Mao Taijiu, Jin Siyi, Jin Yingyuan and other Ryukyu envoys were having fun in Nanjing when they were suddenly summoned by officials from Honglu Temple.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty system, the functions of Honglu Temple have been adjusted. They are in charge of foreign affairs and secondarily in charge of banquets and receptions. The working meals of various yamen inside and outside the capital have also been separated from the functions of Honglu Temple.
You must know that during the Ming Dynasty, even the elephants in the royal zoo ate fodder provided by Honglu Temple. The eunuchs and civil servants were greedy for food expenses, and Honglu Temple could only cry for poverty. Internal employees
Food was also withheld, so that during the state banquet for receiving foreign guests, the envoys from foreign countries were served with leftovers.
"Meet Da Honglu!"
The three Ryukyu envoys bowed in unison.
Liu Xiangke had been promoted to the right young minister of Honglu Temple, and he angrily said: "Don't put a high hat on me. You and other barbarians from other countries are actually serving the Japanese general as your master. What are your intentions?"
When the three envoys heard this, they were all frightened.
Mao Taijiu quickly said: "Ryukyu has served China for three hundred years and has been favored by China for a long time. If it was not helpless, how could it be willing to betray it? It was all because of Japan's sending troops.
The small country of Ryukyu is unable to resist, so it can only endure the humiliation and wait for the opportunity. Now that China is strong, our prince has requested for canonization, and is about to return to the embrace of his mother country. If China can raise an army to attack Japan, our country will definitely burst into tears and never have second thoughts. "
This is the truth. Although the Mao family has been the leading party for decades, the leading party also wants to stand on its own one day.
A few decades is enough time to eliminate all political opponents, not to mention that the Mao family daughter is still the Queen Mother.
Now that the Mao family is full-fledged, the hidden purpose of coming to Nanjing to ask for a title this time is to repair relations with China. When the time is right, they will ask China to send troops to seek independence for the Ryukyu Kingdom without having to pay tribute to Japan every year in commercial taxes and food.
However, Liu Xiangke refused to listen to the explanation and scolded: "You have betrayed your master's country and you still want to ask for a title? Go back and tell the puppet master of Ryukyu that if he wants to be the king, he will drive away the Japanese on the island and show your majesty some loyalty.
.If there are still Japanese officials collecting taxes in Ryukyu within three months, our country will definitely send troops to conquer them!"
The Ryukyu mission was expelled from Nanjing.
On the way back home, Jin Yingyuan said uneasily: "The Emperor of China will not really send troops to fight, right?"
Mao Taijiu said with a smile: "It is best for China to send troops, which can scare the Japanese away. When the time comes, all we can do is send envoys to rebuke, and our country will just ask for forgiveness."
With the Japanese gone, we can collect a lot more business taxes every year, and we don’t have to raise food for the Satsuma Domain. This time we came to China, we came to the right place!”
"Then should we expel the Japanese and show our loyalty to the emperor of China?" Jin Siyi asked.
Mao Taijiu waved his hand and said: "Absolutely not. If we expel Japan, China will at most consecrate the King of Ryukyu, and most likely will not send troops to help. Instead, Japan will send troops."
When Japan first attacked Ryukyu, the Ryukyu monarchs also asked Ming Dynasty for help.
But Ryukyu was too small and located overseas, so the Ming Dynasty was unwilling to mobilize troops to help.
Later, Japan invaded Korea. When the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers discussed it, the mainstream argument was that Japan was a small country and was not satisfied with swallowing up Ryukyu, so it invaded Korea again. Korea and Ryukyu were both vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and they could not tolerate Japan's misbehavior.
In another time and space, probably more than ten years later, Ryukyu would once get rid of Japanese control and exploitation with the help of the Qing government.
However, Japan has cultivated too many adulterers.
Xiang Xiangxian, Ryukyu's most powerful politician, historian and reformer, was trained by Japan and served as Ryukyu's regent. From the source of his ideology and culture, he advocated the "theory that Japan and Ryukyu share the same ancestor", and Ryukyu was eventually assimilated by Japan.
You know, this guy is the royal family of Ryukyu, and he also compiled the history books of Ryukyu.
After being reprimanded by the Ryukyu envoys, they rushed back home happily and waited for China to send troops to fight.
