Ouchi Yoshitaka, who was only ten years old, asked Zongsheqian: "Zen Master, I am the eldest son of a martial artist. Why did my father send me to China?"
Zong Sheqiandao said with a smile: "The Seven Kingdoms Hall has its own profound meaning."
Ouchi Yoshitaka asked again: "Can the Chinese Minister Wang really be able to defeat a tiger with his bare hands?"
Zongshe Qiandao shook his head and said: "I don't know whether I can quell a tiger with bare hands, but it is true that he raised an army to destroy a country. The country he destroyed was wider than the seven countries controlled by the Ouchi clan combined, and he only only
It took a year.”
Ouchi Yoshitaka was fascinated: "I want to learn martial arts from this Wang Shilang!"
Zong Sheqian smiled and said nothing.
The two main protagonists in the battle for tribute during the Jiajing Dynasty were Zong Suqing mentioned above, and Zong Sheqiandao in front of him.
At that time, Zong Sheqiandao arrived in Ningbo first, followed closely by Zong Suqing.
However, Zong Suqing, who arrived later, bribed the eunuch of the Municipal Shipping Department, and the eunuch deliberately arranged Zong Suqing's banquet seat in front of Zong Sheqiandao. He also planned to recognize Zong Suqing's tribute qualifications and classify Zongshe Qiandao as illegal.
Pay tribute.
Strictly speaking, the survey document in Zong Sheqiandao's hand is authentic, while the survey document in Zong Suqing's hand has been invalid for more than ten years.
The eunuch of the Shipping Department of Ningbo confused right and wrong, which immediately angered Zong Shiqiandao. He first killed the Hosokawa family's envoy, burned the Hosokawa family's tribute ship, and then hunted down the deputy envoy Zong Suqing, chasing him all the way from Ningbo to Shaoxing.
, burning, killing and looting Chinese residents along the way. All the commanders of Beiwadu in Zhejiang were killed, and a thousand households were also killed.
The Ming Dynasty was so shaken that the Ningbo Shipping Department was abolished and official trade between China and Japan was cut off.
The main messenger who did this was actually a short monk. The monk taught Ouchi Yoshitaka some scriptures, then strode onto the deck, put his hands behind his hands and looked at the endless vastness of the sea.
In the past few decades, all the envoys of the Ouchi clan were dedicated to An Guiwu, and now it was finally his turn to set up Kendao!
Liaoan Guiwu, who had a close friendship with Wang Yangming, was not only knowledgeable, but also the "porcelain master" of Japan. The exquisite Japanese porcelain of later generations was formed by Liaoan Guiwu who stole lessons from China and invented and improved the techniques himself. Wang Yangming said
This kind of porcelain is Liao'an Guiwu's "self-made pottery", and it is highly praised.
He opened a kiln in Japan and fired porcelain, which was quickly sold throughout the country, and Liaoan Guiwu made a lot of money.
Now that An Guiwu is dead, Zongshe Qiandao also wants to learn something in China. Maybe he will become rich in the future.
For more than a hundred years, Japan has been learning from China in everything.
In terms of culture, in the early Ming Dynasty, Song Lian, Gao Qi and others were respected, and Japanese writers imitated these two people. During the Hongzhi period, the first seven sons promoted the retro movement, and Japan also followed Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, and Ouyang Xiu. Japan's "Yamato painting",
In the early Ming Dynasty, paintings from the Song and Yuan Dynasties were imitated, and now a large number of Ming Dynasty painting techniques are being introduced.
Cotton was introduced to Japan in the Ming Dynasty, and more and more Japanese samurai began to wear cotton.
Zongshe Kendo was a Wushan monk, and he was among the group of people who had the deepest connections with the Ming Dynasty. Because among the Japanese tribute missions to China, the most educated ones were monks, and monks were often appointed as envoys. These monks were keen on
The study of Sinology has been passed down from generation to generation, and even monks who have never been to China can speak Chinese fluently.
The Wushan monks mainly studied Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and formed the so-called "Wushan School", which crushed the "Gongqing School" and the "Doctor School". The latter two passed down the Confucian classics of the Tang and Song Dynasties from generation to generation in order to achieve a monopoly on Confucianism. As a result, the Wushan monks were
Their influence was limited to Kyoto, and they were forced to turn to Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
A Japanese monk who does not understand Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, no matter how profound the Buddhist teachings are, has no chance of becoming famous!
When Japan was in chaos a few years ago, the monks were the first to suffer. A large number of Gozan monks took refuge with the local feudal lords. It was under such circumstances that Soshe Kendo took refuge with the Ouchi clan.
