After Chen Zhongji arrived at Naha Port, he immediately stabilized the situation in the merchant house and calmed the people. At the same time, he immediately launched a counterattack. He sent a special battalion's catchers overnight to sneak into the Satsuma clan samurai station and left a message on the pillow of Gao Ming's bedroom in Kayama. A warning letter. After that, the Satsuma clan warriors ceased their activities and stopped harassing the Chinese merchant house.
After Chen Zhongji came ashore, through the relationship of the former shopkeeper Lu Yun, he first visited the highest official in the Ryukyu Kingdom's civil service, the third division official Xie Mingyakata, and suggested to him that the Chinese Commercial Office should help the Ryukyu people prepare for war.
In the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1392), Taizu of the Ming Dynasty "gave thirty-six surnames to the Fujian people". "Zhongshan Shijian" recorded that "it was the Battle of Gangji". And "Zhongshan Genealogy" said that from then on Ryukyu " The music and etiquette of the First Festival changed the customs and led to the prosperity of culture and education." Among the descendants of these "Thirty-Six Surnames" Fujian people, Zheng Tong (thank you for his name, Okata Lishan) is one of the most outstanding figures.
After the "Thirty-six Fujianese" came to Ryukyu, they settled in Kume Village in Naha. Their mission was initially to teach Ryukyu people shipbuilding and navigation skills. Then they inevitably took on Ryukyu's foreign paperwork. Then As the window of Chinese culture, Ba soon occupied a unique position. Many of these Chinese descendants were general officials and were promoted to senior officials and officials.
Zheng Zhen is a descendant of immigrants from Changle, Fujian. He was born in Kume Village in the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1540. His father Zheng Lu was appointed as a general official. He went to the Ming Dynasty as an official student at the age of 16. He attended the Imperial College for six years and served as a post after returning to China. At the Ryukyu Kingdom, he was responsible for managing the affairs of paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. His fiefdom was on the land of Xie Ming Village in Urasoe. According to the custom of the Ryukyu people, it was called "Xie Ming Oyakata Toshiyama". In 1579, he accompanied Ma Liangbi to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. In 1606 .57-year-old Zheng Jiong was appointed as the third official. He became the first third official of Chinese descent in the history of Ryukyu.
In 1591, Yoshihiro Shimazu of the Satsuma Domain sent a letter to King Shonin. In the name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's intention to send troops to Korea, he ordered Ryukyu to transport 7,500 people and ten months' worth of food to Bozu in the Satsuma Domain before February next year. Shipped to North Korea. Zheng Jiong thought this was a very unreasonable request and advocated a strong rejection of the request; and sent an envoy to report to the Ming Dynasty that Japan wanted to invade China from North Korea. In 1598, the Ryukyu tribute ship was caught in the wind and drifted to Sendai, Japan. Tokugawa Ieyasu repatriated the ships and asked Ryukyu to send envoys to express gratitude to Japan. Zheng Jiong refused again.
The current King of Ryukyu Zhongshan is known as King Shangning. He was canonized by the Ming Dynasty in the 34th year of Wanli (1600). The envoy of the Ming Dynasty was to Xia Ziyang, who was involved in the matter, and Wang Shizhen, who was traveling. He trusted his relatives very much. However. He was also afraid of the threat from the Satsuma clan of Japan.
In King Shangning's concept, Chinese people are all businessmen, generals, and craftsmen; the Ming Dynasty is far away. In addition to legally protecting his legitimate throne, it basically will not interfere in internal affairs. If we want to negotiate with China The merchant houses cooperated to fight against the Japanese pirates. Then the Chinese must take this opportunity to get deeply involved in the internal affairs of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Although the successive kings of the Ryukyu Kingdom admired Chinese culture very much, their own throne and the interests of the royal family always came first.
