It was the boats that poured onto the beach, and the ministers who came with the boat read out the Ming Emperor, and then the Zhongshan King Shangzhen boarded the boat to the Ming Emperor's dragon boat to meet him, and the Zhongshan King went to the deck, and entered the cabin under the guidance of a eunuch, and bowed his head.

"The subordinates still respectfully ask the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be Sheng'an, and the ministers are late to welcome him, and I hope that His Majesty the Emperor will forgive his sins."

"Flat!" Zhu Jun had changed into a beaded crown dress and sat in front of the desk.

"Yes." Shang Zhen got up, stood aside humbly and asked Zhu Jun about his diet and living in the sea, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has repaired the palace, please move to your majesty." ”

Zhu Jun nodded, the end of his trip was in the Ryukyus, soothed Shang Zhen a few words, then set off under the guidance of Shang Qian, the battleship has put down a small dragon boat covered by Huang Ling, Zhu Jun and Shang Zhen Nei got off the boat and landed together, here, many Ming troops have landed, carrying materials ashore with bare shirtless and exposed bronze skin, there is already a ride prepared by Zhongshan Kingdom, Zhu Jun sat on the ride, Shang Zhen turned over and rode a horse, and marched to the Zhongshan King's Palace under the support of the guards.

The land of the Ryukyu country is only a hundred miles, the population is only tens of thousands, and it has been repeatedly plundered by the Japanese people, so it is very poor, the palace of the Zhongshan country covers an area of only a few acres, the blue bricks and red tiles, like the homestead of a rich man, do not wait for the quality to be polite, the guards behind Zhu Jun have been anti-guest-oriented, replaced the Zhongshan guards of the palace, the iron bucket around the palace, after entering the palace, the quality led Zhu Jun into the Daxing Palace, extremely diligent, in the hearts of the Ryukyu people, the Ming Dynasty is still the former Ming Dynasty, the Ming army's sailors came, and they will not be guilty of the Japanese invaders, The Emperor of the Celestial Empire came to Ryukyu, which was really a fortunate thing for three lives.

Zhu Jun sat cross-legged on the main couch, Shang Zhen stood respectfully, and there was a burst of cold greetings, Zhu Jun couldn't stand such enthusiasm, waved his hand and said: "Shang Qing doesn't have to be like this, I want to live here for a few days, just feel free." ”

Shang Zhen hurriedly responded, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty dared to ask, Your Majesty sent a sailor to the East, I don't know what the sword is pointing at?" Although the country is small and weak, it is also a native of the East, but there is a sending, and the subordinates can send 500 elite soldiers to help the war and help the king. ”

Zhu Jun smiled, five hundred? Still a crack soldier? He has seen these elite soldiers, they don't even have a set of armor, and the weapons are even more crude and simple, it's not bad to be a militia group, but it's really reluctant to march and fight, Zhu Jun hurriedly said: "No need, I'm here to meet with General Tokugawa this time, and I'll take a walk with you by the way." ”

Shang Zhen looked suspicious, the dignified Emperor Ming met with the Japanese general? What's going on? In recent years, Japan's Japanese pirates have become more and more arrogant and unscrupulous, which has made Zhongshan suffer a lot. In a flash, Shang Zhen was already sweating, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the nature of the wolf of the Japanese people, you can't have deep friendships, the lower ministers are small, and the Tokugawa shogunate has repeatedly connived at the Japanese to burn and loot in the lower country, which is really hateful." ”

Zhu Jun sighed and asked, "Isn't there a guard in Zhongshan Kingdom?" How can you let the Japanese come as they say? ”

Shang Zhen smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything. The population of the lower country is only a few tens of thousands. At its peak, the number of soldiers recruited was no more than 1,000. And there are many pirates. There are also elite firearms such as bird guns. Very good at sneak attacks. The next country is invincible. ”

When did the bird gun become an elite firearm? Zhu Jun couldn't help but smile coldly. I caught a glimpse of Shang Zhen with a bitter melon on his face. solemnly said: "This is easy to do. If the Ryukyu Kingdom wishes. It can open up a radius of ten miles of land as a military port in Daming. It can be stationed in hundreds of Ming troops for protection. The Oriental Naval Division Battalion can send ships to cruise back and forth. I can guarantee that there will be no more Japanese in the Ryukyus. ”

The land of the Ryukyus is only a few hundred miles in radius. To open up a radius of ten miles is to lose a large piece of land. Shang Zhi's face still showed joy. The Japanese sharpen their knives. Offending at all times. The Shogunate also coveted the Ryukyu Kingdom. Seventy years ago. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the general of the Japanese Imperial Expedition, succeeded Toyotomi Hideyoshi's policy of foreign expansion. Sent Shima Tsu Kaku, a neighboring Ryukyu kingdom, to invade the Ryukyus with 3,000 soldiers led by Tsukashi Sakatsuma, a land near the Ryukyu Kingdom. Captured the grandfather of Shang Texture. That is, the king of the Ryukyus at that time. For a time, the Ryukyus were not part of the territory of the Wakoku Kingdom. If it weren't for the declining Tokugawa family. The Ryukyu Kingdom was restored. But this is not the way to go. Who knew that in the future, the Japanese general would launch another war against the Ryukyus. Fight against the Wa Kingdom with projectile Ryukyu. It's like looking for death. The Ming garrison was the best way to do it. Hundreds of Ming troops can just help defend the Zhongshan army against the Japanese invaders. On the other hand. Even if the Wa Kingdom wanted to annex Ryukyu. You have to weigh it too. Once the war began. The land they were facing was no longer a thousand Zhongshan troops. There are also hundreds of Ming troops. This team is not impressive, though. But behind them is a behemoth. Once the Ming army of the Ryukyus was attacked by the Wa Kingdom. Then it is equivalent to the undeclared war of the Japanese state against the Ming Dynasty. The powerful and powerful Daming Sailor will immediately set sail. Avenge his Zhongshan royal family.

