The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Kitakyushu.

It is located opposite the Changfu.

At this moment, a large number of Japanese soldiers continue to smuggle over, lurking here.

Geographically speaking, this place should belong to the border of Zhu Yan's vassal state.

However, due to the special location, the four major vassal kings jointly garrisoned troops on the Honshu Island of the Japanese kingdom.

The resident troops are not many, less than 2 in total, but the military city built has hundreds of artillery pieces and a large number of firecrackers.

Not to mention 10 people, even if it is hundreds of thousands, it may not be able to win in a short time.

The reason why Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wanted King Yan to garrison troops to attack the Changfu was to prevent King Yan from guarding the city.

This is not the former Kitakyushu.

Unless it is filled with human life, there is no possibility of knocking down the tall city wall.

The composition of the Japanese soldiers is generally that the daimyos from all over the world lead their samurai to join the army.

In the past, Japanese soldiers didn't even have logistics, they were all warriors, and farmers brought their own food.

However, a military food and rice system was introduced later, which separated the warriors from the peasant groups, and the warriors became professional soldiers, and only then did the peasants take care of the logistics.

However, rich warriors always bring a lot of their own food, while poor warriors can only eat official logistics food.

Thanks to the gradual popularization of high-yield crops in the Ming Dynasty in the Wa country, the food for the soldiers of the Wa country is now much more abundant.

"Why is there a war all of a sudden?"

Among the lurking Japanese soldiers, Akagi Yuzo said helplessly.

Seeing that the days were getting better and better, he was suddenly summoned by the daimyo again.

"Is there any way to do this? It's all the big shots. We have no room to resist, just obey the orders." Mizuguchi next to him said casually on Tuesday.

The two are not from the same village, but close to each other.

In order to better learn group military operations, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu integrated the neighboring local daimyos together.

Most of the Japanese soldiers are familiar faces with each other, which can further improve their combat effectiveness.

Akagi Yuzo carefully looked ahead, then pulled the firecracker in his hand and said: "I heard that the firecrackers we made are very unreliable. During the trial a few days ago, many of them exploded. Yes, I hurt myself."

"When the time comes to use the firecracker, you have to be more careful. Anyway, you just need to open it. Don't hurt your eyes, or you will become blind."

Mizuguchi nodded with lingering fear on Tuesday.

This matter has already spread in the army. After all, many people are from the same village, so it is impossible to hide it. However, the big names above are not allowed to discuss this matter, and the two of them only dared to speak secretly.

Similar to Mizuguchi and Yuzo Akagi, the Japanese soldiers are now very war-weary.

First of all, because of the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties that lasted for 60 years, it affected the entire Wa country.

However, this place has just ended, and the Ming Conquest has ushered in again.

Many Japanese have been fighting almost all their lives, and they don't have much time to rest.

This is also one of the reasons for the low combat effectiveness of the Wa country when it faces the conquest of the Ming Dynasty.

Especially with great difficulty, the Wa Kingdom negotiated a peace covenant with Daming.

The situation of the covenant has little to do with the people of the Japanese country at the bottom. They only know that there is no need to fight.

It was a good day again, and the high-yield crops of Ming Dynasty made many people in the Wa country start to have enough to eat.

In the past few years, the people of the Japanese country have no hatred for the so-called Daming who invaded them, but are very grateful.

This is determined by the most original appeal.

Because of Japan's vigorous conscription, many peasant households were transformed into warriors, so that many so-called warriors today have not actually received much military training.

It's just that now that there are firecrackers, it doesn't take much skill training to become a qualified soldier.

"It is forbidden to talk about gunfire."

The accompanying officer heard the discussion and immediately came over and scolded.

Mizuguchi, Yuzo Akagi immediately shut his mouth on Tuesday.

After the officer walked away, Mizuguchi said disdainfully on Tuesday: "It's just luck, and I was appreciated by the daimyo, bah, what the hell."

Akagi Yuzo said: "Forget it, let's not say a few words, if we really want to spread it to the daimyo, there will be good fruits for us to eat."

Kyushu Island is the second island of Wa Kingdom after Honshu Island, with a current population of about 150 million.

This is after a large number of Japanese people who avoided chaos migrated to Honshu Island.

The number of Ming people, including the Ming army, is less than 30.

