Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 380
At the beginning of Hanchuan Guangming's proposal, the originally noisy room calmed down instantly.

Iemitsu and Mitsutoshi Hankawa stared at Toshiaki Hankawa dumbfounded, and even Toshimoto Hankawa, who was very arrogant when he scolded Xiujia just now, jumped, "What nonsense are you talking about? Compete against the great masters who are a hundred times behind you?"

It can be seen from his words that he has no aversion to Toshiaki Suzukawa's proposal, but for practical reasons, his reason makes him feel that it will not work out and he opposes it.

Han Chuan Guangjun, who was a little slow to react, slapped Han Chuan Junming's face with his backhand, and cursed at him: "Are you sick and confused a few days ago, and you actually said such outrageous things?"

While speaking, he kept staring at Iemitsu Samukawa next to him, obviously observing his actions.

The beaten Toshiaki Hankawa covered his cheeks and explained, "We need to defeat Ukita, and as soon as the momentum is built, Ukita will definitely back down.

Everyone, please don't forget that in the martial law promulgated by His Royal Highness Guan Bai, even the head of the family will be punished for the riots caused by the retainers.

His Highness who wants to stay in Okayama, once he sees our family’s resistance, in order to maintain his rule, he will definitely try his best to suppress this matter, and he will definitely agree to our request to stay in Sanuki. "

Judging from what Toshimoto Hankawa said, he was obviously much wiser than his elder brother, but Iemitsu still expressed disapproval and resistance to the suggestion of military remonstrance.

Hanchuan Guangjun signaled Junyuan to continue, "Of course we must control this measurement well, and we will definitely not achieve the goal of war.

Sanuki is too close to Osaka, I'm afraid the wind direction will be against us.If it is done properly, maybe in order to appease us, my father can still take the position of house governor. "

"Liulang Bingwei, what are you talking about, what are you talking about, don't shut up!"

Iemitsu, who couldn't bear it any longer, reprimanded Toshikawa Toshiaki, but before he finished speaking, he was restrained by Toshimoto Toshikawa who was on the side, riding on his body, choking his throat and covering his mouth and nose.

Seeing Han Chuan Junyuan's forceful appearance, Han Chuan Junming dissuaded him from the side, "Brother, don't smother the Patriarch to death, we are still waiting for him to go back and spread the word!"

On the side, Mitsutoshi Samukawa also nodded to signal Toshimoto Samukawa to hold on to Iemitsu Samkawa's guard to relax, and motioned for his son Junming to continue talking.

"Since we have defined it as remonstrance rather than rebellion, then our actions cannot leave our fiefdom, and we can mobilize the force in the name of reorganizing a new reserve force and training Hanchuanbei, and carry out training within our own territory.

It is a big taboo to conscript the entire army without being ordered. They will definitely call brother-in-law over to inquire. When the time comes, let brother-in-law tell His Highness Okayama what our Samkawa, Kushida and other families think.

Now that the rewards in Osaka are about to start, Okayama Palace will definitely not want to make extra troubles, so as not to lose the rewards we got, and will definitely agree to our request at that time. "

After hearing his brother's opinion, Toshimoto Samukawa, who had just handed over his brother-in-law to the samurai at home, couldn't help but clapped his hands and shouted, "Okay, let's do it like this! I'll be in charge of training the Shinomiya and other families. , then we are here to wish Father the reascension to the position of House Governor."

Soon Hanchuan Toshiaki's plan was approved by Hanchuan Guangjun, and the two brothers divided into two groups, and went down to the various wealthy families to discuss the matter in person.

He even explained how the Xiu family planned to persecute those who stayed behind, which aroused the indignation of all the families in the Hanchuan family. A few days later, an army of 1600 people was gathered in Hanchuan County, and they began to wantonly attack the territory of Hanchuan. Activities everywhere.

The Hanchuan family's fief is adjacent to Takamatsu Castle, and it is just across the sea from the Hide family's Bizen. The news of the Hanchuan family's mobilization of the army was sent to the family elders' joint meeting on the same day.

After all, it is an army with a size of more than a thousand people. In addition, their movement trajectory is only within their own territory, and they claim to be just military training. nothing important
I leave the pen to you. In Takamatsu Castle not far away, isn’t there a Uki family stationed there with a considerable number of standing.

Akashi Jingkin and Todo Takatora are keenly aware of the unusualness of it. After all, they all know the news that Samukawa Iemitsu is going to be transferred to the Home Elders Association to serve as the head of the force. What kind of training is going on at this time.

