The first thousand four hundred and seventy-six chapters of the Great Song Dynasty
"When did she come?"
Li Qi asked Ma Qiao while walking outside the house.
"Arrived today."
"where are you now?"
"Western Suburbs Manor."
Li Qi narrowed his eyes slightly and reminded: "Be careful, you must not be followed. We will ask people to clean up the surroundings of the western suburbs manor later."
"Oh." Ma Qiao suddenly said with a strange look on his face: "Privy Councilor, there is something I want to tell you."
Li Qidao: "What's the matter?"
Ma Qiao said: "I don't really want to do this?"
Li Qi asked in astonishment: "Why is this?"
Ma Qiaotou raised his head and said: "I was born to be upright, but these things are all shameful things. You say this---"
On the same day, this guy's illness relapsed. Li Qi had no choice but to say: "Maqiao, no matter whether this matter is shameful or not, you should know how important these things are, right?"
Ma Qiao nodded and said, "Of course I know that."
Li Qi asked again: "Then do I have to find someone who values love and justice and is trustworthy?"
Ma Qiao nodded again.
Li Qi continued: "I would like to ask which person around me has both civil and military skills, is upright and awe-inspiring, and also values love and justice?"
Ma Qiao raised his eyes, thought for a long time, and said: "This--it seems like I am the only one."
Damn! You are indeed a narcissistic maniac. Li Qi secretly despised you, but said: "That's it. Who told you to be so outstanding? If I don't look for you, who will I look for?"
This reason made Ma Qiao feel that it was too perfect, almost impeccable. It was indeed difficult for Li Qi. He looked a little moved and said: "What you said seems to make sense. That's all. A man can stretch and bend, but don't let me
Junior sister knows."
This guy! Li Qi sighed secretly in his heart and said, "This is necessary."
While talking, the two of them came out of the palace. They immediately got into the carriage and went straight to the western suburbs manor.
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After Zhao Kai gave Wang Fu's house to Li Qi, Li Qi divided the western suburbs manor into two parts, retaining the backyard, while the front yard was converted into a branch of Taishi College.
When Li Qi and the others arrived at the western suburbs manor, the students inside were in class.
Li Qi was not in the mood to look around, so he went directly into the backyard from the back door and came to a room above the attic.
"who?"
A warning voice came from inside.
Li Qidao: "It's me."
The door opened immediately.
Li Qi walked in. Ma Qiao stood at the door, thinking about Lu Meimei quietly. He even enjoyed the moment of thinking about Lu Meimei, even though he and Lu Meimei had only been separated not long ago.
When Li Qi came to the house, he saw a young boy standing inside. A closer look revealed that this person was a woman disguised as a man. When the woman saw Li Qi, she saluted and said, "Ji Yan, please see me, sir."
"No gift."
Li Qi walked directly to the front seat and sat down, smiling: "I really didn't expect you to come back so soon. It seems that Japan is not so peaceful. How are the others now?"
Ji Yan nodded and said: "Report to your lord. Things are going very smoothly. Under your arrangement, Liu Qingqing and the Song sisters have become the concubines of Japanese ministers. Liu Qingqing has won the favor of Fujiwara, the Prime Minister and Regent of the Japanese court.
The favor of Zhongtong."
Li Qi smiled and said: "I heard that this Minister of Taizheng is the Prime Minister of Japan."
Ji Yan nodded and said: "What you are saying is that the Minister of Taizheng is the head of the four ministers of Japan, and the other three ministers are the Minister of the Left, the Minister of the Right and the Minister of the Interior."
Li Qi chuckled: "Very good, very good. My cultivation of you is not in vain."
Although these women all have Han names, they are not Han, but out-and-out Japanese women. They are the ten girls that Iga Momokawa sent to Li Qi. They hope to seek seeds from Li Qi.
How can I borrow this thing? Li Qi decisively refused at that time. But he wanted to bewitch these ten girls, which is the so-called acceptance of gifts without doing anything. He also let these ten girls receive secret training, brainwashed them, and made them
To work for himself, in addition, he also asked these ten girls to teach piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to cultivate their qualities. He even asked Feng Yinu to teach them personally and train them into first-class talented girls of the Song Dynasty.
