Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1525 Shimadzu's Changing Ancestor (Part [-])
Among the reasons that prompted the Shimadzu family to suddenly say that their blood is from the "Tang Kingdom", the bad things that happened to a group of officials 40 years ago during the process of running for official positions are very important internal reasons.

It started at the end of the 18th year of Tianwen (1549). At that time, the Battle of Kurokawasaki had ended. Shimadzu Takahisa, the head of the Shimadzu family at the time, reconciled with Ganfu Kanemori and other national alliances, and fought for the history of the Shimadzu family. A rare few years of peace.In the past few years, Shimadzu Takahisa has focused his energy on improving political prestige.The most important thing to bear the brunt of this is the construction of the imperial inner city.

It turned out that four years ago, that is, in March of the 14th year of Tianwen, Shimadzu Takahisa moved his residence to Ichiuji Castle in Ijuin because Kagoshima Castle was severely damaged in the war.But obviously this is just an expedient measure. Shimadzu Takahisa's plan is to build a larger imperial inner city on the basis of the original Kagoshima Castle.

In December of the 19th year of Tianwen (1550), the Ouchi Castle was finally completed, and Takahisa Shimadzu accepted the gift of "seeing" from each of the Imperial Family, the Ouchi Congregation, and the National People in the tall castle tower of the Ouchi Castle.The ceremony was unprecedented for the Shimadzu family. The lords of the country, such as Ganfu Kanemori and Gamo Fanqing, who had always been hostile to the Shimadzu family, also attended in person and expressed their obedience to Shimadzu Takahisa. The prestige can be said to be second to none.

At this moment, Takahisa Shimadzu, looking forward to his own glory, suddenly realized that as the guardian of the three kingdoms of Sa, Yu, and Japan, he was already 38 years old (this age was not considered young in the Warring States Period of Japan), but he still had no With a dignified official position in his body, it is really a bit embarrassing.

But when he thought about the official position, he suddenly discovered that while he was busy fighting around, people from the three kingdoms of Sa, Yu, and Japan went to the capital to carry out activities. Bouncing around cheaply, they obtained official positions that they could not have obtained in the past based on their family status.

In addition to the extinct Honda Dongqin and his son who had been appointed as Kii Mamoru and Sakyo, Hinata Kunito Ito Yoshisuke was appointed as Ozen Doctor, Osumi Kunihishikari Shigeshu was appointed as Sagami Mori, and Higo Kunisa Nagyui was appointed as Daisuke Miyauchi, and even Shiyao Tanegashima, who was in a corner, served successively as Dan Zhengzhong and Zuo Jin.

What's going on, the group of people who were hanged and beaten by me are actually older than me, is there any law?
Of course, from Takahisa Shimadzu's own feelings, other people's official positions are okay to say, but the "Sagami Mamoru" who was appointed in Hishikari Shigeshu has the biggest problem, because that is what Shimadzu's Xiangzhou family has claimed in the past dynasties. Shimadzu Tadayoshi also called himself "Sagami Mori" back then.

Unexpectedly, until now, the "Sagami Shou" of Hishikari Shigeshu has been recognized by the imperial court, and it is the official genuine version, while the "Sagami Shou" of Shimadzu Tadayoshi has become a self-talking counterfeit, which is too much face off.How could he, Shimadzu Takahisa Bingxiong, endure such face-to-face slaps?

You know, in the eyes of the Shimadzu family, the people of Ito and Hishigari have always been vulgar, ignorant and uneducated Takashiro. How could they have expected that they would all go to Kyoto and the current court? Ministers of the public and ministers recited poems and composed Fu, chatted and laughed happily, and all of them were listed in the palace in purple robes and jade belts, but he, the head of the Shimadzu family without official position, looked like a country bumpkin who was out of fashion, vulgar and illiterate.

Of course, Takahisa Shimadzu couldn't swallow this breath. This is the period when he is committed to improving his political prestige, and of course he must reverse his backwardness in his official career.However, due to the chaotic and complicated history of the Shimadzu family, obtaining an official position is not as easy as Shimadzu Takahisa imagined.

Just do what you say, in the 20th year of Tianwen (1551), Shimadzu Takahisa sent Kawayama Yoshihisa, who was born in Beppu, to Kyoto.Kawayama Yoshihisa has two tasks for this business trip.

The first task was to make the Osumi Hachiman Shrine's "Goshin body" (i.e., statues of gods).The main gods enshrined in Zhenghachimangu are Emperor Yingshen and Empress Jingong, and their statues are three groups of six-body male and female gods.The statue of Zhenghachimangu Shrine was destroyed in the flames of war during the "Sanshu Great Rebellion". After Osumi was pacified, Takahisa Shimadzu and his mother made a vow to rebuild the statue of Shohachimangu Shrine.

