At noon the next day, during the yamen's lunch break, Gao Pragmatic returned to his home from the household department and held a "military parade" in the courtyard.
What he reviewed was not the soldiers of the imperial court, nor even his own personal bodyguards, but the surrendered Japanese soldiers - the 300 surrendered Japanese soldiers brought back by Liu Xin from southern Xinjiang.
Liu Xin herself has always had military power, but the origin of her military power is rather special, and her current situation is also more complicated.
At the beginning, she did not have any "military power". Only these Yiding were given to her by her father Liu Xian as her bodyguards. They were regarded as her bodyguards. The reason for giving her this group of people was that she had never refused to marry.
She also traveled all over the world to raise money for the Liu family to support their servants, so Liu Xian pulled out these 300 people from the more than 3,000 Japanese descendants at that time and gave them to her to take with her.
After the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, Liu Xin led her troops alone to cooperate with Huang Zhiting in fighting the war. At that time, in addition to her own 300 men, she also had a temporary loan from her brother Liu Wei.
Of course it was much more than her three hundred.
But then because Naresuan was defeated in the first battle, Huang Zhiting generously allowed her to select troops from the surrendered troops, which caused Liu Xin's strength to suddenly expand. At that time, Liu Xin first sent Liu Wei about 5,000 surrendered troops, and Liu Wei
Due to limited financial resources, I only picked two thousand to accept.
Afterwards, after the Siam counter-rebellion and other wars, Liu Xin finally returned the Japanese surrendered troops that Liu Wei lent her, and she was left with nearly 3,000 direct troops. But at this time, Liu Wei was worried that her sister did not have enough loyal soldiers.
I gave her another 300 surrendered Japanese coins - this time I didn't borrow them, I gave them to her directly.
Liu Xin's handling at that time can be regarded as a reference to Gao's pragmatic approach. He divided the 600 surrendered Japanese soldiers into two parts. Among them, his original 300 guards were scattered and placed among the 3,000 direct troops to lead the troops.
The three hundred people gifted by her brother were taken with her to replace the bodyguards.
Liu Xin's three thousand Liu Jiajun were said to be "Liu Jiajun", but they actually had nothing to do with Liu Wei's troops, and had never been included in the Ming army. They did not receive a penny of military pay from the Ming Dynasty, and did not even need to be paid by Liu Wei.
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These three thousand people are now taking Huang Zhiting's money - not Jinghua's, but Huang Zhiting's own. Therefore, these people are now staying in Dingnan, and Liu Xin has also handed over the command to Huang Zhiting. To a certain extent
, their current nature can be regarded as mercenaries recruited by Huang Zhiting himself.
When Liu Xin came north to Beijing, she only brought 300 Japanese soldiers as bodyguards. These 300 bodyguards usually stayed at Jianxinzhai and Baiyulou. After Gao Pragmatic discussed with Liu Xin last night, early this morning
, Liu Xin sent someone to inform them to go to the city in batches and come to Shangshu Gaofu to gather for reading.
In fact, there was nothing interesting to read in the military parade. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers did not need to be demonstrated through a military parade, so Gao Pragmatic just looked at them casually and ordered the selection of fifty "real Japanese".
Although the attire and dress of the Han people have long been with the Liu family after surrendering to the Japanese, the characteristic of these fifty people is that they are highly pragmatic and their identities as "real Japanese" can be seen at a glance from their appearance, temperament and details of their movements.
To put it simply, Japan has very distinct characteristics.
At this moment, fifty people were divided into five columns, like benchmarks, standing in front of Gao Pangshi, Liu Xin, and Gao Mo. They didn't know what to do next, but it had become a habit for them to go through life and death.
After surrendering to the Japanese, they didn't care about the next task.
Perhaps, even if the eldest lady asks them to enter the Forbidden City next moment, they will not be surprised, let alone question or resist.
Among the Liu Jiajun, because of their special status, although these Japanese surrendered soldiers are treated well, their punishment is also the most severe. Their treatment and even the guarantee of survival can only be described in four words: obey orders and fight tooth and nail.
Apart from this, there is nothing else.
However, even these Japanese descendants who had already given up life and death, they were all surprised and widened their eyes after hearing Gao Jingshi's words, because Gao Jingshi opened his mouth and said: "Congratulations to you all, you will be able to return soon.
My homeland is Japan.”
However, although these words surprised the fifty "real Japanese", the surprise was not surprise, but horror.
Return to Japan? We are all pirates in Japan. If you send us to Japan, isn’t that sending us to death?
Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Liu Xin's face. Could this young lady whom they had watched grow up really want to die?
Liu Xin smiled, and then Gao pragmatically said with comfort: "Don't be afraid, you are not going back as pirates this time, let alone as criminals - the senior manager will arrange all kinds of suitable things for you."
status, and ensure that you can become a master as quickly as possible after returning to Japan."
A stocky Yiding leader who was nearly forty years old asked: "Miss, what on earth do you want us to do?"
