Chapter 238: Ryukyu
Hundreds of warships and 40,000 new and old sailors in the East and South Seas, in addition to the necessary and vital ships, quickly moved closer to the harbor of Haidu, and the warships of the military docks in Haidu were like shuttles and sailors were like rain, attracting many people in Haidu to stop and watch, and they were amazed.
After arriving on the shore, Liu Er, Liu Guoxuan successively met, Zhu Jun and they told them one by one the intentions of the sailor, both of them were very excited, since the establishment of the Ming sailor, first relying on the South Seas and the Netherlands to compete for power, now the Dutch are defeated, the entire Nanyang is the water surface of the East Ocean and there is no opponent, although the sailor is still expanding, but the gods can not find an opponent who can fight, it is really sulking, on the other hand, the army of the Ming Dynasty continues to expedition north, triumphant songs, open up the territory and expand the territory, but also let Liu Er and Liu Guoxuan not raise their heads, Now that the emperor intends to open a new front on the sea, he is very excited.
On February 13 of the fifth year of the new year, Zhu Jun, who was ready for everything, chose a good day and an auspicious day, and boarded the battleship of the sailor division in the morning light.
At present, the Oriental Naval Division has seven large warships in Haidu, 20 Dutch warships, 62 large warships built in various Haidu, and 100 supply ships and stern warships that have been captured and renovated, plus sailors, with about 19,000 people. The Nanyang Naval Division has five large warships in Haidu, 29 Dutch warships, 74 large warships, 130 supply and stern ships, and more than 23,000 people.
Zhu Jun has not been to sea for a long time, and the sailors in the past do not have the lively scene of today, hundreds of warships are speeding eastward due to the moving archipelago, and they are also quite proud in their hearts, and they are full of interest holding on to the side of the ship to watch the two battalions of ships chasing after me, and he turned his head to Liu Guoxuan on the side and said: "Spread my will, the farthest ship sails in an hour, and all the sailors will reward them with double salaries." ”
"Okay!" Liu Guoxuan immediately recruited the flag bearer, and for a while the snail horn sounded, which was the order of the main ship to summon each other, and the ships also responded with the snail one after another, the ships in front gradually slowed down, and the ships behind increased their speed, and then the flagship put down many small boats, and the messengers who received the order went to the ships to pass the order.
Half an hour later, the ships flew forward like arrows, and you chased after me, and they couldn't hold each other. Liu Er and Liu Guoxuan, who accompanied Zhu Jun, also sweated, the Son of Heaven is here, it is tantamount to a drill, and everyone hopes that the camp will win.
Zhu Jun looked at it for a while, only a little black shadow and a little white sail left the ship participating in the race, at this time the sea breeze gradually became stronger, Zhu Jun got up and returned to the cabin to avoid the wind, and Liu Er, Liu Guoxuan talked about some naval battles, both of them are now experienced, and they are very energetic to elaborate on various tactics, as if offering treasure to bring out their respective experience to share, Zhu Jun only smiled and nodded, he was a layman for various tactics, only listened to them silently, and unconsciously, there were chamberlains shouting outside: "Your Majesty, the victory or defeat has been revealed, It was the Fubo of the Oriental Navy Battalion that won the first place, and the captain Yang Tianbao came up to ask for a reward. ”
A hint of joy flashed across Liu Guoxuan's face, Liu Er coughed desperately to hide his embarrassment, and Zhu Jun smiled: "Let him come in." ”
In a moment, a bronze-skinned strong man came in and bowed down: "The last general, Yang Tianbao, a thousand households in the Oriental Naval Division, will knock on the emperor, long live my emperor." ”
Zhu Jun raised his hand to support him: "Flat, this is in the army, the monarch and the minister are exempted, only the military salute." ”
Yang Tianbao changed his posture again. Half-kneeling and holding the deck of the cabin with one hand: "Knock on the emperor!" ”
Zhu Jun said, "Get up." I won't break my word. The Fubo received double the amount of silver this month. ”
"Your Majesty." Yang Tianbao was overjoyed. He stood up in a daze. looked at Liu Guoxuan at a loss.
Liu Guoxuan knew that he was uncomfortable staying here. smiled: "Yang Qianhu is very bold on weekdays. What's wrong with today? The reward is over. If the emperor didn't give orders. Just retreat. ”
Yang Tianbao's flickering eyes fell on Zhu Jun again. Zhu Jun waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”
Yang Tianbao hurriedly resigned. The relieved appearance made Zhu Jun cold.
