At noon the next day, during the yamen's lunch break, Gao Pragmatic returned to his home from the household department and held a "military parade" in the courtyard.
What he was reviewing was not the soldiers of the imperial court, nor even his own personal guards, but the surrendered Japanese soldiers - the three hundred surrendered Japanese soldiers brought back by Liu Xin from southern Xinjiang.
Liu Xin herself has always had military power, but her military power has a special origin, and her current situation is also more complicated.
At the beginning, she did not have any "military power". Only these Yiding were given to her by her father Liu Xian as bodyguards, and they were regarded as her bodyguards. The reason why she was given this group of people was that she had always refused to marry, and had traveled all over the world to raise money for the Liu family to support their family. Therefore, Liu Xian pulled out these three hundred people from the more than three thousand Japanese descendants at that time. Leave it to her to carry.
After the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, Liu Xin led the troops alone to cooperate with Huang Zhiting in fighting the war. At that time, in addition to her own 300 people, she also had a temporary loan from her brother Liu Wei. Of course it was much more than her three hundred.
But then because Naresuan was defeated in the first battle, Huang Zhiting generously allowed her to choose troops from the surrendered troops, which caused Liu Xin's strength to suddenly expand. At that time, Liu Xin first sent Liu Wei about 5,000 surrendered troops, and Liu Wei Due to limited financial resources, I only picked two thousand to accept.
Later, after the Siam counter-rebellion and other wars, Liu Xin finally returned nearly 3,000 direct descendants after Liu Wei returned the Japanese surrender lent to her. But at this time, Liu Wei was worried that his sister did not have enough loyal soldiers on hand, so he gave her another three hundred surrendered Japanese soldiers - this time he did not borrow it, but gave it to her directly.
Liu Xin's handling at that time can be regarded as a reference to Gao's pragmatic approach. He divided the 600 surrendered Japanese soldiers into two parts. Among them, his original 300 guards were scattered and placed among the 3,000 direct troops to lead the troops. The three hundred people gifted by her brother were taken with her to replace the bodyguards.
Liu Xin's three thousand Liu Jiajun were said to be "Liu Jiajun", but they actually had nothing to do with Liu Wei's troops, and were never included in the Ming army. They did not receive a penny of military pay from the Ming Dynasty, and did not even need to be borne by Liu Wei. .
These three thousand people are now taking Huang Zhiting's money - not Jinghua's, but Huang Zhiting's own money. Therefore, this group of people now stays in Dingnan, and Liu Xin also handed over the command to Huang Zhiting. To a certain extent, their current nature can be regarded as mercenaries recruited by Huang Zhiting himself.
When Liu Xin came north to Beijing, she only brought 300 Japanese soldiers as bodyguards. These 300 bodyguards usually stayed at Jianxinzhai and Baiyulou. After Gao Pragmatic discussed with Liu Xin last night, early this morning, Liu Xin sent someone to notify them to enter the city in batches and gather at Shangshu Gao's Mansion for reading.
In fact, there was nothing interesting to read in the parade. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers did not need to be demonstrated through a military parade. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic just looked at them casually and ordered the selection of fifty "real Japanese".
Although the Japanese surrendered Ding, who had been with the Liu family for a long time, has long been a Han attire and dress, the characteristic of these fifty people is that they are highly pragmatic and their identities as "real Japanese" can be seen at a glance from their appearance, temperament and movement details.
To put it simply, Japan has very distinct characteristics.
At this moment, fifty people were divided into five columns, standing in front of Gao Pangshi, Liu Xin, and Gao Mo in an orderly manner, like benchmarks. They didn't know what to do next, but as the Japanese warriors who had long been accustomed to going through life and death, they didn't care about the next task.
Perhaps, even if the eldest lady asks them to enter the Forbidden City next moment, they will not be surprised, let alone question or resist.
Among the Liu Jiajun, because of their special status, although these Japanese surrendered soldiers are treated well, their punishment is also the most severe. Their treatment and even the guarantee of survival can only be described in four words: obey orders and fight desperately.
Apart from this, there is nothing else.
However, even these Japanese descendants who had already given up life and death, they all opened their eyes in surprise after hearing Gao Jingshi's words, because Gao Jingshi said as soon as he opened his mouth: "Congratulations to you all, you will be able to return soon." My homeland is Japan.”
However, although these words surprised the fifty "real Japanese", the surprise was not surprise, but panic.
Back to Japan? We are all pirates in Japan. If you send us to Japan, isn't that sending us to death?
Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Liu Xin's face. Could this young lady whom they had watched grow up really want to send herself to death?
Liu Xin smiled, and then Gao pragmatically said with consolation: "Don't be afraid, you are not going back as pirates this time, let alone as criminals - Director Gao will arrange all kinds of suitable things for you." status, and ensure that you can become a human master as quickly as possible after returning to Japan."
A stocky Yi Ding leader who was nearly forty years old asked: "Miss, what on earth do you want us to do?"
