Cutting 1719

Chapter 427 The biggest enemy
In fact, the so-called calm is only because there is a bigger vortex hidden behind it.

For today's world, whether it is the battle against the Satsuma Domain or the possible war against Burma in the southwest, it is just a small dessert before the big meal. Almost everyone's eyes are fixed on the Northern Expedition. body.

From the large-scale conscription that started years ago, to the overtime work in mines, arsenals, and even military uniform factories, they all tell everyone one thing, the long-awaited Northern Expedition is coming soon!
This will be the biggest battle for Ning Chu to unify the world, and it will also be a battle that the Manchus will fight to the death. Except for the decisive battle under the city of Anqing, there is no other battle that can compare with it.

In the Battle of Anqing City, Ning Yu, who was still Duke of Hanyang at that time, led an army of tens of thousands and completely defeated Kangxi's 20 troops, and even indirectly became a major reason for Kangxi's death. After this battle, Ning Yu Chucai completely got rid of the survival crisis, and was able to carry out the first battle in the south of the Yangtze River and realize the establishment of the country.

If we talk about the historical significance, it will be written in the new textbook issued by Ningchu that there will be several pages of great battles, and it will also be a great victory that everyone in Ningchu will praise!
Therefore, the Battle of the Northern Expedition has now become another decisive battle after the Battle of Anqing, but compared with that time, the offensive and defensive momentum is different. It is the turn of the Manchus to worry about being completely destroyed.

The entire new Ningchu regime started to run like an extremely huge chariot. Everyone up and down, like screws, was adding fuel and ammunition to the chariot, ready to complete it. The final blow to the Manchus.

In this context, all other wars naturally became a foil. Even Deng Ziyi, who personally led the war against the Satsuma Domain, thought in his heart that he could participate in the Northern Expedition as soon as possible.

It was in this slightly indifferent atmosphere that Shimadzu Munenobu came to Nanjing City and truly became a future daimyo who lived here.

In the Fengtian Hall, after listening to Deng Ziyi's series of war reports, Ning Chu looked at Shimadzu Zongnobu again, and said softly: "Your Secretary arranged for Shimadzu Zongnobu to live and take care of the staff, and the treatment is in accordance with the marquis gift."

The so-called Marquis’ gift is actually the treatment that the Marquis can enjoy when he is in the old age. It is neither high nor low. He has his own personal care staff and can live in the small courtyard of the second entrance. In addition, there is a security guard to protect him. As for the relevant allowance that can be received every year, it is about one hundred silver dollars.

It's not that Ning Yu doesn't understand the importance of Shimadzu Sonobu, but at his current age, Shimadzu Sonobu has no way to say anything. In the future, he will rely more on the relevant departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education. The implementation of Sinicization education made him an excellent chess piece for Ning Chu to intervene in Japan in the future.

As for Ning Chu's real biggest gain right now after conquering the Shimadzu clan, it is actually Ryukyu itself.

How important is Ryukyu?It does not lie in how rich its resources are, nor does it lie in whether it is Ningchu's vassal state, but because of its strategic position, it is like a sharp knife inserted in the East China Sea. It is Ningchu who controls the entire situation in the East China Sea and even the future Pacific Ocean. the key place.

In such a place, Ning Yu would never let go. It is impossible for him to watch Ryukyu gradually slip into the hands of other countries. Even if a war is launched, he must regain it under his own control.

In fact, China’s understanding of Ryukyu is very early. As early as in the "Sui Shu", there is a related description in "Ryukyu Biography", "The country of Liuqiu, located in the middle of the island, is in the east of Jian'an County, and the water travels five It’s coming soon.” This record fully demonstrates how long China’s knowledge of Ryukyu is.

In addition, according to the first national history "Zhongshan Shijian" written in Chinese after the founding of the Ryukyu Kingdom, it also recorded the scene described in the Sui book, "Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Yuqiwei Zhu Kuan to visit different customs, From the beginning to the border of this country. Wan Tao looked at it from a distance, and it twisted and twisted, like a qiu floating in the water, so it was named Liuqiu."

Therefore, the emperors of the Central Plains have paid close attention to Ryukyu since the past dynasties. For example, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, Ryukyu had already started trade with China, and in the Yuan Chengzong period, they even sent envoys to appease Ryukyu.Later, after Ryukyu split into three independent kingdoms, Beishan, Zhongshan and Nanshan, the Ming court also sent minister Yang Zai to the three kingdoms of Ryukyu and canonized the kings of the three kingdoms respectively, making them truly vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

When the Zhongshan Kingdom eliminated the Beishan and Nanshan Kingdoms and completed the unification of Ryukyu, the king of Zhongshan Kingdom was canonized as the King of Ryukyu by the Ming court, and the name "Ryukyu" was officially set.

