As time went by, the "black swan" incident of Ling Yunyi leading his army into Kyushu's Satsuma Land caused violent turmoil in Japan.
On August 10, the twelfth year of Wanli, Nijo Akiyo almost peed his pants when he received the urgent report from Hirado Castle. Emperor Masachimachi was stunned for a long time after reading the letter from Matsuura Town. Later, under Nijo Akiyo's suggestion
, the emperor summoned the ministers who were selling fans in the autumn breeze in Kyoto to discuss how to deal with the imperial envoys.
The public ministers first cursed Minglu, and then burst into tears because they had no choice. Emperor Masachimachi, who was already in poor health, had a headache from their quarrel, so he announced the adjournment of the meeting.
Taizheng Minister Akiyo Nijo went to the Emperor's Palace to ask for an audience. Emperor Masachimachi said that he did not want to do this unfortunate job in the first place - it would be better to pass the throne to Hideyoshi Hashiba, the strongest samurai at present, and save future generations from the trouble.
Nijo Shoryo was inspired by this and came up with an idea: "How about your Majesty issue an edict to gather the martial arts from all over the world in Kyoto and let them negotiate with the Ming army. If they can withstand it, whoever makes the greatest contribution will be granted the position of Guanbai by the imperial court; if
If we can't bear it, we'll lie down and get hammered."
Masachikamachi's eyes lit up and he thought this was a good idea. Then he was afraid that the samurai family would not give him face, and it would become a joke if no one came. Nijo Akiyoshi replied: "Others dare not say it, but Hideyoshi Hashiba will definitely be willing to take action.
He's got the opportunity to carry and close the gap, this guy can't refuse!"
"And as long as one samurai family comes to Kyoto - other samurai families who are interested in Shangluo will inevitably come, and the meeting at Guangming Temple will definitely succeed!"
As Nijo Akiyo expected, after the edict was issued, Hashiba Hideyoshi was the first to respond and returned to Kyoto from the front line where Omi was confronting the Shibata family. Immediately after, Shibata Katsuie, who supported Oda Nobutaka, also returned to the capital in response to the edict.
Although Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobuo were inseparable in appearance, they could not let Hideyoshi get the upper hand, so he also returned to Kyoto - at the meeting of Guangmingji Temple, today's great lords in the world except the Hojo family governor Hojo Ujimasa, the rest of the samurai families, large and small, came
More than half.
After the Honnoji Incident in the original time and space, the Oda forces were split due to the presence of the three masters, but they were split into two at the beginning - Shibata Katsuie and Oda Nobutaka's side, Hashiba Hide and the three masters' side, Tokugawa nearly
Neutral and favoring the Three Mages.
It wasn't until Hashiba Hideyoshi defeated Shibata Katsuie that Oda Nobuo and Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to fall out with Hashiba Hideyoshi. Later, after the Battle of Komaki Nagakute, Hashiba Hideyoshi used diplomatic means to split Oda Nobuo and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
, and soon completely integrated the territory and forces left by Oda Nobunaga.
In this time and space, due to Zhu Yijun's intrusion, Hashiba Hideyoshi's pace of unifying the Warring States Period was greatly slowed down. First, during the battle against Akechi Mitsuhide, someone tipped off Shibata Katsuie, and Shibata Katsuie was able to break away from the battle with the Uesugi family and return in time.
No points were lost politically.
Secondly, because the three masters and Maeda Geni were killed, at the Qingzhou Conference that decided the fate of the Oda family, Oda Nobuo, who originally stood on the side of the three masters in time and space, believed that Hidenori's mother had been buried in the sea of fire, and the infant could not protect the interests of the Oda family.
Therefore, he also raised a flag and stood up a stick to compete with Oda Nobutaka for inheritance rights.
Tokugawa Ieyasu also changed his ambiguous attitude and unequivocally supported Oda Nobuo, which caused the Oda family to split into three - Hashiba, Ikeda, Niwa Nagahide supported Hidenori, who was the most powerful, Oda Nobunaga's second son Nobuo and Tokugawa.
Kawaji Tsuji, Shibata Katsuie and Oda Nobutaka are the weakest.
The three-body problem will arise when two families become three. Coupled with the assassination of Kuroda Takataka, Hashiba Hideyoshi was at a loss for a long time. Until now, Shibata Katsuie has not been defeated. In the original time and space, Hashiba Hideyoshi was here.
The troubled times were almost over and Osaka Castle was built.
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The Emperor issued an edict and the samurai clan gathered at Guangming Temple. The situation of Japan's Warring States Period had already changed into a completely unknown direction. Meanwhile, Imperial Envoy Ling Yunyi, who was reorganizing his troops in Kyushu, was working step by step to achieve the various goals set by the emperor after he lost his son.
On August 14, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Otomo Zonglin was summoned to Hirado Castle by the imperial envoy Ling Yunyi to explain the matter of inheriting the "Miao name" of the Ouchi family.
When Otomo Zonglin entered the imperial envoy's room, he found that the person standing next to him was actually someone he knew - Ito Mansho. This young man was somewhat related to Otomo Zonglin. After Otomo Zonglin was baptized and became a Christian, he was sent to follow Fan Li'an.
, as Father Fan’s assistant.
In the original time and space, Fan Li'an's mission to the Ming Dynasty failed, and four young Japanese including Ito Mansho followed Fan Li'an to Rome to meet the Pope, thus promoting the exchange process of Eastern and Western civilizations by a big step.
Along with Christianity, Christianity was introduced to the East, along with European medicine, zoology, botany, astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry and even military science, which was called "Orchidology" by the Japanese.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty at the same time in history lagged far behind its neighbors in the process of "spreading Western learning eastward" - the seeds of the Meiji Restoration had already sprouted in Kagoshima at the end of the Warring States Period, and eventually grew into
A strange devil's flower.
