1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 358 The Ryukyu Affair

Gu Sanping returned to his home in Hanxingburg with a serious expression on his face. His five-year-old daughter happily rushed to her father's side, hugged her father's thigh, and chirped with anecdotes about today's play.

Gu Sanping smiled and lowered his body, squatting beside his daughter, and took out two clay pots from a pocket behind him.

Then, under the expectant gaze of my daughter, I pried open the cork with a knife, revealing the fresh and tender fruit pieces inside.The wife next to him also came over curiously, looking at the fruit in the clay pot.

Gu Sanping picked out a piece with chopsticks and stuffed it into his daughter's mouth.

After the daughter ate the fruit in the clay pot, her eyes lit up instantly, and she chewed quickly.

"Father, mother, it's sweet." The daughter shouted happily: "It's so delicious!...I want to eat it!"

Gu Sanping smiled and handed the chopsticks to his wife, motioning for her to try it too.

Today, I went to the government office in the city to discuss matters. After the conclusion, Commander Zhang Wenqi gave them several Hanxing Island civil affairs officials, and each distributed two canned food, one canned fruit and one canned fish.

"Do you have any doubts in your husband's heart?" The wife left her daughter who was enjoying canned fruit and came to her husband who was full of thoughts.

"Today, the commander gave me a suggestion, which is really difficult to decide." Gu Sanping pondered for a moment, then said to his wife.

"Although Commander is young, he doesn't have the slightest arrogance and is sensible. Did he make things difficult for you today?" asked his wife worriedly.My husband has always been valued by Zhang Wenqi, and almost most of the civil affairs are entrusted to him to manage, and he devotes himself to the various construction aspects of Hanxing Island.

"The Commander suggested that I take the whole family to Nahanzhou with the second transshipment immigrant fleet." Gu Sanping said softly.

"Ah?" The wife was shocked, and said in fear: "Is it because..., because the Commander is suspicious of you and wants to drive you away?"

"That's not true!" Gu Sanping smiled, shook his wife's hand, and said, "Master Commander said that Hanxing Island is small and positioned as a transfer point for immigrants, with limited development potential. He suggested that I go to Hanzhou mainland, Go to the civil government to do things. Hanzhou is expanding vigorously, and there is a shortage of people to use. If I go to Hanzhou to practice for a year or two, it is enough for a county."

"...Master Commander is appreciating you and cultivating you?"

"Cultivation?" Gu Sanping was a little dumbfounded. Zhang Wenqi, a young man who just turned 20, actually wants to cultivate me, a scholar who is nearly [-] years old!
However, although Zhang Wenqi, the conductor of Hanxing Island, said that the writing was straightforward and without literary talent, the Confucian classics he studied were also Liao Liao.However, he knows a lot about ancient and modern Chinese and foreign affairs, the geography of the four regions, and the manufacture of construction equipment.Even wielding a gun, holding a sword, and navigating a boat is quite proficient.For more than a year, this Hanxing Island has been built in an orderly manner, and the facilities are gradually complete.

"Whether to go to the mainland of Hanzhou, the commanding officer has never forced it." Gu Sanping said: "He just simply hoped that I could do something in Hanzhou. Civil affairs in Hanzhou, the most important thing is actual performance. If you can concentrate on doing things, you can achieve something. After a career, the space for upward advancement will naturally be fulfilled by me."

"Since this is the case, my husband should follow what the commander said, and go to the mainland of Hanzhou to serve." The wife said.

"The mainland of Hanzhou is thousands of miles away from here." Gu Sanping said: "If we live in Hanzhou, I am afraid that we will never return to Daming."

"Will Daming use my husband's talents? Will Daming save me from starvation? Will Daming give my family food and clothing?" The wife asked softly.

Hearing his wife's question, Gu Sanping was stunned and fell silent for a while.

"Da Ming, if you don't save others, you can't save yourself." The wife finally said.

After hearing this, Gu Sanping nodded silently.Hanzhou was born, perhaps, its momentum is growing day by day, becoming a big country.

The nine large ships led by Qi Dajiang did not delay at all. After four ships were sent to Songjiang to buy cotton and recruit Zhihu, the other five large ships immediately loaded more than 200 immigrants and transferred them to Midway Island (now Palau Koror). island).The immigrant fleet must complete three transshipments before the end of March to alleviate the tense food crisis on Hanxing Island.

