Among the reasons that prompted Mr. Shimazu to suddenly express that his family lineage was from the "Tang Kingdom", the troubles that occurred during the first grade's campaign for office 40 years ago were a very important internal factor.
The story begins at the end of the 18th year of Tenmon (1549), when the Battle of Kurokawasaki was over. Shimazu Takahisa, the head of the Shimazu family at the time, reconciled with Kanfu Kanemori and other national allies, and fought for the Shimadzu family's history.
It was a rare few years of peace in China. During these few years, Shimazu Takahisa focused his energy on improving his political prestige. The first major event among them was the construction of Gouchi Castle.
It turned out that four years ago, in March of the 14th year of Tenmon, because Kagoshima Castle was seriously damaged in the war, Shimazu Takahisa moved his residence to Ichiuji Castle in Ijuin. But obviously this was just a stop-gap measure.
Shimazu Takahisa's plan was to build a larger Onuchi Castle based on the original Kagoshima Castle.
In December of the 19th year of Tenmon (1550), the Gouchi Castle was finally completed. Shimazu Takahisa received the "meeting" gift from each royal family, the royal family, and the public in the tall castle of the Gouchi Castle.
This meeting was an unprecedented event for the Shimazu family. The feudal lords who had always been hostile to the Shimazu family, Kamao Norikiyo and other national lords also attended in person to express their submission to Shimazu Takahisa, who was in the territory.
His reputation is unparalleled.
At this time, Shimazu Takahisa, who was looking forward to his hero, suddenly realized that he was the guardian of the Three Kingdoms of Sa, Sumima, and Japan, and he was already thirty-eight years old (this age was not considered young in Japan's Warring States Period), but he
Still without a serious official position, it is really a bit shameful.
And when he thought about the official position, he suddenly discovered that while he was busy fighting everywhere, people from the three kingdoms of Sa, Yu, and Japan went to Kyoto to carry out activities, taking advantage of the court's extreme lack of money to seek official positions.
They arbitrarily bought bargains and obtained official positions that they could not obtain in the past based on their family status.
In addition to the now-defunct Honda Tochi and his son, who were appointed Kii-mori and Sakyo-doctors, Hyuga Kuni-kun Ito Yoshisuke was appointed Daichan-dofu, Ohsumi Kuni-kun Hoshigarashi Shigeshu was appointed Sagami-mori, and Higo Kuni-kun Shoryō Nagayue was appointed.
The Daisuke of the Imperial Palace, and even Tanegashima Tokiyao, who was in a remote corner, successively served as Danmasachu and Sakon General.
What's going on? The group of people I beat up are actually more senior than me. Is there still a king's law?
Of course, judging from Shimazu Takahisa's own feelings, the official positions held by other people were all okay, but the appointment of "Sagami Mamoru" to Hisikari Shigeshu was the most problematic, because that was what the Shimazu Shoshu family had called themselves for generations.
At that time, Shimazu Tadayo also called himself "Sagami Mamoru".
Unexpectedly, now, Hisikari Shigeshu's "Sagami Mamoru" has been recognized by the imperial court as the official genuine one, while Shimazu Tadayo's "Sagami Mamoru" has become a self-proclaimed fake. This is too much.
How could he, Shimazu Takahisa Hyouoichi, endure such a slap in the face?
You must know that in the eyes of the Shimazu family, the people of Ito, Hisikari and their ilk have always been vulgar, unlearned and unskilled peasants. Who would have expected that now they would all go to Kyoto and the imperial court?
The ministers recited poems and composed poems, chatted and laughed happily, and each and every one of them had purple robes and jade belts and was ranked high in the palace. However, he, the head of the Shimazu family with no official position and no position, looked like a country bumpkin who was behind the fashion, vulgar and uncultured.
Of course, Shimazu Takahisa couldn't swallow this breath. This was the period when he was committed to improving his political prestige. Of course, he had to reverse his lag behind others in his official career. However, because the history of the Shimazu family was too messy and complicated, it was difficult for him to seek official positions.
Things were not as easy as Shimazu Takahisa imagined.
Just do it. In the 20th year of Astronomy (1551), Shimazu Takahisa sent Kagoyama Zenhisa, the lord of Beppu Castle, to Kyoto. Kagoyama Zenhisa's business trip had two tasks.
The first task is to make the "gods" (i.e. statues) of Ohsumi Shohachimangu Shrine. The main gods enshrined in Shohachimangu Shrine are Emperor Ongami and Empress Jinko, and their statues are three groups of six-body male and female statues. The statues of Shohachimangu Shrine are in
It was destroyed by war during the "Sanshu Rebellion". After Osumi was pacified, Shimazu Takahisa and his mother vowed to rebuild a statue for Shohachimangu Shrine.
