The patriarch of the Satsuma clan in Japan, a member of the Shimazu family, and the head of the famous Kaguyama clan in Satsuma, Hisaki Kawasaki never imagined that one day he would be betrayed by a group of despicable Ryukyuan people.
All the Ryukyu people on the pier today, no matter how pro-Japanese they were before, how much they respected him as a samurai from Japan, they even wished they could recognize him as their father so that they could also become subjects of Great Japan from now on. Now they all raised their fingers and pointed at him, shouting in Chinese that he couldn't quite understand. They probably betrayed him to that Ming general. These Ryukyu people are so heartless. It's a shame that I took such good care of them in the past. I've been here in Ryukyu for several years. , have never killed a Ryukyu pariah!
Thinking of killing people, Hisakashi Kagamayama remembered that he was a disciple of Satsuma Shigenryu and the master of Yakugan, the master of Shigenryu swordsman! The Ming Dynasty general in front of him looked like a roe-headed man with a rat-like appearance. He must not have strong martial arts skills. If he could beheaded with one sword, it would be enough even if he was randomly shot to death by the Ming army's musketeers.
Thinking of this, Kaguyama Kuuchi used his secret skill to show his style - he squeezed out a smile, walked towards Geng Jingzhong, and said to Geng Jingzhong in Chinese: "My Kayama Kuuchi of Satsuma Domain, is Those who come to the Ryukyu Kingdom for trade have no ill intentions toward the Ming Dynasty."
Geng Jingzhong seemed to have been fooled. Hearing what he said, he burst out laughing: "You Japanese don't have any ill intentions. That's great. Come here, come here quickly. I don't have any ill intentions either. I've always been kind to others. Now I have I want to ask you, how to get to this Eastern Continent?"
He spoke very politely and seemed quite relaxed. He even waved to Huashan Jiuqin to come forward and talk.
Huashan Jiuchin felt that the opportunity had come, so he nodded and said, "Yao Xi, Yao Xi, easy to talk, easy to talk", and walked quickly towards Geng Jingzhong. When he was only two steps away from Geng Jingzhong, he used He quickly drew out his sword and held it high above his right shoulder. Just when Huashan was about to strike Geng Jingzhong in the face, Geng Jingzhong suddenly backed up! As soon as he retreats, Huashan's knife will be out of reach. Huashan had no choice but to hold up the knife and step forward with his bow legs, trying to get closer to Geng Jingzhong before slashing.
However, Geng Jingzhong retreated, pulled out his flintlock pistol, skillfully pulled the hammer holding the flint with his other hand, then pointed the muzzle of the gun at Huashan and pulled the trigger. The whole movement was so smooth!
"Bang!" A gunshot sounded, and Huashan felt a sharp pain in the "hoof" of his right leg. He couldn't stand at that time, so he had to kneel on one knee, barely holding on to keep himself from lying on the ground.
At this time, Huashan's mind went blank and he was completely confused. When he was learning the mysteries of swordsmanship from Yaumaru Kankei, a master of the show, he had never encountered an enemy who stepped back and fired!
How do I break it by shooting backwards? Pill Master never taught me, Pill Master only taught me how to look at an enemy holding a matchlock gun and not retreating. Once this enemy retreats, he can't be hit with a knife! It's over now!
Just when he was about to finish, Geng Jingzhong had already taken over a white wax rod from a soldier beside him, which was as white as jade and one foot and three feet long. It was a gun shaft!
Geng Jingzhong also practiced spears, and his sect, like Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan, was a Yang family spear! Although his Yang family gun is not as good as Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan, there is no problem in using this long white pole measuring one foot and three feet to hit the injured Huashan Jiuqin.
I saw Geng Jingzhong make a horse stance first, then shake the ruler pole with both hands, and then immediately poke Huashan Yue on the head. Huashan subconsciously used the knife to block, and took Geng Jingzhong's long pole and struck it. Turn over and hit him on the wrist! Huashan's hand was swollen immediately, and he couldn't hold the knife and dropped it to the ground. Of course, Geng Jingzhong would not give Huashan a chance to pick up the knife. He swung again and knocked the fallen knife away from the ground.
This is so humiliating!
A samurai from the Shimazu family, a master of Shinsei-ryu, and a disciple of Swordsman Umaru, fought against a Ming warrior for the first time, and even his sword was knocked away! I don’t have the face to see anyone, so I have to commit seppuku!
