Chapter 281 Returning to Japan () Bearing the Humiliation and Bearing the Heavy Bearing
In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and the fourth year of Japan's Keicho period, in the first month of the year, Toyotomi Hideyori moved into Osaka as scheduled.
The Hokkaido government office who had been living in the city until now moved to Nishien. Mrs. Yodo moved into the inner courtyard of the city with Hideyori, who was only seven years old, and became a veritable master of Osaka Castle. Maeda Toshiie, as the auxiliary minister, naturally also moved in In the city, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was in charge of government affairs, returned to Fushimi on his own after sending Hideyori to Osaka.
All of this was uneventful and seemed very smooth. However, after the relocation, unusual rumors suddenly appeared in the world, saying that the people who were devoted to Ieyasu and the people who followed Sansei's five brothers had been completely divided into two groups. The factions frequently move among themselves.
As if to confirm these rumors, on the 19th day of the first lunar month, as the special envoys of the elders, middle elders and the five ministers, Ikoma Araku Touchimasasa, the head of the tower of Sokokuji Temple - the head of Toyokoji Temple, and others went to Fushimi. Rebuked Ieyasu.
Yes, it's a rebuke.
In fact, one afternoon before that, Ieyasu and Iyin Naomasa were chatting and laughing happily in the brightly lit academy.
"You just said that Horio Yoshiharu was here, and now he's back?"
"He's gone back. He said he won't see His Highness today and will go back after talking with you."
"Are the envoys who came to reprimand me coming soon?"
"I heard I'll be here tomorrow."
"Who do you think they're going to send?"
"Ikoma Gaaratou and the monk accepted it."
Ieyasu chuckled lightly and said: "Heh, it seems that even Kaga Danagon can't resist 30% of the fanning. He is really as clever as a tongue."
"Your Highness, are we just going to sit back and wait for death?"
"Even if we stop them, they will still come. Is there anything we can do to stop them? No. So, let them come."
"No, what I'm talking about is not about the envoy. I heard that Danayan's army and the young master's soldiers have already entered Osaka City."
"There is no need to worry about this matter at all. There is Arima Genfan in Huancheng, and Kanbaru Yasumasa is also coming with his own soldiers. As long as there is no serious imbalance in the strength of the troops, Maeda will not be so stupid that he and I will fight with each other.
Moreover, even if an accident does occur... I should tell you this: In the past few months, more than 10,000 of the most elite Ming troops had been secretly stationed in Jiegang."
Jing Yin Naozheng was shocked: "More than ten thousand? How elite are they?"
From the fact that Jing Yinzhizheng was not surprised by the word "Ming Army", it can be seen that he knew some inside information, but did not know the recent changes. Judging from his questions, he was more concerned about the combat effectiveness of this Ming army.
"Comparing our Tokugawa family, you can understand that this Ming army is equivalent to the 'Hatata Senshou' of His Highness the 'Da Ming Guan Bai'."
Jingyin Naozheng took a deep breath, as if he couldn't believe it: "They are all the same as those elites in Misaki Castle?"
"As far as I know, it's only better than anything worse." Ieyasu replied seriously.
"Then, we must not let things develop to the point where they have an excuse to take action!" Jing Yinzhizheng immediately expressed his position: "Otherwise, things will definitely become uncontrollable."
Ieyasu nodded and said: "Of course I know, so isn't Kanbaru Yasumasa coming quickly?"
"But, if something happens before Kang Zheng arrives..."
"I don't allow anything to happen."
"So, how should we deal with tomorrow's messenger?"
"Don't worry, I have already thought of a way to deal with them." Ieyasu said with a loud smile: "Horio Yoshiharu and Nakamura Kazushi are not the kind of people who never get into trouble. As long as we don't take the initiative to stir up trouble, it won't be difficult to deal with them."
Hearing what Ieyasu said, Jingyin Naozheng smiled and said: "I am ashamed of your highness's courage. But I wonder what your highness will say when the envoy comes?"
"Haha, before they come, we'd better not make unnecessary guesses. The more they show their sharpness, the more they appear to have no sense. What I have been really worried about for this period of time is actually the issue of troop withdrawal.
No matter how much it costs, we must let all the great names withdraw smoothly, otherwise it will be a great shame and humiliation for His Highness Taige, and also a great shame and humiliation for the Five Elders and Five Fengxing, not to mention it will be extremely detrimental to the development of future events.
Now, although the withdrawal of troops resulted in a considerable loss of troops, no major mistakes were made on the side of the daimyo, and it can be considered a successful conclusion. As for Hideyori and his son, they have also settled in Osaka Castle safely, and the matter is over."