It may be the Little Ice Age. The temperature on Hanxing Island in the middle of the ocean dropped to more than ten degrees at the end of November. Feel very sick.Within a week, more than 200 people had a cold and fever and lay down in the barracks.This made half of the more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Second Marine Corps who stayed here sneer, claiming that the mainland of Hanzhou probably sent more than [-] weak young soldiers.How does this deal with the urgent handling of affairs in Ryukyu, Daming, and even Annan?
On this day, December 1639, 12, the soldiers of the Fourth Marine Corps, ridiculed as "Young Master Soldiers", greeted a group of Ryukyu dignitaries in full armor, including the tributary envoys to Ming Dynasty, A group of more than 3 people, the doctor, the chief historian, and the translator who acted as an interpreter, came to Hanxing Island on six lucky boats to seek the support and assistance of Daming's "father".

Looking at the soldiers in black military uniforms and holding muskets with bayonets, they stared at the Ryukyu group.On Prince Shangzhi's face, there was a bit of doubt and a bit of fear.These people are probably not the army of the Celestial Dynasty.Although they all looked like Ming people, their expressions showed a hint of arrogance, and they also showed vague disdain and contempt for the Ryukyu people.The pride already in Wang Zishangzhi's heart was suddenly covered with unspeakable bitterness.Although Ryukyu is small, our history has a long history and is closely related to the Great Ming Dynasty.

According to "Zhongshan Shipu" and other historical records of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Yingzu (AD 1229-1299) was the founder of the Ryukyu Yingzu Dynasty, and his god name was Yingzu Yuezi.Yingzu was the son of Huizu, the governor of Yizu City, and Huizu was a descendant of the legendary Tiansun Dynasty, the earliest dynasty in Ryukyu.From 1253 to 1259 AD, Yingzu served as the regent of King Yiben of the Shuntian Dynasty.Yiben "professes lack of virtue", Zen is located in Yingzu, Yingzu succeeded to the throne in 1260 AD, and established the Yingzu Dynasty.

At the end of the Yingzu Dynasty, Ryukyu was divided into Shannan, Zhongshan, and Shanbei, which were located in the southern, central, and northern parts of the Ryukyu Islands. This period is called the "Three Mountains Era".Among the Three Kingdoms, Zhongshan is the strongest and Shanbei is the weakest.

In 1416, Shang Bazhi, the eldest son of King Zhongshan who was in charge of state affairs, conquered Shanbei.

In 1429, Shang Bazhi conquered Shannan again, established Shuri Castle as the capital, and established a unified Ryukyu Kingdom, but still paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. The king of Zhongshan Kingdom was canonized as the Ryukyu King by the Ming government.Since then, the Ryukyu Kingdom has been paying tribute every other year in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, and keeping the festival of ministers.According to the vassal relationship between Ryukyu and the Ming Dynasty, every generation of Ryukyu kings needs to accept the canonization from the Ming Dynasty.

In 1430, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty officially gave the surname "Shang" to the ruler of Ryukyu. Before that, Ryukyu people only had first names, and only then did they have surnames.

In 1469 (the fifth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty), civil strife broke out in Ryukyu, King Shangde was killed, and the First Shang Dynasty perished.

In 1470, Uchima Kinmaru (also known as Jinyuan), a court official (court official in charge of finance) who was born in Najima, was elected as the king by the officials and changed his name to Shangyuan. Report the "father's death" to the Ming Dynasty. In 1471, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty canonized Shang Yuan as king, which was known as the "Second Shang Dynasty" in history.

The current ruler is Shangfeng, who is old and frail, and the crown prince Shangxian is young. Under the assistance of the Prime Minister, he is struggling to maintain the political situation in Ryukyu, and he has to deal with the erosion and oppression of the increasingly domineering Satsuma clan in Japan.

In 1609 (the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and the 14th year of Keicho in Japan), the Satsuma clan of Japan led an army to invade Ryukyu. After the Satsuma army captured Shuri Wangcheng, all movable property was packed and transported away for seven days.He also captured Ryukyu King Shangning and more than a hundred people to Kagoshima until September 1611, 16 (the [-]th year of Keicho in Japan), when King Shangning was forced to sign the "Fifteen Articles" with Satsuma, recognizing Satsuma Fan's control of Ryukyu.At the same time, the five islands of Amami (namely Kikai Island, Tokuno Island, Amami Oshima, Okinagarabu Island, and Yoron Island) were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Satsuma Domain, and they were released and survived.

