Chapter 15: Crossing the sea and arriving in Zhongshan Country
"The emperor is sage, if you are so rebellious, you can no longer use the name of the royal family to demagogue."
Listening to the praise of all civil officials, Lao Zhu was not satisfied, but announced his retirement from the dynasty.
Back in the inner hall, Lao Zhu angrily kicked the shore table away. "How dare he! He wants to sit in our seat! I'm not dead, he's impatient! ”
Even Zhu Sang dared to do this, Lao Zhu was really afraid! He was afraid that as soon as he died, the vassal kings would rebel!
You don't need your own family, people with foreign surnames are even more unreliable! Lao Zhu killed so many civil and military forces, and he didn't know how many people still wanted to take revenge!
He even felt that all the generals had already turned against him!
"Zhu Sang, we can't keep you!" Lao Zhu sighed helplessly!
I wanted to spare his life!
[The host established himself as the king, and the Ming Emperor abolished the host's status as a prince, and the Ming Dynasty would regard the host as a rebellious enemy.] ]
"Now Lao Zhu is probably going to vomit blood!" Zhu Sang smiled bitterly.
[More than 60 million people of the Ming Dynasty will hate the host, and they will compensate and reward 100,000 coastal households.] ]
[More than 2 million soldiers hated the host, and fixed compensation and rewarded 100,000 soldiers of the guard.] ]
[The Ming officials, gentry and Confucian scholars all regarded the host as a thief, and the solid compensation reward was 10,000 talents, and 1,000 people were raised. ]
[More than 100,000 sailors in the Ming Dynasty will threaten the safety of the host, and Gu will compensate and reward 20,000 sailors again.] ]
"At least 560,000 people in 100,000 households! Now I can't afford it! "This super reward, Zhu Sang doesn't dare to claim it now.
"But there are 20,000 more sailors, and there is no need to worry about the encirclement and suppression of the Ming Dynasty in the future!" There are still 30,000 water masters who have not received it, and it is difficult for Daming to threaten him at this time, and Zhu Sang is completely relieved.
After the meeting, Zhu Sang summoned the generals.
"The Jingzhou Navy Division will arrive tomorrow, so the fleet will go to sea immediately tomorrow morning."
"Do you know how to get to the Zhongshan Kingdom of Xiaoliuqiu?" Zhu Sang said again.
"What?"
"Your Highness ~ Isn't the Heavenly King going to the Great Ryukyu Island in eastern Mindong?"
"Although the Heavenly King Zhongshan Kingdom is a small island and a widow, it is also a member of the Ming Dynasty." Niu Dang also frowned and said.
"If you go to Xiaoliuqiu, it will be easy to be detected, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely encircle and suppress it! The island is too small to retreat! He Shan disagreed.
Zhu Sang smiled lightly and shook his head. "Although the Great Ryukyu is large, most of it is still wilderness, although the small Ryukyu is small, it has also been developed, the three countries of the Little Ryukyu are only 100,000, and the weak soldiers are only 10,000, our army can easily occupy the three countries of the Little Ryukyu, and then destroy the East China Sea pirates and immigrants to develop the Great Ryukyu."
Niu Dang smiled bitterly and nodded! "What the King of Heaven said is very true! But Daming Shui Master will definitely not let it go! ”
Zhu Sang nodded. "Don't worry, Lao Zhu will gather a maximum of forty or fifty thousand sailors to cross the sea, and this number of people can still be handled by this king."
Seeing Zhu Sang say this, the generals did not propose it again.
"I'm waiting for the order!"
As soon as the generals stopped, Zhao Renyi, the leader of the merchant who had wanted to speak earlier, also said. "His Royal Highness the Heavenly King went to Zhongshan Country a few years ago, and the Jiangkou Sailor once escorted the Holy Decree to the sea, so he must also be familiar with the sea route to Xiaoliuqiu."
Zhu Sang nodded and smiled. "That's good! You can arrange it! We'll leave tomorrow morning. ”
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The next morning, as soon as the sun rose, the entire fleet set sail.
In autumn, there are few typhoons on the sea, and the sea is neither hot nor cold, so it is a suitable time to go to sea.
Before Zhu Di arrived at the Jiangkou camp, he received a military report sent back by the forward!
