Since Wang Wenzuo's purpose was only to prevent Japan from transforming into a country based on laws and regulations, he actually had no conflict of interest with most of Japan's wealthy families. In a sense, the prince, the eldest brother of the country, was even their common enemy. From the perspective of later generations, the so-called "Dahua Reform" and "The Formation of the Emperor's Law and Order State" used the Tang Dynasty as a template to abolish the old hereditary clan aristocratic system and establish a centralized bureaucratic state with the emperor as the core.
To put it simply, before this, every big clan noble in Yamato country was a small emperor. They had their own territory, their own tribesmen, their own army, their own beliefs (mainly ancestor gods), and the emperor ( In fact, he should have been called the King at the time) was just the most powerful among them. After the Daika Reform, the emperor became the only source of power, and the clan nobles were deprived of their territorial and military beliefs. They had to be granted official positions by the emperor to protect their own interests. Obviously, in the process of transforming into a country based on laws and orders, the original clan nobles were the losers. As long as Wang Wenzuo could state the truth, it would be very simple to defeat the prince, the eldest brother.
Under the circumstances at that time, most of the people who could join the mission to come to the Tang Dynasty were from the clan nobles of the Japanese country. As the saying goes, there are individuals who betray the class, but there are no classes that betray the class. Even if some of them subjectively support the reform of the prince, Zhong Daxiong, But objectively most of them will at least not oppose the interests of their own class. After they returned to Japan, as long as they could serve as a sounding board and spread Wang Wenzuo's attitude of opposing the eldest brother and the prince, not opposing Yamato, opposing the country based on laws and regulations, and ensuring the interests of the hereditary clan nobles, that would be enough.
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Chang'an West Market.
On the morning of the 19th day of the first lunar month of the first year of Linde's reign, a violent north wind roared on Zhuque Street in Chang'an City. The gray clouds blown together by the wind made the sky look bleak. Fine snowflakes fell slowly on the damp, dirty stone streets.
People waiting for the market to open gathered in groups here and there, chatting boredly. Due to the snow, most people were standing under the arcades of various large buildings. Especially the front porch of the Zoroastrian Temple was full of people. This temple is a majestic building with a wide front half It consists of an arcade with rows of magnificent columns on both sides. From the main arcade, there are two wing arcades. Not far behind the Zoroastrian Temple is a huge granary. There is also a granary like this in the East City. According to the rules, the granaries in the East and West cities are prepared for emergencies. Here, employers and craftsmen, money changers, merchants and officials all mingled together; they stood in small piles here and there, discussing their own affairs. The crowd kept coming and going, making bursts of noise, like a huge honeycomb.
Deep in the main arcade, facing the entrance door but far away from it, there is a long row of high railings that isolates one part of the arcade from the other parts and makes it a single place. That is the place where the property is stored, because the noise outside is not easily transmitted inside, and the location inside is much higher than the outside, so it is difficult for the outside to see what is going on inside. Those who store property can communicate with the Zoroastrian Temple The person in charge here can go through the formalities without being disturbed. ...Liu Qi was standing in the corridor, wearing a brown round-neck robe and a white burqa. He looked coldly at the people coming and going below. He rested his elbows on the stone railings and used both hands to He propped his head and looked at all these busy and eager people indifferently and absently.
Not far away from him, several men were talking loudly. Two of them had already appeared earlier in this book. They were the tombkeeper Chen Qi and the veteran with scars on his face. The third one was named Wen Jiu. , is one of the countless unemployed vagrants in Chang'an City who live on the charity of nobles. These vagrants often declare themselves to be the "disciples" of a noble person, but in fact they are just one more unpatched coat than those ragged beggars. They are adept at committing crimes and can be bribed into being loyal lackeys to any faction. They live on charity, on flattery, slander and intrigue.
The three of them were standing not far from Liu Qi, loudly discussing various rumors in Chang'an City, completely unaware of Liu Qi who was diagonally above them.
"Have you heard?" Wen Jiu said in a tone that revealed secrets: "Tuyuhun Khan Hebo and Princess Honghua led thousands of people to abandon the country and fled to Liangzhou!"
"Isn't this old news from a few months ago?" Chen Qi, the tombkeeper, replied disdainfully: "Don't you always say that you are very important in Liu Shilang's house? Is that all you know?"
"Why are you so anxious? Just listen to what I have to say!" Wen Jiu said with a smile: "If the Tuyuhun people run to Liangzhou, there will be no barrier between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo people. Sooner or later the two sides will start fighting!"
"Hey, I thought you had some important news, but this is it!" Chen Qi sneered: "They are just a group of barbarians on horseback and shooting arrows. How can they withstand the heavenly soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? It is estimated that it will be available on the market in Chang'an in two years. The Tubo slaves are here!”
"Chen Qi, the Tubo people are different!" The scar-faced veteran said: "Those guys are very difficult to deal with!"
"Look, Uncle Zhang said the same thing. He fought in Longshang!" Wen Jiu said with a proud smile.
"So what if the Tubo people are different, what does it have to do with us? Anyway, we are living our lives in Chang'an City, can the Tubo people fight over us?"
"Hey, poor fool!" Wen Jiu laughed sharply: "Chen Qi, you guard the dead every day, and your brain has become as full of maggots as those dead!" He didn't wait for Chen Qi to get angry, and said: "The price of food, The price of food must have something to do with you, right?"
If there is anything that can shock the locals in Chang'an City who are not afraid of the sky or the earth, it is the change in food prices. Since the Western Wei Dynasty established Guanzhong as its capital, Chang'an's population has been increasing. By the time the Sui and Tang dynasties came to dominate the world, the population in Guanzhong continued to grow and soon exceeded the local support capacity. Although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal, which could transport grain, cloth, and silk from the southeastern region to Guanzhong via waterways, the section of the Yellow River at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan was very fast and contained a large number of rocks, making water transportation extremely difficult. The amount of grain transported to Guanzhong every year was greatly restricted. Therefore, whenever the annual harvest in the Guanzhong area was slightly bad, the price of food in Chang'an City would skyrocket, and even the emperor would have to go to Dongdu to eat to reduce food consumption.
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