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The story was spread by the escaped captives, and quickly spread throughout Heilongjiang, and everyone knew that the Cossacks were cannibals.The residents of the middle and lower reaches of Heilongjiang gave up their infighting and united to fight against the Cossacks. 132 Cossacks,

There are only 53 people who have successfully returned.

After that, the people of Northeast China fought against Cossacks, and there were many records of Cossacks eating people.

This is the secret of the Cossacks conquering Siberia. If there is not enough food, they will eat human flesh.As long as we can win the battle, there is no problem of supply at all, and the enemies killed or captured can be used as food.

early morning.

Lu Tianxiang, who had just become a married woman, was lying in the emperor's arms and lying on the bed, unexpectedly asked: "Your Majesty, I have become a concubine, can I go to the horse farm to play at any time?"

Zhao Han laughed and said, "Let's go again in a few days. It's just the beginning of autumn, and the prey is fat. First go to the horse farm to ride horses, and then go to the hunting ground to hunt. Call everyone together."

"Hunting is good. I haven't hunted since I came to Nanjing!" Lu Tianxiang suddenly became happy.

Zhao Han got bored with the new concubine for a while, then dressed and ate under the service of the maid, and then went for a walk to work in the Qinzheng Hall.

After randomly reviewing more than ten memorials, Zhao Han discovered a strange thing.

Shangxian, king of Ryukyu, died of illness. Since Shangxian had no son, his younger brother Shangzhi proclaimed himself the eldest son.Send uncle Mao Taijiu,

Chief Shi Jin Siyi came to Nanjing to request the official canonization of the king.

The cabinet's reply is: The Lord of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the head and the two ends of the rat, please make your Majesty's decision.

Zhao Han summoned the cabinet ministers and asked, "Master of the Ryukyu Kingdom, why are you at both ends?"

Li Banghua replied: "According to reports from Fujian and Zhejiang officials, merchants from Fujian and Zhejiang provinces often go to Ryukyu to do business. But in many cases, their goods cannot be bought and sold freely, and they are dictated by Japan's Satsuma clan. At the same time as proclaiming a vassal, he is also proclaiming a vassal to Japan. How can a country allow two lords if one daughter does not marry two husbands?"

"Surrendering to Japan, what's the benefit to Ryukyu?" Zhao Han asked.

Li Banghua said: "It is not good for the Ryukyu country, but it is good for some ministers of the Ryukyu country."

"Let's talk about it in detail," Zhao Han said.

Li Banghua said: "During the Wanli period, most of the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers were close to China, and were invaded by the Satsuma domain of Japan.

After the defeat, the Ryukyu ministers who were close to China were either killed or dismissed from office.The Ryukyu officials who were close to Japan not only took the opportunity to take power, but also controlled the king.The leader is the Mao family, the recently deceased Ryukyu king,

Also, the present son of the Ryukyu family was born to a daughter of the Mao family who married the previous king. "

Zhao Han asked: "Is the Ryukyu envoy who came to Nanjing this time also named Mao?"

Li Banghua said: "It is the uncle of the Ryukyu prince."

Well, the government of the Ryukyu Kingdom is controlled by a group of leading parties.They sold the interests of Ryukyu in exchange for Japan's support, thereby consolidating their political and economic status.

Zhao Han praised: "Li Qing took the trouble, but she is familiar with Ryukyu affairs."

Li Banghua said: "Many merchants from Fujian and Guangdong are dissatisfied with Japan's control of Ryukyu. Please ask the officials of the two provinces to report to the imperial court for punishment. Our dynasty was established at the beginning, and the parties are still undecided. The small country of Ryukyu can only be put on hold temporarily. Report the real situation in Ryukyu so that it can be dealt with accurately in the future.”

Zhao Han asked, "Are there any forces close to China in Ryukyu?"

Li Banghua said: "There are not many people who are close to China, but there are many who hate Japan. Only because of the trade between Ryukyu and China,

Japan has to collect taxes in it, and the sale of some goods is also controlled by Japan.Even, Japan has not had enough food in the past few years, and forced the Ryukyu country to donate food.In addition, there are many descendants of Han Chinese in Ryukyu. "

"There are many descendants of Han people?" Zhao Han finally smiled.

Li Banghua said: "During the Wanli period, before Japan invaded North Korea, the Wanli rulers and ministers received reports that Japan was about to send troops. The person who reported the report was Zheng Tui, the third officer of the Ryukyu Kingdom. This man was loyal, and because he did not want to surrender to Japan, Fried alive to death."

