Luo Youdu woke up from his sleep, looked at Fu Qing'er who was still sleeping soundly beside him, and kissed her on the face.
Fu Qing'er pushed him and said, "I'm not serious!"
Luo Youdu chuckled and said: "Who keeps saying that you want more at night? Now you are not serious?"
Fu Qing'er hit her husband-in-law on the chest and immediately changed the subject: "Get up quickly, don't let Chou Chou see the joke."
Although they have been an old couple for many years, Fu Qing'er is still a little bit overwhelmed by Luo Youdu's private immorality. But it is her dignified queen who can't talk even when she wants to talk, which makes people's hearts move the most.
Luo Youdu teased his wife for a while and then let her go.
If you weren't caring about Chou Chou, you would have to spend a whole morning in despair if you wanted to set an example for your precious son.
Luo Youdu was wearing clothes when he suddenly thought of something and said: "My brother-in-law will go to Beijing to report on his work in a few days. Please inform your father-in-law and mother-in-law and ask them to come to Beijing to meet your son. My brother-in-law is doing a good job in Quanzhou and has a heavy responsibility. Now
This is my first time in Beijing, so I won’t be able to stay long. If I don’t see you this time, I don’t know when it will be next time.”
A trace of joy flashed in Fu Qing'er's eyes, but she heard Luo Youdu complain in somewhat inhuman words: "Mr. Lang is too cruel."
Luo Youdu said: "It's because of my brother-in-law's extraordinary ability that he works hard. I didn't expect him to do such a good job in Quanzhou. I fought alongside him during the Northern Expedition to Youzhou, and I really didn't realize his strengths. But I didn't expect him to do so well."
What makes this uncle great is not his military strategy, but his communication and political skills."
When Luo Youdu originally asked Fu Zhaoxin to lead the governor of Quanzhou, he did not expect that Fu Zhaoxin could bring him a surprise.
When I chose him, on the one hand, I needed a fierce dragon who could suppress the Chen family, a local snake, and on the other hand, it was recommended by Fu Qing'er. Luo Youdu had to give one to his queen and his old father-in-law, Fu Yanqing, who planned the matter behind the scenes.
face.
The Fu family to which Fu Yanqing belonged was the undisputed number one warlord of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, throughout the Five Dynasties.
Fu Zhaoxin is the next generation successor who was personally trained by Fu Yanqing, and will take over the military power from him in the future.
But as Luo Youdu's attitude towards the warlords became clear, Fu Yanqing also realized that times had changed.
The new era does not allow military power to continue to be controlled by feudal lords. Even if they hand over administrative power, the same goes for financial power.
Only then did Fu Zhaoxin be driven out by Fu Yanqing to seek an official position. The purpose was that the Fu family gave up the idea of inheriting the Tianxiong Army and found another way out.
Fu Zhaoxin performed well when he arrived alone at Yelüsha's offensive force in the Battle of Sanggan River.
But the Tianxiong Army is an elite force created by Fu Yanqing. The tooth generals in the army are not famous, but they are all warriors who have fought in hundreds of battles and are first-rate warriors.
With such strong soldiers and generals performing well, isn't this what it should be?
Yang Guang, assisted by Gao Ying, Han Qinhu, and He Ruobi, and Ping Nanchen also performed very well, but when they hit Goguryeo, everything was revealed.
The million-strong army made Goguryeo's Eulji Mundeok act like a monkey, and he could not capture even a single Liaodong city.
Fu Zhaoxin is capable, but Luo Youdu is really not impressed.
But Fu Zhaoxin's performance in Quanzhou really surprised him.
In addition to being one of the largest ports in the southeast, Quanzhou is also a channel connecting the Penghu Islands and even Yizhou.
The future world will be dominated by sea power. Luo Youdu doesn't know if he can wait until that day, but leaving a rich legacy to future generations during his lifetime will not be in vain.
When Luo Youdu discussed the southeastern sea with Liu Congxiao, he had a certain understanding of the Penghu Islands.
As for Yizhou and Ryukyu, Liu Congxiao had heard of them but never understood them.
The main reason is that the navigation conditions of the strait are very poor and the rough black tide is daunting. The local people call it the Strait of Death.
Yizhou Island is only a few hundred miles away from Quanzhou, but the risk is far greater than going to Ryukyu or Japan.
There is a folk proverb that goes, "Six deaths, three stays, and one turn back." This also shows how dangerous it was to go to Yizhou at that time.
Of course, the most important thing is that it is unprofitable. In this era, Yizhou is isolated from the world, has harsh conditions, is in a tribal form, and is a foreign land in the eyes of the Central Plains dynasty.
An unprofitable place is naturally not taken seriously.
Moreover, Luo Youdu also heard the Yizhou mentioned by Liu Conxiao, and Ryukyu was obviously the same place.
But in Luo Youdu's dictionary, Yizhou and Ryukyu are two completely different concepts.
I think I confused Yizhou and Ryukyu because I didn't understand them well.
In fact, it was not just him, most people in the Song Dynasty confused Ryukyu with Yizhou.
