Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 442 The power of language

"Where, where!" Chi Jian laughed and said, "Compared to the two, I am only a latecomer. From now on, there will be many places under the Zuo Mansion's subordinates who will rely on the two to take care of them!"

"This is natural!" Sha Zha patted his chest: "The Zuofu Palace asked the three of us to go out on business together. This is fate. Otherwise, there are so many people, why are the three of us?"

"Yes!" Cao Sengnu laughed and said, "In retrospect, it is indeed a rare fate. If it were someone else, how could he come up with the path of the Lord God of the Great Country?"

"Actually, it's nothing!" Chi Jian laughed and said, "It's also the two of you who have enlightened. If it's another person, I'm afraid that my method is too whimsical."

"What's wrong with being whimsical!" Cao Sengnu laughed and said, "According to me, the most whimsical one is the Lord, but in the end he made it all."

Speaking of this, footsteps suddenly came from outside, and the three of them stopped talking at the same time.The door was pushed open, and the previous witch came in, and bowed to the three of them: "Three, this is nettle tea and rice dumplings, please taste it!"

"Thank you very much!" Seeing Chi Qi hurriedly thanked him, and said to Cao Sengnu and Sha Zha Xiangru, "These two are special products of the Great Kingdom Lord Temple, please taste them too!"

Cao Sengnu and Sha Zha thanked each other and tasted tea together. Perhaps because they ate dry food along the way, they both felt that the tea was very delicious, so they couldn't help but eat a few more.The witch just sat opposite, smiling without saying a word.

"This rice dumpling is really good!" The two swept away the refreshments, Cao Sengnu smiled and said, "It's just that some are missing, can you bring some more?"

"So what if the power is in your hands?" Qiyu said with a smile: "How many shrines and temples are there around Asuka? If the capital is moved to Otsu, what will they do? If they don't go, the benefits of the imperial court will be lost in the future, which is tantamount to being marginalized." If it is moved to Dajin, then all the farms, industries and temples here will be lost? Go there and start from scratch? This is accumulated over hundreds of years!"

"The transportation with the mainland is more convenient, which is conducive to the absorption of advanced cultural technology! Well, this is also a good reason!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "It's nothing more than a trade-off! But in the long run, Jinjiang is more suitable to be the capital of the country, here The products are more abundant, and the population is more dense!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

If the witch's words seem to be completely illogical sophisms in the eyes of modern people, but in the eyes of many ancient people, they are logical reasoning.In the opinion of most ancient peoples, language has some kind of mysterious power, especially the oath issued after some special procedure.Because in Japanese mythology, when the grandson of Amaterasu descended, Amaterasu Omikami gave him three artifacts and agreed with him to rule Japan from generation to generation, so the descendants of Amaterasu Omikami are invincible in this land. Only another Amaterasu Omikami can defeat the descendants of Amaterasu Omikami offspring. (In fact, there were similar behaviors in ancient China, such as Liu Bang killing the white horse and making an oath with the officials, and the emperors of all dynasties offering sacrifices to the heaven, earth and society, etc.)
And the only one who can break the undefeated golden body of the descendants of Amaterasu Omiya God is the oath made by another god. In the mythology of Izumo Kingdom, Omuni Lord God appears as a tragic hero.When he left his country, he was full of hatred for the invaders, so he made a prophecy that "his descendants will come in a boat and take back the country from the descendants of Amaterasu Omisami". The mysterious power of this prophecy is overwhelming, at least It is to counteract the power of the agreement that Amaterasu Omisami made with his descendants at the beginning.This is the real reason why Wang Wenzuo was able to defeat Brother Zhong.

The witch laughed, her face full of arrogance: "Since Amaterasu Goddess can let his descendants rule Weiyuan China for generations, so can God of Great Country!"

Otsu.

"You mean that the Lord God of the great country went to our country after leaving by boat, and then married a wife and had children in our country, passed on from generation to generation, and finally had a Lord?" Cao Sengnu said with a wry smile: "This makes sense, It just sounds weird!"

"The lives of tens of millions of people?" Cao Sengnu secretly rejoiced, pretending to be confused: "Even if the Lord looks similar to the god statue, what's the big deal? What does it have to do with the lives of thousands of people?"

"Do you understand? Why did Katsuragi have nothing to do with me even though he hated me to the bone!"

"The result is nothing!" Saitama laughed.

