Xinshun 1730

Chapter 332 Crushable
Halfway through the charge of more than 80 people, they were killed more than half by the skirmishers with mini-bombs.

I wanted to do a performance show, but I didn't want to look at my watch. It was only two o'clock in the afternoon, and everything was about to end.

Liu Yu waved his hand, the howitzers and mortars stopped bombarding, and the marines' shooters began to attack in a column, mounted bayonets, and captured the destroyed part of the city wall.

The members of the [-]-pound gun crew who were still sitting there just now, smoking cigarettes and watching the excitement of their colleagues, jumped off the gun body one by one cursing, inserted the crossbar on the gun mount, put the carriage on, and drove the cannon to the top of the mountain. on the handling.

Anyway, there is plenty of time, Liu Yu seeks stability in everything.After the soldiers on the hill waved their flags to indicate that they had occupied the western city wall, the artillery also tried their best to move the heavy [-]-pound and [-]-pound cannons up.

The artillerymen were not angry one by one, and simply built a position, threw the corpses aside, and began to bombard the two city walls inside.

Before the sun set, the leader of the Sazhou warriors in Midtown committed suicide by cutting open his stomach, and the rest surrendered.

More than 70 prisoners were captured, most of them were private soldiers of the Ryukyu people, and the samurai from Sazhou captured two.After counting the corpses and confirming that all the leaders of Zaibongxing were dead, the King of Ryukyu and all the officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Then came endless horror.

In their view, the Sazhou people, who are like heavenly soldiers and generals, are invincible. Under Liu Yu's attack, Zhongcheng City, which occupies the dominant terrain, did not even last a day.

This is no war at all, it is no different from an adult beating a child.

The hot air balloon flew into the air, and the defense and mobilization of the middle city built by the mountain had a panoramic view; the bombs were used to wash the ground, and the manpower on the mountain was deliberately lured to defend the west, but the warriors who had not been trained in platooning and anti-stress could not do it under the bombardment. Keeping calm, rushing down the mountain, all of them died at the gunpoint; the heavy artillery went up the mountain, spread out on the ground, under the [-]-pound iron ball, the structure of the city wall was equal whether it was the phase product method or the random product method.

Sazhou is so fragile, if the Celestial Dynasty has the heart to swallow Ryukyu, what should it do?
Fortunately, the reputation of the Celestial Dynasty has always been good. For the vassals, they try to keep their ancestral temples as much as possible and sacrifice them endlessly.Shang Jing said in his heart, this time he went to the capital, he must not say the wrong thing, otherwise...

"The Japanese guarding the city, in the eyes of the angels, is really like putting up a bid to sell their heads. Please also move to the palace and hold a feast for the victory of the heavenly soldier flag."

He led Liu Yu and others back to Zhongshan Prince's Mansion and hosted a banquet.

During the banquet, everyone in Zhongshan Palace held 400 taels of gold and knelt in front of Liu Yu.

Shang Jing said: "The Holy Son of Heaven, Tan, is kind to the weak and small country. The angels braved the wind and waves, faced hardships and shocks, nothing more than that! Since the angels entered the country, they have comforted Haibang and cut off the scourge of the Japanese. All the subjects of the country are grateful."

"The king is deeply ashamed. The Ryukyu country is small, located in the wilderness of the sea, and there is no way to respect it. Please replace it with gold. Although I know that it is meager, even ten times can not be equal to the work of an angel, but the Ryukyu country is poor. , less gold and silver are produced, and the tribute goods in the past were all controlled by Sazhou. Please don’t think too little of the angels.”

400 taels of gold, about 500 taels of silver in Dashun, and about 6000 taels of silver in Europe.

Liu Yu didn't answer, and glanced at Zhao Baiquan.

Zhao Baiquan said seriously: "The Holy Son of Heaven knows about Ryukyu, so he sent me here."

"Although your country is located in the middle of the sea, it has been handed down for three hundred years. Once the Japanese slaves entered, the royal city was not guarded, the wilderness was ruined, and the temples were ruins. Why do you not think about it? The front car is overturned, how can the rear car be destroyed? Do not take it as a warning!"

