Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1514 Giving

At noon the next day, during the lunch break of the yamen, Gao Yushi returned to his house from the household department to "parade" in the courtyard.

What he was looking at was not the soldiers of the imperial court, nor even his own servants' personal guards, but the descendants of the barbarians—the three hundred descendants of the barbarians brought back by Liu Xin from southern Xinjiang.

Liu Xin herself has always had military power, but her military power has a special origin, and the current situation is also more complicated.

At the beginning, she didn't have any "military power", only these barbarians were given to her by her father Liu Xian as guards, and they were her guards.The reason for giving her this group of people is that she has always been unwilling to marry, and ran all over the world to raise money for the Liu family's adoptive family members. Therefore, Liu Xian pulled out these 3000 people from the more than 300 Japanese barbarians at that time. Bring it to her.

After the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, Liu Xin led the army alone to fight with Huang Zhiting. At that time, besides her own 300 soldiers, there was also a part borrowed from her brother Liu Ting. The number was of course Much more than her 300.

But then because Na Lixuan was blown up in the First World War, Huang Zhiting generously asked her to choose soldiers from the surrendered troops, which caused Liu Xin's power to suddenly swell. At that time, Liu Xin sent Liu Ting about five thousand surrendered troops, Due to limited financial resources, only two thousand were selected and accepted.

Afterwards, after fighting against the rebellion in Siam and other wars, in the end Liu Xin returned nearly [-] direct descendants after Liu Xin lent her back the surrendered barbarians.But at this time, Liu Ting was worried that his sister didn't have enough loyal and elite soldiers, so he gave her another three hundred Jiangwoyi soldiers—this time he didn't borrow them, but gave them directly to her.

Liu Xin's handling at that time could be considered as a reference to the highly pragmatic approach. She divided the 300 soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese into two parts. Among them, her original [-] guards were scattered and placed among the [-] direct line troops to lead the troops. The [-] people donated by her brother were brought by her side to replace the guards.

Liu Xin’s three thousand Liu Jiajun were said to be “Liu Jiajun”, but they had nothing to do with Liu Ting’s troops, nor were they included in the ranks of the Ming army, nor did they receive a penny of Ming’s military pay, and they didn’t even need Liu Ting to pay for it. .

These 3000 people are now receiving Huang Zhiting's money—not Jinghua's money, but Huang Zhiting's own.Because of this, this group of people is now staying in Dingnan, and Liu Xin also handed over the command to Huang Zhiting.To some extent, their current nature can be regarded as mercenaries recruited by Huang Zhiting herself.

And when Liu Xin came to Beijing from the north, she only brought [-] Jiangwoyi Ding as guards, and these [-] guards usually stayed at Jianxinzhai and Baiyulou.After the discussion between Gao Wushi and Liu Xin last night, Liu Xin sent someone to inform them to go to the city in batches in the early morning of this morning, and came to Shangshu Gaofu to gather for reading.

In fact, there is nothing to read, the fighting power of the Japanese soldiers does not need to be displayed through military parades, so Gao Yushi just looked at them at random, and then ordered fifty "real Japanese" to be selected.

Although Jiangwoyi Ding has been with the Liu family for a long time and has long been dressed and dressed as Han people, the characteristic of these 50 people is that they are highly pragmatic and can be seen at a glance from their appearance, temperament and action details. Their identity as "true Japanese".

To put it simply, Japanese characteristics are very distinctive.

At this moment, the 50 people were divided into five rows, standing in front of Gao Yushi, Liu Xin, and Gao Mo, like a pole.They didn't know what to do next, but as Jiangwoyiding who had already become accustomed to going through life and death, they didn't care about the next task.

Perhaps, even if the eldest lady asked them to enter the Forbidden City the next moment, they would not be surprised, let alone question and resist.

In the Liu family army, because of their special status, although their treatment is good, the punishment is also the most severe. Their treatment and even the guarantee of survival, there are only four words: obey orders and work hard.

Apart from this, there is nothing else.

However, even these descendants who have long put life and death aside, their eyes widened in surprise at the same time after hearing Gao Yushi's words, because Gao Yushi immediately said: "Congratulations, everyone, I will be back soon. The motherland, Japan."

However, although these words surprised the fifty "true Japanese", this surprise was not a surprise, but a panic.

Back to Japan?We are all pirates in Japan, if you send us to Japan, don’t you send us to die?
All eyes focused on Liu Xin's face.This young lady who they watched and grew up with is really going to send herself to die?
Liu Xin smiled, and followed Gao Pragmatic's words with comforting words: "Don't be afraid, you are not going back this time as pirates, let alone as criminals—the senior executives will arrange all kinds of suitable activities for you. status, and guarantee that after you return to Japan, you can become masters at the fastest speed."

