In fact, Masaki Tanba is not really called "Masaki Tanba". His real name is Toshiying, which is Masaki Toshiying. As for "Tanba", it is actually "Tanba Mamoru", which is roughly the "official name" of their family, and was later adopted as "Tanba Mamoru".
Common name".
Among ordinary people in Japan, he would be called "Masaki Tanba Moriei", but Akito usually doesn't have such trouble, so after he came to the capital with Narita Kai, he was often called Masaki Tanba, and Gao Pragmatic due to his status
She was much taller than him, so she didn't pay attention to the details.
In fact, among Japanese samurai families, it is very common to use position as a general name, but it does not necessarily mean that he is actually holding this position. Generally speaking, there are the following possibilities:
First, someone in the ancestors held this official position, and then used this official position as the "general name" of the family, and then the descendants inherited it; second, someone in the ancestors pretended to take this official position, and then the name was passed down from generation to generation; third,
A certain daimyo once bought this official position, and then although the official position may have expired (the imperial court sold it again), the daimyo still thought that he could use it, and then rewarded it to a certain meritorious official. This is called "receiving the name"; fourth, a certain daimyo did not buy it.
I have passed this official position, but this official position is relatively low, and no one cares about pretending to claim it, so I casually rewarded it to a certain meritorious official as a "receipt"; fifth, the master who has a lot of money and is a fool is sincere and uses real money.
The official was bought from the imperial court; sixth, the Diaosi warrior claimed to be a man and pretended to take a certain official position as a "common title".
In addition, there is also a more serious hereditary position, that is, the head of the family has inherited this official position for generations. As long as he reaches the age, he can be granted the title by reporting to the court. For example, the Ashikaga family's "Saimatou"
(the appointed representative becomes the next general), as well as hereditary state ministers, etc.
Masaki Tanba, or the Masaki Toshii family's "Tanba" common name is the "received name", which was given by the ancestors of the Narita family to the Masaki family. Because of this, the Masaki family has been loyal to the Narita family until now.
He is a powerful retainer of the Narita family.
Gao Jingshi is aware of his loyalty, and of course he also knows that this loyalty is to the Narita family, not to himself. However, Masaki Tanba is right in what he said, "The Narita family is not only the only vassal of the main palace in Kanto, but also
We are actually related by marriage to the main hall. If we fight to seize the foundation, the damage will not only be done to the fields, but also to the majesty of the main hall."
Therefore, the Narita family cannot be lost, and it is best not to lose the Tamana Castle.
What exactly did the letter sent by Masaki Tanba say that made Gao Jingshi have to consider the danger of Tamana Castle? Of course it was because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's sudden change.
According to the news from Tatsuzawa Miyo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had quietly prepared a lot of food, grass, gold, silver and silk. In addition, the naval forces of Kuuki Yoshiro and the Mori family had also been "renovated", so the desire to advance westward became increasingly obvious.
Not long ago, he had sent a note to the King of Korea, formally requesting to use the road to open the Ming Dynasty.
Ryuzawa Sanyo also sent the letter "Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the King of Joseon" that Gao Pragmatic had actually read.
Hideyoshi Hideyoshi, Sekiwan of Japan, writes to His Excellency the King of Korea:
Yan Shuxun read it and read it again and again. Although this dynasty has more than 60 states, the countries have been separated in recent years, the dynasty has been disrupted, the world's rituals have been abolished, and the government has not listened to the government. Therefore, I am deeply moved. In three or four years, the conquests and judgments were made.
I have all the thieves and distant islands under my control. The deeds of thefts are just like those of a humble minister.
Although, when I was giving birth, my loving mother dreamed that the sun was in her arms. The fortune-teller said: "Everywhere the sun shines, it shines. In the prime of life, you will surely hear the wind of benevolence and be famous all over the world. How can you doubt it?"
With this strange thing in mind, those who are hostile will naturally be destroyed. In battle, everything will be won, and in attack, everything will be taken. Now that the world is under great rule, the people are nurtured, and the lonely people are pitied. Therefore, the people are rich and rich, and the tribute from the land has been tens of thousands times over the ages.
