The reason why Liu Xin was surprised was mainly because Gao Pragmatic had never decided on his position after the Battle of Guanyuan before. His only intention all along was to ensure that the Battle of Guanyuan between the Eastern and Western armies must be fought.
The specific stance between him and Jinghua will depend on the situation after the Battle of Sekigahara.
Although Gao Jingshi did not elaborate on this "re-decision" at the time, Liu Xin's understanding of Gao Jingshi has obviously deepened after being his confidential secretary for such a period of time. She once stood on Gao Jingshi's side
I have thought about this issue from my perspective and come up with several conjectures.
The so-called "depending on the situation" means that since it depends on the outcome of a war, there are only three situations: victory in the east and loss in the west, victory in the west and loss in the east, and a draw.
Of course, if you have to be more detailed, you can also divide it into small victory, big victory, tragic victory, complete victory, etc. There can even be different situations for ending a draw, such as when both sides end the battle exhausted from a fierce battle and run out of food and fodder.
They have to withdraw their troops and so on. If you calculate it this way, there are many possible situations.
Liu Xin originally had almost no memory of the history of the Battle of Guanyuan. Her understanding of the battle actually came from hearing Gao Pragmatic talk about it during this period. Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic was not only a history buff, but also a gamer.
Mi, I am quite familiar with this period of history - both political history and military history, so I explain it in quite detail.
Judging from the situation he described, Liu Xin felt that his point of view was quite reasonable, that is, Tokugawa Ieyasu's victory in the Battle of Sekigahara was not "natural" in itself, and there were actually many variables in that battle.
Many people say that Kobayakawa Hideaki's defection on the battlefield was the biggest winner in the Battle of Sekigahara. This may be true, but in fact, the Battle of Sekigahara was not an isolated battle. That is a narrow sense. In fact, Sekigahara in a broad sense
The war should be a series of wars intertwined with a series of battles, conspiracies and counter-conspiracy plans.
In this series of wars, many things were actually accidental, and some of them were even outrageous. If it were to happen "again," I'm afraid no one can guarantee that it would develop and end exactly like in the original history.
For example, if the direct trigger of this war, Naoe Kanetsugu's "Naoe Shuo", had not refuted Tokugawa Ieyasu's accusations against Uesugi Kagekatsu point by point as in the original history, and even Piri Yangqiu ridiculed Ieyasu, would Ieyasu have
Is there any reason to call for a crusade against Uesugi Kagekatsu, who is also one of the five elders?
Without this call, how could those so-called "arbitrary daimyo" who were actually Toyotomi Hideyoshi's retainers go to Kanto in large numbers?
Moreover, this group of people did not necessarily give up Toyotomi and be loyal to Tokugawa. Some of them even did not think highly of Ieyasu at all. The main reason why they were willing to obey Ieyasu's orders is simply ridiculous:
What? Is Ishida Mitsunari opposite? Baga, then I’ll hang out with the inner government first.
This inner palace was because Ieyasu’s official position in the Japanese imperial court at that time was that of an internal minister. It was called the inner palace according to the custom of the Tang Dynasty in China. By the way, most of the Japanese civil and military officials were copied from the Tang Dynasty, only in name.
There are some changes, but even if the internal common names of Japanese public ministers' names are used, those positions can be directly referred to by Tang names, and there is no problem.
Moreover, this "Tang name" is not just a custom, it can even be called an elegant name stipulated by law. The "Tang name" itself is some official names and department names under the Japanese legal system that directly correspond to the Tang Dynasty.
In the early eighth century AD, the "Dabao Law Order" and "Yanglao Law Order" were promulgated to organize the post system of two officials and eight provinces and below, and formulate the job titles of hundreds of officials. Tang-style job titles were used as an elegant name for deployment names.
At that time, Fujiwara Nakamaro (Emi Otsuki), who was immersed in Tang style culture, took power. In the second year of Tianping Baoji (758), Japan forcibly changed all official positions to Tang names - such as the newly established Ziwei by Nakamaro himself.
Zhongtai is equivalent to the palace position of the Empress Dowager, and is called Ziweiling.
Although Nakamaro returned to his old name after he lost power in the eighth year of Tenpyei Hoji, it was still used as an alias and nickname for official positions. From the second half of the Nara period to the Heian period, due to the emergence of various foreign officials from the Nara period to the Heian period, the Tang name was used again.
Civil servants are like the left minister, the right minister corresponds to the left and right servants of the Tang Dynasty, Da Nayan corresponds to the servant of the Tang Dynasty, Zhong Nayan corresponds to the servant of the servant or Huangmen servant, Shibuqing corresponds to the official minister, Tanzheng corresponds to the censor, etc. Military generals
For example, the left and right guardsmen correspond to the left and right Jinwuwei generals of the Tang Dynasty, and there are too many to mention.
