Chapter 735 Descendants of the Han Expeditionary Force in Japan
Kitakyushu.
This is located opposite Changfu.
At this moment, a large number of Japanese soldiers were sneaking over and lurking here.
Geographically speaking, this should belong to the border of Zhu Fan's vassal state.
However, due to its special location, the four major feudal lords jointly stationed troops against the Japanese island of Honshu.
There are not many permanent troops, less than 20,000 in total, but the military city built has hundreds of artillery and a large number of musketeers.
Not to mention 100,000 people, even hundreds of thousands, may not be able to win it in a short time.
The reason why Ashikaga Yoshimitsu asked the King of Yan to station troops to attack Chofu was to prevent the King of Yan from garrisoning the city.
This is no longer the Kitakyushu it used to be.
There is no possibility of knocking down a tall city wall unless human lives are taken to fill it.
The composition of the Japanese soldiers was generally composed of daimyo from various places leading their own samurai to join the army.
In the past, Japanese soldiers did not even have logistics. They were all samurai and farmers brought their own food.
However, later, a military ration and rice system was introduced to separate the samurai and peasant groups. The samurai became professional soldiers, and then peasants were responsible for logistics.
However, wealthy samurai always brought a lot of their own food, while poor samurai had to eat the food provided by the official logistics.
Thanks to the gradual spread of high-yielding crops in the Ming Dynasty in Japan, Japanese soldiers now have much more food.
"Why is there suddenly a war again?"
Among the lurking Japanese soldiers, Akagi Yuzo said helplessly.
Seeing that the days were getting better and better, he was suddenly summoned by the daimyo again.
"Whatever we can do, it's all the big shot's wishes. We have no room for resistance. We just have to obey the order." Mizukou next to him said smoothly on Tuesday.
The two are not from the same village, but are close to each other.
In order to better learn group military operations, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu integrated nearby daimyo into one.
Most of the Japanese soldiers are familiar faces to each other, which can further enhance their combat effectiveness.
Akagi Yuzo looked ahead carefully, then tugged on the fire gun in his hand and said: "I heard that the fire gun we made is very unreliable. When I tried it a few days ago, many of them exploded.
Yes, I hurt myself."
"When the time comes to use the firecracker, you have to be careful. Anyway, just fire it. Don't injure your eyes, otherwise you will become blind."
Mizukou Zhou nodded with lingering fear.
This matter has spread in the army. After all, many people are from the same village, so it is impossible to hide it. However, the senior officials are not allowed to discuss this matter, so the two of them can only talk about it secretly.
Similar to Mizuguchi Tuesday and Akagi Yuzo, the Japanese soldiers are now very war-weary.
First of all, it was because of the war between the Southern and Northern Dynasties that lasted for sixty years and affected the entire Japanese country.
However, just after the end here, the Ming Dynasty's conquest ushered in.
Many Japanese people have been fighting almost all their lives and have little time to rest.
This is also one of the reasons why the Japanese country shows low combat effectiveness when facing the Ming Dynasty's conquest.
In particular, it was not easy for Japan to negotiate a peace treaty with Ming Dynasty.
The status of the covenant has little to do with the Japanese people at the bottom. They only know that there is no need to fight.
Good times have come again. The high-yielding crops of the Ming Dynasty have allowed many Japanese people to have enough to eat.
In the past few years, the people of the Japanese country did not have any hatred towards the Ming Dynasty, which allegedly invaded them. Instead, they were very grateful.
This is determined by the most original appeal.
Because the Japanese country vigorously recruited soldiers and transformed many farmers into the samurai class, many of the so-called samurai today did not actually receive much military training.
But now that we have fire guns, we don't need much technical training to become a qualified soldier.
"It is forbidden to talk about firecrackers."
The accompanying officers heard the discussion and immediately came over and scolded them.
Mizuguchi Tuesday, Akagi Yuzo immediately shut his mouth.
After the officer walked away, Mizuguchi said disdainfully on Tuesday: "It's just good luck and being appreciated by the daimyo. Bah, what the hell."
Akagi Yuzo said: "Forget it, just stop saying a few words. If it really spreads to the daimyo, we will have good fruits to eat."
As the second Japanese island after Honshu Island, Kyushu Island currently has a total population of about 1.5 million.
This was after a large number of Japanese who had fled chaos migrated to Honshu Island.
