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===First imperial period=== | ===First imperial period=== | ||
The medieval period in Oyashima spanned from the 10th century to the [[Oyashima#Sengoku Jidai|Sengoku Jidai]] in the 1450s. It was characterized by the end of the dominance of the nomadic ancestors of the Danehonger peoples and their lifestyle and the rise of the ethnically Mutsutorine kingdoms and empires. | The medieval period in Oyashima spanned from the 10th century to the [[Oyashima#Sengoku Jidai|Sengoku Jidai]] in the 1450s. It was characterized by the end of the dominance of the nomadic ancestors of the Danehonger peoples and their lifestyle and the rise of the ethnically Mutsutorine kingdoms and empires. | ||
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[[File:The Humiliation of Duy Cai.jpg|thumb|15th century Daxian depiction of the Humiliation of Duy Cai]] | |||
The Kon Ninh islands off the Bac Hoa plains have perennially been host to ethnic groups that have moved from the mainland to escape aggressive neighbors. The largest group were the (____) who founded the Den Cai kingdom in 1012 by subjugating or coercing all the groups in Kon Ninh. Due to its low population, the Den Cai kingdom favored diplomacy and trade over exerting direct military force. The kings of Den Cai began relying on the Matsumori dynasty for military protection, establishing a relationship of suzerain and loose client that lasted for decades; second and third daughters of the Den Cai royal line were usually reserved for marriage into the Matsutori dynasty to reinforce the relation. Shogun Hiroji Matsumori would invade Den Cai in 1185 to push forward his nephew's claims (who had a Den Cai royal mother) on the throne. Matsutori rule of the islands was heavy handed and oppressive as mainland culture was forcibly stamped on the local population. The rapid collapse of the Matsumoris in 1204 and the subsequent infighting left them in a very weakened position, alas they held on to the islands as one of their few major remaining territories. | |||
During this period, political events taking place further south would prove of great consecuence for Kon Ninh. The [[Daxia|Zhong dynasty]] under the [[Shuimian Emperor]] forced [[Metzetta]] into an unequal arrangement whereupon the latter relinquished control over the waters off its western coast for Zhong shipping. This reopening of unhindered access to the [[Sea of Capelan]] soon had repercussions for Matsumori rule of Kon Ninh. Shuimian sent the Baron Zhaoze Chigua and his Fleet of Northern Munificence to Oyashima ostensibly on a voyage to reestablish diplomatic relations with the northern polities. Secretly however the Baron had orders to assess the strengths of his interlocutors and intimidate them into vassalage if feasible. Arriving first at the Kon Ninh islands, Baron Zhaoze received a frosty reception by the Matsumori's, proud and prickly despite their humbling by the Toshimochi dynasty. The incensed [[Daxia]]ns planned to stay in port but a few days more while making note of the sparsity of the garrison and the lack of any ships of military value at harbor; at this point they were secretly approached by a cabal of Den Cai princes who promised to accept vassalage if the Emperor expelled the Matsumori. Baron Zhaoze readily agreed to the scheme and on the day of his supposed departure, he invited the Shogun aboard his flagship under the pretense of presenting him with a gift from the Emperor; the Shogun and his advisors were seized as soon as they set foot aboard. The [[Daxia]]n fleet then disgorged its soldiers onto the port and while the Matsumori garrison fought fiercely to rescue the Shogun and hold the city, they were overwhelmed after hours of fighting. The last Matsumori Shogun to rule over Kon Nihn, Umon Matsumori, was ritually executed by his captors and his severed head was thrown into the sea as a final indignity. The Den Cai princes chose the eldest among them, Duy Cai, to be crowned as king of a renewed kingdom. In an act of typical [[Daxia]]n imperial arrogance, Baron Zhaoze insisted that as the Emperor's representative he must crown the king himself in lieu of the typical Den Cai ritual of being crowned by an eminent religious figure. While the crowning ceremony went as Zhaoze demanded, it created seeds of distrust between the two sides; the crowning of Duy Cai by the Baron is known as ''The Humiliation of Duy Cai'' in historical sources of the period. After installing Duy Cai, the Baron left a garrison and sailed back to [[Daxia]] where he was elevated amid much pomp at court to the new position of ''Judicious Overlord of Den Cai and its dependencies'' and was instructed to sail back north and begin acquiring the 'dependencies' part of his title. | |||
Under [[Daxia]]n suzerainty, the Den Cai kingdom was heavily militarized to meet up the demands relayed by Baron Zhaoze of more auxiliary troops and more warships. To find the manpower necessary, Duy Cai began raiding the western coasts of Oyashima for people. An estimated ten thousand people were abducted by raiders out of Den Cai in a six year period; these people were resettled on the islands and eventually press ganged into military service. | |||
====Matsumori dynasty==== | ====Matsumori dynasty==== | ||
Distant enough from their Shangese colonial neighbors to the south and deeply inbreed with the Mongolic natives, the Matsumori court established a unique cultural and ethnic identity. It was in this period that the {{wpl|Japanese language|Mututori language}} became distinct from the {{wpl|Chinese language|Daxian language}}. Their rule of the Kita-Hanto, (Eng: Northern Peninsula) was absolute. They established sedentary farming communities further and further east. By the 1160s they controlled the whole of the Kita-Hanto and had abolished the nomadic lifestyle. | Distant enough from their Shangese colonial neighbors to the south and deeply inbreed with the Mongolic natives, the Matsumori court established a unique cultural and ethnic identity. It was in this period that the {{wpl|Japanese language|Mututori language}} became distinct from the {{wpl|Chinese language|Daxian language}}. Their rule of the Kita-Hanto, (Eng: Northern Peninsula) was absolute. They established sedentary farming communities further and further east. By the 1160s they controlled the whole of the Kita-Hanto and had abolished the nomadic lifestyle. | ||