Mao Taijiu, Jin Siyi, Jin Yingyuan and other Ryukyu envoys were having fun in Nanjing when they were suddenly called away by officials from Honglu Temple.
Compared with the Ming system, the functions of Honglu Temple have been adjusted. In charge of foreign affairs, secondly in charge of banquet reception, and the working meals of various yamen inside and outside the capital are also separated from the functions of Honglu Temple.
You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, even the elephants in the Royal Zoo ate grass and fodder provided by Honglu Temple. Eunuchs and civil servants, who changed the law and were greedy for food expenses, Honglu Temple could only see the sky and cry poorly. Internal employees also skipped meals, leading to state banquets for foreign guests, and foreign envoys were served with leftovers.
"Meet Da Honghe!"
The three Ryukyu envoys bowed in unison.
Liu Xiangke has been promoted to You Shaoqing of Honghe Temple, and angrily scolded: "Don't put a high hat on me, you wait for the barbarians of the foreign country, and you actually serve the Japanese general as the master. What's your intention?"
When the three envoys heard the words, they were all terrified.
Mao Taijiu quickly said: "Ryukyu has served China for three hundred years, and has been favored by China for a long time. If it is not helpless, why is it willing to deviate from it? It is all because Japan sent troops,
The small Ryukyu country is hard to resist, so it can only bear the humiliation and wait for the opportunity. Now that China is strong and prosperous, the son of our country has requested canonization and is about to return to the embrace of his mother country. If China can send troops to fight against Japan, our country will definitely be grateful, and there is no need to have two hearts. "
This is the truth. Although the Mao family has been a leading party for decades, the leading party also wants to stand on its own one day.
A few decades is enough to wipe out all political enemies, not to mention that the daughter of the Mao family is still the Queen Mother.
Now that the Mao family is full-fledged, the hidden purpose of coming to Nanjing this time is to restore relations with China. When the time is right, China will be invited to send troops to seek the independence of the Ryukyu Kingdom, without paying tribute to Japan in business tax and food every year.
But Liu Xiangke didn't listen to the explanation, and reprimanded: "The country that betrays the lord, and still wants to be granted? Go back and tell the false lord of Ryukyu that if he wants to be king, he will drive away the Japanese on the island and show his majesty some loyalty." .In three months, if there are still Japanese officials collecting taxes in Ryukyu, our Celestial Dynasty will definitely send troops to punish them!"
The Ryukyu Mission was expelled from Nanjing.
On the way back to the country, Jin Yingyuan said anxiously: "The emperor of the Celestial Dynasty will not really send troops to fight, will he?"
Mao Taijiu smiled and said: "It is best for China to send troops, which can scare the Japanese away. At that time, it will be nothing more than sending envoys to reprimand, and our country will just apologize.
With the Japanese gone, we can collect a lot of business taxes every year, and we don't have to raise food for Satsuma. When we come to China this time, we are in the right place! "
"Then do you want to expel the Japanese and show your loyalty to the emperor?" Jin Siyi asked.
Mao Taijiu waved his hand and said: "Absolutely not. If we expel Japan, China will at most canonize the Ryukyu king, and most likely will not send troops to help, but Japan will send troops."
? When Japan attacked Ryukyu, Ryukyu rulers and ministers also asked Daming for help.
But Ryukyu is too small, and it is located overseas, so Daming is not willing to work hard to help.
Later, when Japan invaded North Korea, when the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty discussed it, the mainstream argument was: Japan, a small country, was not satisfied with encroaching on Ryukyu, so it came to invade North Korea again. North Korea and Ryukyu are both vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot blindly tolerate Japan's nonsense.
And in another time and space, about ten years later, Ryukyu will once get rid of the control and exploitation of Japan with the help of the Qing government.
However, Japan has cultivated too many rapes.
Xiang Xiangxian, the most powerful politician, historian and reformer in Ryukyu, was trained by Japan and became the regent of Ryukyu. From the source of ideology and culture, advocating the "theory of common ancestors between Japan and Ryukyu", Ryukyu was eventually assimilated by Japan. You know, this guy belongs to the royal family of Ryukyu, and he also compiled the history books of Ryukyu.
The Ryukyu Mission, after being reprimanded by a pass, returned home excitedly, waiting for China to send troops to fight.
The Imperial Academy under Qian Qianyi¡¯s charge also received a new assignment, and hurriedly read various historical materials and wrote articles proving that the Ryukyu people were descendants of China.
Qian Qianyi suddenly felt dizzy. He knew about the existence of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but he hadn't researched the specific situation at all. We can only organize people, look through the official archives of the former Ming Dynasty, and find that Ryukyu is a big fart. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were actually three countries, and the three kings didn't even have surnames.
Today's Ryukyu king's surname is Shang, which was also given by Zhu Zhanji.
Then make it up!
According to the "Shan Hai Jing" records, Fujian is in the sea, and there are mountains in the northwest, which are called Zhongshan in Fujian. The word "Haizhong" indicates that the land of ancient Fujian includes not only the inland of Fujian, but also islands such as Taiwan and Ryukyu.
In ancient times, how could the Chinese people go to Ryukyu?
can find historical evidence,Southern style, dressed in Han Chinese style.
The soldiers guarding the fort are all Han Chinese. When they saw the Chinese ships, they didn't fire at all. Now that they heard that the Zheng family was coming, they even came over to say hello with a smile.
Not long after, hundreds of islanders came over.
One of the old men walked tremblingly in front of Zheng Shen, hung on his crutches and asked, "This old man is the patriarch of the Zheng clan, which clan descendant are you?
Zheng Shen replied: "The great-grandfather of the younger generation is Zheng Gong who tabooed Zhou."
The old man laughed suddenly: "I am your uncle!"
Zheng Shen was stunned for a moment, and then bowed: "The younger generation pays respects to uncle."
The old man pointed to the fleet in the distance: "This is?"
Zheng Shen explained: "It's good to teach my uncle to know that this Ryukyu country will be China's Ryukyu County in the future, and my nephew will be the first magistrate of Ryukyu County."
"Okay, okay!" The old man was overjoyed.
The rest of the islanders also smiled.
Another old man raised his crutches and shouted: "The thirty-six surnames of Kume, all of you are listening. From every household, there are people who contribute their strength, and help my dynasty win Ryukyu!"
This island, guarding the mouth of the sea, is the only place to pass from the sea to the Ryukyu King City.
There are thirty-six surnames on Kume Island, all of whom are Han Chinese.
They have armies and forts to protect the royal city from attack by sea. At the same time, he also helped Ming Dynasty monitor the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers, and participated in the tribute trade for generations.
When the Japanese invaded Ryukyu, they dared not pass through here, because they could not withstand the fort attack.
Ryukyu resisted Japanese aggression, and it was Zheng Jiong who led the Han people in Kume Island to resist. The Ryukyu king did not send troops at all at that time. Moreover, after Zheng was captured and sacrificed, the Ryukyu monarchs and officials slandered Zheng Jiong as a traitor.
Kume's 36 surnames have been officials in Ryukyu for generations, but now they are being suppressed miserably.
Of course, there are also those who are forced to cater to Japan, such as Cai Jin of the Cai family, who is now serving as the official doctor of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Zheng Shen stayed on the island for less than half an hour, and all the young and strong Han families with the 36 surnames were dispatched to help the Datong army capture the port together with weapons.