Huashan Shanjiu went to Kyoto to find the monk Kangyun who was proficient in carving, and asked him to make the Yushen body for Zhenghachimangu.Because the gods of Shohachimangu Shrine are the emperor and empress, the production activities shocked the imperial court, and according to the imperial instructions of Emperor Nara, the production activities were carried out in the imperial palace.

After the production was completed, Emperor Go Nara issued a "Lun Order" to the Shimadzu family, and Kawayama Yoshihisa took over on his behalf, requesting that the Goshen body be sent to Ouchi for "viewing". The "Tianxia Yu Prayer" ceremony was held to pray for an early end to the war.

The Shimadzu family’s activity of producing and presenting the imperial body was actually planned by Kawayama Yoshihisa, with three main purposes:
One is that the Shimadzu family presided over the reconstruction of Osumi Hachiman Shrine, strengthening the power and status of the Shimadzu family as the guardian of the Osumi country; the other is that Ito Yoshisuke built the Great Buddha Hall in Sadohara, Hyuga Kingdom last year (1550) and built the One of the three statues of Lusana, the Shimadzu family rebuilt the Osumi Masahachimangu Palace and made the god body, which obviously meant to fight against the Ito family; third, through activities such as making the god body and viewing it, Kawayama Yoshihisa was able to communicate frequently with the court ministers Contact can gradually eliminate the influence of Honda's former relatives and establish a direct communication channel between the Shimadzu family and the imperial court.

This task is basically smooth, but Yoshihisa Kawayama has a second more important task. Needless to say, that is to seek an official position for Takahisa Shimadzu, but the progress of this task is facing a huge problem .

When Yoshihisa Kawayama was in Kyoto, he participated in a Lianka Concert on September [-]th.Attendees of the Liange Festival include former Gondai Nagon Asuka Masatsuna, Gwon Dai Nagon Yoshitsuji Jiyuan, Kanbai Konoe Tsujie's son Konoe Maeku, and Liange Shi Rimura Shoba, etc.There is no doubt that Kawayama Yoshihisa is the mastermind behind this Lienka Festival, and his purpose is nothing more than to ask Asuka Masatsuna and others to present Shimadzu Takahisa's intentions to the court on his behalf.

However, the problem can be seen from this list: at that time, the Kanbai Konoe Tsuke family, who had the most say in the imperial court and had a close relationship with the Shimadzu family, did not attend this Liangehui.

This is because the Konoe family supported the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu and opposed the power minister Miyoshi Changqing. When Ashikaga Yoshiharu fled to Omi for refuge, the Konoe family also left Beijing for Omi, so Kawayama Yoshihisa came to Beijing this time. The timing was unlucky, and Konoe Tsukie was not able to meet.However, Asuka Masatsuna and others were cautious and did not dare to give people the imperial treasures without authorization, so the matter of seeking an official could only be put on hold for the time being.

Although Kawayama Yoshihisa failed to seek an official for Shimadzu Takahisa, it was not without success.Through communication with Asuka Masatsuna and others, Kawayama Yoshihisa learned about the imperial court's concerns about granting Shimadzu Takahisa an official position.

That is, the hereditary post of repair doctor in the main clan of the Shimadzu family had previously been awarded to Katsuhisa Shimadzu of the Oshu family (that is, the main clan at the time).In other words, if Takahisa Shimadzu is to be awarded the repair doctor, Katsuhisa Shimadzu should first resign from the position.However, Katsuhisa Shimadzu was not at fault, and the court was inconvenient to remove him from his official position without reason.

At this time, Shimadzu Katsuhisa was in Bungo, and under the protection of Otomo Yoshikami, he seemed to have retired.However, he refused to cooperate with his former adopted son Takahisa Shimadzu, and resolutely refused to hand over the post of repair doctor.Shimadzu Takahisa had to spend a lot of effort in order to persuade this stubborn old man.

In the first month of the 21st year of Tenmon (1552), Takahisa Shimadzu received the news that under the mediation of Yoshihide Rokkaku, the guardian of Minami Omi, the general Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Miyoshi Chokei reached a settlement, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Konoe Tsuke's family returned to Kyoto.

After learning that Konoe Tsuke's family had returned to Beijing, Takahisa Shimadzu couldn't wait to send envoys to Kyoto again to start activities.This time, Takahisa Shimadzu sent the candidate Shikiyo Koichi, a retainer of Shiyao Tanegashima.

