Chapter Fifty-Nine: Abolition of the Domain
"In the next heaven, Zhang Ruoquan, the prime minister of Sun State, may I ask if your ministry is from the Great Song Dynasty?" A Tiansun man dressed by a Song person asked. It turned out to be Chinese, and the etiquette used was not much different from that of the Song Dynasty.
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty is here, let your king come out and take over!" The white waves hit the horse forward and shouted loudly.
Zhang Ruoquan was frightened into a cold sweat, when did the people of the Song Dynasty become so barbaric? How could the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty come to such a small island in the East China Sea? Although Zhang Ruoquan was puzzled, he didn't dare to slack off, after all, strength is everything. Zhao Ji's 30,000 troops are here, and they have to be nervous. Zhang Ruoquan hurriedly ran into the Pearl City, and after a while, a woman in her twenties wearing gorgeous costumes came to Zhao Ji's war horse, followed by a group of soldiers who looked like Song Dynasty militia. Fortunately, they are all dressed like Song people, unlike those natives.
"The little king of the lower kingdom knocks on His Majesty the Emperor of the Heavenly Empire, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" It was a very sweet female voice. The female voice is sweet, polite and courteous, without the slightest panic.
"Talking up, what's your name? How can you speak Chinese so well? Was it originally a Song person? Zhao Ji didn't call her up, and asked carefully.
The woman raised her head slowly, not tall, with clear eyebrows and a hint of perseverance. Dressed in a gorgeous silk wide skirt, an antique jade pendant pressed the corners of the skirt, she didn't look like a person in this wild place at all.
"Xiao Wang Sun Shangfang, the ancestor was originally the Sui Dynasty official Sun Youde, the ancestor followed the Sui Dynasty general General Zhu Kuan to the sea here, and was led by General Zhu to set up a government in Cijian County. However, with the fall of the Sui Dynasty and the change of dynasties, the county has long been forgotten by Middle-earth. For this reason, he had to join forces with the barbarians and create the Kingdom of Tiansun. In the life of Xiao Wang, there have been sixty-two generations. Although Xiao Wang is the lord of barbarians, he does not dare to forget the native language of Middle-earth. In the Central Plains of the Great Song Dynasty, there are many tributes in small countries, and if there is anything inappropriate, I implore His Majesty the Emperor to make it clear. Sun Shangfang didn't know what the official family of the Great Song Dynasty was doing here, although he was also a little apprehensive, he still forced his composure and said slowly.
In fact, when Zhu Kuan visited, the indigenous people of the region still maintained the primitive tradition of eating dead human flesh, and it was not until 100 years later that small armed states began to appear in the area, which were divided by several chiefs (chiefs). In the middle of the 12th century, during the Song and Yuan dynasties in China, chieftains from all over the country competed for hegemony and fought endlessly.
According to the official history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Nakayama Sekan, the "Tensun Dynasty", which was established by the descendants of the goddess, was destroyed, and the throne was usurped by the powerful ministers. Later, a chieftain of the area of present-day Naha City killed the powerful minister, and was proclaimed king, and after the third generation, he again ceded to the descendants of the heavenly grandson, and after the fifth generation, another son named Celestial Maiden named Tsator ascended the throne. Chadu purchased iron tools from Japan to build agricultural tools, and was worshiped by the people as the "god of parents".
The Ryukyu Kingdom had paid tribute to the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, and the Ryukyu Kingdom was repeatedly invaded by external forces in the islands, especially after the invasion of the Satsuma Domain in 1609 (the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and the 14th year of Keicho in Japan), the Satsuma Domain controlled and interfered in the internal affairs of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Ryukyu also paid tribute to the Satsuma Domain and the Edo Shogunate in Japan. Due to its special geographical location, the Ryukyu Kingdom is known as a transit point for trade in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, and its trade is well developed, and it is known as the "Tsuryo of the World".
It seems that Zhao Ji came at the right time, if Zhao Ji doesn't come, it is estimated that this Tiansun Kingdom will be destroyed by those natives. When Zhao Ji heard about the Sui Dynasty, he had already established a county here, and he was overjoyed. In this way, it will not be to destroy the country of Tiansun, but to recover the homeland. The so-called Tiansun Kingdom refers to the Sun family from the Celestial Dynasty who opened up a vassal kingdom here.
Thinking that China will still be engaged in disputes over the Diaoyu Islands in later generations, do you not know that the entire Ryukyu Islands are China's inherent territory? It is really a great sorrow that the ancestors overcame thorns and thorns to educate the barbarians and open up the land here, but they were forgotten by future generations!
