Although Cai Jin, the chief minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, was forced to surrender to Japan, he continued to encourage his mission to China.
The former Crown Prince of Ryukyu sent envoys to Nanjing to ask for the title, and it was Cai Jin who first suggested it.
Because of his high official position, this guy was also listed as a criminal, but he was temporarily left to handle the handover.
After finding the map and household register, Cai Jin introduced: "The Ryukyu puppet country has three provinces, thirty-nine prefectures, and thirty-six islands.
These thirty-six islands are all overseas territories and are not under the jurisdiction of the three provinces and thirty-nine prefectures. The eight northeastern islands were called Ryukyu territory at this time, but they have been occupied by Japanese troops."
Yoron Island is called Yuron Island at this time. Oki-Erabu Island is called Nagabu Island at this time. Tokunoshima Island is called Tugu Island at this time. Amami Oshima Island is called Ubushima Island at this time... These islands
, all occupied by Japan, but claimed to be Ryukyu territory.
Because this was a private act of the Satsuma clan, the Tokugawa shogunate did not know about it at all.
Li Dingguo complained: "In a country as big as sesame, there are thirty-nine prefectures and thirty-six islands."
After understanding the details, the Datong court decided to directly change the three provinces of the Ryukyu Kingdom into three towns. As for the thirty-six islands, the big island was changed into a town-level unit, and the small island was directly turned into a village.
The top priority is to let all indigenous people learn to speak Chinese.
Also, abolish the poll tax!
The Han Chinese bullying the natives of Ryukyu will be a problem that will arise in the future. As long as Zhao Han cancels the poll tax, the natives of Ryukyu will immediately return home and no longer miss the Ryukyu king.
In about twenty years, when the Chinese language has become popular to a certain extent, schools will be established on various Ryukyu islands. It is impossible to build on the small islands, and there are only a few hundred people on the entire island.
At that time, the Ryukyu natives will be regarded as real citizens, and the Han people will not be allowed to bully them anymore (as for verbal bullying, bullying is not allowed now). Integrity inspectors will also be dispatched to severely punish a few typical cases, while protecting the original
At the same time as the residents, they also knocked on the people of the thirty-four surnames.
In the next month, Li Dingguo helped Ryukyu Magistrate Zheng Shen complete the takeover of Ryukyu Island.
Except for the county magistrate, county magistrate, judges and officials, they all came from Fujian with the army. Several officials,
He even took his family with him and divided the land directly on Ryukyu Island and settled in Kagoshima Castle, Japan.
Xiang Xiangxian was asking for help from the Lord of Satsuma: "Sir, please send troops immediately to save the Ryukyu Kingdom!"
Shimazu Mitsuji remained silent for a long time, seeming to be thinking about whether to send troops.
Xiang Xiangxian, who should actually be called Shang Xiangxian, has not changed his surname at this time. He is from the Ryukyu royal family, and his current position is the lord of Yuji. He controls six counties...well, actually six villages.
This guy is a die-hard Japanese lover and has studied in Japan for several years.
Historically, he later became the Prime Minister of Ryukyu, compiled the first history book of Ryukyu, and vigorously promoted the "theory of the same ancestors of Moku and Ryukyu". Since the surname "Shang" was given by the Ming Dynasty Emperor, he did not even want to change his ancestral surname and directly changed it to his surname.
"Towards".
This guy's territory is at the northeastern tip of Ryukyu.
After hearing that the Datong Army was coming to kill him, his whole family immediately fled to Japan by boat.
"grown ups!"
He knelt down to Xiangxian and loudly asked the Satsuma Domain to send troops.
Shimazu Mitsu pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Please step aside first, I will give you and your family a house to settle down.
As for sending troops to Ryukyu, this is a major military matter and requires long-term planning."
Xiang Xiangxian was forcibly driven away, crying bitterly as he walked away.
Shimazu Mitsuhisa dismissed the others and stayed alone in the room to meditate. China's use of troops in Ryukyu was beyond his expectation. He also discussed it with his retainers and found no countermeasures at all.
The Tokugawa shogunate was very strict with the various vassals and even built houses for them in the capital. The lord and his family would go to the capital to live every year, and then return to the territory regularly for management. Every time they returned to their own territory, they had to report.
Whether it was collecting taxes in the Ryukyu Kingdom or occupying the eight northeastern islands of Ryukyu, the Satsuma clan did it secretly behind the shogunate's back.
If this matter breaks out, even if the Datong army does not come to kill, the Tokugawa shogunate will cause trouble for the Satsuma clan.
Tokugawa Iemitsu's desire for control was too strong. A few years ago, the Satsuma Domain opened a new gold mine. What the hell was it to the shogunate? He actually forced the Satsuma Domain to close the gold mine.
And as he got older, Tokugawa Iemitsu's desire for control became stronger. Several ports that were promised to be open to Chinese merchants were closed after going back on their word. Only the outer islands of Nagasaki can still be traded. The purpose is simple, to facilitate the shogunate.
Control foreign trade and do not allow any local lord to interfere in it.
Mitsuhisa Shimazu of the Satsuma Domain also had a strong desire for control and continued to strengthen his control over the Ryukyu Kingdom, even secretly attacking Chinese merchant ships many times.
Dressing up as pirates to attack Chinese merchant ships and rob property is only second. Shimazu Mitsuhisa's real plan is to make the Chinese emperor hate Japanese pirates, and it is best to introduce a sea ban policy again. In this way, Sino-Japanese trade can only use the Ryukyu Kingdom as a springboard
, and he controls the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is equivalent to monopolizing Sino-Japanese trade!