"Today's matter, if you stop being angry with righteousness, how can it be for the benefit of gold and silver?"

The Ryukyu King thought to himself, what should I think about?With the size of Ryukyu, how can they defeat the Japanese?Not to mention the Celestial Dynasty.

Even if I try my best to cure it, what's the use?Is it true that Shang Tang can become an emperor in three hundred miles?That's enough to say.Besides, my Ryukyu has fallen to this point, isn't it because of the opening and closing trade of the Celestial Dynasty?If there is only tribute but no trade, why is Ryukyu here?With the trade privilege of paying tribute, one or two thousand more soldiers can be raised.

I muttered a few times in my heart, and said with a smile on my face: "What the angel said is very true. I will definitely work hard in the future in order to defend myself. It's just that the heavenly soldiers came and contributed a lot. The gold and silver in this country are just a token of my heart. And please the angels don't refuse."

After repeated evasions like this, Zhao Baiquan took the opportunity to reprimand the Ryukyu King again, thinking that Liu Yu was just pretending to evade.

But when he was about to accept it, Liu Yu said: "King of Zhongshan, the politics of this dynasty is clear and bright, isn't it comparable to the old dynasty? Gold and silver will be set in the future, so there is no need to prepare."

He made a final decision, indicating that the money is really not wanted, the Ryukyu King was startled, and thought, this is really the sun coming out from the west, angels don't love money?
It's not that Liu Yu doesn't love money, it's just that he doesn't want to take money from Ryukyu.

He can roughly sum up the life of Ryukyu people.

The King of Ryukyu and the nobles have been sharpening their heads all day thinking about how to maintain the tributary relationship and cheat some money from the Celestial Dynasty.Satsuma Fan eats meat, and they drink soup, which is better than cutting off the tribute.

The people of Ryukyu want to escape from this cycad hell and sweet potato hell every day. Non-nobles cannot eat rice, so they can only collect cycad fruits during the day, which are not even as good as sweet potatoes.

There is no property, and the people are not even afraid of living like this. In Liu Yu's eyes, this is simply an excellent source of troops.

And he also understands that after such a toss, he wins the war against Japan, and after he gets the Japanese switch trade, Ryukyu is considered to be over.

The status of transit port disappeared, the entrepot trade of tributary countries ceased to exist, and Nanyang trade could not participate. The life of the Ryukyu royal family and nobles was much more difficult than it is now.

The capital behind the trading company is cannibalism.If you get the monopoly power, you will never be polite to Ryukyu. If you dare to smuggle, you don't even need to think about it, and you will definitely sink.

One can imagine the days after Ryukyu.If you find a way to get Zhongcheng Port as a naval base, you may be able to make a little money by planting food, selling vegetables, and selling girls for the naval base. After all, the navy’s military salary is enough to support a group of small traders and old bustards .

On the one hand, we must find a way to appease the Ryukyu royal family and nobles and bind them to Dashun’s maritime policy; on the other hand, we still need to recruit troops from Ryukyu. The army, the command should be held in their own hands.

If you refuse to accept normal bribes, you will naturally want more.

"King Zhongshan, this time the Celestial Dynasty sent troops to suppress the Japanese slaves, but what will happen in the future? Have you thought about it?"

Shang Jing no longer thinks about the distant and seemingly unattainable dream of paying tribute, and Liu Yu's problem is right now, and it is the top priority.

Since Liu Yu took the initiative to mention it, Shang Jing felt helpless.

Things have come to this point, there is really no way out.

If the Celestial Dynasty doesn't care about it in the future, the people from Satsuma will definitely come back.

Now that it has become like this, it is no longer possible for the Ryukyu tribute to have two sides.The biggest vision is that the Celestial Dynasty will continue to maintain his canonization as the King of Ryukyu, and send an army here to help Ryukyu resist the invasion of Sazhou.

No matter what, the Celestial Dynasty is still polite, and it will not be as rude as Sazhou.

"Ryukyu is a small country, and it's really hard to defend itself. Please also ask the Celestial Dynasty to station a heavenly soldier here, and all the expenses will be sent out of the palace."

