"Toyotomi Hideyoshi hopes that he will play a role in trying to get the Beiyang Sea Trade Alliance to move the General Chamber of Commerce in Japan to Osaka Castle."
It has to be said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was indeed a ruler who attached great importance to business, and the "task" he gave to Ryuzawa Miyo was basically expected by Gao Pragmatic.
Of course, what Gao Pragmatic did not expect was that after the Crystal Tower was completed, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still insisted on setting the mission goal so high. Instead of trying to get the Sea Trade Alliance to move closer and tilt towards him, he directly requested the Sea Trade Alliance
The alliance moved the General Chamber of Commerce in Japan to Osaka.
Gao pragmatic didn't answer immediately. He thought for a while and then asked: "Have you heard from the other people?"
Liu Xin nodded and said: "Yes, as for the daimyo, there are echoes from Ieyasu, the Mori family, and the Hojo family; as for the minor daimyo, such as Omura Kizen who controls Nagasaki, and Nabeshima whose territory is next to him
Nao Shige, Matsuura Jinshin and other parties have made many relevant actions, do you want to listen to them?"
Fifty people were sent out, plus the manpower that had been deployed before. It was definitely impossible to hear all the news. Gao Pragmatic didn't have the time, so he shook his head and said: "No, you pick a few important ones, or
Just talk about the ones with outstanding performance."
"Okay, let me talk to a few elders first. I see that you attach great importance to Tokugawa Ieyasu, so let's start with the Tokugawa family." Liu Xin said: "I want to tell you one thing first. Tokugawa Ieyasu likes Confucianism very much.
.”
This seemed to be a bit off topic, but after Gao Pingshi was stunned for a moment, he was still curious and said in surprise: "He likes Confucianism very much?"
"Yes, Shingu Yoshikatsu wrote back and said that Tokugawa Ieyasu read the Four Books and Five Classics almost every day, especially his love for Zhu Zhu. He even asked his close retainers to not only focus on military training or entertainment. Even if the Four Books and Five Classics are too difficult, they should read them in their free time.
Read "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions"."
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "That makes sense."
"Oh?" Liu Xin asked, "Is he like this in history?"
Gao pragmatically said: "It's not mentioned much, but I remembered one thing. After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the third year of Keicho (1598), Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately ordered someone to make a seal, which was engraved with '
Do you know the origin of the word "Zhongshu" - "Zhongshu"?"
Liu Xin shook her head: "I don't take the imperial examination. Although I have read books, I don't ask for a deep explanation. You should just talk about this academic matter."
"Well, this quote comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Li Ren". The original text is: Confucius said: 'Can you! My way is consistent.' Zengzi said: 'Wei.' When Confucius came out, a disciple asked: 'What is it?' Zengzi said:
'The Master's way is only loyalty and forgiveness.'
Therefore, this "loyalty and forgiveness" is a principle for dealing with the relationship between people. Loyalty means trying your best to do things for others, so it is in the heart of others, so it is loyalty; forgiveness means respecting oneself and others, and it is like people's hearts, so it is forgiveness.
Tokugawa Ieyasu carved a seal of "loyalty and forgiveness" at that time. It was certainly a sign of his attitude, but it also shows that he did have some understanding of Confucian culture. Of course, I don't care about this now. Why don't you tell me why?
I want to bring this up."
Liu Xin spread her hands and said: "The reason for bringing this up is that he asked Shingong Yisheng if he knew any knowledgeable people during his many years in the Ming Dynasty. If so, could he think of ways to invite some great scholars to give lectures?"
Gao Jingshi was really a little surprised now, and said with a suspicious look on his face: "At this point in time, shouldn't he be considering sending troops to support Toyotomi Hideyoshi in attacking the Kanto Tojo family? Why doesn't he care about military affairs, but is thinking about these things?"
Liu Xin said angrily: "You ask me, how do I know that my level of Confucianism is not at the level of a beginner in front of you? You don't know why, what else can I think about?"
