Chapter 281 The Japanese Return to Japan (6) Changing Courtyard
"But father, whether it is Tokugawa Ieyasu or Shimazu Yoshihisa..." Kuroda Nagamasa took a deep breath and said: "If you become a world citizen with the support of the Tang people, who in Japan will be convinced?"
"Convinced? Is this important?" Kuroda Ruishui sneered: "Let me ask you, is Tokugawa Ieyasu really convinced by His Highness Taikaku? But even if he is not convinced, it will affect his public expressions like His Highness Taikaku.
Allegiance?"
"These...these two things are not the same." Kuroda Nagamasa was speechless for a moment.
"What's the difference? This is the same truth!" Kuroda Ruishui taught him a lesson: "In the face of absolute strength advantage, no matter whether you are convinced or not, you have to kneel down and call yourself a humble minister.
As for what Tokugawa Ieyasu and Shimazu Yoshihisa think... Haha, what do you think they think? They were able to submit to His Highness Taikaku back then, but now they have a person who is more powerful than His Highness Taikaku standing in front of them.
, do they dare not to surrender? What a joke!"
Kuroda Nagamasa's eyes gradually lost their luster, and he said blankly: "If this is really the case, what will our Kuroda family do?"
Kuroda Rushui was silent for a moment, and said slowly but firmly: "I am a veteran of His Highness Taige, and I have no intention of ever having another master in this life."
"Father!" Kuroda Nagamasa was shocked, thinking that his father was planning to die for his loyalty to Taige, so he hurriedly said: "The Kuroda family and their children are indispensable for your guidance!"
"I didn't say that I wanted to go with His Highness Taige." Kuroda Rushui calmly seemed to be saying something that had nothing to do with him: "I have been ordered to become a monk by His Highness Taige. Naturally, there is no place for monks. I should find a secluded place.
I quietly practice meditation in the barren mountains with peace of mind, praying for blessings for the world."
It turns out that this is the case. Kuroda Nagamasa breathed a sigh of relief. It doesn't matter if he becomes a monk or a cultivator, as long as he is not loyal to His Highness. But as a mortal, asking for advice is nothing.
However, Kuroda Nagamasa immediately remembered that there was something more important, and asked hurriedly: "What should the child and the Kuroda family do?"
Kuroda Ruishui said in surprise: "What can you do? Lead the Kuroda family to continue to be enemies of the Ming army, and then let Nakatsu's 140,000 stones be reduced to ashes? You must be loyal to His Highness Taikaku and drag the Bunzen people into the flames of war at any time.
Will they be killed by the extremely powerful Ming army?"
"What my father said is true, but after all, the Bunzen Kingdom was given by the Taikou..."
"His Highness Taiko gave me the Toyozen Kingdom, and the reason is that I have contributed to His Highness Taiko's great cause." Kuroda said calmly: "But His Highness Taiko ordered me to become a monk, which represents the past.
All the kindness and merit have been offset. As for you, your Fengqian 140,000 shi was left to you by your father and me, so what does it have to do with His Highness Taige?"
This statement couldn't be more clear. Kuroda Nagamasa didn't want to care whether this was true or not. At least he knew that from the perspective of interests, this was the best way out for the Kuroda family, so he breathed a sigh of relief again after hearing this.
However, Kuroda Nagamasa soon became a little angry and said: "But father, it is too much to allow our Kuroda family to serve as subordinates of the Shimazu family! The Shimazu family is nothing more than a country bumpkin on the border of the Western Kingdom, so why should he oppress us?"
Himeji’s famous Kuroda clan? I’m not convinced!”
Kuroda Nagamasa’s words are not without purpose. Japan has had various chains of contempt since ancient times, and they are indispensable in all aspects, from family status to region.
For example, Kanto was a frontier in ancient Japan. It got better after entering the samurai era, but progress was limited. Historically, it was not until Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Edo shogunate that a new era of Japan centered on Edo was formed. After the Meiji Restoration, "Tokyo"
" was born, and then the Tokyo metropolitan area was later formed, and Kanto became a first-class region.
Before that, "Kansai" was the core region of Japan, and the arrogant and xenophobic representatives of the Kansai region would first recommend Kyoto.
As the capital of Japan during the Asuka to Muromachi Shogunate era, Heian-kyo (the Japanese nicknamed Little Changan), Kyoto people have always flaunted their noble blood. After all, they are "people with imperial roots."
During this period of time in Japan, Kyoto's status was equivalent to Chang'an and Luoyang in China, which were the eastern and western capitals of the Tang Dynasty. Even when it began to decline in the Edo period, the people of Kyoto still had their own arrogance.
In Japan before the Edo period, Kyoto culture was a culmination of ancient Japanese culture, painting, literature, and economy. In modern terms, it was very "culturally rich."
At this time, the Warring States Period had just ended, and the chain of contempt was still very strong. Generally speaking, it was a chain of contempt that spread out in circles with Kyoto as the center. On the west side, Kyoto despised Osaka, Osaka despised Kinki, and Kinki despised Chubu.
, China (Sanyin Shanyang), these two families despise Shikoku, Kanto, Tohoku and Kyushu.
In other words, Kyushu Island is the bottom of the chain of regional contempt in Japan, and the Satsuma Domain of the Shimadzu family at the southernmost tip of Kyushu Island, needless to say, is of course the bottom of the bottom, and it would be any lower.
Most of the ghost places that go directly to the underworld are no better than Ezo (Hokkaido).
