Although what the Satsuma clan Shimazu said was so bluffing.
But Zhu Jianshen would not believe a word of it.
However, when Zhang Huaizhi arrived in the Japanese country, he did believe it in that environment. It was also for this reason that Zhang Huaizhi had no confidence in his heart.
The strength of the criminal gang is too strong. Daming went to the sea to fight at the door of other people's homes...
Not only did he fail to save Ryukyu, but he also dragged the Ming Dynasty into the abyss of war. His Majesty the Emperor must have had this concern in his heart.
Although Zhang Huaizhi wanted His Majesty the Emperor to order help for Ryukyu, he still did not dare to hide this kind of thing.
"False and false, true and false..."
Listening to His Majesty the Emperor's words, Zhang Huaizhi thought that Zhu Jianshen didn't believe what he said, and immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, what the guilty minister said was absolutely not a lie. Otherwise, the guilty minister would be willing to suffer the severe punishment of Ling Chi. …”
Zhu Jianshen waved his hand: "Get up, I believe what you said, what I said is true and false, what is true and false is what this Shimazu Japanese said..."
After Zhang Huaizhi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then stood up slowly.
"Since you risked your life to come back, you must also want me to send troops..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of Ryukyu. Since the Hongwu period, we have paid tribute from time to time and are full of respect for the Ming Dynasty. If we encounter this disaster and the suzerain state ignores it, then how will our Ming Dynasty gain a foothold in the future..."
Hearing this, Zhu Jianshen's eyelids twitched inadvertently, Damn it, Annan, the two vassal states of Korea bordering on land have been occupied by our Ming Dynasty, and their reputation among countries is already very bad, why do you still use this as an excuse? Well, could it be connotation... But looking at Zhang Huaizhi's nervous expression, it doesn't seem like he is connoting himself.
At that moment, Zhu Jian sighed deeply and said: "Ryukyu is a vassal state, and the Ming Dynasty should help. But looking across the sea, even if the Ming Dynasty has a million-strong army, it will be difficult for it to be used. What's more, such a big event must go through the cabinet and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. , as ministers and workers to discuss..." At this point, Zhu Jianshen paused for a moment.
"Your Majesty, Ryukyu is willing to provide 300,000 people to support the Ming Dynasty's war soldiers. Now, we, the Ming Dynasty, are opening sea routes for trade. The change of Haicheng requires the suppression of the Japanese country. Ryukyu is very close to the main island of Kyushu. If our navy, the Ming Dynasty, can be stationed in Ryukyu, There will be no more Japanese pirates in the southeastern waters of Ming Dynasty..."
After hearing Zhang Huaizhi's words, Zhu Jianshen narrowed his eyes and finally got to the point...
And just as Zhu Jianshen thought, Shimazu Tachihisa was all nonsense and strategic deception.
The Ming Dynasty has envoys in Ryukyu, and Korea has become the territory of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how you look at it, the next target is the Japanese country, and the first one to bear the brunt is Kyushu Island. The living space of their "warriors" who go out is getting smaller and smaller.
At this time, it’s time to show off your muscles.
The Satsuma Kingdom, Osumi Kingdom and some Hyuga Kingdom territories directly managed by the Satsuma Domain now have a population of only 250,000. How can they raise an army of 100,000? There are only 700,000 Japanese in the entire Kyushu Island.
In reality they had less than 10,000 troops.
Among these ten thousand people, only more than a thousand were serious warriors with armor.
The Kyushu Island Satsuma Domain only has more than thirty warships. One hundred ships would have to be pulled out from all the large ships on the entire Kyushu Island to make up the number.
The Satsuma Domain also relied on these less than 10,000 soldiers to intimidate Kyushu Island, and then expressed dissatisfaction to their shogun from time to time.
At this time, the political structure of Japan was composed of various vassals.
Although the Japanese emperor was the nominal master, the actual master was Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the shogunate general who conquered barbarians.
This young man made it clear that he couldn't stop the ambitious feudal lords and family governors below. There was infighting everywhere, so he could only continue to remove and replace people. But after removing and replacing people, after a period of calm, the next step was A fight.
There are six daimyo on Kyushu Island who are named by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. They all hold the armed forces to protect their families.
Counting the power in the hands of other daimyo, there are only 30,000 warriors in the entire Kyushu Island, and only 2,000 are wearing armor.
