[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er":3,"chapter-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-55":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Tang: Starting Off by Vindicating Li Er",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2351186,4596,"Chapter 55: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes, the Soga Clan","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-55",55,"\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Su Liang felt incredibly depressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since ancient times, northerners have always completely defeated southerners in war; how did it change when it came to the Wa Kingdom and the Ezo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... Your Majesty, where do you intend to attack the Wa Kingdom from?\" Su Liang asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha... Naturally, by borrowing a path through the Mohe,\" Li Er laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... is there no need to borrow a path through the Shiwei?\" Su Liang asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha... My good son-in-law, you are unaware; now the Wuluohun have also been incorporated into our Great Tang!\" Zhangsun Wuji explained with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wuluohun, a small state north of the Baishi, was a regime established by a tribal group during the Northern Wei period, mainly distributed in the upper reaches of the Greater Khingan Range and the Na River (the Tang Dynasty called the Songhua River the Na River), that is, the upper reaches of the Nen River. At this moment, they had not yet been incorporated into the Shiwei; historically, the Wuluohun were incorporated into the \"Great Tang's number two little brother,\" the Shiwei, during the High Tang period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... This Wuluohun is quite sensible,\" Su Liang chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of thought, he immediately suggested: \"Then we can set out from the Na River within the territory of the Wuluohun, head north along the Na River, and pass through the Black Water (Heilongjiang) to reach the Kushu tribe of the Mohe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words fell, the gazes of Li Er and the others sharpened; Su Liang wanted to head north by water, and then head south to Hokkaido!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment, news from the Unrestrained Ones arrived: the Sumo Mohe were willing to submit to the Great Tang...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sumo Mohe (one of the seven Mohe tribes), the ancestral land of the Fuyu people, was adjacent to Goguryeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Historically, the Sumo Mohe were always hostile to the Goguryeo established by the Fuyu people who had moved south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the allied forces of the Great Tang and Silla destroyed Goguryeo, the Sumo Mohe established the Balhae Kingdom, the main body of which consisted of Sumo Mohe people and Goguryeo remnants; afterwards, the Mohe people of the other six tribes all submitted to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the founding of the state, they were enfeoffed by the Great Tang, establishing the Huhuan Prefecture in the Huhuan River basin (today's Mudanjiang basin), where the Black Water Mohe lived, and set up the Huhuan Area Command, also known as the \"Balhae Area Command,\" enfeoffing their leader as the Area Commander and the \"Prince of Balhae Commandery,\" historically known as the \"Balhae Kingdom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning of 926 AD, after a national history of two hundred and twenty-nine years, the Balhae Kingdom, which had the reputation of being the \"Prosperous State East of the Sea,\" was conquered and destroyed by the Liao Emperor Taizu, Yelü Abaoji (a Khitan).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In September 1114 AD, the Jurchen leader (the main body being descendants of the Black Water Mohe) Wanyan Aguda raised an army and took an oath to oppose the Liao, and on the first day of the first lunar month of the following year, he established the Great Jin regime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first lunar month of 1234 AD, the Jin Kingdom, which had been founded for one hundred and twenty years, was conquered and destroyed by the Mongols; some Jurchens living in the Central Plains, carrying the regret of their broken country and lost homes, returned to their ancestral land of White Mountains and Black Water to rebuild their homes with the clansmen who had remained there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens in the Northeast region were divided into three major tribes: Jianzhou, Haixi, and Wild; the Nurhaci family (ancestors of the Manchu Qing) belonged to the Jianzhou Jurchens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Su Liang could not help but think to himself...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A situation like that of later generations must absolutely not happen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Khitan are not worth worrying about; at present, there are only two small states, the Kumo Xi and the Khitan (the two states are of the same origin, the Khitan having split from the Kumo Xi).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slightly troublesome are the Fuyu people; Goguryeo was established by the Fuyu people moving south; Baekje was also established by the Fuyu people who moved south from Goguryeo. The Baekje established by the Fuyu people was in the former territory of Mahan in the land of the Three Hans. As for the other two Hans, Jinhan and Byeonhan, they evolved into Silla and Gaya, and finally, under the pressure of the Fuyu people (Goguryeo and Baekje), merged into Silla.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, the Wa Kingdom also has a large number of Fuyu people at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Wa Kingdom is not yet composed of the Yamato, Ezo, Fuyu, and Han peoples like in later generations; at the very least, the Ezo have not yet been conquered by the Wa Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Su Liang had a very good idea in his heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then looked at the crowd and said: \"Let us first resolve the matter of the Wuhu Sea Archipelago; at this moment, on the north side of Penglai, islands such as Daxie Island, Guidao, Xin Island, Mo Island, and Wuhu Island are harboring thousands of Wa people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... is this true, my good son-in-law?