From Chief to Ball

If Chen Jian hadn't led the troops, I'm afraid King Shang Ning would never have written this distress letter.And King Shang Ning also understood what Chen Jian meant, so he advanced the time for writing this letter by more than a month, stamped it with his seal, and wrote down the date and date of the Wanli year, and this matter was considered a certainty.

After writing the distress letter more than a month in advance, and writing about the invasion of Satsuma and some tragic situations, I will send people to Fujian to explain this matter formally soon.

Chen Jian didn't ask for anything, he just asked for some rice as military expenses to support Ryukyu's "sheji", and King Shangning thanked him a thousand times. He never expected these people to be so eloquent, but he was very disturbed by this group of people.

Now that the Satsuma clan has been annoyed, King Shang Ning also knows that Ryukyu's military strength has no possibility of resisting the Satsuma clan's invasion.

And these people who defeated the Satsuma clan came to help at the request of the governor of the Ming Dynasty, but they were also Fanbang.Not long ago, the Portuguese occupied Malacca. King Shang Ning also knew that he might not escape such a fate, and he sighed inwardly but had no choice.If you want to resist the possible revenge from Satsuma, you need to ask these people to garrison, but after the garrison, wouldn't they put everything in their hands in the hands of others?

But at this time, he had no choice but to ask Chen Jian's fleet to patrol regularly and pay a certain amount of rice and sulfur as thanks every year.

Chen Jian pretended not to agree, and the Ryukyu King repeatedly asked, and finally signed a treaty between the two parties.

The fleet under Chen Jian has the right to dock at any time, and guarantees that Ryukyu will not be invaded, and pays a certain amount of rice and sulfur every year as thanks.

The two acropolises, Sanchong Castle and Yaliangza Mori Castle, bought six cannons. At the same time, Chen Jian sent people to help Ryukyu train [-] Ryukyu soldiers to help guard, and Ryukyu paid for the soldiers.In order to prevent Japanese pirates from retaliating and attacking, the defense of the two acropolis was entrusted to the military personnel sent by Chen Jian.

Chen Jian didn't go too far with the rest of the internal affairs. It's not appropriate to get involved now. There will be opportunities in the future, and some landlords will cooperate with Chen Jian, and their influence will gradually expand.

Anyway, Ryukyu has no chance of paying tribute, no possibility of entrepot trade, and no possibility of trade with Japan, so there is no need to worry.

While King Shangning was busy writing the letter to the Ming Dynasty and choosing objects to thank, Chen Jian asked someone to write a letter to the Tokugawa father and son.

There is no need to use Japanese for this. Chinese is the "international" language of the Asian tributary system, and you can understand it as long as you write it face to face.

According to the speed of news dissemination, it will take some time for the news of the Battle of Ryukyu to reach Junfu Castle and Edo, but my side can be one step ahead.

He first said that according to Kawayama Kudaka's confession, the Shimadzu family planned to use Ryukyu as their hiding place. Did this have the general's permission?

Secondly, if the general wants to establish a tribute system centered on Japan, is it reasonable to blatantly destroy a country?At least he must protect his family and family, otherwise he will fall into an unrighteous place. I hope that your Excellency, General, can read more about the Spring and Autumn Annals to understand the importance of destroying the country and preserving its sacrifices.

Again, now that Japan has stabilized, the Shimadzu family has easily dispatched [-] troops and [-] iron cannons. Isn't this something to be vigilant about?

Then he said that King Shangning asked for help from the Ming Dynasty, so that the governor of the Ming Dynasty was very angry, and even planned not to enter the sea to avoid funding Japanese pirates. This is an extremely detrimental behavior to our trade. We need an explanation from the general, which seriously damages interests of our country.

In addition, Daming believed that it was unreasonable for the Toyotomi family to ask Ryukyu to provide military rations for the invasion of Korea, so it was invalid.As for the private loans between the officials of various parties in Ryukyu and the Shimadzu family, I have already had someone write an IOU. This is also admitted by them.

However, Kawayama Hisaka and others set fire to Naha, killing thousands of people and killing four of our businessmen. This is something we cannot tolerate. We hope that the general will convey a certain amount of silver to the Shimadzu family on their behalf.As for Ryukyu’s own losses, it is out of our control for King Shangning to claim from the Shimadzu family alone. Moreover, as an independent country, Ryukyu claims compensation with the country’s sovereignty. This is something we cannot interfere with, and we must also maintain neutral.