Before Liu Xin could answer, Gao pragmatically asked, "What's your name?"
Leader Na Yiding was obviously very aware of Gao Pragmatic's identity and his relationship with Liu Xin. Hearing this, he immediately bowed and said, "In response to Master Gao, the younger one's name is Liu Sanwu."
"Oh, I'm asking about your Japanese name." Gao Pragmatic immediately knew that "Liu Sanwu" must be the numbered name caused by Liu Xian accepting too many barbarians back then. In addition to indicating his qualifications to be demoted to Japanese barbarians,
Useless except for being quite old.
The leader of the Yiding bowed again and replied: "There is no word for Miao in Japan, only a small name, called Xiaokuro."
"Miao?" Gao Pingshi was obviously stunned for a moment, and almost blurted out "What is Miao?" Liu Xin, who was next to him, saw the opportunity quickly, pulled him, and whispered: "Come here, I will tell you."
Gao pragmatic guessed that she might not want to make a fool of herself in front of her subordinates. Although he felt that this was not embarrassing, he still followed her wishes and walked aside to listen to her explanation.
The explanation this time was not easy. Liu Xin told Gao pragmatically some of the things related to Japanese names that she heard from the Japanese descendants when she was a child.
It turns out that there were actually three forms of "surname" in Japan at this time, namely "surname", "surname" and "Miao". Among them, surname (ウジ) is the oldest and most well-established, symbolizing the source of blood. It is usually the emperor.
The earliest surnames were given, such as Izumo, Genji, Taira, Fujiwara, Tachibana, etc., which are usually regarded as the most noble "surnames".
However, the meaning of "surname" (かばね) in their conventional sense is different from that of "surname" in Chinese. In Japan, it refers to personality, which is a kind of rank, including public, minister, lian, Zao and the so-called "surname".
"Eight-color surnames" include Zhenren, courtiers, Su Ni, etc. Each surname has a different corresponding status.
For example, "Zhenren" are only descendants of the Emperor, while "courtiers" are the highest-ranking among human ministers. Since the Minamoto and Taira clans are descendants of the Emperor and descendants of the emperor, they are the highest-ranking among human ministers, so they are often called courtiers.
(Note: After the Heian Dynasty, courtiers were also used as honorific titles for more than three ministers). As for the time when the "surname" appeared, it was probably before the reform of Dahua.
The "Miao character" mentioned by Kokuro just now appeared in the Heian Dynasty, and was essentially the name of a separate family. For example, Ashikaga and Tokugawa, this has nothing to do with the gift from the emperor.
Therefore, a complete Japanese name at this time is the surname Miao character or the common name (taboo). Liu Xin told Gao Qingshi that if they usually call Tokugawa Ieyasu, his full name is "Minamoto Court Minister Tokugawa Jiro Saburo Ieyasu"
——The "Jiro Saburo" here is a general name, which means that the head of this family is Jiro, and Ieyasu is the third child of Jiro.
Is this troublesome? Of course it is troublesome, but sometimes it is even more troublesome because the order is reversed. For example, when the two of them talked, they said "Oda Nobunaga", but in fact it should be "Oda Dansho Tadadai Courtier Nobunaga"
"——Taira is the family name, Danzhengchu is the general name, Oda is the Miao character, Nobunaga is the given name, and Courtier is the surname.
Speaking of which, Liu Xin told Gao Pragmatic that most Japanese civilians now do not have surnames in a broad sense. It was only after the Emperor issued an order during the Meiji Restoration that they were allowed to take their own surnames. The specific time should be the eighth year of Meiji (1875).
Year).
What was the name of the decree that was promulgated at that time to allow Japanese commoners to choose surnames? It was actually called the "Ordinance on Common People's Miao Characters Must Be Named". In other words, what was regarded as a "surname" in later generations was actually what Kokuro mentioned just now.
The word "Miao".
The Han people also had "surnames" a long time ago, but they were later simplified (I won't go into details about this), so Gao Pragmatic understood the current situation in Japan immediately after Liu Xin explained it.
However, he still asked Liu Xin: "Then we want people like Xiao Jiuro to return to Japan and get into... certain important positions. We must give them a surname - or Miao, after all, not everyone
Everyone can have the fate of Toyotomi Hideyoshi."
"This is easy to handle. The superior can give it to them." Liu Xin said: "You can give them the Miao characters, you can also give them the common characters and partial taboos."
Gao Pragmatic was silent for a moment and said helplessly: "What are these general words and partial taboos?"
"Well, I have to tell you first that Japanese taboos are different from Chinese Confucian taboos. What we just talked about were 'surnames', and Japanese names...if we look closely, they are composed of 'tongzi' and '
It is composed of "partial taboo", in which the general character does not need to be avoided, but the partial taboo needs to be avoided.
This 'Tongzi' is generally a tradition passed down by the family, and is somewhat similar to the Chinese 'Pai Ming' (that is, a word used to express seniority in a large family), just like your generation from the sixth floor of the Gao family to yours.