"That's right! The matter of ghosts and gods is illusory, and it is related to the Zuofu Palace, how can you speak nonsense?" Sha Zha Xiangru said.

"That's natural. The power of the gods is beyond the reach of us mortals?" The witch said with a smile: "But if that's not the case, then how can you explain the similarity between the Zuofu Palace and my god? There are still more than a thousand years, In this land, the descendants of Amaterasu Goddess have never been defeated. This is the agreement made by Amaterasu Goddess and Tiansun, but this time he was defeated by a Tang man who came across the sea. If he is not the descendant of the Great God , how is that possible?"

"This, this—" Cao Sengnu looked unbelievable: "Don't you think that the Lord is the descendant of the God of the Great Country? But this is too ridiculous, right? The Lord is not an ordinary person. What is the relationship between the high school of the Tang Dynasty and foreign gods?"

"That's true!" Sha Zha Xiangru said: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it. If it was fake, not only the Zuofu Palace would punish us, but the gods would not forgive me. Who dares to make up random things?"

"That's right, you remember it very clearly!" The witch nodded, and turned her eyes to Cao Sengnu and Sha Zha: "You two, did you hear clearly?"

"It's not that I can't trust you two!" The witch said in a deep voice, "It's just that this matter involves the lives of tens of millions of people, so I have to ask first!"

This experience was ups and downs, thrilling, Cao Sengnu was eloquent, and the other three people in the room were dumbfounded and sighed for a long time. At the end, the witch said: "Listen to you, the Zuofu Palace is really invincible." Invincible! It’s just that you said that his appearance is exactly the same as the stone statue of the Lord of the Great Country, is this true or false?”

"This is strange. You and Katsuragi think the same thing. He used to always think about moving his capital to Otsu, Otsu. The reason is that the land here is fertile, and it's close to Lake Biwa and Bupoguan. The transportation is convenient and the dangerous place is guarded. Good place!"

"Although what you said sounds very reasonable!" Sha Zha Xiangru said with a smile: "But I have never heard that the Lord said that he had any relationship with the Wa Kingdom, let alone the God of the Great Kingdom! I think he And I don’t think that I was able to defeat Brother Zhong because of the power of a certain god. It doesn’t seem to be of any use, does it?”

"That's great!" Wang Wenzuo looked at Lake Piwa in the distance and sighed, "In my opinion, this place is more suitable as a capital city than Asuka!"

"Sao, is there still such a way to play?" Wang Wenzuo was already dumbfounded. As a time traveler, he actually lives in two worlds with most people in this era. In Wang Wenzuo's view, this world is material, while in ancient times In the eyes of humans, this world is a world where humans, ghosts and gods live together, especially the ancient Japanese who believed in animism. Without the protection of the many shrines and temples around Asuki, how can people live normally?Without the acquiescence of these temples and shrines, even if Brother Zhong had great abilities, he would not be able to use them.

"My lord comes from the Wang clan of Langya, whose ancestor Wang Ji was from the Western Han Dynasty, more than six hundred years ago!" Cao Sengnu said.

"What do you mean just because of this?" Saitama smiled and said, "You don't know the skills of shrines and temples. Let's put it this way, the king has seventy or eighty worship ceremonies throughout the year, and these worship ceremonies are organized by these temples and shrines. Hosted. Just find any excuse, say that the divination is unlucky, and Katsuragi will be in trouble. Don't forget, he is just a prince, not a king. As long as I say that Amaterasu sent a bad omen, and that the move of the capital angered the gods of the four directions, they will For generations, they have guarded the capital and protected the safety of the king. Now that Gecheng wants to move the capital, what should they do? The various sacrifices offered by the king himself every year are gone, so why should they still do it for the king? What about defending the capital? Let the evil spirits do whatever they want!"

"Hehe!" The witch shook her head and laughed: "The first great king of the Yamato court has been around for more than [-] years, and it was even before that that the great king let the country leave Izumo, so the ancestor of the Zuofu Palace was from the Tang Dynasty. There is no contradiction with him being a descendant of the Great National Lord!"

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"Oh? Why do you say that?" Saitama asked.

The north wind blows, rolling up pieces of reeds, boundless, and connected with the lake in the distance.

"Hehehe!" The witch laughed: "You two are so cautious, of course it is right. Yes, the Lord is from the Tang Dynasty, and the world is a noble species, but when can his ancestors be traced back?"

