"Don't fight unprepared battles" is Gao Pragmatic's consistent style. Since the current situation in Japan can even affect the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty, even if this impact is mostly for economic purposes, Gao Pragmatic also feels that he It’s time to start paying more attention to Japan.
He quickly ordered Gao Mo to compile all the information about Japan that Heiding had collected in the past two or three years and send it to him.
This matter is not difficult to handle. Black Top has the cover of the Beiyang Sea Trade Alliance, and in addition, in Japan, from the imperial court to the various daimyo, there is almost no idea of secrecy - they do have it among themselves, but to the Ming Dynasty On the contrary, the businessman did not have it - so he had already collected a lot of information, specially compiled and analyzed it, and would only submit it to the master for review when Gao Pragmatic needed it. Therefore, Gao Mo quickly handed over a large stack of books and documents. Delivered.
It took Gao pragmatism and conscientiousness more than an hour to read through these things, and then he had a relatively clear understanding of Japan's situation in the past two or three years.厽厼
In 1585 AD, which was the autumn of the thirteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Hideyoshi issued a peace order as Guan Bai. The so-called peace regulations are actually peace regulations. The meaning of this order is not complicated. It means that private fights between daimyo are prohibited without Guan Bai's permission. If you violate it, the result will of course be that Guan Bai will teach you a lesson.
In a famous Japanese game from later generations, playing the "Nothing Order" means that you can pass the level. But real history is not a game after all, and it is not true that there are no people who disobey this order.
Not long after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's order was issued, someone challenged him.
You must know that it was not long before Toyotomi Hideyoshi established his dominance. It was just when he needed to establish his authority. As a result, someone blatantly violated it as soon as he issued it. He couldn't help but be angry, so he decided to use them as negative examples and teach them a lesson.
It was the Shimazu family of Satsuma who dared to despise Hideyoshi at such a sensitive moment.
Satsuma is located in the southwest of Kyushu, later Kagoshima Prefecture. Satsuma has always been known for its extremely tough folk customs. It is known as the Sparta of Asia on the Internet in later generations. It is said that any man you pick out here will fight one against three.
But there are historical reasons why they are so tough. First of all, it is important to note that the Satsuma people are not actually the "Wazu" at all, but the Hayato tribe, a minority group in Japan.
As early as the fifth century AD, the Hayabusa clan submitted to the central government of Japan. Of course, the name Japan did not exist at that time, and the so-called Satsuma country was far from even appearing.
At that time, because the sky was high and the emperor was far away, although Hayato claimed to obey in name, he basically ignored the existence of the central court, and often failed to pay taxes and tributes. This is easy to understand. The land in Satsuma is so barren that it is difficult to get food for yourself. Where can I get extra food to hand over to the government?
However, the court will naturally not care whether you can afford to eat or not. You must pay what you are supposed to pay. If you don't pay, you are a traitor, and you will have to use force to force you to pay.
As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance. Hayato of Satsuma rose up to resist without any suspense under such oppression. As the saying goes, poor mountains and harsh waters bring out unruly people, but the Satsuma people are all brave and tough. The imperial army tried it and found that they really couldn't defeat them. As time went by, I became too lazy to care. If you don't hand it over, it won't be worth it since there are only a few grains of rice anyway.
By the time of the Tang Dynasty, Japan and the Tang Dynasty fought a war called the Battle of Baijiangkou. In this battle, the Tang navy gave full play to its advantages and defeated the Japanese navy, which had several times its own strength and ships.
The characteristics of the Japanese are well known. When they are not beaten down, they think that I am the best in the world. After losing, they immediately become obedient like a dead dog. Therefore, after this battle, Japan became honest and felt that it could only be ranked second in the world and the Tang Dynasty was the first in the world, so it took the initiative to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty to learn from the Tang Dynasty in all aspects.
At first, the Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty entered the Tang Dynasty through the Korean Peninsula. However, civil strife broke out in Korea and this route could not be taken. So the Japanese felt that they had to develop a new route, and the starting point was the Hayabusa gathering place in Osumi Province. .
But unexpectedly, trouble arose. The inspection officials sent by the imperial court were too arrogant and angered the angry young men of Hayato who had a bad temper. So they picked up the weapons and surrounded the imperial officials.
Of course, the officials of the imperial court were very smart. They immediately showed what it means to be a man who can bend and stretch - they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy. Hayato took a look, that's it? Are you giving in before I even take action?