In the end, Chen Jian drew the course of the battle into pictures and texts, added some photos after cleaning the battlefield and sealed it together with this letter, together with the casualties of both sides and the number of prisoners who had experienced the war. Together with several low-level warriors, they found someone to send them over.

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When these things were completed, the fighting in northern Ryukyu was still going on sporadically, but the resistance was not fierce.Those fences that couldn't even defend against matchlock guns couldn't stop the bombardment of field artillery. The morale of the Satsuma clan was broken, and the general was either killed or captured. It was difficult to organize effective resistance.

Chen Jian also registered all kinds of properties in Ryukyu that were plundered in Naha before, except for some historical books, classics, etc., which were burned after they got them. He only excused that they were all burned by the soldiers of Satsuma.

King Shangning also did not expect that Chen Jian would return the recovered property to Ryukyu. Except for the properties of some killed people who could not find their owners, the rest were basically returned. This is simply the number one rebel army in the world at this time.

I sorted out the belongings whose owners had died or whose owners could not be found, and converted them according to the number of soldiers. The officers shared one-third and the soldiers shared one-third.

These soldiers got the spoils and kept their original promise. They did not commit acts of robbery or anything like that, which was slightly beyond Chen Jian's expectations.

At this point, Ryukyu was devastated, and the rescued officials from the pro-Ming faction, independent faction and pro-Japanese faction took this opportunity to expand the original conflict.

If Chen Jian stayed here, he might be able to suppress the conflicts among the three parties, but once he left, these conflicts would intensify, and a civil strife was inevitable.But the upper hand can already be determined.

Even though they knew there might be internal chaos or a reshuffle, everyone in Ryukyu knew that the first thing to do was to send someone to Beijing to thank him. Now that the Shimadzu family has been completely annoyed, they can only ask Daming for their backing. After all, people like Chen Jian were nominally sent by the governor of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty to support Ryukyu.

However, what Chen Jian did in Ryukyu did not touch the interests of the local gentry in Ryukyu for the time being, so he was still regarded as a savior in Ryukyu.If these gentry knew that Chen Jian wanted to kill all opportunities for the Ryukyu tribute trade, I am afraid that they would invite people from the Satsuma domain to come back even if they risked their lives. After all, even if the country is subjugated, they will at least leave some benefits to them, and only Shang Ning will suffer. People of Wang's lineage.

The location of Ryukyu was of little importance to companies and countries that did not have trade permits granted by the Ming Dynasty.Whether it is Danshui or Dayuan, they are much more important than Ryukyu. It is a place suitable for smuggling businessmen in the Ming Dynasty.

For companies and countries that have obtained permission to trade from the Ming Dynasty, the location of Ryukyu is also not important, and they can still trade around Ryukyu.

Therefore, these gentry who are closely related to the tribute trade feel a little panic. Regardless of whether these people have obtained a trade license or not, Ryukyu is not worth paying so much for these people.

Since it is interested in Ryukyu, it is either to monopolize trade and rob other competitors; or it is to interfere in Japan's internal affairs.

There is no possibility of a third situation, because apart from this and countries other than Ming and Japan, it is not worth the loss to control Ryukyu at this time, unless it is for the rest of the purpose that is not purely money interests, obviously such a purpose It's all unspeakable.

No matter what the situation is, this is extremely detrimental to the local gentry in Ryukyu.A weak country in a strategic location is always sad, and it will inevitably become a field of competition for all forces.

Once the concept of the world changes from Asia to the earth, the Spring and Autumn Period has passed, and the Warring States Period has come, the diplomatic situation in this situation will be completely different from before.It's just that there are not many or even nonexistent people in Ryukyu who are aware of this change at this time. Standing in the troubled times of the Warring States Period with the thinking of the Spring and Autumn Period, the ending will not be good.

After the soldiers of the Satsuma clan in the northern Ryukyu were basically wiped out, King Shangning also prepared tribute envoys to the Ming Dynasty and prepared to take Chen Jian's boat to Fujian.

