Chapter 672: I Didn’t Warn You
Zhao Yulin racked his brains and found a familiar diplomatic phrase in later generations and asked Li Liang to add it to the note to remind the Japanese island nation to recognize the situation.
Hua Yue nodded and said : The Japanese are just a bunch of scabby dogs that deserve a beating. They have been eyeing the Korean Peninsula since the Han and Tang Dynasties. Their shogun actually calls himself the Shogun. Which barbarians are they going to conquer?
To the east of the island country of Japan is the vast ocean, and it is obviously targeting us.
We are the Celestial Empire, but in their eyes we are barbarians. This shows that our consciences have long been corrupted.
Zhao Yulin nodded and did not argue. After drinking a cup of tea, he said that the Japanese people were of such a despicable nature that they would only be obedient if their backbones were broken. Everyone in the New Song Dynasty must have this understanding.
Hua Yue nodded and asked him: Is that it?
Zhao Yulin nodded and said: From now on, I will ask Mr. Hua to take care of these small matters. He also needs to take time out to assist the master chef of Hongmeng Valley to make some new things for the country, so he is too busy.
Hua Yue hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement, telling him that important matters still needed to be decided by the king.
He looked at Shunzhidi and said: Let’s do it, Mr. Hua, don’t refuse.
The next day, Li Liang summoned the envoy of the Japanese Kingdom and warned it not to bully the weak.
The Japanese envoy on the island actually asked Li Liang why he questioned him. Wasn't the New Song Kingdom also chasing after the Grassland Empire? Wasn't the war almost spreading to Malkhan?
Mag forced me to do that.
Haha, this guy is an expert on Middle-earth. He knows that the New Song’s Shenwei Army is very powerful and has driven the Grassland Empire to the Western Regions.
Li Liang was stunned for a moment. The Japanese envoy actually dared to talk back to him.
He came back to his senses, took a sip of tea, put the tea bowl heavily on the tea table and said loudly: The New Song attacked the Grassland Empire because those lands belonged to the New Song Empire, including the people of the grassland. The Shenwei Army was just teaching its own unfilial son a lesson.
The New Song Kingdom does not allow the Island Kingdom to invade the Goryeo Kingdom. Don't say that we didn't warn you.
Li Liang was furious, and after he finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the reception room, leaving the Japanese envoy sitting there stupidly.
The guy was very puzzled, what happened?
The New Song Kingdom is a country of etiquette. We, the Japanese, learned our etiquette here. How come Minister Li has become so rude and impolite?
The next day, the New Song Newspaper published an article titled "Don't Say I Didn't Warn You", which elaborated in detail the New Song's diplomatic strategy of peaceful coexistence and good neighborliness, and declared to the world that the New Song needed peace on the Korean Peninsula and would not allow any country to interfere.
At the same time, the New Song News also issued a warning to maritime traders across the country, saying that the customs had discovered an unknown disease from the island country of Japan and that maritime traders were not allowed to go to the island country of Japan to make a living, so as to avoid bringing the disease back to the country and harming the people.
From now on, maritime trade between the New Song Kingdom and the Island Kingdom of Japan can only be conducted in Shanbei Province on the Ryukyu Road.
This blocked the maritime traders of the Island Country on the islands north of the Ryukyu Road, and the ships from the Island Country could only dock there.
This would cause trouble for the island nation of Japan.
Before the New Song Dynasty issued this decree, their passenger and cargo ships could go directly to Shanghai Town at the mouth of the Yangtze River to conduct maritime trade.
At this time, Shanghai Town had built a huge dock port, which gathered a large number of businesses. All the goods in New Song Dynasty could be bought there very cheaply.
Now that their sea trade has been moved to Shanbei Island in Ryukyu, the distance is much shorter, but the goods are relatively single. Moreover, because most of the merchants are sea traders and the quantity is limited, the price is definitely much higher.
The most important point is that those who come to visit or travel to the New Song Kingdom are restricted from entering the inland of the New Song Kingdom. They can only enjoy the sea view around them in Sanboku Province of Ryukyu. What's the point?
The island country of Japan dreamed of invading the New Song Dynasty, and sent a large number of secret agents to enter the New Song Dynasty in the name of studying and preaching to spy on military intelligence. Now that this imperial edict has been issued, it is difficult to contact the island Japanese and the traitors they have hired, so how can they obtain intelligence?
The Japanese envoys on the island rushed to the Ministry of Rites to negotiate before they even finished reading the newspaper, questioning the reason and demanding that the New Song Kingdom withdraw the imperial edict.
The young deacon who received him shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said: "There is nothing we can do. This is an imperial decree issued by the Lord of Zhao himself. Who dares to disobey it?" This is also for the sake of the people of the two countries. The foreign envoys should hurry up and buy some herbs to prevent the plague and return home. First, control the plague in your own country and then apply for opening.
The foreign envoys clamored to see Shangshu Li Liang, but Li Liang stayed in his office and refused to show up.
The guy stood outside until his legs were weak but still had no chance, so he had no choice but to go back. He was angry that Li Liang didn't give him face, and he kept vomiting "Baga Yalu" all the way.
The Ryukyu Pacifier soon received an imperial edict from the Celestial Empire. When he saw the article in the New Song Newspaper warning Japan, he was delighted and immediately summoned his deputy envoy to discuss strategies.
The Chief Justice reported to him: The Ministry of War has sent a document requesting Ryukyu to strengthen patrols and defenses in the sea and islands and crack down on pirates. The Navy Commander-in-Chief Zhou Dashuai will cross the sea to personally deploy and arrange the situation.
