Regarding the Japanese issue, Gao's pragmatic attitude has always been to make the most of it, rather than to engage in Sanguang in a hot-headed manner.
He not only wanted to use Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambition to train troops for the Ming Dynasty, but also wanted Japan to bleed itself, so that he would not be too laborious when he used the knife. Even after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he encouraged the eastern and western armies to continue the war. It would be better to make the fight more bloody and cruel than the Battle of Sekigahara in the original history.
Only in this way can he take the opportunity to obtain the maximum benefit at the minimum cost.
There is a saying in later generations, which roughly means "Oda kneaded the noodles, Toyotomi made the cakes, and Tokugawa opened his mouth." Oda's making of noodles had nothing to do with Gao Pragmatic, and he had no interest in intervening when Toyotomi was making cakes, but Tokugawa opened his mouth... You'd better shut up, I'm good at this job.
But that is still a matter of the future after all, and the current problems must be solved first.
There were different opinions within the Shimazu family. Gao Mo just mentioned it briefly. After Gao Mo contacted Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Chengguo, according to Gao Jingshi's instructions, Gao Jingshi personally checked the news received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It didn't matter, but after a quick look, he realized that the situation might be quite serious, and the reason lay in what Gao Mo hadn't finished talking about just now.
This intelligence mentioned that although there were rumors about Osaka Castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself did not express any attitude towards it. Instead, he issued a recruitment order to the Shimadzu family, asking the Shimadzu family to prepare to send troops. The target was of course not North Korea. , but the Kanto Tojo family.
Regarding this order, Shimazu Yoshihisa had a relatively indifferent attitude. According to the old rules, he still relied on "insect qi" (Wufeng's note: these two words are the only word in the record, it is said to be ascariasis), and he was slow to deal with things. He seemed basically indifferent to things like being ready to send troops.
On the contrary, Shimazu Yoshihiro was more active and prepared to gather troops in his home city of Kajiki Castle in Osumi Province (because his original home city of Yashiro Castle was cut off and given to Yukinagako Konishi at this time), but he did not gather many people. It is not specified, but it is said that "maybe less than two thousand."
The situation itself is rather strange, because when Toyotomi Hideyoshi conducted the Kyushu Conquest the year before last, although the Shimadzu family achieved some tactical victories at first, as the main force of the Toyotomi family moved south, the Shimadzu family's war situation went from bad to worse, and finally in Surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi on May 8th.
However, Shimazu Yoshihiro still insisted on the war of resistance at that time. It was not until June 22 that Yoshihiro was finally persuaded by Yoshihisa and sent his son Shimazu Kubo to Toyotomi's army as a hostage.
In other words, at that time, Yoshihisa was the "surrender faction" and Yoshihiro was the "war faction". However, this time it was the other way around. Yoshihisa almost ignored Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders, but Yoshihiro took action and seemed more positive.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but wonder, why is this? Is it because his son is in the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
It doesn't seem right. The characteristic of the Shimadzu family has always been to fight without their lives, and countless "Shimadzu so-and-so" died in battle. As the famous "Oni Shimazu" in later generations, Shimazu Yoshihiro should have the "consciousness" to sacrifice his son when the family needs it - not to mention that he does not only have one son.
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered a piece of information he had seen when he was still trying to figure out Shimazu's idea.
After the Kyushu expedition ended, the Shimadzu family suffered a great blow. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed the division of Kyushu, he issued documents to Shimazu Yoshihisa and Shimazu Yoshihiro respectively, including the Zhusinzhu.
In the letters to the two of them, Hideyoshi gave Shimazu Yoshihisa the title of Satsuma Ikoku, and gave Yoshihiro the title of Ohsumi Ikoku (except for the transfer of Ganfu County to Shimazu family elder Ijuin Tadō).
At that time, Gao Pragmatic didn't pay much attention to this, thinking that it was because Shimazu Yoshihisa took the blame and resigned as governor of the family at that time and became a monk. Therefore, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not sure who had the final say in the Shimazu family at that time. reason.
But now that I think about it, I'm afraid that's not the case. Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't need to figure out who had the final say in the Shimadzu family, or he already knew the tricks played by the Daimyo family in the Warring States period, so he also took action to counterattack.
His countermeasure was to deliberately grant the two territories of Satsuma and Osumi reserved by the Shimazu family to two brothers, Yoshihisa and Yoshihiro respectively, in order to cause discord between the two brothers.
Although the Shimadzu family quickly formed the "two-house system" later, this system itself was a system under hidden rules and did not have legal significance at the national level in Japan. In other words, it is a temporary system of the Shimadzu family.
And anyway, the emergence of the two halls already means that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's measures have worked.
Judging from the current situation, the situation is moving towards the goal that Toyotomi Hideyoshi hopes for, and the Shimadzu family really has different opinions.
