help but laugh. Yunlang couldn't help but laugh and said: "It was because of that battle that Marshal Jiang consolidated his position and was able to lead his army to Yangzhou to meet with the Marshal at the beginning of the year?"
Yun Zheng smiled and nodded. He asked Jiang Fan about this.
Yunzheng inspected the First Fleet, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Navy, which returned from Nanyang, and determined the itinerary and scale of the eastward crossing to Japan.
After Japan received the news of Yunzheng's visit, the Emperor and his son were extremely excited. The Japanese palace officials also seemed very concerned about this. Minister of the Interior Fujiwara elegantly handed the letter from Yamashita Takahisa to the officials next to him with a leisurely expression.
He said with a fascinated look: "I often hear that Marshal Yun Chengfeng leads the style of the Wei Dynasty. Not only does he have beautiful clothes and regulations, but also elegant music. Even the famous Zhang Yanyu and Mr. Zhang are ashamed. I often heard Wei Shang talk about it before.
I wish I could have been born in the Kingdom of Wei, so that I could experience the elegance of this man with my own eyes. Now that he is coming, this will be an unprecedented event."
The palace ministers next to him nodded vigorously, and one of them said yearningly: "Back then, when Marshal Yun was not so famous, I was on a mission to China and saw him standing on Yunshan Mountain during a dinner hosted by His Majesty the Emperor.
It's a pity that Marshal Yun, who is next to Shuai, didn't say a word at that banquet. Now that I think about it, I really regret that this banquet will not leave me behind no matter what."
Yuan Yeqing, the liaison officer sent by the Kanto Warriors to the imperial court, reminded in a low voice: "I heard that Yun Tanhua is coming this time and plans to bring the first fleet of Qi Northern Xinjiang and the eight guards of his newly established Yingyang Army. That is enough
There are fifty thousand people.”
As soon as he finished speaking, several officials rushed to answer: "I know that the newly built manor for Marshal Yun cannot accommodate these 50,000 people. Why don't I come forward to receive some of them - ah, the Heavenly Army of the Kingdom of Heaven, that huge fleet,
Those gorgeous soldiers, those fierce weapons...this honor is enough for my descendants to talk about for a thousand years."
Yuan Yeqing said softly: "It is said that Marshal Yun asked our country to strictly control the output of sulfur..."
Fujiwara did not hesitate and gave a stern order: "Then send more manpower immediately - the heavenly soldiers of heaven will come to supervise. Hurry up and mark a piece of land for these heavenly soldiers to garrison. The nearby daimyo will quickly organize to build houses for them. Do not neglect!"
Taira Kiyotai, the contact person of the Taira samurai group in the court, also took the opportunity to express his position: "The heavenly troops stationed in the sulfur mines cannot be left without support, and fifty households of farmers from each neighboring daimyo should be sent out to help the heavenly soldiers cultivate the land - these are the heavenly soldiers of the kingdom.
But money is too valuable to allow them to do rough and dirty work!"
Mr. Fujiwara nodded heavily, glanced at him with satisfaction, waved a small fan, and shouted loudly: "This is a grand event, and we must make complete preparations in advance. Go ahead and tell the big names to give their best."
Good concubine, use the best tea, the best houses, and the most beautiful music to entertain these Chinese soldiers. You must not let the Chinese soldiers - especially Marshal Yun - feel any dissatisfaction and lose our country.
face!"
After Mr. Fujiwara finished speaking, there was a scene below that was nodding like chickens pecking at rice. Countless Japanese palace ministers whispered: "Fifty thousand soldiers from the Celestial Empire have come to plant seeds in person. Now, a hundred years of work can be completed in one year. It is really a great event in the world."
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In early September, with the eager anticipation of Japanese palace ministers and samurai, Yunzheng set off from Tianjin with six guards and an army of about 30,000 people.
This number was different from the news the Japanese had received in advance. The Japanese predicted that Yunzheng would send 50,000 people, but they miscalculated one thing. They thought that Yunzheng would send all the Yingyang Guards except the Yingyang Guards sent to Yizhou.
Bringing them all, who knows that in order to show force, Yunzheng believed that the troops were better but not too numerous, so he sent the newly recruited Yingyang Guards who had been trained for more than two months to replace the Yizhou defenders, and once again divided the chaotic formation into
The original six guards arranged by Insertion were gathered together and brought to Japan.