As soon as they retired, Li Qi immediately arranged for them to go to Laizhou and other places, made them courtesans, and then used business groups to transport them to Japan.
Although they are Japanese women, after some transformation, both their temperament and talents have undergone earth-shaking changes. Even Tengji Miki, who sent them to Li Qi, could not tell at a glance.
Japanese women like the men of the Song Dynasty, and the Japanese men naturally like the women of the Song Dynasty even more. Although they are actually Japanese women, their worth increases more than a hundred times after walking around the Song Dynasty. Once they go to Japan, they are immediately fascinated.
There were many princes and ministers in Japan, and those Japanese ministers looked at them as if they were fairies. With this man's love for concubines, the next thing was naturally simple. Those princes, princes, and ministers took them as concubines and held them in their hands.
, take care of you in every possible way.
To put it bluntly, they are international spies, the female version of Song Ling Lingqi.
Of course, besides them, God knows how many spies Li Qi has arranged in Japan.
Li Qi continued: "Tell me, what is the situation in Japan now?"
Ji Yan said: "At the beginning, the Igahei clan could only be regarded as a new upstart, and their power was very average. However, with the help of your lord, the power of the Igahei clan has grown by leaps and bounds. They relied on the excellent products given to them by your lord.
Rapidly expanding their territory, they have taken control of the Kinki area and some of the largest docks in Japan. And because the Taira family controls canned food, they have won the support of fishermen. It can be said that in the waters around Japan, the Taira family
Its power has surpassed Japan’s old and new powers.”
Li Qi chuckled: "This kind of person is usually not far away from death. The Japanese emperor must not be able to sit still."
Ji Yan nodded and continued: "After receiving continuous funding from adults, the power of the Ping family has threatened the Japanese court. Not only that, many conflicts have also broken out between the Ping family and the Minamoto family, the largest samurai group in Japan today. The key point is that
Or is it because the Genji group is afraid that the Taira clan will threaten their status."
Li Qidao: "What is the relationship between the Genji Group and the Emperor?"
Ji Yan frowned and said: "This little person can't explain. The real power in Japan today is Emperor Shirakawa. The young Emperor Chongtoku is just a puppet in his hands. However, recently Emperor Shirakawa has become old and has been ill all year round.
In bed. Moreover, he was restrained by the Genji samurai group, and his power was much less than before. Emperor Toba has been making frequent moves recently, especially getting very close to the old noble Fujiwara clan, and he seems to be preparing to seize power.
In addition, Hiroyuki Shirakawa and the Fujiwara clan have always had a lot of conflicts. In fact, the Fujiwara clan's power spread throughout the Japanese government and the public, and it was Hiroyuki Shirakawa who suppressed them. However, their conflicts all existed between the two great samurai, the Minamoto clan and the Taira clan.
Among the groups, these four factions have always been divided and reunited. They are fighting endlessly."
The power of Emperor Shirakawa* is very great. He was the 72nd emperor of Japan. It was he who started the era of Japanese government. Although he retired from the throne of the emperor early, he still held power in Japan for more than fifty years.
During the years, the emperors during that period were all his puppets, and Emperor Toba was one of them.
Emperor Toba is the seventy-fourth emperor of Japan and the grandson of Emperor Shirakawa. However, the power has always been in the hands of Emperor Shirakawa. Emperor Shirakawa saw that Emperor Toba was very ambitious. So he treated Emperor Toba's father Horikawa
Like the emperor, he forced Emperor Toba to abdicate in favor of Emperor Toba's five-year-old eldest son, who is now Emperor Sutoku.
Although Emperor Toba was unwilling, the power was in the hands of Emperor Shirakawa, so he had no choice but to surrender. But now that Emperor Shirakawa was old and unable to do what he wanted, he knew that this opportunity had come. After all, Emperor Sutoku was still young and could not do anything he wanted.
Without power, if Emperor Shirakawa has any shortcomings, the power will fall into his hands.
But you must know that the samurai group was held by Emperor Shirakawa. The Genji samurai among them have been serving Emperor Shirakawa against the Japanese noble Fujiwara clan. The Fujiwara clan also saw that Emperor Shirakawa was old, so he wanted to help Emperor Toba.