Why did you choose Tanegashima Shiyao's retainers?Because the Tanegashima family and the Konoe family also have a lot of connections.

Although the Tanegashima family is indeed the "Takaro" who lived on a small island in southern Kyushu for generations, this family made a fortune in trade with Ming Dynasty and Ryukyu trade (Ryukyu is actually a transit point for trade between Japan and Ming Dynasty). Certain economic strength.

As early as the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty (1497), Tanegashima Shiyao’s grandfather, Tanegashima Tadashi, met by chance when he was traveling in Kyoto. Tanegashima Tadatoki was rich and powerful, and spent huge sums of money to help Master Nissei rebuild the Honnoji Temple that was destroyed by the war.

Just like one of the reasons why the high-practical people are very popular, even the royal family can't refuse to be friends with local tyrants. Venerable Nichijo praised Tanegashima Tadashi as a "powerful Tan family".The Konoe family is also a devout congregation of the Honnoji Temple. Through the relationship of Master Nichijo, Tadajima established a relationship with the Konoe family. This is why the Tanegashima family was able to be appointed by the imperial court as Dan Zhengzhong and Zuo Jin. .

However, Tanegashima Shiyao at this time was busy with the mass production of iron cannons and the improvement of iron cannon tactics, and was unable to go to Kyoto in person.So he sent his old Guichi Shiqing as an envoy. Gushi Shiqing was proficient in literature, waka, and excellent eloquence. He was a very suitable candidate for the liaison work with the court.

From Tanegashima to Kyoto, the shortest route is to enter the Seto Inland Sea by sea, and arrive at Kyoto from Kinai Street after disembarking at Sakai Port.But Guichi Shiqing did not go this way. He first went to Kagoshima to meet Takahisa Shimadzu, and then took the sea to Bungo, and went to the inner city of Otomo Home City to ask Otomo Zonglin.

Furuichi Shikiyoshi's intention is obvious, he came for Katsuhisa Shimadzu.Gushi Shiqing arrived in Bungho in March and presented horses, armor, swords, books, and "Nanban small gun barrels" to Otomo Zonglin, which are pistols made in Portugal.

At that time, it was not long before the iron cannons came to Japan, and the number of iron cannons in the hands of the big names was limited and very precious.Takahisa Shimadzu's willingness to present such a precious "killer weapon" as a gift to others is completely costly. From this, it can be seen that Takahisa Shimadzu's desire to obtain an official position is already very urgent.

At this time, although the Otomo family and the Shimadzu family were in the same Kyushu island, there was no direct conflict of interest. In addition, the heavy gift presented by Gushi Shiqing showed the sincerity of Shimadzu Takahisa and the Otomo family's harmony. The Jin family's request was agreed.

Finally, under the pressure of Otomo Zonglin, Furuichi Shiqing obtained the statement of resignation from the post of repair doctor signed by Shimadzu Katsuhisa without much effort.

Leaving Otomo's house, Gushi Shiqing went straight to Kyoto.On June [-] of that year, after the activities of Konoe Tsuke's family, the imperial court issued an imperial edict, and Takahisa Shimadzu was appointed as a doctor of repairs from five subordinates.

Three days later, on June [-]th, Konoe Tsukiya brought Gushi Shiqing into the palace to thank him.Since Gushi Shiqing had no official position and could not go to the palace, the Konoe family played on his behalf. The Shimadzu family dedicated a thousand pieces of Yongle money (Daming Yongle Tongbao, Japan's hard currency) to the court, as well as a batch of horses and swords. , tea utensils, as an "imperial gift" to thank the official.

Gushi Shiqing returned to Kagoshima City with the edict of the imperial court appointing an official position (the part of the imperial edict that was read out to the parties was issued to the parties as a certificate of appointment, which is equivalent to China's "reporting", that is, a letter of appointment), Announced the appointment of Takahisa Shimadzu by the imperial court as repair doctor to people in the Shimadzu territory.

This move is of great significance: because almost at the same time, Shimadzu Takahisa's younger brother, Shimizu Castle General Fanshima Tsuchu, who was in charge of ruling the northern part of the Osumi Kingdom, and the "Zhiyindian" of the Osumi Kingdom's Zhenghachimangu Shrine stayed behind, and Kajiki Castle Lord Ganfu Kanemori, Tarumizu castle lord Ijichi Shigeuki, Kawayama Yoshihisa's son Kawayama Tadabu and others exchanged "deeds" at Shohachiman Shrine and swore allegiance to Shimadzu Takahisa.

