Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 613 Ryukyu Islands
Luo Youdu woke up from his sleep, looked at Fu Qing'er who was still sleeping soundly beside him, and kissed her on the face.

Fu Qing'er coquettishly pushed him and said: "You are not serious!"

Luo Youdu chuckled lightly and said, "Who kept asking for more at night? Isn't it serious now?"

Fu Qing'er hammered her husband's chest, and immediately changed the subject: "Get up soon, don't let Chou Chou see the joke."

Although old couples have been married for many years, Fu Qing'er still can't stand Luo Youdu's private indecency.But it's her dignified queen, feeling like she's on the verge of talking, that is the most exciting.

Luo Youdu molested his wife for a while before letting her go.

If it weren't for being ugly, if you want to set an example for your precious son, you have to fall all morning.

Luo Youdu was wearing his clothes, and suddenly thought of something, he said: "My brother-in-law is going to Beijing to report on his work in a few days. You should inform your father-in-law and mother-in-law to come to Beijing to meet your son. My brother-in-law has done a good job in Quanzhou and has a heavy responsibility. It’s the first time I’ve come to Beijing, and I won’t be able to stay for long. This time I won’t see you, and I don’t know when the next time will be.”

A gleam of joy flashed in Fu Qing'er's eyes, but hearing Luo Youdu's somewhat inhumane words, she complained: "Your Majesty is too cruel."

Luo Youdu said: "It's my brother-in-law's extraordinary ability, and those who are able work hard. I never thought that he did such a good job in Quanzhou. I fought side by side with him during the Northern Expedition to Youzhou. I really didn't realize his strengths. But I don't want to. What this uncle is good at is not his military strategy, but his ability to manage communication and manage politics."

When Luo Youdu asked Fu Zhaoxin to lead the governor of Quanzhou, he didn't expect that Fu Zhaoxin could surprise him.

When I chose him back then, on the one hand, I needed a raptor who could hold down the boss of the Chen family, and on the other hand, it was recommended by Fu Qing'er.Luo Youdu had to give face to his queen and the old father-in-law Fu Yanqing who planned this matter behind the scenes.

The Fu family that Fu Yanqing belongs to is the well-deserved number one warlord of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and has gone through the entire Five Dynasties.

Fu Zhaoxin is the next generation successor trained by Fu Yanqing himself, who will take over the military power from him in the future.

But as Luo Youdu's attitude towards warlords became clear, Fu Yanqing also realized that times had changed.

The new era does not allow military power to continue to be in the hands of the separatists, even if they hand over administrative power, financial power is the same.

This is how Fu Zhaoxin was driven out by Fu Yanqing to seek an official. The purpose was that the Fu family gave up the idea of ​​inheriting the Tianxiong Army and found another way out.

Fu Zhaoxin arrived at Yelusha's attacking force alone in the Battle of Sanggan River and performed well.

But the Tianxiong Army was built by Fu Yanqing. Those generals in the army were not well-known, but they were all warriors, first-class fierce generals.

With such a strong army and strong generals, playing well, isn't this what it should be?
With the assistance of Gao Ying, Han Qinhu, and He Ruobi, Yang Guang and Pingnan Chen also performed very well, but when they beat Goguryeo, everything was revealed.

The army of one million let Goguryeo's Ulchi Mundeok play like a monkey, and he couldn't take down a Liaodong city.

Fu Zhaoxin is capable, but Luo Youdu really didn't feel surprised.

But Fu Zhaoxin's performance in Quanzhou really surprised him.

In addition to being one of the largest ports in the southeast, Quanzhou is also a channel connecting the Penghu Islands and even Yizhou.

The future world will be dominated by sea power. Luo Youdu doesn't know if he can wait until that day, but in his lifetime, leaving a rich legacy to future generations is not in vain to visit this world.

Luo Youdu had a certain understanding of the Penghu Islands when he and Liu Congxiao were talking about the southeast waters.

As for Yizhou and Liuqiu, Liu Congxiao had heard about it, but he didn't know much about it.

The main reason is that the navigation conditions of the strait are very poor, and the rough Kuroshio is daunting. The local people call it the Strait of Death.

Yizhou Island is only a few hundred miles away from Quanzhou, but the risk is far better than going to Ryukyu and Wa.

There is a folk proverb that "six deaths, three stays and one return", it can also be seen how dangerous it was to go to Yizhou at that time.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is no profit. In this era, Yizhou is isolated from the world, the conditions are harsh, and it is in a tribal form, which belongs to the land of alienation in the eyes of the Central Plains Dynasty.

An unprofitable place is naturally not taken seriously.

Moreover, Luo Youdu also heard that the Yizhou and Ryukyu that Liu Congxiao was talking about were obviously the same place.

But in Luo Youdu's dictionary, Yizhou and Ryukyu are two completely different concepts.

Presumably because he didn't understand, Liu Congxiao confused Yizhou and Liuqiu.

In fact, it wasn't just him. Most people in the Song Dynasty confused Ryukyu with Yizhou.

