Daming 1805

Chapter 49
The conditions set out by the Ming court to the Ryukyu Kingdom seem to be full of compromise and compromise.

For the group of vested interests in the Ryukyu Kingdom, that is, the group that actually controls the power and wealth of the Ryukyu Kingdom, all arrangements have been made as properly as possible.

For the mixed-race Ming and natives in the Ryukyu Kingdom, the actual life is basically not directly affected.

However, this seemingly superficial reform has actually touched the essence-immigrants from the colonies will be granted imperial citizenship.

Historically, if Britain was willing to implement similar reforms in its North American colonies, the American War of Independence would probably not have broken out, or would not have been independent so thoroughly.

One of the two most direct and critical purposes of this reform is to give colonial immigrants the right to citizenship, thereby eliminating the independent tendencies of the vassal states and colonies.

Another key is to reassure workers and refugees.

The old gentlemen of the court and the emperor can grasp the real key.

In the case of achieving key goals, other interests are not affected as much as possible, so that the reform can proceed as smoothly and smoothly as possible.

Because the war is not over yet.

If the deepest reforms, such as the complete and direct dismantling and abolition of slavery, are started directly, it is likely to accelerate the collapse of the empire.

When the Ryukyu withdrawal was discussed, the official news related to the withdrawal of the vassal had also spread to other vassal states.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, every day when the court released the government office, the General Affairs Secretary would notify the local government envoys and vassal states through telegrams about the major events that need to be disclosed that day.

It is equivalent to a telegram sent by telegram.

As for which major events need to be made public, the General Secretary will contact the Emperor at any time to confirm.

On January [-]th, the main things announced by the General Affairs Department were the withdrawal of the feudal lords in the West Sea, the reform of the Caliphate, and the relaxation of the ban on six industries.

Therefore, although other feudal countries did not directly receive the notice of withdrawal from Ryukyu, they also knew that the withdrawal of feudal feudalism had been decided.

In addition, the nobles and elites of the vassal state have more or less personal connections with local officials.

Most of them can get a few uncertain news, saying that Ryukyu may also be withdrawing from the vassal soon, and they may be discussing specific details.

As a result, the high-level vassal states in the surrounding areas of Daming, the south, and the west immediately entered a state of sleepless nights.

Personnel from various interest groups quickly contacted, and gathered at the fastest speed to meet separately to discuss and speculate on the possibility of the future.

The kings of the vassal states in Yinzhou also got up in the middle of the night and called the officials, nobles and capital elites of the vassal state to hold a meeting to discuss these real important events.

For the vassal state, the war with Taixi is not as big as the withdrawal of the vassal by the Ming Dynasty.

The most tense of all the vassal states are the vassal states of the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, because they are the closest to the mainland and have the closest relationship.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there are no two vassal states, Korea and Japan. These two names have become place names, the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Islands.

The border between the Korean Peninsula and Daming mainland is no longer the Yalu River on the mainland, but [-] kilometers north of Pyongyang, which is basically the narrowest part of the Korean Peninsula.

Since then, the Korean peninsula to the south has been split horizontally from the middle to form the two vassal states of Goryeo and Silla.

As for the Japanese archipelago, from the northeast to the southwest, it was divided into four feudal states: Ezo, Edo, Nara, and Toyohara.

The area of ​​the six vassal states is roughly the same, ranging from [-] to [-] square kilometers, which is slightly smaller than a political envoy in the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the territory of Fengyuan Kingdom is roughly the three islands of Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island and China in later Japan.

The name of Kyushu Island is because there were originally nine countries on the island, so it was called Kyushu Island by Japan, and Shikoku Island is similar.

The emperor of the first generation, Zhu Cihong, believed that those so-called decree states were not worthy of being called states, nor were these two islands worthy of being called Kyushu and Shikoku.

Therefore, Zhu Cifeng changed Kyushu Island to Jiucheng Island, and Shikoku Island next to it was also changed to Siyi Island, which means city and county.

As for the so-called "Chinese place", the source of the name is the myth of "Fengweiyuan China", and it is also known as "Fengweiyuan Thousand Five Hundred Autumn Ruisui Country".

