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

Chapter 19
After the shock had calmed down for a while, the warriors of the Heike family realized that there were no more than a hundred Yuan troops who had come to provoke them.It's a pity that the leader of the Hera family, Hei Zongsheng, is very timid. He thinks that the few troops brought by Yoshitsune are just the vanguard, and he wants to implement a strategy to lure the enemy.So even though Yoshitsune saw that there were only about a hundred people, he didn't dare to let the Heike warriors go ashore to fight the Yuan army.But he was unwilling to be humiliated by the Yuan family, what should he do?He sent a small boat, and a beautiful woman was sitting in the boat, holding a folding fan with a red bottom, and a golden sun was drawn on the fan.What does that mean?Just challenge Yoshitsune Minamoto, if you are awesome, just shoot the sun on this fan.

At that time, the distance between the two sides was about 100 meters. In addition, the sea was turbulent, the target was small, and the distance was long. After the arrow was shot, it would be blown away by the sea breeze.If the Yuan army was inaccurate, the Ping army would regain some face and boost their morale.

How could Minamoto Yoshitsune endure such an insult?Immediately summon the sharpshooters and see who can shoot this fan down.At that time, someone recommended a warrior named Nasu Yoichi, but he was not sure, so he rode his horse and ran a few steps into the sea. When he was 80 meters away from the target, taking advantage of the weak wind, he drew out his long arrow and drew his hard bow. When the arrow hit, the fan flew away.

The fan flew up and fell into the sea, and the Genji warriors immediately let out a cry of victory.The Heike samurai was greatly frustrated.Nasu and Yoichi hit the arrows one by one, and when they were excited, they shot a Heike warrior to death with another arrow.This angered the Ping's family, and they rushed to the beach from the boat.The Heike samurai could only fight on foot after reaching the beach. The sand on the beach was soft, one foot deep and one foot shallow. They fought against the Genji cavalry, and they were obviously at a disadvantage, so they had to retreat to the sea again.

Seeing that victory was hopeless, Ping Zongsheng had no choice but to order a retreat and abandon Yashima.The Shikoku area was pacified by Minamoto Yoshitsune.

Yashima is defeated, and the Heike family has become a lost dog.After Minamoto Yoshitsune and Minamoto Lai joined forces, they encircled the last stronghold of the Heira family, preparing to fight to the death, ending decades of grievances between the Genheira family.

The Heike regime collapsed
The location of the decisive battle was Tanpu, which is today's Shimonoseki in Japan.

Before the start of the decisive battle, Kajihara Kagetoki, the supervisor sent by Minamoto Yoritomo, applied to take the lead, but Minamoto Yoshitsune refused and wanted to take the lead himself, and the two quarreled more and more fiercely.Before the war broke out, the chief general and the supervising army were about to fight. Fortunately, the surrounding warriors persuaded them so that the two did not fight.

The Gen army had an advantage in strength, and as soon as the battle broke out, Yoshitsune ordered to shoot and kill the boatman and helmsman on the Heike warship, making the enemy ship immobile.This style of play is very normal today, but it was very inconsistent with the rules of war in Japan at the time.Because the boatman and helmsman are not sailors, but non-combatants invited to help row the boat, non-combatants cannot be killed on the battlefield.Yoshitsune broke the rules, regardless of 21 [-], as long as it helps to win, he did it.

Soon, the sailors on the Heike warship were shot down by Genji warriors one by one, and the Heike warship lost control.In addition, the direction of the water flow changed at this time, which was not conducive to the Heike family, and the Heike army retreated steadily.Seeing that the situation was over, the chief general Hirachimori came to the imperial boat where Hirakiyomori's wife and Emperor Antoku were sitting and said: "It seems that the situation is over, and those who are bound to be victims should let them jump into the sea and commit suicide." Yasaka Qionggoudama, one of the artifacts, was tucked under his ribs, with a Kusanagi sword stuck in his waist, and hugged the eight-year-old Emperor Andoku.She told the little emperor: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid, the sea under the rough sea also has our magnificent imperial capital." Then she threw herself into the sea.This scene is very similar to what happened in China 94 years later, when Lu Xiufu committed suicide by carrying the young emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty on his back.

