Regarding the fact that the Shimazu family wanted to buy weapons, Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was reasonable.
The Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain has always been a troubled place and family, and they especially like to quarrel with the central court. In the original history, Japan's Meiji Restoration began with the overthrow of the Satsuma and Choshu feudal clans.
Of course, most of the cabinet members in the Meiji government later came from these two vassals, and at that time Japan had the saying "Choshu Army and Satsuma Navy", which shows the strength of these two vassals. It also illustrates another issue: this
The ultimate goal of the two powerful feudal vassals is to put it bluntly: instead of you ordering us, it is better for us to order you.
Let’s not talk about the Choshu Domain for the time being. I will only say that the Satsuma Domain will turn its attention to the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance for help. This is really in line with their historical style.
The Satsuma clan in the original history is not just the history mentioned before. They will invade and actually control Ryukyu more than ten years later. However, the main purpose of this invasion is not the invasion itself, but to facilitate business with the Ming Dynasty -
—Of course, it refers to the smuggling business.
The subsequent overturning movements are too far away, so I won’t go into details. Just talking about the fact that Shimadzu F4 (four brothers) invaded Ryukyu in order to do smuggling business with Ming Dynasty is enough to show that the Shimadzu family is completely "ignorant".
"King's Law".
It is completely understandable that such a family would feel unhappy after being beaten up by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and "humiliatingly" surrendering. It is also reasonable to want revenge.
However, in this case, Gao Pragmatic must re-examine his "arrangements" for Japan's future.
Originally, Gao Pragmatic felt that he had too many things at hand right now, and he did not have too many plans to interfere with Japan for the time being. Compared with Japan, strengthening the Ming Dynasty was his first priority, and leaving a retreat in southern Xinjiang was
His basic guarantee, as for Japan...all his previous plans were planned after the War of Aid to Korea and the Anti-Japanese War.
Why wait until the battle is over before making detailed arrangements? Because although this battle cost the Ming Dynasty a lot of effort and even almost wiped out Wanli's internal funds, if you look at it the other way around, Japan also spent nothing.
Not to mention North Korea, it is a scorched earth.
At this time, it is more convenient for Gao Pragmatism to make a big move, rather than spending money and efforts to settle Japan. After all, there are also great variables in what to do after Japan is settled. At least according to Gao Pragmatism's current view, he wants Japan to follow the
It is still quite difficult to rule in the Southern Xinjiang way.
Not to mention that if Japan is really dealt with according to the Southern Xinjiang model, it may also cause confusion whether to focus on Southern Xinjiang or Japan. In the current era, thousands of miles of sea frontiers are crossed to rule two non-contiguous lands.
, which is indeed very difficult.
From the perspective of resource advantages, southern Xinjiang is definitely the first choice of "fallback" for high pragmatism. In addition, mastering southern Xinjiang can better resist Western colonial invasion, and it is also more in line with the "underlying logic" of high pragmatic thinking.
But Japan is not without its merits, especially if we want to talk about "a way out", then if Gao Pragmatic relies on the powerful Beijing-China fleet to hide in Japan, even if he really offends the emperor one day, he can rest easy.
But there is a problem here. According to the estimates of later Japanese historians, Japan's population in the late Azuchi-Momoyama period and on the eve of the Sekigahara War was approximately 12 million. In this way, how can the Kyouka family alone ensure that they can maintain their rule?
Southern Xinjiang is different from Japan. There have been many desperate Han people in Southern Xinjiang who have escaped. For hundreds of thousands of years, there are actually not many people with Han ancestry in their bodies. Although many of them actually have weak blood, as long as they have
With policy guidance in place, these people will soon become "Han Chinese" - the household registration and naturalization system is now being promoted very well.
Japan does not have the conditions of southern Xinjiang. Although there are a very small number of Han people who have left their blood in Japan. Especially during the period of Boss Wang, many Han pirates who were known as Japanese pirates left their blood in Japan. But that few people
Throw it among more than 10 million Japanese people, and you won't even see splashes.
Under this situation, if Gao Pragmatic planned to rule Japan by himself, it might be worse than the situation when the Manchus invaded the Central Plains. Of course, Japan has its own special system, and maybe the Imperial family can think of a way, but those are all things that have no shadow.
, now I am too pragmatic and too lazy to think too much.
Another reason why Gao Pragmatic did not plan to intervene in Japan prematurely is that after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japan will have further civil war, which is the so-called battle between the Western Army and the Eastern Army. The most famous one is the Battle of Sekigahara.