When there were only three people left in the cabin, Zhu Jun got to the point: "This time the sailors have arrived in Beiyang, and they will definitely use troops. ”
Both of them nodded, and when Zhu Jun said that he was bold, Liu Guoxuan smiled and said that he didn't dare, so Zhu Jun ordered them to go back to their own ships to rest, and he also half leaned on the couch, picked up a few outdated newspapers to watch, and now there are all kinds of newspapers
Government affairs, academic, as well as business newspapers, anecdotes, Zhu Jun was afraid of being on the ship, so he asked people to bring dozens of copies of the anecdotal newspapers of the past few months to see, as the name suggests, in fact, it is an essay written by dozens of literati, which is somewhat similar to Liao Zhai Zhiyi, basically the routine is the same, a certain scholar met a certain woman, and then how to do it, Zhu Jun watched it with relish, and specially asked a few suitable authors, and learned that their family scenery was not very good, and they all made a living by writing essays, and they also sent some silver taels.
Looking at it, there was a snoring sound in the cabin, and the attendants didn't dare to disturb, so they carefully put a thin blanket on Zhu Jun and retreated.
In order to prevent typhoons, the fleet is traveling along the coastline of the island, one can replenish supplies and fresh water in time, and the other is that once it encounters an alarm, it can immediately dock to shelter from the wind, and there are more than a dozen island countries along the way, such a huge fleet passes through, and all countries are trembling, and the king himself is in the port to greet him, ready to give gifts. Zhu Jun was also dumbfounded when he learned about this, thinking about it, a huge fleet passed by the door, who would still be able to sit there? It would be strange not to honestly greet the investigation of the wind direction at the door, so every time he arrived, there was a special envoy of the Ming Dynasty who first took a fast boat into the dock to announce the will of the Ming Emperor, explaining that the Ming sailors were just passing by here, and they had no covetous hearts.
The officials and kings along the coast received the will, but a big stone in their hearts, and when they saw hundreds of ships of different sizes appearing on the sea, the largest ship was like a hill, and they couldn't help but beat the drum in their hearts.
Half a month later, the fleet arrived in Luzon, Luzon is now divided into two parts, the north is the Ming Oriental Naval Division, the south is ruled by the Spaniards, the fleet is docked in Puerto Princesa, here, the garrison of the Oriental Naval Division has been waiting for a long time, ready to meet the matter, the southern Spaniards did not dare to slack off, the governor Hechagin personally arrived, the Spaniards in Luzon suffered heavy losses, or relied on the power of the Ming to regain control of half of Luzon, although so, because the fleet has been completely annihilated, The entire Spanish naval warship in Luzon is only three, and they are all in tatters and perennial disrepair, therefore, the Spaniards are very interested in choosing to hide under the big tree of the Ming Dynasty to enjoy the shade, many important ports ** are protected by the cruising Oriental sailors, they just squeeze the wealth is enough, in this way, Echakin almost became the watchdog of the Nanming, not only to obey the orders of the Nanyang sailors, but also to pay tribute on time, this time the Ming Emperor came, how could he not come to meet the reason.
After resting in Luzon for three days, the fleet continued to set sail, crossed the Nansha Islands, and then crossed the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan had already been included in the scope of Geng Jingzhongshang's letter, and after the surrender, it indirectly became the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was part of Fujian Province, and the Ming Dynasty had set up the Taiwan Prefecture here, and after half a month, the fleet finally arrived in the Ryukyus.
Ryukyu is located in the south of Japan, north of Taiwan, holding the Southeast Sea Road, Sui Dynasty, Ryukyu is called Liuqiu, to the Ming Dynasty Hongwu five years, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy Yang Zai to carry an edict to Ryukyu, the edict called Ryukyu. Since then, the heirs of the three mountains of the Ryukyus have to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and they have all taken the initiative to pay tribute to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China, and the Ming Dynasty has not refused, and they have been canonized and recognized.
During the Yongle period, the Ryukyu Islands appeared in the Ryukyu Islands, namely Shannan, Zhongshan, and Shanbei, which stood side by side in the southern, central, and northern parts of the Ryukyu Islands.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Zhongshan Shang Bazhi successively annexed Shannan, Shanbei two countries, Ryukyu was able to unify, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaded the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu country also suffered great losses, after the end of the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu had wanted to send an envoy to the Manchu Qing Dynasty to call the minister, but the news of the rise of the Southern Ming in the South Seas came, the king of Zhongshan was still very happy, sent an envoy to Haidu to pay tribute, since then, Ryukyu is still a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, this time the Ming fleet arrived in Ryukyu, naturally received the great courtesy of the Ryukyu king Shangzhi, hurriedly took the minister to meet him on the coastline.
The Ryukyu country has been repeatedly harassed by the Japanese invaders, so the docks everywhere have been abandoned for a long time, the warships of the Ming Dynasty can not be moored, can only send a small boat to land first, and the big ship is docked in the deep water area a few nautical miles away, Shang Zhi stood on the beach, overlooking countless huge ships lowered the small boats rowed, the spirit is endless, it stands to reason that Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom are both vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming sailors are far away from Japan, but docked in the Ryukyus, only this point, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is still close to the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyus have repeatedly suffered from the invasion of the Japanese invaders, Zhongshan King Shangzhi once asked the Tokugawa shogunate to arrest the Japanese invaders, and the Tokugawa shogunate bullied other small schools and ignored them. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in *m, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )