Wakoku, Asuka Mahara, Faxing Temple, a grand ceremony is underway, this Buddhist temple that has just been built, now ushered in a noble gift, that is the Central Plains sea ship is not afraid of the stormy waves, across the sea to send a body of Buddha statue. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the Wa Kingdom, the Buddha statue is precious, and this Buddha statue cannot be measured by any value, because this is a Buddha statue carved from Qimu Zhan sandalwood.

If you come to carve a body of the Buddha statue, the light seat is three feet five inches high, the whole body is fragrant, the Buddha statue goes, the fragrance lasts for a long time.

The minister Soga Mako, on the orders of the king of the Wa Kingdom, personally went to Nambatsu to greet the Buddha statue, and then escorted the Buddha statue all the way to Hoheungji Temple in Asuka Mahara, and the crowd of spectators along the way.

Even if it is not for the Buddha statue, it is also for the strange incense, sandalwood (sandalwood) is worth a thousand gold in the Wa country, and a piece of sandalwood that exudes fragrance can be exchanged for gold of the same size.

This is still priceless, not to mention a Buddha statue carved from sandalwood, which is more valuable than a gold Buddha statue of the same volume.

In the main hall, the ritual is going on, the minister Su I Mazi, in the chanting of the sound of the court officials led the court officials to salute the Buddha statue, the side hall, the saddle village lord Sima Da and his son Sima Nai, excitedly talking with a person.

"The Buddha statue sent by the noble envoy is too valuable, and I don't know how to thank King Xiyang for his kindness."

"Village Master Sima, this Buddha statue is a little bit of the heart of the king of my family, and I wish the village master a smooth sailing in the propagation of the Dharma in the Wa Kingdom."

"Cheng Xiyang Wang Jiyan, Cheng Xiyang Wang Jiyan!"

Sima Da and the others were a little trembling with excitement, he had been in the Wa Kingdom for decades, running around in order to promote Buddhism, and now it was easy to survive until the situation became favorable, and suddenly arrived at Hakata's three sea ships, bringing exciting gifts.

It is a gift sent by the Central Plains Zhou State Sect and Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen, and the most valuable thing is the Zhantan Buddha statue, which just brings supreme glory to the newly completed Faxing Temple.

Such a priceless treasure, even the king of the Wa Kingdom was moved, if it weren't for the etiquette, now the one who led the officials to salute in the main hall would not be the minister Su I Mazi.

"A certain returned from the Central Plains last year, when it was known that the Zhou State was about to recover its homeland, and now Yuwen Huangzhou was named the king of Xiyang, which is really gratifying, and now your envoy has been ordered to send this priceless Buddha statue, it is really... They don't know how to reciprocate. ”

"Sima Village Master, the return gift can be waived, before leaving, the king told him not to receive a penny in return, otherwise it will be difficult to explain if he goes back."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yu was not hypocritical: "The king attaches great importance to the things he said before, and he also asked the village master Sima to say a few more kind words in front of the minister." ”

"How dare you dare, the wish of the King of Xiyang, the Minister of Su and I have no objection, after the Dharma is over, the minister will receive the envoy, and there will be no problems with those few things."

"That's fine, and it's not in vain for me to wait."

Zhang Yu turned to the side of the room to rest for a while, he didn't expect that he would really arrive alive in the country of Wa, from the Yangtze River estuary into the sea, maintaining the same latitude all the way to the east, nine days later actually arrived at a big island.

Sailing north along the edge of this large island, we came to Hakata Port, the port of the Japanese country where I had been in the past, and after some twists and turns, I got in touch with the owner of Kurasaku Village, Sima Da, and other people who stayed in the area.

Knowing that he was carrying valuable gifts, the local officials did not dare to slack off, and while sending people to the capital to spread the news, they arranged for them to stay in Hakata. Zhang Yu naturally did not land, took people to guard the ship, and learned about the situation of the Japanese state from the other party when he was bored.

Regardless of whether you don't know, you are shocked when you ask, and the situation in the Japanese Kingdom has undergone decisive changes, just like the situation in the Central Plains.

The political forces in the imperial court of the Japanese kingdom were divided into two factions, one was the old aristocracy headed by the Monobe clan, and the other was the new aristocracy headed by the Su I clan.

Three years ago, the death of King Minda of the Wa Kingdom, at the funeral, the minister Su I Mazi read the eulogy, which was satirized by the Dalian Monobe Moriya as "like a bird in the arrow", when it was the turn of the Monobe Moriya to read the eulogy, Su I Mazi sarcastically hung a bell on his body, that is, ironically his body shaking.

