Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1538 A Game of Chess in the Far East ([-])
In the high-practical statement, Liu Xin learned that the nature of the Battle of Sekigahara was actually a war that broke out due to internal strife in the Toyotomi family. There was internal strife between the supported Omi Eunuch faction, and the conflict that broke out between them was used by the five elders, and this use was nominally a war for the next generation of the Toyotomi family.

At that time, Gao Yushi made it clear that the nature of the war was at least in the eyes of the Japanese at the time, and that it was not one of the eastern and western armies who jumped out to rebel against Toyotomi's family, because both armies were fighting for Toyotomi's allegiance. banner.

As the only person who could represent the Toyotomi family at that time, Toyotomi Hideyori was younger than Zhu Yijun when he came to the throne. What kind of political stand can he expect?
In the original history, Gao Gong sighed, "How can the ten-year-old emperor rule the world", the original intention is obviously to ask the cabinet and courtiers to take responsibility, because the power to "rule the world" is now entrusted to me by the Daxing Emperor.

As a result, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao deliberately distorted it, making the two palaces and the little emperor think that Gao Gong's words meant to replace him, and then ruined his political life.

This story tells us that the political ability of orphans and widows is generally unreliable.

For the Toyotomi family, both the Eastern and Western armies are in the bureau, and they are all my retainers. How can I interfere?Doesn't it matter if I help anyone?
Therefore, the Battle of Sekihara is not a war that marks the replacement of the Toyotomi family by the Tokugawa family as the next generation of rulers of Japan.If there is an event that marks the official replacement of the Toyotomi family by the Tokugawa family, then this event can only be the succession of Tokugawa Hidetada as the second general.

General Conquering Yi was originally a temporary official position established for the crusade against the Ainu (Ezo).As for the position of general, only when the hereditary system is determined can it mark the establishment of a new regime.

Since Tokugawa Hidetada became the second general, the survivors of the Toyotomi family can only fight to preserve the family name of the Toyotomi family, and the death of Kato Kiyomasa, the last powerful faction of the Toyotomi family, also marks the Tokugawa family's respect for the remaining members of the Toyotomi family. After the clean-up of the forces is completed, the Osaka Winter and Summer Battles are just a matter of course.

Why do you say that the five elders took advantage of this conflict within the Toyotomi family?This has something to do with the Toyotomi family's way of calming down the world that Gao Wushi has emphasized in front of her many times.

Among the powerful separatist forces in the past, the power of Nagamune, Shimadzu, and Date has been weakened; Oda, Shibata, and Hojo have been eliminated; these forces have completely withdrawn from the game, and the situation of the five elders is different. same.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is a transfer: Although it is an increase, it has left the homeland and the easy-to-defend Tokaido and Kai.

On the contrary, Gao Yushi did a science popularization for Liu Xin, a professional, and told Liu Xin that the Kanto Plain in Japan at that time was not actually a land of abundance, but a virgin land with many river networks and swamps.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu is really a generation of outstanding figures in Japan. He led his subordinates to develop Kanto, and turned the bomb that Toyotomi Hideyoshi forced into his hands into a magic, and turned it into a powerful force of millions of stones.

In addition, during the war of aggression against Korea, the Tokugawa family did not send troops, which preserved their vitality.After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, he ranked first among the five elders, and his paper strength is undoubtedly No.1.

Uesugi Jingsheng also changed the title: from Echigo to Aizu, the strength on paper has also been greatly strengthened.Before the relocation, the Uesugi family had long lost the glory of the "Dragon of Echigo" Uesugi Kenshin, and the land of Echigo was lost.

Fortunately, Jing Sheng and Naoe Kanatsugu were good at speculation, and they took refuge in Toyotomi Hideyoshi earlier, and were set up by the latter as an example to attract the princes to take the initiative to surrender.

So from Echigo to Aizu, he really left the mess and started anew, and the fiefdom of millions of stones also allowed him to sit firmly in the game and become one of the players.