Zhao Han sighed, "It is indeed loyal."

Zheng Zu was born in Fujian, and his father was an official (diplomatic translator) in Ryukyu.He was born in Ryukyu, and at the age of 16, he went to Daming Guozijian to study, and he became the third officer of the Ryukyu Kingdom (the second grade) all the way.He opposed Ryukyu's surrender to Japan, beat Japanese envoys who came to ask for food, and secretly conveyed the news that Japan was about to send troops to China.

Japan sent troops to invade Ryukyu. Zheng led his troops to resist and was captured. He was thrown into the frying pan for refusing to surrender.

Li Banghua said: "Both Zheng's father and son were killed by Japan, but his younger brother Zheng Yu fled back to Fujian with his son. Zheng Yu's great-grandson Zheng Shen, who seemed to be an official in Fujian, went to the court many times to ask for justice for his ancestors." revenge."

Zhao Han asked: "I want to send troops to Ryukyu, what do you think?"

Song Yingxing said: "Your Majesty, now that all parties have made a preliminary decision, it is best to use troops cautiously. You can first reprimand the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers, so that they can wholeheartedly obey China, and they cannot serve two masters at the same time."

Pang Chun said: "Either fight the war or ignore it. It is useless to reprimand. As Mr. Li Ge said just now, the Ryukyu honored relative Mao family reported to the state affairs with the support of Japan. Once they betrayed Japan, their power would be unstable. How could you give up so lightly?"

Zhao Han said: "We need to find something for the navy. Ryukyu is just used to practice. Which division was ordered to transfer to the south, has not boarded the ship yet? Don't go to Qiongzhou to be stationed, but go to Fujian for a rest. During this period , to collect more information about Ryukyu, and ask businessmen from Fujian and Zhejiang to help link up the Japanese-hating forces in Ryukyu."

Li Banghua said: "The small country of Ryukyu Chuer, if you make such a big move, I'm afraid the loss outweighs the gain."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Everyone, don't just focus on the land, you should also focus on the sea from now on. The Ryukyu Kingdom is located at the center of the sea.

Location is critical.Since the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers have turned their backs on China, and there are many Han people in Ryukyu, then simply destroy the country and set up the county! "

"Destroy the country and set up the county?"

The three cabinet ministers were shocked, thinking that the emperor's desire for territorial expansion was at work.

Some broken islands, why send troops to occupy them.

Li Banghua and others supported the occupation of Luzon Island, because grain can be grown widely, and there are minerals such as gold, silver and copper.

But Ryukyu has nothing, and the food it grows cannot be self-sufficient, and it has to rely on fishing to fill its stomach.

If it's just sending troops to punish severely, it's fine to change the king.Destroying the country and setting up counties is purely a loss-making business. In order to prevent rebellion, troops must be stationed on the island, and the profits obtained are not enough for military expenses.

Zhao Han didn't dare to make so many, he just wanted to fight and expand, and key islands like Ryukyu must be occupied!

Back in the cabinet, the three cabinet ministers looked at each other silently.

It was Pang Chunlai who spoke first: "Your Majesty, the real hero is also... Alas!"

The hero naturally wants to expand, and expansion will inevitably affect finances and people's livelihood.

Li Banghua said: "This has always been the case with the founding kings. The Taizu and Taizong of the Ming Dynasty also used troops abroad all the time. It was not until the reign of Renzong that they began to recuperate."

As soon as this remark came out, the three smiled wryly.

Not to mention the advanced age of Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua, even Song Yingxing is already 60 years old this year.

But Zhao Han is still in the prime of life, not to mention killing the three of them, it is estimated that he will be able to kill other succeeding cabinet ministers in the future.They can't wait for the successful master, and they will have to expand with the founding emperor in the days to come.

Song Yingxing said: "Immigrants in the northern provinces need a lot of money and food. To lay down Ryukyu and set up counties, you have to increase expenses, set up officials, run schools, and build systems. Everything will cost money, and it will take at least ten years to make ends meet. Your Majesty seems to be To beat Annan... Our big butler will have a lot of headaches in the future."

The butler is Fei Chun, who is often so tired that he wants to hit the wall.

Li Banghua said: "According to your majesty, it seems that you still want to make North Korea a province. That is what really costs money and food. Fortunately, your majesty also knows the priorities and helped North Korea establish a currency system. It should not happen within ten years." Support North Korea."

