"Hojo and Mori are far more powerful than Shimazu? Well, from the perspective of territory area and even stone height, your statement is accurate. So let's discuss these two companies one by one... First of all, what do you think when Nobunaga died? , why would the Mori family be willing to reach an armistice agreement with Hideyoshi and let Hideyoshi go back to fight for the power of the Oda family?"
Huang Zhiting nodded and said: "I discussed this matter with Miss Liu in the afternoon, and the result of our discussion was that because of the rebellion of the Ukita clan and the Nanjo clan, the contact between Maori and the anti-Oda forces in Kinai was severed.
Before the Honnōji Incident, the relatively backbone anti-Oda forces such as Honganji, Araki Murashige, Bessho Choharu, and the Hatano clan had all perished. The situation of the Mori clan was becoming increasingly embarrassing under the joint offensive of Ukita and Hashiba Hideyoshi.
[Note: Although Ukita continued to suppress Maori in the seventh and eighth years after the rebellion, in the ninth year of Tensho due to the illness or death of the Ukita Nao family, and the subsequent defeat in the Battle of Yahama, Ukita's forces regained strength. After retreating, the Mori clan in Bichu and Mimasaku's front line have a tendency to make a comeback, but overall they are still at a slight disadvantage against Hashiba].
In addition, Hashiba Hideyoshi had already begun to mobilize the Maori forces at that time [Note: refers to Uehara Motosho of Bingo and Kurushima Toshimasa, one of the Mishima naval forces, which caused Murakami Takeyoshi and his son to also show signs of instability], and At that time, the most important righteous figure in the war between Mori and Oda was Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was exiled by Oda Nobunaga.
However, as Nobunaga's status, power, reputation, etc. became increasingly stronger and he became the so-called "people of the world", coupled with the collapse of Kinai's anti-Oda forces, the chance of the Mori clan supporting Yoshiaki to defeat Nobunaga became increasingly slim, and he himself also The passive response came from the pressure from the Oda Army represented by Hashiba Hideyoshi.
Therefore, the Maori family tried their best to suppress the Ukita clan and Nanjo clan, the largest rebel forces before. In fact, it was more to gain as much leverage as possible in the peace talks with Oda. Therefore, after the incident at Honnoji Temple, when people were confused by all kinds of true and false news, the Mori family surprisingly agreed to peace talks and did not pursue Hashiba Hideyoshi.
Miss Liu and I believe that this is actually the fastest way to end the protracted war against Oda as soon as possible. After all, what substantial benefits have the Maori family, which has been fighting against the Oda family for many years, gained? If we pursue, we don't know what the consequences will be; but if we don't pursue, at least we can take a breather. At the same time, during this period of time, they can also wait and see what happens, and even hope that Hideyoshi Shibata and Katsuie Shibata will compete with each other, and maybe it will be his turn as the Maori fisherman to benefit in the end? "
Gao Pragmatic nodded. The two women talked about the Japanese issue to this extent in one afternoon. It can be seen that not only Liu Xin had made up for the Japanese intelligence sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs some time ago, but Huang Zhiting today also The matter is also taken very seriously, and it should be understood in detail.
He was very sure about this. He praised a few words first, and then said: "However, when you were discussing, have you ever thought about how Hashiba Hideyoshi did the 'Great Revolution of China' at that time. After he rushed back to Kinki after a long journey, he first moved at extremely fast speed. He quickly defeated the Akechi Mitsuhide rebels, and then participated in the Qingzhou Conference. Not long after, the Battle of Shiyue broke out and won the battle, and then continued to conquer Kitanojo Castle...Did he take a breather during this time? Why couldn't the Mori family have to Not breathing?"
Huang Zhiting frowned and said: "Perhaps it is because of the advantages of the Oda family's policy of separating soldiers and peasants that Hashiba Hideyoshi, as the commander of the army, has a different need for respite than the Maori family's army? This is like a demobilized army like the garrison, which only They need to be responsible for training, guarding, and fighting, so naturally they cannot be compared to the guardsmen."
Gao pragmatic smiled, reaffirmed their previous point of view, and said: "You said that the news that the Maori family got at that time was true or false. I think that must be inevitable. But after learning the exact news of Nobunaga's death, Finally, it stands to reason that it should be the best time for the Maori family to pursue. This leads to a question: Is it really beneficial to pursue Hideyoshi? Obviously it is not that simple.