Ukita Hideka’s family is enfeoffed: part of Harima was added from the original Ukita old territory.Speaking of which, Hideyoshi is very popular in front of Hideyoshi. He is Hideyoshi's adopted son, and his wife is Maeda Toshiie's beloved daughter Haoji. She inherited the family business at the age of nine and made military achievements in North Korea.

In the Toyotomi regime, as the few remaining members of his generation, he shouldered a very heavy burden.Unfortunately, the turmoil at home in the past few years weakened Ukita's strength, and the military achievements on the Korean battlefield did not translate into actual improvements in fiefdoms, so when it came to the Battle of Sekigahara, Ukita was actually on paper. The weakest elder.

But Ukita Hideka himself is indeed a young talent, and he has fully proved his talents in the military. In the Battle of Sekigahara, the Ukita Army was also the well-deserved main force of the Western Army's actual army.It's a pity that with a fief of less than 50 shi, it is really difficult for him to have the confidence and strength to turn things around.

Mori Terumoto increased the title in theory, but actually reduced it: In the process of unifying Japan, the Toyotomi family did their best to the Maori forces. Not only did they let their nephew join the Kobayakawa family, but they also increased a lot of Maori in Kyushu. The territory of Liangchuan.Before the Battle of Sekigahara, it could be said that it was the only force that could compete with the Tokugawa family in terms of strength on paper, but things also went bad because of their domestic orders.

Because of Takakage, Kobayakawa has gradually been separated because of Takakage, especially because of Hideyoshi's respect; Yoshikawa Hiroka and Tokugawa are very close, and Mori Hidemoto advocates not to get involved in the war in Sekihara.This eventually led to the Mori family either eating or sleeping during the Battle of Sekigahara, and there was also a jump-off.

Maeda Toshinaga is enfeoffed: The Maeda family has always been good at standing in the team. In the Toshiya era, by surrendering their old friend Hideyoshi in time, they saved the face of being good at fighting and loyalty, and also earned a salary of one million stones.

In the generation of his son Maeda Toshinaga, prestige and bravery naturally declined; and before the Battle of Sekigahara, the Kaga conquest almost broke out, and the Maeda family had to let Mrs. Asatsu go to Edo as a hostage to avoid being crusaded.

When the three of the five elders were in a group together, the Maeda family chose to bet on both sides at the right time, joining the Eastern Army with the main force and joining the Western Army with Lizheng. Long strides are welcome.

In fact, the Maeda family's army did not directly appear on the Sekigahara battlefield, but was in charge of attacking the Echizen's Western Army in Hokuriku. This is also a manifestation of the Maeda family's good speculation.

As I said before, the enfeoffment system of the Toyotomi family is not a system in which the Toyotomi family, as a high-level feudal lord, commands the lower-level feudal lords.The career accomplished by Toyotomi Hideyoshi is more like hegemony during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods than actual unification.

Compared with this point, because of his limited military ability, lack of original family status, and differences in personal personality, he is not as decisive and thorough as Oda Nobunaga's actions.

In the process of unification, he entrusted a lot of powerful foreign daimyos, but his own daimyos were pitifully weak.

There is a theory that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's plan was to entrust the land of Korea to these genealogy retainers.However, the failure of the Korean conquest forced most of his genealogy generations to curl up on Kyushu Island.

When he himself was alive, he could still use his personal prestige and ability to control the daimyo who had allied with him; after his death, because of Hideyori's young age and the fact that the Yamato dainagain branch had been cut off, the power of the clan declined rapidly The weakness of Hepudai's power will inevitably lead to competition for leadership among other daimyos.

As for the performance of the five elders before and after the battle of Guanyuan, of course they are completely different.

Tokugawa Ieyasu can be described as full of strategy. In the Battle of Sekigahara, he demonstrated a very high level of politics and strategy.Tokugawa Ieyasu is not as insidious and cunning as later generations said; on the contrary, among these outstanding figures in the Warring States Period, he is considered a very kind and humane person—whether he is sincere or not, at least he shows it That's right.