A large number of Ming soldiers are generally concentrated near the main cities of the vassal states, such as Qincheng, Jincheng, Yancheng, and Qicheng.

There are also some Ming troops who are in important military places like Kitakyushu City, or guarding large mineral deposits.

Most of the Kyushu Island area is under the jurisdiction of a small number of Ming people, and even the Japanese are self-governing. They only need to pay taxes and obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

It is obviously unrealistic to completely control the entire Kyushu Island.

It was in this regard that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu contacted the local Japanese in Kitakyushu to achieve this lurking.

In theory, there is no problem.

Even if the Japanese do not hate the Ming people, they will not refuse the order from the general of Honshu Island because of this.

Moreover, after these Japanese soldiers came to the village, they strictly controlled the place and did not allow any news to be sent out.

However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has forgotten that here in Kitakyushu, there is another branch from the descendants of the Central Plains.

Mongolian Yuan period.

Kublai Khan failed to conquer the Japanese twice, leaving Ming soldiers captured by the Japanese.

Among these captives, the Mongols were directly killed, while the Goryeo, the Han, were treated as slaves.

In later generations, these people also have a name in the country of Wa: tribal people.

Even when later generations were prosperous, and before Zhu Ying came here, the tribal people were also the people at the bottom of the Wa Kingdom. Even though the Wa Kingdom abolished the hierarchy, they were still excluded from the ranks of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and the four people. system.

When the Japanese invaded, there was a saying of good people, which originated from this.

Tribal people are prohibited from intermarrying Japanese commoners. Even if this law is abolished in later generations, when Japanese commoners of ordinary families get married, they will ask private detectives to check each other's blood, surname, and genealogy. .
There is a saying in the current Japanese country: Don't marry a pariah.Once bloodlines are dirty, they can never be clean again.The children of Duoduo will be Duoduo in any era.

Udo is the name for the tribal people.

In later generations of the Wa Kingdom, there was a 330-page "General Book of Tribal Place Names", which recorded the names and addresses of the tribesmen of the Wa Kingdom, and the purpose was to exclude the tribesmen from seeking employment.

This book was published after secretly obtaining the household registration information of the tribal people, and it was discovered that there were more than a dozen versions.

Since it cannot be printed in large quantities and sold publicly, the price of the book is high, but many Japanese companies have this book in order to exclude Burakumin when recruiting newcomers.

They have no dignity at all, and can only engage in 'unclean' work, such as picking manure, slaughtering and the like.

However, most of them are descendants of Han people.

The country of Wa once regarded the Southern Song Dynasty as its suzerain state, but after capturing the people of the Southern Song Dynasty, it demoted them to tribal people.

It can be seen from this that even though the Wa Kingdom is constantly absorbing the culture of the Central Plains, it is known as the most loyal vassal state of the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, but in fact, this is just a slogan for more benefits.

Under Kimura.

The people here are all called Shimogi by their surnames.

This is a very strange thing, because ordinary Japanese only have surnames for high-ranking officials and nobles, and those who have surnames are at least warriors, and ordinary people do not have surnames.

The reason why there are so many surnames in the Wa Kingdom in later generations is that the government of the Wa Kingdom forced the people to choose their own surnames. This is the origin of 10,000+ surnames.

In Xiamu Village, the people who are familiar with the Japanese country will not have any contact at all, and even when they have to pass by, they always take a detour.

Because this is the village of the Burakumin, the dirtiest place.

In later generations, the village disappeared, and many tribesmen changed their Japanese surnames in order to conceal their identities.

下木, implying rotten and dirty rotten wood.

It is the title given by the Japanese government.

It is to distinguish their identities from ordinary people.

in the village.

"Father, they've taken all our food and obviously won't give it back, and many of us will starve to death."

Shimogi Genji said to his father, Shimoki Katsuri, with a strong anger on his rather immature face.

The ambush soldiers sent by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu directly robbed almost everything that could be eaten in their village.

Anyone who disobeyed was directly beheaded.

According to the laws of the Wa Kingdom, the tribal people are only equivalent to one-seventh of ordinary people.

If a Japanese killed a tribesman, he would not be found guilty.

You have to kill seven tribesmen before you can be convicted of murder.

Hearing this, Shimoki Katsuri just sighed, and then said: "Let everyone go fishing more, you should be able to persist until the next harvest, so you can survive."

