After listening to Gao Jingshi's words, Liu Xin obviously understood, and her understanding of that period of history also deepened a lot. However, after thinking about it, she suddenly had questions, and asked in a deep voice: "What did you say?
These truths are certainly correct, but if this is the case, shouldn't Toyotomi Hideyoshi be more wary of Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Do you think about Ieyasu's strength and ability? It has been completely proven in the battle of Komaki Nagakute that he is the one who can beat Hideyoshi himself. Then doesn't Hideyoshi think about it, if he dies, who will be the one to fight in the future?
Can Ieyasu be suppressed? Under such a situation, how could he just come up with a bad idea that the five elders and five are pursuing? "
"I did say before that the Five Elders and Five Advocates system is a failed system, but after all, I said that from the 'history level'. Hideyoshi is not a god, and he didn't know that Maeda Toshiie would follow him.
If he died, the other three elders would not be able to exert much restraint on Ieyasu.
As for the Five Acts, this system is actually equivalent to our Ming Dynasty's cabinet to a certain extent - what is the key to whether the cabinet has power or not? It lies in the strength of the emperor's support and the number of people who obey the officials, especially among them.
The emperor's support is most important.
How did the Five Advocates fail? First of all, Hideyoshi himself died, and the support from the central power core was actually cut off. Secondly, were the 'Hakukan' obedient? Obviously they were not! There was a conflict between the Omi Advocate faction and the Owari Samurai faction.
It was so intense that if Tokugawa Ieyasu instigated it again, the Sekigahara War would immediately break out - is this called obedience?"
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "Since this system is so unstable, couldn't Toyotomi Hideyoshi not see it at all and not use other means?"
"Who says it's useless? He has used many methods." Gao pragmatically said: "For example, he moved Feng Jiakang to Guan Bazhou. The euphemistic name there is 2.5 million shi, but in fact, the direct jurisdiction only has more than 1 million shi.
, far less than the 2.2 million koku in Hideyoshi's direct jurisdiction. Even if Ieyasu could get all 2.5 million koku, Hideyoshi would still have a "hiding place".
Not to mention that Hideyoshi also had the highest share of the Iwami Silver Mine and the Sado Gold Mine, and also owned the largest trading centers Osaka, Sakai Tei, Kiyoshu Town, etc. His financial resources completely overwhelmed Ieyasu. And Ieyasu's Kanhachishu tax rate
It is also very low - I mean it is very low in Japan, with four citizens and six citizens (that is, the tax rate is 40%, which is actually very low in Japan). In other words, from an agricultural or commercial perspective,
Look, the Toyotomi clan is powerful enough to crush the Tokugawa clan.
In addition to financial resources, Hideyoshi also used a lot of political means. For example, Hideyasu, who was Hideyoshi's adopted son, was given to the Yuki family to prevent Ieyasu from using him to interfere with the inheritance of the Toyotomi family governor.
Hideyoshi placed a dense pile of hundreds of thousands of koku of Hideyoshi's direct daimyo on Tokaido. This was a military encirclement of Ieyasu, so that Ieyasu did not dare to move at will.
He also sent powerful daimyo to supervise, first the Kamo Clan village where Omi was born, and then Uesugi Kagekatsu. Both of them had no friendship with Ieyasu, so they would not turn to Ieyasu inexplicably.
Besides, the move to seal the eight states was to kick Ieyasu from Tokaido, which is closer to Kyoto, to Kanto. Because Ieyasu is deeply rooted in Mikawa, and he was also very influential in Owari Mino during the Seishu Alliance, so
He must be kicked away to prevent him from making a move. Because he is too close to the center, the Toyotomi family may lack time to react.
The last point is that the Hojo clan has been ruling in Kanto for a long time, and the local people are also convinced. Toyotomi Hideyoshi just pacified Kanto and immediately transferred Ieyasu to it. This approach has a strong implication of the death of Narimasa."
"Who is Sasaki Narimasa, and what's the problem with his death?" Liu Xin asked.
"Well... he is Nobunaga's confidant general. When the Battle of Komaki Nagakute was about to end, he risked crossing the snowy mountains to persuade Ieyasu not to negotiate peace but to fight Hideyoshi to the end. However, Hideyoshi did not pursue the matter on the spot afterwards, but instead brought him with him not long after.
Together with him, he led the Kyushu Conquest, and then moved him to Fehou, with a stone height of 540,000 shi, and seemed to be quite popular.