Now that she had pushed it all away, Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to think for himself. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized something. He smiled, shook his head gently and said: "Tokugawa Ieyasu is very confident. It seems that he thinks this battle with Toyotomi
There is no doubt that Hideyoshi will win, and... he may have guessed that after Toyotomi Hideyoshi takes over Kanto, he will kick him from Mikawa, Toe, and Suruga to Kanto, so he is now considering how to stabilize the new Kanto
The situation in the territory."
Although Liu Xin was a general Confucianist, she still knew some of the advantages of Confucianism. After listening to Gao Pragmatic's words, she immediately said suddenly: "Oh, he wants to use Confucianism to stabilize his future in Guandong."
New territory?”
"At the moment, it can only mean this." Gao Jingshi said with some emotion: "It seems that Tokugawa Ieyasu's success in the world is not just because of some 'tortoise'. This guy is not only tolerant, but also has great foresight."
"When you mention this, I would like to talk about an issue we discussed before, which is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attitude towards Tokugawa Ieyasu. Before Shingu Yoshikatsu went to Japan, I conveyed this issue to
I contacted him and asked him to find out at his convenience. He has already responded this time."
Shingu Yoshikatsu was one of the main spies that Gao Pragmatic placed beside Tokugawa Ieyasu.
This man was originally from a local wealthy family in Toe, Japan. In the early years when Imagawa Yoshimoto ruled Toe, Shingu Yoshikatsu's father reluctantly lived under the Imagawa clan, but he was not a serious retainer.
Later, Oda Nobunaga killed Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Battle of Okehama, and the Imagawa clan was in chaos. The successor of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the Imagawa clan, happened to be a good-for-nothing. Even with the help of his grandmother Sugini, internal rebellions still broke out.
Shingu Yoshikatsu's father was tainted and rebelled at that time, so he had no choice but to take him, who was only a few years old, to become a pirate incognito. Later, he was defeated by Liu Xian and taken back to the Japanese tribe.
However, Xingong was not the real Miao character of this person. The Miao character was chosen by him before he went north to the capital on the grounds that "a new royal palace was being built in Dingnan City" - because Liu Xin's people were stationed in Dingnan at that time. As for Tong
The meaning of the word is better than the taboo, which is actually given by Gao pragmatism.
The Toe area has long been Tokugawa Ieyasu's base, and in the early years, his family and the Matsudaira family (the Tokugawa family, but not called Tokugawa at that time) were also close friends. There was no conflict between the two parties, so he
When he returned home for the first time, he was quickly accepted by the Tokugawa family.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! It’s just that he does not have the opportunity of Ryuzawa Sanyo, and is currently just an ordinary retainer in the Tokugawa family. Tokugawa Ieyasu may have considered that after all, he has led troops in the Ming Dynasty for many years, so he gave
He was given the title of Ashigaru Shogun - but he did not have a single soldier in his hand. He actually served as one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's staff, with an insignificant status.
Gao pragmatic asked: "What did he say?"
"He said that Tokugawa Ieyasu is highly respected and prestige in Japan, especially within the Oda-Toyotomi system. Tokugawa Ieyasu has always had unique specialties. In his early years, he was regarded as Oda Nobunaga's brother and Oda's second brother.
The second most important figure in the system after Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s original status was far inferior to Ieyasu.”
A word that woke up the dreamer! Gao Pingshi slammed the table and said: "Fuck, I understand!"
Liu Xin didn't expect such a big reaction from him. She was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "It's not appropriate for a contemporary scholar from the Shixue Sect to be so rude!"
Gao pragmatic ignored her teasing, got up and walked around excitedly, laughing and saying: "I understand, I understand, now I know what's going on... I understand the cause and effect."
Liu Xin didn't seem to understand, and wondered: "Are you a bit obsessive-compulsive? You have to think through all the problems to feel comfortable? How about you help me solve my doubts?"