The Hanlin Academy in charge of Qian Qianyi also received a new errand. He quickly read through various historical materials and wrote an article to prove that the Ryukyu people were descendants of China.
Qian Qianyi suddenly felt dizzy. He knew about the existence of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but he had never studied the specific situation. He could only organize manpower and read the official archives of the former Ming Dynasty. He found that there were actually three places with bigger farts in Ryukyu in the early Ming Dynasty.
country, and the three kings don’t even have surnames.
Today's Ryukyu King's surname is Shang, which is still the surname given by Zhu Zhanji.
Then just make it up!
According to the "Book of Mountains and Seas", Fujian is located in the sea, and there is a mountain in the northwest, called Min Zhongshan. The word "in the sea" indicates that the land of ancient Fujian included not only the inland Fujian, but also Taiwan, Ryukyu and other islands.
In ancient times, how could Chinese people go to Ryukyu?
We can find historical evidence that the Yellow Emperor ordered people to drum together and turn foxwood into boats and scrap wood into jigsaws to relieve the impoverished people. As a result, the Chinese people had the ability to sail across the sea and settle in Ryukyu.
It is also said that at the end of Qin, Han, Tang and Yuan, a large number of people from Fujian fled the war and crossed the sea to Ryukyu to thrive.
Therefore, Ryukyu people are Fujian people and are part of the descendants of China. Unfortunately, they have been away from their homeland for so long that they have even forgotten Chinese. Schools should be established quickly to allow Ryukyu people to restore their mother tongue.
"Aren't you too fooled?" Zhao Han wanted to laugh.
Qian Qianyi said solemnly: "Your Majesty, how can you say this is a lie? This is the truth. These people from Ryukyu are all descendants of the ancient Fujian people, and they are all our fellow Chinese sisters and brothers!"
Zhao Han said: "Just believe it yourself, and make up Annan's story by the way."
Qian Qianyi said: "Your Majesty, there are ready-made ones in Annan. They are all descendants of the soldiers sent by Qin Shihuang to conquer the south!"
"That's okay." Zhao Han nodded and said.
Fujian merchants who often went to Ryukyu for business also reported an important piece of information, and this matter was well known to everyone in Ryukyu.
During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Ryukyu died suddenly, and his son also died suddenly within a few years, leaving no heirs. An official who managed the treasury actually opened the treasury to bribe ministers, and was elected king by the Ryukyu ministers. He pretended to be the crown prince of Ryukyu and asked for canonization.
.Zhu Jianshen did not send anyone to investigate, but directly sent envoys to canonize him.
The current Ryukyu royal family is the descendant of that imposter!
Zhao Han said happily: "Now my master has become famous. The Ryukyu monarchs and ministers not only obeyed the Japanese generals, but they were also fake. They were not the royal family of the Shang clan enshrined in the Ming Dynasty! Since the royal family of the Shang clan does not exist, then the Ryukyu Kingdom also
There is no need to exist, just set up Ryukyu County directly after defeating it!"
Winter, Fuzhou.
Li Dingguo led his troops onto the troop transport ship. He was originally going to fight Vietnam next year, but temporarily changed it to fight the Ryukyu Kingdom.
The reason why Li Dingguo was allowed to go south was purely because Zhao Han was deliberately cultivating him.
The navy that went on this expedition was led by Hong Xu and its deputy commander was Shi Daxuan, all of whom were former subordinates of Zheng Zhilong.
Summer is the best season to go to Ryukyu, and autumn is a good time to travel from Ryukyu to Fujian. As for winter, there are no tailwinds or headwinds, and the wind and waves along the way are not very big.
A mighty force of more than fifty ships sailed from Fuzhou to Taipei. In addition to warships and troop transports, there were also some merchant ships transporting grain, which were requisitioned by the imperial court to pay Fujian maritime merchants.
When passing by Diao X Island, there were Han people collecting medicinal herbs on the island.
Most of them are Han Chinese living in Taiwan, and there are even Fujianese. They take fishing boats to the Diaoyu Islands to collect sea hibiscus on the islands. This herb can prevent high blood pressure and rheumatism.