Zhu Jianshen also knew clearly that the Japanese hierarchical system was difficult to overcome and had a thousand-year tradition. In its history, there was no Chen Sheng or Wu Guang who shouted, "Princes, generals, and ministers should be willing to be together."
There were no three brothers from the Zhang family who shouted, "Cang Tian is dead, Huang Tian is here to stand."
So, their hierarchy has been there from the beginning and is deeply ingrained.
After the Japanese emperor claimed that he was a descendant of the Yamata long insect and became the Japanese emperor, for nearly three thousand years, their family was the honorary ruler of the Japanese country and the god of the Japanese country. What followed was that he stood in front of the Japanese emperor. The position at the top of the Japanese food chain is the first level. BIquGe.biz
The second level is the shogunate's general who conquers barbarians, claiming to rule the world in place of the Japanese emperor.
The third level is the feudal lord, the daimyo, that is, a person with a social status like Shimazu Tachihisa, the governor of the Satsuma clan. There were more than 260 daimyo like him in the Japanese country at this time, but the Satsuma clan was among them. The strength is at the top.
Dailord refers to the land with a name. Lords who own a large amount of land are called daimyo. They manage the Japanese country together with the shogun. This era is also called the shogunate system. Whenever the shogunate's conquering general is weak, he will Unable to control the situation, this is why later generations compared the Warring States Period during the shogunate period to village quarrels, describing the frequency of their battles and mocking the scale of their battles.
The fourth level is the samurai. The samurai also have territory. They are attached to the daimyo and are loyal to the daimyo.
The fifth level is monks. Yes, that’s right, they are monks. In the era of Japan, monks also owned a large amount of land, and the social system has not changed for many years, and there has never been a general who destroyed the Buddha, so they have With a large amount of wealth, in a certain aspect, their group is comparable to the samurai group. The Honganji Temple is an existence that transcends the daimyo shogunate and also belongs to the ruling class. (The animation of Monk Ikkyu is a side description of the social background of the Japanese country at that time. The reason why the young monk Ikkyu went in and out of the general's palace every day was because of his high status.) However, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the Japanese country, the Honganji Temple, represented by the monks' power, suffered a heavy blow. They were hit hard and have been in decline ever since, but this did not affect their status as a ruling class.
The lower levels are at the lower level and are ruled.
Merchants, farmers, handicraft workers, artists... these all had some simple legal rights, but those at the bottom of Japanese society were the untouchables... prostitutes... they had no rights whatsoever.
But even ordinary farmers and merchants have no power when facing the upper class. When samurai go out for fun, they can stay in the homes of farmers and merchants at will. Not only must they free up the best rooms, but they must also make their homes beautiful. Women were dedicated to serve the warriors, otherwise the warriors had the right to kill them all without any punishment.
In other words, when he comes to stay at your home in a B&B, he not only refuses to give you any money, but also plays with your girls. If he doesn't have fun, he even kills you. Moreover, this kind of thing is the norm in society, and is the rule of being punished. It's allowed, no one would think that this kind of thing shouldn't happen.
Under this kind of social system, the majority of the population can tolerate it for hundreds of years, which shows the bad nature of this race, its self-abuse, and its love of being enslaved.
In the land of China, since the uprising of Chen Sheng, Wu Guangda and Zexiang, it is impossible for one class to oppress another class to the core.
Even if it happens, it will only be temporary... Because there is only so much endurance, my pot for eating is gone, my dignity is gone, then I'm sorry, I will smash your pot too, our ancestors have told us, Princes and generals have a certain kind of relationship.
Everyone living in the land of China, when they were very young, thought that they were the protagonist. This is a kind of self-confidence brought by the richness of national culture. Although when they grow up, they will feel that they are the protagonist. He is not the protagonist of the story, but it does not completely negate the joy and passion brought by the young and young man who thought he was the protagonist in the world.
But these will not happen in Japan...
Under the rule of the shogunate at this time, as long as the Ming army did not declare war normally and invaded on a large scale, the powerful daimyo and family governors in various places would be happy to see the Satsuma Domain suffer a great loss in strength.
Of course, Zhu Jianshen at this time was not afraid of an all-out war with Japan.
Daming was not ready.
Japan was even more unprepared. When both sides were unprepared, whoever had stronger hard power would win.
In view of the special and abnormal social environment of Japan, Zhu Jianshen was ready for a long-term war.
And the Ryukyu Ming Dynasty also wants...
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