Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1527 Offshore Balancer (Part [-])
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi hopes that he will play a role and try to get the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance to move the Chamber of Commerce in Japan to Osaka Castle."

It has to be said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is indeed a ruler who attaches great importance to business, and the "task" he entrusted to Long Ze Shiyang was basically expected by Gao Wu.

Of course, what Gao Wushi did not expect was that after the completion of the Crystal Tower, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still insisted on setting the mission goal so high, instead of trying to make the Sea Trade Alliance move closer to him and lean towards him, he directly demanded that the Sea Trade Alliance The League moved the Chamber of Commerce in Japan to Osaka.

Gao Wushi didn't answer immediately, but after thinking for a while, he asked, "Have you heard from the other people?"

Liu Xin nodded and said: "Yes, as for the big names, there are echoes from Ieyasu, the Mori family, and the Hojo family; as for the minor daimyos, such as Omura Kizen who controls Nagasaki, and Nabeshima, whose territory is next to him. Naomo, Matsuura Shinshin, etc. have made many related moves, do you want to listen?"

Sending out 50 people, plus the manpower that has been deployed before, it is definitely impossible to listen to all aspects of the news, and the high pragmatism does not have the time, so he shook his head and said: "No, you choose a few important ones, or performance It’s better to say it more prominently.”

"Okay, let me talk about the elders first. I think you attach great importance to Tokugawa Ieyasu, so let's start with the Tokugawa family." Liu Xin said: "I want to tell you one thing first, Tokugawa Ieyasu likes Confucianism very much. .”

This seems to be a bit off topic, but Gao Yushi was still a little curious after a moment of surprise, and asked in surprise: "He likes Confucianism very much?"

"Yes, Yoshikatsu Shinmiya replied that Ieyasu Tokugawa reads the Four Books and Five Classics almost every day, especially Aidu Zhuzhu's annotations, and even told his trusted retainers not to only know about military training or entertainment, even if the Four Books and Five Classics are too difficult, they should read them in their spare time Read "Zhu Zi's Family Instructions."

Gao Wushi was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "It makes sense."

"Oh?" Liu Xin asked, "Is he like this in history?"

Gao Wushi said: "I didn't mention it much, but I remembered one thing. After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the third year of Qingcho (1598), Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered someone to make a seal immediately, which was engraved with ' The word "Zhongshu"—do you know the origin of "Zhongshu"?"

Liu Xin shook her head: "I don't take the imperial examination, and although I have studied, I don't seek a deep understanding. You should just talk about this kind of academic matter."

"Well, this word comes from "The Analects of Confucius Liren". The original text is: "Zhenhu! My way is consistent." Zeng Zi said: "Wei." When Zi went out, the disciples asked: "What is it?" Zeng Zi said: "The way of a master is nothing more than loyalty and forgiveness."

So this "loyalty and forgiveness" is a principle for dealing with the relationship between people.Loyalty, doing our best to seek advice from others, being in the heart of others, so it is loyal; forgiveness, pushing oneself and others, like the heart of others, so it is forgiveness.

Tokugawa Ieyasu engraved a seal of "loyalty and forgiveness" at that time, although it was a surface of a certain attitude, but it also shows that he did have some understanding of Confucianism.Of course, I don't care about this now, why don't you talk about this. "

Liu Xin spread her hands, and said, "The reason for mentioning this is that he asked Xin Gong Yisheng to know some learned people after all these years in Daming. If so, can he find a way to invite some great Confucians to give lectures?"

Gao Wushi was really surprised now, and said suspiciously: "At this point in time, shouldn't he be thinking about sending troops to support Toyotomi Hideyoshi in attacking the Kantojo family? Why don't you care about military affairs, but think about these things instead?"

Liu Xin said angrily: "You ask me, how do I know that my level of Confucianism is not just a level in front of you? You don't know why, so what else can I think about?"

Now that she pushed everything cleanly, Gao Yushi had no choice but to think for himself. After thinking for a while, if he suddenly realized something, he smiled, shook his head slightly and said, "Tokugawa Ieyasu is very confident. It seems that he thinks that this battle with Toyotomi There is no doubt that Hideyoshi will win, and...he may have guessed that after Toyotomi Hideyoshi took Kanto, he would be kicked from Mikawa, Enjiang, and Suruga to Kanto, so he is already thinking about how to stabilize the new Kanto. The situation in the territory."

Although Liu Xin's Confucianism is average, she still knows some of the advantages of Confucianism. After hearing Gao Yushi's words, she can understand a little bit, and immediately said: "Oh, he wants to use Confucianism to stabilize his future in Kanto. New territory?"

"At present, it can only mean this." Gao Yushi said with some emotion: "Tokugawa Ieyasu won the world, it seems that it is not just because of some 'turtle', this guy is not only tolerant, but also has a vision."

"You mentioned this, but I would like to specifically talk about an issue we discussed before, which is about Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attitude towards Tokugawa Ieyasu. Before Shingong Yoshikatsu went to Japan, I conveyed this issue to Let him know at a convenient time, he has already replied this time."

