Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1545 A Game of Chess in the Far East ([-])
"Hojo and Mori are far stronger than Shimadzu? Well, from the perspective of territorial area and even stone height, your statement is just right. So let's discuss these two one by one... First of all, do you think that after the death of Nobunaga Why would the Mori family be willing to reach a truce agreement with Hideyoshi and let Hideyoshi go back to fight for the power of the Oda family?"

Huang Zhiting nodded and said: "I discussed this matter with Ms. Liu in the afternoon, and the result of our discussion is that because of the rebellion between the Ukita clan and the Nanjo clan, the connection between Maori and the anti-Oda forces in Kinai was severed.

Before the change of Honnoji Temple, the relatively backbone anti-Oda forces such as Honganji Temple, Araki Murashige, Bessho Choji, Hatano clan, etc. had all perished, and the situation of the Mori clan was also becoming increasingly embarrassing under the joint offensive of Ukita and Hashiba Hideyoshi.

[Note: Although Ukita has been suppressing Maori in the seventh and eighth years after the rebellion, in the ninth year of Tensho, due to the illness or death of Ukita Nao's family, and the subsequent defeat in the battle of Yahama, Ukita's forces have returned. Retreating, the Mori family is likely to make a comeback in the first line of Beichu and Misaku, but in general they are still at a slight disadvantage against Hashiba].

In addition, at that time Hashiba Hideyoshi had already begun to adjust the power of the Maori side [Note: Refers to General Uehara Motosho of Beigo and Totsumasa Kuishima, one of the Mishima Navy, which led to signs of instability in Murakami Takeshi and his son], and At that time, the most important righteous name in the war between Maori and Oda was Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was exiled by Oda Nobunaga.

However, as Nobunaga's status, power, and prestige became stronger and stronger, and he became a so-called "man of the world", coupled with the collapse of the anti-Oda forces in Kinai, the chances of Mori's support for Yoshiaki to defeat Nobunaga became increasingly slim, and he himself The passive response came from the pressure of the Oda Army represented by Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Therefore, the Maori family tried their best to suppress the Ukita clan and the Nanjo clan, the biggest forces in the former rebellion. In fact, it was more to gain as much weight as possible for peace talks with the Oda side.Therefore, during the period after the change of Honnoji Temple, when all kinds of true and false news made people feel at a loss, the Mori family surprisingly agreed to the peace talks and did not pursue Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Ms. Liu and I believe that this is actually the fastest way to end the protracted war against Oda as soon as possible.After all, what substantive benefits did the Mori family, who have been fighting against the Oda family for many years, have gained?If you pursue it, you don't know what the consequences will be; but if you don't pursue it, at least you can breathe.At the same time, during this period of time, they can also wait and see what happens, and even hope that Hashiba Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie will fight with each other, and maybe it will be his Maori fisherman's turn to win in the end? "

Gao Wushi nodded. The two girls talked about the Japanese issue to this extent in the afternoon. It can be seen that not only did Liu Xin make up for the Japanese intelligence sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs a while ago, but Huang Zhiting also made up for it today. The importance of the matter is also extremely high, and it should be a detailed understanding.

He was very sure of this, and he praised a few words first, and then said: "However, when you were discussing, did you ever think that Hashiba Hideyoshi rushed back to Kinki after the "Great Turnaround of China" at that time, first with extremely fast He quickly defeated Mitsuhide Akechi's rebels, and then participated in the Cheongju Conference. Not long after, the Battle of Jianyue broke out and won the battle. After that, he continued to conquer Kitazhizhuang Castle... Did he breathe during this time? Why couldn't the Mori family No breath?"

Huang Zhiting frowned and pondered: "Perhaps it is because of the advantages of the Oda family's policy of separating soldiers from farmers that Hideyoshi Hashiba, the commander of the legion, has a different need for respite than the Mori family's army? This is like a full-time army like the Garrison. They need to be responsible for training, guarding and fighting, which is naturally not comparable to guard soldiers."

Gao Wushi smiled, reaffirmed their previous point of view, and said: "You said that the news received by the Maori family was true or false, I think it must be inevitable. But after learning the exact news of Nobunaga's death Afterwards, it stands to reason that it should be the best time for the Mori family to pursue him. Here comes a question: Is it really beneficial to pursue Hideyoshi? Obviously it is not that simple.