Yes, Mitsuhide killed Nobunaga, the Oda family changed drastically, the hearts of the family were unstable, and the world must be reshuffled. But the problem is that in this process, it is completely unknown who among Akechi Mitsuhide, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide, and even Tokugawa Ieyasu as a foreign surname can finally dominate the world.
This gambling game is like a whirlpool, and anyone who gets easily involved in it will risk being torn apart. Therefore, the Maori family did not dare to take action easily before they could see the situation clearly. So what if Hideyoshi was defeated? Maybe in exchange for Mitsuhide, Katsuie, and Ieyasu, there is no difference in sending a wolf to welcome a tiger.
Based on the wisdom of Kobayakawa Takakage, who was in charge of foreign affairs for the Maori family at that time, he must have believed that the most rational approach for the Maori family was to let them fight. We saw the last opportunity to either fish in troubled waters or get close to the new people of the world.
Finally, I would like to add that after the Maori Yuan Dynasty, the basic national policy of the Maori family is to focus on the basic industry and not make big news. People in the world are not so easy to be treated as. Sturm und Drang, attacking from all sides, is Nobunaga's style, and seeking stability, or progress in stability, is the basic idea of the Maori family. "
Although these words confirmed Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin's views, Huang Zhiting was obviously even more surprised and asked: "In this case, doesn't it mean that the Maori family also has the strength foundation and even the opportunity to conquer the world? His family is not stronger than the Shimazu family. many?"
Gao pragmatic smiled. What he said just now was just his foreshadowing. What he was waiting for was Huang Zhiting's question, so he said: "When I attack Annan, do I need to wait and see? When I attack Myanmar, do I need to wait and see?"
Huang Zhiting shook his head and said: "You don't need it, but the situation between the two is different. Although the Maori family has strength and opportunities, after all, his opponent you are facing is strong. How can this be the same? As for you, you should be The strength in hand has been accumulated before. While the Maori family chooses to wait and see, aren't they also recovering and accumulating strength?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said: "Sometimes you can't draw accurate conclusions by looking at a map and calculating stone heights about strength."
Huang Zhiting just answered with a simple "oh", which contained a strong sense of question.
Gao pragmatically said: "How did the Maori family rise, and what is the current situation in its territory except Shi Gao, I think you two have not had time to truly understand it, right?"
Huang Zhiting hesitated and asked: "Are there any deep internal problems?"
"Yes." Gao Pingshi nodded, pointed to the small pavilion by the corridor, and said, "Let's sit down and talk slowly."
Huang Zhiting nodded and waved to the maids not far behind her. Immediately, five or six child maids in Ming-style and Han costumes came forward to prepare. Such as laying out thick brocade mats with cotton cores, placing small gilt heaters, serving candied dried fruits, serving tea sets and fragrant tea, etc.
When Huang Zhiting didn't come, Gao was not particular about these things. Although he was famous for attaching great importance to architecture, he never paid much attention to the specific way of enjoyment. And even though he is the world's largest sugar merchant, he hardly eats any desserts. Among the above things, he only drinks tea, but he is not sophisticated in the tea ceremony.
This is obviously different from Huang Zhiting. Although Huang Zhiting showed strong survival ability in the wild when she was down with him, it was only a traditional skill of the Tongren Tusi family. Normally, Huang Zhiting's pomp and elegance were far better than that of her noble husband, and due to the habits of the chieftain family for six hundred years, she didn't think there was anything wrong with this. ,
Gao Pragmatic allowed the maids of the Huang family to make arrangements. After everything was done, he said: "In fact, the Shanyin Shanyang area where the Maori family is located (note: to be honest, I don't like to follow the Japanese Japan has a habit of calling it "China", which is really awkward). Due to the barren land and complex terrain, Japan has never been able to compete for the world's capital within the scope of Japan.
Although there are many countries there, the stone heights in the country are basically only around 200,000 koku, and some are even only tens of thousands of koku. In other words, the stone heights in Bizen and Harima are slightly higher, exceeding three The level of one hundred thousand stone.
