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Volume One: Angelica is Encountering Naturalization Chapter 297: Visit to Japan

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    When it comes to Japan, there is no need for Mao Geng to speak, Long Jiu has to speak.  After a while, Xin Qiji and Lu Jiuyuan understood the current situation.

    From the map, the island country of Japan is only a little bit big. That¡¯s okay. It is not a whole country. It is composed of three islands facing each other across the sea. The largest island is Honshu Island, followed by  Kyushu Island, the smallest is Shikoku Island.  Yes, there were three Japanese islands at this time instead of the "four Japanese islands". In real history, the Japanese in this era had no intention of going to Hokkaido, so Xiayi Island had nothing to do with the Japanese. The Song Dynasty  With Xiayi Island, the Japanese can't even give a shit.

    Sadly, today's three islands in Japan have been severely deceived by a group of so-called "pirates". All decent ships have been either robbed or burned. Without the ships, even the normal exchanges between the three islands are now impossible.  has become a problem. Faced with this extremely bad situation, the Japanese have no idea what to do.  Fight, if you can't fight, hide it, you can't hide the ships. An island country has a lot of ships, but it can't afford to consume one batch today and another batch tomorrow. In the end, there are really not many decent ships left. Fortunately,  The pirates were finally a little afraid and did not go deep into the inland river to kill them all. Some ships that entered the inland river survived, but so what!  I can't go out to sea.  I had no choice but to ask Da Song for help.  It is said that the Jin Kingdom was also begged for help, but it was obvious that only the Song Dynasty could help the Japanese clean up this situation.

    The situation is like this. Now the Japanese are asking for help from the Song Dynasty. They can ask for a higher price. The Japanese have no bargaining card at all.  In view of the fact that the three Japanese islands lie between the Song Dynasty and Xiayi Island, some key points must be controlled by the Song Dynasty, such as Tsushima Island and Sado Island.  As for the rest, you can act with your camera.  In addition, I have to borrow some money to borrow troops. Twenty million taels of silver is not a high price to ask!  After the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government compensated 230 million taels of silver and also gave away Taiwan Island, so the asking price of 20 million taels was not high at all.

    Long Jiu felt that 20 million taels of silver was not high. Although Mao Geng thought it was high, he wanted this kind of killing method for the Japanese, so when Long Jiu reported this number, Mao Geng nodded slightly.

    Xin Qiji has no objection to this. As mentioned before, Marshal Xin is a bit of a gangster. Xin Qiji feels that this is a very satisfying thing to rob Japanese bastards and make the Song Dynasty rich and powerful.  But Lu Jiuyuan was different. The kind-hearted Lu Jiuyuan was a little bit intolerant and felt that the chop was too harsh, which was not conducive to the promotion of the universal value of Song Dynasty's benevolence in the world.

    In the end, Xin Qiji came up with an idea. This idea was a bit like "courtesy first and then attack". When Lu Jiuyuan heard this, although he felt that he was still taking advantage of the situation, his resistance was not so strong. Anyway, Lu Jiuyuan would not participate in this matter anymore, so there would be no more  talk.

    In early February, Xin Qiji personally led the Song Dynasty fleet consisting of four large ships and four speedboats to visit Kamakura, accompanied by Jiang Bohu, Long Jiu, Liu Guo and Su Shidan.

    Xin Qiji was a feudal official in the Song Dynasty and a famous poet in the world. He could be called a world-famous god-level figure in this era. Yoritomo Minamoto did not expect that a master like Xin Qiji could come to Japan to visit, so he immediately put on the highest possible display.  Xin Qiji and his party were received with an almost pious attitude.

    It¡¯s okay not to be pious at all!  Among the ships they brought, there was an iron-clad ship. The ship was not big, only 300 tons, but it looked scary. Not to mention there were 1,000-ton, 800-ton and 600-ton warships.  As well as the shocking lightning speedboats, there were four of them.  This fleet can kill the warships previously owned by Japan in an instant, and the pirates are no match. Minamoto Yoritomo, who worships the strong, can only be passive about this.  In addition to the worship of force, there is also the fact that no Jinshi-level figure from the Song Dynasty has ever visited Japan, let alone a god-level figure from the Celestial Dynasty like Xin Qiji who was both civil and military. In this era, a monk from the Song Dynasty came to Japan  He was revered to the heavens by Japan. Therefore, the Kamakura shogunate gang including Minamoto Yoritomo acted like star-chasing fans, almost prostrate themselves at the feet of the great god Xin Qiji.  Moreover, there was another outstanding person in the Song Dynasty delegation, Jiang Bohu. Jiang Bohu initially took the martial arts exam, and was the number one in the martial arts exam in the eighth year of Chunxi. However, this guy valued literature over martial arts in his bones, and wanted to be a civil servant.  In the eleventh year of Xi's reign, Jiang Bohu was awarded Wen Jinshi again. The term "both civil and military" was tailor-made for him. Even if Xin Qiji did not come, Jiang Bohu would be enough to make the Japanese people worship him.

