Although Xu Youzhen refuted Zhang Huaizhi, she knew in her heart that she had indeed failed in her responsibility, because the envoys of the Ming Dynasty were in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and King Shang Yuan sent people to visit the Ming Dynasty every year from the twelfth year of Chenghua to the fifteenth year of Chenghua. Emperor's.
Fifteen years after Chenghua, the Ministry of Rites no longer received envoys from the Ryukyu Kingdom, but before that, his good brother Zhan Yang was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Youzhen didn't know much about it. BIquGe.biz
After finishing her rebuttal, Xu Youzhen calmly picked up the tea cup and took a sip, quietly waiting for Zhang Huaizhi's next words.
"Something happened in the Ryukyu Kingdom...it has been besieged by the Satsuma Domain for two years..."
After Xu Youzhen heard this, she raised her head and glanced at Zhang Huaizhi who was speaking.
"Satsuma Domain?"
Zhang Huaizhi hurriedly explained: "The Satsuma Domain is the largest force on the Japanese island of Kyushu. Nearly 80% of the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast are from Kyushu Island. The larger Japanese pirate forces are even disguised as retainers of the Satsuma Domain. They go out to plunder. It supports the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain to maintain their rule over Kyushu Island and resist the invasion of other Japanese feudal lords."
"And Ryukyu is located just east of Ningbo, between the Daming Treasure Island and the Japanese Kyushu Island. The Japanese pirates have suffered heavy losses on the southeast coast. They will not get any benefits in a short period of time, so they have shifted their targets to Ryukyu."
"In the past two years, more than 3,000 Ryukyu Kingdom soldiers have been killed, countless properties have been looted, and tens of thousands of civilians have been killed. Moreover, Japanese pirates under the Satsuma Domain have destroyed the entire country. Ryukyu Island has been sealed off. Once a Ryukyu Island ship enters the sea, it will be attacked immediately and cannot enter the Ming Dynasty's waters. Therefore, in the past two years, Ryukyu Island has no chance to meet His Majesty or ask for help."
After hearing what Zhang Huaizhi said, Xu Youzhen was stunned for a moment: "Then if you are as nervous as Mr. Zhang said, how did you return to the Ming Dynasty?"
"Xiaoguan first went to Kyushu Island to visit the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Domain in the name of the imperial court. He was received by Shimazu Tachihisa and stayed on Kyushu Island for more than two months before getting the title of Shimazu Tachihisa. The feudal lord's order, just like that, with his order, the ship broke through the Japanese pirates' blockade of the entire Ryukyu Kingdom and returned to the Ming Dynasty, but there were still dangers along the way."
"I came back this time just to meet His Majesty and report the matter about Ryukyu to His Majesty..."
"But when Xiaguan enters Nanjing this time, he will first go to the Ministry of Rites to report his work, but he will not be summoned by His Majesty... Therefore, Xiaguan hopes that the censor of Xudu can do Xiaguan a favor."
Hearing this, Xu Youzhen finally knew Zhang Huaizhi's purpose.
He wanted Ming Dynasty to send troops.
But Xu Youzhen couldn't figure out how the pedantic civil servants who accepted North Korea as their territory could let their country get involved in a completely avoidable war.
Xu Youzhen asked knowingly: "What can I help you with?"
"Mr. Xu knows that the lower-level officials in the court are very soft-spoken. They may not even see His Majesty when he comes back this time. It is almost impossible to get the imperial navy to rescue the Ryukyu Kingdom. But Xu Du Yushi, You can..."
"The Ryukyu Kingdom has only more than 30 fleets of pirate ships, and only more than 5,000 pirates. As long as our Ming Dynasty sends troops, we can eliminate the harassment of the Ryukyu Kingdom by the pirates without fighting."
"What's more, it is the responsibility of the suzerain and your Majesty to rescue the innocent people of the Ryukyu Kingdom, force the Satsuma Domain to withdraw its troops, restrain the bandits, and prevent them from oppressing the ordinary people of the Ryukyu Kingdom..."