Gao Pingshi laughed, finally sat down, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "After that discussion, I went back and thought about it carefully. After listening to Shingu Yoshikatsu's words today, when the whole series is put together, I know that Feng
Why did Omi Hideyoshi treat Tokugawa Ieyasu so differently?"
"It's very different. Before you tell me your analysis, I have to tell you one more thing." Liu Xin said: "Shingu Yoshikatsu said that after Toyotomi Hideyoshi basically unified the world, in order to protect the families of the great names,
In order to improve the Toyotomi family status, the Ashikaga Shogun family, the Oda Nobuo family, and the Tokugawa Ieyasu family were juxtaposed, and they were distinguished from the imperial ministers, the samurai ministers, and the Toyotomi clan.
Did you find something wrong? Yes, Ashikaga was the head of the previous dynasty, and Oda was Hideyoshi's old master. It makes sense that the family status is higher, but why should Tokugawa be ranked with these people?
Also, the Genji family name of Tokugawa was something that Hideyoshi and Konoe Maekyu helped him figure out. Before, it was just Ieyasu’s self-appointment. In Japan today, except for Tokugawa Ieyasu, which daimyo has this kind of treatment?"
"You are right, this is also a typical 'Tokugawa exceptionalism' or 'Tokugawa specialism'." Gao pragmatically said: "But there is a reason for all this, and it is definitely not because the turtle is handsome."
Liu Xin rolled her eyes: "Other powerful people, whose nicknames are either dragon or tiger, are called turtles. I don't think they are any more handsome."
However, Gao Pragmatic did not want to discuss Tokugawa Ieyasu's appearance. He smiled and got back to the point: "I used to be influenced by an illusion that Tokugawa Ieyasu looked a bit like Sima Yi.
But now I think about it, if Ieyasu is Sima Yi, then who is Cao Cao and who is Cao Pi? Before, I subconsciously thought of Oda Nobunaga as Cao Cao, but this is not the case: Did Sima Yi ever fight with Cao Cao in the north and south, and did they call each other brothers?"
"What do you mean by this?" Liu Xin was a little confused for a moment.
Gao Jingshi said sternly: "I think about it now. If you say Tokugawa Ieyasu is famous because he lived a long time, it is actually because he paid too much attention to how many years he lived and ignored the age at which he debuted."
He stretched out his fingers and gestured: "I'll just tell you what I remember: Ieyasu followed Imagawa Yoshimoto to Luo at the age of seventeen, and killed Nobunaga's important minister Sakuma Morishige in the battle; he allied with Nobunaga at the age of nineteen; he assisted Nobunaga at the age of twenty-five.
Nobunaga went to Luo; at the age of twenty-seven, Ieyasu followed Nobunaga in the crusade against Asakura Yoshikage, participated in the retreat of Kanazaki, and in June of the same year participated in the Battle of Anekawa, establishing the position of the Oda regime in Kinki;
At the age of twenty-nine, he fought against Takeda Shingen, the "Tiger of Kai" who was famous for his "Fenglin Volcano". Although he lost miserably with less and more, in March of the first year of Tensho, he regained Tianfang, which was a long-term success.
Rin, Horaiji Temple, Mukasa, Ichinomiya Gojo - Shingen was still alive at that time.
At the age of thirty-two, he fought the Battle of Nagashino; at the age of thirty-nine, he followed Nobunaga to destroy Takeda. When the Honnoji Incident occurred in the same year, Ieyasu had already conquered the Five Kingdoms; after that, he used the weak to resist the strong, and ended up in a situation of obvious disadvantage.
In the Battle of Nagakute, we defeated Hideyoshi who was at the height of his power..."
Liu Xin was a little surprised and muttered: "It looks pretty strong like this."
"That's right, and it's not very strong, it's very strong." Gao Pangshi said sternly: "The above achievements can completely explain that after the death of Oda Nobunaga, if we want to say who has the strongest military ability in the Pan-Oda Department, then
Maybe it was Tokugawa Ieyasu.
