Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1317
Outside the city, in the temporary camp of the Japanese diplomatic mission.

Queen Wa was indifferent to the exquisite Chinese cuisine in front of her.

The crown prince of Stable Household ate the stewed fish fillets and sighed greatly. He never thought that fish could be eaten like this.As the Japanese of the island country, they naturally eat a lot of fish, but they have never eaten such exquisite food.

The royal family of the Japanese country usually used fish skin to wipe the toilet. In the impression of the royal family of the Japanese country, fish was just a relatively low-level food.

After Buddhism was introduced from the Central Plains via Baekje to the Wa Kingdom, the Wa Kingdom began to worship Buddhism and had a ban on not eating meat. Although this ban has been continuously revised, it has now become that cows, horses, dogs, apes, chickens, etc. have feet The meat of animals and fish are not restricted, but the royal family and nobles generally can only eat simple fried fish and boiled fish. They have never eaten this kind of delicate sashimi.

The Crown Prince Stable House picked up another slice, and he ate it in admiration.

"This Central Plains Dahua is good at everything, everything is high-end, living in a splendid city, luxurious houses, wearing gorgeous clothes, eating exquisite food, their life is so easy. Even ordinary poor people Everyone has fields to cultivate, and all of them are self-cultivators. Those nobles are even more envious of silk and satin, porcelain bowls and iron pots, tea and fine wine. I have decided that when I go back, I will study the state of Qin in an all-round way. , Starting from the construction of a Qin-style new capital city, I have already thought about the name of this capital city, and I will call it Ping An Jing.

The queen sighed.

"But all of this has to go through Daqin first. If Emperor Qin refuses to forgive me for the crime of opposing Qin in Japan, there is no need for Daqin to send a large army to fight against it. Only those pirates who are constantly attacking and harassing are able to make us My country will be destroyed!"

Prince Stableto put down his chopsticks silently.

"What does the Emperor think we should do to make Daqin forgive us?"

The queen sighed, "At the beginning we were too ignorant and arrogant, now we can only try our best to get Daqin's understanding. As long as Daqin is willing, no matter what the conditions are, we will accept them."

Crown Prince Stable House also couldn't help but sigh.

"Since our Renna territory on the Korean peninsula was lost, our Yamato has suffered internal and external troubles in recent years.

In today's Wa Kingdom, land mergers are prevalent, and the tenancy system is widespread. The Guizhou tyrants cut off the country's mountains, seas, forests, wilds, and ponds for their wealth, and they fought constantly, or annexed tens of thousands of hectares of land, or had nowhere to go. As a result, the ministry system was weakened and faced collapse.

The Bumin system is the foundation of ruling after the unification of Japan. The weakening of the Bumin system has deepened the social contradictions, the ruling class has become more turbulent, and the status of the court has been seriously affected. , self-convergence first, and then divergence.

After the Soga clan defeated the Monobe clan, they became even more powerful. They supported several emperors and held the country's military and financial power.

The war against Silla, and the construction of palaces, mausoleums, and Buddhist monasteries cost a lot of manpower and material resources, and the tribesmen suffered unspeakably. This has led to the rising uprising of the tribesmen in the Wa country. They rose up and fought against the nobles. .

The royal family has been emptied by powerful officials and nobles, and the people at the bottom have risen up to rebel against the court and nobles. This makes the current royal family almost become the puppets of powerful officials and nobles.

Both the Empress Tuigu and the crown prince of Stable House were supported by the power minister Su'er Mazi, but the Su'er family was authoritarian and arbitrarily powerful, which made the Queen and the prince extremely dissatisfied, but their power itself came from the Su'er family.

"If you can get rid of Su's Mazi, then imitate the reform system of the Great Qin Dynasty, abolish the royal family's garrison, the land of the nobles, and the tribesmen, all of which will be nationalized and become public land and citizens. Zuyong modulation, class every six years, the imperial court every six years, the class divides the field into two sections for men over six years old, women are two out of three men, slaves are one in three citizens, and the number of male slaves and citizens is the same. After the death of the Tian people, the land will be divided into the public, and the farmers in the Bantian will be responsible for the rent and adjustment, and each section will pay two bundles of rent rice!"

