World history is very interesting: Yuan Tengfei talks about Japanese history

Chapter 11

Six relatives deny killing uncle
Since Japan began as the regency of Fujiwara Motoke, successive generations of emperors have been regents as relatives of the Fujiwara family.The enjoyment of Fujiwara's own family, no matter whether it is chariots, horses, costumes or palace gardens, is no different from that of the emperor.However, the Fujiwara family never thought of usurping the emperor's throne, and strictly abided by the established rules that the emperor had authority and the Fujiwara family held real power.The emperor is a symbol of etiquette and the supreme spiritual leader, and Fujiwara is the head of actual administration in Japan.But when Emperor Suzaku was in power, a Japanese military general launched a rebellion and established himself as emperor. This kind of thing happened only once in Japanese history.

The general of this rebellion is called Hei Shomon, and he is also from the royal family. His grandfather is King Gaowang, the great-grandson of Emperor Huanwu.As we said, the emperor couldn't afford to raise so many children, so he reduced them to ministers and gave them surnames, and King Gaowang was appointed as the state secretary of Shangzong Kingdom.After the Taika reform, Japan followed the example of China and implemented a three-level administrative system locally.China is the prefectures, counties, Japan is the country, the country is the highest level of local administrative institutions.From then on, the Heike family came to Shangzong country.

After Gaowang Wang became the Secretary of the Shangzong State, his name was changed to Ping Gaowang, and he became a wealthy family in the Shangzong area.He has seven sons, of which the eldest son and the third son have the highest status. They have all served as generals of the Mutsu tutelary government in Japan, which is equivalent to the senior officials in northern Japan.His eldest son gave birth to a son named Ping Zhensheng, and his third son gave birth to a son named Ping Jiangmen.These two young masters are not only descendants of the royal family, but also descendants of generals, who are proficient in horseback riding and archery.Ping Jiangmen is even more brave. It is said that his whole body is as invulnerable as steel, and he is a character who is not afraid of anything.

Although these two brothers are both from the Heira family, they have a bright complex. Both of them are excellent and outstanding, so they are jealous of each other and cannot tolerate each other.Later, both of them went to the capital to find official positions.Ping Zhensheng was well-versed in the camp, and became a Zuo Mayun of the seventh rank, responsible for raising and training royal horses for the royal family, which was equivalent to Bi Mawen.But when Ping turned his back on the door and was about to become an official, his father died.

At that time, Japan had been transformed into a Tang Dynasty, and after the death of his father, he had to go home to observe his filial piety, just like our China.Ping Jiangmen had no choice but to return to his hometown in Shangzong to observe his filial piety.In this way, his way to become an official will be interrupted.After returning home to take care of his father's funeral, he inherited his father's inheritance and his father's power in the local area. In addition, he had been the entourage of the Taizheng Minister in the court for a few days, so he became a local tyrant. .

But in his territory there is also a wealthy family, Yuanhu.This Yuanhu happened to be Ping Jiangmen's opponent—the grandfather of his cousin Ping Zhensheng.Originally, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, not to mention that Yuan Hu belongs to the enemy, so Ping Jiangmen is very upset when he looks after Yuan Hu.He got into a fight with Yuanhu over the issue of land inheritance and competing for a maid.

Ping Jiangmen's uncle, Ping Guoxiang, is Yuanhu's son-in-law, and he is very angry with his fierce nephew. He decides to teach him a lesson, and personally leads troops to unite with Yuanhu, preparing to attack Pingjiangmen.Unexpectedly, Ping Jiangmen was very fierce and extremely brave. He took the lead and swung his sword, killing Yuanhu and Heping Guoxiang's coalition forces to pieces.This guy was originally a natural bastard, he didn't recognize his relatives, and he started to kill in the scuffle, killing his uncle Ping Guoxiang and Yuanhu's three sons, and burning more than [-] families in Yuanhu's territory to a piece of white ground.

At that time, Ping Liangmen's second uncle, Ping Liang, was also an official under the General Secretary of the State Council. He was in charge of local security.Fortunately, Ping Liang and his legs were fast, escaped Ping Jiangmen's pursuit, and fled back to his territory in a short time.

When Pingliang returned to the territory, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he wrote a petition to the court to sue Pingjiangmen.

Self-proclaimed Emperor

After the imperial court in Ping'an capital received this letter of pleadings, it ordered Yuanhu Heping to come to the capital to confront him.

Ping Jiangmen, a martial artist, did not dare to disobey the imperial court's will. When he arrived in Kyoto, he was overwhelmed by the majesty of the imperial court and trembling with fear.Unexpectedly, it was just in time for Emperor Suzaku's coming-of-age ceremony, so he was not held accountable and was pardoned to return home.Moreover, when he was in the capital, many ministers and ministers in the court boasted of his bravery: You are really good, and his military strength is stronger than yours, yet you even slaughtered your uncle and the three sons of your opponent.