For example, Japan's Saubei Governor, whose nickname is Takei Daishogun, is an official position held by the famous Sixth Heaven Demon King Oda Nobunaga, the former head of the Oda family and the former third leader of the Shiba family for generations.
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The Shiba family originally had a very special status. At the end of the Kamakura shogunate, they were on the same level as the Ashikaga Shogun family. Later, they were reduced to ministerial status and served as deacons of the shogunate. This position was also the predecessor of "Guan Ling", and it has always been the pen of the third military leader.
Except for the head of the Shiba family, no one in the Muromachi period held the position of Zuohei Governor. Therefore, in Japan of this era, when it comes to the Wuwei family and Wuwei Gong, it definitely refers to the Shiba family and the head of the Shiba family. There is no other person in the world.
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For a member of the Sibo family, the Miao name is Sibo. But if a member of the Sibo family whose common name is A and whose partial name is B is standing in front of you and you call him "Martial Guard A and B", he will definitely know that you are calling
he.
Not only these people, but even the shoguns are no exception. In addition to the special position of general of conquering barbarians, which is originally a temporary position, they also have positions within the legal system.
Throughout the Muromachi shogunate period, only the Ashikaga shoguns, who were the pillars of the samurai family, were able to obtain the post of Shogun of the Left and Right Guards, and these two positions were equivalent to the Shogun of the Left and Right Habayashi of the Tang Dynasty.
This is evident from the wide spread and deep imprint of the Tang name in Japan.
Closer to home, Liu Xin had imagined at that time that if there had been no "Naoe Sect", if Tokugawa had not called for a crusade against Uesugi to gather momentum, and if Ishida Mitsunari had not immediately jumped out to organize a crusade against Ieyasu and intercepted another group of leaders who had not yet gone east.
Daimyo, if the large number of dogmatic daimyo who have gone to the east have not already come under Ieyasu, if...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In short, there are countless possibilities at each stage that will cause the "configuration" of the East and West armies to be different from the original history, just like the Shimadzu family initially planned to follow
Ieyasu was fooling around, but what he didn't expect was that after they ran to Gifu, Tokugawa veteran Torii Motoda said that he had not received Ieyasu's notice, so the Shimazu family was not allowed to enter the city. The Shimazu family was so angry that they simply followed
The Western Army was mixed up.
All these and more, in short, the final formation of the Eastern and Western armies was actually caused by fate. Many of the parties involved did not expect that one day they would follow Ieyasu's command to fight, or fight under the name of Ishida Mitsunari.
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Liu Xin speculated that Gao Pragmatic might have been more inclined to side with the Western Army because the actual leader of the Western Army was Ishida Mitsunari.
Ishida Mitsunari, this guy is a civil servant who is not very good at uniting powerful daimyo. Gao Pragmatic should be very sure that he can join forcefully after the Battle of Sekigahara and then replace Ishida Mitsunari's leadership position.
With the participation of Jinghua, even if Sekigahara loses, the Western Army is fully capable of restoring its strength and morale, turning back to fight for revenge, and winning the final victory of the war.
Of course, the generals of the Western Army also understand the principle of "it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to provide help when the time is right". It is obvious what the significance of Gao Pragmatic's joining is. Coupled with the strong strength of Jinghua itself, what will the Warring States daimyo who are accustomed to obey the strong choose?
There's no need to ask any more questions.
In this way, Gao Pragmatic can indeed obtain its unique status in Japan through this method, but it is difficult to say how unique this status can be.
The Japanese are deeply influenced by the Tang style, and the Tang style is ultimately sinicization. As the sinicization deepens, they are also very particular about "correcting the name" in everything, and the special status of Kyoka Kaname is not an independent business like the merchants of Sakai Tei before the unification of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Ting, what he wants is to control Japan...how can he get this name right?
What's more, even if you help the Eastern Army, it's not unreasonable. The key lies in Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The greatness of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Gao Pragmatic had already analyzed it for her last time. Not only was his military skills unmatched at the time, but his political skills were even outclassed by others after Hideyoshi's death.
However, Liu Xin believes that Gao Pragmatic’s hesitation at the time was mainly due to two major characteristics of Ieyasu’s personality:
The first major characteristic is that he is a person with a very sharp vision, and he is never ambiguous in his actions after making a decision. He has almost never made any mistakes in judging the overall situation. He has been Oda Nobunaga's powerful assistant since he decided on the Oritoku Alliance. Nobunaga and Asai
, the Asakura family almost lost their lives at the beginning of the war, but Ieyasu never left.
