After coming back to his senses, Wei Zhidong immediately asked with a little disdain: "The one who was bullied by the little dwarf? Is it just him?"
Shangxian heard the meaning of his words and quickly explained: "He is the envoy of the Japanese Satsuma clan in the country. He bullies the country every day. He wants this and that. It is really miserable!"
"..." Wei Zhidong was speechless and turned to look at Liu Mindong. Seeing that he was also surprised, he turned back to Shang Xian and asked, "You won't resist? Just beat these little dwarfs back!"
"Alas!" After hearing this, Shang Xian sighed again, and then said dejectedly: "Biguo is not a kingdom in heaven. It is stronger than Japan. Biguo's national power is weak, and it is just a famous name of Japan. The previous ones In the year of 2000, they sent troops to defeat the country, and even captured my father. He was later released, and forced the country to become a vassal state of the Japanese country. Not only did they have to pay money and food every year, but they also sent people here specially. Over the past few years, it has even reached the point where I ask for property almost every day, alas..."
In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, the Japanese Satsuma clan invaded Ryukyu and forced Ryukyu to pay tribute to Japan. The Ryukyu Kingdom formed a "two-subordinate" state, that is, two suzerain states, namely, the Japanese state and the Ming Dynasty. Because it was closer to Japan, it was gradually controlled by the Satsuma Domain and became a vassal of the Satsuma Domain.
Even in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the title of King of Ryukyu was stripped by Satsuma Domain and renamed Ryukyu Kingdom Secretary. This Guosi does not refer to a country, but a province similar to the Ming Dynasty. From this point, it can be seen that the Japanese country will eat the Ryukyu Kingdom into its belly sooner or later. This kind of thinking is not concealed at all.
Nowadays, the name of the Satsuma clan is Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who is also a ruthless man. Because he is subject to the pilgrimage transfer system of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate, the Satsuma clan's financial resources have always been very tight.
This was one of the main methods used by the Tokugawa shogunate to control the daimyo of various places. That is, the wives of daimyo from various places had to live in Edo, and then every year the daimyo from various places would go to Edo to pay homage to the shogun and do government affairs for a period of time.
Satsuma Domain can be said to be the furthest away from Edo, so Shimazu Mitsuhisa only spends about one-third of his time in his own territory every year, one-third of his time in the daimyo, and the remaining one-third of the time is not on the way to Edo. On the way back to Satsuma Domain.
This situation not only caused the daimyo to be unable to handle the government affairs of their own territory, but also cost daimyo a lot of money in traveling. In addition, the Tokugawa Shogunate ordered the seclusion of the country, which made the daimyo in various places lack supplementary financial resources, and they were unable to resist the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Under such circumstances, Shimazu Mitsuhisa naturally increased his exploitation of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
When Shang Xian told these things one by one, Wei Zhidong and Liu Mindong were stunned. I didn’t expect the Japanese to be so arrogant, but they could be so arrogant!
If it was a few years ago, Wei Zhidong might not have said anything, but now, he immediately asked: "Then why don't you ask Ming for help?"
At this point, he remembered something, and said to Shangxian with a little warning: "You know North Korea, right? Both sides of the head and rat also recognized Jianlu and Ming Dynasty as their suzerainty. In the end, they were destroyed by Jianlu. Got it!"
When Shangxian heard this, he was immediately shocked. To him, North Korea was a big country, but he didn't expect it to be destroyed.
The Ryukyu Kingdom is similar to North Korea, with a barbarian "father" above its head. More importantly, Shangxian and others have actually felt that the Japanese will destroy the Ryukyu Kingdom sooner or later.
Therefore, upon hearing this, Shang Xian grabbed Wei Zhidong's hand, looked sad, and begged Wei Zhidong: "The Japanese have been watching my country for a long time, and they have never had a chance. Please help me once, and I will definitely give you a big gift." Reward!"
In fact, it was not that the Japanese had been monitoring him for a long time, but that in the past, the Ryukyu King felt that the Ming Dynasty was so chaotic. If he asked the Ming Dynasty to save the Ryukyu Kingdom and make decisions for them, it would not only be impossible, but also very possible. The Japanese knew about it, which made the Japanese angry and directly destroyed the Ryukyu Kingdom. Therefore, they have never asked Ming Dynasty for help or asked Ming Dynasty to make the decision for them.
However, the last time the envoy went to the Ming Dynasty to ask for a title, he had already seen signs that the Ming Dynasty was peaceful and the people were safe. Now when he heard the people of the Ming Dynasty talking about the power of the Ming Dynasty over the years, especially the Ming army's victory in every battle, Shangxian finally Determined to seek help.
He was only twenty-one years old, already full of energy, and he was not willing to be bullied by the Japanese. Now that I have the opportunity, I naturally want to seize it.
Wei Zhidong's uncle was the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty. As an official in the court, he was basically never offended by anyone.
But just now, he was angry because he was rudely offended by the Japanese and was not allowed to do business.
A little dwarf, a small country that was beaten by Ming Dynasty, dared to be rude to him!