But before leaving Ryukyu and returning to Fujian, three ships from the fleet left the fleet, loaded with food and fresh water, and a large amount of ivory, spices, sumac and other goods purchased along the way, and continued westward from Ryukyu, with the help of trade winds and ocean currents. across the Pacific Ocean.

The captains and sailors of these three ships are very excited, because Chen Jian ceded to them the glory of the Republic's first circumnavigation of the world, and their names will be recorded in history.

Among the three ships, not only these goods, but also books such as "The Analects of Confucius" translated over the past year were sent back together.

In addition to these, there are reports from meetings written by Chen Jian and the organization members accompanying the ship along the way and internal organizations of the fleet that need to be archived and registered.

In the report, everyone on board basically agreed with the idea of ​​establishing an International of Anti-feudal Privilege and Republic, and clearly stated the importance of Asian affairs in more than 30 sheets of paper.

The report hopes to organize internal discussions. If you agree, please send about [-] party members and family members to Wangbei City by boat.

Among the 200 people, they are mainly agricultural and handicraft craftsmen.

In addition, the report also said that there are rich sulfur mines, and there may be coal mines, so I hope to send some professional mining personnel, and there may be gold and silver mines, so please also send some people who are proficient in gold panning, smelting and prospecting.

And because of the abundance of sulfur ore, I hope to order three complete sets of sulfuric acid production equipment and glass production equipment using sulfur as raw material. There may be a third of the consumption rate at sea, so I have prepared multiple sets.

At the same time, it is hoped that [-] professionals in acid and alkali, salt making, blacksmiths, bed workers, and surveying will be sent from internally controlled schools and technical schools.

In the name of Chen Jian, [-] people who are willing to become military employees, as well as [-] flintlock guns and some field guns purchased, will be transported here as soon as possible.

At the same time, the people on board the ship also wrote some reports on issues such as the land system, capital flow, trade, currency, and the organizational form of the countries passing through based on some experiences along the way.

And the most important thing: some domestic suggestions discussed within the ship organization are mainly three aspects.

In the activities in the homeland, we must pay attention to the methods and methods.On the one hand, we must firmly believe that the source of the more difficult situation for employees is not because of the machine but because of who the machine belongs to. This is unshakable; Activities that should be placed within the same industry and between factory owners and workshop owners for the purpose of fighting for wages and other purposes.If you get involved in strikes and propaganda activities for political purposes, you may be strangled by the workshop owners and the old class.And if we focus on the struggle between the industry and individual workshop owners and factory owners, we may get permission from the old class in some respects, and we cannot impose unlimited restrictions on these workshop owners and factory owners because they are allies. Compromise, and at the same time, this method can also gain the favor of the employee class, so as to establish an organization.

As for the activities in the Great Deserted City, we must also pay attention to some unstable factors brought about by the scarcity of production materials and changes in ownership issues.The land resources there are abundant, and the price of labor is bound to be tight. Before infiltrating the aborigines there and launching a grassroots resistance movement, it is necessary to ensure the implementation of the contract labor system for several years. Otherwise, any workshops and factories established there will be destroyed. Facing an unavailable situation.

Finally, there is the most practical and most important trade issue.It was mentioned in the proposal that the people who should return from Europe have already arrived at this time, so the general situation in Europe and the matter of the Nanyang Trading Company can basically be determined.

The Nanyang Trading Company has an absolute advantage in trade with Africa, Europe and the southern islands, and may be involved in the slave trade. Therefore, if the organization wants to obtain funds for activities, it is best to choose to establish trade with Asia before others.

On the one hand, we can continue to carry out activities for political purposes, and on the other hand, we can raise enough funds to prepare for future events. This is also the hope that domestic organization members will pay attention to the issue of manpower stationed here.

Since it is very important, it should not be underestimated, but should be treated with an attitude second only to that of the Great Deserted City.

Now relying on the advantages of global voyage routes, the trade with Asia can also go ahead of the rest of the domestic capital, establish a trading company belonging to the organization, and firmly hold it in hand, accounting for at least half of the shares and more than half of the trustworthiness a member of.

These three things are very important, because Chen Jian may stay here for a while, so he must get support and assistance from the organization as soon as possible.