However, Gao Pragmatic always feels that this matter is not that simple - you are allowed to use Toyotomi Hideyoshi's plan, but my brother Shimazu is not allowed to use his plan?
The biggest doubt here is that Shimazu Yoshihiro asked the Sea Trade Alliance for help. You know, there were a lot of rumors in Osaka City at this time, saying that since the Shimazu family was not Japanese, there was no reason to be the guardian of the Three Kingdoms (there are only two countries left now, and Hinata was lost), and they asked Guan Bai to start another Kyushu expedition, or let Kato Kiyomasa , Konishi Governor and others sent troops to eradicate the Shimazu family.
Under such circumstances, Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not express any position on the matter. Instead, he sent a letter to Shimadzu's "two palaces" asking them to prepare to send troops to Kanto. However, it has "deep meaning".
If you send troops to Kantō, I will recognize you; if you don't send troops to Kantō, it seems that you no longer regard yourself as a daimyo of Japan.
Under such circumstances, normally speaking, Shimazu Yoshihisa's reaction of ignoring him is more like firmly siding with the Sea Trade Alliance, while Shimazu Yoshihiro, who is actively preparing for war, seems to want to attack Feng. Hideyoshi compromised and sent troops to help according to his request.
However, Shimazu Yoshihisa did not ask for help from the Maritime Trade Alliance, but it was Shimazu Yoshihiro who asked for help. Isn't this contradictory?
Although the Shimadzu family fought bravely, they were not brainless fools. Even fools couldn't play "fishing for the wild", so there must be something wrong here.
Gao Pragmatic's consistent style was to consider defeat before winning, so he immediately considered the possibility of the Shimazu family betraying the Sea Trade Alliance.
However, no matter how much he thought about it, he felt that it would not be the case.
Things like family origin are still very useful in Japan. The Shimadzu family even dares to announce changes in family origin. It is basically difficult to change this matter. Even if they go back and say that the previous verification was wrong, no one will believe it, and it will cause them to further lose credibility.
Brothers Yoshihisa and Yoshihiro should be able to think of this... No, they can definitely think of it.
And if you really want to talk about it, admitting that your family comes from the Qin Dynasty is actually not a big deal in Japan. The Chosogabe family, the number one local powerful faction on Shikoku Island at this time, is also said to come from the Qin Dynasty, and like the Shimazu family, comes from the line of "Yumiyuki-kun".
According to Japanese legend, Gongyue Jun, the fifteenth generation grandson of Qin Shihuang (no such person can be found in Chinese historical materials), led his tribe to cross the sea and immigrate to Japan in the 14th year of Emperor Yingshen of Japan (the fourth year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty, 283 AD). The most powerful family among Japan's "crossers" and the ancestors of the Japanese Qin family.
After migrating to Japan, Yuzuki-kun's family prospered and gradually became a powerful Japanese family. Qinhe Sheng, a descendant of Yugetsu-kun, was later highly valued by Prince Shotoku and was one of the pioneers of Sinicization who made significant contributions to the progress of Japan. Since then, the Japanese Qin family has dispersed in Japan and developed into multiple families.
Hundreds of years later, Qin Hesheng's 26th grandson Qin Nengjun moved to Sogabu Township in Nagaoka County, Shikoku Island, Japan, and officially designated the Miao name as "Sogabu". After the Genpei War broke out, the Sogabe family made great achievements in supporting the Genji family, and their territory was expanded from the Sogabe Township in Nagaoka County to Nagaoka and Kami.
So the Sogabe family who moved to Xiangmei County changed the Miao name to "Xiangzonggabu", and the Sogabe family who stayed in Nagaoka County became "Changzonggabu". Chosogabu Yuanqin, who completed the unification of the four kingdoms, was the governor of the Chosogabu family. The surname of "Changsogabu" is directly marked as "Qin", and Japan considers it to be the descendant of Qin Shihuang. I don't see everyone saying that they want to remove the Chosogabu family. How come the Shimazu family claims to be their own? After the Qin family, why did Osaka City start shouting and killing?
Gao Pragmatic cannot help but suspect that all of this is actually Toyotomi Hideyoshi's political means, and his purpose is to take this opportunity to pressure the Shimadzu family. As for the shouts of beating and killing in Osaka City, it is most likely that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was shouting to catch the thief.
The Shimadzu family may not be able to see through this, but their behavior after seeing through it is very interesting: Yoshihisa is indifferent, while Yoshihiro seems to be more generous.
But judging from the characters of the two people, this reaction is problematic: in fact, Yoshihisa is a cautious person. At first, Yoshihisa had reservations about whether to take advantage of the chaos of the Oda family to attack the Otomo family and unify Kyushu Island, and based on As a family governor, he suppressed the voice of crusade for a long time.
Shimazu Yoshihisa was always cautious about attacking Otomo's family. It wasn't until Kitakou Tokihisa returned from Kyoto and brought the information that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was about to launch a large-scale expedition against Kyushu at the turn of spring and summer that Shimazu Yoshihisa became nervous.
