The Meiyo, the cabin of the Ryukyu prince.

Those Ryukyu magnates who came to meet Ma and the prince have retired, and Ma only left Xiang Yunhai to greet her, Xiang Yunhai can be said to be her most trusted official in the Ryukyu officialdom, and he is also the most capable child of the royal family.

"Concubine Niangniang, since the traitor Jin Yuan plotted to seize the throne, he has gone against the grain, not only the people's grievances are boiling, but also many scholars are dissatisfied with it, as long as His Royal Highness the Prince ascends to the throne at that time, those scholars will definitely respond."

Xiang Yunhai was in a very good mood, and said to the Ma clan with a smile, "Jin Yuan never imagined that this was his own grave and would lose the support of those scholars. ”

After King Shoen ascended the throne, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, he forcibly moved the entire country to Shuri Castle to control it, and then strengthened the royal power, but at the same time, he also offended the noble clan headed by the priest.

In the past, because King Shoyuan was the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and he was in charge of the army, he could be described as a strong soldier, so those who were forcibly relocated to Shuri Castle dared not speak out.

But now that it is different, the Ma clan and the prince have returned, and those who have been forcibly relocated to Shuri Castle will definitely find the Ma clan and the prince to administer justice to them and want to return to their respective fiefdoms, which is a very powerful force, as long as it is used properly, it is enough to destroy King Shangyuan.

"I'll leave it to you to contact those divisions." A smile appeared on the corner of Ma's mouth, and he opened his mouth to instruct Yun Haidao, letting those according to the division forcibly move to Shuri Castle is a big failure for King Shangyuan in her opinion, which will make those according to the division fall to her.

"Don't worry, the concubine, the minister will definitely do things well." Xiang Yunhai smiled and nodded, a smug look flashed at the corner of his mouth, in the future, he will be the most trusted person of the Ma family and the prince, and the best candidate for the regent of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

"The concubine and the prince, according to the information we got in the Vaulting Horse Harbor, the third official Xiang Yunhai had an affair with the Japanese Kou, and he was ordered to come and wait for him to interrogate." At this moment, a military attache of the Ming Army's naval division suddenly walked in, bowed to Ma Shi and Shizi, and said.

"What?" Ma Shi was taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't help but look up at Xiang Yunhai, never expecting this kind of thing to happen.

Xiang Yunhai's face changed greatly, and cold sweat flowed down his forehead, with a frightened look.

Seeing this, Ma suddenly sighed helplessly in his heart, his eyes were full of disappointment, it seemed that what the military attache said was right, Xiang Yunhai was really related to the Japanese Kou, which was really a stupid act.

"Concubine, the minister was confused for a while, and wanted to use the power of the widow to deal with the traitor Jin Yuan, please ask the concubine to save the minister's life." Xiang Yunhai quickly recovered from the shock, and knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowing while pleading with Ma.

"Take it away!" Seeing this, the military attache of the Ming Army's Naval Division waved his hand, and the two soldiers of the Naval Division rushed into the room and took Xiang Yunhai away.

"Mother, are we going to sit back and watch the head of the priest be cut off?" After Xiang Yunhai was taken away, the prince couldn't help but look anxiously at Ma, Xiang Yunhai was the most important high-ranking official of the Ryukyu Kingdom that they could rely on, and once Xiang Yunhai was lost, it would cause an irreparable heavy loss to his strength.

"King Zhongwu came this time to suppress the Japanese, and the official Xiang hit the iron plate this time, if he really had a close relationship with the Japanese Kou, his mother would not be able to save him."

Ma Shi couldn't help but sigh when she heard this, originally she thought that Xiang Yunhai could become the minister of the humerus that she could rely on, but now it seems that Xiang Yunhai himself is difficult to protect, which makes him quite disappointed, but now the only way to do it is to resign himself to fate.

"Xianggong, you guessed right, that Xiang Yunhai really colluded with the Japanese Kou, and our people took the initiative to explain it before they asked." When Li Yuntian was reading the official document in his cabin, Lei Ting walked in and said with a smile, "From the confession provided to Yunhai, it seems that he only came into contact with the Wako in Vaulting Horse Harbor after King Shang Yuan took power, and he wanted to use the power of the Wako to destroy King Shang Yuan. ”

It turned out that because the high-level Japanese robbers in Vaulting Horse Harbor all returned to Kyushu Island to participate in the Spring Festival, the rest of the people didn't know about Xiang Yunhai at all, so Li Yuntian had no evidence of colluding with the Japanese Invaders in his hands at all, but Xiang Yunhai was a thief, and after learning that the Ming army sailors had recovered Jumping Horse Harbor, he subconsciously thought that those high-level Japanese robbers were also caught, and now Li Yuntian coldly sent people to frighten them, and suddenly poured beans into the bamboo tube and confessed one by one.

Xiang Yunhai and the Vaulting Horse Harbor Waiko are actually in a relationship of mutual use, the Vaulting Horse Harbor Waiko want to provide them with information about the Ryukyu Kingdom and even the Ming Dynasty's movements, and Xiang Yunhai wants to use those Kui Kou to get rid of King Shang Yuan, and the two sides are only exchanging intelligence at this stage and have no substantive action.

However, Xiang Yunhai provided another valuable information, that is, several people from the northern part of the Ryukyu Province secretly had dealings with the Japanese in the port of Vaulting, and with the help of the power of the Japanese invaders, they eliminated many dissidents and strengthened their own power, and it was with their secret help that the Japanese in the port gradually gained a foothold.

Later, because King Shangyuan was too strong, those priests had to move to Shuri Castle, but they still had dealings with the Japanese in private, and they were the ones who really colluded with the Japanese invaders.

