Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 581 White Eyed Wolf

The three envoys, Jin Yingyuan, the official official of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Ji Shifeng, and Zheng Sishan, the governor of the Ryukyu Kingdom, greeted the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty in accordance with the etiquette of the court meeting in Fanbang.

Of course, at this time, not only Emperor Chongzhen was there alone, but all relevant officials were there.Such as the cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple and so on.

As soon as the step-by-step etiquette of offering tribute was over, Jin Yingyuan and the other three had discussed it a long time ago, and burst into tears together.

This is a breach of etiquette before the imperial court, but normally speaking, the envoy is so sad, as the suzerain country, it is natural to ask about it.

Jin Yingyuan and the others waited for this question, so they burst into tears, saying that the Ryukyu Kingdom was wronged and bullied by the Wa Kingdom.Forget it in the past, but now that the suzerain is so powerful, it is necessary to ask the suzerain to send troops to Ryukyu to drive out the Japanese pirates as it did when it rescued North Korea.

These words of theirs sounded very reasonable.

So, everyone looked at Emperor Chongzhen to see what the emperor's attitude was.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty actually knew the situation on the Ryukyu side.

As early as when Wa Kingdom sent troops to capture the Ryukyu Kingdom, Daming received the news.

The emperor at that time was Emperor Wanli, who had just experienced the three major expeditions, and the treasury was empty.And the Ryukyu Kingdom is a remote island country. If Ming Dynasty labors to go on an expedition, the risk is much greater than going to North Korea.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Wa country is closer to the Ryukyu Kingdom. Once the two countries fight in the Ryukyu Kingdom, it will be very disadvantageous to the Ming army.

The Japanese country can quickly send reinforcements, but the Ming Dynasty does not know the specific battle situation there at all.

In addition, it is also because the Ryukyu Kingdom is too weak, it did not resist the Japanese army for a long time, and soon fell.By the time Emperor Wanli received the news from the Ryukyu Kingdom, he also knew that the king and ministers of the Ryukyu Kingdom had all been plundered back to the country by the Wa Kingdom.

In this case, how should the Ming Dynasty send troops?

However, as the suzerain of the Ming Dynasty, it is still interesting after all.

Emperor Wanli issued an imperial decree, directing Shang Ning to report in detail what happened before and after Ryukyu and Japan after his return to the country and the country's political stability.

The implication is actually to let the Wa country put the Ryukyu Kingdom back.

One thing to mention here is that the reason why the Japanese sent troops to capture the Ryukyu Kingdom was because they wanted to exchange markets between the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty.Because Wa itself and the Ming Dynasty are hostile, the two sides cannot trade normally.

Therefore, after receiving the order of Emperor Wanli, the Wa country finally had to let the Ryukyu king go back, but at the same time, it also signed the "Fifteen Articles" that made the Ryukyu kingdom lose power and humiliate the country, control the Ryukyu kingdom, and planned to use it Trade between the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty.

However, this intention of the Wa Kingdom was also seen through by the Ming Dynasty, who changed the tribute period of the Ryukyu Kingdom to once every ten years: Wa Kingdom wants to make money from the Ming Dynasty, dreaming!
But now, the Ming Dynasty is indeed strong, even stronger than that of Emperor Wanli.The envoys of the vassal state cried and asked the suzerain state to be the master for them, but it seemed that they could not justify it without responding.

However, Emperor Chongzhen knew more about the situation in the Ryukyu Kingdom than anyone in this era through the information given by Liu Weichao.

Therefore, he was not moved by the performance of these Ryukyu envoys, but said in a cold voice: "You know, my Ming Dynasty spent a lot of effort to rescue North Korea and expel the Japanese pirates. How did North Korea repay my Ming?"

Jin Yingyuan and the others were taken aback for a moment, they didn't expect the Emperor Ming to ask this question, and for a while, they didn't know what to say.

They had only heard a little about the situation in North Korea, but they didn't understand it very well, so they didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of the Emperor Ming.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that they didn't answer, and didn't need them to answer, so he said directly: "They finally recognized Daming's rebellion against Jianlu as their master, and sent troops to help Jianlu attack the imperial army. Do you think I feel comfortable when Daming is taken advantage of?" ?”

What he said was actually unfair.

After all, North Korea only recognized the Manchu Qing as its suzerain after it had nowhere to go, but there were always pro-Ming sects in the country, and there were also those who tipped off to Ming.

However, in the original Ming Dynasty, he really failed to live up to expectations, so North Korea was completely reduced to a vassal of the Manchu Qing step by step.

Of course, it is also an indisputable fact that North Korea has done something wrong to Daming.The simplest example is to cooperate with Jianlu to send warships to capture Phi Island and destroy Dongjiang Town.

Jin Yingyuan and the others naturally didn't understand the details. Upon hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, they quickly responded: "Our Ryukyu is definitely not North Korea. We have always been loyal to Daming, and we will never do anything to offend Daming!"

"Anthracene, is that so?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a sneer when he heard this, "Then tell me, why did you send people to Edo? Also, how did you treat the third officer, Zheng Pei?" what?"

"..." Jin Yingyuan and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this.

They never expected that Ryukyu is so far away from Daming, how could the Emperor of Ming know this?

