Chapter 351 The stammering Shang Tai

"What!"

"This man is the Emperor of Wakoku! The new successor of Emperor Meiji. ”

The port of Naha boiled all at once, and from the invasion of the Satsuma Domain, the king of the Ryukyus was robbed, and the Ryukyus were forced to claim to the Wakoku, and they were one country and two feudal clans, and they were somewhat in awe of the Wakoku.

Unexpectedly, the tall emperor was such a half-grown child, and he was captured by the Han Chinese, claiming to take him to meet the king of the Ryukyus, thus ending the history of the Ryukyus as a vassal to Japan.

If that's true, that's great.

In my heart, Ryukyu did not want to be a vassal to the Wa Kingdom, and preferred to be subordinate to China, you must know that they were canonized by China since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ryukyu Kingdom can have the current prosperity because of the Chinese side.

Huaxia has always only shown favor to the Ryukyus, not demanding, only help, and no aggression.

In a large village not far from Naha Port, a young man ran fast and shouted: "Good news, good news, the Celestial Empire has come, the army has come, the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom has been captured alive, and now he is in Naha Port. ”

"Wei family boy, what are you talking nonsense?"

An elder grabbed the young man with one hand, and Wei Xue hurriedly saluted: "Deng Ah Gong! The army came from the interior, seven warships, all of the good guys with muskets with black holes in their hands, majestic, they went to the Japanese country to capture the child called Emperor Meiji, and now they are in Naha Port, I heard that they are going to Shuri Castle to see the king? ”

"The army from the interior, what kind of outfit are they?" The old man was a little excited, how many years have passed, no warships have been sent inland, no army has been sent to the Ryukyus.

Wei Xue recalled, and the dexterous man's eyes suddenly flashed: "By the way, Deng Ah Gong, they don't have braids, they have square scarves on their heads, and there are many foreign ghosts following them, and they are polite to the general, as if they want to listen to his orders." ”

After hearing this, the old man suddenly began to chatter: "What? Without braids, is it the Heavenly Army that occupies the south, or the new people's army that has risen, could it be that the Tartars have been driven away, and they have restored the clothes and mounds of my Han family. ”

"Ancestor bless, the Tartar must have been driven away, the boy of the Wei family hurried to inform everyone, I am going to ring the bell, everyone gathers, we are going to meet this general."

"Handsome! There was a villager named Miku who asked to see him. ”

"Mikumura?"

Yang Dongfang was puzzled, and when he walked out, he saw dozens of villagers dressed in Ming Dynasty costumes waiting there, and most of them were old people.

"I wonder what you've seen?"

"This general, I bother to ask, what kind of army are you, what is your name, and have you driven the Tartars out of the Central Plains."

"Ugh! Facing the old man's question, Yang Dongfang was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, ask slowly, I'll answer your first question first, we are the New People's Army, and the Tatars will soon return to the Central Plains, and my Han family will be revived." ”

"New People's Army, I didn't expect you to be the New People's Army, I heard that you have defeated the French, amazing, really amazing." The old man said and knelt down, and the people behind him also knelt down: "The twenty-five surnames of the unfilial descendants of Mijiu Village kneel to welcome the king." ”

"The old man can't do it, he can't help it, what are you doing here, you are folding my life, please hurry up, can any of you explain it to me?"

Yang Dongfang held up the old man, this old man's name is Deng Haitong, the patriarch of the Deng clan with the thirty-six surnames of Mijiu Village, as a representative, and then briefly explained the situation.

Only then did Yang Dongfang understand that the original 36 surnames of Mijiu Village were all shipwrights in Fujian during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, and they were sent to Ryukyu to help the Ryukyu Kingdom develop the navigation and shipbuilding industry, and they were given the surname 36, also known as the 36 surnames of the Fujian people.