Emperor Antoku's mother, Hiratokuko, also threw herself into the sea, but was dragged up by the Genji samurai by the hair with a hook and saved her life.Another noble lady of the Heike family wanted to jump into the sea holding the Yata mirror, one of the three artifacts, but was stopped by Genji soldiers and snatched the Yata mirror.

Among the samurai of the Heike family, the most respectable ones threw themselves into the sea one after another.Unwilling to commit suicide, the Heike decided to make a last-ditch fight against Heikyotsune, brandishing a broadsword and jumping onto Genji's boat, slashing at anyone wearing luxurious armor, and went straight to kill Minamoto Yoshitsune.Minamoto Yoshitsune was forced to jump from one boat to another, jumping a total of eight boats in a row, before avoiding the fight of Pingjiaojing's death.Seeing that he couldn't catch up with Genyoshitsu, Hiraosuke grabbed a Genji warrior with one hand, jumped into the rolling waves, and died together with the enemy.

The commander-in-chief of the Hera family in this battle, the son of Taira Kiyomori, put on two sets of armor, jumped into the waves, and soon sank in the sea.The patriarch of the Heike family, Hei Zongsheng, was afraid of throwing himself into the sea, and together with his son Hei Qingzong, he became a prisoner of Minamoto Yoshitsune, and was taken to Kyoto to parade in the streets.Thinking back when they lived their lives in heaven and earth in Kyoto, now they are prisoners and "travel" in their hometown again, and they are full of emotions in their hearts!Later, Heimong Mori and his son were escorted to Kamakura, Minamoto Yoritomo received the defeated general as a victor.In front of Minamoto Yoshitomo, Heimong lost all his dignity, humbled himself, and begged for his life, but Minamoto Yoshitomo was cruel and merciless, and he would never make the mistakes that Taira Kiyomori made back then.If Ping Qingsheng didn't let him go back then, how could the Ping family have what it is today?Ping Zongsheng was beheaded on the spot, the eldest son Ping Qingzong, and the youngest son Ping Nengzong were also executed, and the Ping family line was cut off.

Since the Heiji Rebellion, the Heike samurai regime that had ruled Japan for more than 20 years was wiped out in the flames of war at Tanura.

The bell of Gion Abode has the sound of impermanence.The color of the double sala trees is the truth that those who are prosperous must decline.Those who are extravagant cannot last long, just like a dream on a spring night.The strong will fall like the dust before the wind.

The poem at the beginning of "The Tale of the Heike" has been sung by the Japanese for thousands of years, and it tells more than just the ephemerality of the Heike clan.

Three artifacts that no one has ever seen
As mentioned earlier, every time the Ping family fled, they fled with the emperor and three artifacts.So what are these three artifacts?Why is it so sacred in Japan?

The three artifacts refer to Yata mirror, Kusanagi sword and Yasaka Qionggou jade, referred to as sword, mirror and jade.It's a bit like the nine tripods cast by China's Dayu when he ruled the world for Kyushu, and became a symbol of royal power passed down from generation to generation in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.Back then when the state of Chu was powerful, King Zhuang of Chu sent people to ask for the importance of the crown, expressing his ambition to replace it, and left behind the idiom "Aspire to the Central Plains".China's Jiuding was lost until the end of Qin Dynasty, while Japanese swords, mirrors, and jade have been handed down to this day.

According to the records of the ancient Japanese book "Kojiki", the sun god Amaterasu hid in the Tianyan house, and the universe lost the sun.In order to lure her out, a great god made a Yata mirror with iron from Tianjin Mountain, and irradiated it to Amaterasu, and the god's body was reflected in the mirror.Since the figure of Amaterasu appeared in the mirror, her soul was stored in the mirror, and the Yata mirror became the divine body of Amaterasu, which is the most noble treasure among the three artifacts.

When Amaterasu God sent his grandson Qiongqiongchuzun to the world to rule Japan, he handed the Yata mirror to Qiongqiongchuzun, and the mirror fell into the world from then on until the tenth emperor Chongshen.Since then, the Yata Mirror has become a symbol to replace the divine body of Amaterasu. The real product is enshrined in the Ise Shrine, and the replica is placed in the imperial palace.When the emperors of all dynasties succeeded to the throne, the mirrors they used were fake versions.

