"A sneeze...a sneeze...a...a sneeze..." Xiao Letian sneezed three times in the autumn wind. Although Ryukyu is like spring all year round, the sea breeze in the late autumn morning is still a bit cold.
"Do you want to ask the imperial doctor? Why don't you ask Dr. Buck to take a look at the Prime Minister... By the way, I know that there is a secret hot spring in the back mountain. It has a miraculous effect on wind and cold. The Prime Minister must try it... Wrong, wrong, wrong, my cook is best at Japan. Hot pot, the Prime Minister is so proud of it that you will naturally sweat all over after eating it..."
Xiao Letian just sneezed three times, but the courtiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom behind him slapped him with flattery. Xiao Letian had no time to pay attention to them, so he put on the cloak handed over by Mr. Long and looked at the Japanese customs ship getting farther and farther in the distance.
Today he came to see off Sakamoto Ryoma. After half a month of arduous negotiations, more than a month after the Naha riot ended, the Ryukyu royal family finally signed the latest "Naha Secret Treaty" with the Shimadzu family's envoy.
When is the most enjoyable time to negotiate? Of course, it was the happiest after one side won a complete victory. Now that Xiao Letian has completely controlled the situation in Ryukyu, and the military power in his hands can be said to be the strongest in the Ryukyu Kingdom in a thousand years, the Shimazu family has no room to negotiate terms. Update as soon as possible
But the strange thing is that Xiao Letian actually made concessions on many details, so much that Ryoma Sakamoto was dumbfounded. Xiao Letian actually allowed the Shimadzu family to continue to maintain a thousand-man team in Ryukyu, and the Shimadzu family could still take part of the Ryukyu Kingdom's tax revenue.
Sakamoto Ryoma was stuttering at the time. This was no different from before the war. If this agreement was shown to the Shimadzu family, the feudal lord would be stunned. It is unimaginable that there can be such favorable conditions after a defeat.
The surprise of the Japanese had long been expected by Xiao Letian, but Xiao Letian had conditions. There was a principled condition in the "Naha Secret Treaty", that is, the head of the Shimazu family must personally write a secret occupation document. Ryukyu bicentenary memorandum.
From how the Shimadzu family captured Ryukyu two hundred and fifty years ago, to how the Shimazu family exploited the Ryukyu people in these years, I have to write it down in detail, and finally admit that the Ryukyu Kingdom is one. It is a country, and it is an indivisible vassal state of China. There is no dispute over its sovereignty.
"Ryoma-kun, if possible, can your emperor also sign this memorandum? If the emperor is willing to sign, I promise to dedicate to him two hundred American-made foreign guns and two hundred thousand silver dollars. Help the Emperor return to the core of power..."
Sakamoto Ryoma understood immediately upon hearing this that Xiao Letian wanted to completely cut off the connection between Ryukyu and Japan according to international law. Once this memorandum appeared, it would be difficult to annex Ryukyu.
"Ryoma-kun, this is my bottom line. As long as you agree, I can let you retain a certain amount of military power, and I can also let you get part of the tax revenue. Of course, it won't be as much as in the past, but I can still give you one-fifth. What you left behind..."
"Think about it, think about it, I can even give Kayama Rigen and Takenaka Inoue a way to survive and let them return to Japan safely. See how sincere I am..."
"Don't force me. If you really force me to go on a killing spree and then expel all the Japanese, can the Shimadzu family still retain their face? Aren't the four southwestern vassals always led by the Shimadzu family? Then he can still become the downfall. A pioneer in the movement? Ryoma-kun needs to think carefully about these issues..."
There is no way to refuse Xiao Letian's condition, knowing that it is a rice ball mixed with chronic poison, but now the Shimazu family does not have the strength to refuse. Please come to more and faster chapters. News of the Ryukyu uprising has spread back to Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate is now furious and demanding an investigation. The Shimadzu family is now pretending to be an ostrich and delaying it as long as they can.
The secret word "Naha Secret Agreement" can represent everything. Under the private negotiations between Sakamoto Ryoma and Xiao Letian, and with the unconditional cooperation of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a big lie full of loopholes was officially released. Update as soon as possible
In the official version, the riot in Naha was not a battle at all, but just a large-scale riot. The cause is not the Ryukyu Kingdom, it is the Ryukyu Kingdom.