Pang Chunlai returned to his office, leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

He suffered too much when he was young, and his health was very bad. When he was old, all kinds of problems appeared.Last year was better, but this year he is getting worse and worse. At this moment, he only thinks of resigning from office and returning to Liaodong for retirement. Unfortunately, the emperor has been reluctant to let him go.

Since the emperor wants to toss, let's toss with the emperor.

It is better to toss externally than to toss internally.

Chapter 627 [Kume 36 Han Surnames]

Mao Taijiu, Jin Siyi, Jin Yingyuan and other Ryukyu envoys were having fun in Nanjing when they were suddenly called away by officials from Honglu Temple.

Compared with the Ming system, the functions of Honglu Temple have been adjusted.In charge of foreign affairs, secondly in charge of banquet reception, and the working meals of various yamen inside and outside the capital are also separated from the functions of Honglu Temple.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, even the elephants in the Royal Zoo ate grass and fodder provided by Honglu Temple.Eunuchs and civil servants, who changed the law and were greedy for food expenses, Honglu Temple could only see the sky and cry poorly.Internal employees also skipped meals, leading to state banquets for foreign guests, and foreign envoys were served with leftovers.

"Meet the Great Honglu!"

The three Ryukyu envoys saluted together.

Liu Xiangke has been promoted to You Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and angrily reprimanded: "Don't put a high hat on me, you wait for the barbarians of the country, and you actually worship the Japanese general as the master. What's your intention?"

The three envoys were all terrified when they heard the words.

Mao Taijiu quickly said: "Ryukyu has served China for 300 years, and has been favored by China for a long time. If it is not helpless, why would it be willing to deviate from it? It was all because of the Japanese army.

The small Ryukyu country is hard to resist, so it can only endure the humiliation and wait for the opportunity.Now that China is strong and prosperous, the son of our country has requested canonization and is about to return to the embrace of his mother country.If China can send troops to fight against Japan, our country will definitely be grateful, and there is no need to have two hearts. "

This is the truth. Although the Mao family has been leading the way for decades, the leading party also wants to stand on its own one day.

A few decades is enough to wipe out all political enemies, not to mention that the daughter of the Mao family is still the Queen Mother.

Now that the Mao family is full-fledged, the hidden purpose of coming to Nanjing this time is to restore relations with China.When the time is right, China will be invited to send troops to seek the independence of the Ryukyu Kingdom, without paying tribute to Japan in business tax and food every year.

But Liu Xiangke didn't listen to the explanation, and reprimanded: "The country that betrays the lord, and still wants to be granted? Go back and tell the false lord of Ryukyu that if he wants to be king, he will drive away the Japanese on the island and show his majesty some loyalty." .In three months, if there are still Japanese officials collecting taxes in Ryukyu, our Celestial Dynasty will definitely send troops to punish them!"

The Ryukyu Mission was expelled from Nanjing.

On the way back to the country, Jin Yingyuan said anxiously: "The emperor of the Celestial Dynasty will not really send troops to fight, will he?"

Mao Taijiu laughed and said: "It is best for China to send troops, which can scare the Japanese away. At that time, it is nothing more than sending envoys to reprimand, and our country will just apologize.

With the Japanese gone, we can collect a lot of business taxes every year, and we don't have to raise food for Satsuma.When we come to China this time, we are in the right place! "

"Then do you want to expel the Japanese and show your loyalty to the emperor?" Jin Siyi asked.

Mao Taijiu waved his hand and said: "Absolutely not. If we expel Japan, China will at best confer the title of King of Ryukyu, and most likely will not send troops to help, but Japan will send troops."

Back then when Japan attacked Ryukyu, Ryukyu rulers and ministers also asked Daming for help.

But Ryukyu is too small, and it is located overseas, so Daming doesn't want to mobilize people to help.

Later, when Japan invaded North Korea, when the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty discussed it, the mainstream argument was: Japan, a small country, was not satisfied with encroaching on Ryukyu, and unexpectedly came to invade North Korea again.North Korea and Ryukyu are both vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot blindly tolerate Japan's nonsense.

And in another time and space, about ten years later, Ryukyu will once get rid of the control and exploitation of Japan with the help of the Qing government.

However, Japan has cultivated too many rapes.

Xiang Xiangxian, the most powerful politician, historian and reformer in Ryukyu, was trained by Japan and became the regent of Ryukyu.From the source of ideology and culture, advocating the "theory of common ancestors between Japan and Ryukyu", Ryukyu was eventually assimilated by Japan.You know, this guy belongs to the royal family of Ryukyu, and he also compiled the history books of Ryukyu.