    Xin Qiji was very polite when facing the admiring Minamoto Yoritomo. He said in a righteous tone that Yelvha's guys also robbed the Song Dynasty, and some of the Song Dynasty's advanced warships also fell into their hands.  Belongs to the pirates captured by the Song Dynasty.  What's more, he also attempted to occupy Japan and restore Liao Dynasty. After research, the Song Dynasty court decided to help Japan exterminate this beast.

    When Minamoto Yoritomo heard this, he thought it was a good idea.The Celestial Empire is indeed a country of benevolence and righteousness. When the pirates are quelled, Japan will pay tribute.

    Xin Qiji sneered in his heart, saying that the Japanese called tribute, and the Song Dynasty accepted the tribute and wanted to reward it. As a result, the Song Dynasty's reward was more valuable than the tribute. What kind of sincerity is this!  It¡¯s not cool to ask for help or even give gifts. Hehe, let¡¯s see how Long Jiu will kill you!

    Of course, it¡¯s a bit difficult to be magnanimous. Minamoto Yoritomo is not as magnanimous as 20 million silver and ceding islands.  Minamoto Yoritomo was even a little lucky. Didn't the Celestial Empire always boast of benevolence and righteousness?  I thought I might be able to take advantage of it. When a high-ranking official from the Song Dynasty like Xin Qiji visited Japan, he might be happy and allocate some funds to help Japan.

    But then Minamoto Yoritomo realized that this Lord Xin was difficult to deal with. Xin Qiji said that on behalf of the Song Dynasty, he had to go to Kyoto to meet with the Emperor. Although Minamoto Yoritomo is the de facto ruler, diplomatic courtesy cannot be abolished. The Emperor  Still have to meet.  The emperor is indeed the ruler of Japan in name. Xin Qiji wants to deal with the emperor, and Minamoto Yoritomo cannot stop him.

    In fact, going to Kamakura to show off the warships and demonstrate is more meaningful. This is a deliberate display of strength to Minamoto Yoritomo.

    Soon I came to Kyoto. At this time, the emperor was in Kyoto and not in Tokyo. A high-level envoy like Xin Qiji came to Kyoto, which made Emperor Go-Shirakawa and Emperor Go-Shirayu equally flattered. Xin Qiji's statement was also very touching, and he was worthy of it.  The benevolent and righteous dynasty seemed to be able to drive out all the abominable Go-Liao pirates in two days. Emperor Go-Shirakawa was very satisfied with this.  What I want to say is that due to the Gaizhonggai and cod liver oil consumed by the Mao Group, Emperor Goshirakawa's body is still able to withstand it at the moment, and he will not die of depression immediately like in history. What is exciting is that he  From Xin Qiji's words, I had a vague feeling that the Song Dynasty might support himself and his son Emperor Gobaiyu. After all, his side was orthodox. It should be noted that the Song Dynasty was orthodox.

    The visit was a success.  Xin Qiji lied and left, leaving Jiang Bohu, Long Jiu and Su Shidan behind, claiming that they were liaison officers and were specifically responsible for liaising with the people of the Song Navy to eliminate pirates, and so on.

    As soon as Xin Qiji left, the Song Dynasty's fleet began to symbolically wander around the coast of Japan, and then claimed that they had not seen any pirates. The pirates did not know where to go, and there were no pirates to suppress.

    But within two days, reports came that pirates were committing crimes one after another, so the emperor asked Jiang Bohu and his party to consult.

    In this industry, nominally Jiang Bohu plays the leading role, but in reality it is Long Jiu who plays the leading role.

    Long Jiu said that in fact, Yelu's group of pirates not only robbed Japan, but recently turned their target to the Kingdom of Jin and robbed many ships of the Kingdom of Jin. Therefore, the navy of the Song Dynasty had no enthusiasm for destroying this group of pirates. We and  You revealed that this group of navy would probably prefer to keep this group of pirates to harm the Jin people. Maybe even the military department of the imperial court has such an ambiguous attitude.  As for the possible harm to you, Japan, there is nothing we can do about it for the time being.

    Long Jiu is going to slowly rip off the money. Indeed, the pirates have also robbed some Jin people's ships during this time. Because there are no big ships in Japan, it seems to be more profitable to grab a batch of big ships and sell them to Taisong Sea Trade.  .  However, there is no risk in robbing the Japanese. Anyway, the pirate ship and the Song Dynasty warship have a tacit understanding of hide-and-seek. Since the Song warship arrived, things were fine for a few days, and then everything went as usual, and even got worse.  The trend of going ashore to rob and arrest people is even more ruthless than before.

    Two days later, the warships of the Song Dynasty were ordered to sail to the East China Sea. It was reported that the pirates were showing signs of robbing the Song Dynasty again. When the Japanese government and the public saw it, they finally invited the Bodhisattva, but they were leaving again.  What to do!
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