Chapter 1129 1124 [I also have a family tree, and I am also a Chinese Miao!]
Changing Kyushu Island to Yingzhou is only the first step. Although the prefect will also be arranged, it is actually more like an overseas territory.
Because it is difficult to govern at the grassroots level, it is necessary to rely on the original local powerful forces.
In Japan at this time, the legal system had not completely collapsed, and the daimyo system had not been completely formed.
To explain it in a simple way, the Japanese court sent officials to govern the counties, but the officials often did not go to their posts in person. They stayed at the center to enjoy life and pursue power. They sent their confidants to govern the counties on their behalf, but the officials who carried out the actual administration were local powerful officials.
.Local powerful people are also scattered, controlling large and small samurai groups.
The Ming Dynasty's early governance of Yingzhou basically changed the recipe. The governor and commanders were all stationed in Fukuoka, and at most they managed Nagasaki Port personally. The rest of the territory was all handed over to the original powerful people of Kyushu Island.
From now on, wherever gold, silver and copper mines are discovered, the magistrate of Yingzhou will send people to manage the mines, and the commander will send a small number of troops to garrison the mines.
When the number of mines in Yingzhou increases, the administrative divisions will be changed - merging Yingzhou and Iwami Governor-General, and Tsushima Island will also be merged.
No matter which governance method is adopted, promoting Chineseization and encouraging immigrants will not change.
Japan, like Korea, uses Chinese characters even though they don't understand the language, which is extremely beneficial to Chineseization.
As for hiragana and katakana, they are not yet on the table.
Katakana is equivalent to the Japanese phonetic notation of Chinese characters, and there is no unified standard yet. It will take hundreds of years to develop and mature.
Hiragana was originally a pinyin script exclusively used by Japanese women. About a hundred years ago, with the popularity of "The Tale of Genji", it gradually became familiar to Japanese men. However, it can only be used to write popular books, and must be used in official documents and history books.
Use Chinese characters.
The first step taken by Ming officials to promote sinicization in Yingzhou was to ban the use of hiragana and temporarily allow the use of katakana to phoneticize Chinese characters.
While Taira Kiyomori killed the Minamoto brothers, he also recognized another branch of the Minamoto clan in the Eastern Kingdom.
If Genji can't kill them all, he must make a compromise.
Immediately afterwards, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, Taira Kiyomori supported Kenhito (Emperor Sotoku) as the king of Japan. He abolished the king's government and established the shogunate to rule the country.
As for Tikihito (Emperor Konoe) who was plagued by all kinds of diseases, he was directly abolished.
Instead of establishing an heir apparent (Japanese crown prince) for the time being, Taira Kiyomori married one of his sisters to the king in the hope of giving birth to an heir to inherit the throne.
After completing this series of operations, Taira Kiyomori was completely in control of the court, and all ministers who dared to jump out were eliminated by him.
Then, in the name of the shogun, he sent his cronies to serve as governors of various counties, at least superficially controlling Japan's local power.
It was not until this time that Taira Kiyomori asked the Japanese king to announce that in order to thank the Ming Dynasty for saving the Japanese nation, the entire Saikaidō (Kyushu and surrounding islands) of Japan would be dedicated to the Ming Emperor.
Yes, this is a land donation by the Japanese king, not a cessation of land by the shogun!
As soon as the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar.
However, the Ming army was stationed in Ping'an Jing, and no one dared to raise troops to go to Luo Qingjun's side. Several officials wrote poems to express their dissatisfaction, and were soon executed by Pingqing Sheng Luo Zhi.
Xu Liangyou continued to stay in Ping'an Jing and sent 500 sergeants under his command to Fukuoka to protect the Yingzhou officials who were about to take office.
Chikuzen Province Moridai from Fukuoka, before the Ming Dynasty soldiers could pass by, he ran away after searching for his belongings - he was originally an acting official and did not have much real power in Chizen Province, so it was normal for him to rush back to Heian Kyo to enjoy his blessings.
In midsummer, Chao Ruogu, the magistrate of Yingzhou, arrived in Fukuoka and entered the prefecture city under the protection of the army.