However, these two countries have always been the traditional sphere of influence of the Akamatsu family, or they were occupied by official retainers under the Akamatsu family, such as the Urakami family, the Uki family, the Kodera family, the Bessho family, etc. Therefore, whether it is the former "Sixth Hall" Yamana clan or the "Sanin Sanyang Grand Administrator" Nizi Haruji, the actual possession of Shigao is not much. Once they are challenged by a strong force, they will quickly Defeated, and even fell apart because of it. "
Huang Zhiting nodded. She had seen the "Estimated Stone Height Map of Japan's Branches" drafted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this afternoon. In the Maori family's territory, it seems that none of the branches currently exceeds 200,000 stones.
But she was still puzzled and asked: "But even so, although the individual branches of his family are not strong, if they can't hold up enough branches, isn't the overall strength still very strong?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "I just said that the Yamana family and the Nizi family are easy to fall apart. In fact, the situation of the Maori family is not much better than what they reported, and it may not be as good as the first two families."
In Huang Zhiting's view, since the Maori family has such a large territory, it must be very capable of governing, so she was obviously surprised and asked: "How can you see that?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Before the Maori family started, it was just a small wealthy family in An Yun. Because of the family name-his family is the direct descendant of Dajiang Guangyuan, plus the support of the branch clan, that is, the Fukuhara, Ban clan, and Ban clan branch The Shido clan and Katsura clan, the Kuchiwa clan of the Shido clan branch, etc., so the Maori family served as the leader of the alliance of wealthy families to resist the invasion of the Ouchi family to the west, and the later oppression of the Nizi family to the east, and also had to deal with 'An Yun protects' the control of the Takeda family.
Zhiting, their alliance is not our Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance. In their alliance, the status of each wealthy family is basically equal. At that time, the Maori family, as the leader of the alliance, did not have arbitrary power, and all issues had to be decided by consensus among the powerful families. However, later, Mourimoto won over the Anato, Kumagai and other families, destroyed the opposing Inoue family, and annexed the Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa families. Only then did he establish a certain degree of leadership, and gradually formed the so-called ' Maori and Sichuan's ruling system.
Let me help you do the math. Starting from the destruction of An Yun, the guardian of Takeda Nobuyuki, who was born in the Wakasa Takeda family, the rise of the Mori family only took about forty years. Specifically, in the year when Nobunaga died, the rise of the Mori family It only took about thirty years, and this foundation was obviously not very stable in Japan during the Warring States Period.
The reason why the Mori family has reached the position of dominating the Sanin and Sanyang areas is relying on the momentum of defeating the Takeda family, the Ouchi family, the Nizi family, and the Mimura family, as well as the huge financial resources provided by Iwami Ginzan, and then there is Business profits under the protection of Maori navy.
However, in fact, the Maori family's rule over the various sub-states in the territory was not complete or thorough. It made a considerable degree of compromise with the original local wealthy families, and could only win them over through marriage in accordance with Japanese custom.
For example, in the Nagato country, the Naito family still serves as the guardian. Naito Takaharu's sister is Mouri Takamoto's first wife, Ozaki Bureau;
In Ishimi Country, among the two major wealthy families, the Yoshimi and Masuda families except the Ouchi family and the Monoda family, the direct son of the Yoshimi family, Yoshimi Hiroyori, married the sister of Mori Terumoto, and the head of the Masuda family, Masuda Motosho, married Yoshikawa. Motoharu's daughters all became members of the Maori family, and received the Maori family's Guang and Yuantong characters;
In Bingo Province, the daughter of the original guardian of Daiyamauchi Naomichi was the mother of Motonari Motonari's son-in-law Anato Takaie, and his son Yamauchi Toyomichi married the daughter of Mouri Yunju's brother and the previous head of the family, Mouri Kogen;
In Beichugo, after the Dai Sho clan and the Ishikawa clan became extinct, the people in charge were Motonari Mouri's fourth son, Sho Motokiyo, who inherited the Sho clan branch, and Shimizu Muneharu, the son-in-law of the Ishikawa family;
As for the rest of the second-tier wealthy families, the Maori family adopts the method of forcibly adopting their sons and bringing them into the Maori family. This is thanks to the fact that Motonari Maori has enough sons. Among the ten sons, except for the eldest son Maori, Takamoto and the youngest son Hidehao Mouri (the Mouri family was once preparing to succeed the Kobayakawa family) inherited the Miao name of the family. The others are Yoshikawa Motoharu, Kobayakawa Takakage, Honida Motoki (i.e. Shomotokiyo), Suto Motoaki, Dewa Motoji, Amano Motomasa, Sueji Motoyasu, and Ninomiya Jitatsu all adopted children. "
Huang Zhiting said in astonishment: "We children can also inherit the family business from our adopted son or son-in-law, but this situation is not very common in general... Why, it is so popular in Japan, and it can even be forced to inherit from other families. ?”