After Xu Youzhen heard Zhang Huaizhi's words, he sneered: "Limited to mountains and seas, in a remote corner, the land is not enough to provide food, and the people are not enough to command. If they don't think about themselves and come to disturb us, it will be unlucky. , He is not troubled by China, and it is also ominous for me to raise an army and attack lightly... This emperor's ancestral precepts are clear. You were not in the Fengtian Palace back then, quoting it, why did you change your attitude at this time? , North Korea borders our Ming Dynasty land, and it is not yet possible to raise troops to occupy it. As for Ryukyu, a small country, if we raise troops to save it, wouldn't it be a danger to China..."
After listening to Xu Youzhen's words, Zhang Huaizhi's expression changed, and then he stood up, took a few steps back, and bowed to Xu Youzhen: "I hope that the censor of Xudu will help the officials and the Ryukyu Kingdom to let your majesty know about this. If your majesty doesn't If you want to raise troops, I won't let the censor of Xudu get involved in it."
Seeing Zhang Huaizhi salute, Xu Youzhen felt even more strange that such a person would actually salute like him for the sake of a small island country.
He paused for a moment and asked: "You are back, why are you still involved? Is it worth it?"
The current king of Ryukyu Kingdom is the third generation head of the first Shang Dynasty. The surname Shang was given by Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji.
So until the Ryukyu Kingdom was completely engulfed by the Satsuma Domain of Kyushu Island hundreds of years later, their kings were all surnamed Sho.
During the Chenghua period in history, which is also the current period, the first Shang Dynasty was attacked by Japanese pirates, coupled with internal conflicts, which led to the destruction of the country. Many years later, the Japanese pirates shifted their attention to the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. The Ryukyu Kingdom was restored successfully and was called the Second Sho Dynasty. However, almost all the royal family at that time were killed in the internal strife and resistance to the Japanese. The leader of the second dynasty was the same as the first Sho Dynasty. It has nothing to do with the royal family, but because the Shang family name is the surname given by His Majesty the Ming Emperor of the suzerain country, he immediately changed his surname to Shang after becoming the head of the country.
The Ryukyu Kingdom admired Chinese civilization to the point of obsession. The royal family and nobles all wrote Chinese characters and spoke Chinese. During the Xuanzong period, the Ming Dynasty’s assistance to the Ryukyu Kingdom was the greatest period. First, it provided craftsmen who assisted them in shipbuilding, and then the craftsmen arrived. After Ryukyu, there was no difference in treatment from the nobles. In the end, they were directly given to ships, grains, classics, and civilized people. The Ming Dynasty at this time was a gift from God to Ryukyu.
Both the First Shang Dynasty and the Second Shang Dynasty were loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
There are currently more than a dozen Ryukyu nobles studying in the Imperial College.
In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Satsuma clan "entered the country with three thousand powerful soldiers, captured the king, moved his imperial weapons, and plundered the country." The "Xi'an Diary" written by the attendant of the King of Ryukyu at that time recorded: "It's like every family's diary, documents from generation to generation, seven treasures, all lost!"
The Satsuma Domain army captured Ryukyu King Shoning and more than a hundred people to Kagoshima for three years and five months, forcing King Shoning to humiliatingly admit to paying "tribute" to him. At the same time, they also forcibly ceded and occupied the five northern islands of Ryukyu. But even so, it has not changed the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Ryukyu Kingdom. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, "the Japanese country had a plan to seize Jilong Mountain" (Treasure Island). At that time, King Shangning, who endured the humiliation and heavy burden, still continued to fight despite the dilapidated country. Don't forget to "send envoys to hear about it" and inform the Ming Dynasty to guard against Japanese bandits.
Because the Ryukyu Kingdom respects the Ming Dynasty from top to bottom and yearns for Han culture, Zhang Huaizhi has a special emotion for Ryukyu...
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