Yes, Mitsuhide killed Nobunaga, the Oda family changed drastically, the family's hearts fluctuated, and the world must be reshuffled.But the problem is that in this process, it is completely unknown who can finally decide the world, among Akechi Mitsuhide, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide, and even Tokugawa Ieyasu as a foreign surname.

This gamble is like a vortex, and anyone who is easily involved in it risks being torn apart.Therefore, before the Maori family could see the situation clearly, they definitely did not dare to take action easily.So what if Hideyoshi is taken down?Maybe it's Mitsuhide, Singer, or Ieyasu in exchange, so it doesn't make any difference if you send a wolf to a tiger.

Based on the wisdom of Takakyou Kobayakawa, who was in charge of foreign affairs of the Maori family at that time, he must think that the most rational approach for the Maori family was to let them call. We saw the last opportunity, either to fish in troubled waters, or to get close to the new people in the world.

Finally, I would like to add that the basic national policy of the Maori family is to base themselves on their foundations and not engage in big news after the Maori family established.People in the world are not so easy to be.It was Nobunaga's style to attack from all directions, and seeking stability or making progress while maintaining stability was the basic idea of ​​the Mori family. "

Although these remarks confirmed the views of Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin, Huang Zhiting was obviously even more surprised, and asked: "Since this is the case, doesn't it mean that the Maoli family also has the strength foundation and even the opportunity to win the world? His family is not much stronger than the Shimadzu family." many?"

Gao Wushi smiled, what he said just now was just his foreshadowing, what he was waiting for was Huang Zhiting's question, so he said: "When I fight Annan, do I need to wait and see? When I fight Burma, do I need to wait and see?"

Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "You don't need it, but the situation is different between the two. Although the Mao Li family has strength and opportunities, his opponent is strong after all. How can this be the same? As for you The strength in your hands is also accumulated before, and while the Maori family chooses to wait and see, isn't it also recovering and accumulating strength?"

Gao Wushi laughed, and said, "For things like strength, sometimes you can't draw accurate conclusions just by looking at the map and calculating Shi Gao."

Huang Zhiting just answered a simple "oh", and the language of the question was very strong.

Gao Wushi said: "How did the Maoli family rise, and what is the current situation in its territory except Shi Gao, I think you two should not have time to understand it?"

Huang Zhiting hesitated, "Is there any deep internal problem?"

"Yes." Gao Wushi nodded, pointed to the small pavilion by the corridor, and said, "Let's sit down and talk slowly."

Huang Zhiting nodded, and waved to the maids not far behind, and immediately five or six child maids dressed in Ming-style Han costumes stepped forward to prepare.Such as laying out thick brocade mats with cotton cores, placing gilded small heaters, displaying dried fruit candied fruit, bringing tea sets and fragrant tea, etc.

When Huang Zhiting didn't come, he didn't pay much attention to practicality. Although he was famous for his emphasis on architecture, he never paid much attention to the specific ways of enjoying.And even though he is the number one sugar merchant in the world, he hardly eats any desserts. Among the above-mentioned things, he only drinks tea, but he doesn't know much about tea ceremony.

This is obviously different from Huang Zhiting. Although Huang Zhiting showed a strong ability to survive in the wild when he was down and down with him, it was just a traditional skill of the child chieftain family.Usually, Huang Zhiting's ostentation and sophistication are far superior to that of her noble husband, and because of the 600-year-old chieftain family's habit, she doesn't think there is anything wrong with it. ,

Gao Wushi let the maids who married the Huang family make some arrangements, and after everything was done, he said: "Actually, the Shanyin and Shanyang areas where the Maoli family is located (Note: To be honest, I really don't like the Japanese It's too awkward to call it 'China' in my habit), due to the barren land and complex terrain, it has never been enough to compete for the capital of the world within the scope of Japan.

Although there are many countries there, the stone heights in the middle schools are basically only around 20 shi, and some are even at the level of tens of thousands of shi. stone level.

