Chapter 13, Mi You in the Teacup War (Part 1)

Chapter 13, Mi You in the Teacup War (Part 1)

The Second Empire of Neserel, which now dominates the world, is actually in a terrible comprehensive area.

All forces that truly loyal to and maintain this empire were legally expelled from the capital due to the failure of the CEO election in the fall of 1992. They could only establish a base camp in other provinces, but still maintained an absolute advantage in comprehensive strength.

However, the separatist organization that was determined to subvert the empire had mastered the central government through legal means. Although it was the despicable trick of using the God of Knowledge Ogma to coerce the voting representatives from all over the country as believers, Weibi and others betray voters when voting, thus destroying their own political future.

But the problem is that the seats of the party at the Joint Conference of Congress and the Great Arcanist have not changed. The former ruling party and the current opposition still have an absolute advantage in the number of seats. They have even been greatly strengthened because of the transformation of wealth, and have been fully committed to the political tyrants. Before the recognition of Congress, all the major orders signed by the government were illegal.

Therefore, the imperial government, which had given up, deliberately made a fool of itself and issued some illegal orders rejected by Congress all over the world; and the Northern Army Base of Silver Moon City was not willing to be outdone, and also issued orders to the entire empire; and the unwillingness to be lonely, the joint meeting of Congress and the Arcanist also issued various mandatory resolutions from time to time under the illegal situation of completely bypassing the political situation... In this political environment of comprehensive confrontation, in the past two years, the central government of the Nairer Empire has basically fallen into a state of paralysis and madness.

As a result, the provinces, legions, autonomous corps, embassies and overseas colonies of the Naserel Empire, which were scattered around the world, were all confused by various illegal orders that were completely conflicting, and were at a loss. In the end, they had to choose to stand aside or ask for their own affairs.

However, no matter how deceptive the letter of appointment sent from the empire was, since he had already taken up the position of Admiral Perry, then the new official took office would need to examine his various inheritances to facilitate the comprehensive acceptance and rectification.

In general, Admiral Perry was mainly divided into the following parts for the colonial cause initiated by the Neserel Empire in the Far East.

First of all, the foundation of the Japanese archipelago is naturally the top priority, gathering tens of thousands of expatriates and the vast majority of the jingle army.

The Shanghai Concession, which was opened at the estuary of the Yangtze River in the Xianglong Empire, already had tens of thousands of expatriates and two or three thousand garrison troops, and was managed quite well. Just to check and balance the dominant Far East fleet, the government affairs and trade there were mainly led by the foreign ministries of the Empire. The admiral who was in charge of Japan could only rely on military power to carry out some indirect control... This is also the political strategy of the imperial government to "grand control" over overseas colonies.

In the general understanding of the world, Admiral Perry founded after his lonely expedition to the East, there seemed to be only two things.

However, in a corner that is easy to be forgotten, there is actually the third Far Eastern country conquered by Admiral Perry's army... But this poor country is really too easy to be forgotten. Even Admiral Fili Taylor, who is the new direct boss, never thought of it before. He waited until he checked the roster of the troops under his jurisdiction and counted the bills for military pay this year and found that he was shocked to find that there were such a tragic army in his name that had been forgotten by everyone, and had not yet begun to take over...

——That is the Ryukyu Kingdom hanging alone on a vast ocean and blue sea.

The reason why the Ryukyu Kingdom is easily forgotten by everyone is mainly because this place is too broken and can be basically summarized as being both xiǎo and poor.

——According to the traditional comprehensive strength calculation method of Japan, the entire Ryukyu Islands has a height of only 120,000 stones, and the total population does not exceed 80,000. It is considered to be quite inferior among the various Japanese vassals: the Changzhou vassal has 300,000 stones, and the Aijin vassal also has 280,000 stones...

What's more serious is that the land of this country is quite barren, with basically no mines worth mentioning, and no lucrative specialties. Even iron tools have to be basically imported. In the early days of the Great Discovery, Ryukyu Island was once a very important Far East transit trade port. With the collapse of the policy of the Japanese Shogunate and the Sholong Empire's lockdown, and the significant progress of ocean navigation technology, it has long become yesterday's yellow huā. In addition, due to the raging typhoons, on today's Ryukyu Island, it is rare for several Western merchant ships to berth by the port all year round.

