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Chapter 1368 Zhao Mingdeng

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    "Okay, that's great!" After listening to Tang Baolu's words, the Zheng family father and son replied in unison.

    In the past, Zheng Hao was still struggling with his identity, whether he was from Ryukyu or from Ming Dynasty.  After hearing these four points, he no longer had any worries.

    "I was born as a member of the Ming Dynasty, and died as a member of the Ming Dynasty. No one can change it!"

    There is no other reason. These four demands put forward by Tang Baolu are highly consistent with the interests of the Kumi clan!

    Although the thirty-six surnames of the Fujian people traveled east to Ryukyu for nearly two hundred years, they have always been highly respected in the Zhongshan Kingdom. They were also promoted to the Kume clan as a whole and became part of the ruling class.  But those indigenous princes and nobles always regarded them as outsiders in their hearts.  For example, the fiefdom given to them is on Kume Island overseas, and they are never allowed to control the military, and they are allowed to live together in Kume Village instead of the royal city, etc

    Of course, this is also related to their strong awareness of the proud people of the Chinese dynasty and their unwillingness to regard themselves as Ryukyu people.  In Jiumi Village, they built ancestral halls, ancestral temples, Confucian temples, and ethnic studies. They used the language of the Ming Dynasty, taught the culture of the Ming Dynasty, wore the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, and upheld the customs of the Ming Dynasty.  Keep the clans together and basically don¡¯t intermarry with the Ryukyu people I have no intention of integrating at all, so why should I ask others to treat them as their true own?

    In fact, the fact that the two sides have been able to coexist peacefully all depends on Zhongshan State's reliance on Ming Dynasty.  The Kume clan had a monopoly on Ryukyu's tribute, so they were naturally invincible.  But being undefeated does not mean victory. There are many people and things that make them uncomfortable if they don't deal with them.

    This time the ¡®Naha Massacre¡¯ is a living example - although King Nakayama has always handed over the Naha officials responsible for Naha Port affairs to the hereditary Kume clan, he has never allowed them to get involved in the north and south forts, the gateway to Naha Port.

    ¡°And among the Ryukyu nobles, there are still quite a number of pro-Japanese factions.  This is what the Zheng family hates the most.  That group of people assisted the Japanese and subtly penetrated Ryukyu's culture, religion and economy. Not only would it affect Ming's legitimacy in Ryukyu, it might also attract the covetousness of evil wolves.

    Now Mr. Zhao wants to hand over Naha Port and the surrounding areas of influence to the Kume clan.  We also need to eradicate the Japanese poison in Ryukyu.  Comprehensively promote Chinese education, thoroughly consolidate the orthodox status of the Ming Dynasty, and begin to take the initiative to fully assimilate Ryukyu.  This is exactly what the Kumi clan has always dreamed of, okay?

    Anyway, Zheng Zeng has decided to fight for "Zhao Si Tiao" for the rest of his life!

    ??~~

    The pleasant time passed quickly, and unknowingly at noon, a man in a black police robe came in and whispered a few words in Tang Youde's ear.

    Tang Youde nodded slightly, then introduced to the Zheng family and his son with a smile: "This is Deputy Chief Huang who is with our young master. I have been ordered to invite you two to have lunch with the young master."

    When the father and son heard this, they were flattered and hurried to greet Huang Xiaohu.  Huang Xiaohu was a serious person. After nodding his head to greet the two of them, he stretched out his hand to greet you and said, "Please invite me, you two distinguished guests. The young master is waiting for you."

    "Okay, hurry up." With "Zhao Si Tiao", the Zheng family and his son were particularly able to position themselves correctly, and hurriedly followed the two of them out of the camp and onto the promontory protruding out of the sea in the back mountain.

    Zhao Hao placed the banquet venue at the highest point of the promontory, where the scenery is excellent. Looking at the vast sea and sky, people's minds will become bigger.

    And the typhoon has just passed, the temperature is not high, and the sea breeze is blowing, it is not hot at all.

    So under the parasol high on the promontory, they met the amiable Mr. Zhao.

