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Chapter 239 Ask Luo Guanzhong to Write the History of the Wa Kingdom

"Among the Wa people, do you recognize yourself as a descendant of Xu Fu?" Xie Cheng asked.

"There are many." Hu Weiyong said, "Xu Fu's status in the Wa Kingdom is very high, and there are statues of him in many places. Some families in the Wa Kingdom directly claim that they are Xu Fu's descendants."

"However. Many people claim that Xu Fu is their ancestor, but almost none claim to be the descendants of the three thousand virgins."

"It's not difficult to understand. After all, Xu Fu holds a very high status in the hearts of some people in the country of Japan. He also served as the leader of a small tribe, and there are even legends circulating in many places that he was the first emperor of the country of war." Zhu Di said, "People in the world are willing to admit that they have great ancestors, but they don't want to admit that their own ancestors are anonymous boys and girls."

"The surnames of Haneda, Asakura, Mudo, and Bodo in the Japanese state all claim to be descendants of Xu Fu." Hu Weiyong said, "Since the family recognizes it, it will be easy to handle. We can first let these two groups form a Dismantling, dismantling them from within."

"Since we want to win over this group of Japanese people, we have to give them money and food." Xie Cheng sighed, "The money and food are also a large expenditure, and the war really consumes a lot of national power."

"We don't need to do it ourselves." Zhu Di said, "My teacher, the king, has taught us how to hunt down the local tyrants and divide the land. Just plunder the wealth of the feudal lords of the Japanese country and distribute it to them. This is called local materials."

"A good idea," Xie Cheng said sincerely, "The general thinks that many of the strategies of that gentleman are several levels higher than ordinary people like us."

"After we arrive in Fukuoka and gain a firm foothold, we will immediately launch a wave of propaganda offensive against Japan." Zhu Di said, "For example, posting propaganda slogans everywhere, publishing books and pamphlets friendly to Ming Dynasty, etc."

"Which gentleman taught His Highness all these methods?" Hu Weiyong said, with a hint of jealousy in his tone.

"That's right." Zhu Di said, "After we gain a firm foothold in Fukuoka, we will transfer Ma Junze, a Confucian scholar who lives in Goryeo, to write some pamphlets about the history of the Yayoi era in Japan, and then publish a large number of them and distribute them to Japan. people."

"These booklets should focus on describing the period of history after Xu Fudong's journey to the Wa Kingdom. And give the three thousand boys and girls their names, hometowns, and a soul-stirring history of war."

"Three thousand boys and girls have more advanced culture and knowledge than the local primitive people. After they left Xu Fu, they migrated to various islands in the Wa Kingdom, multiplied and left their respective descendants."

"In this way, all Japanese surnames can find their corresponding ancestors."

"Many of these clans also fought wars. This period of history is called the Warring States Period of the Yayoi Era."

"Let Ma Jun write a history for them?" Xie Cheng was shocked.

"That's right, it was written out of thin air. It's just like Cao Cao's coercive edict back then." Zhu Di said, "But it doesn't have to be completely fabricated out of thin air. After all, no one knows what the history of the Yayoi period was like."

"His Royal Highness Yan Wang." Hu Weiyong suggested, "Confucian Ma Jun is not good at writing such novels. If I, Ming Dynasty, are best at writing historical novels, it must be Luo Guanzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the Imperial Academy."

"The "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by him before has been widely circulated among the people."

"He is a very good candidate." Zhu Di said, "But he is far away in Yingtian Mansion, so I'm afraid he won't be able to write it out so soon, but we will use it soon."

"Your Highness, the conquest of Japan cannot be completed in a short period of time. We must be prepared for a long-term battle." Hu Weiyong said, "We can use the method of conveying urgent military information to deliver the memorial to the emperor in a hurry, so that The emperor ordered Luo Guanzhong to write it."

"Yeah." Zhu Di nodded, "I'll leave this matter to you."

"With the history of the 'Yayoi Warring States' written by Mr. Luo, some of the current surnames in the Wa Kingdom can find their corresponding ancestors from among the three thousand virgins."

"Let them know their ancestors, the boys and girls brought by Xu Fu."

"There is currently no such talent as Luo Guanzhong in the Wa country, so after he writes the 'history', the people of the Wa country have no ability to refute."

"For some powerful feudal lords, make them a more powerful ancestor. For those surnames with less power and fewer people, make them a less important role as their ancestor."

"In addition, we have to recommend a speaker, who must be selected from the four surnames Haneda, Asakura, Mudo, and Bodo." Hu Weiyong said, "Let's say she is the No. 18 descendant of Xu Fu, and This person had better be a woman."

"Just like the Persian Mingjiao, the saints who were elected came out."

"We want to create a 'god' for Wa country"

……

After another half-day of sailing, the warship of the Ming army had arrived at the coast of Fukuoka.

The war is about to start again.

Most of the [-] elites of the Ming army are still behind, as is the Japanese side.

Because the warships on both sides are not enough, they cannot carry too many sergeants at one time.

There were 1 elite Japanese soldiers who came to resist the Ming army. In addition to the more than [-] lost at sea, the remaining [-] were stationed in Fukuoka.Now that they don't have warships, they can only look at the ocean and sigh. '

"Travel back to Tsushima Island, and make a long-term plan when we go back." Zhu Di said, "We will go to Fukuoka again in a few days."

"Why?" Hu Weiyong said.

"The Wa Kingdom is surrounded by seas, and there are definitely more than four hundred warships," Zhu Di said. "The reason why there were only four hundred ships before was because the other feudal lords were too far away to dispatch them in time."

"In addition, they also have a lot of civilian ships. During the war, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is likely to recruit civilian ships as warships."

"So we have to occupy Tsushima Island and wait for them to attack. Tsushima Island is the most important strategic location, and they will definitely snatch it. We will wait for work on the island, and we can surround the island for help when the time is right."

"I'm afraid they won't have the guts to know the power of our artillery fire." Xie Cheng said.

"Whether they dare to fight or not, occupying Tsushima Island is beneficial to us." Zhu Di said, "The [-] Japanese elites in Fukuoka come from the three 'countries' of Arima, Gongyue, and Takahashi. Now their feudal lords They were all buried at sea. They are already without a leader, and there will be civil strife among the elite, and there will be battles for the feudal lord within the family."

"Besides, they left their vassal land and came from afar to reinforce Arima Hiroyoshi. The daily military rations are very high, and they can't stay in Fukuoka for long."

"Wo Kingdom is dominated by each feudal lord, unlike our unified Central Plains Dynasty, where there are more conflicts of interest. When the conflict of interests is too great, the general of Wa Kingdom, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, cannot control it."

(End of this chapter)