The sugar cane sugar industry, which was once quite prosperous on Ryukyu Island, has now been completely defeated by the large plantations in Taiwan and Nanyang in the market competition, and the pearls produced offshore are far inferior to those of the Satsuma Pharied. Although the harvest in nearby fishery is pretty good, in this era without refrigerated ships, seafood fishing usually doesn’t make much money. If it is made into salted fish and transported to other countries’ ports for sale, it is afraid that it will lose money after adding freight...

Given this tragic situation where all industries are declining and year by year, it is impossible to support all Ryukyu people by relying on arable land and fishing alone, so a large-scale population outflow has occurred since a long time ago. The total population of Ryukyu Kingdom reached 180,000 at its peak, but now it has decreased to about 80,000. It is also scattered on many scattered islands, and the population living in Ryukyu's main island is even smaller.

The only two "big" cities in Ryukyu, the royal capital Shuri and the port Naha, are actually just towns with a size of ten thousand people.

In the eyes of Western adventurers who pursue wealth and power, this poor island country has neither a decent consumer market nor a best-selling commodity for trafficking. It is really too risky to be free, and even a glance is unnecessary.

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However, in such a forgotten place, a large number of political forces gathered in a row.

——After deciding to take advantage of the opportunity of Xiangrui going to sea to try sailing and go south to Ryukyu Island to patrol the jurisdiction of Ryukyu Island, Feili ordered people to ask Mitsui Ryuki and Minister Zena for relevant information on Ryukyu Island. Then he read it quickly and was overturned by a gorgeous landmine.

First of all, it is the Shang family, who lives in Shuri City, the royal family who has ruled the Ryukyu Kingdom for hundreds of years. Under the royal family, there is a regent, a three-serial official, and the general government affairs of the court. Since this country implements a feudal system, there are also a large number of local lords and nobles called "Xiangshi" below the court, and they rule a territory in their own right.

If it is placed in a larger country, these prisons should be considered a prince. But if they are spread out like Ryukyu, a poor and poor island, and then divided into the territory of each prison, they may not even have a thousand people. It is too exaggerated to say that they are the mayors, so they can only be called the village chief.

Secondly, about three hundred years ago, the Satsuma family in Mikushu sent a quest to successfully defeat the Ryukyu Kingdom. Although the Shimazu family was unable to directly annex the country due to various internal and external factors, the Shimazu family still forced the Ryukyu Kingdom to sign a harsh agreement to pay tribute, and occupied the important fortress in the northern part of the Ryukyu Island. There were dozens of samurai resident in the Shimazu family, which basically turned the country into its own colony.

Third, although the Ryukyu Kingdom became a vassal of the Shimazu family, the Shimazu family itself was also a vassal of the Edo Shogunate. During the heyday of the Tokugawa family, the shogunate authorities, who were closed to the country, had no interest in this barren land thousands of miles away, so they completely let the Shimazu family control Ryukunate.

But after the Osaka chaebol came to power, in order to punish the unruly Shimazu family, which was rebellious and refusal to repay the debt, and to find a remote place to resettle the genealogy of the Tokugawa family that was lost, the Edo Shogunate also set up a South Island practice site on Ryukyu Island more than ten years ago, and lost dozens of ruined flag-buildings who dreamed of restoring their wealth and wealthy family business again, allowing them to fend for themselves.

Therefore, in order to compete with the garrisons of Shimazu vassal to collect protection fees, these shogunate flagsmen who were in desperate situations actually recovered some of their ancestors' bravery after being killed or injured. They fought with the Satsuma samurai for several days and frequently broke out in bloody conflicts.

Fourth, about thirty years ago, the Far East Fleet commanded by Admiral Perry, a few months before shelling Edo and opening the Japanese country, had already forcibly landed on the Ryukyu Island halfway, replenishing fresh water and food, and carried out the final rest before the decisive battle.

