Kim Ying-won looked back and took a deep look at the Japanese envoy who was in a deep sleep with his eyes closed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At this moment, a court painter in the corner quietly brushed and painted.

This glimpse was frozen, and it became a legendary work of this unknown court painter, witnessing the turbulent times.

Returning to the IQ of the early dynasties, the arrival of the Japanese may have been confused by a lack of understanding for the Ming officials who had gradually forgotten the existence of Dongying. But for the envoys of the Ryukyu Kingdom, it was an extremely important matter.

Many people are familiar with the Ryukyu Kingdom because this is where the Ryukyu Islands were located, which were rumored to be used in later generations. As for the Ryukyu Islands, of course, it is because of the so-called first island chain. The first island chain mainly refers to the arc-shaped island belt near the outer side of the sea area of Chinese mainland, that is, the chain island belt from the Japanese archipelago and the Ryukyu Islands in the north, Taiwan Island in the middle, and the Philippines and the Greater Sunda Islands in the south, covering the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea.

Similarly, if the Ming Dynasty wants to go out of East Asia, it is inseparable from the operation of the first island chain.

Among them, the Ryukyu Islands are a suitable place.

This is because this is the territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ryukyu Kingdom had always been obedient to the Ming Dynasty, and in 1372, the Ryukyu Kingdom became vassal states of the Ming Dynasty of China. In 1429, the unified Ryukyu Kingdom maintained suzerain-vassal relations with China.

The current Ryukyu Kingdom has reached the second Shang period, in 1470, Yi is a famous island of the palace in the palace of the imperial lock side official Uchima Kanamaru, played a yellow robe plus the body, was elected by the ministers as a king, renamed Shang Yuan, and in 1471 as a "son" to the Ming Dynasty to report the "father's funeral". In 1472, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty canonized Shang Yuan as king. Thus, the Ryukyu Kingdom entered the period of the Second Sho Dynasty. At this time, the territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom included the entire Ryukyu archipelago, from Kikai Island and Amami Oshima Island in the north to Miyako Island and Yaeyama Islands in the south.

Six years ago, on the fourth day of the fifth month, King Shoho of the Ryukyus died. The following year, his third son, Shangxian, ascended the throne.

The prince wants to be appointed as the king, but he can't do it after the funeral himself, and he has to ask the suzerainty for canonization. For this reason, in March of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Shang Xianyi ordered Cai Jin, a special doctor, and others to go to China to pay tribute and ask for a seal.

However, because of the frequent wars in the Ming Dynasty at this moment, it was impossible to send a canonization team of sufficient size. Therefore, Cai Jin and others failed to do so, so they had to return to China first.

The helpless Ryukyu prince still couldn't turn positive after two years as the prince, so he had to make persistent efforts. Fortunately, it didn't take long for Shang Xian to hear that His Majesty Wen Taowu, the new emperor of the Ming Emperor, had successfully ascended the throne after quelling the civil strife. For this reason, Shang Xian sent the Zhengyi doctor Jin Yingyuan, the envoy Ji Shifeng, and the capital secretary Zheng Sishan to China to pay tribute in February of the 276th year of the Ming Dynasty, and asked for canonization again.

According to the original history, when Jin Yingyuan and others arrived in Fujian, Emperor Chongzhen had already hanged himself on the coal mountain.

Obviously, there was no such thing in this time and space, so the group arrived all the way to Jingshi.

But...... Although there was no war in the Ming Dynasty, unfortunately, they still couldn't complete the canonization immediately as in the original history. Because, His Majesty the Emperor announced the Eastern Expedition to attack Jiannu, and the whole country was mobilized for the war, so naturally there was no energy to deal with a small Ryukyu Kingdom. Wang Duo, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, had no choice but to entertain the Ryukyu envoys, and recommended Shang Xian's son Shang Zhi to study at the Army School to deal with the matter.

Historically, the Nanming regime tried several times to take over these foreign affairs. But diplomacy requires both people and money. Although the Ryukyu Kingdom used Nanming as a dish, Nanming was short-lived and incompetent, and there was even more internal strife. In the end, the Ryukyu prince Shangxian still couldn't turn positive. It can be called the longest probationary period in the history of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Of course, if you want to say whether Shang Xian can call himself the king, that is also okay.

Speaking of this, it can be explained why Jin Yingyuan and others were very excited when they saw the Japanese envoys appear in the Jinluan Palace.

This is because it involves the relationship between Japan and the Ryukyus Kingdom.

During the period when Japan was not closed off from the rest of the world, Japan vigorously developed overseas trade, and because of the huge demand that created huge profits, some people set their sights on the Ryukyu Kingdom in order to solve the problem of raw silk.

In the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in the 14th year of Keicho in Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan sent the Satsuma clan to lead the army to invade Korea. Not only that, but the Japanese also captured more than 100 people including the Ryukyu king Shōnin to Kagoshima, until September 19, 1611, when the king of Shōnin was forced to sign the "Fifteen Articles" with the Satsuma domain, recognizing the control of the Satsuma clan and placing the five islands of Amami under the direct jurisdiction of the Satsuma domain.

After that, the Shimazu clan became the de facto control of China's trade with the Ryukyu Kingdom. In this way, through "backdoor entry", the Ming Dynasty's trade ban on Japan was bypassed. Alleviate the huge raw silk gap caused by the trade embargo.

In this way, for the Ryukyu Kingdom, the rule of the law of the jungle can be said to be bloody.

Since then, the Ryukyus have entered a period of "one country, two genera". In 1632, the ninth year of Kanei in Japan. The Shimazu clan established a residence in Naha, the Ryukyus, to oversee the internal affairs of the Ryukyus and to oversee trade and tribute, further strengthening their control over the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The Ryukyu Kingdom was not canonized here in the Ming Dynasty, but it was going well with the Japanese, so it was okay for Shangxian to call him this king.

It's just that Sanghyun obviously prefers to be the king of the Ryukyus of the Ming Kingdom rather than the king of the Ryukyus of the Japanese.

After all, just thinking about what the Ming did to support Korea back then is enough to make people believe that the Ming Kingdom will not fight the attention of the Ryukyu Kingdom annexation. But the ambition of the Japanese wolf, with such a bad neighbor, is obviously not a pleasant thing to feel.

What's more, the current situation in the Ryukyu Kingdom is getting deeper and deeper, and it is about to be annexed by the Japanese.

Wasn't the Ryukyu Kingdom's efforts to maintain tributary relations with China just to avoid Japanese annexation?

Now, the Japanese envoys occupy the Jinluan Palace, which of course means that there is a chance for the Ming Dynasty to regain justice!

As soon as he thought of this, Jin Yingyuan's eyes were blazing, and his whole body was full of enthusiasm for struggle.

At this moment, the inspector Yushi walked slowly, glanced at Jin Yingyuan, and said in a deep voice: "The envoys of the outer class are quiet!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but stand up, and at this time, Li Banghua also slowly adjusted his posture and stood still. When everyone saw this, they closed their voices.

They understood that His Majesty the Emperor was coming.