Thinking of this, Huashan pulled out the ribs and prepared to stab his stomach with it.
But Geng Jingzhong didn't know that the Japanese liked to seek death after losing in a fight, so he thought he was going to use a hidden weapon and a throwing knife!
How despicable!
Geng Jingzhong was betrayed twice by a villain surnamed Liu, so he hated the villain the most. He had just said that he had no ill intentions and just wanted to ask how to get to Dongdazhou. This Japanese villain actually showed his knife and wanted to stab him. Now He also uses flying knives to inflict evil on others!
Thinking of this, Geng Jingzhong swung the long pole and hit Huashan's wrist holding the ribs, knocking his ribs away again. Now it is difficult for Huashan to commit suicide! Although he still had a sword specially designed for seppuku, both of his wrists were swollen by Geng Jingzhong using a white wax rod. He couldn't even hold the sword, so why commit seppuku? Moreover, his hands and legs hurt now, and he couldn't run or die. It was so humiliating.
But Geng Jingzhong refused to be ignored and started beating the Satsuma Shimazu patriarch, the former Supreme King of the Ryukyu Kingdom and a hide-and-seek master with a white wax pole! While fighting back, he asked: "Are you going to tell me? Are you going to tell me?"
Huashan Qinjiu was beaten until he screamed repeatedly, and he could only hold his head and curse "Baga". The Satsuma warriors who came with Huashan were also shocked by the bravery of this Ming general. The Huashan family elder is the proud disciple of Yaomao Swordsman. He has obtained the "All without permission" certificate of Shixianryu. In theory, he has mastered all the secrets of killing people in Shixianryu. Such a master was unexpectedly defeated by this Ming Dynasty general. Knocked over with one move, you have no power to fight back!
No wonder His Highness Taige sent troops to Korea but could not defeat those Ming warriors
Seeing their boss being beaten, this group of Japanese samurai wanted to pounce on them and fight in a group. But as soon as they had this idea, they saw that Geng Jingzhong's soldiers had already leveled their flintlock guns!
Facing the black muzzle of the gun, a man named Tiaosho Kiyohisa was forced to come forward to intercede for his superiors - why is this Mrs. Shimazu a member of the Shimadzu clan and an elder of the Satsuma clan? The Ming Dynasty general beat him to death with a stick. How did the Satsuma clan leader Shimazu Mitsuhisa step down? If the feudal lord gets mad and sends troops to fight against the Ming Dynasty, the Shimazu family may be destroyed!
"Don't fight, don't fight. This is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!" This mediator spoke very fluent Chinese and knew Chinese etiquette. While speaking, he bowed his hands to Geng Jingzhong and saluted, "General of the Eastern Expedition, you have That’s easy to say, are you going to the Eastern Continent to attack the Asbanians (Spain)?”
After Geng Jingzhong heard what he said, he finally stopped hitting anyone. Instead, he pointed at Tiao Suo Qingjiu and asked, "Tell me, how to get to Dongda Continent?"
"This Eastern Continent" Kiyohisa Kaoru has actually never been to the New World, but now he has no choice but to bite the bullet and answer, "Twenty-six thousand miles east of Japan is the New Continent. This New Continent is extremely vast, with a distance of 100,000 li from north to south. It is 30,000 miles from east to west, with fertile land and abundant products, rich in gold and silver. However, the population is sparse. The indigenous people who originally lived there were isolated from the world and could not learn the handicrafts and farming and animal husbandry techniques of the Ming Dynasty and the West. It feeds on hair and blood, and cultivates crops through slash and burn. It can be said that although there are treasure mountains and fertile soil, it cannot be used. Therefore, two hundred years ago, it was conquered by the Western Kingdom of Asbania and Portugal. If General, you want to conquer the Eastern Continent, just There is no other way but to take a boat to the east. But..."
"But what?"
"But it is not easy to travel 26,000 miles east by ship. As far as I know, no Han or Japanese have ever crossed the Eastern Sea to reach the Eastern Continent in the past. How will this sea route be traveled? Are there islands for the fleet to rest and rest? Supplies, we don’t even know how the wind blows on the sea!”
In fact, the Japanese had been to the New World. They once obtained a stranded and damaged Spanish merchant ship and rescued some sailors on the ship. The Tokugawa shogunate had just opened at that time, and although the country had closed itself off to the outside world, it was still very curious about the outside world. I guess I also wanted to imitate the Westerners and go to the New World to colonize the New World. So under the guidance of the rescued Western sailors, they imitated a Western sailboat, and then the Western sailors led the way, and under the pretext of sending them home, they went to New Spain, which was later Mexico.