What is the family background of the Kuroda family? Kuroda Yoshizu's father is Kuroda Shitaka, the lord of Himeji Castle in Harima Province, his mother is the adopted daughter of the castle lord Kodera, and his wife is the daughter of Kushibashi Isada. It can be said that the whole family is a castle lord.
Level people are superior to others.
Himeji Castle here is not simple. It belongs to Kinki geographically, which is the core area of the contempt chain. It is a big city second only to Kyoto (Osaka was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which is a later thing)
one.
Moreover, the city itself is a large city. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the general under Oda Nobunaga, he was ordered to attack the Mori family. His home city at that time was Himeji Castle. Therefore, large-scale construction was carried out, making Himeji Castle's status even more important.
.By the way, it was during this period that Kuroda Asui joined Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In short, when facing the Shimadzu family, the Kuroda family consider themselves city dwellers and regard the Shimadzu family as country people. Although in theory, the Kuroda family
The strength of being a castle lord is much lower than that of the Shimazu family, which has two countries (Satsuma, Okuma, and actually a part of Hyuga), but it can't stand up to people's high spirits.
This is like a certain period of time in China in later generations. Regardless of the artist's status, artists from Hong Kong will always be ranked near the top when they appear with mainland artists. When did this situation change? The mainland's economic level has improved significantly, and the country
The image is getting better and better, and the international status is getting higher and higher.
The economy of the current Shimadzu family has actually improved a lot, mainly due to the glass industry. As a characteristic industry tailor-made for the Shimadzu family with high pragmatism, the Shimadzu family now relies on the processing of glass products, and its fiscal revenue is higher than it has been in ten years.
He was greatly improved before - of course he also owed Jinghua a lot of money.
However, due to the current era, this improvement is not yet fully known to all of Japan, so people from other places still view the Shimadzu family as country bumpkins.
Faced with his son's dissatisfaction, Kuroda Rushui did not answer immediately, but thought deeply. After a long time, he said: "People in the Tang Dynasty have a saying: Everything depends on heaven, and planning depends on people. Under current circumstances, it is impossible to oppose Gao Nanning
This proposal is tantamount to seeking death. No matter what ambition the Kuroda family has, they must first ensure that the family name can be continued.
Han Xin can endure the humiliation of his crotch, but you can't bear to call Shimazu Yoshihisa "Lord"? Besides, this call "Lord" may not last long."
Kuroda Nagamasa was surprised and said: "What do you mean by father's words?"
"Although I don't know how many powerful names Gao Nanning has won over in Japan, but the Narita family is watching over the Tokugawa family, shouldn't there be a family watching over the Shimadzu family as well? Now Gao Nanning asked me
The Kuroda family is subordinate to the Shimazu family. On the surface, it strengthens the Shimazu family, but in fact, I'm afraid it's not like placing a chess piece next to the Shimazu family to contain it."
"Chess piece?" Kuroda Nagamasa frowned and seemed to dislike this positioning.
Kuroda Rushui, however, was very understanding. He glanced sideways at his son and said, "What's wrong with the chess piece? In Gao Nanning's eyes, Bunzen's 140,000 stone can be used as a chess piece, which is pretty good. Do you think you can become a chess piece?"
A chess player?"
Kuroda Nagamasa thought that the main combat strength of the Japanese navy had been defeated by Gao Pragmatic in the First World War (this was a misunderstanding. Although the Japanese navy suffered heavy losses, it was obviously not to the extent of complete collapse), and there was no doubt about the strength of the Ming army.
, even the Maritime Trade Alliance alone is far from being comparable to the Kuroda family. In this way, my father said that the Kuroda family is just a chess piece, and it doesn't seem so harsh.
Kuroda Nagamasa sighed slightly, but nodded and said: "Okay, the chess pieces will be chess pieces, but since my father emphasizes that it is up to people to make decisions, I think he must have some advice. Please let me know clearly."
"Since you have decided to surrender, you must do it thoroughly and let your lord know two things about you." Kuroda said calmly.
Kuroda Nagamasa sincerely asked for advice: "My child is stupid and I don't know what the problem is. Please ask your father for advice."
"As a subject, what other two points are important to the lord? They are nothing more than loyalty and competence. All you have to do is embody these two values at any time, in any place, and in any event."
"Father, does the lord you call refer to Shimazu or..."
"How can it be Shimazu? It is naturally Gao Nanning." Kuroda Ruishui snorted: "How can Shimazu be worthy of the loyalty of my Kuroda family! I, Kuroda Ruishui, am loyal to Guanbai in the past and Taige today.
Naturally, the person you have to be loyal to in the future should be the number one person in Japan - he will not be Tokugawa Ieyasu, let alone Shimazu Yoshihisa. Only Gao Nanning will be the real authority behind the 'people of the world'!
"
If he were not loyal to Shimazu Yoshihisa but to "Tang Prime Minister" Gao Nanning, Kuroda Nagamasa's resistance would no longer exist. He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "What my father said is absolutely true. The Kuroda family will never change its family.
If you want to change...it must be the one with the most authority!"
Kuroda Rushui nodded with satisfaction and said: "Since you agree, then go and reply to Gao Nanning."
"Yes, father, I will send someone to Sichuan right now." Kuroda Nagamasa responded immediately.
However, Kuroda Rushui glared at him: "Have you forgotten what I just said? I don't send someone to go, you go there yourself!"
"Ah, yes, yes, thank you father for the tip. I will go to meet Gao...to meet the lord in person."
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