Lin Junxiong welcomed Bucheon Shengxiang and his party onto the boat, and Bucheon Shengxiang gave everything to everyone one by one.

It turned out that Shang Tianen was the eldest grandson of the last Ryukyu king Shang Tai and the eldest son of Shang Chang. After being born in 1914, he was secretly hidden, and in 1923, Shang Chang contracted appendicitis during a trip to China and died in Tokyo. Before he died, he ordered Shang Tianen to be sent to Xiang's house in Shuri Mingyue Village to accept the influence of the local culture of the Ryukyus, so as to prevent the royal family from being completely enslaved by Japan, and forgetting the bloodline of his ancestors in a drunken dream. The outside world only knows that Shang Yu, who was born in 1918, is Shang Chang's eldest son.

The reason why he recognized Shang Tianen was because of the Yunlong jade pendant, which is said to be one of the vassal certificates given by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to the king of the Ryukyus, and the descendants of the Ryukyu royal family are inherited and worn by the eldest son. And Bucheon Shengxiang's father, Mao Fenglai, was a minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and later became a retainer of the royal family after the death of the Ryukyus, so he naturally knew such secrets.

Fuchuan Shengxiang kept talking and sighed from time to time, the Mao family is also one of the thirty-six surnames of the Min people, and the roots are also in China, and then he said some secrets that everyone does not know.

In 1609, the Satsuma clan invaded the Ryukyus, captured the Ryukyu king, forced the Ryukyu Kingdom to cede Amami Oshima, and sent troops to supervise the internal affairs of the Ryukyus for 45 years, and the Ryukyus became a vassal state of Japan. In 1654, the King of the Ryukyus finally freed himself from the control of the Satsuma Domain, and thanked the kindness of the Chinese emperor and sent an envoy to China to ask for canonization. At that time, the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty named the King of Ryukyu as the king of Shangzhi, and paid tribute once every two years.

When Shotai ascended the throne, he forced the Ryukyus to regard Japan as the mother country, and pursued the principle of "Tang soil is the father, Japan is the mother", recognized China and Japan as a common vassal domain, and colonized and enslaved the Ryukyu people. On June 22, 1866, the Qing government sent the Hanlin Yuan to review Zhao Xin, and the Hanlin Yuan edited the canonization mission of 434 people with Yu Xinjia as the principal and deputy canonization envoy to land in Ryukyu Naha. On July 20, the canonization envoy went to Chongyuan Temple to pay homage to King Shangyu, and on August 27, a canonization ceremony was held in Shurijo Castle Baekura, and the edict of the Qing Dynasty emperor was read, and Shangtai was crowned as the king of Zhongshan in the Ryukyu Kingdom. On November 10, the canonization envoy and his entourage returned to Japan, which was also the last canonization in the history of the Ryukyus.

In 1872, Shang Tai appointed Shang Jian (Prince Ie Asanoo) as the chief envoy of the celebration, Xiang Youheng (Ginowan pro-kata Asaho) as the deputy envoy of the celebration, and Xiang Restoration (Kiya Takeshi pro-cloud Asafu) as the praise councillor, and led a delegation to Tokyo to congratulate the establishment of the Meiji government. On September 14, Shang Jian and others formally met with Emperor Meiji, but unexpectedly, the Japanese side suddenly read out the emperor's edict canonizing Shotai as the king of the Ryukyu domain, and the Ryukyu envoys accepted the edict under pressure, and the Ryukyus became a Japanese vassal and opened the first step in Japan's annexation of the Ryukyus.