The next day, local tycoon Harada Nakashige was summoned.
"I... I am a humble citizen paying homage to the governor!" Harada Nakashige didn't know how to call himself.
Chao Ruogu had a kind attitude and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, just sit down and talk."
After hearing the translation, Harada Nakashige quickly thanked him.
Chao Ruogu asked: "Can you speak Chinese?"
Harada Nakashige said: "Omin originally served in the Chikuzen Government Office. Ming merchants often came to Hakata Port, and some Ming merchants from Zhejiang and Shandong even opened shops and stayed there. Therefore, I can understand some Ming official dialect, but only
Listen, but not very good at speaking."
"We still need to learn the Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty," Chao Ruogu said.
Harada Nakashige immediately stated: "Young people must study hard."
Chao Ruogu asked again: "I heard from merchants in the Ming Dynasty that you only changed your surname to Harada twenty years ago?"
Harada Nakashige said: "That's right. My family was originally a direct descendant of the Ozo clan. When our ancestors served as generals in the Western Conquest, they moved to settle here in Chizen Country."
Chao Ruogu took out a copy of "Japanese Secretary": "I don't know much about Japan. I read "Japanese Secretary" on the way to my post. But I didn't expect that there are many people of Han descent in Japan, and the Ozo clan is one of them."
The Harada clan belongs to the direct line of the Ozo clan and has always had a genealogy. In the 21st century, the ancestors of the Liu clan are still worshiped.
Harada Nakashige said: "The ancestor of my family is A Zhigong, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, he brought two thousand people to Japan. He first changed his surname to Sakagami, and then changed his surname to Dazang. My branch changed its surname to Harada twenty years ago.
"
Chao Ruogu's smile suddenly disappeared, and he asked with a straight face: "Since you are a descendant of the Liu family, why do you take the surname Yi?"
Harada Nakamo was startled and hurriedly explained: "It's God...the King of Japan gave me this surname, I really don't dare to disobey it." Chao Ruogu said: "Now this is not Japan's Saikaidō, but the Ming Dynasty's Yingzhou. Do you still want to keep using it?
Is it Yi’s surname?”
Harada Nakashige said: "I don't dare. The Harada clan will immediately change the surname of their ancestors. From now on, the common people will no longer be Harada Nakashima, but will be called Liu Zhongmao!"
The ancestor of the Dazang clan in Japan is very clear, namely Liu Azhi, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
In addition to the Ozo clan, there are dozens of other surnames, also descendants of Liu Azhi, most of whom were given surnames by the Emperor of Japan after their meritorious service.
They moved here in the 10th year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty. Liu Azhi brought his sons, uncles, clansmen, and more than 2,000 servants to Japan and was directly appointed as a court official.
Moreover, Liu Azhi, Liu Duhe and his son also served as Japanese envoys and went to conduct diplomatic activities with Sun Wu - this estimated year record is incorrect.
Chao Ruogu regained his smile and became amiable again: "Since you are of Chinese descent, you should naturally be re-employed. The imperial court plans to change Chikuzen Province into Fukuoka Prefecture. How about you being the first magistrate of Fukuoka Prefecture?"
Harada...no, it was Liu Zhongmao with his mouth wide open, as if he had picked up a five million lottery jackpot on the road.
After coming back to his senses, Liu Zhongmao immediately ran to kneel down: "Thank you for your appreciation, the prefect. I will definitely be loyal to the Ming Dynasty!"
This kind of county magistrate is a local magistrate, not a real official. In the Ming Dynasty, he was at most a first-class official.
When the news came out that the Harada clan had changed its surname back to Liu and was appointed as the county magistrate, countless Chinese descendants suddenly appeared throughout Yingzhou.
One by one, they took the freshly baked genealogy and rushed to Hakata Port as quickly as possible, where they bought Ming Dynasty clothes and put them on, hoping that their new status would be recognized by Zhizhou.
Many fights even broke out along the way, with powerful men in the same place killing each other or delaying their competitors to ensure that they could see the governor first.