On that dark and stormy night, the Japanese rogue Ohachiro attempted to rob the Chinese property. After encountering fierce resistance, a serious conflict broke out between the two tribes. The Ryukyu army was also caught up in the chaos, but Japanese General Kiyoshi Yamamoto misjudged the situation and took it upon himself to send troops to join the war, which eventually led to war with the Chinese and the Ryukyu Kingdom.
The documents on the surface are desperately suppressing the matter. The number of soldiers stationed by the Shimadzu family has increased to more than 800. The reason for existing in Ryukyu is just to protect the interests of Japanese businessmen. It is not a secret occupation at all. It has long been I said Ryukyu Kingdom, yes. Update as soon as possible
And Xiao Letian did not inspire hundreds of thousands of Chinese to follow him. Xiao Letian was just filled with righteous indignation and acted righteously. The number of people who followed Xiao Letian to fight was only more than a thousand. As for the prime ministership given by King Shangtai, it was also because the king admired him. Xiao Letian, who was awarded a prize for Chinese scholars, only acted as an agent for a few days for the convenience of negotiations. He will definitely resign before returning to China.
Xiao Letian and Sakamoto Ryoma were both smart people. They knew that they had to fabricate a lie to block the mouths of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Manchu court. Only in this way could both parties successfully escape and the matter could be settled.
Of course they knew that this lie was full of loopholes, and as long as someone was willing to investigate, they would be able to find out the problem. But politicians are not judges. What they want is not rigor but excuses. As long as the Ryukyu Kingdom serves as circumstantial evidence, then they will be able to point the finger at others, and even if they are determined and shameless, then the political opponents will really have nothing to do.
Politics is like this, it pays attention to balance rather than truth and falsehood. No one can hope to deceive the opponent, as long as they don't give them an excuse to start a war.
What did you say? Xiao Letian led 100,000 Chinese to fight in a bloody night? And launched the charge himself? You are fascinated by the play. How could Xiao Letian, a scholar, be able to fight? Even if you fight, you can't charge personally. You are all lying.
What did you say? Xiao Letian massacred more than 10,000 Japanese? What nonsense. According to official statistics, over 200 Chinese died that night, more than 100 natives died, and less than 300 Japanese died. Together they are not even enough to reach 1,000. What you are talking about is not recognized by our Ryukyu official.
What did you say? Do foreign gunboats take orders from Xiao Letian? Still firing thousands of guns? You are out of your mind! That was an order for help from the King of Ryukyu. Hundreds of thousands of military expenses were given to others, and all the money went into the public accounts of the Ryukyu national treasury. Look, I have all the ledgers.
What else do you want to say? Are you talking about Xiao Letian training as a private army? Fart, I'll beat you to death... That's our Ryukyu Kingdom's army, the Prime Minister is just giving some ideas.
You still ask? Why are you still asking? Oh I see, you are a spy for the enemy. Someone, please throw this guy with so many problems into the sea and feed it to the sharks.
Sometimes history is so funny, and sometimes politics is so simple. Didn't the Japanese say they lost a few Japanese soldiers during the July 7th Incident? This lame excuse will not prevent them from starting a war. There was also the Second Opium War. The death of a priest and several parishioners actually became one of the excuses for starting a war. This shows how shameless politicians are.
Xiao Letian is a traveler who knows the three flavors of it. For these medieval governments, face is actually more important than anything else. In this era, there were no newspapers, radio or television, let alone the existence of the Internet. Updated as soon as possible There is not even a single newspaper in Asia, and the so-called news industry does not exist at all.
Under this political model, as long as you give enough face to these politicians so that they can still dominate in front of the ignorant people, then they will have no intention to get to the bottom of it, let alone take the initiative to tear up the window paper. They will only hide your lies in their hearts, and then stab you when they confront each other. They will always use an excuse to stab you, not the real reason.
They will say, "You went to the brothel without any money, I will judge you on behalf of justice!" ’ And in my heart, I said fiercely, weren’t you very impressive in Ryukyu back then? No one can touch you, even I have to compromise, and I have to kill you today.
