"Going to Kyoto as a guest?" Chen Ke pondered. The latest news brought back by Li Fan said that Fujiwara Nobuyoshi had betrayed the Japanese court and joined the Oshu Army in order to win the beauty back. Now he is the frontline commander of the Oshu Army, but
He shamelessly invited himself to Kyoto as a guest. Do you think you are a fool, or do you really have this ability?
‘Let’s see what kind of drama you can sing!’ Chen Ke made up his mind, nodded, and wrote: ‘I should meet you.’.
‘Great!’ Fujiwara no Kyouki’s hands were shaking with excitement as he wrote: ‘I will immediately report to Guan Bai and ask you to move to Nagaoka Castle!’
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders..." Chen Ke wrote with a smile.
Fujiwara Suingqing seemed to be extremely happy to be able to move the top scholar of the Celestial Dynasty. He hurried out to repair books, and only the Song Dynasty people were left in the hut.
"Sir, are you really going to see their emperor?" Li Fan thought Chen Ke was just talking casually.
"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded and said, "They invited me, so we have to go up. Otherwise, how can we let them give up Sado Island?"
"Sir, what can you do?" Li Fan said with wide eyes.
"Haha..." Chen Ke took a sip of the wine and said, "It depends on whether Fujiwara is on the road... My lord, do you really want to write a book for Kyoto?" Fujiwara no Kiyo's subordinates also had the same question.
"Yes." Fujiwara Keqing nodded, and while writing a draft, he said in a deep voice: "I have thought about it carefully..." Three days have passed since he learned that the number one scholar in the Celestial Dynasty had appeared, which was enough for him to think about life.
Why does he drink to drown his sorrows all day long? It’s just that he is worried about the fate of himself and his family. When he originally took refuge in the immortal hero Abe Yori, he still had some confidence in the future. But after Yoritoki’s death, his two elder brothers
, Abe Sadanoto and Abe Norito became the successors of a huge legacy... When Abe Yoritoki was around, these two were the most capable generals under his command.
However, being a leader and being a general are completely different things. To be a general, you only need to be able to fight, but to be a leader requires strategy, mind and determination! In Fujiwara Nobuyuki's view, these two people have neither foresight nor tolerance.
, and has a bad temper, arrogance and complacency. Compared with their father who is full of wisdom and charm, he is completely different.
Although Oshu is rich in samurai, horses and gold and silver, after all, it is only a small part of the country that can compete with the whole country. If the Genji is defeated, it will recover quickly, but the Abe family is likely to fall into destruction after a single defeat! That's why Lai Toki was there.
They have always compromised, accepted all kinds of excessive demands, and were unwilling to conflict with the court. Now the two prodigal sons, forgetful in the face of victory, actually started to play the trick of "the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey is cooked". This completely made Fujiwara Noblekiyo completely understandable.
No hope.
Before this moment, he had no choice, because he had become a thorn in the court's side, how could he possibly seek refuge back? What's more, his wife and children were still in the hands of Brother Abe...
But the appearance of Chen Ke gave him hope. In this era, Japan's worship of China has almost reached its peak. They regard China as their spiritual motherland. Because all their culture, art, regulations and systems come from
On the transplantation of the Tang Dynasty.
Although due to its closed-door policy, Japan no longer continued to send envoys to the Central Plains to study as it did during the Tang Dynasty. However, through maritime trade that was far more developed than that of the Tang Dynasty, Japanese nobles could more easily receive the culture of the Song Dynasty.
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In the history of Japan, the Heian period is synonymous with elegance. As described in The Tale of Genji, the emperors ruled by doing nothing and were like hands-off shopkeepers. Most of the work was left to Guan Bai. He himself was devoted to the mountains and rivers.
, burn incense and worship Buddha, recite poetry, study calligraphy, and cultivate sentiments.
His Majesty the Emperor's leisurely and interesting life made Mr. Guan Bai deeply jealous. He thought how wonderful this lifestyle was. The work was not tiring, the life was elegant and stylish, and the spare time was colorful.
Just talking, reciting poems and writing and inscriptions everywhere. Isn’t this what we are pursuing throughout our lives? Why do we have to do all kinds of hard work?
So he also pushed the work downwards. Under the leading example of the two big leaders, the entire Japanese ministerial class followed the example and pushed down the tedious state affairs.
I use my life and energy to pursue a leisurely and elegant life.
In this era, the Song Dynasty was synonymous with wealth, elegance, civilization, and nobility. It simply fascinated the Japanese aristocrats of the Heian period. They used the porcelain of the Song Dynasty, wore silks of the Song Dynasty, and imitated the tea ceremony of the Song Dynasty.
, etiquette, and reciting the latest Song poems are the embodiment of aristocratic status. They crazily worship those brilliant literati. Every time a merchant ship arrives in Japan, people waiting at the dock will ask if there are any newly published poetry collections.
If there is one, it must be purchased with a lot of money and dedicated to the nobles.
In this context, the beautiful Song poems that Chen Ke wrote for the famous prostitutes in Bianjing have long been widely praised at gatherings of Japanese aristocrats. Anyone who cannot recite his poems is waiting to accept it.
It is not uncommon for others to look at you with disdain, or even to be kicked out of social circles.
