If you were to ask Gao Pragmatic what his first thoughts were about Luo Yuan's whimsical plan, he would probably be speechless. I don’t know if Luo Yuan had some associations with the historical status of Yusheng City, so he subconsciously wanted to bring it directly under the rule of Jinghua. For this reason, he even did not hesitate to let his father’s unborn bastard play in Japan. A traditional surname change inheritance.
Why does Jade Rope City make people have "certain associations"? The answer is simple. The Tamana Castle at this time actually had a name that was a hundred times louder: Kamakura.
What word is usually associated with the place name Kamakura? There are probably two: Kamakura Shogunate and Kamakura Official Office.
Everyone knows that the shogunate refers to an organization that rules Japan. This organization is independent of the emperor's court, and is all controlled by samurai. It is similar to a military government. The second shogunate in Japan, the Muromachi shogunate, was the second shogunate after the fall of the Kamakura shogunate.
At the end of the Kamakura shogunate, the power of the shogun's retainers, the "royal family", weakened. Emperor Go-Daigo launched a movement to overthrow the shogunate. Many samurai joined in and overthrew the Kamakura shogunate.
However, the "Kenbu New Deal" implemented by Emperor Go-Daigo after regaining power turned out to be perverse, causing many samurai who were dissatisfied with the imperial court to gather around the original hero of the fall, Ashikaga Takauji, and eventually support another royal family as the emperor, establishing a Entered the Muromachi Shogunate.
Emperor Go-Daigo, who was ousted from the throne, had to flee to Yoshino in Yamato Province and established a stronghold, claiming that Ashikaga Takauji and others were treason, and that the emperor supported by the samurai was a "pseudo dynasty". As it developed later, this pseudo-dynasty became the Northern Dynasty, and the place where Emperor Go-Daigo lived was naturally the Southern Dynasty. At this time, Japan entered the Southern and Northern Dynasties period.
The Northern and Southern Dynasties era lasted for decades, and it was not until the deaths of Emperor Go-Daigo, Ashikaga Takauji and others that they were unified under the hands of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third shogun of the Muromachi shogunate.
However, although the Muromachi shogunate unified Japan, the shogunate was essentially a joint government headed by the shogun, composed of the Ashikaga clan and powerful guardians from various places. Because of the promulgation and implementation of shogunate laws such as the "Kenbu Shiki", future generations cannot deny that the Muromachi shogunate was a unified regime, although it is difficult for most Chinese people to understand why the truly "feudal" system in Japan and Western Europe existed Long-term existence - China's "feudalism" is actually very different from the original meaning of the word "feudal" because its centralized power is very powerful.
Under the hands of the third Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the three subsequent shoguns, the autocratic system of the shogun developed. However, during the reign of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshitsune, the Muromachi shogunate was in prosperity and decline. The local guardians were divided into many factions and fought endlessly. In the end, due to the shogun's improper handling, the "Kaji Rebellion" was triggered. Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori was assassinated by the powerful guardian Akamatsu Miyu.
After that, the young shogun succeeded to the throne, causing the Muromachi shogunate to decline and enter the Warring States Period. It finally survived for nearly a hundred years and perished.
However, there is no need to talk about Japan’s Warring States Period in detail here. The topic we want to talk about here revolves around “Kamakura”.
The founder of the Kamakura shogunate was the famous Minamoto Yoritomo. Later, Japanese samurai families discussed their family status. Many famous figures had "Minamoto Courtier so-and-so" in their titles. Most of the "Minamoto" characters in "Minamoto Courtier" were the same as "Minamoto". This is related to General Yoritomo Minamoto.
After Minamoto Yoritomo eliminated the Taira clan, he became the number one figure influencing Japan's political situation. However, he did not take over the Kyoto court, but devoted himself to establishing and consolidating his own political power in Kanto. During the civil war, he determined Kamakura (later southeast of Kanagawa Prefecture), which was in a dangerous situation, as his base.
About one hundred and forty years later, the Kamakura shogunate was replaced by the Muromachi shogunate. At the beginning of the establishment of the Muromachi shogunate, because the Muromachi shogunate was established in Kyoto and considering the importance of Kanto, a "Kanto governor" was established in Kamakura, Kanto, responsible for managing the ten countries in Kanto.
The first Kanto governor was Ashikaga Yoshikata, the son of the first shogun of the Muromachi shogunate and later the second shogun of the Muromachi shogunate. After Ashikaga Takauji's younger brother, Ashikaga Naoyoshi, lost power in the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshihan Joiro replaced Ashikaga Naoyoshi in the shogunate. The position of the shogunate, and Ashikaga Yoshiki's younger brother Ashikaga Motoji went to Kanto as the new Kanto governor. This Ashikaga Moto family was later the ancestor of the Kanto Ashikaga family.
