Chapter 373: The King of the Ryukyus Meets the Eye

In order to solve the similar problems of the Qiu Changdao rebellion, these are not enough, and Feng Yunshan also asked the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Police to jointly set up a special agency, with He Jianji, vice minister of the Ministry of Police, as the person in charge, to set up a supervision department to supervise local officials, to arrest generals in the army, and to secretly investigate and visit whether there were violations of discipline and betrayal. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

At the same time, Feng Yunshan asked Huang Yukun, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, to supervise the Supervision Department again, so as not to have too much power in the Supervision Department.

For a long time, the lack of secret agencies has made Feng Yunshan unable to control the situation of his subordinates, and with the current wider and wider territory of the Holy Kingdom, Feng Yunshan feels that this kind of organization similar to the security department in later generations is more and more necessary for its existence, although it is not visible.

In addition, Feng Yunshan found Fan Ruzeng again, and asked him to send a fine work to assassinate Qiu Changdao at all costs, so that those who have the intention to betray do not leave anything to chance, even if the wealth given by the Manchu Qing is great, they will not be able to enjoy it.

For this kind of rebel and traitor, Feng Yunshan will not be soft-hearted, let alone talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

However, Feng Yunshan was also a little speechless about the level of assassination by Fan Ruzeng's subordinates. Fan Ruzeng is very young, and although he is thoughtful, he is only good at spying on intelligence and delivering news, and he is really not good at how to train assassins. Feng Yunshan thought about it, and asked Liu Shengbang to personally select a group of people who were good at martial arts and shooting, and train them in a targeted manner, specializing in assassination.

Think about those snipers in later generations, who took people's lives thousands of miles away, for this era, it is really a good way to assassinate. However, if you start this way, you must also strengthen your protection, and if you can't say it, others will also target you.

Luo Xuan did not stay in Guangzhou for a few days, but he completed his debriefing, and led the warship to return to Xiamen.

Vice Foreign Minister Wu Ruxiao came to report that King Shang Tai of the Ryukyus and a number of officials of the Ryukyus had arrived at the port of the Pearl River in Guangzhou and asked to meet the Holy King.

Feng Yunshan said to Luo Xuan: "Brother Outline, go back two days later, and follow this king to meet the king of Ryukyu before reasoning." After all, the Ryukyu Kingdom was brought down by the Tsunaku brothers. ”

Half an hour later, Wu Ruxiao led several famous Ryukyuan people to come to the audience.

The first is a teenager, followed by four people with buns on their heads, wearing light plain ramie robes, each with a wide knotted belt in front of him, which is a nondescript style of Ming Dynasty costumes and Edo period kimonos.

"The foreign minister Ryukyu King Shangtai led his retainers to meet the Holy King of the Holy Kingdom!" The young man took the lead, and led the four middle-aged people to bow to the ground.

Presumably, this is the original Ryukyu King Shotai. Feng Yunshan immediately understood, laughed, raised his hand and said, "The King of the Ryukyus is exempt!" Everyone is exempt from courtesy, flat! ”

Immediately afterwards, Wu Ruxiao introduced the four middle-aged people who followed Feng Yunshan, namely the original Shangshu Xiang Restoration of the Ministry of Ryukyu State Industry and Mao Youfei of the Ministry of Rites, as well as the third official Shang Hongxun and the royal family named Shangli.

Feng Yunshan asked them to sit down, and then asked about some customs and humanities of Ryukyu, and Mao Youfei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites next to him, was very active and active.

When Feng Yunshan saw it, he couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, this Mao Youfei was obvious, he was the Ryukyu traitor he usually said, and he was exactly the character he needed. He asked casually: "In the past, in addition to communicating and trading with China, what kind of trade did Ryukyu have frequent with China?" ”

Mao Youfei hurriedly said: "King Yusheng, in addition to China and foreign countries, it is mainly to trade with the Satsuma Domain and Korea, as well as Annam, Luzon, Siam, Aceh, Java, Manraka and other Nanyang places in the south. The Ryukyus were mainly rich through overseas trade. ”

"Oh, in that case, you Ryukyuan people can do business! However, as far as this king knows, the islands of the Ryukyu Kingdom are mostly mountainous and do not have much to offer, so how can they produce and trade in such a large amount? Feng Yunshan asked strangely.