Yunzheng's logistical supplies are also different from others. Except for the ordnance, which is allocated by the emperor and produced by the governor-general of Northern Xinjiang and his family, the rest of the supplies use the supply bidding method, that is, the army's supplies are contracted to businessmen. Therefore, when other places
After the 33,600 soldiers arrived in Japan, more than 30,000 businessmen followed, and they followed the army with a huge fleet.
Naturally, Japan was confused about the situation, and actually regarded all the ordnance supplies they brought as commodities for sale. Suddenly, the price of food, silk, and textiles in Japan plummeted, and all Japanese businessmen were there.
Exclaimed: The Wei people brought a huge amount of food and clothing. The food was enough to feed the entire Japanese people for ten years, and the clothing was enough to last the entire Japanese people for a hundred years.
Yunzheng naturally landed at Iwami, because Iwami is the fiefdom of Prince Akimiya Kiyoko, and the port here has good facilities, which is more convenient for the army to dock, while most Wei merchants sailed their ships into Hakata Bay
The Japanese people looked in awe as this unimaginably huge fleet sailed into their bay. Then, their enthusiasm was like a volcano erupting. Countless Japanese brought their daughters from all over the country and rushed towards Hakata Bay like leeches -
-Well, as a result, the value of Japanese people who originally farmed in Japan seems to have dropped somewhat.
Yun Zheng stepped into his pre-renovated manor under the warm welcome of the Japanese palace minister. He wondered all the way: "I brought so many soldiers here, but I didn't encounter any resistance at all. Instead, I was so enthusiastic. This warmth made me
I’m too embarrassed to draw my sword.”
The deputy Yingyang Guard who came with the army pointed at Yun Yi and rolled his eyes: "Young Marshal, are you still embarrassed?"
As the owner and a fan of Untanka, Prince Akimiya Kiyokouchi followed carefully with a somewhat ugly expression on her face. She knew that this army had the power to destroy the country for Japan - five hundred years later, Japan's so-called Warring States Period
In the war, the two countries could dispatch 500 soldiers. It was already a national-level war. However, Yun Tanhua brought 33,600 of the most elite soldiers of the Wei Dynasty this time, and they were all equipped with the equipment of this era.
The scariest repeating crossbow
The Sugawara clan elder bowed carefully and smiled flatteringly: "Chengfeng Palace is joking, the heavenly soldiers are here, and we haven't had time to welcome them, so how dare we neglect them? We only measure Japan's wealth and treasures, and marry the Celestial Dynasty to the young commander's favor."
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When Yun Zheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, why did these words sound so familiar?
Not far away, the welcoming Japanese ministers stood at the entrance of Yunzheng Manor in costumes. They still maintained the fashion of celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties - to put it bluntly, they used white powder to paint their faces so white that at first glance they looked like
The custom of the devils from the Hall of Hell escaping from hell comes from the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. At that time, Ruan Ji and others were under the high pressure of the Sima family, and under the circumstances of the invasion of foreigners outside and the endless war inside, they could not vent their hearts.
Because of the grief and indignation, they could only act in their own way to show that they were incompatible with the society at that time. This custom followed the Central Plains people fleeing the war and fled to Japan. It was regarded as a noble aesthetic by Japan and has been preserved until today five hundred years later.
The waiting palace ministers were all dressed in gorgeous clothes, some were wearing Shu brocade, some were wearing potato gauze, and some were wearing Hangzhou bamboo. The styles of their clothes were shocking, as if a group of Wei people were standing there, but they were wearing
The hats are slightly different from those of the Wei people. They wore high Eguan hats - the Japanese later called its variant "Liwu hat". Yun Zheng's uncertain guess is that this seems to have been learned from the Han Dynasty.
, Han official majesty" is also
Mr. Sugawara is also wearing gorgeous silk. This kind of silk from the Wei Dynasty is woven with patterns. Under the gentle breeze, the patterns on the brocade ripple, as if someone is holding flowers and swaying them. Uncle Yunzheng's Tingshui Villa is from Suzhou.
He even recognized that it was a kind of suede silk, which was also the most sought-after luxury product among Japan's upper class at that time.
With the prosperity of trade between Wei and Japan, the luxurious lifestyle of the Wei people infected the upper class of Japan. Since the early days of the founding of the Wei Dynasty, Japanese officials in general no longer wore silk fabrics produced in Japan, and even their maids also wore them.
"Imported" Clothes Murasaki Shikibu's diary records that at the banquet on the tenth to the third day of the first lunar month, Dai Onagon wore a set of Tang-style clothes and trousers every day, with matching shades; the colors and styles were not repeated, and the inner pang (attendant) ran through the Tang Dynasty.