Among these words, Zhu Cifeng chose the word Ruisui as the region name, and the word Fengyuan as the new country name.

Fengyuan Kingdom is the place where Daming's trade with Japan was transited, and it was also the only place where Daming went to Northern Yinzhou, so it was given the attention of the Ming emperors of all dynasties.

The local native men were continuously recruited as servants and sent to the north and south of Yinzhou, Nanyang, Dashi, and Mozhou to expand their territories.

Local native women, selected with good looks and appearance, were sent to the Ming Dynasty to become the maids of the royal palace, nobles, and business elites.

The relatively common ones are sold to Yinzhou or Nanyang to be the wives of early Ming bachelor immigrants, or simply to engage in the much-needed service industry.

At the same time, the local people of the Ming Dynasty continued to migrate to live in the Japanese archipelago, including Fengyuan.

After more than 100 years of continuous replacement, there are basically no natives in Fengyuan country today.

Even if you check the household register, you can only find the sons and daughters of Da Ming men and women as concubines, and no real pure-blooded natives can be found.

If you occasionally find pure-bred Japanese natives, they are basically slaves sold from other regions.

The first king of Fengyuan Kingdom was Zhu Cijiong, the direct brother of Zhu Cilong, who was also the third prince of Zhu in the original history.

Up to now, King Fengyuan has been passed down to the fifth generation. The current king is named Zhu Zhongdong, and he is the sixth brother of Zhu Zhongliang, the current emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhongdong is 55 years old this year, and he is still in good health. Most of the time he will not stay in Kumamoto City, the capital of Ashihara, but stay in Nagasaki Port for a long time.

Because Nagasaki Port is the most prosperous place in Fengyuan, and it is also the most well-informed place in Japan's Sihanoukville, which is very important under the current situation.

On the night of the 34th day of the first lunar month in the [-]th year of Daming Taihe, the Fengyuan National Palace in Nagasaki Port City was as brightly lit as the Ryukyu Kingdom and other vassal states.

Toyohara country left and right Changshi, deputy judge, Nagasaki prefectural magistrate, and commander of the feudal king's guard Kumamoto Wei, these powerful military and political ministers of the feudal country, gathered in the lobby of the manor.

With excitement and anxiety, they looked at King Fengyuan who was seated with complex expressions.

Fengyuan King Zhu Zhongdong's face was not very good, he read the telegrams several times with a few telegrams in his hand, and then raised his head and asked:
"What do you think the imperial court's determination to withdraw from the vassal can be specific?"

Several ministers looked at each other, and finally Li Hongbin, the highest-ranking left minister, handed over and said:
"Reporting to the king, the minister thinks that the West Sea and Dashi is not enough, and the court's determination still depends on the Ryukyu.

"The minister has arranged manpower to contact the Ryukyu Palace directly, and there should be news soon."

When King Fengyuan heard this, he simply closed his eyes and tapped the table beside him with his fingers. He just sat there waiting for news, and several courtiers also stood anxiously waiting.

This depressing atmosphere did not last long. Half an hour later, a servant walked into the lobby quickly and handed the three telegrams to Li Hongbin, the chief left officer.

Li Hongbin took a quick look at it, and then with a very excited mood, handed it to King Fengyuan above:
"Your Majesty, the court's mind has been decided, and Fengyuan should have made preparations earlier."

Zhu Zhongdong was deeply confused when he looked at the contents of the telegram.

After a few seconds of silence, Zhu Zhongdong handed the telegram to the other ministers for circulation, and all of them instantly widened their eyes.

Then they couldn't hold back their excitement, and some gaffes said aloud:
"The king of Ryukyu can actually be the governor directly, so is our king qualified to be the governor of Ming Dynasty?"

"Dongfan Island and Ryukyu can actually set up four governors and four houses, and Fengyuan, which is twice as wide as Dongfan Ryukyu, can set up two governors and more than ten houses?"

"All the ministers at the scene can all be political envoys, participate in politics, and all command envoys. The county magistrate has the opportunity to be the prefect."

"Being an official of the Ming Dynasty, you can even be promoted directly. Your Majesty is really merciful..."

(End of this chapter)