They have not read much Chinese history books, and are not even familiar with "Japanese Records". The genealogy they created is full of loopholes.
Yingzhou, Fukuoka Prefecture, Hakata Castle.
"You Kikuchi clan seem to be descendants of the Fujiwara clan, right?" Liu Zhongmao mocked.
It only took a month for him to change his surname from Harada to Liu, but he already regarded himself as a Chinese Miao and regarded other powerful people as Japanese slaves and barbarians.
It’s just a matter of those with minor surnames. The Kikuchi family was separated from the Fujiwara family more than a hundred years ago!
A close blood descendant of the Emperor actually said that his ancestors immigrated from China.
Who the hell believes that?
Chao Ruogu, the magistrate of Yingzhou, believed it and pointed out the loopholes in his genealogy: "According to the year of your genealogy, you moved to Japan 542 years ago. It was not the Tang Dynasty at that time, but the Sui Dynasty. You must know
Change it again.”
The head of the Kikuchi family, who had changed his name to Li Yixin and claimed to be a descendant of Li Tang, quickly explained: "Having been away from home for hundreds of years, most likely there were errors in the genealogy when it was copied."
Chao Ruogu nodded and smiled: "If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good."
Li Yixin put on a crying expression and squeezed out a few tears: "The Juchi clan has always remembered the instructions of their ancestors from generation to generation and has never thought about returning to China. Now I have finally fulfilled the wish of our ancestors, which is to die today. I
I also have the nerve to go to the spring to meet my ancestors. Wuwuwu..."
Liu Zhongmao rolled his eyes when he heard this, and looked down upon these guys even more. I am the real Chinese Miao descendant, and you are all fake Japanese slaves!
In any case, this family, which was separated from the Fujiwara clan just over a hundred years ago, was recognized by the governor and became a descendant of Li Tang. It also became a county magistrate, with jurisdiction over the Kumamoto area of Japan.
The two left the government office. Liu Zhongmao walked in front with his head held high, while Li Yixin followed behind with his hands down. Their statuses were completely reversed from before.
When Li Yixin was still surnamed Kikuchi, many wealthy families in Kyushu Island were dwarfed by him. After all, he has the blood of the Japanese royal family!
Now he feels very guilty. Li Yixin knows that he is a fake. Liu Zhongmao is definitely the real thing. "Japanese Secretary" writes it clearly.
After walking for a while, Li Yixin said to Liu Zhongmao: "Liu Jun, please stay. I have prepared some small gifts for you."
Liu Zhongmao smiled and praised: "You are quite sensible."
Li Yixin said: "From now on, Liu Jun and I are both ministers of the Ming Dynasty and should take care of each other. Jun Liu is a close minister of the prefect, so I hope you can speak kindly to me."
"Easy to say." Liu Zhongmao became more and more proud.
The salary of the two people was distributed by the imperial court in Ming Dynasty coins. There must be corruption in private, even in the fish and meat village, but the prefect Chao Ruogu was too lazy to take care of it, so he could just pay the taxes in full.
Even some tax arrears can be forgiven by the magistrate, as long as they don't default on them every year, which would greatly affect the prestige of the court.
Chao Ruogu came to be the magistrate of the state, and his main task was to explore the mines and mine them.
At that time, these powerful county magistrates will have to help recruit people as miners. If there is any civil unrest, as long as it is not big, the powerful people can handle it themselves, and there is no need for the Ming army to suppress it personally.
Moreover, the powerful people who were appointed as county magistrates will definitely be able to produce a "Chinese genealogy". If they want to continue to dominate, they must maintain their new identity and voluntarily change their clan into Ming Dynasty costumes.
They will claim to be Chinese Miao descendants and actively help promote Chineseization, thereby influencing other powerful people and the common people.
If you really make the local area angry and resentful, you will be severely punished. Historically, Yuan Weichao, who was in his teens, gathered a group of country samurai and beat these guys to the point where they asked the emperor for help. The elites of the Ming Dynasty were still afraid of a crusade.
No?
Anyway, all bad things are done by lawless powerful people. The Ming Dynasty and its government will always be benevolent and love the people!