\" Li Er asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Naturally, it is just that the specific number has not yet been confirmed,\" Su Liang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I shall immediately dispatch the Divine Machine Battalion to the Shandong Peninsula! It just so happens that your motorcycles are all finished; let us first transfer the motorcycles for the Divine Machine Battalion to use. What does my good son-in-law think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er said impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Naturally, that is fine. Each motorcycle can seat three people; one thousand motorcycles can carry three thousand people over,\" Su Liang said calmly, as this was his plan as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good, good. I will have the commander of the Divine Machine Battalion, Li Junxian, lead the troops to assist the Prince of Qi in destroying the Wa people,\" Li Er laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas... let us set off tomorrow; today we still need to properly teach the soldiers how to use the motorcycles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words fell, Li Er was slightly embarrassed, having almost forgotten this point. Afterwards, Su Liang and Er Hu went to teach the Divine Machine Battalion the method of riding motorcycles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three hours of training, the Divine Machine Battalion had thoroughly mastered the method of riding motorcycles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Li Er, Su Liang, Cheng Yaojin, and Er Hu drove the small cars, and the three thousand soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion rode motorcycles together toward Shandong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the civil and military officials and the people of Changancheng were all looking with joy at the luxurious motorcade not far away...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha... Thanks to my good son-in-law; this trip to Penglai is a full 4,000 li, and we can arrive in less than a day!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it weren't for my good son-in-law, I wouldn't even dare to imagine it; to think that my imperial expedition would actually be such a scene!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way to Shandong, Li Er could not help but praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe...\" Su Liang only smiled slightly upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Er knew that in the future, he would only be able to stay in the Taiji Palace, or even his own Ganlu Hall, during imperial expeditions, one wonders what Li Er would think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than three hours, the main force arrived in Qizhou, Shandong, in a grand manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief conversation, the group headed toward Dengzhou. While passing through Laizhou, a guard suddenly came to report: \"Reporting to Your Majesty, yesterday when we were patrolling the border, we captured several Wa people, but these Wa people claimed to be Han people, yet they could not produce the corresponding tally, so I have come to ask for Your Majesty's instructions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My good son-in-law, do you think this matter is true?\" Li Er asked with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... perhaps. Your Majesty, order someone to bring those Wa people over and ask them, and we will know,\" Su Liang was also incredibly depressed at this moment, but he already had some clues in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since ancient times, there have been no shortage of Han people crossing the sea to the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang, the uncle of Di Xin (King Zhou of Shang), Jizi, established the \"Yin-Jizi Dynasty\" on the Korean Peninsula, historically known as Gija Joseon, with its capital in Pyongyang. Later, during the Western Han Dynasty, it was destroyed by Wei Man of the Yan State, who established Wiman Joseon. Among the descendants of Jizi, many went to the land of the Three Hans, and also crossed the ocean to the Wa Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Qin Dynasty, there was also Xu Fu, who led thousands of young boys and girls across the ocean; from then on, they never returned, settling down in the local area to multiply and develop. Now, many people openly claim to be descendants of Xu Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In more recent times, there have also been large numbers of Han people crossing the ocean. In 289 AD, Liu Azhi, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xian of Han, seeing that the situation in the world was beginning to become chaotic, gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures. Finally, Liu Azhi took his son Liu Duhe, his uncle Zhao Yude, and his clansman Liu Guoding and others, totaling 2,040 people, and left their homes to cross the ocean. Despite the hardships and obstacles, they arrived in the Wa Kingdom in the 29th year of Emperor Ōjin of Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Historically, the people of the Wa Kingdom have always been deeply influenced by the culture of the Han Dynasty and have worshipped the Han Dynasty greatly. The craftsmen brought by Liu Azhi to the Wa Kingdom made huge contributions to the development of the Wa Kingdom, and Emperor Ōjin and the entire country were endlessly grateful to Liu Azhi and the others. It was at this time that Chinese characters and other Han culture began to be formally introduced to the Wa Kingdom, and slowly, Chinese characters and numerous aspects of Han culture began to become popular in the upper society of the Wa Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the complete Han culture they brought, the family of Liu Azhi developed very well in the Wa Kingdom, becoming new nobles sought after by everyone. As the era developed, they became more and more powerful, eventually becoming the common ancestors of many great families such as the Harada, Takahashi, Ōkura, Egami, Akizuki, and Hatada.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most famous Harada family in the Wa Kingdom today has multiplied to the ninety-fourth generation of Liu Azhi, and to this day, they still preserve the genealogy passed down from generation to generation, always remembering that they are descendants of Liu Bang, and have built a Han Taigong Temple (built by the Harada family) in Fukuoka City, Kyushu, regularly going to the Taigong Temple and the Achi Shrine to offer sacrifices to Liu Bang and other distant ancestors of the Liu clan according to the traditional etiquette of Huaxia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the guards brought three Wa people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you Wa people?\" Su Liang asked with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are not Wa people; we are Han people. Our ancestor is the Gaozu of Han,\" said a man about 1.75 meters tall, speaking fluent Chinese.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? Then in that case, you are a descendant of Liu Azhi?\" After Su Liang finished speaking, he looked closely at the person who spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you, you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was unable to speak for a long time upon hearing this, unable to believe that Su Liang actually knew who his ancestor was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I believe what you say.\" Su Liang had just been looking closely, observing the body language of the man speaking, to confirm whether he was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak, what is the reason for crossing the ocean at all costs?\" Su Liang said with an indifferent expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Harada Shohei, and I have come to report news: the Soga clan intends to spread the smallpox virus in the Great Tang,\" the man said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>",2058,"2026-06-21T02:53:01.560Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ecf65b61501c1bed2cc98fc5c892a7ead63095a68fb1eb4d440247c25d2a59f2","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-56","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-54",63,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-cover.jpg"]