In 1875, after Japan occupied the Ryukyus, it demanded that Shangtai sever Sino-Ryukyu relations and no longer pay tribute to the Qing government. For the sake of the Ryukyu people, Shotai only recognized that Ryukyu was a vassal of China and Japan, held high the banner of Xinyi, and resisted Japan's demand for tribute, and wrote to the then Japanese Minister of the Interior:

"In the past, the political system was not established, the articles were not free, and they were subordinate to the Imperial State and China, and they were under the command of the two countries, and gradually came to fruition. The items used by the feudal domain also need to be transferred by the two countries. In addition, it is difficult to express the kindness of the emperor and the country. The two countries are really the countries of their parents, and they are loyal and loyal for tens of thousands of generations. From now on, if you want to go to China to pay tribute, celebrate, and ask for canonization, if you are forbidden, you will cut off the way of father and son, and forget the great grace of the world, and you will lose the realm of faith. Every time I think about it, my heart aches. ”

The attitude of the Japanese Minister of the Interior was extremely arrogant, he "shouted angrily, extremely harsh, as if treating a three-foot child, because the officials were reprimanded by Matsuda, could not sleep at night, could not rest during the day, every day from morning to night, the agreement was arrogant, the chest and liver were broken, the food could not be swallowed, so the spirit was sleepy, the body was tired, like drunk and crazy, the face was pale, and there was only sighing." At this time, there was a rumor in the Ryukyus, and the people were panicked. Some of the scholars in the village of Ting Shiraji advocated accepting the Japanese demands so as not to repeat the mistakes of King Shōning, but the more Ryukyu nobles strongly opposed it.

Despite the arguments between the Ryukyu government and Matsuda Michiyuki, Shotai partially complied with Japan's demands for the sake of the overall situation of the Ryukyus. The congratulatory envoy who was ready to go was canceled, and the tribute ship could not be dispatched, so the tribute made Mao Jingchang and his party forced to stay in Fuzhou. The Ryukyu scholars were excited, they thought that Shang Tai was cowardly, and jointly wrote a letter emphasizing China's kindness to the Ryukyus, calling on Shang Tai to strengthen his faith, never accept Japan's demands, and wait for China's rescue. Hundreds of people also wrote to Shurijo Castle, saying that Shang Jian and Xiang Youheng had received the edict of the king from Tokyo, which had caused today's national disaster, and it was appropriate to punish them in a canonical manner, and asked the Japanese government to return the title of King Zhongshan of the Ryukyus Kingdom. The Kamegawa party spread the word to the villages, causing a commotion, and the homes of the pro-Japanese faction were smashed. This chaos lasted for quite some time, and the whole of Ryukyu was shrouded in the shadow of the fallen country.

In 1879, more than 100 members of the royal family of Shangtai were forced to arrive in Tokyo and began to live under house arrest.

In the spring of 1882, Li Hongzhang, the governor of the Qing Dynasty and minister of Beiyang, and the Japanese consul in Tianjin, Takezoe Shinichiro, negotiated again with the proposal to change the treaty of dividing the islands. Ma Jiancai, the family commander of this fashionable Tai, asked Mao Feng to smuggle into the Qing Dynasty and petition the Qing government to restore the entire territory of the Ryukyus, so the Qing government finally rejected this plan. After 1883, there were no further consultations between China and Japan on the Ryukyu issue. It was not until China was defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War that the Qing government no longer mentioned the ownership of the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyu issue was settled.

After arriving in Tokyo, Shotai heard the news that countless subjects had been enslaved to Osaka and other places, and that the people of the Ryukyus had been bloodily slaughtered by the Japanese. He also left a poem expressing his mood at that time.

"I haven't raised the whip for a long time, and the flowers in the mountains are like brocade.

The spring rain wet sleeves are scattered, and the plum fragrance in the court is intoxicating.

The bright moon sets at the end of the mountain, and the height is not cold.

Sitting high and full of ears of rice, deep hidden merit and fame.

Looking south at the sea and the cool breeze, can you see the familiar hometown?

Is the light in the sea the fishing fire, or the fireflies that you miss so much?

When will you be able to enjoy the smile again? While waiting, my heart is haggard. ”

After the history of blood and tears of Shangtai and the Ryukyuan people in Bucheon Shengxiang, everyone sighed, and Shang Tianen cried out in grief, he was supposed to be the heir to the throne of the Ryukyus, but now this mountain and sea is occupied by Japan, and he lives a wandering life. It was only after a long time that he stopped crying and asked about his mother, uncle, and younger siblings.