What exactly is Yata Mirror?According to the records in ancient books, the diameter is two feet, and the inner diameter is one foot, six inches and three inches, about 49 centimeters.But no one has ever seen this mirror. The body of the mirror is not allowed to be seen until today, even the priests in the shrine are not allowed to look at it. It is said that those who peek at it will lose their eyes.The mirror box of the Yata Mirror is replaced once a year, but it is done in the middle of the night. The replacement must close his eyes and work in the dark, making it look like a godsend and sneaky.

Another artifact, the Kusanagi sword, is when Susanoo, the younger brother of Amaterasu God, came to the world, and met a beautiful girl who called for help, saying that there was a big snake that would eat a beautiful girl every year, and it was her turn this year up.Susanoo ordered the hero to save the beauty and killed the big snake.When slaying the snake, a sword fell out from the tail of the snake, and Susanoo Komiko dedicated the sword to his sister Amaterasu.

Later, when the grandson came to the world, this sword was brought to the world, and it was enshrined in the Atsuta Shrine when the No.12 Emperor Jingxing was born.Like the magic mirror, no one has seen the true face of the sword.It is said that during the period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Omiyaji of Atsuta Shrine and other priests peeped at the Kusanagi sword out of curiosity. Soon these people died one after another, and only one person survived, recording the physical characteristics of the sword.According to him, the Kusanagi sword has a total length of 85 cm. The handle is engraved with the spine of a fish. The central part of the blade is thicker. The entire Kusanagi sword is shaped like a calamus leaf and is white. It should belong to a cupronickel sword.

As for Yasaka Qionggouyu, it is said that when Amaterasu was in the Tianyan House, 800 million gods ordered Yuzu to make it. It is shaped like animal teeth and a human heart, so it is called Yasaka Qionggouyu.Ban means scale, which means the size of jade.

According to the diary records of Japan's No.90 Five Dynasties Garden Emperor, Gouyu has a deep relationship with the Japanese royal family and has been stored in the Japanese imperial palace.The wooden box where the Gouyu is placed is locked, wrapped in green silk, and purple ribbons are tied at the four corners.If the green silk wrapping the wooden box is old and cannot be replaced, a new piece of silk must be used to cover the old silk again.When the wooden box is placed, it is absolutely not allowed to tilt.

It is said that Japan's No.60 Emperor Reisen of the third generation is the one who set fires everywhere insanely.When he untied the ribbon, a puff of white smoke suddenly came out of the wooden box that wrapped Gouyu, which frightened the lunatic Emperor into a panic, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​peeking at Gouyu.

After Emperor Shenmu succeeded to the throne, the three kinds of artifacts, as Japan's national treasures, were first stored in the palace. Later, the mirror was transferred to Ise Shrine for preservation, and the sword was stored in Atsuta Shrine. Only the real body of jade in the palace .In the era of Emperor Chongshen, the god mirror and sword were copied and stored in the imperial palace together with real jade.

When the Hera family fled Kyoto, they took all three artifacts with them.The succession of Emperor Toba was a ceremony held without the three artifacts, which was the first time in the Japanese imperial family.

In the Tanura naval battle, the entire Heira family was wiped out. Kiyomori's wife jumped into the sea holding the eight-year-old Emperor Andoku and three artifacts, in order to prevent the artifacts from falling into the hands of Genji, so that Emperor Gotoba, who was supported by Genji, was not legal. sex.But after the jade box fell into the sea, due to the effect of buoyancy, it floated on the sea surface and was picked up by Genji's army.The magic mirror was also salvaged out of sea, only the sword disappeared.The weight of the sword itself is not light, and with the weight of the scabbard, it may sink directly to the bottom of the sea once it enters the sea.Although the Yuan family spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and conducted a long-term search, they had no choice but to find a needle in a haystack, which was not easy.

The Celestial Royal didn't give up the search for the sword until 1189, four years after the Battle of Tanpo.Since then, the real body of Excalibur has disappeared.One of the three artifacts is missing, and the Heavenly Royal Family has encountered very serious problems. How will the descendants of the Emperor succeed to the throne?In desperation, the imperial court had no choice but to decide to use the throne sword placed next to the emperor's throne as a substitute for the Kusanagi sword.

In the past, when the imperial court held ceremonies, the sword came first and the jade came second.After the sword is lost, it becomes jade first and sword second.

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