Kaguyama Zenhisa went to Kyoto to find the monk Yasun who was proficient in sculpture, and asked him to make a royal body for Shohachiman Palace. Because the royal bodies of Shohachiman Palace were the emperor and the empress, its production activities alarmed the court. According to Emperor Go-Nara's royal body
According to the statement, the production activities are carried out in the palace.
After the production was completed, Emperor Go-Nara issued a "Run Decree" to the Shimazu family, which was picked up by Kazuhisa Kayama, requesting that the Goshin Body be sent to Ouchi for "examination". While Emperor Go-Nara viewed the Goshin Body, he also
A "Tianxia Royal Prayer" ceremony was held to pray for an early end to the war.
The Shimazu family's activities of making and presenting the imperial body to the public were actually planned by Zenhisa Kayama, with three main purposes:
First, the Shimazu family presided over the reconstruction activities of Osumi Shohachimangu Shrine, which strengthened the power and status of the Shimazu family as the guardian of Osumi Kingdom; second, Ito Gisuke built the Great Buddha Hall in Hyuga Kuni Satohara last year (1550).
There are three statues of Lucena. The Shimazu family rebuilt Ohsumi Shohachimangu Shrine and made a god body, which obviously had the intention of confronting the Ito family. Third, through activities such as making a god body and displaying it, Kayama Zenhisa was able to frequently communicate with the ministers of the imperial court.
Contact can gradually eliminate the previous influence of Honda Dong's relatives and establish a channel for direct communication between the Shimadzu family and the imperial court.
This task basically went smoothly, but Kaguyama Zenhisa also had a second, more important task. Needless to say, that was to obtain an official position for Shimazu Takahisa. However, the progress of this task faced huge difficulties.
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While Kazuyama Zenkyu was in Kyoto, he participated in a renge party on September 14th. The attendees of the renga party were the former Gon Dai Nagon Asukai Masatsuna, Gon Dai Nagon Yoshitsuji Shion, and the son of Kanshiro Konoe Ai family.
Konoe Maekyu, Renge Satoba Shoba, etc. There is no doubt that the mastermind behind this Renge Meeting is Kaguyama Zenhisa, and its purpose is nothing more than to ask Asukai Masatsuna and others to transfer Shimazu Takahisa's
The intention is to report to the imperial court on his behalf.
However, the problem can be seen from this list: the Kanshiro Konoe family, who had the most say in the imperial court at that time and was closely related to the Shimadzu family, did not attend this Renge meeting.
This is because the Konoe family had previously supported the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshiharu and opposed the powerful minister Miyoshi Nagakei. When Ashikaga Yoshiharu fled to Omi for refuge, the Konoe family also left Beijing for Omi, so Kayama Zenhisa came to Beijing this time.
The timing was unlucky and they were unable to meet with the Konoe family. However, Asukai Masatsuna and others were too cautious to teach people the famous imperial weapons without authorization, so the matter of seeking an official position could only be put on hold for the time being.
Although Kazuyama Zenku failed to seek an official position for Shimazu Takahisa, it was not without gain. Through communication with Asukai Masatsuna and others, Kawasama Zenku learned about the imperial court's concerns about granting Shimazu Takahisa an official title.
That is, the hereditary post of repair doctor of the main clan of the Shimazu family had previously been awarded to Shimazu Katsuhisa of the Oshu family (that is, the main clan at that time). In other words, if the repair doctor was to be awarded to Shimazu Takahisa, then it should be
It was first necessary for Shimazu Katsuhisa to resign from the post. However, Shimazu Katsuhisa had no fault, and it was not convenient for the court to remove him from his official position without any reason.
At this time, Shimazu Katsuhisa was in Bungo, and under the protection of Otomo Yoshiken, he seemed to have retired. However, he refused to cooperate with his former adopted son Shimazu Takahisa, and refused to hand over his post as repairman. Shimazu
Guijiu had to spend a lot of effort to convince this stubborn old man.
In the first month of the 21st year of Tenmon (1552), Shimazu Takahisa received the news that with the mediation of Minami Omi Guardian Rokkaku Yoshiken, the general Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Miyoshi Nagakei reached a reconciliation, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu and the Konoe family returned to Kyoto.
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After learning that the Konoe family had returned to the capital, Shimazu Takahisa immediately sent envoys to Kyoto to launch activities again. This time, the candidate sent by Shimazu Takahisa was Furuichi Sanikiyo, a retainer of Tanegashima Tokiyao.
Why were the retainers of the Tanegashima Tokiyao chosen? Because the Tanegashima family and the Konoe family also have a close relationship.