However, they may rarely encounter such accidents, and they don't know how to deal with it for a while. Looking at her pitiful appearance, they just say go back and don't show off in front of the elders next time.
You don’t even have to guess what happened next. These officials filed a complaint as soon as they returned. Therefore, for the sake of domestic stability, the most important thing for the imperial court is probably international harmony - what if these barbarians offend the envoys from the Tang Dynasty next time, what will happen to Japan? Therefore, it is very necessary to take good care of Hayato.
Just as they said, the Japanese court first separated a part of the Hyuga Kingdom as a singing state, which was equivalent to setting up a Hayato Special Zone. Since then, it has strengthened control and implemented a new tax system in the local area.
In the words of later generations, the characteristic of this new tax system is that there is no threshold. This means that if you collect ten shi of grain, you must pay three shi. If you only collect ten grains of rice, sorry, you must also pay three grains.
Hayabusa is used to being a master, so he couldn't bear this tone and immediately became angry. So they killed the administrators sent by the imperial court and raised the flag of rebellion. This time the imperial court responded quickly, and immediately mobilized more than 10,000 people to cross the sea to attack Hayato. Hayato showed amazing fighting power with only a thousand men. He persisted for a year and a half before surrendering due to lack of food.
For the Japanese court, although this battle was won, it was a pain in the ass to win, and it was probably a loss-making deal. So the imperial court also felt that it was necessary to change the method. Instead of being forced to do it blindly, the court should try the Huairou method learned from China.
The strategy was quickly decided. Specifically, the first was population relocation, sending the Hayabusa people from Osumi Province to the capital so that they could be assimilated; the second was that the stupid tax system had to be changed, so it was postponed indefinitely.
Since all the Hayatos in Osumi Kingdom were sent away, Satsuma became the last concentration place for Hayatoes, and gradually the Satsuma people became equated with Hayatoes.
During the Heian period, the imperial court sent a local official to Satsuma named Yui Mun Tadashi. Since the central and southern part of Hyuga Province and Satsuma Osumi were also called Shimazu-so, Tadahisa Mune simply changed his name to Tadahisa Shimazu, which is how the famous Shimazu family came about.
The Shimazu family has been in southern Kyushu for five hundred years. It has a long history and can rival the Takeda family. And not only did they stay there for a long time, the Shimadzu family also had a very cool and handsome aura. This momentum is embodied in four words: never go to Luo.
The so-called "Shangluo" does not mean that during the Warring States Period in China, Shangluo held the emperor hostage to order the princes. In Japan, this term simply means going to Beijing to report on one's duties. But such a routine work report has almost never been done by the Shimadzu family in the past five hundred years. The reason is simple and clear: I don’t like it, sir.
It's such a combination of local snakes and foreign nationalities. For hundreds of years, the Japanese court really couldn't do anything about them. Later, during the war, they had no time to take care of themselves. Who has nothing to do and is in the mood to care about the southwest border? As a result, this group of people became even more unscrupulous, and a considerable number of them chose to work for boss Wang Zhiwang, and as a result, Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang were killed.
In the past few years, the fighting blood of the Shimazu family finally reawakened. The fifteenth generation leader Shimazu Takahisa and his four sons were all fierce generals, and the four sons were very united, so it only took about ten years. , the Shimazu family defeated Osumi Hyuga's Ito, Gansuke and other forces, and then sent their army north to attack the daimyo of Hizen, Ryuzoji Takanobu, known as the bear of Hizen.厽厼
Takanobu was originally a very capable general, but because he was usually strict with his subordinates and his style was probably similar to Zhang Fei's, during the battle, his bearer ran away as soon as he saw something was wrong, so Takanobu was killed by Shimazu The family members surrounded and beat him to death, and the Longzuosi family was in ruins ever since.
In this way, the only family in Kyushu that can compete with the Shimadzu family is the Otomo family, but they are only trying to resist, and the disadvantage is still relatively obvious. When Hideyoshi gave the order, they were being encroached on their territory by the Shimazu family.
Of course, the Shimazu family also received a peace order, but as I mentioned about their family's history, I haven't been to the imperial court for five hundred years, and now you won't fight me if you don't want to? Which onion do you think you are? So he continued to beat up Dayou's family.
Hideyoshi was about to establish his authority at this time, and there was no room for someone to be disobedient. He quickly decided: fuck him! Hideyoshi obviously intended to set a negative example and serve as a warning to others. Unexpectedly, just as they were about to start fighting, something happened behind the scenes: Ishikawa Sumasa of the Tokugawa family ran away and came to him.