In the end, under the mediation of Osafune Sadakin, it was decided to call Samukawa Iemitsu to ask why, and at the same time send him an order to disband the army, which caused misunderstanding.

Unexpectedly, the samurai who went to deliver the order brought back the news that the disheartened Iemitsu and the Samukawa family refused to disband the army two days later.

The people who found that the situation was not right caught Iemitsu Hanchuan and questioned him for a while, and only then did they discover the fact that the Hanchuan family had raised troops.

Yes, although Toshiaki Suzukawa thought his actions were admonitions, but in the eyes of the elders, they were treasonous rebellion.

When the news was sent to Xiu's family, Xiu's family was preparing to do morning exercises with his concubine, Fujihime, to exercise their abdominal muscles. When they heard the news of Sanuki's rebellion, the sponge that had been bound so hard suddenly softened, and they casually wore two pieces. Clothes ran to the meeting.

After listening to Hanchuan Iemitsu's report, Xiujia frowned in pain, and cursed at him, "Why can't you even do this little thing well! Before such an important conversation, why didn't you send your confidant to take care of you?" The door, if there is any change, it should be dealt with decisively!"

But the matter has developed to this point, and the accountability and the like are all things to come. What is important now is to deal with the Han Chuan family's problems. "Let's discuss it and tell you what you think."

The hot-tempered Okari Katsuki spoke first and said, "I think that no matter how beautiful what Mitsutoshi Samukawa said, mobilizing troops is a rebellion, and we should be able to send troops to quell the rebellion."

But it was quickly objected by Akashi Jingqin, "It's the end of July now, and even the lord has to go to Osaka to participate in the evaluation. There are countless famous names coming from south to north. At this time, send troops to Sanuki to counter the rebellion. Do you think the lord Is the guild seeking favor from Guanbai Hall?"

Akashi Jingqin’s objection made Okali Katsuki angry, and said to Akashi Jingqin, “It was you who asked to find out and recalled Kenjiro to ask, but now you know that they have raised troops and asked not to act rashly. How do you lift the lid of the pot? You are the one who asked to cover the pot, what do you want to do?"

Akashi Keiki ignored Oka Toshikatsu's unreasonable troubles, but turned to Osafune Sadako and Hideka and asked, "Should I temporarily agree to the request of the Samukawa family and wait for the situation to stabilize before disposing of them slowly?"

Akashi Jingqin's words were expected by Toshiaki Hanchuan at the beginning. After all, this plan was approved by several elders as soon as it came out. It seems that it is indeed the safest way.

Osafune Sadakin even praised Akashi Jingqin, "Iyoshou really holds the state, I don't know what the lord thinks?"

Reason tells Xiujia that he should agree to Akashi Jingqin's request, but doing so will make Xiujia feel aggrieved, and Xiujia has never been a person who likes to be choked by others.

Since you don't want to give you face, then don't blame the Xiu family for strangling the Han Chuan family to death this time.So Xiujia threw out a completely different point of view.

Just when everyone was staring at Xiujia, Xiujia sneered three times "hehe" on the throne, and then said: "I didn't expect that one day I would be threatened by a group of rats, it's really ridiculous."

Immediately, he raised his head abruptly, with a frightening gleam in his eyes, "Since your Hanchuan family wants to play, then I will accompany you to the end."

He thought about the elders in the audience and ordered, "Since the Hanchuan family said they are training armaments, what effect can they see if they are close to a reserve team? Then let's have a military exercise."

Isn't he a reserve team with more people?I also arranged for him a backup team, so that Suzaku, who was on standby in Okayama, would go to prepare, communicate with the Samukawa family on the battlefield, and let Togawa Tatsuan, Kosai Jiaqing and others do the supporting work. "

Having said that, Hideka still felt that it was not enough, looked at Fujido Takatora and Akashi Jingqin and said, "Since it is a duel, how can there be no referee? Since you lifted the lid of the pot back then, I sent you two to lead me. Banners are going to be referees.

The two of you will go to Sanuki with orders tomorrow, try to resolve this matter before Osaka is settled, and finally send the situation directly to Osaka and me. "

The Xiu family is the real talker of Yuxi's family, and these family elders are just acting on their behalf. Now that the Xiu family has set the tone, the other elders will not have any opinions.

After receiving the order, Akashi Keikin and Fujido Takatora rushed to Sanuki with the Hide family's bannermen, and soon mobilized more than 3000 people, including Marugame Bei from the Togawa family, and Bai Hubei who was stationed in Sanuki. He Qibenzhong and nearly 5000 troops went to Hanchuan County.

The 3000 people mobilized earlier began to lay out along the Samukawa family collar, and cooperated with the ninja army of the Uki family to close all traffic.