At this time, the Tiansun Kingdom was not the later Ryukyu Kingdom, the Northern Song Dynasty was still the 11th century AD, but the real founding of the Ryukyu was in the 14th century, which was still the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. With the fall of the Tiansun Kingdom, the remnants of the Sui Dynasty increasingly merged with the Turen to form a new Ryukyu nation. Without the Kingdom of Tensun, where would there be the later Kingdom of the Ryukyus?
"Lord of the Barbarians? Will the barbarians besiege their capital? If there is any difficulty, just talk about it! The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, since he is a remnant of the Sui Dynasty and comes from Middle Earth, he is also my people. My people must not be bullied by the barbarians! Zhao said arrogantly.
"When Xiao Wang first ascended the throne, the population of the national capital withered, the armed forces gradually weakened, and the barbarians refused to accept it, and they agreed to besiege the national capital. Xiao Wang thanked His Majesty for saving his life. Sun Shangfang said very calmly, without a trace of fear.
Zhao Ji secretly thought, what a stubborn woman, no wonder she could ascend to the throne, and then asked: "The population is withering?" How many people are there in your country? ”
"Since the death of Xiao Wang's father, a large number of civil and military generals who had been loyal to his father left and returned to Middle-earth with the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants who came to trade here, taking almost eighty percent of the population with them, and they are still the original descendants of Middle-earth. Originally, there were 30,000 people in Pearl City, 10,000 descendants of Middle Earth, and 20,000 indoctrinated barbarians. The departure of the military generals not only took away many warriors who were good at fighting, but also took away a large amount of food and weapons. Now there are less than a thousand descendants of Middle-earth in Pearl City, 15,000 indoctrinated barbarians, and only 500 defenders. However, with the fortified city, the barbarians did not want to break through. Sun Shangfang's face was stubborn.
What Zhao Ji didn't know was that it was his vigorous encouragement of maritime trade that caused the Tiansun Kingdom to weaken. Since Zhao Ji built the capital city, abolished the state monopoly, and developed it on a large scale, foreign maritime trade has become increasingly prosperous. The Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants who traded in Tiansun Kingdom increased almost a hundredfold. The remnants of the Sui Dynasty in Tiansun became more and more eager for the prosperity of Middle-earth, and after the death of the old king, they returned to Middle-earth one after another with the maritime merchants who came to trade with Tiansun.
This pearl city itself is also a city that intends to be abandoned, as long as there is a little money, the people who can pay for the transportation costs of the maritime merchants are gone, and some of the people who are vassal to the ministers and generals are also gone, only the poor people, only those barbarians, without the protection of the big people have stayed. Sun Shangfang was originally going to return to Middle-earth to find his roots at the behest of his father, but he couldn't bear to abandon the people in the city, so he stayed and inherited the throne of his father.
Sun Shangfang was still quite talented, and after inheriting the throne, he encouraged trade with the Great Song Dynasty and developed industries that were exported as a center for timber and sea fish, and the Pearl City was more prosperous than before. However, it is precisely because of the vigorous development of these two industries that the contradiction between Pearl City and various Tusi cottages is increasing. A large amount of timber was cut down, which led to the destruction of the hunting grounds of the natives. The Tusi cottages met to attack Pearl City. Under the pressure of various toasts, the Pearl City, which had developed somewhat, declined sharply. After the people became rich in the timber export industry, they successively paid the transportation fees to the maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, and even used timber as a fee to leave the Pearl City.
"It's not that the barbarians don't want to break through, but I want to destroy them, and now you will pass on my will to the barbarians on the islands, and the people who don't surrender will be exterminated." Zhao Ji said majestically.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Shangfang looked respectful and secretly happy in his heart.
Zhao Ji leaned down, hugged Sun Shangfang on the war horse, and urged the horse into the city. The Navyguard soon took control of the Pearl City and camped in the city to rest. The population of Pearl City at this time was only more than 10,000, but Zhao Ji's army had 30,000, almost twice the population of the city. A large number of people left the city, and there were houses for the army to garrison. And Zhao Ji lived in the palace, although it was a palace, it was not as good as the house of a small landlord in the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Ji intended to build a county in the Ryukyu Islands, which was included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and built a port and a city here to open up wasteland. In later generations, the transshipment trade was developed here, and it served as a transit point for trade between Japan and Southeast Asian countries. The Pearl City of Sanshan Island has a certain foundation, which can just restore the county governance of the Sui Dynasty.