Shuzheng finally couldn't bear it after being threatened by words and actions countless times by the angry youths of Sanhe. I have worked hard for many years and contributed to the Tokugawa family's diplomacy without complaint. It's just that you are a hawk and I am a dove. Why are you shouting at me like this?
When he thought that he had worked hard for many years and had worked hard even if he had no credit, but the result was not good at all, and that one day he might be dragged out by radicals and beheaded in public, Sumasa felt that he could no longer stay in the Tokugawa family, so he took A group of gangsters ran to Hideyoshi in Osaka Castle.
Of course Tokugawa Ieyasu was very nervous. Although he could understand Sumasa's thoughts and knew that he was not a disloyal person, since Sumasa was an important member of the family and a person in possession of core secrets, once he leaked any secret to Hideyoshi, he would be Quite passive.
So Ieyasu immediately started military reforms and replaced all the military systems in the family with those of the Takeda family. But what he didn't know was that Hideyoshi was also nervous. Originally, Ieyasu had given hostages to surrender before, but if he fell out again because of this matter, it would be very difficult for him.
So Hideyoshi decided to have a serious talk with Ieyasu after the New Year. The demands are not high, just hope that Ieyasu will come to Osaka to express his surrender face to face.
The person specifically responsible for the negotiations was tea-making expert Oda Nagamasu. After Nobuo and Hideyoshi reconciled, he came to the more prosperous Osaka and learned tea-making from the tea ceremony master Sensoichi. Although Chang Yi only knows how to make tea, he is very confident in himself and believes that his diplomatic skills are outstanding.
However, it turns out that history is really not a game, and whether one is good at tea ceremony has nothing to do with diplomatic ability.
After Nagamasu saw Ieyasu, he said with a silly smile on his face: "Ah, what happened last year was really surprising!" This level of skill made Tokugawa Ieyasu unable to speak. So Ieyasu replied expressionlessly: "I heard that Lord Guanbai took in Lord Boqi. Is he in good health?"
When Chang Yi heard this, he was actually stunned. He smiled brightly and said that Shu Zheng was in good health. We even made tea and chatted together a few days ago. I still remember the tea utensil I used. After talking for a long time, he finally realized that he was going too far, so he began to think about the reasons for asking Ieyasu to go to Osaka.
After thinking for a while, he felt that it was okay to use the topic of son. There is no father in the world who does not love his son. "Speaking of Master Yu Yiwan..."
"As long as he is in good health! Lord Changyi, it's getting late, so I forgive Ieyasu for not accompanying me." After saying this, Ieyasu stood up and signaled to see off the guest.
This is really speechless. A person who can send his son as a hostage, how much do you expect him to love that son?
Of course, Chang Yi was completely unaware of his stupid behavior. He felt that he had to be as patient as visiting a thatched cottage three times, so he kept looking for Ieyasu. Apparently, Ieyasu became more and more impatient, and finally asked someone to tell Nagamasu that he was very busy, so don't come here when you have nothing to do. Chang Yi was embarrassed and had to go back to Osaka to wait for scolding.
However, after returning to Osaka, Hideyoshi was easy to talk to and said that there was no need to worry. He did not expect Ieyasu to come so easily. Yamato had a clever plan to ensure that he would definitely come.
Chang Yi was very confused: "Your Highness, what's your clever plan?"
Hideyoshi was very direct: "Give him a beautiful woman to be his wife!"
Since Tsukiyama was executed, although Ieyasu had many women, the main wife was always vacant. However, Chang Yi became even more confused: "Whose daughter is this?"
Hideyoshi chuckled: "My sister!" Nagai was dumbfounded.
It must be noted here that Hideyoshi’s sister is called Asahime. She is neither Kasugano Sora, nor Kousaka Kirino, nor even Ichinose Himetsuki.
In fact, first of all, his sister doesn't look very good - this may be nonsense, since Hideyoshi looks like a monkey, how good can his sister be?
Secondly, his sister is already forty-five years old. In an era when hyaluronic acid is not available, not everyone can be a "Ye He old girl" and be able to charm all the heroes in their thirties.
But the most important thing is that his sister is now married to his retainer Tomita Yoshinari.
No wonder Changyi was so confused that he married a married middle-aged woman to Ieyasu? For being able to come up with such a good idea, I can only say... It's worthy of you.