Although the Tanegashima family was indeed a "Tanasharo" who lived on a small island in southern Kyushu for generations, this family made a fortune in trade with the Ming Dynasty and Ryukyu (Ryukyu was actually a transit point for trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty).
Certain economic strength.
As early as the sixth year of Meiying (1497), Tanegashima Tokiyao's grandfather Tanegashima Tadashi was traveling to Kyoto. By chance, he got acquainted with the head of Honnoji Temple in Kyoto, Nichisei Shonin (the royal family, son of Prince Fushimi Miyakunika).
, Tanegashima Tadashi was very wealthy and spent huge sums of money to help Nikho Shonin rebuild the Honnōji Temple that was destroyed in the war.
Just like one of the reasons why high pragmatism is so popular, even the royal family cannot refuse to be friends with rich people. Hidden Lord praised Tanegashima Tadashi as a "powerful tane family". The Konoe family is also a devout believer in Honnoji Temple.
Thanks to the relationship between his superiors, Tanegashima Tadashi established a liaison relationship with the Konoe family. This is why the Tanegashima family was appointed by the imperial court as Danmasadadashi and Sakon Shogun.
However, at this time, Tanegashima Tokiyao was busy with the mass production of iron cannons and the improvement of iron cannon tactics, and was unable to go to Kyoto in person. So he sent Furuichi Saniqiyo as an envoy, who was proficient in literature, good at Japanese songs, and eloquent.
Excellent, he is a very suitable candidate to carry out liaison work with the court.
From Tanegashima to Kyoto, the shortest route is to take the sea route into the Seto Inland Sea, disembark at Sakai Port and then reach Kyoto via the Kinai Street. But Furuichi Mikiyo did not go this way. He first went to Kagoshima to meet with Shimazu Takahisa.
Then take the sea route to Bungo, and go to the inner castle of Otomo Household Castle to ask for an audience with Otomo Sorin.
Furuichi Saniqiyo's intention was obvious, he came for Shimazu Katsuhisa. Furuichi Saniqiyo arrived in Bungo in March and presented Otomo Sorin with horses, armor, swords, books, and "Nanman small blunderbuss"——
That is, a pistol made in Portugal.
At that time, iron cannons were introduced to Japan not long ago. The number of iron cannons in the hands of famous celebrities was limited and very precious. Shimazu Takahisa was willing to give away such a precious "killing weapon" to others, and he spent a lot of money. It can be seen from this that
Deshimazu Takahisa was already in a very urgent mood to obtain an official position.
At this time, although the Otomo family and the Shimazu family were both on Kyushu Island, there was no direct conflict of interest. In addition, the heavy gift presented by Furuichi Mikiyo reflected the sincerity of Shimazu Takahisa and the Otomo family to reconcile. Otomo Sorin's love for the island
The Jin family's request was immediately agreed to.
Finally, under the pressure of Otomo Sorin, Furuichi Mikiyo was able to obtain a written statement of resignation from the post of repair doctor signed by Shimazu Katsuhisa without much effort.
After leaving Otomo's house, Furuichi Sanikiki went straight to Kyoto. On June 11 of that year, after the activities of the Konoe family, the imperial court issued an imperial edict, and Shimazu Takahisu was appointed as the repair doctor from the fifth rank.
Three days later, on June 14, the Konoe family took Furuichi Minoru Kiyoshi into the palace to express his gratitude. Since Furuichi Minoru Kiyo had no official position and could not go to the palace, the Konoe family performed the memorial ceremony on his behalf, and the Shimazu family dedicated the memorial ceremony to him.
The imperial court gave Yongle money (Daming Yongle Tongbao, Japan's hard currency) one thousand guan, as well as a batch of horses, swords, and tea utensils as "imperial gifts" to thank him for his appointment as an official.
Furuichi Saniqiyo returned to Kagoshima Castle with an oral declaration of the imperial edict for appointing officials (the part of the edict that is read to the parties and issued to the parties as proof of appointment, which is equivalent to China's "appointment", that is, a letter of appointment).
The news of the imperial court's appointment of Shimazu Takahisa as repairman was announced to the people in the Shimadzu clan.
This move is of great significance: because almost at the same time, Shimazu Takahisa's younger brother, Tadashi Banshimazu, who was in charge of Shimizu Castle in the northern part of Osumi Province, and the "Jieinden" of Osumi Province's Shohachimangu Shrine, stayed at Keagechi, and the lord of Kajiki Castle Kansuke
Kanesei, the lord of Tarumizu Castle, Ijichi Shigeki, the son of Kayama Zenhisa, Kawasama Tadashi, and others exchanged "deeds" together at Shohachimangu Shrine and swore allegiance to Shimazu Takahisa.