Xiao Letian had clearly seen this kind of thing in his previous life, so he knew very well that even if the Manchu and Qing Dynasties wanted to deal with him, they would never use the Ryukyu incident as an excuse. Update as soon as possible
Xiao Letian looked at the disappearing Guanfune, rubbed his nose and looked back at Takenaka Inoue, "Okay, I don't have much time, let's just start. I still want to go back and catch up on some sleep..."
Takenaka Inoue's life was saved, and he officially became the supreme commander of the Ryukyu Shimazu family's thousand-man team. He will be in charge of all arrangements after today's farewell.
"Hai!" Takenaka Inoue bowed deeply, then turned around and shouted, "Pass the Prime Minister's order to execute the execution..."
At this time, the pier was already crowded with spectators, but just now no one dared to speak out under the pressure of Prime Minister Huwei. Now when they heard that the execution was about to take place, the whole crowd exploded.
"Kill, kill, kill... kill all these executioners..." With a roar like thunder, a Japanese criminal was pushed up, along with Evil Hachiro, Kirigakure Dagui, those low-level officers who had not had time to disembowel themselves, and Japanese thugs who took advantage of the situation to rob and kill Chinese people.
These criminals, who had been strictly tried and selected, were tied with ropes and pushed to the edge of the pier with ashen faces. The soldiers raised their feet and kicked them over by shining their kneecaps. "Damn it, kneel down, brothers, I will test the knife on you today..."
As he spoke, the new recruits in Xiao Letian's new army who had never killed anyone began to take up their positions. Xiao Letian's courage training plan was officially launched. The young faces were a little pale. After all, they had never killed anyone before, and they were trembling a little with the ghost head sword in their hands. But the commander had already said that if they didn't turn around today, they would have to get out.
No one wants to leave the glorious new army. They are the proudest Marine Corps. If they are fired, they may not be able to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives.
"The time is up... the first row... behead!" the supervisor and beheading officer gave the order, and ten sharp ghost-headed knives slashed into the wind, heading straight for the necks of the condemned prisoners.
These ten death row inmates were all serious criminals. They knelt on the edge of the pier facing the sea. After beheading, they could directly push the bodies into the sea. At this time, there was no concept of environmental protection, and sea burials were common.
Xiao Letian is so bad. He beheads a recruit who has never killed anyone before. Isn't this going to cause trouble? This group of inexperienced people cut off only three heads with one blow. Blood spurted out more than three feet high, and the bodies were thrown directly into the sea.
This is considered lucky, but the remaining seven are unlucky. The ghost head knife is stuck in the cervical vertebrae, and just spurting out blood will make them undead! The recruits stamped their feet anxiously and tried their best to pull the knife out, but it was so firmly stuck in the bone seam that they couldn't even pull it off after several pulls.
The faces of these condemned prisoners were so painful that they opened their mouths to scream but could not make any sound. The most unlucky one here is Evil Eight Lang. The one who tortured him was Boss Mi's boy, who was also a soldier. He didn't know whether he was nervous or intentional, but the knife missed the neck but hit the shoulder, and the shoulder was chopped off even after he was half-stretched.
The pain was like a wolf howling, and shit and urine flowed from his crotch. The young man obviously didn't know what to do, so he picked up the knife and chopped it again. As a result, the knife got stuck in the gap between the cervical vertebrae, but it still didn't cut off.
The remaining prisoners on death row waiting to die were frightened, and some even died of fright. What a terrifying scene this is. The recruits holding ghost-headed knives were chopping the necks of the condemned prisoners as hard as they were mincing meat. The most exaggerated one actually chopped off the head eighteen times in a row.
"No, don't torture us like this. I beg you, please give me a break..." The criminals who were waiting in line to die lay on the ground and cried in agony. Their intestines were now blue with regret.
Xiao Letian looked at it with a sneer for a while and turned away, "Kill, kill well, I will make you Japanese remember this killing for a hundred years!"
Behind Xiao Letian, the supervisor's voice sounded again: "The second row is pushing up... the time has come... kill!"