Before the Battle of Sekigahara, many things Tokugawa Ieyasu did made people feel that he was a loyal person:
In the Sanhe turmoil, he did not kill indiscriminately; Sanfang was originally protecting the people of Yuanjiang, and he led the inferior troops to take the initiative to attack; to pacify Kai, he took the initiative to protect Takeda's survivors and descendants; after the death of Oda Nobunaga, he took the initiative to protect the orphan of Nobunaga, In the battle of Komaki Nagakute, he fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi without losing the wind; before Hideyoshi died, he swore to protect Toyotomi's family forever.

So Gao Wushi told Liu Xin that at that time, the reputation of the old turtle was the well-deserved best in Japan among the big names.

When Ishida Mitsunari and the samurai faction were at odds, they actively wooed the samurai faction; organized the Aizu expedition and completed the assembly of the army; entrusted Torii Mototada to show the human touch of the Mikawa samurai; He also held the Xiaoshan appraisal at the right time, cleverly used the rebellious psychology, and told everyone that they could go if they wanted to. On the contrary, they united the generals and had a common goal.

If the goal of the Western Army was to eradicate Tokugawa Ieyasu, the traitor of the second minister, and defend Toyotomi's world, then the goal of the Eastern Army was obviously more simple and crude: to cut down [-]% of Ishida and restore peace to the world.

From this point of view, whether the Eastern Army is righteous or not, it will only be more united than the Western Army; moreover, there are really only a handful of people in the Western Army who really participated in the battle with a decisive attitude.

After the war, Ieyasu still did not forget to continue to display political offensives, stabilized the Maori army, and instigated Kobayakawa Hideaki to turn against the water, which directly caused the Eastern Army to be three times the Western Army: this is because one of the Tokugawa Army was restraining the Uesugi Army, and the other was controlled by Sanada. Reached in a state of military delay.

This is called strength, a soldier who surrenders without fighting.This state was unmatched by anyone in Japan at that time.

For Uesugi Jingsheng, to be honest, his performance is not important anymore, because the position of the strategic decisive battle has shifted, and the conditions in Japan at that time did not allow a long-term stalemate, so what Uesugi can do is very limited.

Before the war broke out, Uesugi contained Tokugawa's main force.However, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a drunkard who didn't want to drink alcohol. From his slow march on the Tokaido, he knew that the conquest of Uesugi was just a cover, and what really mattered was the movement of Ishida, who raised his troops above.

Although there was no hope in the first place, the performance of the Uesugi family can be said to be relatively bad.In the case of an absolute superiority in military strength, Naoe Kanetsugu did not even take down Hasedo Castle, and he really couldn't even leave his house.

Some people say that Uesugi should take the initiative to pursue the Tokugawa army, but this is not realistic.What Tokugawa Ieyasu left behind in the conquest of Uesugi was his second son, Yuki Hideyasu, who was known for being brave and good at fighting.

In order to achieve the goal of disturbing the water in the rear, we must either open up the territory of the Tokugawa family, or catch up with the Eastern Army all the way.But before these goals were achieved, Date and the Supreme Army had penetrated Uesugi's territory long ago.Therefore, the Uesugi family is really the biggest tasteless.

Mori Terumoto's performance was also very poor. In a highly pragmatic way, he did not show the courage and skill that a family governor of a million-stone family should have at all.

His people have seriously unrealistic illusions about the re-division of the territory after the war, and believe that as long as the Maori do not actually send troops, they can avoid being cut off.

In fact, for an old fox like Tokugawa Ieyasu, the title of head coach of the Western Army is enough to make a big fuss, not to mention that Maori is the only one in the country other than the Toyotomi family who can compete with the Tokugawa family on paper. power.

For such a big force, it doesn't mean that the problem can be solved by bowing your head and admitting defeat and restoring harmony. You must take this opportunity to completely kick your opponent out of the game. Tokugawa Ieyasu has a very clear and clear understanding of this.

Mori Terumoto did not clearly realize that supporting him as the commander of the Western Army was the only chance for him and the Tokugawa family to compete for the world.

He indulged his retainers to give orders, and took his six-year-old son to the battlefield and hesitated; he entrusted the command to Maori Xiuyuan, and was extremely worried about him, so he arranged for Huiqiong of Anguo Temple to command remotely; after the defeat of the Western Army, he dared not Under the banner of orthodoxy, he defended Osaka Castle to the core, and simply surrendered the city, which chilled the hearts of the soldiers.

