The Ryukyu Kingdom, known as the "Wanguo Jinliang", was located between the Chinese island of Taiwan and the Japanese island of Kyushu, winding for 2,000 miles, and was a transit point for trade between Northeast and Southeast Asia, as well as an important place in the Eastern Sea, that is, the Okinawa Prefecture of later Japan (which was shamelessly occupied by Japan).

Everyone took the initiative to post it upside down, Zhu Cihong naturally would not refuse, he smiled and said: "I don't know what the prince of Shangxian wants, or what reward he wants?" ”

He doesn't believe these polite words, national politics, who is mixed with you if there is no interest?

Shang Xian pounced and knelt down violently, this move shocked Zhu Cihong, and also frightened the civil and military officials, and they all guessed that Shang Xian's prince had some unreasonable demands, and he used such a battle!

"Shang Xian only asks the Ming Dynasty to send troops to drive away the Japanese army and save my thousands of subjects in the Ryukyus, and there is nothing else to ask for!"

Boom, as soon as the words fell, Shang Xian slammed his head on the gold bricks of the Fengtian Temple, very loudly.

If you have something to say, don't hurt yourself!

Zhu Cihong hurriedly stopped him and said, "Shangxian Shizi, please hurry up!" ”

Shang Xian got up and quietly waited for Emperor Ming's reply.

However, without waiting for the Ming Emperor to speak, several Ming officials in the palace immediately jumped out to oppose it, saying that the Ryukyu Kingdom has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and the Ming Dynasty could not take its land, which was a violation of the Emperor's ancestral teachings!

Hearing this, Shang Xian's heart slowly sank, and it seemed that Da Ming was discussing what the doctor said, and he was unwilling to accept the Ryukyus......

Zhu Jiqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu's ancestral training, the tribute of the Great Ryukyu Kingdom from time to time, the sons of princes and courtiers, all enter Taixue to study, and they are treated very well, and they are listed as a place that is not conquered due south and east!" ”

Shang Xian took the initiative to stand up, confronted him, and retorted: "My Ryukyu Kingdom took the initiative to annex it, and it was not the Ming Dynasty that learned about it, so please consider it carefully." ”

Zhu Jiqi snorted lightly and said: "All the four sides are limited to mountains and seas, and they are isolated in a corner, and the land is not enough to supply, and the people are not enough to make orders!" ”

Shang Xian replied: "Ryukyu is willing to follow the example of the Heshute Khanate in the southwestern frontier of the Ming Dynasty, and ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops to guard the island and publicize the decree!" ”

Zhu Jiqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was about to refute, but Zhu Cihong said: "Elder Zhu Ge, if you want to say it again, I won't be happy!" ”

In view of respecting the old and loving the young, Zhu Cihong didn't say too much, everyone has talked to this point, do you still talk about eggs?

Seeing the emperor's gaze coming, Zhu Jiqi's body was shocked, and he swallowed the words in his mouth again, and retreated back in response to a gray voice, no longer speaking.

Just kidding, this master personally chopped off his head a few days ago, if he is unhappy, he will definitely not use his mouth to solve it!

Zhu Jiqi knew that he was buried below his neck, and he didn't have a few years to live, so he was not ready to fight on the basis of reason, for the sake of the ancestral training hundreds of years ago, he lost the future of his children and grandchildren, this deal is not cost-effective!

The Ministry of Rites had nothing to say, and the other ministers naturally did not want to move out of the ancestral teachings and took the initiative to provoke Emperor Tianwu.

Zu Xun can also bully the cowardly emperor, for this, it's better to save it!

Shang Xian, the prince of the Ryukyus, was there, looking at Zhu Cihong's eyes full of admiration, the emperor was really as domineering as rumored!

Zhu Cihong turned his gaze to Shang Xian, and said with a smile: "I am a straight person, I don't like to go around the bend, the proposal of the prince is very good, I am approved, the Ryukyu Kingdom will be officially included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be announced to the world in three days!" ”

Zhu Cihong continued: "The son of Shangxian is meritorious, and I canonized him as the king of the Ryukyus, the title of prince, and gave a palace of the king of Jingshi, 100,000 silver yuan, and the rest of the Ryukyu officials, the Ministry of Rites arranged a reward!" ”

Shang Xian was overjoyed, feeling this wave of blood, and saluted again: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

The accompanying Ryukyu mission is also elated, the land of the Ryukyus is just the land of the two counties of the Ming Dynasty, with a population of about 200,000, and the future and treatment are limited.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "As for the matter of Ryukyu, please also ask King Shangxian to be relieved, in the land of my Ming Dynasty, I will never allow other countries to spread wild, and my subjects of the Ming Dynasty will not allow others to be bullied!" ”

Shang Xian was moved to tears, he finally became a glorious subject of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of Ryukyu were saved!