As for the Penghu Islands, it was due to the great division of the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms that many people from the Central Plains crossed the sea and settled here in order to escape the war.
Of course, the most important thing is that in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos and rare famines occurred. There was an old man named Shi Jianwu, who was the number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty. He led his tribe to take a wooden boat and wandered to the Penghu Islands and finally
Settled here.
Shi Jianwu was well-read and brought the mainland's advanced lifestyle and agricultural production technology to the Penghu Islands. He integrated the Han people and local people who had previously wandered here and developed the Penghu Islands.
Quanzhou has certain exchanges with the Penghu Islands, and Liu Congxiao, as the former lord of Quanzhou, knows a lot about it.
Fu Qing'er said quite proudly: "It's natural. Aye, that big boss, knows how to mess around and use violence when trouble arises. My brother has been handling the affairs of Daming Mansion for his father since he was sensible. He is much better than Aye.
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Luo Youdu suddenly realized that in Fu Yanqing's era, as long as you had soldiers in your hands, being able to fight was the kingly rule.
Being violent is a way of survival. Influenced by the times, it is reasonable for Fu Yanqing to disdain management.
This also invisibly trained Fu Zhaoxin's ability in this area.
Luo Youdu was determined to occupy the Penghu Islands and use the Penghu Islands as a stepping stone to seize Yizhou and Ryukyu.
As the magistrate of Quanzhou, Fu Zhaoxin took on the task of winning over the Penghu Islands.
The Penghu Islands are dominated by Penghu Island, with sixty or seventy other large and small islands surrounding it.
The Shi family did not claim the title of king on Penghu Island, but due to the glory of their ancestors, they were respected by the local people and have always been the uncrowned king of Penghu Island.
For their own benefit, the Shi family was unwilling to associate with Fu Zhaoxin, fearing that the Central Plains would rob them of their interests.
Faced with the obstruction of the Shi family, Fu Zhaoxin did not forcefully take advantage of him. Instead, he gave the Penghu Islands many benefits, opened up exchanges between the two places, and stimulated the development of the Penghu Islands.
As a result, things became unbalanced.
The Penghu Islands include not only the main island of Penghu, but also Yuweng Island, Baisha Island, Hujing, Jibei, Wangan and other large and small islands. More than 30 of them are inhabited by local indigenous people.
Originally, everyone was poor together, and the eldest brother did not laugh at the second brother.
Now that the main island of Penghu has suddenly become rich, how can the surrounding islands not be jealous?
The local indigenous people were already somewhat dissatisfied with outsiders taking over resources. Now that outsiders have become more developed, who can stand it?
Then inevitably, conflicts occur.
Unknown pirates are wreaking havoc...
There are only a small number of escorts on the main island of Penghu, and they are unable to deal with pirates who appear out of nowhere.
Penghu Island's biggest resource is the seafood industry, and the proliferation of pirates has made local people fearful when fishing.
As a last resort, the Shi family turned to Fu Zhaoxin for help.
Fu Zhaoxin also naturally sent troops to Penghu Island, drove away the pirates, and then used Penghu Island as the foundation to completely control the Penghu Islands, achieving the most important step in the strategy.
Fu Zhaoxin arrived in Bianjing three days later.
Luo Youdu asked Fu Qing'er to prepare a family dinner, and first asked Fu Zhaoxin to talk about Ryukyu.
Luo Youdu did not summon Fu Zhaoxin in Wende Hall or Yanhe Hall, but took him to the back garden of the palace and talked with him privately at the waterside pavilion.
"Looking at my uncle's letter, my uncle found Ryukyu? But the progress was not smooth?"
Compared with when he lived under Fu Yanqing's protection, Fu Zhaoxin was obviously much more mature and stable, and a little darker. When Luo Youdu asked this question, helplessness flashed in his eyes and he said: "It's extremely unsatisfactory. Ryukyu Islands, up and down."
They have deep prejudices against us in the Central Plains and are full of hostility. The people we sent, not to mention meeting their king, were not even allowed to go to the island and directly refused with bows and arrows."
Luo Youdu said in surprise: "Why is this? Even if we can't be friends, we can't be enemies, right? How did the Central Plains court offend him?"
Fu Zhaoxin smiled bitterly and said: "I'm really offended. But that happened more than 350 years ago... I felt strange, so I sent someone to secretly kidnap a Ryukyu fisherman for torture. Only then did I learn that Yang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty,
Guang once sent troops to invade Ryukyu, and the residents of the island have always held a grudge. I went through the history books and found the corresponding records."
It turns out that after a long period of self-development in the Ryukyu Islands, a kingdom called the Tensun clan was formed.
Emperor Yang Guang once ordered Yuqi Lieutenant Zhu Kuan to go to the sea to search for overseas countries. Under the leadership of Fujianese He Man, Zhu Kuan came to the Ryukyu Islands. Looking at the Ryukyu Islands from a distance on the sea, Zhu Kuan felt that the islands looked like a
The horned dragon dormant under the sea was named Liu Qiu.