Since the founding of this dynasty, the imperial court has been prosperous and Luoyang has been spectacular, nothing like this. My wife was born in this world. Although she has lived a long life, she has lived here for a long time. She has been living here for a long time! Disdainful of the separation of countries and the distance of mountains and seas, she went directly to the Ming Dynasty.
, The customs of the Yiwu Dynasty were spread across the four hundred continents, and the political transformation of the imperial capital lasted for hundreds of millions of years, in a small space. When your country entered the dynasty as a pioneer, you had long-term concerns and no immediate worries!
If there are small islands in the sea from far away countries, the latecomers cannot be tolerated. When the Ming Dynasty comes, when the soldiers come to the military camp, they can build neighboring alliances. I wish there is no other, but to show my good name in the Three Kingdoms. Fangwu
Like the catalog, accept it, cherish it!
The meaning of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's letter is actually very simple: I, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, am so awesome that I have unified the sixty states of Japan. Let me tell you, my mother had a dream when she was pregnant with me, and it was the sun entering the sky.
I'm pregnant, and the fortune teller said that your son will definitely be a great man when he grows up. As a result, you see, I have never lost a battle, and the country is governed very well.
A person can only live a hundred years, so how can a good person like me die in Japan? So I want to find a way to win over China. Now I advise you to cooperate honestly, so that there will be a good result.
This letter was actually sent to North Korea at the end of last year, but North Korea did not report it to the Ming Dynasty - the reason is also very funny, because the North Korean court believed that this was just Toyotomi Hideyoshi's brain having a seizure, and it could not be true at all. Therefore.
After North Korea refused righteously, they actually forgot about it as if it was nothing.
In Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also carried out mobilization and various preparations at the same time. Starting from Hitachi in the east, passing through the Nanhai Sea to Shikoku and Kyushu, starting from Akita in the north, Sakata to Sanin Sanyo, and the daimyo territories in the coastal countries, every 100,000 koku
Prepare two large ships. There will be ten sailors for every hundred households in each seaport, and they will take the large ships built by famous people from various countries. If there are more, they will be gathered in Osaka.
For the ships used by Hideyoshi's army, the daimyo of each country built three large ships and five medium-sized ships for every 100,000 stone. The required construction costs were allocated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The daimyo of each country reported the required construction costs in a budget form and allocated them first.
Half of it will be paid in full after the ship is built. Each sailor will be given two stipends, and his wife will be given additional food. The wives of servants employed in the military formation will also be given food.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The ships and sailors mentioned above were originally scheduled to be concentrated in the Three Kingdoms of Settsu, Harima, and Izumi in the spring of the 20th year of Tensho (the 20th year of Wanli)
Ports. In March, Hideyoshi also decided on the mobilization order for army troops.
But it happened that the Ming Dynasty launched the war against the Yuan Dynasty in March, and there happened to be a merchant ship heading to Japan at that time. As a result, Toyotomi Hideyoshi got the news. Toyotomi Hideyoshi thought that the Ming army had just set off and might not have had time to fight with the Mongols.
It would be inappropriate to take the initiative to send troops so that the Ming army might turn back to fight. So he decided to wait a little longer, guessing that the Ming army and the Mongols were fighting fiercely before sending out.
The person in power in North Korea at this time was Li Huan (yán), the 14th king of the Joseon Dynasty. Li Huan was born in 1552 AD (the 31st year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty). He was the grandson of Zhongzong Li Yi, the 11th king of the Joseon Dynasty. Zhongzong Li
The legitimate son of Yi's concubine, Dayuanjun Li Qian. After the death of Zhongzong Li Yi, his two legitimate sons, Renzong Li Gao and Mingzong Li Long, successively succeeded to the throne of Korea. Li Huo was born during the reign of Mingzong Li Long.
In 1567 AD (the first year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty), Emperor Mingzong Li Xiong was seriously ill. Since his only son Li Hao died early, he designated Li Ao, who was only fifteen years old, as the heir to the throne. Therefore, Li Ao, who was unlikely to inherit the throne, became the king of Korea.
The 14th king of the dynasty is usually called "Korean Seonjo" because of his temple name "Seonjo" after his death.