But the Spaniards are so thieves! They are old invaders. How could they not know what little Japan is thinking? So they decisively "requisitioned" the little Japanese ship. However, the people on the ship were not sent to dig gold or silver mines. Some of the people who believed in God were sent to Spain to worship God, and those who did not believe in God were sent to Luzon Island. Later, some of them returned home, while others stayed in Spain and became Spaniards.
And Tokugawa Ieyasu and Tokugawa Hidetada didn't have much treacherous intentions, and they never thought about destroying the U.S. Pacific Fleet three hundred years in advance for Yamamoto Isoroku. So he retreated from the difficulties, lay down peacefully, and closed himself up wholeheartedly.
But Geng Jingzhong couldn't lie down. He was now a bereaved dog, and he couldn't survive long on Ryukyu Island, a small island not too far from Ming Dynasty. How could Ryukyu Island support so many of Geng Jingzhong's men in such a small area?
If he can't find a way out as soon as possible, his head will be cut off by his own people and sent to Nanjing to ask for credit before long, even without Li Zhongshan sending troops to fight.
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to think: "Isn't it only twenty-six thousand miles? Those Asbanians can go there, but I, the Chinese people, can't go there?"
Tiaosuo Qingjiu looked at Geng Jingzhong with admiration and thought: This Celestial General is really powerful. Even the 26,000-mile sea area cannot stop his ambition to open up new territory for the country. No wonder the Celestial Empire has such a large territory!
"The general has great ambitions, Qingjiu admires him!" Tiao Suo praised Geng Jingzhong when he provoked Thumb.
Geng Jing said loyally: "I can't do anything else, but I have great ambitions!" But how to get across this 26,000-mile sea frontier? How about holding a Hongmen Banquet and tricking the Asbanian fleet from Luzon Island into coming to Ryukyu? Then they robbed the ship, tied up the people, and forced the Asbanians to lead the way to the Eastern Continent? Ah, I can actually come up with such a clever strategy, it's really amazing!
Thinking of the clever plan, Geng Jingzhong smiled gently and asked what he said: "I want to ask you, whose vassal is this Ryukyu Kingdom? The Ming Dynasty or the Japanese?"
"It's from the Ming Dynasty, of course it's from the Ming Dynasty!" Tiaoshuo Qingjiu didn't hesitate at all - the Ming Dynasty's army had all landed, and the Zaiban soldiers sent by the Satsuma Domain were almost beaten to tears. Who in the Ryukyu clan understands this?
Geng Jingzhong nodded: "Okay!" Then he glanced at Wu Chonggui, who took the lead in surrendering, "You lead the way and take me to see the King of Ryukyu!"
Nanjing, Mochou Lake Palace.
At this time, General Li Zhongshan, King of England, did not know how bad the Geng Jingzhong he accidentally let go was, and how much trouble he would cause to the Ming Dynasty in the future? In fact, it was within his expectation that Geng Jingzhong went to Ryukyu. Ryukyu is not far from Ningbo, and many maritime merchants doing business in Ningbo often go to Ryukyu - Ryukyu is originally a trade transit point. Spanish merchant ships from the Philippines, and Dutch and Ming merchant ships from Japan often go there. Go to Ryukyu, so it was not difficult for Geng Jingzhong to find a ship in Ningbo that could go to Ryukyu.
And Li Zhongshan can also accept that Geng Jingzhong won the Ryukyu separatist regime. Wouldn't the result be an isolated island of old age and death? After turning around and repelling Wu Sangui, just send someone to recruit him. Even if he wants to be the King of Ryukyu, it's not impossible.
Therefore, Li Zhongshan no longer puts Geng Jingzhong at ease. Instead, he and Liu Jinzhong, Zheng Jing, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao, who had just finished worshiping, drank and talked together, and at the same time discussed the establishment of a republic with unified government decrees. A matter of family.
Although Li Zhongshan had been the lord of Guangfu, and for a time it seemed that he wanted to build a republic where the vassal kings would unite, but in fact his goal had always been to establish a republican country with unified government decrees.
In this republican country, "internal vassals" are not allowed to exist in Han Dynasty!