Seize power. Continue to maintain the suppression of the nobility over the samurai.
As Emperor Shirakawa grows older day by day, the struggle between the nobles and the samurai group has become intense.
Although the Taira clan samurai group can be regarded as the faction of Emperor Shirakawa, the Taira clan and the Genji have deep conflicts, which makes the Taira clan's status very delicate. Emperor Toba wants to win over the Taira clan, but the Taira clan and the
The Fujiwara clan is a hostile faction, and the interests among them are complicated.
Li Qidao: "Now that the Ping family is rising, how will the other three families react?"
Ji Yan replied: "Both the Fujiwara clan and the Genji clan are naturally unwilling to rise to the heights of the Taira clan, and Emperor Toba is on the side of the Fujiwara clan. Compared to the Iga Taira clan, Emperor Shirakawa also prefers the Genji warriors, so now the three families
There is already a tendency to join forces to fight against the Igahei clan."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "It seems that the situation is much better than I expected. It's really exciting now. But even if the three of them join forces to deal with the Ping family, there must be a reason. I don't think they plan to do it yet."
Just use force."
"Your Majesty is right." Ji Yan said: "According to the information Liu Qingqing got from the Taizheng Minister, in fact, although they want to join forces, they have their own agendas. They are afraid of losing their own strength, so they don't want to go to war.
Against the Taira clan, but they all coveted the wealth in the hands of the Taira clan, so on the advice of the Fujiwara clan, both Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Toba decided to increase taxes in the Kinki region, especially commercial taxes, and customs duties, in order to weaken
Ping clan."
Li Qi raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said: "The reason why the power of the Ping clan has soared is entirely dependent on the trade cooperation with the Song Dynasty. If commercial taxes and tariffs are increased, wouldn't it cost the life of the Ping clan? The Ping clan
You shouldn’t give in easily.”
Ji Yan said: "In the initial stage, the forces of the three families that the Ping family was also afraid of made certain compromises. However, the other party was indeed greedy and kept restricting the Ping family with their interest policies. The head of the Ping family, Ping Zhongzheng, finally couldn't bear it and refused.
No more concessions were made, and since the waters were always under their control, they did not pay any more tariffs to the court.”
Li Qi frowned and said, "Then aren't they already at odds with each other?"
Ji Yan said: "Not yet. Although it seems calm, all parties are actually secretly preparing. Genji and Fujiwara are still putting pressure on Ping. It depends on whether Ping Tadamasa will give in. If he doesn't, it may be next year.
Maybe a war will break out the year after next, so I just came here to report it to you."
Li Qi pondered for a while and said: "Can the usual strength resist the cooperation of the three opposing families?"
Ji Yan shook her head and said: "It's okay at sea, but on land, the Ping family is simply not strong enough to compete with the three families."
"That's it."
Li Qi looked hesitant and said: "If the strength of the two sides is very different, then at the last moment, the Ping family may still choose to surrender. By the way, what concessions does the other party want the Ping family to make?"
Ji Yan said: "Canned food. There are many fishermen in Japan, and now fishermen are inseparable from canned food. However, neither Emperor Shirakawa nor Emperor Toba are willing to surrender to the Song Dynasty. All trade between the two countries is through private
Therefore, the Minamoto clan and the Fujiwara clan hoped that the Taira clan would transport cans back from the Song Dynasty and hand them over to the court for exclusive sale. However, the Taira clan knew that once they handed over the cans, they would lose the power they had worked so hard to build on the seaside. There were several conflicts between the two parties.
We went back to negotiate, but there has been no result.”
It's fine if you don't want to. Li Qi smiled coldly and said: "This year I will add fuel to their fire. Are you a man? If you talk too much, you will become a woman. The supremacy of force is more in line with the spirit of the warrior."
As he spoke, he smiled and said: "You are doing a good job, keep up your hard work, and I will definitely not treat you badly in the future."
Ji Yan said: "I thank you, sir."
Li Qi hummed and said: "You stay here first, and I will arrange for you to go back. Oh, don't run around if you have nothing to do. The people from the Igahei clan will arrive in the capital soon."
Ji Yan said: "Follow your orders." (To be continued)