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The Battle of Sekigahara was a battle that took place in the Mino Sekigahara area on September 15, the fifth year of Keicho (October 21, 1600) in Japan. The Battle of Sekigahara in a broad sense includes the events after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
A series of battles and a series of battles in other areas. The two warring parties were the Eastern Army led by Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Western Army composed of Ishida Mitsunari and others.
Both sides mobilized more than 100,000 troops in this war, and it was ultimately decided that the real center of rule in Japan would be the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Gao Jingshi's previous plan was to wait until before and after the Sekigahara War before suddenly intervening in Japan - at that time, his joining would be decisive, and no matter which side he favored, he could determine the direction of Japan.
However, the Shimadzu family's move this time made Gao Pragmatic a little shaken: It would be extra effort to wait until before and after the Sekigahara War to intervene, but in fact he also knew that it would definitely leave a lot of trouble, but if from now on
Just start to penetrate?
For example, if we support the Shimadzu family and train the Satsuma clan, a Japanese alien, to be his leading party, will there be a chance of success and the hidden dangers will be smaller?
Cultivating the Satsuma Domain is definitely a good choice from a geographical point of view. After all, as a powerful domain in southwest Japan, they are the closest to the Ming Dynasty. For Gao Pragmatic, who has a two-ocean fleet, not only is it convenient to contact him, but even Toyotomi
Hideyoshi found out and was furious, Gao Pragmatic had nothing to fear.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! I am reluctant to kill too many servants in land battles, but it is different if I only need to protect Satsuma. If you are able, you can have a decisive battle at sea with me, Jinghua.
Considering Toyotomi Hideyoshi's current behavior and habits, Gao Pragmatic feels that this possibility is very small - as long as Satsuma maintains nominal surrender, Toyotomi Hideyoshi will most likely not choose to use force. Speaking of which, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has nothing to do with him.
It is somewhat similar, that is, matters that can be solved by political means must not be solved by force.
After the death of Oda Nobunaga earlier, Toyotomi Hideyoshi solved the internal problems of the Oda family, controlled the real power of the old retainers of the Oda family, and intended to unify Japan. At first, he wanted to use force to submit to Tokugawa Ieyasu, but after Komaki...
After being defeated in the Battle of Long Hand, he immediately turned to the diplomatic surrender method of reaching a peace with Tokugawa Ieyasu. After Ishikawa Sumasa suddenly defected to Japan, he immediately negotiated peace with Tokugawa Ieyasu and accepted Tokugawa Ieyasu's second son Yu Yoshimaru as his successor.
Adopt a son, and then use marriage to make Tokugawa Ieyasu surrender.
Then Toyotomi Hideyoshi continued to use political means, using the invasion of Korea and the prospect of the Ming Dynasty as bait to launch a war of aggression against Korea, and lured a large number of powerful daimyo to join the war.
This battle was of course defeated, but it also severely weakened the military strength and funds of the major daimyo at the time. However, there were some surprises here: For example, Tokugawa Ieyasu received Toyotomi Hideyoshi's approval in the name of crusading the remnants of the Hojo clan.
Xu stayed at Nagoya Castle for garrison work and did not directly participate in the two battles, so the war had less impact on them, so their influence gradually increased. Only Maeda Toshiie, one of the five elders, could check Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Strength.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness in Fushimi Castle on August 18 (September 18) in the third year of Keicho (1598). His successor was Toyotomi Hideyori who was less than six years old. At this time, it was obviously not feasible to continue the war in Korea.
It was appropriate, so the Toyotomi family immediately transferred the generals who sent troops to Korea back to the country.
Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, he still did not forget political means and asked the "Five Elders" and "Five Advocates" to exchange petitions to make them loyal to the Toyotomi family. Among them, the Five Elders were the five most powerful daimyo at the time, namely De.
Kawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Ukita Hideie, Mori Terumoto, Kobayakawa Takakage, and later added Uesugi Kagekatsu.
The fundamental purpose of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in doing this was to use the collegial system to suppress the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu and ensure that the Toyotomi regime could be passed down from generation to generation.
However, fate is not as good as fate. Due to the sudden death of the number two figure, Toshiie Maeda, Tokugawa Ieyasu had no restrictions and violated the covenant many times, thus making the "Five Elders" in name only. Another political method is Feng
Before his death, Omi Hideyoshi mentioned the marriage between Tokugawa Ieyasu's granddaughter Chihime and Toyotomi Hideyori, which was also for the purpose of winning over the Tokugawa clan.