"The master is right! Zhu Sang, this kid really escaped again! ”
The great monk nodded lightly and said. "I thought that Zhu Sang would be the fierce rival of King Yan, but I didn't expect him to claim to be the king of heaven! Since then, Da Ming has no place for him! ”
"Hmph, he dares to be called the king of heaven!" Zhu Di sneered! At the same time, the ambition in my heart is gradually rising!
Even a sick man dares to set himself up as a king, how can he lose to others!
Even if it was already night, Jiang Zhen still hurriedly sent the front-line intelligence to the palace.
At this time, Lao Zhu was not sleepy, even if his energy was not as good as before!
"How's it going?" As soon as he saw Jiang Zhen and Lao Zhu, he raised two points of spirit.
Jiang Zhen hurriedly handed over the creed and reported at the same time. "Your Majesty, the Zhusang rebels have set sail for the sea, and they have not fought with King Yan."
"Humph! The fourth child is in the air again this time! Lao Zhu sneered!
"Order the Jingzhou Navy Division to garrison Jiangkou, and at the same time investigate Zhu Sang's whereabouts, so that the fourth child should not be in a hurry to return!" Lao Zhu was still not very willing, he was even more worried that Zhu Sang, the bastard, would sneak attack other places.
Lao Zhu's order made Zhu Di and Lan Yu only patrol the coast, but the rebels they were waiting for had already left the Daming Sea Frontier.
The sailing ships of this era were originally slow, did not follow a straight line, and were almost fully loaded, so it took five or six days to reach the main port of Nagojo in Nakayama Province in the Ryukyus.
That is, Nago Bay in the middle of Okinawa Island.
In fact, the three kingdoms of Lesser Ryukyu only occupied the main island in the central part of the Ryukyu archipelago, while the northern archipelago was occupied by Japanese pirates, and the southern archipelago near Ryukyu was occupied by pirates.
Most of the Han Chinese in today's Great Ryukyu are pirates, or mountain people formed by early immigrants, as well as local natives.
A huge fleet of ships covered the sea, and the bright flags on them still fluttered.
"Don't panic, it's the Ming Dynasty."
"It's really a great water master! I thought it was a pirate! ”
"Now you can rest assured!"
The Ryukyuan people on the dock also gradually stabilized, and the boatwrights surnamed 36 of the Min people who had just been sent by Lao Zhu immediately ran to the dock to greet them.
"Ask the king to come up and meet the envoy."
The Ryukyuan people did not think about defense at all, even pirates, they could not defend with a fleet of such a size.
"It's finally here! First go ashore to rest for two days, and then occupy the three countries of the Ryukyus! Zhu Sang sighed deeply!
After a few days of sailing, even if the meat continued, he lost a few pounds!
He Shan didn't want to wait. "The King of Heaven and I don't need to rest, the brothers can't hold it back."
"Heshan, your war horses have died a lot!" Niu Dang laughed! He didn't want to give all the credit to these cavalrymen.
Seeing that He Shan looked unhappy, Zhu Sang laughed. "Then let's rest for the day!"
Hearing of the arrival of the Shangguo Naval Division, the king of Zhongshan, Chadu, also hurriedly rushed to the dock with dozens of cavalry to greet him.
After the horses, cavalry and foot soldiers went ashore, Zhu Sang began to disembark, followed by more than 10,000 people, and finally it was the turn of the sailors to go ashore.
More than 10,000 people have only half of the time, and the sixty-year-old Zhongshan King Chadu has already arrived at the dock.
"Cavalry! So many war horses! Daming, this is going to be? ”
Seeing so many cavalry and war horses, as well as the people who came ashore, King Zhongshan had an ominous premonition!
"Walk over there and bring them here!" He Shan, who was idle and had nothing to do, immediately led hundreds of cavalry to surround him.
The people of the King of Zhongshan even forgot to escape, so they quietly waited for He Shan to come over.
Looking at his costumes, He Shan smiled. "Aren't you the King of Zhongshan?"
King Zhongshan could barely understand the Ming language, but he couldn't speak, but fortunately, the middle-aged civil official next to him immediately helped him translate.
"This general, the king is the king of Zhongshan in my country."
"I don't know what happened to the arrival of the sailor of the kingdom?"
After confirming it, He Shan laughed. "Yes, King Zhongshan, please."
It didn't feel good, but the King of Zhongshan still calmly followed He Shan, even if he could only follow a civil official by his side.