During the founding period of the Ryukyu Kingdom, they also received many times of help from the Ming court. The Ryukyu kings of all dynasties must accept the canonization and approval of the Ming Dynasty, and use Chinese year names and calendars, and even their official documents, diplomatic treaties, and official history, etc., are all in Chinese. Writing, with a high degree of Sinicization, is by no means inferior to that of the Central Plains.

It was not until the 37th year of Wanli (that is, 1609) that the Shimadzu family captured Ryukyu, which completely ended the independent history of Ryukyu, and then became the domain of the Shimadzu family, sending food to the Satsuma clan every year. One should be property.In addition, they must continue to pay tribute to China, thus forming a situation of "two genus".

Until today, Ryukyu was completely liberated from the hands of the Shimadzu family, and the history of more than 110 years of occupation also made the current Ryukyu king Shang Jing tearful. Looking at the face of Ning Chu and his ministers, he fainted.

Speaking of which, the current Ryukyu king Shangjing is only 25 years old, several years older than Ning Yu, but his character is extremely weak. While kneeling on the ground, he begged Ning Chu to send troops to destroy the Satsuma clan completely.

"Your Majesty, the Satsuma clan has invaded Ryukyu for more than a hundred years. During these hundred years, my Ryukyu monarchs and people have all felt heartbroken. I wish I could perish with the thieves. Now Your Majesty will rescue the ministers and others. Why don't you completely wipe out the country's food in Satsuma?" ? If this is the case, the whole of Ryukyu belongs to His Majesty, and I am willing."

Good guy, Ning Yu hasn't met anyone who dares to paint a big cake for himself for a long time. But it's hard to say whether Shang Jing's remarks are true or not, maybe it may be true, but for Ning Yu, he can't really kill him right now. The Shimadzu family, get rid of the Satsuma clan.

The reason is simple. The shogunate and other Japanese daimyos can sit back and watch the Shimadzu family be defeated, and they can also sit back and watch Ryukyu return to Ning Chu’s arms, but they will never sit back and watch the Satsuma clan and the Shimadzu family be destroyed by Ning Chu. It will force the whole of Japan to resist Ning Chu, which is not in the current interests of Ning Chu.

"Shang Jing, I can understand the pain in your heart, but military strategists are a big deal, how can you take it lightly?"

Ning Yu stepped down from the throne, but helped him up with his own hands and knelt on the ground Shang Jing, sighed slightly: "In the future, Ryukyu will be placed under the vassal of our country, and no one will be able to occupy it, so you should be able to rest assured!"

Ryukyu King Shangjing is not a fool, of course he understood what Ning Yu meant by saying that, but he didn't dare to offend Ning Yu, so he said submissively: "Since Your Majesty said so, I can rest assured."

Ning Yu smiled and nodded, "Although the war is over this time, Ryukyu's own country still needs to be cleaned up, otherwise I will be somewhat worried when the Ryukyu King returns to the country. Let's just stay in Nanjing for the time being and see what's going on in Nanjing. The local customs, feeling the prosperity and beauty of the next dynasty, as for Ryukyu.”

Speaking of this, Ning Yu paused, and Shang Jing also replied with great interest: "Everything is up to His Majesty!"

"Well, since that's the case, I'll do it for you."

Ning Yu nodded with satisfaction, and was not polite at all at the meeting, and said softly: "The Ryukyu official system can be modeled on our Chinese official system, but the cabinet is removed, which is not conducive to doing things. It is better to set up a governor's office to calm the chaos and govern the people. The governor sent to manage the overall situation can better control the chaos in Ryukyu, and secondly, it can also get the strong support of the Celestial Empire."

Ryukyu King Shangjing hesitated for a while. Of course he understood that once he had this Governor's Mansion, he might completely become a famous and powerless Ryukyu King, which was similar to the situation in the Satsuma Domain. This is really just a wolf The nest, and the rhythm of entering the tiger's den.

It's just that the King of Ryukyu couldn't help it, so he could only sigh low, and said softly: "Since Your Majesty has considered the overall situation, I naturally won't have any other opinions, and everything is just according to Your Majesty's will."

"The King of Ryukyu knows the general situation well, and Da Chu will naturally not treat him badly. According to the decree, the King of Ryukyu can follow the prince's etiquette system, and there must be no shortage of treatment, so as to ensure the living needs of the Ryukyu King in Nanjing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

This time Ryukyu Wang Shangjing really gave up completely, and he no longer thinks about what is there and what is not, and he will be at ease when he comes, and the days of being a prince in Nanjing are better than being a prince who is not worthy of the name in Satsuma .