Yang Guang always liked success and was very interested in Ryukyu. The next year, he sent Zhu Kuan to Ryukyu with a large number of gifts to appease and win over the local people and persuade them to submit to the rule of the Sui Dynasty. However, the local leader headed by the Tiansun clan refused.
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Yang Guang felt that he had lost face, so he sent Wu Ben Zhonglang, Chen Leng, and asked the doctor Zhang Zhenzhou to lead the army to beat Ryukyu to pieces. They all reached the capital Shuri City in one fell swoop. In order to vent their anger, the Sui army burned Shuri City to ashes.
, captured four thousand Ryukyus as prisoners, and withdrew...
As a result, Ryukyu regarded the Central Plains as its enemies. From the Sui Dynasty until the fall of the Song Dynasty, Ryukyu was not connected to China.
Therefore, people in the Song Dynasty often regarded Yizhou as Ryukyu. This was actually because they had no real information about Ryukyu and mistakenly thought that the two were the same place.
Luo Youdu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this. What kind of thing is this?
Fighting and retreating is really Yang Guang's style.
He is worthy of being the most awesome prodigal son in China. Just for this, there are still people who boast that he is the emperor of the ages and boast about his achievements?
Although we suffered heavy losses in the battle against Tuyuhun, at least we were victorious.
As a result, Yang Guangda openly stated that he did not want the captured city and land, and would withdraw his troops without hesitation.
As soon as the Sui army withdrew, Tuyuhun regained its old territory, and the bandits raided Hexi...
Expedition to Linyi and Khitan, the deceased 14th Five-Year Plan, won in the end, but the result was still the same, they did not establish effective rule, nor did they include the captured land into the territory, and they withdrew their troops!
I don’t want your land, nor will I establish a pro-Sui regime. I am just willful, just playing, and just want to prove that I, the Sui Emperor, am awesome...
The same goes for playing Ryukyu.
What's the point of this?
Too embarrassed about Qian Duo?
Luo Youdu's eyes were burning and he said: "So, there is no room for relaxation in Ryukyu?"
Fu Zhaoxin said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy to change their attitude in the short term."
Luo Youdu pondered for a moment and said: "How is the opponent's strength?"
Fu Zhaoxin thought for a while and said: "Two thousand, no, one thousand Tianxiong troops can capture Ryukyu."
It’s not that Fu Zhaoxin is looking down on Ryukyu. The Ryukyu Islands have not yet established their own civilization.
They lived on the sea and had no ability to go to sea. That is to say, the Sui Dynasty and the Japanese had certain contacts with them.
Their iron smelting is immature. A group of barbarians wearing furs and holding inferior weapons are facing off against soldiers wearing iron armor?
Not on the same level at all...
Luo Youdu laughed secretly when he heard this, and immediately said: "When I go back, I will find an excuse to capture the Ryukyu Islands. We must fight quickly to prevent the Japanese country in the north from discovering us."
A flash of enlightenment flashed in Fu Zhaoxin's eyes, and he finally understood why his lord was obsessed with Ryukyu, a place where dogs don't poop and birds don't lay eggs, and even asked him to send people to search for it.
It turned out to be to deal with the Japanese country.
As Fu Zhaoxin said, Luo Youdu coveted the Ryukyu Islands. Although the Ryukyu Islands have a special geographical location and are known as unstoppable aircraft carriers, there is a saying that before the outbreak of maritime navigation, the real significance of Ryukyu was not great.
The main purpose is to use Ryukyu as a stepping stone to attack Japanese islands.
The Japanese and Khitan jointly attacked Goryeo and made great progress.
The Japanese state has captured more than a dozen states including Jinju, Naju, Shaanju, Shengzhou, Andong, and Jinju, and has captured one-third of the land in southern Goryeo.
As for the Khitans, they also captured Pyongyang and advanced all the way to Gaijing, the capital of Goryeo.
Goryeo is about to be destroyed...
In response to this situation, Luo Youdu was already preparing to send a letter to the Japanese state, ordering them to retreat in the name of the Kingdom of Heaven and asking them to return all the land they had invaded and occupied Goryeo.
Even if you think about it with your buttocks, you know that the Japanese country will not agree. How can there be any reason to spit out what you eat in your mouth?
Of course Luo Youdu didn't expect them to agree.
Fu Zhaoxin said: "Your Majesty, what should I do in Yizhou?"
Luo Youdu said: "Yizhou is not in a hurry. First understand the environment and water conditions of the strait. After becoming familiar with it, first choose a place to settle and develop, establish contact with the indigenous people, and let them come down the mountain to live with us. Once we have established a firm foothold, we can then expand our power
The scope is expanded to the entire island.”
Yizhou is still a barren land. It will be beneficial in the long run, but there will be no benefit at all in the short term.
Luo Youdu was not in a hurry to take action. If he was unlucky and rashly sent troops without understanding the dangers of the strait, it would be the same as the Yuan Dynasty's conquest of the Japanese country. Then he would see a ghost.
If you can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry, here’s a step-by-step guide.
Take the Ryukyu Islands first, then talk about other things.