Now, Chen Ke appears in his territory with the aura of being the new top scholar. You can imagine what kind of sensation it will cause... Of course, because of Chen Ke's arrival, the warring parties will stop fighting and make peace, and from then on, the war will become a friendship.
, then you really underestimated the Japanese devils.
For sober politicians, in the face of fundamental political interests, all gorgeous poetry is nothing more than eye-catching clouds.
But the helpless thing is that no one will admit it like this, because the pursuit of elegance and culture in the Heian era has become pathological. No one can refuse a widely admired champion of the Celestial Dynasty, otherwise they will be mercilessly ridiculed by the ministers.
What's more, he is approaching seventy years old and is deliberately shaping himself into a perfect person?
Therefore, the imperial court will definitely put aside politics for a while and open its arms to welcome culture, that is, the number one scholar of the Chinese dynasty, to Kyoto as a guest.
This made Fujiwara no Kiyo, who was already desperate, suddenly see hope, so he wrote this humble letter and presented it to His Majesty the Emperor... The Emperor is the common Emperor of both warring parties. He wrote to the Emperor, and no one could say anything.
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But during the Shuguan era, it was Lord Guanbai who was in charge of regent affairs under the banner of the emperor, so this letter was actually written to Guanbai.
Fujiwara no Kyouki absolutely believed that Mr. Fujiwara Yorimichi, the old man who ‘could stand at the top of the mountain and see all the small mountains at a glance’, was wise enough to understand the meaning of his actions, and he would definitely follow the path...
Because Fujiwara Noblekiyo knew very well that the cause of the Mutsu War, on the surface, was the rebellion of the Abe family and the imperial court's suppression of the rebellion, but in fact it was actually a live drama written and directed by Minamoto Yoriyoshi in order to obtain the Northeast region!
Before Minamoto no Yoriyoshi took over as Mutsu Shou, members of the Fujiwara Kita family had been managing the Tohoku region, but the conduct of the ministers had fallen to an unbelievable level. While they were pursuing an elegant life, they naturally would not go to the troubled Those prisoners of war interacted with each other; but a refined life required a lot of money to build. Mutsu, who was prolific in gold and silver and famous horses, naturally became the target of their search.
In order to get the best of both worlds, they invented a way of appointing officials, called "remote leadership". That is to say, I received the official position without taking up the post, and then entrusted the errands to my subordinates and asked them to manage government affairs for them. To put it bluntly, it was plundering. .
But in Mutsu, where murderers are everywhere, such chaos is not an option, so the ministers can only appoint the local wealthy Abe family to be their agent. As a result, the power of the Abe family rapidly expanded, controlling the entire Northeast region, and even began to build cities. Villages, evading taxes in various ways, almost formed a semi-religious kingdom.
Seeing that Mutsu would be imprisoned if things were not rectified, the imperial court finally decided to give the Abe family some color. But it was only when the generals were appointed that they discovered that the ministers who had lived in comfort for generations had completely degenerated into ordinary people with a glamorous appearance. Bugs, let alone come in handy, can't even be sent out...
After being rejected by his own family for various reasons, and actually worried that these losers would mess up the situation, Master Guanbai appointed Minamoto Yoriyoshi, the son of the first military general Minamoto Yorinobu, as Mutsu Shou, ordering him to rectify the situation in the Northeast... For Guan Bai is actually very afraid of the rise of the samurai group, but there is no way. The ministers are already rotten and useless. Just like in domestic affairs, he can only rely on middle- and lower-level officials. In the military, except for the emerging samurai group, he has no other choice. No choice…
Minamoto Yoriyoshi is a descendant of the imperial family, but the real success of the family began when his ancestors joined the army. There is no way, the number of Fujiwara family members is increasing, occupying the resources of the imperial court, and the descendants of the imperial family are aggrieved and demoted to ministerial status. He said that he had to work hard for his own survival and do some menial work of killing. As a result, after several generations of hard work, the famous samurai family "Qingwa Genji" was created!
As soon as Minamoto no Yoriyoshi arrived in Mutsu, Abe Yorishi took advantage of the prestige of Qinghe and Genji. He immediately kept himself humble, tolerated compromises, and did not dare to disobey. He saw clearly that although the court was not confident about Abe, it was more afraid of Genji's control. After all, the Abe family came from a humble background and could only struggle in the Northeast. If the Genji family gets Mutsu, do you believe they can challenge the Fujiwara family immediately?
Abe Yoritoki's guess was indeed correct. In August of the fourth year of Tenki, which was the first year of Jiayou's reign in the Song Dynasty, when Minamoto no Yoriyoshi's term expired, the imperial court immediately appointed someone from the Fujiwara family to take over the post, not wanting him to stay in Mutsu any longer. Who knew that Minamoto no Yoriyoshi was even more ruthless. Just before he was about to leave his post, he suddenly reported that Abe Yoritoki was treason!
This frightened the new Mutsu Mori Fujiwara Yoshizuna. He cried and howled not to take office, and even threatened to die, so that the court had to hand over the position to Minamoto no Yoriyoshi...divided...there is another chapter , necessary. In addition, I don’t know whether the end of the world starts at zero o’clock or refers to the end of tomorrow. As long as I don’t say that it will be the end of the world in an hour and a half, I won’t change my mind.
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