Ryukyu in this era entered the Kingdom Age less than 300 years ago. During the Song Dynasty, local tribal rulers - "Yoshi" - appeared in various parts of the Ryukyu Islands. Most of them were evolved from the "gen people" who were the rulers of villages or tribes. So they were able to Expanding the scope of rule, in addition to the needs of social production, seems to be related to mastering advanced production tools, controlling necessary water sources, and fighting each other. Through continuous battles and annexations, many Japanese territories on Okinawa finally appeared in the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. For example, the Nakijin Anji in the northern part of the island, the Shima Tari Anji in the southern part of the island, and the Urasoe Anji in the central and southern part of the island (that is, the Shuntian and Eisho recorded in the "Nakayama Shikan" and other monarchs). These great ministers were called "World Lords". Their territory developed into three kingdoms in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties: Shanbei (the capital is now Qui Nhon City), Shannan (islander Dali Castle) and Zhongshan (Urasoe Castle). .The true kingdom era of Ryukyu came at this time.
The three kingdoms competed to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty on the mainland. They claimed to be the orthodox Ryukyus and fought among themselves endlessly. This is the so-called "Three Mountains Era". Although the Shanbei Kingdom was large in area, its terrain was rugged and the land was poor. The Shannan Kingdom was The area is too small. Only Zhongshan State has the largest population and wealth, and the strongest national power. In 1406, Yoshibazhi of Zuofu District of Shannan State raised an army and overthrew the drunken King Wuning of Zhongshan State. Then he asked Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty to canonize his father. Sishao was the king of Zhongshan. He ascended the throne in 1421. In the fifth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1430), Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty gave King Zhongshan the surname "Shang". Therefore, they were written as Shang Bazhi and Shang Sishao in the history books. This is the Ryukyu Kingdom. The origins of the first Shang Dynasty.
After Shang Bashi came to power, he destroyed the Shanbei Kingdom in 1416 and sent his second son Shang Zhong to guard Shanbei. In 1429, he defeated the Shannan King Tarume and unified the three mountains. He moved the royal palace from Urasoe Castle to Shuri Castle. . He also renovated Naha Port and made it a hub port for trade with China, Japan, North Korea and Southeast Asia. This laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Ryukyu Kingdom. However, at that time, the power of various local authorities was still very strong. Therefore, in Chamba After Shi's death, the political situation has been unstable. The Ryukyu Kingdom claims to be unified, but the governors from various places still live in their hometowns, have private soldiers and armed forces, and are like hereditary lords. They are only nominally surrendered to King Nakayama.
King Shangzhen was the third king of the second Shang dynasty of Ryukyu Kingdom and the ninth king of Ryukyu. He reigned from 1477 (the 13th year of Chenghua) to 1526 (the fifth year of Jiajing). He was the third king of the second Shang dynasty. The son of King Shang Yuan of the generation. His childhood name is Zhen Kahu Zunjin. His god name is Yu Yiye Jia Maohui.
During the reign of King Shoshin, he finally established the political system of the Ryukyu Kingdom as a unified country. He divided the hundred officials into nine grades of justice and subordinates according to the Chinese system. The highest status was the king's younger brother, the king's uncle, and the prime minister (regent). Those who manage the capital are called "Princes of a certain place". Those who are sent to control other places are called "Jiansi of a certain place". The next-level officials are the first-rank to second-rank officials, including the Sanfa Si (equivalent to the prime minister), and there are fifteen people in the table. (Equivalent to a minister). As well as the property administration office (divided into three official offices: the intended party, the giving place, and the bringing party. Responsible for expenditures, trade, treasury cashiers, and custody of state property) and the Shenkou party (including the equal party and the anchorage The head, double paper library manager, and the four official halls on the side of the lock are responsible for the people in charge of justice, household registration, diplomacy, port affairs, culture, education, construction, etc.). They are called "somewhere's relatives" or "purple scarf officials"; Those below the third rank are called "yellow hat officials" and are called "Qin Yunshang". Those below the eighth rank are called "red hat officials" and are called "the son of a certain place" or "the master of a certain place." Those below the third rank are yellow hat officials. They are all called Qingyunshang of a certain place. If there is no place, they are called Qingyunshang, the son of a certain place. Or they are called Qingyunshang of a certain building. From the sixth rank, Xu Delang. From the seventh rank, Xu Gonglang. They are all called a certain catch. (Equivalent to the "indirect cut" of a local organization composed of one village or several villages) Qinyunshang. An eighth-grade red hat official. He is called the son of a certain place. Those who take over the place are called the owner of a certain place. The ninth-grade red hat official is called. Zhu Dengzhi. Before entering the mainstream, he was called a certain son. He was not called by his name.