During the period of the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the powerful Ashikaga Yoshimitsu began to call himself "Kongkata", and the Kanto Ashikaga family followed suit and called themselves Kōkata. From then on, "Kanto Kōkata" was born. Of course, his official position in the Muromachi Shogunate is still "Kanto Governor".
There are different opinions on the meaning of the word "gongfang" in later generations. From the perspective of the Chinese cultural inheritance that Japan received, the meaning of "gongfang" may be somewhat similar to the "official family" in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. The leader of the Ashikaga family calls himself "public family", just like some people in China call themselves "official family". Basically, they don't pay attention to the imperial court at all.
In the early days of Ashikaga Takauji's establishment of the Kanto Governor, he also established a Kanto deacon, similar to the deacon (i.e. governor) of the shogunate. As the adjutant of the Kanto Governor, the direct descendants of the Uesugi clan, the Yamauchi Uesugi family, and the common family Inukaku Uesugi family took turns to serve. .
Ever since the Kanto Governor overrode and upgraded to the Kanto Official Government, the Kanto Deacon was naturally upgraded to the "Kwantung Governor". The base area for the Kanto administration to govern Kanto was Kamakura, and here, like the shogunate in Kyoto, there were government offices, ministerial offices, information offices and other institutions.
Among them, the Chief of the Waiting Room is hereditary from the Chiba clan, a famous family in Kanto. The Kamakura Prefecture also imitated the "three tubes and four positions" of the shogunate, combining the Chiba clan with the Oyama clan, Naganuma clan, Yuki clan, Satake clan, and Oda clan. The eight famous families of the Utsunomiya clan, the Utsunomiya clan, and the Nasu clan are collectively known as the "Bando Hachiyagata" - which roughly means the Eight Generals of Kanto.
However, the true Kanto leadership actually only passed down to four generations. During the period of the fourth Ashikaga Mochi clan, the Kanto leadership was attacked by the Muromachi shogunate and was defeated and died.
On the eve of the Warring States Period, the son of the Ashikaga Mochi clan, the Ashikaga Nari clan, returned to Kamakura and took up the post of governor of the Kanto region. However, he had many conflicts with the deacon Uesugi clan because of his revenge for killing his father, which eventually led to the Great Rebellion in Kotoku. The Ashikaga Nari clan had to flee to his supporters. More Koga resists the Uesugi clan.
During the Warring States Period, the Kanto Ashikaga family's stronghold was changed from Kamakura to Furukawa, so they were also called "Furuga Kōfō". Since then, Kamakura's status has gradually declined, and people began to refer to this originally extremely important political center as the newly built Tamana Castle here.
Precisely because of the glorious history of Kamakura and its political connotations, Luo Yuan speculated based on some of the tasks Gao Pragmatic had previously assigned that he believed that his master had "big plans" for Japan, so he had a strong feeling for Tamana Castle. Coveting heart.
Originally, because Narita Kai became the master's concubine, Luo Yuan didn't have much idea about Jade Rope City. However, once the situation changed, the future direction of the Narita family seemed to become less certain, and he had a different idea about Yusheng City: Since you Narita family people are unreliable, it is better to let Jinghua hold it himself.
Tamana Castle in Kamakura Prefecture, although this place is no longer as sensitive as it was many years ago, it is still the home of samurai in the world. Kyoka may be able to rent Misaki Castle, but it is obviously impossible to "rent" Tamakura Castle, the old site of Kamakura, otherwise how can the world's samurai families live in peace? So he came up with such a trick of substituting one thing for another.
When Luo Yuan's report was sent to the capital, although Gao Pragmatic's first reaction was that he felt speechless, Liu Xin, as the secretary-general, thought the idea was a good one, at least it could be used as a plan.
She even said unceremoniously that Gao Pragmatic's speechlessness was essentially an overreaction to the "right of surname". In other words, she believed that her bastard who did not exist yet should not change his surname for Yusheng City - even if it was just a transition. Not even for a moment. Liu Xin thought this was "very impractical", so she put forward three reasons to convince Gao Pragmatic.
The first reason is that even if Narita Kai gives birth to a son in the future, he will only be a bastard, and a bastard has no status in the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, which places the most emphasis on family background, all Chinese dynasties have attached great importance to the distinction between legitimate concubines. For example, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty actually had 22 sons, but only four legitimate sons had the chance to inherit the throne. Since Xuan Ba died young, only Jiancheng, Shimin, and Yuanji were eligible to compete for the title of heir. It was difficult for the other sons to even get a chance to appear in the history books.
So according to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how big Gao Jingshi's future family fortune is, it will ultimately belong to the eldest son alone. Even if Gao Yuan has a younger brother, it will be difficult for him to get a share of the pie, let alone the younger brother?