Inner vassals can only exist in the border areas, and they are not permanent. They have to be allowed to exist in the process of opening up new territories. Just like the Mujiashi Town in Yunnan.
Of course, external vassals, that is, vassal states, can exist. Not only can it exist, but it can also develop greatly - the expansion of this map relies on vassal states!
When Emperor Zhou used old tricks, of course Li Zhongshan had to use them again.
So right now, he is discussing this with a few brothers!
"The biggest mistake of this Ming Dynasty, in my opinion, is that Emperor Taizu did not seal the feudalism well!" Li Zhongshan gently turned the wine glass in his hand, and with a trace of drunkenness, he began to criticize Zhu Yuanzhang, "His feudalism, I It seems that there is only one Yunnan Mu family who is right! If the Mu family had not guarded Yunnan for generations and managed this wild land as a family business, today's Yunnan would never be a land of the Han people.
Today's Han Dynasty was mainly created by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty and the feudal princes. If the Zhou Dynasty had not sealed off the princes in all directions at that time and allowed these princes to go to various places to convince people with virtue and educate people with etiquette, how could there be as big a territory as China now? Therefore, we brothers must imitate Emperor Zhou, not Zhu Yuanzhang! "
"Learn from Emperor Zhou? Brother, do you want to be Emperor?" Liu Jinzhong was a little drunk and asked such a question. I don't know if he was deliberately testing him.
"No, it would be great if I didn't become a general!" Li Zhongshan quickly put an end to this possibility. "Brother Liu, how great is it that we are a republic? If the emperor lets the man named Zhu be the one, the power is still ours! What's the matter? On major military and political matters, the few of us, together with my father and Prince Zhong, will have the final say."
He paused and then said to Liu Jinzhong: "Brother, why don't you, your vassal king, stop doing this? Now Brother Zheng is no longer the vassal king. When the siege of Nanchang is over, my father will not continue to be the vassal king." If there are no more vassal kings in Zhejiang and Hubei, then the Han Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty will at least have unified government decrees in the future!"
Zheng Jing immediately took over the words and said to Liu Jinzhong: "Brother, we are no longer vassal kings. It is not suitable for you to be the vassal king by yourself! Besides, even if we are no longer vassal kings, we are hereditary and irreplaceable princes." They are still there, the local forces are still there, and the old officials in the army are also there. We can secure the country if we advance, and make our descendants rich if we retreat. Compared with being a vassal king who has to resist the power of God sooner or later, I don’t know how much more stable we are! "
Chen Yonghua smiled and said: "Brother Liu, if you want to be a dominant king, we can also arrange it for you! When our country in China is unified, the surrounding North Korea, Annan, Ryukyu, Luzon, Siam, Myanmar, Malacca, Java, isn't it up to us to arrange it? If you don't want to be a troublesome king, we can also let your descendants do it!
In this way, you have a share of the Ming Dynasty, and local benefits are indispensable to you, and the vassal states outside can also give you one. This is the wealth from generation to generation! "
Lu Sanhao also smiled and said: "Brother, just listen to our brothers. Our brothers will not harm you, eldest brother! We are all sworn brothers. From now on, we will share blessings and share hardships!"
These people are all trying to persuade Liu Jinzhong to give up the vassal territory and become a "landless king" like them. However, Liu Jinzhong is still a little hesitant. After all, he is different from Li Zhongshan and others. He has no mass base, nor does he have his own think tank or officer corps to assist him. He is a bit lonely.
If he hands over the domain, he might really have nothing!
But everyone has paid it, and if he holds the domain again, it will be too eye-catching!
Thinking of this, Liu Jinzhong considered it and said: "This territory in Zhejiang is not of much interest! But I still have many people under me!"
He said it was boring, just because he couldn't eat the grapes and said they were sour. However, Zhejiang was indeed a bit troublesome for Liu Jinzhong. There are too many Zhejiang guys in Tiandihui. Even the emperor had been hiding in Ningbo when he was the Third Prince Zhu, and he was almost half Zhejiang!
"Arrange!" Li Zhongshan waved his hand, "Brother, you go back and make a list. Third brother, fourth brother and I will find a way to arrange it for you! Brother, if you have any other conditions, we will try our best to arrange it for you."
Liu Jinzhong smiled and said: "We are going to attack Jiangxi soon? Can you arrange a main branch for me? I am already very old, and I don't have many opportunities to make contributions. Fifth brother, what do you think?"
"Okay, it's settled!"
(End of chapter)