Until Nobunaga's death, in order to maintain his alliance with the "Oda family" instead of the "Hashiba family", he fought the Komaki Nagakute War with Hideyoshi, who was a weak enemy and a strong enemy, which made Hideyoshi's plan to pacify by force go bankrupt and he was forced to take
Diplomacy is all it takes.
This clever and confident vision means that when Kyoka appears in Japan after the Battle of Sekigahara with overwhelming force, he will definitely be able to accurately judge who is strong and who is weak. As long as he feels that the other party is like Oda Nobunaga, he will definitely
If he can't beat someone, he should easily choose to join rather than fight.
The second major feature is Ieyasu's nickname that Gao Pangshi mentioned to her: "Turtle". Although "Turtle" largely means that he lives a long time and is an old turtle, it actually also has other meanings, such as "
Coward".
Being a turtle is not a good word, but it fully embodies Ieyasu's "spirit of realism", which means that he is very good at sizing up the situation and usually does not mess around when he is not sure. As Gao Pragmatic once mentioned to her:
"…So only Nobunaga can defeat the 'Obazama', and Ieyasu can only dare to declare independence when the Imagawa family collapses."
This means that when Kyoka strongly "helps", once Ieyasu measures the difference in strength between the two parties, he is likely to choose to continue to lie down - although being the second child may not be happy, it is much happier than losing his head.
Therefore, supporting the Tokugawa family to open a new shogunate was once one of the most pragmatic choices.
But having said that, Gao Pragmatic certainly still believes that it is much more difficult to deal with Tokugawa Ieyasu than to deal with Yodono and Toyotomi Hideyori and his mother. Moreover, Tokugawa Ieyasu is full of conspiracies. Who knows what tricks he will play?
Uh...well, Liu Xin doesn't think Tokugawa Ieyasu can be more ruthless than Gao Pragmatic in his conspiracy, but in politics, it is better to do less than to do more. Gao Pragmatic himself will not go to Japan to take charge personally, and the people below can play conspiracy.
If you can't have a good time, it's hard to say.
We are not afraid of thieves visiting us, but we are afraid that thieves will miss us!
Therefore, apart from the Eastern Army and the Western Army, Gao Pragmatic has always been most inclined to directly support Toyotomi Hideyori, because he felt that controlling a pair of orphans and widowers was the easiest and safest.
However, Gao Pragmatic had his own struggles before - not because of the moral pressure on him to "control orphans and widowed mothers", but because of the standpoint of Toyotomi Hideyori's "Toyotomi family" at that time.
, I can’t find a position on the Battle of Sekigahara.
Originally, Liu Xin didn't understand this sentence. What does "the Toyotomi family can't find a position" mean? Aren't the Toyotomi family the so-called "people of the world"? His position of Toyotomi Hideyori is the position of justice! [Note: Japan
The so-called "people of the world" roughly mean those who control the world.]
So when Liu Xin asked, "What were Toyotomi Hideyori and his son doing during the Battle of Sekigahara? Why didn't they have any sense of existence?" Gao Pragmatic said to her: "With all due respect, you are not asking about the Battle of Sekigahara.
"What was the Toyotomi family doing at that time? It would be better to ask what else the Toyotomi family could do at that time?"
Gao Pingshi told her that the Toyotomi family originally included the Sou family (Hideyoshi, Tsurumatsu, Hidetoshi, Hideho), the Yamato family (Hidecho), the Hidetsu family (Hideji) and the Hidekatsu family (Hidekatsu).
However, Tsurumatsu died in infancy in 1591, Hideyoshi adopted Hidetsugi as his adopted son and heir, and the Hidetsu family merged into the Toyotomi clan. Hideho passed to Hideuchi, who died without heirs, and inherited the Yamato Toyotomi clan.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In 1592, Hidetoshi died without heirs, and the Hidetoshi family was cut off; in 1594, Hidetoshi succeeded Kobayakawa Takakage and changed his name to Kobayakawa Hideaki; in 1595, Hidetoshi committed seppuku and Hideyoshi died.
Hidetsugi's entire family was killed, Hideho died without heirs, and the Yamato Toyotomi family was cut off.
Hideyoshi died in 1598, and Hideyori succeeded the clan.
It can be seen that after 1595, only the main family was left in the Toyotomi family, and all the branches were wiped out. After Hideyoshi died in 1598, only Toyotomi Hideyori was left in the Toyotomi family. It was not until 1608 that Hideyori became the leader of the Toyotomi family.
Until dad.
In other words, how old was Hideyori at the time of the Battle of Sekigahara? What could he have done? As for his mother Yodono, she actually had no way of really controlling the situation.
