Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1524 Shimadzu's Changing Ancestor (Part [-])
Japan, Satsuma Domain, in Shimizu Castle near the Shimadzu Family Inner City, a seven-story Japanese-style building stands tall.

There is a Ming-style plaque hanging on the main entrance of this building, with three large characters of "Crystal Building" written in vermilion and gold.These three characters are written in an extremely standard Taige style, and every stroke and every bit of it can be called impeccable.

Everyone who came to observe it from afar was not surprised, because now the whole of Japan knows that these three characters are the only high-pragmatic calligraphy of the six champions in the 200 years of the Ming Dynasty.

This great Confucian from the "Tang Dynasty" who was the prince of the Ming court and the minister of the household department at that time was well-known even in Japan.In particular, it is well known that his authentic ink treasures are rarely handed down.For some noble families and powerful daimyos, it is quite a pity that they cannot take back the plaque of the Crystal Building and hang it on their own houses.

The reason why they can’t grab it is that the Shimadzu family is not easy to mess with. The fault is that Guan Bai sent an army of 10,000+ to fight last year. The Shimadzu family has at least dominated Kyushu (island) at this time.

In today's Japan, if you don't count the So-no-matter order (the total no-matter order), the people who dare to say that they can fight the Shimadzu family can be counted on one hand. It is nothing but Tokugawa, Mori, and Hojo. Ida may not have much confidence.

But this is not the most critical issue. After all, the Shimadzu family has just been taught a lesson by Guan Bai, not only the fiefdom has been greatly reduced, but the loss of troops is also not small, and his family is very remote. It is impossible for the Jin family to hunt down the past.

The biggest reliance of the Crystal Building is its own identity: the location of the General Chamber of Commerce of the Great Ming Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance in Japan.

Since it is the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, no one dares not give it this face.There are rumors that when Guan Bai heard that the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance set up the general chamber of commerce in Shimadzu's Shimizu City, not only was he so angry that he dropped several precious porcelains, even two of the closest family elders Got scolded.

One thing to note is that at this moment, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has not yet issued the "Status Control Order", and the four main classes of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen can also transform into each other (of course it is easy to change from high to low, but it is difficult to turn from low to high), plus the so-called The Warring States Period of Japan currently lacks the Kanto and Northeast corners, so the power of merchants is still respected. Even Toyotomi Hideyoshi will not easily target Japanese merchants.

Obviously talking about the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, why do you say that Toyotomi Hideyoshi will not easily target Japanese businessmen at present?Because the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance has a special status in Japan, among them, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is actually only able to move his own businessmen.

How special is the status of the Maritime Trade Alliance?If you have to put it simply, it is that Japan's current foreign trade depends on the face of the Maritime Trade Alliance.

I mentioned the "Southern Barbarian Trade" between Japan, Portugal and the Spaniards before. At the beginning, this trade had nothing to do with the Maritime Trade Alliance, but after the Maritime Trade Alliance and the Nanyang Fleet gained absolute sea dominance in the East and South China Seas, " The "Southern Barbarian Trade" also naturally entered the "jurisdiction" of the Maritime Trade Alliance.

The simplest reason is that if the Maritime Trade Alliance does not allow Portuguese and Spanish merchant ships to come to Japan, Japan will not see a single "Nanban" ship, and the "Nanban trade" will naturally disappear.

However, the Nanban trade is also very important to Japan at present, and even Toyotomi Hideyoshi will not easily try the possible consequences of the sudden interruption of this trade.

What's more, in addition to the "Southern Barbarian Trade", the core deterrent force of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance itself is tomorrow's trade.There is no need to explain this point. Even if the relationship between the Jiangnan business gang and the Maritime Trade Alliance is not harmonious, Gao Pragmatic may need to consider the political impact when he is in the country. If it is around Japan... what does it matter to me if your ship sinks?

It is very difficult for Japan now to bear the harm caused by the interruption of trade tomorrow. Just like the "Ningbo Incident" mentioned before, Japan, whose trade was cut off by Ming Dynasty, tried every means to restore the trade route, which led to various chain variables. .

This point is actually reflected in the original history. For example, after the Sekigahara War, or more accurately, after the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu contacted Daming many times through various channels and various means, expressing the hope that Daming would open up. For this reason, he proposed several trade models for Da Ming to choose from—of course Da Ming ignored him.

If it hadn't been for the weakening of the imperial court's control at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and although the Ming government had not opened up trade, but the private smuggling trade had begun to prevail again, the last time Tokugawa Ieyasu threatened to send troops to fight against Daming, it would have been impossible. Well, it's about to appear.

This is the status of Ming Dynasty in the East Asian trade system: it doesn’t matter if I lose anyone, and I have to cry for my father and mother if anyone loses.