There are also two fishing boats docked at Huangwei Island in the northeast of the Diaoyu Islands. But they are not here to fish, but to collect guano on the island. If you come in summer,
You can also pick up bird eggs. At that time, the sky was covered with seabirds, and they gathered at Huangwei Island to lay their eggs.
Within a few days, the fleet entered the Ryukyu Islands.
There are also indigenous people on some small islands, just like villages large and small. The island chiefs need to pay tribute to the Ryukyu king on a regular basis. For these island indigenous people, it doesn't matter who rules, as long as they don't exploit them too much.
If that's the case, then don't worry about it, and slowly build schools to implement education in the future.
The fleet headed straight for Shuri Castle, which was later east of Naha City.
At this time, the sea has not been wildly reclaimed by Japan, and the waterway is very wide. Since it is not the best sailing season, there are not many merchant ships docked here. At this moment, everyone is looking at the Datong Navy fleet stupidly.
When the imperial court was recruiting grain-carrying merchant ships in Fujian, it announced that it was going to fight in Southeast Asia.
The food transport merchants did not know the destination until the day of the expedition. As for collecting information about Ryukyu, that was normal behavior. Who knew that the emperor would send troops?
At this time, the fleet arrived, and the Ryukyus, Japanese, and Han merchants at the port were all dumbfounded.
A ship, first heading to Kume Island.
This Kume Island is not Kume Island hundreds of years later, but an outlying island at the mouth of the E River. It can be understood as what Chongming Island is to Shanghai. After the 18th century, due to the continuous accumulation of sediment, Kume Island gradually disappeared and became that
part of the hegemonic market.
Zheng Shen, a small official from Fujian, now landed with two hundred Datong troops as a descendant of the Kume Zheng family.
"Don't fire, don't fire, that's a Chinese ship!" someone at the Kume Island fort defender was shouting at this moment, and they were still speaking in Fujian dialect.
Zheng Shen led his troops off the ship, suppressed his excitement, and said loudly: "Zheng Shen, the descendant of the Zheng family in Jiume, is back!"
The buildings on Kume Island are all in the Southern Fujian style, and the clothes are also Han Chinese.
The soldiers guarding the fort were all Han Chinese. When they saw the Chinese ships, they did not fire at all. When they heard that the Zheng family was coming, they even came over to say hello with a smile.
Not long after, hundreds more islanders came.
One of the old men walked tremblingly in front of Zheng Shen, hung his cane and asked: "I am the chief of the Zheng clan. Which clan are you a descendant of?"
Zheng Shen replied: "The great-grandfather of this younger generation is Zheng Gongba Zhou."
The old man suddenly laughed: "I am your uncle!"
Zheng Shen was stunned for a moment, then bowed: "Junior, I pay my respects to my uncle."
The old man pointed to the fleet in the distance: "This is it?"
Zheng Shen explained: "I would like to teach my uncle that this Ryukyu Kingdom will be China's Ryukyu County from now on, and my nephew will be the first magistrate of Ryukyu County."
"Okay, okay!" The old man was overjoyed.
The other islanders also smiled.
Another old man raised his cane and shouted: "All the thirty-six surnames of Kume are listening. From every household, there are people and people who can help us to help China win Ryukyu!"
This island, guarding the entrance to the sea, is the only way to reach the Ryukyu Royal Castle from the sea.
There are thirty-six surnames on Kume Island, all of which are Han Chinese.
They have troops and forts that can protect the royal city from sea attacks. At the same time, they also help the Ming Dynasty monitor the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers, and have been involved in tribute trade for generations.
When Japan invaded Ryukyu, they did not dare to pass through here because they could not withstand the attack of the forts.
When Ryukyu resisted the Japanese invasion, it was Zheng Jiong who led the Han people on Kume Island to resist. The King of Ryukyu did not send troops at all at that time. Moreover, after Zheng was captured and sacrificed, the Ryukyu kings and ministers also slandered Zheng Jiong as a traitor.
The thirty-sixth name of Kume has been an official in Ryukyu for generations, but now he is severely suppressed.
Of course, there are also those who are forced to cater to Japan, such as Cai Jin of the Cai family, who is now the chief minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Zheng Shen stayed on the island for less than half an hour, and all the thirty-six young men of the Han family dispatched, armed with weapons, to help the Datong army capture the port.
