Xinshun 1730

Chapter 328 Guilty
Such sarcasm is also within the scope of the dispute between Dashun Wude Palace and the imperial examination. Over time, both sides have long been used to it.

"Hmph, in the past Donglu 'did not wear trousers', and his soldiers were strong. He only won by strength but was not famous, so what is the difference between our dynasty and Donglu? Besides, even Donglu, I know that he wore the trousers that avenged the former emperor Youzong. "

"But I don't know whether the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Ying Sabo has tried his best to promote will wear the trousers of the Chinese dynasty? Or the trousers of the West?"

Liu Yu thought in his heart, if he doesn't wear pants, and plays a bachelor with bare buttocks, the tariff smuggling will come first.

There is not yet a pair of trousers that can be used all over the world, but Dashun has to participate in the sewing of these trousers.

This bit of teasing was not enough to cause the two of them to break up unhappy, after Zhao Baiquan retorted his lips, he felt relieved.

Liu Yu can fight, he knows very well that even if he doesn't have many soldiers, Zhao Baiquan believes that it is enough to deal with it.This is a strong man who dared to lead [-] soldiers over the Altai Mountains and headed straight for Ili. Zhao Baiquan was sure that Liu Yu must have a good grasp of the battle that Liu Yu wanted to fight on his own initiative or not.

That being the case, the Ryukyu matter is nothing.

As long as I can guarantee that Liu Yu will act first and then fight, and seize the evidence first, even if some people in the DPRK and China are dissatisfied by the real war against Japan in the future, I will do it to be worthy of my heart.

In his heart, he had already believed in Liu Yu's judgment. Although he was born as a Jinshi, his ability to answer questions on the fly was not low, but he also knew the benefits of early preparations.

Therefore, he no longer cared about what Liu Yu was going to do, and began to think about how to reprimand Ryukyu kindly and forcefully if something happened, without making him centrifugal.

Liu Yu is patiently waiting for news from Ryukyu.

Fortunately, I come to Ryukyu every once in a while for canonization. The angels who have come here many times know the situation of Naha and Shuri Castle well. It is only 20 years since the last canonization. The angels who came here back then are still alive. Liu Yu has long been aware of the terrain.

It is about one mile away from the Ying En Pavilion at the seaside port.There are two small fortresses near the port, one is Yaliangzao Mori Castle, and the other is Miejo Castle.

Stone masonry, no anti-gun soil slope, has long been outdated.

The old guns are probably at the level of the Wanli War to Aid Korea.

Although the captain who chooses to shoot at the turret should be sent to a court-martial, these two turrets are not included in this list. They have been in disrepair for a long time, and the guards have not fought for many years, and they may not have killed sheep.

If these two forts can be controlled, the warships can gather near the port of Naha and fire cannons to demonstrate, so as to give the Ryukyu king courage and help him make the "right choice."

The courtyard of the Angel Hall where the mission now lives covers an area of ​​about four or five acres. To the east of the door is the Tianfei Palace, which is similar to a temple. Nearby is the Confucian Temple. Two miles away from the Angel Hall is the Temple of Mr. Zhongshan. Although the name is unavoidable There are many associations, but the fact is that it is called Mr. Zhongshan Temple.

If it is canonized, it will go to the temple of Mr. Zhongshan.

Cover all the tablets of the successive kings of Zhongshan with red cloth, and then set up an empty dragon chair.But this time it is not a canonization, so there is no need to go to the temple of Mr. Zhongshan.

Not going to the temple of Mr. Zhongshan also gave Liu Yu a chance to do something.

Otherwise, if you really go to someone's ancestral temple to do something, if you accidentally smash the tablet of someone's ancestor, it's really not good.

After passing Mr. Zhongshan Temple, it is only four or five miles away from Zhongshan Wangfu.

The city walls of the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion are also easy to break through, and there is not even a basic anti-battery wall.

The castles in Ryukyu are very low, and most of the walls are wavy, but the wavy shape does not mean that this is a bastion, they are all made of stone, and can be blasted away with a single shot.

Ryukyu's own military strength can be combined at most three to five hundred, and with the addition of Satsuma's samurai, five hundred can reach the sky.The rest is just making up the numbers, and it is really embarrassing to count them as soldiers in terms of numbers.

Ryukyu people can only live by gnawing cycad seeds, or eating sweet potatoes. Since the Westerners occupied Nanyang, Japan closed the country, and the Dashun switch, Ryukyu could no longer be rich.

Without money, there is no strong army. This is a very simple truth.Money, vulgar, but effective.

Even if the marines under Liu Yu didn't have a full set of navy-style flintlock guns and some miniature rifled flintlock guns, they could still be beaten with the equipment and training of the Dashun Army before the reform.