Before Gao Yushi came to Daming and began to interfere in these maritime trades, the trade between the two countries tomorrow can be roughly divided into two stages in terms of its nature. From the time when Ming Chengzu officially formed regulations, the official trade ended during the Jiajing period. This is the official The stage of trade; after the battle for tribute, it entered the stage of private trade, that is, the stage of private trade.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the social situation in Japan was also very chaotic. Pirates formed by ronin, samurai, and profit-seeking businessmen invaded the southeastern coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.During the period of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, he sent envoys to Japan to ask Japan to control Japanese pirates, so that the two countries could get along with each other amicably, but due to the destruction of Prince Huailiang, it was not completed.

At that time, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu found that Sino-Japanese trade was profitable, and sent envoys to Daming in the fourth year of Yongle, expressing his hope to establish trade relations with Daming, so the Kanhe trade was formally established in the fourth year of Yongle.

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that the size of the Japanese tribute was two ships, 200 people, and the tribute was paid once every ten years, and no knives and guns were allowed.During the period of Ashikaga Yoshichi, the Japanese pirates along the coast were not controlled, and the trade between the two countries was terminated.

During the period of Ashikaga Yoshikon, Japan sent envoys to Daming to request trade exchanges between the two countries.Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty approved, and at this time the size limit changed from two ships to three ships, and 200 people became 300 people. It is allowed to carry knives and guns, but not more than 3000. The only thing that has not changed is the tribute trade once every ten years.

At this time, the trade between the two countries was in a state of official monopoly, and the Ming Dynasty stipulated that "no mutual market is allowed unless tribute is paid."The survey and cooperation trade between the two countries formed a custom order, and Japan will pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty according to this scale.

Later, Japan discovered that reselling Ming’s products could make huge profits, so while the two sides were conducting official trade, merchants came to China with the tribute fleet, and the goods carried by Japan also exceeded Ming’s regulations, and the time of arrival was irregular. Sometimes for three to five years, and sometimes for fifteen or sixteen years, the Ming Dynasty's regulations on the prospecting and cooperation trade between the two countries are like a dead letter, and they have almost no binding effect on Japan.

Until the second year of Jiajing, the Japanese daimyos Hosokawa and Ouchi broke out in the "tribute battle" in Ningbo, which marked the end of the official survey and cooperation between the two countries tomorrow.

Sixteen years after the battle for tribute, the daimyo Ouchi clan once again applied for joint exploration and trade with the Ming Dynasty.The Ming court still reiterated the previous regulations, that is, no more than 16 ships, no more than 3 people, and trade once every ten years.

By this time, however, private market trade had flourished. "In the 23rd year of Jiajing, the tribute came back, but it was not in time, and there was no statement. The ministers said that it was not appropriate to pay, but they refused. They benefited from the mutual market and stayed on the seashore."

It can be seen that in the 23rd year of Jiajing, Japan came to pay tribute but did not carry an official form, and the Ming Dynasty officials did not accept Japan's tribute.So Japan traded the goods brought by Japan with private merchants in Shuangyu—that is to say, Japan no longer paid attention to the official trade with Daming at this time, but came to Daming to trade with private merchants in the name of tribute, and then Make greater profits.

This kind of trade has become the main form of trade in tomorrow. The reason for this situation is the decline of central power in Japan, the power of tribute has fallen from the hands of the generals to the hands of the big names, and the development of the commodity economy of the two countries in tomorrow also promotes private trade. Eventually replacing official trade.

With the rise of the Maritime Trade Alliance, especially after Gao Gong dominated the "Longqing Switch", the status of illegal private ports such as Shuangyu declined, and the high-practice Jinghua private ports had the status of legally going to sea, which gradually made the subsequent Jinghua Fleet a The mainstay of tomorrow's trade.

When Jinghua tied the Xungui Group to the warship again, this "main position" continued to strengthen, until now it can almost be called a monopoly.

I said before that the so-called unification of Toyotomi Hideyoshi is actually very incomplete. No matter Tokugawa, Mori or Shimadzu, their surrender is conditional, let alone the Hojo clan who is trying to fight but has not yet fought. up.

This caused Toyotomi Hideyoshi to evaluate the possible reaction of the other party when dealing with their related affairs. Obviously, such actions as the interruption of tomorrow's trade cannot be done, otherwise how can the various companies whose interests are greatly damaged Not angry?The ghost knows if they will unite against themselves once they are angry because of something at the same time?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi is now focused on diverting Japan's internal conflicts. How could he do something that intensifies internal conflicts? It doesn't matter if it intensifies Hojo, but it is too inappropriate to intensify the Tokugawa, Maori, and Shimadzu people who have surrendered. Smart.

The construction of the Crystal Building attracted the attention of the whole of Japan from the very beginning, and even made a lot of publicity for the Shimadzu family incidentally, which greatly increased the reputation of the Shimadzu family.

