Zheng Siqi never expected that Kim Jong-won and others would be so arbitrary. As a political consultant, Zheng Siqi's status in the Ryukyu Kingdom is not low, and he is second only to Kim Jong-won in terms of official positions.

As early as when the old king of Ryukyu was reigned, Zheng Siqi was an important official in the court. After the new king ascended the throne, he still maintained great influence.

Because of the previous reasons, Ryukyu hated the Ming Dynasty because of the Qing Dynasty, which led to Ryukyu taking the initiative to apologize to the Ming Dynasty to continue the rule of the Shang family Ryukyu. As a political consultant, Zheng Siqi was one of the original decision-makers and an important figure in promoting Ryukyu to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

But in doing so, Zheng Siqi only fulfilled the obligation of a minister, and his purpose was to serve the Ryukyu monk. This is the case with a small country. Facing a big country, he could only survive in a crack. As a minister of a small country, Zheng Siqi did not have many choices. Faced with the huge Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu could only do this.

But the Ming Dynasty's reaction was unexpected. Although he publicly pardoned the crime of Ryukyu, the Ming Emperor also regained the Ryukyu Kingdom under his vassal state. But unlike the previous Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor is a revival lord, and he is even more ambitious. He not only looks inside the country, but also turns his attention overseas. After becoming a vassal state of Ryukyu, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Ryukyu and also sent an imperial tutor to the king.

Many officials in the Ryukyu court were wary of this, and even Zheng Siqi had speculations in his heart. Moreover, over the years, as the Ming Dynasty's maritime power became stronger and stronger, and the expansion of its forces deep into the ocean, Ryukyu, which was isolated overseas, not only did it not become a part of the Ming Dynasty ignored, but on the contrary, because of the rise of great voyages, the status of Ryukyu has become increasingly important in recent years.

The changes in Ryukyu in recent years are enough to show this. The prosperity and expansion of the Ming Dynasty have brought prosperity to Ryukyu, especially the rapid development of maritime trade, which has led to a lot of benefits from the entire Ryukyu. Not only ordinary Ryukyu people, but also local tribes like Zheng Siqi have gained great benefits.

Those who can achieve such a status as Zheng Siqi can of course see the changes in Ryukyu. Zheng Siqi even guessed that the Ming Dynasty planned to continuously weaken the control of Ryukyu's royal family over Ryukyu in this way, and at the same time, using these interests to gradually form an integral part of Ryukyu with the Ming Dynasty.

If this continues, the independence of Ryukyu will inevitably be destroyed. Perhaps decades later, Ryukyu will become a real territory of the Ming Dynasty. When everyone, Ryukyu people regard themselves as the people of the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Kingdom will also be in name only.

Zheng Siqi knew very well about this, but he was powerless. All he could do was to delay this progress as much as possible, or to maintain the authority and independence of the Ryukyu royal family. If that day really came, at least on the basis of losing power of rule, the Shang family could also ensure that the name and influence of Ryukyu were achieved. This would be enough.

Therefore, the attitudes of Zheng Siqi and Jin Zhengyuan on this matter are completely different, or the former is a conservative, while the latter is a radical, but in any case, the purpose of the two factions is the same, that is, to maintain the independence of Ryukyu, the monk's status in Ryukyu.

Compared with Kim Jong-won and others, Zheng Siqi's mind was clearer. He knew clearly that as a small country, Ryukyu, there was no bargaining chip in his hands, and he could not do much. What's more, history once told everyone that the first few decades of the rise of the Central Plains dynasty were powerful and unquestionable, but as time went by, the Central Plains dynasty would gradually change, especially the change of the throne would bring about such changes.

This is just like Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the West when he died, but after Zhu Di died, Renzong succeeded to the throne, and the feat of Wan Fan's struggle to go to the West was no longer the same as before. In the late period of Emperor Xuanzong's dynasty, the Ming Dynasty simply gave up the ocean completely, and the powerful Ming Navy completely disappeared in this sea.

That's right, who can guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will not be the same as the Ming Dynasty at that time? So Zheng Siqi's approach is more stable from this point of view. This is also because Zheng Siqi has always been dissatisfied with the radical attitude of Kim Jong-won and others, but he never expected that Kim Jong-won and others would do such a big thing secretly without him.

Suddenly, the sky collapsed! After gritting teeth and cursing for a few angrily, Zheng Siqi's eyes were full of despair and helplessness. Jin Zhengyuan and others thought they were smart, but they did the most stupid things. If Ryukyu had the national strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty, then what they did might be done, but compared to the Ming Dynasty, the small Ryukyu was simply vulnerable. In the face of absolute power, these power schemes were just a joke.

Just like now, the Ming garrison suddenly dispatched, and the seemingly powerful Kim Jong-won party was destroyed in less than a day, and the consequences were even more serious. When Zheng Siqi thought about the seriousness of the consequences caused by the stupidity of Kim Jong-won and others, he wished he could hold a knife and chop these guys with his own hands.

When he arrived at the palace and fell into the sedan chair, Zheng Siqi walked out of the sedan chair in a daze. After reminding him by Tong Ping on the side, he calmed down a little and looked outside the palace. The original guards had now been replaced by soldiers from the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Siqi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and followed Tong Ping into the palace gate with her clothes.

When he came to the hall and saw the safe and sound empress dowager and the king, Zheng Siqi breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that when he entered the palace, he saw another scene. Now the empress dowager and the king are in good condition, and they don’t look like they are being coerced, which made Zheng Siqi see a glimmer of hope in despair.

"My deliberate official Zheng Siqi, who is in charge of politics, bows to the Empress Dowager and the King!"

He rushed forward and Zheng Siqi bowed to the two people sitting in the middle, and praised: "The royal city is in chaos, I am late. I also ask the Queen Mother and the King to forgive me for their crimes."

"Get up, Lord Zheng." The king is still young, and now it is the empress dowager who is in court. The empress dowager's clear voice sounded in the hall. She could only hear her say: "Today, the incident happened suddenly. The prime minister Jin Zhengyuan, Wang Shushangyi, and Yonglu Dafu Cheng Shunze conspired to make a rebellion. Thanks to the fact that the country sent troops to help, this did not cause a major disaster. Now the rebellion in the royal city has been pacified. The government affairs official is an important minister in the court. The Ai family and the king are about to follow the grandfather of Zheng."

"I am so scared..." Zheng Siqi hurriedly leaned down and replied, thinking in his heart that Empress Dowager's words meant.

As a political consultant, Zheng Siqi suddenly heard several meanings from the empress dowager, but he could not judge whether these meanings were true or false for a while, and he didn't know how sincere or helpless the empress dowager's words were.
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