Chapter 2916 The Sorrow of Japan
Between Tianxianggu Mountain and Tachibana Temple, Duobu Peak, Amango Hill, and Asuka River together surround a small plain. The first spring rain of this year came a bit early. Under the drizzle, palaces and mansions on the plain , warehouses and other buildings are shrouded in fine rain and mist. The mountains surrounded by stone walls, huge pools, numerous temples, stone-paved roads and canals, etc., form a beautiful and peaceful picture.
In a Zen room in Asuka Temple, the spring water in the pot is steaming on the stove. The open windows can feel the moistness of the rain, and the cool wind blows in, and the water vapor curls up.
Soga Ezo, who was over sixty years old, was sitting on his knees on the smooth floor. His cloudy eyes looked out of the open window, penetrating through the fine rain, and he had a panoramic view of the entire Asuka Kyo.
Under the seemingly peaceful rain and mist, there are many palaces and palaces, and the cool air blows the raindrops, making it seem like a blurred environment.
Sitting opposite Soga Ezo, Liu Renyuan took off the kettle from the stove, poured hot water into the black pottery teapot, washed the tea, poured it out, washed the teacup, and then refilled the boiling water. After a while, the green teapot of tea poured into the tea cup.
The heat is rising and the tea is fragrant.
Liu Renyuan raised his hand to signal, then took a cup himself, put it to his lips and took a sip.
On a cold rainy day, you can drink hot tea as much as you want. The cool breeze carrying water vapor blows in, and the sweet and fragrant hot tea goes into your throat. It is a unique artistic conception.
Soga Ezo put his hands on his legs, nodded slightly, thanked Liu Ren for his offer of tea, took a cup and took a sip.
After tasting it, he praised: "The tea of the Tang Dynasty is indeed unique in the world. Nowadays, the old man cannot live without tea every day. Only by sitting quietly and drinking tea can one feel the tranquility and expressiveness. The Tang Dynasty is rich in treasures, outstanding people and places. This kind of food and drink can also provide a glimpse of the way of heaven and earth, which is beyond the reach of the Japanese. "
Not just him? Nowadays, the upper class nobles of Japan enjoy tea drinking. In order to follow the trend, some small nobles even spend a lot of money to buy Tang tea. This has become a common practice throughout the country. Anyone who cannot make a pot of good tea when entertaining guests will almost be regarded as It's extremely disrespectful.
Better Tang tea was more expensive than gold. For this reason alone, not only a lot of gold and silver flowed into the Tang Dynasty every year, but also weakened the country's national power.
The nobles are greedy for pleasure and compare with each other in luxury, while the common people are hungry and complaining. As time goes on, the relationship between superiors and subordinates will become more and more tense, until they are irreconcilable. The turbulent world may not be able to calm down even if it lasts for hundreds of years.
I am afraid that one day, the entire Japanese country will be invaded and annexed by the covetous Tang Dynasty.
However, although he could see the potential crisis, what could he do?
Now the entire Yamato Kingdom is controlled by the Tang Army. The strategic points inside and outside Asuka Kyo are stationed by the Tang Army. The wealth and life of all nobles are in the hands of the Tang Army. As long as there is a slight change, the Tang Army stationed in Asuka Kyo is in front of him. A single order from the division general was enough to raze Asuka Kyo to the ground.
After the fall of Asukakyo, the other feudal states will inevitably attack each other in order to compete for the succession of the emperor. The Tang army will take the opportunity to suppress, support and gradually annex the islands. Sooner or later, many Japanese islands will return to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
And the Soga family will become the eternal sinners of the Japanese country...
Tea, silk, porcelain, glass...the most luxurious and beautiful things in the world have become a noose around the necks of Japanese people.
If things go on like this, why is it that the Tang Dynasty's military power is rampant all over the world? These gorgeous goods alone can drain the wealth of the entire Japanese country...
Liu Renyuan drank tea slowly. Even though he was kneeling in the Zen room, his back was still straight. He exuded an unyielding military temperament and said slowly: "Lions have heads, and wolves have their heads. All living creatures in this world have their heads." , everyone has his own king, and the rest are dependent on his tail. The lion-headed wolf king marches forward indomitably. Although he enjoys the support of the entire group, he also uses his own flesh and blood. Be brave and fight for a piece of the world for the clan. Otherwise, those who are incompetent will be slaughtered by natural enemies and become food. The world is like this and the rules are like this. If you don't have the ability to become a lion-headed wolf king, you will not only become a natural enemy. The food in your mouth will drag down the entire ethnic group, so why blame others and be angry about it? ”
In this quiet and solemn Feiniao Temple, Liu Renyuan talked about the jungle law of the weak and the strong. His mood was relaxed and his expression was natural. There was no violation at all.