So he settled down in the Ryukyus, and his descendants directly served as high-ranking officials in the Ryukyus, responsible for navigation, shipbuilding, the preparation of diplomatic documents, translation, trade with China, and other affairs, so he had a high status in Ryukyu society.

Until the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, they had to change to the local gods of the Ryukyus and wear the local costumes of the Ryukyus because they were unwilling to shave their hair and change their clothes.

Later, five of the 36 surnames in the early days of the Satsuma Domain's conquest of the Ryukyus were wiped out, and there were extermination surnames, so now only 25 surnames remain.

Now that I heard that the Manchu Qing had been destroyed, the Han dynasty had re-emerged, and the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom had been captured, I was of course ecstatic and excited.

"I'm sorry for everyone! Your vengeance will be avenged. After listening to this, Yang Dongfang couldn't help but sigh with emotion, how many people went overseas and lived in other places because they didn't want to shave their hair and change clothes.

It is even more deplorable that so many surnames were destroyed by the Satsuma Domain.

The Yagishi clan, which is composed of the 36 surnames of Miku, is one of the four major noble clans in the Ryukyus, and it also has a very heavy weight in the hearts of both the official and the people.

It's easy to say that it's not to fight, it's not to rob.

In order to show respect, he personally brought the minister to Naha to greet him, and it turned out that Yang Dongzhu was going to Shouli City, but he was stopped by Deng Haitongneng, saying that Ryukyu had become more intimate with the Wa Kingdom since one country and two subordinates, and their official position of the thirty-six surnames of Miku had been reduced, so it was just an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Of course, Yang Dongfang also sold him this face, anyway, this is the closest compatriot, the backbone of the future control of the Ryukyus, and the little Shangtai is not in his eyes, it is indeed inappropriate to visit him by himself.

So in Naha, on the territory of the Ryukyu king, Yang Dongfang received Shangtai, Yang Dongfang shushed with him and warmed up, boasted to each other, and then Yang Dongfang said that the Ryukyu Kingdom was changed to the imperial state in tribute, and was not a vassal to the Manchu Qing and the Wa Kingdom, and the others were basically the same, and he was still his Ryukyu king.

"Xie Dashuai! From then on, our Ryukyu Kingdom looked at the head of the Chinese Empire, and called the vassals a vassal without two hearts. "Nothing has changed, and there is still no direction. The Wa State said that the ministers paid tribute to the grain, and Shang Tai was willing to fight a hundred.

For this great gift sent by Yang Dongfang, it is that you can laugh out loud when you fall asleep, or the Han people are good, they are simply biological parents, Shang Qin is really moved, from the beginning of the dynasty, the Han people are so good to them, they are too good to be overcome, and they are willing to be vassals from the vassal to death.

Shang Tai is even secretly happy, in the future to pay tribute to the Chinese Empire, I don't know how much benefits and how many gifts he can get, and he can live more comfortably in the future.

"Well, very good, from now on the Ryukyu Kingdom is a vassal state of my Chinese Empire, and there is one thing that the king still needs to know." After a pause, Yang Dong mainly spoke, and Shang Tai said that he was listening.

"That's right, before coming from Wajima, I have signed a contract with Wakoku for you, you can take a look, if there is no problem, I will also sign it, and at the same time, I will be a cadre on the main island of Ryukyu, as the commander of your country's sea and land, responsible for protecting the Ryukyu Islands."

Shang Tai took it, opened it and looked at it, as if he was a ghost, blinked his eyes several times, and then screamed, and spit out again: "Ahh This.. This.. This, the handsome, the Wa Kingdom to my Ryukyu courtesy. How is this possible. We don't have an army. ”

"Don't be surprised, this is a fact, from now on your Ryukyu Kingdom also has its own vassal state, and you have also seen the emperor of the Wa Kingdom, so he will live in Shuli Castle in the future!"

"Ahh Yes.. This.. This.. Shang Tai's eyes were about to bulge out, and he was scared all over, and he stammered and couldn't speak.