However, these two countries have always been the traditional sphere of influence of the Akamatsu family, or they were occupied by officials and retainers under the Akamatsu family, such as the Urakami family, the Uki family, the Kodera family, and the Bessho family.Therefore, whether it was the time of the "Sixth Hall" Yamanashi or the "Shanyin Shanyang Prefect" Nizi Qingjiu, in fact, there were not many stone heights. Once they were challenged by force, they would quickly Defeated, and even fell apart because of it. "

Huang Zhiting nodded. She had read the "Estimated Map of Stone Heights in Japan's Sub-countries" drafted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Jinghua this afternoon. Among the territories of the Maori family, it seems that none of the sub-countries exceeds 20 shi.

But she was still puzzled, and asked: "But even so, although the individual branches of his family are not strong, but they can't support enough branches, isn't the overall strength still very strong?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "I just said that the Shanming family and the Nizi family are easy to fall apart. In fact, the Maoli family's notification situation is not much better than theirs, and compared with the previous two, perhaps it is not as good."

In Huang Zhiting's view, since the Maori family has such a large territory, their ruling ability should naturally be strong, so it was obviously rather surprising, and asked, "Why do you know that?"

Gao Wushi said: "Before the Maoli family started, it was just a small wealthy family of An Yun. Because of the family name-his family is the direct descendant of Oe Guangyuan, and with the support of the branch clan, that is, the Fuyuan, Saka, and Saka clans. The Zhidao clan and Gui clan of the Zhidao clan, the Kouyu clan of the Zhidao clan, etc., so the Maori family served as the leader of the Haozu alliance to resist the invasion of the Ouchi family in the west and the oppression of the Nizi family in the east. 'Guardian of Anyun' is dominated by the Takeda family.

Zhiting, their alliance is not our Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance. In their alliance, the status of each wealthy family is basically equal.At that time, the Maori family, as the leader of the coalition, did not have the right to arbitrarily, and all the powerful families had to discuss matters to decide.However, Motoshi Mori later won over the Anato, Kumagai and other families, wiped out the opposing Inoue family, and merged the Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa families. Only then did he establish a certain degree of leadership and gradually formed the so-called " The Māori Two Rivers' system of governance.

Let me do the math for you. Since the extermination of Anyun, who was born in the Wakasa Takeda family, Takeda Nobushi, the rise of the Mori family has only been about 40 years. In the year when Nobunaga died, the time for the rise of the Mori family It has only been about [-] years, and this kind of foundation is obviously not very stable in Japan during the Warring States Period.

The reason why the Mori family has achieved the position of dominating the Yin and Yang areas of the mountains is that the Mori family relies on the aura of the Takeda family, the Ouchi family, the Nizi family, and the Sancun family, as well as the huge financial resources provided by Iwami Ginzan. Business profits protected by Maori water troopers.

However, in fact, the Maori family's rule over the sub-countries in the territory was not complete, and even less thorough. It made a considerable compromise with the original local wealthy families, and could only win them over through marriage in accordance with Japanese habits.

For example, in Nagato Ichikuni, the Naito family is still serving as the guardian, and Naito Takaharu's older sister is Mori Takamoto's wife Ozaki Bureau;

In Ishimi country, among the two powerful families, Yoshimi and Masuda, apart from the Ouchi family and the Wentian family, Yoshimi Hiroyai, the son of the Yoshimi family, married Mori Terumoto’s sister, and Masuda Motosho, the head of the Masuda family, married Yoshikawa. Yuanchun's daughters have all become members of the Maori family, and received the Maori family's Guang and Yuan Tong characters;

In Bingo Kingdom, the daughter of Narutomo Daiyamauchi who was originally guarded was the mother of Mori Mototsu’s son-in-law Takashi Uedo, and his son Toyotsu Yamauchi married the daughter of Mori Yunzuo’s elder brother and previous patriarch Mori Koumoto;

In China, after the extinction of the Zhuang family and the Ishikawa family, the guardians of the country, the fourth son of Mori Motozuru, Zhuang Yuanqing who succeeded the Zhuang family, and Shimizu Muneji, the son-in-law of the Ishikawa family, were in charge;

