Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 367 An uproar

"Bring Huashan Jiugao with you." Zheng Linchuan ordered his men.

Soon, Huashan Jiugao was brought up again.

The arrival of Huashan Kugao caused many Ryukyu people to show hatred. Many Ryukyu people gritted their teeth when they saw him.

But because of Zheng Linchuan's [-] Musketeers, no Ryukyu people dared to act presumptuously in front of him.

"They said that you took the Ryukyu king away. Where is the Ryukyu kingdom?" Zheng Linchuan asked Huashan Jiugao calmly.

"General Ming, when I left Shuri Castle, I left 200 people to guard the Ryukyu Imperial Palace. The Ryukyu King was inside the palace at that time."

Huashan Jiugao said: "As soon as I left the city, I went to Naha Port. When I came back, I was chased all the way back by the general. I don't know where the Ryukyu King is now."

"General Zheng, it was Inoue Murano, Huashan Kugao's subordinate, who took our king away from the palace. They were too cunning, and we didn't catch up." Wang Gongyang, Earl of Ryukyu, said to Zheng Linchuan.

"Which direction are they going, and how many are there?" Zheng Linchuan asked Wang Gongyang.

"Going to the east, there are about 150 people." Wang Gongyang replied.

"East?" Zheng Linchuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Is there a port or a ship in the east?"

"Here, it seems that there is a boat." Wang Gongyang's expression also changed.

"Quick, let your people lead the way. I will send my soldiers to chase your king back." Zheng Linchuan said quickly to Wang Gongyang.

"Ge Ergou, quickly report this matter to the governor. If the Ryukyu king is kidnapped and taken to sea, let the governor send a boat to intercept him." Zheng Linchuan said to a subordinate next to him.

Under the arrangement of Wai Zheng Linchuan, a group of thousands of musketeers, led by Ryukyu natives, soon followed the Ryukyu king.

"My lord, let the Japanese escape by boat, and the King of Ryukyu is on board."

Two hours later, Zheng Linchuan received a report from his subordinates.

Kawayama Kudaka's men took the Ryukyu king and ran away by boat.

"Your Excellency Governor has brought people to intercept it, I hope it can be blocked." Zheng Linchuan said.

At this time, Zheng Linchuan had already arrived in Shuli City, and without waiting for the consent of the Ryukyu people, he stationed his troops in the Ryukyu Palace.

"Made, why is the Ryukyu Palace so poor? I can't even find a tael of silver."

Many soldiers searched the Ryukyu Palace all over, but they didn't find any valuable property.

"It is estimated that they were looted by the Japanese."

"I really want to grab one in the city, and I'm sure I can get a lot of money." Someone said.

"It's hard to say. The common people hid the money long ago during the chaos of war, and the Japanese should have robbed it long ago. Otherwise, the Ryukyu people wouldn't hate them so much."

The next day, Zheng Linchuan sat in Shuri Castle, and then sent soldiers all over the island under the leadership of the Ryukyu people to arrest the escaped Japanese.

In the battle yesterday, although more than 1000 Japanese soldiers were captured, hundreds of Japanese soldiers fled to various places in Okinawa.

What Zheng Linchuan has to do now is to capture these Japanese soldiers.

On the other side, Wei Zhongxian was not idle either. The Ryukyu Kingdom was hijacked and ran away. He must lead the fleet to find the escaped Japanese.

But as time passed, after three days, neither Wei Zhongxian nor Zheng Linchuan gave up looking for the Ryukyu king.

They believed that the Ryukyu kings would eventually be sent to Japan, and they could use this as a reason to start a war with Japan.

Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhang Qingfeng had plans for Japan long ago, and many of the people who had been sent to Japan to do business over the past year were pawns laid out in advance.

The Ryukyu King was not recovered, but after Wei Zhongxian returned to Okinawa, he told the Ryukyu people that they had successfully intercepted the Japanese ship, but the Japanese were so unconscionable that they had already killed the Ryukyu King.

The Japanese knew that killing the King of Ryukyu and surrendering would mean death, so they resisted desperately, and in the end they had to order the ship to be sunk.

Regarding this result, the people of Ryukyu did not have much emotion, only a small number of nobles who were loyal to the royal family were sad about the death of the Ryukyu king.

But it didn't take long to be sad, because of the death of the Ryukyu royal family, many Ryukyu nobles began to move around, wanting to become the next Ryukyu king.

With the secret promise and support of Zheng Linchuan and Wei Zhongxian, civil strife broke out in the Ryukyu Kingdom soon.

"Let's be chaotic, the more chaotic the better, when the Ryukyu people can't stand it anymore, it's time for us to take action."

Just over a month after the Royal Fleet captured Okinawa and defeated Kawayama Kudaka, the news finally reached Beijing.

That night, Zhang Qingfeng wrote a memorial to Emperor Wanli on this matter.

The content of Zhang Qingfeng’s memorial: It mainly says that when Wei Zhongxian led the fleet from Taiwan Island to Japan for trade, he happened to meet the Ryukyu prince who fled overseas.

Then the Ryukyu prince cried to the Royal Fleet, saying that the Ryukyu King had been brutally killed by the Japanese.

Only Prince Ryukyu escaped from the entire Ryukyu royal family. After seeing the Royal Fleet, Prince Ryukyu wanted to ask Ming to rescue Ryukyu.

Originally, the Royal Fleet was not prepared to intervene in this matter, but the general of the Satsuma Domain, Kawayama Hisaka, sent a ship to block the way of the Royal Fleet, demanding that the Royal Fleet surrender the Ryukyu Prince.

Faced with the unreasonable demands of the Japanese, the Royal Fleet did not compromise, and then fought with the Japanese on Okinawa.

As a result of the final battle, the 1000 Japanese soldiers led by Kawayama Hisaka killed more than 500 and 100 people, captured more than [-] people, and escaped more than [-] people.

Because of his eagerness for revenge and taking the lead, the Prince of Ryukyu also died in this battle.

At present, the Royal Fleet has helped the Ryukyu Kingdom regain its territory, but the Ryukyu royal family has all disappeared.

So the Royal Fleet asked the emperor whether to continue to hand over the Ryukyu Kingdom to Japan or what to do.

At the end of the memorial, it was Zhang Qingfeng who reminded him that the reason why Japan attacked the Ryukyu Kingdom was because of the superior geographical location of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

In the middle of the trade route between Nanyang and Japan is the Kingdom of Ryukyu. Every year, the Kingdom of Ryukyu can earn several 10 taels of silver by relying on sea trade. If the Kingdom of Ryukyu is handed over to Japan, it will only increase Japan’s strength.

Regarding this matter, although Emperor Wanli was the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, he could not be arbitrary.

So he handed Zhang Qingfeng's memorial to the cabinet, hoping that the cabinet would come up with an idea.

After Zhang Qingfeng's memorial arrived at the cabinet, the cabinet was immediately in an uproar.

No one thought that the Royal Fleet of Emperor Wanli would take down Okinawa.

Fortunately, the Royal Fleet was helping the Ryukyu Kingdom to restore its country, and it was on the side of justice. Otherwise, Zhang Qingfeng would have received more verbal criticism.

Now, the Ryukyu royal family is all dead, which means that Ryukyu has become a land of no one.

Regarding the handling of this territory, everyone agrees that it is absolutely impossible for Ryukyu to be handed over to Japan.

Now everyone has two opinions after discussion. One side believes that a royal family should be supported in Ryukyu again, and then continue to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty as a vassal state.

The other side believed that Ryukyu should be directly brought under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

For these two opinions, both sides are at loggerheads.

(End of this chapter)