After a while, the new snacks were delivered. Cao Sengnu and Sha Zhaxiangru ate a lot slower this time. The witch and Chi Jian had a conversation, and Chi Jian said: "You two, the witch wants to know Let’s take a look at the past experiences of the Zuo Mansion Palace!”

Seeing that Chi Yan translated Cao Sengnu's words to the witch, the witch smiled and gave a few instructions to the door.Seeing Chi Yan, he said, "You two will be there later!"

"Of course I remember!" Trace Chi Chi: "Amaterasu God sent Jianyu Leishen and Tianniao Zhoushen to Weiyuan China with their ten-fist swords. Tiansun Qiong Qiong respected his orders and boarded the boat to leave. Before he left, he made a prophecy: one day in the future, his descendants will come by boat and take back this land from the descendants of Amaterasu Omisami.”

"Let it go? Wasn't he in power at the time?"

"No, but he always goes to Omi for a few months every year, and he built a palace in Otsu for himself!" Saitama smiled and said, "Since you like Otsu so much, then this palace will be given to you!"

"I understand!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Then Brother Zhong didn't mention moving the capital anymore?"

"Just because of this?" Wang Wenzuo couldn't help but be disappointed. Of course he knew that relocation was a troublesome matter, and he had to deal with many vested interests.But he has seen Brother Zhong's skills before, he is really a powerful person, since a person like this has made up his mind, how can he retreat so easily?

"The result?" Wang Wenzuo showed an expression of great interest.

"That's true! Nara, where Asuka is located, is indeed much narrower than Omi!" Saitama said with a smile: "However, Asuka has a better port. Ships from Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo, Mohe, and China can directly arrive at Asuka. Isn't that more important?"

"It's absolutely true!" Cao Sengnu said, "Brother Shazha, you have also met the Lord, aren't they very similar?"

The witch smiled, and turned her gaze to Chijian: "The two of them are foreigners, and I have never heard the story of the great king. You are from the Izumo country, and you should have heard that the great king made the country Yu Tian Sun Qiong Qiongchu. , how did you leave Izumo country, and what did you say?"

Sha Zha Xiangru and Cao Sengnu looked at each other, Sha Zha Xiangru said: "Mr. Cao, you followed the Lord earlier, why don't you talk about it?"

"Lake Biwa has convenient water transportation, and products from all over the world can be transported. The surrounding land is fertile, easy to irrigate, and there is enough food!" Wang Wenzuo said: "Compared, the area where Asuka is located is too narrow!"

"Alright!" Cao Sengnu clapped his hands, patted off the powder on his hands, took a sip of tea, and moistened his throat: "The most expensive family in the Tang Dynasty is the five surnames and Qiwang, and the Wang family of the master is Born in one of them, it can be said that he is a natural nobleman. But his fortune started when the Tang army sent troops to Baekje..." So he sent Wang Wenzuo with the Tang army across the sea to destroy Baekje, and stayed in Baekje. Then wars broke out, and the Japanese sent troops to help , he rose up in the army, quelled the war, repelled the Japanese army, and then won the favor of the emperor in Chang'an, went to the Japanese country and other things one by one.

"It's just a palace, it's nothing! Anyway, there are boundless lands to the east for development!" Saitama waved his hand nonchalantly: "Katsuragi is so stupid, there are so many fertile lands in the east. Land, but always thinking about taking back the four counties from the people of Silla, how stupid!"

Wang Wenzuo smiled. Saitama’s point of view is actually very representative within the Yamato Kingdom. In fact, after the historical battle of Baijiangkou, the Prince Zhongda also adjusted the expansion direction of the Yamato Kingdom, pointing the spearhead in the northeast direction, opening up The vast land of Kanto and Mutsu has greatly influenced the history of Japan.

There is a concept in history called twin empires.That is to say, empires were born in pairs. For example, the birth of the Qin Empire led to the emergence of the Xiongnu Empire on the grasslands; and the military pressure of the Huns Empire forced the newborn Han Empire to have a higher degree of centralization and a stronger military machine. .The emergence of an empire often affects the other corresponding to the empire to move towards a unified path and confront it.

The same is true in ancient Japan. The earliest Yamato country was mainly active in Southern Kyushu, Kinki and Kansai. However, from the seventh century AD, the Yamato country that completed the reform of the law system began to expand eastward and conquered the local Ainu people. , and sent a large number of military immigrants to establish new commanding countries in the local area.

(End of this chapter)