    As soon as they saw Zhao Hao, the Zheng family's father and son immediately knelt down and apologized, saying that they did not take good care of the young master's subordinates and allowed so many sons of the Ming Dynasty to die. They really deserved death.

    "Get better. The matter has been investigated clearly, and the responsibility is not yours. You don't care about defense, and you don't have an army. We can't force you." Zhao Hao magnanimously helped Zheng Zhaozuo up, and sighed: "It's also my fault for thinking of them.  Great. I thought that Ryukyu was a strong vassal on the sea after all. It had resisted the Japanese for many years and had not lost its control. It was easy to protect the safety of Chinese merchants and fleets. I didn't expect that they were so unbearable that they could let the Japanese invaders in the royal capital.  They burn, kill, loot and come and go as they please, it¡¯s really rotten from the inside out!¡±

    "Yes, yes." Zheng Zhaozuo nodded hurriedly. He was also an old fox. Naturally, he knew that the purpose of Mr. Zhao's determination was to reshuffle the Zhongshan Kingdom.  "The little old man is also deeply disgusted with the current situation in Zhongshan Kingdom. It's a pity that I, a Fujianese with a surname of thirty-six, are outsiders after all. No one will listen to my good advice. Instead, we will be hated by others, who think that we want to turn away from the guests."

    "What are you talking about?" Zhao Hao asked the father and son to sit down at the long table covered with sea blue tablecloth, pointing to the snow-white beach, clear water and beautiful coral reefs in the bay and said: "Does this place originally belong to them?  ? Then why did King Shang Yuan bring his three thousand royal soldiers here to inspect????  "

    "He is here to quell the chaos. What the young master said is that the Amami Islands and Sakishima Islands originally had their own masters. It was not until the generation of King Shangyuan's grandfather that the Zhongshan Kingdom laid the foundation for what it is today through continuous conquests.  territory." Zheng Zhaozuo hurriedly answered: "Actually, even their king is a fake!

    Then he lowered his voice and said: "The previous royal family was abandoned by the nobles because of their immorality. Now King Shangyuan's great-grandfather is named Jinmaru, who was actually a powerful minister at that time. After becoming the new king, he was afraid that the dynasty would disapprove, and he had nothing to do with the royal family.  A person related by blood succeeded to the throne, so he changed his name to Shang Taijiu and lied that he was the king's younger brother who asked for the title, so he got the title of King of Nakayama. This matter is not a secret in Ryukyu, but it has been kept hidden from the country. "

    After finishing speaking, Zheng Zhaozuo lowered his head in shame and said: "At that time, Kanemaru was worried that the people in Kume Village would report him, so he promised huge profits. For example, he promoted the thirty-sixth surname of the Fujian people to nobles, and handed over the management of Naha Port to us forever, without any restrictions.  Our official student quotas, etc were exchanged for us keeping silent. Now that I think about it, I am so ashamed of myself for being unjust for profit!"

    "Alas, this cannot be regarded as being unjust. You have not harmed the interests of the Ming Dynasty. There is nothing wrong with seizing the opportunity to significantly improve your own situation!" Zhao Hao waved his hand and said: "This incident just shows that the so-called orthodoxy cannot always guarantee rule.  Legitimacy. In fact, where does the legitimacy of rule come from? It comes from being able to lead the people to live a good life. Whoever can lead the people to live a good life is the legitimate ruler, and anything else is nonsense!"

    Mr. Zhao¡¯s outrageous remarks made the father and son tremble with fear, but presumably he was talking about the King of Ryukyu

    Zhao Hao said, pointing to a few cycad trees not far away, and said with a joking smile: "I heard in China that the King of Ryukyu was looking for some excuse during the day to defraud the Ming Dynasty Oh no, tribute. At night, he dreamed of standing there  Three mountains to conquer the world.¡±

    The Zheng family and his son could not help but laugh when they heard this. They did not expect that the arrogant and greedy behavior of Ryukyu King Yelang would be spread to the Ming Dynasty.  It's ridiculous that they thought they were so far apart that no one in the Ming Dynasty knew what they were doing on the island.