The name has the same character for "wu" in the middle, so in Japan it can be roughly said to be "通字".
As for the 'partial taboo', it actually represents the name of that person. If your name is placed in Japan, then 'wu' is the general character and 'real' is the partial taboo. If you need to avoid taboos when calling you, you only need to avoid taboos.
Don't worry about the word 'real' and 'wu'.
However, giving a surname is a special exception among taboos. The way of giving surnames in Japan is usually that the superior uses his own taboo to give the lower-ranking person a general character, which is equivalent to changing the family tradition of the lower-ranking person.
, this kind of behavior is called "obeying the will of the respected one", so there is no need to avoid it, and it is also a common phenomenon.
Let me give you an example. Take Uesugi Kenshin, for example. His official name was Kagetora, Masatora, Terutora, etc., and "Kage" was originally the common character of his Nagao family. Later, it was changed due to Uesugi Kenmasa's surname and taboo.
The character "正" was used to change the name to Uesugi Masatora. However, Ashikaga Yoshiteru later had a higher constitutional status than Uesugi, so when giving the surname, he replaced the character "zheng" with his own bias. Uesugi Kenshin changed his name to "Hui" from then on.
Tiger's gone.
And if the superior person bestows the character "Tong" on the inferior person, then this kind of favor becomes even more special. It means... a bit like "I treat you as family". For example, Okuhira Samasa was given by Oda Nobunaga.
He was given the name Tong and changed his name to Nobumasa Okudaira. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu paid more attention to this person and even married his daughter to him."
Gao Jingshi said a long "Oh", thought for a moment, and said: "Then among the fifty people this time, don't they all have Miao characters?"
Liu Xin said: "There may be some, because some of the Japanese surrendered were originally lower-level warriors. They had to become pirates after the defeat of their masters. But most of them definitely don't have Miao characters, so you have to give them to them."
Gao Pragmatic was stunned: "Why did I give it to them? They are your subordinates. Isn't it your turn to give them the Miao name?"
"Of course I can give it, but didn't I just talk about Uesugi Kenshin's example? Ashikaga Yoshiteru's status is higher than Uesugi Kenmasa, so his gift has more status." Liu Xin spread her hands: "I am a girl.
, there is not even an official position in the Ming Dynasty, so whether I give them the character Miao or the character Tong, it is not noble, so what is the meaning of whether I give it to them or not? It is better to let them choose one by themselves."
"Oh...I see." Gao Pragmatic nodded, but frowned a little: "The word Miao can be chosen casually?"
"You can say 'whatever' you want, but I suggest you give some thought to the style of Japanese Miao characters, so that they don't hang around in Japan with a Chinese surname, and even a fool will know there is something wrong."
Gao pragmatic smiled, turned around and walked back to Xiao Jiulang, and loudly said to all the selected Japanese descendants: "Just now, your lady Liu has won an honor for you. Please ask me to serve as the Grand Master of the Ming Dynasty Prince, Hubu
In the name of Shangshu, I will give you new Miao characters, general characters and even partial taboo characters."
To Gao Jingshi's expectation, all the fifty surrendered Japanese soldiers suddenly had blazing eyes, and even the rise and fall of their chests suddenly became obvious. And even so, they were surprised that not one of them yelled, but all of them
They all push out their chests and belly more, trying to make themselves appear more powerful and energetic.
Gao Jingshi glanced at Liu Xin, who raised her chin slightly, feeling quite pleased with herself. Gao Jingshi smiled, turned to Xiao Jiulang and said, "Then, let's start with you."
Xiao Jiulang hurriedly knelt down and said loudly: "Thank you Gao Situ for your kindness, I will be grateful for you for three lifetimes!"
Gao pragmatic didn't help him up, but asked gently: "Where were you born? Is there any outstanding scenery at home or nearby?"
"Back to Gao Situ, the villain was born in Songye City. There is a Ryuze Temple on the nearby mountain, but it is not the Ryuze Temple in Mishima."
Gao Pangshi didn't know where Songye City was, let alone that there were two "Longze Temples". Liu Xin turned her head slightly and whispered: "I don't know where the Longze Temple he mentioned is, but
Matsuba Castle should be in the west of Shikoku Island. The nearby mountains he mentioned may be Mount Kasatori or Mount Kiritate in the Tengu Plateau."
Gao pragmatic nodded slightly and said: "In that case, I give you the character Miao, Longze, and Tong, Shi. Your nickname was originally Xiao Jiulang. "Shuowen Jiezi" says: 'Nine, the change of Yang. Like its bending and bending.
The shape.' Therefore, I give you the partial taboo Yang."
"Longze Shiyang..." Xiao Jiulang was overjoyed, trembling all over, crawling on the ground, banging and banging his head several times, and loudly said: "Longze Shiyang, thank you Gao Situ for your kindness!"
Gao Pingshi patted his shoulder and said, "Get up." Then he looked around at everyone and said, "The next person comes forward to receive the gift."
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