A short, stocky Yiding leader who was nearly forty years old asked: "Miss, what... are we asking for?"

Before Liu Xin answered, Gao Wushi asked, "What's your name?"

The leader of Yiding obviously knew Gao Yushi's identity and his relationship with Liu Xin very well. Hearing this, he immediately bowed and said, "Returning to Master Gao, the younger one is called Liu Sanwu."

"Oh, I'm asking about your Japanese name." Gao Wushi knew at the first glance that "Liu Sanwu" must be a numbered name caused by Liu Xian's receiving too many barbarians back then. Pretty old and useless.

The leader of Yi Ding bowed again, and replied: "The little one doesn't have Miao characters in Japan, but only a small name, called Kokuro."

"Miaozi?" Gao Wushi was obviously taken aback for a moment, and almost blurted out the sentence "What is Miaozi?"Liu Xin next to him saw the opportunity quickly, pulled him, and whispered: "Come here, I will tell you."

Gao Wushi guessed that she might not want to make a fool of herself in front of her subordinates. Although she felt that this was not a shame, he still followed her wishes and walked aside to listen to her explanation.

The explanation this time was not easy. Liu Xin told Gao Wushi all about the Japanese names she had heard from the descendants of the barbarians when she was a child.

It turns out that there are actually three ways of "surname" in Japan at this time, namely "surname", "surname", and "miao character".Among them, shi (ウジ) has the longest history and the most historical origin, symbolizing the blood source.Generally, it is the earliest surname bestowed by the emperor, such as Izumo, Genji, Hira, Fujiwara, Tachibana, etc., which are usually regarded as the most honorable "surnames".

However, their "surname" (かばね) in the conventional sense and the "surname" in Chinese have different meanings. In Japan, it refers to a person, which is a level. Eight-color surnames", that is, real people, courtiers, sumi, etc., each surname has a different corresponding status.

For example, "real people" are only the descendants of the emperor, and "courtiers" are the highest rank among the courtiers. Since the Minamoto and Ping clans are descended from the descendants of the emperor, they are the highest among the courtiers, so they are often called courtiers. (Note: After the Ping'an Dynasty, the courtiers were also used as honorific titles for more than three ministers). As for the time when the "surname" appeared, it was probably before the reform of Dahua.

The "Miao character" mentioned by Xiao Jiulang just now appeared in the Heian Dynasty, and it is actually the name of the separation.For example, Ashikaga and Tokugawa, this has nothing to do with the bestowal of the emperor.

Therefore, a complete Japanese name at this time is surname + surname + Miao character + word or common name + first name (taboo).Liu Xin told Gao Wushi that the full name of Tokugawa Ieyasu, as the two of them usually say, is "Ieyasu Tokugawa Jiro Saburo, the court official of the source" - the "Jiro Saburo" here is a generic name, which means that the head of the family is Jiro, and Ieyasu was Jiro's third child.

Is it troublesome?Of course it's troublesome, but sometimes it's even more troublesome because the order is reversed.For example, when the two of them talked, they said "Oda Nobunaga", in fact, it should be "Oda Danzhengchu, the courtier Nobunaga" - Hirashi, Tanzhengchu is a common name, Oda is Miao, and Nobunaga is a name. Courtiers are surnames.

Speaking of this, Liu Xin told Gao Wushi that most of the Japanese civilians do not have surnames in a broad sense now, and they were asked to take them by themselves after the Meiji Restoration. The specific time should be the eighth year of Meiji (1875 year).

At that time, what was the name of the decree that allowed Japanese civilians to take surnames?In fact, it is called "Common Miao Characters Must Call Order", that is to say, what is regarded as a "surname" in later generations is actually the "Miao character" mentioned by Xiao Jiulang just now.

Han people also had "shi" long ago, but it was simplified later (I won't go into details about this), so Gao Wushi immediately understood the current situation in Japan after Liu Xin explained it.

But he still asked Liu Xin: "Then if we want people like Xiao Jiulang to return to Japan and get mixed up in... certain important positions, they must have a surname—or Miao character, after all, not everyone Everyone can have the same fate as Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

"This is easy to handle, and the superiors can bestow it." Liu Xin said: "You can not only give them Miao characters, but also give them Tong characters and partial taboos."

Gao Wushi was silent for a while, and said helplessly, "What are these common characters and partial taboos?"

"Well, I have to tell you first that Japanese taboos are different from Chinese Confucian taboos. What we said just now are 'surnames', while Japanese names... After careful study, they are composed of 'Tongzi' and 'Tongzi'. Partial taboo', in which Tong characters do not need to be avoided, but partial taboos need to be avoided.