Before Liu Xin could answer, Gao pragmatically asked, "What's your name?"
The leader of the Yiding family was obviously very aware of Gao Pragmatic's identity and his relationship with Liu Xin. Hearing this, he immediately bowed and said, "In response to Master Gao, the younger one's name is Liu Sanwu."
"Oh, I'm asking about your Japanese name." Gao Pragmatic knew immediately that "Liu Sanwu" must be the numbered name caused by Liu Xian accepting too many barbarians back then. In addition to indicating his qualifications for surrendering to Japanese barbarians, Useless except for being quite old.
The leader of the Yiding bowed again and replied: "There is no word for Miao in Japan, only a small name, called Xiaokuro."
"The word Miao?" Gao Pingshi was obviously stunned for a moment, and almost blurted out "What is the word Miao?" Liu Xin, who was next to him, saw the opportunity quickly, pulled him and whispered: "Come here, I will tell you."
Gao pragmatic guessed that she might not want to make a fool of herself in front of her subordinates. Although he felt that this was not embarrassing, he still followed her wishes and walked aside to listen to her explanation.
The explanation this time was not easy. Liu Xin told Gao pragmatically some of the things related to Japanese names that she heard from the Japanese descendants when she was a child.
It turns out that there were actually three forms of "surname" in Japan at this time, namely "surname", "surname" and "Miao character". Among them, the clan (ウジ) is the oldest and most well-established, symbolizing the source of blood. Generally, it is the earliest surname given by the emperor, such as the Izumo, Genji, Taira, Fujiwara, Tachibana, etc. surnames, which are usually regarded as the most noble "surnames".
However, the meaning of "surname" (かばね) in their conventional sense is different from that of "surname" in Chinese. In Japan, it refers to a person, a kind of rank, including public, minister, lian, Zao and the so-called "surname". "Eight Colored Surnames", that is, Zhenren, courtiers, Su Ni, etc. Each surname has a different corresponding status.
For example, "Zhenren" are only descendants of the Emperor, while "courtiers" are the highest-ranking human ministers. Since the Minamoto and Taira clans are descendants of the Emperor and descendants of the emperor, they are the highest-ranking human ministers, so they are often called courtiers. (Note: After the Heian Dynasty, courtiers were also used as honorific titles for more than three ministers). As for the time when the "surname" appeared, it was probably before the Dahua reform.
The "Miao" character mentioned by Kokuro just now appeared in the Heian Dynasty, and is essentially the name of the branch family. For example, Ashikaga and Tokugawa, this has nothing to do with the gift from the emperor.
Therefore, a complete Japanese name at this time is surname + surname + Miao character + character or general name + given name (taboo). Liu Xin told Gao Jingshi that, as they usually call Tokugawa Ieyasu, his full name is "Original Court Minister Tokugawa Jiro Saburo Ieyasu" - "Jiro Saburo" here is a general name, which means that the head of this family is Jiro, and Ieyasu was the third child born to Jiro.
Is this troublesome? Of course it's troublesome, but sometimes it's even more troublesome because the order is reversed. For example, when the two of them talked, they said "Oda Nobunaga", which should actually be "Oda Danzheng Tadashi, court minister Nobunaga" - Taira is a surname, Danzhengtada is the general name, Oda is the Miao character, and Nobunaga is the given name. Courtiers are surnames.
Speaking of which, Liu Xin told Gao Pragmatic that most Japanese civilians now do not have surnames in a broad sense. It was only after the Emperor issued an order during the Meiji Restoration that they were allowed to take their own surnames. The specific time should be the eighth year of Meiji (1875). Year).
What was the name of the law that was promulgated at that time to let Japanese civilians take surnames? In fact, it is called the "Order on the Must-Calling Miao Characters for Common People", which means that what is regarded as a "surname" in later generations is actually the "Miao character" mentioned by Kokuro just now.
The Han people also had "family" a long time ago, but it was later simplified (I won't go into details about this), so Gao Pragmatic understood the current situation in Japan immediately after Liu Xin explained it.
However, he still asked Liu Xin: "Then we want people like Xiao Jiuro to return to Japan and get into... certain important positions. We must give them a surname - or Miao, after all, not everyone Everyone can have the fate of Toyotomi Hideyoshi."
"This is easy to handle. The superior can give it to them." Liu Xin said: "You can give them the Miao characters, you can also give them the general characters and partial taboos."
Gao Pragmatic was silent for a moment and said helplessly: "What are these general words and partial taboos?"
"Well, I have to tell you first that Japanese taboos are different from Chinese Confucian taboos. What we just talked about were 'surnames', and Japanese names...if we look closely, they are composed of 'tongzi' and ' It is composed of "partial taboo", in which the general character does not need to be avoided, but the partial taboo needs to be avoided.
This 'Tongzi' is generally a tradition passed down by the family, and is somewhat similar to the Chinese 'Pai Ming' (i.e. a word used to express seniority in a large family), just like your generation from the sixth floor of the Gao family to yours. There is the same word for "wu" in the middle of the name, so in Japan it can be roughly said to be "tong".