As for the rest of the lower-class wealthy families, the Maori family adopted the method of forcibly adopting their sons and included them in the Maori family. This is thanks to the fact that Maori Yuanjiu has enough sons. Takamoto, the youngest son Mori Hideo (this person was once prepared by the Mori family to inherit the Kobayakawa family) In addition to inheriting the name of the main family Miao, the rest are Yoshikawa Motoharu, Kobayakawa Takakage, Hoida Motoki (that is, Zhuang Yuanqing), Sudu Motoaki, Dewa Motoku, Amano Motomasa, Mojimoto Yasushi, Ninomiya Yuchen, etc., were all adopted. "

Huang Zhiting was stunned and said: "Our children can also have adopted sons or son-in-laws inherit the family business, but this kind of situation is not very common...why, it is so prevalent in Japan, and they can even be forced to go to other families to inherit ?”

"Yes, very popular." Gao Wushi thought for a while, and said, "For example, you and I are both daimyos in Japan. The territories of both sides are connected and I am strong and you are weak. At this time, you have no heirs. In order to get Your territory, send troops to attack you.

And in order to prevent your family name from being destroyed by me, you can propose to adopt one of my sons as an adopted son, and explicitly let him obtain your inheritance rights, so as to express your surrender to me.In this way, you can guarantee the continuation of the family name, and I can also avoid the loss of military strength, food and salary, etc., and both parties are happy. "

"Everyone's happy?" Huang Zhiting wondered, "But this adopted son has no blood relationship with me at all. What does it matter to me that he inherits my inheritance?"

"Why is there nothing to do with you? The prerequisite for him to inherit is to change his surname, that is, to use your Miao characters. This is the so-called continuation of your family name. As for blood relationship, the Japanese don't value it, especially the Japanese samurai. It doesn't matter if you care about family name or blood relationship, you can't understand it according to our thinking."

Speaking of this, Gao Wushi's heart moved, and he added: "However, the current Japanese Kanbai Toyotomi Hideyoshi is a bit different. He is from a farming family, not a samurai family, so he values ​​blood relationship very much, which is completely different from other samurai families."

Huang Zhiting had no choice but to let go of this, and asked another question: "But since the sons of the Maori family inherited in the end, wouldn't these wealthy families all become Maori's? The centripetal force of the Mori family should be very strong, why do you say that the Mori family’s foundation is not solid?”

"Didn't I just say that for the Wu family, blood relationship is not important, but the important family name. Although these people are members of the Maori family, after inheriting the family name of another family, they are the heads of other families. In theory, they are the same as the Maori family. It doesn't matter anymore."

Gao Wushi spread his hands: "For these powerful families, before the important matters of family name, kinship is never a matter of scruples. So once the Maori family loses power, those guardian generations and wealthy families will follow the Maori family without any scruples. Go out independently, or join the stronger daimyo around you."

These words are not made up indiscriminately by high pragmatism. In fact, it is precisely because of this that before the Honnoji Incident in the original history, when Bichu Takamatsu Castle was in danger and Oda Nobunaga was about to come to the front line, the Mori family immediately reported to Hideyoshi through Anguoji Huiqiong. Negotiations, very straightforwardly proposed the condition of handing over the five countries in exchange for peace with the Oda family.

And when the Battle of Sekigahara came to an end, the Maori family handed over most of their territory and Iwami Ginzan very wisely, and directly retreated to the two countries of Shufang and Nagato, and the territory shrank by more than half.

This is not to say that the Maori family is very cowardly in their bones, but they know very well that their so-called strength is actually just puffiness. As long as they suffer a big defeat, they will be directly beaten back to their original shape.

"So it's like this..." Huang Zhiting suddenly realized, and murmured: "That is to say, the Maoli family seems to be strong, but in fact they dare not suffer a big defeat at all, otherwise they may split apart quickly, right? "

"That's right, that's right." Gao Yushi nodded in affirmation.

"What about the Shimadzu family, don't they have such troubles?" Huang Zhiting asked again.

Gao Wushi smiled, nodded and said, "The situation of the Shimadzu family and the Mori family is really different. They really don't have such troubles like the Mori family. They never worry that they are a piece of glass that will break if touched."

"Then why?"
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PS: Last night, I fell asleep while codewording, but the update was delayed. I am really ashamed.In order to avoid further accidents due to the failure of the biological clock adjustment, today’s chapter has been coded and posted earlier, and I apologize again to everyone.

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