The lucky ship sailed against the wind, passed through the long Tsushima Strait, and finally found a large island near the direction pointed by Chen Ke. This island was really not small, roughly the size of a large county in China.
"This should be Sado Island... right?" Fuchuan circled the island, and after half a day's effort, he still couldn't find a dock where he could land. This made Li Fan very uncertain and asked: "Why are you looking at it?
Doesn’t it look like there are no people around?”
"It should be." Chen Ke estimated the size of the island, which is almost equivalent to the sixth largest island in Japan. He saw a piece of ruins on the seaside, put down his telescope and said, "Let's take a boat there."
The Fuzhou anchored on the spot and put down three small boats that could accommodate more than ten people. The guards rowed to the island. After confirming that there was no danger, Chen Yi signaled for Chen Ke to take the small boat ashore.
"Sir," Chen Yi reported after Chen Ke stepped on the soft beach: "The houses on the island have been abandoned and they look really old."
"Oh..." Chen Ke looked at the ruins buried in the yellow grass and asked, "Anything else found?"
"There is a tomb among the pine trees to the east."
"Go over and have a look."
When we came to the land of pines and cypresses facing the main island of Fuso, we saw the vague appearance of a grave mound among the tall grasses. I patted away the loose soil on the stone tablet in front of the tomb, and some vague writings appeared on it.
In front of everyone.
Chen Ke was not interested in identifying those names carefully because he did not recognize those people. But now he can say with certainty: "This is indeed Sado Island."
"How to determine?" Liu Yue'e asked.
"In the Japanese country, only nobles have names. How come the nobles are buried on this island far away from the mainland? And there are many others." Chen Ke smiled and said: "Besides the place of exile, can you have a more reasonable explanation?
"
"Okay." Liu Yue'e was very confident in him and said, "Then what should we do? There is no one here, and your plan has failed." According to the plan, they should use the reason of damaged ships to report to the defenders on the island.
Ask for help and reveal your identity at the same time. When the officials of the Celestial Dynasty are here, how can the defenders not report to the peak? In this way, they can meet the important people smoothly.
"A wise man must make a mistake after all his considerations." Chen Ke smiled awkwardly. No wonder people couldn't find out about Sado Island when they inquired about it. It turned out that it had been uninhabited for many years.
"No one is wrong?" Li Fan smiled and said, "We can have fun."
"We are not here for a year or two. We still have to figure it out." Chen Ke shook his head. Sado Island is the cornerstone of his entire plan. How can he tolerate any carelessness?
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For the sake of confidentiality, Chen Ke did not inquire about the information. He only got some general information from the maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty. He knew that Japan was now in the late Heian period, the so-called "Shogan era", and the Fujiwara family had already taken control of power.
Two hundred years later, it is now facing a strong challenge from the emerging samurai group.
Japan is currently experiencing the so-called "Nine Years of War"... It is said to be a fierce battle between Oshu Morimoto Yoriyoshi and the Mutsu prisoner leader Abe. The two sides have been fighting for several years, and last year they fought
In the largest decisive battle, Genji sent 2,000 troops, while Abe made a desperate move and concentrated all his troops, gathering 4,000 troops!
In this Battle of the Yellow Sea, which is said to be the largest since Japan's Heian period, the total number of troops participating in the battle on both sides was just over 5,000...
The result of the battle was that the Abe family, who had the right time, place and people, completely defeated the Genji family. Now not only the Tohoku region, but also the entire northern part of Honshu Island fell into the hands of the Abe family.
However, Genji is a descendant of the royal family and has the full support of the Japanese court. As long as he licks his wounds and regains his strength, I believe he will make a comeback in a few years.
Chen Ke actually didn’t know much about Japan in this era. If it were the Warring States Period hundreds of years later, he would still know more details. But thanks to the glory game he played in his previous life, he knew how to establish the Kamakura Shogunate and end the war.
Minamoto Yoritomo of the Heian period was the direct descendant of Minamoto Yoriyi, who had just suffered a defeat.
But now there are still more than a hundred decades before the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, and he dare not say whether Genji will win the final victory in the Mutsu War. However, there is no doubt that the Abe family is a public enemy of the Japanese court.
of……
After thinking about it, Chen Ke felt deeply that there was a lack of information. Now his eyes were darkened. He didn't even know why the island was empty, so how could he decide on the next step?
"No, I can't think of a solution just sitting here." He looked at Li Fan and said, "Let's get in touch on the shore. You'll know what to do." He paused and said, "As long as you keep going east, within a hundred miles, you will definitely see something.
To land."
"I understand." Li Fan nodded, then took three small boats, dozens of guards, and set off with a compass.
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In this era, the entire land of Japan was divided into five ki provinces and seven provinces. Because it was modeled after the Tang Dynasty in China, the five ki provinces refer to the five administrative divisions in the Gyeonggi region. The rest of the country's territory was divided into seven provinces. The divisions below the provinces were
"Guo" is also called "Lingzhiguo". Lingzhiguo is roughly equivalent to "zhou" in China, and each "guo" does have the abbreviation of "zhou".
For example, Mutsu Province is also called Oshu. And Echigo Province, which is closest to Sado Island, is also called Yueshu.