Yoshikatsu Shinmiya is one of the main spies that Gao Wushi arranged by Tokugawa Ieyasu's side.

This person was originally from a local wealthy family in Tonoe, Japan. In the early years when Imagawa Yoshimoto ruled Tonoe, Shinmiya Yoshikatsu's father barely lived under the Imagawa family, but he was not considered a serious retainer.

Later, Oda Nobunaga killed Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Battle of Ozazama, and the Imagawa clan was in chaos.Imagawa Yoshimoto's heir, the Imagawa clan, happened to be a waste dim sum. Even with the help of his grandmother Shougui Ni, he still caused internal rebellions.

Shingong Yoshikatsu's father was corrupted at the time, so he had to hug him who was only a few years old and hide his name as a pirate. Later, he was defeated by Liu Xian and was brought back to the Japanese barbarians.

However, the new palace was not the real Miao character of this person. This Miao character was taken by himself on the grounds that "the new palace was built in Dingnan City" before he went north to the capital - because Liu Xin's people were stationed in Dingnan at that time.As for understanding the meaning of characters and winning partial taboos, this is bestowed by high pragmatism.

The Toe area has long been Tokugawa Ieyasu's basic territory, and in the early years, his family and the Matsudaira family (that is, the Tokugawa family, but it was not called the Tokugawa family) were nodding acquaintances, and there was no conflict between the two sides. The first time he went back, he was quickly accepted by the Tokugawa family.

It's just that he doesn't have the opportunity of Longze Shiyang, and currently he is just an ordinary retainer in the Tokugawa family.Tokugawa Ieyasu may have considered that he had led the army in Daming for many years, so he was given the title of ashigaru serving general - but he didn't have a soldier in his hand. In fact, he was one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's staff, and his status was not good.

Gao Wushi asked, "What did he say?"

"He said that Tokugawa Ieyasu is highly respected and prestige in Japan, especially within the Oda-Toyotomi system. Tokugawa Ieyasu has always had a unique particularity. He was regarded as the brother of Oda Nobunaga in his early years, and he is a member of the Oda system. The second most important figure after Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original status was far inferior to Ieyasu."

One word awakens the dreamer!Gao Wushi slapped the table suddenly, and said, "Fuck, I understand!"

Liu Xin didn't expect such a big reaction from him, she was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It's not appropriate for a contemporary Confucian from the School of Real Learning to be rude!"

Gao Wushi ignored her teasing, got up and walked around excitedly, laughed and said, "Understood, I understand, now I know what's going on... I understand the cause and effect."

Liu Xin didn't seem to understand, she wondered, "Are you a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, you have to think through everything to feel smooth? Then how about asking the chief secretary to help the slave family?"

Gao Wushi laughed, and finally sat down, sorted out his thoughts a bit, and said: "After that discussion, I went back and thought about it carefully. Why is Omi Hideyoshi so different from Tokugawa Ieyasu?"

"It's very different. Before you tell your analysis, I have to tell you one more thing." Liu Xin said: "Shingong Yoshikatsu said that after Toyotomi Hideyoshi basically unified the world, in order to be serious about the families of the famous In order to improve Toyotomi's family status, the Ashikaga family, the Oda Nobuo family, and the Tokugawa Ieyasu family are juxtaposed, and they are distinguished from the court ministers, the Wu family ministers, and the Setoseki family, that is, the Toyotomi clan.

Did you find something wrong?That's right, Ashikaga is the head of the previous dynasty, and Oda is Hideyoshi's old master. The family status is higher, but why is Tokugawa juxtaposed with these people?
Also, Tokugawa's Genji family style was helped by Hideyoshi and Konoe a long time ago, and it was just Ieyasu's self-appointed before.In today's Japan, besides Tokugawa Ieyasu, which daimyo has this treatment? "

"You are right. This is also a typical 'Tokugawa exceptionalism', or 'Tokugawa specialism'." Gao Wushi said: "But there is a reason for everything, not because the tortoise is handsome."

Liu Xin rolled her eyes: "Other powerful people, nicknamed either dragon or tiger, he is already called a turtle, and I don't think he is very handsome."

However, Gao Wushi didn't want to discuss Tokugawa Ieyasu's appearance, he smiled and got down to business: "I was always affected by the illusion that Tokugawa Ieyasu looked a bit like Sima Yi.

But now that I think about it, if Jiakang is Sima Yi, who is Cao Cao and who is Cao Pi?Before subconsciously, Oda Nobunaga was regarded as Cao Cao, but it was not the case: Did Sima Yi fight with Cao Cao and call him brothers? "

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Xin was a little confused for a moment.

Gao Wushi said seriously: "Now I think about it. I said Tokugawa Ieyasu won the world because he lived a long time, but it was actually because he paid too much attention to how old he lived and ignored the age when he debuted."