As for the Penghu Islands, because of the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the great division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, many people from the Central Plains crossed the sea to settle here in order to avoid the war.

Of course, the most important thing was during the mid-to-late Tang Dynasty, when the world was in chaos and rare disasters occurred at the same time. There was an old man named Shi Jianwu. He was the number one scholar of the Tang Dynasty. Settle here.

Shi Jianwu has read many books and brought the advanced lifestyle and agricultural production technology of the mainland to the Penghu Islands. He integrated the Han people and local people who had drifted here before and developed the Penghu Islands.

Quanzhou has a certain relationship with the Penghu Islands. Liu Congxiao, as the former lord of Quanzhou, knows a thing or two.

Fu Qing'er said quite complacently: "It's only natural, that big rough Aye knows how to mess up, and he will be rough when things happen. Since my brother is sensible, he has handled the affairs of the Daming Mansion for his father, which is much better than Aye. ..."

Luo Youdu suddenly realized that in Fu Yanqing's era, as long as he had soldiers in his hands, being able to fight and fight was king.

Vigorousness is the way of survival. Influenced by the times, it is reasonable for Fu Yanqing to disdain politics.

This also invisibly tempered Fu Zhaoxin's ability in this area.

Luo Youdu deliberately occupied the Penghu Islands, and used the Penghu Islands as a platform to seize Yizhou and Ryukyu.

As the magistrate of Quanzhou, Fu Zhaoxin shouldered the task of winning over the Penghu Islands.

The Penghu Islands are dominated by Penghu Island, and there are [-] or [-] other large and small islands around them.

The Shi family did not become kings on Penghu Island, but because of the glory of their ancestors, they were respected by the local people and have always been the uncrowned kings of Penghu Island.

For their own benefit, the Shi family was unwilling to associate with Fu Zhaoxin, fearing that the Central Plains would rob them of their interests.

Faced with the obstacles of the Shi family, Fu Zhaoxin did not insist on it. Instead, he gave the Penghu Islands a lot of benefits, opened up exchanges between the two places, and stimulated the development of the Penghu Islands.

As a result, things were out of balance.

The Penghu archipelago is not only the main island of Penghu, but also large and small islands such as Yuweng Island, Baisha Island, Hujing, Jibei, and Wang'an, among which more than [-] islands are inhabited by local aborigines.

Originally everyone was poor together, the elder brother didn't laugh at the second elder brother.

Now that the main island of Penghu is getting rich suddenly, how can the surrounding islands not be jealous?

The local aborigines were already a little dissatisfied with the outsiders grabbing resources. Now that the outsiders are still prosperous, who can bear it?

Then inevitably, conflicts arise.

Unknown pirates are rampant...

There are only a small number of guards on Penghu Main Island, and they can't deal with the pirates who appear out of nowhere.

The largest resource on Penghu Island is the seafood industry. The proliferation of pirates has caused local people to worry about fishing.

As a last resort, the Shi family turned to Fu Zhaoxin for help.

As a matter of course, Fu Zhaoxin sent troops to Penghu Island, expelled the pirates, and then took Penghu Island as the foundation to completely control the Penghu Islands, achieving the most important step in the strategy.

Fu Zhaoxin arrived in Bianjing three days later.

Luo Youdu asked Fu Qing'er to prepare a family banquet, and first pulled Fu Zhaoxin to talk about Ryukyu.

Luo Youdu did not summon Fu Zhaoxin in Wende Hall or Yanhe Hall, but led him to the back garden of the imperial palace, and had a private conversation with him directly in the waterside pavilion.

"Looking at my uncle's letter, did my uncle find Ryukyu? But it's not going well?"

Compared with living under the blessing of Fu Yanqing, Fu Zhaoxin is obviously more mature and stable, and also a little darker. Hearing Luo Youdu's question, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, and he said: "It's not going well, the Ryukyu Islands, up and down They have a deep prejudice against us in the Central Plains and are full of hostility. The people we sent, let alone to meet their king, even refused to let them go to the island, and directly refused them with bows and arrows."

Luo Youdu was surprised and said: "Why? Even if you can't be friends, you can't be enemies, right? The Central Plains court, how did you offend him?"

Fu Zhaoxin smiled wryly and said, "I'm really offended. But that happened more than 350 years ago... The minister also found it strange, and sent someone to secretly tie up a Ryukyu fisherman for torture. Only then did he learn that Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, had sent troops to invade Passing through Ryukyu, the residents of the island have always held grudges in their hearts. The minister specially looked through the history books, and really found the corresponding records."

It turned out that after a long period of self-development in the Ryukyu Islands, a kingdom called Tiansun was formed.

Emperor Yang Guang once ordered Yuqi Captain Zhu Kuan to go to sea to find overseas countries.Under the leadership of He Man from Fujian, Zhu Kuan came to the Ryukyu Islands.Looking at the Ryukyu Islands from afar on the sea, Zhu Kuan felt that the archipelago looked like a horned dragon dormant under the sea, so he named it Liuqiu.