In April of the third year of innovation, Ningchu and the Satsuma clan signed a formal armistice agreement in Nanjing. The Satsuma clan expressed their unconditional surrender and compensated Ningchu Wenyin with 300 million taels and Ryukyu Wenyin with 200 million taels. Open Kagoshima as a treaty port, allowing Chinese to go to Satsuma for investment, settlement, employment, etc.

As a supplementary clause of this armistice agreement, Ning Chu also specifically limited the armed forces of the Satsuma domain, that is, the size of the standing troops in the Satsuma domain is limited to a battalion of 500 people, and all the defense of the country will be placed in the Chusa Cooperative Military Committee Under the agency, Ning Chu provided the army for protection.In order to ensure the combat level of the soldiers, Ningchu will send military attaches stationed in Sa for training.

It can be said that this agreement from the beginning to the end is Ning Chu's various requirements for Satsuma, and the conditions provided by Ningchu are only to open the market, allow Satsuma merchants to do business in China, and be in charge of the future Satsuma lord Shimazu Zong Nobu's education work, and promised to send back to Satsuma to succeed the lord of the Satsuma domain when Shimadzu Munenobu became an adult.

Regarding this agreement, even if the Satsuma clan wanted to refuse it, they were powerless to refuse it, especially under the insistence of the old Zhongxueqing Cangjiu, they still signed this agreement, just to protect the interests of the two countries, the agreement has a confidentiality treaty, No one is allowed to reveal anything to the outside world.

Through this agreement, Ning Chu got everything he could get from the Satsuma Fan, and Xue Qing Cangjiu also secured his position and preserved the moral lineage of the Shimadzu family. It can be said that both parties got what they wanted. But there is only one party who is very dissatisfied, and that is the shogunate.

Edo Castle, Oku.

The general of the shogunate, Tokugawa Yoshimune, was wearing a black kimono, holding a long samurai sword in his hand, and was gesticulating with each move. Although he looked murderous, the swordsmanship teacher on the side kept his head slightly lowered. , with a heavy face.

"General, your heart is disturbed."

Hearing these words from the swordsmanship teacher, Tokugawa Yoshimune stood up with his sword in his hand, and sighed softly: "After all, the samurai sword is only a plaything for the nobles, and it is really useless in the battlefield. It doesn't matter if you practice it or not. "

The swordsmanship teacher heard Tokugawa Yoshimune's comments, but his face turned red. He lowered his head slowly, "Since Mr. Jizong thinks that swordsmanship is useless, then please resign from the position of this swordsmanship teacher."

After saying this sentence, the swordsmanship teacher's face was ashen. Obviously, if Tokugawa Yoshimune agreed, he would probably choose to commit suicide on the spot and use his full name.

Tokugawa Yoshimune was startled. He knew that he had been confused all of a sudden, so he could only smile wryly: "Sir, I misunderstood. This general has absolutely no intention of doing so. It's just that the fate of Japan is on his shoulders. He is really too anxious."

"Hi Yi, I will take my leave first!"

After the swordsmanship teacher left, Tokugawa Yoshimune summoned his old middle schooler, Mizuno Tadyuki, and threw the secret news he had just received to Mizuno Tadashi to check.

"What? Satsuma Fan signed such a treaty? How dare they do this? How dare they do such a thing?"

Mizuno Tadyuki was obviously confused by the treaty between Ning Chu and Satsuma, because once the treaty was signed, Satsuma was not so much the emperor's courtier as Ning Chu's courtier, and almost completely surrendered to him. The other party, and the impact of this on the Satsuma clan can be imagined.

In fact, when the news of Satsuma's complete defeat in just two days reached Edo, the shogunate's monarchs and officials regretted it. They really underestimated Ning Chu's army, and never thought why Ning Chu was able to defeat Ning Chu in such a short period of time. The Satsuma clan was completely defeated within a few days, and they didn't even have time to react.

In the wishful thinking of the Tokugawa monarchs and ministers, they originally thought that the two sides would not end the war so quickly. As long as the war continued, they would have a reason to intervene. Offensive, in this way, they will have both the face and the face.

However, the wishful thinking of the Tokugawa shogunate was wrong after all. Ning Chu almost used an unbelievable speed to win the victory over Satsuma, and even laid a deep wedge in Japan. Tokugawa Yoshimune couldn't sleep anymore.

"We must not stop here, otherwise Ning Chu will definitely become the biggest enemy of my shogunate in the future!"

(End of this chapter)