When Li Huan succeeded to the throne of Joseon, the situation in the Joseon Dynasty was not optimistic. The internal power struggle in the court was quite fierce. It was divided into two factions, the Eastern Party and the Western Party. People from the two groups attacked and accused each other, creating a atmosphere of chaos inside and outside the court. Chao Gang
The chaos caused the Joseon Dynasty, which had already declined during the reign of the 10th King Yeonsangunli, to become even weaker.
At the same time, about a month after the Ming army sent troops to attack the Yuan Dynasty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had already given up the position of Guanbai to his adopted son Toyotomi Hideji, and he took the title of Taiko and began to parade.
The biting sea breeze blew across the heads of the Japanese samurai, and the family crest flags with different designs of the daimyo were blown away, fluttering like huge bats under the gloomy sky.
weird.
The warriors in armor stood neatly on the sand beside the beach, forming dozens of large and small square formations, holding forest-like matchlock guns and looking ahead with solemn expressions.
Surrounded by the daimyo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi inspected the team of samurai who were preparing to cross the sea for the Western Expedition. The President of the Western Expedition, Ukita Hideie, led the vanguard generals Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa in front of them, leading the way for him while introducing him respectfully.
Author: "These are the 11,000 samurai under Kuroda Nagamasa-kun, who will form the right wing; these are the 25,000 samurai under Fukushima Masanori-kun, who will form the left wing... This is Shimazu Yoshihiro-kun
Wait for the 14,000 samurai under his command [Note: Shimazu is only in name, most of his subordinates are not soldiers of the Shimadzu family], they form a rear guard..."
Seeing the high morale and sophisticated weapons of the soldiers, Toyotomi Hideyoshi nodded slightly, with a proud smile on his face. When he and the other daimyo walked to the Tokugawa military formation with the "Sanye Aoi" family crest erected,
He suddenly stopped in front of him - he pointed at the soldiers standing in the front row and asked with some surprise: "The scars on your faces seem to be new? It looks like they have just formed blood scabs!"
Huh? Everyone looks like they’re covered in sweat… What’s going on?”
There was silence for a moment, and everyone turned their surprised eyes to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was standing next to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but saw hesitation on his face, and he hesitated to answer. Finally, a member of the Tokugawa clan's army
The older samurai replied in a low voice to Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "Your Highness Taikaku, I... We just participated in a fierce battle. In order not to delay His Highness Taikaku's military parade, we fought hard to arrive in time...
"
"Have you participated in a fierce battle? What kind of fierce battle?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face was solemn, and he turned his sharp eyes to Tokugawa Ieyasu, "Huh? Why doesn't Hontaiko know about this? What's going on? There are always people who ignore it.
Order?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed not to dare to look at him, he lowered his head and still hesitated and replied: "It's not a big problem. His Highness Taikaku doesn't need to ask any more questions. For His Highness Taikō to drink on the seashore and show off his power outside the territory, he takes possession of everything."
Korea, for the great cause of attacking the Ming Dynasty, we, the Tokugawa clan, deserve no matter how much sacrifice we have to make."
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi saw Tokugawa Ieyasu's refusal to directly answer the reason, he narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a while, then turned to the other daimyo and asked: "Do you know what is going on?"
Just when those famous people looked at each other, Kuroda Rushui stepped forward and said: "His Majesty Taikaku has been busy with the Western Expedition recently, and you may not know something: because Duke Tokugawa ordered his subordinates to complete the task of collecting grain with an iron fist,
This directly resulted in tens of thousands of rogues, bandits and hungry people in the thirteen counties of Kanto under his rule.
Duke Tokugawa and his subordinates had obviously just arrived after participating in the battle to quell Ichikui... Your Highness, you have collected too much food from the people of the country. If they are overwhelmed, I am afraid it will be very detrimental to the cause of the Western Expedition.
If you dare, please think twice before you act!"
"Even if they take out the last handful of rice grains in their rice vats, Hontaiko will still launch this Western Expedition!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi ignored Kuroda Nishui's advice, straightened his face, and said coldly, "
What's there to worry about a bunch of mud-legged people? I'm not afraid of whether they'll be kidnapped - Tokugawa-kun, have you completed your food collection task in full?" As he spoke, he turned his questioning gaze to the person in charge of this Western Expedition.
Ishida Mitsunari of logistics supply affairs.