During the few days of waiting, Liu Yu walked around the Angel Pavilion and the Old Angel Pavilion, looking at the words that traveled through time and space, and paying homage to the envoys left by the envoys who have been canonized since the Hongwu Year of the previous dynasty, such as "Salu Huaiyuan", "Every Huaimi" and "like ink characters.

Occasionally ask Zhao Baiquan what kind of allusions the dew and the like are based on, so as to increase my knowledge level.

Easy.

In the past, it was a rule that every day there would be an officer and [-] red handkerchief talents to come to drive.

Liu Yu also exempted many departments that Ryukyu had set up specifically to entertain angels, such as the Department of Museum Affairs, the Acceptance Office, the Animal Handling Office, the Supply Office, the Letters Department, and the Evaluation Department.

The reason is the same as that of those who went to North Korea to get money: people are exempted, and everyone is converted into 100 taels of silver a day. Just give me the money, and I will use my own people to save you trouble.

This reason is very plausible. Generals love money is almost a subconsciously recognized truth, and the Ryukyu people did not suspect it.

Except for those who came to deliver rice and vegetables every day, the rest of the people withdrew, but they brought Liu Yu 100 taels of silver every day when delivering rice.

As for how to organize the ceremonial guards and the dragon pavilion with ribbons tied on behalf of the emperor and the censer, that was naturally the job of the deputy envoy Zhao Baiquan.

After waiting for a few days, news finally came from the Ryukyu side, saying that everything was ready and that the imperial decree could be received on the auspicious day of May 25th.

The officers were all summoned, took out their pocket watches to check the time, and began to listen to Liu Yu's plan for tomorrow.

150 people will line up here, in the name of performing military exercises, wait for the Ryukyu King to lead the officials to arrive, and follow Liu Yu's instructions to start.

After the Ryukyu Baiguan entered the Angel Pavilion, 150 people set off immediately to capture the two forts in Naha Port. After controlling the forts, they set fire to smoke and waited for the fleet at sea to arrive at Naha Port.

At that time, the artillerymen who had left their hands on the ship landed immediately, pushing the cannons to the Angel Pavilion.

The remaining [-] people are reserved as a reserve team in case of any unexpected situation.

The sailors who went ashore were also ready, but Liu Yu tried not to use them.

These people were fine on the boat, but once they landed, they had no discipline at all, and if they were not careful, they might cause burning, killing, and looting.

The cabin is as small as a prison, and the biggest hope every day is the life of a glass of wine after dinner. It is a petri dish for mental illness and bloodthirsty mania. Liu Yu knows very well in his heart the virtues of "excellent" sailors in this era.

Zhao Baiquan ran over again and told him that if he really did something tomorrow, don't point his gun at the Ryukyu King.The Ryukyu King was conferred by the imperial court, but the rest of the officials were not. Before the imperial court deprived the Ryukyu King of his throne, he was the county king after all.

At dawn the next day, the Angel Pavilion was already busy.

Outside the gate, the King of Ryukyu led all the officials, golden drums, and guards of honor to gather in front of the Angel Pavilion. Please open the door as soon as the time comes.

Liu Yu opened the door himself. The soldiers stood in two rows with guns and bayonets. The King of Ryukyu led all the officials to kneel down and said, "Please welcome the Dragon Pavilion!"

The Dragon Pavilion is a symbol, representing the emperor, even if the emperor is thousands of miles away.

To symbolize the emperor, it is naturally impossible to be in front of the gate or in the yard. It must go to the middle hall and carry the Dragon Pavilion to the middle hall.

The Ryukyu king is in front, and the rest are behind.

Two incense officials, holding the incense table, slowly came to the Dragon Pavilion, added incense, and burned the smoke.

Liu Yu stood on the left side of Longting, and Zhao Baiquan stood on the right side of Longting.

The axis holding officer stands in the southeast corner; the axis exhibition officer stands in the southwest corner.When all the cumbersome ceremonies were in place, the ceremony officer shouted in Chinese: "Schedule!"

As soon as the voice of the schedule fell, everyone was silent, just like the schedule in the Forbidden City, not daring to make a sound.

Then the ritual officer yelled the beat in Ryukyu language, and the Ryukyu king and others all bowed five times and kowtowed three times.

What Liu Yu was waiting for was this opportunity to immerse himself in it. When the ceremony officer finished shouting and everyone hadn't waited for the words of Libi, Liu Yu suddenly called out Libi in Japanese and got up.

Hulala... A group of people stood up subconsciously, including Ryukyu Wang Shangjing as well.

But when he stood halfway, he immediately realized something was wrong.