Faced with the Westerners' strong ships and cannons, the Shang royal family and the Satsuma garrison did not dare to resist at all, and obediently regarded Admiral Perry as a guest of honor. The King of Ryukyu also "voluntarily" signed a submission agreement to accept the "protection" of the Nasèrel Empire, and since then he found another owner for himself.

Therefore, Admiral Perry left several people as liaison officers in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and later evolved into a concession that was probably the whole world. The entire concession was cut from the edge of the dock market in Naha Port. He used lime thread to cut off a piece of land. There were only three buildings in total: a lighthouse, a grocery store called the business association, and a magical temple that doubles as a church school.

The Ryukyu garrison troops of the Far East Fleet Marines of the Naiseriel Empire usually live under the lighthouse, with a permanent force of eight to ten. The Western expatriates who live and temporarily live in the concession have at most thirty people, and they are also the priests who serve as foreign consuls...

Fifth, long before being conquered by the Satsuma clan, the Ryukyu Kingdom maintained a traditional vassal relationship with the Central Plains Celestial Empire. That is, people were sent to Beijing to pay tribute every year or every few years, offering some invaluable local specialties, and then receiving generous rewards of His Majesty the Emperor at least several times this time.

In the past, emperors in the Central Plains were usually not very concerned about overseas affairs. As long as a group of foreign envoys came to Beijing to celebrate the congratulations during their ascension to the throne and other celebrations, it would be enough, which is the so-called "great power atmosphere" of "all nations come to the throne".

But in recent years, after the migration of south, the Xianglong Empire not only lost nearly half of its territory, but also almost lost a vassal state - either being isolated from the enemy's connection channels, or all of them ran to the Khan of Tukan to flatter and seek rewards.

Therefore, in order to tie up the last vassal state of the remaining vassal state and safeguard the last face of the Celestial Kingdom, the former Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, would not be so sad that there were no vassal state envoys to come to celebrate during the court meetings and ceremonies. He actually set up an embassy in Ryukyu, with one seventh-rank official and more than thirty soldiers in order to demonstrate the majesty of the Celestial Dynasty... For the Ryukyu people who were already overwhelmed, it was equivalent to a distant master who was not actually in charge of the affairs of the past, and now he has sent someone to stare at it.

Finally, the Xianglong Empire Party, which has been active in the southeast coast in recent years, has gradually become its own overseas base for the remote and extremely weak government forces for the sake of cunning rabbits. Every time an uprising was launched on the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, or internal fire and failure, there will always be several bigwigs of the Party or minions who cross the sea to escape to the Ryukyu Kingdom to avoid the limelight.

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The above complex political situation is really a nightmare for the current Ryukyu king Shang Long.

Originally, under the colonial rule and exploitation of the Satsuma Shimazu family, the Shang royal family lived a frustrated and poor life, and even the only pearls produced were forced to be blackmailed, after all, there was only one owner who needed to be worshipped, and at least it was relatively stable.

But now, he is a king of Ryukyu, and in his own country, he is trapped in a madly multiple leadership. He not only has to be loyal to his original master (Samatsubaku), but also has to nod and bow to his master (Edo Shogunate), his master (Nesèrel Empire), and the earliest old master (Shoyo Empire), and also has to be troubled by the active activities of a group of subversive parties in the country. He was at a loss for a moment and almost suffered from jingji schizophrenia.

What's more, he even had to let such a bunch of luàn forces form cliques on his own territory, fight openly and secretly - any one of them can definitely offend him, and any one of them can pull him out and beat him up... I really can't live this life

However, for this poor king who is exhausted, a even more tragic nightmare is still coming.

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Although in the eyes of outsiders, this Ryukyu Kingdom, which is both poor and poor, is basically a piece of savory ribs. As the saying goes, a storm can also arise in a teacup. Just when the Japanese Islands last year were overturned under the banner of "reversal of the curtain and anti-barbarians" and "retrograde kingdoms". When the sky was in full swing, a long war broke out on this Ryukyu Island that was almost forgotten by everyone, which lasted about ten months and was extremely long.