He stretched out his fingers and gestured: "Just what I remember: Ieyasu followed Imakawa Yoshimoto to go to Luo at the age of 17, and killed Nobunaga's important minister Sakuma Morishi during the battle; at the age of 19, he made an alliance with Nobunaga; at the age of 25, he assisted Nobunaga in going to Luo; At the age of 27, Ieyasu followed Nobunaga's crusade against Asakura Yoshikage, and participated in the Kanezaki retreat. In June of the same year, he participated in the Battle of Anegawa, establishing the position of the Oda regime in Kinki;

At the age of 29, he fought against the famous "Tiger of Kai" Takeda Shingen who was known as "Fenglin Volcano". Although he was defeated by a small number of fights, but in March of the first year of Tensho, he regained Tianfang, Kekuwa, Horai Temple, Xiang Li, Ichinomiya Five Castles - Shingen was still alive at that time.

He fought the battle of Nagashino when he was 32 years old; he followed Nobunaga and destroyed Takeda at the age of 39. When the Honnoji Incident happened in the same year, Ieyasu already had the five kingdoms; In the battle, I tied Hideyoshi who was in full swing..."

Liu Xin was a little surprised, and pondered: "It looks pretty strong like this."

"That's right, and it's not very strong, but very strong." Gao Wushi said seriously: "The above achievements can fully explain that after the death of Oda Nobunaga, if you want to say who has the strongest military ability in the Pan-Oda Department, say Maybe it was him Tokugawa Ieyasu.

After Komaki's long-hand draw, Hideyoshi can be regarded as a strategic victory, but Ieyasu also won tactically, and the two sides are indeed a tie.Soon Hideyoshi took his mother and younger sister as hostages in exchange for Ieyasu’s surrender—this is by no means Oda Nobunaga’s style, but a typical Hideyoshi way of thinking: destroy if you can, if you can’t, then Try to get him to surrender.

In addition, I have also thought about some political issues, such as the conflict between Ieyasu and Hideyoshi, I am afraid that it is far from being as big as it is exaggerated by later generations.

After the Cheongju meeting, Shibata Katsuie strongly praised Oda Nobutaka. Although Hideyoshi supported the three mages, it was clear that in the Warring States Period at that time, strength was paramount after all, and it was obviously useless to play the ethical card.

After the meeting, Hideyoshi, along with Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Hengxing, elected Oda Nobuo, and Ieyasu just clearly expressed his support for Nobuo as the governor of Oda at this time-this shows that there are not only conflicts between him and Hideyoshi, but also conflicts. of common interest. "

Liu Xin nodded suddenly, and said: "I don't understand these things comprehensively, no wonder I don't understand them after thinking about them."

"There is also the point of 'prestige' mentioned by Shingong Yoshikatsu, which is indeed very, very, very important." Gao Yushi emphasized.

"Oh? You need to say 'very' three times?" Liu Xin laughed dumbfounded.

"Yes, it's reached this point." Gao Wushi didn't mean to be joking, and said very seriously: "You think, when Ieyasu was 19 years old, he signed the Cheongju Alliance with Nobunaga, and he insisted on this alliance for 20 years. After Nobunaga's death, he still insisted on the alliance until the battle of Komaki Nagakute, and Oda Nobuo surrendered to Hideyoshi.

For such a long time, he withstood Takeda's intimidation and lure, withstood Nobunaga's continuous recruitment of him to fight in Kinki, and worked hard for the establishment of the Ori-Toyo regime.

If you think about it again, when Ieyasu and Nobunaga were brothers, Hideyoshi was just a general under Nobunaga, not even the number one general. Would Hideyoshi not know Ieyasu's hard work?Don't know his special status in the Oda Department?
Hideyoshi's world is essentially obtained by usurping the Oda family. He values ​​Ieyasu mainly because Ieyasu has been Nobunaga's ally and brother-in-law for a long time.

Then let's think about it from the standpoint of Hideyoshi. After the military conquest has failed, what else can I do if I am Hideyoshi?Obviously only by political means.

If even Ieyasu bows to my authority, Guan Bai, what reason and guts do other Oda ex-officials not come to bow down to me?The political significance of this is no small matter!When it comes to the Cheongju League, Ieyasu's hard work must have given Hideyoshi a good impression. "

Gao Yushi sighed and said: "The Zhifeng regime was established by Nobunaga, and Ieyasu has long enjoyed a special status in the regime as an ally. After Nobunaga's unfortunate death, several of his domestic slaves fought for power, and Hideyoshi won in the end.

Hideyoshi originally wanted to conquer Ieyasu by force, so that no one in the world would dare to disobey him.It's a pity that as I said before, Hideyoshi is not particularly good at force, especially when compared with the former Patriarch Oda Nobunaga.

So he failed, so he had to coax Ieyasu into joining the gang.Since Ieyasu has a special status and can equal Hideyoshi in force, he must continue to enjoy a special status, even more special than when Nobunaga was alive.

So when I think of this, I understand why Ieyasu's power expanded so quickly after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death. Only four years later, Ieyasu directly opened a new shogunate.The reason is simple: once Hideyoshi dies, who else in the Oritoyo regime is worthy to be compared with Tokugawa Ieyasu?Not to mention the solid wrist. "
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