In this case, this concubine made a small sacrifice in exchange for the Kamakura Jade Rope Castle with very important political significance for the Gao family. In turn, it will also be beneficial to his future status in the family. Why not Why?
The second reason is that Japanese customs and habits fully approve of such an operation, which can prevent the Narita family retainers and even the people from resisting it, allowing Jinghua to easily use such simple political means to control a sensitive person. And important areas are included in the pocket. Isn't this your favorite political conquest, Gao Situ?
Not only did the Narita family have nothing to say, but even the Japanese court and Toyotomi Kōki could not find any reason to object to this. After all, Narita Kai's bloodline is clear, and her son's change of name to Miao to inherit the Narita family name and family business is an internal matter of the Narita family. In Japan, a country where "my vassals are not my vassals", outsiders have no right to comment on this.
As for the third reason, it is the identification of the relationship between "surname" and "Miao character". Later generations of Japanese used the Miao character as their surname, based on Emperor Meiji's "Order on the Must Name of Miao Characters." However, in Japan at the moment, it is not certain whether the character Miao is considered a surname.
For example, in the original history, how was Toyotomi Hideyoshi called Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the "Edict for the Peace of Japan" issued by Bingxu in the leap month of the 27th year of Wanli? "Belongs to the Dongyi clown Taira Hideyoshi" - see clearly, it is Taira Hideyoshi and not Toyotomi Hideyoshi!
How is it expressed when there is mention of Japanese captured generals later? "...Sixty-one people including Zhiping Zhixiu and others abandoned Shigao Street and spread the word to the world" - still with "Ping" as his surname. "Taira" is the "Taira" whose name is the same as the Genji of Minamoto no Yoritomo in the "Genpei War". It can be seen that the "surname" recognized in the Ming Dynasty is not a Miao character at all.
Of course, at this time, the Japanese distinction between surnames was not originally recognized by the Ming Dynasty. Take "Tokugawa Jiro Saburo Genchao Chen Ieyasu" as an example. Tokugawa is a Miao character, and Ieyasu changed it himself. His family's original Miao character is Matsudaira; Jiro Saburo is the proper name for the legitimate son of their family, and has nothing to do with the second and third eldest son. Ieyasu His father is also "Jiro Saburo", but essentially "Jiro Saburo" can also be counted as a Miao character; "Ieyasu" needless to say, it is just a given name.
The key lies in "source courtier". These three characters are actually divided into two words: "source" is a family name in Japan, and "courtkeeper" is a surname.
At this time, the concept of "family" has long been out of fashion in China, so Japan's habit of "converting" to the Ming Dynasty will be very troublesome, and if your "courtier" is a surname, the Ming Dynasty may be confused at first glance: How to catch it Are all Japanese generals named "Courtmaster"? Have I stabbed a courtier in his nest?
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty regarded Japanese "surnames" as their surnames, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi became "Taira Hideyoshi". The rest of the people and so on, anyway, the ones worth mentioning must be Minamoto, Taira, Tachibana, One of the four Fujiwara nobles. As for Toyotomi, originally the Emperor of Japan gave it as a surname to Hideyoshi, but... maybe the Ming Dynasty did not recognize it, and after looking back on history, he still gave Hideyoshi his surname.
All in all, Liu Xin's meaning is very simple: anyway, the Ming Dynasty does not recognize the Miao character at all. Even if your future bastard gets a Narita Miao character, it will only be useful in Japan, so he doesn't even need to change his surname Gao. You Gao Situ Don't worry so much about the right to have a surname. Just think that your son has chosen his own name.
It makes sense to say that this is true, but Gao Pragmatic also has his helplessness. He smiled bitterly and said: "How can you be so sure that Kafei will have a son as soon as she is pregnant? Can this be said accurately? If she gives birth to a daughter, What? Even if they are Japanese, if their daughter wants to inherit the family business, it will only happen when the Narita family dies until there are no other males left, and their family has several males just from the same generation."
Unexpectedly, Liu Xin didn't care at all, and shook her head and said: "It is best for Kafei Ji to have a biological son, but the Japanese also do not reject adopted sons. Adopted sons also have the right to inherit, so if it doesn't work, you can also add another son as Kafei Ji's." The adopted son will inherit Kamakura.”
After a pause, Secretary-General Liu suddenly couldn't help but chuckle, and said half-jokingly: "So from this point of view, my boss, your task of giving birth to a son is currently a bit low. As the Secretary-General of Jinghua, I have Take responsibility and give advice seriously..."
"What's the point of just admonishing?" Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes: "Why don't the Secretary-General sacrifice his ego?"
Liu Xinyu's face turned bright, she turned her head, stood up quickly and said, "Since my boss has no other objections to this matter, I will reply to Luo Yuan first and ask him to arrange for Princess Jia Fei to come to Beijing as soon as possible." After that, don't be too pragmatic and say more. , fled away like flying.
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