Of course, things changed a lot later, but most of them were due to the remnants of Japan's old system, coupled with the fact that the successor, Toyotomi Hideyori, was too young and was "suspicious of the country." Generally speaking, Toyotomi Hideyoshi preferred to use
There is no doubt that political means can solve the problem.
In this case, Gao Pragmatic felt that his slight "investment" in the Shimadzu family would not overly stimulate Toyotomi Hideyoshi, at least it would not cause Toyotomi Hideyoshi to change his main strategic stance and trigger unpredictable changes.
However, Gao Pragmatic feels that it is very necessary to control the intensity of this investment, lest the Shimadzu family really feels that they can challenge Toyotomi Hideyoshi and launch another rebellion, which may involve him and Gao. Although he is not afraid of Toyotomi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi brought trouble to him, but if Toyotomi Hideyoshi interrupted the trade, he would not be able to explain to the nobles.
The Shimazu family is relatively arrogant now. Even if they were taught a lesson by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they have not been discouraged, so the support for them cannot be too strong.
The Battle of Miike Port was so small that it could not even be considered a battle in the eyes of Gao Pragmatism, who was accustomed to the big world. At most, it was just an armed conflict. However, this battle may not be very exciting to the Shimadzu family.
Small, at least it must have attracted great attention from Shimazu Yoshihiro, which led to the Shimadzu family's proposal to purchase arms.
Shimazu Yoshihiro has always been a militant member of the Shimadzu family. Of course, his level is still worthy of recognition. For example, in the Kizakihara battle, Shimazu Yoshihiro's famous battle, he dominated the crowd and defeated ten times the opponent.
Ended with his own army.
As a classic battle in which a small number of people defeated a large number, this battle was compared to Oda Nobunaga's Battle of Oe-Hazama, and was called "Kyushu's Oe-Hazama". Shimazu Yoshihiro also became famous in Kyushu for this battle, and entered the world of Kyushu.
Joined the ranks of famous generals of the Warring States Period.
In the original history, his performance in the Korean battlefield was also excellent. The Ming army's biggest defeat in Korea, the "Battle of Sizhou", was won by Shimazu Yoshihiro's perfect performance.
However, this item also makes Gao Pragmatic particularly taboo. If after he strengthens the strength of the Shimadzu family, this strength is deceived by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and goes to North Korea as in the original history, will Shimazu Yoshihiro make a war against history?
To achieve greater results? You must know that the greater the results he achieved in Korea, the greater the losses for Ming Dynasty.
Although there is a saying in later generations that arms dealers who dare not sell weapons to enemy countries are not qualified arms dealers, Gao Pragmatic does not position himself as an arms dealer. This kind of behavior of subsidizing the enemy is extremely serious in his eyes.
's sin.
After much thought, he felt that if he wanted to support the Shimadzu family as the leading party, there must first be a prerequisite, which was to ensure that the Shimadzu family could be controlled, or at least restrained.
This is a bit troublesome. The Shimadzu family has more than 10,000 elite soldiers. Now that it is impossible to send its main combat power to Japan, Gao Pragmatic feels that it is quite difficult to suppress them.
Although Kyoka achieved a "one to five victory" record in the Battle of Miike Port, the score was not as simple as arithmetic. Although there were only more than a hundred armed servants participating in the battle at Miike Port at that time, the artillery on the ships in the port was not reduced.
Taking into account strength, in fact, the defeat of the Shimazu family's five hundred or so people was precisely because they were bombarded by a powerful naval gun that had never been seen before.
Naval gun?
Gao Pangshi's eyes suddenly lit up: Yes, although I can't mobilize many route troops to land and threaten the Shimadzu family, I do have a fleet.
The inner city (which can be understood as the seat of government) of the Shimazu family is Kagoshima Castle. This place has not yet been built into the shape of Kagoshima Castle in later generations (because the Shimazu family was very poor and did not decide to overhaul it until 1601).
But the Shimazu family's inner city at this time was also nearby.
To put it simply, the characteristics are very consistent: facing the sea.
Elite soldiers, strong generals, poverty, and proximity to the sea. These eight words can probably sum up the current situation of the Shimadzu family. Among them, the first four words can be ignored for now because of high-level affairs, but the last four words are of great use.
If you are in poverty, you can use economic means to control it; if you are near the sea, you can use fleet force to deter you.
The fleet affairs are relatively easy to handle. You don’t have to be too deliberate. You just need to gather the fleets heading for Japan’s trade, find an opportunity to group them together, and drive to the seaside outside Kagoshima City to show them off. It must be in the name of Shimadzu.
Hong's military acumen must be able to see the power contained in it.
We need to think about the issue of economic restrictions and see what entry point we should find...
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