First, in August last year, with the news that the Satsuma clan joined the inverted camp, the Satsuma samurai stationed in Ryukyu took the lead in provoking the war. In mid-August, forty-seven Satsuma samurai came out of the fortress of the Hitoshi-Cheon Castle and broke into the king's capital Shuri Castle with swords. They defeated 35 shogunate battles in one fell swoop on the street, beheaded at level eight on the spot, and won the victory of the "First Battle of Shuri". Then they set fire to the Nandao Campaign, which was stationed in Shuri Castle in the Edo Shogunate, drove the remaining shogunate samurai and their families out of the king's capital Shuri, and drove them to Naha Port.

Then, these passionate Sammo samurai took advantage of the victory to surround the palace and attempted to coerce Ryukyu King Shanglong to join the inverted camp. However, Shanglong felt that the situation was still unclear and was unwilling to step aside too early, so he ordered the palace to be closed and not leave. He secretly sent people to the Western Concession in Naha Port and the Xianglong Empire Embassy in the suburbs for help overnight, hoping that both sides could fulfill the obligations of the sect leader and save themselves from danger.

The messenger who asked the Sect Master for help had not returned yet. After a while, Sammo Satsuma was clamoring outside the palace walls, he probably felt that he had been fighting for a day and was too tired and had no energy to fight at night. So he turned back and dispersed in groups of three or three. King Shanglong had just breathed a sigh of relief and thought the whole thing had just passed. Unexpectedly, he got up the next morning and saw that an "army" of hundreds of people had spread out of the city.

It turned out that while the Sammo samurai was raising troops to expel the shogunate forces, they had already colluded with several samurai in the northern part of Ryukyu to rebel. These local lords gathered nearly 300 soldiers and horses by recruiting all young and strong fishermen and peasants in the corps, and temporarily distributing knives, guns and sticks. Then they joined forces with the Sammo samurai and rushed straight to the royal capital Shuri Castle.

Speaking of which, the Ryukyu Island is really small, and even if it is a nationwide mobilization, it can probably gather 2,000 troops, and there is no permanent army at all. Due to the feudal system of the entire country, the royal family has limited territory, and has long been heavily exploited by the Satsuma clan for financial purposes, the Shang family's royal family is now too weak to be weak, and the force that can still be controlled in their hands is only a few more than 20 palace guards. Faced with such a surprise attack of more than 300 "armys", the royal family was unable to resist for a while.

In response, King Shanglong had to bite the bullet and hastily armed a group of Shuri citizens to fight in the street, and then unfortunately lost in this "Second Battle" that was about the level of gang fights among the gang members or villagers fighting against each other, and nine people were killed on the spot.

After the defeat, the miserable king had to take his whole family to escape from the city and flee to the Xiwuwu Censorate in the south in one breath, and then re-establish the camp. He summoned loyal ministers from all over the world to bring troops here to serve the king, claiming that he would fight against the rebellion and recover the capital.

On the other hand, after the rebellious northern sects entered Shuri Castle, they immediately caused almost internal strife to fight for the throne because they were equal in strength and did not accept each other. Finally, under the mediation of the Sammo samurai warriors, they finally barely established an inappropriate "Ryukyu Republic" to continue to fight against the exiled court of the Shang royal family, and tried to organize troops to continue to march into the south.

However, it was already the busy farming season. In order to avoid famines in the coming year, the three hundred "army" of the supervisors must be disbanded quickly and they will go home to do farm work. As a result, the situation on the island became stalemate...

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ps: In the real Edo Shogunate era, Ryukyu was counted as 200,000 stones by the Shogunate. In fact, the shogunate deliberately carried it to a high place to deal with the Shimazu vassal, and forced them to undertake various "voluntary labor". The Shimazu family was not polite, and once they changed their hands, they threw the burden on the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Therefore, the real stone height of Ryukyu is only 120,000 yuan. After deducting all the outer islands, Ryukyu's main island is only 80,000 yuan... It's barren enough
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