In the "Deed", Shimadzu Takahisa is called "Royal House Shape" - this is pronounced "おやかたさま", according to this pronunciation can also be written as "Yujiafang", "Yuguan", "Dadian", "Qin Fang 様", of course, the above "様" all mean "lord" in the final analysis.

Ganfu Kanemori and other nationalities honored Shimadzu Takahisa as "Lord", which was the first time since the "Three Prefectures Rebellion".This shows that after Takahisa Shimadzu took office as a repair doctor, he was regarded as a complete successor to the main family, so he was able to enjoy the special title "Lord" for the head of the main family.

This also means that the hearts of the people in Shimadzu's territory have been concentrated on Shimadzu Takahisa, and it will be more justifiable to carry out the struggle to quell the Three Kingdoms in the future.

Takahisa Shimadzu is honored as "Lord", which shows that the people of the country recognize his status as the head and guardian of the clan, but it does not mean that the people of the country will bow to him from then on.What's more, there are still many nationals, such as Qi Dayuan, Lingjiai, Gamo, etc., who are not among the nationals who honor Shimadzu Takahisa as "Lord". Shimadzu still has a lot to convince them something to do.

Since then, Takahisa Shimadzu has been working on these matters, so I won’t go into details.In short, in the end, the Shimadzu family still took advantage of the opportunity of Nobunaga's rise to disturb the world, and after the Honnoji change, Hashiba Hideyoshi pacified Akechi Mitsuhide and competed with Shibata Katsuie, and began to unify Kyushu by force.

And when Hashiba Hideyoshi transformed into Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Shimadzu family firmly believed that their own strength was the most important thing.

Although after Hideyoshi's conquest of Kyushu, the Shimadzu family's strength declined greatly, and even almost perished in the eyes of outsiders, but when the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance began to support them, the Shimadzu family immediately smelled new opportunities.

At the beginning, the Shimadzu family only planned to use the power of the Sea Trade Alliance to stabilize the vassal regime and restore its strength, but not long ago, the shocking news came that the Sea Trade Alliance's naval and military forces had smashed the "Southern Barbarians", which made the Shimadzu family's attitude change instantly. Take a U-turn.

According to the news that the Shimadzu family had previously learned from the trade with the "Nanban", the Philippines occupied by the Nanban was almost the same size as Japan (at this time, Japan actually controlled only a small part of the southern coast of Hokkaido, and Hokkaido was generally not counted as official territory, and the rest About the same size as the Philippines), and the Maritime Trade Alliance swept all the way after the victory in Manila, how amazing is that?

In addition, because of the cooperative relationship, the Shimadzu family also learned of Jinghua's huge power in southern Xinjiang, and the population under its rule is larger than that of the entire Japan.So the Shimadzu family thought that as long as they hugged Jinghua's thigh firmly, they would not need to worry about Hideyoshi's suppression in the future.

Moreover, Shimadzu Yoshihisa, who had abdicated after Hideyoshi's "Kyushu Conquest" but still held the real power, insisted that Jinghua's support of the main family was definitely not only for commercial interests.

The main reason for his judgment was that Jinghua established the Beiyang Maritime Trade Union General Chamber of Commerce in Japan in the crystal building in Qingshui City.If Jinghua is only acting out of commercial interests, then even if the General Chamber of Commerce is not located in Osaka, it should be located in a place like Sakai Ting.

There is only one reason why Jinghua, the general chamber of commerce, is not located in the central area and the most prosperous commercial area in Japan, that is, Jinghua believes that they will be in a hostile position with the Toyotomi family sooner or later, so the general chamber of commerce cannot be established in Hideyoshi's On the site!
There is no need to elaborate on how the Shimadzu family disputed this matter, but the two powerful figures—the so-called former and current head of the Shimadzu family’s “two-house system” at this time—both supported following the Maritime Trade Alliance.

The former Patriarch Shimadzu Yoshihisa believes that following the Maritime Trade Alliance will not only make huge profits now, but also more likely to get a share of the pie in the future. If he performs well, there is a good chance to realize the ambition of the Shimadzu family to unify Kyushu in the future.

The current patriarch, Shimadzu Yoshihiro, who holds the real power of the Shimadzu family's military, is even more coveted by Jinghua's military power and even weapons production capacity, and is eager for Jinghua to help him improve the Shimadzu family's military strength.After the Kyushu strategy of the Shimadzu family failed due to Hideyoshi's Kyushu conquest, Yoshihiro Shimadzu's greatest wish was to defeat the Toyotomi family one day and get back this place.

The two not only joined forces to suppress the voice of opposition at home, but also carried forward the characteristic Japanese style: betting on the luck of the country!Change the family origin and completely fall to the Sea Trade Alliance!
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