Itoman met Otomo Zonglin and paid homage to him as the head of the family. Otomo Zonglin was relieved when he saw him.
After meeting the Imperial Envoy as a vassal, Otomo Zonglin took out his own family tree, which had been passed down for more than 150 years, and proved with strong evidence that he had no relationship with the Ouchi family.
However, just as Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly placed Li Renren, the regicide, on the memorial tablet of Li Chenggui's father, all the people of China have the same temper - Emperor Taizu can change the ancestors of the Li family in Korea, and Imperial Envoy Ling Yunyi dares to change it
Ancestor of Otomo Sorin.
"There is no sincerity in what you are holding! In the Gulou Alley of the capital, I can find you a hundred old family trees!"
Insulting an aristocratic lineage was an unbearable shame and humiliation in both China and Japan. Otomo Zonglin's forehead glowed with anger, and he wished he could grab the cross from his chest and slap it on Ling Yunyi's face.
Ling Yunyi didn't care about his anger and continued: "I am leading the tiger and wolf division under my command. As the imperial envoy to investigate your crimes, I now formally inform you that you will immediately hand over your family territory and the head of the family governor Otomo Yoshitoshi for Ouchi.
Atonement for the murder my family committed in Ningbo!"
If four years ago in Longqing, as the top name in Kyushu with Bunzen, Bungo, Chikuzen, Chikugo, Hizen, Higo and Iyo half country, Otomo Zonglin would definitely have the confidence to compete with Ling Yunyi.
However, because he could not control his lower body, he continued to play with the wives of his subordinates, which led to disunity and repeated rebellions in the territory. In recent years, he was beaten by the powerful Shimazu family and the old enemy Mori family, and they were pinned to the ground and rubbed against each other many times. At this time,
Dayou Zonglin, who passed on the position of family governor to his son, became docile and less angry:
"Hai! I am not very talented and knowledgeable, and I don't know the true meaning of the imperial envoy. Please give me some advice. Zong Lin would be very grateful!"
Ling Yunyi saw him prostrate on the ground, his back trembling with suppressed anger and grievance, and large tears falling on the mat, and he felt that his already riddled conscience had darkened a little again.
He stood up, snorted coldly, and walked away, leaving Ito Manso in the room. Otomo Zonglin raised his head and watched him leave, his eyes red, the muscles on his face twisted, and his whole body shaking with anger.
Ito Mansho knelt down quickly and said: "My lord, Shimazu Yoshihisa came to Hirado before and had a long secret talk with the imperial envoy. Later, the imperial envoy also asked about the relationship between our family and the Ouchi family, but I don't think he has understood it yet.
.To say this today is just blackmail."
When Otomo Sorin heard this, his head was full of questions and he stared blankly at Ito Mansho. Ito Mansho lowered his voice and said: "When Shimazu Yoshihisa came to Hirado the day before yesterday, news came from the imperial envoy's office that Shimazu
My family gave me a thousand taels of Jiazhou gold, 200 sheep, 200 pigs, and even 2,000 catties of salted fish, as well as rice and fodder..."
Before he could tell the quantity of rice and fodder, Otomo Zonglin punched himself in the forehead in anger. "Asshole! All the retainers around me are idiots!" He gritted his teeth and said, "They are all just wine bags and rice bags! I am a noble lord of Kyushu, and I will bring you
Coming to see the commander-in-chief of the army with a fan and a famous sword is such a boring life!"
Now that he understood that it was not too late, Otomo Sorin quickly took out his capital and doubled the Shimazu family's donation. And to show his sincerity, he stayed in Hirado for five days, waiting for the gold, silver, and supplies to be delivered.
Walk.
This time, the Otomo family, which was not rich in the first place, was completely emptied. If his son Otomo Yoshito hadn't firmly opposed it, Otomo Zonglin would have doubled the tax on the territory again. If that happened, the Otomo family would have to wait for Ling Yunyi to deal with him.
to be overthrown by rebellion.
Although Otomo Sorin is full of sincerity, there are still too many reasons for evil wolves to eat sheep, and in terms of the way he treats Ling Yunyi, Otomo Sorin is far worse than Shimazu Yoshihisa.
After Otomo Sorin left Hirado safely, Shimazu Yoshihisa immediately understood - this Ling Yunyi is here to make money. It's easy to handle. The outcome depends on this. I'll take out the money and see if Ling Yunyi can do it.
It can withstand "Shimadzu sugar-coated bullets"!
Of course, as one of the three heroes of Kyushu, Shimazu Yoshihisa would not put all his eggs in one basket, Lingyun Yi. At this time, the emperor's edict happened to arrive, and Shimazu Yoshihisa sent his younger brother Shimazu Yoshihiro to attend the meeting at Guangming Temple.
Be prepared to fall out with Ling Yunyi when the situation changes.
At the same time, he constantly asked for donations from the wealthy families in the territory, collected money from everywhere, and fed Ling Yunyi with delicious food and drinks, hoping that his "sugar-coated bullets" could knock him down and help him complete his great cause of unifying Kyushu.
Facts have proved that Ling Yunyi, a bastard, cannot withstand corrosion. On September 24, the twelfth year of Wanli, the day before the meeting at Guangming Temple, Ling Yunyi used the reason that Dayou Zonglin's younger brother Qingying had been appointed as the governor of the family.
He questioned Otomo Sorin. Before Otomo Sorin could defend himself, the Ming army boarded a boat and took advantage of the high tide to cross the Ariake Sea. With the cooperation of the Shimazu family's 15,000 soldiers and horses, they easily captured Kumamoto Castle on the 25th. Afterwards, the army attacked the enemy directly.
Attack the strongest fortress in Otomo Sorin's territory - Tachibanayama Castle!