Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1746 Aiding Korea and Fighting Japanese ([-]) Take advantage of it?
For some reason, Narita Kai was very surprised when he heard this, and quickly said: "Ah, no, I... I don't have such a plan, I will stay in the capital obediently."

Well, being obedient is quite obedient, I tried it just now...but that's not the point.

Gao Wushi chuckled and said, "No, no, why are you so nervous?"

This time, Narita Kai replied very honestly, and said obediently: "I am afraid that the master will misunderstand. Japan attacked the vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty has made a decision to aid North Korea. In fact, the two countries are already at war.

At this time, the position of the Narita family is unclear, and the concubine should stay with the master, since she is the self-certification of the married woman, and also a hostage of the Narita family, how can she leave for a moment, let alone return to Yusheng City? "

Her answer was so straightforward, which surprised Gao Wushi.Liu Xin was even more surprised that she had accepted herself as a hostage of the Narita family, and couldn't help but said, "Third Madam, we didn't take you as a hostage."

Narita Kai was quite open-minded, showing a slightly disappointed smile and said: "Thank you, Secretary-General."

Gao Yushi also spoke at the right time, saying: "I didn't take you as a hostage, besides... I don't need a hostage. From the moment you step into the Gaofu, your status in the Gaofu is very simple, then It's the 'Third Madam', this must be remembered in the future."

The tone of his words seemed domineering, but Narita Kai could hear the warmth in it, his heart warmed up, he nodded vigorously, and said gratefully: "My concubine thanked the master."

Liu Xin coughed lightly, and said, "So, can we discuss what to do with Yusheng City now?"

Gao Wushi nodded lightly, and asked, "Is there any new news from Longze Shiyang and Xingong Yisheng?"

Ryuzawa Miyo is currently the governor of the Toyotomi family's Osaka town and the general of the Tang Dynasty, and Shingong Yoshikatsu is already an ashigaru servant of the Tokugawa family. These two are currently dispatched under the command of the major Japanese feudal lords The two with the most important positions, in the past, most of the intelligence on Japan came from the hands of the two.

It's just that the names of the two of them and other intelligence personnel in Japan were kept highly confidential. Except for Gao Yushi and Liu Xin, only Gao Mo and the executives of "Hei Ding" and other rare people knew about it. The core figure of the maritime trade alliance like Da Guogong is only known to be someone, but not who it is.

But Gao Wushi's questioning means that he has allowed Jia Feiji and Meng Gu Zhezhe to learn the inside story.Meng Gu Zhezhe didn't care, her mother's family, Ye He, and Japan were currently at odds, and she probably didn't feel anything about this information, but Liu Xin thought it was a bit risky to disclose this news to Jia Fei Ji.

If only in terms of personal relationship, Liu Xin has a good relationship with Meng Gu Zhezhe and Jia Fei Ji, but this personal relationship does not affect her reservations about them, and the current high-level pragmatic attitude shows that he said that he only regards Jia Fei Ji as " "Third Madam" is not just talk, but really put into reality.

Liu Xin felt a little unhappy, and even thought to herself: Do men really think that as long as they "sleep" with someone, the other party will definitely stand by your side with all their heart and soul?
However, no matter what, Gao Yushi is the one who really has the decision-making power, and Liu Xin will not really insist on opposing his opinions, so she just replied with a straight face: "Some."

There was some resistance in the tone of this answer, of course Gao Yushi could hear it, but he neither cared nor cared, he just said in a very calm tone: "Let's listen." Obviously, he insisted that it would be possible for Kai to Ji knows the inside story.

Liu Xin had no choice but to say: "Longze Shiyang's main work direction is in the Toyotomi family's or the entire Japanese military, political and financial aspects. He didn't say much about the Narita family's affairs. He just said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi will solve the Narita family's problems. Leave it to Ieyasu Tokugawa."

This news is not too unexpected, Gao Yushi nodded, and said: "Then what is the situation with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and what is Shingong Yoshikatsu's judgment?"

"One of the inferences is in line with expectations." Liu Xin said: "Tokugawa Ieyasu should have made two preparations, the first is military, that is, to use force to fight us directly. The sea is ready with both hands;

The other hand is political preparations.He may also be uncertain whether the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance will be a purely commercial organization, so he still hopes to reach an agreement directly with Beiyang, hoping to peacefully redeem the two cities of Misaki and Yusheng from the Maritime Trade Alliance.At present, they have different opinions on this internally, mainly because the redemption conditions are too controversial. "

In terms of military preparations, Gao Wushi was not surprised, but Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to buy the two cities, which aroused Gao Wushi's interest. He asked, "There is such a thing? What is the current controversy of the Tokugawa family?"

