Chapter 2894 Cutting off its roots
As the sky gradually darkened, Fang Jun turned on the lamp, then prepared a few side dishes and brought them to the study. He sat across from Su Dingfang, drinking wine and chatting about the navy's present and future.
"No matter whether Liu Renyuan is selfish or not, you must remember that the interests of the navy are the top priority. You can punish him, but you must ensure the current situation of the Japanese country. A divided Japanese country is in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty and the navy. To transform them into enemies, divide them and attack them, this is the Tang Dynasty’s eternal policy towards the Japanese, and it is also the navy’s unchanging strategy. As long as the navy exists, this strategy will definitely be allowed to change.”
While eating food and drinking wine, Fang Jun talked about his thoughts about the navy and the Japanese country.
Su Dingfang toasted Fang Jun, then raised the flask to pour wine, and said with some confusion: "Why is Erlang so wary of the Japanese country? Even if we are negligent in the future and lead to their unification, the Japanese country will have a small territory, few people, and partiality." What threat does living overseas pose to Datang?”
Fang Jun took a sip of wine.
What's the threat? Have you not seen how the Japanese, under the control of their so-called "Shinto religion", will become a ferocious, cruel and dehumanizing nation in the future? What they do is simply the public enemy of mankind and the outburst of bestiality. Even if they are defeated many times, they will not be defeated. It remained patient like a wolf until it stood up again, opened its bloodthirsty fangs and pounced viciously on its weak and gentle neighbor.
Although it was still more than a thousand years before the rise of the Japanese nation, the development of Japanese nature did not happen overnight. If the inheritance of their civilization could not be cut off early, one day, that bloodthirsty and inhuman nation would eventually rise. .
"The Japanese seem to be humble, but their nature is ferocious and they have no regard for benevolence, righteousness and morality. You must not be careless. Otherwise, if they are allowed to be unified, the descendants of our Chinese nation will be poisoned by them, and it is our fault. It is precisely because the Japanese country is located overseas. , Datang cannot exert influence on it. Once it escapes from Datang's control, it will easily lead to its silent development. When its wings are full, it will become a powerful enemy. "
Seeing that Su Dingfang was listening attentively, Fang Jun was slightly relieved and continued: "Especially the suppression of their culture must be given top priority. The Japanese speak the Japanese language, but they have no written language. They have always written in Chinese characters. This is An advantage that is conducive to the attack is to build more schools in the Japanese country to teach Teaching Chinese language and Chinese characters will fundamentally cut off their roots. Furthermore, the Japanese will also want to suppress their beliefs. Most of the Japanese believe in Shinto, led by the Emperor's lineage. They can use the excuse of eradicating the Emperor's remaining lineage to encourage the Soga family to issue an edict banning Shinto. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed without mercy.”
Shintoism, also known as Shintoism, is the traditional national religion of Japan. It was originally based on nature worship, ancestor worship, emperor worship, etc. It is an animistic and polytheistic belief. It regards various animals and plants in nature as gods, and also empowers Japanese emperors of all generations. Divinity is similar to that of some Western countries. The emperor must be conferred by Shintoism before he can be legitimate.
Its religion believes in many gods, especially worshiping the imperial ancestor god Amaterasu as the sun god. They claim that the Japanese are the "Tiensun nation". The emperor is the descendant of Amaterasu and is his representative in the world. The imperial line is the divine line. The place where worship is performed is called a shrine or shrine, which is the root of Japanese culture.
The infamous "Bushido" of later generations was a fusion of Shinto thought and the emperor's belief, and it almost became a symbol of the spiritual attributes of the Japanese...
What Fang Jun wants to do is to cut off the Japanese spirit and belief from the source. It doesn't matter whether they believe in Buddhism, Taoism, or even the Holy Religion, but only their own sect must be completely cut off, and those who believe in it will die!
If you want to destroy a nation, you must destroy its culture. Without the inheritance of culture, after all, it is just a group of wastes who are full of food and do nothing all day long. They will either be assimilated by other tribes or be destroyed by other tribes.
Su Dingfang didn't quite understand Fang Jun's thinking, but it didn't matter. It was not difficult to cut off the culture of the Japanese and make them divided and attack each other.
"The last general understood what Erlang meant. After returning to the Japanese country, he began to urge the Soga family to issue an edict banning Shintoism. At the same time, he ordered the Japanese people not to practice the sect in private, let alone gather in private to spread the doctrine. Otherwise, they would be punished for treason. , the barbarians destroyed three tribes and killed all their relatives and friends!”