The Ryukyu missions, after being reprimanded by a pass, rushed back home excitedly, waiting for China to send troops to fight.

And the Imperial Academy, which Qian Qianyi was in charge of, also received a new job, and hurriedly read various historical materials and wrote articles proving that the Ryukyu people were descendants of China.

Qian Qianyi's head suddenly became dizzy. He knew about the existence of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but he hadn't researched the specific situation at all.We can only organize people, look through the official archives of the former Ming Dynasty, and find that Ryukyu is a big fart. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were actually three countries, and the three kings didn't even have surnames.

Today's Ryukyu king's surname is Shang, which is still the surname bestowed by Zhu Zhanji.

Then make it up!

According to the "Shan Hai Jing" records, Fujian is in the sea, and there are mountains in the northwest, and it is called Zhongshan in Fujian. The word "sea" indicates that the land of ancient Fujian includes not only the inland of Fujian, but also islands such as Taiwan and Ryukyu.

In ancient times, how could the Chinese people go to Ryukyu?

You can find historical evidence that the Yellow Emperor ordered the drums to be drummed together, and the foxes to cut wood into boats, and the wood to be used as boats.So the Chinese people have the ability to go boating across the sea to settle in Ryukyu.

It is also said that at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the end of the Han Dynasty, the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of Fujianese people traveled across the sea to Ryukyu to multiply and live in order to avoid the war.

Therefore, Ryukyu people are Fujian people, and they are part of the descendants of China.It's a pity that I have been away from my homeland for so long that I have forgotten even the Chinese language. We should quickly establish a school so that the Ryukyu people can restore their mother tongue.

"You guys are too confused, aren't you?" Zhao Han wanted to laugh.

Qian Qianyi said awe-inspiringly: "Your Majesty, how can you say that this is a lie? The truth is like this. The people in Ryukyu are all descendants of the Fujian people in ancient times, and they are all my Chinese compatriots, sisters and brothers!"

Zhao Han said: "Just believe it yourself, and make up Annan's story by the way."

Qian Qianyi said: "Your Majesty, Annan has ready-made ones, and they are all descendants of soldiers sent by Qin Shihuang to conquer the South!"

"That's fine too." Zhao Han nodded.

Fujian merchants who often go to Ryukyu to do business also reported an important piece of information, and this matter is well known in Ryukyu.

During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Ryukyu died suddenly, and his son also died a few years later, leaving no heirs.An official in charge of the treasury even opened the treasury to bribe the ministers. He was elected king by the Ryukyu ministers and pretended to be the son of the Ryukyu prince to request canonization.Zhu Jianshen didn't send anyone to investigate, so he directly sent an envoy to confer the title.

Today's Ryukyu royal family is the offspring of that imposter!

Zhao Han said happily: "Now the master is famous. The Ryukyu monarchs and ministers not only honored the Japanese generals but also surrendered to the Japanese generals. They are also fake. They are not the Shang family enshrined by the Ming Dynasty at all! Since the Shang family does not exist, the Ryukyu Kingdom does not exist." There is no need for it to exist, let's directly set up Ryukyu County after it is defeated!"

Fuzhou in winter.

Li Dingguo led his troops aboard the troop carrier. He was originally going to fight Vietnam next year, but temporarily changed to fight the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The reason why Li Dingguo went south was purely Zhao Han's deliberate training.

For the naval expedition this time, the commander is Hong Xu, and the deputy is Shi Daxuan, all of whom are former generals of Zheng Zhilong.

Summer is the best season to go to Ryukyu, and autumn is the best time to travel from Ryukyu to Fujian.As for winter, there is no difference between downwind and upwind, and the wind and waves along the way are not too big.

Mighty, more than [-] ships sailed from Fuzhou to Taipei.In addition to warships and troop carriers, there are also some merchant ships for grain transportation, which were requisitioned by the imperial court for payment from Fujian maritime merchants.

When passing Diaoyu Island, there were still Han people collecting medicine on the island.

Most of them are Han Chinese living in Taiwan, and there are even Fujianese.They took fishing boats to Diaoyu Island and collected sea hibiscus on the island. This herbal medicine can prevent high blood pressure and rheumatism.

Huangwei Island in the northeast of Diaoyu Island also has two fishing boats docked.But not to fish, but to collect guano on the island.If summer comes,

You can also pick up bird eggs. At that time, seabirds covered the sky and the sun, and they gathered in Huangwei Island to lay eggs.

Within a few days, the fleet entered the Ryukyu Islands.