Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 989
To say that he is the lord of a country is actually no different from a bird in a cage. This is a great insult to the subjects of a country.

As long as the king has a bit of backbone, he will not be willing to be imprisoned. He will either launch an army to resist, or set himself on fire to die.

However, Brother Zhong didn't choose either, he chose to drag out an ignoble existence.

Li Qinzai was very satisfied with the choice of Brother Zhong. Datang needed a king of the Japanese country who was struggling to survive, and he had to kill someone who was too spineless.

When Li Qinzai and his party came to the palace on horseback, the long-awaited brother Zhong and a group of courtiers knelt down on their knees.

"Brother Zhong, the vassal of the Wa Kingdom, I pay my respects to the Suzerain of the Tang Dynasty, His Excellency Li County Duke of Shangguo."

The slightly blunt Chinese actually had a somewhat weird Guanzhong accent, Li Qinzai smiled and got off his horse.

Striding forward, Li Qinzai helped Eldest Brother Zhong, patted him on the shoulder affectionately, and said with a smile: "I will say goodbye to you, after years of absence, will your Highness be safe?"

Brother Zhong showed an expression of honor, as if being patted by Li Qinzai on the shoulder was an affirmation of him, he hurriedly stood on tiptoe to let Li Qinzai take the photo more smoothly.

"Your Excellency County Lord Li looks younger, and his complexion is even more ruddy. It can be seen that the luck is in full swing, and the vassals are happy for County Lord Li."

Li Qinzai laughed loudly: "His Royal Highness is becoming more and more approachable. When you were negotiating with you in Japan, you didn't have such a good temper."

Brother Zhong was not embarrassed, and said in a deep voice: "This time is like that, and that time is also. The vassals have long since changed their minds, and they are repenting every day that they should not have turned against the righteous king of the Tang Dynasty."

"The suzerain Shangguo wanted virtue to be transformed into the Wa Kingdom by the king. It is the supreme glory of the Wa Kingdom. The vassals are welcoming him with a pot of food. It is a great crime to use swords and soldiers."

Li Qinzai smiled. It was not surprising that such spineless words came from the mouth of the lord of a country, but Li Qinzai secretly raised his vigilance.

The humbler the posture, the more hatred may be in the heart, and behind the hatred, there may be a storm brewing.

Li Qinzai glanced at the Japanese courtier who was still kneeling behind his elder brother.

The official uniforms of the Japanese courtiers are very distinctive, the style is the same as that of the Tang Dynasty, but the colors are quite meaningful.

As early as the Sui Dynasty, the Wa kingdom was considered to have a wise king, known as "Prince Shengde" in the history books. He strongly advocated the introduction of Sui Dynasty Central Plains culture, respected Buddhism, and launched the "Seventeen Constitution" to carry out drastic reforms to the Wa kingdom.

It has to be admitted that the reform was quite effective. After learning the culture of sages and sages in the Central Plains and the official system, the civilization of the Wa country became more and more prosperous, and the embryonic form of a civilized country had already taken shape at that time.

Later, I probably felt that I was doing my best, and the Wa Kingdom gradually became a little tougher on the Sui Dynasty. The famous sentence "the emperor at the sunrise sent a letter to the emperor on the day there is no place for the emperor to be safe", was inspired by Prince Shotoku.

At that time, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty felt displeased when he received this letter of credence, so he decreed that the Japanese envoys should be kept out of the palace gate and not allowed to see him.

Later, Prince Shotoku introduced the Japanese official system imitating the Tang Dynasty, called "The Twelve Ranks of the Crown", and divided the official uniforms of the Japanese officials into six colors: purple, blue, red, yellow, white, and black. There are twelve official ranks in total.

These six colors correspond to the six virtues of virtue, benevolence, propriety, faith, righteousness, and wisdom in the scriptures of the sages of the Central Plains.

Are you familiar?The authentic Central Plains culture, without even thinking about it after plagiarism, is directly represented by six colors.