Two days later, Zhou Ping went to the Ryukyu government office as expected, and told him as soon as they met: From today on, people from the island country of Japan can only leave but not enter, and the New Song Kingdom will only open Shanbei Prefecture to the island country of Japan.
The comforter was delighted.
In the past, when he was the ruler of Ryukyu, he suffered enough from the Japanese pirates. Now these Japanese on the island must obey his orders.
The girl said happily that he would go to Shanbei Prefecture personally to make arrangements and strictly implement the decree of Lord Zhao.
Zhou Ping said with a smile that he also wanted to go to Shanbei to inspect military affairs, and that he would be a good escort for His Excellency, so he asked His Excellency to board his navy flagship.
The comfort made them very happy. After some polite exchanges, the two of them went out to the pier hand in hand.
Since the newspapers of the New Song Kingdom were linked to the central government and various prefectures and cities, as soon as the Chengdu "New Song Newspaper" published an article denouncing the Island Japan, newspapers in various prefectures and cities in the country immediately followed up and reprinted it. The Island Japan's spies and merchants in Ryukyu were faster than the envoys from Chengdu and quickly passed the news back.
Shogun Fujiwara no Nice felt very strange after seeing the letter of rebuke from the New Song Dynasty. He just crossed the strait to occupy a few cities on the other side, robbed some gold and silver, selected some beauties to play with, and captured some slaves to do hard labor. Why was the New Song Dynasty not happy?
While this guy was still thinking about the reason, their little emperor had already sent someone to ask him for questioning.
Fujiwara was unhappy, so he came to the palace reluctantly, kowtowed, and then knelt beside the emperor waiting for his instructions.
The young emperor was not respected by Fujiwara, and he had long been unhappy that this birdman had seized his power and treated him like a puppet.
He asked with a little dissatisfaction what to do?
There will be no good consequences if you offend the Celestial Empire. You know, the New Song Dynasty is a giant neighbor. If the New Song Emperor is unhappy and really wants to send troops across the sea to the island to punish us, we will definitely not be able to resist.
Fujiwara looked down on the weak little emperor from the bottom of his heart and wanted to tease him. He pretended to be frightened and said: I just received the news and was about to come to ask the emperor for instructions.
The little emperor was so angry that his stomach was full and still expanding. He greeted Fujiwara's ancestors with a thousand "Bageyalu" in ventriloquy and said with a smile: Since the general dared to cross the sea to start a war, he should have thought that the new Song would help Goryeo, and stopped playing dumb in front of me.
Fujiwara said proudly after receiving the emperor's praise: It doesn't matter, the new Song Dynasty has just been established. Although we have repelled the Grassland Empire, it was a job of killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of our own. They are still chasing the troops of the Grassland Empire.
I have read the imperial edict of the New Song Dynasty. What is "Don't say I didn't warn you?" It's just a statement in the newspaper to express our opinion and speak up for the Kingdom of Goryeo. We used 100,000 men and countless warships to conquer Goryeo and finally occupied three cities. Why should we listen to the New Song Dynasty and withdraw our troops?
Let’s not retreat, let’s wait and see.
But our emperor has to bear the brunt of this.
Your Majesty should present a memorial to the ruler of China with earnest words, stating the difficulties faced by our island country of Japan and putting all the blame for the uprising on the Goryeo country.
Let's go to the Celestial Empire and file a lawsuit with Goryeo, hahahaha.
The young emperor was very unhappy in his heart, but he showed no expression on his face. He pretended to scold this guy, saying that this guy was really good at torturing people, and then put the blame on him.
Forget it, forget it. I will just submit a memorial to the Emperor of Middle-earth.
Fujiwara no Nice didn't care whether he did it or not. He had already stood up, said goodbye to his emperor, and walked out of the palace with his butt facing him.
The little emperor was helpless and went to the imperial study under the guidance of his attendants to draft a memorial.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin first received the letter from Hubili.
The brother-in-law changed his previous humble attitude and angrily accused Zhao Yulin of going too far. He sent the Shenwei Army to chase him and seize the land he had won with his blood and sweat. He asked Zhao Yulin how far he would continue to fight with him?
Don't you care about the sibling ties between the two families at all?
He is Hulan's biological brother.
Zhao Yulin almost burst out laughing when he saw this. When this guy was chasing Zhao Yulin and beating him, he wanted to trample him to death with thousands of troops. Why didn't he think of him as Hu Lan's husband at that time?
He asked his maid to invite Hua Yue, Miao Gui and Shun Zhi Di to discuss the matter.
Miao Gui reported: Zhang Guoan has joined Wang Hanchen, reinforcements from Gansu and Qinghai have also arrived, the Yunnan Road garrison has entered the Tubo Road territory and is rapidly advancing towards Oduan. At present, Wang Hanchen's Shenwei Army has 150,000 troops under his command. If they pursue Hubili with all their strength, it is only a matter of time before they defeat him.
The Ministry of War considered that the grasslands and deserts had just been recovered, and it was not appropriate to start a major war to provoke ethnic conflicts. So they adopted the method of sending Hubili out of the country with courtesy and continued to chase him, resulting in a small-scale, low-intensity battle between the two sides.
However, after arriving at Hamarkhan, the Hubli group began to build fortifications everywhere and defend themselves in dangerous places, with the intention of occupying the place and establishing their own kingdom.
After careful analysis and judgment, the Ministry of War sent three messages to Wang Hanchen, asking him to stabilize the rear and make preparations to march on Hamar Khan, seize the opportunity to attack and recover the lost territory.
Fairy Banban, this guy even regards the land on the Caspian Sea as the territory of the New Song Dynasty.