Xia Musheng's expression was a bit ferocious: "Outside now, it is Daming's world, my surname is not Xia Mu, my surname is Zhao!"

Snapped!
Shimoki Katsuri slapped Shimoki Genji on the face.

Cursed: "Stupid, who told you."

Xia Muyuan Er covered his face after being beaten, with a bit of anger in his eyes, but stood there without moving, and replied: "Grandpa told me before he died."

Shimoki Katsuri's expression changed drastically, and he looked at his eldest son in a daze.

After a while, he said, "Did you tell other people about this?"

Shimoki Genji lowered his head and did not speak, his meaning was very obvious.

Shimoki Katsuri roared: "You know that this will kill everyone."

Xia Muyuan Er said unwillingly: "But now it is the Ming Dynasty, we are the descendants of the Han people, why should we serve as slaves to the Japanese people."

"As long as we tell the Ming army, they will definitely be willing to accept us, so that we can recognize our ancestors and return to our ancestors, or even return to the place where our ancestors grew up."

"Father, this is also Grandpa's long-cherished wish!"

Faced with his son's resistance, Shimoki Katsuri was a little at a loss.

It has been 130 years since the Mongolian conquest of the Wa Kingdom.

For such a long time, how can there be any rumors about Shimoki Village.

It is true that in terms of blood, because of the relationship with the Japanese government, they are relatively pure, but in fact, what is the difference between them and the Japanese now.

130 years is too long, so long that the current Shimoki Village has long been ignorant of its ancestors.

Except for those in Xiamu Shengli's lineage who know Zhao's surname, they also know their own surname, but there are only a few people.

This is a cryptic circulation. In fact, Shimoki Katsuri has no plans to pass it on, but he didn't expect his father to tell his son about it.

Perhaps, in his father's heart, he had always thought that the Zhao family could recognize their ancestors and return to their clan, and the fallen leaves could return to their roots.

It's just that in Xiamu Village, more people have accepted the reality that they are filthy.

"You are still too young, even if you go to find the Ming army, what can you say, tell them that we are the descendants of the Han people, the Zhao family?"

"Do you have anything to prove? You can't even speak Chinese. How can you prove that you are a descendant of Han people?"

"Look at your current appearance. When you appear in front of the Ming army, they will only arrest you as a spy."

Xia Mucun shook his head and said to his son.

130 years, five generations.

Shimoki Village knows more than his son, after all, he belongs to the fourth generation.

When his grandfather was very young, he was the grandson of the first generation of expeditionary soldiers who were first degraded into slavery.

So he's heard, a lot about what used to be.

In fact, to be able to serve as the village chief, his ancestor was also a general-level figure in the captured army.

He has even read books and can read, not an ordinary soldier.

The grandfather in Xiamu Village can even write and speak Chinese.

It's a pity that this is a restricted thing, and it was not inherited by his father.

Therefore, Xiamu Village understands that even in the place of ancestors, in the distant Central Plains, the government is not a good person, and it is even worse than the Japanese government.

They don't care about the so-called descendants of the Han people at all. They are completely two extremes with the beauty imagined by their sons.

On this point, Shimokimura is actually right.

After all, the Southern Song Dynasty had perished at that time, and most Han people were like two-legged sheep in the eyes of the Mongols. They were extremely humble and slaves.

So from Xia Mucunli's point of view, what's the difference between this and now.

The descendants of the Han people are just a good wish.

"Father, these warriors obviously came to Kitakyushu suddenly, and they definitely wanted to attack the Ming army. If we tell the Ming army the news, we can definitely make a contribution."

"Even if it's like my father said, we won't be recognized, but even as a Japanese, that can make the current village better."

Shimoki Gener spoke with a flash of inspiration.

Hearing these words, Xia Mucun was a little moved.

After all, Kyushu Island is now ruled by the Ming army, and they must have contributed to the news.

But after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "The warriors have already guarded all the roads, and there is no chance for us to report the news."

"Besides, this is not a trivial matter. With so many warriors, this is obviously very important. Once discovered, the entire village may be killed."

Xiamu Village didn't want to bet the lives of the whole village.

Shimogi Gener's eyes flashed in surprise and he whispered: "Father, there is a small road, those warriors must not know about it."