I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 688 Shimazu Tadahashi
Seeing everyone dragging out the corpses of Guangxiang and others, Wu Bazhi was in a good mood after his great revenge was avenged.Now that the people of the Satsuma Domain have been dealt with, the next step is for the Satsuma Domain's losers.

"Sir, in Ryukyu Kingdom, in addition to Japanese people such as Tiaosho Hiroyuki, there are many people in the three imperial departments who are closely related to Satsuma Domain. We must eradicate them all."

Liu Beiyu nodded immediately after hearing this, but he didn't need to take action in this kind of thing. He had more important things to do.

"You should handle this matter yourself, and combine all the troops and horses of the Ryukyu Kingdom to station in Shuri Castle. I believe that the Satsuma Domain will receive the news soon, and I will also write to the court quickly. Now the Nanzhili Navy is about to arrive. On the move."

Upon hearing this, Wu Bazhi immediately nodded and accepted the order. In the following days, the entire Ryukyu Kingdom fell into a bloody storm.

With the support of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese in Ryukyu, especially those who were loyal to Japan, were liquidated. Hundreds of people were deposed or killed.

Tian Ergen and others also soon received news that all the Satsuma clan's Zaiban followers in Ryukyu Miyako and Yaeyama Island had also been eliminated.Now the entire Ryukyu Islands are back in Ryukyu hands.

However, Tian Ergen and others knew that although their mission was over, the next step was the main event.

Satsuma Domain Kagoshima Castle, Kyushu, Japan.

"Ryukyu, a small country, dared to resist my Shimazu family and kill me, Tiaosho Hiroyuki. If I had known, I should have slaughtered all their royal family and eradicated them!
In Kagoshima Castle Shokakukan, Shimazu Tadashi, the current head of the Shimazu family, immediately became furious after receiving the news of Ryukyu's "rebellion".

At that time, he originally wanted to abolish the lineage of Shonin, the leader of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and put Ryukyu under direct jurisdiction, but he was blocked by Tokugawa Ieyasu.In the end, they had no choice but to force Ryukyu to cede the Amami Islands, and then sent Hirohito and others to Ryukyu to monitor and prepare to slowly assimilate Ryukyu.

Unexpectedly, Ryukyu's desire for revenge would not be extinguished. More than ten years later, he still wanted to go against his Shimazu family, and actually killed everyone including Tiaosho Hirohito.

"Master Governor, Ryukyu's national power is weak. It is absolutely impossible for him to resist our Shimazu family. There is definitely Ming's support behind this, otherwise they would not do this."

In the main hall of Shokakukan, seeing Shimazu Tadahashi so angry, his uncle Shimazu Ryūbo shook his head after hearing this.

He was very aware of the strength of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and was shocked when he heard that they actually massacred the Shimadzu family's envoys in Ryukyu.But he later realized that it was impossible to do this with the Ryukyu Kingdom's national strength, unless there was support from the Ming Dynasty behind it.

Hearing what his uncle said, Shimazu Tadahashi shook his head, obviously disapproving of what he said.

"It's not like we don't know the Ming Dynasty's attitude toward Ryukyu. They won't care about Ryukyu at all. Otherwise, when we invaded Ryukyu, they would have helped Ryukyu just like they helped North Korea."

"What the governor said is true. The Ming Dynasty will not care about Ryukyu at all. When Shang Ning, the leader of the Ryukyu Kingdom, was detained by us, Ma Liangbi, the third officer in charge of the government affairs of the Ryukyu Kingdom, sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to report this to the Ming Dynasty. thing.

But the result was completely lost.Finally, when we paid tribute and trade to the Ming Dynasty in the name of Ryukyu.As long as we bribe Ming officials, we can trade unscrupulously, and they will not check our identity at all. "

Hearing Shimazu Tadahashi say this, the retainer Ise Sadamasa on the side immediately agreed.

