Yan Qi has a grand strategy and long-term plans.
Why he targeted Mitsui Raku was because Mitsui Raku came from Ryukyu.
The Mitsui family is the largest wealthy family in the Ryukyu Islands.
As the saying goes.
The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now.
In Ryukyu, the Mitsui family can be said to be the current ruler.
Ten years ago, Ryukyu was an independent country, but its national power was weak.
Only by being attached to Dahua can you have a place to live.
To this day, Ryukyu is still a dependent state of Dahua in legal terms.
Just because of the civil strife in Dahua, which was on the verge of falling apart, Japan seized the opportunity and forcibly annexed Ryukyu.
During the annexation, Tokugawa Seuhiko also killed many wealthy Ryukyu nobles.
Ryukyu was forced to press its head by Japan.
Even now, many Ryukyu people still miss the past.
Because Ryukyu is composed of many small islands, the land is barren and the products are not abundant.
It cannot be used as a transit point for maritime trade.
So the people lived in quite a difficult situation.
In the past, Dahua often provided aid to Ryukyu, which allowed Ryukyu to stabilize during years of disaster.
Today, Ryukyu is ruled by Tokugawa Seuhiko.
Dahua's support was naturally cut off.
Although Tokugawa Seuhiko swallowed up Ryukyu, he did not have any extra resources to lean towards Ryukyu. Ryukyu could only rely on its own resources for development, and even had to pay taxes to the Japanese finance.
This makes the already poor Ryukyu even worse.
The wealthy Ryukyu families are very dissatisfied with this phenomenon, because most of the taxes paid are paid out of their own pockets.
However, the small Ryukyu Islands really had no way to resist the power of Japan.
Moreover, the Ryukyu islands are too scattered, with more than 140 islands.
Such dispersion leads to weak cohesion and no way to concentrate on large-scale tasks.
Ryukyu could only survive in frustration and did not dare to resist.
Moreover, fierce conflicts broke out between Ryukyu and Japan.
Three years after the Japanese annexed Ryukyu, the wealthy Ryukyu families launched a resistance, but this resulted in a massacre by Tokugawa Seuhiko.
Ryukyu suffered more than 20,000 casualties.
On the entire Ryukyu Island, there were only more than 1.4 million people, and more than 20,000 people were massacred at once. This shock was unprecedented and shocking.
From then on, although Ryukyu's wealthy families and people were unwilling to accept the suffering, they no longer dared to resist.
After Tokugawa Seihiko's purge of Ryukyu giants, those giants that resisted have been uprooted.
The obedient and sensible Ryukyu giant was supported and promoted by Tokugawa Seuhiko.
The Mitsui family is the strongest among the remaining wealthy families.
Although Mitsui Raku's father left the impoverished Ryukyu Island very early and went to Japan to develop.
However, the Mitsui family took root in Ryukyu Island, and the sesame seeds bloomed steadily.
Yan Qi is very familiar with these histories and common sense.
Therefore, the current situation of Ryukyu Island can be summarized in four points.
First, Ryukyu people live in poverty and live a very unsatisfactory life.
Second, the Ryukyu people were eager to separate from Japan, but they were strongly suppressed by Tokugawa Seuhiko.
Third, the Mitsui family has huge influence and control in the Ryukyu Islands.
Fourth, Mitsui Raku became the abandoned son of Tokugawa Seuhiko and wanted to kill him.
With the above four conditions, Yan Qi is confident enough to let Ryukyu Island spit out from Tokugawa Seihiko's mouth.
The best candidate to leverage the situation on Ryukyu Island is the frustrated Mitsui Raku.
Yan Qi hugged An Qing's soft waist and whispered softly in her ear, telling An Qing his analysis of Ryukyu Island.
An Qing's ears itched and her face felt like flying flowers.
"I didn't expect that Seventh Brother's research on Ryukyu Island would be so in-depth."
Yan Qi teased An Qing: "No matter how deeply I study Ryukyu, I still can't study Qing'er as thoroughly as I can."
"Hate!"
An Qing couldn't stand Yan Qi's love words, and before her heart moved, she broke away from Yan Qi's arms: "What does Brother Qi want to do with Ryukyu Island in the end? Is it to be merged into Dahua?"
Yan Qi shook his head: "There is no benefit in merging with Dahua."
"What I mean is to let Ryukyu Island become independent, but Ryukyu's military force is weak and cannot protect itself. Dahua can station troops to provide it with security protection."
An Qing pursed her lips and smiled: "Garrison? Provide security protection for Ryukyu? Brother Qi didn't tell the truth."
Yan Qixiao asked: "Qing'er, tell me, why should I station troops in Ryukyu?"
An Qing said: "In order to guard against the Japanese country, we must be prepared."
Yan Qi laughed: "Qing'er is really amazing."
An Qing added: "If Ryukyu becomes independent, we can set up the King of Ryukyu. Presumably, the love child of you and Yoshitomo Takeda will eventually become the King of Ryukyu, right?"
Yan Qi was filled with admiration: "Qing'er, you really know everything. I think you should be the prime minister of Dahua. I think you are better than those old masters in the court."
An Qing said: "I am a girl, but I am not in the mood to be an official. Besides, I am now the dean of the Royal Academy. I have no skills to manage the Royal Academy and its branches in various countries."
Yan Qi said: "No, no, no, Qing'er has a great talent, but just being the dean of the Royal Academy is a waste of talent."
"I have decided that you will be the future female prime minister of Great China."
An Qing pursed her lips and smiled: "Seventh brother is kidding. Official positions in Dahua have always been promoted step by step from small to large. How can one reach the top in one step?"
Yan Qidao: "Talents must be promoted step by step, of course. However, Qing'er is a genius. How can a genius be promoted step by step? Geniuses all reach the sky in one step."
"For example, if I enter Erxuehongruke, won't I become the deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry?"
"Qing'er is three points more talented than me, so she will naturally take up the post of prime minister."
An Qing said: "Seventh brother is getting more and more outrageous as he talks, why do you still take it seriously?"
Yan Qi's eyes widened: "I didn't talk nonsense. It's settled. From today on, you will be the prime minister of Dahua."
An Qing suddenly flashed her beautiful eyes: "Brother Qi, are you serious?"
Yan Qidao: "I will write a letter to the little emperor right now and recommend you to be the prime minister of Dahua."
An Qing stared at Yan Qi for a long time: "Since Brother Qi trusts me so much, will I really take office?"
Yan Qidao: "I'll take office immediately, don't be polite."
An Qing pursed her lips and smiled: "Thank you, Brother Qi!"
Yan Qidao: "The time has come to test you. How are you going to negotiate with Tokugawa Chenghiko?"
An Qing seemed to have a plan: "I have decided not to negotiate with Tokugawa Seuhiko in the South China Sea."
Yan Qidao: "Not in the South China Sea? Where can we negotiate?"
An Qing drew a circle on the map: "It's on Ryukyu Island."
Yan Qi's eyes showed admiration: "Qing'er has a keen eye and wonderful ideas, which are exactly the same as mine."
An Qing clicked on the Ryukyu Island on the map, smiling sweetly and as gently as water. The truth she spoke was as diamond-like and unquestionable: "Setting the negotiation venue in Ryukyu has the advantage of killing three birds with one stone."
Yan Qixiao asked: "Qing'er, please tell me what's good about you."
An Qing smiled knowingly: "My beauty is moisturizing things silently. Isn't Brother Qi already addicted to it?"
Yan Qi sweated profusely!
Qing'er is so unserious.