He vaguely knew that the trading fleet of the Ryukyus was relatively famous, but he couldn't figure out why there were so many things to sell.

"Holy King, Rong Xiaoren told you: Although Ryukyu has no production, it buys silver, lacquerware, swords, screens, fans, and other things from Korea and sells them to the Chinese kingdom, and then buys medicinal materials, porcelain, silk, and copper coins from the kingdom and resells them to Japan and Korea, and also sells the production of Southeast Asian lands to the kingdom and the capital, mainly by reselling them to make a profit." Mao Youfei knows everything.

"However, with the recent occupation of the Southeast Asian shipping routes by Western merchants, our business in the Ryukyus has decreased considerably. In particular, a fleet led by a foreigner named Perry forced our Ryukyu fleet to give up its route to their foreign merchants. Of course, we didn't say yes, and we're still dragging our feet. ”

After listening to Mao Youfei's words, Feng Yunshan suddenly remembered that there was indeed an American named Perry in history, who led a fleet to attack the port of Naha in the Ryukyus last summer, and then led the fleet to sail into Edo Bay, Uraga and Kanagawa, to coerce the Tokugawa shogunate to open the country and open the port to the United States.

This Mao Youfei didn't say anything, he forgot it at all.

I remember that in history, in February or March of this year, the shogunate of Samoto was coerced into submission by the Perry fleet that came to Samoto again, and signed the "Japan-US Treaty of Amity" that humiliated the country.

Thinking about it, it was said that Ben was so close to the Holy Country, and he was actually snatched away by the Yankees who were not far away, Feng Yunshan was unwilling. In addition, when I think of the historical history, because of the founding of the country by the Black Boate, it caused the fall of the corrupt shogunate, and began the new era of the Meiji Revolution, which rose in East Asia and the world.

No way! Stop this from happening anyway! Even if it can't be stopped, it is necessary to follow the United States, seize interests, meddle in this matter, and suppress the rise of the people.

At this moment, Feng Yunshan suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was very heavy, and his heart became anxious!

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan beckoned, called Wu Ruxiao to his side, and whispered: "Brother Ruxiao, in the name of this king, you hurry up and inquire about the location of Mr. Marshali, the US Commissioner to China, and invite him to come to Guangzhou, saying that this king has an urgent matter and has a big business to discuss with him!" Now go down and send someone to do it. ”

Wu Ruxiao saw that Feng Yunshan's tone was very serious, his face was serious, and he knew that the Holy King was in a hurry, so he nodded and left quickly.

Feng Yunshan smiled at Mao Youfei again: "You are very good!" The king appointed you as the deputy governor of the Ryukyu Prefecture to assist the Ryukyu Governor and manage the Ryukyu for the king. ”

Mao Youfei was overjoyed in his heart, and he knelt down on the mountain to thank him!

Shang Tai Monk Shang Li and Shang Hongxun on the side forcibly suppressed the anger in their eyes, but they were helpless. They are all the Shang royal family of the Ryukyus, so they naturally know that Feng Yunshan will not use them anymore, and it would be good if the people who died in the country could have something to eat.

And the other former Ryukyu Ministry of Industry Shangshu Xiang Weixin, looked at Mao Youfei with envy, and finally mustered up the courage, bowed down and said: "Holy King, villains can also serve the Holy King and the Ryukyu Mansion." The villain's ancestral home is Quanzhou, and although his ancestors have lived in Ryukyu for several generations, he always forgets his Chinese roots. Pray for the love of the Holy King. ”

Feng Yunshan smiled, however, this Hokkien language of the Restoration is really very authentic, for such a person, who can help him govern Ryukyu and is familiar with Ryukyu affairs, he is naturally welcome.

"In this case, you will temporarily serve as the Ryukyu Prefecture Workshop History, and when you have made some achievements, this king will promote you to the position again. As for Shang Tai, you are still young, this king and you are very close to each other, and it just so happens that this king also has a son, who is the same age as you, so it is better for you to stay in the palace, and the two of them will get close. Luckily? ”

"Shang Tai thanked the Holy King!"

In the end, Feng Yunshan took Shang Li and Shang Hongxun to Nanyang Company to find Wu Chongyao, and asked him to arrange for the two to help take care of Nanyang Company's business with overseas.

For the two of them alone, Feng Yunshan was not afraid of what they were doing, besides, with Shang Tai as a hostage in his palace, what did they dare to do?