Not only did Ping Jiangmen, who was terrified, not receive any punishment, he was also praised by Wu Yong, and he was even more proud.His second uncle Ping Liang and his cousin Ping Zhensheng originally thought that Ping Jiangmen would be punished by the court when he arrived in Kyoto, but he didn't expect that he had nothing to do and would return to the Eastern Kingdom swaggeringly.The two were very angry and decided to kill Ping Jiangmen on the way back.Unexpectedly, Ping Jiangmen was born with supernatural powers and extraordinary martial arts. Under the siege of his second uncle and first cousin, he broke through a bloody path and escaped unscathed. Fight to the death with big cousin.

In order to avenge the sneak attack, Ping Jiangmen took the lead in this battle and rushed into the enemy camp like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. He was overwhelming and won a complete victory.

Ping Zhensheng felt that he and his second uncle could not solve Ping Jiangmen alone, but he had to avenge his father's killing, so he had to go to Beijing again to sue the court.Ping Zhen prevailed halfway, and was intercepted by Ping Jiangmen, and more than 100 knights under him were all wiped out.Fortunately, Ping Zhensheng's martial arts is quite strong, so he escaped alone.

When Ping Zhensheng arrived in Kyoto, he complained to the imperial court about Ping Jiangmen's evil deeds. The imperial court gave him a military talisman and asked him to go to the local area to recruit soldiers and horses to conquer Ping Jiangmen.But what I never expected was that at this time, the governors of the five Kanto kingdoms were overwhelmed by Ping Jiangmen's majesty, and they didn't dare to crusade Ping Jiangmen at all. Instead, they wrote to the court to speak well of Ping Jiangmen.Seeing that there is no way for revenge, and the second uncle Pingliang died of sorrow and hatred, Ping Zhensheng could only hide and wait for the opportunity.

At this time, General Ping was full of ambition, seeing that the imperial court had nothing to do with me, and the five countries in the Kanto region listened to me, and his ambition became bigger and bigger.He defended the powerful people in the Hitachi area that the imperial court wanted to capture, so the governor of Hitachi, Fujiwara Weiji, led an army of [-] people to hunt them down, but he beat them to pieces, and even Fujiwara Weiji was captured alive.This battle of Ping Jiangmen showed his prestige and prestige, and he succeeded for a while, but the nature changed. This was no longer a private fight, but an open rebellion against the court.

When Ping Jiangmen saw that a big mistake had already been made, he simply didn't do it, and went on and on, and simply reversed it.After officially launching the anti-flag, Hira Shomon shifted from Hitachi to attack Shimono country, and then attacked Ueno country. For a while, he was very unhappy.He had a big banquet for the generals in the official hall of Ueno Kokusi. During the banquet, no one was paying attention. A witch broke in suddenly. When he walked to the seat of Heira Shomon, he began to tremble all over, and then fell to the ground unconscious.

Ping Jiangmen and the generals looked at each other, what's the matter with this girl?At this time, the witch stood up and said: I am the divine envoy of the Great Bodhisattva Hachiman, and I pass on the edict on behalf of the Great Bodhisattva. The right minister, Michizane Sugawara, was the commander in chief, commanding [-] troops to help level the gate.

Sugawara Michizane was a famous Confucian official, he was an upright official and was deeply loved by the common people.In the era of Emperor Uta, in order to counter the Fujiwara clan, the emperor's nephew who practiced sekiguan politics, the emperor held important positions for Michizane, but Michizane became a thorn in the side of the Fujiwara clan, and was eventually framed and exiled to death.Shortly after his death, major disasters such as solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, comets, earthquakes, thunderstorms, droughts, heavy rains, fires, and diseases broke out one after another.Immediately afterwards, Fujiwara Shihei, the mastermind who framed him, died, and Fujiwara Kiyokan was also struck to death by lightning in Qingliangdian.In a word, all those who participated in the frame-up of Michizane Sugawara did not end well. They were either killed by lightning while traveling, or died of sudden illness for no reason.

People at the time believed that all of this was caused by the curse of Sugawara Michizane's vengeful spirit. Therefore, Sugawara Michizane was also listed as the first of the four major vengeful spirits in Japan.Later, Japan regarded Sugawara Michizane as the god of thunder and the god of learning.To this day, Sugawara Michizane Tenmangu is worshiped all over Japan. At the beginning of each year, students come to pray for Michizane to bless the exams.

Hearing the witch's words, Hirashomon and the generals thought that Fujiwara Tadapei, the grand minister who controls the court today, was the one who framed Sugawara Michizane Fujiwara, so they all believed it.All the generals present paid homage to Ping Jiangmen and elected him as the new emperor.

Ping Jiangmen was very happy, and he called himself the new emperor, set up civil and military officials in the same way as the Kyoto court, appointed all his brothers, uncles and nephews as ministers, and then led the army to the west, preparing to overthrow the emperor's regime and change the dynasty.

Wraith haunting is very strange

Due to the sudden incident, Fujiwara Tadahei, who was the regent at the time, and the little emperor Suzaku were frightened out of their wits.Japan hasn't fought a war for decades, Wen Tian and Wu Xi, now there is such a thorny head as Ping Jiangmen, and the army is marching towards Kyoto, what should we do?The imperial court quickly appointed Hirashomon's deadly rival, Hirashomon, and invited an old counselor, 67-year-old Fujiwara Tadafumi, to worship him as the Great General Zhengdong to fight against Hirashomen.