Liu Xin said: "To put it simply, there are three factions arguing. The first faction thinks that they have a huge home field advantage. They don't need any political means for these two cities, just send troops to seize them.

The second faction believes that the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance is powerful. It not only has a strong maritime armed force, but even land forces. Judging from the encounter that occurred during the previous rescue of Ninja City, it may be more powerful than Japan's various forces under the same force. All must be strong.

Considering this premise, if the two sides meet each other in battle, all the seas and seas in the Kanto region may be turned into battlefields, and Beiyang can land from any place.However, the Tokugawa family is known for its elite soldiers, and they may be exhausted in the face of such a situation. At that time, the various places under their rule may be beaten into chaos, which is extremely unsightly.

At the same time, the navy of the Tokugawa family was built on the basis of the original Suruga navy. Its strength was limited, and now it has been transferred to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to contribute to the conquest of North Korea. Therefore, it is even more impossible to fight at sea Form a countermeasure against the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance.Therefore, this group of people is willing to use a higher bargaining chip in exchange for the peaceful exchange of Misaki and Yusheng from the Sea Trade Alliance.

The third faction also admits that the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance is strong, but their way of thinking about trading with Beiyang is different from the former.They think that the forced transfer of the Tokugawa family to the Kanto region is itself Hideyoshi Toyotomi's suppression of Ieyasu Tokugawa, so although Beiyang may not be a friend, Toyotomi must be an enemy, so..."

Gao Wushi interjected: "So they are more inclined to unite with the Maritime Trade Alliance politically, and violate Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"

"Of course." Liu Xin nodded and admitted.

Jia Feiji couldn't help but said: "Isn't that a great thing? Master Zuo Fu (Ieyasu Tokugawa was promoted after the conquest began) used 12 troops in the Battle of Komaki Nagakute to defeat Taiko's [-] troops. If it weren't for the useless son of the Oda family, Taige-sama would lose all face, and it's hard to say what will happen in the end.

Now Master Zuofu sits in the Kanto region, with a height of more than two million stones. If he is willing to join hands with our Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, Fengchen Taige will not only conquer North Korea and invade Ming Dynasty, but I am afraid that his Fengchen's justice can be maintained. Not necessarily! "

However, Gao Wushi just smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of calmness, and asked Liu Xin, "I expect that the third faction will not be so generous. Are they thinking about fighting against Toyotomi with the Beiyang Alliance? And you don’t want to be exposed immediately, and you’re even dreaming of a dream, hoping to achieve this alliance with the least cost?”

Liu Xin covered her mouth with a smile, and said in a half-joking tone: "Master Hou is still so predictable." Then she turned her beautiful eyes and asked, "So what kind of 'smallest' do you think they want to use?" What's the price' for an alliance?"

Gao Wushi said indifferently: "With the example of Jia Feiji here, what other new ideas can the generals and staff of the Tokugawa family come up with, and it is probably just an idea of ​​marriage."

"Yo, Master Hou is very clear about his...situation." Liu Xin raised her eyebrows and teased, then glanced at Jia Feiji, and said truthfully: "Speaking of it, Ruo Dechuan's family also has With such a beautiful princess, Lord Hou seems to be able to consider it, right? After all, Madam is always happy to see such things come to fruition, isn't she?"

Gao Wushi was well aware of Liu Xin's temper, and knew that what she said was basically just a joke, but he couldn't help but defend himself, so he said, "It's not like I'm running a shelter here, so anyone can come here if they want?"

Unexpectedly, at this time, Jia Feiji had all her thoughts and said: "If you want to talk about the princess of the Zuo Mansion, I think of one person, that is the third daughter of the Zuo Mansion, Zhen Ji. She is from the Liangyun Academy. She is thirteen this year. I am a concubine. I met once in Odawara Castle two years ago. The little princess is pretty and lovely, and has a very gentle personality. If she can enter the Gaofu, she will be a good match."

Shinhime Tokugawa?Gao Wushi, the third princess of Tokugawa, only has a little understanding of her. The general impression is that she is very filial.However, Hideyoshi Gamo died early, when Zhongxiang was only ten years old, so Zhen Ji, as the mother, actually regented Gamo's family.

