Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1124 Bottles and Jars on the Island

"No! Please don't do this!"

Shimazu looked at the image projected on the screen. The giant was approaching the shore, and the waves raised by the giant's feet had already hit the shore. And Kagoshima on the shore was his home, his castle and the people in his territory.

"So, you still don't say anything?" Fu Yuanshan leaned against the door, looking at the prisoner sitting on the iron chair inside.

Shimazu was not tied with ropes because there was no need. He did not want to run and did not dare to run. In this vast ocean, he could not run far. And more importantly, he had his family and his people. Everything that belonged to him was on the way forward of the king's army.

Shangluo had already taken a picture of the scene, and specifically focused his vision on the castle in Kagoshima Castle.

The Shimazu family, the lord of the Satsuma Domain. During the Imjin War, they were called "Ishimanko", which is the pronunciation of the word "Shimazu". After Tokugawa Ieyasu established the shogunate in Edo Castle, the old lords such as the Shimazu family were not eliminated, but continued in the order of the new era.

Although they were treated differently by the Edo Shogunate, the Shogunate still maintained a considerable degree of respect for the Shimazu family of Satsuma Domain due to their remote distance and strong power.

This is also a political rule. The Tokugawa family, who also came from the samurai class, would not kill the Shimazu family if it was not necessary. Because even if they killed them all, they still had to send people to manage such a faraway place, and the shogunate did not have the ability to manage millions of people in such a large area from such a distance.

The two sides had been living in peace and relative stillness until something strange happened.

The Shimazu family, who were the farthest away, had no way or channel to learn what was happening in Edo Castle. Although this was confusing, life had to go on.

And now, Master Wang might really destroy his life - because these rules don't matter to Master Wang at all. Master Wang doesn't care about the bottles and jars on an island. Master Wang didn't even have the interest to find out what his name was, he just called him Shi Manzi.

He was scared because he knew that Master Wang really didn't care about him. He didn't have any cards to play, and he could do nothing except beg for mercy.

As for the resistance—they were caught while they were resisting. He was already a criminal, so he couldn't get away from it anyway.

"Please! My parents and my children are still in the city!"

"I know." Fu Yuanshan shook his head. "So, I want to know where Xu Fu is. I don't want to ask you how many bottles and jars you have, I just want to know where Xu Fu is."

"Who is Xu Fu! Who on earth is Xu Fu? I really don't know! Who on earth is Xu Fu!"

"Tsk." Shang Luo heard the conversation and shook his head. "He doesn't even say anything. It seems like he really doesn't know."

[I didn't expect a non-core figure in the Edo Shogunate to know where Xu Fu was. 】

"Of course I know that. So what I want to ask is - where is that Urashima Taro. The legend of Urashima Taro first originated around here."

[Ah, indeed. If we know the location of Urashima Taro, we can find him by following the clues - but, I don't think the location is here. According to the information search, this story happened near the old Wojing. How do you explain this?] "Well, actually this involves what 'Wakoku' is. Have you noticed that I have been talking about Wakoku, not Japan? Senior Fu, did you notice?"

"Hmm?" Fu Yuanshan replied, "I thought you just called it that out of habit. We call it Japan more often here. Do you know any secrets?"

"It's not really a secret, it's just a research result, and it was researched by the Japanese people there. Senior Fu, let me ask you, in your impression, when was the first time that Japan was canonized?"

"Of course it was during the Three Kingdoms period, when the king of Wa went to pay tribute to Cao Wei and was crowned king. That's what our history books say. How come this is fake?"

"It's very likely fake. The country we're actually dealing with might not be the current Japan, but Wakoku."

"Huh?" Fu Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, "You also know this? How did you know it? Let's not talk about where it came from, why are there two?"

"Let me tell you one more thing. Senior Fu, you understand the nature of this matter. When Emperor Taizu Gao accepted the tribute states, the current Ryukyu Kingdom did not actually exist, right? The Ryukyu Kingdom has always been composed of three parts: Zhongshan, Beishan, and Nanshan. These three parts were three countries that paid tribute separately. After that, the unified Ryukyu Kingdom was established, but the imperial edicts issued to the three Ryukyu were still in their hands. Ryukyu relied on three imperial edicts for each person to pay tribute three times."

"That's true." Fu Yuanshan replied, "We turned a blind eye to this matter before. Everyone knew that there was a Ryukyu Kingdom there, but tribute trade itself is sometimes a mirage. It's a matter of exchanging money and goods. It's not a big problem for Ryukyu to sell goods twice. This is a special treatment for respectful tributary countries. Later, during the Yongqing Restoration, similar problems were solved in a centralized manner. After that, the Ryukyu Kingdom really came to pay tribute in the name of 'Ryukyu Kingdom'."

After saying that, he thought for a moment and said, "You mean, the Japan we were dealing with at that time was not actually the Japan of today, right?"

"Yes, and it is very likely. You may have heard that there is a shaman king in Japan who has a 'permanent line', but that is just some kind of mythological creation. In fact, during the Han Dynasty, the King Himiko of Wa who dealt with us did not live on Honshu Island where Wajing is today, but on Kyushu Island right in front of us."

"So, that's two?"

"Yes. It was Kyushu's Wa that paid tribute to the Wei Dynasty. It was Kyushu's Wa that fought against the Tang Dynasty at Baekgang. They also learned the Taika Reforms of the Tang Dynasty in Kyushu. Abe's story is all about the 'Kyushu Kingdom' here. But the 'Yamato Kingdom' that rose in the central part of Honshu took over this part of history. The one we are dealing with has never been the current disguised Witch King. The real Wa is someone else, and they have already swallowed it up."

"So there is such a thing?! Are you serious? Are you sure it's true?"

"Kyushu did have a monarchy, that's true. But the transition between the two has been completely covered up, because Japan has no tradition of compiling history, and we have no way to conduct archaeological excavations in Japan from a scientific perspective."

"Well, it would be nice to have an explanation. Impersonating the Japanese to pay tribute is a crime of deceiving the emperor. If we put it all together, we will have a lot of tools to use - oh, this Shimazu, he is a 'Japanese', right?"

"He 'could' be. Because before investigating and studying it, I don't know whether this hypothesis is completely correct."

"Could it be? Then he is. Oh my, this is a Japanese who was oppressed by the Japanese. This is an old friend. Come on, let's go to the private room and talk. What? Demolish your house? Impossible, we still have to build your house. It seems that your good fortune has come."

(End of this chapter)