"He acts wildly and unconstrainedly, seemingly without trace. Only when the truth comes out, you will be shocked to find out the truth..."

Speaking of this, Xu Jingzong, the old man who has been in business for a long time, speaks meaningfully and authentically.

"Nine times out of ten, our little Cheng Taibao is playing a big game of chess."

Li Yifu really wanted to complain, this big game of chess simply took our two lives for nothing.

But after thinking about it, when Xu Jingzong and I bravely took over this important task, it was not the same as the determination not to enter the tiger's den and win the tiger's cub.

Li Yifu nodded, and carefully replayed the scene of meeting today's eldest brother, Prince Nawa, and Emperor Xiaotoku.

"Brother Jingzong, whether Xiaocheng Taibao's chess is too big or not, that's for the future. As long as we get the reply from the Wa kingdom, it's serious to leave the Wa capital as soon as possible."

"Little brother, I always feel that staying in this place, I always feel uneasy in my heart."

"Well... this old man thinks the same way." Although Xu Jingzong had acted quite tough just now, he was still very uneasy in his heart.

But at this moment, in the palace of the capital of Japan, there are all the civil and military personnel of the Japanese country, but at this moment, they don't have the turbulent momentum before.

Brother Zhong had a gloomy face, stroking his long beard and fell into deep thought.

The act of changing the country name before did anger the Great Tang Emperor, but that Great Tang Emperor had already expelled all the Tang envoys who had originally studied in the Tang Kingdom.

According to the rich experience of the Wa country in dealing with the Tang Dynasty and the previous dynasty, as long as it lives on its own, and then wait for a period of time before sending envoys to pay tribute.

Speak more obediently, blah blah blah, blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

You can't always hold on to some mistakes in a small Japanese country, and then gossip three or five times, and the matter will be resolved.

In this way, the country of Wa has become the country of Japan. As for the name of the emperor, that is the respectful title that our Japanese people have for their own king, is there any?

This kind of small calculation was crackling, but no one expected that King Qi of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the governor of Qingzhou and the young minister of Honglu Temple, would actually send such an official note that insulted the personality of the country.

That kind of humiliation of Chiguoguo is so strong that people can't wait to send troops to fight for it.

Of course, Brother Zhong is very clear that such a strong idea is only dare to think about it. Facing Datang, Wa Kingdom is definitely not an opponent.

At least for now, the emperor's power has not yet been able to be enforced forcefully throughout Japan, and there are still countless violators of the princes in the country and the wealthy families in those places.

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"His Royal Highness, the Tang Kingdom Angel needs to write back, what should I do?"

A minister waited for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking this cruel and merciless prince.

Although Nakada is older than Emperor Kotoku, his younger sister was also the emperor, and later married Kotoku and became the empress.

However, facing this powerful minister who killed the Soga family, Emperor Kotoku had no choice but to appoint him as the crown prince.

"What do you think Your Majesty should do?" Brother Zhong ignored the minister, but his eyes fell on Emperor Kotoku.

After Emperor Kotoku pondered for a while, he hesitated and said. "How about I use the letter of the state to plead guilty to the emperor of the Tang Kingdom?"

"No." Brother Zhong interrupted Emperor Kotoku's words without hesitation, and glared at the brother-in-law with a bit of resentment.

"The internal turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, what is wrong with Japan? Our envoys are just meeting at the right time."

"If I plead guilty to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty asks me to change Japan back to the original country name, what should I do?"

"Ah, this..." Emperor Kotoku couldn't help being taken aback.

"So, what we need to do is to lower our profile, but we must not bear the charges..."

Speaking of this, Brother Naka saw Emperor Kotoku's hesitant and cowardly look, and raised his hand in displeasure.

"Forget it, I'll be in charge of answering the letter. Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much."

As soon as this remark came out, the followers of the eldest brother in the court all expressed their kindness, but Emperor Kotoku could only force a smile.

He said to the eldest brother Zhong, the old prince who was older than himself and had a beard longer than himself.

"...Since that's the case, there is Prince Lao."

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In Jincheng, the capital of the Silla Kingdom, at this moment, the mid-mature Queen Seondeok was full of worries and sighed.

And all the civil and military officials of Silla in the palace were also frowning and sighing...

Not long ago, Baekje sent troops to capture more than 40 cities in the west of Silla, and then captured Dayecheng, an important town in Silla. The governor of the city, Yiyun Xin Pinshi, died in battle, and his wife, Gu Tuo, was the royal family Jin Chunqiu. His daughter also died in this battle with her husband.

Later, Jin Chunqiu met Queen Seondeok and volunteered to be an envoy to Goguryeo to borrow troops to retaliate against Baekje. Queen Seondeok agreed to Jin Chunqiu's request.

But it didn't take long, just yesterday, Queen Seondeok received the news from Goguryeo.

Goguryeo asked Silla to return the Goguryeo homeland west and north of Zhuling before sending troops. The problem is that these places are tantamount to asking Silla to cede most of the country including the west coast estuary.

Of course Jin Chunqiu couldn't agree, and as a result, he was thrown into prison by Gai Yuan Suwen, the powerful minister who held the real power in Goguryeo, to refresh his mind.

After the news came back, Queen Seondeok and all the officials of Silla felt very heavy in their hearts.

This side is still fighting with Baekje, and Goguryeo, which is more powerful in the north, is so unreasonable to take the opportunity to make trouble.

If a response is not good, maybe Silla will face the enemy, Queen Seondeok looked at the important ministers below, and asked softly.

"You are all ministers of my Silla arm. Now the situation in Silla is very dangerous. I don't know which Qing family has a good strategy to deal with it?"

"My lord, Goguryeo's wolfish ambitions, claiming the territory of Silla in such a way today, clearly want to annex Silla, and absolutely cannot agree."

Seeing a middle-aged minister stand up, Lang said in a loud voice.

"I am willing to lead the army ~lightnovelpub.net~ to win Goguryeo, let Goguryeo understand that although I, Silla, is small, I am not something that Goguryeo can humiliate at will."

Hearing this, Queen Seonde forced a smile, shook her head slowly and said.

"Originally, it was Bitan Shangdae (the first-class official position in Silla), but now, the main force of our Silla is out to resist the invasion of Baekje, so where are the soldiers and horses that can shake Goguryeo?"

Bitan frowned in displeasure, and stood with his hands behind his back. "My lord, Jin Yuxin's force is weak, and his military strategy is insufficient. He has led the main force of Silla, and he has been invincible for a long time."

"Nowadays there is another change in the country. If the lord doesn't consider the candidate for the commander of the army, I'm worried that even if he rejects Baekje, I'm afraid it's Goguryeo..."

Another minister, Lianzhong, stood up and saluted Queen Seondeok loudly.

"My lord, I think that the Great Tang has always been kind to Silla, but now that Silla is in a critical situation, we should ask for help from the Great Tang."

"..."