But that was just Hideyoshi's conspiracy, because Hideyoshi immediately implemented the land inspection, which offended a group of daimyo and powerful people in Kyushu. So not long after, the lord of Kumafu Castle, Tajima Morinaga, raised an army. Although Sasanagi Masa quickly put down the rebellion,
Hideyoshi still believed that he was the main person responsible for this incident and ordered him to commit hara-kiri."
"So that's it." Liu Xin nodded: "You are talking about the matter of changing the title. Originally, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also planned to let Ieyasu be busy dealing with the opposition forces in the territory. It would be best if there was some trouble and he could take advantage of it.
Punishing Ieyasu—not to mention having him commit seppuku, at least cutting off his seal or something, should be justifiable, right?"
Gao pragmatic smiled: "It's very possible, but he underestimated Ieyasu's methods. Ieyasu even used this excuse to not send troops to North Korea to open up new lands in Kanto and develop his strength. Haha, you really have a good plan, I
Let’s see who has the last laugh.”
Liu Xin finally affirmed Toyotomi Hideyoshi and said: "I just said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi should not be defenseless. It seems that he is still prepared, but people are not as good as God, and things did not develop as he imagined.
Like."
After a pause, seeing that Gao was pragmatic and had nothing to add, she couldn't help but ask: "But you have made these causes and consequences so clear, what is the practical significance?"
"Of course it makes sense." Gao Pragmatic crossed his legs and said: "I often say that the so-called "knowing things like a god" is ultimately about knowing people like a god. If you want to know what a person will do, you must first know what his needs are.
, Secondly, we need to know how powerful he is and what trump cards he has in his hand, and finally we can make arrangements and plans based on these."
Liu Xin tilted her head slightly and asked, "So what exactly are you planning and planning?"
Gao Pragmatic pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Not to mention the long-term situation, the short to medium term will naturally be the outcome after Bu Xiuji's death."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You didn't pay attention to the war to aid Korea?" Liu Xin frowned and said: "I know you have maritime superiority. When will you be able to control this battle?
It's over, but I don't know why you have to sit back and watch this war break out...what good will it do to you?"
"For me? Of course it's good for me, but that's not the main thing." Gao pragmatically replied lightly.
"Oh? Then who gets the main benefit, and what is it specifically?"
Gao Qingshi leaned back slightly and said comfortably: "The main benefits belong to the Ming Dynasty. As for the specifics, there are two points: one is to train troops, and the other is to plot North Korea."
"Training troops?" Liu Xin asked in surprise: "Didn't you say that we may have to fight wars year after year in the next few years? This is not enough for military training, and we have to fight in North Korea?"
"It's possible to fight for several years in a row, but you have to know that fighting in North Korea and fighting in Mongolia are completely different." Gao Pragmatic's hand on the armrest began to become restless, and his fingers tapped the armrest rhythmically.
: "I predict that the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols won't be able to fight many positional battles. After all, Burihatu has already tested enough in the past few times.
Now Burihatu should be well aware that the Ming Dynasty has a way to control cavalry with foot. If he still wants to try to save his Mongolia or Yuan Dynasty in this situation, he will definitely choose to fight mobile warfare.
He can even learn from how his ancestors dealt with Cheng Zu's Five Expeditions to Mobei, simply wandering around without attacking, retreating when the enemy comes, and if there is a chance, harassing the enemy when he is tired."
Liu Xin frowned: "Do you have any way to deal with it?"
"Do you think I planned this battle so many years in advance and would wait until the war started to think of a solution?" Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry about the battle with Mongolia, but... our Ming infantry in that battle
Maybe it won’t play a big role, and it won’t have any effect on training troops.”
"You emphasized that 'infantry may not play a big role, nor can it have any effect in training troops.' Do you mean that... you plan to send the infantry to Korea to practice with the Japanese?"
"That's right." Gao Pragmatic nodded calmly.
"Is it necessary?" Liu Xin still frowned: "I remember that you always didn't want the Han people to sacrifice in vain."
"Yes, but this military training is meaningful." Gao pragmatically said: "I will not allow this war to become a unilateral bloodletting of the Li family's army. I will let the Ming army - at least the Imperial Guards
And the main forces of the Nine Sides - all went to Korea to train for the war."
"Why?"
"Because..." Gao Pangshi frowned and suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "Did you know that in history, the so-called Qing army conquered the world, but in fact the later battles were basically fought by the Ming Dynasty who surrendered their armies.
In other words, the destruction of Nanming was not mainly caused by the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, but by the original Ming army. It was defeated by itself."
"I've heard of it, and it seems you said it, but so what? I mean, what does it have to do with North Korean military training?"