Seeing that Iyin Naomasa was still a little worried, Ieyasu smiled again and said: "Leave Hideyori and his son aside and take the initiative to challenge me, Daisuke of the Ministry of War, do you think there are such stupid people in the world?"
Naomasa also smiled, "Of course not. But if someone...
"As long as you and Torii and his son are here, Yasumasa will also come. If something unexpected happens, Yuuki Hideyasu will never stand idly by. And..." Ieyasu lowered his voice and said: "If anything happens,
Hosokawa Tadayaki will definitely dissuade Maeda. So you don’t have to worry, the Jie Hong Ming Army will not find an opportunity to take action."
"Yes, and His Highness Hosokawa." Naomasa nodded vigorously.
The sixth daughter of the Maeda Toshiba family, Chisehime, married Ichiro Tadayaka, the legitimate son of Hosokawa Tadayaki. Chisehime and her eldest brother, Toshinaga, were born from the same mother. Toshinaga and Hosokawa Tadayoshi were about the same age, and they were close friends. With this
With such a layered relationship, the chance of something unexpected happening is almost zero.
Ieyasu suddenly smiled at this time and said: "Actually, I don't feel that I have any kindness to him, but Hosokawa always feels that he owes me a lot of favors for Guan Baixiuji. Although our recent interactions have easily attracted attention, we must not
There was no precaution, but he had already secretly promised that if anything happened, he would definitely help."
When Hidetsu was in trouble, he urged the Hosokawa family to repay the 200 ingots of gold he had borrowed. The Hosokawa family was financially strapped and could not repay it for a while. At that time, Matsui Saotari, the elder of the Hosokawa family, looked pale and rushed to Honda Masanobu for help.
The trouble with this matter is that once the close relationship between Hosokawa and Sekiba Hideji is revealed, Hosokawa Tadayoshi will be executed as Hideji's accomplice by the already crazy Hideyoshi, so the two hundred gold ingots themselves are not the key, the key is that this is
It is a major event that affects the fate of the Hosokawa family.
After Honda Masanobu heard the truth told by Matsui Sawatari, he immediately reported it to Ieyasu. At that time, Ieyasu sent everyone away and said with a relaxed expression: "Everyone has times when they are short of money. Masanobu, put me in armor."
Pick a heavy box and carry it over."
After the box was brought up, he opened it in front of Matsui Zuodu. There were exactly two hundred gold ingots under the armor.
"Look at the sealing date."
"Ah, it was twenty-one years ago?" Matsui said in surprise.
"Haha, this is my private money that I hid just in case. I didn't even tell you about the gold and silver at home. Okay, hurry up and get it for emergencies!"
Matsui Sato then went back with red eyes. Hosokawa Tadaki seemed to have never forgotten the life-saving grace that day, and he still has close contacts with Ieyasu to this day.
Iyin Naomasa was relieved, but he still reminded Ieyasu that it was best to send a special envoy as soon as possible to urge Kanbaru Yasumasa to enter the capital quickly to avoid long nights and dreams, and then withdrew.
Ieyasu didn't take Naomasa's words to heart very much. In his eyes, he was already in an invincible position and it was just a matter of winning more and losing less. Although 30% was a little uneasy, it didn't affect the overall situation.
.From the moment Gao Jingshi agreed to send Gao Yan to Japan to be his adopted son, Tokugawa Ieyasu already had a chance to win.
Although from Ieyasu's point of view, there are indeed many questions about the withdrawal of troops from Korea. For example, how did Takatora Toudo and Anji Wakisaka escape from the Ming army camp?
How did Kuroda Rushui and his son apparently part ways with the main force, disappear inexplicably on the battlefield, and finally find a ship and go straight back to Kyushu?
Shimazu Yoshihiro fought a big battle when he withdrew his troops, but when he finally returned to Japan to take stock, he found that no one in his Shimadzu family headquarters died in that battle. Was this a coincidence or intentional? If it was intentional
For this reason, why doesn't anyone in his direct lineage feel that there is something wrong with his command?
Ieyasu always felt that although he couldn't understand the reason for this series of doubts, there was only one answer anyway: it was Gao Pingji who did it deliberately behind the scenes. In other words, there was a trap laid out by Gao Pingji.
However, Ieyasu also knew that he could not control or stop whatever plot Gao Pragmatic planned. Instead of worrying about these, it would be better to think more about Japan's internal troubles.
Once the disputes left on the battlefield turn the generals against each other and develop into disputes, the situation will be difficult to deal with, and the Ming army may even be directly introduced into Japan... This is what Ieyasu is most worried about.
Why is this important? Because the Japanese troops who went to fight in Korea were already the most elite in Japan. Almost all the daimyo except Tokugawa Ieyasu had to send their most elite combat forces to fight in Korea. Those Japanese troops in Korea
Probably accounted for three-quarters of all Japan's elite troops.