The sun has risen and the darkness is coming to an end!

The Ryukyu mission felt that it had earned, and Zhu Cihong felt that he had earned it.

The strategic location of the Ryukyus is very important, this will be the forefront of the eastern coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ryukyu and the nearby islands are well utilized, how powerful the fleet wants to attack the Ming Sea is wishful thinking.

Moreover, Ryukyu can not only defend but also serve as a springboard for attack, supply and rest can be carried out here, which invisibly increases the combat radius of the Ming Royal Navy, and also makes the Ming Navy's tactics more flexible.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, King Sangxian temporarily lived in the royal palace to recuperate his body.

After Zhu Cihong learned that he was seriously ill, he specially selected some doctors from the Tai Hospital to diagnose him, which made Shang Xian even more moved.

There is a chain of Daming Xiti islands, and the yamen are busy again.

On the same day, Honglu Temple Qing took the risk of meeting with the Japanese foreign envoy Aoki to fart.

Originally, Aoki and a group of Japanese were all imprisoned and eaten, but now that Daming can use him, he will let him out to breathe.

Faced with a bewildered Aoki farting, Mao Xiang informed the Ryukyu prince of the request for annexation, and read out the edict of the Ming Dynasty canonizing the king of Ryukyu and setting up the Ryukyu Prefecture.

After hearing what was going on, Aoki became furious.

Thousands of precautions, and let the Ryukyu delegation meet the Ming Emperor, not only that, but Shang Xian's kid actually secretly Chen Cang came to Nanjing in person! I also sold the Ryukyus! Sold so thoroughly!

Mao Xiang didn't have time to pay attention to his feelings, and said bluntly: "Foreign Envoy Aoki, will your Japanese army withdraw from the Ryukyus by yourself, or do you want my Ming army to go down in person?" ”

Aoki was furious and shouted: "Lord Mao, the Ryukyu Kingdom has long been included in the Satsuma Domain of Japan, and they are a state secretary under the Satsuma Domain!" You can't ......"

Mao Xiang interrupted him, his attitude was very resolute, and he said word by word: "Withdraw the army yourself, or will we go to catch up?" ”

Aoki chuckled in his heart, and his mood couldn't help but get nervous, and he tried his best to maneuver: "Lord Mao, if your country wants Ryukyu trade, our country can allow one country and two subordinates ......"

"Withdraw, or beaten?"

Mao Xiang's words became simpler and simpler, but his tone became more and more resolute.

"Risking the ...... of adults"

Mao Xiang frowned and said, "Aoki, this official will ask you a word!" ”

"What?" Aoki Road.

Mao Xiang said seriously: "Your Japanese army, can you carry the beating?" ”

Aoki was stunned, his face was red in an instant, and his neck was thick, but he couldn't pick up the stubble.

If you want to say that you will be beaten, then Da Ming will definitely try it, if you want to say that you don't carry the beating, then what nonsense!

At this time, Aoki's heart was extremely aggrieved, and he was speechless for a long time.

Mao Xiang sneered and said: "This official now issues an ultimatum to you Japan, a month later, that is, on the second day of the fifth month of the seventh year of Tianwu, my Ming Royal Navy will appear in Ryukyu and fully take over the Ryukyu Islands!" ”

"This ......." Aoki was dumbfounded, opening his mouth slightly.

Mao Xiang said word by word: "If it is then, there are still soldiers of other countries on the islands of the Ryukyus, it will be regarded as a provocation to my Ming Dynasty and will be wiped out!" Don't be unpredictable! ”

After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, not giving the Japanese foreign envoy the slightest chance to rap.

Aoki was still in shock, his face gradually turned pale, and his brain was buzzing, and he kept echoing the words of Daming Honglu Siqing just now.

Half an hour later, Aoki reacted, hurriedly returned to the Japanese embassy, and hurriedly wrote a letter back to Edo Castle, Japan, to tell the Tokugawa shogunate about the matter.

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