King Shojin changed the old system. In 1526, he lifted the military power of the lords in various places. He forced them all to live in the "Shuri Prince Country" neighborhood in Shuri, the capital. At the same time, he collected the swords, bows and arrows and other weapons from the lords of various places and concentrated them. It was stored in Shuri. Although this method of King Louis XIV weakened the power of local princes and strengthened the centralization of power, it no longer led troops to fight. After that, the only standing army with combat effectiveness in Ryukyu was the palace guard. Although This guard has always maintained a high combat effectiveness. It once participated in the Ming Dynasty's battle to exterminate the Jun invaders. However, Yougan's army was too small, with only a thousand men. It was simply unable to withstand Japan's full-scale invasion. In the upcoming Japanese invasion war. The Ryukyu Kingdom will taste the bitter consequences of this.
However, King Shoning and other Ryukyu rulers still had illusions about the Ming Dynasty. They hoped that the Ming Dynasty could come forward to subdue the Japanese. He did not like to cooperate with the Chinese Company; although the Chinese Company was already the largest trading partner of the Ryukyus, the Ryukyu King was not interested in the Japanese. He didn’t know much about the situation in East Asia during the Age of Navigation; although he heard that the Chinese Company defeated the Spanish and occupied Luzon Island; moreover, the Chinese Company basically monopolized the sea lanes from China to Japan. By the way, it also brought benefits to Ryukyu. There were a lot of trade opportunities. However, the Chinese Company was always an armed maritime merchant group. The Ming Empire court was still orthodox and his master. He hoped that the Ming Dynasty court could suppress the Japanese. But it was best not for the Ming Dynasty army to come to Ryukyu. Of course, the most important thing is that your throne and power will not be lost. Cooperating with Chinese maritime merchants is not justified after all. Although Ryukyu became rich through business, it inherited the cultural traditions of the Ming Dynasty. The status of merchants was not high. .In fact, Ryukyu's overseas trade is monopolized by the royal family. Domestic businessmen have little chance to participate.
The pedantic King Shangning rejected the Chinese Company; although Chen Zhongji told Xie Ming's relatives that the Chinese Company was willing to provide weapons and ammunition and also help train the palace guards, the Ryukyu people firmly disagreed.
Chen Zhongji had no choice but to discuss the next plan with Luo Aquan, who came to Ryukyu together.
According to Yin Feng's plan, if the Ryukyu Kingdom is unwilling to cooperate with the Chinese Company in preparing for war, then the Chinese Company will have to prepare for the war on its own.
Chen Zhongji found Zheng Jiong again and asked the king to approve the establishment of a warehouse and residence by the Chinese Commercial Company in the west of Naha Port City. Zheng Jiong was worried about the incoming Japanese pirates. He also felt that the Chinese Company seemed to be a powerful force that could be relied on, so he decided to turn a blind eye. Turning a blind eye, he used his power to transfer a large piece of land to the west of Naha Port to the Chinese Commercial House.
So Chen Zhongji spent a lot of money and recruited a large number of local people to start building a new Chinese business building. The land occupied by the new business building was almost square, with about 100 steps and nearly 150 meters on each side. After the construction started, craftsmen from Fujian I found that the local people are very lazy. Asking them to work is simply a waste of money. To be precise: the local men are very lazy. On the contrary, Ryukyu women are very hardworking and can endure hardships.