"Xianggong, what to do with Xiang Yunhai?" Lei Ting poured a glass of water for Li Yuntian and asked with a smile, this sudden arrest of Xiang Yunhai can be said to have gained a lot, and the person who colluded with Vaulting Horse Port was accidentally identified.

"Although this person has an affair with the Japanese Kou, he doesn't want to help the abuse, and it didn't cause strict consequences, so he was released after being punished for a period of time, and the concubine and the prince are now weak and need his help."

Li Yuntian pondered for a moment, and said to Lei Ting, "As for those few who colluded with the Japanese Bandits, they will be arrested immediately, and the Prime Minister will let the outside world know that anyone who colludes with the Japanese Bandits will be severely punished!" ”

"The concubine understands, so let's arrange it." Lei Ting knew that Li Yuntian was going to give those half-hearted people in the Ryukyu Kingdom a dismount, so that they would not dare to deal with the Japanese Invaders anymore, so she nodded and left quickly to deploy the arrest of those who had an affair with the Japanese Invaders.

Li Yuntian looked down at the official document in his hand, and then picked up the big seal of the Zhongwu King on the side and stamped it, the content of this official document is the recruitment of the Ming army sailors in the Ryukyu Kingdom to build the wharf of the Vaulting Horse Port, not only the salary is good, but also the accommodation is worry-free, and the treatment is very good.

In Li Yuntian's view, the construction of the port of Vaulting Horse should not be delayed, and the sooner the construction of the port is completed, the sooner it will form a clamp on the Japanese state, and he should try his best to arrange everything during his stay on Ryukyu Island.

In order to show respect for the prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Lei Ting arranged for someone to arrest the prince when he had an affair with the Japanese Kou, which made the Ma family and the prince of the world taken aback, and no one could have imagined that in addition to Xiang Yunhai, there were also people at the level of the division colluding with the Japanese Kou.

Shocked, the prince naturally supported Li Yuntian's arrangement, so the soldiers of the Ming Army's naval division rushed to Shuri Castle in a procession, surrounded the residences of those priests, and arrested all the old and young of their families.

King Shang Yuan and Shang De were stunned by this series of incidents, although the few people who were arrested were all his people, but Xiang Yunhai was also imprisoned on the ship of the Ming army's sailors because of the matter of the Japanese Kou, which made them feel a little confused.

Originally, Shang Yuanwang and Shang De thought that Li Yuntian was taking the opportunity to suppress them, but Xiang Yunhai's imprisonment showed that their guess was wrong, because in terms of Xiang Yunhai's importance to the Ma family and the prince, those few priests were simply not worth mentioning.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that King Zhongwu is not coming for us this time, nor is he going for the princess and the prince, but because they have an affair with the Japanese Kou, which caused this catastrophe." After some weighing, Shang De told Shang Yuan about Shang Yunhai and the arrest of the priests.

"You mean it was an accident?" Since the prince has not yet succeeded to the throne, King Showon still considers himself the king of the Ryukyus, and when he heard this, he frowned and asked, "Isn't this King Zhongmu beating us?" ”

"As far as the minister knows, those servants did have dealings with the Japanese in private, and King Zhongwu only arrested them this time." Shang De nodded solemnly, it seems that Li Yuntian attaches great importance to the matter of suppressing the widows, otherwise he would not have arrested those ministers so aggressively.

"The Beishan Kingdom has been destroyed for more than 20 years, why are they so persistent in wanting to restore the country, it's good to put themselves in." King Shang Yuan couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and looked at Shang De helplessly.

Those arrested were all nobles of the Beishan Kingdom in the Sanzan era of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and King Shangba Zhi surrendered to King Shangba Zhi after destroying the Beishan Kingdom, but he didn't expect to secretly collude with the Japanese Kou, and nine times out of ten he wanted to restore the country.

"The Ming Emperor has canonized the King of the Ryukyus, and they even want to turn over, they are simply using their mantis arms as a car, and they can't do anything." Shang De sneered, a look of contempt flowed in his eyes, and secretly mocked those priests for not distinguishing the current form, how could the Ming allow a coup d'état in the Ryukyu Kingdom, with which he had close contacts, and with the help of the power of the Japanese Kou.

"Alas!" King Shang Yuan sighed again, looking forward to Li Yuntian's departure, otherwise God knows what will happen to Li Yuntian again.

More than half a month later, Shuri Castle was lit up with lights, and the succession ceremony of the prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom was solemnly held, and the prince in a dragon robe paraded through the streets under the escort of the soldiers, receiving the cheers and blessings of the people.

King Shangyuan took the initiative to give up the throne with interest, and Li Yuntian had already petitioned the imperial court for this, asking him to be named "Duke of Zhongshan" and become the first duke of Ryukyu.

King Shang Yuan was overjoyed with Li Yuntian's decision, so that he became a noble who was enshrined by the Ming Dynasty like the King of the Ryukyus, and had the capital to compete with the King of the Ryukyus.

In order to balance the power structure of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Li Yuntian also released Xiang Yunhai, who had been locked up in prison for half a month, on the grounds that there was "insufficient evidence" to collude with the Japanese Koukou in order to enhance the power of the prince, so that neither side would dare to act rashly again, and no one could annex it in one bite.

Not only that, Li Yuntian also set up the Ryukyu Affairs Office of the Shobudo in Shurijo Castle to manage the affairs of the Ryukyu Theater and to coordinate the various forces of the Ryukyu Kingdom to avoid conflicts.

The establishment of the Ryukyu Division of Jiangwutang not only strengthened the Ming Dynasty's control over the Ryukyu Kingdom, but also became a bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Japanese State.