The two and the forces behind them have become incompatible, and the prince who succeeded to the throne was born by the sister of Soga Mako, Suga, and his half-brother Prince Anahobe was not convinced, and colluded with Monobe Moriya.

Later, when the new king fell ill and wanted to believe in Buddhism to dispel disasters and convene his ministers to discuss, the old nobles such as Monobe Moriya strongly opposed it, but the Soga Mako, who advocated worshipping Buddha, was powerful and could only bow down.

Not long after the new king died of illness, the monobe moriya intended to have a "brother and brother", and supported the prince of the cave to ascend the throne, and Su I Mazi "obtained" the edict of his niece, the queen of King Minda, and attacked first, and sent someone to kill the prince of the cave and the prince who intended to make trouble.

At this point, only war can solve the problem, and the outbreak of the Japanese Civil War in June last year led to a decisive battle between the Soga clan and the Monobe clan, which ended with the coalition army commanded by the Soga clan breaking through the old nest of the Monobe clan.

The Monobe clan perished, the Soga clan won a complete victory, and Soga Mako supported another prince to succeed him, and his power became more and more powerful.

He eliminated political opponents to control the government, and finally could display his ambitions, one of which was to promote Buddhism, and Zhang Yu's arrival can be said to be at the right time, and the incomparably noble Zhantan Buddha statue opened the curtain of the promotion of Buddhism in the Wa Kingdom.

"Lieutenant Zhang, my subordinates have something I want to ask." The companion on the side asked, and Zhang Yu nodded and signaled to continue.

"This minister of the Wa Kingdom seems to be already a powerful minister?"

"That is, just like my country's Prime Minister Wei Chi, he holds the power of the imperial court, and one person is above ten thousand people."

"So, uh..." The companion leaned over and whispered in Zhang Yu's ear: "Could it be that Minister Su and I will be in the future... Become the king of the Japanese kingdom? ”

Zhang Yu said with a straight face: "You can't talk nonsense about this, the affairs of the Japanese country have nothing to do with us, and you don't have to talk about it in private, if something happens, it won't be good." ”

"Of course, my subordinates know the seriousness of the matter, but the king asked us to know about the affairs of the Japanese kingdom, so I asked this question."

"In a few days, the village master Sima will carefully explain the national conditions of the Japanese country, and we will first understand the general situation before we can ask questions, otherwise this newcomer will not know what to ask if he wants to ask."

The companion's question continued: "I don't think I will reveal such a secret as the national situation, right?" True or false, I am afraid that it will be deliberately misleading. ”

"How else do you want to?" Zhang Yu laughed, and before leaving, Yuwenwen gave the bottom and asked him to inquire about the situation of the Wa Kingdom, but he didn't need to be too careful, just roughly figure it out.

For example, Tsukushi Oshima, where Hakata Port is located, is probably what is the situation today; The lineage of the great king of the Wa Kingdom, which is probably the reigning king; There were probably several vassal states under the rule of the Wa Kingdom, and so on.

This kind of question is suspected of spying on the national situation, Zhang Yu did not plan to be sneaky, but directly asked Sima Da and others, and the reason was also high-sounding: In the future, if the king of Xiyang wants to promote the imperial court to send angels to visit the Wa Kingdom, he must first explain the brief situation of the Wa State to the emperor, right?

If you don't know anything, you won't know anything, and you will be considered to have ulterior motives, and you will collude with people inside and outside to find a small island to lie about the Japanese country and deceive the court of property.

This is Yangmou, I can't help but say that the other party doesn't say it, of course, I don't know how much is true or how much is false, but Zhang Yu doesn't care, because the focus of Lord Lang is not on this.

"Has the pigeon been released?" Zhang Yu asked, this is the only way for him to send news to China, although he does not have much hope for the success rate.

"Let it go, Xiyang's, and Jiankang's have all been released, but I don't know if I can fly back, alas, I'm afraid it's not less than thousands of miles from the Wa Kingdom to Xiyang, and the pigeons can really fly back?"

"Who knows? At least Jiankang is closer, as long as you avoid birds of prey and storms, you can arrive safely. ”

The flying pigeon passed the book, nothing more than to report a peace, the instructions of the Lang master could not be received at all, Zhang Yu shouldered a heavy responsibility, and would never let the Lang master's instructions fail: spend a lot of money to open up new routes, cross the black water ocean without fear of hardships and dangers to come to the Japanese country, and do not do some business where to go!