Chapter 55: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes, Soga Family

Thinking of this, Su Liang was also extremely depressed.

Since ancient times, wars were always won by northerners over southerners, how did it change when it came to Wa Country and Ezo.

"Hehe... Your Majesty, where do you intend to attack Wa Country from?" Su Liang asked with a smile.

"Haha... Naturally, borrow the way from Mohe," Li Er laughed loudly.

"Uh... No need to borrow the way from Shiwei?" Su Liang asked suspiciously.

"Haha... Virtuous son-in-law doesn't know, now Wuluohun has also been merged into our Great Tang!" Zhangsun Wuji explained with a smile.

Wuluohun, a small country north of Bai She, was a regime established by a tribal group in the Northern Wei period, mainly distributed in the Greater Khingan Mountains and the upper reaches of the Na River (the Songhua River was called the Na River in the Tang Dynasty) (i. e., the upper reaches of the Nen River). It had not been merged into Shiwei at this time. Historically, Wuluohun was merged into the "Great Tang's No. 2 younger brother" Shiwei during the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

"Hehe... This Wuluohun is quite sensible," Su Liang laughed.

After a little thought, he immediately suggested: "Then we can set off from the Na River in Wuluohun territory, go north along the Na River, pass through the Black River (Heilongjiang) to reach the Kusu tribe of Mohe."

As the words fell, Li Er and the others' expressions tightened. Su Liang wanted to go north by water, and then go south to Hokkaido!

Just at this moment, news from the Bad People came that the Sumot Mohe were willing to submit to the Great Tang...

Sumot Mohe (one of the seven tribes of Mohe), the old land of the Fuyu people, adjacent to Goguryeo.

Historically, Sumot Mohe had always been hostile to Goguryeo, which was established by the Fuyu people who went south.

After the allied forces of the Great Tang and Silla destroyed Goguryeo, Sumot Mohe established the Bohai Kingdom, whose main body was Sumot Mohe people and Goguryeo remnants, and later the other six tribes of Mohe all submitted to it.

After the founding of the country, it was enfeoffed by the Great Tang, set up the Huhans Prefecture in the Huhan River basin (now the Mudanjiang River basin), set up the Huhans Protectorate, also known as the "Bohai Protectorate," enfeoffed its leader as the governor, and conferred the title of "Bohai County King," known in history as the "Bohai Kingdom."

At the beginning of 926 AD, the Bohai Kingdom, which had a history of 229 years and was known as the "Prosperous Country East of the Sea," was destroyed by Yelü Abaoji (Khitan) of the Liao Dynasty.

In September 1114 AD, Wanyan Aguda, the leader of the Jurchens (the descendants of the Black Water Mohe), swore an oath to revolt against Liao, and established the Jin regime on the first day of the first lunar month of the following year.

In the first lunar month of 1234 AD, the Jin Dynasty, which had been founded for 120 years, was destroyed by the Mongols. Some Jurchens living in the Central Plains returned to their homeland of White Mountain and Black Water with the hatred of their country being destroyed and their families being broken, and rebuilt their homes with the clansmen who stayed in their homeland.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens in the Northeast were divided into three major tribes: Jianzhou, Haixi, and Wild Jurchens; the Nurhaci family (ancestors of the Manchu Qing) belonged to the Jianzhou Jurchens.

At this moment, Su Liang couldn't help but ponder to himself...

Situations like later generations must absolutely not happen!

The Khitan was not worth worrying about now, and currently, there were only two small countries, Kumo Xi and Khitan (the two countries were of the same origin, and Khitan split from Kumo Xi).

The slightly troublesome one was the Fuyu people. Goguryeo was established by the Fuyu people who went south; Baekje was also established by the Fuyu people who went south from Goguryeo. Baekje established by the Fuyu people was in the old land of Mahan in the Three Han lands. The other two Hans, Chenhan and Bianhan, evolved into Silla and Renna, and finally merged into Silla under the pressure of the Fuyu people (Goguryeo and Baekje).

Not only that, Wa Country also had a large number of Fuyu people at this time.

The current Wa Country was not yet composed of the Yamato race, Ezo race, Fuyu race, and Han race like later generations, at least Ezo had not been conquered by Wa Country.

Thinking of this, Su Liang also had a good idea in his heart!

Then he looked at everyone and said: "Let's solve the matter of the Wuhu Sea Islands first. At this moment, thousands of Wa people are hiding on the islands north of Penglai: Xie Island, Gui Island, Xin Island, Mo Island, and Wuhu Island."

"Uh... Is this true, virtuous son-in-law?" Li Er asked.

"Naturally, it's just that the specific number hasn't been confirmed yet," Su Liang said.

"Then I will send the Divine Machine Battalion to Shandong Peninsula! It just so happens that the motorcycles of my virtuous son-in-law have all been built. Let's transfer the motorcycles to the Divine Machine Battalion first. What does my virtuous son-in-law think?"

Li Er said impatiently.

"Naturally, it's fine. Each motorcycle can seat three people, and 1,000 motorcycles can carry 3,000 people there," Su Liang said indifferently, which was his plan all along.

