As early as after the Battle of the South China Sea, Zhu Yicheng intended to take Ryukyu under the ownership of the Ming Dynasty, but considering the influence of military and politics, Zhu Yicheng did not rush to achieve success after Ryukyu surrendered, but adopted a steady approach.

Over the years, Ryukyu's every move has been under Zhu Yicheng's attention, which naturally includes the major changes in the Ryukyu court. Taking advantage of that opportunity, the Ming Dynasty directly eliminated the opposition in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and at the same time uprooted many local Ryukyu families in one fell swoop, which basically eliminated the obstacles to annexation of Ryukyu.

Ryukyu Kingdom, this country is a very small country for the whole world. On the map of later generations, Ryukyu, which was renamed Okinawa, was just a few inconspicuous small dots on the Pacific Ocean east of the mainland. If you don't pay attention, you can easily ignore it.

However, such a small Ryukyu has an extremely important geographical location. In the later blockade of island chains on the mainland, Ryukyu is an indispensable link and is also a military base for the US military in the Pacific.

It can be seen that holding Ryukyu in hand can not only break the island chain blockade of the mainland, but also protect the island chain defense of the mainland.

The importance of the island chain formed by Japan, Ryukyu and Taiwan to the Ming Dynasty is self-evident. Now, Taiwan has long been in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. As for Japan, although it is only a vassal state at present, with the establishment of Hokkaido, the Ming Dynasty has curbed the northernmost end of the island chain, and has one north and one south as Taiwan, including the entire Japan.

Now, Ryukyu is the central link of this island chain. As long as Ryukyu is completely included, the Ming Dynasty will not only obtain the island chain barrier, but also strengthen its control over the close-knight Japan.

But Zhu Yicheng did not expect that after only a few years, the Ryukyu Kingdom took the initiative to merge with the Ming Dynasty. As for the Ryukyu King, he even made a request to leave the throne and come to Beijing to live.

This incident is naturally a good thing for the Ming Dynasty. Besides, Zhu Yicheng, who has always had some ideas about Ryukyu, was a little surprised by the news. After reading the memorial of the King of Ryukyu, he couldn't help but frown. For a moment, he was a little confused about why the Ryukyu Kingdom was suddenly so anxious to be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty.

It was not until Zhu Yicheng read He Xianzu's memorial that he understood the reason. It turned out that after the conservatives and opposition from Ryukyu were strongly suppressed, Ryukyu Prime Minister Jin Zhengyuan, Wang Shushang Yi, and Yonglu Dafu Cheng Shun, all his clan members were imprisoned.

Afterwards, in order to quell the matter as soon as possible, Zheng Siqi, the political consultant, also gave Daming an explanation, and after obtaining the consent of the Queen Mother, he began to kill his former colleagues.

Although Ryukyu is just a small country, although the country is small, the political struggles in the country are extremely fierce, especially when such a big thing is involved.

Zheng Siqi knew very well that it was easy to directly destroy Ryukyu with the strength of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, he had to protect himself at this moment, so he almost killed all the people involved at that time, thereby eliminating the anger of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, for the Ming Dynasty, whether it is Jin Zhengyuan, Shang Yi or Cheng Shunze, these people are just clowns in Daming's eyes. What's more, what these people did at the beginning was nothing more than trying to target He Xianzu and had no courage to turn against Daming. Otherwise, they would not have contacted Jiang Jin privately, intending to get support from Zhu Yicheng's side.

Unfortunately, they couldn't understand one thing at all, that is, the Ming Dynasty's real idea of ​​Ryukyu, whose concept was still in the previous thinking, which led to the final result.

Although Zheng Siqi did this, he solved the current problem, but also brought serious consequences. The influence of Ryukyu local forces is not small. As a small country, Ryukyu is different from a big country like the Central Plains. The ruler of Ryukyu is not entirely based on his orthodoxy or rights, but is ruled with a tacit understanding and support between classes.

This not only includes the king of the country, but also the ministers in the court. Zheng Siqi's actions seem to have solved the problem, but in fact they also laid serious consequences. He Xianzu could see these clearly, but he was happy to watch the fire from the other side of the river. After all, if Ryukyu continues like this, it will not be any harm to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, it will speed up the process of merger of the Ming Dynasty, so he is naturally happy to see it.

As expected, not long ago, as the previous incident gradually faded away, the opposition forces of the junior high school towards Zheng Siqi and other party members began to rise again. Coupled with the ambiguous attitudes of the King of Ryukyu and the Empress Dowager, Zheng Siqi clearly felt something was wrong.

In this case, there are only two ways before Zheng Siqi. One is to make concessions and appropriately allow the opposition to re-enter the court. However, doing so is almost a way to seek death. Once the general account is settled in the future, not only Zheng Siqi, but even his gangsters will not be able to lose their benefits. It is inevitable that the family will be destroyed and the clan may even be exterminated.

Zheng Siqi knew this very well, so he had only one other way to go, that is, to continue to rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the opposition to the end. However, doing so also has future troubles. Once the Ming Dynasty does not support him in the future, or as a pawn, he is directly abandoned by the Ming Dynasty, the result will be no different from the previous way.

It has to be said that Zheng Siqi was extremely clear about the situation and was also a ruthless person. In a dilemma, he finally chose to promote the process of Ryukyu to the Ming Dynasty. As long as the Ryukyu Kingdom no longer exists and the Ming Dynasty becomes the real master of this land, then naturally all problems will no longer become problems.

As the current political consultant in Ryukyu, Zheng Siqi can transform himself into an official of the Ming Dynasty. By then, whether he continues to be an official in Ryukyu or is transferred to the Ming Dynasty, it will be a good way out.

To do this, the attitude of the King of Ryukyu and the Queen Mother is extremely important, but Zheng Siqi is not worried about this. As smart as he has long seen that the King and the Queen Mother agree with the merger of Ryukyu and the Ming Dynasty. More importantly, as the plenipotent minister of the Ming Dynasty in Ryukyu, He Xianzu has been secretly promoting this matter. He not only did this without any obstacle, but also gained support from the Ming Dynasty and showed loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, Zheng Siqi started to prepare. He first convinced his accomplices, and then had a few long talks with the Queen Mother. As for the King of Ryukyu, the little king had already yearned for the Ming Dynasty. As long as the Queen Mother nodded, there was no problem with the King's side.

The development of things was just as he expected. Without much effort, Zheng Siqi convinced everyone, and then relying on his current position in the court to join forces with the Queen Mother of the King to easily pass the decision, and then he made such a memorial, or the so-called "Secretary of the People's Republic of China".
Chapter completed!