Soga Ezo's eyelids twitched and he was speechless.
I have to admit that Liu Renyuan’s reasoning is very tenable.
Now the Tang Dynasty is the lion-headed wolf king, and the result of going against it is to be turned into powder. Although Goguryeo has repelled Emperor Sui Yang's conquests three times, it is already in danger under the attack of the Tang Dynasty. How many days in a corner?
Sooner or later, Goguryeo will be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and all Goguryeo people will become slaves of the Tang Dynasty.
Although the Japanese country had to rely on the Tang Dynasty, it was like a small beast following a ferocious beast waiting to eat its carrion. Although it had no dignity, and life and death were all in the hands of people, it could still get a bite of meat instead of being eaten. Wild beasts eat them as prey.
Should we hold on to our dignity and stand tall and die miserably, or should we give up our dignity and bend down and live in humiliation?
For the Japanese, this is not an issue that needs to be considered at all.
The strong are meant to be respected. If you are not strong enough, then stick behind the strong to grab nutrients, then wait for the opportunity, wait until you are strong enough to challenge the strong, and then counterattack and knock the strong off the horse. Come on, stab him hard, eat his flesh and blood, strengthen your body, and stand out from the crowd.
Of course, opportunities are more often fought for than waited for...
Soga Ezo sat upright with a respectful expression: "Today's Yamato has become the target of many feudal kingdoms. If we want to protect the country and continue the blood lineage, the only way is to unify. I hope the general can be considerate of the old man's sincerity and help the Soga family to unify. In the Japanese country, my family is willing to serve under the general for generations to come, and we will never fail to do so!”
The Tang army was powerful, and its national power was not something that the Japanese could contend with. Only by taking advantage of the gaps in its internal struggle for power could it be possible to realize its long-cherished wish.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to use the dignity of a country to grovel in front of a mere Tang naval commander, with no dignity at all.
Liu Renyuan took a sip of tea, looked at Soga Ezo, smiled, and said: "As far as I know, your heirs have already died in that coup. You planned so hard, and you have no heirs to inherit after your death." Why did this family fortune come about? ”
Although the Soga family was flourishing, all of Soga Ezo's sons were dead, leaving no descendants. There are many nephews, but his brother Soga Kuramaro also died in that coup, and it was Soga Ezo's son Soga Nashika who killed him. Although Soga Nashika is dead now, who knows Will Soga Kuramaro's son regard Soga Ezo as the enemy who killed his father and regard him as a bandit?
What if the family fortune that he had planned so hard was finally left to his nephews, but his nephews wanted to tear him into pieces...
There is probably nothing more tragic in the world than this.
A bitter smile appeared on Soga Ezo's face covered with age spots, and his eyes that had always shone with wisdom were now extremely turbid. He smiled sadly and said in a bitter voice: "Now that the matter has come to this, what can we do? But after all, the old man is Su. The head of my family, this family property belongs to my father After hundreds of years of creation by our ancestors, how can they be cut off by Lao Cheng? Not to mention that the inheritance of the Japanese nation will also be in Lao Cheng's hands in a few years. Lao Cheng will die in a piece of loess, and he will eventually destroy this country. Zuo passed on ”
If there are no heirs and there is no hope of inheritance, even if you have a long history of achievements, what is the use?
However, Soga Ezo still has an obsession in his heart, which is to be able to unify Japan in his lifetime. In this way, when the descendants of the Japanese thousands of years later talk about today's events, most of them will remember his achievements in unifying the Japanese country, rather than condemning and abusing his sin of cutting off the emperor's blood heirs.
Only by passing this Japanese country on from generation to generation in the Soga family can the name of Soga Ezo be put into the shrine, worshiped for hundreds of generations, and enjoy incense and blood food. Otherwise, if the Soga family were to fall, then Soga Ezo would be destined to become an unparalleled traitor in the history of the Japanese. He would cut off the emperor's blood heirs for his own selfish interests and be infamy for thousands of years.
Liu Renyuan lowered his head, held the tea cup with his fingers, felt the warmth of the tea, sighed with emotion, and said slowly: "The power of the navy is always in the hands of the Duke of Yue, not to mention me, but Governor Su and Liu General, it is impossible to take possession of the navy. My plan with you can be regarded as treacherous and cheating, but I don't know what the Duke of Yue wants." (End of this chapter)