Now Suga is the "tool man" in the hands of the navy. If he wants to ensure his supreme power, he must beg for mercy and obey the navy. All the reputations that the navy is unwilling to bear can be passed on to Suga. Shi, the latter knew it was a bitter pill, but he had to swallow it happily.
Otherwise, the navy can change to another feudal country to support it anytime and anywhere, and regain control of the Japanese country...
"The influence of culture far exceeds the deterrence given by force. Force can frighten an enemy country for a while, but culture can affect it for several generations, even forever. For the countries of Japan and Nanyang, blind killing will not help the Tang Dynasty to survive for a long time. Their rule will only arouse their national antagonism. After all, Who wouldn't resist a few times when death is imminent? Therefore, in the future, we should adopt more tolerant strategies for those foreigners who are willing to submit to the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and use culture to influence them, although the results will be slow. , but once successful, it will be beneficial for a long time.”
"Thank you Erlang for the tip, I will keep it in mind."
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The two drank wine slowly and talked about the navy's strategy and future until late into the night.
The next morning, after Su Dingfang got up, he freshened up and had breakfast, then said goodbye to Fang Xuanling and Princess Gaoyang, and returned to Huating Town on a navy warship. From Huating Town, he went directly to the sea to the Japanese Kingdom of Feiniaojing to check the specific situation.
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Tai Chi Palace.
His Majesty Li Er listened to the report of the palace servant, his face was terrifyingly gloomy.
Just when she and the Liangyi Palace hosted a banquet to entertain the officials and foreign envoys, Princess Jinyang actually summoned Fang Jun into her bedroom privately, and poured tea and wine to show her attentiveness... It was simply inappropriate!
It’s not that she’s jealous of her little cotton-padded jacket’s elbows turned outwards, but that Princess Jinyang is now in her prime years and has never made a marriage arrangement because of her weak body and lack of energy. She summoned a foreign minister into her palace like this. , once word spreads, will this reputation be lost?
Originally, because the Li Tang royal family had some Hu people, they were ridiculed by those sanctimonious rotten scholars for their dishonest behavior and lack of shame. If there are rumors that Princess Jinyang is getting close to men before they are engaged, then where will there be any serious family in the future? Are you willing to come to propose marriage?
Don't think that the royal family is anything special. Those noble families with long-standing inheritance are all very noble. They have never regarded the Li Tang royal family as a family in the same realm as them. It is because his son wants to marry a "Fifth surname" It can be seen that it is not easy for women.
What's particularly important is that Fang Jun, who was originally not known to be acquainted with Princess Changle, broke into Princess Jinyang's palace this time... Mother!
What do you want, you bastard?
His Majesty Li Er became more and more depressed as he sat, so he simply got up and went directly to Princess Jinyang's palace with his maid.
When the chamberlains outside the palace saw His Majesty Li Er striding towards him, they hurried forward to greet him, and then sent one person inside to report.
After all, it is the princess's palace. Even if the emperor comes, he must inform him in advance, otherwise it will be bad if something embarrassing happens.
From this we can also see why His Majesty Li Er is so resentful towards Princess Jinyang for secretly summoning Fang Jun into the palace...
The chamberlain returned in a moment, stood by the door with his hands tied, and said: "Your Highness is in the flower hall. After washing, he came to see His Majesty."
His Majesty Li Er glanced at him, lowered his eyelids, and walked straight into the palace. Then without stopping, he walked out of the back hall of the palace and turned to the left. Not long after walking, he saw a small building in a sunny courtyard. The exquisite glass house shines in the sunlight.
Looking at this glass flower hall, His Majesty Li Er became more and more heartbroken.
This is because Princess Jinyang begged Fang Jun to build this flower hall for her. There are three layers of the best glass inside and outside, which completely blocks the cold air from the outside. The gaps between each layer are paved with paving to allow hot water to circulate. The circulating glass pipes, each section of which is bonded with Eucommia glue, prevent water from leaking out at all. The circulating hot water keeps the air in the gaps at normal temperature at all times, ensuring that the temperature in the flower hall is suitable for plant growth.
Earth dragons were also laid three feet underground, and coal was burned to keep the temperature of the land at normal temperature.
Not only is the construction cost of such a flower hall extremely high, but the maintenance cost in winter is also ridiculously high. Even if he wanted to build a flower hall for the emperor in the first place, after seeing the appalling budget figures Then I had to give up. (End of chapter)