However, Zhen Ji had great conflicts with Oka Shigemasa, the important minister of Gamo's family. In order to ensure that his son's status would not be threatened, he asked his father, Ieyasu, to punish him.Ieyasu summoned Shigemasa to Junfu City, and after an investigation, he was sentenced to death. This was a symbolic event of Zhenji's involvement in politics.

Later Shigemasa was left with very few documents, but what is certain is that the Gamo family did not reduce disputes because of Shigemasa's execution.In 1616, Zhen Ji was arranged by her father to remarry Asano Changsheng as his wife. This should probably be a political marriage, but Zhen Ji was still favored even though she was not young at that time, and she gave birth to her first son Asano Guangsheng the next year.Unfortunately, due to postpartum disorders (some say dystocia), he died shortly afterwards at the age of 37.

There is not much information that can be gleaned from these impressions.First of all, it is certain that Zhen Ji is favored by her father, otherwise, with Ieyasu as a person, he would not have directly ordered the execution of a famous minister after some investigations. More than 92 koku, but after the death of the Gamo family in Gamo's hometown, his widow Hoinin refused to become Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine, so the territory was greatly reduced from 18 koku in Aizu to [-] koku in Utsunomiya.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, because Zhenhime was the daughter of Ieyasu, the Gamo family returned to the Aizu territory again and increased to 60 koku. There are really a lot of Wan Shike.

The second is Zhenji's appearance. I won't talk about whether it is as good as Jia Feiji said, but it should not be too bad. After all, she got pregnant and gave birth soon after her two marriages. "Chuan" has to "work hard" on the surface, but there are many things to the contrary in Japan, so she probably won't be ugly.

The third is Zhen Ji's interest in political affairs. Judging from the only records, the biggest intervention she made in politics was to have her father execute Oka Shigemasa, but there are not many other records.

If you only make a general inference, then she should just be forced by the situation and had to let Oka Shigemasa die to ensure the stability of the Gamo family at that time. As for the failure to achieve the effect later, that is another matter. There are many contradictions.

As for whether Zhen Ji's political talent is insufficient, or whether she simply has limited interest in politics, it is difficult to judge for a while.Besides, Zhen Ji is only 13 years old now, unless she is also a time traveler, political talent is probably not worth mentioning.

But Gao Wushi is not interested in marrying another concubine from Japan, let alone from the Tokugawa family.Tokugawa Ieyasu's threat level in Gao Yushi's mind is not low. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies in a few years, he will be the big boss in the Japanese strategy. Join him?This operation is really not rational.

But this is from a long-term perspective. If you only look at it from the current point of view, it is actually a good move to unite Tokugawa against Toyotomi, but the subsequent impact is not very good.

Japan is not very big, and Tokugawa Ieyasu occupies 250 million shi in Kanto.However, although the Kanto is a little hip now, as long as the floods are effectively controlled, it will definitely be the core area of ​​Japan in the future. How can this area be so pragmatic that it can tolerate the occupation of the Tokugawa family?
Looking at it this way, since sooner or later he will turn his face, in order to ensure that he will not be considered as a murderer, it is obviously best not to be tied to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The Tokugawa family is not the Narita family. Although the Narita family's family status is not low, but his family is in the same city, and the original political status is also average. They are only vassals of the Hojo family.Under such circumstances, it is very easy to support the Narita family. Just giving three melons and two dates can make the Narita family grateful, so why not do it?
Well, of course "the most beautiful woman in the Eastern Kingdom" is also a bonus item.

In short, the Narita family is just one of the horse bones bought by a high-minded and pragmatic daughter, so the smaller the better.This is because the smaller the strength of his family, the easier it is to show a strong contrast in the rise after receiving the support of high pragmatism, which in turn inspires the rest of Japan's daimyos to take the initiative to throw themselves into their arms when conditions permit in the future, and honor high pragmatism Mainly.

But the size of the Tokugawa family is too big for Japan. This little brother is not easy to raise, too little investment and no movement, too much investment is not worthwhile, and eventually one day they will turn against each other.

But, since there are people in the Tokugawa family who have such an attitude, it would be a shame not to take advantage of them.At least, we should take advantage of this situation and delay the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance's support of Kanto, right? ——
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(End of this chapter)