Chapter 330 Xianfeng, there is a traitorous treaty here, please sign it (please vote, please subscribe)
"Baga!"
On the Sakiyama Highlands where the Shuri Royal Castle is located, Satsuma's envoy Komatsu Seiyu looked out to the sea outside Naha. When he saw the plumes of smoke rising straight into the sky on the sea, he couldn't help but curse Japan!
"Lord Komatsu, what should we do? The Tatars of the Qing Dynasty have joined forces with the white-skinned ghosts. What should we do...\n..\n.
Komatsu Qingyu turned around and glared at the Japanese samurai who asked this question, and then slapped him twice: "What else can we do? Of course we have to fight...\n...Can we still survive without fighting? Are you giving up Ryukyu? Our Satsuma samurai have been here for more than two hundred years, and Ryukyu has long belonged to the Satsuma Domain and Japan!"
"Hi!"
Komatsu Seiyu's thin face was filled with a tragic expression at this time. He looked at the dozens of Satsuma clan warriors around him and said loudly: "Although the enemy is very powerful, we will definitely shed blood on Ryukyu...\n .\n...However, as Satsuma feudal lords and Shimadzu retainers,
You must defend the territory entrusted to you by your master with your life!
Moreover, now is the time when the foreign barbarians are attacking Japan, and the Qing barbarians are willing to be the lackeys of the foreign barbarians. If we are not ready to sacrifice our lives for the country, then Japan will sooner or later become the slaves of the foreign barbarians and the Qing barbarians! Now, I order all the Samurai warriors in the Ryukyu Kingdom to fight to the end.::::. The invading enemies must learn the soul of the Samurai warriors!
I hope that every Sashu samurai in the Ryukyu Kingdom will kill at least one Qing soldier before dying in battle!"
"Hi!"
Although they knew they could not defeat them, the desperate spirit of this group of Satsuma warriors could not be compared to the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners Green Camp or even the Hunan-Huai Army.
Even if you know you can't beat him, you still have to bite the bullet and risk your life!
Of course, no one should be afraid at this time. There will be no good fruits to be eaten when returning to Satsuma Domain.
The Satsuma Domain has more than 700,000 men, of which more than 200,000 are warriors. Among them, only 20,000 can get a salary. You can imagine what the roll will look like.
If you have to run away in the moment of battle, even if you don't commit seppuku, you will still become a starving ronin - and the whole family will starve!
Rather than do this, it is better to die for the master's family.
"Boom boom....
Before two muffled thunderous sounds came from the distance, Luo Xueyan, who was standing on the bridge of the Powhatan steam-hulled cruiser, had already seen through his telescope the cannons flashing from the coastal fort at Naha Port in the distance. The flames and smoke are gone.
Well played!
Luo Xueyan cheered in her heart.
What he is most worried about now is meeting unresisting Japanese soldiers in the Ryukyu Kingdom - how can the Japanese appear to be powerful "Qing Heavenly Soldiers" if they don't resist? If the foreign adults don't know how powerful the "Qing Heavenly Soldiers" are, then how can the Qing Dynasty be regarded as powerful? The chief lackey and sole partner of the foreign masters in East Asia?
However, the official title of the Ryukyu Kingdom still belongs to China, and even the era name is "Xianfeng".
Historically, when Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa shogunate, he once asked the Tokugawa shogunate about the Ryukyu issue. The shogunate kicked the ball to the Satsuma clan, and the Satsuma clan was also funny and gave the suggestion: "
He concealed his relationship with Ryukyu and used Ryukyu as a puppet to continue paying tribute to China and seek the benefits of attaching the city to China." So the Tokugawa shogunate told Perry that "Ryukyu does not belong to Japan"!
Fortunately, we met the Qing Dynasty. If we met someone with a sense of maritime power, we could completely take over the negotiations between the United States and Ryukyu, change them to negotiate between the United States and Qing Dynasty, and then use the American power to send Qing troops to Ryukyu...\
n. Just like what Luo Xueyan is doing now.
The Satsuma clan did not have many manpower stationed in Ryukyu. The purpose of Satsuma's secret control of Ryukyu was not to use Ryukyu as a springboard to expand to Taiwan, nor to threaten the southeastern coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty, but to use Ryukyu's shell to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty.
In the final analysis, trade is just for a small amount of money. If two to three thousand Satsuma soldiers were to be stationed in Ryukyu, the expenses would be too high, and the Satsuma Domain would lose money.
Therefore, the Satsuma clan only had a few hundred men in Ryukyu, and the equipment was still very poor. They only had a small number of artillery and more than a hundred matchlocks. The Tokugawa shogunate had strict restrictions on the armed forces of the following clans. How many clan soldiers could be raised?
There are strict regulations on how many muskets can be equipped and what kind of castles or battle houses can be built, and must not be violated.
Among them, the configuration of muskets only accounted for a little more than 10% of the number of feudal soldiers, and there were only matchlocks that existed at the end of the Warring States Period, and no flintlock muskets.
Therefore, the Satsuma Domain's garrison in Ryukyu could only muster a hundred matchlocks, but that was just too much! The remaining Satsuma Domain soldiers only had long spears.