If it had been the war-torn Ming Dynasty, he might not have been so angry. After all, he didn't have enough confidence. But now, the power of the Ming Dynasty gave him the confidence, how could he endure the arrogance of the little dwarf.
More importantly, when he heard the King of Ryukyu express his gratitude to him, his heart suddenly moved.
Wei Zhidong glanced at Liu Mindong, then held Shang Xian's hand tightly, and said righteously: "How can I help? Just say it! As for whether it's polite or not, it's all done at once!"
As soon as Shangxian heard this, he knew the key point. This gift was indispensable.
But for him, as long as he could get rid of the rule of the Japanese and become the real king of Ryukyu, he would certainly not care about any money or property. Therefore, he said righteously: "Whatever you want from the treasury of this kingdom, you can "Here, I just ask you to help bring a letter to your uncle and deliver it to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhidong couldn't help but be overjoyed. Such a simple thing would definitely be no problem!
So, he agreed immediately.
However, Liu Mindong had a question and immediately asked: "Why doesn't the king send your officials to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help?"
Upon hearing this, Shang Xian smiled bitterly and said: "On weekdays, the Japanese are watching and are not allowed to leave without sufficient reasons!"
The so-called sufficient reason is the replacement of the King of Ryukyu, but this matter can happen casually.
After saying that, Shangxian immediately returned to his seat, gritted his teeth, bit his finger, and wrote a letter in blood.
This decision made Wei Zhidong admire him. It can be seen that the Ryukyu Kingdom was indeed bullied by the Japanese, otherwise it would not have been possible to write a bloody letter!
There were not many words. After finishing writing, Shangxian stamped his seal, then handed his hands to Wei Zhidong, with sweat still on his forehead, and solemnly said to Wei Zhidong: "Sir, please keep it and hand it over to His Majesty the Ming Emperor. The country is in charge!"
Wei Zhidong reached out and took it, carefully put it away in front of Shang Xian, and then happily prepared to follow Shang Xian to his treasury to select things.
However, Shangxian was not in a hurry, and said to him: "Sir, you can tell the Ming Emperor that there is a gold mountain here. The Satsuma feudal lord originally wanted to mine it, but it was stopped by Edo. If the Ming Dynasty sends troops, At least there will be no shortage of military pay.”
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhidong's eyes suddenly lit up, Jinshan? There is such a good thing!
So, he immediately asked: "Seriously!"
"Seriously!" After hearing this, Shang Xian immediately assured, "Gu Hao is also the king of a country, how can he lie to others!"
In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, Shimazu Mitsuhisa ordered his elder Shimazu Hisumichi to go to Nagano, which later became Nagano, Satsuma Town, Satsuma County, Kagoshima Prefecture to develop Jinshan. However, in the 16th year of Chongzhen, the mining of Jinshan was stopped due to the intervention of the shogunate.
The Tokugawa shogunate would never allow local daimyo to own gold mountains and increase local financial resources.
In the original history, the Satsuma Domain would have continued mining in 1656.
At this time, Wei Zhidong was naturally very happy after receiving Shang Xian's confirmation. That was Jinshan!
I heard that the current emperor is very interested in this kind of gold and silver mine! With this, under the current situation of Ming Dynasty, it is more likely to send troops.
Thinking like this, he patted his chest and said to the Ryukyu King: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I think back then I, the Ming Dynasty, could send troops to North Korea to drive the Japanese into the sea. Of course, there is a high possibility that I could make the decision for Your Majesty!"
Shangxian felt happy after hearing this, and even the wound on his finger no longer hurt.
Of course, he also understood that if the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain country, was to send troops, the Ming people in front of him were the prerequisite for it to happen, so he immediately said: "Thank you for your hard work, sir. Let's go and have a look at Gu's treasure house. If you like it, you can take it." Walk!"
In fact, his treasure house is actually not much, and all the good things have been robbed by the Japanese. To a certain extent, in terms of personal wealth, it may not be as much as that of Wei Zhidong.
But at this time, Wei Zhidong was overjoyed to hear this. Just when he was about to be polite, he heard a noise coming from outside the door.
Later, the Prime Minister Shang Sheng, who was guarding the door, came over to Shang Xian with a look of fear on his face and told Shang Xian: "The Japanese are here again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the palace was kicked open and a group of Japanese people rushed in.
The one at the head is the one who came before. He took a look at the situation in the palace, then pointed at Wei Zhidong with a cold face and muttered.
The Japanese warriors behind him immediately rushed over and began to drive them away like sheep.
Shangxian stepped forward and wanted to say something, but was pushed away. It was obvious that the Japanese did not take him, the Ryukyu King, seriously at all.
Of course Wei Zhidong had to protest. Not only was he treated so rudely, but he hadn't even gone to the King of Ryukyu's treasure house yet!
However, it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands, let alone the two of them facing a group of Japanese warriors.
As a result, what the two of them never expected was that after arriving at the dock, they found that the goods on the ship had been moved to the shore by the Japanese, and they were robbed directly. Then they were driven to the ship and threatened to "die, die, die" if they come back again. La'."
This situation made Wei Zhidong so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven!