At this time, Ping Zhensheng was still living in Dongguo, hiding everywhere, for fear of falling into the hands of Ping Jiangmen.Ping Zhen was overjoyed to receive the imperial edict to crusade against Ping Jiangmen, and she had waited until today.Ping Zhensheng was eager for revenge, and soon contacted Fujiwara Hidesato in Shimono country, summoned people to attack Ping Shomon's troops, and launched a guerrilla war.

In the third year of Suzaku Emperor Tianqing (940), the troops of Hira Sadamori and Fujiwara Hidesato fought with Hirashomon's troops.Ping Jiangmen's troops went well at first, because the wind was blowing against each other.Following the wind, Hira Shomon's troops slashed and killed the coalition forces of Hira Sadamori and Fujiwara Hidesato as if adding thousands of troops.Just as Ping was killing the goal smoothly, the wind direction suddenly changed.Although the wind was still blowing, sand and rocks were flying, but now it was Ping Jiangmen's turn to complain, and the advantage just now turned into a disadvantage.

Ping Zhensheng turned his horse's head in the rout and counterattacked Ping Jiangmen.From a distance, Ping Zhensheng saw Ping Jiangmen riding alone in front of him, with a bow and arrow, and an arrow shot, which hit Ping Jiangmen's door.Ping Jiangmen fell from the horse in response to the string, and Fujiwara Xiuxiang rushed to make up for it, and took Ping Jiangmen's head.Ping Jiangmen's new emperor's dream only lasted for more than 70 days, shorter than Yuan Shikai's.The crusade army headed by Fujiwara Tadafumi, who set out from Kyoto, received the news that Taira Shomon had been headed before entering the battlefield.

But after killing Hirashomon, Hirasamori and Fujiwara Hidego encountered a very strange thing that night. The soldiers guarding Herashomon's body came to report that Hirashomon's body was gone.When Hirasamori and Fujiwara Hidego went to see the head of Hirashomon who was on display to the public, the head of Hirashomon suddenly opened his eyes, laughed at the two of them, and said that you just chopped off my head, don't be complacent, I will not die like this, I will curse your descendants forever, and then someone will seek revenge on you.

The two looked at each other in shock.The head of Taira Shomon was couriered to Kyoto, where it was presented to Emperor Suzaku Ryumo.His head was packed in a wooden box. As soon as the wooden box was opened, the emperor and the civil and military ministers were paralyzed with fright, and the timid ones were so frightened that they became incontinent. Why?Because the leader of Ping Jiangmen in the wooden box had an angry expression on his face, his eyes were open, and the sound of teeth clenching and creaking came out of his mouth.

What is even more frightening is that Fujiwara Tadahei ordered people to take the head of Herashomon to the public in Kyoto. Within a few days, Kyoto began to be haunted. Yes, they were sick when they went back, and some people said they heard loud laughter from Ping Jiangmen's head.

Half a month later, one day, when many people were watching the head of Heirashomon, the head suddenly let out a roar, flew into the sky, and flew eastward, as if it was going to meet his body, and finally flew to Musashi The bird of the country landed nearby.

In order to appease the ghosts of Herashomon, the imperial court established the head mound of Herashomon in Otemachi, Chiyoda District, Tokyo today.Hundreds of years later, when the Tokugawa clan entered Edo Castle, they restored and rebuilt the Kanda Myojin Shrine in Edo's Kanda to worship Herashomon.

It is said that even after a thousand years, the ghost of Ping Jiangmen is still appearing.At the beginning of the Meiji period, the capital was moved to Tokyo, and the Musashi Kingdom was already within the scope of Tokyo at this time. The Emperor Meiji also admitted that the shrine offering sacrifices to Tairashomon was recognized and respected by the royal family.But later, the head mound of the Heijiang Gate was demolished, and the government office of the Ministry of Finance was built on it, and many officials who lived in the government hall died inexplicably.

Until the victory of World War II and Japan's surrender, the U.S. military headquarters in Tokyo happened to be located near the first mound of Taira Shomon.At that time, the U.S. military took a fancy to this ruin and planned to expand the headquarters in this place. The workers who operated the bulldozers and excavators suddenly died suddenly, and the U.S. military officer who directed the project also died suddenly in his residence two kilometers away. The commander had a car accident the next day.The old Tokyoites remembered the legendary haunting of Hera Shomon's grievances, which even alarmed the top U.S. military, and eventually had to cancel the plan to start construction here.

Later, a non-governmental organization in Tokyo bought the land, rebuilt the first tomb of Heirashomon, and held a memorial ceremony.In the late Showa era, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Japan funded the restoration of the first tomb of the Heirasho Gate.Until now, there are still some stories about Heirashomon's wraith haunting in Tokyo, Japan.

Although Hei Shomon is known as the number one villain in Japan, his deeds have been passed down for more than 1000 years, leaving many stories that are unclear.

(End of this chapter)