At this time, Yuezhou had been captured by the Abe clan for nearly a year and became the front line of the confrontation with the southern imperial court. The national capital Nagaoka Castle was filled with samurai wearing wooden clogs, swords at their waists, and barefoot soldiers holding spears. However, the city
Lord Mori's surname is not Abe, but Fujiwara, and his given name is Fujiwara Nobuyoshi.
The ancestor of Fujiwara no Kyoukiyo, Fujiwara Uona, was born in the Fujiwara Kita family, which was extremely prominent in the world of photography. At that time, he fled to Mutsu to avoid disaster and raised his descendants here. The descendants of Fujiwara Uona had a difficult time in this barbaric and ferocious land.
After working hard, they became brave and good at fighting. They called themselves the "fish celebrities" and were a samurai group that could compete with the Abe family.
In the 'Nine Years of War', the samurai of the Umei family first came under the banner of Minamoto Yoriyoshi and fought against the Abe family. However, their leader, Fujiwara Noblekiyo, betrayed the court at a critical moment and turned to Abe, changing the situation.
This greatly reduced the strength comparison between the two sides. This was a heavy blow to the Genji side, causing the imperial side to lose the decisive battle last year.
No matter in which country or era, traitors are despised, not to mention that what he betrayed was his extremely noble surname and went to the lowly Abe family. No matter what reasons he had!
What's more, his reason is also despicable. He is actually for a woman - he has always been madly in love with the most beautiful woman in Mutsu, Hoshi, and Hoshi's father is the head of the Abe family, Abe Yoritoki.
Under the pressure of the Genji army, Abe Yoritoki asked him to surrender on the condition that his daughter marry. Fujiwara Noblekiyo was well aware of the consequences of betrayal, but he still followed his heart and led his men to defect to the Abe family. Abe Yoriki was overjoyed and fulfilled his wish.
He promised to marry Hoshi to him and let him guard two of the six Mutsu counties.
But in a battle not long after, Minamoto Yoriyoshi also instigated the rebellion of important ministers of the Abe family, and surrounded and killed Abe Yoritoki. Once the number one enemy was gone, Minamoto Yoriyoshi inevitably underestimated the enemy and rushed in. Fujiwara Noblekiyo caught his mistake and fought with
Abe Yoritoki's two sons deliberately retreated and exhausted the Genji army before fighting to the death.
As the saying goes, a arrogant soldier must be defeated and a sad soldier must win. The entire Minamoto clan was wiped out. Minamoto no Yoriyoshi fled the battlefield with only seven people... After this battle, the power of the Abe family reached its peak. And Fujiwara Nobuyoshi's two elder brothers
, and began to become arrogant. Not only were they not grateful to Fujiwara no Kyoukiyo, but they became suspicious of him because of his identity. In the end, the two of them drove him out of Mutsu. Of course, the reason was high-sounding - Echigo returned for the first time and was the last one.
On the front line, only you, brother-in-law, can take on this important task!
Fujiwara no Kyouki knew that they had no good intentions, but continuing to stay in Mutsu might even lead to death, so he didn't say anything and wanted to take his wife and children to Echigo to take office. Unexpectedly, his elder brother-in-law said that his sister had just given birth to a child.
On the grounds that he had given birth to a child and needed to rest, he refused to let Ah Xing and his son, who was not yet a month old, leave.
Fujiwara Nobuyuki knew that he was taking his wife and children as hostages, but they still couldn't trust him...
One can imagine his mood. He drank alcohol every day to drown his sorrows and was in a very low mood.
At this moment, he was sitting in the city guard's mansion, drinking wine, half drunk and half awake, meeting his beloved wife and daughter, when he was suddenly called back.
The sweet dream was interrupted, and Fujiwara no Kyouki was naturally annoyed. He glared at the bushido: "You'd better have a good reason, otherwise you'll be punished severely!"
"Lord, there is indeed something important." The warrior handed over a name card, leaned over and reported back: "He is an official from the Celestial Empire."
"An official of the Celestial Dynasty?" Fujiwara no Kyouki's originally very smart mind had been soaked in alcohol and couldn't turn around. He asked strangely: "Why did you come back to my place?" After a pause, he said, "How did you come to Fuso?"
In their minds, they were the only ones who went to the Song Dynasty to pay homage to the Celestial Empire. How could any Chinese officials come to Japan as guests?
"I really don't know..." This is going to be difficult for the samurai who is delivering the message to death.
"That's all." Fujiwara Suqing regained consciousness and said with a smile: "I am waiting here to die every day, and there are still people visiting me, and they are officials of the Celestial Dynasty. It can be seen that there is a destiny in the world!" He stood up and said
: "Please sit down, your distinguished guest, and allow me to change my clothes!"
The maid heard the words and came up, put on a sewed armpit robe, a tasseled crown, and put on a shallow clog... The so-called 'shallow clog' is a kind of wooden clog, or a high-grade wooden clog. It is made of painted paulownia wood.
The inner bottom is padded with a 'dafu' and worn with white socks. Even when I went to the capital to meet Guan Bai, he never dressed up so solemnly...
I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I will write more. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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