This "tong character" is generally a tradition handed down by the family, which is somewhat similar to the Chinese "pai name" (that is, the word used to express the seniority in a big family), just like the sixth house of your Gao family to your generation, The word '往' in the middle of the name is the same, which can be roughly said to be '通字' in Japan.

As for the 'prejudice', it actually represents that person's name.Assuming that your name is placed in Japan, then 'wu' is a common character, and 'shi' is a taboo.If you need to avoid taboos when addressing you, you only need to avoid the word 'real', and don't worry about the word 'business'.

However, giving the surname is a special exception in the taboo.The way of giving surnames in Japan is generally that the superiors use their own taboos to give the inferiors as common characters, which is equivalent to changing the family traditions of the subordinates. This behavior is called "following the wishes of the venerable", so there is no need Taboo, but also a common phenomenon.

Let me give you an example, such as Uesugi Kenshin, his official name has been called Jinghu, Zhenghu, Huihu, etc., and "Jing" was originally the common character of his Nagao family, but later because of Uesugi Constitution's surname and taboo The word "politics" was changed to Uesugi Masatora.But later, Ashikaga Yoshiki had a higher status than Uesugi's constitutional government, so he used his own taboo to replace the word "政" when giving the surname, and Uesugi Kenshin changed his name to "Huihu" from then on.

And if the high-ranking person bestows Tongzi to the low-ranking person, then this kind of grace will be even more special. It means... a bit like "I treat you as a family member", such as Okping Zhenchang, who was given by Oda Nobunaga Thanks to Tongzi, it was renamed Aoping Xinchang.Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu paid more attention to this person, and married his daughter to him. "

Gao Wushi let out a long "oh", thought for a while, and said, "Then the fifty people this time, don't they all have Miao characters?"

Liu Xin said: "There may be a few, because some of the descendants were low-level warriors, and they had to become pirates after the defeat of the main family. But most of them must not have Miao characters, you have to give them."

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment: "Why did I bestow it on them, they are your subordinates, shouldn't you bestow them the Miao character?"

"Of course I can give it, but didn't I mention the example of Uesugi Kenshin just now? Ashikaga Yoshiki's status is higher than Uesugi Kensei's, so his gift has more status." Liu Xin spread her hands: "I am a girl. , In the Ming court, there is not even an official position, so whether I give them Miao characters or Tong characters, it is not considered honorable, so it doesn’t matter if I give them or not, it’s better to let them get one themselves.”

"Oh... I see." Gao Wushi nodded, but frowned a little: "The Miao character, can you take it at will?"

"You can say 'whatever' you want, but I suggest you give some consideration to the style of Japanese Miao characters, lest they hang out in Japan with a Chinese surname, and even a fool will know that there is something wrong."

Gao Wushi smiled, turned around and walked back to Xiao Jiulang, and said loudly to all the selected descendants: "Just now, your lord, Ms. Liu, won an honor for you. Please let me serve as the prince of Ming Dynasty, Taishi, Hubu In the name of Shangshu, I will give you new Miao characters, Tong characters and even taboo characters."

Contrary to Gao Yushi's expectation, the eyes of the fifty exiled barbarians suddenly became blazing, and even the ups and downs of their chests suddenly became obvious.Even so, none of them yelled loudly, but all of them puffed out their chests and belly, trying to make themselves look more mighty and energetic.

Gao Wushi glanced at Liu Xin, and Liu Xin raised her chin slightly, quite pleased with herself.Gao Wushi smiled, turned to Xiao Jiulang and said, "Then, let's start with you."

Xiao Jiulang quickly knelt down and said loudly: "Thank you Gao Situ for your kindness, the villain Sansheng III is grateful!"

Gao Wushi didn't help him up, but asked gently: "Where were you born, and what outstanding scenery is there in your home or nearby?"

"Back to Gao Situ, the villain was born in Songye City, and there is a Longze Temple on the nearby mountain, but it is not the Longze Temple in Mishima."

Gao Wushi didn't even know where Songye City was, let alone that there were two more "Longze Temple".Liu Xin turned her head slightly, and whispered: "I don't know where the Ryuzeji Temple he mentioned is, but Matsuba Castle should be in the west of Shikoku Island. The nearby mountains he mentioned may be Kasatori Mountain in the Tengu Plateau or Mt. Tateyama."

Gao Wushi nodded slightly, and said: "In this case, I give you the word Longze for Miao, and the word Tongshi. Your nickname was originally Xiaojiulang. "Shuowen Jiezi" said: "Nine, the change of yang. It's like its bending. The shape.'So I give you partial taboo yang."

"Longze Shiyang..." Xiao Jiulang was overjoyed, trembling all over, prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowed several times, and said loudly, "Longze Shiyang, thank you Gao Situ for his grace!"

Gao Wushi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Get up." Then he looked around at the crowd: "The next one will come forward and be rewarded."
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