In addition, Ryukyu was also forced to send envoys to meet the shogun, a move known as "Shang Edo".Since then, Shimadzu has become the master of Sino-Ryukyu trade.Since then, Ryukyu has entered the period of "one country, two territories".However, due to the special status of Ryukyu in Tomorrow, although the Edo Shogunate and Satsuma included Ryukyu in the Japanese-style Huayi order, they adopted a tacit attitude towards the existence of the Ryukyu Kingdom in terms of foreign relations.Therefore, although Ryukyu was controlled by the Edo shogunate and the Satsuma clan, it had its own independent system and culture, and the tribute system between China and Ryukyu did not undergo fundamental changes.

In 1632, the Shimadzu clan of the Satsuma domain established "Zaiban Fengxing" in Naha, Ryukyu to monitor the internal affairs of Ryukyu and supervise trade and tribute.

Half a year ago, warriors and Ryukyu officials sent by the Satsuma Domain went to Hanxing Island and learned that Zheng Zhilong, the governor of Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty, had temporarily stationed troops on the island to defend the sea route.Everyone in Ryukyu was surprised and delighted.Could it be that the Great Ming Dynasty learned that Japan was oppressing Ryukyu and planned to send troops to intervene?

However, the Satsuma Clan's "Zaiban Fengxing" established in the Ryukyu King City was highly vigilant against this, and sent warriors into the palace to warn the Ryukyu King Shangfeng not to "change the status quo without authorization and provoke the Shimadzu family", and then blocked the Ryukyu external ports. , Forbidding Ryukyu officials to go to sea.

"Do you want us to send troops to Ryukyu Island?" Zhang Wenqi heard the request when she saw Prince Shangzhi of Ryukyu for the first time. Showing an incredible look.

"Looking at your behavior and attire, you are not an official of the Ming Dynasty." Shang Zhi glanced at the shaved heads of the people opposite him, and then considered his own words: "But you also have a lot to do with Daming, I don't know Xiao Wang Are you guessing right?"

"We are from Hanzhou, thousands of miles away. We temporarily live on this island to take in the poor people of Ming Dynasty and transport them to Hanzhou to multiply and live." Zhang Wenqi said seriously: "My Hanzhou people are all Han descendants of Ming Dynasty. The Chinese people do have a great relationship with Daming."

"Since everyone has a great relationship with Ming Dynasty and is a branch of the Chinese civilization, are you willing to be employed by my Ryukyu to expel the Japanese and restore my Ryukyu."

"Your Ryukyu Kingdom should not have been destroyed by the Japanese, right?" Xu Hongxiang, the company commander of the new Fourth Marine Corps, said with a frown.

"The Japanese are domineering, just like my Ryukyu Taishang." Shang Zhi said: "Not only control our Ryukyu internal affairs, trade and military affairs, but also try to prevent my Ryukyu from paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty and making pilgrimage to the Celestial Dynasty. This time I came to your place, I still took the risk to sneak in the fishing port Come by boat."

"How many Japanese are there in Ryukyu? What weapons are they equipped with?" Su Zhongfu, the company commander of the Fifth Marine Corps, asked.

"About six hundred people, there are more than a hundred big guns, and the rest are armed with swords and spears." Shang Zhi said: "However, they are all covered with rattan armor, which is resistant to being cut by swords, and they are extremely brave."

"We temporarily live on this island for the purpose of immigrating, and we will not accept your employment request." Zhang Wenqi glanced at Su Zhongfu, and quickly answered, "Japan is a big country with a large number of soldiers. People. Can you guarantee that the Japanese shogunate will not send troops to invade Ryukyu again?"

"You have big ships." Shang Zhi looked at Zhang Wenqi and said sincerely: "The Japanese ships are small and cannot fight with your big ships. If you wait to drive three or five big ships out of the port of my Ryukyu Island, you will be able to stop the Japanese Invade Ryukyu again. Except that we will bear everything you need to wait for the big ship to protect my Ryukyu, I will give you a high reward and give you this island forever."

Hearing the words, all the people in Hanzhou looked at each other and hesitated for a while.

(End of this chapter)