Gao pragmatically said: "The relationship is that there is no exact data to measure the impact of Xiao Glacier. I don't know how much loss my series of measures can save, so I must make more preparations."
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For example, let the main force of the imperial army conduct an actual combat training. Since the Japanese army does not have many cavalry units, the Korean battlefield must be based on infantry position warfare. This will be similar to the possible uprising in the late Ming Dynasty.
If the main force of the imperial court had a higher combat effectiveness, the speed of suppressing the uprising would be accelerated, and there would be no need to resort to appeasement at every turn, then recruit rebels, and then recruit again... Such an approach would waste precious time.
, If we fight too slowly, it will increase the burden on the court. In the end, the more we fight, the more we can't suppress it, and we will drag ourselves to death sooner or later."
Liu Xin was surprised and said: "Are you still afraid of peasant uprisings? Those troops had no fighting capacity in the early days. I remember that in the early days of the suppression of bandits in the late Ming Dynasty, some famous generals often chased the peasant army with ten times the strength. Are you afraid of this?
Rogue bandit?"
"I may not be afraid myself, but the Little Ice Age lasted for nearly a hundred years. If you calculate just the so-called 'late Ming Dynasty', even if I was still alive at that time, I would be 60 or 70 years old. Besides, who knows how long I can live?
Years old? What if I am dead by then and the direction of the court starts to go wrong again?
If the imperial court had more war experience before that, and maintained this experience gained from actual combat as a military tradition, would it be of great benefit to the future? I am not immortal, I can only live while I am alive
Try to make as many preparations as possible, but after all, there is only so much you can do.”
Liu Xin was silent for a moment and said with a wry smile: "You really put all your efforts into it... If you don't get a 'Wen Zheng' after your death, I will suspect that the emperor is blind."
Gao Pragmatic laughed, waved his hands and said: "I don't care much about my posthumous reputation. I do this purely because of an indescribable sense of responsibility - you may find it ridiculous."
"It's not ridiculous at all." Liu Xin shook her head and said, "To be honest, although I can't say I feel the same way, I can actually understand it. You men, you just always feel that the rise and fall of the world is related to you."
Gao pragmatic laughed heartily, and then said: "There are not many entertainment activities that I am interested in these days, so I have to find something to do."
Liu Xin shook her head, waved her hands and said, "Let's get down to business, you haven't finished talking about the topic just now, continue talking."
"Uh, where did I say that?"
Liu Xin rolled her eyes at him and said, "We've finished talking about military training, now it's time to talk about plotting against North Korea."
"Oh, yes." Gao Pragmatic nodded: "But there's nothing to say about this. Spending such a huge price to rescue North Korea from the brink of death, only to get nothing back?
What kind of internationalist spirit does this have... I don't have this kind of spirit. My attitude is very commercial: I will get back as much reward as I put in. I won't take an extra penny, but they
I can’t miss a penny either. Since North Korea was saved by my Ming Dynasty, then its life belongs to my Ming Dynasty.”
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Xin said doubtfully: "Isn't this a bit difficult? Not to mention that there must be many people in North Korea who are accustomed to generosity to others who will object. North Korea itself
I will definitely fight.”
"That's why I need a layout." Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I am doing things in Japan just for Japan? Ha, let me put it this way, make an assumption: If Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, Japan would not
Completely withdraw its troops from North Korea...Do you think North Korea dares to oppose the Ming Dynasty’s garrison? If I station troops for a long time, will North Korea dare not to listen to the Ming Dynasty’s orders?”
Liu Xin was stunned when she heard this, and said in astonishment: "Are you...wait a minute, if Japan did not withdraw its troops after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, would the Battle of Sekigahara still be fought?"
"Doesn't it depend on how I operate it?" Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "How to keep the strength of the eastern and western armies close in Japan? This is where I will test my ability to operate the offshore balancing hand.
Not only do I need the Japanese troops in North Korea to maintain pressure on North Korea, but I also need these Japanese troops to actually be used for me; I not only need Japan to maintain conflicts within the country and a war between the East and West armies breaks out, but I also need to keep their strength close to each other when it breaks out.
After the war, both sides will have to count on me to be their savior... If that’s not the case, why bother?”
Liu Xin frowned, looked at Gao Jingshi carefully for a while, shook her head and said, "Are you a cat?"
"No, I am a tiger."
Liu Xin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Let's stop talking about the big things first. Now there is a small thing. Do you want to listen?"
"What's up?"
Liu Xin raised the letter in his hand and said: "Tatsuzawa Sanyo reported that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has quietly ordered Kuuki Yoshiro to add iron armor to the gunless transport ship purchased from you."
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