"Your Majesty's good intentions. Subordinate subordinates. In the past few days, the subordinate has consulted with the minister about the land to be divided. And recruited people to build a port for the Ming Dynasty. "You don't have to think about it at all. Shang Zhen was still afraid that Zhu Jun would regret it. Hurriedly said.

The Ryukyus were the center of Oriental trade. If the Great Ming Mariner can keep this body of water safe. so

There will be countless sea vessels. The ship that went to the Japanese trading place of Daming Sea can also be regarded as a sheep here. I felt strange in my heart. Among the countries of the South Seas. The more powerful the country, the more they don't want the Ming army to garrison. Qianli land is also very reluctant to cut ten miles to the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, it is these small countries of a hundred miles. cut the ground without blinking.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have prepared some wine banquets in the palace to wash the dust for Your Majesty, are you passing on the meal now?" Shang Zhen also fell a stone in his heart, the safety of the Ryukyus is guaranteed, as long as the Ming Dynasty is still there, the Zhongshan royal family can enjoy the country forever, and no longer worry about strong enemies, even if civil strife breaks out on the island, there are Ming troops to maintain.

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After three days of recuperation in the Ryukyus, the Ming sailors anchored and went to sea again, this time Zhu Jun did not go with him, but left 3,000 guards in the Ryukyus to wait for news, Liu Er, Liu Guoxuan divided the troops into two routes, all the way to Kyushu Island, all the way to Shikoku Island, these two islands are the largest southern islands in addition to the main island of Japan and Hokkaido, and the nearest distance from the Ryukyus, the daimyo on the island are mainly foreign daimyos.

During the Tokugawa shogunate, those who had attained 10,000 or more knowledge lines were called daimyos.

At this time, there were a total of 200 daimyo in Japan, which were basically divided into feudal daimyos, pedigree daimyos, and exotomyos.

The daimyo of the clan were feudal lords related to the Tokugawa family, and among them, the Owari, Kii, and Mito domains, which were known as the three royal families, were the most important.

The pedigree daimyo daimyo, also known as the hereditary daimyo, refers to the generals who followed Tokugawa Ieyasu until the Battle of Sekigahara during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The status of the daimyo of the pedigree was second only to that of the daimyo of the pro-feudal domain, and most of them held important positions in the shogunate, and they had a certain status and power in society, but there were very few of them, such as Honda Masanobu and Okubo Tadashi. Tokugawa Ieyasu designed the shogunate to rule completely under the control of the daimyo of the clan and the daimyo of the lineage, and the daimyo of the outside were not allowed to participate.

For example, the Maeda Toshiya of the Kaga Domain had a domain of 1.02 million koku, the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain had a territory of 770,000 koku, and Date Masamune of the Sendai Domain had a territory of 625,000 koku. Because the territories of the Daimyo were mostly in the remote areas, it was easiest to combine with foreign powers during the period of the lockdown period, and it was these Daimyo who launched the War of the Fall a hundred years later.

Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island are not the main islands of Japan, they belong to remote areas, so most of them are the territory of the foreign daimyo, and the appearance of the Ming army and naval divisions immediately caused them to feel strongly uneasy. The daimyo along the coast of the vassal hurriedly sent an envoy to take a small boat to try to negotiate on the ship, but was intercepted by the small ship of the Ming army, and had to retreat to the land in a hurry.

The Tokugawa shogunate received the news, but also at a loss, the Ming ship is strong, I don't know what to do, it's really nerve-wracking, just when I can't help it, the old Nakao Zhang Jiading put forward a good suggestion, there are many Ming merchants in Edo City, and the relationship with the shogunate is okay, you can ask these merchants to come forward, visit the fleet, to see the intentions of the Ming army.

The contemporary general Tokugawa Yoshishen thought so, so he paid a lot of money to invite a few Ming maritime merchants to inquire, the maritime merchants arrived at the sea area where the sailors were anchored by boat, and they were met by a captain of a thousand household officials, and the thousand household officials finally said the reason: "The king of Japan is the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, this time the emperor is ready to go to Kyoto, Japan to patrol, we are ordered by the emperor to come to open the way, why do you not see the king of Japan come to meet you?" ”

The merchants got accurate information, and hurriedly went back to report it, these merchants not only have a deep relationship with the shogunate, but also have an extraordinary relationship with the daimyo in various places, and in an instant, the news of the Ming Emperor's visit to Kyoto spread to the Japanese domains, this news made the shogunate vibrate, what does the Ming mean? When I arrived in Japan, I didn't visit Edo but went to Kyoto, did I want to help the emperor rule? This time, the Daming Navy Division came with hundreds of large and small warships, and the army armed to the teeth was 40,000 people.

This matter must not be ignored, although the Tokugawa shogunate controlled one-third of the land of Japan, but the power of the foreign daimyo entrenched in Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido and other places, if there is a Ming army to intervene, under the banner of the emperor to return to the government to fall, the Tokugawa shogunate's life will not be easy, the general Tokugawa Yoshishi immediately recruited the elder, the old man, the test person, Wakanian and other retainers to discuss, the final result is that it must be before the Ming Emperor visits Kyoto, Tokugawa Yoshishi must first meet the Ming Emperor, In order to change the impression of the Ming Emperor on the general of the expedition, the rule of the shogunate was maintained. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to *com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )