Regarding the Japanese issue, Gao's pragmatic attitude has always been to make the most of it, rather than to engage in Sanguang in a hot-headed manner.
He not only wanted to use Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambition to train troops for the Ming Dynasty, but also wanted Japan to bleed itself, so that he would not be too laborious when he used the knife. He even wanted to encourage the eastern and western armies to continue the war after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death. It would be best if
It was a bloodier and more brutal battle than the Battle of Sekigahara in original history.
Only in this way can he take advantage of the opportunity to obtain maximum benefits at the minimum cost.
There is a saying in later generations, which roughly means "Oda kneads the noodles, Toyotomi makes the cakes, and Tokugawa opens his mouth." Oda's mixing of noodles has nothing to do with Gao Pragmatism, and he was not interested in intervening when Toyotomi made the cakes, but Tokugawa opened his mouth.
...You'd better shut up, I'm good at this job.
But that is still a matter of the future after all, and the current problems must be solved first.
There were different opinions within the Shimazu family. Gao Mo just mentioned it briefly. After Gao Mo followed Gao Jingshi's instructions to contact Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Chengguo, Gao Jingshi personally checked the news received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It didn't matter, but after taking a look, he realized that the situation might be quite serious, and the reason was due to what Gao Mo had not finished talking about just now.
This intelligence mentioned that although there were rumors about Osaka Castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself did not express any attitude towards it. Instead, he issued a recruitment order to the Shimadzu family, asking the Shimadzu family to prepare for sending troops. The target was of course not North Korea.
, but the Kanto Tojo family.
Regarding this order, Shimazu Yoshihisa had a relatively indifferent attitude. According to the old rules, he still relied on "insect qi" (Wufeng's note: these two words are recorded in the record, it is said to be ascariasis), and dealt with things slowly. What to prepare for sending troops
If anything, he seemed basically indifferent.
On the contrary, Shimazu Yoshihiro was more active and prepared to gather troops in his home city of Kajiki Castle in Osumi Province (because the original home city of Yashiro Castle was cut off and given to Konishi Yukinaga at this time), but he did not gather many people.
It’s not clear, but it’s said “probably less than two thousand.”
The situation itself is rather strange, because when Toyotomi Hideyoshi conducted the Kyushu expedition the year before last, although the Shimadzu family achieved some tactical victories at first, as the main force of the Toyotomi family moved south, the Shimadzu family's war situation went from bad to worse, and finally in
Surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi on May 8th.
However, Shimazu Yoshihiro still insisted on the war of resistance at that time. It was not until June 22 that Yoshihiro was finally persuaded by Yoshihisa and sent his son Shimazu Kubo to Toyotomi's army as a hostage.
In other words, at that time, Yoshihisa was the "capitulation faction" and Yoshihiro was the "war faction." However, this time it was the other way around. Yoshihisa ignored Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders and almost ignored them, while Yoshihiro did the opposite.
There is movement and it looks more positive.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but wonder, why is this? Is it because his son is in the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
It doesn't seem right. The characteristic of the Shimadzu family has always been to fight without their lives, and countless "Shimadzu so-and-so" died in battles. As the famous "Oni Shimazu" in later generations, Shimazu Yoshihiro should be there when the family needs it.
It’s the right time to sacrifice his son’s “enlightenment”—not to mention he doesn’t only have one son.
Gao Pingshi pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered a piece of information he had seen when he was still trying to figure out Shimazu's idea.
After the Kyushu expedition ended, the Shimadzu family suffered a great blow. After completing the division of Kyushu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued documents to Shimazu Yoshihisa and Shimazu Yoshihiro respectively, including the Zhusinzhuan.
In the letters to the two of them, Hideyoshi gave Shimazu Yoshihisa the title of Satsuma Ikoku, and gave Yoshihiro the title of Ohsumi (except for the transfer of Ganfu County to Shimazu family elder Ijuin Tadō).
At that time, Gao Pragmatic didn't pay much attention to this, thinking that it was because Shimazu Yoshihisa took the blame and resigned as governor of the family at that time and became a monk. Therefore, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not sure who had the final say in the Shimazu family at that time.
reason.
But now that I think about it, I'm afraid that's not the case. Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't need to figure out who had the final say in the Shimazu family, or he was already very aware of the tricks played by the Daimyo family in the Warring States period, so he also took action to counterattack.
His countermeasure was to deliberately grant the two territories of Satsuma and Osumi reserved by the Shimazu family to the two brothers Yoshihisa and Yoshihiro respectively, thereby causing discord between the two brothers.
Although the Shimadzu family soon formed the "two-house system", this system itself is a system under unspoken rules and does not have legal significance at the national level in Japan. In other words, it is a temporary system of the Shimadzu family.
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And anyway, the emergence of the two halls already means that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's measures have worked.
Judging from the current situation, the situation is moving towards the goal Toyotomi Hideyoshi hoped for, and the Shimadzu family really has different opinions.
However, Gao Pragmatic always feels that this matter is not that simple - you are allowed to use Toyotomi Hideyoshi's tricks, but my brother Shimazu is not allowed to use his tricks?
The biggest suspicion here is that Shimazu Yoshihiro asked for help from the Maritime Trade Alliance. You know, there were a lot of rumors in Osaka City at this time, saying that since the Shimazu family is not Japanese, there is no reason to be the guardian of the Three Kingdoms (now there are only two countries left, and Hyuga lost
), request Guan Bai to launch another Kyushu expedition, or ask Kato Kiyomasa, Konishi Yukinaga and others to send troops to eradicate the Shimazu family.
Under such circumstances, Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not express his position at all on the matter. Instead, he sent a letter to Shimadzu's "two palaces" asking them to prepare to send troops to Kanto. However, it has "deep meaning".
If you send troops to Kantō, I will recognize you; if you don't send troops to Kantō, it seems that you no longer regard yourself as a daimyo of Japan.
Under such circumstances, normally speaking, Shimazu Yoshihisa's reaction of ignoring him is more like firmly siding with the Maritime Trade Alliance, while Shimazu Yoshihiro, who is actively preparing for war, seems to want to attack Feng.
Hideyoshi compromised and sent troops to help in accordance with his request.
However, Shimazu Yoshihisa did not ask for help from the Maritime Trade Alliance, but it was Shimazu Yoshihiro who asked for help. Isn't this very contradictory?
Although the people of the Shimazu family fought bravely, they were not stupid and stupid people without brains - even stupid and stupid people couldn't play "Fishing for the Wild", so there must be something wrong here.
Gao Pragmatic's consistent style was to consider defeat before winning, so he immediately considered the possibility of the Shimazu family betraying the Sea Trade Alliance.
However, no matter how he thought about it, he felt that it would not be the case.
Things like family origin are still very useful in Japan. The Shimadzu family even dared to announce a change in family origin. It is basically difficult to change the matter. Even if they turned around and said that the previous research was wrong, no one would believe it, and they would
causing them to further lose credibility.
Brothers Yoshihisa and Yoshihiro should be able to think of this... No, they can definitely think of it.
And if you really want to talk about it, admitting that your family comes from the Qin Dynasty is actually not a big deal in Japan. The Chosogabe family, the number one local powerful faction on Shikoku Island at this time, is also said to come from the Qin Dynasty, and is related to Shimazu
They all come from the "Gong Yuejun" line.
According to Japanese legend, Gong Yuejun, the fifteenth generation grandson of Qin Shihuang (no such person can be found in Chinese historical materials), led his tribe to cross the sea and immigrate to Japan in the 14th year of Emperor Yingshen of Japan (the fourth year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty, 283 AD).
The most powerful family among Japan's "Duren", the ancestors of the Japanese Qin family.
After migrating to Japan, Yugetsu-kun's family prospered and gradually became a major Japanese family. Qin Hesheng, a descendant of Yugetsu-kun, was later highly valued by Prince Shotoku and was one of the pioneers of Sinicization who made a significant contribution to the progress of Japan. And the Qin family of Japan
After that, they dispersed throughout Japan and developed into many families.
Hundreds of years later, Qin Hesheng's 26th grandson Qin Nengjun moved to Sogabe Township, Nagaoka County, Shikoku Island, Japan, and officially designated the Miao name as "Sogabe". After the Genpei War broke out, the Sogabe family supported
Genji made great achievements, and his territory was expanded from Nagaoka County Sogabu Township to Nagaoka and Kami County.
So the Sogabe family who moved to Xiangmei County changed the Miao name to "Xiangzonggabu", and the Sogabe family who stayed in Nagaoka County became "Changsogabu". The Chosogabe family who completed the unification of the four countries
Dear, he is the family governor of the Changzonggabu family. And "Changzonggabu" is directly marked as "Qin" in the surname. It is considered by Japan to be the descendant of the first emperor of Qin. I don't see everyone saying that the Changzonggabu family will be
He was dismissed. How come after the Shimazu family claimed that they were also the Qin family, why did Osaka City start shouting and killing them?
Gao Pragmatic could not help but suspect that all of this was actually Toyotomi Hideyoshi's political means, and his purpose was to take this opportunity to put pressure on the Shimadzu family. As for the shouting and killing in Osaka City, it was most likely Toyotomi Hideyoshi's thief cry to catch the thief.
The Shimadzu family may not be able to see through this, but their behavior after seeing through it is very interesting: Yoshihisa is indifferent, while Yoshihiro seems to be more generous.
But judging from the characters of the two people, this reaction is problematic: in fact, Yoshihisa is a cautious person. At first, Yoshihisa had reservations about whether to take advantage of the chaos of the Oda family to attack the Otomo family and unify Kyushu Island.
As a family governor, the voice of crusade was suppressed for a long time.
Shimazu Yoshihisa was always cautious about attacking the Otomo family. It was not until Hokugou Tokihisa returned from Kyoto and brought the information that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was about to launch a large-scale conquest of Kyushu at the turn of spring and summer that Shimazu Yoshihisa became nervous.
After a close discussion with Shimazu Yoshihiro, the two brothers decided to apply for "divine consideration" - that is, to use the Shimadzu family's traditional casuistry mechanism "lottery", well, it is actually drawing lots.
Then, the result of the Shimazu family's "lots" was "bows and arrows", which meant the beginning of a war. Therefore, Shimazu Yoshihisa ordered the generals in the family to prepare to assemble their troops. According to the deployment a year ago, the troops were divided into two groups, starting from Hyuga.
and Higo attacked Otomo's house respectively.
This battle was fought smoothly, and could even be said to be progressing at a rapid pace. However, unexpectedly, Hashiba Hideyoshi's unification of Oda's old forces was progressing even faster, and he even quickly used various means to make Mori and Tokugawa more powerful.
The most powerful daimyo surrendered to him.
At this time, the Shimadzu family was in big trouble. What followed was that the Otomo family, which had already taken refuge with Hideyoshi, invited Hideyoshi's general peace order. Shimazu Yoshihisa was in a dilemma at this time: go forward, and the total peace order is most likely
It's not just talk; retreat, the battle is almost over, and all the previous efforts are suddenly in vain, how can you convince the retainers?
In fact, most of the retainers did not agree, especially Shimazu Yoshihiro, the second brother who was regarded as the strongest warrior of the Shimazu family. He clearly expressed his disagreement.
He believed that sending troops to attack Otomo's family after the harvest was a divine consideration derived from drawing lots. If the divine considerations are violated, it will cause unrest among the soldiers who respect gods and Buddhas, and is not conducive to the stability of the military. Therefore, the divine considerations should be followed.
Continue to attack Dayou's house according to the original plan.
In the view of these important officials of the Shimazu family headed by Shimazu Yoshihiro, as long as the Otomo family can be quickly destroyed, the defense of Kyushu can be consolidated. Even if Toyotomi's army invades the country in the future, there will be nothing to fear. This is why Shimazu later
Among the four brothers, Shimazu Yoshihiro was the last to surrender.
If a person's personality may change, two brothers can never change at the same time. They have changed in completely opposite directions: Yoshihisa suddenly became so tough that he ignored Toyotomi Hideyoshi's summons, but Yoshihiro turned around and became Hideyoshi's dog licker?
If Yoshihisa had a biological son, Yoshihiro might have a reason to do this, but Yoshihisa has no son at all. Yoshihiro himself is the name of the Shimadzu family governor. Why should he go against his eldest brother who has been suffering from a long-term illness?
To put it bluntly, if you wait a few more years, Yoshihisa may be dead. By then he will naturally be the governor of the family, so what is there to argue about?
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic judged that the two Shimadzu brothers were playing tricks on each other - didn't you Hideyoshi win over Yoshihiro and want to cause division within the Shimadzu family? Okay, I'll show you what you like to see.
So Yoshihisa was indifferent, but asked Yoshihiro to respond to Hideyoshi's call and prepare to conquer the Kanto region. However, since our brothers have "conflicted", it is natural that Yoshihiro cannot take too many troops with him!
Of course, with Yoshihisa's caution, even though he and his second brother pretended to be in conflict, in order to prevent Hideyoshi from launching Kato Kiyomasa, Konishi Governor and others to encircle and suppress the Shimazu family, he still asked Yoshihiro to immediately seek help from the Sea Trade Alliance.
Hmm... The Shimadzu brothers are really good. On the one hand, they are trying not to offend Hideyoshi, and on the other hand, they can get a batch of advanced ordnance from the Sea Trade Alliance at a low price. It's really the best of both worlds.
However, he is pragmatic and does not care about it. Anyway, low price is low price, and what is sold is out of date. In addition, the Japanese cannot get saltpeter themselves, so they rely on the Sea Trade Alliance to ship it to Japan from Daming. The source of saltpeter is cut off, and Japan
As long as you still want to fight, you will almost have no choice but to be blind.
In short, the Shimazu family now has double insurance. Hideyoshi is about to go to Kanto. Yoshihiro pretends to be closer to Hideyoshi. In this way, even if the Shimazu family does not send many troops in this battle, at least their attitude is brought to Hideyoshi, giving Hideyoshi a
Great face.
This means that Gao Pragmatic is too lazy to care about it for the time being. In fact, the two Shimazu brothers discussed it for a long time before deciding to do this. Making the matter so complicated is also to deceive others.
However, this incident also means that although the Shimadzu family has been rapidly infiltrated by the Sea Trade Alliance in terms of interests, they first have doubts about the strength of the Sea Trade Alliance - at least they believe that the Sea Trade Alliance cannot defeat Hideyoshi; secondly,
I still want to please both sides and get benefits from both factions, but Jinghua is not enough to make the Shimadzu family "just bow down".
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