At the same time, the navy was ordered to block the waterways around Sanuki, and all ships leaving from Sanuki were detained to ensure that no news could leak out.

Mitsutoshi Hankawa and his son didn't expect that the Hide family's attitude towards them was so firm that they were not afraid that the news of the riots in Sanuki would reach Osaka.

Based on the principle that you are not benevolent and I am not righteous, the rebellion flag was raised directly in the Hanchuan County, shouting to overthrow the brutal rule of Duke Kibi Ukitahide's family.

However, there are only so few people in his hands, and after removing the miscellaneous soldiers, only 1200 Hanchuan have combat power. As the encirclement gradually shrinks, they can only be squeezed to Zhidu City in Hanchuan County for cage city.

But Zhidu City is a port city, adjacent to Zhidu Bay, the Xiu family's cannons don't even need to be unloaded, they can directly bombard Zhidu City from the bow.

Only two days after the bombardment, the Hanchuan family sent a messenger to the Xiu family asking for surrender.

The Hide family did not give the Suzukawa family a chance to defend themselves, and just based on what Iemitsu said, they ordered the Suzukawa family, Mitsutoshi Suzukawa, Toshimoto Suzukawa, Toshiaki Suzukawa and his son who conspired to rebel, to commit seppuku.

The patriarchs of Sigong, Anfu, Kushida, Anxi, and Nakamura under the control of the Hanchuan family all performed seppuku in exchange for the safety of other people in Zhidu City.

The riot caused by the Samukawa family in Sanuki was suppressed after only 7 days. The surrounding neighboring countries only saw that Ukita had mobilized the army in Sanuki but did not know what was going on.

It wasn't until after the incident that it was learned from Yuxi's family that a so-called "drill" training was carried out.

But you have to know that Sanuki is too close to Osaka, and Hideya's water army is mobilizing again, but it directly alarmed Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Osaka, so he sent Katagiri Katomoto, who is close to Hideya, to inform Xiujia, let him go to Osaka ahead of schedule to describe Sanuki's mobilization of troops.

When Katagiri Kamoto arrived at Okayama Castle, Hideka was summoning Kamei Tomoki, and was discussing with him about the plan to conquer Ryukyu in the south.

Many people know a little about Ryukyu, one of the vassal states of ancient China, and based on this, they believe that this is the land of China since ancient times.

But in fact, China never had effective control over Ryukyu in ancient times, and the theory of so-called affiliation as territory is not recognized in international law at all.

In fact, until the early Ming Dynasty, when Ryukyu paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, the so-called Ryukyu concept was only the main island of Ryukyu, and the Yaeyama Islands in the south and the Amami Islands in the north were not under its control.

The current historical research allows us to use multiple evidences to prove that the Ryukyu Kingdom is a spontaneous ethnic regime born on the main island of Ryukyu, which was formed by the merger of the indigenous peoples of the island.

The first dynasty was the Tiansun Dynasty, where most of the myths were fabricated, and the level of civilization was equivalent to that of China's Xia and Shang Dynasties. At this time, the islanders did not have the ability to connect with the outer islands.

Therefore, the idea that many people think that the Penglai Kingdom on the East China Sea during the Qin and Han Dynasties was Ryukyu is very wrong.

The first time the Central Plains Dynasty learned about Ryukyu was when the Yuan Dynasty sent troops to attack Ryukyu. At that time, the Ryukyu Kingdom was recorded for the first time in relation to Oshima (Amami Oshima), Gumi (Kume Island), Matou Mountain (Kerama Islands) and other foreign countries. The island has established a relationship of "come to court and pay tribute".

However, this tributary relationship is only an alliance relationship between the divisions, and the relationship between the divisions of the outer islands and the divisions of the Okinawa main island is equal.

After that came the Three Mountains era, which is more familiar to the Chinese people, that is, the three kingdoms of Nanshan, Zhongshan, and Beishan were split on the main island of Ryukyu due to the issue of heir inheritance. Among the three kingdoms, Zhongshan was the strongest and Beishan was the weakest.

At this time, due to the division of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the state affairs declined, and the subordination relationship with other foreign divisions was severed again.

Until 1372 AD, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent Yang Zai to issue an edict to the Ryukyu Three Kingdoms according to the few words in the history books, and King Chadu of Zhongshan Kingdom sent his younger brother Taiqi to the Ming Dynasty.