Liu Yu shook his head and said: "It's useless to garrison less. Besides, those who help themselves will be helped by God. Even if His Majesty graciously garrisons, Ryukyu is barren, and I'm afraid there won't be many garrisons. We still have to rely on self-improvement."

"You have also seen the ability of the heavenly soldiers to fight. If Ryukyu has more than a thousand such troops, it is not difficult to defend the ancestral temple. Moreover, if the Japanese come again in the future, the Celestial Dynasty must send navy to come. Naha merchant ships are fine, but warships are not. Not suitable."

"If this is not the case, you ask His Majesty to show mercy and allow Tianchao to send officers to train the Ryukyu army. Build another military port and fort, and Tianchao will station less troops."

"If the Japanese slaves come again, if you can keep it, you can keep it. If you can't keep it, you can ask the Celestial Dynasty to send troops."

Liu Yu knew that the Zhongshan Palace still had some family background.

But this family background is limited to this.

The entire trade in East Asia, to put it bluntly, means that whoever can get the goods from China can make money.It's not without reason that everyone enjoys paying tribute.

But Ryukyu is finished now.Ryukyu is no longer eligible to participate in the trade with Japan, and only the labor force of Ryukyu can be squeezed.

The people of Ryukyu are so miserable, it is impossible for Liu Yu to recruit troops here in his own name: the people don’t suffer from being few but from inequality, if the same amount of military pay is paid, why not recruit troops in Weihai?The less hair, it is equivalent to stimulating the national consciousness of Ryukyu soldiers.

Therefore, this army must be recruited in the name of the King of Ryukyu in name, and the amount of military salary that the King of Ryukyu pays you a month has nothing to do with Dashun.

However, I can give some benefits to the Ryukyu soldiers at the right time: on the one hand, the Ryukyu soldiers saw that their king’s salary was too low compared to Weihai’s, and on the other hand, they saw Liu Yurenyi and saw that they were pitiful and gave them more money. If you want to, then there is no need to mention it.

As long as the operation is done properly, this group of soldiers is likely to attack Shuri Castle with a cannon fire in the future, begging to be merged into the Celestial Dynasty, and the soldiers will be paid according to the regulations of the Celestial Dynasty.

The tributary system in East Asia, as long as it is not a fake celestial dynasty, the awakened national consciousness in the surrounding area will not be the same as that in Europe. In the end, it should be "all the vassals and barbarians are proud of the people of the celestial dynasty", not the independence of the nation.

Of course, most of the officials of the Celestial Dynasty are also corrupt, so this hatred should not be borne by the Celestial Dynasty. The Ryukyu royal family must be borne by the army that "has combat effectiveness, has guns and cannons, must speak Chinese in the future, and desires equal treatment" resentment.

Ryukyu’s geographical location and land barrenness determine that Ryukyu is worse than the Western Regions: Politically, geographically, it must be obtained, but economically, it is simply a loser. The Western Regions still have the south of the Tianshan Mountains and the Ili River Valley to reclaim wasteland. Ryukyu is capable What?
The imperial court stationed too many troops here, which would definitely cause conflicts with the locals, which in turn contributed to separatism.Therefore, the garrison must be stationed, but absolutely not too many, that is, to build a port and install a fortress.

Ryukyu has no money and no good goods, so the king of Ryukyu can only be entrusted with civil service.

Shang Jing didn't know Liu Yu's real intention, and he didn't expect that Liu Yu was already thinking about cultivating a group of special Ryukyu people here.

After seeing Liu Yu's firm resignation to Jin Jin, and hearing Liu Yu's saying that collecting money before instead of being driven by servants was just to paralyze the Japanese, he already thought of Liu Yu as an upright and loyal person.

Thinking about Liu Yu's suggestion again, it seems to be really good.If you can train an army under Liu Yu, self-protection should be enough.And if you choose to build forts, fortifications, and ports, it doesn't cost money.

It is free for the common people to perform hard labor. Anyway, there is no need for the palace to spend money.

Liu Yu thought to himself, I will take the benefits of the military port, and you will take the blame. Who is Ryukyu poor? Or I want you to pay for two warships and I will send someone to command them, but unfortunately you can't afford the money.

(End of this chapter)