The more the crown prince said, the more excited he became. These are the new reform policies he and his subordinates have drawn up after summarizing what they have seen and heard in Daqin during this period of time.

They believe that the reason why the Wa country is so weak now is that the power of the royal family has fallen, the nobles have monopolized power, especially the tribesmen have lost their land, so the foundation of the country has disappeared.If you want to change all this, you must learn from the centralization of power in the Great Qin Dynasty. First of all, you need to take back the land from the royal family and nobles, and then grant it to the people who lost the land.

The people who have been granted land will then pay rent to the imperial court and be transferred to serve.

The land is public land, and the army is also owned by the imperial court. In this way, the Wa country can be reborn from the current backwardness and chaos, and can become a country as advanced as the Great Qin.

It's a pity that there is one biggest obstacle in all of this, and that is Mazi Su. Mazi Su is a veteran minister of the four dynasties and the most powerful "minister" of the Japanese court today, and the two important positions of Dalian and Daban are also held by Suwo. in his hands.

"Perhaps we can ask Qin Tianzi to let Su Womazi stay in the Great Qin Dynasty to serve the emperor on behalf of our country," the queen said suddenly.

"Okay, this is a good move. If Su Wo can't return to the country, then the Su Wo family will be leaderless. In this way, we can regain the power of the court, reappoint wise people, learn from the Great Qin, and set up three provinces and six ministries. , counties, and ri shall be dispatched to govern by state officials, county officials, and village chiefs."

"Re-system the official ranks, give ranks to the nobles, allocate them to fiefdoms and cities, and give cloth and silk as salaries to the low-ranking nobles."

The queen interrupts the prince.

"If Emperor Qin is to forgive us for our anti-Qin crimes, and to allow Daqin to keep Su Wo, we have to pay a sufficient price. What kind of price do you think will satisfy Daqin?"

Crown Prince Stable House couldn't help frowning.

Is there anything in the Wa country that can calm the anger of Qin Tianzi?
"It was rumored before that the Qin people discovered the Iwami Silver Mountain and the Besshi Copper Mountain. Do you think this is true?"

The Besshi Copper Mine is located in the Iyojima Island of the Wa Kingdom, which was later Shikoku Island, one of the three major islands of the Wa Kingdom.

The two famous islands of Iyo, also known as Iyo Island, are smaller than Chikushi Island (Kyushu) in the east, and much smaller than Yamato Island, the base camp of the Wa Kingdom.

"If we cede Iyo Island, where Besshi Copper Mt.

"But I'm afraid that a small Iyo Island will not satisfy the Qin people. With the strength of the Qin people, they can completely annex the entire Wa country."

"If it doesn't work, then we will also give Chikushi Island to the Qin people." The crown prince of the stable household said fiercely, "As long as the emperor is willing to detain Suga Mazi in Qin, and accept our Wa country as a vassal again. Not only can we give Chikushi and Iyo The second island was ceded to the Qin State, and after that, it will pay tribute to the Great Qin every year and open trade to them!"

If you can't appease Qin's anger, you may have to subjugate the country. Goguryeo and Baekje are both lessons from the past.

If Qin's anger can be appeased, it would be a helpless move to reluctantly cede Erdao.Just like the Japanese country back then, Ren Na on the Korean Peninsula, which was finally captured and managed a lot, was finally given up. It was an act of a strong man breaking his wrist.

The territory of Renna's four counties is not smaller than that of Iyo Island, and the Japanese people have also operated it for many years, but in the end they had to give up this bridgehead for occupying North Korea.

Now that the country is about to be destroyed, he can only reluctantly take out Yiyu to appease the anger of the Qin people. If that doesn't work, he can also take out Chikushi Island and give it to the Qin people.

At the very least, the mainland of Yamato Island can still be retained.

"Okay, crown prince, you can draft a letter of credence now, and then present it to the emperor of Qin. First, you only mention the cession of Iyo Island to test the attitude of the Qin people." The queen said slowly, and if it is not a last resort, can you not send Chikushi Island? It's better to keep it first.

"Well, I'm going to draft the credentials right now."

(End of this chapter)