These performances made Gao Yushi directly express that the low level displayed by Mori Terumoto in this battle really opened his eyes.

Ukita Hideka's performance can be described as hard work.It has been roughly said before that Ukita Hideka joined the Western Army as the de facto main force.

In the Battle of Sekigahara, Ukita Hideka also led the army to fight, but in the political struggle in the early stage, the Western Army had already taken a clear disadvantage, and Hideka's political status in the Western Army was not high enough—neither in name The commander in chief is not the de facto commander in chief.

After he was defeated, he took a life because of his wife, and after being exiled, he could live a long life of more than 80 years old. It can be regarded as God's last reward for a loyal and upright person like him.

Maeda Toshinaga... Forget it, his influence on the Sekigahara battle is so insignificant that it is impossible to talk about it.

After the analysis that Gao Yushi mentioned to Liu Xin before, it can be seen that in fact, in the Battle of Sekigahara, the actual deployment of the five old forces on the battlefield was: 7000 people from the Ukita Hide family fought against half of the Tokugawa Ieyasu has 3 people (Hidetaka's troops did not reach Sekigahara), so this battle is actually a bit funny, the protagonist is not there, and the eagle dogs below are tearing up.

But this also reflects that the essential conflict of this war is the conflict of retainers, especially the conflict between generations.

And according to the fief of Toyotomi's genealogy generation (the genealogy generation mentioned here refers to the retainers who followed Hideyoshi before Honnoji) told Liu Xin by Gao Wushi:
福岛正则24万石；加藤清正25万石；浅野长政22万石；小西行长24万石；石田三成19.2万石；加藤嘉明10万石；片桐且元1万石；蜂须贺正胜17万石；堀尾吉晴4万石；山内一丰6万石；黑田孝高12万石；藤堂高虎(追随丰臣秀长)7万石。

In it, Masanori Fukushima, Kiyomasa Kato, and Hideyoshi are cousins, and Nagamasa Asano is Hideyoshi's brother-in-law.With Toyotomi's family withered, the combined fiefdoms of these three are less than a quarter of Tokugawa Ieyasu's;

Horio Yoshiharu and Hachisuka Masakatsu joined Hideyoshi during the Mino Raiders period, but the final salary can be said to be pitifully small.And powerful princes like Kuroda Takataka and Todo Takatora, who were afraid of their strength when Hideyoshi was entrusted, made the veterans feel chilling.

Toyotomi's family has about 450 million koku of fiefs (including Tibetan land), but it is unable to mobilize the army, and no one commands the army.According to Gao Pragmatic's view, in this case, the optimal solution can only be to increase the fiefdoms of Pudai to compete with other daimyos.

But the strange thing is that Toyotomi Hideyoshi does not seem to be aware of this. Instead, he has repeatedly guarded against his own genealogy minister and handed over the political scepter to the joint decision of the five elders. Xiu Lai.

Therefore, Gao Yushi said before that Hideyoshi's later performance was like a fool: Whether it is Tokugawa, Uesugi, or Mori, everyone just succumbs to you temporarily, and you really treat him as someone who is loyal to you?
If the Maori family resolutely joined the Guanyuan battlefield and defeated the Eastern Army, then it may be the Maori Shogunate in the history books of later generations.

In the final analysis, what Toyotomi Hideyoshi left is a dead end: relatives died, suicide committed suicide, young and young; the conquest of North Korea failed, and the fiefdoms of the genealogists failed to expand; They can be counted on to check and balance each other; at home, Ningning and Chacha are fighting each other, exhausting their own strength.

Therefore, the Battle of Sekigahara was not at all a conflict between the two factions of Toyotomi and Tokugawa, but due to the accumulated contradictions between Hideyoshi's genealogy generations, they were used by powerful foreign daimyos, and finally achieved the goal of fighting for power. war.