But Hideyoshi had already made up his mind. While he sent Nagamasu to go to Ieyasu again to propose marriage, he ordered his sister and her husband to divorce. Because he was too immoral, Mrs. A-Zhong became angry again and prepared to slap him twice.厽厼
Hideyoshi also knew that his mother was very angry, so he simply hid from his mother. After all, it was too important for him to ensure that Ieyasu surrendered. To put it bluntly, the essence of marrying his sister was to send her as a hostage, so he had to do it even if he offended his mother, so in the end his sister was "divorced" .
Ieyasu also knew what Hideyoshi meant, so he agreed to the marriage. He married Asahi in April of that year, but he still had no intention of coming to Osaka.
When Hideyoshi saw that Ieyasu didn't come, he felt that he hadn't given you enough benefits. Why don't he give you more hostages? If you want to send something away, send a high-level hostage - this time Hideyoshi is going to send it to my mother.
In May, Hideyoshi sent his mother Omassho A-Naka to the Tokugawa family on the pretext that his sister was far away from home and needed care.
At this time, the Tokugawa family was in an uproar, and the angry youths were shocked and said that this product must be fake! Why? Because Hideyoshi is known to be filial to his mother, why would he be willing to send him as a hostage?
Ieyasu said, comrades, don't mess up. Let's go and take a look before we talk. Don't make rash decisions. The angry youths, led by the fifty-cent Imperial Master Honda Masanobu, praised her for being a wise leader, and then said murderously that if she was false, they would kill her on the spot.
Ieyasu brought his retainers and Asahi to the gate of Hamamatsu Castle to greet the old lady. After the sedan stopped, the curtain of the sedan was just opened. Before Ieyasu and the others could see the old lady's face clearly, Asahi had already shouted: "Mom! "Then he rushed over, hugged the old lady and burst into tears: "Mom! Thank you for your hard work all the way here!"
The old lady also hugged her daughter with tears streaming down her face: "Daughter, you are wronged by marrying someone from a place you are not familiar with!"
Now everyone present believed it - we are all born to mothers. No matter how deceitful the world is, some things cannot be faked. Ieyasu also wiped his tears and took the opportunity to think about it, but he couldn't find a suitable excuse, so he decided with tears: In this case, then I will go to Osaka!
In October of this year, Ieyasu and his retainers came to Osaka and stayed at the home of Hideyoshi's younger brother, Hashiba Hidenaga. In the evening, Naomasa Ii suddenly walked in and said: "Hideyoshi is here." Although Tokugawa Ieyasu actually didn't want to see Hideyoshi, the matter was at this point, and he could only see him once.
Hideyoshi was quite familiar with him. He laughed and patted Ieyasu on the shoulder as soon as he arrived: "Brother! I've finally got you here!" Ieyasu agreed with an unnatural smile.
But Hideyoshi suddenly said to Ieyasu seriously: "Brother, I want to ask you something." Ieyasu said, then you can say it, as long as it is not too much.
Hideyoshi said very seriously: "Can you kowtow to me in front of everyone tomorrow?"
Kowtow is the etiquette of surrender, and Japanese kowtow is different from that in China. In China, you lower your head to touch the floor and then lift it up. In Japan, after you lower your head and kowtow to the floor, you are not allowed to lift it if the other party does not let you lift it. stand up.
Tokugawa Ieyasu looked embarrassed. He did not want to express his surrender to Hideyoshi in front of all the great names in the country. But Hideyoshi began to beg: "Good brother, just one moment, just one moment, you can knock it down and lift it up."
This etiquette is quite special. Ieyasu thought about it, and since he asked humbly, he should give it some face. So on the 27th, Ieyasu and Hideyoshi formally met. After a few words of greeting after meeting, Ieyasu kowtowed his head as agreed yesterday.
Unexpectedly, the moment he just touched the floor and before he could raise his head, Hideyoshi suddenly said loudly: "Mikawa-kun! Thank you for coming all the way here to join me! Thank you for your hard work!" At this time, the monkey's momentum was overwhelming, and he was completely different from yesterday's grandson. Two people.
Ieyasu's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly screamed that something was wrong, I've fallen into a trap!
At this moment, in the eyes of everyone present, all they could see was Ieyasu surrendering to Hideyoshi.
Tokugawa Ieyasu originally wanted to refute immediately, but he suddenly came to his senses. He had taken the initiative to knock down the head just now. Even if he refuted it, others might not believe it, and they might think he was careless. In this case, let's just go with the flow, so Ieyasu expressed his surrender to the Hashiba family on the spot.
Hideyoshi was very happy to host a banquet in honor of Ieyasu. After eating and drinking, he officially gave the order: to attack the Shimazu family!
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