Since then, the country of Wa has entered the so-called "Asuka era". Even today, even though the country was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, the country's rulers and subjects still follow the traditions and laws of the Asuka era in terms of etiquette and kimono.

Perhaps because they thought that the etiquette set by Prince Shotoku in the Asuka era was the most glorious time in the Wa Kingdom, they could not give up that glorious day.

Li Qinzai didn't care what etiquette to use or what color to wear.

These etiquette things are all vain and useless. When the Confucian scholars sent by the Tang Dynasty to brainwash the subjects of the Japanese country, they will slowly abandon everything that exists and have to accept the cultural occupation from the Tang Dynasty.

If you want to destroy your country, first kill its army, and then kill its heart, and your country can be settled.

Dead country?The country is dead!
After the eldest brother Zhong and his courtiers saluted, they respectfully welcomed Li Qinzai into the palace.

That night, the palace banquet was extravagant and expensive.

A group of women wearing Tang palace skirts danced lightly in the palace hall, and the beauties made all kinds of seductive and provocative moves directly in front of Li Qinzai, stretching their arms and raising their legs, springing up, and again, again and again...

At the banquet, Li Qinzai had no choice but to sit in the chief seat at the strong request of Brother Zhong. Brother Zhong carefully accompanied him, and kept toasting to Li Qinzai during the banquet. dinner party.

The guests and hosts seated at the banquet, Li Qinzai seemed to be the overlord of the Japanese kingdom.

Li Qinzai's mind became more and more sober when the wine was at its peak.

Don't forget your form when you are proud, especially in the palace of the Wa Kingdom. No matter how respectful and fearful the monarchs and ministers of the Wa Kingdom are to him, theoretically speaking, this place is still an enemy country.

Halfway through the banquet, the dancing beauties were not caught by Li Qinzai, and after a few songs, he had to leave in disappointment.

A Japanese courtier suddenly stood up, walked to the center of the hall, knelt down facing Li Qinzai, and said a series of words in tears, Li Qinzai didn't understand, but still looked at him with a smile.

Unexpectedly, after the courtier finished speaking, he suddenly pointed at himself, then pointed at the eldest brother Zhong, shouted something loudly, and then his expression became more and more determined.

Suddenly he pulled out a delicate dagger from his bosom, and stabbed fiercely at his heart. The subject trembled a few times and fell heavily to the ground.

The guests and hosts in the hall were shocked, and after a brief silence, there was an uproar, and many courtiers hurried out of the hall. The eldest brother of the king was so frightened that he lay limp beside Li Qinzai, his face pale, and he muttered something in his mouth.

Li Qinzai's face was already ashen, staring at the Japanese courtier who committed suicide in the center of the hall, he never looked away for a long time.

At the banquet, something happened suddenly, and people were killed. The officers and soldiers of the Tang army who were in charge of the palace ban came in a hurry, and at the same time, Liu Asi and other trilogy entered the palace.

Seeing a person lying in a pool of blood in the center of the hall, Liu Asi's pupils shrank violently, and then waved his hand. The trilogy stepped forward to surround Li Qinzai, and immediately put several horizontal knives on the neck of the king's eldest brother Zhong.

Brother Zhong seemed to have lost his soul, he didn't feel the knife on his neck, and his whole body was trembling.

After a long time, Li Qinzai cast a cold glance at Eldest Brother Zhong, and said to Liu Asi: "I ordered Liu Renyuan to seal off the palace. The king was frightened, and he was invited to rest in the palace. No one is allowed to see him."

"You escorted me out of the city and back to the camp, and summoned Baiqisi's subordinates to the palace to investigate and arrest. Tomorrow, I will report the ins and outs to me."

After finishing speaking, Li Qinzai didn't say hello to Brother Zhong, and with a flick of his sleeves, he boldly walked out of the hall and the palace.

(End of this chapter)