Bows, arrows, and swords can be used. With this equipment, it is difficult to deal with the Green Camp soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. If they encounter the Guangxi brothers of the Hunan Army, Huai Army, or Taiping Army, they will definitely attack.
After all, the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army who "do not pay attention to firearms" generally have a musket equipment rate of 40 to 50 percent in coastal areas!
Moreover, the Qing army also possesses a powerful assault force that the Japanese army of this era could not imagine - cavalry and cavalry!
As soon as the muskets are fired and the cavalry charges, no matter how good the Japanese martial arts are, they cannot withstand it!
What Luo Xueyan prepared for the Satsuma Domain Army in Ryukyu was a whole regiment of the Shanghai New Army equipped with rifled Brown Bess flintlock guns. No, it has now been officially renamed the Nanyang New Army!
"General," Luo Xueyan put down the telescope in his hand and turned to look at Matthew Perry, "please order the destruction of that fort. My people will liberate the Ryukyu Kingdom from the iron heel of the Japanese invaders...\n.\n
.\n.\n.When my people take Ryukyu, I guarantee that the United States, Britain, and France will get concessions, military ports, consular jurisdiction, and free trade in Ryukyu!"
Matthew Perry thought to himself: "The Qing Dynasty sold the country so thoroughly! In fact, I don't want any concessions or military ports...\n...but it is always good to have more privileges."
"Okay!" Matthew Perry said to Luo Xueyan, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will take care of that small fort for you.
But the battle on Ryukyu land...\n.\n.\n.\n
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"Just leave it to my people," Luo Xueyan said with a smile, "The number of Japanese pirates occupying Ryukyu is only a few hundred. As long as they can land, there will be no suspense about the battle that will follow."
Matthew Perry nodded, called a staff officer, and issued an order for the entire fleet to enter the artillery position.
Beijing, Old Summer Palace.
It is already December of the third year of Xianfeng, and another annoying new year is approaching!
Unlike last year and the year before last, when the New Year was approaching, Xianfeng had to go back to the Forbidden City to celebrate the New Year. This year, Emperor Xianfeng was too lazy to go back to the Sijiu City that made him upset - there were millions of people living there who could eat or not. You are a son of the Eight Banners!
Everyone has to pay wages, annual rice, horse drying, allowances, pensions...\n.\n.\n.\n. Even for family weddings and weddings, the state has to use a sum of money to subsidize them! In addition, there are also points. When land is granted, even the lowest-level infantry soldier will be allocated five or six hectares of land, which is thirty to thirty-six acres.
Not counting the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in various places, but the Eight Banners soldiers in Beijing were given five million taels a year in salary alone! If you include other miscellaneous income, the Qing court spent every year on this group of people who could eat but not fight Even spending 15 million taels on useless snacks can't stop it.
In previous years, although this expenditure was quite large, the children of the Eight Banners were, after all, the true sons of the Qing Dynasty...\n.\n·.\n. It would be enough to exploit more of the Han people's wealth and support.
But things are different this year!
The money bags of the Qing Dynasty - Jiangnan, and the rice bags - Huguang, have almost been lost!
Even if there are still some scraps left, it is impossible to send money and rice to Beijing anymore.
Therefore, those who can still pay money to the Qing court normally are now only the provinces of Shandong, Henan, Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Sichuan. Those who can still pay some money are the only ones left in Guangdong and Fujian. , as for Yunnan, nobles, Gansu, Guangxi...\n.\n..\n. Those are poor places that have no money to hand over to the court all year round.
Yesterday, Prince Zheng Duanhua, who was in charge of the household department, took the account of the household department and cried to Xianfeng - the household department really had no money to spend!
I beg the Ministry of Internal Affairs to lend some of it so that I can get past the New Year holiday first.
But what about after this year is over?
The four years of Xianfeng still had to survive! Not only did we have to survive, but we also had to fight wars!
Changmao will probably go on the Northern Expedition next year, and I'm afraid if the court doesn't have the money to raise a new army.
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What should we do? Xianfeng, who was sitting in Haiyan Hall now, felt a little tight in the chest and short of breath when he thought of these things, and had a headache and a big headache.
"Your Majesty, Prince Gong would like to see you."
At this time Andehai's voice rang.
Prince Gong has been staying in Tianjin during this period. He is now the Minister of Beiyang, responsible for the opening of Tianjin, Yantai, Busan, Vladivostok, etc., and is also responsible for negotiating with foreigners!
Coming back in such a hurry, could it be that the foreigners made any unreasonable demands?
"Xuan!"
Xianfeng hurriedly sent someone to announce the arrival of King Gong.
After a while, he saw Prince Gong entering Haiyan Hall with an excited look on his face and a booklet in hand.
"Lao Liu, what are you holding?" Xianfeng asked Prince Gong before he could kowtow.
"Your Majesty, Luo Xueyan has just negotiated a treaty with the foreigners."
"Is there another treaty?" Xianfeng said in his heart: "He is betraying his country again."
He asked in a low voice: "Lao Liu, where did you sell it this time?"
"Ryukyu Kingdom!" Prince Gong replied, "Luo Xueyan sold the rights and interests of Ryukyu to foreigners!"
Chapter completed!