    "As for the people of Ryukyu, they collect cycad fruits during the day and grind them into powder to satisfy their hunger. At night, they dream of going out to sea with ships to make a living and escape from this 'cycad hell'." But Zhao Hao said again.

    The father and son suddenly felt ashamed. Zheng Zhaozuo sighed: "I didn't expect that the young master knows Ryukyu so well that he even knows about the 'cycad hell'."

    The so-called cycad is also called banana leaf palm. The flower seeds contain a lot of starch. After being ground into powder, it can replace flour to satisfy hunger.  However, flower seeds contain toxins and if not handled properly, can easily cause food poisoning, and tragic deaths from accidental ingestion of cycads have occasionally occurred.  Moreover, it is difficult for ordinary people to remove the wood fiber in it. Eating too much of it can easily cause abdominal distension and burst the intestines.

    Ryukyu has a harsh environment, backward agriculture, and a huge disparity between rich and poor. Only nobles and wealthy people can eat rice all year round. When there is a famine, the common people rely on cycads to satisfy their hunger.  Some poor people even rely on cycad powder all year round, so people often fall dead while walking on the street.  Therefore it is called ¡®cycad hell¡¯.

    Of course, it can only be regarded as the first level of hell at the moment.  When the Japanese come and crazily suck blood from Ryukyu every year, Ryukyu people will realize what the eighteen levels of hell are.

    "This shows that the Ryukyu natives are very incompetent in running the country." Zhao Hao knocked on the table and said in a serious tone: "As representatives of the Ming Dynasty in Ryukyu, you have the obligation to save the Ryukyu people from suffering and lead them to live a good life.  Days! I believe that in the future, when people no longer have to rely on cycads to satisfy their hunger, everyone will recognize your governance. No one can shake your legitimacy!"

    The father and son felt their blood boiling after hearing this, and felt that the road ahead had become extremely clear and bright!

    We are not traitors to Ryukyu, we are here to lead the people of Ryukyu to live a good life and turn Ryukyu into the overseas wonderland of the Ming Dynasty!

    Zheng Zhaozuo nodded solemnly, stood up and saluted Zhao Hao again: "I and the thirty-six surnamed Fujian people will follow the young master to the death and follow his lead!"

    Zheng Hao also followed his father and kowtowed happily to Zhao Hao.

    "Okay, then we will be our own people completely." Zhao Hao happily helped Zheng Zhaozuo up again and reassured them: "Welcome to join the big family of Jiangnan Group. In the future, just work with peace of mind. Our Jiangnan Group does things above board.  , it talks about the fact that one flower blooming alone is not spring, and a hundred flowers blooming together will fill the garden. Wherever the group goes, it will bring benefits and will never kill the goose to lay eggs. We hope that everyone can share prosperity and create a beautiful prosperous age! This prosperous age is by no means '  Rich families are stinking of wine and meat, and there are carnivals of powerful people who are frozen to death on the road, but there is a kind of universal unity where the old will die, the young will grow up, and the widowed, lonely, disabled, and sick will all be supported!"

    After many times of hard work, Mr. Zhao¡¯s instigation ability has reached the level of a pyramid scheme master.  These righteous and awe-inspiring remarks made Zheng Zhaozuo completely relieved.  It even made Zheng Hao's eyes red with excitement.  He felt that he had a goal in life - to follow Mr. Zhao and fight for the realization of world unity throughout his life!  There is no regret in dying!

    ps. I¡¯m still busy today, but I¡¯ll be done tomorrow. Let¡¯s continue coding the next chapter.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)??.  These righteous and awe-inspiring remarks made Zheng Zhaozuo completely relieved.  It even made Zheng Hao's eyes red with excitement.  He felt that he had a goal in life - to follow Mr. Zhao and fight for the realization of world unity throughout his life!  There is no regret in dying!

    ps. I¡¯m still busy today, but I¡¯ll be done tomorrow. Let¡¯s continue coding the next chapter.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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