By 1383, King Panizhi of Beishan and Chengchadu of Nanshan also successively paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.At this point, the three kingdoms of Beishan, Zhongshan and Nanshan began to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and became the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

It was not until 1392 that Ryukyu accepted 36 skilled shipbuilders from Fujian sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, that the Three Kingdoms basically mastered the technology of building large ships that could sail in the ocean, thus laying the foundation for truly attacking other islands.

It wasn't until 1429, when Xia Keshang came to Bazhi to pretend to be Queen Zhongshan to conquer Nanshan and Beishan one after another, using Shuri Castle as the royal city, that the Ryukyu Kingdom was reunified.

During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty bestowed the Ryukyu king with the surname Shang, known as "the first Shang Dynasty" in history.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 the fifth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1469), King Shangde of the Ryukyu Kingdom died, civil strife broke out in the country, the prince was killed, and the First Shang Dynasty perished.

In the sixth year of Chenghua (1470), Uchima Kinmaru, a palace official (court official in charge of finances), who was born in Izunajima, was elected as the king by the officials and changed his name to Shangyuan.

In the seventh year of Chenghua (1471), he reported the "father's death" to the Ming Dynasty as the "son of the world".In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), the envoys of the Ming Dynasty canonized Shangyuan as king, known as the "Second Shang Dynasty" in history.

It was also during the Second Shang Dynasty that the territory of Ryukyu was really expanded.

In 1500, King Shangzhen quelled the Tomike Akabe Rebellion in the Yaeyama Islands; in 1522, he quelled the Yonaguni Island Ghost Tiger Rebellion.

In 1537, King Shangqing led his army to the Northern Expedition and captured the Amami Islands.The Ryukyu Kingdom finally expanded its influence to the entire Ryukyu Islands, and determined the boundaries from Kikai Island and Amami Oshima in the north to Miyako and Yaeyama Islands in the south, which is called "three provinces and 36 islands" in the history books of Ryukyu.

So far, the Ryukyu Kingdom, which occupies the Ryukyu Islands and has an important strategic position in the memory of many mainlanders, has really been established in their impression.

But it is a pity that although the Ryukyu Kingdom in this matter has established the Ryukyu official rank, court system, priest system, taxation system, administrative division, and abolished the custom of burial, it is still essentially a slave feudal kingdom.

The Shangshang family, named King of Ryukyu, is the co-lord of various nobles in Ryukyu. The nobles in its territory have the same privileges as kings in their fiefs. The so-called kings are just the leaders of the islands and tribes. Japan's enfeoffment system was even more backward in the feudal society.

Under such circumstances, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, the Shang family actually issued a knife hunting order to the territory, that is, prohibiting private ownership of weapons (including noble private soldiers), thus establishing a system in which the king's division is the only legal armed force in the country.

However, the sword hunting order also caused the decline of Ryukyu's military strength, and also paved the way for the defeat of Ryukyu in the Qingchang Ryukyu Battle.

Subsequently, the Kingdom of Ryukyu achieved short-term prosperity by virtue of its trade with the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and by taking advantage of its important geographical location on the sea.

But this kind of prosperity is false, because the huge benefits have been taken away by the king and the nobles. Although the common people at the bottom have been abolished, they still belong to the private property of the nobles.

As property, creating value for the lord is the meaning of their birth, but they didn't get any benefits from the trade.

To give an example: Sailors on ocean-going voyages have been bored on ships for so long, and the most frequent places to go after landing are taverns and women. This is a very objective wealth.

In order to serve the sailors from all over the world, the women in Shuri City are very prosperous, but all the technical workers are slaves, and what they can get in exchange for picking up customers all day long is only two meals a day. Meals.

And because the rouge gouache used by the high-class women was imported from the Ming Dynasty, the technical workers among them still owe money for the rouge gouache to the aristocratic master every day after going to work.

Because the age of great voyages had begun at that time, sailors from all over the world gathered here, and many European sailors brought terrible diseases from America and other regions.

Technical slaves who have no concept of hygiene and self-protection will not be treated properly after being infected, but will be directly killed as consumables.

This story tells you that although the Ryukyu Kingdom at that time established a unified kingdom with reference to the Ming Dynasty, it was actually just a tribal society in the cloak of a kingdom.

The Ryukyu Kingdom at that time was not as beautiful as many fans thought.

(I'm also a fan, as you can tell from my pen name, but I'm a fan of reason.)
Compared with the Ryukyu nobles at that time, the current capitalists are considered kind-hearted, which shows how miserable the people were living at that time.

　Here again, the Diaoyu Islands belong to the affiliated islands of China's Gulf Province, and even from the perspective of the continental shelf, they do not belong to the Ryukyu Islands.

　　The Chinese government has never declared its legal sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)