After the draw between Komaki and Nagasaki, Hideyoshi could be considered strategically victorious, but Ieyasu also won tactically, and the two sides were indeed tied. Soon Hideyoshi used his mother and sister as hostages in exchange for Ieyasu's surrender - this
It's definitely not Oda Nobunaga's style, but a typical Hideyoshi way of thinking: destroy it if you can. Since it can't be destroyed, then find a way to make him surrender.
In addition, I have also thought about some political issues, such as the conflict between Ieyasu and Hideyoshi. I am afraid that it is far from being as big as later generations exaggerated.
After the Qingzhou Conference, Shibata Katsuie strongly supported Oda Nobutaka. Although Hideyoshi supported the three masters, it was obvious that in the Warring States Period at that time, strength came first, and playing the ethical card was obviously useless.
After the meeting, Hideyoshi, together with Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneki, recommended Oda Nobuo. At this time, Ieyasu clearly expressed his support for Nobuo as the governor of the Oda family - this shows that there are not only conflicts between him and Hideyoshi, but also conflicts.
of common interest.”
Liu Xin nodded suddenly and said: "I don't understand these things comprehensively. No wonder I don't understand them clearly after thinking about them."
"There is also the point of 'prestige' mentioned by Yoshikatsu Shingu, which is indeed very, very, very important." Gao Pragmatic emphasized.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Oh? 'Very' has to be said three times?" Liu Xin laughed dumbly.
"Yes, it has come to this point." Gao Pragmatic did not mean to joke, and said very seriously: "You think about it, when Ieyasu was nineteen years old, he entered into the Kiyoshu Alliance with Nobunaga, and the alliance lasted for twenty years.
He still insisted on the alliance after Nobunaga's death until Oda Nobuo surrendered to Hideyoshi at the Battle of Komaki Nagakute.
During such a long period of time, he withstood Takeda's coercion and inducement, endured the hardship of Nobunaga constantly recruiting him to fight in Kinki, and worked hard and accomplished for the establishment of Oriyo's regime.
If you think about it again, when Ieyasu and Nobunaga became brothers, Hideyoshi was just a general under Nobunaga, not even the top general. Would Hideyoshi not know about Ieyasu's great contributions? Didn't he know his special status in the Oda department?
status?
Hideyoshi's empire was essentially obtained by usurping the Oda family. He valued Ieyasu mainly because Ieyasu had been Nobunaga's ally and adopted brother for a long time.
So let's think about it from Hideyoshi's point of view. After the military conquest has failed, if I were Hideyoshi, what else could I do? Obviously, I can only rely on political means.
If even Ieyasu bows to my authority, what reason and courage do other former Oda ministers have for not coming to bow to me? The political significance of this is not trivial! Speaking of the Qingshu Alliance, Ieyasu's hard work and resentment must have also been given to Hideyoshi.
Not a bad impression.”
Gao Pragmatic said with some sigh: "The Oriho regime was established by Nobunaga, and Ieyasu has long enjoyed a special status in the regime as an ally. After Nobunaga's unfortunate death, several of his slaves fought for power, and Hideyoshi finally won.
Hideyoshi originally wanted to conquer Ieyasu by force so that no one in the world would dare to disobey him. Unfortunately, as I said before, Hideyoshi was not particularly good at force, especially when compared with the former head of the family, Oda Nobunaga.
explain.
So he failed and had to coax Ieyasu into joining the gang. Since Ieyasu had a special status and could equal Hideyoshi in terms of military force, he would definitely continue to enjoy a special status, even an even more special status than when Nobunaga was alive.
So when I think of this, I understand why after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, Ieyasu's power expanded so quickly. Just four years later, Ieyasu directly established a new shogunate. The reason is simple: once Hideyoshi died, the entire Oriyo regime
, who else is worthy of being compared with Tokugawa Ieyasu? Not to mention his cunning."
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