"Duke Tokugawa has already exceeded the quota of collecting grain and supplying ships..." Ishida Mitsunari replied respectfully.
"That's good, that's good... Lord Tokugawa is very capable." After hearing this, Toyotomi Hideyoshi nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Tokugawa Ieyasu calmly, "Those unruly people can be pacified with just one move."
Did you go down?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I am trying my best to calm down the situation." Tokugawa Ieyasu had a worried look on his face and sighed slightly: "It's just that most of my subordinates are still trying to calm down the chaos in Kanto.
, I’m afraid it’s difficult to arrive in time at this moment, please forgive me, Taige Palace!”
"That means it hasn't been completely settled yet?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi couldn't help but frown.
"Please don't worry, Your Highness. I can solve the trouble I caused by myself." Tokugawa Ieyasu looked panicked, and hurriedly lowered his hands and replied: "I will not delay His Majesty's great cause of the Western Expedition - De
The Sichuan family will definitely dispatch 26,000 strong warriors to the front line on time."
"Forget it, the western expedition to Korea is a big deal for the Ming Dynasty, and the pacification of Yikui is also a big deal for Anbang and Ningguo!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi waved his hand helplessly: "For the time being, you can allocate five thousand elite warriors to the front line! The remaining twenty thousand
You can keep a thousand warriors and put them into the counties of Kanto to pacify the army!"
"Your Highness, how can this be done?" Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a sincere face: "As long as you wait a few days, I will definitely be able to..."
"Don't say any more, let's leave it at that! Hontaiko doesn't want to delay the fight by waiting for you to slowly assemble the soldiers, nor does he want to miss the overall situation because a fire in the backyard leads to civil strife!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi!
In a tone that did not allow for debate, he ordered: "Your large force of Tokugawa clan will go to the front line with the next batch of teams. Those who have arrived now will stay in Nagoya. There is no need to rush to the expedition, lest there will be no capable generals to command, but instead
Mistake!"
As he spoke, he cast his anxious gaze towards the distant west and murmured: "The Ming Dynasty is fighting a bloody battle with Mongolia. The outcome cannot be determined immediately. A God-given opportunity has come to Hontaiko.
Hontaiko doesn’t want to delay it any longer, we must race against time to capture North Korea first!”
Then, he withdrew his gaze, glanced at Tokugawa Ieyasu, then slowly moved away, stared deeply at Kuroda Rusui, and said solemnly: "Originally, the position of military advisor of this Western Expedition Army, Honta
The government wants Tokugawa-kun to take over... Now it seems that the only choice is to ask Kuroda-kun to take over this important task."
Hearing this, Kuroda Rushui's expression changed slightly. He thought about it in his heart for a while, knowing that it was difficult to escape from this matter, so he could only respond solemnly: "I obey my order."
At this time, Ishida Mitsunari came closer and reminded Toyotomi Hideyoshi softly: "Your Highness Taikaku: It is almost the auspicious time for you to take the stage and issue the order for the Western Expedition!"
Toyotomi Hideyoshi nodded slightly, took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and his expression was extremely solemn. Under the gaze of countless eyes with different meanings, he walked alone step by step to the Yaowu stage in the field.
go.
Finally, he stood on the high ladder, looking down at the warriors gathered on the battlefield like a large dark cloud, and an arrogant air of looking down on the world suddenly overflowed from his chest.
He calmed down, raised his voice to the loudest level in his life, and said slowly word by word:
"Invincible and invincible warriors: for the great cause of our country, Japan's deployment of weapons all over the world and the unification of the eight wastelands, for the great ambition of Japan that has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years, and for the sake of living up to the power of Amaterasu.
In order to allow our outstanding Japanese people to gain the lofty status of being the best in the world and above all human beings due to the deep favor and love of the monarchs and the people - you must be determined to sacrifice your life for righteousness, and carry the spiritual light of Amaterasu in this battle.
Protect, thousands of ships launch together, ride the wind and waves, be invincible, conquer Korea, and sweep across the Ming Dynasty!"
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PS: I originally thought about writing Hideyoshi's words in classical Chinese, but then I thought that this guy actually has no culture, and classical Chinese seems inappropriate. Forget it, let's just make him more in line with the look of an old man in middle age.