"Good, good, good, I will let Li Junxian, the commander of the Divine Machine Battalion, lead the troops there to assist the Prince of Qi in destroying the Wa people," Li Er laughed happily.

"Sigh... Let's set off tomorrow. Today we still need to properly teach the soldiers how to use motorcycles."

As the words fell, Li Er was also slightly embarrassed, almost forgetting this. Then Su Liang and Er Hu went to teach the Divine Machine Battalion how to drive motorcycles.

After three hours of training, the Divine Machine Battalion also completely mastered the driving method of motorcycles.

Early the next morning, Li Er, Su Liang, Cheng Yaojin, and Er Hu drove cars, and 3,000 soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion drove motorcycles to Shandong.

At the same time, the civil and military officials and the common people of Changancheng were looking at the luxurious motorcade not far away with joy...

"Hahaha... Thanks to my virtuous son-in-law, this trip to Penglai is a full 4,000 li, and it will take less than a day to arrive!"

"If it weren't for my virtuous son-in-law, I wouldn't even dare to think about it. Now that I am going on a personal expedition, it is such a scene!"

On the way to Shandong, Li Er couldn't help but praise.

"Hehe..." Su Liang just gave a slight smile upon hearing this.

If Li Er knew that in the future, he could only stay in the Taiji Palace, or even his own Ganlu Hall, when he went on a personal expedition, I don't know what Li Er would think.

After three hours, the large force also arrived in Qizhou, Shandong, in a mighty manner.

After a brief conversation, everyone set off for Dengzhou. Passing through Laizhou, a guard suddenly reported: "Report to Your Majesty, when we were patrolling the border defense yesterday, we captured several Wa people, but these Wa people claimed to be Han people, but they couldn't produce the corresponding fish talismans, so I came to ask for Your Majesty's instructions."

"Virtuous son-in-law, do you think this is true?" Li Er asked with a frown.

"Uh... it should be. Your Majesty, order someone to bring those Wa people over and ask them, and you will know." Su Liang was extremely depressed at this moment, but he also had some clues in his heart.

Since ancient times, it was not a minority for Han people to go east across the sea.

As early as the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang, Emperor Xin's (King Zhou of Shang) uncle, Jizi, established the "Yin Clan Jizi Dynasty" on the Korean Peninsula, known in history as Jizi Joseon, with its capital in Pyongyang. Later, it was destroyed by Wei Man of the Yan State in the Western Han Dynasty, establishing Wei Man Joseon. Among the descendants of Jizi, many went to the Three Han lands and traveled across the ocean to Wa Country.

During the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu also led thousands of boys and girls across the ocean, never to return, stationed in the local area, multiplying and developing. Now many people publicly claim to be descendants of Xu Fu.

In more recent times, there were also a large number of Han people crossing the ocean. In 289 AD, Liu Azhi, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xian of Han, saw that the situation in the world began to be chaotic, so he gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures. Finally, Liu Azhi took his son Liu Du He, uncle Zhao Yude, and clansmen Liu Guoding and others, 2,040 people in total, left their homes, crossed the ocean, experienced hardships, and arrived in Wa Country in the 29th year of Emperor Ojin of Japan.

Historically, Wa people had always been deeply influenced by Han culture and admired the Han Dynasty very much. The craftsmen brought by Liu Azhi to Wa Country made great contributions to the development of Wa Country, and Emperor Ojin and the whole country were very grateful to Liu Azhi and others. It was also at this time that Chinese characters and many Han cultures began to be officially introduced into Wa Country, and slowly Chinese characters and many Han cultures began to become popular in the upper class of Wa Country.

Because of the complete Han culture brought by them, Liu Azhi's family developed very well in Wa Country and became new nobles sought after by everyone. As the era developed and became more and more powerful, they finally became the common ancestors of many large families such as Harada, Takahashi, Okura, Egami, Akizuki, and Hatake.

Now the most famous Harada family in Wa Country has multiplied to the 94th generation of Liu Azhi, still preserving the handed-down genealogy, always remembering that they are descendants of Liu Bang, and built the Han Taigong Temple (built by the Harada family) in Fukuoka City, Kyushu, regularly going to the Taigong Temple and Azhi Shrine to perform sacrifices to Liu Bang and other distant ancestors of the Liu family according to the traditional etiquette of China.

Before long, the guard brought three Wa people.

"Are you Wa Country people?" Su Liang asked with a frown.

"We are not Wa Country people, we are Han people, our ancestors are the Gaozu of Han," a man about 1.75 meters tall said in fluent Chinese.

"Oh? Then so, are you a descendant of Liu Azhi?" Su Liang said, looking at the speaker carefully.

"You you you..."

The man was speechless for a long time upon hearing this, never daring to believe what Su Liang said, that he actually knew who his ancestor was.

"Alright, I believe your words." Su Liang had just looked carefully, and he was observing the body language of the speaker to confirm whether he was lying.

"Tell me, what is the purpose of crossing the ocean at all costs." Su Liang said with a cold expression.

"My name is Harada Masahira, I am here to report the news, the Soga family intends to spread the smallpox virus in the Great Tang." The man said in a deep voice. ===== CHAPTER 56 =====