The number of Ming people, including the Ming army, was less than 300,000.
A large number of Ming soldiers were generally concentrated near the main cities of the vassal state, such as Qincheng, Jincheng, Yancheng and Qicheng.
There are also some Ming troops who are stationed in important military areas like North Kyushu City or guarding large mineral deposits.
Most of the Kyushu Island area was governed by a small number of Ming people, and even the Japanese were autonomous. They only had to pay taxes and obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
It is obviously unrealistic to completely control the entire Kyushu Island.
It was in this regard that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu contacted the local Japanese in Kitakyushu to achieve this lurking.
Theoretically, there is no problem.
Even if the Japanese did not hate Akito, they would not refuse orders from the Honshu Island General.
Moreover, after these Japanese soldiers arrived at the village, they strictly controlled the place and were not allowed to convey any news to the outside world.
However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu forgot that here in Kitakyushu, there is another group of descendants from the Central Plains.
Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.
Kublai Khan failed to conquer the Japanese twice, leaving Ming soldiers captured by the Japanese.
Among these captives, the Mongolians were killed directly, while the Koreans and Han Chinese were treated as slaves.
In later generations, these people were also called Burakumin in the Japanese country.
Even in the prosperous times of later generations, before Zhu Ying traveled through time, the tribesmen were still at the lowest level of the Japanese country. Even if the Japanese country abolished the hierarchy, they were still excluded from the four levels of civilians, farmers, industry, and merchants. This was the good and bad status of the Japanese country.
system.
When the Japanese invaded, the saying "good people" came from this.
Burakumin were prohibited from marrying Japanese civilians. Even if this law was abolished in later generations, ordinary Japanese people in ordinary families would hire private detectives to check each other's bloodline, surname, and genealogy when they get married.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! There is a popular saying in the Japanese country: Do not marry a pariah. Once your bloodline is stained, it will never become clean again. Children with many filth will be filthy in any era.
many.
Juduo is the name given to the tribal people.
In later generations of the Japanese state, there was a 330-page "General Directory of Tribal Place Names", which recorded the names and addresses of the Japanese tribal people, with the purpose of excluding the tribal people from seeking employment.
This book was published after secretly obtaining the household registration information of tribal people, and it was discovered that there were more than ten versions.
Since it could not be printed in large quantities and sold publicly, the price of the book was very high, but many Japanese companies owned this book in order to exclude Burakumin when hiring new people.
They have no dignity at all and can only engage in "unclean" work, such as picking manure and slaughtering.
However, most of them are descendants of the Han people.
The Japanese country once regarded the Southern Song Dynasty as its suzerain state, but after capturing the people of the Southern Song Dynasty, they demoted them to tribal people.
It can be seen from this that even though the Japanese state continued to absorb the culture of the Central Plains and claimed to be the most loyal vassal state of the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, in fact, this was just a slogan to seek more benefits.
Xiamu Village.
The people here are all called Xiamu by their surname.
This is a very strange thing, because generally only high-ranking Japanese nobles have surnames. Those with surnames are at least samurai. Ordinary people do not have surnames.
The reason why there were so many surnames in the Japanese country in later generations was entirely because the Japanese government forced the people to choose their own surnames. This is the origin of hundreds of thousands of surnames.
In Xiamu Village, the familiar Japanese people would not interact with each other at all, and even when they wanted to pass by, they would take a detour.
Because this is the Burakumin village, the dirtiest place.
In later generations, this village disappeared, and many tribal people changed their Japanese surnames in order to conceal their identities.
Xiamu means rotten and dirty wood.
It is a title given by the Japanese government.
Just to distinguish them from ordinary people.
Within the village.
"Father, they took away all our food and obviously they will not give it back to us. Many of us will starve to death."
Genji Shimogi said to his father, Katsari Shimoki, with strong anger on his rather immature face.
The ambush soldiers sent by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu directly robbed their village of almost everything they could eat.
Anyone who disobeys will be killed directly.
According to the laws of the Japanese state, tribal people were only equivalent to one-seventh of ordinary people.
If a Japanese killed a tribesman, he would not be found guilty.
You have to kill seven tribesmen before you can be considered guilty of murder.
Hearing this, Shimoki Shengri just sighed, and then said, "Let everyone go fishing more. We should be able to persist until the next harvest, so that we can survive."