According to Hideyoshi's arrangement, before Hideyori came of age, the power structure was the five big bosses plus five others, and no one else's business!
Hideyori, Chacha (Yodaden), and others in Osaka Castle had no say or decision-making power. Moreover, the Western Army signed a document through Mori and Ukita together with the followers, declaring that Tokugawa was rebellious. And before that, Tokugawa's
The Uesugi conquest was the pinnacle of procedural justice.
What the hell is the Uesugi Conquest? It was Ieyasu who said that Uesugi Kagekatsu, one of the five elders, was reorganizing the military in the territory, and then Hori Hideharu reported it. The central government (the actual person in charge, Tokugawa) immediately sent people to investigate. Of course, he can come forward.
It was Masuda and others who also asked or suggested that Jing Sheng go to Kyoto or Osaka to explain his innocence.
As a result, Naoe Kanetsugu, the elder of the Uesugi family, wrote sarcastic remarks about Ieyasu, called Hori Hideharu a villain and a coward, said that building cities and roads should not be suspected, and said that collecting weapons and equipment was a "hobby of country samurai". In short, he refused to admit anything.
Why did the Hori family report? On the one hand, you rectified your weapons, and people reported you because you had a problem (violating the general peace order); on the other hand, the Uesugi family acted like a monster and was hated by others. What excuse could there be to deny it? When the seal was first transferred,
It was Uesugi who had collected a full year's annual tribute and tricked the Hori family.
Open your mouth and shut up. Isn’t it the Uesugi family who went to the old territory to collect annual tribute? Yes, Uesugi Kagekatsu has become a big boss. Hori Hidemasa, the ancestor of the Hori family, has been dead for many years. It is tantamount to saying that the family has fallen into decline and cannot be offended.
Uesugi couldn't live without food, so he had to borrow food from Uesugi.
Uesugi borrowed the money, but the next year he hurriedly called on the debt, forcing them to raise taxes and causing public resentment. When the Hori family reported it, they not only wanted to retaliate against Uesugi's old grudges, but the most important thing was to save their lives——
When Uesugi is in trouble, the first person in danger is the Hori family in Uesugi's old territory.
It is said that after Toyotomi's veteran Hori Hidemasa died of illness, his son was bullied like this by a foreigner who relied on Toyotomi Hideyoshi to survive. Wasn't the old Toyotomi's heart chilling? Although the motive for reporting the report was revenge, the report has been accepted.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu insisted that it was necessary to build bridges and roads, and that the city was built because it was small. I did not instigate the Echigo Ronin rebellion, and I did not go to Luo. According to the "Naoe Statement" that was later circulated, his words actually acquiesced to the Uesugi family.
Things like rectifying roads and collecting weapons are just quibbles and changing the subject.
In other words, even if people as far away as Osaka believe that "Uesugi rebelled", there is no dispute.
It can be said that although they are all procedural justice, the procedural justice of the Uesugi conquest is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. On the contrary, Ishida Mitsunari, a "sinner", suddenly jumped out and dragged the two big bosses Mouri and Ukita, plus the public signed a document to do it.
Ieyasu looks even more special and very suspicious.
It should be noted here that it looks suspicious. After all, the armed forces of the Toyotomi family are all out. Tokugawa is Hideyoshi's brother-in-law, and many of the generals in the Eastern Army are direct descendants of Hideyoshi. At least to those who don't know Tokugawa's ambitions.
It seems...it's nothing more than the Toyotomi Army going to fight against the rebels, and then another group of Toyotomi Army stabbing them in the back.
The Western Army used procedural justice to completely deny Tokugawa, but what Tokugawa did before was also procedural justice. Since both of you are engaged in collusion and procedural justice. As for the orphans and widowers, except for the "retainers" who remain neutral and have a golden face
"Struggle", what else can be done?
Do you want to side with Tokugawa? Announce the malicious collusion between the Western Army? Stop making trouble! The Western Army even took away the armed forces in Osaka City. Are you against the Western Army? Please reiterate every minute, little Hideyori, you have no say or decision-making power...
Do you want to side with the Western Army? Confirm that "Tokugawa is a traitor"? Stop making trouble! All the generals of the Eastern Army are your retainers, so all of a sudden you have to be confused.
I came out to fight for you, you say I am rebellious?
Then Tokugawa said calmly, "Look! Ishida, Fengxingzhong, Mouri, and Ukita have seized power and kidnapped the young master!"
The Eastern Army nodded unanimously, and then came to "Qingjun's side" even more determinedly! Anyway, the generals felt that Hideyori was really being held hostage, and Tokugawa knew that when Hideyori was held in his arms, he would definitely admit that "
Being held hostage" is a fact.
Therefore, staying neutral is the most correct choice between life and death!
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