Fighting to kneel down again at this time, the knees would be bruised or even the risk of falling due to insufficient blood supply to the brain, so he knelt down again in a daze.

"It's over! It's over!"

Shang Jing's mind went blank, and he felt his heart stopped beating.

Although there are no eyes on the back of the head, I know that there must be many people who understand this Japanese and stand up.

Once these guys stand up...

The few people who had stood up also immediately realized that the problem was wrong, but it was too late.

The soldiers standing on both sides rushed up quickly and controlled the Ryukyu officials who stood up. The rest raised their guns, but they did not point at the Ryukyu King.

Liu Yu shouted violently, and subconsciously wanted to slap things around him to show off his momentum. He raised his hand halfway, only then remembered that he was standing on the left side of the Dragon Pavilion. This slap was equivalent to slapping the emperor's face. He drew a half circle in the air and slapped himself on his thigh.

"King Zhongshan! You are so bold. How dare you say that the Ryukyu Kingdom has nothing to do with the Wa Kingdom? It was a coincidence that other things were similar to the Wa Kingdom before. Is this Ryukyu language and the Japanese language the same? What should you do if you deceive the king? crime?"

A few of the hundred officials realized that the problem was wrong, stood up and wanted to run, but the soldiers guarding on both sides smashed at them with gun butts.

A few tall and burly grenadiers from the Marine Corps, holding grenades and matchlocks in their hands, stared at the Ryukyu officials, and no one dared to make any moves so far.

Zhao Baiquan, who had been sweating for a while, finally let go of his hanging heart when he saw a group of people standing up who understood Japanese.

He is also smart, knowing that this matter has been determined, all the stolen goods have been obtained, and the evidence is solid, then the meaning of this matter will be quite different.

If people were arrested first, it would be Ban Chao's actions in Shanshan, which belonged to provoking frontier provocations by taking advantage of Tianwei, and were easily criticized by the court and China.

But now, it is similar to what happened to Zhu Chongzhuo, the grandson of the sixth king of the previous dynasty and the general of Fengguo: he colluded with Mongolia, burned the Datong granary, and invited the little prince to attack the Celestial Dynasty.

Even if someone in the DPRK is unwilling to do this kind of thing, especially if it leads to a war against Japan, they absolutely dare not say anything.

In just a moment, Zhao Baiquan was determined and knew which side he should stand on.

Besides, without the emperor's permission, Liu Yu would not dare to wield a knife and a gun in front of a county king even if he had the courage to do so.

Zhao Baiquan reacted very quickly. Seeing that Liu Yu's people had already controlled the situation, he said loudly, "Please!"

The military force has been deterred, and now we have to rely on the majesty of the Celestial Dynasty to deter him again, so as to give the Ryukyu King a chance: when listening to the imperial decree, quickly think about the words of pleading guilty, so as to find a way to go down.The Celestial Dynasty wants to continue to keep Ryukyu as a tributary state, and the steps that should be given still have to be given.

Hearing Zhao Baiquan's shout, the axis holding officer walked from the southeast corner to the Dragon Pavilion. Liu Yu took out the imperial decree and handed it to the axis holding officer.

Officer Zhan Zhou stepped forward, and the two unfolded the imperial edict together. Zhao Baiquan walked up to the imperial edict and read out the emperor's imperial edict.

Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said: I respectfully worship the family of heaven, and rule all nations;Guangdong is in the deserted clothes, and I know Pu Ren'en; I love Ye Chengyou, and I also favor Xi... The Ryukyu Kingdom is located in Yanyu. Since the fourth year of Xuande in the previous dynasty, the surname Shang was bestowed by the Celestial Dynasty, and since then it has been a vassal...

The vassals are the Pinghan of this heavenly family!
However, someone told me that in the 37th year of Wanli in the previous dynasty, the Japanese Satsuma clan invaded, plundered for several days, burned the royal temple, and plundered the royal family into Sazhou. This country is hated by the family.You don't think about revenge, but you communicate with the Japanese... Is this true?Is it false?
After reading the imperial decree, the imperial decree was ambiguous and did not express too much emotion, but it seemed that the emperor asked the Ryukyu king kindly whether this matter was true or not.

However, after Zhao Baiquan finished reading the imperial decree, he immediately spewed out all the words he had been holding back for several days.

"Since it is a vassal, but it is hidden and not reported, there is no king!"

"The ancestral temple was murdered, and he committed himself to the thief, so he has no father!"

"An ancient saying: To teach benevolence, you must first teach filial piety. The Japanese plundered your ancestors and did not think of revenge. No king, no father, no filial piety, how can you be called a human?"

"King Zhongshan, what else do you have to say? Is there something hidden?"

(End of this chapter)