Yang Guang has always been very happy and interested in Ryukyu. The next year he sent Zhu Kuan to Ryukyu, bringing a lot of gifts to appease and win over the local people.Let them submit to the rule of the Sui Dynasty.But the leader headed by the local Tiansun family refused to submit.

Feeling ashamed, Yang Guang sent Wu Ben Zhonglang General Chen Leng, and asked the doctor Zhang Zhenzhou to lead the army to beat Ryukyu to the ground in one breath. The Sui army burned Shuri City to ashes in order to vent their anger. , captured [-] Ryukyu people as prisoners, and then withdrew the troops...

As a result, Ryukyu regarded the Central Plains as an enemy. From the Sui Dynasty until the demise of the Song Dynasty, Ryukyu was not connected to China.

Therefore, people in the Song Dynasty often regarded Yizhou as Ryukyu, because they had no real news about Ryukyu at all, and mistakenly thought that the two were the same place.

Luo Youdu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, what is this?

It is really Yang Guang's style to withdraw after hitting.

Worthy of being the best prodigal son in China, just for this thing, there are still people who boast that he is an emperor through the ages, and boast about his achievements?
Although the fight against Tuyuhun suffered heavy losses, at least it was a victory.

As a result, Yang Guangda generously stated that the land in the city was no longer needed, and it was not rare, so he retreated directly.

As soon as the Sui army withdrew, Tuyuhun regained his hometown, and the bandits plundered Hexi...

Expedition to Linyi, Khitan, and the dead during the [-]th and [-]th Five-Year Plan. They won in the end, but the result is still the same. If no effective rule is established, and the captured land will not be included in the territory, the troops will be withdrawn!

I don't want your land, and I don't want to establish a pro-Sui regime. I just want to be willful, just play, and just want to prove that I, Emperor Sui, are awesome...

The same is true for playing Ryukyu.

What is this picture?

Embarrassed by Qian Duo?
Luo Youdu's eyes were burning, and he said: "So, there is no room for Ryukyu to relax?"

Fu Zhao said: "It may not be easy to change their attitude in the short term."

Luo Youdu pondered for a moment and said, "How is the opponent's strength?"

Fu Zhaoxin thought for a while and said, "Two thousand, no, one thousand heavenly troops will be able to take Ryukyu."

It's really not that Fu Zhaoxin underestimated Ryukyu. The Ryukyu Islands have not yet established their own civilization.

They live above the sea, and they don't have the ability to go to sea, that is to say, the Sui Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom had some contacts with them.

Their iron smelting is immature, a group of barbarians wearing furs and holding inferior weapons, against soldiers in iron armor?

Not at the same level at all...

Luo Youdu laughed secretly when he heard the words, and immediately said: "When we go back, find an excuse to take the Ryukyu Islands. We must make a quick decision, and don't let the Wa Kingdom in the north find out."

A flash of insight flashed in Fu Zhaoxin's eyes, and he finally understood why his lord was so obsessed with Ryukyu, a place where dogs don't shit and birds don't lay eggs, and even asked him to send someone to search for it.

It turned out to be to deal with the Wa country.

As Fu Zhaoxin said, Luo Youdu coveted the Ryukyu Islands, although it is because of the special geographical location of the Ryukyu Islands, known as the aircraft carrier that never lands, but there is a saying that before the voyage broke out, the real significance of the Ryukyu Islands is not great.

The main purpose is to use Ryukyu as a platform to attack Waguo Island.

Wa and Khitan have made great progress in their joint attack on Goryeo.

Wa has conquered more than a dozen prefectures including Jinzhou, Luozhou, Shanzhou, Shengzhou, Andong, and Jinzhou, and has collected one-third of the land in southern Koryo.

As for Khitan, they also captured Pyongyang and advanced all the way to Kaijing, the capital of Korea.

Goryeo is about to destroy the country...

In response to this situation, Luo Youdu was already preparing to write a letter to the Wa Kingdom, ordering them to withdraw their troops in the name of the Kingdom of Heaven, asking them to return all the land they had invaded Goryeo.

If you think about it with your ass, you know that the Wa country will not agree. How can there be any reason to spit out what you eat?
Of course, Luo Youdu didn't expect them to agree.

Fu Zhao said: "Your Majesty, what about Yizhou?"

Luo Youdu said: "Yizhou is not in a hurry, first understand the environment and water conditions of the strait, after getting familiar with it, first choose a place to settle and develop, establish contact with the aboriginals, let them go down the mountain to live with us. The scope is extended to the whole island."

Yizhou is still a barren land, which is beneficial in the long run, but not in the short term.

Luo Youdu was not in a hurry to act. If he was unlucky and sent troops rashly without knowing the dangers of the strait, it would be like the Yuan Dynasty's conquest of Japan, and he would see ghosts.

If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, let's go step by step.

Take the Ryukyu Islands first, and then talk about others.

(End of this chapter)