Tokugawa Ieyasu grasped the characteristics of Toyotomi's head of the family who was less suspicious of the country and unable to mobilize a large number of troops, and pointed the finger at Ishida Minari who "caused chaos", effectively united the forces within the Toyotomi family, and completed his plan to cleanse the powerful faction. The purpose is to lay the groundwork for the next step of unifying Japan.

These understandings of the Battle of Sekigahara led Gao Yushi to conclude to Liu Xin that when the Eastern and Western armies formed and the war officially broke out, the Toyotomi family had actually lost.

Liu Xin asked back then: "So you think, if there is no external interference, the Toyotomi family will undoubtedly die?"

Gao Wushi did not directly answer whether there is no doubt about his death, but he replied: "For the Toyotomi family, the best strategy at that time was not to join the Eastern Army or the Western Army, but to do everything possible to prevent any possible changes before Hideyori came of age. A war of balance of power.

Because Hideyoshi was able to become a "man of the world" back then, largely because of this hand, the five big five practices he created before his death, in essence, he hoped to continue to play balance.

Unfortunately, judging from the IQ of the decision-makers in Osaka after his death, this is an impossible task, and they may not even realize it—at least the orphans and widows did not realize it. "

Liu Xin now feels that there may be many reasons why Gao Wushi finally chose to "help" orphans and widowed mothers because their political level is too low, and they don't even know where the danger is. Such people are best fooled.

However, based on Liu Xin's understanding of Gao Yushi, Gao Yushi must also focus on the post-war layout, and this will in turn affect who he decides to help, how to help, to what extent, and when to help wait.So she brought up the questions.

Gao Wushi smiled, and said: "Who will help has been decided: Toyotomi Hideyori's banner is the best to use, after all, everyone has expressed their allegiance to him. Moreover, I can only act in the name of Daban Castle's invitation." .

After all, Japan is Ming's "Nation of No Conquest", and I am not sure whether I can persuade the imperial court to send troops to pacify the Japanese mainland, so I have to consider finding a name first.

I think, at the invitation of Toyotomi, armed mediation of the dispute between the Eastern and Western armies seems to be a good name. "

It's a pity that Gao Pragmatic's words had just begun when Gao Mo knocked on the door and came back with a very serious expression, saying, "My lord, something happened in Japan."

Gao Wushi seemed a little surprised, but he didn't take it seriously. While chewing and eating slowly, he asked lightly, "What happened?"

"Urgent news from Long Ze Shiyang: After the Shimadzu family announced the change of blood line, the undercurrents in Osaka City are raging, and many people have even put their words on the table, asking Toyotomi Hideyoshi to conquer Kyushu again, crusade and revoke the Shimadzu family dominion."

As soon as this remark came out, Gao Yushi stopped talking, Liu Xin was stunned, and Meng Gu Zhezhe was naturally indifferent.The only one who reacted faster was Huang Zhiting.

She fixed her eyes, glanced at Gao Wushi, and saw that he seemed to be thinking about something, so she asked Gao Mo, "Is the Shimadzu family the one supported by the master?"

Gao Mo bowed slightly and said, "Yes, ma'am."

"Hmph!" Huang Zhiting's decision seemed to be the fastest, her tone turned cold all of a sudden, and said solemnly: "Since he is the object of my Jinghua's support, anyone who wants to touch him will break ground on the head of Jinghua Taisui. Why, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet is going out Are you afraid to speak loudly in Japan?"

She turned her head to Gao Wushi and said: "Master, this matter is of great importance. Whether Jinghua can keep Shimadzu must be something that the whole of Japan is looking at right now. I hope the master will make a quick decision."

Gao Wushi knew that she didn't know much about Japan, but unexpectedly responded so quickly, and asked quite relievedly, "Well... what do you think should be done?"

Huang Zhiting raised her chin slightly, and said: "I heard that the battle of Luzon is almost over, and the Spanish navy has few ships left. If this is the case, let's transfer the main force of the Beiyang Fleet back and sail to Kagoshima first." Support the Shimadzu family, if the people of Osaka Castle still don't know how to advance or retreat..."

Her tone suddenly became stern: "Then drive directly into Daban Bay and bombard Daban as a warning!"
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