Shimazu Mitsuhisa's courage only goes so far.
He dares to pretend to be a pirate and attack Chinese ships, but he never dares to actually start a war with China. That is simply seeking death.
After thinking for a long time, Shimazu Mitsuhisa called his retainers and ordered: "Send orders to the eight Ryukyu Islands to guard the islands. If... if the Tang Dynasty sends troops, they must not admit their identity. They will say that they are ronin who escaped from Japan. They
If the jade is broken, I will treat his family well. If they dare to speak nonsense, the whole family will be executed!"
In fact, Shimazu Mitsuhisa still had a lucky mentality, imagining that the Datong Army would stop as soon as it was good, and would not seize the eight northeastern Ryukyu Islands by force.
How can it be?
Yuron Island, also known as Yoron Island in later Japan, has an area of 20.8 square kilometers, a small territory, but a coastline of 23.5 kilometers. There are more than a thousand scholar residents living on the island.
Saburo Murayama was a low-level samurai who led several ashigaru and was stationed on Yuron Island.
His real duty is to collect taxes, and every native must pay a poll tax. The poll tax was also brought by Japan, and the Ryukyu Kingdom did not collect it at all before.
On this island, rice and sugar cane can be grown, and the head tax is naturally calculated using these two crops.
If any native dares not to pay taxes, Murayama Saburo will bring his men to chop him down with a knife!
Before Lord Satsuma's order could reach this place, ships from the Datong Navy arrived.
One battleship left the formation and sailed towards Yuron Island, while the other battleships continued to sail northeast.
Saburo Murayama was sunbathing on the beach when suddenly a soldier came over to report, pointing to the sea to the west in horror:
"Tang...Tang's warships!"
Saburo Murayama got up, looked intently, and comforted himself: "Perhaps we are taking advantage of the passage to supply supplies, not to fight."
On a bigger island, he wouldn't be able to escape.
The Satsuma clan's ships would come once a year to take away the poll tax received. Usually there were only small offshore fishing boats, which were used by the indigenous people for fishing. It was impossible to escape back to the original place.
Finally, the battleship docked.
One hundred Datong soldiers and twenty sailors came to the island with guns and ammunition.
Saburo Murayama hid with his men and did not dare to investigate the situation. He only hoped that the Chinese would leave as soon as possible.
After the Chinese soldiers disembarked, more than a dozen civilians came.
They are all Han Chinese who moved from Kume Island. The ones who came back this time are the Ruan family and the Wang family.
Youlon Island will be set up as Youlon Village. The Ruan family and the Wang family will take turns to serve as village chiefs after settling down and dividing the land. The head tax will be cancelled, and taxes will be levied according to acres. Anyway, the tax amount set by the court is very low.
When they first arrived, they certainly didn’t dare to mess around. At most, they could collect a little more land tax. If they forced the islanders to rebel, the Datong Army would definitely send troops to suppress them, but it is possible that the Datong Army would have been beaten to death by the island’s natives before the Datong Army arrived.
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The duties of the Ruan family and the Wang family were to first create households for the islanders, then teach the islanders advanced farming techniques, and then slowly teach the islanders to speak Chinese.
When they came to a village, the natives on the island were a little frightened, and they all hid in their houses and watched secretly.
Wang Shiyuan asked his wife and children to stay where they were, and asked the Datong Army to help take care of them. He went to a thatched house alone. He shouted in Ryukyu dialect: "I am an official sent by the emperor to kill the Japanese bad guys in Satsuma Domain. From now on.
, you are all Chinese, you don’t have to pay the poll tax anymore. Tell me, where are those bad people?”
The natives dare not say anything.
After shouting several times in a row, a native walked out of another thatched hut. He seemed to say because there were many and powerful soldiers in Datong, stronger than the Japanese, and out of respect for the strong, he said: "The bad guys who collect taxes,
They hid over there and I saw them running."
Wang Shiyuan said: "You come and lead the way. If the bad guys are caught, I will reward you with a handful of food."
In order to convince the other party, Wang Shiyuan brought his own rice, took out a handful and gave it to the native.w.
After getting the rice, the natives were very happy and immediately started to lead the way.
Saburo Murayama was going crazy. Just a few of them were rounded up by more than a hundred elite soldiers. And they couldn't escape.
The natives are very familiar with the terrain and know where is the best place to hide people.
It only took half an hour for Saburo Murayama and his men to be captured.
The situation on Eirabu Island next door is similar. But this island is larger, with an area more than four times that of Yoron Island.
And the main crop is interesting, it’s potatoes that came from America.
A truly decent battle broke out on Ufushima Island, which is Japan's Amami Island.
The island covers an area of 712.48 square kilometers. The Ryukyu Kingdom has seven prefectures here, with more than 200 counties under its jurisdiction. There are 16 chiefs and more than 120 minor chiefs. Two of the chiefs are from the Ryukyu royal family.
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More than 200 people from the Satsuma clan immigrated here, and after decades of reproduction, the number has grown to more than 600 people.
These more than 600 Japanese were engaged in farming and fighting, and dozens of soldiers were trained. Five of them also had fire guns. They were only responsible for collecting taxes, and the specific administrative management was still handled by the chiefs of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
The two chiefs of the Ryukyu royal family had received news of China's dispatch of troops, and even knew that the royal family would be arrested and questioned.
Therefore, the two royal chiefs took the initiative to contact the Japanese and ordered other chiefs to gather troops. They actually gathered nearly a thousand troops with a variety of weapons to resist the Datong soldiers.