As for 'bias', it actually represents that person's name. If you put your name in Japan, then 'wu' is the general character, and 'real' is the partial taboo. If you need to avoid taboos when addressing you, just avoid the word 'shi' and leave the word 'wu' alone.
However, giving a surname is a special exception to the taboo. The way in which surnames are given in Japan is usually for the superior to use his or her own taboo to give the subordinate a surname. This is equivalent to changing the family tradition of the inferior. This behavior is called "obeying the wishes of the superior", so there is no need to It's taboo, and it's a common phenomenon.
Let me give you an example. Take Uesugi Kenshin, for example. His official name has been called Kagetora, Masatora, Terutora, etc., and "Kage" was originally the common character of his Nagao family. The character "policy" was used and the name was changed to Masatora Uesugi. However, Ashikaga Yoshiteru later had a higher constitutional status than Uesugi, so when he was given a surname, he replaced the word "political" with his own partial taboo. Uesugi Kenshin changed his name to "Huitora" from then on.
And if the superior person bestows the word "Tong" on the inferior person, then this kind of favor becomes even more special. It means... it means a bit like 'I treat you as a family member'. For example, Okuhira Sadamasa was given by Oda Nobunaga. He was given the character Tong and changed his name to Nobuira Okuhira. Tokugawa Ieyasu therefore paid more attention to this person and even married his daughter to him. "
Gao Jingshi said a long "Oh", thought for a moment, and said: "Then among the fifty people this time, don't they all have the Chinese character Miao?"
Liu Xin said: "There may be some, because some of the Japanese descendants were originally lower-level warriors. They had to become pirates after their master's defeat. But most of them definitely don't have Miao characters, so you have to give them to them."
Gao Pragmatic was stunned: "Why did I give it to them? They are your subordinates. Shouldn't it be you who gave them the Miao name?"
"Of course I can give it, but didn't I just talk about Uesugi Kenshin's example? Ashikaga Yoshiteru's status is higher than Uesugi Kenmasa, so his gift has more status." Liu Xin spread her hands: "I am a girl. , there is not even an official position in the Ming Dynasty, so whether I give them the character Miao or Tong, it is not noble, so what is the meaning of whether I give it to them or not, it is better to let them choose one by themselves."
"Oh...I know." Gao Pingshi nodded, but frowned a little: "The word Miao can be chosen casually?"
"You can say 'whatever' you want, but I suggest you give some thought to the style of the Japanese Miao characters, so that they don't hang around in Japan with a Chinese surname. Even a fool would know there is something wrong."
Gao pragmatic smiled, turned around and walked back to Xiao Jiulang, and loudly said to all the selected Japanese descendants: "Just now, your lady Liu has won an honor for you. Please ask me to serve as the Grand Master of the Ming Dynasty and the Hubu." In the name of the Minister, I will give you new Miao characters, Tong characters and even partial taboos."
To Gao Jingshi's expectation, all the fifty Japanese surrendered to Japan suddenly had blazing eyes, and even the rise and fall of their chests suddenly became obvious. Even so, surprisingly, none of them shouted. Instead, they all raised their chests and belly, trying to make themselves appear more powerful and energetic.
Gao pragmatic glanced at Liu Xin, who raised her chin slightly, feeling quite pleased with herself. Gao pragmatic smiled, turned to Xiaojiulang and said, "Then, let's start with you."
Xiao Jiulang hurriedly knelt down and said loudly: "Thank you Gao Situ for your kindness, I will be grateful for you for three lifetimes!"
Gao Pingshi didn't help him up, but asked gently: "Where were you born? Is there any outstanding scenery at home or nearby?"
"Going back to Gao Situ, the villain was born in Songye City. There is a Ryuze Temple in the nearby mountains, but it is not the Ryuze Temple in Mishima."
Gao Pangshi didn't know where Songye City was, let alone that there were two "Longze Temples". Liu Xin tilted her head slightly and whispered: "I don't know where the Ryuzawa Temple he mentioned is, but Matsuba Castle should be in the west of Shikoku Island. The nearby mountains he mentioned may be Mount Kasatori or Kiri in the Tengu Plateau. Tateyama."
Gao pragmatic nodded slightly and said: "In that case, I give you the word Miao, Longze, and Tong, Shi. Your nickname was originally Xiao Jiulang. "Shuowen Jiezi" says: 'Nine, the change of Yang. Like its bending and bending. The shape.' Therefore, I give you the partial taboo Yang."
"Longze Shiyang..." Xiao Jiulang was overjoyed, trembling all over, kneeling on the ground, banging and banging his head several times, and said loudly: "Longze Shiyang, thank you Gao Situ for your kindness!"
Gao Pingshi patted his shoulder and said, "Get up." Then he looked around at everyone and said, "The next person comes forward to receive the gift."
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