In the "deed", Shimazu Takahisa is called "Oya Shapei" - this is pronounced "おやかたさま". According to this pronunciation, it can also be written as "Miyakafang様", "Mikanshu", "Daidianhu"
, "Oyakata様", of course the above various "様" ultimately mean "lord".
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Kanfu Kanemori and other countries respectfully address Shimazu Takahisa as "Lord". This is the first time since the "Three States Rebellion". This shows that Shimazu Takahisa has taken up the post of repair
Only after becoming a doctor are people regarded as fully inheriting the family, and therefore can enjoy the title "Lord" which is reserved for the head of the family.
This also means that the hearts of the people in the Shimadzu clan have focused on Shimazu Takahisa, and it will be more justifiable to carry out the struggle to pacify the Three Kingdoms in the future.
Shimazu Takahisa is honored as "Lord", which shows that the people of the country recognize his status as the head and guardian of the clan, but it does not mean that these people will bow to his orders from now on. What's more, there are many people,
For example, the Qitain clan, Hishikari clan, Kamao clan, etc. are not among the people who honor Shimazu Takahisa as "Lord". The Shimadzu clan still has a lot to do to convince them.
Since then, Shimazu Takahisa has been committed to handling these affairs, and I will not go into details. In short, in the end, the Shimadzu family still took advantage of the rise of Nobunaga to disrupt the world, and after the Honnoji incident, Hideyoshi pacified Akechi Mitsuhide, and competed with Shibata Katsuie for other opportunities.
, began to unify Kyushu by force.
And when Hashiba Hideyoshi transformed into Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Shimadzu family believed even more that their own strength was the most important thing.
Although after Hideyoshi's Kyushu Conquest, the Shimadzu family's strength declined greatly, and even almost perished in the eyes of outsiders, when the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance began to support them, the Shimadzu family immediately smelled new opportunities.
At first, the Shimazu family only planned to use the power of the Sea Trade Alliance to stabilize the vassal government and restore their strength. However, not long ago, the shocking news came that the sea and land forces of the Sea Trade Alliance defeated the "Southern Barbarians", which suddenly changed the attitude of the Shimazu family.
Made a U-turn.
According to the information they learned during the previous trade between the Shimadzu family and the "Nanbarbarians", the Philippines occupied by the Nanbarbarians was almost the same size as Japan (At this time, Japan only actually controlled a little part of the southern coast of Hokkaido, and Hokkaido was generally not counted as a formal territory, and the rest was
About the same size as the Philippines), and the Maritime Trade Alliance swept all the way after the victory in Manila. How amazing is that momentum?
In addition, because of the cooperative relationship, the Shimadzu family also learned about the huge power of Jinghua in southern Xinjiang, and the population under its rule was larger than that of the entire Japan. Therefore, the Shimadzu family believed that as long as they firmly hugged Jinghua's thighs, they would be able to fundamentally control their own country.
There is no need to worry about Hideyoshi's suppression.
Moreover, Shimazu Yoshihisa, who abdicated after Hideyoshi's "Kyushu Expedition" but still held real power, insisted that Kyoto's support of the family was definitely not just for commercial interests.
The main reason that prompted him to make this judgment was that Jinghua established the General Chamber of Commerce of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance in Japan in its own Crystal Building in Qingshui City. If Jinghua only acted out of commercial interests, then this general chamber of commerce would not be located in Osaka even if it was not located in Osaka.
It should be located somewhere like Sakai Tei.
There is only one reason why the General Chamber of Commerce in Kyoka is not located in the center of Japan and the most prosperous commercial area. That is that Kyoka believes that sooner or later they will be in a hostile position with the Toyotomi family, so they cannot establish the General Chamber of Commerce in Hideyoshi.
On the territory!
There is no need to elaborate on the dispute within the Shimadzu family for the time being, but the two powerful figures - the former and current heads of the so-called "double palace system" of the Shimadzu family at this time - both support following the Sea Trade Alliance.
The former head of the family, Yoshihisa Shimazu, believed that following the Maritime Trade Alliance would not only make huge profits now, but also potentially get a share of the pie in the future. If he performed well, he would have a good chance of realizing the Shimazu family's ambition to unify Kyushu in the future.
The current head of the family, Shimazu Yoshihiro, who holds the de facto power of the Shimadzu family's military, is even more coveted by Kyohwa's military force and even its weapons production capacity, and is eager for Kyoka to help him improve the Shimadzu family's military strength. In the Shimadzu family's Kyushu strategy
After Hideyoshi's Kyushu conquest failed, Shimazu Yoshihiro's greatest wish was to one day defeat the Toyotomi clan and regain this position.
The two not only joined forces to suppress the opposition at home, but also carried forward the characteristic Japanese style: gambling on the fate of the country! They changed their family origins and completely turned to the Sea Trade Alliance!
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