After a close discussion with Shimadzu Yoshihiro, the two brothers decided to apply for "divine consideration" - that is, to use the Shimadzu family's traditional casuistry mechanism "lottery", well, it is actually a drawing of lots.
Then, the result of the Shimadzu family's "lots" was "bows and arrows", which means war. Therefore, Shimazu Yoshihisa ordered the generals in his family to prepare to assemble their troops. According to the deployment a year ago, the troops were divided into two groups and attacked Otomo's house from Hinata and Higo respectively.
This battle was fought smoothly, and could even be said to be progressing at a rapid pace. Unexpectedly, Hashiba Hideyoshi made faster progress in unifying Oda's old forces, and even quickly used various means to make the two most powerful daimyo, Mouri and Tokugawa, surrender to him.
Now, the Shimadzu family is in big trouble. Because what followed was a general peace order for the Otomo family, which had already taken refuge with Hideyoshi, to invite Hideyoshi. Shimazu Yoshihisa was in a dilemma at this time: to advance, there would be nothing to do but to say nothing; to retreat, the battle would be almost over and all the previous efforts would suddenly be wasted. How to convince his retainers?
In fact, most of the retainers disagreed, especially Shimazu Yoshihiro, the second brother who was regarded as the strongest warrior of the Shimadzu family. He clearly expressed his disagreement.
He believed that sending troops to Fenghou and attacking Otomo's family were the result of drawing lots. If it violates the sacred considerations, it will cause unrest among the soldiers who respect gods and Buddhas, and is not conducive to the stability of military morale. Therefore, we should follow the divine considerations and continue to attack Dayou's house according to the original plan.
In the view of these important officials of the Shimazu family headed by Shimazu Yoshihiro, as long as the Otomo family can be quickly destroyed, Kyushu's defense can be consolidated. Even if Toyotomi's army invades the country in the future, there will be nothing to fear. This is also the reason why among the four Shimazu brothers, Yoshihiro Shimazu was the last to surrender.
If a person's personality may change, two brothers cannot change at the same time and in opposite directions: Yoshihisa is suddenly so tough that he ignores Toyotomi Hideyoshi's summons, but Yoshihiro turns around and becomes Hideyoshi's dog licker?
If Yoshihisa had a biological son, Yoshihiro might have a reason to do this, but Yoshihisa has no son at all. Yoshihiro himself is the name of the Shimadzu family governor. Why should he go against his eldest brother who has been ill for a long time? To put it bluntly, if he waits a few more years, Yoshihisa may be dead. By then he will naturally be the family governor, so what is there to argue about?
Therefore, Gao pragmatically judged that the two Shimadzu brothers were playing tricks on each other - didn't you Hideyoshi win over Yoshihiro and want to cause division within the Shimadzu family? Okay, I'll show you what you like to see.
So Yoshihisa was indifferent, but asked Yoshihiro to respond to Hideyoshi's call and prepare his troops to conquer Kanto. However, since our brothers have already had "conflicts", it is natural that Yoshihiro cannot take too many troops with him!
Of course, with Yoshihisa's caution, even though he and his second brother pretended to be in conflict, in order to prevent Hideyoshi from mobilizing Kato Kiyomasa, Konishi Yukinaga and others to encircle and suppress the Shimazu family, he still asked Yoshihiro to immediately seek help from the Sea Trade Alliance.
Hmm... The Shimadzu brothers are really good. On the one hand, they are trying not to offend Hideyoshi, and on the other hand, they can get a batch of advanced ordnance from the Sea Trade Alliance at a low price. It is really the best of both worlds.
However, he was pragmatic and did not care about anything. The low price was the low price anyway, and what was sold was outdated. In addition, the Japanese could not get saltpeter themselves, so they relied on the Sea Trade Alliance to ship it to Japan from Daming. With the source of saltpeter cut off, as long as Japan still wants to go to war, it will almost have to go blind.
In short, the Shimazu family now has double insurance. Hideyoshi is about to go to Kanto. Yoshihiro pretends to be closer to Hideyoshi. In this way, even if the Shimazu family does not send many troops in this battle, at least their attitude is brought and gives Hideyoshi a Big face.
This means that Gao Pragmatic is too lazy to care about it for the time being. In fact, the two Shimazu brothers discussed it for a long time before deciding to do this. Making the matter so complicated is also to hide the truth from others.
However, this incident also means that although the Shimadzu family has been rapidly infiltrated by the Sea Trade Alliance in terms of interests, they first have doubts about the strength of the Sea Trade Alliance - at least they believe that the Sea Trade Alliance cannot defeat Hideyoshi; secondly, He still wants to please both sides and get benefits from both factions, but Jinghua is not enough to make the Shimadzu family "just bow down".
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