Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1909 Returning to Japan ([-]) Changing the Court
"But father, whether it's Tokugawa Ieyasu or Shimadzu Yoshihisa..." Kuroda Nagamasa took a deep breath and said, "If you become the world's people with the support of Tang people, who in Japan will be convinced?"

"Convinced? Is this important?" Kuroda Rushui sneered: "Let me ask you, is Tokugawa Ieyasu really convinced of His Highness Taiko? But even if he is not convinced, it will affect his public expression like His Highness Taiko Allegiance?"

"This... these two things are not the same." Kuroda Nagamasa was momentarily at a loss for words.

"What's the difference? This is the same reason!" Kuroda Rushui taught: "In the face of absolute strength advantages, 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 Shimadzu Yoshihisa think... Hehe, what do you think they can think?They were able to submit to His Royal Highness Taige back then, but now there is someone stronger than His Highness Taige standing in front of them, do they dare not to submit to him?What a joke! "

Kuroda Nagamasa's eyes gradually lost their luster, and he said blankly: "If this is the case, what will our Kuroda family do?"

Kuroda Rushui was silent for a moment, then said slowly but firmly: "I am an old minister under His Highness Taige, and I don't plan to leave the Lord again in this life."

"Father!" Kuroda Nagamasa was taken aback, thinking that his father was planning to die loyally for Taige, he hurriedly said: "The Kuroda family and the child cannot do without your guidance!"

"I didn't say that I would go with His Highness Taige." Kuroda Rushui calmly seemed to be saying something that had nothing to do with him: "I have already been ordered by His Highness Taige to become a monk, and the monks naturally have nothing to do. I should find a secluded place Let the barren mountains rest in peace and pray for the blessings of the world."

That's it, Kuroda Nagamasa breathed a sigh of relief.It's okay to become a monk, and it doesn't matter if you cultivate latently, as long as you don't give your allegiance to His Royal Highness Taige.As long as the mortals are still there, it is not a problem to ask for advice.

However, Kuroda Nagamasa immediately remembered that there were more important matters, and hurriedly asked: "What should the child and the Kuroda family do?"

Kuroda Rushui was surprised and said: "What can you do? Lead the Kuroda family to continue to fight against the Ming army, and then let the 14 stones of Nakatsu be reduced to ashes? You have to be loyal to His Royal Highness, drag the people of Fengzen into the flames of war, and let Were they killed by the extremely powerful Ming army?"

"Father's words are true, but after all, Fengqian Kingdom was given by Taige..."

"His Highness Taiko bestowed me with the Bungzen Kingdom, and the reason is that I have contributed to His Highness's great cause." Kuroda Rushui said lightly: "But His Highness ordered me to become a monk, which means that the former The kindness and credit have all been offset. As for you, your 14 stones in Fengqian were left to you by your father, so what have you got to do with His Royal Highness?"

This statement couldn't be more clear, and Kuroda Nagamasa didn't want to care whether it was right or not, at least he knew that this was the best way out for the Kuroda family from the perspective of profit, so he was relieved again after hearing it.

However, Kuroda Nagamasa soon became a little resentful, saying: "But father, it is too much to let us Kuroda family be subordinate to the Shimadzu family! His Shimadzu family is just a country bumpkin on the border of the Western Kingdom, so why should he oppress us? Kuroda, a famous Himeji family? I'm not convinced!"

Kuroda Nagamasa's words are not aimless. Japan has had all kinds of contempt chains since ancient times, from family status to geography, all aspects are indispensable.

For example, Kanto was a frontier in ancient Japan. After entering the samurai era, it got better, but the progress was limited. In history, it was not until Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Edo Shogunate that a new era of Japan with Edo as the center was formed.After the Meiji Restoration, "Tokyo" was born, and then the Tokyo metropolitan area was formed, and Kanto became a first-class area.

Before that, "Kansai" was the core area of ​​Japan, and the representative of pride and xenophobia in the Kansai area would be Kyoto first.

As the place where Asuka went to the capital of Japan during the Muromachi shogunate era - Heian-kyo (the Japanese call it Xiaochang'an), the people of Kyoto have always flaunted their noble blood, after all, they are "people with the roots of the imperial city".

In Japan during this period, Kyoto's status was equivalent to Chang'an and Luoyang in China, that is, the eastern and western capitals of the Tang Dynasty.Even when the Edo period began to decline, the people of Kyoto still have their own arrogance.

In Japan before the Edo period, Kyoto culture was a master of the fields of ancient Japanese culture, painting, literature and economy. In modern terms, it has a lot of "cultural heritage".

At this time, the Warring States period has just ended, and the chain of contempt is still very strong. Generally speaking, it is a chain of contempt scattered around the center of Kyoto.On the west side, Kyoto despises Osaka, Osaka despises Kinki, Kinki despises Chubu, China (Sanyin Sanyang), and these two despise Shikoku, Kanto, Tohoku and Kyushu.

In other words, Kyushu Island is the bottom of Japan's regional contempt chain, and the Shimadzu Satsuma clan at the southernmost tip of Kyushu Island, needless to say, is of course the bottom of the bottom, and it belongs to the lower end. The ghost place that went directly to the underworld is probably not much better than Ezo (Hokkaido).

