Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Even if we take Takemikazuchi into battle, we can only wait until next year.

Left with no other option, Emperor Toba dispatched a diplomatic envoy.

Moreover, they were traveling by sea to Mingzhou (Ningbo).

I plan to go to Kaifeng to have a proper discussion about this matter.

Kyoto region of Japan

Rumors and gossip spread.

Many samurai and peasant soldiers who escaped back,

Let each use their imagination.

The details of the battle were distorted and exaggerated over time.

The Ming soldiers of Iwami Province

They all became demons.

Feeding on the hearts and livers of young boys and girls...

Chapter 3232 Selection of the Envoy

Because of the competition for the position of the chief envoy to visit the Ming Dynasty,

Between Japan's old and new capitals

A chaotic battle suddenly broke out.

A massive battle erupts between mountain monks, temple monks, and Nara monks!

It may have come from the tradition of the Japanese envoys to Tang China.

Japanese diplomatic mission to China

Generally, monks are selected to participate.

Moreover, monks often served as the nominal chief envoy.

Now, which monk should be appointed as the chief envoy?

Neither the Emperor Emeritus nor the Emperor have the final say.

Disputes must be resolved by force.

Mountain monks and temple monks,

All come from Mount Hiei.

The relationship between the two,

It can be understood as the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect.

They would fight over a single disagreement, even brawling in the streets of Beijing.

The Nara monks were no less impressive.

Their territory was in the old capital, Nara.

Not only is it powerful,

Moreover, the Fujiwara clan was also supporting them.

All three factions possessed manor territories.

And they're quite close together.

Whenever a dispute arises on the territory

The monks were too lazy to debate scriptures.

They directly sent monk soldiers to reason with them.

Emperor Shirakawa once lamented:

"The waters of the Kamo River (natural disaster), the dice of Sugoroku (fortune), the monks of Mount Hiei (Buddhist monks),"

"None of these things can be done as I wish."

In the eyes of Emperor Shirakawa,

Those monks are as uncontrollable as natural disasters and fortune.

After a fierce battle that resulted in 6 dead and 283 wounded,

The final list of monks to visit the Ming Dynasty was released.

Monk Yuanxin (a temple monk) served as the chief envoy, while monks Zhaojue (a mountain monk) and Liangran (a Nara monk) accompanied the group.

The deputy envoy who was truly in charge of the negotiations,

However, it was the magistrate of the Shikibu, Oe Koreyoshi.

This position,

It is somewhat similar to the temporary acting Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in the Ming Dynasty.

His deceased biological father was named Masafusa Oe.

Not only great Confucian scholars, poets, and song immortals,

He was also the last military strategist of the Heian period.

They advocate against blindly copying "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

We should proceed from the actual situation in Japan.

For example, Sun Tzu said,

In warfare, one should use unconventional tactics to achieve victory, and conventional tactics to achieve victory.

Oe Masafusa said

Don't talk about these things in Japan.

Just be sure to know when to advance and when to retreat.

Then, disregarding etiquette and moral principles, they simply charged straight at him!

This is Oe Kuangfang,

He left behind many works.

There are serious books on history, literature, military affairs, and fashion.

There are also miscellaneous books that record famous courtesans, eminent monks, Yin-Yang masters, puppeteers, and Taoist practices for health and longevity.

He even wrote novels.

The story tells of a nine-tailed fox transforming into a beautiful woman.

The image of Tamamo-no-Mae is mostly derived from this.

Oh, and there's also a book called "The Record of Tribute to the Kingdom of Ma".

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Iwami Kunijo.

Zhao Xiaozhong stared at Yuan Sheng kneeling before him and questioned him:

"Many heavily armored samurai were captured this time,"

"I asked them to name the silver mines in Japan."

"One of them is surnamed Dajiang,"

"They say there are silver mines on Tsushima Island,"

"He also said that he had read a book called 'The Tale of the Tribute to Tsushima'."

"What about the silver mines on Tsushima Island?"

Yuan Sheng noticed Zhao Xiaozhong's displeased expression:

"How could Tsushima Island possibly be part of Tsushima Province?"

"This book is completely nonsensical."

"There are indeed silver mines on the island,"

"But it was all mined out long ago."

"Back when the silver mines were booming,"

"There are even temples and monks on the island."

"These things disappeared when I was a child."

Zhao Xiaozhong thought about it carefully,

I feel that Yuansheng was not lying.

Because this guy is dirt poor.

Chapter 3233 Prospecting Technology

However, given Japan's abysmal mineral exploration and smelting technologies,

Zhao Xiaozhong planned to send the experienced prospecting expert to Tsushima Island to give it a try.

One month later,

They actually found a silver mine on Tsushima Island.

And it's right in the old silver mine area.

Yuansheng said that the harvest was finished.

It's purely due to insufficient smelting technology.

It's just a simple dust removal method.

It already existed in the Tang Dynasty.

And Japan has also adopted this approach.

However, the ash-blowing method was improved several times during the Song Dynasty.

The technology Japan learned, however, stagnated.

That experienced prospector,

Even in the waste ore of Tsushima Island,

They discovered many ores that could be used to refine silver.

A violent thing!

In the first year that Zhao Xiaozhong was ordered to go to sea,

They exceeded their targets.

He not only discovered the Iwami Silver Mine,

Furthermore, a silver mine was discovered on Tsushima Island.

.....

There were three ancient sea routes between China and Japan.

Suitable sea routes for departing from Japan in winter.

It is a route from the Ryukyu Islands to Fujian, China.

Japanese delegation,

After arriving in Fujian in winter

Because of headwinds and currents, it is impossible to travel by sea.

So, under the arrangement of Fujian officials,