After the Ryukyu Kingdom was defeated by the Wa Kingdom, they sent envoys to Edo and recognized the Wa Kingdom as the suzerain, just as North Korea recognized Jianlu as the suzerain.

What made it even more difficult for them to speak was the third officer, Zheng Pei.

This Zheng Pei is a native of the Ryukyu Ming Dynasty. He is a descendant of the 1540 surnames of Fujian Zhougong sent by the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty to settle in Ryukyu.Born in 16 in Kume Village of the Ryukyu Kingdom, in the family of Zheng's Hucheng Diannei, he went to Daming as an official student at the age of [-], and entered the Imperial Academy for six years.

Needless to say, he is a pro-Ming faction in the Ryukyu Kingdom.At that time, his main political opponent was the pro-Japanese Prime Minister, Weng Jisong, the third secretary.

In 1605, Weng Jisong was defeated.The following year, 57-year-old Zheng Pei was appointed as the new third officer, becoming the first third officer of Chinese descent in Ryukyu history.

When Zheng Pei was in charge of the government, Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Wa Kingdom came to power and wanted to launch a war against Korea. He asked Ryukyu to transport [-] people's grain for ten months to Bojin of the Satsuma Domain, and then tried to transport it to North Korea.

Zheng Pei refused the request without hesitation, and sent someone to report to Daming immediately to report the news that the Wa country was about to invade North Korea.

It is conceivable that the Wa Kingdom would be dissatisfied with Zheng Kai ruling Ryukyu. In the end, at the behest of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Satsuma Domain sent [-] warships and [-] troops to capture the capital of the Ryukyu king, and captured the Ryukyu king and Zheng Kai alive. He was asked to sign the "Fifteen Articles" that forfeited power and humiliated the country, and required the Kingdom of Ryukyu to submit to the Edo shogunate and accept the domination of the Satsuma clan.Therefore, he was killed and martyred.

If it's just here, then there seems to be nothing on the side of the Ryukyu Kingdom.But the crux of the problem is that the current history books of the Ryukyu Kingdom have begun to be revised, and Zheng Pei has been revised as a treacherous villain, and he used despicable means to attack Weng Jisong, who was pro-Japanese, and finally caused the Ryukyu Kingdom to suffer revenge.Let Zheng Pei become a traitor in the Ryukyu Kingdom for a long time.

According to the original historical development, after the Ryukyu Kingdom was officially annexed by the Wa Kingdom, the Ryukyu talents began to recognize Zheng Pei again and followed him as a hero against power.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that Kume Village, where the thirty-six surnames settled, was also called Tang Ying. In the original history, from 1609 to 1868, when the Ryukyu Kingdom became a vassal state of the Satsuma Domain, Kume Village was Dissemination of Japanese culture is prohibited.The Kume people refuse to wear kimonos and are forbidden to speak Japanese. After the Qing soldiers entered the customs in 1644, the Jiumi people insisted on wearing Hanfu and net scarves, and refused to shave their hair and change clothes.

All these things gave Emperor Chongzhen a very good impression.

Kume, who is far away overseas, is far more noble and honest than many of his courtiers who eat the king's salary.

People and people, if you compare them like this, you will be able to find out who is worthy of Emperor Chongzhen to pay more and protect them!

At this time, Jin Yingyuan and the others finally came back to their senses after being dumbfounded for a long time, and played to Emperor Chongzhen in a panic: "Your Majesty, the Japanese have set up a vassal state in our small Ryukyu country, and they have actually enslaved our Ryukyu country." The small country forced us to do something against our will, but our small Ryukyu country’s thoughts are definitely towards the Great Ming Dynasty! I implore the Great Ming Dynasty to send troops to help, our small Ryukyu country will never learn from North Korea and be ungrateful!"

The Ming officials in the hall were all shocked when they heard these words. They didn't expect that they didn't know anything, but the emperor could know so many details!

Needless to say, this must have been known to the emperor through that treasure.Otherwise, the normal channels would have to go through their hands, and even if they didn't go through, they would have heard of it to some extent.

I don't know how much the emperor can know through that treasure. If he is corrupt and perverts the law, can the emperor know it no matter how well he hides it?

Thinking of this, they are all awe-inspiring!

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not pay attention to them, but stared at the three Ryukyu envoys in front of him with a cold face, and said in a cold voice: "It's no problem if I want you to help you expel the Japanese pirates. But before that, you must prove that you are not ungrateful What I want is a loyal vassal state of Ming Dynasty, not an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!"

This request, no matter from which point of view, is very reasonable.Not to mention, there is also the matter of the white-eyed wolf in North Korea.

After hearing this, Jin Yingyuan and the other three people glanced at each other, then they both knelt down on the ground and quickly replied: "The small country of Ryukyu is definitely a loyal vassal state of Ming Dynasty!"

The three of them, from the Jiangnan area of ​​Ming Dynasty to the capital, what they saw and heard on the way simply shattered their worldview, and they saw too many things that left them speechless for a long time.

The power of the Celestial Kingdom also surpassed their previous understanding of Ming Dynasty.Naturally, they have an assessment in their hearts, who is more powerful between Da Ming and Wa country!
Just because of this, they are naturally more willing to hug Daming's thigh!
(End of this chapter)