However, even so, they were still defeated by more than 100,000 Ming troops, and within a few months they were reduced to only a small area near Busan. The gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides was undoubtedly huge.
The Iron Artillery Corps, which had become the "stunt skill" of the Japanese army due to Nobunaga's rise, was almost unable to fight back when facing the Ming army, and the Ming army's cavalry was even more of a nightmare for the Japanese army.
People who came back from the Korean battlefield said that only after meeting the Ming army cavalry did they realize that the so-called Japan's first cavalry "Takeda Chibei" was basically a child cavalry. In front of the Ming army's tens of thousands of uniformed cavalry, they could only do it by patchwork.
What's the use of the more than a thousand Chibei cavalry? They'll all be gone in one charge.
[Note: There is no conclusive conclusion on the total number of Takeda Chibi, but according to the "Koyo Military Review", a history book dedicated to the Takeda family, it should be "Qianqi". It is enough to add the word "yu" to them here.
.In the so-called long-term battle, Jingchang of Zhongshan County led 3,000 red soldiers to launch the charge first...Three thousand horse-riding regiments do not mean 3,000 red soldiers. Gao Pragmatic still had many mounted infantry under his command.]
Ieyasu sighed and thought, fortunately, the troublesome withdrawal ended successfully, and everyone returned to their respective territories. After seven consecutive years of war, one can imagine the difficulties of the various daimyo, and they were naturally extremely war-weary.
All the generals became victims of Taige's ambition. The most ridiculous thing is that Taige's goal is not only North Korea, he also wants to invade the Ming Dynasty and plunder the land. How dare he... So his dream finally came true
Bubbles.
Judging from Gao Jingshi's willingness to let Gao Yan be his adopted son, what Ieyasu is now worried about is not that the Ming Dynasty will continue the war and bring the war to Japan, but that the disputes among the daimyo will make Gao Jingshi give up his soft political methods and
Use force instead—his own private force.
Faced with this difficult situation among the great samurai families, disputes between those who returned from the expedition and those who stayed behind were inevitable. Therefore, after Ieyasu handed over the withdrawal of troops to Mitsunari, he specifically visited Shimadzu, Arima, Nagasoga and others.
Hosokawa Yusai and other families.
The fatigue within the territory and the disputes after the withdrawal of troops will undoubtedly cause chaos and friction with neighboring countries, so we must come up with countermeasures and work hard to prevent conflicts from happening.
After the dream of making a lot of money through the war was shattered, the generals must also be extremely depressed, so they must work hard to cheer them up and encourage them to rely on their own efforts to revive the territory. These are the responsibilities of the ruler. Of course, if
Tai Ge is still alive, so he should do the same thing.
But in Mitsunari's eyes, Ieyasu had other motives, or had evil intentions. He believed that Ieyasu saw Hideyoshi's story as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and took the opportunity to win over big names and challenge the Toyotomi clan, which was extremely dangerous.
A generation of traitors.
Of course, Ieyasu was also aware of Mitsunari's dissatisfaction, but Mitsunari looked at it too superficially and had no idea where the biggest danger in Japan currently lies - the "Great Ming Guanbai" who has already put his hand into Japan's arms, is the real
Someone who can subvert everything.
If compared with him, if I am great, I will subvert Toyotomi Gongyi, and I will never destroy Japan's national system. But that is not necessarily the case for "Guan Bai". If I don't use the current method to shackle
If he lives with him, will he care about Japan's national system? Obviously not. Guan Bai and generals are probably worthless in his eyes. Even the emperor is just a plaything that he can stand up and abolish at his word.
That’s all.
For the sake of Japan's national system, he was able to give up even the Tokugawa clan, but the "Tokugawa" that will be truly inherited in the future is just a division of the clan. How could Ishida Mitsunari know about such a huge sacrifice, and how could he endure humiliation and bear the burden!
In fact, proposing marriage to the Fukushima and Hachisuka families is not without the intention of testing 30%.
As for wanting to welcome Yin Tatsumasamune's daughter as Tadayuki's wife, Ieyasu had two considerations: first, of course, he wanted to seek peace and security in Edo; second, he also wanted to test Mitsunari's reaction to this and see how he would react.
Looking at my contacts with Hideyoshi’s elders.
If Mitsunari can realize that there is no point in being hostile to Ieyasu, then he should feel happy whether it is for himself or the Toyotomi clan; if he does not rein in his unruly attitude, the battle between the martial arts school and the literary school will become more difficult.
It will never end. If he is narrow-minded and stubborn...
Ieyasu wanted to use this to test Mitsuki's foolishness. Unexpectedly, Maeda Toshiie was also involved. However, no matter what happened, Ieyasu was ready to deal with it.
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