Buchuan Shengxiang gave Shang Tianen their bits and pieces and said carefully, Shang Tianen listened to it, sometimes shedding tears of excitement, sometimes crying in pain.

More than an hour after the ship set sail, Shang Tianen walked out of the cabin in a depressed mood and came to the deck, feeling the people who were still stranded in Japan, the beauty of the sea, the majesty of the nearby islands, and the fact that this mountain and sea once had a common name, called Ryukyu.

Lin Junxiong walked over and patted him on the shoulder, wanting to comfort him but didn't know where to start, so he shook his head helplessly.

Shang Tianen felt someone pat him, came back to his senses from thousands of thoughts, and called softly, "Big brother." ”

Lin Junxiong smiled bitterly and said, "Do I call you Shang Tianen, or do I call you Shang En." ”

"Before the recovery of the Ryukyus, my name was Shang Tianen, and if the Ryukyus were restored one day, I would go back to Shangen in front of the ancestors and ancestors in Yuling. But no matter what it's called, what identity it is, it's the eldest brother's little five, which is the identity I cherish the most now. ”

"Okay, your name is still Shang Tianen, and you are my eternal fifth brother. Little Five, what are your plans for the future? Do you want to go back to Tokyo or stay with us? ”

"The mountains and seas of the Ryukyus are shattered, and the people of the Ryukyus are living in dire straits, so how can I enjoy peace and stability alone. I want to fight with my brothers, and even if I am crushed, I will leave my name in the history of the recovery of the Ryukyus. Moreover, there is still the glory of my ancestors in the years of Ryukyu, and I will spend my life working to restore the glory of my ancestors until I die with blood. ”

"Okay, Xiao Wu has ambition." Lin Junxiong was not infected by Shang Tianen, and couldn't help but praise, and then said: "I established the Ryukyu Anti-Japanese Army, in addition to recovering Ryukyu, since you are a member of the Shang family, you must be mentally prepared, and the heavy responsibility of resisting Japan in Ryukyu in the future will fall on your shoulders, my grandfather Lin Shigong is also an old Ryukyu minister, but my grandfather left a will before he died to let his branch recognize his ancestors and return to the ancestor, so I am Chinese, and I will follow my grandfather's last wish and do my best to help you." I will go back to China at the end of this operation, and I hope you will understand this. ”

"When I was in Mingyue Village, I read a lot of Ryukyu history, and I also knew that Ryukyu generations were deeply influenced by China Longen, I will respect my eldest brother's choice, and I will fight for the independent life of the Ryukyu people for life!" Shang Tianen said firmly.

Lin Junxiong sighed and said: "China has suffered from the continuous aggression of Western powers and Japan, and its strength has been greatly damaged, and it will not be of much help to the Ryukyus for the time being, but as long as China becomes strong, it will continue to help protect the Ryukyus and restore the peace of the mountains and seas." ”

Shang Tianen immediately said: "If it can really be like that, it will be the best ending for Ryukyu, and I hope that one day, Xiao Wu will fight for that day with the people of Ryukyu."

Lin Junxiong patted him on the shoulder again and said: "Since we are destined to be brothers in this life, then your business is also the business of a few of us. After this operation, I will stay in the Naha training camp for a while and then go back to Japan to see, the Ryukyus are not yet the time to resist Japan, this time the Goto Six Peaks operation is mainly to make the team mature, so that the Ryukyu people can wake up from slavery, and secondly, the soldiers will see this beautiful mountain and sea, and strengthen their belief in resisting Japan. ”

Shang Tianen listened silently, and Lin Junxiong continued: "When I return to China, I want to take you to see the real land of China and appreciate the real Chinese culture, and I also hope that you can grow up quickly and have the ability to be independent." ”

Shang Tianen swept away his decadent expression and said excitedly: "Big brother, you really want to take me to China, I have long been fascinated by it, it's great, it's really good." ”

Seeing Shang Tianen dancing excitedly, Lin Junxiong smiled, but sighed in his heart, Xiao Wu is still a sixteen-year-old child, but he has to carry a heavier burden than himself.

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