In his opinion, Ming Dynasty had already acquiesced to the fact that Ryukyu was occupied by them. If he didn't care about it before, why would he care about it now?

"I'm confused. Just because I didn't care about it before doesn't mean I won't care about it now. I've long heard that the current Ming Emperor has great ambitions and extraordinary abilities. He wiped out the Jurchens when he first came up. In the end, he abolished the sea ban and expanded sea trade. He even took the initiative to fight with the Nanman (Japan’s name for Spanish and Dutch people), he is not an ordinary person at first glance. I even heard that he was called the reincarnation of Bodhisattva in the Ming Dynasty, and he could actually cure smallpox. I wonder how such a talented person could tolerate Ryukyu being invaded by us. "

Although what Shimazu Longbo said was very reasonable, a look of dissatisfaction flashed across Shimazu Tadashi's face.

Although he has been in power for more than 20 years, he has been suppressed by his father Shimazu Yoshihiro and his uncle Shimazu Ryūbo. It was not until the death of his father Shimazu Yoshihiro four years ago that he gained real power.

Therefore, he disliked his uncle very much. If it were not for his status, he would have been exiled long ago.

Now I see him cowering in the face of the Ryukyu Rebellion, fearing that the Ming Dynasty is behind him, and I feel very disgusted in my heart. I feel that he is old and has lost his ambition, so he sarcastically said:
"Uncle, you and my father were so high-spirited when we defeated [-] Ming troops in the Battle of Chunchuan. Why are you so timid and unbearable towards the Ming Dynasty now?"

Seeing that Shimazu Tadahashi actually mentioned the Battle of Chunchuan, Shimazu Ryūbo's face suddenly turned red, and he secretly cursed Shimazu Taduhane for being so mocking him.

During the Battle of Korea, he and his brother Shimazu Yoshihiro entered Korea. They originally planned to follow Toyotomi Hideyoshi to seize the territory and fight to the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, Japan could not even defeat North Korea, and Shimazu Yoshihiro's performance was even more impressive.He was the last Japanese general to arrive in North Korea, so he was ridiculed by other daimyo in North Korea and was nicknamed "Japan's first late king".

He and Shimazu Yoshihiro were also deeply ashamed, so they used 500 men to defeat North Korea's 3000-man attack by defending Chuncheon Castle next to Pyongyang.It was widely publicized that it defeated [-] Ming troops to expand the prestige of the Shimazu family.

Naturally, this kind of thing could not be deceived by the family heads in North Korea, but they did not expose it.After all, this kind of crazy expansion of results is also commonly used by other people, and Japan cannot receive real information, so just say whatever you want.

But ordinary people don't know the truth, Shimazu Tadahashi must know the whole story.

He deliberately mentioned this matter at this time, which was obviously to humiliate himself.Thinking of this, he secretly cursed Shimazu Tadahashi for not crying until he saw the coffin, and he didn't want to dissuade him, so he shook his head and said:
"Since the Governor said so, we can't stop him. All matters regarding Ryukyu will be decided by the Governor."

Seeing Shimazu Longbo relenting, Shimazu Tadahashi was in a good mood.

"Okay, since uncle said so, I will give the order!"

All the retainers of the Shimazu family present immediately bowed their heads and obeyed his orders.

"Since Ryukyu wants to rebel and kill me, I am so ruthless this time. Don't blame me, the Shimazu family, for being ruthless. This time I want to personally lead an army of [-] people to Ryukyu, go straight to Shuri Castle, and kill Sho, the leader of Ryukyu Kingdom. Yutaka, from now on Ryukyu will be directly included in our Satsuma Domain."

Shimazu Ryūbo, who was at the head, was stunned when he heard this. Either he had failed to obey, or Shimazu Tadahashi was crazy.

The Shimadzu family only had 1 troops at full strength. Shimazu Tadatsune actually wanted to lead 7000 troops to the Ryukyus, so he had to do it himself.

What if something unexpected happens?

(End of this chapter)