Xiamu Sheng's expression was a bit ferocious: "Now outside, it's the Ming Dynasty. My surname is not Xiamu, my surname is Zhao!"
Snapped!
Shimogi Katsuri slapped Shimoki Genji on the face.
He cursed: "Stupid, who told you that?"
Genji Shimoki covered his face after being beaten, with a bit of anger in his eyes, but stood there without moving and replied: "My grandfather told me before he died."
Shimoki Shengri's expression changed drastically, and he looked at his eldest son in a daze.
After a moment, he said: "Did you tell others about this?"
Genji Shimoki lowered his head and said nothing, his meaning was very obvious.
Shimoki Shengri growled: "Did you know that doing this would kill everyone?"
Xiamu Yuaner said unwillingly: "But now it is the Ming Dynasty. We are the descendants of the Han people. Why should we be slaves to the Japanese?"
"As long as we tell the Ming army, they will definitely be willing to accept us, so that we can recognize our ancestors and return to our clan, or even return to the place where our ancestors grew up."
"Father, this has been my grandpa's wish all along!"
Faced with his son's resistance, Shimoki Shengri was a little at a loss.
One hundred and thirty years have passed since the Mongolian conquest of Japan.
For such a long time, Xiamu Village has never been as popular as it once was.
It is true that in terms of blood, due to the relationship with the Japanese government, they are relatively pure, but in fact, what is the difference between them and the Japanese now.
One hundred and thirty years is too long, so long that the current Xiamu Village no longer knows their ancestors.
Apart from Xiamu Shengli's family, there are only a few people who know the surname is Zhao and also know their own surname.
This was an obscure circulation. In fact, Shimoki Shengri had no intention of passing it on anymore, but he didn't expect that his father would tell his son about it.
Perhaps, in his father's heart, he had always thought that the Zhao family could recognize their ancestors and return to their clan, and return their fallen leaves to their roots.
It's just that in Xiamu Village, more people have accepted the reality that they are dirty.
"You are still too young. Even if you go to find the Ming army, how can you tell them that we are the descendants of the Han people, the Zhao family?"
"Do you have anything to prove? You can't even speak Chinese, how can you prove that you are a descendant of the Han people?"
"Look at what you are like now. When you appear in front of the Ming army, they will just arrest you as a spy."
Xiamu Cunli shook his head and said to his son.
One hundred and thirty years, five generations.
Xiamu Village knows more things than his son. After all, he belongs to the fourth generation.
When he was very young, his grandfather was the grandson of the first generation of expeditionary soldiers who were the first to be demoted as slaves.
So he has heard a lot about the past.
In fact, to be able to serve as village chief, his ancestor was also a general-level figure in the captured army.
He has even read books and can read, so he is not an ordinary soldier.
The grandfather in Xiamu Village can even write Chinese characters and speak Chinese.
Unfortunately, this was something that was restricted and was not inherited by his father.
Therefore, Xiamu Village understood that even in the place of his ancestors, the distant Central Plains, the officials were not kind people, and were even worse than the Japanese officials.
They don't care at all about the so-called descendants of the Han people. They are completely opposite to the beauty their son imagined.
On this point, Xiamu Cunli was actually right.
After all, the Southern Song Dynasty had already perished, and most Han people were nothing more than two-legged sheep in the eyes of the Mongols, so despicable that they were considered slaves.
So from Shimomura's point of view, what's the difference between this and now?
The descendants of the Han people are just beautiful wishes.
"Father, these warriors obviously suddenly came to Kitakyushu and they must want to attack the Ming army. If we tell the Ming army this news, we will definitely make a contribution."
"Even if, as Father said, we won't be recognized, even as Japanese people, we can still make the current village better."
Shimoki Genji suddenly had an idea and said.
When Xiamu Village heard these words, he was a little moved.
After all, Kyushu Island is now ruled by the Ming army, so they must have merit in delivering the news.
But after thinking about it, he still shook his head and said: "The samurai masters have guarded all the roads. There is no chance for us to report the news."
"Besides, this is no small matter. With so many warriors, this is obviously very important. Once discovered, the entire village may be killed."
Xiamu Village did not want to risk the lives of the entire village.
Genji Shimoki's eyes flashed with surprise and he whispered: "Father, there is a path that those warriors definitely don't know about."