And what kind of personality and background did the Kuroda family have?Kuroda Rumizu's father is Shitaka Kuroda, the lord of Himeji Castle in Harima Kingdom, his mother is the adopted daughter of Kodera, the lord of the imperial castle, and his wife is the daughter of Isada Kushibashi. It can be said that the whole family is a master of the castellan level.

The 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 big city. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi became a general under the command of Oda Nobunaga, he was ordered to attack the Mori family. At that time, the city he lived in was Himeji Castle, so there was a lot of construction work, which made the status of Himeji Castle even more important. .Incidentally, it was during this period that Kuroda Josui joined Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

All in all, when facing the Shimadzu family, the Kuroda family considered themselves urbanites and the Shimadzu family as countrymen, although theoretically the Kuroda family’s strength as a castellan was compared to the two countries (Satsuma, Okuma, In fact, there is still a part of Hinata) Shimadzu's family is much worse, but they can't stand their high spirits.

This is like in a certain period of time in China in later generations, artists from Hong Kong, regardless of their status, will always rank at the top when they appear together with mainland artists.When did this situation change?After the mainland's economic level has improved significantly, the country's image is getting better and better, and its international status is getting higher and higher.

The current Shimadzu family has actually improved a lot economically, mainly due to the glass industry.As a highly pragmatic and tailor-made characteristic industry for the Shimadzu family, the Shimadzu family now relies on glass product processing, and its financial income has increased significantly compared to ten years ago-of course, it also owes Jinghua a lot of money.

However, limited by the times, this improvement is not fully known to the whole of Japan, so people in other places still have the mentality of looking at the Shimadzu family now.

Faced with his son's dissatisfaction, Kuroda Rushui did not answer immediately, but thought deeply.After a long time, he said: "There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty: what happens is up to God, and people plan things. Under the current situation, opposing Gao Nanning's proposal is tantamount to asking for death. No matter what the Kuroda family's ambitions are, they must first ensure that I can continue the family name.

Han Xin can bear the humiliation of the crotch, so you can't bear to call Shimadzu Yoshihisa a lord?What's more, I'm afraid it won't take you long to call the lord. "

Kuroda Nagamasa asked in surprise, "What do you mean by father's words?"

"Although I don't know how many powerful names Gao Nanning has won over in Japan, the Narita family is watching by the Tokugawa family, so shouldn't there be a family watching by the Shimadzu family? Now Gao Nanning asked me The Kuroda family is subordinate to the Shimadzu family, and on the surface it strengthens the Shimadzu family, but in fact, I’m afraid it’s not like placing a pawn beside the Shimadzu family to contain them.”

"Chess pieces?" Kuroda Nagamasa frowned, and seemed to dislike this position very much.

However, Kuroda Rushui was very appreciative, squinting at his son, and said, "What's wrong with the chess piece? In the eyes of Gao Nanning, 14 shi from Fengqian can be a good chess piece. Don't you think you can become a chess player?" man of?"

Kuroda Nagamasa thought that the main combat power of the Japanese navy had been overwhelmed by the first battle of Gao Yushi (this is a misunderstanding, although the Japanese navy lost a lot, it is obviously not enough to completely collapse), and the strength of the Ming army is beyond doubt , and even the Sea Trade Alliance alone is far from being able to hold a candle to the Kuroda family.So father said that the Kuroda family is just a pawn, it seems not so harsh.

Kuroda Nagamasa sighed slightly, but nodded again: "Okay, the pawns are the pawns, but since my father emphasizes that it is up to people to plan things, I think there must be some pointers, please clarify."

"Since you have decided to surrender, you must do it thoroughly, and let your lord know two things about you." Kuroda Rushui said lightly.

Kuroda Nagamasa sincerely asked for advice: "The child is stupid, I don't know what two points it is, I ask my father to enlighten me."

"As a subject, what are the two important points for the lord? It is nothing more than loyalty and competence. What you have to do is to embody these two values ​​at any time, any place, and in any event."

"Father, do you mean Shimadzu or..."

"How could it be Shimadzu? Naturally, it's Gao Nanning." Kuroda Rushui snorted softly, "How can Shimadzu Ho De deserve the loyalty of my Kuroda family! My Kuroda Rushui is loyal to the former Guanbai and today's Taige, Naturally, the one you will pledge your allegiance to in the future should be No. 1 in Japan—he will not be Tokugawa Ieyasu, let alone Shimadzu Yoshihisa, only Gao Nanning will be the real authority behind that 'man of the world'! "

If the allegiance was not to Shimadzu Yoshihisa but to "Tang Prime Minister" Gao Nanning, Kuroda Nagamasa's resistance would no longer exist.He breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Father's words are absolutely true, the Kuroda family will either never change their family, if they want to change...then it must be the one with the most authority!"

Kuroda Rushui nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Since you agree, then go and reply to Gao Nanning."

"Yes, father, my son will send someone to Sacheon." Kuroda Nagamasa immediately agreed.

However, Kuroda Rushui glared at him: "Have you forgotten what I just said? You didn't send someone to go, you went there yourself!"

"Ah, yes, yes, thank you father for reminding me, my son will go to meet Gao...meet the lord in person."
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