While Zong Sheqian was admiring the sea view, Fenggang Guiyang also came to the deck to take a breath.
"Mr. Fenggang seems to be making progress again." Zong Shiqiandao said with a smile.
Fenggang Guiyang said excitedly: "These days, I have been studying the new arithmetic taught by angels. This theory is unparalleled in its miraculousness and references the creation of heaven and earth. It is worthy of being the famous science of the Celestial Dynasty founded by Wang Shilang!"
Zong Sheqiandao studied Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism all his life and regarded other knowledge as heresy. He immediately frowned and asked: "What is there to study in arithmetic?"
"This is such a magical skill!" Fenggang Guiyang highly praised it.
During the Zhengde period, abacus had been introduced to Japan, but it was only promoted in the late Ming Dynasty.
Until Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded North Korea and obtained "Arithmetic Enlightenment" and "Algorithm Unification School" from North Korea, Chinese arithmetic spread in Japan on a small scale. Later, Shigeno Mori opened a school in Kyoto to teach "Arithmetic Unification School" and study
The crowd soon numbered in the hundreds.
In addition, Masatsugu Hashimoto understood Tengenjutsu based on "Enlightenment of Arithmetic Science", and his disciple Sawaguchi Kazuyuki wrote "Ancient and Modern Algorithms". As a result, Tengenjutsu became popular in Japanese academic circles, and scholars rushed to learn Chinese Tengenjutsu -
—It’s actually about solving equations!
The solution to equations can cause a sensation in Japan, not to mention Wang Yuan's modern mathematics. During this period, Fenggang Guiyang regarded Baochao as a great scholar and respected Wang Yuan as a "god descended from heaven."
Going from Japan to China is a little slower.
In about twenty days, the fleet successfully arrived at Hangzhou Port.
The Chinese crew members landed one after another, and the finance officers began to contact the Yazhou Bank to receive the goods, while the ordinary crew members went to the city to have fun.
After handing over 30,000 taels of silver, the five merchant ships of the Ouchi clan quickly obtained the Haidong Document (the vassal version) and were allowed to stay in Hangzhou for a long time and conduct transactions. But...
"You can go ashore, please hand in your weapons!"
The official of the Ministry of Shipping scolded him loudly, not caring about the etiquette of diplomatic relations, and his tone was as if he was lecturing a grandson.
The Chinese crew could bring cold weapons ashore, but the Japanese had to hand over even their knives, which was a clearly discriminatory clause. But the Japanese did not dare to protest. They did the same when paying tribute in Ningbo, and all weapons had to be handed over to the temporary agent of the Municipal Shipping Department.
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From this provision, we can see how mentally retarded the eunuchs of the Ningbo Shipping Department were and how incompetent the Zhejiang local army was during the battle for tribute!
This damn eunuch just accepted bribes and confused right and wrong. He judged the real document as a fake document, which completely angered Zongshe Kendo, but he did not prevent these Japanese from making trouble.
A group of Japanese who were forced to jump over the wall, even though they were unarmed, captured the Shitong warehouse in one fell swoop and snatched back their confiscated weapons. They also broke into the guest hall and beheaded the Hosokawa family member who was eating.
, then went to the port to burn the tribute ship of the Hosokawa family, and then fought all the way to Shaoxing with a knife, and then fought back to Ningbo from Shaoxing.
Just a few hundred Japanese, like entering uninhabited land and killing each other, captured a commander alive, killed a thousand households, and killed a hundred households. Then they looted the city of Ningbo, seized ships and fled into the city.
Dahai, Zhejiang Beiwadu commanded and led the army to pursue, but was killed by the Japanese, and another thousand households were killed by the way.
A bunch of losers!
On the contrary, the Koreans were more powerful. On the way Zongshe Qiandao escaped back to Japan, a tribute ship encountered wind and waves and floated to the Korean sea. Thirty people were killed by the Korean defenders, and twenty were captured alive, and were taken to Beijing as prisoners.
Although Yoshitaka Ouchi was only ten years old, he also carried a rib with him. When he saw the Chinese crewmen carrying waist knives and swaggering onto the dock, he was asked to hand in the weapon, and he suddenly felt insulted.
Just as he was about to come forward to argue, Zong Sheqiandao held him down and asked, "Can you speak Chinese?"
Ouchi Yoshitaka was stunned: "Zen Master can help me translate."
Zong Shiqiandao smiled and said: "You don't know Chinese, how can you argue with people from the Ming Dynasty? If you have anything to say, it won't be too late after you learn Chinese."
Ouchi Yoshitaka stopped talking and handed the bill to the official of the Municipal Shipping Department with a stinking face.