There were as many as 200,000 barbarians in the Tiansun Kingdom, and Zhao Ji had to think about how to deal with those barbarians. There are only 200,000 barbarians in Taizhou, and the area of the Ryukyu Islands is much smaller than that of Taizhou, but it has a considerable population size. To completely incorporate the Tiansun Kingdom into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not enough to build a county and open a government. The Sui Dynasty also established a county and opened a government, what was the result?
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji decided to take three steps to completely assimilate the Tiansun Kingdom. Assimilation started with himself, and Zhao Ji assimilated Sun Shangfang seven times in one night. The wives of Zhao Ji's palace are all little girls who are less than twenty years old, but Sun Shangfang is twenty-two years old, which is not a few years younger than Zhao Ji. Because Sun Shangfang didn't look down on those local men, and after ascending to the throne, he didn't want to be robbed of royal power because of marriage, so he never got married. This happened to be cheap Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji finally felt the taste of a mature woman in this life. slept until three o'clock the next day, and then Zhao Ji took Sun Shangfang's hand and patrolled the city.
Pearl City is located on the south and west coast of Sanshan Island, close to the East China Sea, and there is a natural harbor not far away, but it lacks artificial construction and has not been utilized. Zhao Ji intends to open up the harbor to a large port, and also expand the Pearl City to connect the port. If this place is built and developed, then a natural island chain will be formed, which will be more convenient for maritime trade, and with this as the center, you can reach Japan in the north, Taizhou, Mayi, and even East India and Australia in the south, and gradually occupy the islands in the Pacific Ocean in the east, laying a solid foundation for sailing to the Americas.
Sanshan Island has beautiful scenery, there are many green and upright pine trees, coconut trees, and many trees that Zhao Ji does not know, and the fruits on the trees are the characteristic fruits of the island. Zhao Ji wandered around the island comfortably, a high-headed war horse, holding Sun Shangfang, followed by more than a dozen guards of the Iron Arm Guard. Zhao Ji found that the climate here is very similar to Fujian, and Zhao Ji also spent some time in the coastal cities of Fujian in his later life, and there is a kind taste, which should be the taste of sugar cane. Zhao finally decided to develop sugarcane cultivation and offshore fishing here as the pillar industries of Pearl City.
Sugarcane originated in India, as early as the Han Dynasty when Zhang Qian passed through the Western Regions, it was introduced to the Central Plains, and has been greatly developed, and the scale of cultivation far exceeds that of India. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Empire expanded in all directions, and a large number of expeditions were sent out in all directions to explore the wilderness. When the Western Regions were occupied by the Xiongnu, a huge expedition was sent through Yunnan and Burma to India, which was an unknown Silk Road.
In the following month, Zhao Ji abolished the Tiansun Kingdom, set up Mingzhu County in the Ryukyu Islands, built village communities in various Tusi cottages, and ordered Taizhou Zhizhou Gou Hongshe to recruit at least 100,000 people to establish a county here.
When Zhao Ji was thinking about how to develop Sanshan Island, the Maritime Guard Army had already fully dispatched to sweep the entire Ryukyu Islands and suppress all the Tusi barbarians. Zhao Ji's order to the Haiwei Army was: Regardless of whether the barbarians surrender or not, all young and strong men and women should be gathered in Pearl City, and all those who resist will be killed.
What are you doing in Pearl City? Be a slave. Logging, opening up ports, taking Pearl City as the inner city, and massively expanding Pearl City. In just half a month, the Navyguard army searched the Ryukyu Islands and captured more than 80,000 native men and women. Zhao Ji doesn't care about their life and death, 200,000 people, what is it? A flood, a war, and a locust plague in Middle-earth can displace millions of people, mourn all over the wilderness, and emptie ten rooms and nine empty rooms.
The 80,000 native men and women were divided into dozens of prisoner of war camps according to the military system, and were driven by the Coast Guard soldiers to cut down wood on the island, transport sand and gravel, and start building a port.
After Gou Hongshe received Zhao Ji's holy decree, he immediately selected the magistrate and county officials, and the first batch transported 50,000 people to Sanshan Island. As soon as the people arrived on Sanshan Island, Zhao Ji assigned 30,000 native women to the people of the Great Song Dynasty as female slaves, and 50,000 native men were transported to Taizhou in batches to be mine slaves and no longer stayed on Sanshan Island. An official named Shen Qi was appointed as the magistrate of Mingzhu County and officially established the county as the opening of the government. After the new magistrate Shen Qi took full control of Sanshan Island, Zhao led 30,000 Haiwei troops to return to Liuqiu Keelung Port.
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