"Yes, it is very popular." Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "For example, you and I are both daimyo in Japan. Our territories are adjacent and I am strong and you are weak. At this time, you have no heirs. In order to get Your territory, send troops to attack you.
In order to avoid being destroyed by me and causing the annihilation of your family name, you can propose to adopt one of my sons as your adopted son and express your surrender to me by explicitly letting him obtain your inheritance rights. In this way, you can ensure the continuation of the family name, and I can avoid losses in troops, food and wages, etc., and both parties will be happy. "
"Is this what everyone is happy about?" Huang Zhiting wondered: "But this adopted son has no blood relationship with me at all. What does it matter to me if he inherits my inheritance?"
"Why doesn't it have anything to do with you? The prerequisite for him to inherit is to change his surname, that is, use your Miao character. This is what is called continuing the family name for you. As for blood relationship, the Japanese do not value this, especially the Japanese martial arts. They only It doesn’t matter if you care about your family name, bloodline, etc. You can’t understand it according to our thinking.”
Having said this, Gao Pingshi was moved in his heart, and added: "But the Japanese Sekiba Toyotomi Hideyoshi is a little different now. He is from a peasant family, not a martial artist, so he attaches great importance to blood ties, which is completely different from other martial arts families."
Huang Zhiting had no choice but to put this aside and ask another question: "But since the sons of the Maori family succeeded in the end, wouldn't these wealthy families also become Maori families? In this case, what will they do to them? The centripetal force of the Maori family should be very strong, why do you say that the foundation of the Maori family is not solid?"
"Didn't I just say that for the Wu family, blood is not important, but the family name is important. Although these people are members of the Maori family, after inheriting other family names, they become the heads of other families. In theory, they are the same as the Maori family. It doesn’t matter anymore.”
Gao pragmatically spread his hands: "For these wealthy families, kinship is never an issue that needs to be scrupulous before important matters related to the family name. So once the Maori family loses power, the guardians and wealthy families will take over from the Maori family without any scruples. Go out independently, or join the more powerful daimyo around you."
This is not a pragmatic arrangement. In fact, it is precisely because of this that before the Honnoji Incident in the original history, when the Bitchu Takamatsu Castle was in danger and Oda Nobunaga was about to come to the front in person, the Maori family immediately reported to Hideyoshi through Anguoji Keqiong. During the negotiations, he very simply proposed the conditions of handing over the five countries at once in exchange for peace with the Oda family.
When the Battle of Sekigahara came to an end, the Maori family very wisely handed over most of their territory and Iwami Ginzan, and directly retreated to Shufang and Nagato, and their territory shrank by more than half.
This is not to say that the Maori family are weak at heart, but they know very well that their so-called strength is actually just puffiness. As long as they suffer a big defeat, they will be knocked back to their original shape.
"So that's what it is..." Huang Zhiting suddenly realized and murmured: "In other words, the Maori family seems to be strong, but in fact they dare not suffer a big defeat, otherwise they are likely to split quickly internally, right? "
"Yes, that's exactly it." Gao Pragmatic nodded in affirmation.
"What about the Shimazu family? Don't the Shimazu family have this kind of trouble?" Huang Zhiting asked again.
Gao pragmatically smiled and nodded: "The situations of the Shimazu family and the Maori family are really different. They really don't have the same troubles as the Maori family. They never worry that they are like a piece of glass and will break when touched."
"Then why?"
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PS: I fell asleep while typing last night, which delayed the update. I’m really ashamed. In order to avoid further accidents due to failure to adjust the biological clock, today's chapter will be coded and posted as soon as possible. I apologize to everyone again.