For this reason, the Shimadzu family did not know which tendon was wrongly threaded, and suddenly did something that stunned many Japanese: They verified the origin of their ancestors' bloodlines and announced that their ancestors were actually "Tangren"— —that is, the Chinese.

Walter?

But don't be surprised, many people really believe this statement of the Shimadzu family. The reason is that the Japanese have always had two theories about the origin of the Shimadzu family.

Regarding the origin of the Shimadzu family, the first theory is: the retainer of the Konoe family, Wei Zong Tadahisa, is the ancestor of the Shimadzu family, but the ancestor of Zhongjiu is said to have traveled across the ocean from mainland China to come here, and his name is "Gongyue". King" family.Gong Yuejun claimed to be the descendant of Qin Shihuang, so he was named after Qin, and his family was called Qin clan.

As for another theory, Tadahisa is the seventh son of Minamoto Yoritomo, the younger sister of Yoritomo and his retainers, and the son of Tango Bureau.After the opening of Minamoto Yoritomo, the Shimadzu family became local vassals. In 1193, Minamoto Yoritomo appointed Tadahisa as the head of Hyuga Shimadzu.Not long after, he was additionally appointed as the guardian of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga.After Tadahisa took office, he changed his surname to Shimadzu according to the name of the village, and the Shimadzu family was established in this way.

The Shimadzu family suddenly jumped out and said that they are descendants of "Qin people", which is tantamount to denying their Genji origin.In theory, this is an extremely dangerous move, because according to tradition, the four major surnames of Genji, Hira, Fujiwara and Tachibana are the distinguished surnames in Japan other than the royal family.In a sense, this is the basis of governance and the source of its legitimacy.

Is Shimadzu trying to die?of course not.Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't even have a surname in the past, and now he is also the Minister of the Taizheng, is he a Japanese Kanbai?It can be seen that as long as the strength is in hand, the bloodline is actually the same.

Of course, there is also a story behind Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ability to be Guan Bai.Under the Japanese law system, the highest public position is the Minister of the Taizheng. Looking at the Japanese official watch, you can know that the Minister of the Taizheng is "outstanding" and "under one person, above ten thousand people", which is the highest position under the law system. official.

This official position is defined as "the emperor's teacher", which belongs to the extremely high honor of "if there is no suitable candidate, it can remain absent".However, after the post of "Guan Bai" appeared, the political power of the Minister of the Taizheng was emptied and became an "honorary title".

To become a Minister of the Taizheng, it can be said that there is almost no blood limit, as long as the emperor is willing to appoint, you can be.In the samurai society, someone was once appointed as the Minister of the Taizheng: Kiyomori Taira, the character in "The Story of the Heike" who single-handedly built the prosperity and wealth of the Heike family.

But Guanbai is different. If you check the Japanese official watch, you will find that the word "Guanbai" does not exist on the Japanese official watch.

In fact, Guan Bai is a foreign official with very special attributes.Guan Bai is also known as "Zhibing" and "Bolu" in Tang Dynasty, (the source is Bolu Xuancheng Hou Huo Guang.) The word "Guan Bai" itself also comes from the biography of Huo Guang in the Han Dynasty: "Everything should be closed to Bai Guang first, and then the Playing the Son of Heaven".

So Kanbai's "job" was founded in the third year of Renwa (887) in the imperial edict of Emperor Uta appointing Fujiwara Motsuke, who was also the first Kanbai in Japanese history.

Basically, if the emperor had a regent when he was young, then when the emperor grows up, the regent will be promoted to Guanbai, and Guanbai can only be a member of the Fujiwara family-more rigorously, Guanbai can only be "Fujiwara Kita". "Home" people can be.Although they all share the same surname Fujiwara, the Kyo family, Shiki family, and Nan family don't even need to think about it.

Then someone may ask: Why do the Warring States records see "Guan Bai Jiutiao XX" and "Guan Bai Jinwei XX"?Didn't it mean that only people from the Fujiwara family can be in it?

In fact, after Fujiwara Chumichi, the Fujiwara family "separated and changed their surnames", they were divided into five families: one, two, nine, Konoe, and Eagle Division, which is the Wusho family.These five families all originated from the Fujiwara family, and all of them are qualified to be Guanbai.

In Japanese history, the only two exceptions to "being Kanbai who are not from the Fujiwara family" are Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hideji.However, since Hideyoshi became Kanbaro because he recognized Konoe Maeku as a godfather, strictly speaking, Hideyoshi also became Kanbaro as the "adopted son of the Fujiwara family".

Since the position of an extremely personable official can find a way to "accommodate", the Shimadzu family is even more indifferent. At this time, the family suddenly remembered the bad thing about their family's "running for an official" decades ago, Finally decided: the family status of this descendant of Genji is not worth mentioning! ——
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