Wanli Xinming

Chapter 382 Zheng Rong
When Xie Jie mentioned the navy, Shang Yong left the room and bowed to Xiao Chongye.Xiao Chongye was taken aback, got up in a hurry and saluted, "Your Highness, why is this so?"

Shang Yong said earnestly: "Although Ryukyu is called 'Wanguo Jinliang' and thousands of boats are anchored, its military strength is weak. If there are pirates and strong soldiers, it will be difficult for the lower state to resist. ." After saying this, the third division official Weng Jisong's face changed greatly, while Zheng Jiong was full of smiles.

Xiao Chongye's heart moved, he glanced at Xie Jie, and when he saw the deputy nodding, he encouraged Shang Yong to say: "My lord, please speak directly."

Shang Yongdao: "The imperial court stationed troops in Japan, and the king of Zhengqin Town knew 'the joy of being a king'. Although Haiyan and rivers are clear in the lower state, there are strong neighbors Satsuma in the north, and Xiyi in Luzon in the south, and there are pirates and pirates who violate the border. It’s not the only one. If the court can approve, this king would like to invite the navy department stationed in the court – the cost of raising the army will be borne by the lower state. I wonder if the angel can present this unkind request to the court on behalf of this king?”

When the words fell, the unbearable third-district official Weng Jisong stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is not acceptable. Satsuma Shima Tsu is a loyal dog of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the imperial court gives him ten courage, he will not dare to violate my Ryukyu! Lusong Xiyi is still breathing. If you commit a few crimes, the imperial court will slaughter them! Why should the imperial army come from afar and be stationed in the barren land of our country?"

Shang Yong is the second son of the late King Shang Yuan of Zhongshan. Because his eldest brother was not born to his concubine, when Shang Yuan passed away, the third official Weng Shouxiang and others contacted the officials and supported him to succeed him. He was only 14 years old.

The Ryukyu Sansiguan was originally called "Ashiduobu", and generally set up three people, titled "so-and-so relatives", to jointly manage and supervise the operation of state affairs, and later renamed "Fasi", who was the head of the group of officials.For decades, the three officials were elected by more than 200 members of the Ryukyu royal family and the upper-ranking gentry. It is also called the "Five Great Masters" of Ryukyu - the second Shang Dynasty has no strength in Ryukyu, and its political system is ruled by the king and the nobles.

Shang Yong's father, Shang Yuan Wang, was enthroned with the power of three officials including Mao Longyin and Weng Shouxiang.In the generation of Shang Yong, the power was controlled by the Weng family.

In the seventh year of Wanli, Ma Liangbi, one of the three officials, and Zheng Jiong, the general secretary, sent ambassadors to Daming, and asked to add the title of Zhongshan Wang to the son of Shang Yong.At that time, Daming was reforming the law. Although Zhu Yijun had comprehensive plans for Japan, Luzon and Annan, he did not consider the Ryukyu issue in depth. After learning about the specific situation, he pointed out when receiving the tribute envoy: Japan and Ryukyu are both Daming vassal states. However, there is always the problem of "the ruler does not support the way, and the powerful ministers rule the government". The fact that your king Shangyuan is called a "dumb king" is inauthentic - the Shangguo canonized a puppet, who is to be beaten in the face?
The envoy Ma Liangbi's face turned pale when he heard the words, but the deputy envoy Zheng Jiong was keenly aware of Huadian.To tell the truth, the prince and general Xiangning have something to do - my old Zheng family is not bad, why can't I be the third commander?

After the two returned home, Ma Liangbi was deprived of the post of the third commander for failing to complete his mission, while Zheng Jong embraced Shang Yong's thigh and became the most radical "king party" in Ryukyu.After Ling Yunyi's success in the First World War in Japan, Zheng Jong achieved a big leap from "pro-cloud" to the upper-class nobility, won the position of "intimidating the local head and pro-party", and became Shang Yong's favorite at the same time.

This time, the imperial court canonized King Zhongshan, which is seven years later than the original time and space, and the traveler effect has been fully fermented.For example, the original time and space Xiao Chongye came here with a sealed boat of [-] materials, and almost died in the sea.In this time and space, he was sitting on a large ship, that is, Zhu Yijun promised Empress Dowager Rensheng to pick up Xu Guangqi's [-]-material giant ship, using the most advanced shipbuilding technology today.The Dafeng Ship was equipped with [-] artillery pieces and more than [-] elite soldiers, plus the strength of the supply ships and frigates - more than enough to take down Shuri Castle.

Therefore, Weng Jisong was very courageous to stand up to refute his own king at this time, and Xie Jie, who was sitting opposite him, secretly admired it.What Weng Jisong said is of course unwilling to hand over power, but in all fairness, how can a normal country invite soldiers from other countries?

Moreover, Weng Jisong’s words seemed to be praise and derogation, and he almost pointed out that the so-called Shimadzu’s coveting Oshima Island was just a plan by the Ming Dynasty, and it was just a means to force the Ryukyu to submit. Earl Li made it clear that Shimadzu was blatantly trying to expand his power to Ryukyu without the permission of Captain Li, who would believe it?
Although Weng Jisong claims to be pro-Japanese, as an important minister of Ryukyu, his position is to try his best to maintain the independent status of Ryukyu.The reason why he had been with Satsuma Guoxu and Wei Snake before, caused the dissatisfaction of Shang Yong and the pro-China family, but he was ignorant of Shimadzu's behavior and knew that he could not still attack Ryukyu under the restraint of Daming.

However, all these efforts were in vain under the betrayal of the king.Weng Jisong looked at Zheng Jiong's proud face, and the blood rushed to the top of his head.

After he delivered a fierce speech against the king, he took off the purple and gold crown on his head and threw it into Zheng Jong's arms, saying: "One day, the court will change the land and return to the current state, where will the Sheji and the king be at that time? "Two lines of tears welled up in his eyes after saying this, and Weng Jisong turned his head and left the main hall.

Shang Yong was slightly embarrassed to hear this, and looked up at Xiao Chongye.Xie Jie saw that the big event was settled, got up and said, "King Zhongshan, don't worry, His Majesty has promised that Ryukyu will be a fence forever - as long as you don't turn your elbows around, you will be an iron-clad country!"

The next day, King Shangyong issued the king's order, and Weng Jisong was demoted to the position of Urasoe Machijōjō.

Twenty years after the original time and space, Zheng Jiong became the most pro-China governor in the Ryukyu Kingdom.When Japan invaded Ryukyu, Zheng Pei led his army to resist, the city was broken and captured.Shimadzu Tadatoshi forced Shangning Wang and others to sign the "Fifteen Articles", demanding that Ryukyu submit to the Edo shogunate and accept the dominion of the Satsuma clan, but Zheng Kai sternly refused and scolded him.An angry Shimadzu Zhongheng ordered Zheng Pei to be killed, and he was executed by cooking.

At that time, the Ming government had nothing to do with Japan's occupation of Ryukyu, and sending envoys to scold them was the limit that Emperor Wanli could do.Although the Ming Dynasty had defeated the Japanese invasion of Korea at that time, the naval strength was not enough to bring order to Ryukyu. This also laid the groundwork for the Sino-Japanese War more than 200 years later.

Of course, none of this happened in this time and space.After Xiao Chongye and Xie Jie dealt with the Ryukyu affairs, they left Naha Port calmly, and took the large ship closure fleet to the Luzon Islands-they will break the first huge wave for the Chinese nation to sail to the bluest sea.

(End of this chapter)